After the ancient street was basically arranged, the first peak of traffic was not on New Year's Day, but on Christmas Day.
Although this is a foreign festival, it has become an excuse for many young people to get together.
Especially, it is just before New Year's Day, so many young people choose to stroll around the ancient street in advance. The most important thing is that they want to have a meal at Feng Yifan's two restaurants.
For this purpose, some people made reservations at the restaurant in advance, and some even made requests to Feng Yifan.
I hope that during Christmas, we can also order food from Ruo Restaurant at noon, or order dishes from Ruo Restaurant when we sit at Su Ji.
Feng Yifan naturally rejected all these requests.
Faced with Feng Yifan's refusal, some young people also asked him questions in person.
"Chef Feng, why can't you open a little longer during Christmas? Or it would be ok if the restaurant doesn't take reservations during Christmas."
"Yeah, yeah, we really want to eat at Ruo's restaurant on Christmas day."
"Yes, yes, Chef Feng, can't you understand us?"
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Faced with several people who came specially to Su Ji to ask him questions, Feng Yifan was a little bit amused.
The next day was Christmas, but these people actually came to make this kind of inquiry.
Feng Yifan could only answer truthfully: "I'm really sorry, the restaurant's ingredients are fixed every day and are all freshly transported from other places. I have to ensure the freshness of the ingredients, so it is impossible for the restaurant to prepare a lot of ingredients and cause surplus.
So even during holidays like Christmas and New Year’s Day, if the restaurant still only accepts reservations, it is impossible to accommodate more guests because there is only so much food.”
Hearing Feng Yifan's answer, a young man who came specially couldn't help but say: "Chef Feng, you opened the shop to do business, but now that business is coming, why are you still unwilling to do it?"
Another young man also said: "Yes, during Christmas and New Year's Day, as long as you are willing to open the door, there will definitely be a constant stream of customers. It is absolutely guaranteed that people will come to eat. Even if you prepare more ingredients, they will all be consumed. Why do you need to limit the quantity?"
Feng Yifan was left at a loss whether to laugh or cry after hearing these words.
He looked at the people who came to ask him questions and said, "Do you think that my team of chefs and I must be busy in the kitchen during holidays? Can't we have our own holidays?"
After these words were spoken, everyone was speechless.
Feng Yifan continued, "Everyone in our Su Ji and Ruo restaurants also needs their own holidays. We can't disrupt our lives just to make money.
I believe you hope to have a good gathering with your loved ones or family during Christmas or New Year's Day.
Then you should also be able to understand that I and everyone in my kitchen also need this kind of time to gather with our family.
So I can't take up too much of everyone's time, I have to make sure everyone has time to enjoy life."
After hearing Feng Yifan's explanation, those who came specially to ask him to place more orders for the restaurant were unable to continue speaking.
Feng Yifan looked at the few people and said, "Thank you for coming all the way here to explain your demands to me. I really appreciate your support for Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant, but the rules are the rules. We will not change the rules because of anyone, anything, or any day."
Knowing that nothing could be changed, the few people could only say goodbye to Feng Yifan and leave.
Soon, what Feng Yifan said was also spread on Weibo.
Many people think that Feng Yifan’s statement is inappropriate, and that he is just being a big shot and deliberately engaging in so-called hunger marketing.
Some people even said that Feng Yifan might want to make it difficult for people to book a table so as to show how popular his restaurant business is.
But those who say these things can’t find anyone to confront on Weibo today.
Because Feng Yifan had already deleted the Weibo posts on his mobile phone because of the previous incident.
Even Su Ruoxi rarely posts on Weibo, so it can be said that her account is in a semi-paralyzed state.
As a result, when some people on Weibo denounced Feng Yifan, they could not find his Weibo to confront them, and basically no one paid attention to them. In the end, everyone gave up denouncing him.
As for those who support Feng Yifan, they are now gathered under Meng Shitong and others’ video.
When they learned that Feng Yifan would not change the rules, they naturally became very supportive.
