Gourmet and actor

Chapter 76

The end of the year is the peak season for catering, so Zhou Fu only took one day off this time.After dinner, he chatted with Xiao Ke for a while, then prepared to go to the airport and continue working tomorrow.

Dennis, who hadn't eaten enough, refused to move, and said he would stay for a few more days to eat all the special dishes.He also contacted the assistant on the spot and asked him to cancel the ticket to show his determination not to be dissuaded by anyone.

The brother-in-law's greediness made Zhou Fu a little embarrassed.But after thinking about it, if he was free, he would definitely stay in city b for a few more days, so he was relieved.When saying goodbye, he left a business card and said, "Xiao Xiao, I have visited your place, so come and sit with me when you have time. Although it is not my shop, it is my craft."

In order to form a team in the future, in addition to the theoretical issues that have been discussed, it is natural to see the practical level of the partner.Calculating the time, Xiao Ke said: "Recently, I have received two more jobs, plus the branch opening chores, I have to be busy until the end of the year before I will be free. Why don't I wait for New Year's Eve, and I will come to S City to find you. "

"Almost forgot, your job is an actor, and your assistant job is a chef." Jokingly, Zhou Fu said: "That's it. Our restaurant will not be closed during the Spring Festival. When you come over, it's just in time to invite You have a New Year's banquet."

Xiao Ke said with a smile: "We must serve special dishes."

"That's a must."

After all, the two shook hands, Xiao Ke sent Zhou Fu out of the door, and then contacted Ni Guang to discuss the advertisement of the branch.

In the last incident with the Feng family, when he searched for newspaper sales rankings, he accidentally saw the price comparison of thematic advertisements on major websites.After discovering that the website Ni Guang worked for was not cheap, he realized that he had taken advantage of the fact that he only paid the other party's transportation fee last time.

This time, no matter how much Ni Guang refused, he insisted on paying.Ni Guang couldn't agree with him, so he simply transferred the money into a deposit for the company's dinner party at the end of the year, and booked four tables in one go.Xiao Ke had no choice but to give in a step, planning to add a few more dishes to them at that time, and then save the tail gold.

After dealing with the affairs of the restaurant, Xiao Ke rushed to the studio the next day to continue his work in the entertainment industry.

He recently signed an image endorsement contract with a certain chocolate brand, and is preparing to record an advertisement, and is also shooting for the Spring Festival cover of a major fashion magazine.Both of them came to the door after seeing the recent Han's commercial. The difference is that the former is interested in his popularity and appeal, while the latter is interested in his expressiveness in front of the camera.

Compared with other activities, there is not much reward for shooting magazines, just a red envelope of 8000 yuan.And the chocolate ad that took two days to shoot made Xiao Ke earn more than 200 million in one fell swoop.

On the day when work was over, Han Xilin told him that the house for Xiao Huiguang had been furnished.After asking about the market price, Xiao Ke sent him the new remuneration plus his previous savings.Without knowing it, Han Xilin took it with a smile on his face, turned around and made up another round number, added it to the endorsement fee and returned it to his account.

When Xiao Ke mentioned the endorsement fee that day, it was purely a joke, but Han Xilin never expected that he would actually call.Looking at the ridiculously high amount in the prompt, he was speechless, and decided to deposit it into a joint account with last year's restaurant dividends for the next generation.

Within a few days, the news that the Yushan Palace branch was about to open spread through word of mouth among regular customers and promotions on the website.Compared with the "obscurity" when the main store opened, the attention and expectations of the branch this time have increased a lot.Although there is no discount as usual, but I heard that there will be new dishes on the day, and many diners said that they will definitely come to join.

Information has no boundaries.Xiao Huiguang, who was in City H, also heard about this incident, and contacted Xiao Ke for the first time two days before New Year's Eve.He said that in order not to delay his work, he would not have to go back to his hometown during the Spring Festival this year. He would come to city b to find him and ask him to book a room at the guest house in advance.

Feeling Xiao Huiguang's softening, Xiao Ke was very happy.But what he didn't expect was that it was Father Han who reacted the most to this incident.

Father Han had heard from his son that Xiao Ke would go back to accompany his father this year.He has lived to this age, and he can see through the world.As soon as he heard his son say that he had to stay behind during the Spring Festival, he knew that the matter of the young couple had not yet been cleared up by Father Xiao.Seeing that Xiao Huiguang was going to City B, he took the initiative to ask his son, "Shall I chat with my in-laws first to make a good impression for you?"

