"Call it off, call it a day!"
Christopher called out a few words in the dining room to announce the end of the day.
He took a long breath, took off the white chef's hat on his head, and wiped his sweat.
Colleagues finished their work, packed their things and left. Everyone said goodbye to Christopher and said "see you tomorrow".
Christopher nodded one by one, and did not forget to leave a few words to everyone before leaving, "Tommy will arrive earlier tomorrow", "You need to fry the patties faster, Amed", "Don't drink tonight, Victor", "Goodbye and good luck to you Milani", "You have to work harder and remember to check the inventory tomorrow morning..."
After giving orders to everyone one by one, Christopher was the only one left as the chef at Red Boots Restaurant.
This isn't the Red Boots restaurant at Staples Center, but the brand new Red Boots at the brand new Huawei Center in Inglewood.
It is now the end of October, the last day before the start of the new regular season, when the Huawei Center will usher in its first game after it is put into use.
Originally, the Super Arena was expected to be completed and put into use in the first half of 2015. However, there was a shortage of funds last time and after the introduction of Chinese engineering teams, the entire arena was built at a rapid speed.
In the end, the Super Arena was completed half a year ahead of schedule and was officially put into use in October 2014. Three preseason games were held, and the results were quite good.
The Red Head Boots restaurant that previously operated at Staples Center has also moved to Huawei Center, and transformed from a small store into a chef's restaurant in Huawei Center.
This means that more than half of the catering in Huawei Center will be provided by the Red Head Boots Restaurant. Their kitchen has been expanded ten times, the number of employees has tripled, and they have established an entire catering supply chain team to ensure a large-scale sports entertainment Catering for the event.
This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for the employees of Christopher and Red Head Boots Restaurant, because the Huawei Center has the largest seating capacity in the NBA. There are more than 25,000 ordinary seats plus VIP boxes, and the Staples Center has more than 7,000 seats. seats, 5,000 more than the United Center in Chicago, which previously held the most seats.
With the Clippers' current three consecutive championships and strong momentum, the attendance rate of Huawei Center in the new season will remain very high.
Tickets for 41 home games in the regular season are on pre-sale. More than half of the games have been sold out, and the attendance rate for the remaining games is also as high as over 90%.
Therefore, the Clippers in the new season are basically guaranteed to have full stadiums, which means that more than 25,000 fans will come to every game to enjoy the game and delicious food.
This poses huge challenges to the management, diversion, security, and catering supply of the arena. For this reason, the arena management company has hired a very professional team for management.
For example, stadium security was handed over to Sloan, a reliable old friend. His security company grew bigger and bigger with the support of Min Congda. In the past two years, it has become the best security company in the Los Angeles area.
Sloan specially hired retired and resigned people from the police department and FBI to participate in security work. After all, it is not easy to maintain the order and safety of 25,000 people.
In terms of some management system arrangements, Huawei Center also specifically referred to the regulations of football fields and rugby fields. After all, football fields and rugby fields receive more people.
As for the catering, it was left to Christopher and his team to take full responsibility. You can imagine the pressure on Christopher's shoulders.
In the pre-season training, because the attendance rate was not very high, the pressure on the team was not great, and the food supply could keep up.
The regular season begins tomorrow with the Clippers' first home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Clippers will present their third championship ring at home and raise the championship flag. The tickets for this game have been sold out.
As the first game of the new season, it is not only the debut of the Clippers, but also the official debut of the new arena. The kitchen will be operating at full capacity for the first time. Of course, Christopher is worried.
After working overtime and practicing all day, preparing all the necessary ingredients and seasonings for tomorrow, and after everything was arranged, the employees all got off work, but Christopher still stayed in the Red Head Boots restaurant, smoking a cigarette to calm down his heart. .
His life has been ups and downs in the past few years. He and Linda finally opened a store in Staples Center. However, due to impulse, in order to repay Smart's kindness, he killed Donaghy and ran away.
In fact, Min Congda did not hint that Christopher should do this, but Christopher did it anyway, which shows one thing: this guy is not a master who can endure loneliness.
He longs for blood and killing in his heart, and a peaceful life is just his intermission. Once he has the opportunity, he will return to the slaughterhouse, taste the taste of blood, and experience the thrill and excitement of his escape.
However, his intermissions became longer and longer. When he returned to Los Angeles this time, he felt that he was getting old and no longer wanted to hold a gun. It would be nice to be able to hold a table knife.
