Chapter 11 First meeting

Nine p.m.

A group of nine girls from Girls' Generation arrived downstairs at Huang Xu's restaurant.

Seeing that the front of Huang Xu's shop was very deserted and there seemed to be no customers inside, Sunny felt something was wrong.

According to her understanding, Huang Xu's shop should be very famous now. Although it is past dinner time, it should not be so deserted, although it is not crowded.

With a puzzled mood, Sunny brought a few teammates into the hotel.

"Osao Osaiyo (Welcome)"

As soon as they entered the store, they were startled when they suddenly heard a welcome.

Looking towards the direction where the voice came from, they found a middle-aged man standing behind the bar welcoming them.

It's just that the sound just now was a little sudden and scared them.

Then the few people who reacted, led by the captain Kim Taeyeon, said to the other party in unison:

"Hello, we are Girls' Generation."

Huang Xu, who heard the voice at this time, just came out of the kitchen and saw Girls' Generation introducing themselves in unison. He couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Sunny, what are you doing? Why are you so formal?"

It’s not like he hadn’t seen Sunny and the others’ formal introduction before, but he had only seen it on TV. This was the first time he had seen such a scene in real life.

It was also the first time that I saw the nine members of Girls' Generation gathered together so neatly offline.

He had also seen Girls’ Generation’s commercial performances in his previous life, but that was a few years later.

And at that time, they were no longer a team of nine people, but eight.

But these are all off-topic. He quickly took a few people to sit down on the second floor of the restaurant, and explained to Sunny why there were so few people today.

After they talked on the phone in the afternoon, Huang Xu told his uncle about the matter.

Especially after telling his uncle about his follow-up plans, Huang Wenfu decided not to entertain outsiders in the evening and just closed the store to rest.

After all, this matter is related to his nephew's subsequent business plan, so it is very necessary to keep it confidential.

There are now a mixed crowd in the store, including not only the uncle and nephew, but also two chefs from their hometown, and three Korean aunt waiters.

Huang Wenfu didn't really trust these people.

I just added braised pork and tiger skin chicken feet to my store, and business just became very popular. Then other stores started to launch similar products.

Maybe this is a problem in the way Chinese people do business.

When people see a good product that is easy to sell, or a business model that is more profitable, they will rush in like a swarm of bees.

And this is not a Chinese patent. In fact, many foreigners also follow suit.

However, these foreigners do not have as sharp vision and strong execution ability as the Chinese, which has created the traditional impression that the Chinese are just following the trend.

In fact, after saying so much, the purpose of Huang Xu and his uncle closing the store today is to prevent anyone from discovering and leaking the news in advance, making his subsequent plans passive.

Huang Xu later witnessed how serious the followers of the merchants here were.

The most exaggerated thing is that he even saw more than a dozen malatang and spicy hotpot shops in one commercial pedestrian street.

Most of them are run by Chinese, and a few are imitated by Koreans.

In short, it is better for him to be cautious now.

After a brief introduction, Huang Xu arranged Sunny and the others to stay in a private room on the second floor.

Then he turned back to the kitchen and started preparing the delicious food he wanted them to taste today.

Whether it is spicy hotpot or spicy hotpot, it tastes better when it is hot.

However, he had already prepared the soup stock and base, so he only needed to cook the ingredients and mix them with seasonings, which wouldn't be too troublesome. After he returned to the kitchen, the members of Girls' Generation were already communicating with each other through eye contact.

Sunny also noticed their little action and said directly:

"Yeah, if you have anything to ask, just ask directly, don't wink over there."

After being yelled at by Sunny, several people immediately stopped their private actions, but no one spoke.

After a minute of silence, Kim Taeyeon, the team leader, asked the first question:

"Sunny? How did you get to know the boss here?"

"We met while playing games, and then we came here to eat and recognized each other, so we got in touch."

"So are you bringing us here today to help promote them?"

Then Kim Taeyeon asked the question that concerned her most, which was what was the purpose of bringing them here for dinner today.

Do you want them to help promote it?

After all, Girls' Generation can be said to have just reached the top of the Korean entertainment industry and is considered to be the most popular girl group at the moment.

Last month they were included in the Korean national cultural brochure for the 2012 London Olympics, and tens of thousands of copies were distributed in London.

Earlier this month, they won the first place in the "SISAPRESS Survey: Who is Shaking Up Korea in 2012", achieving two consecutive championships.

It can be said that they are the most popular girl group now.

That's why Kim Taeyeon and several teammates speculated whether the so-called relative or friend mentioned by Sunny wanted them to take photos for publicity.

"Oh, that's not the case."

As he said this, he was about to explain the reason for coming here today.

But before he could say anything, he saw Huang Xu and Huang Wenfu coming up to the second floor with things in their hands.

"Come on, ladies, please try our new products and see how they taste and whether there are any improvements."

As he said this, he put two pots of spicy hotpot and several bowls of spicy soup on the dining table.

These are all the dishes he made. They look similar in appearance, but the taste is slightly different.

For example, one of the hot pots is made according to the Chinese method, trying to restore the traditional taste as much as possible, highlighting the spicy, fresh, fragrant and tender taste and texture.

For the other pot, he made slight adjustments based on Korean tastes.

Especially in terms of the taste of numbness, it has been reduced a lot.

After all, Koreans don’t like the taste of peppercorns, and Huang Xu was afraid that the peppercorn taste would be too strong and they wouldn’t be able to accept it.

The other bowls of spicy hot pot were made using both traditional methods and his own modifications based on the Korean taste.

For example, the soup base is replaced with beef bone soup, and sesame oil and sesame seeds are added.

The ingredients inside are also slightly different.

In addition to traditional Chinese ingredients, it also incorporates ingredients commonly used in Korea.

For example, small octopus, Korean rice cake, instant noodle cake and so on.

The purpose is to let them taste and see which ones are more suitable and which ones are not acceptable.

After saying this, he and his uncle left the second floor so as not to disturb them while they were eating.

He only needs the final result and doesn't need to keep staring at it.

Of course the most important thing is that, apart from being a little familiar with Sunny, he is not familiar with the others. It is still a little inappropriate to watch them eat.

(End of this chapter)