From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

The awards ceremony was quite grand, with a large number of celebrities invited.

The main purpose of this award ceremony is to recognize companies that have made outstanding contributions to Shanghai.

Although Feng Zhengming's restaurants have indeed changed the landscape of Shanghai's catering industry, and his old-style villa restaurant is the first restaurant in China to win a global award.

However, his catering company is registered in Shandong, so it is not considered a local Shanghai enterprise.

Therefore, Feng Zhengming has never received such an award, nor has he ever participated in it.

"We really owe it to you; otherwise, we wouldn't have had the chance to come in and have a look."

Hearing her husband's words, Luo Qing smiled and gently patted him.

"You're so good at talking. Wasn't the idea for the children's lunch kitchen yours? Besides, you were the one who sent the company and the staff in the early stages. What does it have to do with me?"

Feng Zhengming: "You're the boss's wife, an indispensable manager for the company."

Feng Nuanyou listened to her parents and sat on her father's lap with a smile.

"Mom is the manager, and Dad is in charge of doing the work."

Feng Zhengming listened to his daughter's words, smiled, and gently pinched her cheek.

“Our Youyou is so smart. Mom is in charge of managing things, and Dad is in charge of doing the work.”

Feng Nuanyou sat on her father's lap and happily swung her legs.

Seeing the father and daughter's appearance, Luo Qing couldn't help but mutter, "Look at you two, who else here acts like this?"

Feng Zhengming: "What's wrong with that? They just have to pretend. We don't need to follow suit."

Feng Nuanyou: "Mom, is there something wrong between Dad and me?"

Luo Qing rolled her eyes at her husband, but still took her daughter off his lap and placed her on the chair next to him.

“You sit properly. Look at the people over here, everyone is sitting properly.”

Feng Nuanyou was quite obedient; although she made a face at her father, she still sat properly.

After each company went on stage to receive its award.

Finally, it's time for Luo Qing's children's lunch kitchen to win an award.

"The following award belongs to a company that has benefited all the children in Shanghai. They cook with love, so that the children in Shanghai can have a very delicious and healthy lunch."

They are the most humane and caring companies in Shanghai.

Let's give a warm round of applause to Mr. Luo, the General Manager of the Children's Lunch Kitchen, as he comes to the stage to accept the award.

Under the watchful eyes of her family, Luo Qing walked onto the stage amidst applause.

Feng Nuanyou clapped the most enthusiastically, her little face filled with pride.

It was as if she wanted to shout to everyone, "Look, it's my mom coming up on stage!"

Luo Qing walked onto the stage, faced the applause from the audience, and accepted the trophy from the leaders presenting the award in Shanghai.

"I am really grateful to the city for this award. At first, we just wanted to open a small kitchen to provide lunch for our daughter's kindergarten so that she and her kindergarten friends could eat well."

Later, my husband felt that it wasn't enough to just make sure our daughter and her kindergarten friends ate well; all the children should have a delicious lunch.

Then we started this children's lunch kitchen together.

I am truly grateful to my husband for his support in this matter, which enabled me to accomplish this.

We also want to thank everyone for their support, which has allowed us to gain so much recognition and orders.

On stage, Luo Qing spoke from the heart, saying many emotional things.

It can be said that Luo Qing's words made many people at the scene realize that this woman was indeed very capable.

Although the success of this children's lunch kitchen is due to the presence of top chef Feng Zhengming.

Many parents choose to order meals from the children's lunch kitchen because they trust Feng Zhengming more.

But Luo Qing was able to manage the kitchen so well, strictly control the procurement of various ingredients, and design an optimal delivery route and time.

This also demonstrates that Luo Qing does indeed possess certain skills and abilities.

Holding the trophy and certificate, Luo Qing walked off the stage.

She returned to her husband, daughter, mother, second aunt, and two little babies.

Luo Qing handed the trophy to her daughter and let her sit there and hold it.

Second Aunt smiled and said, "Congratulations, Qingqing! I never thought you two could actually achieve so much."

Luo Qing looked at her aunt and said, "Oh, Aunt, how can I say I've accomplished anything? It's all thanks to Zhengming's help."

The mother immediately echoed her daughter, "Yes, yes, they are all Zhengming who is capable."

For Feng Zhengming's mother-in-law, these years she has truly come to realize that her judgment was indeed flawed.

