From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 742: The Island City Branch Opens with Even Greater Spectacularity

The opening of Feng Zhengming’s branch in Daocheng was even grander than that of the branch in Yancheng.

Among them were Gao Fengyi and some people from the cooking industry in the island city.

Some of Uncle San’s business friends also came to show their support.

The most important thing is that Yuan Wenzi learned the news that Feng Zhengming was opening a branch in the island city, and she also brought people to congratulate him.

Yuan Wenzi came forward to represent her family, so naturally many people from their country in the island city also came to congratulate Feng Zhengming's branch.

Even the vice presidents of several large Fuso companies in the island city came to congratulate.

This has invisibly raised the status of Feng Zhengming's island city branch.

Gu Zhicheng, who was about to take charge of the branch in Daocheng, was shocked by the scene.

"Master Junior, you are so honored that even the vice presidents of several factories in our eastern neighboring country are here. The scene is really a bit scary."

Feng Zhengming pretended to be calm and smiled as he responded in a low voice: "I was a little scared too. I didn't invite these people. They came here for the sake of Miss Yuan Wenzi."

Gu Zhicheng looked at Yuan Wenzi who was with Luo Qing.

It must be admitted that when standing next to Luo Qing, Yuan Wenzi looks a little thinner.

But there is a unique kind of delicate beauty.

Moreover, there is indeed a kind of nobility in Yuan Wenzi's every move.

Especially when facing those who came to congratulate their country, Yuan Wenzi showed even more nobility.

Gu Zhicheng looked at him curiously and asked Feng Zhengming in a low voice.

"Uncle Junior Master, does Yuan Wenzi's family have a high status in their country?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I think he is considered a noble in their country."

Gu Zhicheng suddenly realized: "No wonder."

Yuan Wenzi came over and chatted with Luo Qing.

The two girls were talking about some fashion things.

In particular, we would chat about some celebrities from China and Hong Kong.

Yuan Wenzi also recommended some stars from their country to Luo Qing so that Luo Qing could listen to their songs.

Luo Qing also nodded in agreement, saying that she would find time to listen later.

Yuan Wenzi immediately said, "Next time, I'll ask my brother to send me the record and I'll give it to you, Luo Qing."

Luo Qing nodded: "Okay, thank you very much."

Then Luo Qing thought for a moment and said, "It seems I have nothing to give you."

Yuan Wenzi smiled and responded: "No, I don't have many friends here. I hope I can be friends with you. We can go around the island city together when we have time."

Luo Qing smiled and agreed: "Sure, from now on, as long as I'm in the island city, you can make an appointment with me at any time, and I can also find you."

Yuan Wenzi then asked: "Do you have a cell phone?"

Luo Qing shook her head: "I don't have that, but I have a pager."

Yuan Wenzi immediately said: "It's okay, I'll give you one later so that we can keep in touch anytime."

Luo Qing quickly shirked her responsibility: "How can I do that?"

Yuan Wenzi smiled and responded: "It's okay, we are friends."

However, Luo Qing still refused firmly: "No, no, the phone is still too expensive. I can't take yours. If you need to find me, you can page me."

Yuan Wenzi still insisted: "It's really okay, I'll buy it for you with my salary here."

Luo Qing laughed when she heard this: "You get a high salary here, right? Actually, if I really need it, we can afford it, but I really can't use it right now, and the phone is so big that it's not convenient for me to hold it."

After Luo Qing's repeated refusals, Yuan Wenzi finally gave up the idea of ​​giving her a mobile phone.

However, the original text indicated that when Luo Qing and Feng Zhengming got married, she would give Luo Qing some dowry.

"Sister Luo Qing, you must not refuse this. I will give you a brand new home theater produced in our country."

Seeing Yuan Wenzi being so persistent, Luo Qing felt very embarrassed, but still felt that she shouldn't ask for Yuan Wenzi's things.

Just at this moment Feng Zhengming came over, and Luo Qing quickly talked to Feng Zhengming.

After hearing this, Feng Zhengming looked at Yuan Wenzi and said, "Wenzi, what are you doing? Giving us so many things?"

Yuan Wenzi smiled and responded: "Because I don't have many friends here. We are friends, and it is normal for friends to give gifts to each other."

Feng Zhengming shook his head and said, "It's fine to give some small gifts, but mobile phones and home appliances are too expensive. If you insist on giving home appliances, we will definitely pay for them. We can't let you give them away for free."

Hearing Feng Zhengming say this, Yuan Wenzi looked helpless.

"Zhengming-kun, since we are friends, do we have to be so clear about the separation?"

