Chapter Seventy-Four: Further Development Plans for the Bun Shop
Time flies like a white horse, two weeks have passed since the Lantern Festival banquet, and in a blink of an eye, it is the day when the fried and xiaolong are officially launched.
At five o'clock in the morning, all the employees of the bun shop came to the shop in advance to prepare for the opening.
At the beginning of the year, with the approval of Wu Xiaosong, those pastry apprentices left Shuibo Liangshan and officially joined the steamed bun shop. And when those apprentices left Shuibo Liangshan, they pulled a group of some brothers who had a good relationship with them to join the steamed bun shop.
In this regard, Wu Xiaosong also made a special call to Xingxing, laughing and scolding Xingxing for not being righteous, and even digging into his corner, and there were still more than a dozen of them.
In this regard, happiness is naturally Ha Lu Ha laughed. Happy naturally understands that Wu Xiaosong doesn't care about these apprentices, with the fame of Shuibo Liangshan, some apprentices in the outside world are desperately yearning for drilling, and there is no need to worry about personnel problems at all.
With this batch of manpower, Happy believes that in a short period of time, there will be no shortage of manpower in his bun shop, of course, from now on, this group of employees will have to be responsible for the food, accommodation and wages of all employees. To this end, Happy also rented two buildings from the village as staff dormitories.
At this time, Uncle Haohan and his wife and apprentices were burying their heads in steamed buns, Uncle Tugen on the side had already lit the fire and started to cook tofu brains, Zheng Yingtao and his wife occupied a separate operating table, and were hurrying to make raw fried and xiaolong, while Happy was playing for them on the side and cutting them into the medicine.
Originally, I was happy to see Zheng Yingtao and they made raw fried and small cages, and thought that it was very easy to make raw fried and small cages, but it was to thin the skin surface a little when wrapping the small cages, and add more meat when wrapping the raw dumplings, but when they actually did it, they had a foreign appearance.
The steamed xiaolong is like a small steamed bun, but the fried raw fried bun becomes a fried steamed bun, without the slightest taste of xiaolong and raw pan.
After suffering such a loss. Happy really understands that this way of making raw fried and small cages is far from being as simple as he imagined.
Therefore, he humbly started to give Zheng Yingtao and his wife, and out of the desire to repay, Zheng Yingtao and his wife are naturally willing to teach these secret tricks to happiness.
In this day-to-day teaching, Happy gradually understood the key points.
From mixing noodles to mixing meat, to wrapping skin and kneading flowers, every step is very exquisite. Especially for noodles, how much water to add, how much water to add, when to add water, and how many times to add water in total, there are a little differences. If the dough is made earlier, or later, it may lead to the failure of the small cage and the raw frying.
The reason why the so-called xiaolong and fried buns on the market are almost the same as small buns or fried buns is because they have not mastered the skills of noodles.
Besides. There is also the strength and way of the noodles, of course. There is also the preparation of the filling.
looked at Zheng Yingtao with both hands. A light action of kneading and rubbing on the table, although I have seen it more than once, but I can't help but admire it in my heart, compared with my previous almost relying on brute force for a while, Zheng Yingtao is like a senior artist designing his own works in elegance, thinking of this. I couldn't help but feel ashamed of myself.
Of course, in fact, there is no need to be ashamed of being happy, compared with Zheng Yingtao's more than ten years of rushing to work in the pastry, Happy has been in contact with this industry until now. It's only been half a year since it's full.
In this industry, where practice makes perfect, in addition to talent, time and practice are the best magic weapons.
From half past five, there have been a lot of people gathered outside the bun shop, most of them are residents living in the village and nearby, mainly the elderly, after all, they go to bed early, wake up early, after walking around the village as a fitness, they came here, but there are also some young people, driving cars from far away, they are here to occupy a seat.
The fifteen-day free tasting and publicity have made Xiaolong and raw fried food popular. Nowadays, everyone is looking forward to the official launch of this fried and small cage!