When her son first approached Fang Hongyan, Luo's mother initially thought it was a great thing.

Later it became clear that Fang Hongyan was simply playing with her son.

When her daughter was pursuing Feng Zhengming with great enthusiasm, Luo's mother was initially very opposed.

If it weren't for Luo Qing's insistence on her own way, and the help of her uncle and aunt, Luo's mother might have gone to Feng Zhengming's house long ago to ask him to break up with her daughter.

Looking back now, Luo's mother probably feels fortunate that she didn't stop her daughter.

If she had stopped her daughter back then, would Feng Zhengming have achieved such success and status now? She would probably really regret it.

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Mom, all of this is the result of Luo Qing's hard work. Luo Qing has always been very capable, but she just didn't have the opportunity to show it. This time, you see, she has shown it and succeeded completely in one fell swoop."

My mother-in-law smiled and said, "I'm relieved that you two love each other so much."

After the awards ceremony, there were performances by some celebrities, as well as some on-site donation projects.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing also donated some money.

After all that, there will be a dinner party.

At the banquet, even more people sought out Feng Zhengming.

Many entrepreneurs specifically sought out Feng Zhengming for a private conversation.

Some people also take the initiative to get to know Luo Qing.

Of course, some of the invited celebrities also took the initiative to come and get to know Feng Zhengming.

These celebrities are very popular among young people.

But today, none of the entrepreneurs present are people that these celebrities can easily offend.

Celebrities may appear glamorous in front of the camera, but they are just ordinary people in front of Feng Zhengming and others.

Their initiative to get to know Feng Zhengming was clearly based on their understanding of his great reputation.

After all, he is the head chef of one of the world's top ten restaurants of the year.

This honor is something that even celebrities can't easily compare to.

Several celebrities took the initiative to get to know Feng Zhengming.

"Feng Zhuangyuan is a real celebrity nowadays. We've always wanted to try your old-style house restaurant."

"Yes, I've always heard about it. It's definitely worth a visit to one of the world's top ten restaurants of the year."

"Would you have the opportunity to visit your restaurant?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "You are all big stars. It is my honor to have you come to my restaurant. However, my restaurant is quite busy, so whoever goes will probably need to make a reservation in advance."

Hearing Feng Zhengming's words, the smiles on the celebrities' faces froze slightly. If it were any other restaurant, they might have been eager for the celebrities to patronize their establishment.

Just like many shops in Shanghai and Hong Kong, they hang up photos of celebrities who have taken pictures with them in their shops as a way to attract customers.

The celebrities had never heard of a restaurant so blatantly rejecting them.

But Feng Zhengming did refuse very directly.

His statement indicated that anyone going must make a reservation.

This is tantamount to telling these celebrities that they are just big stars in other people's eyes, but in my eyes, Feng Zhengming, they are no different from anyone else.

After a brief moment of awkwardness, several businessmen nearby helped to smooth things over.

"Haha, Feng Zhuangyuan's restaurant is indeed very popular. We always need to make a reservation in advance."

"Yes, I almost couldn't book one last time."

"Actually, if you big stars find it difficult to make reservations, you can eat at other Feng Zhuangyuan restaurants. I think the 'Home Flavor' restaurant at Feng Zhuangyuan is also very good."

After listening to the entrepreneurs, the celebrities naturally all expressed that they would abide by Feng Zhengming's rules.

After the celebrities left one by one, the entrepreneurs continued their conversation with Feng Zhengming.

"It's clear that Feng Zhuangyuan is quite impolite to these celebrities."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Am I being impolite? My restaurant has always treated everyone equally. I would never change my rules just because someone is a celebrity."

Hearing Feng Zhengming say this, one of the bosses smiled and asked a question.

"Scholar Feng, aren't you afraid that if you keep doing this, none of us will patronize your establishment?"

Feng Zhengming: "Isn't that perfect? ​​I can accommodate more guests, and I believe many people will be willing to patronize my restaurant."

Hearing this, the entrepreneurs were left somewhat amused and exasperated.

"Scholar Feng, the way you're saying that you're taking care of us by hosting us every night?"

"Yes, isn't it us who patronized your business?"

"Perhaps Feng Zhuangyuan felt that we were affecting his business."

Feng Zhengming: "Please don't worry, everyone. You haven't affected my business. We're all in business, and of course I hope to have more customers. Only when you come can I get more feedback."

