Chapter 525: Branch opening
Half a month passed in a flash, and the time soon came to March 1, the second day of the second lunar month.
In the countryside, it is a good day, on the second day of February, the dragon raises its head, and on the calendar, this day is designated as the Dragon Head Festival.
The reason why this date is mentioned is because Zhou An set the opening of the new store on this day.
As early as three days ago, all the employees of the new store officially came here to report, and those who need accommodation are arranged, and those who do not need accommodation have come to familiarize themselves with the environment and their respective work scopes in advance.
First of all, the whole store was cleaned up and down, and the newly renovated new store that had not had time to be cleaned inside and outside was cleaned cleanly.
This was followed by all kinds of preparations.
For example, in the kitchen, there is a lot of preparation to be done, such as boiling chili oil, making various sauces, boiling lard, preparing various seasonings, yarding into the warehouse, entering all kinds of frozen fish and frozen meat, stuffing them into the refrigerator, processing some braised vegetables in advance, hanging broth, etc., these preparations are not done in advance, and on the opening day, the kitchen is unable to produce food.
For example, there is a lot of preparation work in the front hall.
And this piece, there is no need for Zhou An to put much effort into it, all of it is handed over to Qu Yanyang, she is the lobby manager, and she is familiar with this part of the work.
The entire new store seems to be not open yet, but in the past three days, all the employees in the store have been very busy, and Zhou An has also been busy.
Not only does he have to worry about things up and down, but he also has to go into the kitchen to cook.
On the old store's side, he hasn't cooked in person for a while, but now the new store in the city is about to open for the first time, and he is still a little uneasy about the quality of the dishes.
For example, sauce pork ribs, such as pig killing dishes, and so on.
After three days of hurrying, he was really idle on March 1.
He also set the opening hours of this new store at half past four in the afternoon, but on the first day of opening today, he asked everyone to go to work at two o'clock, and no tardiness or leave was allowed.
In front of the gate, two rows of flower baskets have already been placed, and firecrackers have also been set off.
In recent years, the ban on firecrackers in the city was not so strict.
The two rows of flower baskets, in fact, most of them were bought by him to support the scene, he didn't have many interpersonal relationships in the city, and his relatives were far away, and there were very few relatives who came to the city to congratulate him on his new store, only his second and third uncles came in person.
Moreover, although his third uncle came and gave red envelopes, his third uncle Zhou Taiming did not think of buying flower baskets.
In contrast, his second uncle Tian Bencai was more good at being a man and bought two flower baskets.
Tian Bencai also helped Xia Wenjing wrap a red envelope for Zhou An by the way.
In addition, no relatives came, including Zhou An's own parents who did not come because of the long distance.
In this regard, Zhou An is not unhappy, on this day, he is more concerned about how the business is, and he doesn't care if his relatives come.
Because he knew very well that even if more relatives came today, it would not be of much help to the business of his new store.
However, Wei Wei, who supplied drinks to his new store, came in person, not only giving flower baskets, but also red envelopes.
When it was almost 4 o'clock, Shen Jinke also came, he also brought a flower basket, and also brought a group of friends, both men and women, about seven or eight people, these people knew that their family was good at a glance at their clothes and temperament, and they talked and laughed when they entered the door, and their demeanor was natural and relaxed, and they were obviously the kind of people who often went in and out of various restaurants and entertainment venues.
Zhou An noticed that most of these people were about the same age as Shen Jinke, around thirty.
"I've brought you a few friends, warm up the scene, come! Anzi, let me introduce you!"
Shen Jinke took Zhou An's arm with one hand and introduced to the smiling people: "Zhou An, the owner of this shop! You can call him Anzi, his little brother, hehe, I had a car accident some time ago, you know, it was Anzi who helped call the ambulance that day, and it also sent me all the way to the hospital and paid me medical expenses, so, you know?"
A few people laughed, some nodded, some said, "Yes!" and some smiled slightly.
After introducing Zhou An, Shen Jinke began to introduce those people.
"Anzi, this is Da Tong! The big name Tong Jinzhi! The beautiful woman next to him is not his Ma Zi, but his sister Tong Xue! Hehe, does it sound the same as your classmates when you were studying? Hehe, the sound is the same, the words are different, Tong Dawei's Tong, Xuehua's snow! And this ......"
Zhou An knows Shen Jinke's friends, and it is estimated that the family background is not ordinary.
So in the face of these people, he didn't dare to slack off, every time Shen Jinke introduced one, he stepped forward to shake a hand, and said with a smile on his face, "Fortunately!
After waiting for the introduction, he immediately personally invited these people to the upstairs box, ready to arrange for them.
But he was stopped by Shen Jinke.
"What upstairs? We're here today to warm you up, just downstairs in the hall! Pedestrians passing by outside can see it, and when we go upstairs, how can we warm you up? You say yes?"
The last sentence is to ask the people he brought.
Those few people were also very respectful, some agreed, some people had already gone directly to the table to sit, the Tong Jinzhi who Shen Jinke introduced first just now walked over with a smile and patted Zhou An's upper arm, "You are Jin Ke's little brother, and you are also our little brother, you are not polite with a few of us! If you have any good wine and good food, just serve it! Someone will pay the bill later!"
After speaking, he nodded to Zhou An, and left with a smile with his sister Tong Xue, and a few other people in their group had already chosen a large table by the window in the hall.
Shen Jinke patted Zhou An on the back, "Okay, let's arrange it like this! Wait a minute, if you are free, come over and toast everyone, if you are busy, but it's okay to come! I'll go over to accompany them first! They will be entertained by me, hehe, how can I say that you are also the honorary store manager here? ”
Shen Jinke also passed.
Zhou An looked over there with a smile, in a good mood.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Qu Yanyang appear behind her at some point, so Zhou An said to her: "You can entertain them personally, ask them what kind of wine they want to drink, and wait until someone pays the bill, don't charge the money! I'll go to the kitchen to arrange it!"
"Hey, good!"
Qu Yanyang agreed, twisted the waist of the water snake and walked over quickly.
As for Zhou An?
He not only went into the kitchen to list a menu for Shen Jinke and them, but also made a few signature dishes on the stove himself.
Pork ribs with sauce, fish bite sheep, duck blood duck soup, and a pig-killing dish.
Those people just now, except for Shen Jinke, he was dealing with him for the first time, even Shen Jinke, although he had long known that he was running a restaurant and could cook, but today was also the first time to taste his craftsmanship.
His idea is very simple, he is a catering, except for Shen Jinke, if he wants those people to look up to him, he must come up with a few decent dishes.
You can't make people look down on you when you meet for the first time.