Chapter 473: Old Xia's Dilemma
The Fourth Ring Road of the capital has been completed, and with the development of the city, it has rapidly become magnificent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn the future, the population of the capital will soon exceed 20 million, and it will become an international metropolis.
Therefore, in this urban building forest, Lao Xia's meal is inconspicuous.
This building has ten floors, Xu Liangyue explained, originally this building is an ordinary office building. After learning of Lao Xia's wishes, she funded the purchase of the real estate. "A total of 100 million yuan was spent, and the housing prices in the capital are now high enough. Now the bottom three floors of this building are all kinds of restaurants, and the upper seven floors are guest rooms. “
So this is a hotel-style meal, and Lao Xia is still quite business-minded. Carambola suddenly became curious, got out of the car, and she couldn't wait to enter to find out.
The Xia family brothers and sisters have been waiting in the hall for a long time, and everyone met and saw each other.
Xia Fugui became handsome, his hair was long and fashionably parted, and he was well-dressed in a suit. Xia Meili has also grown up a lot, and she is becoming more and more like a big girl.
Boys and girls who have entered puberty grow up very quickly, but I don't know that the biggest change here is probably the star fruit herself.
"You are Yang Mingzhi, I haven't seen you for so many years, you are more like a gentleman!" Xia Fugui said excitedly, especially when he saw the muscles of his arms that seemed to show off, a sense of admiration arose. He pulled Xia Meili over and grandly introduced the new "Beijing Chick".
"Look, this is my sister, isn't it particularly beautiful?"
"Yes, our beautiful girl is getting more and more beautiful." Da Ming praised him unabashedly, which made Xia Meili excited.
Excited, the two seemed to have found no trace of star fruit, and they were very curious. "Why, your sister shouldn't have not come this time, right?"
"Am I so non-existent?" Carambola immediately raised her hand and rushed out.
She is the fastest growing here, I am afraid I haven't seen her for two years, and such a child who is almost eleven years old is dressed very feminine today. She specially put on white stockings, she was white, and her white and tender skin was indeed a cute stunner.
"I'm star fruit, your little sister, just like a fake." She deliberately posed.
Eighteen changes in the female college, this little girl is no longer the elf she was a few years ago, she has grown into a Lolita, and she is a collection of children's cuteness and women's sexiness. Xia Fugui was drunk, "You are really star fruit, incredible, my mind is full of what you looked like when you were a child, I thought I saw a little bit this time, but I didn't expect it." ”
"Yes, I should be taller in a few years, and then I'll be a girl." She pointed at Xia Meimei, "Just like my beautiful sister." ”
The children chattered and were soon invited to a private room.
Lao Xia is very happy to see these two friends from afar, and the brother and sister have grown a lot in the past few years. That place in Russia he had never imagined that since he had witnessed the phantom of these two on the TV news, he wanted to laugh in addition to shock.
The children of other people's families, who do not know whether to live or die at a young age, go to war, and there is a way to take risks and gain more, and it is accompanied by great dangers. They came back, unscathed, the elder brother was like a man, and the younger sister was cute and charming.
Lao Xia still liked star fruit very much, and when he saw her looking around, he asked: "How is it, my hotel decoration is very good, right?" ”
Star fruit nodded, in fact, from the moment I entered the door and saw these decorations, I already had some ideas in my heart.
"It looks pretty good, but in your hall, the diners are obviously sparse, I'm afraid business is not easy, right?"
In her concept, good restaurants are always overcrowded. It's noon, and there should be a lot of people in the restaurant department on the first floor, but it's a pity that a few glances are really unsatisfactory.
Lao Xia did not hide this, and it was not so profitable to engage in hotel business in the capital. The little girl still approves of the decoration of the hotel, but it may also be out of politeness.
The party was a happy affair, and the children entered the room, one by one. Regarding the brother and sister in Russia, this has of course become the focus of everyone's chat, and the children are giggling, especially Xia Meili, who asks Daming endlessly, and Xia Fugui is more like listening to the war.
At this moment, the waiter put the good wine brought by the brother and sister on the table.