"Don't be wild." Han Xilin said immediately.

Father Han was not happy, "I'm doing it for your own good, don't be ungrateful, boy. Although I don't dance square dances, it's okay to do masturbation. With my eloquence, after playing together for a few days, I'm sure it's better to not be a real brother." Brother. Xiao Ke opens his mouth again, for my sake, his resistance will be somewhat lower."

He spoke so seriously that Director Han Da couldn't help being moved for a moment.But thinking of all the glorious deeds of my father in the past, I immediately reacted, and still resolutely stopped, "Go and rub your old friends, don't disturb Xiao Ke and their father-son reunion."

"Okay, okay. It depends on your urgency, it's really a big deal." After complaining illogically, Father Han hung up the phone.But in his heart, he thought to himself, when his in-laws arrive, he should try to meet him anyway, to see what kind of character he is, and whether he can get along well in the future.

Xiao Huiguang, who had just arrived in City B, didn't know that before he got used to the atmosphere of this city, someone thought of him first.

After meeting with Xiao Ke who came to pick him up, the father and son had nothing to say for a while.Seeing that it was still early, Xiao Ke took him to the prepared house first.

This is a brand new stair room. It is clean and tidy. Apart from furniture and electrical appliances, all kinds of daily necessities are also available.After walking around the balcony and looking at the thriving potted plants on the ladder, Xiao Huiguang returned to the living room and asked, "Did you rent it or buy it?"

"I bought it." Thinking of the lie he made up last time, Xiao Ke added, "Recently, I took a real estate advertisement, and the real estate agent sold me a house at cost price."

Xiao Huiguang said: "The cost price also costs money. Now you want to open a second restaurant, can you make enough cash every day?"

His tone was stiff, more questioning than caring.Fortunately, Xiao Ke was used to his character, and he was not angry, he just said, "No problem."

Xiao Huiguang didn't know that his son didn't need to worry about these issues at all, and thought he didn't want to go into details, his eyes darkened, and then he covered it up by lowering his head and opening the zipper.

He opened the old bag that he had held tightly all the way from the motor car, revealing several stacks of banknotes, new and old, and put them on the table in front of Xiao Ke, and said: "It is impossible to open a store without reserve money. It takes a lot of procedures to withdraw money from other places." Fee, before I left this time, I took it in cash and brought it here, there is a total of 13, you should collect it first, and save it tomorrow."

The money is mixed, and it is estimated that it is his life savings.Xiao Ke was dumbfounded, and said subconsciously: "I have money myself."

"Put it away quickly, don't lose it." After a moment of silence, Xiao Huiguang said softly again: "I'm only your son, don't refuse."

This is probably the most gentle tone of Xiao Huiguang since we met.

Unable to say why, Xiao Ke suddenly felt sad.After thinking about it for a while, he felt that if the dispute continued, the relationship between the two of them, which had finally eased up a little, would come to a deadlock again.It's better to accept it for now, save it for him, and put the card in his bag quietly on the day of departure.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ke stretched out his hand to put on the zipper, and put it in the innermost part of the bedroom closet in front of Xiao Huiguang, "Thank you."

Seeing this, Xiao Huiguang twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled imperceptibly, "Let's live a good life in the future."

"Ah."

After drinking a cup of tea at home and resting for a while, Xiao Huiguang said that he wanted to visit his restaurant.Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Xiao Ke first contacted Ding Haili and asked him to prepare a few more dishes, and then took Xiao Huiguang downstairs to find a taxi.

On this side, knowing that the boss's father was coming, Lao Ding didn't dare to neglect, so he immediately sent the two apprentices away to start the stove himself.

Father Han, who came here to look for food, happened to walk into the kitchen. Seeing that the two apprentices who were about to become chefs were helping him, he couldn't help but wondered, "What kind of distinguished guest is here, worthy of your own cooking?"

"Mr. Xiao Xiao's father is coming to eat, so I have to prepare. Lao Han, you sit down first, and when this plate is ready, I will cook it for you."

As soon as he heard that his father-in-law was coming, Father Han rolled his eyes and immediately had an idea, "I'm not too hungry today, but I want to find a private room to rest for a while. I'm not in a hurry. I'll make it slowly when you have time." .By the way, Xiao Ke and the others will come over later, don’t tell me I’m here too.”

