The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 324 Communication
After hanging up the video call, Qin Huai did not call Cao Guixiang immediately to continue his online class. Instead, he walked to Zheng Siyuan who was making fresh meat mooncakes and looked at him silently.

When Zheng Siyuan saw Qin Huai coming over, he said without even looking up, "There are still 13 minutes left for the mooncakes."

"I don't want to eat fresh meat mooncakes." Qin Huai said, took a look at the mooncake embryo, and changed his mind, "Okay, save one for me later."

"Did you tell Tan Wei'an this morning that I wanted a new helper?"

Boss Su just said that he heard from Tan Weian in the morning that Qin Huai needed a helper. Qin Huai did say something similar in the morning, but he said it when he was chatting with Zheng Siyuan.

There is no need to analyze it, just think about it and you will know that Zheng Siyuan must have said this to Tan Weian on purpose.

"I did." Zheng Siyuan nodded. "Don't you need helpers at Zhiweiju? It just so happens that what Zhiweiju lacks the most is helpers. Every year, a large number of apprentices apply for the job. After being accepted, they stay at Zhiweiju to do odd jobs as helpers. If they are talented, they will be noticed by the master chef in the store and accepted as disciples or registered disciples. If they fail to become disciples, in most cases, these apprentices will give up after three or four years, resign from Zhiweiju and find a higher-paying and more respectable job at another winery."

"Zhiweiju is a very standard traditional old-style restaurant. All apprentices start from the basics and are known for their hard work. Therefore, employees who leave Zhiweiju, even apprentices, are very popular with major restaurants."

"This concept model has made Zhiweiju famous. Although it is essentially just a restaurant, in a sense it has many students all over the world. Among the chefs of white-cooked dishes in restaurants across the country, there are many chefs and apprentices who came from Zhiweiju. Even Yunzhong Canteen is like this. Aren't Pei Xing and Li Hua chefs from Zhiweiju?"

"I know." Qin Huai said, "But I still don't understand why you specifically told Tan Weian about this. Aren't you telling him just to ask him to help me and Boss Su ask for the person? This is not a good idea. Boss Su and I are not familiar with each other. We are just friends on WeChat."

"You still don't understand what I mean." Zheng Siyuan stopped what he was doing and decided to explain the industry rules of borrowing people to Qin Huai, a semi-regular soldier who came from a wild background. "Under this model, Zhiweiju has no shortage of apprentices."

"Although your requirements for helpers are high, the quality of apprentices at Zhiweiju is also very high. Basically, anyone who comes from Zhiweiju can meet your requirements for helpers."

"It's hard to find so many hardworking and diligent helpers who meet your requirements anywhere else except Zhiweiju."

"And Boss Su must be very happy to have this kind of communication, because it is very productive."

"This result is visible to everyone. After several months of communication at Huang's, Tan Weian and his friends have made great progress in cooking. Even Tan Weian can see visible improvement, not to mention other ordinary helpers."

"You may think that coming to the kitchen every morning, tasting the snacks made by the apprentices one by one, and then commenting and guiding them is a very normal and troublesome thing. But this is because you don't have any apprentices, and you have time to instruct these chefs who have nothing to do with you."

"For the master chefs of Zhiweiju, they have many disciples who need to be taught step by step. Those apprentices who are not favored by them and lack talent are just ordinary employees in the kitchen. Sometimes they are in a good mood and give a few pointers, and sometimes they are busy and ignore them, which is also a very reasonable thing. For ordinary apprentices of Zhiweiju, it is very lucky to get a piece of advice from the master chef every three or four days."

"Tan Weian may not have told you that during the Chinese New Year, he was crazy about bragging about how much his cooking skills improved during his exchange at Huang Ji. He said that many apprentices at Zhiweiju and even registered disciples of the master chef regretted not having the opportunity to study and exchange at Huang Ji. They thought that going to Huang Ji was just simple hard labor, but they didn't expect it to be a cooking training and improvement class. If they had known it was such a good thing, they would have tried their best to go."

Qin Huai:......

If it wasn't so bad to scratch his head in the kitchen, Qin Huai really wanted to scratch his head and say that he really didn't understand you chefs from Zhiweiju.

Do you love curling so much?

Qin Huai couldn't help but look back at Pei Xing and Li Hua who were silently making snacks.