"Hey! Why do you still bring wine? Lao Xia snapped his fingers, and a few bottles of Moutai were offered.
Moutai is naturally a good wine, and star fruit knows very well that this kind of aging will be speculated by speculators from all walks of life to sky-high prices in the future. She hurriedly ended her chat with Xia Meimei, explaining the wine she brought.
"These bottles are the ones we brought back from Russia, they are pure and every drop is soaked in pine needles. This truffle wine has the aroma of Siberian forests. ”
This time it aroused Lao Xia's gluttony, and he drank a lot of foreign wine, but he had never tasted this Russian wine.
After a while, Xia's mother brought a few dishes by herself. She is definitely not as good as the master chef in the kitchen, and it is of great significance to be in charge of the cooking herself this time, and it is best to entertain guests like relatives with a family banquet.
Pushing open the door, I saw my husband slowly tasting wine with a few boys.
"Husband, you are also so elegant, you are usually bored, but now you will take a small sip?"
"Everywhere, just because this wine is unique." Lao Xia asked his daughter-in-law not to be busy with her work first, but also to drink a cup of nectar that this little friend had brought back from thousands of miles in person.
However, compared to the fine wine, Xia Mu likes this brown wine bottle very much, and the foreign yards on it. Driven by curiosity, he asked, "Kids, do you two speak Russian too?" ”
"Of course." Star fruit said without thinking, and the little tongue was like a spring.
This family feast also began with laughter.
Chinese habits, this kind of meal is still chatting while eating. Xia Meili has become more like a city girl, much more confident and generous than before, the confident girl is the most beautiful, and now she is more and more charming.
The brothers and sisters of the Xia family are all in high school, and Xia Fugui also really talked about the first time he arrived in the capital. For example, when I go to school, it seems that my classmates don't like students from other places. But he soon found the crux of the problem, and the accent problem was the biggest problem. The classmates spoke one by one, and after making up some cross talk jokes, how to speak like the people of the capital, he has done almost the same.
As their habits became closer, the siblings were quickly accepted by their classmates and made good friends. Regarding the somewhat ambiguous relationship between the two, the star fruit can also understand this faint relationship that exceeds the brother-sister relationship.
The man on the wine field, the so-called feelings are deep and boring, and now Lao Xia has returned to his true nature. "Come, raise your glass, this glass to my children."
Even Xia's mother responded to her husband's request, and this cup of Moutai must be drunk.
Seeing that even the hostess was like this, the star fruit was ruthless and strongly asked to pour a cup for herself. Da Ming couldn't stand it, "It's better for you not to drink, don't be willful as a child." ”
"I must be willful today, and I must have a drink today to be happy."
The two of them just looked at her, if they loved her, they wouldn't let her get hurt, Da Ming deliberately raised a frown, hoping that his sister would give up.
"You'd better let her have a drink." Lao Xia waved his hand.
Xia Shuangshuang has learned the same, and even has to learn from his sister to bring himself a cup. Yes, I haven't drunk alcohol in my life, seeing that they all drink, how can I miss myself?
However, they both gave up after taking a sip, and the others drank a little.
Star fruit keeps its promise to just this cup, and I am in a good mood today, so my brother doesn't care if he drinks it. I saw him and Lao Xia one cup after another, and there was a tendency to drink up a bottle of Moutai.
Both of them had a good amount of alcohol, and now they are getting slightly drunk one by one.
Lao Xia was so drunk that he talked a lot, and when he saw that his friends were coming, the conversation box also opened.
He said nothing else, he moved from his hometown in Runing to the capital. Life has been bumpy, but now he is quite satisfied with his current life, and running his own meal is the biggest goal at present, and he has worked hard for two years, and the result is that the restaurant's career is far from ideal.
"The daily revenue is probably recouped, and sometimes I lose money, and I have to take care of Xiaoyue to borrow money. I'm really choking on being a father, you make a lot of money outside, and what about me? What a shame. ”
He was very sober, and after drinking, he was talking to himself.
