From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 395 Jealousy towards Feng Zhengming

Not long after Genji and his party visited Huiquan Tower, relevant reports appeared in newspapers and TV.

The report stated that representatives of a traditional Japanese cooking family from Japan, which operates many well-known top restaurants in Japan, visited the country under the leadership of their current owner.

We want to start a journey of food exchange between Chinese and Japanese people.

The first stop of their visit and exchange was Qilu, the birthplace of Shandong cuisine with a long history.

It was also reported in newspapers and TV that Genji and his party met with several senior chefs from the Provincial Culinary Association, and visited several large restaurants such as Jufengde, Taifenglou and Jubinyuan.

Genji and his team also sent representatives to communicate with the master chefs in several large restaurants in Quancheng.

It can be said that this incident was quite sensational and attracted a lot of people's attention.

Especially through news reports, many locals suddenly discovered that the Shandong cuisine that everyone is accustomed to is actually so high-end in the eyes of foreigners.

In the report, although there is no information related to Feng Zhengming and Huiquan Tower.

But almost every time when I interview Genji and his team, everyone will hear from their mouths that they will mention Feng Zhengming and Huiquan Tower.

Mr. Yuan, the head of the family that Genji led the team this time, even publicly praised Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou in front of the camera during the interview.

"The night we arrived in Quancheng, we were invited to eat at Huiquan Restaurant. It was a very unique restaurant. The kitchen was full of young chefs. The dishes they prepared were full of creativity of young people. I still can't forget that night. It is a great delicious experience to eat the dishes of those young Shandong cuisine chefs. ”

Feng Zhengming and the others felt quite proud when they saw the interview report on TV.

"This guy named Yuan is really good, he knows how to tell the truth."

"Yes, this time Genji and his team came to Quancheng to communicate with all the Shandong cuisine chefs, but the culinary association did not notify us to participate. Fortunately, these people from Genji mentioned us, otherwise no one would know that we exist. ”

This time Genji and his party came for an exchange, but the Culinary Association did not notify Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou to attend the exchange.

It really made everyone in the back kitchen of Huiquan Building feel very dissatisfied.

Obviously the Culinary Association did not invite Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou. It was not that they forgot about Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou.

It was some master chefs who were causing trouble and wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the young Feng Zhengming and the Huiquanlou chef team in some matters when Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou were at their peak.

However, although everyone was very dissatisfied, because Huiquan Building was relatively busy during this period, everyone put this matter aside for the time being.

During this period, Huiquan Tower began to see some customers sitting in the lobby at night.

On the one hand, it makes the business of Huiquan Building better, on the other hand, it also adds a lot of workload to Feng Zhengming and the kitchen.

After all, to ensure the quality of the dishes, every step of each dish, from selecting ingredients to cooking to plating, and even to the final serving, must be refined.

As a result, the workload of everyone in the kitchen has obviously increased a lot.

Therefore, everyone also feels that recruiting apprentices is an urgent matter for Huiquan Building.

So after being busy every day, Feng Zhengming and Gu Zhicheng went to Quancheng Vocational School many times in a row.

Even when Quancheng Vocational School was unable to give clear information, Feng Zhengming asked his master for help and contacted the vocational school in his hometown where his master was previously hired to teach.

Contact is a matter of contact, whether it is the vocational school in Quancheng or the vocational school in other places, they are quite cooperative.

Screening jobs for recruiting apprentices is also a relatively troublesome matter.

Feng Zhengming got back a lot of student information and compared it with everyone in the kitchen.

It was difficult to select a group of students with relatively high overall scores.

After selecting the candidates, the next step is to look at the students' wishes and then arrange for the students to conduct some interviews.

It can be said that after all this, everyone in Huiquan Building was very busy, and they did not pay attention to the fact that the Culinary Association did not bring them with them when communicating with the Japanese.

However, I saw reports on TV and heard the gentleman leading the team from Genji mentioning them.

It still reminded the young chefs of Huiquan Building that they were not invited, and naturally they all became angry.

Seeing that everyone was angry, Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. The Culinary Association didn't invite us. Didn't Mr. Jiayuan mention us? We rely on our craftsmanship to speak, so we don't have to be afraid of their little tricks."

In the news, after Mr. Yuan mentioned Huiquanlou and Feng Zhengming, the old chefs were also dissatisfied with some arrangements of the Culinary Association.

Master Cui specifically found Li Zhifeng and almost questioned him directly.

"Why didn't you notify Huiquan Tower when communicating with the Japanese side? Why didn't you let them participate?"

