Chapter 725 Chinese Restaurant
[Chinese Restaurant] is a business reality show launched by Mango Channel in 2017.
The content is to select several celebrity guests as youth partners to open a Chinese restaurant in a beautiful place abroad, and record the process of everyone working together to run a good restaurant.
The program focuses on "business". On the premise of promoting Chinese food, it allows celebrities to experience the "difficulty" of business. It brings joy to the audience to see how the guests face difficulties and whether they can overcome them.
In recent years, since the popularity of "Running Man" and "Extreme Challenge", various outdoor reality shows have emerged one after another. "Chinese Restaurant" is also a very unique variety show among them, with good ratings. And the popularity remains high.
The first and second seasons were recorded in Koh Chang, Thailand and Colmar, France respectively, both of which are extremely beautiful places.
The third season is set in the small town of Taormina on the island of Sicily, Italy. There are cliffs on one side and the sea on the other. The city is built on layers of rocks. From a distance, the green mountains and The white houses are mixed together, and the sapphire-like sea in the distance is so beautiful.
In a manor-style restaurant by the sea, several guests from the [Chinese Restaurant] were gathering for lunch.
"Yang Zi, do you want to ask where Gu Wei is? We urgently need his manpower now." The store manager Huang Xiaoming picked up a piece of fish on the table and asked casually.
“He said he can arrive today, I will send him a WeChat message~”
Yang Zi quickly took a mouthful of rice, wiped his apron with his hands naturally, then clicked on his phone and sent a WeChat voice message.
"Where are you? Has the plane landed?"
"I envy you so much, Sister Yang Zi, that you can ask Gu Wei to help. You have such strong connections!" Wang Junkai Sitting opposite Yang Zi, holding a bowl in his hand and making an envious sound.
"You are college classmates, right? I have seen photos of you having dinner together on the Internet, and Zhang Yishan." Qin Hailu looked at Yang Zi and asked.
“Alumni, Gu Wei is one year younger than Zhang Yishan and I.
It's just that they often played basketball together when they were in school, so we always played together." Yang Zi explained.
"The friendship between classmates is the most profound and unforgettable. Cherish it and it will last a lifetime. wealth! "Brother Xiao Ming made a concluding speech. He felt deeply about this. After all, he once worked as a dog licker in college.
"Ding dong~" Yang Zi's phone rang while everyone was chatting.
When she opened WeChat, Gu Wei replied with a message
“We are here, at a gate~”
"Yang Zi, go and pick her up, don't go to the wrong place," Huang Xiaoming ordered.
"Okay, I'll go right away!" After Yang Zi said that, he stood up, took his cell phone and walked outside.
"There is a big job tomorrow. There is a wedding banquet to be held in our restaurant. Fortunately, Gu Wei and the others are here to help, otherwise they would be too busy!" After Yang Zi left, several people ate as usual. Huang Xiaoming said to someone else said.
"Can Wei Gu cook?" Qin Hailu was most concerned about how much work the new helper could do for them.
“I don’t know about this, I have to ask Yang Zi, they are the most familiar!
But I suggest you not to have high expectations. The probability that Gu Wei can cook is very small when he is so busy." Although Huang Xiaoming has a good relationship with Gu Wei, he doesn't know whether he can cook, so he can only analyze it rationally. .
"It doesn't matter whether you can cook or not, as long as you can come and work~" [Chinese Restaurant] After recording for such a long time, Qin Hailu was also a little tired.
On the other side, Gu. Wei and Meng Ziyi got off the plane and got into the show crew’s car.
“Wow, the scenery here in Italy is so beautiful. It would be a great vacation here if you don’t have to work! ”
Meng Ziyi, who was sitting in the back seat, opened the window and looked at the beautiful scenery outside and felt very happy.
"What are you thinking about? You are here to help with the work.
But you can go out for a walk after the restaurant closes in the evening." Gu Wei was in a good mood, and good scenery always makes people feel relaxed and happy.
After a while, the car arrived at the designated place. Gu Wei chatted with Yang Zi on WeChat and began to move things out of the car.
