Text | Ryoko
" Our Ten Years " is a unit drama, telling a complete story every 4 episodes. The first two units of
are "Tang Palace Night Banquet" and "Love". The stories are very good and they look very comfortable. The third unit, "Qianhai", felt that it was far away from his life and could not stand it. He manually finished the progress bar for four episodes.
Fortunately, the story of the fourth unit warmed people's hearts, which gave me the desire to continue watching this drama.
This unit is called "Three Meals a Day". The story has a very small entry point, but the anti-corruption and integrity issues exposed are very large. I like this way of expressing the small and seeing the big.
Cai Wuwei is the owner of the "three meals a day" in the small restaurant. rice noodles is the main dish in the store. It is also the craft he has insisted on for a lifetime. From material selection, production to taste, it has not changed for decades. It is rare!
30 years, it has remained unchanged. From walking around the streets and selling rice noodles to opening a store, Cai Wuwei has been persisting in this industry for half a lifetime. Brother Yan, Brother Bai, and Empress Ding are old neighbors, who are regular customers of Cai Wuwei and have also become the driving force for Cai Wuwei to make rice noodles.
Brother Yan likes to eat the most zhai christmas , which costs 3 yuan per serving.Brother Bai said:
"Only by eating vegetarian food can you taste the original flavor of christmas. It has been a day for decades, and it has remained unchanged. It has to be told that the christmas are unchanged. The craftsmanship of five flavors has not changed at all for more than 30 years."
Brother Yan is the most scheming diner. Just eating Cai Wuwei's christmas ate 4 years , so once the christmas is in the mouth, he can taste the story behind the christmas.
For example: "Today, you use 2 years of rice in this rice, and it is made of precious rice with dried rice from an old farmer. I washed it three times and soaked it in water for more than two hours."
Brother Yan said it was exactly the same, which shows that he really learned from eating it.
This also indirectly reflects Cai Wuwei's craftsmanship spirit. He has to work hard to make rice noodles that cost 3 yuan per serving and never cut corners.
In fact, there are not many people who can eat rice noodles like Brother Yan. Brother Bai also said that Cai Wuwei does not need to be so hard.
But Cai Wuwei is just unmoved, treating every ingredient for decades. He said:
"You can't say that. The precious rice that has been stored for two years can be put into my hands. What is this? Fate, you can't take good ingredients slowly. You have to use the original flavor of good ingredients. If you don't use it, it is the biggest shame to good ingredients. A good chef is the best partner."
"Putting out the original flavor of good ingredients" is Cai Wuwei's lifelong pursuit, and he has indeed done it.
In fact, this is easier said than done!
Especially at a time when the economy is developing rapidly and the speed of making money cannot keep up with the rising prices, how many people can still stick to their original aspirations and do something? How many foods do not contain "high technology"?
Cai Wuwei's rice noodles remain unchanged not only the taste, but also the tools and methods of grinding rice slurry. The stone mill he used was the stone his grandfather picked from the mountain himself, and it has been passed down by his father to this day. In his eyes, it is a spiritual object. What remains unchanged is Cai Wuwei's rule of selling rice noodles -
will no longer sell after 10 o'clock, because rice juice will become sour and affect the taste; even if he makes less money, he is unwilling to raise the price; even if he receives less customers, he will leave empty spaces for his old neighbors, and the red rice noodles exclusive to Niangniang Ding will never change. It is rare to be "unchanged" among the changes in
,000. Cai Wuwei's business depends entirely on his conscience and craftsmanship.
Fang Mingli wants to buy Cai Wuwei's store, which will pay 20,000 yuan per month
"Three meals a day" is located in the old street where every inch of land is valuable. There are two floors on the store. It is the property bought by Cai Wuwei and his daughter Cai Yun, so they are in debt of one million yuan.
When the old street was renovated, real estate developer Fang Mingli took a fancy to the location of "three meals a day" and proposed to rent it, giving Cai Wuwei 20,000 yuan a month, so that he could earn more than selling rice noodles without working.
is worthy of being a businessman. Fang Mingli has calculated the calculations, which is more accurate than Cai Wuwei himself:
" The cost of rice slurry is 25 cents, sauce is 1 cent, chestnut flour cents, liquefied gas is 3 cents, and a portion of egg steak powder is 25 cents, 6,000 yuan. I didn't calculate the water, electricity and gas bills too much. It’s calculated that it’s ten yuan. Even if you sell 200 egg stew noodles in the morning, you will earn only 3,900 yuan in one month.”
only sells stew noodles, earning less than 4,000 yuan a month. Cai Wuwei also sells more expensive fresh meat, shrimp stew noodles , and other dishes, but there are few people eating it. The customers who have “three meals a day” basically come for stew noodles.
Even if you add other dishes to your income, Cai Wuwei earns up to 12,300 yuan a month, and there is also an employee. Apart from his salary, Cai Wuwei has only 9,000 yuan left.
In fact, Cai Wuwei thinks this is good, but Fang Mingli believes that such income is sorry for the hard work and worry about getting up early and going to bed late.
Fang Mingli didn't understand why Cai Wuwei was unwilling. Cai Yun said that selling rice noodles was my father's business for decades, and he would definitely not be able to let it go for a while. Fang Mingli also said that since it is a business, we must consider maximizing interests.
In fact, Fang Mingli and Cai Yun don’t understand what Cai Wuwei insisted on. At the beginning, it was to support her family, but now it is to support her family, and there is also a feeling that she can’t let go.
