From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

When Li Rong's husband heard her words, he couldn't help but smile and asked, "Do you really think you can be a good master of ceremonies?"

In response to her husband's doubts, Li Rong said with certainty: "Of course it is possible. Isn't the emcee the same as hosting a location program like me?"

After hearing this, the husband said: "How can it be the same? Being a master of ceremonies is not easy. You have to mobilize the atmosphere at the scene."

Luo Qing helped Li Rong speak: "I think Rongrong can definitely do it. When we were in school, she often hosted various parties in our class. She was really powerful."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "Don't worry, I won't let you host it in vain."

Li Rong quickly said: "I'm going to help you, how can I ask for your money?"

Feng Zhengming said: "The money was not given by me, but by the family hosting the wedding banquet, so you must take the money. Besides, it is money for someone's happy event, so you must accept it."

Hearing that he had money, Li Rong's husband was a little curious: "How much will it cost?"

Feng Zhengming raised three fingers.

This surprised both Li Rong and her husband.

Li Rong asked: "Three hundred? Or 30?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "Of course it's 300. Our great host, you think of yourself as a master of ceremonies too worthless? 300 is the money for this event."

This price really made Li Rong and her husband feel unbelievable.

Because the couple's monthly salary is less than 400 each.

Working as a master of ceremonies once earns 300 yuan, which is enough to cover last month's salary.

Li Rong's husband couldn't help but sigh: "It's true that you are the ones making money individually. After this wedding banquet, you should be able to make a lot of money, right?"

Hearing her husband's sigh, Li Rong reached out and patted her husband: "What are you talking about?"

After being slapped by Li Rong, her husband came back to his senses and said quickly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to express my gratitude."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. In fact, although our restaurant will make money by hosting this wedding banquet, I don't have much money left. Think about it when we host this wedding banquet, the various staff salaries, the decoration of Huiquan Building, and All the raw materials for the banquet are purchased with money.

The other chefs in the back kitchen have worked so hard to prepare more than 40 banquet tables with me. I will definitely give them some bonuses to encourage them.

In the end, I'm afraid I won't get a penny myself, so I can only use it as a way to increase the reputation of Huiquan Building. "

Hearing what Feng Zhengming said, Li Rong and his wife suddenly felt that running a restaurant was not easy.

They also thought that so many people in Huiquan Building needed to be paid.

After such a wedding banquet, the chefs in the back kitchen must be given more money, otherwise if they make the slightest mistake, they may damage the Huiquan Building brand.

What's more, those chefs who put in the hard work and showcased their craftsmanship should indeed be rewarded accordingly.

Li Rong sighed: "It is indeed not easy to be an individual."

Feng Zhengming said: "It's not easy, and it's not easy for you to go to work. For example, Li Rong, you host the on-location interview. Not only do you have to be exposed to the wind and the sun, but you also need to adapt to changes. Your husband, as the director, also has to do a good job in the program. It takes hard work.”

Luo Qing quickly helped and said, "Yes, everyone is working hard, so thank you very much Rongrong for your willingness to help this time. You must take the money when the time comes."

Feng Zhengming then said: "Yes, you must take the money. I will give you 300. It is estimated that the two families hosting the wedding banquet will also give you red envelopes, so you can take it."

Li Rong was a little embarrassed: "Is this appropriate? I'm not a professional emcee either."

Luo Qing took Li Rong's hand and said, "There's nothing inappropriate. It's my wedding banquet. This money is for my family's wedding. You must feel happy."

In the end, Li Rong agreed and said that she would be well prepared to be the host of the ceremony.

After confirming that Li Rong was the master of ceremonies, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing sat for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

When saying goodbye, Feng Zhengming also asked Li Rong and his wife to have a meal with him and Luo Qing when they were free.

Coming out of Li Rong's house, Feng Zhengming held Luo Qing's hand.

The two of them were walking on the street. Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "You know what? I have been thinking about whether we should hold a wedding at Huiquan Building to attract customers."

Luo Qing was a little surprised: "Is this what you originally planned?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, at that time I knew that several big restaurants deliberately gave discounts to wedding banquets to target Huiquan Building, so I came up with the idea that we get married first and hold the wedding banquet at Huiquan Building in a beautiful way so that they can all look good. Look, our wedding banquets at Huiquan Building are very grand, attracting everyone to hold wedding banquets at Huiquan Building.”

Luo Qing laughed: "Hahaha, you really dare to think about it, aren't you afraid that my parents will disapprove?"

Feng Zhengming said confidently: "Of course I'm not afraid. I think your parents would like you to marry me as soon as possible."

Being told this, Luo Qing couldn't help but pat Feng Zhengming gently.