Feng Zhengming answered seriously: "It is precisely because we are friends that we should be clear about the differences. The friendship between gentlemen should be clear and not ambiguous."

Luo Qing also echoed: "Yes, we also regard you, Wenzi, as a friend."

When Yuan Wenzi heard Luo Qing say this, she looked expectant and asked, "Do you consider me a friend?"

Luo Qing and Feng Zhengming looked at each other and both laughed.

Luo Qing held Yuan Wenzi's hand and answered seriously: "Of course I treat you as a friend. We hope that the friendship between us is pure. We can exchange some fashion things when we are free.

You can also exchange some cooking experiences with Feng Zhengming, maybe you can make better dishes in the future."

Yuan Wenzi laughed after hearing this and nodded: "Okay, we will always be friends."

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing couldn't quite understand Yuan Wenzi's happiness.

The main reason is that some of the things Yuan Wenzi is doing now are not recognized by her family.

Her situation is somewhat similar to that of Xia Hui.

Because she has an older brother, the family never thought of letting Yuan Wenzi inherit the family craftsmanship and property.

Yuan Wenzi never thought about competing with her brother for the family property.

She knew that her brother was more suitable to inherit the family business than herself.

But Yuan Wenzi really likes cooking.

And ever since she saw Feng Zhengming's cooking skills, she has developed a deep yearning for Chinese food.

That's why she took the initiative to volunteer this time and chose to come to the island city to run the restaurant opened by her family in the island city.

Originally Yuan Wenzi thought that since she had previously come to Qilu for exchanges, her family would support her.

What she didn't expect was that her family did not support her decision.

To the extent that, when she finally came to the island city, she received almost no support from her family.

In this situation, Yuan Wenzi seemed somewhat isolated and helpless in the island city.

Especially in restaurant kitchens, most of them are men.

She really wanted to be friends with Luo Qing.

I hope that when I have some rest in the future, I can go shopping in the island city with Luo Qing.

She even thought about asking Luo Qing to go back with her and visit their country.

After learning about Yuan Wenzi's situation, Luo Qing naturally felt very sympathetic towards her. She expressed her willingness to be friends with Yuan Wenzi and also said that she could introduce Xia Hui to Yuan Wenzi.

Yuan Wenzi certainly knew Xia Hui.

"I know Xia Hui. I am the same as Xia Hui. I like Xia Hui too."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "It seems that maybe we can transfer Xia Hui to the branch in Daocheng for a while, so that you can meet more often and talk more."

Luo Qing thought this was a good idea: "Okay, go back and ask Xia Hui." Feng Zhengming thought for a moment and said, "I have to ask Lao Gu about this, after all, this branch was agreed to be handed over to him. If Xia Hui comes, he might misunderstand. I still want to control the business here."

Luo Qing looked puzzled: "Doesn't this branch also have your sign hanging on it? You are the boss."

Feng Zhengming smiled and replied, "I am indeed the boss, but I can't run this store by myself. I still need Old Gu to run around. Besides, the decoration and staffing of the store were arranged by Senior Brother Gao for Old Gu."

After thinking about it, Luo Qing also felt that this seemed to be the case.

"That's right, you should indeed inform Gu Zhicheng."

Feng Zhengming simply walked over and had a chat with Gu Zhicheng.

Gu Zhicheng agreed immediately after hearing this.

"Master Junior, you have arranged for someone to come here, which has lightened my burden. Today, I saw so many people coming to support you. I am really under a lot of pressure. I am afraid that when you are not here, I will not be able to support this branch by myself."

Today's opening scene did put a lot of pressure on Gu Zhicheng.

Especially those foreign businessmen that Yuan Wenzi helped to invite.

Gu Zhicheng was a little confused. He never thought that there would be foreign businessmen coming to eat the fried dough sticks.

Feng Zhengming saw that Gu Zhicheng didn't seem to be pretending, so he smiled and patted Gu Zhicheng to comfort him.

"It's okay, don't be afraid. You just need to show what you learned in Huiquan Building. I guarantee that these people will be impressed by you."

After encouraging Gu Zhicheng, Feng Zhengming asked Gu Zhicheng to go into the kitchen to prepare, while he continued to greet people who came to congratulate him and customers at the door and prepared to go in and start business.

Just like in Yancheng, when the branch opened in Daocheng, Feng Zhengming also prepared several large pots of braised pork.

It’s still the first day of business, so there must be plenty of steamed pork.

At the same time, Feng Zhengming also specially prepared some slightly higher-grade seafood.

