From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Feng Zhengming drove the car and started going door to door with Luo Qing to deliver invitations.

The first thing to do is to give it to the master.

The invitation was sent to Master’s home in Quancheng.

Master and his wife were very happy to see the young couple.

"Zhengming is finally going to get married. Your master's wish has finally come true."

Hearing what the Master's Wife said, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing knelt down in front of the Master and the Master's Wife.

"Zhengming and his wife Luo Qing kowtow to Master and Master's Wife, thanking Master for teaching them martial arts. Master and Master's Wife are the living parents of this disciple Zhengming. If Master and Master's Wife have any needs in the future, this disciple Zhengming will do his best to help them."

After saying this, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing kowtowed to their master and mistress together.

The master and his wife quickly stood up and helped the young couple up.

Looking at his little apprentice, the master's face was filled with satisfaction.

"My little disciple has finally started a family and established a career. Master is very happy. Master hopes that you must remember that being strong is a good thing, but everything should be excessive.

You are now the champion of the National Cooking Skills Competition, and have just participated in a large-scale state banquet such as the Return to China State Banquet.

You are about to start a family with Luo Qing, and this is the time when you are at the peak of your career.

As the saying goes, everything that goes up must come down. You can’t be too arrogant and should humbly accept other people’s suggestions. Especially for your branches in various places, you must pay more attention to them and avoid any problems.”

Feng Zhengming naturally accepted his master's admonition with an open mind.

Without his master's reminder or admonition, Feng Zhengming himself felt that he had indeed been too popular during this period.

Especially after returning from the state banquet, he used his power to bully others when dealing with Liang Xiaocheng's affairs in Texas.

There was no teaching or asking Liang Xiaocheng to correct the problem.

He fired Liang Xiaocheng directly.

Later, when he approached the Texas Chefs Association, he also used his status to pressure the president Song Jinsheng.

He even won over other people in the Chefs Association and almost sidelined Song Jinsheng, the president.

After returning to Quancheng and calming down for a while, I realized that my way of handling things was too rough.

Although he successfully established his authority in Texas and suppressed the Texas Chefs Association.

But there are still some hidden dangers.

Feng Zhengming said with a serious face: "Master, don't worry. I have realized that I have been a little arrogant recently. So during this time back in Quancheng, I have been keeping a low profile and trying not to show off too much."

The master nodded and said, "That's right, we are chefs, and our skills speak for themselves at all times.

If you have a skill, as long as you don't waste it, you can always show it to others and convince them, and you don't have to suppress others with your momentum."

Feng Zhengming understood his master's intention. His master didn't want him to be too aggressive in his actions when he was young.

"Thank you for your teachings, Master. I will remember this and stick to my craft."

The master's wife smiled and said, "Hahaha, alright, alright, today they are the couple who sent us the invitation. Look at you, you still care about your little disciple. You should teach him more when you meet him."

The master's wife's words made everyone laugh, and the atmosphere became relaxed from the previous serious one.

At noon, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing were at Master's house and had lunch with Master and his wife.

Naturally, Feng Zhengming cooked the lunch himself and prepared a table of side dishes for his master and his wife.

After eating the dish, the master was quite satisfied with his young apprentice's cooking skills.

After lunch, I took a short rest at Master’s house.

After bidding farewell to their master and mistress, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing continued to deliver the invitations.

Next, Feng Zhengming and his team first sent invitations to several master chefs in Quancheng, and then went to the Chefs Association to distribute the invitations.

Then came some relatives and friends, including some relatives and friends of Luo Qing's family.

Receiving the invitation personally delivered by Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing made relatives and friends feel very honored.

Finally, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing returned to the housing estate where Luo Qing's parents lived.

They sent invitations door to door to the staff quarters, including old colleagues of Luo Qing's parents and neighbors with whom they had lived for many years.

These colleagues and neighbors felt very honored when they received the invitation.

Of course, everyone was very envious of Luo Qing's family.

"Luo Qing is a good judge of character. She picked such a good man."

"That's right. In our courtyard, Luo Qing is the best married woman."