Seeing everyone staring at the cold wind and queuing at the door so early, Happy immediately opened the roller shutter door and invited those people into the store, of course, in order to avoid disputes caused by the order of the people, Happy let people issue serial number cards in turn, so that they can order in turn when the time comes.
With the passage of time, bursts of frying sounds with a unique rhythm come to mind, bursts of rich meat aroma slowly released from the fried buns, and at the same time, the steamer also exudes a faint fragrance of dough, they slowly waft in the air, you surround me, intertwined constantly, forming a unique fragrance.
With the boiling of the tofu brain, a burst of rich bean aroma evaporated from the boiler along the white water vapor, colliding head-on with the aroma wafting in the shop, and the rich bean aroma, rich meat aroma, and elegant dough fragrance were mixed together, forming a strange and indescribable fragrance.
"Happy boss, hurry up and cook for us! We're all going crazy hungry! Smelling this incomparably tempting fragrance, the people sitting in the shop couldn't help it anymore, and urged one after another.
Seeing that everyone couldn't bear it, they couldn't wait to get the bun by themselves, and the happy people couldn't help but glance at each other, and laughed.
"It's time to start!" With a wave of his happy hand, everyone immediately came to their posts, and the hot morning began again.
Many people are familiar with a drawer of small cages or a plate of raw frying, call a bowl of soy milk, make a golden knife on the seat, skillfully take the plate on the table and pour a stack of millet vinegar for themselves, then bury their heads in eating, from time to time a few breaths, release the hot air in the mouth, and finally let out a few exclamations, which provoked the customers in line to be even more anxious, and they can't wait to enjoy this rare food immediately like each other!
With the introduction of xiao long bao and fried buns, the two different styles of meals were immediately popular, and most people were very happy about both meals.
Order a drawer of xiaolongbao or a plate of fried buns, come to a plate of homemade millet vinegar, add a little happy homemade chili sauce for spicy taste, and then a bowl of tofu brain, which can be called a golden combination, absolutely delicious!
However, although the small cage and fried rice are officially on the market, after all, there are still many monks and few rice, and many customers want to be able to eat this golden combination. I deliberately went to the bun shop half an hour early, just to grab a seat and sit down to taste this delicious food. But many times it turns out that even if they arrived half an hour early, there were still a lot of people who arrived earlier than them.
As a result, for many days after that, some people complained to the steamed bun shop that there were too few fried and small dumplings, and many people complained that the shop was too small to meet their needs.
To this end, after a morning of sales, a plenary meeting was happily held. to discuss this. Of course, Happy called Chi Bin over. Who made him the chief marketing officer of the bun shop now!
"The problem of this shop really needs to be solved immediately!" "Nowadays, guests tend to sit down and have a good breakfast, but we can only provide about 20 seats now, which is completely insufficient!" ”
on this. Happy nodded and said, "I have already applied to the village committee for this matter, and they have agreed to rent me the room next door." And allow me to transform it into a shop. So this space problem has been solved. ”
"Great!" Hearing Happy say this, everyone couldn't help but be very happy.
"Then the next question is about fried fried and xiaolong......" Happy frowned, to be honest, happy really had a bit of a headache about this matter, because he knew that this technique of making fried and steamed buns was Zheng Yingtao's ancestral secret recipe. can't be passed on casually, and relying on Zheng Yingtao and his wife alone, the raw fried and small cages that can be made every day are really limited.
Just when Happy was upset about this, Zheng Yingtao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "Happy." Otherwise, you can arrange a few little brothers to be my assistants! This will improve a lot of efficiency! ”
"Husband!" Zheng Yingtao's wife on the side was shocked when she heard this, and everyone in the room was stunned when she heard this.
Everyone knows that being Zheng Yingtao's assistant means learning his craft! Zheng Yingtao is preparing to pass on his art!
