From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Feng Zhengming and his fellow senior brothers saw off the fourth, sixth and second senior brothers respectively.

Fengjia Rice Shop and Huiquanlou have also resumed normal business.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Zhengming personally accompanied Lin Jiacheng to visit the old director of the brewery.

Originally, when Director Zhang was in the brewery, Fang Jian didn't dare to put too much pressure on the canteen.

It is even more impossible to force people into the cafeteria.

It was just that last year, Director Zhang suddenly fell ill. Although he received timely rescue and treatment, he had to temporarily step down due to health reasons and was unable to continue to take care of the specific affairs of the factory.

This gave Fang Jian an opportunity to take control of the canteen as the deputy factory director.

This time, Feng Zhengming and his elder brother-in-law Lin Jiacheng came to visit.

Firstly, they wanted to thank Director Zhang for taking care of the eldest brother and his friends, and secondly, they wanted to inform Director Zhang that they would withdraw from contracting the canteen.

After all, Director Zhang can be considered as the guarantor for the eldest brother and his friends to contract the canteen.

Now that we no longer contract the canteen, we still have to say something to the old factory manager.

I arrived at Director Zhang’s house and knocked on the door.

Director Zhang was also a little surprised to see Feng Zhengming and Lin Jiacheng coming together.

He let the two of them in first, and then asked his wife to pour water for them while he said with a smile: "I never thought that our top scholar would come to the home of an old man like me who is about to retire."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Director Zhang has always taken good care of my senior brother and me. We should come and visit you."

Director Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "I am an old man who is about to retire, and there are not many people who want to visit me now."

Then Director Zhang said to Lin Jiacheng, "Jiacheng really made you and Dongzi suffer. I didn't expect Fang Jian to be so eager to take over the factory cafeteria and squeeze you."

Lin Jiacheng quickly said, "Director, please don't say that. This is not your fault."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Director, we are here today to inform you that my senior brother and brother-in-law are not going to continue to contract the canteen."

Director Zhang was a little surprised: "Are you not going to contract the canteen?"

The factory director's wife, who was pouring water for Feng Zhengming and the others, was also a little surprised.

"Why don't you just take over the contract? People in the factory say that the food in your canteen is delicious, and the portions are generous, and the ingredients are very good."

Lin Jiacheng said, "Director, Auntie, we have no choice. Dongzi went to Huiquanlou in Zhengming. After all, the kitchen of Huiquanlou can better display Dongzi's cooking skills.

After Dongzi left, my cooking skills were no longer good, and Dongzi's two apprentices were not yet fully trained and could not take over.

We can only give up contracting the canteen."

Director Zhang nodded to show his understanding without waiting for his wife to speak.

"It's good this way. Dongzi's cooking skills are so good, it's a bit of a waste for him to stay in the factory cafeteria. Going to Huiquanlou in Zhengming will really give him better development."

After saying this, Director Zhang looked at Feng Zhengming.

"I never thought that among Master Yan's apprentices, the first one to become famous would be a little apprentice like you, Zhengming. Moreover, you won the first prize in the national cooking competition right away. It's really amazing."

Feng Zhengming said seriously: "My fellow brothers' skills are no worse than mine, they just lack opportunities."

Director Zhang then asked: "So you want to create good opportunities for them?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, I want to create better opportunities for them, so that they can join me in passing on the Shandong cuisine skills taught by my master."

Director Zhang agreed with Feng Zhengming's idea.

"Very good, you are worthy of being Master Yan's disciple."

Then Director Zhang said, "If you no longer contract the canteen, it will definitely fall into Fang Jian's hands."

The factory director's wife couldn't help but say, "From now on, we really can't eat in the factory cafeteria anymore."

Director Zhang immediately said, "Don't spread this nonsense outside. Fang Jian can't cook. He will definitely find someone to help him contract the canteen. Maybe he can find a very good chef."

The factory director's wife hesitated for a moment, but still complained: "Fang Jian is a mean guy. How can he possibly contract the canteen properly?"

In fact, everyone knows very well what kind of person Fang Jian is.

Before, Director Zhang was putting pressure on Fang Jian.

But ever since Director Zhang fell ill and went on leave, almost no one in the factory could control Fang Jian.

There was even a rumor in the factory that Fang Jian would take over as factory director after Director Zhang officially retired.

Of course, the factory director's wife was very dissatisfied with all this.

But since Director Zhang fell ill, he seemed to have become much more relaxed and completely ignored the rumors.

And Director Zhang is now really preparing for retirement.

During the Chinese New Year, Director Zhang also told his family.

