From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 288: Closing the shop and giving the first gift

Master Yan spends most of his time in his son's restaurant these days.

The decoration of the restaurant was also handed over to Liu Yonggang and others through Feng Zhengming's introduction.

Chef Yan is not too involved in the decoration of the restaurant.

Because Yan Jianxing opened a restaurant on Furong Street, the restaurant itself was not very big.

This is also limited by the overall scale of Furong Street.

After all, Furong Street is the most famous and prosperous street market in Quancheng. It attracts a large number of business people to gather in the street market. Naturally, all the shops in the street market are not big.

However, although the place is not big, the customer flow on Furong Street is still guaranteed.

When many outsiders come to Quancheng, Furong Street is their first choice.

The road to Feng Zhengming's Fengjiagan Restaurant is wide and the area is large, but it is still far away from the main city and many landscapes in Quancheng.

Therefore, the passenger flow there is definitely not as good as that of Furong Street.

Of course, Feng Zhengming is now famous in Quancheng, so he no longer cares about where his shop is.

Chef Yan stayed at his son's restaurant, mainly helping him determine the menu and supervising his son's cooking skills.

Although it is said that many dishes are in Jianxing, Master Yan is still not very reassured.

The old man stayed in the kitchen and took care of the entire process from purchasing to preparing ingredients and cooking.

In terms of procurement, both Li Huidong and Feng Zhengming introduced their respective procurement channels to Yan Jianxing.

In addition to the reputation of Mr. Yan, the suppliers are very polite to Yan Jianxing.

The price and quality of the purchases are considered to be at the level of Quancheng Restaurant.

In terms of preparing materials, Master Yan is very strict.

How to prepare scallion oil, scallion and pepper oil, how to prepare clear soup and milk soup? Master Yan always watched his son and led others to prepare. If there was anything wrong, Master Yan would be merciless.

Having Master Yan in charge of the kitchen makes Yan Jianxing feel at ease, but also puts him under a lot of pressure.

Those chefs and apprentices who defected to Yan Jianxing were even more embarrassed in front of Master Yan.

Especially Yan Jianxing's deputies, they have also cooperated with Yan Jianxing for many years.

But this is the first time I know that Yan Jianxing is the eldest son of Master Yan.

When Yan Jianxing worked with them in the past, they had made fun of him.

I asked Yan Jianxing if he had any relationship with Master Yan?
At that time, Yan Jianxing adhered to his father's low-key teachings and always claimed that he had nothing to do with Master Yan, but that he just happened to have the same surname as "Yan".

For this reason, several of Yan Jianxing's friends also encouraged him to work hard in the future and surpass Master Yan's reputation.

This time they came to Quancheng to open a restaurant with Yan Jianxing, and they learned the true relationship between Yan Jianxing and Master Yan.

A group of people were very surprised.

Faced with Master Yan personally supervising the kitchen, everyone really felt extremely stressed.

Under pressure, some mistakes are inevitable.

It's just that these chefs who defected and followed Yan Jianxing didn't expect Master Yan to be so kind to them.

Seeing that they made mistakes, Master Yan not only did not blame or lecture, but patiently explained many details to them, speaking softly, just like a master patiently teaching his disciples.

After getting along with each other for a few days, the people in Yan Jianxing's kitchen respect Master Yan even more.

This kind of respect is not the kind of respect you have to respect Master Yan because of his age or status in the cooking industry.

But everyone respects Master Yan from the bottom of their hearts.

Master Yan did not have any reservations about everyone in the kitchen just because they were not his apprentices and had not learned cooking from him.

The master's unreserved attitude naturally won everyone's heartfelt respect.

Yan Jianxing saw it and felt in his heart his father's concern for him and the unspoken fatherly love.

In order for his son's restaurant to gain a foothold in Quancheng, Master Yan would set up a small stove for his son every night after the construction workers and kitchen staff left, and taught him some things about managing the kitchen.

Yan Jianxing was naturally very serious and humbly listened to his father's instructions every night.

Yan Jianxing has also accumulated a lot of experience in the past few years.

Now combined with some of his father's teachings, Yan Jianxing can understand it better.

Chef Yan and his eldest son are still full of expectations for Yan's Restaurant. The father and son want to prepare all the details so that Yan's cuisine can become famous in Quancheng.