After taking a few more puffs of cigarette, Christopher put out the cigarette butt. He took out a tissue, carefully wrapped the cigarette butt stained with saliva and stuffed it into his pocket. Then he took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and wiped all the places he had touched. Once again, make sure no fingerprints are left.
As for the reason, this is his professional habit and cannot be changed.
I turned off the power in the restaurant and checked the monitor before leaving to make sure there was no problem.
Then he came out of the restaurant. Before going out, he looked around to make sure no one was ambushing him. Then he went out and locked the door.
Years of being a killer and on the run have left him in a state of high tension all the time.
This has actually become his normal state. Once he relaxes too much, he feels uncomfortable all over, as if he is addicted to alcohol.
Therefore, he is quite satisfied with his job as the head chef of the arena restaurant. He likes this state of fighting with high intensity every night to satisfy the diners.
At this time, the lights inside the Huawei Center are still brightly lit. In a super arena like this, the lights will not be turned off at night.
Many staff are still busy all night, including installing floors, cleaning, debugging equipment, performing decoration inspections, etc.
Christopher stood at the highest seat and looked down. It was visible to the naked eye that it was much larger than the Staples Center. It had circular seats like the Colosseum in ancient Rome. In order to accommodate more than 7,000 more spectators, the arena was larger than the Staples Center. More than 20 meters higher.
In order to give the fans the best viewing experience and comfort, the seats here are not very narrow, on the contrary, they are very spacious, which makes the interior of the arena even more grand.
At the same time, because the stadium is higher than ordinary, fans above may not be able to see clearly, so Huawei Center installed a super huge double-layer large screen.
There is an eight-sided large LCD screen on the upper floor, allowing fans at high places to clearly see live images and replays. Below the eight-sided large screen, there is also an ordinary four-sided large LCD screen, allowing the audience in the middle and sitting on the sidelines to look up. You can also see live replays and some details.
This kind of double-layer large screen can be said to be unique among current NBA venues, and it is specially customized for super large arenas like Huawei Center.
Christopher felt a sense of pride in his heart when he thought about being a member of this huge arena.
Now the Los Angeles Clippers have completely stepped out of the shadow of the Lakers. With three consecutive championships and a new stadium, they have become a real Los Angeles team, not a vassal of the Lakers or a Los Angeles parasite.
All this was because of Smart Min. Christopher admired him sincerely. He thought that if Mr. Smart could take charge of the Mafia in the Los Angeles area, he might be able to revive the Mafia on the West Coast without being beaten by black gangs. There is no place to stand.
If he and Ada were combined, there might be hope.
The next day, October 30, although the game was in the evening, Christopher came to the Red Head Boots Restaurant of Huawei Center early in the morning. The battle in the kitchen was about to start in the morning.
The freshest steaks, meat pies, and fish of the day have arrived. Many ingredients must be prepared in the morning. The pre-made dishes must be prepared early. There must be an ample supply of wine and beverages, and there must be no shortage.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the players began to enter the venue to warm up, and the restaurant chef ushered in the tranquility before the war. Everything was ready. Everyone was recharging their energy and getting ready for the busy schedule that started at six o'clock in the evening. and psychological preparation.
Christopher was the only one busy in the back kitchen, cooking pizza, chicken wings and French fries.
Because at half past four, Min Congda will come to the Red Head Boots restaurant for dinner, and Christopher has to cook this meal specially for him.
At half past four, Min Congda arrived on time. He walked in politely, found an inconspicuous seat and sat down. He snapped his fingers and told the waiter that he had reserved a dinner.
Christopher personally brought the dinner to Min Congda and said carefully: "Mr. Smart, I prepared this specially for you."
Min Congda nodded and said, "Thank you Christopher, sit down and have a drink together."
Christopher took off his chef hat, sat down, brought two glasses, and Min Congda poured him a glass of wine.
The two of them took a sip, and when the strong alcohol entered their mouths, the strong smell of alcohol surged up. They both felt very happy and smiled.
Min Congda said nothing, ate the food cooked by Christopher, and gave him a thumbs up from time to time.
Christopher has been sitting opposite Min Congda. Seeing Mr. Smart eating so deliciously, he feels very accomplished.
After eating, Min Congda poured another glass for each of them, clinked the glasses, and drank it all happily.
"Great, keep it up, Christopher."
After dinner, Min Congda wiped his mouth, stood up, hugged Christopher, and left the restaurant.
The two of them didn't communicate much, but everything was said in silence. Only men will understand this feeling.
At 7:30 in the evening, the game between the Clippers and Thunder officially started.
