Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant

Chapter 49 Signing a Contract

"Is this one?" In the lounge, someone was watching a short video. There were quite a few people in the room, and almost everyone bowed their heads. There was no exception except for those who occasionally brought tea in. They also watched the video very quickly. , it seems that it is not just for playing, but looking for something.

Finally someone stopped the movement of fingers and stood up with a mobile phone playing a video.

Everyone also raised their heads and looked at the screen played on his mobile phone.

The mobile phone is playing a video of an anchor with a big stomach. The anchor is sitting at the table. The limited screen shows the scene behind him. There are large murals in warm colors, which are full of various delicacies but no figures are visible. It is full of meat and vegetables, and a pot is bubbling. The bright spicy pot and the pale clear soup pot are like a dynamic oil painting in the picture.

There are diners walking around behind the anchor, holding vegetables or fruits from the self-service area in their hands, chatting with the people next to them with smiles on their faces.

If you don’t watch the anchor and focus on the background, you will find that the guests here don’t have such an obvious sense of private territory. They will chat with the guests at the surrounding tables, recommend their favorite dishes, and exchange views on some dishes.

Although people outside the screen could not hear what these diners were saying, it may be seen that the atmosphere at that time must be very harmonious.

In a small hot pot restaurant, no matter what accent the person is wearing or what brand of clothes they are wearing, as long as they enter, there will be no barriers between them. It is like a friend reunited after a long time. After a little unfamiliarity, they will have a familiar conversation.

"Huh..." Someone let out a sigh of relief.

The others laughed: "Finally found the right one."

"Which store is it?"

"It's best to talk about it as soon as possible."

"The higher-ups have already started urging. If we don't talk about it, it is estimated that the agreed funding will decrease again."

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In the Shanhai hot pot restaurant, Ming Qian was busy serving dishes. As long as the weekends came, the traffic would make his scalp tingle. Students and customers whose addresses were far away from the restaurant only had time to eat hot pot on weekends.

Since ten o'clock in the morning, the number of customers has not decreased. There will be a short vacancy of one and a half hours between three o'clock in the afternoon and 04:30, and it will be busy until two o'clock in the morning at night.

If it weren't for the hot pot restaurant closing at two o'clock, there would be no shortage of customers all night.

They were busy in the store, and Sui Ru was busy outside the store, because the newly hired delivery man hadn't arrived yet, and the burden of delivering food was still on Sui Ru's shoulders.

"Has the newcomer arrived yet?!" Sui Ru yelled loudly while ordering takeaways in a noisy environment.

Ming Qian, who was standing by the stove, was frying pumpkin pancakes, and he also yelled, "Two more days! He lives far away!"

Sui Ru was not satisfied: "It's so slow, can you still deliver the express delivery in the future?"

There was no time for Sui Ru to complain, Sui Ru took the takeaway, went out through the door of the back kitchen, found the ground to avoid the camera and flew up.

Ming Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead, the back kitchen was too hot, and there were so many people, the air conditioner was not as effective as before when there were few people, especially when he was still standing next to the stove.

"Boss, those foreigners are here again." When Chen Yan came in from the outside, he was also hot, especially since he was still a fat man, and he was sweating all over his body when he was hot. He didn't have a good look at those foreigners.

The last time those foreigners came over, Ming Qian broke up with them.

Mingqian did not accept their request, nor did he accept the money they said.

Ming Qian sighed: "Never mind them, I don't believe they can stay here forever."

This group of foreigners was very serious at the beginning, Ming Qian liked to make money, but that didn't mean he wanted to make any money, especially if the other party obviously didn't respect him.

Now that Ming Qian showed a non-cooperative attitude, they seemed to realize their previous arrogance and were willing to sit down and have a good chat with Ming Qian.

It's a pity that Mingqian doesn't want to talk to them now.

Yao said while serving the dishes: "I thought the human race should be polite."

Ming Qian shook his head: "Divide people."

He had a female classmate who had a boyfriend in high school, but the female classmate failed the college entrance examination, and the man was admitted to a good university. At the last party in the class, the boy drank a lot of alcohol, and directly in front of all his classmates It is said that the girl does not grow beautifully, her figure is not good enough, and she is not even good at studying. She has to repeat the study for a year, and if she repeats the study, she may not be able to enter a good university.

And the university he was admitted to was very good. After graduation, he was a master, and they didn't match.

He was not drunk at the time, alcohol only made him bolder and his EQ lowered, so he could speak out what was in his mind.

Not everyone is polite, many people have a sense of superiority, it may be the superiority brought by money, it may be social status, or it may be the height in the industry, but some people will try hard not to show themselves, or not to show It's so obvious, and more people never thought of covering it up.

They are proud of what they have, and excessive pride cannot be suppressed, and of course it will show.