The master was busy helping his son open a restaurant, so Feng Zhengming was naturally not idle either.

After New Year's Day, he personally sent invitations to the owners of the five shops on both sides of the Feng Family Restaurant.

Suddenly receiving an invitation from Feng Zhengming personally, did the owners of the five nearby stores feel a little strange?
However, the reason was not stated on the invitation.

He just wrote down the time and the location was the Feng Family Restaurant, invited them to have a meal, and said he had something to discuss with them.

After the five store owners received the invitation, they quickly bumped heads with each other.

Taking out the invitations delivered by Feng Zhengming himself, the five store owners were somewhat puzzled.
"What does Feng's restaurant mean?"

"Yes, why did Feng Zhengming treat us to dinner for no reason?"

"Could it be that he has been occupying the sidewalk in front of our store at night during this period, so he wants to treat us to dinner as a token of appreciation?"

"You just want to treat us to a meal as a token of appreciation? Do you really think we haven't eaten his meal?"

"Not to mention, his status is different now. He is the leader of young chefs in Quancheng, and he is also the number one young chef in the province. His craftsmanship is also praised by many people."

The five store owners all expressed their opinions and views.

Among them, the three on both sides of Feng's restaurant were somewhat dissatisfied with Feng Zhengming.

Because every night, the Feng Family Restaurant sets up tables and chairs outside on the roadside, almost inevitably encroaching on their space.

Especially after New Year's Day, Feng Zhengming no longer goes to the train station to work at the food stall.

He simply put up the shed for the food stall directly on the sidewalk at night.

As a result, it occupies a lot of space in front of the shops on both sides. The shop on the left side of the Feng Family Restaurant is separated by a front door, so there is not much space in front of the door.

As a result, Feng Zhengming occupied the sidewalk in front of the door and directly covered half of the room next to the Feng family restaurant.

Although that half of the room is a canteen, thanks to the booming business of the Feng Family Restaurant, the sales of some drinks in the canteen are getting better and better.

But the canteen owner is still dissatisfied with the fact that Feng Zhengming set up a shed outside his door in the past few nights and invaded his canteen.

For this reason, he specifically approached Feng Zhengming and asked Feng Zhengming to give him the money that had been embezzled from his door.

After Feng Zhengming was found, he gave him some money as compensation because he didn't want to cause more trouble.

But the thinking of some people in the world is that if you don’t want to cause more trouble or cause too much trouble in the neighborhood, your attempts to calm things down will be cowardly in front of them.

Now Feng Zhengming has taken the initiative to send invitations to five stores, and the shop owner is even more determined that he will give in.

"Let me tell you, he is famous now, and his reputation is so famous, so he doesn't want to cause trouble even more. He definitely wants to pay some money and discuss with us to use the tables and chairs set up in front of our door at night. Business, since his invitations have been sent out, we must join forces."

The owner of the small shop made some analysis and kept emphasizing that Feng Zhengming must cherish his reputation and did not want to bring a bad reputation to himself, so he wanted to negotiate with them to use the space in front of their five stores.

The owners of the other four stores thought about it and felt that the shop owner's analysis made sense.

"It seems to be true. He is now famous throughout Quancheng. He has also been on the news on the provincial TV station. He is famous in all major cities in the province. He definitely doesn't want anything bad to his reputation to happen."

"Looking at it this way, we have a handle on him. We need to handle him carefully."

"That's right, otherwise he wouldn't have invited us to dinner."

"You want us to agree after just one meal? If he doesn't give us a satisfactory price this time, we must not let him use the place in front of our door."

The small shop owner saw that the other four shops all agreed with him, and they all expressed that they wanted Feng Zhengming to give him enough money.

He took the opportunity to put forward his own idea: "If he wants to use the place in front of our door, he must pay us monthly, not to mention half of the rent, but at least one-third."

The other four shop owners were a little surprised. They didn't expect the small shop owner to be so cruel.

The four of them just thought about asking Feng Zhengming for some money, but they never thought about asking Feng Zhengming to give them one-third of the rent.

Although their street is not Furong Street, it is still some distance away from some scenic spots in Quancheng.

But this street extends in all directions, making the surrounding transportation more convenient.

Therefore, the rent of shops on this street is not cheap.

