From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

With the help of the people responsible for the renovation of the Dai Temple, the renovation progress of Feng Zhengming's Taicheng branch has been significantly accelerated.

Moreover, the antique decoration style he envisioned could basically be easily realized with the help of the Dai Temple restoration team.

In order to make the antique effect good enough, Feng Zhengming also followed the advice of the restoration team and purchased a batch of stones and tiles originally used to restore the Dai Temple.

With these things, Feng Zhengming easily completed the antique decoration of his branch.

In order to thank the masters who repaired the Dai Temple, Feng Zhengming cooked different dishes for them every day.

The masters of the repair team also felt very satisfied.

They had never thought that they would be able to eat dishes cooked by Feng Zhengming, the top scholar.

Since Taicheng is relatively close to Quancheng, Feng Zhengming took time out to return to Quancheng several times and filmed some new cooking tutorials for the TV station.

Just as Feng Zhengming was in charge of the branch in Taicheng and was busy renovating it.

In the island city, Gao Fengyi finally contacted him through many people.

Gao Fengyi contacted Feng Zhengming because the renovation of the branch store in the island city had been completed.

Therefore, Gao Fengyi hopes that Feng Zhengming can go over and prepare to preside over the opening of the island city branch.

Feng Zhengming did not refuse. He made some arrangements immediately and drove directly to the island city.

When he arrived in the island city, Feng Zhengming was quite satisfied when he saw the renovated branch.

"Not bad, not bad. It's exactly what I designed before I left. Senior Brother Gao has worked so hard."

Gao Fengyi was a little helpless: "Do you know how hard it is to decorate your design? The decoration team said that there is no decoration like this in the whole island city. How did you come up with this?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied, "Aren't Daocheng and Yancheng both coastal cities? I thought that Daocheng should also have its own characteristics and must be different from Yancheng.

Then I remembered that there is a shell-shaped opera house overseas, so I designed a conch-shaped store.”

This is the unique design that Feng Zhengming gave to the island city branch.

Feng Zhengming designed this branch in the island city into the shape of a conch.

The overall design of the facade is like a huge conch.

Of course, in reality it is just a door design with some conch lines drawn on both sides of the door, which does look like a conch from the outside.

But if you look closely, it doesn't really look like a conch.

Such a design does give people a sense of visual impact.

Then there is the interior decoration, which is really more in line with the beach scene.

Feng Zhengming designed the wall with a gradient color that connects the sea and the sky.

Then the floor under your feet has a pattern that Feng Zhengming used to imitate the beach.

It can be said that stepping into this branch in the island city really gives people the feeling of being on the beach.

In order to achieve the same design effect as Feng Zhengming, Gao Fengyi really invested a lot of money and used a lot of connections to find a more professional decoration construction team from the south.

However, judging from the final results, Gao Fengyi's investment was worth it.

It can be said that such a branch can no longer be simply regarded as a fast food restaurant.

Instead, it can really be regarded as a fashionable small restaurant.

Feng Zhengming thinks this kind of more fashionable restaurant is very suitable to be placed in the island city.

Because the island city has a large international trade port, it also attracts a considerable number of overseas companies to settle in.

When overseas companies move in, there will naturally be a lot of foreign employees.

Therefore, there are many Western-style restaurants that are more overseas in the island city.

Feng Zhengming also knows this, so he designed the branch here to be more fashionable.

His idea is to attract some employees from overseas companies to the island city and have them eat at his branch.

In this way, Feng Zhengming felt that his branch might be able to earn some foreign exchange from foreigners.

What Feng Zhengming didn't expect was that his branch had just been renovated and he was still making some preparations for the opening.

The Island City branch welcomed several unexpected customers.

He was from the Genji clan who had come from Fuso to exchange culinary skills.

And the person who came to his branch was actually Yuan Wenzi.

Yuan Wenzi came to the island city this time for her own family business.

She had originally thought that after she finished her work in the island city, she could go to Quancheng to see Feng Zhengming.

As a result, while strolling on the streets of the island city, I saw this branch of Fengjia Dry Rice Shop in Zhengluxing.

She still remembered that in addition to Huiquanlou, Feng Zhengming also owned Fengjia Gan Restaurant in Quancheng.

