The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 201 Foreign Aid
Zhiweiju’s foreign aid is here!

Zheng Da’s call cheered up everyone in Huang’s kitchen.

Basically everyone knew that Zheng Da had asked the master chef from Zhiweiju to borrow someone, but Zheng Da never said anything and the person didn't come for several days. Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan didn't ask and no one dared to ask.

I'm really not familiar with Huang Ji and Zhi Wei Ju.

Huang's is a traditional red case restaurant. Before Qin Huai came, it had nothing to do with white case. On the menu, there was no dim sum, not even cut steamed buns.

Huang Anyao usually attends the exchange meetings. When he attends the meetings, apart from telling everyone that the snacks at the exchange meetings hosted by Zhiweiju are very good, he cannot say any useful information and is just a mere extra.

Up to now, Huang Anyao does not have the WeChat of the owner of Zhiweiju, and he is only in the same group with the owner of Zhiweiju.

As a result, there was no news regarding foreign aid for several days in a row. Everyone assumed that the matter had fallen through and no one talked about it.

Unexpectedly, not only did the plan not fail, Zheng Da even negotiated a big deal and directly arrested 6 people!

These are 6 regular soldiers!

Given the level of involution at Zhiweiju, no one at Huangji dared to imagine how relaxed everyone would be after these six people came.

These days, Wang Jun almost suspected that he was actually a pastry chef.

Zheng Da grabbed Huang Anyao and went with him to pick someone up. As soon as the two left, the Huang's kitchen became lively. Dong Shi relied on the fact that he was the last disciple, young and sweet-mouthed, and fearless. He ran to Huang Shengli and asked directly:
"Master, which six did Uncle Zheng borrow from Zhiweiju?"

"How would I know? Have you finished your noodles? If you have, go to work. There are many customers these days, so prepare more dishes in the morning. Didn't you see that your senior brother prepares an extra pot of broth than usual?" Huang Shengli did not answer. He smiled and sent Dong Shi away. Then he saw the second person running up to him and asking directly.

Qinhuai.

In a sense, there is a reason why Qin Huai and Dong Shi have such a good relationship.

"Master Huang, does Master Zheng have a good relationship with the masters at Zhiweiju?" Qin Huai asked curiously.

"Normally." Huang Shengli answered pertinently, and all the Huang's employees who seemed to be eating wontons/noodles/preparing dishes nearby pricked up their ears quietly, ready to listen to gossip.

"Master Zheng, you have good skills, but in the past few years, you have not been focusing on dim sum. You have been focusing on expanding your business and making money. This is actually human nature, but many of the masters at Zhiweiju are older and more conservative. They don't like Zheng Da's style."

"Among the masters of Zhiweiju, the only one who has a good relationship with him is probably Master Tan Wenyan. Master Tan is relatively tolerant and thinks that what Zheng Da did is not heretical."

"At least he's in the dim sum business, and the dim sum he sells is pretty delicious, so it's not like he's wasting his craft."

"Master Tan Wenyan?" Qin Huai searched in his mind and was very sure that he had not seen this name in the list of famous chefs.

After Qin Huai got off work a few days ago, he went home and studied the list of famous chefs carefully. Although he can't remember every Chinese chef among them, at least he can remember those ranked before 70.

The chef of Zhiweiju cannot be ranked below 70th.

"Master Tan was very old and in poor health. He passed away due to illness two years ago." Huang Shengli said softly.

Qin Huai understood instantly and stopped asking.

But Huang Shengli knew what Qin Huai wanted to ask, and continued: "Although your Master Zheng has an average relationship with the chefs of Zhiweiju, he has a very good relationship with the boss of Zhiweiju."

"Su Ming, the boss of Zhiweiju, is also a white-casserole dim sum chef. His skills are not as good as those of the master chefs in Zhiweiju, but he has accepted many apprentices and his teachings are quite good."

"Opening a restaurant is certainly profitable, but it is not as profitable as running a factory and distributing goods all over the country. In terms of dim sum craftsmanship, Zheng Da is not as good as the several master chefs at Zhiweiju."

"But when it comes to doing business, and improving recipes, how to improve dim sum that originally needed to be handmade by pastry chefs, and industrialize production to ensure quality control, quality and quantity, and that the taste doesn't differ too much, no one in the entire southern region is more professional than Zheng Da."

"Su Ming wants to promote dim sum with the Zhiweiju label all over the country, so he has to seek advice from Zheng Da."

"I heard that Zhiweiju tried it last year, but the sales were very poor. I guess it was because the formula was not changed well, it was not suitable for local conditions, and the quality control was not up to standard."

"I guess the boss of Zhiweiju wanted to cooperate with Zhengda, so Zhengda was able to borrow talents so smoothly this time, and he was able to borrow 6 people at once so quickly."

"It's always been the case that chefs from outside the restaurant go to Zhiweiju to learn and exchange ideas. I've never heard of chefs from Zhiweiju going to other places to learn and exchange ideas."

Qin Huai suddenly realized.