"Don't talk nonsense. My parents didn't want me to marry you early. Besides, I have to consider whether I want to marry you."

Feng Zhengming looked at Luo Qing and asked, "Isn't it right? Now you have to think about it again?"

Without waiting for Luo Qing to reply, Feng Zhengming said seriously: "It seems that frequent trips to other places have made your heart become wild. I want to tell my third uncle that I will not let you go on business trips to other places in the future. I can't let your heart get too wild. "

Luo Qing was immediately amused: "Hahaha, are you starting to feel a sense of crisis?"

Feng Zhengming held Luo Qing in his arms: "There is really a sense of crisis."

Luo Qing did not struggle, but hugged Feng Zhengming just as tightly.

"Don't worry, although I have seen the colorful world outside, I still prefer our Quancheng and stay with you, so I told my third uncle that I will not travel on business in the future and stay in the company. Help him handle the accounts and familiarize yourself with how to do them in advance.”

Feng Zhengming smiled and asked, "Do you have to adapt to the status of the boss's wife in advance?"

Luo Qing nodded seriously: "Yes, I have to keep an eye on you. I can't let you mess around with women when you have nothing to do. I won't let you spread those messy rumors again."

Hearing this, Feng Zhengming immediately understood.

Although Luo Qing didn't believe the rumor that she asked her third uncle to go out to create a topic for Huiquan Tower, she was still worried.

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Okay, then you stay in Quancheng and watch over me from now on."

The two of them walked with a smile like this, enjoying the peace that only belonged to the two of them.

In the next few days, Feng Zhengming can be said to be very busy.

On the one hand, materials for various wedding banquets need to be purchased, and on the other hand, they also need to communicate with the bride and groom in advance.

After all, this is the first wedding banquet hosted by Huiquan Building since it reopened.

Feng Zhengming knew that many people were watching.

Especially the master chefs from several big restaurants, as well as the master and several senior chefs from Quancheng.

Everyone wants to see what kind of wedding banquet Feng Zhengming's Huiquan House will host?

The so-called "know yourself and know the enemy".

After understanding how Feng Zhengming's Huiquan Restaurant hosted wedding banquets, several large restaurants could further think of countermeasures.

In addition, there are many people from Quancheng who are also waiting to see the wedding banquet in Huiquan Tower. Everyone also wants to take a look. Huiquan Restaurant is such a hot topic, and it is run by Feng Zhengming and a group of young chefs. Since its reopening, it has been posing as a challenge to several big restaurants.

Can Huiquan Tower really succeed in the challenge in the end?

Use a wedding banquet to show the strength of young chefs such as Huiquanlou and Feng Zhengming?
Because he knew that many people were paying attention, Feng Zhengming simply made it public on his own.

He went directly to the newspaper and published the wedding menu in the newspaper.

This time he really became famous throughout Quan City.

Originally, only some people in the industry saw the menu.

Now Feng Zhengming has published the menu in the newspaper, which directly makes everything clear, allowing everyone in Quancheng to watch their wedding banquet at Huiquan Tower.

After seeing the menu, many good people naturally conducted some research and analysis.

On the public menu, there isn’t much to say about the cold dishes.

The four dishes are all Huiquanlou’s signature dishes. Although they don’t have the yam puree from Huiquanlou, the double fruit has a more festive meaning, and it can be regarded as a blessing for the newlyweds to have a baby soon.

Then came the fifteen dishes including the last dish of "Hundred Years of Love".

Including: Braised prawns in oil, red braised mutton, elbow cabbage in milk soup, stir-fried shrimp loin, braised abalone pork, braised beef in soy sauce, hairtail fish in tomato sauce, nine-turn large intestine, braised elbow with sea cucumber, three shredded scallops, sweet and sour carp, Sixi meatballs, eight-treasure duck, and eight-treasure hydrangea chicken.

When such a menu was published in the newspaper, many people conducted detailed analysis.

"This menu is incredible. It has abalone, sea cucumber, and scallops, as well as mutton, beef, pork, fish, chicken, and duck. This was really a big deal in the past."

"Yes, there are delicacies from the mountains and seas, and all the livestock are available. Such a banquet is really grand."

"Hey, this is nothing, right? Nowadays, wedding banquets and banquets are held in big restaurants, don't they already have these?"

"That's right, there's everything from elbow, beef, mutton, carp, prawns, and Sixi meatballs."

"But will the banquet in the big restaurant include sea cucumber, abalone, and scallops?"

"That's it, if we go to Jufengde to have a banquet, how much will it cost per table if we want to serve abalone, sea cucumber, and scallops?"