"Hello! Gu Wei, Ziyi!"
In less than two minutes, Yang Zi, wearing half-sleeved jeans, arrived in front of the two of them.
"Hello, Sister Yang Zi~" Meng Ziyi was not familiar with Yang Zi, so she greeted her politely after meeting.
"Come here and help get the things!" Gu Wei was not polite and directly arranged for Yang Zi to do the work.
"What are you talking about?" Yang Zi was not surprised, and asked curiously as he watched Gu Wei move things out of the trunk one by one.
"The gifts I brought for you are a box of red wine, various seasonings and ingredients brought from China, and this." Gu Wei said and took out a thick one wrapped in oil paper from the trunk. something.
“Jinhua ham! It is said to taste great!”
"Wow, Chef Lin will definitely like your gift!" Yang Zi took the large ham from Gu Wei and almost didn't hold it. "So heavy!"
"6 kilograms~"
While speaking, Gu Wei had already unloaded all the things, and there were two suitcases belonging to him and Meng Ziyi on the ground.
“It’s hard to move so many things, especially this box of red wine!” Yang Zi scratched his head, “Just wait, there’s a folding trolley in the store, I’ll get it.”
< br>After saying that, she trotted back to the restaurant.
"Why are you back, where is Gu Wei?" Everyone in the store had finished eating, Huang Xiaoming asked as he looked at Yang Zi who came back alone.
"He brought a lot of things and it's inconvenient to take. I'll come back to get the cart~"
"I'll go with you to help." When Huang Xiaoming saw this, he put down his work and followed Yang Azusa goes out together.
200 meters outside is where Gu Wei got off the car and unloaded the goods.
After Huang Xiaoming came out, he hugged Gu Wei first.
"Welcome to the vacation paradise, our little white house.
Please accept everything in the future with a vacation mood!" Huang Xiaoming smiled and warmly welcomed Gu Wei, and then followed Meng Ziyi next to him said hello.
"It's vacation, I thought I was here to help the kitchen~" Gu Wei smiled and raised his eyebrows.
“Haha, labor is also part of vacation!”
The four of them put the things Gu Wei brought on the trolley and walked back together.
Entering the restaurant, Gu Wei and Meng Ziyi greeted Finance Qin Hailu, lobby manager Wang Junkai, chef Lin Shuwei, and assistant chef Tong Zhuo to get familiar with each other.
"Gu Wei has sent us a lot of gifts, please accept them!" Huang Xiaoming called to others to unload the goods from the cart.
“This is——Jinhua ham!” Chef Lin Shuwei knows the goods well and saw the large ham in the pile at first sight.
“There are also red wine, seasonings, and canned food.”
“I like canned food. I haven’t eaten it for many days, and I really want to take a bite of this.” Qin Hailu heard that there were canned food, too. His eyes lit up.
"What is this?" Yang Zi opened a bag and took out two red clothes.
“Chinese wedding clothes?”
“Yes, Chinese groom’s clothes and bride’s clothes, isn’t there a wedding tomorrow? These are clothes for the newlyweds!” Gu Wei looked at Yang Zi’s hands The clothes inside smiled and he prepared a lot of food himself, but these were given to him by the program team in advance.
Everyone was noisy for a while and began to sit down and distribute work.
"Gu Wei, can you cook?" The store manager Huang Xiaoming coordinates the overall arrangements for everyone's work. Of course, the two newcomers Gu Wei and Meng Ziyi cannot be let go.
"Simple cooking is okay~
Oh, by the way, I can speak Italian and can help receive some local customers"
[Chinese Restaurant] is opened in Sicily, local customers and There are tourists from all over the country, some speak Chinese, some speak English, and some speak Italian.
Usually, Yang Zi and Wang Junkai work as waiters. They can speak Chinese and English well, but customers who speak Italian can only rely on mobile phone translation.
"Great, you can help us a lot!" Huang Xiaoming said excitedly as he clapped his hands.
"In this way, when you are not busy, you will work as a cook for Chef Liu in the back kitchen. If there are local guests coming in front, you will come over to help.
