Lao Li's name is Li Quanfu, there is a cliché but hidden blessing name, hearing the greeting, he stopped what he was doing, and when he looked up, he saw the vice president of the hotel walking in quickly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Mr. Zheng, how do you have the kung fu to come to the back kitchen?" Li Quanfu asked with a smile.

Mr. Zheng is in his forties, and he is meticulously dressed in a suit, and he has the style of an executive. Speaking of Mr. Zheng, in the entire Beijing Hotel, basically everyone knows about the existence, in addition to his position, what is more noticeable is his experience along the way.

Mr. Zheng is different from Li Quanfu, an old man who has been following the Beijing Hotel and witnessing all kinds of turmoil in the hotel, he is an outsider, and he came quite far. He had been working overseas before, in charge of a Western-style hotel, starting with a three-star hotel and working his way up to a five-star hotel.

Being able to make a hotel into a five-star hotel in more than ten years is undoubtedly a testament to his talent and ability. It was because he knew his ability that the big boss behind the Jingdu Hotel deliberately poached him back from overseas and became the vice president of the Jingcheng Hotel.

said that he was the vice president, but in fact, like Wang Ning, he was doing the work of the general manager, except for the most core money, most of which were within his jurisdiction.

Unlike Wang Ning, Mr. Zheng did not directly obtain the affirmation of others, but had a lot of doubts. Think about it, most of the old people are employees who have grown up with the Beijing Hotel, and they have more or less a host mentality towards the hotel.

On the one hand, this mentality makes them more loyal to the hotel and willing to accompany the hotel in advance and retreat, and on the other hand, it will also seem very xenophobic.

Everyone has been mixing with the hotel for decades, why can you get a high position as soon as you come up, but we can only mix in the low floor. You are the general manager, how can we recognize it? They will have some ideas more or less.

Mr. Zheng is also like a mirror, knowing that he is rashly sitting in his current position, and someone must be unhappy with him. Not to mention that he is a capable person, on the one hand, he showed his ability, and on the other hand, he also started his own internal purge, which is the so-called three fires of new officials.

Speaking of this idiom, many people may know it, but it is estimated that few people know that this word comes from Zhuge Liang.

According to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", during the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang became Liu Bei's military advisor, and in a short period of time, he attacked Cao Cao three times in a row. The first time it burned Bowangpo, so that the 100,000 Cao soldiers under the command of Xiahoudun were left, and the second time in Xinye, the fire attack and flooding caused Cao Ren and Cao Hong's 100,000 horses to be almost completely destroyed. The third time the fire burned Chibi, millions of Cao soldiers were defeated, and in the end, only 27 people escaped with Cao Cao. At that time, people called these three fires "Zhuge Liang's three fires". Later, it became what people often called "the three fires of new officials".

Gradually, the term evolved into something that leaders had to do after taking office, for example, in ancient times, before becoming an official, there were also their own things to deal with.

The starting point for the appointment of the prefectural and prefectural officials is roughly not Kyoto, and the provincial capital, the former is the place where the capital has already designated the place to go, and the latter is announced by the provincial governor according to actual needs. Generally speaking, even if the place of appointment is indicated in the capital, you must first go to the provincial capital to visit your boss and have your ministry license checked before you take office, so the journey of a new official to take office should still start from the provincial capital. And before he left, someone took the "notice" and stood in front of him.

The official name of this "notice" is "Instructions", and because it is written on red paper, it is also called "Red Notice". Its format is - specially granted to a certain province, a certain prefecture, a county, a certain surname, a certain surname, and each secretary knows:

According to the county's simple order to elect Si Seal, it is planned to go to the post by land and water on a certain day of the month, except for the date of arrival, the joint prophet and the secretary do not need to leave the country to receive it. A number of Lao Cheng scribes were selected to submit constitutional atlases and notices in the territory. The rest are greeted outside the city, and everything must be done as usual, without luxury, as usual. It is not against each other to obey it.

From the moment this "red edict" was issued, harassment along the way began. The inn has to arrange the room and prepare the food, including transportation, foot strength, waiter and other matters of all sizes, all of which must be considered. The county magistrates who passed by the new officials, for the sake of Tongyin, had to come out and be perfunctory. However, the most unlucky people are still the common people, who have added a lot of errands such as sprinkling and sweeping roads, carrying sedan cars, etc.; Those who are professional in ferry, sedan car, and car behavior are more likely to suffer big losses, and often it is not enough to work in vain, and by the way, they are knocked out a few bamboo poles by the entourage of new officials.

