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Chapter 962 Special Gift
The atmosphere in the research institute has been very bad recently. Looking at these aid experts packing their bags and about to leave China, Suning knew that he would soon be unemployed too.

Afjie, who had the best relationship with Suning at the institute, looked at Suning with reluctance and said, "Suning, we are leaving and returning home. I really can't bear to leave your superb cooking skills."

"Haha, you just tell lies. If you really can't bear to leave, just stay. Becoming a Chinese citizen is also a very good choice." At this time, Suning said with a half-truthful smile. Naturally, he wanted to try to retain some highly skilled experts.

"No! Our families are all in China. Although we are tempted, we really can't do it." Afjie shook his head with a wry smile on his face. This question was simply not allowed.

"In fact, you can bring your family with you. Your living conditions and treatment will definitely be the best." Suning naturally knew what they were worried about, but believed that there would be many ways to solve it.

"..."To be honest, Afjie and his group were really tempted. They felt like they were at home during their stay in China.

"Of course, you might as well consider what I said."

"Okay! We'll think about it carefully. Also, before we left, we gave you a gift, which has been delivered to your kitchen warehouse."

"Thank you so much! If you have the chance, please come to China as a guest. I will personally guide you up the Great Wall."

"Haha, Suning, then it's a deal."

"It's a word."

When the experts from the institute who came to China to aid them left one after another, Suning felt that these purely technical personnel were still reluctant to leave. However, sometimes ordinary people really cannot make big changes.

Suning turned around helplessly and returned to the institute cafeteria. Sure enough, the Western restaurant here had completely stopped operating. He believed that he, a master of Western cuisine, would be transferred away soon.

"Master Su, there are your things in the warehouse, and your name is written on the box." A chef explained when he saw Su Ning coming back.

"Okay! I'll go to the warehouse now."

Suning didn't take it seriously and went to the canteen warehouse, then explained it to the warehouse manager in front of him.

"Look! It's the suitcase next to you." The warehouse manager pointed to the large leather suitcase next to him and explained to Suning.

"Oh?" Sure enough, when Suning turned around, he saw an old box in the corner.

He first weighed the box in front of him and found that it was quite heavy. Then he picked it up and walked out of the warehouse.

At the same time, several technicians with messy hair kept rummaging through several burning iron barrels, but they soon discovered that all the burning notebooks were blank.

"Old Zheng, why are all these notebooks blank?" A technician said to his old friend beside him with some frustration.

"I have these books too! Lao Feng, what do you think is going on?" The technician called Lao Zheng was also very depressed.

"I don't understand! I really don't understand."

"Ah! The expert team withdrew too hastily. We didn't even have time to react."

"Yes! At the farewell party last night, I also asked Afjie about the notes, but he didn't answer my question directly."

"Oh? What did he say?" Lao Zheng pushed his black-framed glasses which were a little blackened, then looked up at the old friend in front of him in confusion and asked.

"Just said that I will never forget our friendship."

"Hey! You didn't say anything!"

……

Suning originally wanted to open the documents and take a look, but the lunch department in the cafeteria had already started to get busy, so he just put the suitcase aside.

The head chef of the Chinese restaurant walked up to Su Ning and the others and said, "Master Su, now that we don't have those Soviet experts to eat with us, come and help us today!"

"Okay! What do you need me to do?" Suning agreed without any rejection. After all, the free meals in the company were not that delicious.

"We've delivered a lot of fresh crucian carp today. Just cook them however you like."

"Okay! I get it."

Then Suning took some mushrooms and cut some minced meat, and then prepared to make a dry-fried crucian carp.

To be honest, since officially taking over the meals for these Soviet experts, Suning is generally no longer responsible for the big pot meals for others.

Therefore, these colleagues in the cafeteria don’t know much about Suning’s cooking skills, and they think that Suning is just a Western chef with high expectations but poor skills.

But when Suning's dry-fried crucian carp came out of the pot, it immediately surprised the colleagues around him.

The Chinese chef looked at Su Ning in surprise and asked, "Master Su, can you cook Sichuan cuisine?"

"Chef, actually I was originally a Chinese chef. Later I went to Lao Mo to study for a while before coming to the research institute." Su Ning explained with a nonchalant smile.

"Haha, we all thought you were a Western-style chef, but it turns out you're an all-around catering talent."

After all the dishes for today were cooked, Suning no longer had to work and sat down to rest.

Suddenly I remembered that I still had a gift that I hadn't opened, so I opened the big suitcase out of curiosity.

But all he saw were notebooks and some drawings. Suning immediately had an idea and guessed something in surprise.

He casually picked up the notebook on top and opened it to look at the contents, which confirmed his initial guess. These were all precious materials left by Soviet experts.

At this time, Suning did not continue to look through these precious things. Instead, he was considering whether to take the opportunity to smuggle some of his own goods, knowing that the information he had was more advanced.

Finally, after some consideration, Suning took out the most important information on high-end machine tools and top automobile engines in his space and placed them at the bottom of the box. Of course, the general research and development directions of computer and semiconductor technology were also included.

Then Suning came to the institute's office area carrying the big suitcase and knocked on the door of the institute director's office.

"Hello, Director! I am Su Ning, the Western chef in the institute's cafeteria." Su Ning looked at the confused director in front of him and introduced himself.

"Hello, Master Su! I've heard of your fame and I heard that you cook very good Western food." After understanding Su Ning's identity, the director smiled politely.

"Thank you for the compliment, Director! Soviet expert Afjie gave me a gift when he left. I think it's quite special, so I want to inform and submit it to the institute."