When Li Zhifeng was questioned, he naturally thought of the private conversations he had with those people when the owners and master chefs of several large restaurants came to him before communicating with the Japanese.

At that time, Li Zhifeng, his boss, and master chefs all agreed that Feng Zhengming and Huiquan Tower should be slightly suppressed.

Cheng Guosheng said very directly at the time: "Feng Zhengming is too young and too arrogant. If he is allowed to show his face more when communicating with the Japanese side this time, he is afraid that he will not take us seriously at all, whether it is age or In terms of working time, we are all his seniors, how can he disrespect us? "

Cheng Guosheng took the lead, and the other masters present naturally expressed their dissatisfaction with Feng Zhengming.

The dissatisfaction of the masters can be summed up in one sentence.

Feng Zhengming did not give these seniors enough respect.

Then Li Zhifeng stood with the master chefs. When conducting culinary exchanges with Japan this time, he deliberately did not notify Feng Zhengming or allow Huiquan House to send anyone to participate.

But Li Zhifeng didn't expect that their actions would be indignant from the old masters.

Master Cui now questioned himself. Li Zhifeng hesitated for a moment and could only say: "It's not that we didn't want to inform Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou. It was Huiquanlou who contacted Yuanji's people behind our backs. You must have read the news, Yuanji The first meal we had in Quan City was to go to Huiquan Tower, and Feng Zhengming and the others didn’t inform us about this.”

Master Cui heard Li Zhifeng's excuse and then said: "I asked, the people from the Yuan family went to Huiquan Tower first. Feng Zhengming and the others didn't know beforehand that it was Chang Zongfu who arranged it."

Li Zhifeng curled his lips and muttered: "I wouldn't have said I didn't know if I had changed him."

Master Cui looked at Li Zhifeng's performance and felt a little helpless.

Now it seems that the contradiction between Feng Zhengming, Li Zhifeng and the masters in Quancheng is getting bigger and bigger.

Master Cui didn't have a good way to reconcile this.

In fact, Feng Zheng was obviously a little too dazzling.

He is only in his twenties now, and in just over a year, he has reached the point where he can be the chef at international reception dinners.

His experience may be something that many old masters have never had in their lives.

More current masters in Quancheng may not have such an opportunity at all.

There is another more crucial point. Feng Zhengming also has a relatively high seniority in Lu Cuisine.

Although he is only in his twenties, because his master is Master Yan, all the masters of Shandong cuisine are his uncles and uncles.

This also led to the fact that the masters of Shandong cuisine were generally of the same generation as him and could not show their seniority in front of him and suppress him.

Many chefs who are older than Feng Zhengming have become juniors in front of him.

This will make many people jealous. In the eyes of envious people, Feng Zhengming was just lucky enough to be apprenticed to Master Yan.

Later, when he did business, he was supported by some bosses.

Those who are envious will not see the hard work that Feng Zhengming put in working as a handyman in the back kitchen of Yanxi Building before he became a master, helping his master and his senior brothers every day.

Envious people can't see Feng Zhengming's hard work when he rode a tricycle to the South Railway Station to sell lunch boxes every day, and at the same time helped his senior brother in the cafeteria.

Master Cui discovered that even Li Zhifeng had forgotten.

When the Youth Conference selected the chef, he was one of the people who approved and recommended Feng Zhengming.

Li Zhifeng also witnessed Feng Zhengming's growth.

I understand Feng Zhengming’s journey, especially after the collapse of Yanxi Tower, it was not easy for Feng Zhengming to be able to sell meat on the street and become famous step by step.

That's why Li Zhifeng recommended Feng Zhengming as the chef for the catering reception at the Youth Conference.

But now, Feng Zhengming's fame is getting bigger and bigger.

Li Zhifeng also felt the threat posed by Feng Zhengming.

Coupled with some private instigation and instigation from some people.

Li Zhifeng also began to join in suppressing Feng Zhengming.

Master Cui didn't want to criticize Li Zhifeng face to face, but he still hoped that he could realize his change.

Moreover, Master Cui and Master Yan had communicated beforehand. Master Yan meant that Feng Zhengming should suffer some setbacks and not make everything smooth sailing.

Master Cui did not continue to accuse Li Zhifeng. He just said: "They at Huiquan House are recruiting apprentices recently, and they may not have much time to participate in exchanges. You did not invite them to participate in the exchange of cooking skills with Japan this time, so I will not pursue it anymore." .

