Chapter XXIII: Conditional Gifts
After instructing a few boys, Zhou Yu came to give a lecture to a few girls.
"Our restaurant has three floors, and each floor receives different types of customers, so we also have to treat them in a different way. Let me give you a simple example, for example, the guests on the second and third floors have to order food, and you hold the menu to face the guests on the three floors, how should you respond? Zhou Yu asked.
"Take the menu to the guests and let the guests order whatever they want." A girl replied.
"What you said is an ordinary restaurant restaurant, our restaurant can't all treat customers like this." Zhou Yu waved his hand and said: "We can do this for the guests on the first floor, give the menu to others, and let the guests choose by themselves, because most of the guests on the first floor are here for a light meal, and there is not too much exquisiteness, just be easy-going." However, the booth on the second floor is usually a gathering of old friends or other special occasions, so we can recommend a few special dishes of the restaurant to them while handing over the menu. As for the guests on the third floor, they are all either rich or expensive, we can directly recommend the best dishes in the restaurant! Zhou Yu analyzed the situation clearly for several girls.
A few girls nodded as if they didn't understand, and Zhou Yu also knew that if there was no practical operation, the theory might still be a little abstract, so he decided to show a few girls in person after the opening.
"There is another problem, the men in our restaurant have all gone to do the decoration work, and after they come back, they will be handed over to you for training, and there is a salary for training a qualified waiter!" Zhou Yu's restaurant did not use the term Xiao Er, but directly used the modern title of "waiter".
Hearing that there was a salary, the four girls immediately came to the momentum, and they wished to train a few more qualified waiters. Not surprisingly, they all chose to start with their husbands......
A few days later, Lao Zhang sent back the news, saying that the decoration work of the restaurant was basically completed, and each floor had been sampled for Zhou Yu to inspect. After Zhou Yu saw it, he felt that there was no problem, the first floor was warm, the second floor was elegant, and the third floor was splendid, which was in line with the positioning of the restaurant, so he asked Lao Zhang to buy the rest of the things.
At the same time, Zhou Yu's soap was almost dry, Zhou Yu took a piece and tried it on his hand, and after making sure that it would not burn his skin, he gave it to Feng Yue.
"Xiao Yu, is this the soap you are talking about?" Feng Yue looked at the milky white square curiously.
"That's right, this thing is degreased!" Zhou Yu brought a piece of lard and said to Feng Yue: "Come, put some oil on your hands, and then wash it with soap." ”
According to Zhou Yu's words, Feng Yue first smeared some lard on her hands, and then washed it with some soap. Sure enough, as Zhou Yu said, after using soap, the slippery feeling brought by the lard on his hands disappeared.
"Xiao Yu, this soap has a low cost and a good degreasing effect, but it's really a good thing!" Feng Yue rubbed her hands and said.
"It's not over yet, let's add some gardenias, osmanthus or something to this soap, and it will become soap, that's a good thing! I just made twenty boxes yesterday, ten boxes of gardenias, ten boxes of osmanthus, and I will dry them for you to try in a few days! Zhou Yu happily put away the lard.
"Good!" Feng Yue's smile was like a flower arrangement.
Zhou Yu took two more boxes of soap and prepared to go out.
"Xiao Yu, where are you going?" Feng Yue chased after him and asked.
"Send two pieces of soap to Chen Jin, didn't we take a box of bath beans from someone last time? I have to return the gift! I might have to go to the restaurant and don't have to wait for me to eat at noon. Zhou Yu said.
Hearing that Zhou Yu was looking for Chen Jin, Feng Yue didn't say anything, just told him to go home early.
After a while, Feng Liang came back. Feng Liang has always been going out mysteriously these days, and he doesn't know what he's busy with.
"Brother, where have you been again?" Feng Yue looked at Feng Liang strangely.
"I didn't go anywhere, I went around the restaurant. Don't say it, Lao Zhang's gang did a really good job, the decoration is still decent, and it looks like a place for rich people to go! Xiao Yu's design is really good, I guess I can make a lot of money! Feng Liang said with interest.
