From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

After purchasing a suitable shop, Feng Zhengming quickly gave some of his own designs for the branch.

Originally, Sixth Brother wanted to find a local decoration team in Yancheng to help with the decoration.

As a result, the quote from the local decoration team in Yancheng was a bit high, and after looking at the drawings designed by Feng Zhengming, the other party said that there were some places they could not decorate.

Feng Zhengming immediately called the Liu family who were renovating several stores in Quancheng.

The call was made to Liu Jiasheng, who answered the phone and listened to what Feng Zhengming said.

He immediately agreed on the phone: "Hahaha, sure, if our top scholar asks, we can definitely do it. I'll notify Yong Gang and the others to come over right away."

Feng Zhengming first expressed his gratitude on the phone, and also said that he would give more money if Liu Yonggang and others could come over.

Liu Jiasheng immediately said on the phone: "You don't have to pay more. Feng Zhuangyuan, you still want us to help you with the decoration, which means you think highly of us. After Yong Gang and his team go there, you can also recruit some people locally.

Then we can open a branch there and take on some decoration work there in the future.

After all, they have renovated our Zhuangyuan store, so it will definitely be easier for us to enter the local market.”

After hearing this, Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "Looking at it this way, I seem to have suffered a loss?"

Liu Jiasheng immediately said, "How can we let our top scholar suffer a loss? You can rest assured that the decoration branch over there will give you shares when the time comes."

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "You are joking, Uncle Sheng, how can I take your shares? I don't know anything about decoration."

When Liu Jiasheng saw that Feng Zhengming didn't want the shares, he immediately changed his tone.

"Then, Zhuangyuan, you only need to pay for the cost of the materials, and we will cover all the decoration costs for you."

When Feng Zhengming heard this, he immediately understood Liu Jiasheng's plan.

I have to say that Liu Jiasheng is indeed a very good businessman.

He is going to contract the decoration of all Feng Zhengming's stores.

And he didn't want Feng Zhengming to pay.

The purpose was to use Feng Zhengming's name to advertise for their village decoration company.

With a living signboard like Feng Zhengming, I'm afraid many restaurants and hotels will ask them to do their decoration in the future.

Feng Zhengming thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Sheng, I should still pay for the renovation. I can't let people think that you guys decorated it for me for free and that I'm bragging about it because I got some benefits from you."

After hearing what Feng Zhengming said, Liu Jiasheng also expressed his opinion directly.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhuangyuan, we will definitely not use your name to elevate ourselves, and no matter who we decorate for, we will ensure the quality and quantity of the work."

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "Uncle Sheng, if you think we are still friends, then you must accept the decoration fee."

Seeing Feng Zhengming's insistence, Liu Jiasheng on the other end of the phone had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, we'll take the renovation fee. Don't worry, I won't let them advertise outside under your name."

After hearing this, Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "Uncle Sheng, to be honest, you are not deceiving people under my name. I did ask you to help me decorate my store."

Liu Jiasheng was stunned when he heard this.

But he immediately understood what Feng Zhengming meant.

"Hahaha, Zhengming, don't worry. I can assure you that no matter whose house we decorate for, we will definitely guarantee the quality and will never tarnish your title of No. 1."

Liu Jiasheng understood what Feng Zhengming meant.

They can tell others that the decoration company has decorated Feng Zhengming’s store.

But you can’t just label them as the top store decoration company.

It seems that the two sentences are very similar.

But in fact, the feeling it gives to others is different.

If they are a decoration company exclusively for top scholar, there may be many stores that want to renovate their shops because of Feng Zhengming's title of top scholar.

But if we just state the facts, saying that they had decorated Feng Zhengming's store.

When other people ask them to do their decoration, they will consider whether they can also get the same treatment from their decoration company as Feng Zhengming, the top scholar?

With this in mind, many shop owners will definitely have more considerations when deciding whether to hire Liujiacun’s decoration team for their renovations.

It’s not that Feng Zhengming doesn’t trust the abilities of Liu Yonggang and others.

But people’s hearts are different.

After all, Feng Zhengming doesn't know anything about decoration, so it's impossible for him to provide any quality guarantee to others.

After the discussion, Feng Zhengming talked to Luo Qing and his sixth brother and sister-in-law after hanging up the phone.

After listening to Feng Zhengming's narration, Sixth Senior Brother nodded in agreement with his approach.

"Zhengming, you are right. We can't let them not charge you for the renovation. We don't know anything about renovation. If you really take the shares and something goes wrong, it will affect you."