What followed was contempt for others and a condescending tone.

Just like those foreigners.

They themselves do not realize that they are impolite.

They are used to being sought after and have never hit a wall, so they have a sense of superiority, which may not be realized by themselves, because they will not reflect on their mistakes, but only think that Ming Qian is a "freak".

When encountering such people, Ming Qian will not try to persuade them, but will only keep a distance from them.

When Ming Qian sent the snacks out, he saw the group of foreigners sitting in the middle of the hall at a glance. After the last time they broke up, they came almost every day and sat in the most conspicuous seats every day.

Fortunately, they know how to queue, otherwise Mingqian would have blacklisted them.

"Is he so stubborn?" Foreigners can't understand him either.

"Haven't we already agreed to his request? A week of filming time! There will be no program group that is better at compromising than us."

"He may want to get more benefits, so he refused us."

An Sen was a little anxious. He pursed his lips. This time he came to China to sign the contract within three days, and then let the guests come to shoot. The shooting cycle is one month. After the shooting, they still have to rush to do editing and post-production. Go to the next shop.

But now they have been delayed here for a whole week, and the owner of this store still has no intention of letting go.

The price has also been increased twice, and the other party didn't even raise their eyebrows after hearing the amount.

But now no one in the team has said no to filming. After a week, they not only tasted the delicious food, but also clearly realized that the business of this store is booming. There are people queuing up every day. The longest time they lined up were two Seats are only available at hours.

What surprised them most was the atmosphere in the store.

They have photographed many restaurants, all of which are high-end restaurants. In those restaurants, they never see diners discussing with each other, or even sitting at the same table while talking. In those restaurants, almost every diner maintains a relationship with other The distance between people, elegant ordering, elegant dining, and even the voice of talking are quiet.

This store is more novel and interesting to them, and even the employees here are very special.

"I think it's a waste of time to stay here," said Jo suddenly.

Everyone looked at him, and some couldn't help but retort: ​​"Didn't you say you were coming?"

"We have all decided to shoot here now, and you said you want to leave?"

Joe shrugged, and his tone was very relaxed: "I said that I would come, and I talked with the boss. It was you who made this shooting plan go to waste."

"If it were you, would you accept that equal partners talk to you with contempt?" Joe sneered, "But I think this time is not in vain. At least you have learned one thing, which is to respect others."

Anson took a sip of the soup. He was already fascinated by the clear soup pot here. It tasted strong but not greasy. If he didn't need to go to the toilet, he could keep drinking it.

"Try again." Anson put down the soup bowl, "I'll talk to him alone."

"If we can't talk today, we have to leave."

No one in the team regretted it. They didn't feel that there was a problem with their attitude so far. Anson realized it, but he didn't want to admit it.

It seemed as if his authority as a director would slip quickly just by acknowledging it.

Even if he wanted to apologize, he couldn't apologize in front of the team.

"Hello, how are you?" Mingqian was answering the phone in the back kitchen. He didn't have any hands free, so he had to ask Yao to help hold the phone.

After hearing what the other party said, Ming Qian was a little silly: "Are you sure you typed correctly?"

The person over there smiled and said, "No, Mr. Ming, we are very sincere to talk to you. We can still talk about the compensation. If you are free, we can come here tomorrow to talk about the contract."

Ming Qian felt a little psychedelic. He just rejected the foreign program group, and the domestic program group came?

Moreover, it is a new variety show with a large budget, and the price given to him is not lower than that of foreign countries.

After hanging up the phone, Ming Qian couldn't recover, what's going on?Is his store destined to be on TV?

However, he was still a little worried. If the domestic program groups had the same temper as the foreign ones, then he would have to reject it again.

Don't play with people like this.

"Boss, what's the matter?" Looking at Ming Qian's expression, Yao asked rather strangely, "Are you going to cry or laugh?"

Ming Qian sighed: "People's emotions are very complicated, have you cut the beef yet?"

Yao: "It's done."

Yiyi took out the dishes, and Wanwan was still cutting the waist slices. Now the ingredients in the shop are not only handled by Yao alone, but Wanwan and Chuchu are also very fast. Ingredients like the waist slices need to be handled carefully so that they don’t have a bad smell. The two sisters handled it faster than Haruka.

When there are many customers, Haruka only takes care of the side dishes.

During the afternoon break, An Sen walked into the store again, Ming Qian who was sitting behind the counter didn't really want to continue chatting with him.

"I think we can talk again." An Sen looked at Ming Qian sincerely, and said straight to the point, "I apologize for our rudeness before."

Mingqian: "..."

"I have said several times that I will not accept your filming request. I hope you can find other restaurants and stop wasting time with me."

Anson still wants to try again: "This is also an opportunity for you. Do you want to keep opening a store in such a place? Don't you want to change to a bigger store?"