They left messages under the video of Meng Shitong's team, supporting Feng Yifan's decision and hoping that Feng Yifan could stick to the rules.
"Rules are rules. Only if Su Ji and Ruo restaurants have rules can they be passed down."
"Yes, rules are also part of the inheritance."
"And I don't think Chef Feng did anything wrong."
"There's nothing wrong with that. Is it wrong for people not to work so hard?"
"Besides, the prices of the dishes at Su Ji and Ruo restaurants are not very high."
"Yes, compared to those so-called famous restaurants, especially some Western restaurants, and many Internet celebrity restaurants, Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant are simply conscientious."
"It's a pity that it's so difficult to book a table at the restaurant."
"It's not that difficult to book a table now. When it first opened, it was really difficult to book a table. It was almost impossible to book a table. Now, because Chef Feng was criticized in various ways, if the restaurant's orders have decreased, it is easier to book a table."
Nowadays, whenever Feng Yifan says something, those who support him gather under the video of Meng Shitong’s team to comment and chat.
Although we can’t interact with Feng Yifan or Su Ruoxi at any time here, everyone is still happy to chat and discuss in the comment section.
On the one hand, there won’t be anyone making slanderous comments in the comment section, and on the other hand, there won’t be many people arguing here.
So Feng Yifan’s fans really like to chat in the comment section of the video.
To this end, Meng Shitong and others made special arrangements to put the first video introducing Feng Yifan at the top position. In this way, there will be a lot of comments under this video.
Meng Shitong once found Feng Yifan and asked him or Su Ruoxi whether they wanted to create a separate video account
Feng Yifan waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to go through so much trouble.
The main reason is that Feng Yifan’s previous video account was not operated by him because he was too busy with the restaurant, and he himself did not have time to record videos and release them.
So in his opinion, instead of doing it himself, it would be better to leave it to professionals like Meng Shitong.
Feng Yifan feels that this is a matter for professionals to do professional things.
As a result, Meng Shitong and her colleagues have now become Feng Yifan's professional operations team, helping him deal with a lot of things on the Internet.
Although Feng Yifan refused to break the rules and was unwilling to place orders with the restaurant on Christmas and New Year's Day, he simply did not use the reservation method.
But when Christmas really comes, the ancient streets are still crowded with people early on.
Almost as soon as the light began to dim, the ancient street was already filled with people.
Most of them are young men and women.
Obviously, everyone came to the ancient street specifically to stroll around the street and try the food at Su Ji and Ruo restaurants during Christmas.
Even if the restaurant still requires reservations, it will not affect everyone's enthusiasm at all.
Many young people were running to the door of the restaurant, taking photos and checking in at the door to show that they had been there.
Of course, after taking photos and checking in in front of the restaurant, young people will also queue up outside Su Ji.
As a result, it was just five o'clock and there was already a long line outside.
Su Liancheng glanced outside the door and asked Feng Yifan, "Chef, how about we open Su's earlier today? There are so many people outside."
Feng Yifan shook his head and said, "No, we have to wait until the time to open the business."
Shi Jiahui said: "It's not that we won't open, it's because the things that need to be prepared have not really been prepared yet, so we can't open at this time."
Catherine added: "The chef calculated the time and prepared all the ingredients, so the restaurant can only open at 6 o'clock every day. There is no room for any change in the time."
After hearing this, Su Liancheng could only nod to show that he understood.
Next, more and more people gathered outside, but everyone in the restaurant continued to prepare slowly.
Especially in the kitchen, everyone is busy with the final preparations, such as distributing the soup or cutting some large pieces of meat.
The noise outside the door was getting louder and louder, and I could clearly feel that there were a lot of people outside.
Ning Cheng asked curiously, "It's not New Year's Day today? Why are there so many people here?"
Ma Xiaolong said: "Because today is Christmas."
Ning Cheng asked curiously: "Christmas? Isn't that a holiday celebrated by foreigners? Why are there so many Lai Su Ji? Is it for the holiday?"
