From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 358 Looking for Feng Zhengming’s partner
The International Youth Exchange Conference ended successfully, and it has become a topic of conversation for many people in Quancheng after dinner.

The focus of everyone's discussion ranged from the different cultures and fashions brought by foreign youths, to how to better integrate with international standards and better develop the domestic economy, to all aspects related to the conference.

Among them, Shandong cuisine, which has entertained young people at home and abroad and received unanimous praise from young people at home and abroad, has also become the focus of discussion by many people.

Coupled with media reports such as television stations and newspapers.

The Into the Kitchen interview was broadcast on TV.

Let all parts of the country know that at this international youth exchange conference, even the people in charge of catering were young chefs.

This incident made people in Quancheng and Lu Province spontaneously feel very proud.

Although Feng Zhengming did not appear too much, he gave all the credit for the catering work to other young chefs.

But he still couldn't stand it, and the media such as TV stations and newspapers still reported on him as a chef.

This suddenly attracted a lot of business to Feng Zhengming's dry rice shop and food stalls.

This time he came here on temporary secondment.

More importantly, in the catering of this youth conference, he used many cooking techniques and seasonings from different places at home and abroad based on our traditional Shandong cuisine, so that the dishes can be accepted by more people from different places.

I am really proud that our Shandong cuisine has a young chef like Feng Zhengming. "

Next, Feng Zhengming Railway Station was doing business. Whether it was lunch carts at noon or food stalls at night, it was really overcrowded.

Before Feng Zhengming had concluded the contract for Huiquan Building, he first waited for another invitation from an old friend.

The most important thing is that although Feng Zhengming did not accept many interviews, TV stations and newspapers specially interviewed many old masters in Quancheng, and the old masters praised Feng Zhengming without hesitation.

Feng Zhengming could only explain to others that he was dumbfounded.

This old friend is Chang Zongfu.

When Chang Zongfu faced Feng Zhengming's doubts, he was relatively candid.

Master Cui's words in the interview directly made Feng Zhengming's name famous.

And in the restaurant we operate together, I can give you 60% of the shares, while I only hold 40%. You are responsible for all the dish design, and I will never interfere with you.

And the cooperation conditions given can also be said to be very generous.

This is the third time that Chang Zongfu actively hopes to cooperate with Feng Zhengming.

While business was very good, Feng Zhengming also actively learned about the contracting of Huiquan Building.

"Master Feng, your craftsmanship is indeed worthy of admiration. I did underestimate your strength before, so this time I come with sincerity. I hope to cooperate with Master Feng. This time we are cooperating, not the previous one." It's an employer-employee relationship, so I'll still provide the money, and you, Master Feng, will be the chef.

Although Chang Zongfu always has a bit of arrogance after returning from abroad, he has to admit that his vision is indeed vicious.

This time Chang Zongfu came to see Feng Zhengming. It can be said that his attitude was very low.

I wonder if Master Feng can agree to cooperate under such conditions? "

However, Gu Zhicheng, who was favored by Feng Zhengming, was not persuaded to stay.

At the same time, after Feng Zhengming intervened to persuade him to stay, several young chefs from other places also agreed to stay.

Among them, Master Cui was very outspoken in his praise.

Although you can't order the dishes for the dinner at the food stall, many people ate the food from Feng Zhengming's food stall and praised his craftsmanship, thinking that the food he cooked was indeed delicious.

In addition, later, in the TV station report, many people were shown the dishes of the live dinner.

Therefore, more and more people are queuing up to buy meat for lunch boxes.

Many Quancheng locals will go to the train station to queue up to eat at noon and evening.

"It will be very time-consuming and labor-intensive to prepare those dishes. Many of the ingredients need to be prepared several days in advance. They cannot be cooked immediately by the food stalls at night. In the future, when our Fengjiagang Restaurant is renovated, perhaps some of the dishes can be made available after some improvements. Let’s try it at the dry rice shop.”

Feng Zhengming couldn't help but feel a little strange.

It's just that this time, Chang Zongfu's way of cooperation is completely different from before.

"Feng Zhengming is really a role model for our young chefs in Shandong cuisine. He used to be the chef at Yanxi Restaurant. After Yanxi Restaurant closed due to business mistakes, he did not give up on himself.