This part is naturally aimed at some bosses in the island city.

There are more foreign businessmen in the island city than in other places, so the seafood here cannot be just small seafood.

Yuan Wenzi and Luo Qing came in and helped Feng Zhengming greet customers.

Yuan Wenzi helped introduce the store's products to foreign businessmen from their country.

Let their people also taste Feng Zhengming's steamed pork.

After letting the people from Yuan Wenzi's country taste it.

They were really surprised that the steamed pork belly cooked by Feng Zhengming tasted great.

"Wow, this tastes good, like the meat slices in our hometown ramen."

"Yeah, it's very similar to the meat served with ramen."

"Delicious, fatty, but not greasy."

"Hahaha, that's right, fatty but not greasy."

The foreign businessmen from Yuan Wenzi's country in the island city tasted Feng Zhengming's braised pork and were full of praise for it.

Of course, this is also because Feng Zhengming has made some improvements to the Feng family's steamed pork belly during this period.

The cooking method is still traditional, but the ingredients are more particular.

For example, Feng Zhengming now uses brewed soybean soy sauce.

This makes the meat taste better.

The cooking method still follows tradition, but the ingredients are better.

It will naturally enhance the flavor of the meat.

In this regard, Feng Zhengming would also like to thank Luo Jinliang from Hongcheng.

If it weren't for his appearance, bringing some technology from Gangcheng and providing some investment to Quancheng Food Brewing Factory, they would not be able to innovate technology while preserving traditional old things.

Maybe Feng Zhengming might not really have the pure brewed soybean soy sauce available today.

Products produced in our own factory can be guaranteed in terms of quality.

It will be more reassuring to use and it also has certain price advantages.

Therefore, the braised pork in his dry rice shop is now much better than that in other places.

Other families in Quancheng have truly felt this.

Yuan Wenzi heard that several vice presidents she invited thought the braised pork was delicious.

She was also very happy for Feng Zhengming.

Then, Yuan Wenzi asked for some noodles and rice for them.

Whether it is braised pork with rice or braised pork with noodles.

These vice presidents from Japan felt like they were at home.

Later, Feng Zhengming gave them some seafood.

They were full of praise for the food.

"Boss Feng, the food here is delicious."

"Yes, it suits our taste very well."

"It makes me want to eat the big meat soy sauce ramen from home."

“Yeah, we really like it.”

Feng Zhengming smiled and responded: "Thank you for your likes. If you find the food is good, please come and patronize us more often in the future. We will definitely try our best to make delicious meals for you."

Naturally, these Japanese foreign businessmen in the island city all agreed and said they would come back to eat when they have time in the future.

Of course, they also gave some suggestions, which was that Feng Zhengming's store could provide sake.

They said that it would be better if they could pair some of the dishes here with sake.

Feng Zhengming also nodded: "We will consider this later. Thank you for your suggestions."

And Yuan Wenzi immediately said that she could help purchase sake from their country.

Feng Zhengming also agreed with a smile: "Okay, then I'll trouble you to help me purchase a batch later."

Yuan Wenzi found out that she had helped Feng Zhengming, and she was really happy.

Afterwards, he went to Luo Qing and took her hand to tell her about his joy.

Luo Qing didn't expect that Yuan Wenzi was such a simple girl.

She smiled and expressed her gratitude to Yuan Wenzi again on behalf of Feng Zhengming.

"Thank you so much, Fumi. You helped us attract customers from your own restaurant and even helped us purchase sake, even though you and our restaurant might be competitors."

Yuan Wenzi said with a smile: "Sister Qing, you are wrong. We are not competitors. My restaurant serves high-end seafood dishes, which are different from Zhengming Jun's restaurant."

Yuan Wenzi is definitely not bragging about this.

The high-quality seafood served in her family's restaurant in the island city is indeed transported from their country.

Therefore, the positioning of her restaurant is completely different from Feng Zhengming’s branch in the island city.

Yuan Wenzi brought foreign businessmen from their country in the island city to Feng Zhengming's branch to eat.

It can also be considered as finding a relatively cheap place for those people to eat.

Luo Qing smiled after hearing this: "That's not bad, our two families complement each other in the island city."

Yuan Wenzi nodded happily: "Yes, we complement each other."

In Luo Qing's mind, she remembered what Feng Zhengming had said, that the restaurant in Daocheng that Yuan Wenzi's family owned would have the greatest impact on Gao Fengyi's seafood restaurant. Now, hearing what Yuan Wenzi said, Feng Zhengming's judgment was correct.

(End of this chapter)