Ming Qian shook his head calmly: "I don't want to."

After speaking, Ming Qian turned his head to look at Youjun's expression, and he knew that Youjun was impatient, so Mingqian immediately issued the order to evict the guest: "Sir, we have nothing to talk about, no matter how many times you come to ask me , I only have one answer.”

"If you just like the taste of hot pot, then I welcome you to eat anytime, and I will not agree to filming."

Anson just opened his mouth to say something.

Youjun has already stood up, he is taller than Ansen, younger than Ansen, he looks down at Ansen, his eyes are as cold as ice, and there is a real, hair-raising contempt in his eyes, this contempt will not make people disgusted , will only scare people.

That is the giant's contempt for the ants.

"Don't you understand what he said?"

After all, it is a divine beast, and Youjun doesn't need to memorize words or learn grammar, no matter what language he wants to know, he can learn it immediately.

Youjun's thin lips parted slightly: "He meant to let you go."

Anson swallowed, every muscle and every cell in his body was urging him to leave here.

The primitive instinct of animals reminded him that the man standing in front of him represented a great danger, which he could not bear.

Sweat dripped from An Sen's forehead, he no longer tried to persuade Ming Qian, but left the gate of the hot pot restaurant with hands and feet.

Ming Qian breathed a sigh of relief: "He's finally gone. These days, I'm particularly worried what will happen if they really come to eat every day?"

"I'm afraid that if they stay for a long time, I won't be able to say no again."

Ming Qian is very clear about his weakness: "I think I'm too soft-hearted, and I tend to be unstable."

Youjun looked at Mingqian, rarely did he sneer, but instead said: "It's just right for you."

Ming Qian smiled: "Just right?"

Youjun nodded, looking into Mingqian's eyes, he didn't think it was a good thing that Mingqian became hard-hearted.

Soft-heartedness is not a disadvantage, either.

The dishes in the store that customers can't finish eating now will be handed over to Suiru by Mingqian after they are recycled, and Suiru will be handed over to poor families. Those who are really poor in the mountains will sell their harvests for money. The child at home reads a book.

The recycled vegetables and meat are clean and fresh.

Although Sui Ru likes to complain about being tired, he never complained about this matter. He often flies to poor families in the middle of the night.

You Jun suddenly reached out and rubbed Ming Qian's head - he had wanted to do this a long time ago, and his tone was much gentler: "You are fine."

Ming Qian proudly said: "I also think I am very good."

"Boss, haven't there been any new snacks recently?" Zhang Lin walked into the store, followed by a few friends.

As a regular customer in the store, Zhang Lin is already the vv of Mingqian's small store. He will come here at least four times a week, sometimes at noon and sometimes in the afternoon. He also orders a lot of food and brings many friends.

"Not yet." Ming Qian led them to the table, "I've been too busy recently, so I don't have time to study new snacks."

Zhang Lin waved his hand and sighed, "It's all because you guys launched the snacks too fast before, but now I'm not used to it when it slows down."

Ming Qian smiled and said: "If there are new snacks, the official account will post them."

"It's still the same, mandarin duck pot." Zhang Lin told Ming Qian the pot base he wanted, and then scanned the QR code with his friends to order.

As an extreme fan of pumpkin pie, Zhang Lin immediately ordered six pumpkin pies after scanning the QR code.

He doesn't order anything else, his friends will order, anyway, he will never get tired of eating pumpkin pie.

"Fortunately, we came early today, so we don't have to wait in line."

"Yesterday, a colleague of mine went to Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant and almost killed me from laughing. She told me that Shanhai Hotpot Restaurant is just ordinary. I don't know why it is so popular on the Internet. It seems that you don't eat this restaurant when you come to X city. The hotpot is worthless, but we are a couple, and she ate at the big pot restaurant, which almost killed me laughing."

"Your colleague is too miserable. After finally having time to eat hot pot, he even went to the counterfeit restaurant. The taste of the counterfeit restaurant is still average."

"She didn't know the address, but now there are more and more copycat restaurants, and there are some directly called Shanhai Hot Pot Restaurant."

"Yes, yes, there is one over there with the same name. I guess they won't change it unless the boss sues."

When Ming Qian brought the dishes, he heard them discussing this topic.

"A lot?" Ming Qian bent down to put the dishes on the table, and asked curiously.

"A lot! Boss, you don't know. As far as I know, there should be more than 20 copycat stores."

"I thought there were only a few."

"It is estimated that knockoff stores will be opened in other places in the future. Boss, you are not planning to open a chain store?"

Ming Qian waved his hand: "Forget about chain stores, they're too busy, and franchising can't control the quality. What if I smashed my own signboard? I'm timid."