The Sixth Sister-in-law also nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, you can't just advertise to others casually."

Luo Qing took the opportunity to ask about the seasoning company in Hongcheng.

Feng Zhengming smiled and responded: "That doesn't matter. I have already made an agreement with them. He will invest in us to open a factory, and we can see all kinds of production."

The Sixth Senior Brother immediately responded: "That's great. Now that we have our own seasoning factory, we can better control the flavor of the store in the future."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, and I plan to let him invest in our Qilu's own seasoning factory to support the old factory. This will better continue and improve some of the old factory's processes and better ensure quality."

Luo Qing added: "It can also solve some employment problems in old factories."

Hearing Luo Qing's addition, Sixth Sister-in-law nodded: "It really is killing two birds with one stone."

With everyone brainstorming together, many problems seem to be easily solved.

In the next few days, Feng Zhengming drove with his sixth senior brother to travel around Yancheng.

In particular, I made several trips to the villages around Yancheng.

This process is to select suitable suppliers for this branch.

Feng Zhengming opened a branch in Yancheng in order to ensure quality while keeping prices relatively affordable.

Then you should skip the middlemen as much as possible and purchase from the source.

Of course, in addition to purchasing matters, Feng Zhengming also visited and investigated some of Yancheng’s specialty snacks, preparing to select some to introduce to the Yancheng branch.

After running around for a few days, Feng Zhengming finally found a suitable supplier.

This ensures that the purchasing prices of various raw materials for the Yancheng branch are not high.

We also selected some special snacks from Yancheng.

Feng Zhengming and his sixth senior brother made some minor improvements and prepared to introduce them all to the Yancheng branch.

This busy time made Feng Zhengming feel as if he had regained the feeling when he first opened the store.

Wait for Liu Yonggang and his decoration team to arrive.

After getting Feng Zhengming's drawings, Liu Yonggang was a little troubled.

"Zhuangyuan, many places in your blueprint are really difficult to install."

Feng Zhengming smiled and asked, "It's okay. Brother Gang, take a look at the parts that are difficult to install. We can discuss and modify them together. As long as the overall effect is achieved, it's fine."

Liu Yonggang took the drawings and discussed with the construction team.

Finally, Liu Yonggang came back and agreed.

"Okay, we've discussed it. No need to change it. Just decorate it for you according to our top scholar's requirements."

Feng Zhengming laughed after hearing this: "Hahaha, thank you, Brother Gang."

He looked at the others and said, "Thank you, fellow countrymen."

Feng Zhengming also said that he would find a place for Liu Yonggang and others to live.

Liu Yonggang said they had already found a place to live. "Hahaha, Feng Zhuangyuan, you don't have to worry. We found a place before we came. There are people from our village here, as well as my uncle Sheng's branch. Uncle Sheng arranged it for us in advance.

We have a place to live, but as for food, I still hope you can solve it for us, Mr. Zhuangyuan.

The main reason is that we are used to eating the boxed lunches in your store, Zhuangyuan, and we are not used to eating anything else."

When Feng Zhengming heard this, he immediately smiled and agreed.

"Hahaha, that's no problem. I'll arrange it for you. Although my store isn't open yet, my Sixth Senior Brother has a restaurant here. I'll have him prepare lunch boxes and send them over for you."

After hearing this, Liu Yonggang and others all agreed happily.

Just as Feng Zhengming and Liu Yonggang were discussing some decoration details.

Suddenly a group of people broke into the shop that Feng Zhengming had just bought.

"Where are you from? Are you here to steal our jobs? Do you know the rules?"

Feng Zhengming raised his head upon hearing this and glanced at the person who was leading the shouting and questioning.

It turned out to be the decoration team that Feng Zhengming and his team had found locally.

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After Feng Zhengming talked to the other party, the other party was unwilling to decorate according to Feng Zhengming's own design.

It's obvious that he finds it troublesome, so he makes an excuse to get out of it.

The other party originally thought that Feng Zhengming would add money, or change the decoration style, and then ask them to do the decoration.

But the other party waited for more than half a month, and Feng Zhengming did not come to them again.

I received news today that Feng Zhengming has found someone else to do the renovation.

So the people from the local decoration team came over immediately.

Just by looking at the other person, Feng Zhengming guessed what he was thinking.

"You'd better leave immediately. It's my freedom to decide who to decorate the store. I bought the store with my own money. It's my business how and who to decorate the store."