After learning that they might be able to order at the dry rice shop, many people began to wonder when the Feng family dry rice shop would be renovated.
Feng Zhengming could only explain: "The decoration is still in progress, and after the decoration is completed, the smell of paint inside may need to be aired, so it will take some time for the dry rice shop to reopen."

It really makes many people think that Feng Zhengming is a very good young chef.

He continues to perpetuate the inheritance of our Shandong cuisine in his own way. For example, our traditional street food Baozi Pork has been made into a label of our Quancheng. At this youth conference, he also won the recognition of young people at home and abroad. The unanimous praise has really opened up a new situation for the development of our Shandong cuisine.

As for the food stalls in the evening, many people go to the food stalls and want to order from Feng Zhengming the dishes they saw on TV at the Youth Conference dinner.

"Because looking around the country now, I'm afraid there is no young chef whose reputation can match you, Master Feng. And I know that you have just completed the catering work for the Quancheng International Youth Exchange Conference. You will definitely be able to build a set of We have a complete kitchen team, so it’s definitely not a bad idea to cooperate with you.”

But since it is my investment and I hold 40% of the shares, I have to make the final decision on the operation of the restaurant, various services, and the details of the interior and exterior decoration.

"Didn't Boss Chang say before that he would invite some foreign chefs to come to Quancheng and open a different restaurant that combines Shandong cuisine and Western food? Why do you want to cooperate with me now?"

Gu Zhicheng did not stay, not because he was unwilling to follow Feng Zhengming.

Moreover, the ingredients are abundant, the lunch boxes come with a variety of dishes, and the prices are very cheap.

At first, everyone didn't understand the price, and they were worried that Feng Zhengming was so famous, would the price of Baozi Meat be much more expensive than other restaurants in Quancheng?
When I arrived at the stall, I discovered that the price of Feng Zhengming's meat was the same as other meat sellers in Quancheng.

He also told everyone that the dishes served to young people at home and abroad were all designed by chef Feng Zhengming, which made Quancheng, the entire Shandong Province, and even the whole country have an impression of the young chef Feng Zhengming.

He had to go back to the big hotel in the island city first. He and Feng Zhengming had made an agreement. If Feng Zhengming successfully took over Huiquan Building, he would definitely rush back to Quancheng to join Feng Zhengming's chef team as long as he was invited.

He could see almost at a glance the fame Feng Zhengming had now and his most terrifying potential.

This is actually related to some news reports of this youth conference.

It has something to do with some of the dishes shown on TV at the dinner party.

Chang Zongfu saw the pictures of the dishes at the dinner party on the news, which really shocked him.

In the past, Chang Zongfu saw many artistic dishes from abroad in some high-end restaurants abroad, which made him always feel that the art of foreign restaurants is definitely better than that of domestic ones.

Therefore, when he approached Feng Zhengming twice before, he always assumed a condescending attitude.

But I have seen on the news the dishes Feng Zhengming designed for the dinner.

Chang Zongfu suddenly realized that he had really underestimated Feng Zhengming's ability before.

Now let’s not talk about Feng Zhengming’s specific cooking skills?
Just based on his experience in catering for this youth conference, he is already far ahead of all young chefs in the country. Moreover, before Chang Zongfu came to Feng Zhengming, he had already known him through some friends.

I know that Feng Zhengming has a strong appeal among young chefs in the province.

Taking all the conditions into account, Chang Zongfu felt that cooperating with Feng Zhengming was an excellent choice.

From last year to now, Chang Zongfu has really found many people who want to cooperate.

But the master chef didn't like Chang Zongfu's ideas very much, and the capable master chefs all had their own restaurants where they worked, so it was not easy or possible for them to just resign casually to Chang Zongfu's new restaurant.

As for some master chefs and young chefs, Chang Zongfu does not like many skills.

So this is the reason why Chang Zongfu has not been able to open a restaurant so far.

There are really few chefs who can satisfy him and impress him.

Until I read the news and saw some reports about Feng Zhengming, Chang Zongfu suddenly seemed to have found his ideal chef.

Feng Zhengming's conditions in all aspects fully met Chang Zongfu's expectations.

In Chang Zongfu's opinion, there is no more perfect chef than Feng Zhengming.

Having had two previous contacts with Feng Zhengming, Chang Zongfu also completely changed the way of cooperation this time.

He is even willing to take only a small part of the shares and not interfere in the design of the dishes in the kitchen.

Just to be able to cooperate with Feng Zhengming and open his first restaurant after returning to China.

