Chapter 66: The Age of Little People
The store that Zhang Xinhuo couldn't find finally has been found.
A local fast-food restaurant owner from Jiangcheng happened to see Zhang Xinhuo's live broadcast today and expressed his willingness to lend him his fast-food restaurant for free.
Zhang Xinhuo immediately called Xue Meng and asked him to organize a volunteer support team of six or seven people, asking for at least three cooks to rush to Jiangcheng by tomorrow night.
Zhang Xinhuo did not plan to let Xu Mingtao and them go to the new store, but thought about forming another feeding team, so that they could provide meals for three or two more hospitals.
The largest hospital in Jiangcheng with the largest number of medical staff has been rounded up by them now, and another six or seven people can cook four or five hundred meals per meal, which is enough to supply two or three hospitals.
Because the nationwide direct-managed stores have been launched to provide free meals before, all the chefs directly under the Torch Box Lunch who are willing to go to the front line of the protest have been assigned to various directly-managed stores, and the manpower he can draw this time is already at the limit.
Zhang Xinhuo knows very well that it is impossible to meet the dining needs of all medical staff in Jiangcheng alone, and the problems of manpower, ingredients, and distribution are no longer something he can solve alone.
He does not plan to continue to expand the store in the future, only by mobilizing the catering practitioners in the same industry can it be possible to solve the problem of the shortage of meals for all medical staff.
With a few more people like Wang Fangfang and a few more restaurants like Fanghua Fast Food Restaurant, the problem of eating for doctors and nurses can be solved.
Zhang Xinhuo's problem of not being able to find the store has lasted for many days, and many viewers know about it through the previous video works, and they especially want to know who the person who bravely stood up at this time is.
Therefore, the number of people in the live broadcast room has increased instead of decreasing, and everyone wants to see that civilian hero.
Bidding farewell to Lilac Wu Wei and the two, Zhang Xinhuo drove over according to the address given by the other party.
The empty streets along the way aroused countless viewers' sighs, this was one of the most prosperous commercial streets in Jiangcheng in the past, but now it is empty, as if it is the end of the world.
Rows of shops with locked gates quickly retreated in sight, and as they approached their destination, they saw a short, stocky figure standing in front of a shop door in the distance, stretching his neck in anticipation.
Perhaps, he is looking forward to the arrival of spring and hope.
When he saw the license plate of Zhang Xinhuo, he immediately beckoned, and this is the person he is going to meet today.
After Zhang Xinhuo got out of the car, the two sides greeted each other and did not dare to shake hands.
His name is Tang Yonghe, and he only made up his mind to start a business in the second half of last year, and he has just improved after half a year of operation, and he can barely maintain the balance of income and expenditure.
I thought that I could launch some special New Year's goods during the New Year, but I didn't expect that the capital had not been earned, but he was hit by the new crown epidemic and his enthusiasm was taken down.
Although the government has issued some policies to support these small and medium-sized enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, he leases shops developed by private enterprises, and he still has to pay the monthly rent.
The epidemic has not yet ushered in an inflection point, and it is still unknown when business will resume, and he will soon be unable to hold on if it continues like this.
Tang Yonghe's difficult situation made many viewers feel the same way, many of them also run small businesses, self-employed entrepreneurs, and small businesses are struggling to survive.
I wanted to take advantage of the better and better environment to work hard for a few years, save one million to buy a car and a house, marry a wife and have a child.
But they were all caught off guard by the epidemic, God knows how many people lost their blood after the epidemic, and how many people shed blood, sweat and tears.
Tang Yonghe is just a microcosm of an era, just a microcosm of the thousands of entrepreneurs who are struggling to survive under this epidemic.
When he learned about Zhang Xinhuo's predicament, he didn't think about taking the opportunity to make a sum of money to subsidize the loss, but thought that instead of letting it go and not wasting it in vain, it would be better to lend Zhang Xinhuo for free and they would contribute to the fight against the epidemic, and maybe they could do good deeds and accumulate virtue.
That's why we met today.
Zhang Xinhuo asked him if he minded the live broadcast, and he heartily agreed, saying that he decided to lend his store only after seeing the live broadcast, and he also hoped that through the live broadcast, more catering colleagues could be called on to participate.
The storefront here is more than 200 square meters, which is larger than Xu Diao's storefront, the back kitchen is also much larger, and the lobby dining area is also much larger.
After all, it is a restaurant that attaches equal importance to dine-in and take-out, and there must be enough space in the lobby for tables and chairs.
Zhang Xinhuo looked at the menu posted on the wall again, from a dozen yuan of single products to dozens of yuan of set meals, and they were all authentic Jiangcheng dishes.
Zhang Xinhuo knew that Tang Yonghe's ambition was not small, and he dared to open such a big store and cook such a professional dish when he first started his business.
His customer positioning is white-collar workers in nearby commercial buildings, as long as he captures them with taste, he can cultivate a steady stream of mid-to-high-end consumer customers.
White-collar workers may not have a very high income, but there are quite few people who bring their own food, and most of them order takeout or go to the store to eat, and Tang Yonghe catches the stomach of this part of the people.
Zhang Xinhuo took more than 200,000 viewers to inspect Tang Yonghe's fast food restaurant, and was very satisfied with water, electricity, gas, sanitation, etc., so the two of them signed a lease agreement to rent it.
Tang Yonghe insisted on exempting him from shop rent, but Zhang Xinhuo was unwilling to waive water and electricity no matter what.
Tang Yonghe is difficult enough, the catering industry is a large user of water and electricity, and Zhang Xinhuo can no longer let well-wishers suffer.
Zhang Xinhuo and Tang Yonghe, one thinks about others everywhere, and the other wants to contribute his all even if it is difficult.
Two ordinary people and two little people, but they show the most simple and noble qualities of China's 1.4 billion descendants of Yan and Huang.
The agreement was signed and the cooperation was reached.
The two did not dare to shake hands, and Tang Yonghe returned the military salute in the appearance of scholar Zhang Xinhuo.
This touching moment was screenshotted by netizens and widely spread, and was called "the highest courtesy that is not a soldier is better than a soldier." ”
Six or seven people in such a large store will definitely not be able to fill it, and it will definitely waste space, Zhang Xinhuo is a little worried and thinks about where to ask for a few more people.
Tang Yonghe saw his thoughts, so he said: "I have three chefs who have always wanted to do something for the epidemic, but because there are too few people and the climate is not enough, I hope that Chef Zhang can let the four of us participate in and deliver a stomach-warming and heart-warming lunch to the medical staff in Jiangcheng." ”
Zhang Xinhuo was overjoyed, so that he could even save the action of calling the headquarters again to add VIPs, and this fast food restaurant was directly full.
After saying goodbye to Tang Yonghe, Zhang Xinhuo can finally return to the fast food restaurant.
On the way back, he asked Cheng Tao to drive, and he grabbed the gimbal and absentmindedly photographed the street outside the car, but what he was thinking about was the ingredients.
While it's a joy to have the store problem solved, the opening of a new store also means an increase of 100 percent and 50 percent more food consumption.
Rice and potatoes are not a big problem for the time being, but the difficulty is how to get meat and fresh vegetables.
Cheng Tao's mobile phone rang, he picked up the Bluetooth answer, and then said to Zhang Xinhuo: "Chairman, the reporter of the CCTV news channel said that he wanted to interview you!"
Zhang Xinhuo subconsciously replied: "No!"