"That's because Luo Qing knows how to choose. She's not like other girls who only think about looking for a handsome guy or a rich guy. Luo Qing, on the other hand, found the one with the best potential."

"If you find someone with potential, don't you hope that he or she will become successful in the future?"

"But he has become very successful. He won the first prize in the national cooking skills competition."

"After all, he is still a chef. Apart from anything else, how many girls in our courtyard would like a chef?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the neighbors in the family compound immediately shut up.

Yes, everyone in the family compound knows it.

Not to mention other families, even Luo Qing's parents looked down on Feng Zhengming at first.

It’s just that Luo Qing has her own ideas, and she has basically been able to make her own decisions since she was a child.

Luo Qing was able to insist on being with Feng Zhengming because she was not overly influenced by her parents and family.

Today, Feng Zhengming has won the first place in the National Cooking Skills Competition. He has used his fame to develop his business and opened many branches across the province.

He jumped from an ordinary chef to a well-known boss in the province.

Together with the investment from Hong Kong tycoons he attracted, he helped the old soy sauce factory in Quancheng to revive.

In the eyes of many people, he has transcended the identity of an ordinary chef.

But if you put aside his other identities, Feng Zhengming is still a chef.

Just like what Luo Qing’s neighbor asked, if Feng Zhengming was just a cook, would any of the daughters in the compound be willing to hire him?

I'm afraid no girl would be willing to find Feng Zhengming as a chef.

"So, it's not that Luo Qing has good vision, but that Luo Qing is willing to go through the hardships with me and experience everything from nothing to something with me for the sake of our relationship."

"Yes, everything Luo Qing has gained now is what she deserves."

These kinds of gossips behind the scenes can be found in most of the residential quarters of old factory buildings.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing could not hear the discussions behind their backs.

Even if the two heard it, they wouldn't care now.

For the strong, what others say behind their backs is not worth mentioning at all.

After delivering the invitations, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing returned to Luo Qing's parents' home.

As soon as she entered the door, she was warmly welcomed by Luo Qing's parents.

Luo Wenhan also rushed back from another place.

"Hahaha, now you can really call me brother-in-law."

Feng Zhengming smiled and nodded: "Yes, you can call me brother-in-law. How is my brother doing in another city?"

When Luo Wenhan mentioned other places, he instantly became excited. "You really don't know how different other places are until you go there. It turns out that there are so many changes there. They are completely different from our Quancheng, especially in the south, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces. There are so many new things there."

As he said that, Luo Wenhan went back to his room and took out some electronic products.

"Look, these are what I brought back from the south. We haven't seen these things here, but they are everywhere in the streets. These brand-name watches are not worth much there."

Feng Zhengming took a look and couldn't help laughing: "It must be worthless, these are all fake."

Luo Wenhan also laughed: "Yes, they are all fake, but they are made to look really real, so I brought a batch back."

Feng Zhengming shook his head: "Brother, it's better not to sell this kind of stuff. It's illegal if you sell this kind of fake and inferior product."

Luo Wenhan quickly said, "No, I didn't bring these back to sell. I'm planning to give them to people. They're all fake anyway, so I'll just wear them for fun."

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised: "You brought back these fake goods this time?"

Luo Wenhan waved his hand: "No, I brought back a lot of electrical accessories and some new electronic products, such as this Walkman."

I saw Luo Wenhan take out a small tape recorder.

Luo Qing's eyes were shining.

"Brother, this is so beautiful. Is this a small recorder?"

Seeing that his sister liked it, Luo Wenhan turned back to his room, took out an unopened machine and handed it to his sister.

"This is what my brother brought back for you as a wedding gift."

In this day and age, this kind of small tape recorder is indeed quite rare.

Luo Qing couldn't let it go as she held it in her hand.

"Thank you, brother. This thing is really good."

Luo Wenhan then took out another thing.

"Don't be so quick to say hello, brother. I have something good for you."

This time, Luo Wenhan took out a brand new VCD player.

Like small tape recorders, VCD players are also quite advanced products nowadays.

Luo Qing was also very happy to see the VCD player.

"Brother, it seems that you really saw a lot of good things on this trip to the south."

