Starting from selling lunch boxes at the construction site

Chapter 341
The principal of Teng Yue Middle School originally planned to directly implement group meals from Xu's Catering in the school on Monday.

But I didn't expect that even with detailed introductions such as posters and flyers, many parents still had doubts. Almost every class teacher received messages from more than ten parents asking why the lunch supplier was suddenly changed.

What's more, he asked his child's class teacher in a roundabout way if this new group meal company had any relationship with the principal.
In the end, in order to dispel parents' doubts and restore his reputation, the principal of Tengyue Middle School plans to invite parents to come to the school to try the group meals provided by Xu's Catering.

There are a total of 42 classes of students in the three grades. Each class selects three student parent representatives to arrive at the auditorium of Tengyue Middle School at 10:30 noon on Sunday for a tasting event.

Parents were very positive about this tasting activity. Before eleven o'clock, all the parents arrived at the school auditorium, waiting for the activity to start, and started whispering.

At the beginning, everyone was greeting each other politely, asking who you were, who your children were, how your academic performance was, which high school you planned to attend, and so on.

But as time went by and the tasting event got closer and closer, everyone’s chat content unknowingly shifted to this tasting meeting.

"Hey, I didn't want to come originally, but I don't feel at ease if I don't come in person. It's already halfway through the semester, and I don't know why the school chose to change suppliers at this time."

"I have heard some rumors about this. It seems that the supplier I worked with before wants to increase the price, but the school does not agree. The two sides are now at loggerheads!"

"Why don't we just change to a local company in Zhuzhou City? Why did we change to a company that just completed the renovation and opened its business just the day before yesterday?" The man lowered his voice and asked, "Could this company be run by a relative of the principal or something?" of?"

"Probably not. Although that company only opened recently, it has been operating in Haishi for nearly half a year."

Just when the two wanted to continue talking and add more to this topic, a slightly fat figure walked into the auditorium, walked straight to the stage of the auditorium, and stood in the center of the stage. behind the podium and picked up the microphone.

"Good afternoon, parents and teachers, I am Wang Fulong, the head of the bidding department of Xu's Catering. Now, let me introduce to you how Xu's Catering was born and developed."

It took 5 minutes to quickly and briefly introduce the history of Xu's Catering since its establishment. During the introduction, I focused on telling everyone about Xu's Catering's cooperation in Haishi.

When the names of big companies came out of Wang Fulong's mouth, when parents heard that Xu's Catering was cooperating with Hainan Municipal Government, and when parents heard that Xu's Catering's fruit and vegetable supplier was the famous Harvest Farm, their hearts were filled with excitement. The doubts dissipated by three points.

After introducing the company's history and cooperation, Wang Fulong gave parents a reassurance.

"Xu's Catering has an internal rule that samples are taken from the produced dishes every day and stored for up to five days.
The company has invited professional nutrition and diet experts to customize lunch dishes for students, which can meet the growth and development needs of teenagers in terms of portion size and nutritional value.
The dishes are based on a cycle of 28 days, that is, four weeks. Within this cycle, the dishes are different every day.”

"Old Deng, is Xu's catering really as rigorous as you say? Can it maintain three dishes and one soup every day without repeating it for nearly 30 days? It's unbelievable, it's unbelievable."

Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock

A sudden knock on the door interrupted everyone's conversation in the principal's room. When everyone's eyes fell on the door of the principal's office, the door creaked open, and a man holding an incubator appeared in front of everyone.

"Hello everyone, I am the delivery person from Xu's Catering. These are the eight lunch boxes ordered by Deng Zhichun. Please sign for them!"

As the man spoke, he took out a form and a signature pen from his chest bag, and then his eyes quickly moved around the eight people, as if he wanted to find the target candidate among the eight people.

"Sign, right? Just give it to me."

Upon hearing this, Deng Zhichun, the principal of Tengyue Middle School, took a few steps forward and came to the man. He took the pen and wrote his name on the free list. The man who delivered the food thanked him and put the food in the incubator on the coffee table. , left the principal's office with the incubator.

