got a plane ticket through Zhu Jiahua's relationship, and the latter personally sent him to the airport and watched him board the plane, and then turned around and left. The flight of several hours was fleeting, the plane landed at Baiyun Airport, Lu Li stayed in Yangcheng for a day, and the next morning, Li Zhengrong drove to Pengcheng to enter Hong Kong.

There was nothing to say on the way, and I returned to the Fangdi hot pot restaurant in Kowloon City, just after two o'clock, there were still guests dining in the store, Li Tiehan and Li Xueqing leaned on the side, elbows on the silver table, and talked to Gu Zhong in a low voice.

In addition, there were several young men and women wearing white shirts, vests, and trousers who walked around from time to time, all of which were employees recruited by Gu Zhong, and looking at their appearance, it seemed that they had already mastered the essentials of the work. "Huh?" Li Tiehan raised his eyebrows and saw Lu Li who walked in, "Xiaoxiao, are you back?" ”

"I'm back." Luli handed him the travel bag and patted him on the shoulder, "It's been a hard few days. ”

"It's okay, we don't have to run back and forth like you. By the way, how is the home? ”

"We'll talk later," Lu Li smiled at Gu Zhong and said, "Ah Zhong, I've been bothering you these days." ”

"Where, if Brother takes me as a brother, I naturally have to work diligently." Gu Zhong replied decently, "Brother Li, this is the account of the past nine days, can you take a look?" ”

"I'll see later." Lu Li looked at the men and women in uniform and said, "Ah Zhong, you have done a beautiful job in this matter, I am very satisfied." ”

"Huh?"

"These are the people?"

Gu Zhong smiled and nodded, smoothed his tongue as much as possible, and said in Chinese: "Didn't say it." Come here, I'll introduce you, this is the owner of our hot pot restaurant. Lully. You can call him Brother or the boss from now on. ”

"Brother Lee." The uneven voices of three or five young people sounded, "Don't call me boss, call me Brother Li, I won't have to be messy in the future." By the way, what about Xu Yunjian? ”

"He's upstairs."

"Oh?" Luli was pleasantly surprised. He asked, "Is there finally a guest upstairs?" ”

"Yes, but so far, it's only on the second floor, and it's not very crowded. Hey, he's down. As Gu Zhong spoke, there was a sound of thumping footsteps on the stairs, and it was Xu Yunjian who heard the news and rushed down in a puff of smoke, "Xiaoxiao." Fuck me! I'll have to wait until the New Year to come back. ”

Gu Zhong laughed in unison, but a strange thought arose: Xu Yunjian was the only guy who dared to laugh in front of Lu Li! Others want to learn, but they don't dare! "Who told you to come back after the New Year? Don't talk so much nonsense, is there anyone upstairs? ”

"There are two tables. You wait a while, I'll go up and say hello, and when the people are gone, I'll come down and talk to you. ”

Seeing him rush upstairs without looking back, Lu Li smiled, "Ah Zhong." I told you before I left, let you take care of this kid. Why are you still so frizzy? ”

Gu Zhong could see that he was in a good mood, so he might as well joke with him, "You pull it down, Brother Li, you also know Brother Jian's temper, except that you can say a few words to him." None of us will stare at him when he talks, and if he doesn't believe it, let him come down in a while, you see? Are his eyes bigger than they used to be? ”

Everyone laughed! "You're talking too much, aren't you?"

"It's not hanging at all, you can see for yourself."

After laughing for a while, Luli shook his head. Xu Yunjian is of course his best friend, but this habit of not listening to persuasion is really bad, and he has to persuade him when he finds time, "Oh, here it is." Li Xueqing walked quickly to the dining table and whispered a few times, "Okay, please wait." ”

After settling the payment, a few guests rushed out, two waiters carried away the hot pot, wiped the tables and chairs, and took the tableware to the back kitchen to scrub, and soon, the store regained calm, "Brother Li, if you are tired, go upstairs to rest, and I will give you the accounts." ”

"Just watch it here." Luli said: "I'll have something to say to you later." He sat down and opened the account book, it was Gu Zhong's handwriting, income and expenses were recorded in great detail, in this regard, Gu Zhong did a better job than him, the use of each income, the quantity of materials purchased, and the unit price were recorded one by one; As for income, even the occasional tip is recorded.

