From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

When Li Huidong heard Feng Zhengming say that he would be transferred to the kitchen of Huiquanlou, he was completely stunned.

Because the junior brother was talking about transferring Li Huidong to the kitchen of Huiquanlou.

The word used is "调".

It was transferred by Li Huidong from the provincial government.

what does this mean?
Li Huidong, his master, and his fellow disciples all knew this very well.

Since the province transferred Li Huidong to Huiquanlou.

This means that Li Huidong came to Huiquanlou not because he was hired by Feng Zhengming, but because he was hired by the province.

After a brief moment of daze, Li Huidong came to his senses and asked, "Zhengming, what did you do? Did you ask the province to hire me?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and nodded. "Yes, I know that if I ask you directly, you will definitely refuse me, so I asked the province to hire you as a new chef training teacher first, and then transfer you from the brewery to my Huiquan Restaurant."

Seeing the surprised look on the eldest brother's face, Feng Zhengming continued, "After the Chinese New Year, your appointment letter and transfer order will be sent to the brewery. From now on, you will be hired by the province to be the teacher in charge of the Huiquanlou training center."

Li Huidong didn't expect that his junior fellow apprentice would make such an arrangement.

However, he still wanted to reject his junior brother's kindness.

Although he did some weird things in the brewery cafeteria recently.

Deputy Factory Director Fang arranged for someone to go into the canteen to be responsible for purchasing, which made the canteen look a bit messy.

But Li Huidong had no way to deal with this.

Even his brother-in-law Lin Jiacheng was helpless.

Li Huidong even went to Deputy Director Fang's home with his brother-in-law to give gifts.

In the end, the cafeteria was not restored to its previous state.

It can be seen that Deputy Director Fang is determined to squeeze Li Huidong and others out.

But even so, Li Huidong has already thought about opening a steamed bun shop near the brewery after leaving the canteen, and doing some stir-frying as well, and doing business with the brewery's family members.

He didn't want to rely on his junior brother, nor did he want to go to his two restaurants.

But now, the junior brother did not give his senior brother a chance to refuse and arranged everything directly.

When Li Huidong wanted to stand up and refuse, he was held down by his master's hand.

"Huidong, don't reject your fellow apprentice's kindness. Huiquanlou will be used as a training site for Shandong cuisine. This is an arrangement by the province. I will come here to teach, but the master is old after all. For the real training, only you and your fellow apprentices can come."

Hearing what his master said, Li Huidong turned his head and looked at his master.

Then he looked at his junior fellow apprentice.

In the end, Li Huidong nodded and agreed to the arrangement.

Li Huidong then murmured helplessly: "I just don't know, after I leave the cafeteria, what will happen to my brother-in-law and the others?"

Feng Zhengming immediately said, "Don't worry, senior brother. I've already thought about it. After the Chinese New Year, I'll talk to my brother-in-law and ask him to give the canteen to Deputy Director Fang and his team.

I'll go and negotiate for you and ask Deputy Director Fang to give you some compensation.

With the compensation from Deputy Director Fang, I invested some more money to open a branch of the dry rice shop near the brewery.

The management will be handed over to my brother-in-law. I will arrange for someone to go there and work with Zhang Lei and Yang Peng to be in charge of the kitchen of the dry rice shop over there."

After hearing what Feng Zhengming said, Li Huidong and others realized that Feng Zhengming had arranged everything.

Li Huidong didn't know what to say for a moment.
In the end, he was taken care of by his junior fellow apprentice.

Feng Zhengming saw what his senior brother was thinking and said with a smile, "Brother, don't think that I am taking care of you. I am actually just using you to help me do business.

I originally wanted to open a dry rice shop branch near the brewery, but I just didn’t have the right staff.

Now my brother-in-law, Zhang Lei, Yang Peng and others are familiar with that place, and I will transfer a few more people over there.

This should make it possible to run the dry rice shop over there."

Having said that, Feng Zhengming paused and looked at his senior brother who continued to express his thoughts.

"In this way, big brother, you can get away from there and come to Huiquanlou to help me take charge of the kitchen. Together with the third and fifth brothers, you can not only ensure the quality of the dishes in Huiquanlou's kitchen, but also complete the training tasks arranged by the province.

I can then be a hands-off boss and go hiking around our Qilu land.

Find the roots of Shandong cuisine, create more new dishes, and enrich Shandong cuisine. "

After hearing Feng Zhengming's arrangements, everyone present admired him very much.

It seems that he wants to be a hands-off boss.

But it was obviously his fellow brothers who benefited the most from his arrangements.

