Chen Baoxiang has not been seen by Shutong for a long time. When he appears, he is aggressive and unacceptable.
"Boss Yu, I don't know what you are talking about."
Yu Shutong's eyes were very complicated and he dragged Chen Baoxiang into the woodshed.
"It's not a good thing to be too close to Wanhua Tower. I remind you, these people have been taking advantage of you, hehehehe..."
Chen Baoxiang thought of the chaos and internal strife in the Sharpshooter Club, and regretted that the boss of the Sharpshooter Club had not yet appeared.
He pulled a stool and sat down, looking helplessly at Yu Shutong.
"Boss Chen, you went to Mingxinchi twice, what are you planning?"
"Master Mingxinchi Feng is a big shot in Jinan. I went to visit him to build up connections for opening a restaurant in Grand View Garden."
Chen Baoxiang doesn't want to pretend. Even if these things are brought to the table, there is nothing to hide.
Almost all of the things he did were to make wedding clothes for others, and he did it under the command of others, regardless of his own safety.
So far, everything has been reduced to ashes and nothing remains.
Especially the incident of "Zhu Xiaotian winning the gold", now it seems that every link is a joke?
"Boss Chen, let's be honest. These people in the world are circling you every day, pushing you here and there. Do you have the secret of the leading car hidden in you?"
Chen Baoxiang gave a wry smile, and simply acted like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water: "Boss Yu, you think highly of me. If the leading car appears, the Japanese know it first, and you know it first, can it still be my turn?"
Until now, the leading car has not revealed any clues.
All clues are limited to everyone's imagination.
"The Japanese are humans too, not gods. Without our spies, they would be just a bunch of blind people."
Yu Shutong put away his gun and sat down opposite Chen Baoxiang.
Chen Baoxiang squinted his eyes and looked at the opponent, weighing the outcome of the fight on the spot.
If Taozi takes action, Yu Shutong will have no way to dodge.
Even if the opponent drew his gun, it would only be after three stabs. Therefore, Chen Baoxiang estimated that he could assassinate Yu Shutong in an instant without causing any trouble.
"Boss Chen, don't be so mean. Wherever I go, there are four people following me outside. If I die, your whole family will be buried with me."
Chen Baoxiang laughed naively: "What did Boss Yu say? I was thinking just now that the rice shop is crowded with people and has too many eyes and too many mouths to talk. It should have been closed a long time ago. People in the world are unpredictable, and I am being used as a target.
Even if you don’t try it out, it will make people laugh in vain.”
"Tell me, what does Wanhualou want to do? These stupid women just know how to mess around. They are nothing but trash!"
The angrier Yu Shutong becomes, the more determined Chen Baoxiang becomes.
He understood very well that Lian Chengbi, Gu Lanchun and Wen Dujuan were doing serious things.
To destroy the Japanese plan is to save China.
"We don't know, those are all big shots, and the dragons are seen all day long. I just do a small business, running around the city and outside the city - "
"Haha, a small business? Opening a restaurant in Grand View Garden is not a small business! That guy surnamed Tian took the money from the donor to help you open a restaurant, supported two families on one hand, and made good calculations. Old Chen, this time you asked someone to do it again
If you sell it, once the hotel loses money and a ticket named Tian disappears without a trace, you will be blamed for the rest of your life!"
Chen Baoxiang has thought about this problem for a long time.
Food is the most important thing for the people, so as long as a chef opens a restaurant, he will lose very little money.
Inside and outside, all transactions are cash transactions, no credit, no pending accounts, how much materials are imported, how many dishes are produced, how much money is earned... everything is clearly recorded in the account.
The first time Tian Dongliu proposed to open a restaurant in partnership, Chen Baoxiang calculated the accounts more than a dozen times in private and made sure there were no major problems before he agreed.
He didn't know what to do with anything else.
Opening a restaurant is his old profession, and he cannot capsize in the gutter.
"Old Chen, I have two small yellow croakers here——"
Yu Shutong took out two gold bars from his pocket, crossed them and placed them on the bench.
"As long as something happens in Wanhua Tower, you report it to me. No matter what they want to do, deal with the Japanese, the Southern Army, the Eighth Front Army... As long as they take action, tell me quickly. These two little yellow croakers are just a small reward. I will wait for you in the future.
After destroying Wanhua Tower, there will still be a big reward, do you understand?"
Chen Baoxiang looked at the gold bars and smiled innocently.
Things in the world are like chess, and life is like a game.
Gu Lanchun acted on the stage, and he acted below the stage.
We both act, some do it to make money, but he does it to earn a living.
"make a deal."
He picked up the gold bar and held it tightly.
"The city of Jinan is really chaotic..."
Yu Shutong sighed, walked out slowly, opened the back door himself, and left silently.
Chen Baoxiang knew what Wanhualou was going to do, but he would never tell Yu Shutong.
After two days of confusion, suddenly another stranger came to the door. They were two middle-aged men in long robes and cloth shoes, both wearing blue hats, with modest smiles on their faces.
When both of them spoke, they both spoke with local Jinan accents.
One of them was named Ma, and the other claimed his surname was Zhang.
"I was very excited when I heard that Boss Chen was going to the Grand View Garden to plant the flag. In the past, Shandong cuisine came to Beijing, and Lafayette and Long Live Lord liked it very much. Among the imperial chefs, there were the eight great chefs of Shandong cuisine, Er Feng, Er Ma, Er Chen and Er Zhang.
His reputation was so great that his reputation shook the north and south. If my younger brother is not talented, he is the heir of the Ma family, and this brother Zhang is the heir of the Zhang family."
Chen Baoxiang quickly stood up and bowed his hands in greeting again.
