Chapter 935 Trial opening
After Fu Guomin took over Li Quangui’s Dongzhou BBQ, he simply changed the name of the restaurant. He followed his son Fu Xuedong’s suggestion and added the word “老公” in front of it. The current name is Lao Dongzhou BBQ.
Fu Guomin specially made a special trip to hire two helpers from Dongzhou, both of whom were relatives from his hometown. He also hired two helpers, plus himself, a total of five people. The barbecue restaurant started its trial operation. He thought it would take a few days for the trial operation to begin. It won't be too busy, I should be able to handle it.
The trial operation invited all his own people. Xu Chunliang called Pu Jian and Chen Qianfan. When they arrived at the place, they found that someone had already arrived. They are also old acquaintances. Fu Guomin's two best friends in Beijing are Jiang Simian, director of admissions at the Graduate School of Shuimu University, and Hu Yuchun, director of the Radiation Therapy Department of the Capital Cancer Institute.
This is not the first time for everyone to meet each other. Jiang Simian is very addicted to playing cards. As soon as they met, he greeted him: "Why are you here? There are three missing and one is missing. Let's play two rounds and beat the eggs first."
Chen Qianfan said: "There's no rush." He brought the car over and asked the driver to unload the twenty boxes of Chen Laodao sauce wine he had brought. He told Fu Guomin to use it first. There was no charge for these twenty boxes, so just treat them as It's a promotion fee, and if you want goods in the future, you'll get the factory price.
Fu Guomin did not have a deep friendship with Chen Qianfan. He knew that the reason why he did what he did was all because of Xu Chunliang, so the little brother used this method to support his business.
Fu Guomin said thank you and did not give in. If he was too polite, it would be pretentious.
Pu Jian looked at the environment inside and found that it had basically not changed much. He helped Fu Guomin calculate the auspicious date for opening the business.
Hu Yuchun chatted with Xu Chunliang about cooperation. After the last time he had a drink and mentioned cooperation, he went back to find his leaders. Several main leaders of the Cancer Research Institute were very active in this matter. They said it would be best to do so in the near future. Headed to Dongzhou for a field trip.
Xu Chunliang and Hu Yuchun decided on the specific time for the inspection before they had dinner.
Jiang Simian originally thought about playing a game of cards, but it was too late. Before a few people started, someone outside sent two money trees.
Fu Guomin was a little strange. After all, today was not the official opening. He had also specifically told everyone not to give anything away, but to come here just to have a meal. He looked at the signature on the money tree. It was written as Dongzhou Liaison Office in Beijing. It turned out to be an old colleague from the past. I heard that he was opening a store, so I specially sent two money trees to him first.
Fu Guomin was wondering whether to call Qian Aijun and invite a group of old colleagues over for dinner to express his gratitude. Qian Aijun had already led a group of old colleagues from the Beijing Office, which was so far away from here. Recently, it was impossible not to know the news that Fu Guomin had put Dongzhou Barbeque on the plate.
Fu Guomin failed at the Dongzhou Cultural and Tourism Bureau. He decisively resigned when he returned to the capital. At his age, he gave up politics and went into business. If nothing else, his courage alone is already admirable.
Although Fu Guomin has hardly interacted with his old colleagues in the Beijing Office since he came back, he was quite popular in the Beijing Office in the past, and everyone was thinking of coming over to help him from time to time when his barbecue restaurant opened.
Today, the team is led by Qian Aijun, director of the Beijing Office. Deputy Director Qin Xinli and Dongzhou Hotel Manager Li Xiumei are here. There is also a new deputy director named Yang Wenming. He came to the Beijing Office from Dongzhou not long ago. to the age of forty.
According to reliable information, Qian Aijun has received a transfer order and is about to return to Dongzhou to serve as a senior party worker official in the High-tech Zone.
In fact, Qin Xinli was the first to be active. Since Qin Xinli was transferred from the position of head of the Dongzhou Tourism Bureau to the deputy director of the Beijing Office, he began to look for connections. He has a strong hometown complex, mainly because he is in Dongzhou. After working for most of his life, he was not used to this kind of life of living in a different place. No matter how prosperous the capital was, he had no sense of belonging.
Qin Xinli originally thought that it was almost over, but the one who finally left was Qian Aijun. However, Qian Aijun did not publicly announce the matter, but only tactfully hinted that Qin Xinli would take over the work of the Beijing Office in the future.
Although Qin Xinli didn't get what he wanted, he finally had the opportunity to erase the "advice" in front of the director. He was originally a high-ranking and low-ranking person. In terms of seniority, Qian Aijun was only a junior.
Li Xiumei was also involved in Qian Aijun's scandal not long ago. Her superiors ordered her to be suspended from work for an inspection. However, as the influence of this incident weakened, Li Xiumei was not found to have any major faults. She was given an internal sanction and let her go. Returning to his old job, after all, it was impossible to leave this woman in the Dongzhou Hotel. Several old leaders were quite satisfied with her service.
In fact, the main reason is that Fu Guomin resigned, Qian Aijun was transferred back to Dongzhou, and the two most important leaders of the Dongzhou Liaison Office in Beijing left. Qin Xinli also just came to the Liaison Office in Beijing, and he took over all the work with his help. It's hard to take on all of them, not to mention the new deputy director Yang Wenming. There must be an old man who knows the inside story and the routines, so Li Xiumei's reactivation is imperative.
