From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

The two-day weekend vacation at the seaside ended in a pleasant atmosphere.

We all took the bus back together, and we could see that everyone had a smile on their face during the trip.

The short two-day vacation really made everyone feel completely relaxed.

This kind of relaxation may make people feel more pleasant physically and mentally than taking a few days off.

After all, if you are just taking a vacation, whether you go out shopping or hang out with a few friends for food, drinks and fun, you have to spend your own money.

All expenses for this vacation were covered by the resort hotel.

Even because Feng Zhengming and his team organized a beach bonfire party for the resort hotel, the resort hotel gave them a thank you fee as a token of gratitude.

Feng Zhengming agreed to train kitchen staff for the resort hotel and also received a 10% stake from the hotel owner.

It can be said that this vacation not only did not cost any money, but also made Feng Zhengming earn a lot of money.

On the bus back home, Feng Zhengming could also see that everyone was happy.

In particular, the relationships between people in each store have become closer.

After this vacation we had fun together.

More emotional bonds are established between everyone.

On the way back, Feng Zhengming chatted with Liu Fangyou about the transfer of shares by the resort hotel owner.

After hearing this, Liu Fangyou thought about it seriously and said, "Brother Feng, don't worry. I will follow up later. The other party should also hire a lawyer. I will help you and check the documents provided by the other party."

Feng Zhengming: "Okay, I trust you on this. I don't mind the 10% dividend, but if the other party has any additional terms or contracts, you have to show them to me clearly."

Luo Qing interrupted: "Yes, we must take the initiative."

Liu Fangyou agreed: "Brother Feng, Sister Luo, don't worry, I will review it carefully."

Jiang Chengzhe listened for a while and couldn't help but sigh.

"I've discovered that you can always get a lot of benefits wherever you go. If you make your status as the top scholar known, many people will take the initiative to bring benefits to you."

Feng Zhengming listened to Jiang Chengzhe's words and laughed: "Why? Are you still jealous? Who made you lose to me in the national competition?"

"You..." These words choked Jiang Chengzhe instantly.

Feng Zhengming continued to comfort her with a smile: "Don't worry, we are partners. I won't treat you unfairly. My sister should have told you, right? The branch of the Western restaurant on the street will give you a portion of the shares."

When Jiang Chengzhe heard this, a smile reappeared on his face.

For Jiang Chengzhe, he also put a lot of effort into the branch of the Western Restaurant on the street.

So naturally he also hoped to get some shares in that branch.

Of course, when Feng Zhengming’s old restaurant in the villa opens, he will probably go to the new restaurant as well.

This was also a generous treatment given to him by Feng Zhengming.

If he is given some shares in the branch of the Western restaurant on the street, he can also get a high salary in the old western-style house restaurant.

Feng Zhengming never hid anything from Jiang Chengzhe and the others.

He will tell everyone all his arrangements.

After Jiang Chengzhe goes to the Old House Restaurant, he and Deng Huaichuan, Wang Hanwen, Huang Yunliang, Li Yao, Han Rui and Xia Hui will form a shift.

Every once in a while, they would rotate between the western restaurant on the street and the kitchen of the old western-style restaurant.

According to Feng Zhengming's arrangement, Deng Huaichuan, Wang Hanwen, Huang Yunliang, Li Yao, Han Rui and others went to the Old House Restaurant to be the chefs.

The restaurant's main dishes will change as they go to the old house restaurant.

Jiang Chengzhe and Xia Hui belong to the Old Western-style House Restaurant and the Western Restaurant Street branch. Besides Feng Zhengming, they are the important chefs in charge of these two restaurants.

Jiang Chengzhe may still be the main focus in the early stages. After all, Xia Hui has just officially become Feng Zhengming's apprentice and still needs to undergo a series of studies.

The shares of the Western restaurant on the street were divided into three parts by Feng Zhengming.

He alone holds 40% of the shares, while Jiang Chengzhe and Xia Hui each own 30%.

As for Feng Zhengming’s other branches, whether they are located throughout Qilu Province or the other three in Shanghai.

He will give 20% of the shares to the store manager who is in charge of the cooking.

Of course, Feng Zhengming and his senior brothers basically divided the branch shares in half with him.

As for the shares of Huiquanlou, Feng Zhengming gave 40% of the shares to his eldest senior brother, and he and his fifth senior brother each took 30% of the shares.

