From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

During the few days' stay in Guangzhou, many bosses in Guangzhou wanted to meet Feng Zhengming.

They also used some connections to invite Feng Zhengming to dinner or something like that.

But Feng Zhengming basically shirked all of them.

Most of the time, Feng Zhengming accompanied Luo Qing shopping in Guangzhou.

I also borrowed a car from Boss Wang and traveled around the city and its surroundings.

Compared with chefs from other places who came to participate in the exchange.

Feng Zhengming really seemed to be bringing his wife on a honeymoon.

Naturally, some chefs disagreed with this.

That day, Feng Zhengming and Luo Qing came back from outside and saw Vice President Li waiting for them again.

Seeing Vice President Li waiting in the hotel lobby, Feng Zhengming immediately realized that he must have something to talk to him about.

Feng Zhengming asked Luo Qing to go upstairs to her room first, and he walked up to Vice President Li alone.

Vice President Li looked at Feng Zhengming in front of him and felt a little amused.

I could only drag him to a more secluded corner of the lobby.

"Zhengming, you've been too high-profile these past few days. You've been running around and playing with your wife every day, and you've even been driving around. This has caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the chefs from other places."

Feng Zhengming smiled slightly and said, "They can go out and play too. Isn't it time to go to Hong Kong City yet?"

Vice President Li felt as if he was choked when Feng Zhengming said that.

Feng Zhengming quickly changed the subject: "Brother Li, I know that everyone has seen us go out to play every day these days, so they must have some opinions, but I am not just playing outside.

My wife and I are out on the street, learning some things about Cantonese cuisine. To some artists, this is considered as collecting folk songs.”

Vice President Li was a little surprised. He didn't expect Feng Zhengming to say such a thing.

After hesitating for a moment, Vice President Li asked in a low voice: "Did you learn anything from your field trip?"

Feng Zhengming smiled and said, "I really learned a lot. I found that there are really a lot of great food on the streets of Guangzhou, which are all worth learning and drawing lessons from."

Vice President Li naturally felt comfortable hearing what Feng Zhengming said.

After all, he is the vice president of the Cantonese Cuisine Chefs Association.

Feng Zhengming, the champion of the National Cooking Skills Competition, felt quite proud of himself for praising Cantonese street food.

However, although he felt comfortable, Vice President Li knew that he still had to appease some opinions of chefs from other places.

Feng Zhengming saw that Vice President Li was in a dilemma, so he took the initiative to offer his own solution.

"Brother Li, let's put it this way. Aren't we leaving for Hong Kong City the day after tomorrow? My wife and I won't go out tomorrow. Let's prepare together. When we go to Hong Kong City the day after tomorrow, I will be the first to show the results of my studies these days."

After listening to this, Vice President Li felt that this method was indeed feasible.

"Okay, Zhengming, you better prepare well, or else someone will catch you with something."

Feng Zhengming nodded calmly: "Brother Li, don't worry, I will definitely prepare well."

The next day, at a gathering of chefs before heading to the port city.

Feng Zhengming even expressed his position directly in public.

"I really learned a lot on the streets of Guangzhou this time. We are going to Hong Kong for exchanges this time. I think I should be able to bring out some things to open the eyes of the chefs in Hong Kong."

After hearing what Feng Zhengming said, the chefs who had been a little dissatisfied with him taking his wife out to travel these days suddenly became curious about him.

In fact, Feng Zhengming has been taking his wife around to travel these days, and the chef leaders from various places have no objections.

They have all competed against Feng Zhengming in the National Cooking Skills Competition.

In addition, he participated in the return state banquet with Feng Zhengming.

Everyone admires Feng Zhengming's craftsmanship.

What's more, when Feng Zhengming took his wife out to play, she paid for it herself and never asked the Guangdong Chefs Association to pay for it.

Feng Zhengming even paid for the rent after he and his wife changed rooms.

So if we really want to be honest, we really can't find any fault with Feng Zhengming.

But this time, there are some young and unfamiliar faces in the team of chefs from all over the place.

They neither participated in the National Cooking Skills Competition nor attended the Homecoming State Banquet.

The reason why I was able to come here for this exchange was more or less thanks to some connections.

These chefs were amazed to see that Feng Zhengming was so young and had such great achievements and prestige.

