From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 397 Received various messages
Tian Zhongfu did not recommend students to Gu Zhicheng because Feng Zhengming did not come.

Although some students with the highest overall scores in the class and connections with their families have already been asked to leave by several major restaurants.

However, among the remaining students in the vocational school, there are still some very capable students.

Especially some students from other places, they have no foundation in Quancheng and no connections at home.

Most of them had no choice but to return to their hometowns after graduating from vocational schools.

Now that there is an opportunity to stay in Quancheng for internship, these students are naturally very serious about it.

Gu Zhicheng and the others quickly identified six or seven students with good performance through interviews.

I thought that some students from vocational schools in other places would be sent to me when Master Yan returned to work.

Gu Zhicheng and the others simply decided to go to Huiquan Building for interviews with these six or seven students.

Several people also gave serious face-to-face instruction to the selected students.

"You have passed our preliminary screening. Your performance is considered very good, but whether you can stay in Huiquan Building depends on the results of your trial work there."

"That's right, the chef will interview you personally then."

"By the way, I want to tell you that a group of students from vocational schools from other places will come over, and you have to compete together."

"There are ten places in total. Whether you can stay in Huiquan Building depends on your performance."

Gu Zhicheng gave some encouragement at the end: "Don't be nervous. Go try out the job in the back kitchen of Huiquan Building. As long as you can demonstrate what you usually learn, you should be able to pass smoothly. Although there are only ten places, it is not impossible to change. "

Six or seven students all showed an enterprising attitude.

After all, most of them are not natives of Quancheng, but they are still eager to get the opportunity to stay in Quancheng.

What's more, Feng Zhengming's reputation is not small now, and the scale of Huiquan Tower is there anyway.

In terms of internship salary and benefits, Huiquan Tower is even better than several big restaurants.

In particular, Feng Zhengming will arrange accommodation for interns.

This alone is really what many foreign students yearn for.

After Gu Zhicheng and the others left, the graduating students from the vocational school started discussing in class.

There are actually only about forty people in a class.

More than half of the local students in Quancheng have already found some local connections and have successfully obtained internship opportunities in several large restaurants.

For the six or seven students who have just been admitted, they can go to Huiquan Building for further interviews.

Those students who can go to several big restaurants for internships naturally look down upon them to some extent.

"It's really pitiful. I can only go to Huiquan Building to intern with a group of young chefs. What can I learn?"

"I think it is better to go to Huiquan Building to intern with a young chef than to go back to my hometown, buy a few piglets in the countryside, raise pigs and make banquets for people at the same time. Maybe I can make more money."

"Hahaha, this is a good idea. Maybe I will become a famous pig chef from far and wide in the future."

"What you are saying is wrong. There is nothing wrong with people choosing to go to Huiquan Restaurant. After all, the chef of Huiquan Restaurant is the number one young chef. Although he is young, he is a disciple of Master Yan. In terms of seniority, he is the same as the master chefs of several big restaurants. "

"Yeah, it's a pity that when they go to Huiquan Tower, they can't compete with the young chef's champion."

"Let me tell you. I have heard from my relatives in Jufengde that Feng Zhuangyuan has offended the master chefs of several big restaurants, and now several big restaurants are joining forces to suppress him."

During the discussion among this group of local students in the class, several students who had been selected by Huiquan House began to feel somewhat withdrawn.

But at this moment, a boy with a bronzed skin, quite plain clothes, and even patches on his clothes stood up.

"What do you local students have to be proud of? Are you going to a big restaurant just because of your family connections? Besides, can you definitely learn something by going to a big restaurant for internship? I think you can learn more by going to Huiquan Building."

Hearing this, the local students in the class looked at the boys and all of them laughed.

"Sun Decai, what do you really want to learn during your internship? To tell you the truth, internships are for us to accumulate connections and qualifications, not for us to learn the skills of other masters or even old masters."

The person who spoke this time was obviously a classmate with a more advanced background in the class, so everyone stopped talking when he spoke and listened carefully to what he was saying.

"Why should we go to a big restaurant for internship? Because with the internship experience of going to a big restaurant, it will be easier to find good places later, and we will also be favored by some restaurant and restaurant owners. It will be good for us to find jobs in the future, and it is really good in a big restaurant If the restaurant performs well and is favored by the master chefs, it will have a higher ceiling. "

The students in the class fell silent after hearing these words, and everyone somewhat recognized these words.