Feng Zhengming did not give everyone too much time to think.

He immediately said to Yao Zhenhui, "Old Yao, serve the food. Let's see what dish you made."

Then he said to the four people who hadn't cooked yet: "You better hurry up."

Then, the remaining four people hurriedly started preparing to cook.

Yao Zhenhui brought the dishes and placed them in front of the five judges.

The dish he made is quite interesting.

Although it is also a sweet and sour sauce, Yao Zhenhui used tomato sauce and added some diced tomatoes, green beans and diced carrots, which makes it a bit Western style.

Then after Yao Zhenhui sliced ​​the fish, he did not peel it into slices or cut it into strips.

He cut the fish meat with the skin attached.

The fish meat will appear like coral strands.

Then after marinating, it is coated with dry starch and fried in a pan.

After being fried and shaped, the fish meat stands up one by one, and when placed on the plate, it looks exactly like coral.

Finally, boil the sauce and pour it over the coral-shaped fish meat.

Seeing Yao Zhenhui's dish, Grandpa Feng smiled and said, "This dish is a bit like Western food."

Master Yan said: "It's not Western food, it's also a famous Chinese dish called coral fish, but this dish is not Shandong cuisine, it's a Sichuan dish."

Feng Zhengming added: "It should be said that Sichuan cuisine is a variation of Huaiyang cuisine's squirrel mandarin fish."

Master Yan nodded: "Yes, the whole method of frying and pouring sauce is indeed very similar to the squirrel mandarin fish in Huaiyang cuisine."

Li Huidong looked at the dish on the table and put other things aside temporarily to carefully observe and taste the dish.

"Have you learned how to make this dish before?"

Yao Zhenhui shook his head: "No, uncle, I learned this dish from watching the live broadcast of the national competition and seeing how Huaiyang and Sichuan chefs cooked fish."

Cao Zhiguo immediately said, "Not bad, not bad. You have made it clear that I learned something and put it into practice."

Yao Zhenhui knew that he had been working in the kitchen of Huiquanlou for a year and had been almost standing still. If it weren't for Shen Rongsen, he would have been at the bottom of the list in this competition.

So Yao Zhenhui took the opportunity to say, "Chef, I know I have made little progress in the past six months. I am really not suitable for the kitchen of Huiquanlou. I wonder if I can go to the new dry rice shop opened by the brewery?"

I heard Yao Zhenhui take the initiative to ask to go to the newly opened store at the brewery.

Feng Zhengming asked curiously: "Why do you want to go to Xindian?"

Yao Zhenhui hesitated for a moment, but still told the real reason.

“My family is originally from the brewery, and I will be almost 30 after the Chinese New Year. My family hopes that I can get married as soon as possible and work near home. Originally, my family wanted me to ask you, the head chef, to see if I could be transferred to the brewery cafeteria.

Now, Chef, you are going to open a branch near the brewery, and I was wondering if you could send me to that new store?
This way I can be closer to home, and my family will feel more at ease with me. Maybe after the Chinese New Year they will introduce me to someone to marry.”

After hearing what Yao Zhenhui said, Feng Zhengming nodded in agreement.

"Okay, dating and getting married is a big deal. In that case, Lao Yao, after the Chinese New Year, when the new store opens, you can go to the new store at the brewery."

Then he went back to the topic of opening a new dry rice shop near the brewery.

Li Huidong suddenly asked: "You are going to open a new store at the brewery. Are you trying to steal the canteen's business?"

Seeing that his senior brother had guessed it, Feng Zhengming simply stopped hiding it.

“Brother, I know everything that happened to you in the factory cafeteria.

That guy Fang Jian forced his relatives to work as purchasing agents in the canteen to deliberately squeeze you. I definitely can't let him take over the canteen so smoothly.

Since he wants the canteen business, I can’t let the canteen he takes over still have business.”

Li Huidong was a little surprised to hear Feng Zhengming say this.

He hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but remind him: "You are indeed successful now, and you are the champion of the National Cooking Competition, but the situation at the brewery is complicated, and there are people behind Fang Jian.

You deliberately opened a dry food shop over there and deliberately tried to steal the business from the factory cafeteria. I'm afraid Fang Jian will definitely not let you off easily if he finds out."

Feng Zhengming said lightly: "He doesn't want me to have an easy life? I won't let him have an easy life. You are my senior brother, you are in charge of the canteen. Who in the brewery doesn't praise the canteen's food for being affordable and delicious?
Why does Fang Jian rely on his position as deputy factory director to squeeze you out?
We earn our living by hard work and skills, and we cannot let the deputy factory director bully us at will."

