Catering God

Chapter 94 Chen Jingyu's Confession
Facing Jiang Feng's ridicule, Xu Tao did not get anxious, but instead explained slowly:

"Boss Jiang, don't rush to draw conclusions. Our company isn't simply investing capital, but rather a combination of capital and technology. It's more of a partnership than an investment."

"We have extensive resources and experience in attracting investors. If Mr. Jiang cooperates with us, we can guarantee that within a year, we will have at least 200 'Maple Flavor·Potato' franchise stores, and within three years, we will have 500 stores.

"If Mr. Jiang is willing to cooperate with us, we can easily and happily expand the 'Maple Flavor Guoba Potato' brand."

Xu Tao said this with great confidence, even with a touch of boasting.

The other party was bragging very loudly, but Jiang Feng did not listen to what he said, and even frowned slightly:
"If I'm not mistaken, your company specializes in quick recruitment."

The so-called "quick recruitment companies" are a major cancer in the catering industry.

Their main project is to attract investment and franchise.

In a short period of time, they use various means to package and create a brand "explosive product", quickly attract investment on a large scale, and obtain huge franchise fees and other benefits, but there is no post-sales service support at all.

As for why it is called a cancer?
Because their way of attracting investment and franchising is extremely shameless, it can be described as fraud, and they often walk on the edge of the law and make money against their conscience.

Take a very simple example.

They set up a website and plagiarized the cover of a well-known catering brand on the market, making you mistakenly believe that it is an investment channel for a certain famous catering brand.

However, when you are taken to the company by their salesperson, the catering brand you want to join will become an unknown brand registered by them.

They use various tactics and methods to get customers to sign franchise contracts.

Some quick-recruitment companies don’t even have any offline physical catering stores.

They simply put up a few model rooms in the company, take customers to visit them, brag about the advantages of their products and franchises, and then trick customers into joining. They then use a series of other tricks to take money out of customers' wallets.

The process is like a fraud.

"Yes."

Xu Tao nodded and admitted it frankly.

Jiang Feng stood up directly, without giving any face, and said directly: "I'm sorry, my business philosophy is different from your company's."

Jiang Feng knew it very well.

What the other party is interested in is nothing more than the novelty and potential of the Guoba Potato project.

This so-called "Jiyue Catering" is just an empty shell.

Once you cooperate with them, they will make "Maple Flavor Potato Crisps" popular in a short period of time, and then harvest franchisees. Once the franchisees are gone, they will simply abandon the project and switch to another one.

Jiang Feng may not be able to get the so-called two million funds.

The other party will leave after making the money, and the "Maple Flavor·Potato Crisps" brand will be completely scrapped.

Perhaps in this process, Jiang Feng, as the founder of the brand, can also get a share of the pie, but in the end, the one who gets the benefit is the Quick Recruitment Company.

The practice of draining the pond to catch all the fish.

Seeing Jiang Feng was about to leave, Xu Tao also stood up to stop him:

"Boss Jiang, you might want to reconsider this. I know many people are prejudiced against our quick-hire company, but only the actual money we earn can speak for itself."

"Thank you, but I've made up my mind. Your company should choose other catering projects to seek cooperation."

Jiang Feng refused very straightforwardly.

As a person in the catering industry, he looks down upon quick recruitment companies.

If his previous black duck sauce was meant to exploit the braised food merchants, it did help them increase their sales. As long as the business was managed reasonably, they could make money.

But the practices of quick recruitment companies are extremely shameless.

There is a 100% chance that you will not make any money by joining their project.

They will only disrupt the industry, affect normal catering brands, and finally label catering franchises as a scam.

Looking at Jiang Feng's departing back, a fierce look flashed in Xu Tao's eyes.

"Damn it, you're just a brat, you're so shameless, you really think you're a piece of cake."

then.

He made a phone call.

"I can't continue the cooperation discussion here. The Guoba Potato product is very novel, so I can't give up so easily. I have to think of other ways... His only advantage right now is his recipe. Let's try to overcome it."

……

Jiang Feng walked to the side of the road, opened the car door and got in.

Glancing at Chen Jingyu, who was still reading comics in the passenger seat, he couldn't help but criticize, "As the financial director, you actually missed the month-end review and hid in the car reading comics. I'm going to fine you."

Chen Jingyu flipped through the Doraemon in her hand, not even looking up at Jiang Feng. She said nonchalantly, "You talk as if you really intend to pay me a salary."