Without waiting for Principal Deng to greet him, the moment the office door closed, the other seven people sat around the coffee table in a familiar manner. They all picked up a lunch box, placed it in front of them, opened it, and evaluated the dishes.
Bawang flower soybean and pork bone soup, a decent dish, but with quite a lot of ingredients, which is good;

Braised large chicken drumsticks, the eight drumsticks are all about the same size, and the portions are generous. From the skin to the innermost meat, they are quite tasty and excellent;

Cauliflower fried sausage, the high temperature forces the fat out of the sausage, and the fluffy cauliflower becomes soft and full of salty aroma under the moistening of the fat, excellent;

The last one is stir-fried lettuce. You can tell with your eyes that these lettuce are not simmered in water, but cooked in hot pot and cold oil like home-made lettuce. Excellent value!

"The portions are quite generous and the taste is good. If the lunch level can be maintained at this level, then Xu's Catering is indeed better than the previous supplier."

"Yes, it's quite real. We even take samples and store them for five days. If the child gets a stomachache, we can trace the source in time."

“I feel relieved just purchasing fruits and vegetables from Harvest Farm. Harvest Farm is the leading enterprise in Hai Duong Province, so you can’t go wrong.”

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Not only the parents who came to participate in the tasting meeting were very satisfied with the lunches provided by Xu's Catering, but also the principals of other schools were very satisfied after trying it. They asked Principal Deng of Tengyue Middle School for lunches from Xu's Catering. Contact information.

“There is no way a telephone conversation is more convenient, faster, clearer or more clear than a face-to-face conversation.”

After saying this, Principal Deng smiled at everyone, strode to the door of the office, held the door handle and twisted it hard to open the door. A middle-aged man who was slightly fat but looked very honest suddenly appeared behind the door.

"This is Director Wang Fulong, the head of Xu's Catering Tendering Department." After Principal Deng introduced Wang Fulong's identity, he introduced the identities of the seven people in the office to Wang Fulong: "Director Wang, this is Principal He from Hongxing Middle School , this is Principal Yu from Mingde Middle School, this is"

Splendid Hotel.

Today is the day when an old customer of Jinxiu Hotel holds a birthday party for his child. Whether it is a work banquet or a banquet in daily life, this old customer basically chooses to hold it here at Jinxiu Hotel. He has not done so for more than ten years. Changed.

The hotel naturally attaches great importance to such loyal old customers, and Ren Jialun, as the logistics director, is no exception.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, half an hour before the regular customers arrived, Ren Jialun went to the box to do the final inspection.

The arrangement of tables and chairs, the decoration of the OK box, the fruits and green plants in the OK negotiation area, everything in the OK box is perfect!
After confirming that there was no negligence or omission in the work, Ren Jialun left the private room and returned to the kitchen. As soon as he walked into the kitchen, he saw two employees putting something in the refrigerator.

He took two quick steps and stood behind the two of them. His eyes fell directly on the incubator on the ground. On the side and front of the incubator, there was a big word "Xu" printed on it. The logos of the restaurants are exactly the same.
Ren Jialun did not make random guesses, and asked directly: "What is this, and why is it in our back kitchen?"

"This is the tea sent by the guests in Box 208. Let us keep it in the kitchen for half an hour and then send it to you when the birthday party is coming to an end." After the kitchen staff saw that Ren Jialun still had an unhappy expression, he hurriedly spoke. Explained: "This is what you just ordered."

Even if the kitchen staff didn't remind him, Ren Jialun still remembered this clearly, but what he didn't expect was that the tea served by this guest actually came from Xu's Catering
Looking at the neatly arranged tea drinks in the refrigerator, a touch of uneasiness quietly appeared in Ren Jialun's heart.
"Hello, sir, how many people are there in total?" the welcoming lady asked with a smile on her face.

"There are three of us." After Xu An said it subconsciously, he felt something was inappropriate and quickly added: "We were invited to attend the birthday party in box 208."

"Yes sir, this way please."

Upon hearing this, the welcoming lady quickly checked the identity information, and after confirming that it was correct, she led Xu An, a group of two and three people, to Box 208 on the second floor. "Brother, this place is so beautiful!" Xu Kang and Xu Le sighed for the sixth time since they saw the hotel.

"Yes, it's very beautiful." Xu An took the trouble to take over the conversation between the two, and then asked: "When Kang Kanglele and you celebrate your birthday, my brother will also invite your little classmates here to attend the birthday party. How about it?"

