Chapter 1550: MJ's Performance
The family walked down the corridor to the dining room, where they took a seat at a large brown-and-red oak table.
The whole family is now worth more than 600 billion US dollars, but they still have to eat, but it is just a little richer than other people's dinners.
Eating is a big event, in addition to the taste of the food itself, the surrounding environment is also very important, clean and beautiful occasions, can increase people's appetite.
It is said that the people take food as the sky, and the members of the Han family never treat themselves badly in terms of "eating", even if they are busy with work, they will take time out of their time, enjoy a good meal slowly, and make money in order to have a better life.
This year, the restaurant has been renovated, and the top of the head is full of crystals, forming a huge chandelier, the number of crystals used is more than 8,000, the largest is the size of a watermelon, after turning on the electric light, the luxurious classical dining room will be decorated, shining brilliantly.
On several silver classical candlesticks, dozens of incense candles burn, and the faint fragrance that is difficult to explain can make people relax.
There is a famous oil painting on the wall, which is Van Gogh's "Ariscan Road" created in 1888, when it didn't cost much to renovate the house, and the art of the entire estate is worth a lot, even if a lot of money was donated to the Chieftain's Treasure Museum in previous years, the total value of the remaining artworks can be worth the cost of a spiral building.
The old man is very willing to spend money in this regard, in his opinion the art will continue to appreciate, it is an investment, it turns out that his vision is good, such as more than 20 years ago to buy this "Ariscan Road", only spent more than 8 million US dollars, now sent to auction, at least 40 million US dollars, the appreciation rate of high-end artworks in peacetime, generally more than the speed of currency depreciation.
Many manors in Europe and the United States are like this, and the value of works of art is far higher than the manor itself, Han Xuan once met an old English earl at a party, and kept telling people how depressed his usual life was.
It would be a mistake to think that he was poor, as his collection room is said to contain more than 40,000 antiques looted by his family's ancestors from all over the world over the centuries.
The reason why he lived so miserably was only because he was unwilling to sell them, and he collected nine of Monet's "Water Lilies" series of oil paintings, and he was reluctant to sell them, which made countless art intermediaries grit their teeth with hatred......
The turkey was brought to the table first, and it was brought over by Han Qianshan from the Snow Mountain Ranch.
There are flocks of free-range turkeys in the pasture, and no one usually takes care of them, and they are often secretly caught and eaten by the employees, but after they finish eating, they will go to Augusta Town to buy a group of small turkey seedlings and release them into the wild, so the number of turkeys in the ranch is not only not declining, but increasing.
Old Barton didn't care about it, and when he was hungry, he would go to the field to look for turkeys, and when the prey was hunted and brought home, occasionally the ducks on the shores of Lake Rota would suffer as well, and so would the colorful pheasants.
In the past, there was a beautiful male colorful pheasant, which often haunted near Han Xuan's house, but recently it can no longer be seen, and it may have been accidentally injured by an employee, and finally turned into a fragrant roast chicken......
Butler Adolf personally opened the silver lid on the plate, and when he saw the food inside, everyone at the table was stunned.
This time, the chef ingeniously put the big golden and buttery turkey into a ballet dance posture, with his wings erected up, his legs crossed, and he stood there with a fork support.
Han Xuan couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his mouth: "It's so good-looking, I can't bear to eat it, it's not Thanksgiving, why eat turkey for Christmas." ”
"It's one of the main meals, it just comes out of the oven, it needs to be cold for a while, and after half an hour the chef will come and help cut it."
Butler Adolf said in his British accent: "Little master, the chef's specialty dish is this turkey, the taste is simply wonderful, you will not be disappointed after tasting it." ”
"Well, I'm looking forward to eating it, no one has to eat turkey on Thanksgiving."
Han Xuan shrugged his shoulders and continued: "Butler Adolf, please help take a picture for us, the opportunity to have a dinner is rare, keep it as a souvenir, and take a picture of this turkey as well, it's very interesting." ”
"As you wish, little master......"
His father then spoke, "I've heard of the chef, that's why I brought the turkey from the ranch.
In the past, I never knew that opening a restaurant was so profitable, but now I go to my MEET restaurant and spend about $800 per person.
The food is so expensive, it is still full every day, and ordinary guests need to make an appointment about a month in advance to arrange a place. ”
"Then open a few more branches, now your MEET restaurant has not developed abroad, right?" Han Xuan's grandfather asked.
For Han Qianshan's son-in-law, he is very satisfied, except for the shortcoming of "no ambition", which is not a shortcoming, he can hardly find other personality problems.
In the eyes of a father, as long as he is good to his daughter, it is enough, and Han Qianshan is definitely a very good husband, so he and this son-in-law have always lived in harmony......
"The London branch in England is being renovated, and I bought a building near the Houses of Parliament at the beginning of the year, and I can see Big Ben from the window.
In addition, there are several cities such as Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, and Xiangjiang, and the consumption potential of residents is also sufficient, and they plan to expand there next.
I don't have to worry about the rest, it's just that it's too hard to find good chefs, and chefs who are really capable like to open their own restaurants, and it's more difficult to poach them to work for me.
I enlisted the help of a top food appraiser, who had already identified a few potential targets and might have to give them an additional stake in the restaurant to attract them. ”
Han Xuan asked with interest: "Food appraiser?"
This profession is really rare, is his usual job is to eat? ”
The father looked at his son and nodded and replied, "Yes, I invited it from the Michelin Red Book."
A good tongue with a keen sense of taste is also a talent, and if you help recruit a top chef, you can get hundreds of thousands of dollars from me, but I think it's worth the money. ”
"I heard that there are also people who specialize in sleeping, working for those high-end hotels, and testing the quality of the hotels."
After speaking, the old man picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful of black caviar from the plate in front of him, which was the appetizer of dinner, and it was gone in two bites, and after eating, he drank a sip of red wine to dispel the taste in his mouth.
Behind each of them, there was a maid in formal clothes, very dignified in appearance, specially serving them, pouring red wine and serving plates, and the family only needed to concentrate on eating.
Han Xuan heard his father whisper that when the old man was young, the maids in the family were very ugly.
Now that the old man is old, he has only begun to pay attention to their appearance during the recruitment of maids, and the deep meaning is intriguing......