In addition, the wealthy who opened a shop and ran a money bank also had to be careful of being plucked a few hairs, in the name of "credit owing" and "business borrowing", but how many people dared to let the old man leave a note? Naturally, if you have a heart to tie up, this is a good opportunity.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang came from the people, is familiar with these tricks, so he became the emperor set a rule, all local officials to take office, are issued by the state to the "Daoli fee", the prefect is 50 taels, the governor is 35 taels, the county is 30 taels, the county Cheng, the main book 15 taels, the history l0 taels, in addition to Qiluo silk cloth and other physical clothing, and depending on the number of new officials' family members and then give a number of different settlement expenses. This is called "if you want to serve the public, you have to raise it first".

This system is good, but when it is put into practice, it will inevitably be discounted, and later it will become almost a piece of waste paper, and only a few people like Hai Jui and others who can really do things according to the rules want to be "clean officials".

Besides, after receiving the red edict in the yamen where the new official went, he had to get busy. If the departing official who should hand over the seal is unable to move for a while, he will have to rent another mansion in the county town for the new official to live temporarily. In addition, the ceremonial room was busy with the Students' Office mobilizing students to rehearse the "group exercises" to welcome the new officials to take office, the military room was busy arranging public security and security work with the Archives and History Department, and other departments, such as household rooms, warehouses, grain rooms, and torture rooms, were busy sorting out case files and fabricating account books, which could be summed up in the words "joyful."

This side is in a hurry, that side is leisurely and traveling, and finally the old lady's big car entered the county, so three miles and one welcome, five miles and one pick-up, the majesty has been shaking to the gate of the county, and after the scene of blowing and blowing, the next scene is to take office.

The form of taking office is to receive the seal. The officials, scribes, errands, deacons, etc., of the whole yamen, all stood in their respective positions according to their grades and shifts, and waited for the old man who was about to leave his post to make a symbolic action of untying the official seal, and quickly sent someone to the place where the new official settled down to rest. On that side, when receiving the print, it should also put on a big show. After blowing, he sat on a sedan chair and came to the yamen to be angry. The route of the sedan chair is from east to west as usual, taking the auspicious "purple gas from the east"; Sometimes, there is also the attention of not being busy entering before the eight-character door wall, and you have to go around the upper half circle, which is called "Dou Qinglong". After these tricks, there is a series of superstitions:

First, put on official clothes and bow to the door of worship; After worshipping the Yimen, he worshiped the god again.

Then go up to the lobby, change into court clothes, and kneel down to the north, which is called "worship" or "thanking the Holy Grace"; "Worship" is followed by "worship", this is the old tradition in the Chinese system, let's call it "authority fetishism", with this seal has everything.

After the seal bow, the lord went to the inner house again, took off his court clothes and changed into official clothes, and sacrificed all the house gods, stove gods, and gods all the way, so as not to make it difficult for them to get along with themselves.

After kneeling with sore legs and feet and tired of the head, it is the turn of the new official to sit facing south, which is called the "public seat" ceremony. Before saluting, the first bon is sent to the bone, and the head is passed seven times, according to the seven words "it is difficult to be a king and a minister"; The second pass points five times, according to the five words of "benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith"; The three bangs are passed three times, which is the "clear and prudent diligence" on the plaque. The three bangs have been knocked, and the new official has been promoted. Beat the drum three times and press the words "by holy order". After the drum was beaten, the new officials took their seats, and the subordinates, scribes, and servants who had already served on both sides of the hall participated in the congratulations together.

After the congratulations are finished, he will knock on the drum four times and press the words "thank the emperor". At this point, the full farce of "new officials taking office" is over, but after returning to the flower hall, there is still a behind-the-scenes drama staged: take off the official uniform and change into regular clothes, accept the congratulations of the "family", in addition to the wife and children, the uncle and aunt, the third aunt and nephew, the master and tutor of each room, the porter cook and the girl's mother, and the scholar who listens to the errand and miscellaneous procurement......

Those who prostrate, those who make bows, those who need to return the courtesy, and those who do not need to return the courtesy, should also be busy for a while.

After singing the drama in front of the hall and behind the scenes, he began to put "three fires", but the word "three" is a very uncertain concept in the vocabulary of the Chinese people, and it is used here to put a lot of fires.

