From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

After finalizing the decoration of the new store in Yancheng, Feng Zhengming handed over the rest of the matters to Liu Yonggang and others.

Asked Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law to take some time to visit Xindian.

Then, Feng Zhengming drove Luo Qing to the next stop.

Feng Zhengming and his team’s next stop is the island city.

There are three things to do when going to the island city.

The first thing is to contact Senior Brother Gao to discuss the matter of the island city branch.

In Feng Zhengming's design, he will arrange everything himself for the island city branch.

Because the island city has an international seaport, Feng Zhengming plans to use the island city's international seaport to make his store in the island city known to more people overseas.

It is better to create enough fame for your store.

Another point is that Feng Zhengming wants Gu Zhicheng to come back to manage the store in the island city.

Therefore, we also need to give Gu Zhicheng enough support.

After all, Gu Zhicheng has honed his skills very well in Huiquanlou.

Let him hone his skills in the Ganfanpu branch, and if he opens a restaurant in the island city later, he will definitely be trained to be the head chef.

The second thing Feng Zhengming wanted to do was to open up a transportation channel from the island city to the spring city.

Afterwards, some high-end ingredients from overseas can be transported to Quancheng through the island city’s international seaport.

The third thing is to further screen a group of young chefs.

It can be regarded as helping Gu Zhicheng build a team in advance.

Of course, I went to the island city with Luo Qing because Luo Qing still had some things to deal with.

For a long period of time last year, Luo Qing was in the island city, helping her uncle's company negotiate overseas trade.

Next, Luo Qing will return to Quancheng to prepare for their wedding with Feng Zhengming.

So I may not be able to come to the island city for a while.

She needs to hand over some of the island city's previous affairs.

Introduce the new person arranged by Uncle San to the trading partner that was negotiated with before.

In this way, after Luo Qing leaves, Uncle San's company's business will not be affected.

Luo Qing could then return to Quancheng with Feng Zhengming with peace of mind.

From Yancheng to Daocheng, Feng Zhengming drove all the way, and he and Luo Qing passed some routes that he had not taken before on foot.

The two of them still acted like a young couple on a road trip, driving slowly and playing along the way.

It took about another week for Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing to arrive at the island city.

After arriving in the island city, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing first went to their uncle’s branch in the island city.

What the two didn't expect was that Uncle San was actually waiting for them here.

When Feng Jiandong saw the two of them, his face immediately broke into a smile.

"Did you two enjoy your trip? Is the car driving okay?"

Feng Zhengming nodded and smiled in response: "The car is indeed very good. We had a good time on this trip. The most important thing is that I have already finalized the branch store in Yancheng with Sixth Senior Brother."

Uncle San asked curiously, "Has the branch in Yancheng started business?"

Luo Qing shook her head: "Not yet, they are renovating it. Zhengming designed the decoration of the store himself. The local decoration team in Yancheng couldn't do it, so he contacted the decoration team in Liujia Village to go there."

Uncle San laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, those people from the Liu family have really become your exclusive decoration team?"

"Not really. For example, they won't have enough time to come over and renovate the branch in Island City."

Uncle San nodded in agreement after hearing this: "That's true. They are a bit overwhelmed in Island City."

Then the uncle asked again: "Who are you going to find to decorate the island city?"

Feng Zhengming told his uncle his thoughts with a smile.

"I'm going to let Senior Brother Gao find someone to do the decoration. Anyway, Gu Zhicheng will be back to run the island city, so I'll provide the decoration drawings and ask Senior Brother Gao to help find someone."

Uncle San nodded: "Sure, Gao Fengyi still has a lot of connections in the island city."

Luo Qing then asked: "Uncle San, what about my job?"

Uncle San smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry about that. I have asked someone to take over. If you are worried, you can contact the other party in the next few days to wrap up the matter."

Then the uncle made a promise: "Don't worry, this order is still yours, and no one else can take away your credit."

Luo Qing explained: "Uncle San, I'm not trying to compete for the credit."

Without waiting for his uncle to explain, Feng Zhengming smiled and took Luo Qing's hand to comfort her.

"Don't be anxious, Third Uncle didn't mean that. Third Uncle was just joking with you."

Feng Jiandong smiled and nodded: "Yes, Third Uncle is joking with you. I know you are not trying to get credit. You are worried that someone will be replaced in the middle of the project and the deal will not be concluded in the end."