Sun Decai was silent for a while and said: "Maybe you are right, but I don't think there is anything wrong with going to Huiquan Tower. Huiquan Tower is also a time-honored restaurant. There is no master chef or master chef in charge, but now the chef is the number one young chef and also the Yan Yan. The master's famous disciple.

Moreover, the back chefs of Huiquan Building are all young chefs now. They may not have as much experience as the master chefs for the time being, but they will definitely grow in the future. If we can grow with them, we can also gain more at the same time. "

Sun Decai is obviously from the countryside, but his speech is very organized and he also shows a more unique vision.

Therefore, his words made the six or seven students selected by Huiquan House feel much better.

Naturally, this class argument was unlikely to cause a big stir.

However, the disdain of students in the class who were able to intern at a large restaurant made Sun Decai and the other students who went to Huiquan Building a stronger ambition to become more self-motivated.

Gu Zhicheng and others returned to Huiquan Building and immediately told Feng Zhengming what they learned from Tian Zhongfu at the vocational school.

Feng Zhengming was not surprised after hearing this: "Finally, I couldn't help but take action to suppress us."

Seeing Feng Zhengming say this calmly, Gu Zhicheng and the others were a little surprised.

Qi Jiale couldn't help but ask first: "Chef, what should we do? Several big restaurants have joined forces to suppress us, and our Huiquan Building business will definitely be affected."

Guan Wei, who never talked much, analyzed it very carefully this time.

"If several big restaurants offer discounts on wedding banquets together, it will indeed put a lot of pressure on the wedding banquets we want to launch. They are all big restaurants recognized by most people in Quan City, and they are better than ours in terms of reputation. There are too many spring buildings.”

Gu Zhicheng took over: "Yes, for ordinary people in Quancheng, if the wedding banquet can be held in Jufengde, it will definitely be the most prestigious." Guan Wei continued to analyze: "If we can't receive the wedding banquet, we will launch The things are meaningless, and the apprentices we want to recruit may not be used. Instead, it will increase your expenses, chef."

Hearing this, Yao Zhenhui couldn't help but ask: "Then, how about we not recruit those apprentices for the time being?"

Feng Zhengming shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter. We'd better recruit people first. They will be recruited sooner or later anyway."

Xia Hui asked: "Uncle, do you have a way to deal with it?"

Feng Zhengming laughed: "Don't take me too seriously. If several big restaurants join forces to offer wedding banquet banquets at a discount, then I really have no good way to steal the wedding banquet banquet business from them."

Everyone in the kitchen felt that the move of several large restaurants offering discounts for wedding banquets was indeed a precise attack on Huiquan Tower.

For a while, no one could think of a better way to deal with it.

Xia Hui thought for a while, and then said to encourage everyone: "It doesn't matter, we still have private room business, and those bosses are more recognized by booking private rooms in our Huiquan Building to treat guests."

These words really encouraged everyone and kept the atmosphere in the kitchen from being too pessimistic.

With Xia Hui's words of encouragement, everyone is still full of confidence in the development of Huiquan Building.

Feng Zhengming had already thought in his mind that some big restaurants might want to suppress him and Huiquan House, and it would not be as simple as discounting wedding banquets.

However, in the kitchen, Feng Zhengming did not express his inner thoughts.

After all, at times like this, everyone in the kitchen still needs morale.

In the evening, when the business of Huiquan Building was over, Feng Zhengming also asked everyone to go back and have a good rest with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry about the wedding banquet. I think we will definitely have a way to deal with it. Everyone has worked hard today. Go back and have a good rest. We will prepare for the apprenticeship interview in a few days."

After Gu Zhicheng and the others left, Feng Zhengming called He Yunqing and went to the Feng Family Restaurant together.

The business of Fengjiagang Restaurant is getting better and better nowadays.

Especially at night, not only will the store be full, but tables and stools will also be set up on the road outside, and they will almost always be filled with customers coming to eat.

When He Yunqing saw the scene at Feng's Restaurant, he couldn't help but sigh: "Business is still good here."

Feng Zhengming smiled and asked, "Does Uncle He regret that he didn't choose to work in the restaurant?"

