The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 181: Beast (IV)

Three-pack!
Before Gong Liang could react, Qin Huai had already opened his eyes wide.

Because Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da had never made Sanding Bao, Qin Huai never thought that he could actually see Sanding Bao in Gong Liang's memory.

Actually, it makes sense if you think about it. Sanding Bao and Wuding Bao are both special snacks from Guangling. Guangling is so close to Gusu, so it is not surprising that Jingli Township makes them.

In this era, the Sanding bag is definitely a top luxury item.

The hens from the previous year, the pork belly ribs and the fresh bamboo shoots were all top-notch ingredients. Especially the first two, you could tell from the way Gong Liang looked at the pork belly that they were definitely good things that most people could only eat during the Chinese New Year.

Gong Liang's family does not have a calendar, and the newspapers he reads at work are not today's newspapers, but a collection of newspapers accumulated over the past few months. Qin Huai has no idea what date it is now.

But Qin Huai remembered that when Jing Lixiang persuaded Gong Liang to go home last night, he said that it was late autumn, probably between mid-October and November. Winter bamboo shoots were already on the market during this period. In a sense, now was not only a good time to eat crab roe steamed buns, but also a good time to eat three-diced buns.

Jinglixiang gave Gong Liang full rights to choose, but he would decide the most suitable snacks to make when Gong Liang made his choice, which took him a lot of thought.

Jinglixiang made more than twenty crab roe steamed buns, but Gong Liang only ate five.

Seeing that Gong Liang didn't want to eat, Jing Lixiang didn't persuade him anymore. He took out a lunch box from the cupboard, put 6 in it, and kept the rest. He asked Gong Liang to take the lunch box home and bring it back tomorrow afternoon.

Gong Liang did not refuse and went home quietly with the lunch box.

When Gong Liang returned home, his mother was wiping his father's body.

Caring for a patient is a long, tedious, exhausting and troublesome task. Gong's mother did not allow Gong Liang to help, telling him that she could handle it herself, and closed the door tightly to prevent Gong Liang from entering.

Gong Liang had no choice but to use the small stove to boil the medicine. While the medicine was boiling, he took out a notebook and pen from the room and wrote something on the thick notepad.

Qin Huai leaned over to take a look and found that Gong Liang was writing about speech techniques and character analysis.

The notes are very neat and beautiful, and the language is concise and clear. It can be seen that Gong Liang must have had good grades when he was in school and had practiced calligraphy.

This is Gong Liang’s work notebook.

There are a lot of character analysis and case analysis written above, such as what kind of personality a factory director has, what kind of personality a deputy factory director has, what kind of personality a purchasing specialist has, what kind of personality a leader has. Their preferences, schedules, speaking habits, degree of integrity, which factories they have negotiated cooperation with, and whether there are any successful cases worth referring to.

This notebook was written until the beginning of the year when the Magic City came to an abrupt end due to the single factory.

For more than half a year, Gong Liang never recorded any information in this notebook.

Now Gong Liang took out the notebook again and started writing.

Qin Huai took a look and found that Gong Liang had written a case study of three different factories in Jinling, namely a garment factory, a bed sheet factory, and a village-run factory that made handicrafts and was more like a small workshop.

Gong Liang wrote carefully without having to look up any materials, as all the information was stored in his mind.

Qin Huai watched him write from day to night, and Gong's mother was busy and didn't disturb him. Gong's mother didn't know what Gong Liang was doing, she thought it was a good thing as long as Gong Liang had something to do, and she didn't even call him to eat, but just quietly put the bowl and chopsticks next to him.

After writing the message, Gong Liang ate, washed the dishes, cleaned the room, and went to sleep.

The next day I went to work as usual.

Section Chief Chen still readily agreed to Gong Liang's request for leave. Gong Liang had asked for leave for two consecutive days, which made Liu Hai jealous. He also went to ask for leave, but was scolded by Section Chief Chen. He complained with a sad face why he had to go to work in the afternoon.

Then the middle-aged man next door asked: What are your achievements? What are Xiao Gong's achievements? What's your situation? What's Xiao Gong's situation? He was blocked.

Gong Liang turned a blind eye to this and went to the state-owned canteen after dinner.

Although there was no noodles in the state-owned canteen and the food was ordinary, it was still much better than that in the silk factory.

Large white rice, braised cabbage meatballs and stewed fish with tofu.

Yesterday's waiter was not there, and the person sitting in the lobby was a young man who looked about the same age as Gong Liang. The young man was very nice to Gong Liang, smiled and pointed to the direction of the kitchen door, motioning Gong Liang to go in.

Jing Lixiang had already prepared everything in the kitchen.

His face has grown.

Seeing Gong Liang coming, Jing Lixiang asked him with a smile how his day was.

This time Gong Liang answered: "I read the newspaper all morning and looked up a lot of information."

"Oh, what information did you look up?" Jing Lixiang seemed very interested.

"Many village-run factories have opened in Jinling in recent years," said Gong Liang. "Although they are small factories with only a few dozen people, many factories don't even have machines and sell ordinary handicrafts, but there are a lot of them."

Jing Lixiang motioned for Gong Liang to continue.

Gong Liang continued: "Some of the shops in the market sell wooden products, some sell rattan products, and some make simple toys. They sell a wide variety of goods, and basically they produce whatever the market needs."

"I think they all have great potential in making silk products. Silk can be used not only to make clothes, bed sheets, curtains, but also fans, handicrafts, and toys. Last year, a silk weaving factory won a large order at the fair to earn foreign exchange by exporting silk to overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia to make silk screens."

"Our factory previously earned foreign exchange by exporting silk to factories in Japan to make silk fans."

"But these village-run factories don't have the funds to order large quantities of silk. I know a little bit about the situation at your silk weaving factory. As far as I know, the amount of silk stored in the warehouse this year, last year, and even the year before last is so large that even if we sell it off, we will still lose money."

Gong Liang nodded: "But I want to try."

"Master Jing, you said yesterday that if you don't try, you won't know."

"If you try, there is still hope. If you don't try, there is no hope at all."

Jing Lixiang smiled, didn't respond, and concentrated on making the Sanding Buns.

The conversation between the two people was actually very interesting, but Qin Huai hardly listened.

His entire attention was focused on Jinglixiang. He seemed distracted, absent-minded, chatting and conversing, but in fact his movements were smooth and flawless, and he was perfectly skilled in making Sanding buns.

First of all, Jing Lixiang is very good at knife skills.

He is an excellent chef in both red and white cases. He was able to teach Zheng Da, a master of white cases, who was not doing his job properly. Huang Shengli inherited the mantle of a chef who was a master of red cases. His knife skills were absolutely the best among white case chefs. He could kill with his eyes closed.

Qin Huai initially thought that making sanding buns did not require much knife skills.

The main fillings of Sanding Bao are diced chicken, diced meat and diced bamboo shoots. Just cut the ingredients into dices, which is easy and can be done with hands. In fact, even if you don't cut them into dices, you can cut them into a size that is almost dices.

Jing Lixiang told Qin Huai that making Sanding Bao doesn’t require knife skills, but it’s better with them, as they can be the icing on the cake.

Qin Huai has always felt that making Sanding Bao does not require much heat. Sanding Bao does need to be boiled, but only boiled.

Jing Lixiang told Qin Huai that the heat was indeed not very important, but if it was very powerful, it could be very impressive.

The stuffing cooked by an average chef is just an ordinary stuffing. The stuffing cooked by an excellent chef is so delicious that you want to take a spoon and scoop it out to taste it.

Not to mention the dough. Although Qin Huai did not see the kneading process, he saw the finished product.

Awesome, no need to say more. Crab roe siu mai is not easy to make, but it can only show the limited skills of Jinglixiang. Crab roe siu mai pays more attention to seasoning, and rarely plays a role in kneading the dough and the heat.

On the Sanding Bao, Qin Huai saw the omnipotence of Master Jing.

Almighty to the point of being omnipotent.

Qin Huai didn't know what to say. He felt that he should kowtow to Jing Lixiang.

Qin Huai couldn't quite understand Jiang Chengde's teaching videos, so Qin Huai knew that Jiang Chengde was awesome, but he couldn't tell exactly what was so awesome about him. He could only say that he was indeed awesome, in a way that was incomprehensible.

Jinglixiang’s strength is the kind that can be understood.

For Qin Huai at this stage, this is truly amazing.

Qin Huai stood at the sidelines in amazement, wishing that Gong Liang would move to the side. He was standing too close to Master Jing, blocking Qin Huai's view of the technique.

Qin Huai glanced at Gong Liang.

Very good, he was daydreaming again, probably thinking about how to negotiate a deal and start over.

Gong Liang is now at the stage where he knows Jing Lixiang is very powerful, but he doesn't know how powerful he is because he can't understand it.

Qin Huai: Gong Liang, I hate you for being a piece of wood!
Mu Tou had no idea how awesome Jinglixiang was in front of him. He just watched ignorantly from the side until the three-stuffed buns were put into the steamer and the aroma came out. Only then did he start to swallow his saliva as if he were in another world.

It is human instinct to swallow saliva when you smell such a smell.

Qin Huai couldn't imagine how strong a person must be to face such a fragrance without swallowing his saliva.

Do people who don’t swallow their saliva have no sense of taste?

After swallowing my saliva for two minutes, the buns were out of the pot.

The kitchen was full of steam, but no matter how thick the steam was, it couldn't conceal Gong Liang's eager eyes.

Who said that Gong Liang was lifeless, distracted and absent-minded during this period? Qin Huai thought he was quite energetic.

The look in Sanding Bao's eyes was so hot that I wanted to eat it with my eyes.

"Eat." Jing Lixiang said with a smile.

Gong Liang took a big bite of the hot bun without any hesitation.

It was so hot that he stomped his feet and almost did a tap dance on the spot.

I can't bear to spit it out.

Not only do you not want to spit it out, you also have to chew it hard. You are reluctant to spit it out or swallow it.

It's a textbook-level performance of eating buns!

Gong Liang was chewing his food with big mouthfuls, and Jing Lixiang asked beside him, "What do you want to eat tomorrow?"

Gong Liang:!!!
Qin Huai:? ? ?
Qin Huai: No, it’s still edible. It’s almost done. There are crab roe steamed buns and three-diced buns. If Gong Liang eats any more, even the one who is watching the memory will be jealous.

At this moment, the value of the crab roe steamed buns that Gong Liang had been eating for a month was still increasing.

Gong Liang swallowed the last bite of the bun and thought about it blankly, but couldn't figure it out.

Qin Huai and Jing Lixiang could tell from his naive expression that he really hadn't figured it out.

His lack of experience limited his imagination.

Jing Lixiang said: "Since I can't think of it, I'll just do it casually."

"Yesterday I made shrimp and crab, today I made chicken and pork, they are all salty, why not make something sweet tomorrow."

"How about making a Dingsheng Cake with auspicious meaning?"

What else could Gong Liang say? He could only nod repeatedly.

Gong Liang ate two more buns and stopped eating. As usual, Jing Lixiang put two buns in his lunch box and asked him to take them home.

Gong Liang had just washed the lunch box he brought yesterday, and now he was taking it back with him.

This time, Gong Liang did not go home directly, but returned to the silk factory along the same route.

In the sales department, Section Chief Chen rarely stayed in the office in the afternoon instead of going out to do business.

Section Chief Chen was a little surprised to see Gong Liang coming back.

"Xiao Gong, why are you back? Is there something you forgot to pick up?" Section Chief Chen asked with concern.

Gong Liang shook his head: "No, Chief, I have something to tell you."

Section Chief Chen glanced at the other people in the office and motioned Gong Liang to go out and talk.

As soon as the two of them walked into the corridor, Gong Liang spoke up: "Section Chief, I still want to go on the business trip to Jinling next week."

Section Chief Chen was a little surprised and said, "The Jinling deal is basically set in stone. We are just going there to accompany them. If you want to get your travel expenses reimbursed, it will take a while..."

Gong Liang interrupted Section Chief Chen and said, "I know that we will not be able to negotiate the order from Factory 1. They are not interested in us. I want to negotiate the order from the small factory."

Gong Liang repeated the information he had written down in the notebook last night. Section Chief Chen listened carefully and nodded frequently.

Section Chief Chen was supportive, but also poured cold water on the idea: "These orders have promise, but the quantity is too small, and even if we negotiate... it's just a drop in the bucket."

"A little bit adds up to a lot!" Gong Liang said affirmatively, "One or two is not enough, but ten or twenty is a lot. Even if these small orders cannot solve the accumulated inventory of the silk weaving factory, at least they can let Deputy Director Li and others see the ability of our sales department."

"Chief Chen, we don't have a place at this year's trade fair. I won't accept this." Gong Liang gritted his teeth and finally spoke out his inner thoughts, "I won't accept this!"

"My father is counting on me to get a bonus for negotiating an order at the trade fair. There's still time. I know the quota hasn't been confirmed yet and the higher-ups are still hesitating. Didn't Deputy Director Li say that if we can get the order from Jinling Factory No. 1, we can get the quota back?"

Section Chief Chen sighed deeply and thought for a long time before he made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and looked like he was going to give it a go today.

"Okay, you will still go to Jinling next week."

"If you can't get the order from the first factory, you can get the order from a small factory. I don't expect you to negotiate 20 orders, as long as you can get 10, no, 8, I will go and get them for you. Even if you stay in Jinling for a few more days, I will give you the funds. If you don't have enough money, I will advance it to you."

"As long as you can negotiate, I will go to Deputy Director Li to make trouble even if it means sacrificing my reputation. Old Li was promoted from our sales department. He knows your ability, and I know his ability too."

"As long as you can negotiate these orders, he will have to go to the higher-ups to get our silk weaving factory quota back, even if he throws a tantrum!"

Qin Huai left the memory.

(End of this chapter)