"Then why do you go to the restaurant every day?" Feng Yuehu asked suspiciously.
"This ...... I'm happy to look at our restaurant! After Feng Liang finished speaking, he immediately entered the house.
Seeing his performance, Feng Yue was puzzled, but she didn't ask anything.
The people who originally practiced at home had been arranged by Zhou Yu to practice in the restaurant, and several cooks began to cook for the people who worked and try the taste. Several women also began to teach etiquette lessons to others, and gave theoretical lectures on different floors at the restaurant.
Yuwang Mansion.
"Gongzi Zhou, what kind of wind blew you here?" Steward Li didn't have a good impression of Zhou Yu, and forced a smile.
"I'm here to give His Royal Highness King Yu a good thing!" Zhou Yu said.
Before Steward Li could ask about the situation, Chen Jin came out.
"Brother Zhou, you can become a big celebrity now, many talented and beautiful people in Luozhou City want to see you!" Chen Jin said with a smile.
"What big celebrity? I don't know? Zhou Yu wondered.
"Since the last time you wrote those poems by the Luoshui River, Miss Su has accompanied the music and danced for them, and now your poems are the treasure of the Luozhou scribes! You are now known as the first genius of Luozhou, the god of poetry! Chen Jin said excitedly.
"These sour literati can really do the whole thing!" Zhou Yu said disdainfully, he was really afraid that his ancestors who stole poetry would cross over and take him away......
"Steward Li, you go down first, I'll talk to Brother Zhou alone!" Chen Jin said to Steward Li.
"Yes!" Steward Li stepped back.
"I said Lao Chen, your housekeeper seems to have some opinions about me?" Zhou Yu asked.
"Brother Zhou is thinking too much...... Chen Jin paused, and then asked, "Why do you call me Lao Chen?" Am I old? ”
"No, that's what we call if we have a good relationship there! What Lao Zhang, Lao Li, isn't your surname Chen just Lao Chen? Zhou Yu explained.
"I've grown so big, and no one has ever called me that!" Chen Jin smiled and said.
"You, you're just holding a prince's shelf, people look at you like this, who would dare to make friends with you? Listen to me, I'll teach you Lao Chen in the future, you call me Lao Zhou, how about it? Zhou Yu started his "Lord Friend Cultivation Plan" again.
Chen Jin, who has always been bound by the rules of the palace, has an inexplicable and wonderful impression of this title, and immediately agreed: "Okay, in the future, if you call me Lao Chen, I will call you Lao Zhou!" ”
"Hey, that's right!" Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction and continued: "I'm here today mainly to give you a gift. ”
"Oh? What gift? Chen came in with interest.
Zhou Yu took out two boxes of soap and put them on the table, and said, "This is it." ”
Chen Jin looked at the two small wooden boxes and said with some doubts: "What is this?" ”
"It's called soap, it's a good thing to get rid of oil, whether it's washing your hands or taking a bath, the effect is better than the bath beans you gave me!" Zhou Yu said proudly.
"Really?" Chen Jin glanced at the small wooden box and asked with some hesitation.
"It's really fake, can't you just try it?" Zhou Yu saw that he didn't believe it, so he made an idea directly.
"Come on, take a piece of lard and fetch a basin of water!" Chen Jin commanded.
When the things were ready, Chen Jin picked up a small piece of lard and squeezed it hard, and his hands suddenly became sticky. Zhou Yu handed over the soap to the side, and Chen Jin carefully wiped the soap in his hand according to Zhou Yu's words, and then began to rinse with water. After spending about half a basin of water, when Chen Jin touched his hand again, the sticky feeling had completely disappeared.
"That's a good thing!" Chen Jin picked up the soap and looked left and right, as if he wanted to understand why the oil-removing effect of this small square was even better than that of bath beans.
"You think that's the end of it? It's just the first generation of the product, and I have something even better! Zhou Yu let out a smug smile.
"What else is good?" Chen Jin immediately asked.
"This soap is just what I used to try the effect, after adding gardenia and osmanthus, it becomes a scented soap, which can not only remove oil, but also leave a fragrance on the skin after washing!" Zhou Yu said.
