From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Feng Zhengming's plan also won the support of provincial leaders.

In particular, the old masters were very supportive of Feng Zhengming's plan.

For the old masters, they hope to standardize the restaurants and hotels serving Shandong cuisine.

The old masters had similar ideas in the past, but unfortunately when they were young, they were secretly competing with each other, so they couldn't come up with a unified solution.

Nowadays, the old masters have reached a certain age and have gained enough respect.

But for the old masters, there are more concerns.

Such as some of their respective students, and some restaurants and hotels they each run.

These will become obstacles for the masters to set standards.

Now Feng Zhengming has proposed such a plan.

Naturally, the old masters are very impressed.

Especially since Feng Zhengming is the national top scorer and is also the president of the new Chefs Association.

With official endorsement, there is almost no obstacle for him to push this matter forward.

After all, the national cooking competition has been held for three sessions, and so far only Feng Zhengming, a Shandong cuisine chef, has won the top prize.

Therefore, Feng Zhengming has absolute authority in Shandong cuisine, not to mention in the whole country.

He took the lead and then called several old masters together.

A comprehensive set of standards for chefs, restaurants and hotels has been formulated.

It will inevitably become a standard that all Shandong cuisine chefs must accept and follow.

Moreover, Feng Zhengming’s plan does more than simply set standards.

He also plans to publish a Shandong cuisine magazine under the leadership of the provincial Chefs Association.

Publish the standards in a magazine.

And also list the restaurants and hotels that meet the standards.

This naturally plays a role of supervision and motivation.

Master Cui suddenly smiled and asked, "Zhengming, did you draw on a foreign restaurant recommendation guide for this idea?"

The provincial leaders were curious: "What kind of restaurant recommendation guide is this?"

Several chefs have also traveled abroad to exchange culinary skills.

So they almost all know that foreign restaurant recommendation guide.

Master Cui gave some explanation to several leaders.

After listening to Master Cui’s explanation, several leaders felt that it was indeed very similar to Feng Zhengming’s plan.

Feng Zhengming did not evade the question and said directly: "Master Cui is right, I did refer to that foreign restaurant recommendation guide.

However, I did not follow its complete reference because that restaurant recommendation guide focused more on the restaurant's location, decoration and layout, as well as some of the restaurant's services.

On the contrary, I don’t care much about the chef’s cooking skills.

And that is a foreign standard, I don’t think it is suitable for our domestic use.”

Hearing what Feng Zhengming said, several old masters smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Some people once hoped to introduce the restaurant recommendation guide to China, thinking that it would better connect with the international community and allow foreigners to understand our dining culture."

"Yes, but we were quite opposed to it at the time because their judging criteria were not suitable for us."

"Yes, there are many differences between the cooking methods abroad and our country, including the taste preferences are also different."

“So the stuff that was brought in shouldn’t be used in the country.”

Seeing that several veteran masters agreed with his point of view, Feng Zhengming turned the topic back to his own plan.

“But there are still many people who hope that the restaurant recommendation guide can be introduced into China. I think we should first customize our own set of standards before it is introduced into China.

Let our standards be promoted first and become a guide for many people to choose good restaurants, hotels and good chefs. "

At this time, Master Su smiled and said to the other masters.

"Look, I told you before that Zhengming is a very ambitious kid."

The old masters also laughed, and everyone could see that Feng Zhengming was indeed very ambitious.

Feng Zhengming was exposed, so he just spoke out his thoughts.

“Master Su is right. I do have ambitions. My ambition is that we should protect our own cooking skills and food culture instead of waiting for others to define our own things.

So I borrowed from that foreign restaurant recommendation guide and made our own recommendation guide first.

We not only recommend restaurants and hotels, we also introduce chefs and recommend our excellent Shandong cuisine chefs to others.

There are also magazines published by our provincial chefs association, where some recipes can be made public.

Teach everyone how to make some classic traditional dishes at home.”

Feng Zhengming spoke out all his thoughts in one go.

The leaders and masters present were all dumbfounded.

