Chapter 16: A Life's Work Is Wasted

On the second day, Li Yuandong and Wei Xiuwen both put down what they were doing and took Li Yan's car to Zhaocheng to see Li Yan's cousin Li Quanfa. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Quanfa is Li Yuandong's cousin and opened a seafood restaurant in Shaocheng. Over the years, the economic situation of Li Yan's family has not been very good, and Li Quanfa has lent a helping hand financially. So the relationship between the two families is very close. Wei Xiuwen also specially opened up a piece of land for Li Quanfa to provide fresh and high-quality vegetables for his seafood restaurant.

Although Li Quanfa's "Yuanfa Seafood Hotel" is not a big store, because it has always been honest and honest, the dishes are delicious and distinctive, and the reputation is also good, many neighbors are willing to help.

Today is Sunday, if the usual situation continues, the business in the hotel will be more prosperous than usual, even Li Quanfa, as the boss, has to help the kitchen.

But today, Li Quanfa left everything behind and was busy in the best private room in the store like an ordinary waiter.

The private room has been cleaned spotlessly, flowers and brand-name cigarettes are placed on the table, the tableware is made of the best Jingde porcelain in the store, and behind each dining chair, there is also a waiter, the standing posture, the smile, the etiquette, all of which are not faulty.

"Manager Song, you can train everyone's etiquette again. After all, today's guests are not ordinary, and there can be no mistakes. ”

"Boss, rest assured, everyone has been training for three or four days, and they won't disgrace you."

"Minister Wang, you have a sweet mouth and can speak, and the amount of alcohol is good, when Boss Zhang comes, you can say hello." In case you want to drink, you also go on top. ”

"Okay boss."

"That Xiaolin, are all the Moutai you prepared ready?"

"Boss, it's all gone."

"Good, good, good." Li Quanfa looked at his watch, clapped his hands and said: "There is still about half an hour before Boss Zhang arrives, he is the president of our Zhaocheng Hotel Association, calling for wind and rain in the Shaocheng food industry, but the god of wealth who determines the future of our hotel, if today's things are done beautifully, I will send you a red envelope!" ”

The manager, minister, waiter and others in the store all laughed and applauded: "Thank you, boss!" ”

Li Quanfa looked at his watch again, tidied up his appearance in the bathroom in front of the mirror, and prepared to go downstairs to greet the distinguished guests. During this period, he received a call from Li Yuandong, and he hurriedly went downstairs to pick up his cousin's family, and then simply settled them.

When Li Yuandong heard that Li Quanfa had an important guest to entertain today, he waved at him vigorously and said, "You are busy, you are busy, we can come here by ourselves." When you're done, come back and talk. ”

Everyone has been relatives for many years, and Li Quanfa was not polite to his cousin's family, so he arched his hands and prepared to go out.

At this moment, a young man in a chef's uniform suddenly rushed over in a panic and shouted, "Boss, boss, it's not good!" ”

Li Quan was angry and didn't fight anywhere. On such an important day today, there is something that can't be said well, what is it like to be in a panic!

"Xiao Zhi, what's the matter, say it well!"

The young man named Xiao Zhi was so nervous that he was sweating all over his head, and he couldn't speak a little bit. "Boss, really...... It's really bad! Those king crabs and lobsters that came in from Guangzhou yesterday are all dead! ”

"What!?" When Li Quanfa heard this, his face instantly turned pale. "You mean the seafood that was specially used to entertain Boss Zhang...... All, all dead!? ”

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, his face turned red, and his eyes almost burst into flames: "That's the best seafood that I spent 10,000 yuan to buy from Guangzhou, didn't I tell you to take good care of it, how could it suddenly all die!" I saw it myself last night, and it's all alive! ”

Xiao Zhi didn't dare to look up at the boss's eyes, and cold sweat kept coming out on his forehead. "Boss, Ah Hua and I have been watching carefully, but I don't know why, just when we were about to cook, we found that they were all dead!"

"Take me there!" Li Quanfa was anxious and angry, and pushed Xiaozhi with his hand. Xiao Zhi hurriedly led him to see it. Li Yuanfa and Li Yan saw that Li Quanfa seemed to be in trouble, and hurriedly followed over to see what was going on.

Li Quanfa strode to the fresh food area of the hotel with a calm face, and several chefs were already surrounded there, all of them looking helpless.

Li Quanfa pushed away the crowd vigorously, picked up a few large lobsters from the water tank, and picked up a king crab weighing nearly ten catties from the water tank next to him.

Whether it's a lobster or a king crab, all of them are motionless, and they emit a faint fishy smell.

"This ...... How could this be! Li Quanfa's face changed, and cold sweat kept coming out of his back.

One of the chefs said, "Boss, Ah Hua is gone." ”

A security guard said: "Boss, I have looked at the surveillance, and at seven or eight o'clock this morning, Ah Hua sneakily touched it back, and then I don't know what was put in the water tank." He must have done it. ”

"Ah Hua, why are you hurting me like this!" Li Quanfa was like being poured a basin of cold water from his head to the soles of his feet, and his legs and feet were weak. He squatted on the ground, pulling his hands at his hair in pain. "I've been preparing for today's reception for three months! Boss Zhang is the judge of the hotel star rating, you can say a sentence can determine the life and death of our hotel, I finally asked God to come to the door, now people are almost here, but you let me invite him to eat dead seafood, isn't this a stab in the back to kill people! ”

"It's over, it's over!"

Li Quanfa's voice was choked, and his eyes were completely devoid.

"Don't say that you want to give the hotel a star rating now, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it anymore, my old Li's reputation for a lifetime will be completely ruined by you!"

Li Quanfa thought that a lifetime's hard work might be ruined because of this incident, and tears flowed down for a while.

"Boss, boss, you don't have to worry, let's think of a way together!"

"Quanfa, don't be sad, isn't it just a few seafoods, just find a way to buy them back!"

The cook, security guard and Li Yuandong next to him hurriedly helped him up and comforted and persuaded him. For so many years, Li Quanfa has been very kind to them, and now seeing Li Quanfa like this, everyone feels sorry for him.

Li Quanfa shook his head like a wooden man and said, "There is no other way." ”

One chef said, "Boss, without seafood, we can change to other dishes!" There are a lot of other signature dishes in the store. ”

Li Quanfa laughed miserably and said: "The two things that businessmen value most are reputation and face. I had already said that I wanted to invite Boss Zhang to eat seafood, and now I suddenly changed the dishes, which is not trustworthy. In order to eat my seafood, Boss Zhang also invited a few good friends to cheer up, but he didn't eat the seafood, which is not to give him face. I don't talk about credibility and don't give people face, how can you let me get mixed up in this industry in the future? ”

Li Yuandong said again: "Then can't you replenish the stock immediately now?" Your seafood restaurant has been doing it for so many years, you should have some friends in the industry, hurry up and find them for help! ”

Li Quanfa looked at the dead seafood in the tank, and the smile on his face was extremely bleak.

"This is not ordinary seafood, it is the best seafood that I bought back from Guangzhou, there is no domestic seafood, it is all imported from abroad. Among them, the big lobster comes from Schedick, the 'lobster capital' of Canada, and one weighs 10 pounds. Because these lobsters grow in the cold waters of the Atlantic, they grow slowly, and they only gain 1 pound in 10 years, and lobsters over 7 catties are equivalent to 100 years old, and the ones I bought are just out-and-out 'centenarian lobsters', and one will cost 5,000 yuan. ”