Zhang Ming's action in his hand paused: "Open a restaurant? ”

Zhou Huai nodded, he had originally thought about opening a restaurant, but it would cost at least more than one million to open a restaurant, and the money in his hand was not rich before, although he had this idea, it was not easy to implement. Now that he has a little more in his hands, it's time to give it a try.

"But with the recent economic crisis, all walks of life are depressed."

Zhou Huai also knows this, especially in recent years, online shopping has had a great impact on the real economy, and the customers of women's clothing stores in major shopping malls are several times less than the original, and a friend of his who makes clothing has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars this year.

The number of customers patronizing the clothing category has decreased, and other stores other than the clothing category have also been affected.

"Although the economy is in a depression, even if you don't have any money, you still have to eat. Moreover, based on past experience, the more the economic depression, the better the performance of the catering industry, and the less impact. ”

Zhang Ming thought for a while: "Also, many celebrities' side hustles are catering, so you can use your star effect to increase your popularity." ”

"I'm going to open this restaurant anonymously."

Proof was stunned: "Why?" "It's much more difficult to start from scratch, so why not use it with a great star effect?

"Although the star effect can increase the exposure of the restaurant, it is also easy to hide some hidden problems. Moreover, since the catering business is mainly to earn word of mouth through guò taste, and then attract repeat customers, if you use guò star effect to win word of mouth, I am afraid that it will put the cart before the horse. ”

Zhang Ming carefully considered Zhou Huai's words, but it was not unreasonable: "I never considered this before. ”

Zhou Huai smiled, in fact, this is the same as acting, if you want to develop in the circle for a long time, you rely on solid acting skills, and then earn popularity. If you don't want to make progress in acting, and just blindly use your popularity to get ratings, it must not be a long-term solution.

Of course, it is not within the scope of this discussion to just think about making a few handfuls while you are popular.

Zhou Huai's mention aroused Zhang Ming's interest, he originally thought about doing some small business, but because of financial constraints, he had no choice but to enter this circle as an assistant. So he didn't care about eating at night, and discussed the issue of running a restaurant with Zhou Huai with great interest.

In fact, it is difficult to run a restaurant well, easy to say, and the most important thing is taste and location. If the taste is good, the address is not good, the source of customers is difficult to guarantee, and if the location is good and the taste is not enough, it is still difficult to maintain the source of customers for a long time.

It is not difficult to choose a location, as long as you have time to squat in a shopping mall with a large number of customers for a few days, it is easy to sum up the experience. The taste is more difficult, after all, Zhou Huai and Zhang Ming have no experience in catering.

There is also a problem of time, Zhou Huai's current schedule is very tight, and there is almost no spare leisure time except for filming and running announcements, so problems such as restaurant location selection and decoration will fall on Zhang Ming. He is now an assistant to the director, and although the schedule is not as tight as Zhou Huai, he definitely doesn't have so much free time. Therefore, the plan to open a restaurant should not be rushed, and it must be studied slowly.

The two of them chatted for more than an hour, Zhang Ming chatted and talked about his addiction to smoking, and when he touched his pocket, he just finished smoking.

"Hey, I'm done." Zhou Huai is a non-smoker, Zhang Ming turned his head and asked the sleepy waiter on the side: "Beauty, do you have smoke?" ”

"Nope."

"Is there anything for sale nearby?"

"There is a 24-hour convenience store more than 200 meters to the right."

"Okay, thank you."

At this time, the two of them had eaten about the same, Zhou Huai got up and settled the bill, and went out of the restaurant with Zhang Ming to buy cigarettes one after the other.

It was already late at night, and there were very few pedestrians on the road, only a few passers-by occasionally. Just as the two of them were walking slowly towards the convenience store, a young man with a small height suddenly appeared around the corner. Probably because the street lights were dim, he accidentally bumped into the other party when he passed by Zhou Huai, and then hurriedly said sorry. Zhou Huai's temper has always been good, and he didn't care much.

When he arrived at the convenience store, Zhang Ming was about to take out his wallet to pay, but found that he had forgotten his wallet.

"my memory."

Zhou Huai smiled and was about to take out his wallet to pay for him, but his right hand reached into the pocket of his coat and found that it was empty.

The wallet is gone.

Zhang Ming was stunned for a moment, and then the person who had just bumped into Zhou Huai flashed in his mind, but he didn't expect them to meet a dedicated pickpocket in the middle of the night, and they worked hard at night.

"Holy." Zhang Ming scolded.

"It's okay, pay for it with your phone." Zhou Huai said and called up the QR code on his mobile phone, and when he was about to hand it to the cashier, the little girl didn't know what he thought, and his face suddenly changed.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Ming caught Zhou Huai's sudden change in face and couldn't help blurting out.