He also looked at it quite seriously, and after reviewing it for a while, he stopped, "Ah Zhong, I don't know much about this tip, do Chinese restaurants also give tips?" ”

"It's all up to the guests themselves. If he thinks that he is very comfortable and the service is very good, we are not sorry. Ligos, is there something wrong with that? ”

"Nope. I just don't get it. So, what is the proportion of tip income? ”

"Generally speaking, it's eighty-two. I get 80 percent, and restaurants get 2 percent. ”

"There's no record of the name of the employee who got the tip?"

Gu Zhong nodded, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is the account, if you add too many names, I am worried that it will cause chaos." But don't worry, I have a special notebook, and every stroke is recorded on it. ”

"You go and get it to me."

Gu Zhong didn't know why, so he took another record book, opened it and saw that the number of words on it was much less, not much different from a new book, and there were few names written on it: Meng Xiaofei, Guo Chunhan, and Guo Jiaju. Among them, Meng Xiaofei received three tips, and the other two received one. The total is only more than 100 Hong Kong dollars. "You call all the people who are in charge of the services on the first floor."

After a while, seven young people, three men and four women, stood in a row, and Lu Li sat upright and looked at them one by one, and asked, "Which of you can't understand Chinese?" Tell me in advance, and I'll ask Ah Zhong to translate for you. ”

Several people looked at each other, but five people didn't understand, and raised their hands timidly, "Stand in the majority?" Forget it, listen to Ah Chung's Cantonese. I would like to give you a piece of advice here, I can understand, but I can't speak, so I hope that you people can learn some Chinese as much as possible, you don't have to speak, but you must be able to listen, so as to save us from disharmony because of the language barrier. ”

Listening to Gu Zhong's translation, a few boys in the crowd showed disdainful expressions, why are they talking so much nonsense? Don't you just want to stand up? "I've just looked at Ah Zhong's tip account. No matter how much it is, it is the fruit of your labor, and I am here to tell you that not a single coin is taken from the income store of the tip, and that the tip received by anyone for good service goes to the individual. ”

“……”

Luley took the expressions of these men into his eyes. Is it funny in my heart, or is it the economic interest that moves people the most? Don't look at the income of ten or twenty yuan, for them, it is also precious! If you think about it carefully, it is not unreasonable, the tip is entirely because of the judgment made by the guest on the service, and it has nothing to do with the store. "Here's the bad news. The so-called rules for entering the door. Here I think it is necessary to warn you that I have a lot of salary here, even if I am a leader in the industry, but in the same way, there must be a reward for what I have paid. I have two requirements, first, when doing business and entertaining guests, I must be cheered up. If I find someone fishing during work hours, no one will have a heart to say. I'll settle the bill for you right away, and you'll leave immediately. ”

“…… Second, I don't allow anyone to lie to me, anyone lies to me, and I don't manage the reason, and I will be dismissed in the same way. In this matter. No one is a face (Cantonese, meaning not to give face). ”

Lu Li paused for a moment to let the young men digest their words, and then said, "Bad news is followed by good news, I am an old guest of your Hong Kong population. I haven't been here for a long time, and I don't know much about some of the customs here, but one thing I do know is that every New Year, the boss has to send a red envelope to everyone. I am no exception, at the end of the year, I will give each of you an extra month's salary as a red envelope according to the working period of all of you; At the same time, I made such a rule, and I will do it every year in the future. To put it simply, 24 months' salary is paid every year, and it is paid semi-annually. ”

As soon as he said these words, everyone from Er Li and below smiled! It's equivalent to working for a month and getting two months' salary? Where can I find such a good thing? Instead, Gu Zhong frowned: Isn't this too wasteful? Taking Meng Xiaofei as an example, her monthly salary is only 2,800 Hong Kong dollars, which is 5,600 when doubled, which is not much better than the OL in Zhang Dadong's law firm!

