Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Chapter 196

To be honest, Qi Cheng was also very surprised when he arrived at Zhou Lu's restaurant. If his guess was correct, this should be an abandoned factory building from the 1980s.

Or the kind in the village.

A place like this can be rented as a restaurant. He must be trying to go for a nostalgic style. Although there are many such restaurants on the Internet, it is said that the food is quite average.

It's basically a one-time deal.

"Zhou Lu, why did you choose such a place! It's a bit too shabby." Qi Cheng took a look around, and Zhou Lu just painted the wall white. There was still a pile of broken equipment in the yard that had not been dealt with.

"It's cheap here," Zhou Lu whispered. "This whole factory building was rented to me. It's only a few thousand yuan a month. A small ten-square-meter room in the city center costs that much."

Qi Cheng nodded, the rent in a prosperous place must be expensive.

Of course, if it is an ordinary restaurant, it certainly cannot do this. Even if the rent is cheap, if no one comes to eat, it will still lose money. However, Zhou Lu does not have this worry because he mainly does business with tourists.

The kind that provides car pick-up and drop-off.

"You pick up tourists and take them to the boat to rent a net. After you catch fish, you send them here to eat. You earn all this money by yourself." Qi Cheng laughed. "You have a good business sense."

Zhou Lu took Qi Cheng into the house. There were five or six promotional signs hanging on the wall near the door, introducing some of the restaurant's specialties. Of course, they also mentioned the gimmick of the Hedao Yamen that Qi Cheng had found for him.

After turning a 90-degree turn from the door, you will arrive at the dining area. It is a hall with more than a dozen large tables.

After passing this hall, you will arrive at the hotel's private room. Zhou Lu said that this is his trump card and it is absolutely suitable for taking photos and checking in.

The private room is quite large, covered with bright yellow stickers and decorated in an antique style. Near the corner, there is a row of Hanfu.

After a general look, I found that there were pieces from all dynasties.

"Do you want to check in in Hanfu?" Qi Cheng asked, "Wearing this attire to eat?"

Zhou Lu picked out a dragon robe from a pile of clothes and asked him to think about whether it would be cool to eat in the dragon robe.

……

Daqin

Qin Shihuang didn't feel anything, because black was the popular color during the Qin Dynasty, his dragon robe was black, and this arrangement was not a decoration from the Qin Dynasty.

And it looked a bit cheap in his opinion.

A real luxurious mansion is not like this at all.

Ming Dynasty

Countless restaurant owners who wanted to learn from it were completely paralyzed. These people in later generations were so bold. How dare they prepare such things? This is a rebellion.

Not to mention clothes, even if they were to build a house like this, I guess they would have to move heads!

"Don't learn about these clothes. They're preparing clothes from ancient times. What should we prepare? Are we going to prepare clothes from the Mongol Tartars..."

"What are you talking about? Do you want to be treated as a Mongolian spy?"

"Let's take a look at the dishes they have prepared."

Qing Dynasty

Qianlong was so angry that he threw the blue and white porcelain plate with peony pattern in his hand. These people in later generations were too bold. They prepared dragon robes and hats, and most importantly, they also prepared the Qianlong jade seal.

This is treason. Did the officials of later generations not care at all and let them do this? If this happened in the Qing Dynasty, the whole family would be executed!

……

Qi Cheng looked at the clothes Zhou Lu had prepared, frowned, and said, "It's a bit inappropriate..."

The people outside the tent nodded in unison. It was indeed inappropriate. They couldn't use this method to attract customers now.

Let’s try another approach.

"This dragon robe has narrow sleeves, while the other clothes have wide sleeves. What if it gets wet? Did you buy these clothes or rent them? How do you plan to clean them later?"

Zhou Lu was stunned for a moment. He hadn't thought of this... He quickly asked Qi Cheng if he had any good ideas.

"I think we should move it to the yard and just take pictures of people wearing it. As for eating in it, forget it."

……

Zhou Lu took Qi Cheng to the backyard, which was a large shed with fifty or sixty tables and an unfinished stage in the front.

It's obvious that this is a place for wedding banquets.

"Your business is quite big, and you even have a wedding banquet hall. How many people are there in your shop? Can they handle it?"

"A wedding banquet is actually very simple. Most of the food we've eaten was prepared in advance. We just need to heat it up in the pot when the time comes. As for the manpower, we can just hire a few people who are paid by the day."

Zhou Lu then explained to Qi Cheng that although his work had not been completed yet, he had already received two orders.

"Ok?"

"My place is cheap. The simplest table in the city would cost over a thousand yuan, but here it's only eight hundred yuan. A wedding banquet is just about the three main dishes, so the other dishes can be simply prepared."

The three main items here are sea cucumber, abalone and prawns.

……

The people outside the tent were stunned. This wedding venue was too spacious. Most of them held it at home, and some even held it outdoors.

Those who can run a restaurant are either rich or noble.

"When will we have a place like this here?" Xiaosuozi's mother said enviously, "This way we don't have to borrow tables, benches, chopsticks, and bowls."

"Don't dream. There are only a few married people in our village. We can't even support a store."

However, the boss in the county town saw a business opportunity and wondered if he could also build such a tent to hold the wedding. It would definitely not be possible in the surrounding villages.

After all, the traffic at that time was really bad, and it might take a whole day to reach the county town if the road was far.

But what about the business in the county town?

"I don't think so. No matter what time it is, it's definitely cheaper to do it at home than outside. It just makes people more tired. I'm afraid most people in our county would rather spend less money than work harder."

The shopkeeper sighed and said that business was easier in later times.

……

Zhou Lu’s opening this time was actually quite simple. Apart from Qi Cheng, there were only a few friends of his father’s generation and some people from the village, and no tourists here.

However, the ceremony outside was quite interesting. It started with a dragon and lion dance accompanied by a drum team. The drummers were not retired old ladies, but young and beautiful girls.

They were quite popular on Dongyin for a while, and it was not easy to invite them.

After the dragon and lion dances were over, a burst of salutes was heard, followed by ten thousand rounds of red earth salutes. Amid the congratulations of the people around, Zhou Lu's restaurant opened successfully.

Today Zhou Lu prepared some genuine wild seafood. Qi Cheng ate it without thinking, as he had been feeling hungry for the past few days.

Take this opportunity to replenish yourself.