Zhang Lin: "That's right. That's how business is. If you do a hundred deals, you'll get a good reputation, but if you make one bad deal, you're finished."

"Instead of asking the boss to open a chain store, you might as well ask the boss to expand the store."

Ming Qian said earnestly: "I'm thinking about it, and I'm negotiating with people about the rent. If we can negotiate, we should expand it again this year."

Recently he has been chatting with the owner of the fast food restaurant upstairs.

The shop was bought by the owner himself, and the cost of opening the shop is not that high, so there is no rush to rent it out.

If Mingqian wanted to rent, of course he would raise the price, and there was still trouble for both sides.

The price Ming Qian can accept is less than [-] a month's rent.

But the price proposed by the other party is [-] a month.

Last night, the owner of the fast food restaurant said that he can only accept [-] yuan, and if it is less than [-] yuan, there is no way to negotiate, and the contract must be signed for five years, not three years.

Eighty thousand a month, the annual rent is close to one million.

Even though Mingqian is very confident about the profit of the store now, one million is still too much.

If 60 is [-] a year, it is a price that Ming Qian can barely accept.

Because the other party is not in a hurry to rent out, and if the business is not good, they can't lose much money, so the initiative is in the hands of the other party, and there is nothing the other party can do if they don't let go.

Now the money he can use is more than 100 million.

The rent must be paid annually. After the rent is paid, there is no money for decoration in the short term.

It means that after he rents it out, he still needs to save money for renovations. A shop with an annual rent of one million yuan will be idle for a long time, and he will lose money every day if he is idle.

If the program group in China is reliable, Ming Qian still wants to continue.

Then he can continue to grind with the fast food restaurant owner on the second floor.

"Actually, I'm quite lucky." Ming Qian stood in front of the counter and said to You Jun, "Although the foreign group is unreliable and made me happy for nothing, but the domestic program group came here again, maybe God I was destined to earn this money."

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and the smile on his face returned.

The requirements of the program group over there are different from those of foreign program groups. The domestic productions are variety shows.

Let celebrities be temporary store managers, let them attract customers, settle accounts and serve as waiters, and someone should cut vegetables in the back kitchen.

Because Ming Qian said that his own secret recipe was used for the bottom of the pot, so the program team did not force the stars to cook it.

But the program team still asked, they don't have to touch the secret recipe, but can the stars cook the bottom of the pot-at least it looks like the stars cooked it themselves.

Mingqian agreed after thinking about it.

It's acting, I understand.

However, their filming cycle is longer, it will take one month, and the stars must complete the turnover in this month.

If not, there will be penalties.

The money given was quite a lot, Ming Qian did some calculations, and although it wasn't as much as abroad, it was still worth his three months' net profit.

After the domestic program team arrived, they were not in a hurry to sign a contract with Mingqian, but to understand the surrounding environment first, and asked the diners who often come to the store their impressions of this store. They would also eat in the store, suppressing their appetite to go Do research with diners in the store.

After seeing Youjun and Yiyi, they also asked if they could let the staff in the store appear on camera.

Mingqian said that this is another price.

"Look at the contract. If there are no other requirements, let's sign the contract now." The director's surname is Han. He looks very young, probably under 30 years old, but he speaks and does things very neatly. It seems that a minute is wasted. Neither was a terrible loss for him.

Ming Qian picked up the contract and read it carefully, making sure that they had mentioned every clause, picked up a pen and signed his name.

"The filming will start next week, right?" Ming Qian asked.

Director Han nodded, probably because the conversation was quick and Ming Qian signed the contract neatly. He smiled and said, "The guests will come over three days in advance, and you will get to know each other at that time. You also need to teach the team leader to tell How can he be a store manager?"

Ming Qian blinked: "I don't know how to be a store manager either."

His shop is like a family workshop, and he really doesn't know how to be the manager of a large restaurant.

Director Han: "You can just talk about it casually, and we will also arrange some conflicts at that time."

Ming Qian nodded.

It's all scripted.

He used to watch variety shows and thought they were all real, but only later did he know that there was a script.

"As for the appearance of the employees in your store, I have already declared it." Director Han, "After all, they are not protagonists, but also amateurs. The price I am asking for is [-] yuan per person."

Ming Qian looked at Yiyi who was standing beside her.

Yiyi blinked when she heard [-], she didn't know whether it was too little or too much.

As for You Jun, You Jun asked Han Dao: "Is he the same?"

"He" refers to Mingqian.

Director Han waved his hand: "He's different, he doesn't charge me money."

After all, Mingqian has already received the contract payment, so there is no need to pay for the single person.

You Jun said blankly: "Okay."

If Mingqian came and he didn't, it means that they can only see each other in one day and one night.

And Ming Qian can still "flirt and flirt" with other people in the store.

This cannot be tolerated.