The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 294 The Successor

Aqiao is a dumpling restaurant, so the investigation is naturally the dumpling market.After three days of investigation, the four of Lao Tan have eaten more than a dozen of the more famous dumpling restaurants, and they are very confident in themselves in comparison.

Beijing, a bustling city, the political, economic and cultural center of China, the heart of the motherland.Let’s just talk about people, not only are there many but also many, besides the aboriginals, there are entrepreneurs, migrant workers, North drifters, and countless tourists from all over the country, which is a unique advantage for opening a restaurant.

There is a lot of traffic.

The catering market in Beijing is all-encompassing and a hundred flowers are blooming.There are authentic noodles with fried sauce, stir-fried liver in small alleys, and Donglaishun hot-boiled lamb that has been passed down for hundreds of years; there are large plate chicken and mutton skewers from Xinjiang, seafood from Qingdao, Cantonese cuisine from Guangdong, spicy Sichuan and Hunan-E The taste on the tip of the tongue.

Walking on the street, restaurants of all sizes are everywhere.The signatures of boiled fish, Chuanfu bean curd, old Northeast home cooking, Chongqing Jianghu hot pot, and Harbin dumplings can be seen everywhere.

Of course, big hotels and big restaurants are dotted all over the place, decorated luxuriously, dignifiedly and magnificently.

From the perspective of catering, it is profitable to open a restaurant in Beijing, but it is difficult to become famous.Because there are well-known brands from all over the country gathered here, and one of them has a history of decades or even hundreds of years. The profound cultural heritage cannot be shaken by a small dumpling restaurant that has just arrived.

During the three days, Lao Tan also visited several old friends who are catering in the capital.Went to Da Dong, Jin Wanwan, Xiaochang Chen and Li Guiyuan, and told the four heads about their plans to go to Beijing.

Of course, the old friend supported and enthusiastically helped with the site selection, and promised that as long as it was related to opening a restaurant, he would help out.This is the common point of catering people. As long as they are friends, no matter which city they go to open a store, their counterparts in any city will do their best to help.

There is competition in the market, and there is support from friends. Only by helping and cooperating with each other is a win-win situation.

In the end, the four chose the location of the first store next to Laolaishun on Liulin Road, which is close to the studio hall of CCTV and close to Wang Shulan's son's house, so it is convenient for her to see her granddaughter.

After arranging the business of the store, the four of them held an impromptu meeting to study where the annual meeting will be held and how to commend it.

Lao Tan proposed that the annual meeting be held in Suzhou, which is tantamount to giving the management a tour, to relax and let everyone experience the dining atmosphere in the south.It is a meeting and a study.

The proposal was approved by Yanhua and Wang Shulan.

Zhou Xiaomei raised the issue of management gaps in the store when the management went to a meeting.It is normal for her to ask this question, because she has been on the front line for on-site management, and she is afraid that there will be management vacancies in the store after she has been away for too long.

From the perspective of work, she is commendable for raising this question, which is a performance of dedication.But from the perspective of development, it should be criticized, because a manager who cannot let go of his hands is at best loyal to his duties, and it is a stumbling block to say the least.

Of course, no one criticized her. On the contrary, her proposal made Lao Tan aware of the problem of the management successor.

Before he went to Suzhou last time, he and Yanhua researched the matter of giving the store manager and head chef a commission based on performance. In his opinion, it was just a stopgap measure and could not last long.The most taboo thing for enterprises is to guide the management to "money", so that the management will lose its dominant position.

It is unrealistic not to talk about money with management, including employees.When a person applies for a job in an enterprise, no matter whether he is a manager or an ordinary employee, don't talk about his ideals with others.What he wants is a job to support his family, and he will do it if the salary he gives meets his expectations.

I don't even have a job, my wife and children are waiting for the rice to cook, and the big cakes I painted are so good to satisfy my hunger.

But having said that, it is also sad that the management of an enterprise has no ideals, no goals, and employees cannot see hope, and death is not far away.

