Night.

Northern cities are very different from southern cities, especially in winter, there is a heating supply in the house, so wear a super thick down jacket on the outside and a thin thread shirt on the inside, put on a coat when you go out, and only wear a thin one when you enter the house.

Therefore, most southerners will also feel uncomfortable when they come to the north to spend the winter.

It's cold outside, and it's stuffy inside.

The long nights are long, the body is hot, and it is difficult to sleep.

After twenty-four o'clock, Qiao Zhi was still typing on the keyboard at his desk, others saw his glamorous side, but it was rare to see him pay more energy and effort than ordinary people.

A message came from the mobile phone, it was sent by Mei Ling, "Have you slept?"

Qiao Zhi replied with a voice, "I slept, but I was woken up by you." ”

Mei Ling laughed out loud and dialed the video request, and Qiao Zhi quickly appeared on the screen.

"What's the matter? Is the contact with Cao Fengyi going smoothly today?"

Mei Ling said: "Cao Fengyi has submitted a letter of resignation, I just learned about the situation, and it is true, the reason is that Cao Fengyi wanted to advance this month's salary in advance, but Jiang Guojun refused." ”

"Cao Fengyi is the chief writer of Shiwei, and she has no right to pay some money from the account? Qiao Zhi sighed.

Mei Ling's tone became cold, "The current taste has become a tool for Jiang Guojun and his ilk to seek personal gain. Jiang Guojun recently asked his sister to register a company outside and became a satellite company of Shiwei. The company is responsible for all the expenses for the promotion of Food, and most of the millions of advertising expenses every month fall into his pocket. ”

Qiao Zhi was puzzled: "Doesn't anyone care about him?"

Mei Ling shook her head, "Although there is a competent department on the taste, in fact, it has long been stripped out, and when the former president Chen Xiang was in office, Jiang Guojun didn't dare to be too blatant." However, after President Chen left office, the prestige of the current president was insufficient, so Jiang Guojun held power in his hands and covered the sky with one hand. In just two years, the president has changed two or three times, but his position is very stable. ”

Qiao Zhi sighed with emotion: "It seems that his relationship above is also very hard!"

Mei Ling said disdainfully: "No matter how hard the relationship is, as long as the evidence is conclusive, no one can protect him." ”

Qiao Zhi nodded slightly, "Now is a society under the rule of law, maybe you can get away with it for a while, but in the end, you can't escape the responsibility of the law." ”

Mei Ling said: "I plan to absorb all the outstanding talents within Shiwei to Qiao Gang Leader within three months, so that Shiwei will become an empty shelf." ”

Qiao Zhi was stunned, and immediately figured out the origin of Mei Ling's confidence, and said with a smile: "The person in charge of the personnel department of Shiwei will not be taken care of by you, right?"

Mei Ling said with a smile: "If you want to get the taste in your hands, you have to spend some means and energy. The HR manager had a good relationship with me, and he had already had the idea of changing jobs. ”

Qiao Zhi frowned and said, "Before you leave your unit, you can help the enemy family deal with the owner, and this person can't be reused, right?"

Mei Ling said: "It is impossible for enterprise management to be black and white, and there are no fish when the water is clear." The character of the personnel manager, I know her very well, she is a very good employee, but I have been exposed to too many dark things in the magazine, and I have lost confidence in Jiang Guojun and Liang Yin's gang. ”

Shiwei Magazine is now rotten to the bone, and people with a little sense of justice will feel uncomfortable working there.

Qiao Zhi bowed slightly, "If you need any support, just say it!"

Mei Ling smiled confidently: "No, I can solve this little thing." ”

Hanging up Qiao Zhi's phone, Mei Ling smiled lightly, Qiao Zhi's words made him feel very warm, and he stood on his side unconditionally.

Thinking back to the difficulties of starting a business in the past year, Mei Ling suddenly felt that everything was worth it, not that she was getting closer to successful revenge, but that she was getting more and more tacit with Qiao Zhi.

Qiao Zhi has always said that he is the person who knows him best, but Mei Ling knows that Qiao Zhi is also the person who knows him best.

There is a tacit understanding with each other, tacitly.

......

Four offices were vacated on the fifth floor of the Huaxia Cuisine Association, and the sign of the Young Chefs Association was hung, Qiao Zhi had an independent office, the secretary general of the association had an independent office, and the other two offices were prepared for several vice presidents, except for the secretary general, the rest of the staff were not in the association most of the time.

Qiao Zhi saw the secretary general of the Young Chefs Association, named Zhanbo, who was forty-two or thirteen years old, and called Tang Qi his senior brother.

Zhanbo is also a native of Yenching.

He worked for a media outlet, and at the age of 40 he was fired from a newspaper for writing a story because of political issues.

Tang Qi liked Zhanbo's literati style very much, and helped Zhanbo introduce a job in the library, although the work was boring, but the income was stable and stable.

Now that the Young Chefs Association has been established, the work of the secretary general is very cumbersome, and Tang Qi thought of Zhanbo. Zhan Bo usually doesn't have much to do in the library, and he has spare energy to coordinate the affairs of the association.

