Volume 1 Beginning of Summer Chapter 33 Plan
Ma Yi's friend is a thin man wearing thin-rimmed glasses and a dark blue polo shirt.
Ma Yi stood up and introduced them to each other .
"This is Boss Jiang," Ma Yi turned his gaze to Jiang You, "This is my friend, Ding Tianhua."
"Hello, Boss Jiang."
"I'm not a big boss, I just run a small shop."
After the greetings, Ding Tianhua sat down next to Ma Yi. He took a cup, poured himself a cup of brown rice tea, and filled Jiang You and Ma Yi's cups with tea.
After finishing the tea in his cup in one gulp, he said, "Although it is raining today, the weather is really too stuffy. I am sweating all over."
The waiter came over with a clay pot and a kettle.
She put the jar on the table and opened the lid.
The bottom of the earthenware pot was filled with rice, and on top of the rice were very thin slices of mandarin fish. Then she picked up the kettle and poured the milky fish soup into the earthenware pot. After pouring, she closed the lid of the earthenware pot.
“Simmer for thirty seconds and you can eat it.”
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Jiang You said.
"I saw the photos of your yard, it is indeed beautiful," Ding Tianhua looked at Jiang You, "When I was a child, my grandparents lived on the first floor and also had a yard. My grandpa liked to grow flowers, such as roses and cannas, all of which were grown in the yard, as well as osmanthus. Every year when the osmanthus bloomed, the whole community seemed to be filled with the fragrance of osmanthus."
"I also want to get some osmanthus, but it's too late this year." Jiang You said as he opened the lid of the earthenware jar. He took a spoon and scooped three bowls.
Ding Tianhua took the bowl and said, "Thank you."
"Why are you being polite?" Jiang You handed the other bowl to Ma Yi, and then he started eating.
The fish is tender and the soup is delicious.
They all stopped talking and concentrated on eating.
"Boss Jiang, just for this bowl of rice, I'm determined to make you my friend. You don't know my brother Yi, what kind of food he used to treat me to," Ding Tianhua shook his head with a wry smile, "He likes to go to those kind of stylish places, you know, the ones with a big plate and a handful of vegetables on it," he raised his right hand, bent his five fingers together, and emphasized, "Just a small handful, and then poured some sauce that I don't know what kind of sauce, it can't be filled in one bite."
Ding Tianhua glanced at Ma Yi and said, "The last time I went to a molecular gastronomy restaurant, there was a dish made with apples. They squeezed the apples for juice and mashed them, made a container shaped like an apple, and then poured the apple juice into it. I don't know if the restaurant owner is crazy or if I am crazy for spending a lot of money to eat there."
He sighed, "After that meal, I thought about life for a long time. Finally, I took my wife to have a hot pot meal. Oh, now I feel alive again."
The waiter brought the dishes one by one.
"Aren't you still taking photos and posting them on WeChat Moments?" Ma Yi glanced at Ding Tianhua, "You even forced me to use a DSLR to take the photos, and forced me to like your posts."
"Friends circle..." Ding Tianhua laughed twice, and he looked at Jiang You again, "To be honest, before I came here today, I was still thinking whether I should eat some bread to fill my stomach first."
He picked up a piece of beef with chopsticks and said, "This is really good. Do you have any wine? I want to drink some."
"I drove here." said Ma Yi.
"What about you?" Ding Tianhua asked Jiang You.
"Let me know what you like to drink and I'll drink with you," Jiang You said.
"Two beers then."
Ding Tianhua called the waiter over, looked at the menu, and ordered two bottles of Budweiser.
"It is not as easy to run self-media now as before . In the past, it was a wild growth with a lot of competition. Now, with all kinds of institutions, big data, and user portrait segmentation, it is impossible to stand out. But with the increase in traffic, if you figure out all the rules and methods, find the right direction, and focus on your characteristics, there is still a lot of room for operation."
Ding Tianhua and Jiang You clinked their glasses. He looked at Ma Yi, and Ma Yi clinked his cup with his with a helpless expression.
After drinking half a glass, Jiang You put down the glass and said, "I don't understand anything and I'm afraid of being cheated."
"You were introduced by Brother Yi, so I won't cheat you. When we get back, my team and I will make a plan for you for free. If you think it's okay, I'll start working on it. How about that?"
"How are you going to promote my store?"
"You made that dancing video now, right?"
"right."
"According to my idea, you can use the yard as an independent space, such as renting it to lolita girls for tea parties or personal parties, and then renovate the inside. I heard from Brother Yi that your store is very empty, right? You can partition off a small kitchen."
"The kitchen is greasy and unhygienic."
"I'm not asking you to open a real restaurant. You need an oven, microwave, coffee machine, smoothie machine, juicer, and a larger freezer. You can buy snacks in advance and put them in the freezer. At most, you can get an induction cooker. Then you can make reservations and have a few set meals. You need to make reservations in advance. Then find a part-time person who can make coffee. Find a few more people. When there is a reservation, ask them to come and help make the coffee and serve. Isn't that enough? Find a good-looking man to ensure a high return rate."
Jiang You thought for a moment, then he picked up the wine and filled up his and Ding Tianhua's glasses. "This is it. An expert can tell whether it's good or not with just one look! Come on, let's drink up!"
Ding Tianhua raised his glass, clinked it, and drank it all.
"My college classmates are coming this month, and I told them that we want to enjoy the chrysanthemums and eat crabs in the yard. I was wondering how to do it, and whether I should borrow the kitchen from the restaurant next door. Now that you mentioned this, the problem is solved." Jiang You said as he filled the glass of wine.
"Why eat crabs this month? The meat hasn't grown yet." Ma Yi interjected.
"It's June yellow, make crab noodles, stir-fry with edamame and rice cake, and have a big pot of it, and drink some wine."
"That's great!" Ding Tianhua praised, "We can use eating crabs and appreciating chrysanthemums as a promotional activity. We can also make postcards of the photos from the party as souvenirs for them, right? Look, your store will be revitalized, right?"
"High, high, high. It's high, but there's a problem."
Ding Tianhua asked: "What's the problem?"
"It's easy to convert a small room into a kitchen, but you need to get a permit. The Cultural Street is very strict. I have to think of a way. If I had known that I would have to be a cook in the end, I would have done it earlier. If I had put it off for too long, until winter, outdoor gatherings would not be possible. There is only more than a month left. Oh, it's all Ma Yi's fault for not introducing you to me earlier."
"How long have I known you?" Ma Yi laughed angrily, "Can you blame me for this?"
Ding Tianhua and Jiang You looked at each other and drank another glass.