"It's okay! This is also a token of the Soviet experts' goodwill towards you. It shows that they still have true friendship with you." At first, Suning didn't take it to heart, thinking it was just an ordinary gift.

"Director, the main thing is that these gifts seem to be their notes. I feel like they should be left for our institute."

"What? Notes?" The director immediately stood up excitedly.

"Yes!" Suning placed the large suitcase in front of the director and opened it. The director excitedly picked up a notebook and began to read it, discovering that it was indeed a work note written by a Soviet expert.

"Suning, have you looked through these notebooks? Has anyone else touched them besides you?" The director immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and asked Suning with a nervous look on his face.

"Director, this suitcase was placed in the kitchen warehouse by Afjie. I just flipped through this book and felt the situation was urgent, so I came directly to you. No one else touched this big suitcase in the meantime."

"Great! Suning, you've done a great service for us."

This achievement is indeed very impressive. After all, the significance of these materials is extraordinary and can help us avoid many detours.

……

Because the information in this big suitcase was so important, Suning was temporarily kept in the research institute.

Fortunately, an AI robot has been arranged to take care of Su Jie, so I don’t need to worry too much about the situation at home now.

However, after the research institute checked all the information, they were shocked. The information was really too precious.

Especially the advanced information that Suning placed at the bottom of the box opened up a whole new world for them.

What made them feel even more strange was that Avde and his group of Soviet experts were not experts in these areas at all, and these advanced technologies were not mastered by either the United States or the Soviet Union.

Next, Suning naturally became the focus of suspicion, but Suning was just an ordinary cook.

Moreover, only one notebook in the materials had Suning's fingerprints, while the other notebooks and materials all had fingerprints from Soviet experts.

In addition, the most precious information did not contain anyone's fingerprints, which made them even more confused.

In the end, the research institute really couldn't figure out the reason and could only let Suning resume his normal and free life.

Of course, Suning is not worried that his behavior will attract official attention. You have to know that he is a man with a bug.

Each AI robot is actually like a window to the spatial world. Items can be directly stored in the spatial world through the AI robot. There is no need to have the AI robot appear in front of you all the time, and you don’t have to worry about the secret of your control over the black market in Sijiu City being discovered.

Cai Quanwu and Xu Huizhen have been very worried these past two days. After all, what Suning did was very dangerous.

"Suning, you are finally back. Why haven't you come back these days?" Cai Quanwu asked Suning with surprise on his face.

"I've been too busy at work and haven't had time to come back." Suning explained casually with a smile.

"Next time if something happens at work, tell me in advance so I can take Su Jie to my place."

"It's okay! Just let Ding Bo take care of him."

Soon, Suning found a new job, and was assigned to the Moscow Western Restaurant again.

After Suning was transferred back from the research institute, he naturally no longer needed to work overtime, and he could spend more time with his son.

"Suning." Manager Lu walked into Suning's courtyard.

"Manager Lu, long time no see! How is your cafeteria now?" Seeing that it was Manager Lu, with whom he didn't get along very well, Su Ning forced himself to smile and greet him with a smile, suppressing his surprise.

"Alas! It's in a semi-closed state, and all the food has been donated to feed the hungry refugees." Manager Lu replied somewhat depressedly when he thought of the dying business of the workers, peasants and soldiers canteen.

"Let's go! Manager Lu, I'd like to invite you to the pub for a drink." Then Suning took the initiative to invite Manager Lu.

"That's fine! I've been a manager for so long, and I've never been to a tavern for a drink."

"I'm pretty much the same! Ever since 1953, when the neighborhood committee assigned me to work in a tavern in Sijiucheng, I've just been serving customers and drinking there every day."

Then Suning and Manager Lu came to the tavern. Now only Zhao Yali and He Yumei were in charge of the tavern. In fact, it was most appropriate to have two people busy here.

"Hey! It's rare! Suning, you can come to the tavern to drink." When Niu Ye saw Suning appear in the tavern to drink for the first time, he couldn't help but look at Suning in surprise and said.

"Uncle Niu, I haven't been busy with work recently, so I have time to come out and have some fun." Suning explained casually with a smile.

"Suning, how much do you want to drink?"

"I'll just have beer."

"Zhao Yali, give us two taels of Erguotou, a glass of beer, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of tripe."

"Okay! Manager, here's your two taels and a glass of beer."

The next step was naturally for Suning to pay the bill directly. After Suning and Manager Lu sat down, Manager Lu looked at Suning in surprise while he was drinking beer.

"Suning, I didn't expect you to like beer."

"I'm working at Lao Mo now, and I'm used to drinking beer."

"You've been working at Lao Mo for quite a while, right?"

"Well, after leaving the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Canteen in 1955, I went straight to work at Lao Mo. It's been five years in total."

“Have you ever thought about changing your work environment?”

"What do you mean?" Su Ning looked at Manager Lu in front of him in surprise, realizing that Manager Lu's reason for looking for him this time was not simple.

"Suning, I recently want to renovate the cafeteria and tavern and turn them into a restaurant." Manager Lu then stated his true intention.

"It's not suitable! Because the tavern is a public-private partnership, and Xu Huizhi has a lot of shares in it."

"It's okay! You can find her a job in the restaurant and give her a higher salary. I plan to put you in charge of the kitchen at the state-owned restaurant."

"Manager Lu, it's impossible for a restaurant to serve all eight cuisines. Have you considered the restaurant's future signature dishes?"

"I heard you're a descendant of Shandong cuisine. How about we serve Shandong cuisine in our restaurant?"

"Let me think about it! After all, with my cooking skills, sometimes I can't make the decision myself."

"Okay! I'll wait for your good news."

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(End of this chapter)