From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

When Feng Zhengming asked this question, the people who were carefully wrapping the porcelain were stunned.

The other person slowly raised his head and stared at Feng Zhengming in disbelief.

"What do you do? What do you mean by can I make this in bulk? This is from the Ming Dynasty, how can I make it in bulk?"

Feng Zhengming laughed. "Things from the Ming Dynasty? This thing of yours is obviously new. Although this plate is indeed made with the blue and white technique, the pattern on it is obviously not something that people in the Ming Dynasty could have come up with."

The other party stared at Feng Zhengming in surprise.

But he still spoke stubbornly.

"Stop talking nonsense here. You don't understand anything. How come people from the Ming Dynasty couldn't think of the flowers on my painting? Look for yourself. There's a signature on the back of it."

As he spoke, the other party took out the plate again, held it in both hands and showed Feng Zhengming the signature on the bottom.

Feng Zhengming looked at it and his smile widened.

"Brother, didn't you notice that the characters in your signature are all wrong? People in the Ming Dynasty could write simplified Chinese characters?"

After hearing what Feng Zhengming said, not only the person holding the plate with both hands, but also Luo Qing carefully looked at the signature on the bottom of the plate.

Luo Qing soon noticed the problem.

"Why do the words under your plate look like they are printed in a book? Aren't they too neat?"

After hearing what Luo Qing said, the other party finally turned over the plate and took a closer look.

After watching for a while, the other party finally gave in.

"It seems like I have met an expert."

Feng Zhengming: "I'm not an expert, but the one you made is too fake. The most obvious thing is the signature at the back. It wasn't written like this in the past."

Seeing that the other party was silent, Feng Zhengming asked again: "Brother, are you from Gan Province?"

After being asked this, the other party finally nodded.

"Yes, this plate is newly made. I didn't mean to deceive anyone. I just thought it was beautifully made, so I took it out to try my luck."

Luo Qing couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Are you trying your luck? You seem to be trying to cheat people, right?"

This left the other party speechless.

Feng Zhengming reached out and took the plate from the other person.

He looked at the plate carefully and held it in his hand to check its thickness.

"The firing process is really good. Can you mass-produce plates like this? I want them all to be the same size, with the same pattern and color. Can you do that?"

Hearing Feng Zhengming ask this, the other party suddenly looked a little strange.

"What exactly do you do? Do you need a lot of custom porcelain?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "I am a chef. I came out this time to investigate various places. I am planning to open my own restaurant. I may need a large quantity of tableware by then."

The other party was a little surprised: "You are a chef? You want me to help you cook the dishes?"

Feng Zhengming nodded again: "Brother, can you cook it?"

The eldest brother hesitated for a moment, but still confessed to Feng Zhengming.

"Brother, let me tell you the truth. My family is indeed from the Porcelain Capital. I even have a kiln for firing porcelain at home, but I never thought of firing tableware for people before."

Feng Zhengming: "Then you can think about it now, big brother."

The eldest brother asked again: "Are you going to open a restaurant in Guangdong Province?"

Feng Zhengming shook his head: "That's not certain. Maybe he will be in Guangdong Province, or maybe in Shanghai, or Beijing. It's all possible."

The other party thought about it carefully and looked at Feng Zhengming carefully again.

"You definitely won't open a restaurant in Beijing. From your accent, you can tell you're from the north. If you want to open a restaurant in Beijing, why are you coming south?"

Feng Zhengming laughed: "Hahaha, brother, you are quite good at judging people."

The other party was a little embarrassed: "I also often run outside, so I see more."

Feng Zhengming asked: "I haven't asked for your name yet, big brother?"

Big Brother: "Oh, my name is Li Tao."

Feng Zhengming: "My name is Feng Zhengming. Brother Li, if your family can help me make tableware, we can get in touch when I choose a place to open a restaurant."

When Li Tao heard Feng Zhengming say the name, he felt it sounded very familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
However, after Feng Zhengming said that he could ask him for help in making tableware in the future.

Li Tao also put the issue of being familiar with the name out of his mind and immediately agreed with a smile.

"Sure. We actually have a lot of porcelain factories over there. If you really want something higher quality, you can go over there and look for some of the big factories there and have them make it for you."

Obviously, through the conversation, Li Tao no longer wanted to continue deceiving Feng Zhengming.

In particular, he told Feng Zhengming that he could go to a large factory in their area to make tableware.