Although the two people did not clearly say which restaurant they were from, the two surnames Ma and Zhang were revealed, and Chen Baoxiang had already guessed that they were close to each other.
The man surnamed Zhang smiled and held up his hands: "Boss Chen, you don't have to be polite. When opening a restaurant to do business, the first thing is craftsmanship, the second thing is connections, the third thing is strength, and the fourth thing is life. Today I came here with Brother Ma, just to talk to Chen
The boss talked a lot and had a heart-to-heart talk, hoping that Boss Chen would not hide his secrets and let’s have a good chat.”
Chen Baoxiang was shocked, realizing that these two people seemed to be humble, but they were actually working together to cause trouble.
Ever since Lord Feng personally came to deliver congratulatory gifts, Chen Baoxiang's name has spread throughout Jinan City.
Colleagues are enemies. If he plants a flag in the Grand View Garden, the business of the other four major stores and the eight major stores will definitely be affected.
He, Chen Baoxiang, is stealing food from the tiger's mouth and squeezing the profits of other restaurants.
This point affects the interests of colleagues, so there must be an explanation.
"Boss Chen, we Jinan people are very particular about opening up the skylight and speaking the truth, so you're welcome - Boss Chen is a meat cook and has never opened a restaurant. How dare he come up and take on the responsibility of Huaxia Shandong cuisine?"
"Boss Ma is right to ask. How can I dare to wait for Shandong cuisine? In fact, Mr. Feng of Mingxinchi made the wrong message. I just open a restaurant and I definitely don't dare to take on the responsibility of Shandong cuisine. Even if I do it
When it comes to cooking, I also hire a chef with a high salary, but my skills can’t be used on the table. I can only do the job of selecting vegetables, not even chopping."
"Hire a cook? Are there countless Shandong cuisine cooks in Jinan and Shandong? Those who are on the list are experts, and those who are not on the list are just wild people. If you want to hire a cook, is it obvious that you are poaching corners from other restaurants?"
Boss Ma has come with bad intentions and has already decided how Chen Baoxiang will answer.
"Poaching" is a taboo in business. Poaching people with high salaries destroys the wage system within the industry, and you will soon become a public enemy in the industry.
"Well... there are always some chefs who are unappreciated and want to find another job, right?"
The man surnamed Zhang laughed, raised his palms, and counted with his fingers: "Boss Chen, let me tell you, Qilu is very good on the ground and on the table, and there are so many registered chefs - Jinan cuisine chefs are registered
One hundred and twenty of them are all in the four major restaurants and eight major families, and no one is missing. The forty cooks of Boshan cuisine all have pedigrees and have fixed owners. The twenty-two cooks of Jiaodong cuisine have no idle positions and are all doing a good job.
There are fifty-seven chefs working at Zaozhuang Yunhe Cuisine, and none of them have any plans to change jobs."
Chen Baoxiang took a breath, and Boss Ma added: "Boss Chen, your restaurant specializes in Shandong cuisine. He can't find a cook in Shandong, so he has to look outside. The chefs in Peiping and Shanghai come back to work, and the wages are
Can you afford to hire at least five times the number of local chefs?"
Of course, five times the salary is not a good deal, and Chen Baoxiang cannot afford it.
Ma and Zhang came to visit. It was really because they were coming with bad intentions, and they had cut off Chen Baoxiang's escape route.
"According to the two bosses, what should I do?"
"Boss Chen, if you don't have a good cook, why don't you try Shandong cuisine? You can make some Sichuan hot pot, Cantonese chicken offal and other scraps. To be honest, you can't afford to open a Shandong cuisine restaurant in Jinan.
,Ha ha ha ha……"
The man surnamed Ma smiled happily. They came here just to touch Chen Baoxiang's bottom.
Now that I see that Chen Baoxiang is a stick, I feel relieved immediately.
"Boss Chen, if you open a restaurant in Daguanyuan, a commercial port area, you have to adapt to the taste of foreigners, such as steak, chicken breast, borscht, sushi rolls, miso soup, pickles...what do foreigners like to eat?
Just do whatever you want, do what you like, and don’t delay making money. As long as you don’t harm the brand of ‘Shandong Cuisine’, our fellow Jinan colleagues will be thankful!”
The two people pointed at Chen Baoxiang and laughed, feeling extremely proud.
Chen Baoxiang couldn't help but what he said made sense. Without three to five good cooks, even if a big hotel opened, it wouldn't be able to attract customers.
"Why did you bring trouble to the Shandong cuisine brand?"
Someone walked in from the outside, one step outside the door and one step inside the door. He pointed at the person named Ma with a smile, then shook his head and sighed. It was Bi Gong.
The man surnamed Ma smiled: "From the accent of this brother, he is from the Northeast, so he is probably not from the industry, right?"
Bi Gong nodded: "Yes, from the Northeast."
"Our Shandong cuisine pays attention to inheritance. It has the right root and the most authentic flavor. Boss Chen wanted to open a restaurant in Grand View Garden, but he couldn't find even a decent cook, so we advised him not to open a Shandong cuisine restaurant, but to just open one
This Daguanyuan hot pot restaurant doesn’t require knife skills or seasoning, just throw it into a pot and fool the foreign devils.”
"It seems that you two are famous figures in Shandong cuisine? I have some friends who like Shandong Shandong cuisine. They also have cooks at home, but their skills are too inferior and they are not modest. How about you go over and give me some advice?"
The man surnamed Zhang sneered and rolled his sleeves: "Advice? Our craftsmanship is inherited from our family, and outsiders can't even steal it. Are you going to give advice to your friend's cook? What a big statement!"
Bi Gong looked at the two of them, coughed a few times, and the man in black from outside rushed in immediately.