Shi Jiahui laughed and said, "Hahaha, in China, Christmas is just an excuse for a group of young people to get together, so there will be a lot of enthusiastic young people running out to have a meal together on Christmas. Listen, aren't there a lot of young people outside?"
Ning Cheng listened carefully and felt that most of the people queuing outside the door were indeed young people.
Because judging by their voices, they do sound younger.
After a while, the time was almost up, Feng Yifan said to Su Liancheng: "Okay, let's get ready to open."
At the same time, everyone in the kitchen was on high alert.
Although it has been open for quite a while, everyone in the kitchen of Su Ji and Ruo restaurants is still a little nervous every time they open, so they take every day seriously.
On the one hand, this is due to the pressure of maintaining the reputation of both restaurants, and on the other hand it is also because of the chef Feng Yifan.
Su Liancheng saw that Feng Yifan and the others were all ready before he took the waiter to open the door and prepare to start business.
The moment the door opened, the young people outside immediately began to rush in.
Fortunately, Su Liancheng was well prepared and quickly used the isolation belt he had prepared in advance to keep everyone outside the door.
"Please don't be anxious. We haven't opened yet. Please step back and line up. This will make it easier for everyone to enter Su Ji for dinner."
Every day when it opens, Su Ji always faces a period of chaos.
Because many people can't wait to rush into Su Ji the moment it opens.
Before Su Ji opens, there will actually be quite a few people gathering outside to take pictures, which may cause the line to appear a bit chaotic at the beginning.
Sometimes, one even needs to argue and queue up to grab the things.
Su Liancheng also has his own way to deal with these.
"Okay, stop arguing and line up. If you don't line up, I will have to call the police to disperse you all. If some of you who have been waiting in line for a long time can't get food right away, don't blame me."
Su Liancheng's words really worked. The crowd outside the door immediately dispersed and began to supervise each other in queuing.
It didn't take long for the team to be formed.
After the queue at the door was formed, Su Liancheng led people out and asked the waiter to guide the people behind and make sure everyone lined up properly.
As for Su Liancheng, he walked to the Ruo Restaurant next door to receive the guests.
Finally, at six o'clock, still very punctual, Su Ji and Ruo restaurants opened at the same time.
Entering Su Ji really makes many young people who visit for the first time feel very surprised.
Originally, for young people, Ruo restaurant is more attractive to them, because Ruo restaurant has a lot of Western decorations, which looks very fashionable to young people.
Young people will feel that Su Ji, from its name to its store layout, will always make them feel that maybe Su Ji is like going back to the ancient layout of long ago
But today, many young people who had never been to Su Ji before actually stood inside Su Ji.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh that Su Ji is so fashionable.
After seeing the interior of Su Ji, almost all the young people felt that it was worthwhile to come and try Su Ji.
When the first batch of guests sat down, Feng Yifan asked Su Ji and Ruo Restaurant to officially start cooking.
When the cooking started, the young people sitting in the restaurant all looked at Feng Yifan and others who were busy in the kitchen. They were even more surprised to see that this Su Ji restaurant was just like the legend, with the kitchen directly open to the public.
"Hahaha, what is fashion? Only Su Ji is fashionable."
"Yes, have you ever thought about being able to see the whole process of cooking?"
“Chef Feng is so handsome, especially in the kitchen.”
"Really? Chef Feng is really handsome in the kitchen, especially when he does those non-fancy moves. I really want to marry him."
"Hahaha, then you definitely don't stand a chance. He already has a wife and children."
"So what? I can still think about him and like him."
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
Amidst laughter, Su Liancheng told the waiter to start writing the order.
Although for some young people at Su Ji, they originally wanted to go to Ruo Restaurant, but they couldn’t book a seat, so they could only order Su Ji’s dishes.
This also makes many young people feel embarrassed, they don’t know what dishes to order
There was another round of noisy clamor, as if they were going to tear the roof off Su Ji's house.
Only after most of the seated customers had placed their orders did the noise in Su Ji gradually die down, and the young people finally began to quietly enjoy everything that this hidden restaurant in the city had to offer.