“Being criticized is nothing, it’s not like I haven’t been criticized before.
But I'm really a little baffled by what happened today.
Lidong, you have a bright mind, help me analyze what is going on."
Today is a regular monthly meeting. The director, deputy director, and various division chiefs will all be present.
(The full name of Yuyuantan Hotel is Yuyuantan Hotel Management Bureau)
Everyone knows that meetings in Rabbit Country are stinky and long.
Chen Xiaohu is a busybody at this level, so he has been sleepwalking since the beginning of the meeting.
Just when he was thinking of something good, Chen Xiaohu was suddenly stepped on.
Chen Xiaohu saw that the person who stepped on him was the chef of Huaiyang Cuisine next to him. He motioned to Chen Xiaohu in the stands.
The speaker on the stage at this time was Deputy Director Yu in charge of logistics:
"Of course, the biggest responsibility for this matter must be the relevant comrades in the Procurement Department, and I have severely criticized him.
This comrade also actively recognized his mistake and promised to correct it immediately.
This is very good. Those who can recognize mistakes and actively correct them are our good comrades.
But don’t comrades in other departments have responsibilities?
If the comrades in the kitchen find that the supply of some ingredients is not very stable, they should proactively report the relevant situation to their superiors instead of passively not responding at all.
I just want to ask the head chef of the Cantonese cuisine team if you have reported the relevant situation to your superiors.
Comrades, we are a foreign-related unit. Even if we make the slightest mistake, it may bring harm to the country...
Because of this matter, the leaders of our bureau have endured a lot of pressure from their superiors..."
Chen Xiaohu was a little confused after hearing this. Most of the other chefs who knew Chen Xiaohu looked at Chen Xiaohu with pity in their eyes, and of course some were gloating about his misfortune.
Chen Xiaohu just lay down inexplicably.
After the meeting, Chen Xiaohu found out the whole story from an acquaintance.
What happened was that an important foreign guest from a Southeast Asian country ordered a dish of mushroom and chicken rice (Cantonese cuisine) and said that he really missed this dish from his hometown.
But because fresh mushrooms were out of stock recently, the kitchen chef used dried mushrooms to make this rice.
The foreign guest was a little dissatisfied with the meal and chatted a few words with the person accompanying Honglu Temple at the time.
It means that these mushrooms are not fresh, and they don’t taste like home. After all, they never use dried mushrooms in their hometown.
Afterwards, Director Yuyuantan received a call from Honglu Temple, the directly superior department.
It is said that the work in Yuyuantan was not done carefully and they could not even cook a meal, which made them very passive in their next work.
Wang Lidong asked his senior brother:
"What does the head chef say about this matter? If this matter is settled, he is the boss and has nothing to do with you, senior brother."
This wasn't their fault in the first place. We were just little chefs, doing whatever we had.
Report it to your superiors?
That is the right only the head chef has.
"Old bastard Octopus (the chef's nickname) doesn't care at all.
He also comforted me and said it was okay, it was not a big deal, and he would take care of it if it happened.
Bah~~”
Chen Xiaohu took a puff of cigarette and said in a low voice:
"Why are you so unlucky? Food ingredients are something I, a little chef, can't handle.
Still reacting?
If it doesn’t get reflected in the hands of these people in the end, I won’t be able to hang out here anymore.”
Wang Lidong consoled him:
"It's okay, the guy named Yu is the deputy director, he has nothing to do with us.
Besides, everyone who understands knows that this matter has nothing to do with us."
Chen Xiaohu was a little worried,
"I plan to take the Level 1 exam next year, but I'm afraid something might happen to the Human Resources Department if I get messed with like this.
After all, isn’t the direct leader of the Human Resources Department this Deputy Director Yu?”
Wang Lidong immediately felt that there was something wrong with this matter, it must be too coincidental.
"Senior brother, is there any gossip recently about our kitchen?"
Chen Xiaohu thought for a while:
"It's nothing, it's all trivial.
But there is something that seems to be rumored to be quite mysterious. I don’t know if it is really such a thing, but it doesn’t sound very reliable to me.”
Wang Lidong looked at his senior brother speechlessly,
"You think it's unreliable, given your political sensitivity, senior brother, are you serious?"
Chen Xiaohu also felt a little embarrassed. He was also self-aware. He didn't understand political things as well as his wife.
“I heard that our kitchen will add two sous chefs in the future, one for Chinese cuisine and one for Western cuisine.
I think this is not a waste.
There are two more seats, why are you here? Everyone is fine now."
Wang Lidong didn't care about his senior brother's analysis.
"Brother, it looks like this news may be true.
If you think about it next year, if everything goes well and you become a first-class chef, then if you compete for the position of sous chef, your chances of success look pretty good.
The most important thing is that you are young now.
There are only four first-class chefs in the entire Chinese kitchen, but the youngest one is about 60 years old.
It seems that Deputy Director Yu specifically singled out our Cantonese cuisine team for you."
When Chen Xiaohu heard that this was the truth, he became even more depressed.
"He is a deputy director, why are you embarrassing me, a cook?
After all, the difference between us is too far.
I remember I never offended him."
Wang Lidong helped his senior brother analyze:
"Brother, how old is the old octopus?"
Chen Xiaohu thought for a while and said:
"You must be over sixty. I'm not sure exactly. What's wrong?"
"Then if there are really two more sous chef positions, if you become the sous chef.
In a few years, when the old octopus retires, who do you think will take the position of head chef?"
Chen Xiaohu understood,
"There is definitely no hope for a Western sous chef, given the nature of our unit.
It turns out that is the case, but it has nothing to do with the person named Yu. He is in charge of logistics and personnel, and he has nothing to do with whoever becomes the head chef."
"Senior brother, we are Yuyuantan, do you think the position of head chef is important?
Although the chief chef is not a national cadre, he enjoys the same level of treatment as the director of our bureau.
In such an important position, every leader wants to put one of his own.
This is someone surnamed Yu."
Chen Xiaohu said a little unwillingly:
"You can't blame me for the ingredients. Besides, it's not the person named Yu who has the final say on who will be the head chef."
Wang Lidong smiled,
"Of course it doesn't matter what he said, but after he named our team's name at today's meeting, you will definitely be out of the position of sous chef."
Seeing Chen Xiaohu want to speak, Wang Lidong interrupted:
"Don't believe it.
When the time comes to submit the list of candidates for sous chef.
The person from the Human Resources Department saw that it was Chen Xiaohu.
Hasn't this person been criticized by the leader recently?
Then someone will write a sentence on your comment, "Comrade Chen Xiaohu, lacks initiative in work."