By the way, there is also the wedding tomorrow, and you will have two shows Let's put on a show."
Gu Wei smiled bitterly as he listened: "Isn't my job too much?"
"He who can do it should work harder!" Huang Xiaoming smiled and patted him. shoulders.
“Where is Ziyi, what will you do?”
After Meng Ziyi came in, he greeted everyone and stood quietly aside. Seeing Huang Xiaoming asking himself, he said confidently: "I can stew rice and fry tomatoes and eggs."
He did not forget to emphasize after saying this. Again: "It's so delicious!" Gu Wei was not surprised at all by her answer. From the recording of "Hua Shao 3" to now, Meng Ziyi is still good at this dish.
"Well, let's add the dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes to the menu later and leave it to Ziyi.
You are usually at the front desk like Yang Zi , let her take you to work."
Huang Xiaoming was not an idiot. Seeing Meng Ziyi like this, he knew that it was unrealistic to expect her to cook, so he arranged some simple tasks for her.
After Gu and Wei arrived, they quickly got into work at the [Chinese Restaurant].
The restaurant started taking customers in the afternoon. Meng Ziyi followed Yang Zi and was busy at the front desk. Gu Wei wore an apron and went to the back kitchen to help Lin Shuwei.
First, he helps wash and cut vegetables, and then he can also complete some simple stir-frying on his own. The taste is not to mention delicious, but it can always be salty and moderate.
During this period, I also went to the front desk to help receive two tables of Italian-speaking guests.
"I really didn't know before that Gu Wei could actually speak Italian. When did he learn it?"
Yang Zi held a book with the menu on his chest, looking like a hotel waiter. Gu Wei conversed with two white foreigners in words she couldn't understand.
“Before we recorded [Hua Shao 3] in Brazil, he was able to communicate with the locals in Portuguese.
In his words, he has some language talents, so He knows a lot of foreign languages.
Sister Zi, aren’t you and Brother Wei classmates in college? Have you never seen him learn foreign languages before? ”
Meng Ziyi was also dressed the same as Yang Zi. She also wore an apron around her chest. She had just made a serving of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. The taste was okay, not a dark dish.
"We are not in the same class. When I went to school, I saw him playing. Is it possible that the top students are working silently in places that we can't see?"
The two of them stood together. While chatting on the side, store manager Huang Xiaoming came over with a frown.
“Where are you two looking at this handsome guy?
There are new guests over there, why don’t you go and receive them!”
"I'm going, I'm going." Only then did Yang Zi react, stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, and trotted over.
"Well, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there's anything I can help with." Meng Ziyi also lowered his head and walked to the kitchen.
In [Chinese Restaurant], the manager Huang Xiaoming is still very authoritative.
Although he often speaks "clear words", everyone still listens to him.
It was busy for a while, and after the last table of customers left, today’s business ended.
The evening breeze was blowing and the sun was slowly setting on the hillside.
After a busy day, a group of people finally had time to have a quiet dinner at [Chinese Restaurant].
Everyone sat down around the long table on the outermost side of the restaurant by the sea. Chef Lin prepared a few dishes. Gu Wei also fried a piece of Mushu pork. Meng Ziyi, who got the chance to show off, completed his specialty. Tomatoes and eggs.
"Thank you Gu Wei and Meng Ziyi for joining us. They have helped us so much on the first day today!"
After everyone sat down, the store manager Huang Xiaoming raised his glass.
"Thank you!"
"Thank you Brother Wei and Ziyi!"
"There isn't much we can do. Master Lin is mainly responsible for the kitchen in the back. He also taught me a lot of chopping and cooking techniques. Skill~"
Gu Wei raised his glass and everyone took a sip together.
"Hmm~ This red wine tastes very good, Gu Wei, where did you buy it from?" Everyone drank the box of red wine that Gu Wei brought today. Huang Xiaoming was filled with aftertaste after taking a sip. Click your mouth.
He has his own winery and red wine brand, and he also has some research on red wine.
“This is the kind of bar you gave me before!” Yang Zi took a sip of wine and tasted it.
"Unicorn? Never heard of this brand?" Huang Xiaoming picked up the red wine bottle next to him and read the English words written on it.