Star fruit listened carefully, it turned out that after this Uncle Xia moved to Beijing, he felt that he could still make a difference in his life, at least as an elder in his right age, he should make a career to set an example for juniors. Daughter three sisters, the current eldest Xia Meili is a normal ordinary girl, and the other two are genius-level.
The children who really raised themselves, that is, their own sons and adopted daughters, the two are extremely independent, and sometimes, it seems that Xu Liangyue is an adult, and Xia Shuangshuang is her daughter.
"Lao Tzu is working hard now to give my sons and daughters a better future. I must run the restaurant well, and when I am old, let my son and daughter inherit it, and then my grandson. As he spoke, Lao Xia looked at his children with bright eyes. Beautiful, rich. Our family used to be very poor, but now it is developed, and both of you know your life experience. Dad doesn't object to the two of you being together, beautiful, even if you become my daughter-in-law, you will always be my Nier. ”
Xia's mother hurriedly kicked her husband. "What nonsense to talk about, talk nonsense when they grow up."
Lao Xia apologized for the gaffe, and he soon began to complain about his business going well. What do you say that you have done a lot of things in order to attract customers, and the effect of reducing the price of dishes is but not strong. In order to prosper his business, he even went to some other restaurants in person, eager to steal a little business secret, but in the end he didn't do anything.
In the Xinhua Bookstore in Dongdan, I basically bought the books of the successful masters, and I want to learn something from the books.
"I've hired a chef for a lot of money, and I've done a lot of renovations. Now there are not many people who have food to eat, and there are not many people living in houses, and two floors are completely empty. ”
"This? Could it be that the location of our meal is not good? Da Ming asked weakly.
"There are reasons for this, and I'm afraid it's not absolute." Lao Xia pointed out that there are many enterprises in schools in this area, and there should be no shortage of customers. ”
"And what about the competitors?" Star fruit asked.
"This one has." Lao Xia counted on his fingers, and there were actually nine of them. "You may be too suspicious of competition? I'm afraid it's not a big deal. ”
One focuses on roast duck, one focuses on Western food, one is a buffet, and the other is Jiangnan cuisine. Listening to Uncle Xia's statement, star fruit boasted that she probably understood the problem. "Then Uncle Xia, can you bring our menu? Detailed, the best of all menus. ”
"Okay!"
Soon the waiter brought a book wrapped in cowhide, and the dense text was the name of the dish, and the back was the quotation. After a rough look, Carambola returned the vegetable soup to the waiter with a grimace.
"How about now? Got an idea? ”
"There it is." Carambola paused and said, "I'm afraid the crux is that our store has no characteristics, and in short, the dishes are too miscellaneous." ”
How can this be explained? Eat husband and wife lung slices, boiled fish, and go to a professional Sichuan restaurant. Eat sunflower chopped meat, sweet and sour pork ribs and go to Jiangnan restaurant. Lao Xia's restaurant dishes are very miscellaneous and have no tendencies, so each of them is the result of half a catty.
Another point is that star fruit proposes the concept of "customer experience". "If I were a guest, I would have yelled at our restaurant, especially when I was ordering, I would probably shout about the specialty. We can, as if there is no sigh. Also, I really wanted to know what the dish I was eating was, and I didn't know if the name of the dish was a little ambiguous, so I didn't want to listen to the waiter's description. The rest that can be understood is the big road goods. After so long, why should I come back to this restaurant? ”
Lao Xia's eyes widened, he knew very well that this criticism was unique. In the past, I thought about hiring good cooks, good service staff, and good accountants, so that the operation was almost a problem.
"Any enterprise has a corporate culture, for example, our German new company is imitating the Soviet Union and the state-owned enterprise model, and the management is a military standard, which is our characteristic. The centripetal force of the workers is very strong, so they are even willing to help us in the war. Because they know that even if they die in battle, their wives and children will be taken care of by the company, and their future life will be guaranteed. ”
After taking a sip of water and looking at Uncle Xia's intent, Carambola said punctually: "So I hope that our meals also have their own characteristics, just like our Dexin Company and Lingling Computer Company, we can do what others can't do." The same should be true of Xiafu Restaurant, the restaurants in this area basically have their own characteristics, and we also need a specialty. I'm afraid you'll be able to see it then, Haidian. In the morning sun, the people of Shijingshan drove to eat. ”
"Which feature should I use?"