Qian Aijun privately felt sorry for Fu Guomin. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that Fu Guomin was a victim of the struggle. If he moved around more, it would be possible for him to return to the Beijing Office as deputy director.
No one at the Beijing Office expected that Fu Guomin would end his career in the system in such a drastic way as resigning. They did not expect that Fu Guomin, who appeared gentle on the surface, also had such a strong side in his heart.
Fu Guomin was a little excited when he saw so many old colleagues coming over. He held Qian Aijun's hand and said, "Director Qian, you are so polite."
Qian Aijun took Fu Guomin's hand and shook it, saying, "Old Fu, you are so mean, you didn't even notify us of the opening."
“It’s not an opening, it’s a trial opening. I’m thinking about inviting you over to the business.” Fu Guomin didn’t tell the truth either.
Everyone laughed. Fu Guomin and several other colleagues shook hands one by one. When they arrived at Li Xiumei, they looked at each other and felt something in their hearts. Of course, it was not a personal relationship, but a private relationship for their own convenience. That kind of thing. Currently, the barbecue restaurant only has one private room. Xu Chunliang and others took the initiative to give up the private room to these people from the Beijing Office, and everyone basically knew them.
Qian Aijun came over specially to say hello to Xu Chunliang. Although he was in the capital, he paid attention to the situation in Dongzhou all the time, and also heard about some of Xu Chunliang's recent actions.
Xu Chunliang and the others sat down in the lobby. At the beginning of the trial operation, everything was not straightened out. Fu Guomin had to serve the dishes himself. His relative who was helping the chef was not a professional. Chen Qianfan saw his clumsy appearance and was really surprised. I couldn't stand it, so I simply put on an apron and went to the kitchen to serve the cold dishes myself.
Xu Chunliang and Pu Jian asked Fu Guomin to accompany the guests, and the two of them helped carry the plates. In fact, after the actual opening, it was mainly barbecue with some pre-prepared side dishes, but today Fu Guomin was entertaining friends, so he bought a lot of vegetables. Eight cold dishes were prepared for each table.
I thought I would host a table in Beijing tonight, but I didn’t expect that the guests came one after another. Basically, they were all repeat customers in the past. They all like to eat barbecue. Since Li Quangui closed down his business, he couldn’t find it in the capital. There are several authentic Dongzhou barbecue restaurants.
The wind probably took the smell of cumin as a message, and there were five or six tables of regular customers alone.
Fu Guomin didn't want to receive guests at first, but Xu Chunliang thought that there was no difference between trial opening and business operation. Now that the guests are here, they can't rush out. Pu Jian also thinks so. If the God of Wealth comes to give you money, you have to refuse it. This is not giving the God of Wealth face, and you have to carry it no matter how hard and tired you are.
So Jiang Simian and Hu Yuchun also came over to help with the costumes, and several friends who had originally planned to drink came to work as part-time workers.
When Xu Chunliang was delivering food to the private room, Qian Aijun stopped him: "Xiao Xu, stop working so hard, sit down and have a couple of drinks with us."
Xu Chunliang smiled and said: "Director Qian, I will come over later. You guys have a drink first."
When he went out, he saw Pu Jian pouting at one side. Xu Chunliang looked in the direction he hinted and saw Gao Xiaobai and several classmates sitting in the corner looking at him.
Xu Chunliang said that the capital is so big, why are all acquaintances gathering here today? It shouldn't have been informed by Fu Guomin, right?
Gao Xiaobai stood up and said, "Chunliang, you haven't left yet?" She thought Xu Chunliang came here to pick up his grandfather.
Xu Chunliang said: "No, the people in the capital are so enthusiastic that I can't bear to leave."
Gao Xiaobai smiled and said: "I was having dinner with my classmates, and everyone suddenly wanted to eat Dongzhou Barbecue. I recommended this place to them."
Xu Chunliang said: "Okay, if you come to eat from now on, it will all be charged to my account."
Gao Xiaobai said: "Thank you!"
Xu Chunliang asked them to use it slowly. At this time, the Kung Fu BBQ restaurant was already packed. Fu Guomin didn't even bother to greet them. He ran around inside and outside the room. Xu Chunliang came to the kitchen and saw that Chen Qianfan was also very busy. Very happy.
Pu Jian rushed in and reminded: "Old Chen, don't sell out the vegetables. We haven't eaten yet."
Chen Qianfan said: "I guess we don't have any food. We obviously didn't prepare enough today. Let me tell Brother Fu that we can't accept any more guests."
Pu Jian said: "I think this store is going to be popular."
At 8:30 in the evening, the mutton had been sold out. Fu Guomin did not expect that business would be so booming on the first day of trial operation. It was a good start for his business journey. Unfortunately, these few people he invited A friend has not even eaten wool yet.
Li Xiumei came over to settle the bill. Today, everyone is congratulating Fu Guomin on his successful business. He must accept the money.
Xu Chunliang helped Gao Xiaobai settle the account.
Fu Guomin refused but could only accept the money. Although the dishes were sold out, he couldn't leave until the customers left, and he was embarrassed to let Xu Chunliang and his friends starve, so he quietly called Xu Chunliang aside and handed it to him. He paid him two thousand yuan to find a place nearby to treat Chen Qianfan and the others to dinner.
Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "Aren't you angry? Let's find a place to have a drink. You'll have to pay for tonight's meal."
Fu Guomin nodded, feeling secretly in his heart that he had not been in the system for so many years in vain, and at least he had made a few friends.
(End of this chapter)