No one really expected that Feng Zhengming would have such a bold idea.

But if you think about his ideas carefully, you will find that they are quite exciting.

If all these can be achieved as Feng Zhengming envisioned.

Everyone can feel that Shandong cuisine will be inherited, developed and promoted very well in the future.

Because there is a set of standards that everyone can see to judge.

This is the best motivation for every restaurant owner and every chef in the kitchen.

If your restaurant or wine shop wants to be featured in the recommended guide.

Then you must do it well and gain the recognition of customers.

Be able to master the cooking techniques of Shandong cuisine.

You also have to be able to make the food really delicious.

Master Cui pointed out with a smile: "By then, the recommended guidelines in the Chefs Association's magazine will not only be recommendations, but also a curse on the heads of all restaurant and hotel owners and chefs."

The old masters also agree with this point, and feel that having such a tight ring can supervise restaurants, hotels and chefs.

Several leaders from the province saw that the old masters all agreed with Feng Zhengming's plan.

So I agreed to support Feng Zhengming in publishing such a magazine.

With the support of the province, Feng Zhengming became more confident.

"Thank you for the support from the leadership, and thank you for the support from my uncles, uncles and masters. I will definitely work hard to make this magazine a good one, and strive to make the recommended guide attached to the magazine a fair benchmark for our Shandong cuisine."

Feng Zhengming's statement made everyone present very satisfied.

The provincial leaders encouraged him to do it boldly and said that the province would fully support him.

End of the small meeting with provincial leaders and old masters.

Feng Zhengming left with the masters.

After walking out, Master Yan finally spoke.

"Zhengming, your idea is very good, and it can indeed better inherit and develop our Shandong cuisine, but there is one thing you must be mentally prepared for.

If you do things in such a drastic way, you will inevitably offend a lot of people, and a lot of people will put pressure on you.

So you have to be mentally prepared to withstand pressure from all sides, even from us old guys."

After Master Yan said this, several other masters nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Zhengming, you are facing a lot of pressure." "For many years, people have become accustomed to many things. If you want to change them, there will definitely be people who say no."

"So Zhengming, you not only have to do well yourself, you also need to figure out how to deal with your opponent."

"Zhengming, you have to work hard. If you need anything, we old guys will support you."

After listening to the masters' words, Feng Zhengming responded confidently with a smile on his face.

"Master, my fellow uncles and aunts, don't worry, since I want to do this, I will definitely stick to it and do it well.

No matter who the pressure is from, no matter who I have to offend, I will not be afraid, I will definitely stick to it. "

Master Cui smiled and asked, "What if a few of us old guys put pressure on you?"

Feng Zhengming responded with a serious face: "If you insist on putting pressure on me, then I can only offend you."

After receiving this answer, several masters immediately said "OK".

Feng Zhengming then lowered his voice and told the masters an important part of his plan.

"Next, I will start opening branches all over the province. Not only branches of dry rice shops, but also restaurants and hotels. I will implement my set of standards in my branches, restaurants and hotels.

So if you, Master, Uncle, and Uncle, don’t follow my standards, then in the future my branches, restaurants, and hotels will take away all of your business.”

After hearing Feng Zhengming's domineering words, the old masters looked at each other in surprise.

Then all the masters burst into laughter.

Everyone was quite satisfied with Feng Zhengming's back-up plan.

Feng Zhengming himself did it according to the standards first.

With his reputation as a top scholar, his dry rice shop branches, restaurants and hotels will surely be sought after by many people.

It will soon become a truly top-notch presence in the catering markets of various places.

By then, if other restaurants and hotels do not follow his standards.

Then most of the business will be taken away.

You may even be criticized by customers.

Who doesn't care about their reputation?

Therefore, with Feng Zhengming's own restaurants and restaurants, other restaurants and restaurants will be forced to follow suit and all must comply with the standards he sets.

This move really makes even the old masters admire it.

Master Su smiled and said to Master Yan: "Old Yan, you have taught a very terrible apprentice."

