The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 208
Zhang Li and Yanhua felt good after eating the dumplings.

Zhang Li said: "I can apply for a patent for this three fresh stuffing."

Yanhua smiled and said, "No, besides, it's not easy to apply for dish patents now, unless you apply for World Heritage."

"Applying for World Heritage is not eligible." Zhang Li said.

"Do you really think so? Sister Hong is getting better and better at making dumpling fillings. She is already a master. There is no need to apply for a patent. This dumpling filling is not easy to copy. Others think that special seasoning is added, but in fact it is the best. Jane, back to the basics." Yanhua said.

"Too."

"Let's go house to house in the afternoon. There is a party in the study class in the evening. Let's join it. It's in the provincial capital building."

"Is Boss Cao going too?" Zhang Li asked.

Boss Cao, the owner of the restaurant on Taishan Road that Yanhua first talked about, failed to negotiate due to rent issues, and now runs his own business.This time we met in the Chinese studies class, and he was still thinking about asking Yanhua to do it, but Yanhua didn't agree with him after talking twice.

But he was attracted by Zhang Li and always wanted to find an opportunity to treat him to dinner, but Zhang Li didn't like him and kept him at a respectful distance.

"Of course, call Wang Lijuan, bring her with me at night, and tell her to dress up," Yanhua said.

"What do you mean, introduce him to the man surnamed Cao?" Zhang Li asked.

"What are you thinking? Doesn't his restaurant want to exchange money? I saw that it's suitable to open a skewer bar. It's still bustling and can be open until two o'clock in the middle of the night. It's all young and young, so it will work." Yanhua said.

Zhang Li thought about the picture of opening a bar in her head, and said, "It's really good."

"It's enough for our family to open one more directly-operated store, and we won't open any more. The rest is to grasp the revolution and promote production, to develop externally, to be a cooperative store, and to make money with other people's money." Yanhua said.

"I can see it."

"The catering market in Hohhot is better than that of the provincial capital. In the past two years, I have invested my energy there, and the provincial capital has stabilized here and established a research and development and training center." Yanhua said boldly.

In the evening, three beautiful women with extraordinary temperament came to the small banquet hall of the provincial capital building, immediately attracted the attention of many men, and of course there were some women who were slightly jealous.

Seeing Yanhuahe and Zhang Li, Boss Cao came over to say hello with a smile, and politely invited the three ladies to take their seats.

Yanhua introduced Wang Lijuan without any nonsense, and directly talked about the Dui restaurant.

Men are also strange, they look shrewd, but once they are in front of beautiful women, they will inevitably have wild fantasies, which affects their IQ.Under the support of the three beauties, Boss Cao quickly agreed to reduce the rent by [-] yuan and paid it to Wang Lijuan.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Yanhua and Zhang Li drank a glass of wine with them, then left Boss Cao and Wang Lijuan to talk about specific matters, and went to the other students.

These people do everything, selling clothes, making cosmetics, running factories, running advertising agencies, and beauty workers—all of them are successful people with small achievements, worth at least a million or more.

It is also a good thing to do well in business and have prospects. It is also a good thing to learn in a timely manner and recharge yourself when you reach a certain stage of development.

To be honest, it is a kind of immoral behavior for a business leader not to strengthen his study, not to improve his self-cultivation and personal quality.Enterprises always recruit people, but the leaders don't learn, so where will the recruited people go?
A leader without structure and morality has no future, and he will lead the enterprise into the abyss.

Now everything is about a learning team. Aqiao invests at least 300,000 in learning every year, and this year it has reached 400,000.From high-level to middle-level, from middle-level to employees, there are learning tasks every month, training every week, and training every day.

Taking a new employee as an example, from the first day of employment, there is a week of pre-job training and corporate culture guidance, followed by skills and business training, and an assessment after one month.

After passing the qualification, they will start working formally, followed by quality training, process operation, mentoring by the master, and they will be a skilled employee after three months.During this period, the extra fee for each person was 45 yuan, which didn’t look like much. It couldn’t stand the crowd. Ten people would be [-] yuan, and [-] people would be [-] yuan. It was all pure profit.

Many restaurant owners feel that spending this money is unnecessary and a waste.In fact, it is difficult to turn around. Training and training are the most cost-effective, because any company has all costs except sales. The sales ability of a well-trained employee is [-] times that of an untrained employee. Its value is evident.

Those employees who go to work without training are the biggest cost of the company, but they are invisible and intangible, and are easy to ignore. As a result, the company doesn't know how it died.

Actually, Aqiao didn't spend much money on training, mainly because Lao Tan was doing most of the management training, which saved a lot.

Now Lao Tan has reached the level of lecturer, especially in hotel management and work point system, he is very good.He is also responsible for the gratitude education of all employees. There are not many classes, only two periods, but every time he comes down, the employees burst into tears, touching their hearts deeply, and showing a little more filial piety to their parents.

Lao Tan never used chicken soup when doing training. In his words, you can’t poison the employees, and everything is done in the real way. This is more touching and has far-reaching meaning.

This is also the reason why Lao Tan is deeply respected and loved by the employees. Not only the employees, but also many parents of the employees respect Lao Tan. They feel that their children can rest assured that they will follow such a leader, at least they will not learn from bad habits.