Luo Qing agreed: "Yes."

Uncle San continued, "Don't worry, you've already negotiated the project. They really want something, so they won't give up just because someone else has changed."

When Luo Qing heard what her uncle said, she felt relieved but still not completely at ease.

Feng Zhengming saw Luo Qing's worry, so he told his uncle that he would accompany Luo Qing to complete the final part of the negotiation.

Uncle San had no objection to this. He let the two of them rest for a night and he would take them with him tomorrow.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing did have a hard time.

Not to mention Feng Zhengming who was driving, even Luo Qing who was sitting in the car felt very tired along the way.

So the two of them slept soundly in the hotel at night.

No one came to disturb the two of them.

After waking up, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing went with their uncle to the place agreed upon with the other party to discuss the matter.

During the entire process, Feng Zhengming hardly ever opened his mouth to interrupt.

He was very clear that it would be better to leave the areas he was not so familiar with to his uncle San and Luo Qing.

Luo Qing did gain a lot of experience in her uncle's company.

Now she can remain very calm even when facing foreigners.

Feng Zhengming was listening at the side and could tell that Luo Qing had done a lot of preliminary preparation.

Even though some time had passed since the Chinese New Year, Luo Qing could still accurately tell the strengths and weaknesses of the other side and her own side.

You can firmly grasp the right to speak in the entire negotiation.

Finally, Luo Qing argued for it.

The other party can only make some concessions.

The deal was concluded very smoothly.

There was no need for Luo Qing to even hand over to others.

Afterwards, Uncle San couldn't help but praise him in front of Feng Zhengming.

“Zhengming, your wife really has the aura of a strong woman now. I thought we couldn’t reach an agreement today. I may have to follow up on it myself next.

I didn't expect that she could remember all the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent and knew how to exploit the opponent's weaknesses to give us an advantage."

Luo Qing looked at Feng Zhengming with a smug smile on her face.

She looked so proud, as if she was a little girl showing off to her family after getting full marks in the exam.

Feng Zhengming smiled and praised: "You performed very well. You are already a strong woman."

After praising her like this, Feng Zhengming then asked, "Can I prepare to go home and retire in advance? I'll wait for you to support me in the future." When asked this question, Luo Qing was not afraid at all, and still proudly said, "Sure, you can make delicious food for me at home in the future."

Luo Qing's response made Feng Zhengming and his uncle laugh.

The group walked out smiling.

Feng Zhengming held Luo Qing's hand and said, "When I can't work anymore, I'll go home and eat my daughter's food."

Uncle San echoed, "I think it's okay. Xiao Luo will definitely be a strong woman."

Luo Qing finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"Uncle San, don't make trouble for him. He doesn't want to go home and live off his wife. He still cares about his kitchen. He will definitely work hard to make all the branches better and then build a better restaurant."

Feng Jiandong nodded: "I know, I'm still looking forward to what his better restaurant will look like in the future?"

Feng Zhengming smiled confidently: "I won't keep you guys waiting too long, Uncle San."

At noon, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing accompanied their uncle to entertain foreigners who came to negotiate trade.

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During the dinner, Feng Zhengming also exchanged some Chinese and foreign cooking concepts with foreigners.

In front of foreigners, Feng Zhengming was quite direct in his expression.

"Compared to French food, I appreciate Italian food more. They are similar to Chinese food in many ways."

Hearing Feng Zhengming say this, several foreigners found it a little unbelievable.

They didn't expect that Feng Zhengming, a top Shandong cuisine chef in China, also knew about the different factions of foreign Western cuisine.

Even later, I heard Feng Zhengming talk in detail about some Italian specialties.

It really shocked the foreigners.

"When it comes to Italian food, many people may think of pasta and pizza first, but in fact, Italian food uses more pork, beef and lamb, and many cooking methods are similar to ours."

"There are also some beef offal in Italian cuisine, a way of stewing beef offal that is completely different from ours, and the flavor is more unique."

Feng Zhengming's words stunned the foreigners present.

In fact, it was obvious that several foreigners did not have much contact with Italian food in their daily lives.

They should still be exposed to more French cuisine.

Now when they heard Feng Zhengming mention Italian food, and he spoke so eloquently about it, it was obvious that he knew more about it than they did.