Cai Yun advised his father to switch to a restaurant
Fang Mingli's personal experience allowed him to see the benefits behind the drinking table culture. The expenses he spent on the wine shop alone were millions, let alone the entire society?
Since social relations are all made of food, why not use your own store? It can not only save yourself a lot of expenses, but also make profits, and also establish relationships with people in the business and political circles.
So Fang Mingli asked Cai Yun to convince Cai Wuwei, and Cai Yun also wanted to change, but every time she discussed this with her father, she would part in a bad mood.
Cai Yun is the hotel director. She has seen many wine shops, so she said this:
"Now people who do business are invited to eat. It's not enough for you to sell rice noodles for a month!"
Cai Yun feels that his father is so hard and doing small business in a place where every inch of land is valuable. When can he pay off his millions of dollars in loans?
Cai Wuwei said that she was unwilling to give the store to others. It is right to be a business person, but you must have a conscience. Chia Wuwei's conscience is Cai Wuwei's conscience, and it should also be Cai Yun's conscience. After all, Chia Wuwei raised her and fed her. She also relied on her father to sell Chia Wuwei's conscience when she went to college.
is different from the past. Under economic pressure, conscience is worthless. Every time Cai Yun sees a guest eating in a hotel, she earns more than her father’s sausage.
So Cai Yun thinks that it is a pity to sell rice noodles in such a good location. This is to "lost watermelon and pick up sesame ". Building a high-end restaurant is the "watermelon". Using the renovation of the old street and the history of hundreds of years, it can completely create a new highland of food that attracts money and attracts attention.
Cai Yun did not convince his father, so Fang Mingli used a secret trick, causing Cai Yun to be fired by his leader. Cai Yun, who had no job, had to cooperate with Fang Mingli.
"Three meals a day" was changed to "Royal abalone wings"
Cai Yun persuaded his father in a different way. She said that she would keep up with the development of the times, upgrade and transform the store, and first let Cai Wuwei sell rice noodles in the grocery room next to her, and wait until the decoration is completed before letting rice noodles business come in.
Later, Cai Yun and Fang Mingli renovated the store into a high-end restaurant, and changed the original "three meals a day" to "royal abalone" because they felt that the original name was too similar to a street shop and not high-end.
Cai Yun and Fang Mingli's positioning of "Royal Abalone" can be seen from the names that their service targets are high-ranking officials and nobles, not ordinary people. There is no menu in the store, only standards, and the minimum per capita is 888, and it will not be capped at 1888,5888.
Cai Yun told his father that he could sell his rice noodles here, but it should be different from before. For example, sea cucumber and abalone rice noodles, which can make money and meet the current style.
Cai Yun only considers high-end ingredients, only considers interests, and does not care whether it is suitable or not.
Brother Yan's description is very appropriate: eating rice noodles in "Royal abalone" is equivalent to drinking porridge in a dragon robe.
Cai Wuwei is unwilling to raise the price because his rice noodles are for students, office workers, and retired people, not for the rich and powerful people to enjoy.
The root of rice noodles is in the streets and alleys, and the soul is on the tip of people's tongues. There is no distinction between high and low food. It should serve the general public and make everyone affordable.
And "Royal Abalone" just looks at his slogans and positioning, it is destined that he will not do it for a long time. With the advancement of the "Eight Regulations", those extravagant behaviors of eating and drinking were restricted. However, Fang Mingli insisted on seeking wealth and honor in danger. It was impossible to do so, so he came secretly. The restaurant became a place where dirty and dirty things were hidden, and Fang Mingli was sooner or later.
Cai Wuwei is the real wisdom
The business of "Royal Abalone" is indeed not good. Fang Mingli has been wandering on the edge of the law. In the end, he really made a mistake. The bright future is ruined, and it is all caused by desire.
Cai Yun and others spent 3 million yuan in investment, but in the end they were wasted, and Cai Wuwei took action to save her.
"Three meals a day" 's signature is back, "Three rounds of wine, seven minutes full, the dishes are full of flavors" 's couplets are also hung again, Cai Wuwei takes the lead in making morning tea on the first floor of the restaurant. The business of three meals a day is getting more and more prosperous, and the chefs and waiters are working harder.
Fang Mingli and Cai Yun always feel that Cai Wuwei is rich and doesn’t know how to make money, and always think that they are the most smart.
In this way, Cai Wuwei is a truly wise person. He doesn’t care about fame and fortune, never pursues fame and fortune, and can best see through the truth that “the snake swallows the elephant if it is not enough”.
Cai Wuwei has long said: Rice paste is equally important as sauce. Rice paste is the soul of rice noodles, just like the duty of being a human being. You can’t look at the high mountain.
As long as someone has skills and conscience, he can eat it anywhere. No matter which industry he is in, the product is the foundation. Only when the quality is good can he last. You cannot just take shortcuts and make money.
Cai Wuwei has sold rice noodles for more than 40 years, and what she does is not only business, but also feelings.
When those old customers knew that someone was going to buy Cai Wuwei's shop, they lined up early in the morning, ordering more rice noodles than usual. They were used to eating Cai Wuwei's rice noodles and believed him.
They are willing to let Cai Wuwei make their own money. They have to thank them for spending the money. Brother Yan said:
"Everyone here, the spirit of a day starts with your three meals a day. If one day, three meals will be there, our life will be at ease!"
This is what Cai Wuwei said, "People call people, no thousand sounds, goods call people, come uninvited."
Cai Wuwei has no other skills, he can only make rice noodles, and concentrate on doing the same thing for decades. This is called the spirit of craftsmanship! This is the person worthy of respect and learning!