This request is a bit strange, Ding Haili just wanted to ask to clarify, but when he turned his head, he found that Father Han had long since left.Afraid of delaying the heat, he had no choice but to give up this idea temporarily and concentrate on cooking first.

The apartment is not far from the restaurant, and Xiao's father and son arrived soon.Seeing them appearing at the elevator entrance from a distance, Ding Haili, who waited outside the door with his staff after cooking, quickly motioned for everyone to come forward and say hello in unison.

Xiao Huiguang was taken aback by this battle, Xiao Ke also couldn't laugh or cry, and hurriedly waved the staff to disperse, what should they do.At the end, he asked in a low voice: "Old Ding, what tricks are you doing?"

Lao Ding said straightforwardly: "I am also a father. I know my father's generation and I like to see the success of my children."

"... When your daughter came to take a photo with me last time, she clearly said she was only in high school?"

"At her age, good grades are good for her. How can she compare with you, Teacher Xiao?"

Looking at Lao Ding with confidence, Xiao Ke looked back hesitantly, and found that although Xiao Huiguang still had that unsmiling face, his eyes suddenly became more radiant.

Seeing this, Xiao Ke didn't say anything anymore, and began to show him around the restaurant.

Xiao Huiguang had never watched any local programs, and only knew that his son opened a restaurant in the reports, but he did not expect it to be so high-end.And before the official dinner time, the restaurant was full of people, and it seemed that the business was good.Surprised, I couldn't help feeling more proud.

However, with his personality, even if he likes it, he can't say any words of praise.Instead, I want to remind my son that there is still room for improvement and that he must not be satisfied with his current achievements.

Turning around the whole restaurant, he said dryly, "Not bad", and thought about it again, and brought out the fresh terms he learned on the radio recently, "What are you doing here, there is no online ordering service. ?”

Xiao Ke shook his head, "No, our dishes need to be presented on a plate. If it is delivered, the presentation will be greatly reduced. And with dishes at this price, everyone is more willing to come to the restaurant to enjoy the atmosphere."

Xiao Huiguang didn't expect this, and was at a loss for words.

Seeing that the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward, Ding Haili quickly smoothed things over, "Speaking of the Internet, Mr. Xiao, do you still remember someone suggesting you start an online store half a year ago? Don't worry about it, someone has already done it."

"Oh?" After Ni Guang relayed the fan's message last time, Xiao Ke went back to check and found that there were a lot of procedures to go through when opening an online store. He didn't want to trouble Han Xilin again, so he temporarily put it aside.Later, when there were too many things, it was even forgotten.Now when Ding Haili mentioned it, I remembered, "What do you mean?"

"It's a purchasing agent. A female student set up a shop by herself and brought our gold and silver liver, lotus wine and so on for others. I added two or three yuan for hard work for each item. I saved the money for a month or two, and then Come to the store for a meal. She has already eaten all the flying banquets at all prices, and said that her next goal is to eat regular meals, and she hopes that we can get more dry goods that can be delivered so that she can achieve her goal as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Ding Haili laughed, "Young people nowadays are very flexible, they can think of everything."

Xiao Huiguang vaguely heard the deep meaning in his words, but he didn't get angry. He just thought with relief that with the help of such a shrewd and thoughtful person, his son would be much less worried.

Xiao Ke, who is not yet old enough to understand his father's mentality, didn't notice it. After thinking about it, he said: "The online store is originally for the convenience of customers from other places. Since someone has already done it, then we don't have to worry about it anymore, just concentrate on it." It’s enough to run two stores well.”

"That's right, in fact, this is also good, so we don't need to hire a special person to take care of it." Ding Haili looked at Xiao Huiguang's face back to normal again, and said: "The dishes are all ready, and they are in the lounge. Shall we go there?"

"Okay." Xiao Huiguang nodded.After following her to the lounge to find her way, while the food was being served, she went to the bathroom.

Xiao Ke served the meal, and thought of seeing an empty wine bottle outside his home last time, so he poured him a glass of wine.Seeing that he didn't come back, he made another bowl of soup.

While putting the spoon, Xiao Huiguang pushed open the door and walked in with a slightly confused expression, "When I came over just now, for some reason, there was an old man who kept smiling at me."