Foreigners always find it hard to believe.

After all, China is quite far away from Italy.

But although Feng Zhengming has never been abroad, he still knows so much about Italian cuisine.

It really seems incredible to foreigners.

Feng Zhengming saw that the other party didn't know much about Italian food, so he took the opportunity to bring the topic back to French food.

"Oh, there should be a famous dish in your place, braised oxtail, which is a more typical dish in your overseas countries, right?"

Back to the topic, the foreigners were obviously more interesting to talk about.

So next, they also talked a lot with Feng Zhengming.

There are indeed some different ways to cook braised oxtail.

Speaking of the butter used, Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "The butter you use is often lard in Chinese cuisine, which is also to add the flavor of fat. Of course, it is different from butter."

Then he mentioned some ingredients in Western food.

Feng Zhengming immediately took over the conversation: "There are three things that must be in Western food: onions, celery, and carrots."

This statement made foreigners nod their heads and agree that it was correct.

“Western cuisine uses these three ingredients to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor of various ingredients, which is somewhat similar to how we use scallions and ginger.

I will also learn this. Now when I cook some dishes, I will also add these three ingredients to better remove the unpleasant odors and add some fruit and vegetable flavors. "

After Feng Zhengming talked like this, foreigners had a completely different impression of him, the national top scholar.

At this moment, several foreigners felt that Feng Zhengming really understood.

And he will combine the excellent aspects of Western cuisine with the excellent aspects of Chinese cuisine.

It’s really just to make the dishes more delicious.

Finally, Feng Zhengming said: "We have a saying in China that food has no fixed taste, only what tastes good is precious."

I explained it to the foreigners again: "It means that there is no fixed taste for whether a dish is delicious or not. The dish that best suits your taste is the good dish in your eyes."

After this explanation, foreigners nodded in agreement.

Feng Zhengming continued: "So, we shouldn't pursue that every dish will be accepted by everyone, because we need to adjust the taste of our dishes according to other people's tastes."

The foreigners were quite happy after this chat.

Everyone raised their glasses and drank happily.

After the meal, several foreigners said that they were looking forward to Feng Zhengming opening a restaurant in the island city and that they would patronize it.

Feng Zhengming welcomed him: "Okay, when we open, everyone is welcome to come."

Send the foreigners back to their hotels first.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing walked hand in hand along the seaside road in the island city.

Looking at the seaside scenery and feeling the sea breeze.

Luo Qing couldn't help but praise Feng Zhengming.

"You are amazing. You can talk so much about food with foreigners. I think they are full of admiration for you."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "In fact, everyone admires the strong, so we have to show our ability to convince them, so that they can be completely convinced."

Luo Qing smiled and said, "Then you are the strongest now."

Feng Zhengming shook his head: "I am not the strongest yet, I still need some time to accumulate strength."

Luo Qing asked curiously, "Is it because you are not old enough? You need to be as old as Master and the others to become the strongest?"

Feng Zhengming shook his head again: "It doesn't take that long. When I say time accumulation, I don't mean age. I mean I need time to integrate more things better."

Without waiting for Luo Qing to speak again, Feng Zhengming looked at the sea in the distance.

"Just like the ocean, I need to be able to accommodate all rivers and truly embrace all Chinese delicacies. Only then can I be considered the strongest."

Luo Qing believed Feng Zhengming: "I believe you can do it."

Feng Zhengming smiled and hugged Luo Qing in his arms.

This trip is from Quancheng to Yancheng, and then from Yancheng to Daocheng.

The two of them appreciate the different scenery of Qilu together.

The two hearts are truly closer.

Nowadays, many times, two people don’t need to be very direct with each other on many things.

They can clearly feel each other's thoughts.

You will also be more understanding of the other person's efforts.

At least Luo Qing is now more willing to put aside everything else and stay with Feng Zhengming, so that she can help Feng Zhengming open branches one by one throughout Qilu.

Luo Qing feels that watching Feng Zhengming open branches all over Shandong is also something she is looking forward to in her heart.

After settling the business of Uncle San's company in the morning, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing did not go to find Gao Fengyi in the afternoon, but simply played at the beach for another afternoon.

When they returned to the hotel in the evening, they did not expect Gao Fengyi to be waiting for Feng Zhengming. (End of this chapter)