Moreover, Feng Zhengming occupied the sidewalk in front of their door, which was considered a public area, and would only be occupied after their stores were closed at night.

Under such circumstances, I asked Feng Zhengming for one-third of the rent as compensation.

The owners of the four stores thought carefully and felt that it was indeed a bit too cruel.

"It's hard to ask for so much, right? He doesn't invade our front door during the day. He only uses the sidewalk outside at night when we are closed. If we ask for one-third of his monthly rent as compensation, he will definitely not agree."

The proprietress of the shop next to the Feng Family Restaurant was in the clothing business, and she closed the door at nightfall.

Therefore, the Feng Family Restaurant occupied the sidewalk in front of the door and set up tables and chairs at night, which had no impact on her at all.

At first, the clothing store proprietress would still wonder: Will there be garbage piled up at the door the next day?
Facts have proved that her worries were unnecessary. Every morning when she came to open the store, the door was very clean.

Later, she passed by this place with her friends one night and saw that the people who worked at the Feng family restaurant would clean up the front door after business every night, and all the garbage would be cleared away by them.

The proprietress of the clothing store thought that the people at the Feng family's restaurant were very nice, and she would go to the Feng family's restaurant to buy food at noon.

Therefore, the clothing store proprietress did not want to join the other four and directly offended Feng Zhengming.

However, the clothing store owner didn't want to offend her, but the other four didn't think so at all.

The owner of the small shop next to the Feng Family Restaurant took the lead.

The other three are not right next to the Feng family restaurant, so they naturally have no scruples.

"Since he wants to use the space in front of our door, he should compensate us. His business is so good, why does it mean giving us one-third of the rent every month?"

"Yes, he is now a famous person in Quan City. He doesn't want to cause too much embarrassment to us and affect his reputation."

"So as long as the five of us can reach an agreement, he will definitely agree to pay."

After hearing this, the wife of the clothing store no longer wanted to go with these bosses to ask for money.

The owner of the small shop saw the clue, and he quickly said: "The business of the eldest sister's clothing store is not very good, and your store is not small. If you can reduce part of the rent, won't you be less stressed?"

After being persuaded by the other four owners, the clothing store owner finally reached an agreement with them.

Without Feng Zhengming's knowledge, the five store owners were already preparing to extract gold coins from him.

Feng Zhengming sent invitations to the owners of five nearby stores.

After the third uncle Feng Jiandong found out, the third uncle said that it was unnecessary for Feng Zhengming to invite them to dinner and ask them to move out.

"You are such a good person. You invited them to dinner and told them to move out in advance. You are too embarrassed to just drive them away. Just tell me, I will find a few people, come over with the property rights certificate, and directly notify them to move out. Isn’t that enough? Do you think it’s good for them to remember you like this?”

Feng Zhengming responded with a smile: "I have never thought about asking anyone to miss me. I just think that in the past six months, we have been neighbors. Now that I want to take back the shop from them, I should notify them in advance and give them some money." Time to move, time to find a new place.”

Feng Jiandong shook his head helplessly: "So you are a good man."

Before Feng Zhengming could speak, the third uncle continued: "You actually sent them an invitation to have a meal at the dry rice shop. You really take them too seriously."

Feng Zhengming said: "We are both locals from Quancheng. There is no need to quarrel directly. We have left a good impression on each other. If we meet again in the future, we will not be too embarrassed."

This time, the third son did not let him speak again. Mr. Feng said: "Being friendly makes money. When doing business, we still have to give each other a step forward."

Seeing his father speak, Feng Jiandong could only nod his head and say, "Okay, let's do it the Zhengming way first. If they don't move out, they will cause trouble. I'll find them again then."

Feng Zhengming smiled and said: "I believe they will also understand the principle of harmony and wealth."

A few days later, Feng Zhengming invited the owners of the five stores to sit down at Feng's restaurant.

Because Feng Zhengming thought it was more important, he simply closed the business at noon that day.

The five shop owners came to Feng Jia Gan Restaurant for an appointment. They were all a little surprised when they saw that Feng Jia Gan Restaurant was closed at noon. They suddenly felt Feng Zhengming's attention.

However, the five people exchanged glances with each other and were still prepared to respond according to the words they had agreed upon.

　The first update is sent. Sorry for the late update, but the plot has been sorted out, and I will give you three updates tonight anyway.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)