The Age of Discovery: Chinese cuisine swept across Europe

Min Xi confirmed with him again: "You really don't want it? Diego, let's do the math. You know how much the Oriental Flavor earns. Excluding costs, it earned more than 500 reais last year. In other words, you can earn enough to buy a house in a year. If you want to buy a better house, you can buy the Oriental Flavor store in two years at most. You will own your own house in the future.

"In two years, you will be almost twenty years old, and you can get married and have children. Your income is enough for you to marry a girl from a good family, or even the daughter of a fallen noble, and you can also hire two or three servants to take care of your family."

Diego looked at Min Xi and blinked, "I know that the boss is doing this for my own good. But I have no parents, no one to rely on, and the boss is my family. If I stay in Lisbon, I may be able to make a lot of money, live in a big house, have servants to take care of me, and maybe live a good life. But I will definitely have a regret in my heart, that is, I didn't follow the boss. I am an orphan, and I have never thought about living in a big house, nor have I thought about getting married and having children. I just want to have enough food, warm clothes and a place to live. I will work for the boss, and the boss will definitely not let me starve or freeze."

"Okay, we have analyzed the pros and cons with you. This is your own choice, just don't regret it later. Of course, if you follow us, you will never go hungry or cold." Min Xi said.

Diego smiled happily when he heard this: "I won't regret it. Thank you, boss!"

Two days later, Min Xi and Yun Ji arranged another meal but didn't take any orders. After lunch, they went to the restaurant in the afternoon. The shop assistants were a little nervous when they saw the two bosses show up at the same time. What happened? Since they moved out of the city, it was always Yun Ji who came to check on the store and take the money. It was rare for both bosses to come. Everyone couldn't help but reflect on themselves. Did they do something wrong recently and the boss came to blame them?

Min Xi said, "Don't worry about us, just do your own things. We are just here to take a look. When the guests leave in the evening, we will have dinner together. There are some things I need to discuss with everyone. I will cook dinner tonight."

When everyone heard this, they knew something must have happened, but it couldn't be a bad thing. After all, the host took the initiative to cook for everyone.

Hearing this, Gale suggested, "Boss, why don't we eat earlier? The guests are coming late now. The earliest they will arrive is after seven o'clock. If there are still people coming after nine o'clock, it will be after ten o'clock when the guests finish eating. It's too late and you have to go back. It's too inconvenient. We can eat earlier."

It gets dark late in Lisbon in the summer, and it is not until 9 or 10 o'clock that it is completely dark. Guests also come late, and some even come to eat after 9 o'clock.

Min Xi said, "That's fine. I'll cook early and have dinner at six. Let the dim sum shop close for an hour."

They also went to the dim sum shop and told Diego to close the shop at six o'clock and go over for dinner.

Min Xi prepared dinner quickly and everyone sat around the largest table. Since they had guests to entertain in the evening, they didn't drink alcohol but instead drank tea while they ate and chatted.

Everyone ate for a while before Min Xi put down his chopsticks and said, "I asked everyone to eat together today because I have something to tell you. Your Yun family and I will be returning to our country soon."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who was eating happily stopped. Everyone had heard that they were going to return to their country, but they always felt that it would take a long time and would not happen so soon.

The spoon in Amanda's hand fell to the ground and broke into two pieces. She was at a loss: "Yes, I'm sorry, I will compensate you."

Min Xi said gently: "Amanda, it's okay, you don't have to pay for it, just go get a clean spoon."

Amanda lowered her head and said, "Yeah." Then she turned and went to the kitchen.

Min Xi stopped the topic he had just started and waited for Amanda to come over before continuing. However, Amanda did not come for a while, so Greta realized something and said, "I'll go call her."

After a while, Greta and Amanda came back. Amanda had her eyes lowered, but her eyelashes were obviously wet.

Min Xi continued, "I know this news may be a little sudden. But even if we leave, these two stores will not close. We came here today mainly to talk about this. It is true that the China Restaurant and Oriental Taste were founded by Yun Dongjia and I, but they are also the result of everyone's hard work. I think you have worked just as hard as we have. It is because of everyone's joint efforts that it has its current scale and reputation. It would be a pity to close these two stores."

Gail said, "Boss, you mean the store won't close, and you will come back, right?"