Worship the temple and incense: all the local Confucian Temple, Guandi Temple, Wenchang Emperor Temple and Chenghuang Temple, etc., must be worshiped one by one at the beginning of their tenure; Clearance inventory: All the silver warehouse, material warehouse, granary and other government management warehouses must be checked one by one against the account books left by the predecessor; Patrol the city: mainly to check whether the city walls are solid and whether the local security precautions are perfect;

Cleaning up prisons: reviewing men's and women's prison cells, detention facilities, etc.;

Checking the book: check the roster of various books and office books, errand books and other rosters submitted by the officials and other relevant departments, and let them take turns to report again;

Passing on the test to the child: also known as the "wind test", all students in the county school have to participate, the questions are generally related to the local folk customs, governance, style of study, etc., so as to obtain an understanding of the situation and evaluate the quality of students' talents and other aspects;

Hanging Notice: Announcing the official start of accepting lawsuits on a certain date and at a certain time;

Returning to the gentry: All Tongyin (colleagues), gentlemen and wealthy families in the territory have come to congratulate or hand over the name of the new official when he took office, and he must return to worship one by one, or also send someone to send a name post;

At the same time, it is also necessary to put up all kinds of notices, consult all kinds of number books, pass on the examination of full-time personnel such as scriveners and resentments, learn about the situation of preaching the "holy oracle" in the locality, and conclude the finishing work of "handling and explaining" with former officials and their staff. Needless to say, it is difficult to come to an end without 20 days or even a month to deal with.

Mr. Zheng naturally has his own means, proving his ability internally little by little, and it took him half a year to completely gain a foothold in the hotel.

In fact, no matter whether Mr. Zheng will make a difference, the entire Beijing Hotel is indeed not suitable for increasing the general manager, in fact, many high-end hotels, the club does not have a general manager, in addition to the identity of the person in charge of the hotel behind the scenes is more complicated, not suitable for the front desk, but also just in case.

The capital is a mixed place, no one knows what the background of a certain person is, in case of offending the other party, it is good to be able to deal with it, or meet a more broad-minded person. What if, what if you meet someone who has a big background?

If the person in charge of the hotel can't handle it, you need to deal with it with the real boss behind it.

There is someone behind the scenes, as long as the matter is not too serious, or the other party is not sincere to find fault, it can basically be overturned. It's a big deal to fire the vice president and give the other party an explanation.

Of course, as long as the matter does not have much to do with the vice president, the big bosses will definitely compensate for it. This is also a kind of rule, they are all people who are mixed to a certain level, and what they pay attention to is face, and if they don't give other people hot face, it means that others don't have to give him face, and they don't want to take him to play in many things in the future.

Once the real person in charge of the hotel rashly came forward without knowing the identity of the other party, the matter was handled fine. What if it's not processed? What if the identity of the other party is really extraordinary?

Who will be in charge then? Who's going to wrap it up then?

If you don't know the identity of the other party, you will be slapped in the face rashly, no matter which circle it is, it is a joke, especially in the Beijing circle, once it becomes a joke, others are not willing to take him to play at all, or even want to deal with him.

was eliminated by the circle, and it is unlikely that she wants to continue to mix in the capital.

Mr. Zheng actually understands that his more important role is to cushion, which is a cushion, in addition to management, it is more important to connect the connection between the big boss and his subordinates, and it is also to ensure that it is used as an apology tool after a problem.

This situation is not good to say good, but bad is not bad.

Although it is not a lucky thing to be used as a tool, the real scary thing is that you are not even qualified to be a tool.

From being despised to being recognized now, Mr. Zheng has slowly proved his ability.

"Lao Li, is the food in box 091 served?" Hurriedly walked to the back kitchen, Mr. Zheng didn't have the slightest greeting meaning, and asked directly?

"Box 091?" Li Quanfu froze slightly, and then walked to the menu and looked through it.

"Not yet, the front hall hasn't ordered the dishes yet, so the dishes are basically ready, but they haven't been made yet!"

Preparing a dish is different from starting a dish, preparing a dish is to prepare the dish, the meat that needs to be processed is processed, the vegetables are cut, and they are put on a plate on the side, but they cannot be cooked directly. Cooking means starting to cook the dish and getting it ready as quickly as possible.

These are generally the things that need to be paid attention to when inviting people, the guests do not come to prepare the dishes first, and the guests will start the dishes after they are almost there, so you can't let the guests wait longer. (To be continued.) )