Yuan Wenzi immediately became excited and thought that perhaps he could meet Feng Zhengming without going to Quancheng.

Then Yuan Wenzi used the dumbest method and waited at the door of the branch.

She really waited for Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming was really surprised when he saw Yuan Wenzi waiting at the door.

"Wenzi? Why are you here?"

When Yuan Wenzi heard the voice, she looked up and saw Feng Zhengming, and a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Feng Zhengming, is this really you? This store is indeed opened by you."

Feng Zhengming opened the door and invited Yuan Wenzi to come in and sit down while explaining to her.

"This is the branch I opened in the island city. It's not ready yet, so it hasn't officially opened yet. Come in and have a seat first.

Why are you here? "

Yuan Wenzi smiled and replied, "I am here to work. My family opened a cooperative restaurant in the island city, and I applied to come here for an internship."

Feng Zhengming was a little curious: "Does your family run a restaurant in the island city?"

Yuan Wenzi nodded: "Yes, it's mainly because there are many joint ventures in the island city, and there are many people from our country who come to those companies, and they hope to eat food from their hometown.

So the bosses of those companies discussed with our family and asked us to open a restaurant in the island city so that they could eat food from their hometown.”

Hearing Yuan Wenzi say this, Feng Zhengming immediately thought that in this era, many Japanese companies have indeed entered the country.

Some of them are wholly owned enterprises, while others are joint ventures with domestic companies.

It is precisely because of the existence of these companies that their own country’s cuisine is brought into the country.

And gradually achieved a very high-end status in the country.

Feng Zhengming thought about this and suddenly looked at Yuan Wenzi with a smile.

"So, we will be competitors from now on."

Yuan Wenzi said quickly: "No, no, we are not in competition with each other." Feng Zhengming laughed again: "Hahaha, that's right, I thought too much, your restaurant should be more advanced, and it should also be aimed at people from your country who work here.

My small street shop may not be comparable to your restaurant."

Yuan Wenzi explained again: "No, no, I think we can have some cooperation and exchanges, no, no need to compete."

I saw that Yuan Wenzi was already a little anxious and even her Chinese was not very fluent.

Feng Zhengming smiled and waved his hands: "Just kidding, we can indeed communicate more in the future."

Yuan Wenzi immediately asked: "Can I come to your restaurant again in the future? Can I eat at your restaurant?"

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "Of course, I open a shop to do business, of course everyone is welcome."

Yuan Wenzi was very happy to hear this and she walked around the store.

Only then did I realize that the decoration of the store was in a beach style.

Yuan Wenzi looked at it carefully and was a little surprised.

"Wow, Zhengming-kun, the decoration of your store is really great. It feels like walking into a beach. Did you design this decoration yourself?"

As he spoke, Yuan Wenzi reached out and touched the walls on both sides.

She discovered that the wave effect on the wall actually had bulges and was not simply painted on the wall.

This really made Yuan Wenzi feel a little unbelievable. She never thought that a store could be decorated like this.

"It's really great. Zhengming-kun, your store is amazing."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "The design of this store is intended to be more avant-garde and fashionable, which just happens to echo the current open state of the island city."

Yuan Wenzi turned around and looked inside the counter.

She really likes Feng Zhengming's decoration of the branch in Daocheng.

Yuan Wenzi once wanted to try this avant-garde and bold decoration style, but her family members were relatively conservative and did not allow her to make such an avant-garde decoration attempt.

Yuan Wenzi didn't expect that Feng Zhengming, the top Chinese chef, would have such a beautiful design.

After observing the restaurant for a while, Yuan Wenzi asked, "Zhengming-kun, are you planning to have your restaurant selected for the Michelin rating?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and shook his head: "No, I don't think our Chinese food needs to be evaluated by the French."

Yuan Wenzi was a little surprised: "Zhengming-kun, you actually know Michelin?"

Feng Zhengming nodded. "I know a little bit. It was originally a travel guide booklet for a tire company, but it later developed into a professional restaurant review and recommendation guide."

Yuan Wenzi was a little surprised after hearing what Feng Zhengming said: "You seem to be prejudiced against Michelin?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and confessed: "I do have a certain bias. I don't think a restaurant recommendation guide made by a tire company is really authoritative. After all, it is a French restaurant standard.