In addition, Feng Zhengming is quite generous here.

Finally, his wife Luo Qing is also so beautiful.

The fire of jealousy was burning in his heart, and he wanted to burn Feng Zhengming as a sacrifice to the gods.

So these days, a bunch of younger chefs from all over the country are very dissatisfied.

Now Feng Zhengming has stated that when he goes to Hong Kong for exchanges, he will show the inspiration he gained from tasting delicious food on the streets of Guangzhou these days.

He also expressed his confidence that he would definitely shock all the famous chefs in Hong Kong.

Immediately, some chefs couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks.

"The top scholar is the top scholar. He always speaks in such a high tone."

"Of course he's arrogant. He's the boss's guest of honor. We can't just stay in the hotel like him."

Although only one or two people spoke, it was still quite jarring at the scene.

Feng Zhengming was not tolerant at all.

"To be honest, before I came here, I thought that this exchange trip to Hong Kong should be an exchange among the chefs who participated in the return state banquet. I didn't expect that there would be some irrelevant people following along."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the young chefs who came with them changed.

But Feng Zhengming's next words directly stripped away their fig leaf.

“My fellow seniors, we are all participating in the Homecoming State Banquet. I have witnessed your cooking skills at the banquet and I really admire you.

You are all older than me and are able to consistently stick to the craftsmanship of your respective local cuisines and are able to pass on and carry forward the local cuisine.

All of you senior brothers and sisters are truly role models for me, Feng Zhengming. I will always take you as my goal and carry forward and pass on your skills.

It’s just that you seniors are still not rigorous enough on some issues.

We cannot relax the selection of accompanying personnel just because of personal feelings.

We can’t let the chefs in Hong Kong, Macau and Formosa laugh at us after we arrive in Hong Kong.”

All the chefs participating in the state banquet, including Vice President Li, smiled bitterly.

They didn't expect that Feng Zhengming would be so intolerant of even the slightest grain of sand in his eyes.

He didn't even give them face in public.

Directly peel off the fig leaf of the chefs they brought in from all over the place through connections.

After all, to be honest, it is impossible for the chef group that went to Hong Kong City for exchange to have so many people as it does now.

It is precisely because there are too many chefs coming with groups from all over the country, most of them are not qualified to participate in the return state banquet.

As a result, the number of chefs going to Hong Kong for exchange was much more than that of the group, so they stayed in Guangzhou for a few more days.

In fact, we are communicating with Hongcheng and asking them to rearrange the reception.

In fact, if Feng Zhengming had not had a good relationship with some people in Hong Kong, he would have stepped forward to coordinate and get several tycoons in Hong Kong to sponsor this exchange.

Maybe with so many people going to Hong Kong City together, half of them will have to pay for their own room.

Because of this, Feng Zhengming has been feeling a little angry these days.

Faced with Feng Zhengming's rudeness, chefs from all over the country felt somewhat embarrassed.

But no one present could open their mouth to refute, let alone say anything about Feng Zhengming.

After all, Feng Zhengming did not bring any young Shandong cuisine chefs with him.

At this time, the chefs from all over the country who participated in the state banquet also felt to some extent that Feng Zhengming, the top scholar, was still young and energetic after all.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Feng Zhengming softened his tone.

"Okay, I don't want to blame anyone for this incident. I hope that everyone who participates in this culinary exchange in Hong Kong will sincerely participate in the culinary exchange, and not take the opportunity to add some experience to their resume."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the young chefs present nodded in agreement.

Feng Zhengming gave them another order.

“Since so many of you are going to exchange and learn, I will assign you a task. When you arrive in Gangcheng, you should study hard there. When you come back, you should still stay in Yangcheng, still in this hotel.

I and your team leaders will test you to see if you have learned the lesson seriously."

Under this circumstance, Feng Zhengming has completely taken the initiative.

No one present dared to question him in the slightest.

So young chefs from all over the country are more or less worried.

Vice President Li said at this time: "Very good, our Feng Zhuangyuan is right, we are going to exchange cooking skills this time, since we are here to exchange and learn, we should indeed learn something from others and bring it back.

Then, as Feng Zhuangyuan said, when we return, young chefs from all over the country should showcase their learning and exchange results.”