"How not……"

Jiang Feng thought about it.

When Chen Jingyu was originally appointed to the finance position, it seemed that her salary and benefits were not discussed at all. After all, she was not in the company most of the time and only dealt with the issue of employee salary payment at the end of the month.

He was just using the title of financial director, and when Jiang Feng was playing tricks on him, he had the right to call him boss.

Besides, Miss Chen is not short of money, and the salary Jiang Feng offered her is not as affordable as two strings of candied haws.

Jiang Feng thought for a long time, and finally said:
"Um...your salary is that you can let me fulfill one of your wishes."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jingyu immediately raised her head and looked at Jiang Feng expectantly: "Really?"

"Of course it's true. I always keep my word."

Chen Jingyu thought for a moment and said, "You have to take me out to play this weekend."

"Where to play?"

“Go wherever there’s fun.”

"How about... let's go to Qingcheng Mountain. You've been in Handu for so long, and you've even been to the Hanjiang Weir."

"Climbing again?"

"Not necessarily. We can take the cable car up. There are hot springs at the foot of the mountain. When we come down from the mountain, we can soak in the hot springs."

……

In the blink of an eye, it’s the weekend.

Ever since Jiang Feng rejected the so-called Jiyue Catering manager, the other party has not continued to harass him, which is quite gratifying.

In fact, if it was a normal investment, Jiang Feng might consider it.

After all, he is really short of money now.

But when faced with a quick-hire company like this, there's really no way to negotiate. Not letting him get fired right away is already a big courtesy.

On Saturday morning, Jiang Feng drove Chen Jingyu to Qingcheng Mountain, located on the Hanjiang River, as agreed.

The last time I went to Longquan Mountain, it was just a small trip.

Qingcheng Mountain is a national 5A-level scenic spot, the holy land of the Quanzhen Longmen Sect, and a legendary Taoist holy land. It is also a very famous tourist attraction.

Jiang Feng and Chen Jingyu each wore a windbreaker, paired with a quick-drying long-sleeved shirt, and a pair of casual sports soft-shell pants underneath.

These equipment were bought by the two of them together at the mall on Friday.

When Chen Jingyu put on this outfit and took a hiking pole, she changed her previous youthful and cute style and looked cool.

Because we set off early, there was no traffic on the road and we arrived at our destination in just over an hour.

"Jiang Feng, I'm hungry."

Because she got up early, Chen Jingyu didn't have breakfast. Now she looked at Jiang Feng pitifully.

So, after Jiang Feng parked the car in the parking lot, he took Chen Jingyu to have breakfast.

Passing by a Lao Ma wonton shop, Jiang Feng turned his head to look at Chen Jingyu behind him: "By the way, you've been in Hanchuan for so long, haven't you ever eaten wonton?"

"What is chao shou?"

Chen Jingyu looked confused.

"Chao Shou is Hanchuan wonton, of course you can call it Hanchuan wonton."

In order to give Chen Jingyu some scientific knowledge, Jiang Feng took her directly into the store and ordered two bowls of wonton.

Jiang Feng ate the old mackerel himself and ordered the small mackerel for Chen Jingyu.

Lao Ma Chao Shou, as the name suggests, is mainly "numbing" and contains a lot of pepper powder. After eating it, your lips will lose the tactile numbness.

Other wonton shops offer small and large bowls, and clear soup with mild or medium spiciness, but at Lao Ma Wonton shop, there are only three flavor options: "small, medium, and old."

It's numb to the point of being crisp, pleasurable, and soul-destroying.

This is the characteristic of Lao Ma Chao Shou.

Soon, the wontons were served on the table.

Chen Jingyu looked at the bowl of wontons filled with bright red oil, sesame seeds, minced garlic, and chopped green onions, and her appetite was aroused. But before trying it, she curiously asked Jiang Feng:

“Is this Chao Shou?”

"Yes, this is Chao Shou. It looks a lot like wontons."

Jiang Feng had always been curious about Hanchuan.

Geographically speaking, Hanchuan is located in the southwest.

But culturally speaking, the common people here seem neither like northerners nor southerners.

We can see this from the food culture. For example, people in the north eat wontons, people in the south eat wontons, but in Hanchuan, people insist on eating chao shou.

During the Winter Solstice, people in the north eat dumplings, people in the south eat rice balls, and people in Hanchuan eat mutton soup.

