From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

In the evening, Feng Zhengming fried a few side dishes, drank a little wine with the two grandfathers, and chatted with them.

We also started talking about the warehouse of the old Ganfanpu store.

Grandpa Feng frowned when he heard this: "I really didn't notice this before. Is the warehouse really in such a mess?"

Before Feng Zhengming could speak, Grandpa Situ immediately reminded him: "The warehouse must be taken seriously. If the warehouse is not managed well, it will cause a huge loss."

Feng Zhengming nodded and explained seriously: "I reminded Zhu Xu and Xia Mingye, and I will take time to go over and take a look every day."

Grandpa Feng approved of Feng Zhengming's approach: "Yes, you have to go over and keep an eye on it every day."

"Zhengming, you are really a versatile person. You always find problems in advance and respond in advance." Grandpa Situ couldn't help but praise him.

Feng Zhengming felt a little embarrassed when being praised. He couldn't tell his two grandfathers that these things came from some experiences in another life, right?

After thinking for a moment, he could only explain: "I have learned the lesson of Yan Xilou. Yan Xilou was later contracted out to someone else, and they never let Master interfere in matters of purchasing and storage.

The master later warned us that when we become chefs in the future, we must master the information of purchasing and warehouse. "

This explanation made the two grandfathers accept it immediately.

Grandpa Situ even warned: "You also need to pay attention to purchasing. For example, in addition to the few suppliers who regularly supply you, you also need to have some backup suppliers."

"I know. I have contacted my seniors about this. In addition, I plan to walk around our province in the second half of the year. I also want to visit various places and confirm the origin of some goods in the province, so that I will not be fooled by those suppliers in the future."

Grandpa Feng reminded him: "You have to remember one thing: if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. You can't put too much pressure on the suppliers."

"That's right. Suppliers can't be pressured too much. They need to have enough profit." Grandpa Situ also agreed with this. "After all, you can't go to the place of origin to purchase all the goods yourself, right?"

Feng Zhengming is also clear about this point, and the profits that should be given should be left to the suppliers.

As for purchasing it personally from the place of origin.

Feng Zhengming also had some ideas of his own.

However, the idea cannot be truly implemented now.

We may still have to wait for further development in the domestic market, especially after major infrastructure projects are advanced, when logistics and transportation will be more convenient, and we can consider direct purchases from various places of origin.

Feng Zhengming even has some left, and perhaps he can support the breeding industry himself and supply his own restaurants and hotels in the future.

Of course, these ideas cannot be truly implemented for the time being. We need to slowly accumulate enough capital and wait for a better opportunity.

The two grandfathers enjoyed the meal and drinks very much.

Feng Zhengming has been very busy during this period.

Most of the time, the two grandfathers eat by themselves.

Sometimes Grandpa Feng would just go to the restaurant and have a quick bite.

Today, Feng Zhengming was able to stay at home, cook a few simple side dishes, and accompany the grandfathers for drinks and meals. They had a very comfortable and natural chat, and the two grandfathers were very satisfied.

After dinner, Feng Zhengming packed up, said goodbye to the two grandfathers, and rode his bike out.

Seeing Feng Zhengming riding a bicycle and going out again, the two grandfathers stood in the yard and watched him go away.

They are really satisfied and proud of Feng Zhengming's current achievements.

Feng Zhengming left his grandfather's house on his bicycle and first went to the new dry rice shop near the brewery.

When I got here, I saw that the store had already started cleaning.

Feng Zhengming walked in and shouted, "Hey, they're all sold out so early today?"

Everyone who was cleaning heard the sound and looked up to see Feng Zhengming coming in.

Yang Bin poked his head out from the back kitchen: "Hahaha, why did you suddenly come here? Didn't I tell you this morning that there's no problem with the new store here?"

Feng Zhengming walked in with a smile: "I had dinner with grandpa at home. It's still early, so I came to see him."

Yang Bin asked curiously, "How did you get here?"

Feng Zhengming pointed to the bicycle at the door and said, "Ride a bike."

Yang Bin couldn't help but suggest: "Boss Feng, Chef Feng, and Mr. Feng, you are now the owner of a restaurant and two food stalls. Are you considering buying yourself a car? Don't you feel tired riding a bicycle all day?"

Before Feng Zhengming could speak, his brother-in-law Lin Jiacheng echoed, "That's right, Zhengming, you're such a big boss, it's time to buy a car."

The other people in the store also laughed, but no one interrupted too much.

Feng Zhengming was delighted when he heard this: "Third brother, you want me to buy a car and come here every day, and take you back with me, right?"