Li Tao also understood that his home could only be considered a small workshop.

If someone really wants a large quantity, our company may not be able to meet the requirements.

He also didn't want to tarnish the reputation of his hometown, the Porcelain Capital, by firing the porcelain poorly.

When Li Tao said goodbye, he left a business card for Feng Zhengming.

It is the business card of their big porcelain factory.

After Li Tao left, Luo Qing felt a little strange.

"How can you tell at a glance that the fake plate in his hand was made by him?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and shook his head: "I don't know if it was made at home, but looking at the painting on it and the simplified Chinese characters on the bottom of the plate, I judged that it was a newly made plate.

I just wanted to ask him if he could help me contact a factory that can make plates so that we can use them when we open a restaurant in the future.”

Luo Qing: "Do we have to use tableware made in China when we open a restaurant in the future?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and nodded: "If we open a restaurant in Shanghai, then the interior decoration, various arrangements, and tableware must be of a certain grade."

Luo Qing was still a little confused: "If you want to be classy, ​​then you shouldn't go to that liar just now, right?"

Feng Zhengming: "He is indeed a liar, but the plates he made are still very beautiful. If he can provide a batch of plates of the same quality, I think it would be a good idea to cooperate with him."

Luo Qing also had to admit that the plate in Li Tao's hand was indeed very beautiful.

This little episode on the train did not affect Feng Zhengming and his group's journey.

Because the time on the train was so long, I met a lot of different kinds of people along the way.

There are all kinds of people selling products and bragging about everything.

Feng Zhengming felt that the journey was very lively and not boring at all.

When the train finally arrived at Yangcheng, the capital of Guangdong Province.

Luo Qing stood up excitedly and stretched.

The bumpy train ride was really hard on her.

When Feng Zhengming saw his wife stretching and showing off her beautiful figure, he couldn't help but reach out and hug his wife in his arms.

Luo Qing suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Oh, we are about to get off the bus, what are you doing?"

Feng Zhengming noticed that someone was watching them in the corridor outside.

He still hugged his wife: "What's wrong? Isn't it normal for a husband to hug his wife?"

Luo Qing was also amused by Feng Zhengming's words.

The two people were not in a hurry to get off the bus since they had already arrived at the terminal.

Wait until other passengers get off first, and then they can get off slowly.

Finally, when almost everyone in the car had left, Feng Zhengming let go of Luo Qing, packed up his things, and got out of the car holding his wife's hand.

After getting off the train and leaving the station, the couple looked at the crowded crowd and couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many people."

After walking out of the train station, Feng Zhengming took Luo Qing's hand and hailed a taxi.

Then the couple went straight to the hotel arranged by Guangdong Province. The Guangdong Provincial Chefs Association specially arranged a high-end hotel in Guangzhou for Feng Zhengming and his friends.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing got into a taxi and told the driver the name of the hotel. The driver couldn't help but look at them a few more times through the rearview mirror.

On the way to the hotel, Luo Qing looked at the busy road outside the car window.

She couldn't help but sigh in a low voice to her husband beside her.

"Yangcheng is really more prosperous than our place. There are more cars on the road than our place, and it seems that almost all of them are imported cars."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "After all, Guangzhou is a city that opened up earlier, so it's normal that it has developed better than ours. Besides, since the early days of the sea-faring trend, everyone has been heading to Guangzhou."

Luo Qing asked: "Then you haven't thought about opening a restaurant in Yangcheng?"

Feng Zhengming shook his head: "It's not appropriate in Yangcheng. After all, Yangcheng is the place where other people cook Cantonese cuisine. We can't take away their place."

Luo Qing thought for a moment and said, "That's right. Cantonese cuisine is more famous all over the country now. It's really not appropriate to come to Guangzhou."

Along the way, the taxi driver did not take the initiative to talk.

After all, when Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing talked, they also spoke with Qilu accents.

The driver also spoke with their Cantonese accent.

So it’s really hard for both sides to communicate.

Fortunately, it didn’t take long for the car to arrive at the hotel.

After paying the fare, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing got off the car and a waiter immediately came forward to help with their luggage.

Feng Zhengming took Luo Qing with him and asked the waiter to help put the luggage onto the cart.

Then the two of them walked into the hotel hand in hand.

As soon as he stepped into the hotel, the receptionist from the Guangdong Chefs Association recognized Feng Zhengming.

"Mr. Feng, you are here. Welcome, welcome."