No wonder these two were eliminated. Compared with other competitive players in Zhiweiju, Pei Xing and Li Hua were indeed not competitive enough.

"That is to say, you have never said it. If you had mentioned this matter when chatting with Tan Weian, Boss Su would have packed up a group of apprentices and sent them to Yunzhong Canteen to work as helpers, learn and communicate the next day."

Qin Huai: "...I still feel like I'm taking advantage of you a bit?"

"They pay for their own travel expenses and rent, and I don't have to pay them. Isn't it a bit bad for me to be a freeloader?"

Boss Su's meaning on the phone just now was very clear. He would send the person over and Qin Huai would not have to worry about anything, not even about meals.

It's simply a fully automatic nuclear-powered ox and horse.

"You gave guidance," Zheng Siyuan said, "don't you realize it yet?"

"Although you are good at one subject but not the other, with your level, the snacks you made and Xu Cheng's praise for you, you are a well-deserved master chef who can accept apprentices even in Zhiweiju."

"Ordinary apprentices would be so happy to receive guidance from the master chef every day. Not to mention that you don't have to pay them wages, I believe they would be willing to pay you a little money every month."

Zheng Siyuan had said so much, Qin Huai had nothing to be embarrassed or worried about. The apprentices of Zhiweiju were indeed hardworking, down-to-earth, and professional. They made good tea and poured tea frequently. They would thank Master Qin and thank him for his trouble. It was hard not to like them.

"Then I will finalize this matter with Boss Su on WeChat later. How many helpers do you think we will need?" Qin Huai asked.

Zheng Siyuan glanced around the kitchen and counted the number of cooking tables and stoves.

"The kitchen area of ​​Yunzhong Canteen is quite large, about 5 to 8 people. You are indeed a little short of staff. The number of employees is not small, but the work efficiency is not high enough."

"Tell Boss Su to pick two or three ordinary apprentices who are of decent level and can at least make some simple pastries on their own. This way, even if the two of us have to focus on studying double crab buns in the future and don't have much time to make dim sum, Yunzhong Canteen can still guarantee a normal supply of dim sum, but the taste will be slightly worse."

"I can also make fewer buns and steamed bread."

Zheng Siyuan was smiling when he said the last sentence. Qin Huai could see from his smile that Master Zheng, who had returned to a leisurely life at the cake shop at the entrance of the community, did not want to be a slave.

It can be seen that Master Zheng, who had been on vacation for more than a month, is somewhat unable to adapt to the current high-intensity work. As expected, increasing the workload should be done step by step.

Qin Huai also reflected on himself and thought that he shouldn't have given all the three-stuffed buns and fermented rice wine steamed buns to Zheng Siyuan. The old men and women in Yunzhong Community were good at telling lies to different people. They knew Zheng Siyuan's temper very well. They lied with their eyes open and praised him all the time, which made Zheng Siyuan's workload increase day by day.

Sure enough, in the end, Master Zheng had to bear everything.

Qin Huai also glanced at the uncles and aunts who were sitting upright in the lobby, all staring at the window, waiting for the fresh meat mooncakes to come out of the pot.

"Don't worry, I will have a good talk with Boss Su and try to get two more exchange students of Tan Weian's caliber!"

"We must get Tan Weian here!"

Tan Weian has enough recipes in his treasure bag, and he can take out one or two awesome ones from time to time. He will not only be a good helper in making snacks, but also an important member of the Double Crab Bun research team.

Moreover, Tan Weian has a good sense of taste. He made great contributions when tasting the four-happiness dumplings before. We can also let Tan Weian taste the double crab buns this time.

After the discussion, Qin Huai returned to the kitchen counter and continued cutting radishes for his online class. While cutting radishes, he told Cao Guixiang what had just happened.

It can only be said that Zhiweiju is indeed the most famous pure white-casserole restaurant in the country. Even Cao Guixiang, who has been retired for many years and lives far away in Qiu County, has heard of the name of Zhiweiju.

"If that's the case, then Xiao Qin, aren't you going to Zhiweiju for a month or two in the second half of the year?" Cao Guixiang was very interested in the exchanges at Zhiweiju. "This is a good opportunity. When I was learning cooking, we didn't have the chance to exchange ideas with each other."

"Why?" Qin Huai was very curious. In his opinion, it was normal for chefs to communicate with each other, and he seemed to be quite happy about it.