After his inner thoughts were revealed, Yang Bin did not hide them.

"Yes, you should also understand me, your third brother. It takes so much time to run back and forth every day, right?"

Seeing that his third brother was not polite to him at all, Feng Zhengming smiled and nodded: "Okay, I've told my third uncle, and he's also helping me contact people. It shouldn't take long to buy the car back."

After hearing this, not only Yang Bin, but everyone else in the new Ganfanpu store also had their faces filled with excitement and anticipation.

Feng Zhengming bought a car, so everyone can ride in it, and learn how to drive.

Yang Bin said with a smile: "Okay, it will be much more convenient for us to travel back and forth after we have a car."

Feng Zhengming then asked curiously, "Why are you closing so early today? Aren't there many people coming out for supper in the factory families' quarters here?"

While cleaning, Yang Bin explained, "It's not the weekend, so not many people come for supper at night. And today is Tuesday, which is the slowest time of the week. So I'm closing early today so that everyone can go home and rest."

My brother-in-law Lin Jiacheng, who is also in charge of this store, agreed: "Yes, let's get off work early tonight so that everyone can go back and rest early."

After hearing what his third brother said, Feng Zhengming understood that his third brother must be tired from traveling back and forth to attend the meeting today.

So since business is slow today, we let everyone go home and have a rest early.

Feng Zhengming had no objection to this.

The new store is now under the control of Lin Jiacheng and the third senior brother.

He completely trusted his third brother and brother-in-law in running the new store.

"That's great. If business is slow, go back and rest early. We should be flexible in doing business. We can't work so hard and end up with only a few tables of customers. It's a waste of time."

Then Feng Zhengming changed his clothes and joined in the cleaning.

Help everyone clean the new store inside and out.

After the cleaning was completed, the service staff left one after another.

The remaining third brother Yang Bin, brother-in-law Lin Jiacheng, and Sun Hai went into the warehouse to take inventory.

Feng Zhengming did not participate too much this time. He just watched his third senior brother, brother-in-law and Sun Hai take inventory quietly.

It can be seen that after Sun Hai became his disciple, the third senior brother was really dedicated to teaching Sun Hai.

Not only did he teach Sun Hai cooking skills, he also taught him many other things in the kitchen. Feng Zhengming waited quietly for his third brother, brother-in-law, and Sun Hai to finish their inventory.

He thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Brother-in-law, Third Brother, are there too many people in the kitchen here? Why don't you let Xiaopeng go to the old store?"

Hearing Feng Zhengming's sudden words, Yang Bin thought about it carefully.

He nodded and said, "Okay, now that I am here with Sun Hai, plus Zhang Lei, Yang Peng, and Yao Zhenhui, there are indeed more people in the kitchen.

There are only Zhu Xu, Xia Mingye and Lao Shen in the old shop, and they bring a few apprentices with them, so there are indeed not enough people.

There are many people having supper there at night, so they will be busier, so it is right to arrange more people to go there. "

Hearing his third senior brother's agreement, Feng Zhengming suddenly smiled and looked at Sun Hai.

"Sun Hai, why don't you go back there too?"

When Sun Hai heard this, he first looked at his master.

Then he refused directly: "Uncle Master, I want to stay with Master and learn more."

Feng Zhengming smiled and nodded: "Okay, then you follow the third brother. When things are stable here, the third brother will go back there, and you can follow him back. At that time, we will transfer a few apprentices over to follow Yao Zhenhui and Zhang Lei."

Yang Bin frowned slightly: "You are at ease leaving the new store's kitchen to them?"

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "I think there is no problem with Lao Yao and Zhang Lei's cooking skills. If we transfer a few apprentices from the old store, they should be able to handle the situation here."

Lin Jiacheng was somewhat worried: "Yao Zhenhui's skills are indeed not bad, but is Lei Zi still a little bit behind?"

Seeing that his brother-in-law was still a little worried, Feng Zhengming gave some guarantees.

"Don't worry, brother-in-law. Lei Zi is my senior apprentice. He has learned from him for so many years. His skills are absolutely trustworthy. If you are worried, I will arrange for another chef to come over."

When third senior brother Yang Bin saw Feng Zhengming make such arrangements, he had already vaguely felt it.

He wanted to get the new store on track and then hand it over to a few people who lived nearby to run it.

For example, the eldest brother’s brother-in-law, Yao Zhenhui and Zhang Lei’s family all live here.

This arrangement actually makes it convenient for them to go to and from get off work in the store.

However, Yang Bin wondered if Feng Zhengming's arrangement would weaken his control over the new store.
Although he was worried about this, Yang Bin didn't say anything in front of Lin Jiacheng.