When the crowd dispersed, he sat down across from Luli, "Brother Li, I'm not questioning your decision, but it's ...... Isn't it too much? ”

Lu Li smiled noncommittally, "Ah Zhong, I understand your thoughts, but I just said that if you pay, you will be rewarded, and vice versa." Moreover, before I came back, I stayed in Yangcheng for a day, and discussed with my friends that from next week, a steady stream of beef and mutton will be imported here in large quantities. I plan to set up this stall in addition to the hot pot restaurant to sell fresh mutton and fresh beef from the mainland. What do you think? ”

Gu Zhong frowned, thought for a while and said: "If it is retail, there are different shops in various housing estates and residential areas in Hong Kong; When it comes to wholesale sales, Hong Kong people usually go to Diamond Hill in Wong Tai Sin District, where they ......"

"I know, I know, I've been there. Not only have I been, but I also visited a gentleman surnamed Guan, and it was not a very pleasant meeting. Recalling the old things, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

His smile was really strange in Gu Zhong's opinion, and he was about to speak, when there was suddenly an extra person beside him, it was Xu Yunjian. "Done?"

"One more thing, I asked Ah Cat to do it. Xiaoxiao, how is the family? ”

"It's all good, oh, I remember, fourth? You come here. He called Li Xueqing to the front and said, "Fourth, you take a day off and go home the day after tomorrow." ”

"Huh? What's wrong with me? ”

"Not really, but I said at the beginning that we all have to become generalists in the future, that is, not only must we be able to afford the two stalls at home, but we must also take turns to take care of them here in Hong Kong. Cao Xun and I have already said hello, after you go back, he will handle the handover with you, if there is anything you don't understand, ask him as soon as possible, you can also ask Liang Wei. ”

Li Xueqing frowned very regretfully, compared to Hong Kong, a rapidly developing area, Tian (Tianjin) is like the slums in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. He really didn't want to go back like this, "Xiaoxiao, let me stay a few more days, right?" So it's approaching the Chinese New Year, what if I go back? I am also familiar with the affairs of Tian (Tianjin), and it will take less than a few days to hand over to Lao Cao's office. ”

"No! If you want to go back, you will go back, do you think that a few days of working on Riverside Road will be enough to deal with? There are still a lot of things around, especially some units that have a relationship with us, such as the yamen of industry and commerce, as well as the sub-bureau, and the food factory in Hedong, these people and places have to be Cao Xun to take you on a good trip, the two sides met, introduced you to them, and you will have to be responsible for maintaining it in the future - to be honest, it's already a little late now, do you still want to wait until the Chinese New Year is approaching? ”

"Then, isn't there still Zhang Qing and his sister-in-law?"

Luli was furious! "What's the matter with you? Well, now I can't talk anymore, do I? ”

Seeing that he was really angry, where did Li Xueqing dare to speak? He lowered his head and stepped back a little, and said in a snort, "You...... Brother Li, don't be angry, it's not that I don't listen to you. I...... How dare I disobey you? ”

This kind of speech has a strong taste of grievances, why can't Lu Li hear it? "Li Xueqing, if you are reluctant to leave a fancy world like Hong Kong, you can do it. I'll pack up now, accompany you back to Tianjin, hand you over to my uncle and aunt, and then come back by myself if you wish. Hong Kong is such a big place, where do you like to go, how about it? As long as you say a word, let's go immediately! ”

"Don't, don't, Xiaoxiao, the fourth didn't say he didn't listen to you?" Li Tiehan was also frightened by his stormy anger, and persuaded on the side, "Fourth, I'm sorry for the novel, hurry up, why are you stunned?" ”

Li Xueqing's eyes blinked, and he squeezed out a sentence for a while, "I'm sorry, Xiaoxiao, I just listen to you." ”

"You go upstairs to pack up your things, and let Erdanzi and Xu Yunjian accompany you to Pengcheng tomorrow, and then you go home immediately. When you get home, you are willing to go to Binjiang Road, you can go, even if you are not happy! Luli waved his hand in disgust, "Go upstairs, don't dangle in front of my eyes!" ”

Li Xueqing was sad and humiliated, but more aggrieved, accompanied by Li Tiehan, and went upstairs without looking back.

Luli's anger came very strongly, and when he looked around, all the people who made eye contact with him bowed their heads in fear, "What are you going to do, what are you doing here?" I'm here to buy and sell, not to raise an uncle! ”

Immediately the crowd scattered like birds and beasts. (To be continued......)