"Show me this soap!" Chen Jin rubbed his hands and said.
"How can it be so fast! I've just done this, and I have to dry it for a few days before I can use it, otherwise it will be harmful to the skin! Zhou Yu said: "When the time comes, I'll send you some!" ”
"Okay, okay, that's it!" Chen Jin agreed.
After all, the things Zhou Yu sent must be some powerful things that he had never seen.
"Don't worry, we have to say it first, these are not for you, I still have conditions!" Zhou Yu began to get down to business.
"What do you want again?" Chen Jin asked vigilantly.
"Look at the way you scoured! Am I the kind of person who only asks for something? Zhou Yu asked dissatisfiedly.
Chen Jin said yes in his heart, and then asked, "Then the condition you said is ......?"
"Well, I want to visit the chef in your house to cook, and learn a few good dishes by the way." Zhou Yu said without hesitation.
"This ......," Chen Jin hesitated to agree to him.
"Lao Chen, don't forget that you have forty percent of the shares in this restaurant! When you make money, you have a lot of money in your pocket! Zhou Yuyou said.
Chen Jin thought for a while and called Steward Li: "You take him to the kitchen, and let the chef teach him a few specialty dishes." ”
"This ......" Steward Li looked at Zhou Yu and did not immediately agree.
Sure enough, the master and servant are deeply affectionate, and the reactions to hearing the news are exactly the same.
"Go ahead." Chen Jin waved his hand.
"Yes!" Steward Li reluctantly took Zhou Yu to the kitchen.
"Steward Li, why do you have time to come to the back kitchen today?" A cook asked.
"Your Highness has an order, let you teach this Zhou Gongzi to cook a few dishes." Steward Li said expressionlessly.
"Steward Li, we're ...... Where can I make time to teach people? The cook said in embarrassment.
"This is His Highness's order, you can watch it." Steward Li finished speaking and left.
"This ......" The cooks looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
"Guys, you do it, I'll just watch from the sidelines." Zhou Yu said with a smile.
As soon as he heard him, everyone returned to their respective posts.
Zhou Yu first approached the chef who made the braised pigeon and asked about the cooking steps. The cook told him about it, and Zhou Yu picked up the chopsticks and took a piece of meat to taste.
"Hey, how did you eat it?" The cook asked.
Zhou Yu swallowed the piece of meat, frowned and said, "You didn't put the sauce and salt right!" ”
"What's wrong, I've been cooking for so long, I know how much salt to put in it!" The cook said unconvinced.
"If you say you're stupid, you still won't admit it, let me teach you how to make this dish." Zhou Yu shook his head and said.
"Why do you want to do it, you are responsible for the problem with this prince's dish?" The cook immediately refused.
"That's it, you let me try, if I don't do as well as you, I'll leave immediately, no longer bothering you, what do you think?" Zhou Yu proposed.
"That's what you said!" In order to drive Zhou Yu away, the cook went out.
Zhou Yu secretly laughed at the chef and immediately took over the stove.
"Prepare the material!" As Zhou Yu's voice fell, the materials of the braised pigeon were also sent to him.
Zhou Yu sat up in a decent manner according to the chef's instructions. Although the chef didn't want to admit it, Zhou Yu's technique was indeed quite professional, and several other cooks also joined the melon table after cooking the dishes in their hands.
"Okay! Come and try it! Zhou Yu put the dish into a bowl and let a few chefs taste it. I also deliberately put the bowl made by the chef next to it for comparison.
After several cooks tasted the braised pigeon made by Zhou Yu, their eyes were all bright, and one of them couldn't help but say: "This son's cooking skills are not low!" Old horse, what you make is really delicious that no one else makes! ”
The chef surnamed Ma also tasted the suckling pigeon made by Zhou Yu, and it did taste better than that made by himself. But he is also the one who cooks for His Royal Highness King Yu, and he can't even compare to a hairy boy, which is too embarrassing.
The chef's evaluation made the expression of the surnamed Ma even more ugly than eating a fly.
"Okay, I've learned this dish, I'll see what to learn next......" Zhou Yu began to look around in the kitchen again.