Now that Vice President Li had spoken, no one from the chef groups in various places had any objections.

After this meeting, young chefs from all over the country were like eggplants hit by frost.

They have witnessed the strength of Feng Zhengming, the top scholar.

The chefs from various places who had previously participated in the state banquet for the return of the country, on the other hand, looked relaxed and walked back chatting and laughing with Feng Zhengming.

"Hahaha, our top scholar is the one who has a solution. These young men really need to be punished."

"That's right. Before I came here, I really asked all kinds of connections to ask me to bring people with me."

"Ah, me too. I really can't do without it. We've been friends for many years."

"I also conducted some special investigations and screening."

"I'll just draw randomly, whoever gets drawn gets it."

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Hearing what the state banquet chefs from all over the country said, Feng Zhengming was a little amused and helpless.

"My fellow brothers, have you been spoiled by those people? After all, we also participated in the return state banquet together. There is no need to be nice to those people. After all, this exchange trip to Hong Kong was also invited by Hong Kong City.

We also had contact with the Ministry of Labor, and it was a very high-level exchange.”

Zhang Quande was somewhat helpless: "That's what I said, but Zhengming, you don't know, we are not as young as you, and we are the champion of the National Cooking Skills Competition. No chef of your Shandong cuisine dares to disobey you.

We still have some connections in various places, and we can't just offend our own network."

The other chefs all nodded in agreement, saying that it was impossible to completely sever the network of relationships.

Feng Zhengming nodded to show that he understood everyone's situation.

"My dear brothers, I was wrong to blame you. I may have gone a little too far this time. I didn't even consider inviting young Shandong cuisine chefs to participate in this exchange.

Although if I arrange for someone to follow me to Hong Kong for exchanges, there will definitely be some personal interactions.

But I really shouldn’t have come here alone without informing them.”

The other chefs felt envious when they heard this.

In fact, they didn’t want to do it themselves like Feng Zhengming did.

The main reason is that they cannot compare with Feng Zhengming in terms of income.

Most of them still work in state-owned units in various places.

They are either responsible for some provincial reception work, or work in the kitchen of a hotel directly under the province.

Therefore, the situation of chefs in other places is completely different from Feng Zhengming's.

They do not have as much autonomy as Feng Zhengming.

Moreover, if they were asked to pay for the trip to Hong Kong City themselves, considering their respective salary situations, they would probably be reluctant to do so.

In fact, these chefs really envy Feng Zhengming in their hearts.

Because Feng Zhengming is not only famous, but more importantly, he has his own business to make money.

In all aspects, Feng Zhengming's personal abilities are indeed above most chefs.

Craftsmen must be able to demonstrate convincing craftsmanship.

If one has the ability, one can start from setting up a stall in front of the train station selling boxed lunches, then open a shop selling braised pork, and continue doing so until now with branches all over the province, and even take over a restaurant that was on the verge of bankruptcy.

It is precisely because Feng Zhengming has both skills and abilities that he can be so tough.

"We should really learn from Zhengming. Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zone and explore new things."

This statement was deeply recognized by other chefs who had participated in the state banquet.

Feng Zhengming laughed and said, "My fellow seniors, if you really want to start your own business in your own place, when you go to Hong Kong for exchange, I suggest that you can communicate more with some famous chefs in Hong Kong in this regard.

In Hong Kong, they are still better than us at some operations, so we should learn more from them in this regard.”

Feng Zhengming's words immediately awakened many chefs present.

They suddenly realized that they had indeed been too conservative in the past.

Now that the economy has been open for many years, even the wave of going into business is almost over.

But they still stick to their respective jobs.

He already has a certain reputation and his craftsmanship is no worse than others.

Why don’t you have the courage to start your own business like Feng Zhengming?

Once an idea comes up, it will quickly ferment in many people's hearts.

This night was destined to make many people fall into deep thought, and some bold ideas were aroused in their minds.

The next day, Feng Zhengming and his colleagues took a vehicle arranged by Guangdong Province and set off for the port city.

After passing the customs, they immediately saw the welcome ceremony arranged by the port city for them.

They also used the Hong Kong city's special sightseeing bus to pick up Feng Zhengming and his friends and take them to the hotel they had arranged. (End of this chapter)