Because Qin Huai has been able to make dim sum since he was a child, the Qin family rarely buys dim sum from outside and is not very familiar with the dim sum sold on the market.

But Qin Huai also ate some of the dozen boxes of snacks that Zheng Da sent to Qin Luo a few months ago. The taste was indeed very good. There must be a unique recipe.

To exaggerate a little, the egg yolk pastries, thousand-layer cakes and several other snacks that Zheng Da sent to Qin Luo were more delicious than the so-called freshly made snacks sold in many pastry shops.

Zheng Da may not be the best pastry chef in the country, but he must be the dim sum business owner who understands the techniques and recipes best in the country.

"So the six people that Uncle Zheng borrowed this time are not ordinary apprentices." Dong Shi couldn't help but continued.

"You're the only one who talks too much." Huang Shengli glared at his closed disciple unhappily, thinking that this disciple was good in every way except that he was too talkative. "How can there be ordinary apprentices in Zhiweiju?"

Yes, as the number one white-casual restaurant in the south and the cradle of famous white-casual students, Zhiweiju has ridiculously high standards for recruiting odd jobs.

Without some talent and connections, you can't get in. Uncle Qin Huai said that he could find someone with connections to get Qin Huai into Zhiweiju, but that was because Uncle Qin Huai was very confident in Qin Huai's talent.

According to Uncle Qin Huai's theory back then, he only needed to find someone and some connections to get Qin Huai into the team of apprentices being interviewed. The gold would then shine automatically, and then he would be noticed and recruited as a personal disciple, shining and reaching the pinnacle of his life.

As for what specific relationship Uncle Qin Huai has...

He has an old classmate who works in Hangzhou. He is a regular customer of Zhiweiju and often goes there to buy snacks. He can help Uncle Qinhuai pay attention to Zhiweiju's recruitment information.

The pleasant gossip time was over, and everyone at Huang’s quickened their meal and then began their intensive work.

The customers are already queuing outside. Although they basically come for the dim sum, most of these customers who come early to queue will choose to dine in. After all, they are already here, and Huang's is not an unknown restaurant. If they come from far away, they should try both dim sum and vegetables.

Huang's is a standard red-cased restaurant. Even if its white-cased dishes are more famous in the past month or so, at least the red-cased dishes shouldn't lag behind the white-cased dishes.

No one in Huang's kitchen wants to lose face.

On the other side, Huang Anyao and Zheng Da received foreign aid from Zhiweiju at the subway entrance.

Zheng Da was stunned when he saw the leader.

"Tan Weian, Gu Li!" Zheng Da greeted them with surprise.

The two people in the lead were the two apprentices of Master Tan Wenyan, who was introduced by Huang Shengli just now. Among the master chefs of Zhiweiju, Tan Weian was the grandson of Master Tan, and Gu Li was the last disciple of Master Tan.

"Master Zheng, long time no see." Tan Weian walked forward with a smile, dragging his suitcase. He glanced at Huang Anyao, who was looking for the car he had found on the side of the road with his phone, and continued, "I heard from Boss Su that it was you who asked Zhiweiju to borrow someone, so I volunteered with my junior brother."

"We two are not very skilled, and I hope you won't despise us."

"How can I dislike this? I feel at ease with you two around. I can finally take a break. I've been so exhausted these past two days." Zheng Da couldn't help but express his true feelings.

Tan Weian:?

Huang Anyao's exclamation broke the awkwardness: "Oh, it turns out to be on the opposite side, I located it wrong. Uncle Zheng, don't worry, I'll make a call. There shouldn't be a traffic jam at this time, right? No, no... But business is so good recently, what if there is a traffic jam?"

Zheng Da looked at Huang Anyao and could only say that sometimes he really felt sorry for his senior brother for having such an unlucky son.

Unlike him, his son is good in every way except that he is unwilling to go on blind dates, especially his innate talent for cooking, which is a perfect inheritance from his biological father.

It was already half past nine when Zheng Da and Huang Anyao led the six people from Zhiweiju to Huangji. From a distance, they saw a long queue of people waiting for their meals in front of Huangji.

An unknown chef from Zhiweiju exclaimed quietly, "There are so many people here. Doesn't Huang's only open at noon? Xu Cheng's Weibo post has such a big influence. Could the rumors be true? Huang's will be on the cover of next year's annual magazine."

"Gu Li, isn't your father the head chef of Guanhe Tower? They are all from Gusu. Have you got any news?"

Gu Li, who was cueed, remained silent.

"You're not talking again. You're always like this. No wonder others say you..." The unknown chef wanted to say something, but he glanced at Tan Weian and didn't dare to say anything else.

Tan Weian walked in front and talked to Zheng Da: "When the next issue of Zhiwei is published, I'm afraid that Huang's business will surprise many people. Many people in Zhiwei have been talking about Master Qin recently. Some people even secretly came to Gusu during their vacation to buy snacks made by Master Qin. All those who have eaten them are full of praise."

"A few days ago, I heard Master Zhou muttering, why would such a good seedling go to Huangji for exchange, he should come to our Zhiweiju for exchange, he will definitely take good care of him."

