Although Cheng Chumo is a little stupid, he is not stupid, and it is impossible to really ask Cheng Yanjin if he is biological.

Next, the two began to discuss the matter of opening a restaurant, Cheng Chumo had no experience in this area, he could only call Li Hao to go with him for renting a shop, Li Hao was also afraid that he would be unreliable, so he went to Chang'an with him.

If you want to rent a house, find a tooth shop, the tooth shop was a bit similar to an intermediary company in the Tang Dynasty, but it was different from an intermediary company, the tooth shop had rental information for various houses, and at the same time they also trafficked people, of course, they couldn't sell the population of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise they would be punished.

The two of them inquired about it and found that there was a shop to rent and sell in the West Market, which was said to be a restaurant in the past, with a total of three floors, with an inner courtyard, and a large area.

Li Hao immediately asked Yazi to help them contact the landlord, and in less than an hour, the landlord came, an old rich man, surnamed Peng, who was in the silk business, and the old man Peng heard that they were going to rent a house, and immediately took the two of them to see the house.

The house is very good, and the location is good, but the price is a bit expensive, the owner will ask for 200 yuan a year and a rent for five years, which means that they have to pay a one-time rent of 1,000 yuan.

Cheng Chumo was stunned when he heard this price, they only prepared 1,500 yuan of start-up capital, and if they spent 500 yuan on renting a house, the rest of the matter could not be continued.

Cheng Chumo looked at Li Hao with an inquiring gaze, although he didn't speak, but the meaning was very clear: "What should I do?" ”

Li Hao smiled faintly and reminded him kindly: "You are a gentleman." After speaking, he walked out of the store and asked Cheng Chumo to talk slowly with the owner.

Li Hao's words were like a slap in the face, and he woke up Cheng Chumo at once, yes, who is Lao Tzu, the eldest son of the Duke of Lu, the man who will inherit the title in the future, Lao Tzu has been rampant in Chang'an for so many years, and he has never given money for food!

So Cheng Chumo showed his wolf-like fangs, coerced and intimidated the landlord, and was stunned to suppress the price and rent.

When Cheng Chumo came out of the store, Li Hao was watching the lively street scene outside and asked, "How is it, has it been negotiated?" ”

"That's it." Cheng Chumo grinned happily, "Eighty times a year, one rent for three years, and two hundred and four things at a time." As he spoke, he handed the lease to Li Hao.

Li Hao took the lease and glanced at it, suddenly sighed, pretended to be compassionate, and said, "You cut the price too hard, a little lacking in morality." ”

"How is that possible!" Cheng Chumo glared and shouted, "Didn't you see just now how excited the owner was when he was holding the two hundred and forty taels of silver, and he shed tears." ”

"Are you sure he's not crying?"

"It should ...... No way. ”

Li Hao and Cheng Chumo used almost open robbery means to get the storefront, the next thing is to decorate, Li Hao does not plan to decorate too complicated, or according to the style of the Tang Dynasty, if you put too many modern elements in it, I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty people will be difficult to accept, he just made some adjustments in the pattern, making the layout of the whole restaurant more humane.

He only took one night to set the decoration requirements, the first floor is the dining hall plus the ordinary private room, that is, the second floor is the dining hall plus the luxury private room, the private room here is positioned as the first private room, the third floor has a Tianzi No. 1 private room, similar to the presidential private room, the most luxurious, the others are Tianzi No. 2 private rooms, all the Tianzi private rooms are equipped with beds, accommodation, increased the function of the inn.

As for the inner courtyard, the toilets are divided into men and women, the urinals are separated, all the toilets are tightly separated by thick wooden boards, and the kitchen is divided into three rooms, a food preparation room, a cooking room, and a dishwashing room.

After Cheng Chumo heard Li Hao say his decoration requirements, he gave him a hundred likes, and then took the drawings to find a craftsman to decorate, why let Cheng Chumo go to the craftsman, because he is a gentleman.

I have to say that Cheng Chumo is very efficient, only seven days, the decoration of the huge restaurant was completed, Li Hao went to acceptance, very satisfied, Cheng Chumo paid the money, Li Hao clearly saw that a line of thirty-eight craftsmen, holding fifty pieces of money, silently tearful, dare to be angry and dare not speak, Li Hao really couldn't bear it, let Cheng Chumo add another fifty times, now everyone smiled, thanked Li Hao, and then left beautifully.

The next thing is to buy kitchen utensils, please man, these are not difficult things, it doesn't cost much, it will be done quickly, and finally it will be listed for the opening.

The opening day is set for November 21, just after the winter solstice, into the "nineteenth" day, the weather is good, but a little cold, this is not the point, the point is that Li Hao's restaurant is very lively, although Li Hao does not have many friends, but Cheng Chumo has many friends, he called in the circle of friends, those fox friends and dog friends all came to cheer, and there were all kinds of rich second generations and official second generations, adding up to more than 30.

Li Hao insisted on holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the opening day, Cheng Chu didn't understand what ribbon-cutting was, but since Li Hao insisted, he could only cooperate, after the ribbon-cutting, the red cloth covering the plaque of the restaurant was finally uncovered, revealing three big characters "Taibai Building", and the audience was full of cheers and applause.