Normally, people in the north eat salty tofu pudding, people in the south eat sweet tofu pudding, and people in Hanchuan... eat spicy tofu pudding.

It seems that the geography, culture and food are all unique and do not belong to either the north or the south.

"Although both are meat wrapped in skin, wontons are relatively full of meat filling and have angular corners, while wontons have thin skin and shrimp in the filling is a special feature, while chao shou is in the shape of a gold ingot and is usually filled with pork."

Jiang Feng explained the differences between wontons, wontons, and dumplings.

Chen Jingyu has already started eating.

She picked up a wonton with red spicy soup, carefully blew off the heat, and took a light bite.

The moment you put it in your mouth, the double stimulation of pepper powder and red oil instantly stimulates your taste buds, followed by the aroma of chopped green onions and minced garlic. The unique wheat aroma of pasta has been masked by the rich and highly stimulating seasoning. It is so passionate that one bite can dispel the chill of the early morning.

“A little spicy… but delicious.”

Chen Jingyu's beautiful eyes became bright.

This was her classic reaction after tasting delicious food. So she started to seriously fight with the wonton in the bowl.

Although the dumplings do not feel as full of filling as wontons or as fresh as wontons, they are smooth and refreshing, especially when paired with rich seasonings, they taste unique.

After a while, Jiang Feng and Chen Jingyu finished two bowls of wontons.

To be precise, Chen Jingyu only ate a few of them before she was so numb that she stuck out her tongue and looked like she had lost all hope in life.

The rest was eaten by Jiang Feng.

Just right.

They were going to climb a mountain later, so it would not be good to eat too much. Jiang Feng did not care. After all, he had a big appetite, and these dumplings were not enough to fill him up halfway.

Jiang Feng bought a scenic spot ticket, a Yuecheng Lake boat ticket, and a round-trip cable car ticket at the entrance of the scenic spot.

He had no intention of climbing to the top of the mountain on foot with Chen Jingyu.

Neither of them is a dedicated mountain climbing enthusiast. If they really climb up, their feet will probably be broken.

It would be nice to stop and walk, take a cable car and enjoy the scenery.

"This is the gate of Qingcheng Mountain."

The two stood in front of the mountain gate.

Chen Jingyu tilted her head back and admired the scenery in front of her.

The trees near the mountain gate are evergreen all year round. The mountains are stacked up and surrounded by peaks, which look like a city wall, so it is named "Qingcheng".

After entering the mountain gate and walking up about a hundred steps, you will see an exquisite two-story thatched pavilion standing by the clear stream.

"Legend has it that this is the pavilion where Du Fu once took shelter from the rain... Come, stand over there and I'll take a picture of you."

Because he was going out to play today, Jiang Feng bought a camera specifically for taking pictures when he went to the mall to buy outdoor climbing supplies yesterday.

Chen Jingyu's photo pose is very simple.

Just stand there.

No action is required.

The mountains and rivers are in the back, and the beauty is in the front, just like a famous painting.

You don’t need any photography skills, just take a casual photo and it will be the most beautiful thing in the world.

It was only at this time that Jiang Feng discovered that Chen Jingyu was actually very beautiful from every angle. He had originally planned to take two ugly photos of her to tease her, but he didn't expect that such a simple request would not be fulfilled.

Shortly after.

Surrounded by mountains, on the sparkling Yuecheng Lake.

Maybe it was because the boat was shaking, but Chen Jingyu was a little scared, so she timidly huddled in her good friend's arms.

Looking at Chen Jingyu who was a little nervous in his arms, Jiang Feng couldn't help but make a joke to ease the atmosphere:

"Dead fish, can you swim?"

"will not."

"You're a fish, how come you can't even swim?"

Chen Jingyu raised her little head and glanced at Jiang Feng, then said righteously, "Those who can swim are called living fish. You call me a dead fish every day. It would be strange if I could still swim."

"Oh, you can still blame me."

A joke.

This also relieved Chen Jingyu's tension a lot.

The two sat on the boat and looked around. The scenery of lake and mountains was like a fairyland on earth.

After passing Yuecheng Lake, we took the cable car up the mountain.

Jiang Feng only planned to take Chen Jingyu to play in the front mountain. After all, it would take four or five hours to play in the front mountain alone. Although the back mountain was also beautiful, it would take at least seven or eight hours to get down from the back mountain.