Min Xi smiled and said, "We are planning to come back, but I won't open the store anymore."

No one understood what this meant for a moment. The boss said he would come back and the store would remain open, but he didn't. What did that mean?

Yun Ji said, "What I mean is that we are no longer the owners of the China Restaurant. We want to transfer this restaurant. If anyone of you wants to take over these two restaurants, you can tell us."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone at the table's eyes lit up. It was such a good thing, who wouldn't want this store?

Jasper asked hurriedly, "Really? Boss, are you letting us run this store?"

Yun Ji nodded: "Yes, but it's not free, there is a transfer fee. Many of you are aware of the income situation of Chinese hotels, so the transfer fee will not be cheap, no less than 1000 reais."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent. This was not a small amount of money. They could probably come up with one or two hundred reais by going home and thinking about it, but 1000 reais was really an astronomical figure. Who among them could come up with that?

However, Jasper and Gail, who were most familiar with the accounts, also knew that the transfer fee the owner wanted was not that much. They knew all the income clearly during the year or so they had managed the Chinese hotel. Even in a month, they could earn 200 reais, and sometimes even or . In other words, they could make at least to reais in a net profit a year. In other words, they could earn back the transfer fee in less than half a year. This was a sure-win business.

The question is, who can come up with such a large sum of money?

Yun Ji said: "I don't think any of you can come up with that much money, so I suggest that you can pool together the transfer fee and split the profits equally."

Min Xi said, "Mr. Yun and I mean that this restaurant has always been managed by all of you, so we want to give you the priority to transfer the rights. If any of you are willing to take over this restaurant, we will transfer the restaurant to you. If you can't take it over, I will find another boss to take over the restaurant. Of course, no matter who takes over this restaurant, I have a requirement: no employee in the restaurant can be fired unless he resigns voluntarily. Moreover, if another boss takes over this restaurant, I am afraid he will make demands on you. At least the cooks cannot resign in the short term. After all, the soul of a Chinese restaurant is you who can cook Chinese food. Of course, I will also fight for your interests, at least the treatment will not be lower than it is now."

Amanda finally understood that no matter who her boss changed, she would not be unemployed, and she couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Before, when she heard Min Xi say that he was going back to China, she was shocked and thought she was going to lose her job. Although she had learned a lot of skills, with her financial situation, she couldn't afford to open a restaurant. Maybe she could only set up a stall to make money. Now she heard that Chinese restaurants would not close and she would not be fired, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Gail said, "Boss, you mean that if Jasper and I open a shop together, it would be okay, right?"

"Yes, you can even form a partnership with several people, and each of you can contribute some money. In the future, everyone will be the boss, and this way you can contribute more wholeheartedly to the restaurant." Min Xi said.

Everyone's eyes lit up when he heard this. Jasper said, "Boss, can you let us consider this? Let's discuss it, and then go back and ask our families how much money they can raise, and then decide how to do it, okay?"

Min Xi smiled and nodded: "Of course. But we need to hurry up and arrange how to take turns to go home."

"Yes, boss!"

After a while, Jasper asked, "Boss, is the transfer fee for the snack shop the same?"

Min Xi said: "Dim sum has low profits and the income is far less than that of restaurants, so the transfer fee is 200 reais."

Domit's eyes lit up and he said hastily, "Boss, I want to take over the snack shop."

"Okay. But Diego will go to China with us, and you will have to make the snacks yourselves in the future," said Min Xi.

The people in the hotel didn't know Diego's decision and looked at him in surprise: "Diego, you are going to China?"

Diego nodded a little embarrassedly: "Yes, I follow the boss. Wherever the boss goes, I go."

Everyone knew that Diego was an orphan and had a good relationship with his employer, but no one expected it to be this good.

"So you won't be coming back?" Gail asked.

"If the boss comes back, I will come back. If they don't come back, I won't come back," said Diego.

When everyone heard his words, they all sighed silently.

Min Xi said, "Okay, we are here today for this matter. You should pay attention and quickly finalize the plan. Although the time of our departure has not been determined, it will be one or two months. Let's eat, the guests will be here soon."

They left much sooner than everyone expected, and everyone felt a little depressed when they thought they would never see them again. But when they thought they could become the owners of a Chinese restaurant, they couldn't help but feel excited.