Master Yan's face was full of pride: "Don't say that, I will listen to him in my own restaurant from now on."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the old masters laughed again.

After saying goodbye to the masters, Feng Zhengming still rode away on his bicycle.

Watching Feng Zhengming riding his bicycle away.

The old masters couldn't help but sigh.

"This kid is still riding a bicycle. With his achievements, if it were someone else, he would have driven a car long ago."

"At least I'll get a motorcycle."

"This kid is really impeccable."

"With him here, Shandong cuisine will surely develop better and better."

The old masters are full of expectations for Feng Zhengming and hope to see him lead the development of Shandong cuisine to a better and better level.

This is what the master chefs have been immersed in Shandong cuisine for many years and have always hoped to achieve.

However, the rise of other cuisines in recent years has caused Shandong cuisine to gradually decline in other parts of the country.

The masters must be anxious, but they are also somewhat helpless.

But now with Feng Zhengming, the old masters see hope.

A hope that Shandong cuisine can be better inherited and developed.

The old masters are all looking forward to the day when Feng Zhengming's plan will be successful.

Feng Zhengming rode his bicycle all the way back to Huiquanlou.

During this period of time, he has been teaching apprentices in Xindian and has not been to Huiquanlou. Today he happened to come to see if there have been any changes in Huiquanlou in recent days.

What surprised Feng Zhengming was that Huiquanlou actually hosted the wedding banquet today.

Seeing the festive decorations in front of the door, Feng Zhengming was a little hesitant about whether to go in.

In the end, Feng Zhengming simply went around the alley outside the kitchen and entered the kitchen directly from another door.

Stepping into the kitchen, they were busy preparing the wedding banquet dishes.

Feng Zhengming quietly slipped in and first looked at some of the dishes prepared for the wedding banquet.

After careful observation, Feng Zhengming was still very satisfied.

Although the amount of food served at the wedding banquet was indeed large, judging from the various dishes prepared, they were all prepared very well in advance, and you could tell from the looks of it that the ingredients were very good.

Just at this moment, Xia Hui walked over here and bumped into Feng Zhengming head-on.

"Chef, why are you back?"

Xia Hui's exclamation startled everyone in the kitchen.

The next moment, everyone in the kitchen looked at Feng Zhengming.

Facing everyone's gaze, Feng Zhengming smiled and waved to everyone.

"I went to the province for a meeting and passed by here on my way back, so I came in to take a look. It's okay, everyone go about your business and don't worry about me."

Then everyone immediately went back to their own business, but everyone still looked at Feng Zhengming secretly, intentionally or unintentionally.

With him around, it's natural that there's a lot of pressure on everyone in the kitchen.

Senior brother Li Huidong came over quickly.

"Why did you come in through the back door?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied to his senior brother: "I can't help it. Isn't there a wedding banquet in front? I can't steal the limelight from the bride and groom."

Li Huidong asked Xia Hui to go back and get busy first, while he chatted with Feng Zhengming for a few words.

"How was it? Was your proposal approved at the meeting?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, it passed, and I became the president."

Li Huidong was a little surprised: "You became the president? To replace Master Cui? Then, what about the interim Xu Deqing?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied: "He will continue to be the vice president."

Li Huidong asked: "Is he dissatisfied?"

"Not convinced? How about letting him compete with me? Or he can also get the national champion?"

Hearing his junior brother say this, Li Huidong couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, you can't be so humble when you say this. If the master were here, he would definitely scold you."

Feng Zhengming expressed his thoughts to his senior brother with a serious face.

"Brother, I must make good use of my current status. I am the top scholar in the country and also the president of the provincial association. If someone is not convinced, I can only force him to accept it.

Only in this way can I do what I want to do and better develop our Shandong cuisine.”

Li Huidong did not ask any specific questions, he just nodded to express his support for his junior brother.

"Okay, just go ahead and do it. We will definitely support you with all our strength."

The senior brother's support without asking anything warmed Feng Zhengming's heart and gave him more confidence. (End of this chapter)