Gu Wei smiled: "This is the wine produced by my own manor. It has not been sold to the outside world for a long time. It's normal that you haven't heard of it~"
"You also bought the wine Manor, where is it?”
Huang Xiaoming was surprised. He bought a wine estate in France in 2014 and founded his own wine brand "LAN".
In the beginning, I made some money by relying on the difference in information at home and abroad, coupled with the celebrity effect and good packaging. However, the Internet has become more and more developed in recent years, and everyone has no filter on foreign red wine. , money is getting harder and harder to make.
Furthermore, the wine estate requires a large amount of maintenance fees every year. Huang Xiaoming is considering whether to sell the estate and cash out in time to run away.
"The Medoc production area on the left bank of Bordeaux, France"
"Isn't that the same production area as Mouton and Golden Rose? I know that the wine estates there are quite expensive. And it’s basically not sold to the outside world.” Huang Xiaoming knows his stuff.
“It was a coincidence that when I bought it, Unocal Manor was in a state of loss due to poor management.
However, its brewing technology was very excellent and it was the only third-level winery in the Medoc region that was sold to outsiders at that time.
So I bought it.”
“Third-level winery?” Qin Hailu looked confused as she listened. Although she often drank red wine, it was mainly for sleeping well. There is no research on wine itself.
Huang Xiaoming looked at everyone's blank expressions and explained slowly: "This winery classification dates back to the 18th century. It was established in Bordeaux, France, the world's wine center, under the promotion of Napoleon III. Official classification of Bordeaux wineries
Because it was 1855, it was also called "Bordeaux 1855 Classified Chateau".
Bordeaux 1855 Classified Chateaus are divided into First Growths to Fifth Levels. There are currently 61 wineries.
Among them, there are only 5 first-class growths. The well-known Lafite and Latour are both first-class growths.
It can be rated as a third-level chateau, which shows that the brewing technology is also at an upper-middle level in the Bordeaux region.
You must know that in addition to these 61 wineries, there are actually many wineries in France that cannot be rated as high-grade. ”
Huang Xiaoming was embarrassed to say that his own winery was just a small winery with no reputation, but people in China didn’t understand. As long as they were told that it was an authentic red wine from the Bordeaux region in France, they would think it was very high-end and must be good. liquor.
"Wow, Gu Wei, it turns out that the wine you gave me in the past two years is so expensive!" Yang Zi sighed while holding the wine bottle next to him.
She said this and attracted everyone's attention.
Yang Zi quickly explained: "Gu Wei gave me several boxes of this wine during the Chinese New Year in the past two years, and Zhang Yishan and the others also have it."
"Because I bought the winery. After that, I stopped selling this brand of wine, but I continued to brew it every year.
I couldn't drink the extra wine alone, so I gave some to my friends." Gu Wei said with a smile.
Mencius raised his hand weakly: "Actually, I have some too, but I don't drink much. Most of them were taken home to my parents."
"Gu Wei, you are so uninterested that you didn't even mention getting some for me? "Huang Xiaoming felt that he had a good relationship with Gu Wei, and shouted a little aggrievedly.
"Haha, brother Xiaoming, you have a winery at home, so I can't give it to you."
< br>"Well, I don't care, you have to get me some later." Huang Xiaoming was embarrassed to say that the quality of my wine is not as good as yours
It has been more than two years since Gu Wei bought Unocal Manor. Because it is no longer sold to outsiders, there is no sales pressure. His requirement for the winery master is not to ask for more or faster, but to maintain quality.
In this state, the quality of the wines in the past two years has become even better.
Now for the rating, Unocal Manor may not be able to rise to the second level.
"No problem, everyone here has a share, no one will be missing!" Gu Wei said generously.
Because a lot of red wine is brewed every year, this wine is included in the New Year benefits given to employees by his company.
However, the quality of the wine produced by the same winery will vary. The best quality wine must be reserved for yourself and your closest friends.
"Thank you, Gu Wei!"
"Thank you!"
Everyone raised their glasses again.
(End of this chapter)