Chapter 24: Developing a Signature Dish for the Hotel

After finishing the recruitment for an assistant, Chen Jianhai opened the system panel in his mind to check it.

Points: 452.

He needed just 548 more points to have another chance at the lottery.

"Ding"

"Congratulations to the host for triggering a side quest: Have 200 employees."

"Quest reward: Hotel exclusive souvenir—Crystal Dolphin."

"Why is it just a souvenir?!" Chen Jianhai's eyes widened in disbelief.

Last time when the number of employees reached 50, the system generously provided employee uniforms.

How could the reward become so low-quality as the number of employees increased?!

This was really discouraging!

Chen Jianhai opened his palm, and a palm-sized blue crystal dolphin pendant lay quietly in his hand.

The entire crystal had incredibly smooth lines, the blue crystal reflecting a translucent glow, and the little dolphin, with its tail flicked up as if it had just leapt out of the sea, looked round, lively, and playful.

"It does look quite appealing, clearly different from those cheap, gaudy shell keychains given by other hotels!"

Chen Jianhai touched it, feeling the cool, smooth texture.

"Well, something is better than nothing."

Chen Jianhai attached the dolphin to his keychain.

Then, with another "ding," the system's voice echoed in his mind.

"The system has issued a task, please check it yourself."

The electronic voice sounded again in Chen Jianhai's mind.

Then, a few lines appeared on the blue screen before him:

Task: Please introduce a classic signature dish for the hotel.

Reward: The hotel restaurant will be expanded into a two-story rotating crystal music restaurant.

Task completion requirement: Without a signature dish, there is no vitality. The task is considered complete when there are at least 1,000 returning customers.

...

"1,000 returning customers, that's quite challenging."

Nanjing is a tourist city with a relatively small permanent population but a large number of tourists.

Travelers come to new places to change their mood and try new flavors.

It's rare for someone to visit the same restaurant twice in a new city unless the food is exceptionally good.

Moreover, such treatment is usually reserved for old or well-known restaurants.

Who would specifically come to a hotel just to eat?!

Should he call in the neighborhood to eat???

Boss Chen found himself in a mental dilemma.

His first thought was the marketing strategy used by Nanjing's Cotton Candy Coffee when it first opened, where the manager hired people to queue up and distribute scalper tickets.

Although it was later exposed,

the fame was indeed established, and with good products, the business became very prosperous.

Unfortunately, he couldn't try such tactics, or the system would warn him.

After much thought,

Chen Jianhai decided it was best to let professionals handle professional matters.

He was already a mature hotel owner,

some minor tasks could be delegated to his "little brothers"!

...

9:00 PM

Langai Hotel Chinese Restaurant Noodle Section, Employee Rest Hall.

The knife workers, prep cooks, dishwashers, and others were all sitting neatly, waiting for the boss's first collective meeting.

When they first joined the hotel, there were fewer employees and fewer customers.

They lacked enthusiasm and occasionally feared the hotel might close, leaving them jobless.

But now, the hotel's business was booming, and the staff had increased.

Seeing the hotel's development getting better and better, their work enthusiasm also soared.

Thinking about the salary increase next month,

the thirty-plus kitchen staff felt motivated and full of energy!

"Tonight, let's have a short ten-minute meeting."

Chen Jianhai lightly coughed twice, looking at everyone present:

"I have an idea to introduce a signature dish for the hotel."

Everyone was taken aback by his words.

Especially Xu Bo.

Logically, as a five-star hotel, Langai should focus more on improving room service or strengthening employee management and training.

Suddenly focusing on the kitchen and wanting to introduce a signature dish seemed like a quick change in work rhythm!

After all, this is a hotel, not a restaurant.

As long as the kitchen can ensure that customers and the 250-plus hungry employees don't starve, it's enough.

What was the boss thinking?

Seemingly sensing the doubts in everyone's minds, Chen Jianhai continued:

"Each of you was personally selected by me, talents needed by the hotel. I believe you all have the ability and level to create a signature dish that represents the hotel."

"I want everyone, when thinking of the hotel, to not only remember the comfortable rooms, exquisite decor, and warm service but also the delicious food!"

"My goal is to gradually build Langai into a truly luxurious five-star hotel, even a platinum five-star hotel!"

When Chen Jianhai said this, his eyes were filled with the light of a leader, exuding a sense of struggle, innovation, and fearlessness.

"Johnny, are you content with just stretching noodles and making pastries in the kitchen?"

Chen Jianhai looked at Xu Bo, issuing a soul-searching question!

Xu Bo was startled, looking at Chen Jianhai.

"Is your life's ambition really just to stretch noodles in the back of the kitchen?"

Chen Jianhai looked into Xu Bo's eyes and asked again, word by word.

The flame in Xu Bo's heart was instantly ignited!

The lingering hesitation in his heart was finally blown away.

He had given up studying abroad.

Carrying pots and pans, he came to this hotel behind his parents' backs, was it really just to stretch noodles?

True cooking enthusiasts, who doesn't have a few signature dishes?!

Some people can even sustain an entire restaurant with one dish.

And for ten, twenty years at that.

If others can do it,

then he can certainly support a hotel with one dish!

At this moment, Xu Bo felt both admiration and sighs.

Admiration, because his good brother could single-handedly support a failing hotel to this point, achieving a transformation from death to life.

Sighs, because the path to building a luxurious five-star hotel is too difficult.

As the son of the swimming ring king of Nanjing, Xu Bo was too familiar with the hotel industry.

Even though many aspects of Langai Hotel had greatly improved,

it still couldn't compare to those truly five-star hotels.

But, whose dreams don't start from zero!?

Xu Bo himself was someone who, for the sake of his dreams, willingly hid his identity and came to his friend's hotel as a noodle-stretching dreamer.

This shared pursuit of dreams could generate a strong attraction, making people willingly contribute to it!

He was fired up...

Chen Jianhai saw Xu Bo's reaction, knowing he had achieved his goal.

"Next, I'll roughly outline a few ideas for the hotel's signature dish."

"In terms of cooking, you are the experts. I'll just mention the requirements based on the hotel's current situation..."