In fact, Lin Jiacheng had thought about it in his mind, and felt that Feng Zhengming's arrangement was indeed intentional to arrange for the few people living here to be in charge of the new store together.

He thought about it and reminded: "Zhengming, if you arrange it this way, aren't you afraid that you will be sidelined? The new store here is divided among several of us?"

Feng Zhengming was immediately amused when he heard this: "Hahaha, brother-in-law, how can I not trust you?"

As soon as Feng Zhengming said this, Yang Bin suddenly felt that his worries were a bit unnecessary.

He didn't even want to say this.

Lin Jiacheng, the eldest senior brother's brother-in-law, will definitely not let Feng Zhengming suffer any loss.

Sure enough, Lin Jiacheng was quite sincere: "Zhengming, you trust your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law will definitely help you run this shop well."

Feng Zhengming laughed: "Brother-in-law, don't say that. This shop is not only mine, it's also yours, brother-in-law."

This made Lin Jiacheng feel a little embarrassed: "Look at this, my brother-in-law didn't invest much money in this new store, and you gave us shares."

The new store of Feng Zhengming Brewery was given to the eldest brother and the eldest brother's sister with 30% of the shares respectively.

In other words, this new dry food shop in the brewery can also be considered as a shop owned by the eldest brother’s siblings.

When it comes to dividing shares, Feng Zhengming is not stingy at all.

In the old shop, Feng Zhengming also gave his third senior brother 30% of the shares.

Therefore, the third sister-in-law has always been very attentive to the management of the old shop. She collects money and calculates the accounts every day in great detail, and manages the service staff in the shop very well.

The fellow disciples were filled with gratitude towards Feng Zhengming.

If it weren't for him, perhaps the brothers and sisters would have to go their separate ways and struggle on their own.

How could it be like now, where everyone can work together in Quancheng in a vigorous manner?
Feng Zhengming smiled and comforted his brother-in-law: "It's okay, brother-in-law. I can't manage so many stores at the same time. You help me run this store, so you should get shares."

Lin Jiacheng immediately assured: "Don't worry, Zhengming, I will definitely not lose money on this store."

After finishing the inventory count of the new store, Feng Zhengming, his third senior brother, and Sun Hai said goodbye to Lin Jiacheng, and the three of them rode their bicycles back to the old store together.

On the way, Feng Zhengming talked to his third senior brother about purchasing and sorting inventory.

He also told his third senior brother about his suggestion to Zhu Xu and Xia Mingye, asking them to offer some special dishes for some items that had overstock.

After hearing this, Yang Bin also thought that this was a good idea and could be used in the new store.

"That's a good idea. I'll discuss with my brother-in-law about opening a new store. This way, we don't have to worry about encountering cheap goods and not daring to buy more."

Feng Zhengming immediately reminded: "Introducing special dishes is indeed a way to reduce inventory, but you should also be careful not to stock up too much. People still want to eat fresh food when they go to a dry rice shop."

Yang Bin nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, I know, and my brother-in-law must know it too."

Feng Zhengming's next words surprised the third senior brother and Sun Hai.

"Two dry rice shops are still a little too few. We still need to build a new shop. When the time comes, you and your sister-in-law will go there to run the new shop."

Yang Bin was a little surprised: "You want to open a new store?"

Feng Zhengming explained seriously: "Two stores are too few in the whole Quancheng. I want to build my own brand. How can there be only two chain stores? When I can produce more Bazi Rou in the future, I can open more branches."

Sun Hai couldn't help but ask: "Master, how do you manage so many stores?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied: "It's very simple. We just hire someone to manage it."

Yang Bin still felt it was a bit risky.

"If you hire someone to help you manage the business, aren't you afraid that they might steal your knowledge and open their own store?"

Feng Zhengming carefully analyzed the situation to his third brother: "Third brother, as long as we know the recipe of the braised pork, and the chefs in the kitchen can make the arrangements, we can also make the arrangements ourselves.

The people we hire only need to be responsible for operations and service matters, and we can even centralize purchasing from several stores.

Even if they learn something and open their own store, it is impossible for them to be more famous than our chain store.”

After Feng Zhengming's analysis, Yang Bin and Sun Hai both felt that it was indeed feasible.

Feng Zhengming raised his head and looked up at the night sky: "In the future, we will not only operate the most authentic and best Shandong cuisine restaurant, we will also create our own fast food chain in China."

At this moment, looking at Feng Zhengming's high-spirited spirit.

Yang Bin and Sun Hai have already felt the gap between them. (End of this chapter)