Chapter 236: Good News and Tragedy

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"Let's go, let's eat, we have a good fortune today, and it is estimated that we can enjoy the treatment of the head of the central government!"

Why?

Because of good luck, my brother-in-law got in touch with an old friend: not the second-in-command of Jin Jiang Hotel, but a well-known figure in the national catering industry in Shanghai and even in the entire East China!

When I arrived at the reserved box of the restaurant, I looked at the 12-person position, and said to the waiter: "Just leave 9 seats, and Ma Guanhu and Ma Chang have arrived?"

"Director Ma is still in the kitchen, do you need me to inform you?"

Even an ordinary waiter knows that person, it seems that this reputation is not covered!

Zhang Nan nodded, "Please call and say don't be too troublesome, just have a cold salad." ā€

Everyone sat down, Zhang Nan left a place next to him, and waited for the horse director to come!

Ma Guanhu, director of the Third Institute of the Shanghai Garrison District, a native of Beishan, Yan County, and an old friend of his brother-in-law Xiang Weirong, who had been a soldier for a year, was one year older than his brother-in-law, and the two knew each other before they became soldiers.

In the past two years, I have sometimes dealt with him, and the relationship with my brother-in-law is okay, and Zhang Nan has met him several times: but I didn't go to him the first two times, first, I didn't think it was necessary, and second, this person was quite busy, and there was no one in the office.

This trip was because Zhang Nan wanted to ask him to inquire about something in Shanghai, but his brother-in-law paid attention, and he finally got in touch.

A department-level cadre in his thirties, Zhang Nan doesn't know what he's in charge of, but he knows that he is a super-first-class chef in the country!

Yes, he's a chef, the best of the best! Even today's No. 1 chief will ask by name every time he goes to Shanghai, asking "if the pony is there" exists!

A few years ago, the relevant departments of the state held a "East China" six provinces and one city state-owned unit chef competition, and the participants were the top chefs in various provinces and cities, and the first place was the Ma Guanhu and Ma Da chefs.

However, in his previous life, his brother-in-law basically didn't have much contact with him after the 90s, because that person rarely returned to Yan County, and the relationship slowly became estranged. However, Zhang Nan knew that he later opened several top restaurants in Shanghai, and there were two top sightseeing and dining cruises on the Huangpu River.

Talking about Ma Guanhu's situation with Zhang Li and others, everyone was very curious about what kind of person this department-level "super chef" was.

After a while, the waiter began to serve the food, but Zhang Nan didn't move his chopsticks: the waiter said that Director Ma was coming soon.

A few minutes later, a man in civilian clothes walked in, Zhang Nan hurriedly stood up and greeted him, "Brother Ma, long time no see!"

This person is Ma Guanhu, in fact, he looks quite ordinary, and he can't be good-looking: he doesn't look like a leader or a chef with a spoon anyway.

"Haha, Xiao Zhang, I heard that you and your brother-in-law are amazing this year, and they have become super tyrants!

Halfway through the words, Ma Guanhu looked at Zhang Li and said, "This is my brother and daughter-in-law, I heard about it when I went back to my hometown two times ago!"

As he spoke, he shook hands with everyone and introduced himself.

has seen a lot of leaders, and Xiang Weirong is also familiar with him, and Ma Guanhu is not surprised by Alyosha and others: cooking for the chief, such a character has been seen many times.

Everyone was polite and sat down.

After some conversation, it turned out that after Ma Guanhu received a call from Xiang Weirong today, he made a call to the Jinjiang Hotel, and learned that Zhang Nan would finish eating here, so he simply ran over by himself.

It's not just cooking two dishes for friends, there's something else going on.

Many chefs at Jin Jiang Hotel have been trained by him, and whenever the hotel has a very important reception task, the boss will sometimes let him go out.

Today, the forces and the localities are closely linked.

"I still remember that you like to tear cabbage, or the old rules, to prepare a phoenix, a dragon or something, let's eat this time is tight, I just grabbed a few handfuls..."

Tearing cabbage by hand is just a thing that goes into the water, but after Ma Guanhu's skillful hands, even if you just grab two handfuls casually, the taste can make people bite off their tongues!

"When you go back, I'll bring you a few bottles of spices, and you can take them back and share them with your brother-in-law, and he likes it too. ā€

Many of the seasonings used by top chefs are not bought, but self-made, and many of them are secret stunts - Ma Guanhu has such a few unique skills.

Kissinger's favorite crispy duck, Nixon and Elizabeth II's much-praised chicken corn...

Just one by one, some of the dishes were made by Ma Guanhu before, and the next one is the head chef of Jinjiang Hotel and the head stove himself in charge, which is also the face of selling Ma's director, this meal is definitely the treatment of the head of the central government!

At the eating stall, Zhang Nan pointed to the chicken and corn dish and asked, "Brother Ma, I remember that the newspaper said last year that the Queen of England liked this dish very much, so you will make it too?"

"Well, what I did is the same as this, okay?"

"Okay, it's not an ordinary line! But Brother Ma, there's something I have to remind you of, will my current identity cause you trouble?"

This should be noted: if in ancient times, Ma Guanhu was at the level of "imperial chef", which is a big problem if there are overseas connections.

"If there is trouble, I won't come today, your brother-in-law told me about this thing, no problem, I am a poor peasant for three generations, and I am politically reliable.

And how can you be considered a patriotic Chinese, I have heard about donating money to build schools in the county, and building Huiji University. If you are unreliable, then there is no reliable man. ā€

These words once again aroused the surprise of Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu, and caused Zhang Nan to explain a few more words: casually donating 25 million US dollars, the two girls will really believe that "buying the Empire State Building" is not a joke!