In order to save his legs, Jiang Feng was very rational.

He took Chen Jingyu to see the scenery of the front mountain, and then went to see the ginkgo trees that were said to be planted by Zhang Tianshi himself, and then took the cable car down the mountain.

in the afternoon.

Hot spring hotel at the foot of Mount Qingcheng.

Jiang Feng chose the most luxurious suite because while soaking in the hot springs here, he could look up at the scenery of Qingcheng Mountain, which was a unique experience.

Jiang Feng was soaking in the hot spring at this time.

Traveling is really a tiring thing, but fortunately, a day's fatigue will eventually dissolve in this pool of hot soup.

Besides being comfortable.

Jiang Feng glanced at the other side of the hot spring.

The air was filled with water vapor, and wisps of mist turned into floating gauze. Through the gauze, you could see that beautiful face, which was slightly rosy because of the water vapor.

Chen Jingyu's swimsuit was also picked out at the mall yesterday.

The pure white jumpsuit is very figure-flattering.

His face is already stunning, but I didn’t expect his figure to be so good too. He probably won’t give other women a chance to survive.

It seems that it is a bit boring to just soak like this.

So Jiang Feng said:

"Dead fish, are you tired?"

"Ah."

"Stretch out your feet and let me rub them for you."

Chen Jingyu did not resist and did as she was told.

The soft and tender feet, which had been working hard all day, gradually relieved the stress and felt comfortable under Master Jiang's massage.

In order to make it easier for Jiang Feng to massage (play with) his feet, Chen Jingyu simply sat next to Jiang Feng, just enough to put her feet in his arms.

"Look, I'm still good to you. I'm obviously tired all day, but I still insist on giving you a massage."

Jiang Feng said shamelessly.

Chen Jingyu didn't say anything, but just raised her head, looked at the clear and cloudless sky and the mountain scenery that occupied the corner of her eyes, and was in a daze.

After a while, she suddenly said:

"Jiang Feng, I find that I can't live without you."

Jiang Feng, who was massaging his feet, was suddenly stunned by this inexplicable remark. He stopped what he was doing and said with a slight pause, "Why...are you suddenly feeling sentimental?"

"I do not know either."

Chen Jingyu withdrew his gaze from the sky, and immersed the entire body below the neck in the water, leaving only a small head above the water.

"During the summer vacation, I couldn't finish any of the wontons you gave me. I thought I didn't cook them well, but later I found out...when I'm with you, everything seems to taste especially good."

She frowned slightly and pouted, seeming to be puzzled.

So he turned around, looked at Jiang Feng, and said seriously:
"Can you accompany me to eat more often in the future, otherwise I will starve to death."

The ignorant and beautiful girl did not notice anything unusual around her at this time.

Jiang Feng's heart, which was soaked in the warm spring water, began to tremble inexplicably, as if it was touched by something.

A current passed by, adding something and seeming to take something away.

The seal had been silent for a long time, but now it was quietly loosening.

Seeing Jiang Feng didn't reply.

The girl could only look away in disappointment, staring at the misty water surface in a daze.

But my heart was twisted.

Suddenly, a familiar, warm voice sounded beside me:

"Okay."

Chen Jingyu suddenly turned her head and stared at Jiang Feng's face for a while. Her eyebrows gradually curved and a smile appeared unconsciously.

"Jiang Feng, you are so nice."

That smile seemed more like relief.

Sweeter than honey.

Jiang Feng also laughed.

"If I take you out to eat every day, won't you become as fat as a pig?"

"do not know……"

Chen Jingyu shook her head.

It seems that he has no idea what it means to be as fat as a pig.

After all, in her impression, she has never gained weight from eating.

God is always unfair. He opens a window for her and then opens another door.

"Jiang Feng, I'm hungry."

"Then don't soak for now, clean up and let's go have a feast."

"it is good."

Chen Jingyu climbed out of the hot spring nimbly, like a lively little rabbit, and hopped into the room to change clothes.

The young and beautiful figure quickly disappeared from sight.

Jiang Feng felt a little unsatisfied.

"call……"

He collapsed and began to stare blankly at the scenery on the mountain.

In fact, he didn't quite believe that a person really couldn't eat without someone else, but since it was said by Dead Fish, he still believed it a little.

There is no other meaning.

Mainly because I'm afraid she'll lose weight.

(End of this chapter)