In order to learn more about this talent, Lin Yu specially asked Chunwei about the resume of this Chen steward. Although Lin Yu can't remember the appearance of this steward, but judging from his resume, this steward Chen is really brilliant. Yin Susu's net worth was not so rich early on, on the contrary, when Yin Susu first took over the Yin family's industry, she was faced not only with a bunch of distant relatives who were eyeing her family business, but also with a company that was about to go bankrupt if it was not well managed.

Since then, this Chen steward has helped Yin Susu with his work, starting from the steward of a shop, and has worked his way up to the position of the second supervisor of the Yin family's business, which shows how capable he is.

"Steward Chen, please take a seat." Lin Yu naturally refused to snub such a talent, and asked Pearl to pour tea.

However, this Chen steward gives people a very ordinary feeling, in his thirties and almost forty years old, wearing a cyan silk gown, with a long face, thin eyes and a high nose bridge, not only is his appearance not good, but even his temperament is very plain, not only can he not be found in the crowd, but I am afraid that people who have seen him will soon forget it. I don't know if it's because Lin Yu's observation is relatively poor, or if this Chen steward is indeed such a temperament, anyway, he can't see the appearance of a business elite at all.

"The reason why I asked Steward Chen to come, I don't know if Mrs. Lu Daoyin told you?" Lin Yu thought about it, it was better to go directly to the topic with his own ability.

"Miss Lin is too polite, just call me Chen Da." Steward Chen's voice is very good, the speed of speech is not fast or slow, and the tone of his voice is neither high nor low to make people listen very comfortably, "Madame is busy." I just mentioned it slightly, and I hope that Miss Lin will tell me more about the situation. ”

The location of the restaurant is naturally excellent, with a large flow of people, as long as the food is not too bad, or too bad at operating, it is really difficult to run it. Lin Yu's family used to run a restaurant, and he also knew a lot about restaurant management, but the trouble was that Lin Yu couldn't find the right person to help with this.

The restaurant was smashed by the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion to smash the window lattice, tables and chairs, and it needs to be renovated, which requires skilled workers. Lin Yu didn't know where to hire skilled people on the road, and he had to buy some materials, which was very troublesome to do personally. And also to recruit trustworthy cooks, about this restaurant, Lin Yu has some other ideas, naturally needs a person who is familiar with these processes to help. Actually, it's a bit condescending to trouble Chen in charge of these things. But Steward Chen has other tasks, so naturally he doesn't care about these.

As soon as Lin Yu told the geographical location and current situation of the entire restaurant, Steward Chen smiled and said, "It turned out to be this restaurant, it turned out to be run by the Hou Mansion, wasn't it?" But speaking of which, I was the first manager. ”

"That's a good feeling, Steward Chen must know this restaurant very well." Lin Yu also smiled, "Now the doors, windows, tables and chairs of the restaurant have been smashed." Definitely going to be renovated. I have to hire someone to set the price by hand, so many things I can't do as a weak woman, and I have to bother Chen to do things. ”

"Hiring someone to set the price can be put first, this is not a difficult thing, the first thing at the moment is decoration." Steward Chen was really familiar with the business, and quickly straightened out his thoughts, "This is for Miss Lin to make up your mind, what style do you want this restaurant to take." Elegant or brilliant, and how much is the budget. ”

Lin Yu thought about it and said a little embarrassed, "My budget for decoration is not too much, it is five hundred taels of silver, and I don't know how much money Lu Dao needs, if the money is not enough, I can sell a little more land." ”

"It seems that Miss Lin has really never handled business seriously." Steward Chen smiled when he heard this, "It's just an ordinary style, five hundred taels of silver is enough, and one hundred taels is more than enough to hire people, as long as those tables, chairs and benches are not too expensive, two or three hundred taels are about the same, and other bits and pieces don't use too much silver." ”

"I have an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible." Lin Yu smiled, "I want to get a themed decoration." ”

"Themed decoration?" Steward Chen was a little confused, "What kind of term is this?" ”

"Even the lobby is still a normal decoration style, but each private room has a theme, for example, the theme of this private room is plum blossoms, and it is all decorated with things related to plum blossoms, and the theme of another private room is bamboo, so bamboo chairs and bamboo tables are used, with bamboo floors, and bamboo paintings are hung." Lin Yu tried to explain, she just had such an idea, but she didn't know if it was feasible or not, and she had to ask professionals.

"It's a new and interesting idea, and it wouldn't cost a lot more." Steward Chen touched his chin and said, "How did you come up with this?" ”

It turned out that Lin Yu had been in ancient times for some days, and he had been to a lot of large and small restaurants and teahouses, but he found that as long as the decoration of the restaurant was of similar grade, it was almost like carving out of a mold. Maybe some are more high-end, but they will only hang some famous paintings, use some expensive tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks and tea sets, basically change the soup without changing the medicine, which is really greasy.