Zhou Huai's fingers holding the mobile phone tightened, and after a while, he smiled at Zhang Ming: "It's nothing." ”

*******

When Zhou Huai returned to Zhou's house, it was already the next morning, because it was the weekend, Zhou Nianzi was still lying in bed, and when he saw Zhou Huai, he rubbed his eyes and asked, "Brother...... Why did you come back so early? Didn't you say yesterday that you would go to film at noon today? ”

"Something," Zhou Huai seemed to be looking for something, squatted on the side of the bed and turned out all the things under the bed, and asked Zhou Nianzi as he flipped over: "Why can't you get up so late?" Don't have to go to class today? ”

"No, it's the weekend." Zhou Nianzi yawned loudly: "Let's rest." ”

Zhou Huai casually said "um" and continued to look for it intently.

"Brother, what are you looking for?" Zhou Nianzi lifted it and jumped down with a "snap", and walked to Zhou Huai's side barefoot: "I'll help you find it." ”

Zhou Huai glanced at him: "It's cold on the ground, put on your slippers." ”

"Oh." Zhou Nianzi obediently put on his slippers, and then turned around and squatted beside Zhou Huai, watching him rummage through boxes and cabinets to find something.

"Brother, what are you looking for, say it and I'll help you find it."

"No, you put on your clothes and finish your breakfast and do your homework."

"I've finished my homework."

"Have you memorized the words?"

Zhou Nianzi was silent in an instant, and after a while, he said slowly: "I'll recite it in a while." ”

Zhou Huai didn't speak again, he lowered his head and rummaged vigorously, Zhou Nianzi didn't bother him anymore, and watched with his chin on the side.

It took more than half an hour for Zhou Huai to pull out a roll of tan old-fashioned film from a small box. Because of the time, a thin layer of dust fell on the film.

Zhou Nianzi had never seen this kind of old-fashioned film in his age, and his dark eyes widened and asked, "Brother, what is this?" ”

Zhou Huai didn't answer his words, but held the film in his hand, turned his head to look at Zhou Nianzi, smiled, and said, "You rest today?" Brother will take you out to dinner. ”

Zhou Nianzi was so happy, since his brother worked, he rarely had time to take him out shopping and eating, at this time, as if he was afraid that Zhou Huai would regret it, he rushed back to the bed with a gust of wind and put the sweater on his head, and began to dress quickly. It took less than ten minutes to put on the clothes, and after washing, he stood neatly at the gate and waited for Zhou Huai.

Because he had to take Zhou Nianzi with him, in order to prevent passers-by from recognizing him, Zhou Huai wore a mask, but fortunately, the weather was still a little cold at this time, and the spring dust in S City was heavy, and it would not look abrupt when wearing a mask.

Zhou Nianzi proposed to go to a small restaurant that he used to frequent, this old restaurant has been in business for more than ten years, older than Zhou Nianzi, and has always been full of customers.

After the two had lunch, Zhou Huai parked the car at the door of a nearby photo studio, and he told Zhou Nianzi to wait for him in the car, and then got out of the car and walked into the photo studio.

Because it was lunch break, there was only a little girl in her early twenties in the photo studio who was watching a TV series with headphones in front of the counter. ”

Zhou Huai asked, "Can you wash the film?" ”

"Film?" The little girl was stunned for a moment: "I don't accept this business now, it's all digital photos." ”

"So where can I develop the film?"

"I really don't know about this, you go to the street in front of you, there's an old photo studio over there, maybe it will work," she paused, "If it really doesn't work, you'll have to find someone on the Internet to rinse it." ”

Zhou Huai thanked the little girl and walked out of the photo studio.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Huai drove to several photo studios one after another, and the people in several photo studios said that they no longer undertook this kind of business.

Zhou Nianzi followed Zhou Huai outside for a day, and at this time he was already a little tired, so he leaned back on the chair sleepily and asked, "Brother, is it still not?" ”

At this time, an old-fashioned photo studio happened to appear at the street corner on the right, Zhou Huai parked the car at the door of the photo studio and touched Zhou Nianzi's head: "The last one, if it still doesn't work, we'll go back." ”

Fortunately, the master of the last family nodded after listening to Zhou Huai's words, but said that this kind of old film printing will be a little more troublesome, and it will take three or four days.

Zhou Huai smiled: "It's okay, don't wait to use it in a hurry." ”

After the master put the film aside, he lowered his head to give Zhou Huai a receipt, and asked casually, "This is a photo from a long time ago, right?" ”

Zhou Huai let out a "hmm".

"At first glance, you are a nostalgic person, and now few people come to develop this kind of old-fashioned film photos, which is too troublesome."

Zhou Huai smiled and didn't speak.

The old master had a pair of reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he wrote and chanted: "The old people are good, and the old people are long-lasting." ”

He straightened up slowly, and handed the receipt in his hand to Zhou Huai: "It's a total of twenty yuan, and I'll take the receipt in three days." ”