Although the Thunder are missing Kevin Durant, the Thunder, with Westbrook, David Lee, and Harris-Barnes, are still a strong force in the Western Conference.
The Clippers, who have won three consecutive championships, have become a dynasty team. They are the number one evil dragon in the league and the enemy of the world. Every team hopes to slaughter it to gain victory and glory.
The Huawei Center, which was quite quiet more than two hours ago, is now so noisy that you can't hear other people talking. Christopher has to yell at all times to arrange the work in the restaurant.
Because the orders were flying towards the restaurant's back kitchen like snowflakes, everyone was busy like worker ants in an anthill all the time, in order to deliver the food to the guests on time.
Although there are other restaurants in the arena with 25,000 people, Red Head Boots is responsible for nearly half of the catering supply. This amount is extremely terrifying, so the kitchen is much more intense than the games on the court.
While ensuring quality, the chef is serving meals like crazy. Fortunately, so many fans come just after dinner. If they all go to the Huawei Center to have dinner and watch football, the chef will not have to live a busy life. , it will be useless to expand the capacity three times.
During his busy schedule, Christopher still had time to watch the game on the field.
When I came out, I glanced at the big screen. At the end of the second quarter, the Clippers were 56:51, leading the Thunder by 5 points.
It can be seen that the Thunder played well and were only 5 points behind.
But two minutes later, when Christopher looked at the end of the first half, the score had reached 62:51, and the Clippers led the Thunder by 11 points!
In just two rounds, the Clippers used two three-pointers to instantly widen the point difference. Clippers fans are used to this explosive offensive power.
Christopher shook his head, thinking that needless to say, tonight would be another massacre, an exciting massacre.
As Christopher expected, the Thunder with Durant couldn't compete with the Clippers, let alone without Durant?
The Clippers used a sudden burst in the second quarter to open the point difference between the two sides to 11 points.
Then during the halftime break, the Clippers held a ring awarding ceremony and a flag-raising ceremony for the third championship flag.
Over the Huawei Center, three "World Champion" flags are flying, and in the foreseeable future, several numbers will be retired and hung high on the ceiling.
The Clippers finally no longer have to cover up the Lakers' championship flags and retired jerseys before every game. This is their home court and their home.
In the second half, the Clippers did not give the Thunder a chance to come back. They kept the point difference at about 15 points. No matter how hard Westbrook fought, he could not narrow the point difference.
One summer passed, although the Clippers lost Paul George and a general, the players were not depressed. On the contrary, everyone was waiting for George to return to the team.
Curry, Harden, Davis and others have been trained by the US national team, their skills and experience have been further improved, and their strength has become stronger.
This is definitely not good news for the rest of the league.
By the fourth quarter, the number of diners began to drop sharply, and everyone was full and full.
Christopher was finally able to stop, take a break, and enjoy the game.
In the end, the Clippers won the season opener with a score of 119:107, easily winning by 12 points.
Curry scored 22 points and 11 assists in the opening game. He dunked once during the fast break and fell down once. He failed to dunk and was blocked by the basket. It can be said that he successfully completed his task.
James Harden scored a team-high 35 points and 7 assists, which was only less than Westbrook's 37 points.
The Clippers' internal goal this year is to have Harden win the MVP, so the ball rights are shifted toward Harden.
It is unique in NBA history that a team can be so united and win the MVP.
After successfully winning this victory, a big drama came to an end, the players left the field, and the fans also left with satisfaction.
Christopher and the staff began cleaning up the mess and getting ready for the next game.
At present, the Huawei Center has not hosted other professional team games or large-scale activities, and they are not that busy yet.
Once concerts or other professional team games begin in the future, Red Head Boots Restaurant will be busy every day.
But this kind of busyness is a kind of enrichment and a different kind of excitement for Christopher.
After all the employees left, Christopher was the last to leave as usual, carefully locked the door, went to the underground garage, and drove away.
He was in a great mood. Even if Linda left him, he didn't think it was a big deal. She was just a woman. What's so great about her?
He got into his Saturn sedan and drove away. When he reached an intersection in South Inglewood, he opened the window for some air.
He usually drives very carefully, but tonight all he can think about is the game and the future of Red Boots, just like he did four years ago when it first opened.
So he was careless and didn't notice a motorcycle approaching him, and then threw an M67 grenade into the car.
Two seconds later, the grenade exploded. Christopher had no time to open the door and escape, and was seriously injured.
He was sent to the hospital for rescue, but unfortunately died three hours later, ending his life.
(End of chapter)
