When he first set foot in the catering industry, Li Yan could not open a fake taste opposite every real taste, and he didn't have so much capital, so he could only launch a targeted local attack.

Noting down the locations of several real taste restaurants in the city, Li Yan rode a shared bicycle to inspect everywhere.

Coincidentally, one of the real taste chain restaurants is just one street away from Jiangnan Normal University, and this restaurant is diagonally opposite a large storefront. It is currently idle, and a rental advertisement is posted at the door, with the mobile phone number of the landlord, Ms. He, on it.

"Hehe, there is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there!"

After laughing two or three times, Li Yan took his mobile phone and wrote down the number on the rental advertisement, if the rent was not too outrageous, he planned to open the first fake taste restaurant here.

I made a phone call. Soon a lazy woman's voice came, and Li Yan briefly talked to her about her willingness to rent a shop.

As soon as she heard that someone wanted to rent a store, the woman immediately became more energetic and asked Li Yan to wait for her at the door of the store for a few minutes.

Seven or eight minutes passed. A red BMW stopped on the side of the road, and a young woman in a white dress got out of the car, walked up to Li Yan and asked, "Sir." Was it you who called to rent a store?"

Li Yan nodded, saw the cold drink shop next to him, and said, "It's too hot, let's talk while having a drink." ”

Seeing that he was only in his early twenties, and he didn't look like a rich man, the young woman was very skeptical that Li Yan could afford to rent a storefront, but she still walked into the cold drink shop patiently.

After finding a more secluded place to sit down and ordering two cups of milk tea, Li Yan asked straight to the point: "Ms. He, what price is your store rented?"

"The total area of this store is nearly 200 square meters, and the monthly rent is 30,000 yuan. ”

The price offered by the landlord was on par with what Li Yan expected, and there was a problem in statistics in his sophomore year, which was to collect the rent of shops around Funing University and calculate the average price per square meter.

At that time, Li Yan's group found that the rent per square meter was between 12 and 200 per square meter, and it must be similar to that of the Normal University. For a 200-square-meter store, the monthly rent of 30,000 yuan is within a reasonable range, which is neither cheap nor expensive.

Li Yan didn't speak for a while, making the landlord think that the price was too high, so he immediately took a step back and said: "If you feel pressured, the rent is allowed to be paid once a month, and you don't have to pay it all at once for a quarter." ”

"No, it's better to pay once a year, so as not to have to trouble once a month. Li Yan said bluntly.

The young woman was stunned for a few seconds, and asked uncertainly: "If you pay once a year, you will have to take out 360,000 yuan at once, are you sure?"

Li Yan nodded without hesitation: "The rent is not a problem, let me enter the store first, sign the contract if there is no problem, and I will pay immediately after signing." ”

I walked around the store twice, and the area is indeed not small. It is estimated to be a little more than two hundred square meters, but it is not much decorated.

Soon the two parties signed a contract, Li Yan rented the shop for two years, the rent was paid in two installments, and he had the right of first refusal to renew the lease after expiration.

After confirming that 360,000 yuan had arrived, the young woman realized that she had lost her eyes, and she was a little more enthusiastic about Li Yan, it was rare to meet such a well-talkative tenant, and she negotiated things in less than twenty minutes.

After getting the key, Li Yan made a call to Guo Tianhao and asked him to help contact a decoration team.

The first thing to do is to ensure hygiene, so that customers have an appetite, the store must be well designed, and it doesn't matter if you spend a little more money.

Knowing that Li Yan was going to open a restaurant, Guo Tianhao was surprised for a while, many things in the new company had not been implemented, and this product still had the energy to run a restaurant.

Surprised, he asked his subordinates to find a relatively good decoration team to do real estate business, and the network resources in this area are relatively broad.

It is different from the real taste of luxury. Li Yan's idea is to make the fake taste antique, because several of his signature dishes are palace banquets, so that diners can enjoy the blessings of the ancient emperor.

To this end, he personally put pen to paper, wrote down the three big characters of "fake taste", and bought a piece of fine nanmu to carve into a plaque.

Li Yan's carpentry skills are inherited from the famous carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao, and it is natural to carve a plaque.

