Chapter 37 Phoenix Restaurant
Chapter 37 Phoenix Restaurant
Mrs. Li was envious and happy, "Ah Le, if you continue like this, when your eldest brother comes back, just let him follow you."
"As long as big brother is willing, I would be more than happy to do it!" Li Changle said, nudging Chen Yongwei and said to her, "Sister-in-law, you said you wanted to introduce a girl to Awei, have you asked the girl's family when you went back to her parents' home?"
Mrs. Li nodded and said, "I went back and asked. They just met someone a few days ago and they both liked each other. I didn't mention A Wei."
She looked at A Wei and said, "But I have told my mother and sister-in-law, and asked them to keep an eye out for you. If there is a suitable girl, they will introduce her to you."
Li Changle poked Chen Yongwei, who was standing there with a red face, and said, "Young man, thank you quickly!"
"Thank you, sister-in-law, thank you..." Chen Yongwei said repeatedly with a red face.
Mrs. Li looked at Chen Yongwei, whose neck was red, and joked with a smile, "Don't thank me yet. When the matchmaking is done, you can give him a big red envelope to thank him."
Chen Yongwei nodded his head quickly, "Okay, I'll definitely give you a big red envelope!"
Nephew Li Xiaoyang stepped forward and looked at the bucket that Li Changle was carrying. "Wow! These are really snow eels. Third uncle, why are you also fishing in the sea? I remember when we went to grandma's house, you told grandma that you would never go fishing in the sea even if you killed me!"
His niece Li Xiaoqing and nephew Li Xiaotao also looked at him with a smile, as if it was really a rare thing for him to go fishing in the sea.
Chen Yongwei laughed muffledly, Li Changle touched his nose, why is this child so unlovable?
"No manners!" Mrs. Li slapped Li Xiaoyang, "How do you talk to your uncle?"
Li Xiaoyang touched his head and looked at his mother with dissatisfaction, "Why did you hit me? I didn't say anything nonsense!"
Li Changle smiled and stroked his head, "You're not kidding, you brat! Come back, Uncle San has sold the snow eels and bought some meat for you to eat."
After hearing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "Don't waste money. They ate at grandma's house, and we have the ginger candy you bought at home."
"Wow! There are ginger candies! Let's go home and eat ginger candies!" The three kids ran home in a swarm.
Li Changle and the other person walked to the side of the road and waited for a while, then they stopped a minibus. They got off outside Fenghuang Road at Tuxia Bridge, walked a few dozen meters and entered Fenghuang Street.
He looked at the four-story restaurant and found that the luxurious Phoenix Restaurant in his memory was just a down-to-earth compared to the Phoenix Hotel that was renovated in later generations.
Chen Yongwei looked at the revolving door at the main entrance and the people coming in and out who were obviously different from them, and asked stiffly: "Brother, everyone is inside, who are you looking for to buy?
How about we go to Chenji? What if you get scolded? How embarrassing it would be."
"We're not stealing or robbing, we're just selling some things, what's there to be ashamed of?" Li Changle looked around, "You stay here and I'll go in and ask!"
He thought there was a saying in later generations that said it very well: the poorer you are, the more shame you want; the more shame you want, the poorer you are!
As the old saying goes, “If you are thin-skinned, you can’t eat anything; if you are thick-skinned, you can eat as much as you want”!
"Oh!" Chen Yongwei quickly picked up the bucket, fearing that someone would come out to chase him away.
Li Changle walked towards the revolving door with a bucket in his hand. Before he reached the revolving door, he saw the security guard standing at the door nodding and calling a middle-aged man to be in charge.
His eyes lit up. It turned out to be the manager of the Phoenix Restaurant who came out. "Good luck, whatever you wish for will come true!"
Li Changle happily came forward with a bucket of water, and said to the steward with a smile: "Boss, would you like to buy a big snow eel?"
The steward waved his hands arrogantly, and shouted at Li Changle as if he was driving away chickens and ducks: "Go away! You come here to sell things, but you don't even know where this place is." "Fuck! Why are you so arrogant as a steward?"
Li Changle stood aside and complained in his heart, pointing at the snow eels in the bucket and said to the steward: "Phoenix Restaurant is a well-known restaurant. I want to recommend the freshest and best ingredients to you..."
The manager glared at him and said, "Hurry up and leave, or I'll call security!"
"Don't be like this, harmony brings wealth! As the old saying goes, even if the deal fails, there is still friendship. Why bother with violence?" Li Changle didn't expect that the plots on TV wouldn't work on him, so he put on a smile and made a final effort.
"Boss, listen to me. Snow eels are delicious and have high nutritional value. They have been regarded as top-quality nourishing foods since ancient times. The ancients even called them ginseng in the water. If you don't buy them, you will suffer a loss..."
"Young man, bring the snow eel over here for me to see."
"Our boss Gu is calling you," the restaurant manager glared at him, "Why don't you hurry up and bring him over!"
"Hey!" Li Changle turned around happily, and then he saw a middle-aged man in neat clothes standing at the door.
He quickly walked over with a bucket in his hand and said, "Boss, we just caught this morning. You can see it's neither too big nor too small, and it's very nutritious."
Boss Gu took a look and asked, "How much do you plan to sell it for per pound?"
Just then they called and asked for snow eels, and I happened to meet someone who was delivering snow eels to sell, so it seemed like this deal could be successful.
"Boss Gu, to be honest, this is the first time that my brother and I have caught such a big snow eel. I heard that the seafood store charges 5 yuan per pound. I wanted to make more money, so I boldly sent it here to try.
Boss Gu, you can give me 1.5 yuan for every pound. A 13-pound snow eel can be sold for 10 yuan more. My wife has to work for 10 days to make that much money.”
Li Changle thought that the seafood store charged three or four yuan per pound, and when he sold it, he would get at least double the price.
Besides, big restaurants must have fixed suppliers, and they should also have an idea of the prices. If you quote too high, you will probably be driven away. If you quote lower, as long as the price is one or two yuan per pound more than the seafood store's purchase price, the income will be considerable.
After hearing this, Boss Gu smiled and said, "You are an honest man, so I will give you 6 yuan." Then he turned to the manager who was waiting at the side and said, "Ah Kun, take him in to be weighed."
"Thank you, Boss Gu!" Li Changle took the opportunity to say, "We still have more than 20 kilograms of blue crabs, and 7 or 8 kilograms of nethead, cobia, stonefish, and swordfish. They were all caught with traps this morning. If you want them, we can sell them to you at a lower price."
"Akun, take them all!" After giving the order, Boss Gu walked towards the Santana at the door.
"Yes, boss!" Ah Kun responded respectfully. After sending the boss away, he said to Li Changle with a haughty look on his face, "Let's go! Go to the kitchen to weigh the food."
"Thank you, Manager Kun! Thank you!"
Li Changle thanked him gratefully, but he was secretly complaining in his heart. No wonder the old saying goes, it is easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with the little devils. As a manager, you will never be able to achieve the level of the big boss in your lifetime.
Ah Kun glanced at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense and take the fish and go!"
It’s none of my business. You’re just lucky and happened to meet the boss coming out, otherwise I wouldn’t ask you for the fish. I won’t get anything by buying fish from a country bumpkin like you.
(End of this chapter)