"In the future, the basic work of the Youth Kitchen Club will be in charge of Brother Zhan, you have relevant things to entrust him to deal with, he is very capable, he can generally handle it, but if he can't do it, I will also assist him." Tang Qi explained with a smile.

"Secretary-General Zhan, I will trouble you to take care of it in the future. Qiao Zhi took the initiative to reach out.

Zhanbo and Qiao Zhi hurriedly shook hands, Qiao Zhi's hands were very powerful and could bring people a sense of security.

Zhan Bo sat in Qiao Zhi's office for a while, and then returned to the office to deal with the follow-up.

Tang Qi chatted with Qiao Zhi for a while, received a phone call, and said to Qiao Zhi with a smile: "The two Michelin magazine reviewers will arrive at the association in a few minutes, let's go over to meet them at the door."

In the restaurant industry, being a reviewer for Michelin magazines is a mysterious and noble profession. Most of the reviewers have graduated from hotel management schools and have undergone basic learning and training in the industry, with at least five years of experience in the restaurant or hotel industry, and most of the reviewers are chefs themselves.

Once officially adopted, they will need to travel to Europe for several months of training to learn the concept and evaluation criteria of the Michelin Guide. After that, they will go to major restaurants and hotels to conduct field studies and surveys under the guidance of their seniors.

After waiting at the door for a while, a black sedan stopped at the door, and the two judges walked out of the back row, Tang Qi introduced to Qiao Zhi: "The blond man is called Newman, who is English, and the short man is called Simeone, who is Argentine." ”

After Newman got out of the car, he habitually tidied up his clothes and held up his glasses on the bridge of his nose. Simeone was holding his mobile phone and was answering some calls, when he saw Tang Qi and Qiao Zhi coming over and hung up the phone, with a professional smile on his face.

Qiao Zhi knows a certain amount of about these Michelin inspectors, who often taste food outside, eating out more than 12 times a week, but most of them still know how to control their weight and exercise regularly. Tang Qi and Newman had met many times, and the relationship between the two was very familiar, he pointed at Qiao Zhi and said, "This is Qiao Zhi, the young Chinese chef who defeated Max." ”

Newman's eyes lit up, "I've had the pleasure of tasting Max's cooking, he's a romantic magician in the food world, and he can bring the most wonderful experience on the tongue." I'm sure your cooking skills will be astounding. ”

Qiao Zhi smiled modestly: "Thank you for the compliment." Max is no longer my rival, but my partner. If you're interested, you can head over to my restaurant and have a taste of the food, his style has changed a lot now. Oh, this is not an invitation to a Michelin inspector, but an invitation to a friend. ”

Newman smiled, "I would like to taste your food more than Max." ”

Qiao Zhi looked flattered, "Then I have to prepare well, the Michelin inspector is the most discerning customer in the world." ”

The four of them walked towards the conference room, and after taking their seats, Tang Qi arranged for someone to bring tea.

Newman and Simeone listened to Tang Qi's introduction to the development of the Chinese Culinary Association, and they came to have other tasks this time, taking advantage of the fact that many young chefs were attending the inaugural meeting of the Young Chefs Association in Yanjing, and taking this opportunity to let them introduce the scoring criteria of Michelin magazine.

Through the understanding of the scoring criteria, we know the gap between the current domestic catering industry and the international catering industry.

Qiao Zhi understands Tang Qi's good intentions, and wants to make Chinese cuisine go abroad, not only to let foreigners accept the Chinese way of eating, but also to find a breakthrough from the commanding heights.

At present, the number of Michelin restaurants in China is very small, especially Yanjing, which is known as the Michelin "desert".

The cost of inviting Newman and Simeone to come was not small, including not only food, lodging and transportation, but also a whopping $100,000 in labor fees for the two.

It's not that we worship foreigners, but that we maintain a modest and cautious attitude towards learning.

The reason why Huaxia has been able to rise in just a few decades is that we have a strong spirit of learning and can take the advantages of others for our own use.

"This sharing session will be held tomorrow evening in the Rising Sun Conference Hall at the Jinghua Convention Center, where not only members of the Young Chefs Association will participate, but we will also invite practitioners from the Yanjing catering industry. Don Rider informed Newman and Simeone of the situation.

Newman bowed slightly towards Tang Qi, "Please rest assured Secretary General Tang, we will definitely share what we know with you as much as possible." ”

Newman and Simeone sat in the association for half an hour, and Newman offered to leave under the pretext that he had something to attend to.

Waiting to sit in the car, Newman's face showed a helpless look, and Simeone saw his partner's mood, "You seem to be in a bad mood." ”

Newman closed his eyes, "I have been to China so many times, especially Yanjing, and I have been to many restaurants, and the results have made me very disappointed. ”

Simone said: "Although there are many types of cuisine in China, there are too few such restaurants to meet the standards of Michelin-starred restaurants. Most restaurants are after profits, not quality. So, the young man surnamed Joe just now won Max in the cooking tournament, I can't believe it. ”

Newman said lightly: "Everyone misses sometimes, maybe Max was not in a very good state that day." Winning once is nothing, it may be due to luck. Just because he can win Max doesn't mean his restaurant can live up to Michelin standards. ”

Simeone nodded solemnly, "I think so too!"