The decoration team introduced by Guo Tianhao was quite professional, and he gave a decoration plan within two days, although it burned money, but the effect made him very satisfied.

The leader of the decoration team is surnamed Yang, Li Yan looked at the decoration design and asked, "Master Yang, how many days do you estimate it will take to complete the decoration?"

Master Yang said with confidence: "It will definitely be completed within a week, you can rest assured." ”

Li Yan raised his eyebrows, this efficiency was much faster than he expected, and it was worthy of a professional team.

He didn't know much about decoration, so he didn't ask much, and he was relieved to hand it over to Master Yang's decoration team.

During the renovation period, Li Yan went to Bai Suyun's house several times, taught Ma Chengyan cooking skills, and taught him the practice of several palace dishes.

I have tasted Li Yan's craftsmanship. Bai Suyun finally believed that this guy was not bragging, there was no gap without comparison, after eating the dishes made by Li Yan, and then tasting what her father made, the gap was quite obvious.

"Li Yan, you won't graduate from New Oriental, will you?" asked Bai Suyun very strangely.

Learning to cook is not an easy task, and some chefs have been in the kitchen for several years and their cooking skills are still mediocre. Li Yan is only a few years old, and he is not a professional chef, but his cooking level is not inferior to those hotel chefs.

"Haha, New Oriental can't learn my craft. Li Yan said proudly: "I won't tell you, the few dishes I passed on to my uncle are all imperial meals eaten by the ancient emperors and concubines, and some of the practices have long been lost. I can't learn these precious skills. ”

"The emperor's imperial meal?"

Ma Chengyan was taken aback, not to mention whether it was delicious or not, just this name could be passed out, and many people could be frightened.

In the name of imperial food, even if the price is a little more expensive, you have to spend money to taste it and enjoy the treatment of ancient emperors.

As soon as they heard that it was the emperor's dish, Bai Suyun and Ma Wenyuan's sisters and brothers ate more energetically. With the title of multiple imperial meals, I feel that the dishes have become more fragrant!

After tasting the braised fish made by Ma Chengyan, Li Yan nodded and said, "Uncle has basically mastered the methods of several signature dishes now, and is fully capable of serving as the head chef, let's talk about the salary." ”

After a pause, Li Yan continued: "I give two plans, the first is a monthly salary of 15,000, if the restaurant is good after half a year, then 5% of the shares, the second is a monthly salary of 12,000, the monthly profit dividend of 5%, and the share system remains unchanged." ”

The two salary packages offered by Li Yan were very attractive, which made Ma Chengyan embarrassed to accept them.

After hesitating for a while, he said: "Forget about the shares, the monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan is already very high." ”

Li Yan waved his hand and said: "Now many companies have an equity incentive system, and our restaurant is no exception, as long as the restaurant's efficiency is good enough, not only you, the chef, will have shares, but also other employees." ”

After thinking about it, Ma Chengyan said: "Then I'll choose the first one." ”

He can imagine that with the imperial diet as a signboard, it will be difficult for Li Yan's restaurant not to be prosperous in the future, if he chooses the second plan, plus profit dividends, the income will be more considerable, but he really can't pull down that face.

"Li Yan, my younger brother wants to work part-time during the summer vacation, and when the restaurant opens, why don't you let him become a waiter?" Bai Suyun said.

Ma Wenyuan is still an adult, and she is wary that it is not safe for her younger brother to go out to work part-time, and it would be best if she could work in a restaurant.

"Brother Li Yan, I can do any dirty work, and I've done it all before!" Ma Wenyuan assured.

Li Yan laughed: "It's no problem, you have to recruit waiters anyway, what treatment other waiters have, I will also give you any treatment." ”

Coming out of Bai Suyun's house, Li Yan went to the storefront, every day he would go over to check the progress of the renovation, most of them had ended yesterday, and there was only some finishing work left today.

Sure enough, when Li Yan arrived, the ground was cleaned up, and the whole store looked brand new.

He specially customized a number of wooden tables and chairs, all of which were designed in an ancient style, and even the lamps on the wall were in the shape of lanterns, giving people the illusion of being in an ancient palace when they walked into the store.