Akihabara Pioneer Road Chapter 144: 【The sword refers to the Ueki Award! ]
The night is like water.
Linda also returned to the closed ramen shop and maid cafe, said "you've worked hard" to each clerk, and after giving everyone a red envelope, she sat down with Yuji Yamagishi at the ramen shop "U" The right side of the word counter——
There is not a single seat, but several tables, each connected to a window, and each table is flanked by two benches, which can seat up to six guests.
He and Yamagishi sat cross-legged on two benches at a table, sipping a small glass of whiskey over ice.
"Thanks to you, Tatsuya this time. To be honest, I didn't know what to do at first. With only my family's ramen skills, how easy is it to open up a place in Tokyo, a place that gathers food from all over the country?! But after you This finishing touch made the store so slightly remodeled and packaged. This 'Ichilan' ramen shop immediately attracted everyone's attention. Today's customer flow alone is more than a month's customer of my hometown in Aomori. It seems that Before you made so many preparations to buy so many goods, you had already made up your mind!" The alcohol made Yamagishi's face a little rosy, and his eyes flashed with moving light.
"Thank you for later. Today is the first day of opening the store, and the next is the mindfulness field for starting a business. I leave the taste of the ramen and the operation of the store to you, but there is one point, please prepare a notebook , I find an improvement point every day, even if it is a small one. The service tenet of our store is strictly 'customer first'. This is the lifeline of 'Yilan', remember?" Compared with the old classmate's Identity, Lin Daye's words at the moment are more like from a partner's tone.
"Yeah. I know this." Yamagishi raised his glass and motioned to his partner and old classmate opposite to drink it to celebrate the good start on the first day of business.
Linda also picked up her own wine glass, touched it with Yamagishi, and drank it down.
"Jingle Bell..."
The bell rang by the warm curtain at the door rang, which means that a guest has arrived.
"Sorry, we're already closed." The waiter stepped forward and greeted.
Linda also turned her head to look at the people, which seemed to be a group of people.
"I'm sorry, little girl. As for us, we usually only do some salon activities at izakaya, but one of us got news later today that there is a one-of-a-kind restaurant in Akihabara. Ramen restaurant. There are many ramen fanatics among us, and we are really hungry and thirsty, so can we discuss with the owner to interrupt here for a while?" The lead is a middle-aged man with a beard. Is negotiating with the waiter in a crepe tone.
"But..." The waiter was still embarrassed.
"Could you please help us with accommodation? What we do is... very important. Please, please!" The middle-aged man was still persevering and gently begged the embarrassed young waiter.
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Izakaya salon activities, ramen lovers, important things, literary and artistic way of speaking.
It wouldn't be so coincidental, would it?
Lin Da also looked at the clothes of those people, some were wearing flannel art hats, some were wearing silk scarves around their necks, some were wearing traditional robes, everyone was polite, exuding the atmosphere of writers and artists .
In Linda's mind, the memory points are connected like light, and a tight-knit reasoning gradually emerges from vagueness to clarity.
Maybe this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
He hurried to the door of the store and said to the group, "Welcome. Today, the store opened on the first day, but it was already closed. But looking at everyone's sincerity, there is a saying, 'Sincerity is the best way to do it. Open', the shop has a good picture, and I will take this order today. But please make an appointment in advance. Let's not take it as an example! Are you optimistic?"
The leading middle-aged man with a moustache listened to the shopkeeper-like person with a few words, and there seemed to be some ancient rhyme in his words. He couldn't help but look at the young shopkeeper-like person from top to bottom. Fan.
It was meaningful that Linda also received these late-night visitors at closing time.
Because according to his investigation, the jury of the "Ueki Award", an important city in the literary world, is not much different from the previous world, and has a strong literati style. To say that there is no literary style in the second rule of the competition, the third rule of the competition is not uncommon-the third rule is that the evaluation must be held in an izakaya or restaurant, and it is called For the "literary salon".
And because the jury members are all gluttons—that is, food enthusiasts, they will 100% choose the award judging activities that are related to the trend and popularity of the literary world in unique catering facilities. After all, Eating **** is fertile ground for literary inspiration.
There is a more than 90% chance that the group of people who came to the store today are members of the "Ueki Award" jury committee. And the leading middle-aged man with a beard is not surprisingly the "Fantou" in this jury!
It is estimated that someone in the committee learned about the grand opening of the "Ichilan Ramen" shop in Akihabara, and that person happened to be a deep ramen fan, so he encouraged other members to come to his shop. However, because the evaluation activities must be strictly kept secret from the outside world, I chose to enter the store when the store was about to close, and wanted the store to be accommodating.
Lin Da also whispered to the waiter next to her: "I and Chef Yamagishi are here to receive them, you can call it a day and go home."
Then Storekeeper Lin led the group into the winding hall.
These literati admired the "in-store garden path" made of plexiglass. Such elegant interiors are indeed rare in the world's food industry, especially the ramen industry.
After arriving at the lobby, "Yi Lan"'s novel dining environment also made everyone stunned. Several literati even tried the seats for one person to eat noodles, asked about the process of eating noodles, and heard the owner Lin After the fluent explanation, I am amazed at such a unique design.
I saw that Yamagishi had already tidy up the multi-person tables~IndoMTL.com~ Linda also led a group of more than a dozen special customers to the table, and sent the same questionnaire to everyone. .
When everyone looked at this special "order", they sighed and appreciated it again. The committee members who originally proposed to open a salon at "Yilan Ramen Shop" were unanimously criticized by the rest of the unknown people, because after all, the image of the ramen shop has been deeply ingrained in people's hearts, which is very different from the elegant style of this literary circle. Far from it. But at this time, almost all the people were deeply attracted by this unique shop. They were all looking forward to what kind of surprises would be waiting for them in the future, but they forgot the evaluation work.
Lin Da has also returned to the back kitchen with Yamagishi and started to prepare the ingredients.
"Tatsuya, what is the origin of these people?" Yamagishi was at a loss, wondering why Linda had to receive these well-dressed and well-spoken customers especially after the store was closed.
"You don't know, Yuuji, these people are the members of the 'Ueki Award' jury. The content of their discussion tonight is enough to affect the changes in the entire island nation's literary circles." Linda replied while preparing. road.
Yamagishi sticks out his tongue, surprised that his small shop will come to such a group of giants who are turning clouds and rains in the literary world.
"Then do we need special treatment? I mean on the dishes..."
"No need at all!" Linda also answered firmly, "Everything can be done as usual."
He was excited for a while: I never thought that the world's first "Yi Lan" eating noodle model would be able to catch the literary award jury to come to the event, this is a great opportunity to understand the weight of his work in their eyes!
The sword of literary creation given to me by the Muse is pointing to the crown of the "Ueki Award"!