"Can't these be cheaper in Huiquan Building?"

"I heard before that this seems to be among the highest priced wedding banquets."

"It's reasonable. Abalone, sea cucumber, and scallops are all on sale. Given the cost, it definitely can't be cheap."

"You all don't understand. Just look at the abalone, sea cucumber, and scallops. You don't even look at the last two dishes on this menu, the Eight Treasures Fulu Duck and the Eight Treasures Hydrangea Bag Chicken. These two are the real big dishes on this menu. ”

"What's so special about these two dishes?"

"Babao Fulu Duck and Bazhen Hydrangea Bag Chicken are both dishes made by removing the bones of ducks and chickens, then stuffing the skin and meat bags of ducks and chickens, and shaping them."

"Think about it, there are so many tables for a wedding banquet, how long will it take for the chef to cook just these two dishes?"

When everyone started to pay attention to the two dishes of Babao Fulu Duck and Bazhen Hydrangea Bag Chicken.

Naturally, the difficulties of these two dishes have been discovered by many people.

Next, just like the master chefs in several large restaurants, everyone was surprised that Feng Zhengming dared to put such two dishes on the menu.

Even more curious, how are Feng Zhengming and the others going to cook these two dishes?

Especially for a wedding banquet with a total of more than 40 tables. How can there be so many powerful chefs in the kitchen of Huiquan Building to cook more than 40 dishes at once?
While everyone was speculating, some masters and masters publicly explained possible methods.

"Although these two dishes are indeed quite difficult, the duck and chicken can actually be deboned in advance, filled with stuffing and made in advance. Before the wedding banquet begins, they can be steamed in a steamer and served directly. ”

Some masters and masters came forward to explain, which helped many people understand the process.

But I still wonder how long it will take for the back chef of Huiquan House to debone more than 80 ducks and chickens at once?

But many people don't know that when everyone was attracted by Feng Zhengming's menu announcement in the newspaper.

He drove away from Quancheng with his third uncle.

In order to prepare the wedding banquet, Feng Zhengming personally went to the breeding farm.

He needs to choose more than 40 ducks of similar size and shape, and more than 40 chickens of similar size.

After all, it is for a wedding banquet. It is impossible to serve it when the size of the ducks and chickens on each table is too different.

And you also need to choose the breeds of ducks and chickens.

To ensure the taste of Babao Fulu duck, you must not use duck that is too old, and the duck also needs to have a certain amount of fat.

Similarly, Bazhen Hydrangea Bag Chicken, although it is considered a soup dish, the chicken used to make the bag cannot be very old, and must be relatively tender.

Because it is made with tender chicken, it will be easy for guests to tear off the meat and eat it, and the meat will not be old and dry. It is more palatable when paired with Bazhen hydrangeas.

Of course, Feng Zhengming came here on purpose, and also purchased a batch of old hens.

The old hen is used to stew soup.

If you want to make Bazhen Hydrangea Bag Chicken Soup taste good, you must use old hens to stew it.

And in order to ensure that the soup is clear enough, do not use high heat to boil the soup when simmering.

It must be stewed over low heat slowly to bring out the flavor of the old hen.

Then the first old hen is stewed, and after the chicken is taken out, the second old hen is added to the soup, and then stewed again.

In this way, you can get a clean chicken soup with clear soup and strong flavor.

It can be said that Feng Zhengming really went all out for this wedding banquet.

He did this not only to gain the splendor of this wedding banquet.

More importantly, through this wedding banquet, more people can see that the dishes served at the Huiquan Tower banquet are absolutely exquisite, so as to attract more bosses to come to Huiquan Tower to treat guests.

With the help of his third uncle, Feng Zhengming's purchase went smoothly, and he also signed an agreement with the farm to let the farm directly supply poultry to Feng Zhengming in the future.

On the way back, Feng Zhengming was driving.

Feng Jiandong sat in the passenger seat and said: "Zhengming, you are making a big deal this time. You also spent a lot of money to host a wedding banquet. How much money will you get from this wedding banquet?"

When asked by his third uncle, Feng Zhengming said frankly: "Excluding purchases and various expenses, I should not make any money this time."

Feng Jiandong laughed: "You are really losing money and making money, but the third uncle thinks it is worthwhile for you to do this. To be honest, I have never thought that business can be like this before. The wedding banquet has not even started yet, and everyone is talking about it." Your wedding banquet at Huiquan Tower."

Feng Zhengming also laughed: "Hahaha, this is the advertising effect."

"What a good idea. It seems that Third Uncle will learn business experience from you in the future."

The uncle and nephew looked at each other, and then there was a burst of hearty laughter among men in the car. (End of chapter)