Feng Zhengming shook hands with the receptionist.

"Are we not late?"

The receptionist quickly said, "No, no, Mr. Feng, you came at the perfect time."

As he was speaking, the vice president of the Guangdong Chefs Association, a chef whom Feng Zhengming had met before at the National Cooking Skills Competition, came over.

"Hahaha, our top scholar is here."

Feng Zhengming also greeted the other party with a smile.

"Hello, President Li."

"Oh, why call me President? Just call me Lao Li."

Feng Zhengming also spoke.

"Then don't call me the champion. Just call me Xiao Feng or Zheng Ming like you did in the national competition."

Vice President Li agreed with a smile, "Okay, I'll call you Zhengming."

Then the other party looked at Luo Qing beside Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming also introduced her to the other party: "This is my wife."

Vice President Li looked at Luo Qing with some surprise: "Oh, it's our number one scholar's wife. Welcome."

Luo Qing smiled and shook hands with the other party: "Hello, President Li, just call me Xiao Luo."

Vice President Li nodded in agreement, then quickly gave instructions to the receptionist.

"Go and have a look. Find a bigger room for Zhengming and his family. Our top scholar has brought his wife with him, so we must give them a bigger room. The previous room won't work."

Feng Zhengming came forward and asked, "Will it be troublesome? If not, we can book a room ourselves."

Vice President Li immediately stopped Feng Zhengming.

"Oh, now that you're here, how can we let you book a room by yourself? It's not a big deal. Let them make the arrangements. The hotel here can make the arrangements."

Feng Zhengming and Vice President Li were talking when several figures walked past them.

One of the figures walked away and then came back.

The other party looked at Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing carefully, then took the initiative to step forward.

"I was wondering why he looked so familiar? It turns out to be our number one chef. Hahaha, it looks like the number one chef has married Miss Luo?"

Feng Zhengming looked at the other person and quickly recognized him.

It turned out that this person was Boss Wang, who gave the agency rights of the Qilu product to Uncle San.

If Boss Wang had not been willing to give the entire province of Qilu to Uncle San.

At that time, Uncle San's company would indeed be in some trouble.

Fortunately, Uncle San invited Boss Wang to eat at Feng Zhengming’s food stall at the train station at that time.

Feng Zhengming's cooking skills really impressed Boss Wang and his team.

In the end, Uncle San successfully signed the agreement with Boss Wang.

Vice President Li also knows Boss Wang.

He was a little surprised: "Boss Wang, have you known our top scholar for a long time?"

Feng Zhengming explained with a smile: "Boss Wang came to our place to discuss business with my uncle before. At that time, I was still running a food stall outside the railway station in our place.

At that time, my uncle invited Mr. Wang to eat at my food stall and take care of my business. "

Boss Wang laughed: "Hahaha, Mr. Feng is really too polite. Your cooking skills were very special back then."

Vice President Li began to look at Feng Zhengming with a new respect.

Boss Wang is considered a well-known boss in Guangzhou.

Vice President Li did not expect that Feng Zhengming also had such connections in Yangcheng.

Boss Wang and Luo Qing are also quite familiar with each other.

After all, Uncle San handed over the matter of contacting Boss Wang’s company to Luo Qing.

Luo Qing had just graduated and had taught herself finance and foreign languages ​​at that time.

When interacting with Boss Wang, he showed neither arrogance nor servility and was confident.

Especially her professionalism, which impressed Boss Wang.

The most important thing is that when Boss Wang was negotiating a deal with foreigners in the island city, Luo Qing helped translate the overseas foreign language documents and contracts.

At that time, Boss Wang was really attracted to Luo Qing.

But after knowing that Luo Qing was Feng Zhengming's girlfriend, Boss Wang naturally kept his distance.

After meeting with Boss Wang, Boss Wang left his contact information with Feng Zhengming.

Afterwards, Boss Wang left because he had some other clients to meet.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing's rooms were also arranged at this time.

Vice President Li asked Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing to go upstairs to their room to rest first.

Watched Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing take the elevator upstairs.

Vice President Li continued to be busy receiving chefs from other places.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing went upstairs and entered the room that had been prepared for them.

This is a very large room, a suite, and the entrance is a place specially used to receive visiting guests.

The luggage had been delivered to the room, and Feng Zhengming even gave a tip to the luggage delivery person.

Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing checked into the hotel and started their journey. (End of this chapter)