In fact, there are huge differences between French cuisine and Chinese cuisine. If we apply the standards of French cuisine to Chinese cuisine, I think they are not applicable.”

After listening to this and thinking about it carefully, Yuan Wenzi had to nod her head, thinking that what Feng Zhengming said made sense.

"Mr. Zhengming, you are right. You cannot use other people's standards to regulate your Chinese food. Besides, your Shandong cuisine is indeed very different."

At this point, Yuan Wenzi suddenly remembered something and reminded Feng Zhengming.

"I think the Shandong cuisine you cook is actually very suitable for our taste. If you want to attract people from our country, you should try to make the dishes light and include some seafood."

Feng Zhengming laughed and said, "It's impossible for me to change the menu just for you.

My branch will definitely stick to my style and will still mainly serve Feng’s braised pork, but there will probably be some adjustments in the taste.

We also have seafood, but because my branch mainly serves fast food, the seafood can only be small and cheap seafood.”

After listening to Feng Zhengming's words, Yuan Wenzi nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhengming, your store is mainly fast food, so we really can't make a lot of expensive seafood. I hope your business will prosper."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I think so."

After visiting Feng Zhengming's store, Yuan Wenzi walked out of the store, said goodbye to Feng Zhengming and prepared to leave.

In fact, Yuan Wenzi wanted Feng Zhengming to see her off.

However, Feng Zhengming had no intention of giving it as a gift, and Feng Zhengming also said that he was already engaged and would be getting married this year.

Yuan Wenzi was a little surprised when she heard this: "Zhengming-kun, you are actually engaged?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and nodded: "Yes, we got engaged before the Chinese New Year. I am very satisfied to be engaged to the person I love."

When Yuan Wenzi heard this, he realized that he had never entered Feng Zhengming's heart.

Instead, she felt relieved: "Zhengming-jun, I wish you happiness."

Feng Zhengming calmly extended his hand and shook hands with Yuan Wenzi: "Thank you, I hope you can work smoothly in the island city, and I hope we will have more opportunities to communicate in the future."

Genbunko smiled, "Okay, I'm also looking forward to communicating with Masaaki-kun."

The two said goodbye to each other at the intersection.

Feng Zhengming returned to the hotel and Luo Qing had just returned from outside.

When Luo Qing came to the island city, she would still go to her uncle's company to busy herself.

Feng Zhengming told Luo Qing about his encounter with Yuan Wenzi in Xindian.

Luo Qing wasn't too surprised.

"There are indeed many companies from their country investing in the island city, and many people from their country come here to work. Their restaurant business should be good."

But then Luo Qing asked again: "Will they become your competitors?"

Feng Zhengming responded: "There will definitely be some competition, but for now the customers we serve do not overlap. They mainly serve their own countrymen, and our branches mainly serve the domestic affordable population."

After a brief pause, Feng Zhengming felt a little worried about Gao Fengyi.

"But Senior Brother Gao and the others may still be affected to some extent."

Luo Qing was a little surprised: "Will they affect Master Gao?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Senior Brother Gao and his team serve seafood, and they certainly hope to attract some customers from Yuan Wenzi's country, but Yuan Wenzi's restaurant is also aimed at those people in their country.

So their customer groups will conflict and there will definitely be fierce competition.”

Without waiting for Luo Qing to speak, Feng Zhengming continued.

“Moreover, Yuan Wenzi and his friends’ restaurant is not only visited by their own people in the island city, but also by their own people in the island city who will invite people from the country to go.

Over time, Yuan Wenzi's restaurant may become synonymous with high-end and high-end.

It will definitely have a significant impact on Senior Brother Gao’s seafood restaurant.”

After listening to what Feng Zhengming said, Luo Qing thought about it carefully and felt that it did make sense.

Because Luo Qing had helped her uncle negotiate business before and met some Japanese clients. They always felt that Chinese food was not high-end enough and was not as refined as their own country's cuisine.

Now that Yuan Wenzi's family has opened a restaurant, it will obviously gradually become a place where many wealthy foodies gather. (End of this chapter)