I just hope that you can all remember one thing: when it comes to inheriting and promoting Shandong cuisine, we should all be one family and should not divide each other. "

With these words, Master Cui has made it clear to Li Zhifeng.

We are all chefs representing Shandong cuisine, so we should unite as one.

Li Zhifeng nodded and said, "Mr. Cui, I understand. Don't worry. If the Japanese side needs it later, I will inform Feng Zhengming and they will prepare it."

Master Cui also nodded, temporarily putting the matter aside.

Through this culinary association, the master chefs deliberately did not notify Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou to participate in the cooking exchange.

In fact, the problem has been noticed. Feng Zhengming's rise is too fast, which makes some people feel threatened.

After discussing it privately, the masters felt that this might not be a bad thing.

A young and capable man like Feng Zhengming appeared.

Bringing threats and pressure to the master chefs in major restaurants in Quancheng may help them calm down and focus more on the research of cooking techniques and the development of new dishes.

These are good things for the development and progress of Shandong cuisine and the promotion of Shandong cuisine.

After Li Zhifeng left, Master Cui was a little curious. How would Feng Zhengming deal with it next?

"A bunch of young people got together, and now they are being suppressed so directly. They are young and energetic people and they probably won't be able to swallow their breath. They will have to do something."

If Feng Zhengming knew the thoughts of several old masters, he might not be able to help but say something.

The old guys really enjoy watching the fun and don't take it too seriously.

After Li Zhifeng was approached by Master Cui, he also made appointments with the master chefs of several major restaurants, as well as some people from the culinary association, and even the owners of several major restaurants in the evening.

Calling everyone together, Li Zhifeng told what Master Cui was looking for.

Everyone fell into silence after hearing this.

The boss of Liangjiu Jubinyuan spoke first: "Mr. Cui is right. This time our Shandong cuisine is communicating with others. We really shouldn't divide our Shandong cuisine. We should inform Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou about future exchanges." ”

When Cheng Guosheng heard what his boss said, he was naturally somewhat dissatisfied.

"Isn't Feng Zhengming famous enough now? We didn't call them in the last exchange with the Japanese side. They always mentioned him specifically when being interviewed. Didn't we agree before to suppress him?"

Seeing that Cheng Guosheng was a little excited, Li Zhifeng said, "Guosheng, why are you so excited?"

How could Cheng Guosheng not be excited?
Ever since the cooking competition between Jubinyuan and Feng Zhengming.

He and Jubinyuan are always compared with Feng Zhengming.

Previously, Feng Zhengming only ran a dry rice shop and was not on the same track as Jubinyuan.

Cheng Guosheng and Jubinyuan didn't feel much pressure yet.

Now that Feng Zhengming has taken over Huiquan Tower, he is suddenly on the same track as Jubinyuan.

Naturally, people compare Jubinyuan and Huiquan Tower more.

Cheng Guosheng often hears customers discussing in Jubinyuan whether the craftsmanship of some dishes in Jubinyuan is no longer good. Then what I brought out for comparison was what kind of food does Huiquan Restaurant have?

This kind of thing happens especially to guests who book private rooms in Jubinyuan.

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer customers booking private rooms in Jubinyuan.

It really made Cheng Guosheng feel like he was being constantly humiliated.

So when it came to suppressing Feng Zhengming and Huiquanlou, Cheng Guosheng was really the first to stand up and support them.

No results have been seen yet. Feng Zhengming was mentioned by the Japanese side in an interview, and the masters were obviously biased towards him and Huiquanlou.

How could Cheng Guosheng not be excited?

"Lao Li wants me to say, let's just do it together. We can join forces to teach Huiquanlou and Feng Zhengming a lesson, so that they can restrain themselves and respect us."

When Li Zhifeng heard this, he couldn't help but said: "I'm afraid this is not good, right?"

But everyone else present agreed with Cheng Guosheng's proposal.

Li Zhifeng thought for a moment and asked, "Then how are you going to teach Huiquanlou and Feng Zhengming a lesson?"

The boss of Jubinyuan said at this time: "It's very simple. We are doing discounts and activities together. We take the opportunity to promote ourselves and stick to the traditional old craftsmanship of Shandong cuisine to let everyone know about the flashy things Feng Zhengming does in Huiquan Building. , not a traditional Shandong cuisine.”

Li Zhifeng asked: "You are so sure that you can hit him from this point?"

Cheng Guosheng took out a promotional menu for Huiquan Restaurant.

When he saw the dishes on the menu, Li Zhifeng quickly nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)