So in the days after the Chinese New Year, when the factory director's wife met people from the factory outside, most of the time she chose to remain silent and no longer discussed things in the factory with others.

Today I saw Feng Zhengming and Lin Jiacheng come to my house and talk about contracting the factory canteen.

The factory director's wife couldn't help but complain about Fang Jian.

Feng Zhengming said, "Director Zhang, I am planning to open my first dry rice shop branch here at the brewery. I have already found a location, not far from your family compound. Director Zhang, if you want to eat braised pork in the future, you can go to my branch here."

This statement surprised both Director Zhang and his wife.

“You’re going to open a branch here?”

Director Zhang was silent for a while before asking, "Are you opening a branch of the dry rice shop here on purpose to steal the canteen's business?"

Feng Zhengming and Lin Jiacheng looked at each other and saw that the factory director guessed it immediately.

Feng Zhengming said bluntly: "Yes, I know that if my brother-in-law and my senior brother withdraw, Fang Jian will definitely contract the canteen, so I will open a branch of the dry rice shop here to steal his business."

The factory director's wife was even more surprised. She obviously didn't expect Feng Zhengming to say it so directly.

After hearing this, Director Zhang laughed.

"As expected of the national top scholar, you are so domineering when you speak. If you open a branch of the dry rice shop here, Fang Jian and his team who contracted the canteen will definitely not be your opponent."

Feng Zhengming laughed: "He was not our opponent in the first place. I opened the first store at the brewery just to give my senior brother and his two apprentices a better job."

The factory director's wife was a little surprised: "Your senior brother went to Huiquanlou, but his two apprentices didn't follow him?"

Feng Zhengming gave his own explanation.

"Aunt, I want to make Huiquanlou the best restaurant in Quancheng. If you don't have good cooking skills, you can't enter the kitchen of Huiquanlou. So my rule is that no matter who wants to enter the kitchen of Huiquanlou, they must work in the dry rice shop for a full year."

This statement surprised Director Zhang and his wife again.

Soon, Director Zhang nodded in agreement with this approach.

"I didn't realize that you are a management talent. Your arrangement can test the chefs' abilities and temper their tempers. Only competition can ensure that the skills of the chefs in Huiquanlou's kitchen are good enough."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "The factory director is right. If we want to pass on our Shandong cuisine well, we must be able to endure loneliness and withstand hardships."

Director Zhang praised: "Great, Zhengming, your idea is very good, and it will also be good for the development of our Shandong cuisine."

The factory director’s wife also thought that Feng Zhengming’s idea was indeed a good one.

After chatting with Director Zhang for a while, Feng Zhengming and Lin Jiacheng said everything they needed to say, and then said goodbye and left together.

After Feng Zhengming and the others left, the factory director's wife looked at the things on the table. "Old Zhang, this Feng Zhengming is really a good person."

Director Zhang responded: "He is more than a good person. He is the most capable disciple under Master Yan."

Without waiting for his wife to speak, Director Zhang continued, "Think about it, is he really opening a branch of the dry rice shop in this area of ​​the brewery just for the brewery cafeteria?"

The factory director’s wife thought about it carefully and said, “And there is university.”

Director Zhang nodded: "Yes, there are also people from the university and several other factories. It will be a good business to open a branch here."

The factory director's wife said: "He is such a good businessman, and he is still so young."

"Yes, youth is his biggest asset, and he has such good skills. Plus, he is the top scholar in the country. He is a real dragon. I'm afraid our province can't accommodate him."

After hearing what her husband said, the factory director's wife said, "It would be good if he could teach Fang Jian a lesson."

Director Zhang laughed, "Fang Jian is not taken seriously at all. He thinks it's a good thing to squeeze Li Huidong out and replace him with someone else to contract the canteen. I'm afraid he will end up shooting himself in the foot."

At this time, the factory director's wife asked again: "By the way, Xiaohao didn't get into college after graduating from high school and has nothing to do at home. Why don't you go find Feng Zhengming and let Xiaohao go to his dry rice shop to learn the craft?"

Director Zhang immediately frowned and said, "The kid from your brother's family has been spoiled by them. If he goes to their place, it will only cause trouble for them. How can he learn the craft from them?"

After hearing what her husband said, the factory director’s wife was so upset that she didn’t dare to say anything more.

As a married couple for many years, the factory director’s wife knows her husband’s temper very well.

My husband is a relatively upright person.

Maybe someone needs help and comes to him, and he will try his best to help as long as it does not violate his principles.

But if his relatives come to him, he almost never helps.

Even his own son and daughter did not receive any help from Director Zhang.

