Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

The expansion of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is in full swing, and with the increase in manpower, the two canteens can no longer meet the needs of the workers.

The expansion also involved adding three canteens at once, increasing the total from two to five.

Li Jiuzhou is responsible for the training and recruitment of chefs.

This was too easy for Li Jiuzhou, not because he had extensive connections, but because he used a different approach.

Li Jiuzhou mostly knew chefs from large restaurants. They had formal jobs and didn't want to go to factories. They also trained their own apprentices.

Li Jiuzhou went directly to the countryside to admire the culinary skills of those who prepared grand banquets. He offered them a deal: if they were willing to work in the factory, it would be a chance to defy fate.

Solid basic skills and experience in preparing large banquets are preferred. As long as you pass the assessment, you can earn 37.5 per month and work as a chef.

Working in a factory guarantees a stable income, regardless of drought or flood, so no one who was recruited was unhappy about it.

Li Jiuzhou recruited a total of fifteen chefs, all of whom were in charge of cooking, as well as 15 pastry chefs.

Keep in mind that they will be responsible for feeding more than 10,000 people, and this number of people is still a bit insufficient.

The treatment was excellent; Li Jiuzhou did his best to arrange housing for the masters who came from the countryside.

After all, he was the one who found the person, so he had to make proper arrangements. The factory also gave Li Jiuzhou the green light all the way.

The leaders were well aware of the importance of the canteen, and they would try their best to meet Li Jiuzhou's requests if they were not excessive.

The factory also applied for a large number of housing units because it had expanded and needed housing.

The factory is also building employee housing, but of course, it's apartment buildings for the managers; ordinary workers can only live in large courtyards.

As the saying goes, "an army marches on its stomach," and while the factory buildings were not yet completed, several new canteens had already been finished.

It was also the first project to start construction, and Li Jiuzhou has been quite busy lately.

The canteen's meals are standardized, and the head chefs need to be trained and assessed. Each chef who wields a large wok must master twenty-five different large-wok dishes.

This is to ensure that the menu is customized according to Li Jiuzhou's weekly schedule.

Otherwise, if Li Jiuzhou sets out a menu and the chefs don't know how to cook it, that would be troublesome.

The chefs had no complaints about this at all; in fact, they were eager to have more dishes made each month.

To put it bluntly, once they learn these 25 dishes, they can do whatever they want in any factory.

He was so grateful to Li Jiuzhou that he almost knelt down and kowtowed.

Only Li Jiuzhou, a chef from the countryside, would be provided with housing; laborers and others who already had houses were not eligible.

Li Jiuzhou didn't even make arrangements for his own apprentice You Fulai, so who would dare to gossip?

Of course, he has his own plans for his apprentice Li Jiuzhou, and his family is already living a very good life.

I work as an apprentice in the factory and earn 18.5 yuan a month, while my mother earns 18.5 yuan a month raising pigs.

There are two younger siblings in the family, and this amount of money is enough to support the whole family.

The house has two rooms, which is more than enough to accommodate everyone.

Moreover, Li Jiuzhou and Sha Zhu would occasionally give You Fulai some pocket money.

It's perfectly normal for a master or uncle to occasionally give someone some pocket money.

They couldn't be happier living their lives.

After all, Li Jiuzhou and Sha Zhu are well-known figures in Qinxing. If their apprentice and nephew were to suffer and their peers found out, it would be like a slap in the face. Although they didn't care, they still hoped that You Fulai could have a better life.

After all, the apprenticeship period is indeed not easy; they all went through it.

In the first canteen, Sha Zhu was the squad leader and also the head of all five canteens in the factory. He didn't manage personnel but was in charge of technology, which was equivalent to a technical director in later times!

Because of Sha Zhu's hard work, he was appreciated by the higher-ups and was promoted by the factory leaders.

He went from being a nobody cook to a government employee with an administrative rank of 26, the same as Yang Guangming, that vocational school graduate.

The original salary was 68.5 yuan, with a 10 yuan subsidy for the team leader. Since Sha Zhu was mainly responsible for training the head chef, this was hard-earned money, and he deserved it.

There are also some miscellaneous subsidies of about 10 yuan, so Sha Zhu can earn 88.5 yuan a month.

No one dared to object to such a high salary, and the factory leaders wholeheartedly supported it.

Because the two brothers had truly demonstrated their skills and knowledge, and they had even taught them to their subordinates.

He made great contributions when the Russians were in power.

What is most important in this era?

Craftsmanship!

Because of this, the factory leaders didn't even dare to raise their voices at the two brothers.

Who dares to object to the fact that Sha Zhu shouldn't be receiving this low salary?

You can object all you want, but when you're entertaining guests outside, nobody's going to listen to you. Let's see what you do then.

If Li Jiuzhou and his brother ever try to pull a fast one on you while preparing a banquet, the leaders will be in deep trouble.

Not to mention, the two brothers were very popular. If they didn't work at the steel rolling mill, they could go to the No. 1 Steel Plant, where people had been eagerly waiting for them for a long time.

It doesn't matter if you look down on the First Steel Plant, how about checking out the Ministry of Metallurgy?

The leaders above are sharper than anyone else, and they swing their hoes faster and more accurately.

The leaders have said publicly on more than one occasion that if your steel rolling mill doesn't cherish us, then we'll gladly accept it.

Therefore, despite their impressive skills, the two brothers never boasted about them. They would take any job that came their way and always greeted the factory leaders with a smile.

What's wrong with promoting such a good employee? What reason is there not to promote him?

In other words, the two brothers are quite content with the status quo; otherwise, if Sha Zhu wanted a few job openings, he could just ask and the leaders would help him get them.

Sha Zhu's promotion was announced and praised by the factory's broadcasting station, which listed several of his achievements, making the promotion well-deserved.

The neighbors who worked at the factory were stunned when they heard the broadcast.

After the broadcast announcement was finished, inside the fitter's workshop number one.

Jia Dongxu was extremely excited and exclaimed to Yi Zhonghai beside him:

"Holy crap, Master, did I hear that right? Sha Zhu's getting promoted to a managerial position, and he's just a cook!"

Yi Zhonghai didn't seem to find anything strange and spoke calmly:

"There's nothing strange about it. Those Russian experts stayed here for so long before, and they ate better than anyone else."

"Even your master, I learned a lot of skills from you. Jiuzhou and Shazhu, the two brothers, deserve a lot of credit."

"You know how big the scene was back then, Dongxu. Factories all over Beiping sent people to learn from us. Our factory made a big splash."

"Just based on this alone, Sha Zhu's promotion is definitely on the line..."

Yi Zhonghai's words were very pertinent, and the nearby workers all agreed with them.

Jia Dongxu had nothing more to say, because the truth was just that cruel.

They didn't rely on luck, but on genuine talent. All the major restaurants in Beiping couldn't keep the Russian, but the Pianpian Red Star Steel Rolling Mill did.

What does this tell us?

What else could this be but an incredible skill?

What the hell do you want?

No factory in Beiping complained about this, because they managed to keep the Russians there, learn their technology, and everyone benefited.

Yi Zhonghai glanced at his apprentice and smiled:

"Dongxu, so you need to understand that you must master the technical skills."

There's an old Chinese saying: "There are 360 ​​professions, and every profession can produce an expert!"

"Even fitters can become top performers!"

As soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, many people echoed his praise.

"Master Yi is right, we fitters aren't just sitting around doing nothing."

"I'll work hard to learn the skills and become a top fitter someday, dang dang."

The atmosphere became exceptionally lively, and everyone was filled with fighting spirit.

Jia Dongxu, too, dreamed of a bright future.