Luo Wenhan nodded: "Of course, your brother has already contacted the factories in the south when he came back this time. They will supply me with goods in the future, and I will be their distributor in our province in the future."

After hearing what her brother said, Luo Qing almost subconsciously became worried.

"Brother, you have to think about this carefully. Don't let others fool you."

In Luo Qing's impression, her brother is still that silly boy who is easily deceived by others.

But Feng Zhengming could see that Luo Wenhan had indeed gained a lot of experience during his six months away.

He came back to Quancheng from another place to attend his sister's wedding.

On the other hand, he should have found a suitable business elsewhere.

That is what he said himself, as a distributor of VCD in Quancheng and even the entire province, he came back to sell VCD players.

Facing his sister's questioning, Luo Wenhan no longer felt the slightest bit of indignation.

"Hahaha, don't worry, sister. I was careful this time. The contract I signed with them was not to advance payment for the sale. I sold first and then paid them back."

Feng Zhengming was a little surprised when he heard Luo Wenhan's words.

He thought Luo Wenhan should be more reliable this time.

But unexpectedly, Luo Wenhan was able to sign an agreement with others to sell first and then get the payment.

In order to make his sister and brother-in-law believe him, Luo Wenhan took out his contract and showed it to everyone.

Feng Zhengming looked through the contract and made sure there was no problem with it.

But he also thought about the problems faced by his brother-in-law.

"Brother, there is no problem with your contract, but have you ever thought about where you are going to put all those VCDs that they have shipped to you?"

These words immediately stumped Luo Wenhan.

"Oops, I actually forgot about this question."

There is indeed no problem with Luo Wenhan's contract. It can be seen that Luo Wenhan has really made a lot of progress this time.

The fact that he was able to sign this distribution contract shows that he does have certain abilities.

But he still made a mistake and forgot that he had no warehouse in Quancheng.

After he signs the contract, the goods will be delivered to him soon.

Without a warehouse of my own, where should I put all those VCD players that I have been sent?
Luo Qing was also made to laugh and cry by her brother.

"Look, aren't you too happy too early? You haven't even found a warehouse yet, and you asked them to ship the goods to you. Where are you going to put so many VCD players?"

This time, Luo's father took action.

"I have a place for you to put it."

These words made Luo Wenhan, Luo Qing, and even Feng Zhengming look at Luo's father.

I saw that I had successfully attracted the children's attention.

Luo's father said with a smile: "Hasn't the factory stopped production? There are empty workshops in the factory. These things can be placed in those empty workshops first when they are shipped over."

After hearing his father's words this time, Luo Wenhan clapped his hands in joy.

"Yes, you are smart, Dad. I never thought of those empty workshops in the factory."

Father Luo then reminded: "Those empty workshops can be stored, but you must find someone to watch over them, otherwise someone might sneak in and steal at night."

This is another difficult problem that gives Luo Wenhan a headache.

Feng Zhengming gave some suggestions.

"My suggestion is that you should take this contract and start a company as soon as possible, and then recruit some people. You can recruit some young former employees of the factory, hardworking people who are willing to learn some maintenance techniques from you.

In this way, you can not only sell VCD players, but you can also provide repair services to people later, including repairs of some electronic products.

This batch of VCD players is your starting point. After this batch is sold out and you get your funds back, you can also expand the scope of your business."

The advice Feng Zhengming gave is actually very similar to the way he opened branches.

The Luo family thought it was a good idea.

Luo Qing even said directly: "Brother, I will help you and help you run the company first."

Looking at his sister, Luo Wenhan was a little surprised: "You want to work with me?"

Luo Qing: "Yes, don't be unhappy. I have been running business in Uncle San's company for more than a year. I am more familiar with many things than you."

Feng Zhengming also agreed that Luo Qing would help her brother run the company first.

"Yes, it's good that Luo Qing helps you, so that your company can get back on track as soon as possible. There are so many VCDs in your contract, but I'm afraid we can't sell that many in Quancheng. You have to go to other places in the province."

Luo Qing nodded: "That's right, Quancheng simply can't sell so many."

Luo Wenhan thought about it and agreed: "Okay, then we brothers and sisters will do this business together." (End of this chapter)