I, reborn, really don't want to be a matchmaker!

"Um... how about you cook another one? I'll pay for everything today," Huo Zhenzhong suggested with an awkward smile.

There was no other way; the customer is king, and he couldn't afford to offend anyone, so he had to come up with a compromise.

"Hehe... Brother, you're capable, so you should do more." The fat chef also changed his attitude towards Qin Chaoyang at this time, and smiled as humbly as he could be.

"Alright!" Qin Chaoyang had no choice but to stir-fry the chili and pork again. This time, he was more careful and made sure Wang Xiaoli helped out.

Once it was cooked, Wang Xiaoli took it out immediately.

This practice immediately drew complaints from the other diners waiting for their food in the hall. No one knows who suggested it, but they all ended up waiting at the kitchen door.

This wait.

This panicked Huo Zhenzhong.

The chubby chef was also having a headache.

Qin Chaoyang simply gave up, picked up a rag, wiped his hands, and prepared to go to the hall to eat.

"Hey! Don't go!" Huo Zhenzhong exclaimed anxiously upon seeing this. "Young man, please help me out in this emergency. Help me cook a few dishes, and we can talk about the wages."

"How much will it cost me to cook a dish?" Qin Chaoyang asked with a smile.

"Well..." The boss hesitated for a moment before replying, "How about this? No matter how many dishes you order, I'll give you twenty, plus a bottle of good wine."

Twenty dollars was a lot of money in 1988.

So Qin Chaoyang readily agreed and started cooking the spicy and sour chicken by heating oil in a wok.

There are still six servings of hot and sour chicken that haven't been made yet. According to the old rules of Xiao Wu Hunan Cuisine Restaurant, they are always stir-fried one dish at a time, and they would never be stir-fried in a large pot.

But Qin Chaoyang didn't care about any of that and directly stir-fried all six portions of spicy and sour chicken together.

After it was cooked, it was divided into six portions and the waitress took them out.

The chubby chef, worried that the taste might be bad and ruin Xiao Wu Hunan Cuisine Restaurant's reputation, quickly picked up his chopsticks and started tasting it.

"How is it?" Huo Zhenzhong asked.

"Absolutely amazing! It tastes ten times better than what I make!" The chubby chef gave Qin Chaoyang a thumbs up. "Brother, you must be the head chef's apprentice, otherwise your cooking skills at such a young age couldn't be this good."

"I guess so!" Qin Chaoyang said with a smile, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and cook the dishes. I'm still starving!"

"Yes! Yes!" The chubby chef nodded repeatedly and continued cooking other dishes with Qin Chaoyang.

Half an hour later, almost all the dishes ordered by the diners were served, including those ordered by Wang Xiaoli and Qin Chaoyang.

Seeing that he no longer needed to stay in the kitchen, Qin Chaoyang told the chubby chef, took off his apron, and walked to the dining table by the window.

At the dining table, Wang Xiaoli and Li Mei ate with bulging cheeks, praising how delicious it was.

Upon seeing Qin Chaoyang approaching, the two quickly stopped eating.

Wang Xiaoli asked Qin Chaoyang with a smile, "Did you study cooking before?"

Without formal training, one's culinary skills could not be this good.

"Yeah, I learned it from my mom," Qin Chaoyang replied casually.

"Tch! If you don't want to talk about it, then don't." Wang Xiaoli rolled her eyes at Qin Chaoyang. "Do you think I'd steal your cooking skills?"

"That's hard to say." Qin Chaoyang smiled, then picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Just then, Huo Zhenzhong walked over quickly with a bottle of Wuliangye liquor: "Xiao Qin, thanks to you for helping me out just now, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do."

"Don't say that, I'm only after my twenty yuan." Qin Chaoyang extended his right hand.

"Hahaha... I had this money ready long ago." Huo Zhenzhong quickly took out twenty yuan and handed it to Qin Chaoyang, while also helping to open the Wuliangye liquor.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoli jokingly said, "Boss, we came here to eat, and you're giving us money and drinks. I'm starting to feel a little embarrassed."

"That's right," Li Mei agreed.

In the past...

I'm afraid you shouldn't even think about it.

"Ahem...Isn't it because Xiao Qin's cooking skills are superb? He helped to keep things in order." Huo Zhenzhong coughed lightly and explained, "It's just a pity that my small place can't afford a chef like him."

"If you offer a high enough salary, how could you not hire him?" Wang Xiaoli joked. "He, Li Mei, and I were all looking for jobs today!"

"Really?" Huo Zhenzhong asked excitedly.

"Of course it's true." Wang Xiaoli became serious.

"Then...then..." Huo Zhenzhong looked at Qin Chaoyang.

"Why are you looking at me? My monthly salary is at least six hundred. Can you afford me?" Qin Chaoyang didn't want to work for someone else, so he deliberately exaggerated his salary.

however--

Huo Zhenzhong gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you're willing to come to my Xiaowu Hunan Restaurant, it's six hundred it is, and it includes food and lodging."

"No... are you serious?" Qin Chaoyang had a headache and realized that he had asked for too little salary.

"Of course it's for real," Huo Zhenzhong confirmed.

"Then I have three more conditions." In order to make Huo Zhenzhong hate him, Qin Chaoyang was going all out.

"Go on," Huo Zhenzhong said, pulling up a chair and sitting down beside him.

"First of all, I came here with Wang Xiaoli and Li Mei looking for work. If you really want me to cook at a Hunan restaurant, then you have to hire them all together." Qin Chaoyang thought for a moment and then stated his first condition.

"No problem," Huo Zhenzhong agreed without hesitation.

"Their salary is at least two hundred a month! Are you sure there's no problem?" Qin Chaoyang reminded him.

"Of course I'm sure," Huo Zhenzhong replied immediately.

"No..." Qin Chaoyang looked at Huo Zhenzhong in surprise: "You told me before that most of your employees left because they thought your wages were too low."

"How much money did you actually pay them per month?"

Li Mei and Wang Xiaoli were also very curious.

"Sigh! The odd jobs are 120, the kitchen helpers are 150, and the head chef is 300. That's not low in the whole of Dayu City. But when they saw that my business was doing well, they wanted to double the wages. I didn't agree, and you've seen the result." Huo Zhenzhong sighed and replied truthfully.

"I saw the results, and it has a lot to do with your management." Qin Chaoyang smiled. "If you want to manage a Hunan restaurant well, you must have a strict management system."

"But I don't know how!" Huo Zhenzhong chuckled awkwardly.

If so.

Where can I make a fool of myself today?

"You can't, but I can." Qin Chaoyang became serious: "Boss Huo, if you really want me to be the head chef at Xiao Wu Hunan Cuisine Restaurant, then you have to let me invest, and I have to listen to most of the management matters."

"I'm not trying to make things difficult for you, but I don't want to see another instance of an employee quitting."

"This..." Huo Zhenzhong hesitated for a moment, "Investing is not something to be taken lightly; I need to discuss this with my wife."

"Then go and discuss it! Come back to me when you've figured it out." Qin Chaoyang said before burying his head in his food.

As expected, Huo Zhenzhong's wife will definitely not agree.

After all, he only met Huo Zhenzhong today and didn't know his background. No one would have allowed him to invest.

However, things often turn out differently than he expected. A dozen minutes later, Huo Zhenzhong returned, bringing with him his plump wife.

Without wasting any words, the plump wife chatted briefly with Qin Chaoyang before agreeing to invest.

This gave Qin Chaoyang a headache, since his original intention was to make things difficult for the boss, Huo Zhenzhong, and ultimately refuse to work at Xiao Wu Hunan Cuisine Restaurant.

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