"Enterprises rely on me to develop, and I rely on enterprises to survive."On the surface, this is a slogan. Many training institutions use this to beat the blood, and make the bosses and managers being trained excited.

But it also shows a problem - no one is just a shell in the best company, and the best employees without a platform are waste.

There are two reasons why people love to go to good companies. They can get wages on time and get generous benefits. At the same time, as long as they work hard, they can realize their ideals.

The boss creates a sustainable development and profitable platform for people with ideals and ambitions. They promote the development and growth of the enterprise, which is mutually beneficial and win-win.

Take Aqiao as an example, the business between Yanhua and Yanzi was established through the hands of Lao Tan.After five years of development to today, on the surface it is the credit of Lao Tan.To put it bluntly, without the joint efforts of the store manager, chef, human resources department, marketing department, finance department, and logistics department, can Lao Tan do it alone?
On the other hand, if these people had no room for development here and only received a dead salary, they would have quit long ago.

Everyone wants to get better and better. If you are a supervisor, you want to be a manager. If you are a manager, you want to be a manager. If you become a manager, you will be envious of the position of store manager.

One day, when I found that I was not good at doing it, I felt that my development had come to an end, and I lost my enthusiasm. I either worked step by step, or moved to another hotel to seek another development.

We cannot say that this is disloyalty, nor can we use our own moral concepts to accuse it.The water flows to the lower places and the people go to the higher places, and the trees fork and the temples are divided.It is normal to leave the enterprise when the development of the enterprise cannot meet the needs of the individual, which is the same as being eliminated if the development of the individual cannot keep up with the pace of the enterprise.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and when the front waves are knocked down, there is no need to be depressed, because this is the inevitable development.Otherwise, where would the rolling Yangtze River flow eastward, and the waves would wipe out the heroes.

As a regional manager, Zhou Xiaomei is worried that it is normal for middle and high-level managers to go out of town for a while and not manage the store. This is also a responsible performance.

"It seems that we have to train successors." Old Tan said.

"What's wrong? Do you want to retire?" Wang Shulan asked jokingly.

"That's not true." Old Tan thought for a while and said, "The day before yesterday I chatted with the head of Da Dong for a while, and what he said made sense."

"What are you talking about?" Yanhua asked.

"The more tired the managers are, the less effective they will be. If they have to do everything by themselves, they will not be able to train good subordinates, and the company will not develop." Lao Tan said.

Yanhua and Wang Shulan pondered the meaning of this sentence in silence, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.

Zhou Xiaomei was also thinking.

“Cultivating successors is imperative.

We have a standardized enterprise system, rigorous operating procedures and strict standards, which constitute the existing operating model.The model is profitable and can be copied quickly, which is the foundation of development.

Patterns can be copied and people have to copy them.

Once the management cannot keep up with the development, the enterprise will stand still, and may be killed by internal friction at that time.Now we are in charge, how many years later?Will we be okay in a few years or ten years?Even if the body can't move the head, if you can't keep up with the situation, you will be eliminated naturally.

So when it comes to cultivating successors, let's work on it later, let them do it, and let's watch from the back. "Old Tan said.

"The roots of the tree don't move, and the top of the tree grows casually." Wang Shulan spoke first.

"Yes, we are the roots of the tree, and we have to be the sun and rain. The top of the tree always grows towards the sun. The general direction can't be wrong. We can correct the small and lax, and just help avoid mistakes." Old Tan said.

"Will I be able to swim in mountains and rivers, just like Zhang Yuyanzi?" Yanhua asked with a smile.

"Almost." Lao Tan said: "I'm not so tired anymore, I just need to guide and guide behind my back."

"Have you figured out who will take over from your class?" Yanhua asked.

"There is roughly a candidate, but I haven't decided yet."

Old Tan looked at Zhou Xiaomei and said, "Take Mulan well and sign up for her in the executive class when you go back."

"Okay." Zhou Xiaomei nodded in agreement, and then asked with a smile, "Uncle, shall I be your driver after the Chinese New Year?"

(End of this chapter)