This really stopped people, star fruit scratched her head, and suddenly saw the wine bottle on the table, the bottle of truffle wine was already half drunk.
"Uncle Xia, what do you think of the Russian wine just now? And everyone, what do you think? ”
This is it, the Xia family praised it, everyone drank it, the entrance was soft and the wine was fragrant, not ruthless and spicy, but it really had a strange fragrance.
Carambola looked at Lao Xia and said with a glance: "Uncle Xia, I think we can build a Tuvan-themed restaurant." ”
"What? Tuva style, what is it? After a little explanation, Lao Xia knew that this Tuva was the Tuva Autonomous Republic, that is, Tangnu Ulianghai.
Da Ming was very excited when he drank wine, and this mouth was a little out of his brain's control. He patted his chest and expressed the lofty ambition of a patriot, what 1.5 million square kilometers of land invaded by the Qing Dynasty, Russia will spit out sooner or later, including Tangnu Ulianghai.
Chinese have a deep affection for that land, especially the Tuva region, which was part of China just 80 years ago. For historical reasons, it is now Russian territory, but the angry youth in the country do not do it.
"We can take advantage of the mood of the people of our country, Tangutova is a world where Turkic, Mongolian, Russian, tripartite cultures coexist, there is a lot of food there, and there are a lot of new things. If Uncle Xia is interested, we will soon be able to help you carry out a major makeover. ”
After this dinner, the chatter continued, and the existence of star fruit was like a teacher. Tuva's barbecue, Uzbek fried rice, and Russian-style are all right, all of which are completely exotic. "We don't have to change our existing menu, but it's best to have a picture of the actual product for customers to refer to. The rest of the transformation in the Tuvan style, I can arrange it now. ”
The hot-blooded desperate Sanniang then became excited about the wine, and went straight to Pugachev's house and Zhong Haokai's house in Kyzyl for an international long distance.
The little girl is going to help her old friend deal with business matters, and she will definitely help with this favor. Pugachev felt that this was a minor problem, that it would be easy to find some chefs, and that the rest of the Tuvan ingredients were well shipped to China. That girl seems to be planning to reproduce the mess of the "state banquet" of the Republic of Tuva in the capital of China.
It's not a big problem, Zhong Haokai said that he took care of all this little thing.
The phone sprayed for nearly an hour, especially with Sonya, who was obsessed with herself.
That night, the brother and sister stayed at this hotel in Lao Xia, and the "presidential suite" was prepared for the distinguished guests. Because of some intimate issues, star fruit invited her brother aside.
Sonia complained, "You were so careless, you had to pack your clothes before you left, why did you have to leave a few pieces here." ”
"That's a gift for you." Carambola smiled evilly and muttered, "The underwear has my breath." I know my sister is a big bad guy, so you can smell it slowly in the few months I've been away. ”
Sonia immediately understood, and after a while, hehe, she said that she understood. She returned the phone to her father and hurried upstairs to collect the original underwear.
This night was a night for the siblings with old friends. In the past few days, because the 50th anniversary of the National Day military parade is going to be held, this grand event will affect many people, so the high school has also closed early to ask students to do a good job in the National Day celebration.
Therefore, the brothers and sisters of the Xia family are facing a long vacation, and now that their dearest friends are here, of course they have to have a good time.
Carambola later informed Lao Xia that Tuva was willing to cooperate, and even classified it as a labor export. "When the time comes, we will definitely make money, and we will not be stingy at all with our foreign friends who come from thousands of kilometers away to work." Star fruit said, Lao Xia was satisfied.
In the capital, the brothers and sisters didn't plan to go to see the big military parade, the next day after the dinner, the two went to the company to take a look, and they also went to Xu Liangyue's company to sit down, and they had already planned to return.
The two returned to the courtyard and left by plane for two days.
The situation always changes abruptly, and the two who were enjoying a leisurely holiday were soon disturbed by a noise, and the military phone called directly, and the group of soldiers soon simply appeared in the courtyard.