"By the way, Xiao Zhang, your brother-in-law said that you want to buy an old villa in Shanghai before liberation?"

"Well, I have a few acquaintances in Shanghai, and I want to ask you to help me inquire. ā€

Ma Guanhu thought for a while and said, "Although my level is not high, I know a lot of people. However, as far as I know, most of the famous old villas before the liberation of Shanghai have either become places for public activities or the offices of government agencies.

There is a way to buy it, do you have any requirements for the price?"

But before Zhang Nan could answer, he smiled to himself: "I didn't ask if I could donate money to build a university."

So, I made a few phone calls in the afternoon and inquired first, and if you don't care about the price, there is still some hope for three villas. ā€

"Which three?"

"I remember.

Saying that, Ma Guanhu took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Nan: "The Mahler Villa at the corner of Middle Yan'an Road and South Shaanxi Road, the Bai Mansion on Fenyang Road, and the Lilac Villa at No. 922 Huashan Road. However, these places are precious, and they are still a bit difficult. ā€

"Want to spend money privately?" Zhang Nan asked in a low voice.

"That's not necessary, I'm going to be a hard cook again!"

Hearing Ma Guanhu's joke, Zhang Nan laughed: "Haha, then please Brother Ma, I know it in my heart, little brother." ā€

"Now I live in the bungalow dormitory in the army, you kid is good, you want to buy a villa directly, local tyrant!"

"I said Brother Ma, you are already good, there are three rooms in a row, each room can be separated into two rooms, my brother-in-law only had two rooms a few years ago, you are the local tyrant of Shanghai housing..."

This will be quite glamorous for the people of Shanghai to go out, but their bitterness Zhang Nan is clear in his heart: the two major problems of housing and transportation, especially housing, even if it is more than 20 years later, the mention of houses in Shanghai - not to mention the residents of Shanghai and China, the people of the world are speechless!

It's too expensive!

......

Everyone was very happy at the meal, but after talking about an incident that happened in Shanghai more than two weeks ago, this emotion was a little emotional: because Zhang Nan's notebook only remembered his plan to make a fortune, he didn't think about it at all, and he still read a news item in the newspaper in the hotel in Liling before he remembered this tragedy.

"Oh my god, I just happened to run into it. That morning, I went to Lujiazui with the driver of the institute to run errands, but I heard that there was an accident over there, and we were driving a military vehicle, and we were all stopped directly, and the driver and I participated in the rescue..."

In the early morning of December 10, 1987, a heavy fog suddenly broke out on the Huangpu River, and the entire river surface seemed to be shrouded in a veil, and the lights from far and near were difficult to distinguish, and the visibility was within 30 meters.

According to the relevant regulations on safe navigation in Shanghai, all ships sailing on the Huangpu River must be suspended within 100 meters of the visual range.

And this time, there is no bridge on the Huangpu River, and there is no tunnel at the bottom of the river, as long as the single ship is stopped, this Pudong is almost like an isolated island -- "I would rather have a bed in Puxi than a room in Pudong!" There is a reason for this.

At this time, it was rush hour, and a large number of citizens were waiting on the pontoon bridge and waiting room of the ferry station, anxiously waiting for the ferry to sail.

The black crowd crowded the entire Lujiazui Road, and many people pushed bicycles, estimated to be nearly 10,000 units!

There are also hundreds of rickshaws transporting vegetables, stretching from the ferry to Pudong South Road via Huayuan Shiqiao Road and Beihutang Road, and people are anxiously waiting.

By 9 a.m., the fog had finally cleared, and the ferry was expected to sail: according to the usual flow, more than 40,000 passengers had gathered at the Lujiazui ferry station to cross the river and rush to work!

The first ferry was boarded by passengers who were already in the waiting room, safe and sound.

But at 9:10 a.m., when the second ferry departed, passengers waiting for work outside the iron fence of the pier crowded to rush to the boat, a large number of bicycles mixed with pedestrians, and the order was extremely chaotic.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man and his bicycle were squeezed down by the surging crowd, and then 2, 3, 4 people were squeezed down, and the latecomers rushed forward with these fallen people, and a tragedy was caused in 5 minutes!

At this time, the person pushing the bicycle is the most difficult to control the balance, and under the impact of the flow of people, they fall to the ground one after another, which causes a chain reaction, causing more people to fall to the ground and more bicycles to the ground.

At this time, the staff on duty at the ferry station realized that they were going to die, and immediately asked the public security department for emergency rescue to rescue the wounded. They immediately stopped the car from the road and took the injured to a number of nearby hospitals.

Speaking of this, Ma Guanhu sighed with emotion: "Now the city is reviewing the cause of the accident, which has no emergency response plan, and the TV and radio have not released the foggy weather and ferry suspension information in time are also important reasons."

There is also the bonus system that is now in place, which is also the main cause of accidents!

Nowadays, most employees of enterprises and institutions in Shanghai only need to be late once, not only have to deduct the bonus of the month, but also have to deduct the quarterly and annual bonuses that cause a chain reaction.

Nowadays, everyone is actually not very rich, and this is a lot of money: the people in Shanghai are not willing to be late for work no matter what, and being late is a big loss!

However, I have already read a document just issued by the Shanghai Municipal Government: All employees will not be late for any ferry suspension due to heavy fog, and once the fog rises, radio and television will make rolling reports.

"That's the way it should be, and I hope this kind of tragedy doesn't happen again. ā€

Zhang Nan knew that after this tragedy, there was never even a similar small accident at the wharf in Shanghai.

Transparency and emergency response mechanisms are really important, and they have done well after more than 20 years. (To be continued.) )