"Really, brother, are you kidding us? It must be a lot of money to be so beautiful here. Brother, where did you get the money? Brother, did you go to rob the bank? Brother, will you be arrested by the police? Let’s go, brother, what should you do if you are arrested by the police uncle?”

The two little guys were excited at first, then worried, and in the end they were even worried about whether Xu An would be shot by the police.
Under the increasingly outrageous guesses of the two little guys, Xu An even saw the corners of the greeting girl's lips raised and then lowered, raised and lowered again, and finally remained in the raised state, and The arousal is getting bigger and bigger
Under the guidance of the welcoming lady, we arrived at Box 208. After greeting the host family of today's birthday party, Xu An let the two little kids play with their classmates while he walked to the negotiation table aside. sat down in front.

As soon as Xu An's butt touched the sofa, someone started chatting up and said, "Boss Xu, I heard from Xinyi's father that they specially ordered the hotel's chef to buy your Xu's braised vegetables for cold dishes. We just tasted them. One bite, it tastes really good, no wonder the business is so prosperous!"

"Hahaha, right? I didn't know about this before, otherwise I would have sent it over directly," Xu An said while greeting, his eyes falling on the unusually rich braised vegetables platter on the coffee table.

Um.?

With almost just one glance, Xu An noticed something was wrong with this stewed dish. In order to confirm his suspicion, Xu An picked up a piece of duck intestine with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
Xu An was not sure with the naked eye, but after eating the braised food, Xu An could directly conclude that the braised food was not purchased from his own braised food shop!
Although the appearance and taste seem to be almost the same, the braised sauce on the plate in front of me is different in flavor, a unique flavor derived from shabu shabu.
After putting down his chopsticks, Xu An laughed in the face of everyone's praise and was vague, without revealing the fact that the braised food was not produced by his own shop.

But when Xu An thought he had fooled this matter, he didn't expect that someone on the children's side also discovered this problem, and the children had not yet learned the twists and turns between adults, and found that the taste was not right. A child directly expressed his doubts.

"The taste of this braised vegetable is wrong. It tastes different from what I had during my autumn outing!"

"Impossible, my dad said, I bought this from that store! The same store where I ate during the autumn outing!" the birthday boy immediately retorted.

"No, it tastes different, it's not the same store!"

“It’s the same store!”

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At the beginning of the argument, the tone of the two people was normal, but as both sides continued to deny, the tone slowly increased, and the noise became louder and louder, attracting other children.
In just over ten seconds, all the children, including those eating, playing games, and chatting, gathered around and watched the two argue.
Soon, the adults noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere over the children, and they all stopped talking and walked over there.

"Dad!" When the birthday man saw his father coming over, he immediately became very proud. He put one hand on his hips and pointed at the braised food on the table and asked loudly: "Dad, this braised food is from the same store as the one we ate during the autumn outing, right?"

"Yes, it's from the same store, what's wrong?"

"No, the taste is different, it's not from the same store!" The kid opposite still retorted very stubbornly.

Seeing this, Xu An felt that something was wrong and quickly thought about how to fool him next. Xu Kang and Xu Le grabbed the braised lotus root, and the other took the braised potato and put it into their mouths.
Xu An didn't have time to stop him. After the two little guys tasted the braised food, they turned to the birthday boy's father with serious expressions and said with concern: "Uncle, have you been deceived? This is not the braised food made by my brother."

The voices of the two little guys were clear and loud, and everyone present could hear them clearly. Then, the pressure was on Xu An, and all eyes were focused on Xu An.
"Hahaha" he laughed awkwardly, and was torn between lies and truth for two seconds. Under the expectant eyes of the two little guys, Xu An gave a sloppy look and said in a confused way: "Recently, there are a lot of people in the sea market called ' Xu’s Braised Meat shops all have similar tastes, so it’s easy to mistake them for being hot and cold.”

"Let's do this." Xu An said and squatted down, looked directly into the eyes of the longevity star, and said with a smile: "Brother will ask someone to bring over some braised vegetables. Can you try it then and see if it tastes the same?"

The dispute between the children came and went quickly. With the mediation of the adults, this matter finally passed.