At this point, Feng Zhengming paused slightly: "With everyone's feedback, I can make timely adjustments to the dishes so that everyone can enjoy more delicious food."

Hearing this made everyone feel much better immediately.

In fact, none of these entrepreneurs viewed Feng Zhengming simply as a chef.

In their eyes, celebrities may not be worthy of their politeness.

However, even a top chef like Feng Zhengming, who already has influence both domestically and internationally, can still earn their politeness.

In particular, Feng Zhengming has many branches all over the country, and his net worth is considered quite high by business owners just by relying on those branches.

Moreover, Feng Zhengming currently has so many talented chefs under his command.

It gave him the air of a grandmaster.

Feng Zhengming can indeed influence the entire domestic catering industry.

Of course, there's another point that everyone is somewhat concerned about.

That is, Feng Zhengming has participated in, or even served as, the head chef for many state banquets.

If someone is just a chef who runs a restaurant in an old-style house, they might not be worth the attention of entrepreneurs.

But Feng Zhengming is too famous, and he has too many unknown identities.

These are also the reasons why entrepreneurs must treat him as an equal friend.

In addition, at this company awards ceremony, Feng Zhengming pushed his wife forward to accept the award.

This has made many entrepreneurs take notice of him.

Those who can reach the pinnacle of an industry always deserve everyone's respect.

After the banquet, Feng Zhengming and the others took a car back home together.

Luo Qing was still immersed in the joy of winning the award.

Feng Nuanyou, on the other hand, was like a little girl clutching a gold ingot, clinging tightly to her mother's trophy.

The two little ones were also in their maternal and paternal grandmothers' arms, their faces beaming with joy the whole way.

The two little ones had a good time on this trip.

After all, we usually stay at home, so it's rare to have the opportunity to go out like this.

Especially this time when they went out, being carried by their parents made the two little ones even more interesting.

Back home, Feng Zhengming hugged his eldest daughter and placed his mother's trophy in the most prominent place in the living room.

"Hehehe, Mom's trophy is so beautiful."

Luo Qing looked at the trophies and smiled: "Dad has more trophies than Mom, and they're prettier than Mom's."

Feng Nuanyou: "I like Mom's trophy. Mom, you will get lots and lots of trophies in the future."

Hearing her daughter say that, Luo Qing smiled and took her daughter from her husband's arms.

"Oh, our Youyou has such a sweet tongue."

Feng Nuanyou hugged her mother's neck and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Hehehe, Mom, I love you."

Luo Qing also kissed her daughter: "Mom likes Youyou too. Youyou was so good today, everyone praised you. Dad and I have a very beautiful and well-behaved daughter."

Feng Nuanyou: "Hehehe, I know Mom is very important today, so I'll be a good girl."

Great-aunt: "Our Youyou is so sensible."

Grandma: "Yes, Youyou is really sensible. With such a big scene and so many people today, Grandma didn't know what to say. She could only hold your little brother and watch from the side."

Feng Nuanyou looked at her grandmother: "Grandma, don't be afraid. They are all afraid of Mom and Dad."

Feng Zhengming smiled and stepped forward to gently pat his daughter's head.

“They’re not afraid of Mom and Dad, they just respect them, and Mom and Dad respect them in return. We should all respect capable people, Youyou, do you understand?”

Feng Nuanyou thought for a moment and said, "I understand. We should respect capable people."

Feng Zhengming: "Haha, yes, Youyou translated very well. We should respect talented people."

Great-aunt: "Youyou's family is so great. She has an amazing father, and now her mother is amazing too."

Feng Nuanyou: "Grandma, I'll be amazing in the future too."

The great-aunt smiled happily: "Great, our Youyou will be amazing in the future, I believe in you."

By this time, the two little ones had already fallen asleep when they got home.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing took the two babies and put them into their respective cribs.

Luo Qing looked at the two babies in the crib: "Today is so nice. My two little ones came with me to receive the award. I'll try my best to let them see more of the world, just like Youyou."

Feng Zhengming hugged his wife: "Yes, everything we do is for the children, isn't it? Like the children's lunch kitchen, it's so that our children can also eat healthy and delicious lunches in the future."

Luo Qing smiled as she leaned against her husband's chest, gazing at their two sleeping babies, as if she could already see the happiness her children would enjoy in the future. (End of Chapter)