Speaking of this, Feng Zhengming also became angry.

"Don't worry about it, bro. I have made arrangements for this matter. Fang Jian can't do anything to me."

At this moment, everyone present looked at Feng Zhengming in surprise.

In everyone's eyes, Feng Zhengming is always kind and amiable.

The Feng Zhengming they saw now was quite domineering.

Obviously Feng Zhengming's attitude is very clear.

The eldest senior brother was bullied in the brewery, and I must help him get back at him.

Li Huidong also wanted to persuade Feng Zhengming not to make too much noise, and it would be better to keep things peaceful.

"You have already transferred me out of the cafeteria, and you have also made arrangements for my brother-in-law, Zhang Lei, and Yang Peng. So just focus on your business. There is no need to fight with people like Fang Jian."

Master Yan also agreed with his eldest disciple.

"Your senior brother is right. There are many factories with people like Fang Jian now. Just do your own business. There is no need to let him affect your own judgment."

Seeing that his master supported him, Li Huidong simply made a proposal.

"Why don't you open a branch of your dry rice shop somewhere a little further away instead of near the brewery?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Brother, Master meant that I should not get angry with people like Fang Jian, not that I should spread the rice stalls somewhere else.

Think about it, the brewery only has business because there is a factory family quarters near the brewery. If I open a branch of the dry rice shop somewhere else, where will the business be?"

Li Huidong was speechless after hearing what his junior brother said.

Master Yan said, "Don't misinterpret my meaning, you little brat. I don't want you to make a big deal out of this."

Feng Zhengming immediately behaved very well.

"Master, don't worry. I'm not going there to cause trouble. I said I was going there to open a branch. I've said before that I will definitely open a branch of Feng's Dry Restaurant.

In our Quancheng, a place as big as ours, just one is definitely not enough.

The first store I chose was near the brewery, which I considered carefully because I started selling boxed lunches there.

So the family quarters of the brewery and some other factories all know about my braised pork.

This way, opening a branch store there will not affect the business of this store.”

Feng Zhengming gave a detailed analysis and explained his idea of ​​opening a branch at the brewery.

Master Yan was quickly convinced and felt that it was indeed a good idea to open a branch at the brewery.

Seeing that his master had been convinced, Feng Zhengming added: "The most important thing is that the eldest brother used to work in the canteen of the brewery and he also knew how to make braised pork. People there are used to eating braised pork, so if we open a branch there, it will definitely be popular.

Also, the new store can also make some of the dishes from the previous cafeteria, especially the steamed buns from the brewery cafeteria, which must be available.”

Hearing this, Li Huidong couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You are still targeting the cafeteria."

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Yes, I said, I just want to steal the canteen's business."

Having talked about this, Li Huidong was completely helpless.

"Okay, I'll follow your arrangements. But if you let Xiao Yao go, you must remind my brother-in-law, Zhang Lei, and Yang Peng to be careful, so that Fang Jian can't summon the people in the factory to beat them up."

Feng Zhengming immediately said: "If he dares, the dry rice shop will have to hang up the sign of my Feng Family Dry Rice Shop.

If he had the guts, would he dare to touch the Feng Family Restaurant?"

After hearing what his junior brother said, Li Huidong thought about it carefully and felt that Fang Jian really didn't have the courage to touch Feng Zhengming.

Now everyone knows that Feng Zhengming won the national top prize.

The province attaches great importance to Feng Zhengming.

He went to the brewery to open a branch of Fengjia Gan Restaurant. If anyone dared to cause trouble, I'm afraid the provincial government would directly send people to track them down and deal with them.

Even Fang Jian had an opinion about the Feng family's dry food shop opening next to the brewery and stealing the canteen's business.

They probably don't dare to hire anyone to attack the dry rice shop.

Yao Zhenhui also said at this time: "Master, don't worry. My family is also from the brewery, and there are people in my family working in the brewery. Fang Jian should not dare to find anyone to do it casually."

Li Huidong thought of his brother-in-law, who was once a well-known figure in the brewery.

Plus, Yao Zhenhui’s family is also near the brewery.

It seems that there is indeed such a group of people running a branch of the dry rice shop there, which is really very safe.

Grandpa Feng said at this time: "Hahaha, okay, Huidong, don't worry so much. Since Zhengming is going to open a branch there, he must be confident that he will arrange everything well."

Li Huidong nodded: "Master Feng is right. As a senior brother, I should trust my junior brother."

The brewery branch has been finalized, and the internal competition is still going on. (End of this chapter)