He had a very pleasant experience with Huang Ji before, and at the end of the exchange, Huang Ji paid him a large sum of money, which meant that he was learning a skill and making money at the same time.

"I was afraid of being cheated," Cao Guixiang said with a smile. "At that time, information was not well developed, and chefs rarely communicated with each other. Basically, each school had its own unique skills and secret recipes. Some secret recipes were actually very easy to learn, and as long as you were willing to learn, you would definitely be able to learn them."

"It was not uncommon for an old shop to go bankrupt because its secret recipe was stolen. At that time, craftsmanship was the capital for making a living. Some masters were afraid that the apprentices would starve to death when teaching them, not to mention the exchanges between different restaurants."

"In fact, it's not our fault that everyone was on guard against each other at that time. When I was born, it was already a peaceful era, but the eras in which my master and my great-grandmaster lived were very turbulent. It was uncertain what would happen from day to day, and there was no way to know when disaster would strike. We could only cherish what we had and not give a single cent to others."

"At that time, if a master from any school took the initiative to express the desire to learn from each other, it would be like a blessing from heaven. Everyone would be very happy and look forward to it, and would be eager to welcome him."

"Is there such a master?" Qin Huai asked curiously.

"Yes." Cao Guixiang nodded with a smile, "In fact, there are quite a few, but many of the exchanges are only very superficial and superficial. As far as I know, there is only one person who can really go deep into the in-depth exchanges of each family's unique skills."

"But that master was from the same generation as my great-grandmaster. My master has seen him but I have not. When I was learning cooking, I admired him so much when I heard my master talk about that master."

"When all the restaurants in Peking were cherishing their own products and were afraid that their secret recipes or unique skills would be stolen from each other, Master Jiang Chengde of Taifeng Restaurant took the initiative to visit all the major restaurants in Peking to learn and exchange ideas. The first person he visited was my master."

"At that time, there was really no one like him before or since. When he came to visit, he directly said that he wanted to exchange his Jiang family's unique skills for my master's master Tan's cooking skills."

Qin Huai was stunned when he heard Jiang Chengde's name. Of course he knew how good this cooking skill was, but until now Qin Huai still couldn't understand the video tutorial of Jiang Chengde's locust flower steamed buns.

"Does your master agree?" Qin Huai asked hurriedly.

"Agreed." Cao Guixiang said, "My master said that it was because of my master's good example that they promised to exchange their skills and never leak them, and they did it later. The chefs of other restaurants agreed to exchange and learn with Master Jiang Chengde one after another. Master Jiang Chengde was able to integrate the strengths of hundreds of chefs in that era and become the well-deserved number one chef in Peking."

"In fact, some people say that my master is the best chef in Beijing, but my master told me that he is not the best chef. He has seen the skills of the real best chefs. He knows what it means to be admired and unattainable, so he never regards himself as the best chef."

"What about Master Jiang Chengde? His descendants or disciples should be very powerful as well." Qin Huai sighed.

Cao Guixiang shook her head: "I don't know."

"Beijing fell due to the war, and no one knew anything about him. My master said he had seven sons, but the whereabouts of his seven sons were unknown. At least when I left Peking, I didn't hear about the follow-up."

"It was also because of the war and turmoil. At the time of my master and master's master, the major restaurants in Peking were very willing to exchange and learn from each other, but later it gradually returned to its original state. When I was learning cooking, there were occasional exchanges and learning, but the frequency was not very high. Usually, the relationship was really good or they trusted each other very much."

"So Xiao Qin, you must cherish the opportunity to go to Zhiweiju for exchanges. This is something that many chefs can't even dream of."

"You don't have a master, which is a disadvantage and an advantage in a sense. If you have a master, the other party may be hesitant during the exchange and learning process. But you don't have one, so I, as well as the Master Huang and Master Zheng you mentioned before, dare to teach you so much."

"It's easiest to teach a blank slate. Otherwise, if you teach them all at once, since each school has different philosophies and schools, you'll learn too much and too many things, just like what's written in martial arts novels. If you're not careful, you'll go astray."

"I know. Thank you so much, Master Cao."

"Don't just thank me. Remember to make me more snacks next time you come back. Your Grandpa Zhang loves them."

"must!"

(End of this chapter)