For this, many people in the family blamed Director Zhang behind his back.

But his wife understood him.

I know that Director Zhang is very careful about his reputation.

I don't want him to be scolded behind his back by outsiders because of some favoritism.

Feng Zhengming and Lin Jiacheng came out of Director Zhang's house.

Lin Jiacheng glanced back and said, "Director Zhang looks healthy, but I heard he's retiring. Not many people come to visit him now."

Feng Zhengming said: "It is only when people are frustrated that they can truly see the warmth and coldness of human nature."

Lin Jiacheng agreed with this statement.

"Yes, your elder brother and I really want to thank you this time. Otherwise, if we continue to work in the factory cafeteria, we will be squeezed out and unable to work."

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I am going to let you run this dry rice shop."

Lin Jiacheng was shocked for a moment: "What? Leave it to me? Didn't you arrange for someone to come over?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I have arranged for someone to come here, but the people I arranged are all responsible for the kitchen. We still need someone to run the shop, so I plan to hand it over to you, my brother-in-law."

"This..." Lin Jiacheng suddenly stuttered.

He didn't expect that Feng Zhengming would hand over this dry rice shop branch to him.

Originally, Lin Jiacheng was also thinking, after he stopped contracting the canteen, what should he do next?
I have made some money from contracting the canteen in the past few years.

Originally, Lin Jiacheng was planning to start a business, or look for suitable businesses in other places, learn some and bring them back to Quancheng to do.

Now Feng Zhengming has taken the initiative to arrange to hand over the Ganfanpu branch to Lin Jiacheng.

It really made him not know what to say?
Seeing Lin Jiacheng stuttering, Feng Zhengming laughed.

"Brother-in-law, you have contracted a canteen before, so you must have experience. I believe that if I hand over this dry rice shop to you, I will definitely run the branch very well."

Feng Zhengming has his own ideas when it comes to selecting people.

He knew that the branch was at the brewery, so he had to find someone who could handle some of the relationships there.

This person must be good at dealing with people and have a good relationship with some of the employees in the brewery.

The most important thing is that this person must be very familiar with the situation here.

Although Yao Zhenhui's family is from the brewery, he himself is not an employee of the brewery.

Someone in my family works in a brewery, but there is still a layer of relationship between us.

Lin Jiacheng is different. Li Huidong’s eldest sister Li Fenzhen is an employee of the brewery.

Lin Jiacheng used to be a brewery employee and had good connections in the brewery.

In addition, Lin Jiacheng is somewhat famous in the brewery.

Feng Zhengming felt that if the branch was handed over to Lin Jiacheng for management, Lin Jiacheng would be able to handle many small matters well.

Another point is that the eldest senior brother Li Huidong later worked in the kitchen of Huiquanlou.

The restaurant here will definitely take in the people from the previous cafeteria.

Like Zhang Lei and Yang Peng, as well as Zhang Lei's sister-in-law, Yang Peng's wife, and the eldest sister from the eldest brother's wife's hometown in the cafeteria.

Once these people enter the dry rice shop, they may have some conflicts with Yao Zhenhui and the people he brought with him.

If Lin Jiacheng were allowed to run the dry rice shop here.

With Lin Jiacheng around, I believe everyone in the cafeteria will be obedient.

In this way, the dry rice shop branch at the brewery can operate smoothly.

Feng Zhengming doesn't need to worry about the situation here.

Senior brother Li Huidong can also do a good job in the kitchen of Huiquanlou.

Seeing that Lin Jiacheng did not agree to him.

Feng Zhengming smiled and asked, "Brother-in-law, are you asking me what kind of treatment I can give you? I can give you 20% of the dividends from this branch."

When Lin Jiacheng heard this, he suddenly came to his senses.

"No, no, it's obvious that I don't want that much money."

Feng Zhengming waved his hand and said, "Brother-in-law, you deserve the 20% dividend. As long as you run the business well here, the restaurant can make more money, and you will get more dividends."

Such a dividend arrangement can also be regarded as an incentive for Lin Jiacheng.

Just like Feng Zhengming gave the shares of the old shop to his third senior brother, and also gave some shares of Huiquanlou to his eldest senior brother.

Doing this is equivalent to tying all the senior brothers to your car.

The senior brothers will all help run the shop and Huiquanlou very seriously.

Even if Feng Zhengming is not around in the future, there is no need to worry about a decline in reputation.

After a moment of silence, Lin Jiacheng nodded in agreement.

"Okay, since you think highly of me, I will work with you. I promise to run this branch well for you." (End of this chapter)