Courtyard House: The Chef's Intelligence System

Chen Fei was driving with one hand and covering his face with the other. He laughed self-deprecatingly, a classic case of extreme joy turning into sorrow.

What rank is the team leader in the compound?

He was a lieutenant colonel, newly promoted, responsible for protecting the leaders' residences.

If Chen Fei had driven any faster, he would have ordered his men to fire. What kind of place is this? How can we tolerate him acting so recklessly?

He recognized the car; it belonged to the old regimental commander, Li Huaide. He had just given the old commander a stern lesson for his own good.

He, a lieutenant colonel, had condescended to fight a nobody clerk or secretary. Even if the old regimental commander found out, it wouldn't matter; they were brothers in arms, bound by a bond forged in life and death.

Of course, they also heard about Yang Ligong's secretary gang in the compound. They were all very happy at the time, saying that these scholars were all dirty-minded, always messing around and not doing anything worthwhile.

In other words, the old regimental commander's secretary was not involved, yet he was still promoted.

I was actually praising the old regimental commander's secretary, but then you turned around and started speeding around the compound where I was on duty. Aren't you just slapping me in the face?

I won't be able to calm down until I slap you twice.

In the afternoon, Li Huaide called home to tell them that they didn't need to cook any dishes that day, just some staple food, and that he would bring the vegetables back.

Twelve dishes were taken out from the two food boxes.

Old Li sat in the main seat, holding a bottle of already opened liquor, watching Li Huaide arrange the dishes with an air of authority.

Upon smelling the aroma and seeing the dishes clearly, a hint of surprise appeared on her face:

"Wow, this dish is pretty good."

"This is braised sea cucumber with scallions, braised pork intestines, sweet and sour carp, stir-fried double crispy, Dezhou braised chicken, four-happiness meatballs, Confucius Mansion first-class pot, Jiaodong braised prawns, braised yellow croaker in soy sauce, braised fish slices in fermented rice wine sauce, five-spice braised beef, and cuttlefish egg soup."

"Goodness, a whole twelve dishes! Huai De, tell me, have you fucking struck it rich?"

The old man has such a straightforward personality; he often utters insightful and wise words.

Of course, he said that to liven up the family atmosphere. Some families with similar social standing to the old man are so rigid and old-fashioned, what's the point?

Li Yushu, the brother-in-law, chimed in with a laugh, "Dad's right, brother-in-law, you'd better take me with you when you make your fortune."

The whole family laughed upon hearing this.

The old man's smile remained unchanged as he pointed to the dishes on the table and said:

"Let me tell you, going to Fengzeyuan to eat these twelve dishes will cost at least several hundred yuan."

"And the taste is amazing. I guess it wasn't made at Fengzeyuan. It's obviously Jiuzhou's doing. The taste is very familiar."

Li Huaide gave his father-in-law a thumbs up:

"Dad, you're amazing! It was Jiuzhou and Zhuzi who made it by hand. They heard that I, their second uncle, got a promotion, so they're treating me to it."

"All the ingredients are personally selected by Jiuzhou from Fengzeyuan, so you can eat with complete peace of mind."

"Oh, congratulations, brother-in-law!" Congratulations poured in at the dinner table.

The congratulations from his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, the earnest advice from his mother-in-law, and the gentle smile from his wife all filled Li Huaide with immense satisfaction.

His father-in-law didn't even glance at him, eating his food and drinking alone until he was completely drunk!

Seeing this, Li Huaide also felt the urge to drink:

"Dad, let me have a drink with you." He immediately grabbed the wine, poured himself a glass, and downed two glasses in a row, looking very satisfied.

The old man's lips twitched as he watched; what a waste of such good wine.

Li Jiuzhou and the others also took some groceries home.

You Fulai packed up some of every dish; he couldn't help it, he was craving it. He wasn't an apprentice at Fengzeyuan who could eat and drink well.

The food in the steel mill's kitchen was quite good, but the ingredients used for the hospitality were somewhat disappointing.

Rare ingredients are scarce, and one can only occasionally find them to satisfy a craving.

Scenes like today are extremely rare.

Li Jiuzhou was willing to spend money today, buying a large quantity of ingredients, enough to feed so many people.

These things, based on cost, don't need to cost as much as the old man said, just a few hundred yuan.

That's the price for a finished product; the cost of ingredients is much lower.

Li Jiuzhou didn't even spend 20 yuan on all these ingredients.

This is the cost of the ingredients. Of course, there's no need to worry about how much to sell it to customers; there's a reason why it's expensive.

As for Yang Ligong, he naturally needed to find a new secretary.

It wasn't just Yang Ligong; the other seven members of the leadership team also needed to find secretaries.

This is the kind of prestige one would expect from a deputy director-level leader.

No secretaries were assigned to division-level cadres. After all, this was a steel rolling mill, not a local government, so there weren't many such matters.

Several leaders, whether out of fear or apprehension, have stopped hiring male secretaries, saying they prefer female secretaries for better security.

Yang Ligong's eyes lit up when he heard the news. "That's right, why not just find a female comrade?"

Yang Ligong had two male secretaries, and they both caused him a lot of trouble. He felt he should try a new style.

So the message was leaked to various departments, recommending secretaries, and requiring female staff members.

It's no secret in every department that the leaders hire female colleagues as secretaries; everyone knows that the secretaries of the leadership team have caused the leaders a lot of trouble.

Some women even believe that men are unreliable and do things that harm their superiors.

The secretaries and other female comrades are also capable. The teachers have all said that women hold up half the sky!

As for the leader being worried about the negative impact of hiring a female colleague as a secretary, what impact does that have on him?

The women in the department who received the news were all eager to get started. Everyone in the department was in a leadership position, and very few of them didn't want to advance. Don't underestimate them.

They still have some political acumen. What is a secretary? They are the person closest to the leader.

Just like Xiao Zhou, Director Yang's first secretary. When the director was around, I was called Xiao Zhou, but when he wasn't, I was the director.

Occasionally, he would even stand up for the factory manager. So, do you agree or disagree?

Then there's the second secretary, Xiao Wu, who directly formed a clique of secretaries, with himself as the leader.

He used his connections with the leaders to build houses everywhere and take bribes from all sides. It is said that he gambled away all the money he got, except for what he gave to his family.

He wasn't as capable as Xiao Zhou, who managed to get his boss demoted, but he also practically ruined the boss's future.

The two are evenly matched, neither is better than the other; the elder brother doesn't speak for the younger brother.

So the registration process began in earnest. First, you had to fill out an application form and then show it to the leaders.

The incident even escalated to the point of reaching the workshop, where some female workers began to get restless after hearing about it.

In this day and age, being a worker is an honor, but if you could sit in an office, who the hell would want to be a worker!

Li Huaide felt a surge of emotion upon hearing the news, but Chen Feiqian's actions were acceptable.

His diligence and hard work indirectly saved Li Huaide a lot of time in his promotion to the rank of director-general.

Li Huaide has no intention of replacing such an excellent secretary. In fact, he promoted him to deputy section chief, which also sends a signal to the factory: working for me, Li Huaide, will definitely lead to a bright future.