Feng Zhengming was generous in distributing shares, so naturally he gained everyone's support.

Jiang Chengzhe was even more determined in his heart to follow Feng Zhengming.

And it’s just as Bao Guofeng and his wife analyzed.

Feng Zhengming did this in order to win over the hearts of the people and make young chefs like Jiang Chengzhe willing to follow him, Feng Zhengming.

In this way, he will be able to gradually and completely gain control of the catering industry.

With the support of young chefs, he has a recommendation guide for recommended restaurants and eateries.

When the old villa restaurant opens, we will have a benchmark restaurant in our hands.

The catering industry in Shanghai can only be clearly arranged by Feng Zhengming.

Not many people have fully understood this point yet.

It’s just that the other labels on Feng Zhengming are too obvious.

The label he displays for everyone to see.

He is the champion of the national cooking competition, a top chef who has cooked delicious dishes and participated in state banquets, and a culinary master who has a strong personal pursuit of Chinese cuisine.

Under the cover of such a dazzling label.

Many people have overlooked the fact that Feng Zhengming has branches all over the province of Qilu, and he has four branches in Shanghai alone.

And he is about to open a restaurant in the old villa.

Let’s not even talk about whether the opening of the old villa restaurant can make Feng Zhengming money.

His branches alone are enough to bring him considerable profits every year.

But who would think that Feng Zhengming shouldn’t earn this money?

Every label that people see on him is the real him.

He will put enough effort into every dish.

When you have enough ability, no one will think that you shouldn't make money.

Just like Jiang Chengzhe often wonders: If I had won the top prize in the national competition, could I have achieved what Feng Zhengming has now?
Whenever he thought about this, Jiang Chengzhe would come to a conclusion after some deduction.

If he were the top scorer, he would definitely not do as well as Feng Zhengming.

Jiang Chengzhe felt that it would be impossible for him to make such good use of the title of number one scholar like Feng Zhengming did.

He even continued to compete in competitions to complement his personal efforts over the years, strengthening his reputation as the nation's top culinary talent.

So Jiang Chengzhe was really convinced by Feng Zhengming.

After returning to the urban area of ​​Shanghai, Feng Zhengming asked the bus driver to take people back to each branch one by one.

Of course, Feng Zhengming took the chefs and key staff of several branches back to the branch on the street of the Western Restaurant for a meeting. "After two days of fun, everyone is very tired. Go back and have a good rest. Remember to go to work tomorrow and don't be late."

The staff, with smiles on their faces, all agreed with a smile.

After sending the staff to various branches one after another, Feng Zhengming also reminded everyone to be careful when returning to their residence.

Finally, only one bus returned to the Western restaurant's street branch.

The surrounding western restaurants all seemed excited to see Feng Zhengming and his friends coming back.

Many bosses took the initiative to greet Feng Zhengming and asked if they would resume business tomorrow.

Some people also asked curiously, will Feng Zhengming have a holiday every weekend in the future?

At first Feng Zhengming didn't understand why these western restaurant owners seemed to be much friendlier to him just because he had a holiday?

Isn't it a good opportunity for them to get more business when their own store is closed?
Slowly Feng Zhengming figured out the reason from their words.

It turned out that because Feng Zhengming was taking a break, there were significantly fewer customers coming to the Western Restaurant Street on the weekend.

Originally, other restaurants on the Western Restaurant Street were able to get good business thanks to the large number of customers brought by Feng Zhengming's restaurant, especially on weekends.

As a result, Feng Zhengming's store is closed on weekends, so many people don't come here and directly choose other stores.

Naturally, during the two days of the weekend, the owners of these Western restaurants on the street did not see the booming business as they had imagined.

Instead, they all suffered poor business this weekend.

This made the owners of various western restaurants truly realize this.

The reason they had business on weekends before was not only because they changed to a better chef, but also because they made more dishes and adjusted the service.

It was simply because Feng Zhengming’s branch was doing so well on the weekends that the number of customers exceeded his branch’s capacity to accommodate them.

A large number of overflow customers will flow into other Western restaurants on the same street.

Having recognized the facts, all the restaurants on the entire street are now looking forward to Feng Zhengming's store resuming business as soon as possible.

Feng Zhengming figured out why these bosses were suddenly so enthusiastic about him.

He smiled and responded to everyone: "We will resume business tomorrow, don't worry."

After seeing off the owners of other restaurants, Feng Zhengming led the core members back to the store.