Chef Zhou is ranked 41st in the Famous Chefs Directory and the highest ranked chef in Zhiweiju.

Hearing what Tan Weian said, Zheng Da almost jumped up. "What do you mean by lead well? Little Tan, let me tell you, don't have any evil ideas this time. I was wondering why Su Ming was so generous to give me 6 people at once and send you and Gu Li. Qin Huai is my last disciple. I agree if you want to snatch him away, but my senior brother won't agree!"

Tan Weian smiled and said, "How could that be? Master Zheng, you are overthinking it. Master Zhou and Master Su are just more enthusiastic and want to communicate more with chefs from all over the country."

The way Zheng Da looked at Tan Weian was no different from the way he looked at a robber.

The group changed their clothes and went into the kitchen.

With a cold face, Zheng Da introduced to Qin Huai his six capable men for the next month. After the introduction, he pulled Wang Jun aside and whispered to Wang Jun to manage the team well and not give the opponents any opportunity to take advantage.

Wang Jun was completely confused by what he heard. He just wanted to scratch his already sparse hair and wonder when he became a manager from a cutter.

After giving Wang Jun instructions, Zheng Da took Huang Shengli to the door of the warehouse to discuss countermeasures.

After listening to Zheng Da's nervous speech, Huang Shengli was somewhat speechless: "What are you afraid of? With the strength of Zhiweiju, even if Xiao Qin was deceived into communicating, he would come back in three days at most."

"Besides, what are you so nervous about? Have you forgotten that Xiao Qin is here to exchange ideas with us? Xiao Qin is going home before the New Year and won't come back after the New Year. Why would he come to work for me when he has his own business?"

Zheng Da understood.

Zheng Da went back to knead the dough leisurely. He glanced at Qinhuai and found that the people from Zhiweiju were indeed efficient and had a clear division of labor.

Qin Huai has been in Huang Ji for so long that his work area is no longer just the small area that was temporarily demarcated at the beginning.

Huang Ji’s kitchen is big enough. Although Huang Anyao is not good at marketing plans and his ability is not high, he can still complete the task if he is assigned to it.

Under Huang Anyao's ant-moving-style renovation, the Huangji kitchen is now clearly divided into the red case area and the white case area. The equipment has also been updated a lot, and all the steamers and steamers have been replaced with new ones, with super increased capacity.

In order to make it convenient for Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan to make snacks, the pastry area is particularly large, so it won’t seem crowded even if someone else adds them temporarily, and there are plenty of cooking counters.

It can be said that Huang Anyao went all out to have dim sum.

As soon as the chefs of Zhiweiju started working, Qin Huai felt what kind of treatment a real master chef should be treated.

There is no need for verbal instructions, just a glance and everyone knows what to do.

Sometimes, even eye contact is not needed. Everyone is a professional helper and can find work on their own. One person is so professional that he almost finds a teapot to make tea consciously because of muscle memory.

The chefs at Zhiweiju are all very old, and they insist on working on the front line to teach apprentices. Their physical functions cannot keep up, so they have to delegate a lot of work to their apprentices and helpers.

How to work, what to do and where to find work are the first lessons every chef learns at Zhiweiju.

It can be said that all those who come out of Zhiweiju are professional helpers, especially the direct disciples of the master chefs, who are all professionals among professionals.

He was so professional that Qin Huai wanted to ask if everyone had made a mistake and that he was not a master chef.

Isn’t this treatment a bit too high?
and……

Qin Huai took a look at Gu Li's kneading technique while mixing the stuffing.

The cooking skills of this last disciple of the late master chef of Zhiweiju...are not that good.

With six foreign helpers coming to Huang's kitchen, Zheng Siyuan naturally didn't need to help Qin Huai, and Qin Huai himself didn't need so many helpers as he only had a few helpers himself.

Therefore, with the arrangement of Tan Weian, the 6 foreign players who came were divided into two groups, with Tan Weian leading 3 people to help Qin Huai, and Gu Li leading 1 person to help Zheng Siyuan.

Zheng Siyuan’s fresh meat mooncakes are also very popular in Huang Ji.

Especially now that there are many guests coming from other places, fresh meat mooncakes are a famous snack in Suzhou. Many foreign guests are very interested in fresh meat mooncakes and are amazed after eating them.

Zheng Siyuan’s fresh meat mooncakes cannot beat Qinhuai’s fermented glutinous rice steamed buns at Huang Ji, simply because fermented glutinous rice steamed buns have a memory blessing among Huang Ji’s old customers, with filters and buffs.

Not to mention that fresh meat mooncakes can’t beat fermented glutinous rice steamed buns, even grade A fruits may not necessarily beat fermented glutinous rice steamed buns.

The fermented glutinous rice steamed buns sold at Huang Ji are undoubtedly the signature dim sum.

"You're using too much force." Qin Huai couldn't help but say as he watched Gu Li kneading the dough, "You can't knead the dough for the fresh meat mooncakes so hard."

"You have to be gentle, use force in your palms, and use clever strength."

(End of this chapter)