However, in the face of Steward Chen's inquiry, Lin Yu naturally couldn't tell the truth, he just casually made a reason to fool the past, and he didn't know whether Steward Chen believed it or not. Whether Steward Chen believes it or not, he is very interested in Lin Yu's idea of themed decoration. The two discussed for an afternoon, and Steward Chen went back to prepare, while Lin Yu found that he still needed trustworthy manpower. She didn't dare to use it with Ren Pozi, maybe Ren Yapo didn't know about Lu Dao eyeliner, but the people there were not safe.

However, Yin Susu was very understanding and introduced a few more trustworthy Yapo people. Lin Yu bought two more families, one surnamed Sun and the other surnamed Jia, both of which were ordinary poor families with little experience, Lin Yu didn't care about this, and ordered the young people of the two families to follow Steward Chen and listen to Steward Chen's dispatch.

Although Lin Yu and Steward Chen agreed to decorate the restaurant with a theme, they did not immediately make up their minds about what kind of theme to carry out. However, this is not something that should be decided immediately, because it will be carefully renovated after the overall simple decoration, and there is plenty of time to conduct a simple investigation. Moreover, after discussing with Steward Chen, Lin Yu decided to immediately hire a cook to provide food delivery services for Chang Luo's nearby Qinglou.

But about the chef, to be precise, the chef of the red case, Lin Yu and Steward Chen have different opinions. Although Lin Yu's own cooking skills are very good, she is not diligent as a chef, so she is interested in being influenced by her and learning a lot of fresh dishes.

And after Lin Yu asked Sister-in-law Sun, Sister-in-law Sun was also very interested in this, because the income was relatively high. Although the monthly money is gone, and the work is relatively tiring, the salary of the restaurant chef is very high, and there are 20 taels of silver in a month. Sister-in-law Sun is also a scheming person, her daughter is relatively young, and after saving some money, she can also prepare her daughter to marry a good family in the future, Lin Yu promised her that after she had worked for ten years, she would allow her daughter to redeem herself and leave. Sister-in-law's daughter is now seven or eight years old, and ten years later it will be a good time to get married.

Although Lin Yu was more inclined to Sister-in-law Sun, Manager Chen had some different opinions. He felt that although the current atmosphere was relatively open, there were very few women in the chefs of major restaurants, and he did not believe that the cooking skills of his sister-in-law and his sisters would be better than those famous chefs. The two discussed for a long time and did not reach a unanimous opinion, that is, they agreed to ask Chen Guan to recruit a few cooks in advance, and then compete. Whichever chef has the best cooking skills is the head chef.

After all, after recruiting manpower, Manager Chen was cooked, and after a day, he found three chefs, including his sister-in-law, a total of four people to test their cooking skills. The competition is divided into three rounds, one round of basic skills, one round of ordinary dishes, and one round of specialty dishes.

The basic skills of cooking are those things, knife work, heat, and seasoning. Lin Yu took a look, the person invited by Steward Chen did have real skills, although Sister-in-law Sun was good, but the other two cooks were also very good, only one was slightly worse, and it was only a little slower, which could not be regarded as a big obstacle.

In terms of heat seasoning, Lin Yu found something interesting. She has a tongue that is a little sharper than others, and naturally she can taste the subtle differences in seemingly the same taste better than others. For example, Sister-in-law Sun and one of the chefs are supposed to be from the same genre, but the two obviously don't know each other.

There are three designated dishes for ordinary dishes, two for choice, and the three designated dishes are one egg fried rice, one fried green vegetables, one fried pork slices, and other ingredients are optional.

From here on, it is divided up and down, and it is delicious to taste anyone's food alone, but there is still a difference between high and low in comparison. The chef who is a little slower in knife work is doing well here, and Lin Yu, the level of Sister-in-law Sun, is knowledgeable, so she naturally performs very well. However, the other two chefs are slightly inferior, one of them has a significant gap with the other three, Lin Yu has already crossed this candidate in his heart, and the other has a slight gap, the heat is a little too much, Lin Yu decided to continue to observe.

Chefs have several specialties, and the level of their specialties is very important. As a restaurant chef, he doesn't need to do most of the dishes himself, but the chef's skills are signatures, and they must be bright and attractive. The level of the chef not only represents the level of the entire restaurant, if you come to a distinguished guest, it depends on the level of the chef if you want to please at least not offend the distinguished guest.

Three dishes and one soup per person, and the time limit is one hour for the soup dish and two quarters of an hour for stir-frying. In order to prevent each other from interfering, the four of them went down to a small kitchen to get busy, and Steward Chen said to Lin Yu with a smile, "I underestimated this sister-in-law Sun, her cooking skills are really good, if you want to make her the head chef, you can do it." ”

Lin Yu smiled, "Don't worry, I see that Chef Zhao's skills are also excellent, let's talk about it after seeing the specialty dishes." ”

The two discussed some more things, and time passed quickly. The four chefs all brought out their own specialty dishes, and after looking at each other, Sister-in-law Chen and Chef Zhao's faces changed, because they made the same dish. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )