The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 294 Zang Liang
Chen Gong drove Qin Huai to the hotel.

Along the way, Chen Gong had been enthusiastically introducing the famous attractions of City A and told Qin Huai that if he was not in a hurry to go back, he could arrange for Qin Huai to stay in City A for two more days.

Chen Gong introduced all kinds of natural scenic spots, university snack streets, historical sites, and even several internet celebrity check-in spots that have become popular on the Internet in the past two years. It can be seen that he had specially made drafts and prepared in advance.

After introducing these, Chen Gong naturally turned the topic to the Imperial Kitchen that would be hosting a birthday banquet tomorrow. He also boasted about the glorious achievement of Qinhuai's dim sum being featured on the cover of this year's "Taste" magazine's opening issue, and said that with Qinhuai in charge of the white pastry for this birthday banquet, the guests would definitely be very satisfied.

After the flattery, Chen Gong smoothly turned the topic to the Good Taste Company, and briefly recounted the wonderful story of their boss Han Guishan's rags-to-riches rise, and the love story of him and his wife Wang Jing, who met each other in humble beginnings and were deeply in love with each other.

Finally, let’s end with an interesting story about the real protagonist of this birthday party, Han Youxin, who grabbed a bottle of delicious soy sauce at the one-year-old ceremony.

The whole chat has a clear beginning and an end, a complete story, and a good structure. It is an excellent work report.

Qin Huai listened quietly throughout the whole process, and gave appropriate feedback from time to time where feedback was needed.

Qin Huai felt that Chen Gong was really a very special monster.

He is so normal.

If you just communicate with Chen Gong normally, he is definitely a very normal person.

He has quick thinking, is neat in his work, well-spoken, and has outstanding work ability. He is a role model among workers.

He doesn't look like a monster at all.

Among the monsters Qin Huai knew, all of them were more or less weird because of their obsessions, whether they were from the middle lives or the last life.

Luo Jun, the Bifang who has not lost his memory, a professional troublemaker in medical treatment, a negative reviewer of takeout food, and the most well-known lonely old man in Yunzhong Community. During the days when he did not go out and stayed at home as a stay-at-home, his legend was always circulating in the community.

Chen Huihong, the last fairy of plants and trees. She is normal among the fairy, but among normal people, she is sometimes a little too enthusiastic.

Qu Jing, the little bird in her last life. There is no need to explain her abnormality. Before she woke up, Chen Huihong and Luo Jun were most worried that she would suddenly die one day.

Gong Liang, a false beast in several lifetimes, was a legendary figure who divorced his wife three times for the Three-Headed Banquet. Even so, this was still considered normal among the monsters.

Wang Gensheng, also known as Xiezhi, is an upright professional accountant who has not cooked the books or made any mistakes in forty years. His credentials are beyond words.

As for Chen Huihui...

The phoenix that has disappeared while still in elementary school should just be a good elementary school student and do his homework seriously every day.

Compared with these monsters who are more or less abnormal, Chen Gong's normality is somewhat abnormal.

The most abnormal thing about him is the side quests.

When getting off the car, Chen Gong professionally helped Qin Huai with his luggage. After some consideration, Qin Huai asked, "Assistant Chen, as Mr. Han's personal assistant, you must be very busy at work, right?"

Chen Gong didn't expect that after listening to him all the way, Qin Huai was most concerned about whether he was busy or not. He was a little surprised for a moment, but he quickly put away his expression and said, "The life assistant just has a lot of trivial matters to deal with, so it can't be considered busy."

"I have been following Mr. Han since he founded Good Taste. Mr. Han has treated me well, so I should do my best for him."

Qin Huai recalled the entrepreneurial history of Han Guishan that Chen Gong had just told him on the road. Han Guishan was a peddler in his early years, trading goods from south to north and selling many things. After saving a large sum of start-up capital with his wife, he decided to start his own business and founded the current Good Taste Company, whose main business is soy sauce.

Haoweidao was founded 13 years ago. In the beginning, it did not sell soy sauce at all, but was a OEM condiment seller.

If Chen Gong had worked alongside Han Guishan when Haoweidao was first founded, then considering Chen Gong is now around 35 years old and has a bachelor's degree, he would have started working at Haoweidao right after graduating from university, making him a veteran among the veterans.

Qin Huai felt that he seemed to have some ideas on how to understand Chen Gong's character and get more information.

He had to take advantage of this birthday party to have a good chat with Chen Gong's boss, Mr. Han.

He has not yet met the financial sponsor who paid him a 50% deposit.

The boss is very generous. I paid the deposit without even meeting him.

Just as Chen Gong said, the hotel is near Yushanfang. To say it is near is an understatement. The hotel is right next to Yushanfang. Turn left and walk 30 steps to it.

As the most famous high-end restaurant in City A, Qinhuai doesn’t know whether the dishes at Yushanfang live up to its grand name, but the decoration certainly does.

Just looking at the decoration, there is only one word to describe it - expensive.

It was the kind of restaurant that when Qin Huai passed by it when he was in college, he wouldn't have wanted to go in and take a look at the prices.

Chen Gong booked a private room, 666. When the two of them walked into the room, Zang Mu and a young man were already sitting there.

"Master Zang, I'm sorry there was a traffic jam on the way from the airport and kept you waiting. This is Master Qin Huai, Master Qin, and this is Master Zang Mu. I'll have to trouble you two to take care of the birthday party tomorrow."

Zang Mu looked to be about 40 years old, with a blank expression on his face. He was dressed in dark grey clothes, and one could tell from his appearance that he was not good at speaking.

Zang Mu stood up and nodded to Qin Huai. "I've heard a lot about you, Master Qin. Your Guo Er is indeed as famous as it is said to be. I went to Huang's to order some in early January. It's worthy of being on the cover of Taste magazine at the beginning of the year. I'm very happy to cooperate with you on this birthday party."

After saying that, Zang Mu pointed to the young man who had already stood up beside him and looked like a respectful apprentice: "This is my apprentice, Zang Liang, I brought him here specially to help me."

"Hello, Master Qin. Please sit down and have a cup of hot tea." Zang Liang poured tea for Qin Huai enthusiastically.

Zang is not a common surname. Hearing that Zang Liang and Zang Mu have the same surname, Qin Huai couldn't help but look at Zang Liang and found that the two did look somewhat alike, but their ages did not match. Zang Liang should be a relative such as Zang Mu's nephew.

It is very common for a chef to recruit apprentices from among his own children and nephews, so that the good things will not flow to outsiders. Teaching an apprentice is a laborious and possibly thankless task, so under the same circumstances, one's own family members will definitely be given priority.

Take Pei Xing as an example. Pei Xing’s resume even lists him as a distant relative of Pei Shenghua, which shows that having a powerful elder is very useful in the culinary circle.

Seeing Qin Huai looking at Zang Liang twice more, Zang Mu explained: "Zang Liang is my nephew."

Zang Liang gave a smile that showed a person with great connections.

Everyone sat down and Chen Gong asked the waiter to serve the dishes. With Chen Gong, a skilled and versatile assistant to a top boss, present, the meal was a great success.

After the meal, Qin Huai began to understand why Han Guishan still spent a lot of money to hire a chef from outside to hold a birthday party for his son even though there was a high-end restaurant like Yushanfang in City A.

There is also a difference between high-end restaurants and high-end restaurants.

In terms of decoration, Huang Ji is far inferior to Yushanfang.

In terms of taste, Yushanfang can't compare.

If we were to rate high-end restaurants, Huang Ji would at least be rated A, while Yu Shan Fang would be at most C-, not even C.

A great chef is so important.

After the meal, Chen Gong asked Qin Huai and others to rest in the private room for a while. He contacted the person in charge of the imperial kitchen to arrange a visit to familiarize themselves with the kitchen.

As soon as Chen Gong left, Zang Mu received a phone call and followed him out, leaving only Zang Liang and Qin Huai in the box. Zang Liang couldn't help himself.

Qin Huai saw that Zang Liang couldn't help it.

From the moment the dishes were served, Zang Liang's eyes were not on the dishes, but on Qin Huai. Qin Huai's intuition told him that Zang Liang must have something to say to him, and within three seconds.

three.

two.

One.

"Fuck, man, you're so awesome!" Zang Liang started with Tan Weian's classic WeChat comment, "Add me on WeChat, Tan Weian is also a good friend of mine, he's been telling me how awesome you are since the end of December, for months."

"I have only heard of him but never seen him. Today I finally saw him."

"How did you make that stuffing a few days ago? It was the stuffing for the steamed buns. Holy shit, it was amazing! If I had that level of seasoning, I could walk around the kitchen with my head held high. I showed the photo to my master, and even he, who is not a talkative person, praised me several times."

"Last week I heard that you were the chef for the birthday party, so I begged my master to take me with him. After four or five days of persuasion, my master finally agreed."

"Tan Wei'an told me that you need a helper who is good at knife skills. I am nicknamed the Little Prince of Red Case Knife Skills. I am an expert in knife skills and I can be found in my records."

"Brother, choose me as your helper, it will definitely be worth it!"

Qin Huai:......

How did Zang Mu, such a taciturn master, bring up such a lively disciple like you? Did the disciple say everything that the master didn't say?
"But... aren't you here to help Master Zang?" Qin Huai said hesitantly.

"That's just superficial talk. I came here this time just to see if Tan Weian is bragging in front of me. It's not a loss to choose me. My sword skills are much better than Tan Weian's!"

Qin Huai:......

Qin Huai discovered that although he had known Tan Weian for several months, and even spent some time together in the kitchen every day and chatted about a lot of gossip, he actually knew nothing about Tan Weian.

Every time he sent photos of fillings to Tan Weian, Tan Weian seemed to just reply with "Wow that's awesome", but in fact he was silently forwarding them.

This hobby is really puzzling.

"Okay, let's try it this afternoon." Qin Huai nodded in agreement.

He really needed a helper with good knife skills to help him chop the meat filling for the Four Happiness Dumplings.

Qin Huai didn't expect Zang Liang's knife skills to be as good as Cao Guixiang's, and he couldn't raise the Four Joy Glutinous Rice Balls to Grade A just by relying on the fillings. He just needed Zang Liang's knife skills to be better than Li Hua's, and it would be best if he could raise the Four Joy Glutinous Rice Balls to Grade A+ from the original Grade A.

Plus the special buff of the birthday party.

Tomorrow’s four-happiness dumplings will definitely be the coolest thing at the birthday party!
Easily complete Chen Gong's side quest and make his beloved boss Han Guishan shine at the birthday party.

When Zang Mu came back after answering the phone, Zang Liang and Qin Huai had already added each other on WeChat. The two of them sat in the box in silence chatting on WeChat.

By the way, Zang Liang has a lot of "WTF" emoticons, and he can post more than a dozen of them in a row without repeating any one.

Around 2 o'clock, Chen Gong and a middle-aged man returned to the box. Qin Huai initially thought that the middle-aged man was Tong Deyan, and was about to stand up to greet him and say hello to Master Tong, when he heard Zang Mu say indifferently:
"Boss Han."

Boss Han!

Han Guishan!
Fund owner dad!

The smile on Qin Huai's face immediately changed from seeing a fellow master to seeing a financial sponsor, and his voice also became much more enthusiastic: "Boss Han, I have heard of you for a long time, but I have never met you."

Han Guishan was not polite and said cheerfully, "I have heard of you for a long time. I am sorry, Master Qin. We had agreed to go to Huang's to try the dishes, but I have something to do and I cannot leave."

"Xiao Chen just received a call. Master Tong has already gotten off the plane and is on his way here. The kitchen of Yushanfang has also been cleaned up. Why don't we not waste time and go directly to the kitchen to try the dishes?"

"It also allows me to try the delicious dishes for tomorrow's birthday party in advance."

"Of course." Qin Huai nodded, "Assistant Chen, I wonder if the fillings I sent you before..."

"They're all in the freezer in the back kitchen."

"That's fine."

Seeing Qin Huai agreed so readily, Zang Mu hesitated for a moment, walked to Han Guishan and whispered, "Boss Han, of course there is no problem with tasting the dishes. All banquets must taste the dishes in advance. But there are many dishes that need to be prepared in advance. It is too late to make them today. I may only be able to make a few simple dishes this afternoon. What do you think..."

"It's all right, I just came here to try the food." Han Guishan said that he was not a difficult party A. "Tomorrow's birthday party was arranged by Xiao Chen. I trust Xiao Chen's work and the dishes he tried."

After hearing what Han Guishan said, Chen Gong straightened his back even more.

"I just heard that I came here to taste the food this afternoon. You can try it however you want and do whatever you need to do." Han Guishan's face was full of words that said, "If I don't understand, I'll just pay for it. I won't get involved or interfere. I'll just pay the money."

Zang Mu felt relieved after hearing what Han Guishan said.

Many chefs are reluctant to accept catering orders from big bosses, fearing that the bosses are not knowledgeable and feel that they will lose money if they don't ask for tricky requests. The colorful black and the glittering white will not only appear in the design clients, but also in the banquet clients.

Chen Gong led everyone to the kitchen, with Han Guishan and Qin Huai walking at the end.

Qin Huai's intuition told him that Han Guishan had something to say to him.

Sure enough, Han Guishan rubbed his hands and walked to Qin Huai.

"Master Qin, I heard from Xu Cheng that you are from Guangdong Province and you know many kinds of dim sum. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to..."

Qin Huai heard the music and understood the meaning: "What would Mr. Han like to eat?"

"Pickled vegetable dumplings!"

Qin Huai:?
What kind of snack is pickled vegetable dumplings? It doesn't sound very delicious.

"It's a kind of snack from my hometown, a solid dumpling made with pickled vegetables and cornmeal. I haven't eaten it for many years. I wonder if you, Master Qin..."

Although Qin Huai didn't know what pickled vegetable dumplings were, he felt that they should be very simple snacks after hearing Han Guishan's description. He agreed without thinking: "After the food tasting is over, I will try to make them for you, Mr. Han, if I have time."

"But I don't have this kind of pickled vegetable dumplings in my hometown. I don't know if they will suit your taste when I make them."

Han Guishan was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Master Qin. I have prepared all the ingredients."

"It's no trouble, it's just a small matter."

(End of this chapter)