"No way!" Happy was the first to shake his head and deny, "Brother Zheng, this is your ancestral craft, you said that you have ancestral teachings that this craft has always been passed on to children but not to daughters!" Not to mention passing it on to outsiders! ”
Hearing the happy words, Zheng Yingtao actually smiled and said: "Happy brother, you also said that it was the ancestral training, this was all a hundred and eight years ago, and it should have been outdated a long time ago!" You don't have to persuade me, I've already decided! ”
This sentence is not only said to Happy Happy, but also what Zheng Yingtao said to his wife.
Seeing that Zheng Yingtao had made up his mind, he groaned happily for a while, looked at the group of apprentices sitting on the side, and immediately called out three names: "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Gu, Xiao Wang, how about the three of you to be Brother Zheng's assistants?" ”
"Huh?" The three apprentices couldn't help but be stunned, and then they were overjoyed, they had all seen Zheng Yingtao's craftsmanship, if they could learn a trick and a half, for them, they would benefit immensely!
The other apprentices cast envious glances at them, but they were also convinced, because the three of them were the first employees of the bun shop.
"But I have one condition," Happy held out a finger, "you must sign a ten-year contract with the bun shop." In these ten years, you can't change jobs, let alone reveal Brother Zheng's secrets! ”
Hearing the happy words, the three apprentices thought about it for a while, but agreed!
It's only ten years, even if they don't have Zheng Yingtao's skills, they never thought that they would leave the steamed bun shop in a short time, after all, the prospects of this steamed bun shop are still very optimistic about them, and the boss is generous, and the salary is also high, which is much better than working in other places!
Happy and said to Zheng Yingtao: "Brother Zheng, since you have paid so much, I am not hypocritical, I will treat you as a shareholder, and you will receive 10% of the net income of the steamed bun shop every year in the future!" ”
"Huh?" Zheng Yingtao didn't think that Happy would make this decision, he shook his head and just wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Happy Xing, "Don't refuse, I've already decided!" ”
"And you," said Happy to the three lucky apprentices, "ten years from now, if you are still willing to stay in the bun shop, I will also give each of you a ten-percent dividend." Of course, at that time, you should all become the manager of a branch, and the dividends will naturally be based on the income of each of your stores. ”
"Don't be discouraged, everyone, our steamed bun shop will definitely get better and better, as long as everyone works hard, I will not treat everyone badly!" Happy swearing.
After all, most of the people present were still a group of young people, and they were all enthusiastic about what they said, and they couldn't wait to get to work immediately.
Everyone's enthusiasm for work has been greatly mobilized.
"That's right! There is another thing," Uncle Hao Han thought of something, and immediately said, "Happy, I noticed that many of our customers came to buy steamed buns in their cars, and as a result, the road in front of us was congested every day, and the street was reflected many times because of this, and we had to think of a way." ”
nodded happily: "I also know about this matter, do you think there is any way?" ”
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they all use their brains
After a while, Chi Bin whispered: "I have an idea, I don't know if it's okay." ”
"You say."
"Happy, do you remember that every morning at the gate of our school, someone pushes an early car to come and sell breakfast," Chi Bin said with a smile, "Can we also engage in such a mobile sales model, divide a certain area, contract the buns to others, and let them sell them in their respective areas." This can not only disperse the customer flow, but also expand the sales space and increase sales! ”
That's right! happily slapped his head and scolded himself for not thinking of it! I used to be idle and had nothing to do, and I pushed a tricycle to sell steamed buns!
"This plan works!" Happy said excitedly, "As long as you go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to get the corresponding approval, you can basically get it!" ”
"But...... It takes manpower, and it's best to have someone you can trust, otherwise it doesn't matter if you don't make money, if our signboard is stinky, it will be worth the loss! Happy thought about it for a moment and said.
"This manpower matter is really important, and I don't rush it for a while," Chi Bin nodded, "Let's go and get the approval document done first, and then think about the manpower problem." ”
Happy thought about it for a moment and nodded.
At the end of the meeting, the others dispersed, and Happy Yu Chi Bin discussed the problem of the steamed bun processing factory, and at noon, Happy stayed at Chi Bin for lunch at home.
This lunch made Chi Bin's eyes glow, his mouth was full of oil, and he held a big belly and swayed away. (To be continued......)