Seeing Chang Zongfu being so sincere.

Feng Zhengming thought for a moment and said, "Has Boss Chang heard about the Huiquan Building?"

Chang Zongfu was stunned for a moment when he was asked, but he quickly came back to his senses: "Oh, I know, Huiquan House heard that some of the contractors can no longer work, and the contract period is about to expire. It seems that To change hands."

After saying this, Chang Zongfu looked at Feng Zhengming and asked: "Master Feng, do you mean that you are planning to contract Huiquan Building?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, I am planning to contract the Huiquan Building. If Boss Chang is sincere in cooperating, I think it is better to do this. When the time comes, Boss Chang will advance the money to help me win the contracting right of the Huiquan Building, and I can provide services Leave some things to Boss Chang and design them according to your ideas.

As for the shares, we divide it 30% to 70%. I will give Boss Chang 30% of the dividend. I won’t let Boss Chang share the subsequent operating costs with you. How about that? "

Chang Zongfu was a little surprised. He did not expect that Feng Zhengming had such a plan.

At this moment, Chang Zongfu really fell silent, thinking carefully in his mind.

In this way, Chang Zongfu really only invested money and bought shares. Apart from dividends, he had almost no control over the operation of the entire restaurant.

But similarly, Chang Zongfu does not need to bear the subsequent operating costs of Huiquan Building.

And with Feng Zhengming's current reputation, plus his ability to call on a group of young chefs to follow him.

Once he gets the contracting rights of Huiquan Building, I'm afraid Huiquan Building's business will come back to life quickly.

Then after one year, the dividends Chang Zongfu can get from Huiquan Tower will also be considerable.

However, in this way, the deviation from some of Chang Zongfu's ideas when he returned to China seems to be a bit large.

He originally wanted to run a restaurant that combined Chinese and Western styles according to his own concept.

When he couldn't find a suitable chef, he even resorted to the next best thing. He didn't insist that he could control some of the dishes in the kitchen. He just wanted to make some management and waiter things that he could use foreign products.

But now helping Feng Zhengming win the contracting rights for Huiquan Building means that even he can be responsible for the service.

But the business model of Huiquan Building itself and the overall decoration style are there.

In the end, Chang Zongfu was almost unable to change anything.

When Feng Zhengming saw Chang Zongfu's hesitation, he smiled and said: "Boss Chang, you don't have to make a decision in a hurry, you can think about it carefully. Anyway, the renovation of my dry rice shop is almost completed, and I may need to do a good job in the management of the dry rice shop first, and The contract period of Huiquan Building has not expired yet, so the matter is not urgent. "

Chang Zongfu finally nodded: "Okay, then I will think about it again."

Feng Zhengming knew that he had the absolute initiative in this matter.

It is almost impossible for Chang Zongfu to find a chef who suits his taste better than himself.

And although Chang Zongfu was influenced by some foreign ideas, he was a person who hoped that Chinese food could be promoted and promoted.

Therefore, Feng Zhengming felt that the other party would eventually agree to his conditions.

With Chang Zongfu coming forward to advance the funds, Feng Zhengming felt that he should have no problem winning the contracting rights for Huiquan Building.

In this way, the funds on hand can be used as start-up funds for the re-operation of Huiquan Building.

Although I already have absolute confidence in my craftsmanship and my reputation.

Feng Zhengming still couldn't guarantee that the business of Huiquan Building would be booming as soon as he took over the business.

You still have to reserve a certain amount of maneuverable space for yourself.

We need to run Huiquan Tower first and slowly build up its reputation again.

More importantly, running a restaurant still requires the cooperation of the entire team.

This not only requires the chefs in the back kitchen to get used to each other, but also the service staff in the restaurant out front.

Everything takes time.

Feng Zhengming gave himself one year.

Within a year, he wanted to restore the reputation of Huiquan Tower.

Let that time-honored brand be recognized again by Quancheng people and people who come to Quancheng.

After Chang Zongfu left, Feng Zhengming then waited for his third uncle Feng Jiandong.

He told his third uncle in detail about the contracting of Huiquan Building and the news that Chang Zongfu hoped to cooperate with him.

After Feng Jiandong heard this, he was really stunned.

During this time, he was always out of town.

Even though he was away from home, he still learned some news about Feng Zhengming.

But Feng Jiandong didn't expect that things would suddenly turn out like this after he came back.

(End of this chapter)