When the other party heard Feng Zhengming say this, they all showed dissatisfaction on their faces.

The leader shouted rudely: "What are you talking about? This is Yancheng, why don't you go out and ask around? Everyone in this area knows that you have to find us for renovation?

You just randomly found a decoration team from another place and asked them to decorate your place. This is breaking our rules. Do you understand?"

Feng Zhengming was not polite at all: "I don't know what the rules are. Since I bought this store, the decoration is my own business. Your rules are useless to me."

Seeing that Feng Zhengming refused to give in, the leader felt a little annoyed.

But at this moment, someone next to him looked at Feng Zhengming carefully and suddenly recognized Feng Zhengming.

The people who recognized Feng Zhengming quickly reached out and grabbed the leader who was about to take action.

"Don't move. Look carefully. Does he look like the top scholar who teaches cooking on TV?"

The leader was angry and shook off the hand that was holding him.

"What do you mean by top scholar or not? If we let them do the renovation here, how can we survive in this area in the future? Come on, teach them a lesson."

But the person who recognized Feng Zhengming quickly stopped everyone.

"Don't even make a move."

After calling everyone over, the other party looked at Feng Zhengming and asked, "Excuse me, are you the champion of the national cooking competition, Chef Feng?"

Feng Zhengming looked at the other person, then nodded calmly.

"There's no need to hide this from you. I'm Feng Zhengming, the top winner of the national cooking competition."

Then Feng Zhengming continued his introduction in front of this group of stunned people.

"I bought this store and was planning to open a branch in Yancheng. I didn't expect you Yancheng people to be so fierce. You keep talking about your territory. Who are you? What do you mean by your territory?"

When everyone heard Feng Zhengming introduce himself, they all looked at each other and dared not take any action.

They never thought that they would meet Feng Zhengming, the top scholar, in Yancheng.

During this period, a program in which Feng Zhengming teaches cooking has begun to be broadcast on TV.

People in the province and even other places also got to know and become familiar with Feng Zhengming through TV programs.

Especially the witty and humorous words in his show.

And how serious he is when teaching how to cook.

It really makes a lot of people like watching the show.

Some people even watch Feng Zhengming's cooking programs to eat with them.

The TV station also received many letters, almost all of which praised Feng Zhengming for his good teaching.

Many people wrote to say that after learning from Feng Zhengming, their family members began to like the dishes they cooked.

As a result, Feng Zhengming became famous throughout the province and even the country.

This time is different from before.

His previous fame may have been short-lived.

That is to say, when he appears on TV, everyone will probably remember him and praise him for his good craftsmanship as the top scholar.

But now, there is a cooking program every day.

This is what is constantly deepening everyone's impression of Feng Zhengming.

Many people who had never paid attention to Feng Zhengming before also started to pay more attention to him through the show.

There are even many young girls and women who cook at home who like to watch Feng Zhengming's program very much and feel that they can really learn something.

With such a great fame, the people in the Yancheng Decoration Team had heard of him even if they had not watched the show.

If they were asked to attack Feng Zhengming again, this group of people would really not dare to do so.

The leader hesitated for a moment and could only smile and say, "Yes, I'm sorry, I, I really didn't know you were the top scholar."

Feng Zhengming asked back: "If I wasn't the top scholar, would you have planned to smash my store today?"

The leader quickly explained: "No, no, we are just here to scare you."

Feng Zhengming continued to ask: "It seems like you have scared others a lot?"

This question stumped the leader and other members of the decoration team.

Liu Yonggang couldn't help but speak up: "He must be a repeat offender. We should call the police to see if the local police will do anything about it. If they don't, we should expose him."

This statement scared the whole group of people.

Then he quickly begged for mercy from Feng Zhengming and others.

"Don't call the police, please, we really don't dare to do it."

"Yes, yes, we won't dare to do that again."

"We have no choice. We just want to have a job and earn some money."

It can be seen that this group of people may not actually dare to take action.

Especially the leaders who shouted that they were going to take action, but they actually didn't have anything in their hands.

However, Feng Zhengming did not let these people go.

It just so happened that there were not many people with Liu Yonggang's group, so Feng Zhengming asked the local decoration team who came to cause trouble to stay and help.

"You come here every day and work with me. Remember, you do whatever they tell you to do. Don't cheat or I will call the police at any time.

Then we will provide you with two meals a day, lunch and dinner, and your wages will depend on how well you do your job."

The group of people looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded in agreement. (End of this chapter)