These words made He Yunqing also laugh: "Hahaha, there's no need for me here."

Feng Zhengming took He Yunqing into the dry rice shop.

He and his grandfather went directly into the back kitchen and called the third senior brother Yang Bin.

Yang Bin finished his work in the kitchen and came to the room next to the dressing room.

When I entered the door, I saw Feng Zhengming and others with serious faces.

Yang Bin asked directly: "Did Zhengming know about it? Several big restaurants are going to suppress you and Huiquanlou?"

"Has Third Brother received the news?" Feng Zhengming raised his head and looked at Third Brother.

Yang Bin closed the door and said with a serious face: "It's senior brother. He got the news and asked Yang Peng to come over and tell me. He asked me to tell you so that you can be prepared."

Before anyone could speak, Grandpa Feng said directly: "They feel threatened."

He Yunqing echoed: "Yes, Zhengming, although you were the number one young chef in the past and served as the chef of the International Youth Exchange Conference, and received a lot of news reports, but those were just false reputations at best. Ever since you took over the contracting of Huiquan Building, You are truly in a position to compete with them.”

Yang Bin also said: "No matter how good the business of our dry rice shop is, they will not take it seriously. After all, it is impossible to hold wedding banquets in the dry rice shop and it will not pose a threat to their status."

Feng Zhengming suddenly laughed when he heard this: "It doesn't matter, we are all chefs, and we all have to use our skills to speak for ourselves. This competition with each other may promote the better development of Shandong cuisine."

Yang Bin said: "You are quite optimistic. The wedding banquet you were originally going to launch, are you still planning to launch it now?"

"Of course we have to continue to promote it." Feng Zhengming said without any hesitation, "We have been preparing for a long time. We have considered every price menu for a long time, and we will definitely make it."

Yang Bin continued: "Elder brother said that they are not only going to target you with discounts on wedding banquets, they may also say that in the future, the private rooms will be cooked by the master chef or even the master chef himself, to promote their family's authentic tradition. Shandong cuisine, use this method to attract those who book private rooms.”

Hearing this, Feng Zhengming couldn't help but laugh: "Did those people actually think of such a method?"

Yang Bin asked: "You can still laugh?"

Feng Zhengming said: "What's not to laugh about? They are going to move the old men out. Doesn't this mean that they already think they are no match for me?"

After hearing this, several people thought about it and felt that it really made sense.

If the masters hadn't considered themselves no match for Feng Zhengming, how could they have let the wind out and asked the masters to take action?
But then Yang Bin said: "Even if they are not your opponents, once those uncles and uncles cook in person, you will definitely not be able to match their appeal."

Feng Zhengming, on the other hand, didn't care at all: "Master and Uncle cook, I'm definitely not as good as them in traditional classic Shandong cuisine, but the most important thing about food is taste, as long as I can maintain the quality and taste of Huiquanlou cuisine , Even if the boss’s treat is a business dinner, he doesn’t really care about the taste of the food, right?”

Yang Bin asked a little strangely: "You said it yourself, your craftsmanship may not be as good as that of my uncles and masters?"

Feng Zhengming said: "So Huiquanlou is not a classic traditional Shandong cuisine. We have made some changes on the basis of tradition. As long as we make some differences, there is actually no head-to-head confrontation with the masters and uncles. "

Grandpa, He Yunqing and the third senior brother didn't quite understand what he said.

Feng Zhengming explained: "It's like the meat in a dry rice shop. It's impossible for the masters and uncles to cook it, right? In the same way, Huiquan Tower will give more choices to the private room bosses. They are tired of it. Traditional and classic Shandong cuisine, you will naturally come to Huiquanlou for a change.

If they are tired of Huiquanlou’s food and want to try traditional Shandong cuisine again, they can also go to several big restaurants.

I think at this point, Huiquanlou and them will be complementary, and we do not have direct competition. "

These words stunned both He Yunqing and Yang Bin.

But grandpa quickly smiled and clapped his hands and said: "Okay, as expected, Zhengming, you did not disappoint me and your master. Your ideas and pattern are bigger than them. What you said is right. Huiquan Tower does not have to fight for the authentic ones." With the reputation of classic Shandong cuisine, Huiquanlou just needs to stick to your own style.”

(End of this chapter)