Let everyone find a seat and ask my wife to pour some water for everyone.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Feng Zhengming spoke first about the preparations for the opening of the Old House Restaurant.

"Since it's a high-end restaurant, they must be focusing on bookings. I'll take Xia Hui and my apprentice, as well as Li Yao and Han Rui, over there first. Li Yao and Han Rui, are you okay with that?"

Li Yao and Han Rui already knew about it, so they naturally responded immediately that it was no problem.

Feng Zhengming then looked at Jiang Chengzhe and said, "Azhe, you may need to take more responsibility for the store's affairs. I will let Xia Hui come to replace you later."

Jiang Chengzhe didn't care at all: "It doesn't matter, I can do both."

Feng Zhengming then gave some instructions to the chefs and key staff of the other three branches present.

"You three branches need to maintain their current reputation. I may focus more on the new restaurant. Without my supervision, I hope you won't slack off."

The current chefs of the three stores all agreed very seriously.

But Zhang Lei couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Master, do we have a chance to go to the new restaurant?"

Feng Zhengming looked at Zhang Lei and understood that Zhang Lei still had some further ideas in his mind.

"You will all have the chance to join the new restaurant if you have the chance, but whether you can actually join the new restaurant's kitchen depends on your performance, especially whether your cooking skills are qualified."

Naturally, the kitchen staff of the three branches were very excited to hear that there was an opportunity to work in the new restaurant's kitchen.

In fact, any aspiring chef would want to work in the kitchen of an old Western-style restaurant.

After all, although it has not opened yet, all the publicity made by Feng Zhengming shows that the restaurant will be a top-notch restaurant in the country.

For young chefs, having the experience of working in a restaurant like that is like studying in a holy place.

When they heard Feng Zhengming assigning personnel, Zhang Lei and the others were worried that they might not have the opportunity to enter the kitchen of the new restaurant.

Now that they heard they could enter, their worries were naturally dispelled.

As for what Feng Zhengming said, it depends on their performance, especially whether their skills are qualified enough?
This is exactly what Zhang Lei, the chef at the branch, should do.

After following Feng Zhengming for a long time, I have become accustomed to an environment where competition is required at all times.

The only difference is that unlike other places, the competition here at Feng Zhengming's place is basically healthy.

Everyone demonstrated their abilities, and even the slightest improvement would be recognized by Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming's affirmation is not just verbal, but he will give some substantial benefits.

For example, if a waiter performs better, Feng Zhengming will give him a bonus directly.

For example, in the kitchen, whether you are a chef or an apprentice, as long as you perform well and have made progress compared to the past, you will get more opportunities.

This way, everyone will be more motivated to catch up with each other's progress.

When other restaurants know this, they are all more or less envious.

Why are all the good young chefs willing to work with Feng Zhengming? Why can't his restaurant recruit such motivated young chefs?
If they raised this issue to Feng Zhengming in person.

He might ask bluntly: Could it not be caused by the environment?
Not all the young chefs Feng Zhengming recruits are good enough.

It is because they entered Feng Zhengming's kitchen and, influenced by the objective environment, gradually became more motivated.

This is why Feng Zhengming did not open a large number of branches.

We must ensure the reputation of our own brand, Zhengluxing.

Every chef in the kitchen needs a training and adaptation process.

This also means that Feng Zhengming cannot quickly expand by opening branches like some chain stores.

Feng Zhengming still emphasizes this to people in all branches.

"Remember that you are the best young chefs. You must show your skills to every diner. I hope you will not slack off. I don't want to see you get complained about."

The kitchen staff of the branch looked at each other, and under the leadership of Sun Hai, Zhu Xu, Zhang Lei and Guan Wei, they all agreed seriously.

After warning the branch staff, Feng Zhengming smiled and asked everyone to go back and rest.

"We will resume work tomorrow. You all need to lead by example and manage the branch well. Do you want me to pay for your taxi fare?"

Several people laughed when they heard the latter part.

"Hahaha, no need. I can still afford the taxi fare."

"Yeah, there's still enough money for a taxi back home."

"Thank you, Chef. We can go back now."

Feng Zhengming sent everyone away, and he, his wife and daughter went home to rest.

The two-day vacation is over, and the next thing to do is to open the Old House Restaurant.

This is the final stage. Once we have contacted the first batch of guests to be invited, the restaurant will officially open. (End of this chapter)