To be honest, how difficult it is to manage children now, who is not at ease if there is a place that can teach children to follow the right path?Not to mention paying wages.

Yanhua, Zhang Li and their classmates drank wine and talked warmly and cordially.Over there, Wang Lijuan and Boss Cao also chatted happily, and they seemed very speculative.

Yanhua whispered to Zhang Li, "I'm going to the bathroom, are you going?"

"Let's go, let's go together."

The two got up and walked out of the small banquet hall towards the bathroom. When they passed by another small banquet hall, Zhang Li took a look inside.Inside is a company party, very lively.

Zhang Li couldn't help but stop, looked at a woman inside and said, "Look, is this Lao Tan's wife?"

Yanhua followed Zhang Li's gaze.

It was indeed Lin Yan, who was holding a wine glass to drink with someone, and drank it generously.

"Yes." Yanhua confirmed again.

"It looks good to drink." Zhang Li said.

"I heard from Lao Tan that he has a lot of alcohol—he is also a manager, and he is famous for logistics in the provincial capital, and he manages the entire northeast region." Yanhua said.

The two continued to walk to the bathroom.

"Although he doesn't look good, he's quite courageous, a bit like a female man." Zhang Li said.

Yanhua didn't say anything, and when she was about to go to the bathroom, she said distressedly: "Jiaheng is home by himself again——" She wanted to continue to say whether she had eaten or not, but she swallowed the words.

"It's the same for the couple, who are busy with their careers and don't care about their children—Lao Tan's son is promising and very independent." Zhang Li said, as if talking to herself.

When the two of them returned from the bathroom and passed by Lin Yan's small banquet hall again, Zhang Li took another look inside, but this time she didn't see Lin Yan.

After returning, Yanhua lost her mood, and the lovely face of Lao Tan's son kept dangling in front of her eyes.

She looked at her watch, it was ten past seven, thinking that the child might be doing homework, and she probably had finished eating.But that longing can't get over it all the time, and my heart is in a mess, which is similar to this noisy wine table.

She suddenly remembered that Lao Tan's family had a landline and knew the number, so she immediately took out her phone to look through the address book.

The phone was connected, and Jiaheng's childish voice came from over there: "Hello, who are you?"

"I'm Aunt Yanhua." Yanhua said softly.

"Oh, Aunt Yanhua, are you looking for my father? My father has gone to Hohhot and is not at home."

"Auntie knows that your father is not at home, so instead of looking for him, look for you."

"Looking for me? What's the matter?"

"Did you have meal?"

"I ate, instant noodles, and pickled mustard."

Yanhua's nose was a little sore, and she asked, "Are you full?"

"It's okay. There are dumplings in the freezer. I don't like cooking. It's too much trouble. Today, my mother will have a dinner at work, or my mother will cook for me at home." The child said.

"What do you want to eat now? Tell auntie, and auntie will bring it to you." Yanhua asked.

"No, I have beef jerky brought back by my father, and I can eat it while doing my homework—"

"Waiting for Auntie at home, I will send you delicious food later."

Yanhua hung up the phone, with two tears in her eyes.The child's sensible words touched the soft flesh of motherhood in her heart, which made her feel distressed and excited.

Zhang Li, who was sitting next to her, knew who she was calling, and stood up with her without saying a word.The two went outside to buy the KFC set meal that their children love, and 10 minutes later they went downstairs to Lao Tan's house.

"Go up, I'll wait for you in the car." Zhang Li said.

"Let's go, it's not to see Lao Tan's wife," Yanhua said.

"I feel awkward."

"You have a ghost in your heart."

Zhang Li blushed when she was told about the incident, but soon went upstairs with Yanhua.

A bag of instant noodles is really not enough for an 11-year-old half-child. Seeing that Yanhua brought KFC, the child thanked him and started eating.

Yanhua looked at the child tenderly, feeling relieved, and a mother's smile appeared on her face.Zhang Li was a little surprised to see the smile on Yanhua's face. This smile had never appeared on Yanhua's face before. It was very soft, loving, and had a maternal luster.

Yanhua at this moment is the most beautiful, very feminine.

Looking at Yanhua, a string in Zhang Li's heart was gently touched, and her eyes softened.

She slowly shifted her gaze from Yanhua to the child, and asked softly, "Jia Heng, how is Aunt Yanhua?"

"Okay, I like Aunt Yanhua—and I like you too," said the child.

"Hehe, you little slippery head. Aunt Yanhua likes you very much. She keeps nagging you. I heard that you went to buy KFC without eating, so I brought it to you quickly." Zhang Li said.

"Thank you, Aunt Yanhua." The child said thank you again.

"Aunt Yanhua likes you so much, and you like Aunt Yanhua too. I think she can be your godmother." Zhang Li said with a smile.

Yanhua was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the child with joy and anticipation.

The child was not in a daze, but looked at Yanhua with bright eyes, thought for a while and said, "Can you tell me to think about—"

Zhang Li was amused, and said, "Think about it, like a little grown-up."

"You have to think about it—" the child made a long sound, then looked at Yanhua and said, "Isn't it? Godmother."

Yanhua was startled, and then overjoyed, she hugged the child into her arms, tears streaming down her cheeks in an instant——
(End of this chapter)