Li Hao looked at the three words of Taibai Lou, and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Li Bai, I'm sorry, I borrow your name, don't mind." ”

The next thing is to invite everyone to dine, Li Hao announced on the spot that on the first day of opening, there was a big discount, and everyone was half price for the meal, and cheers suddenly surged on the street, and everyone rushed into the restaurant.

Li Hao had already expected that the business would be very hot before opening the restaurant, so he tried his best to save space when setting up tables and chairs, from the first floor to the second floor, there were 30 small square tables, 12 large square tables, and 22 single cases in the hall alone.

The small square table can be used for up to three people, the large square table can be used for up to four people, the single case is a single table, which is the table used by the Tang people to eat, as for the private room, they are all round tables, the smallest round table can sit ten people, and the round table of Tianzi No. 1 room can sit twenty people.

It was less than an hour after the opening of the incense, the restaurant was full of people, even all the private rooms were full, Cheng Chumo's friends chartered the Tianzi No. 1 room, no way, people are wealthy, you must know that the minimum consumption of the Tianzi No. 1 room is 20 guan, that is to say, as long as you charter this room, even if you don't eat anything, you have to pay 20 guan.

Looking at such a hot business, Cheng Chumo was so happy that he couldn't stop grinning, while Li Hao was carefully observing from the side to see what else needed to be improved.

Because the business is too good, Li Hao has long trained the staff who beckoned, using modern hotel management methods to serve, the waiter is responsible for ordering, the order must record the menu and table number, and then send it to the back kitchen, the running hall is responsible for passing the food, according to the order of the food, and there are two patrol stations specifically responsible for patrolling the hall on the first and second floors to prevent people from evading the order, that is, the kind that does not give money for dinner and runs away secretly.

When Li Hao proposed this management method before, Cheng Chumo also said that he was doing this too much, because all the restaurants in Datang are shop guys ordering, shop guys passing dishes, shopkeepers checking out, not so many ways, but when he saw that the business was so hot, and the waiters and food delivery staff were busy, he finally realized how wise Li Hao's management method was, if he didn't follow Li Hao's method, there would definitely be mistakes, so many people ordered, which store guy could remember them all.

Soon, the kitchen was in an emergency, saying that the chef had no time to cook, and Li Hao personally went to the kitchen to take charge.

Now there are only two chefs in the kitchen, that is, Hu Laohan's two nephews, one is called Yao Jinshan, the other is called Yao Jinshui, these two goods have been learning cooking skills with Li Hao for two or three months, each of them has mastered more than 20 delicious dishes, and now Li Hao's restaurant is completely supported by the two of them, Li Hao gives them two salaries are also very high, each person has five times per month, and there is a bonus at the end of the year, that is, the annual income of the restaurant 1% of the commission.

Yao Jinshan and Yao Jinshui never dreamed that they would encounter such a good thing in this life, they didn't care how much the restaurant's income was in a year, they didn't have a high level of learning, and they couldn't count such a complicated account, but they knew that the salary of five times a month was too high, and there would be brave men under the heavy reward, so they were full of energy, but even so, when the restaurant was full, they were still too busy, so they could only ask Li Hao for help.

Li Hao's father is a chef, he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he can be regarded as half a chef, and he is still quite talented in cooking, his father has asked him to concentrate on cooking with him several times, but he has been rejected, because he doesn't want to live in the kitchen for the rest of his life, it's too boring.

Until more than seven o'clock in the evening, there were fewer and fewer guests in the restaurant, and finally there was no one left, no way, there was a curfew in the Tang Dynasty, Li Hao could finally take a breath, and took Cheng Chumo to the counter to find Yao Dafu to count today's income.

Yao Dafu is the father of Yao Jinshan and Yao Jinshui, a very shrewd and lively person, once opened a restaurant in Jinshui Town, but because the business was too poor, he didn't do it later, Li Hao specially hired him as a shopkeeper, and the treatment was the same as his two sons.

According to the accounts, today's total turnover is 232 and 553 yuan, as for the specific amount of money received, I don't know it for the time being, because there are too many and need to be counted.

Cheng Chu silently looked at the rows of neatly stacked copper coins on the counter, his jaw was about to fall, and his two eyes were like night pearls: "One day, this is just one day to make so much money!" ”

Li Hao kindly reminded: "Today is half price." ”

"Ah, yes, today is half price, half price made so much, my God......" Cheng Chumo's saliva was already dripping.

Li Hao was very dissatisfied with Cheng Chumo's performance, how can he say that he is also the future Lu Guogong, how can he see such a virtue with such a little money, alas, the concentration is too poor, look at how calm I am, how I can pretend to be forced.

Li Hao reminded again in a friendly manner: "When the price is full tomorrow, the business will not be so good, but don't worry, it should not be bad, at least I dare to guarantee that there will not be any restaurant business in Chang'an that will be as good as ours." ”

"Of course, of course!" Cheng Chumo nodded his head, "Our food is the most fragrant in Chang'an, and the business must be the best." ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "It's useless to have a light dish, and you still need wine." ”

Cheng Chu was stunned when he heard this: "Want good wine?" We're using Sanle pulp, which is good enough. ”

Li Hao smiled: "Sanle pulp is a fart, if you drink my distilled spirit, I guarantee that you think Sanle pulp is horse urine." ”

"What!" Cheng Chumo looked at Li Hao in shock, "Do you still make fine wine?" ”