However, this incident only passed in the hearts of Xu An and other guests attending the birthday banquet, but in the heart of the birthday boy's father, it was not the end.

These are three instructions to the chef to replace the cold dishes with Xu's braised dishes. It is said so clearly that it can be mistaken. You must ask the person in charge for details. If it is an unintentional mistake, then forget it. If On purpose
Ha ha!

"Director Ren, which store did you buy the stewed vegetables used in the birthday party?"

"It was purchased from Xu's braised food store under Xu's Catering." Ren Jialun said and handed the purchase invoice that he had prepared to Mr. Lu, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, you specially told me, and we don't dare to forget it."

Mr. Lu took the invoice and looked at it carefully. He was not sure whether the quantity was correct, but the types of braised vegetables shown on the invoice were all correct, and there was no problem at all when paying and paying.
That's strange. As the owner of Xu's braised food, it's impossible for Boss Xu to not know the taste of the dishes in his store, right?
And not only the three people in the Xu family felt that the taste was wrong, but other children also felt that the taste had changed.
"Mr. Lu" Seeing Mr. Lu's eyebrows slowly frowning, Ren Jialun's uneasiness quickly spread, and he asked nervously and cautiously: "Is there something wrong with this braised food?"

"It's okay." After Mr. Lu put the invoice back into Ren Jialun's hand, he ordered: "Send those tea drinks to the box."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now!"

After agreeing, Ren Jialun took Mr. Lu all the way to the elevator door. After watching the elevator door close, he returned to the kitchen and arranged for the waiter to deliver the tea to box 208.

Watching the waiter take out one drink after another from the refrigerator, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of several bulging plastic bags stacked in the corner of the refrigerator.
This refrigerator is specially used to store items brought by guests that need to be frozen, but these plastic bags don't look like they were brought by guests?

Ren Jialun walked to the refrigerator, reached out and picked up a bag and turned it to his eyes. Then he saw the big golden word "Xu" on the bag, and blurted out "fuck". All those weird things Mr. Lu just said were all Found the source
As the tea was delivered to the box, the braised food Xu An asked for was also delivered to the box.

There was no time to send it to the kitchen for plating, so the children swarmed over, opened the plastic bag, put on gloves, picked up the braised meat and put it in their mouths.

"Ah, this is the taste, delicious!"

"Kang Kang Le Le, the stewed vegetables made by your brother are so delicious. Do you get to eat such delicious food every day? I envy you so much."

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When no one was paying attention, Mr. Lu quickly picked up a piece of braised food and put it into his mouth, a look of displeasure flashed in his eyes.

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Most provinces in China have the tradition of making braised food, and there are many people who know how to make braised food. However, different places and people make braised food with various flavors.

Even if people from the same village use recipes passed down from their ancestors, the taste of the braised vegetables they make will be very different.

After Zhang Dezhen's brother-in-law Xiaoyong left, the owner of Jinlong Fast Food Restaurant found a skilled braised vegetable chef to fill the vacancy that day.

When it opened on the second day, many old customers didn't know that Jinlong Fast Food Restaurant had changed its braised food chef, and the sales volume would not be affected much.

After returning home and tasting the braised food, these regular customers started calling them "mothers" at home. Within a month of its opening, this Jinlong braised food store started to cheat!This braised dish tastes completely different from the previous one!Isn’t this just to fool people?
The taste of stewed vegetables made by different people in different regions is different, and the personality of each regular customer is also different.

Some people think the new flavors are good, and some people decide not to go to Jinlong braised food store in the future. Some people think today is just a mistake, and they will try again tomorrow. Others feel they have suffered a bad loss. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I plan to go to my boss tomorrow to ask for an explanation.
The next day, the sales of braised vegetables at Jinlong Braised Food Store not only experienced a cliff-like drop, but were also scolded by many old customers.
Amidst the scolding, the new braised vegetable chef felt that he could not bear the grievance, so he came out of the back kitchen angrily and started to quarrel with these old customers.
Some customers who wanted to spend money hesitated and left after seeing the mess in the store.

Of those who left, some chose to go home directly, while others planned to try Xu's Braised Meat, which has become the most popular dish in Haishi recently.
Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. By the time the farce is over, the Golden Dragon Braised Meat Shop is already deserted.
(End of this chapter)