At the beginning of June, Chudu was already in a heat wave, and the central air conditioning in the office could lower the temperature, but it could not erase the irritability brought by summer.

Gu Yanan changed his sitting posture to make himself feel more comfortable, and listened to the female assistant's report while slowly drinking coffee.

"In five days, 'Chef Xiao Zhou' has already provided diners with 31 new pastries.

According to the trapezoidal data, the number of lucky customers in the early department has increased every day, from three to seven per day, and it is estimated that it will continue to increase in the future.

'Master Xiao Zhou' has shown the strength of a genius white case in these days. The categories of pastries designated by the lucky customers cover eight major cuisines and some local small cuisines, and even some local snacks that are not included in the cuisine. After tasting by several diligent old-timers and Lu Anvil, they all thought that he had achieved the original taste, and even surpassed those time-honored brands......"

When the female assistant reported these data, her eyes seemed to be shining, and Zhou Dong is now the 'public male god' of Kyushu Dingshi, and the greater the achievements of the male god, the happier she will naturally be.

"Well, the stats are pretty good, you can go out. ”

After the female assistant gently closed the office door, Gu Yanan glanced at the delicate man sitting on the sofa against the wall with some disgust, and said half-coquettishly and half-complainingly: "Brother, have you heard it? Such a genius chef, and such a young talent, even a few old Xingzun are extremely valued talents, no matter how much it costs, it is worth it, I want to keep him!"

The man sitting on the sofa was dressed in a handmade casual suit, no tie, his face was fair, his expression was scattered, and a well-trimmed 'literary mustache' on his chin made him look more like a writer and director than a businessman.

He took a sip of the black tea in the cup and looked at his sister who had always been doted on with a smile: "Oh, my sister wants to keep that little handsome guy, this can be considered, but are you serious about him or ......?"

Gu Yanan gave him a fierce look: "Brother, I'm not joking!"

"I'm not kidding. Xiao Nan, I know all the romances when you were studying in the UK, are you going to change your taste this time?"

"Gu Yacheng, you're too much!"

Gu Yanan is about to go crazy, what kind of romance, back then, it was because of his cheerful temperament and enthusiasm for others, coupled with his beautiful family background, there were always some 'flies' who pounced on him, and he couldn't get rid of them.

It's obviously wishful thinking on the part of those guys, but they haven't even let people touch their little hands!

How did it come to this guy's mouth and become an affair? Is this his own brother, how did the chairman of the Shangzhou Group, who is not smiling in the eyes of outsiders, become a scoundrel in front of him?

"Am I excessive?"

Gu Yacheng spread his hands: "I don't know how much effort it took to solve those 'flies' around you; ”

"Let me correct it again, it's not my little handsome guy, it's the future pillar of Kyushu Dingshi! A more important figure than Zhendian Bading! Didn't you secretly taste his breakfast yesterday, isn't it shocking enough?"

"It's shocking, especially the jade porridge. But no matter how well his buns are made and how amazing the secret egg cakes are, they are just a young white case.

Xiao Nan, you must be clear, Shangzhou Group is not a family, and I, the chairman, are just a nominal person, and the real power is in the hands of the old man.

Those old guys on the board have to follow the rules of everything, what can you let me do?"

Gu Yacheng sighed and said, "What's more, what they said is right. Although Zhou Dong performed well, what did a few early and a serving of fried double crispy mean? In addition to that fried double crispy, did he make other dishes on the stove?

He's just an intern who hasn't even obtained the qualification of a fifth-level chef, and he has no qualifications and no mentorship, so why should those old guys agree to your proposal?"

"Brother......

"It's useless for you to call your brother, the bigger the company is, the more you have to talk about the rules.

According to the rules set by the group for Kyushu Dingsheng, if a chef wants to get the group's dry shares and participate in dividends, he must start as a special senior technician, and he must have made significant contributions to Kyushu Dingshi.

According to this condition, not to mention him, the town store of Kyushu Ding Food is not qualified enough.

Xiao Nan, your proposal is indeed too abrupt, if I don't know you well enough, I'm afraid I will think that you are stunned by handsome guys like those old guys on the board!"

"Brother, you're not an old guy now, do you know that when a company is bound by more and more rules, it is the beginning of decline?"

"Of course I know, and all entrepreneurs in the world know that. But when the company grows bigger, can it be done without rules? If you have rules but don't follow the rules, the company will only decline faster, so I can't find a reason to refute those old guys. ”

Gu Yacheng glanced at his sister helplessly, shook his head and said: "Your appetite is too great, one percent of the dry shares of Shangzhou Group?

Therefore, the board of directors rejected your proposal not only because of rules, but also out of consideration for the internal balance of the enterprise!

You don't want to think about it, just give the dry shares to the intern of the group's hotels, well, even if you can justify him and get out of the internship status, he is just a newcomer.

What do the old courtiers who have worked hard for the group think about treating a newcomer like this? This will cause a chain reaction! Xiao Nan, you are now the president of Kyushu Dingshi, and you are no longer the little girl who wanted dolls and got all kinds of Barbies......

Gu Yanan was speechless for a while, what his brother said actually made sense, this was completely determined by the difference in the height of the two of them, the elder brother was in charge of the overall situation of the group, and what he saw was only Kyushu Dingshi.

But no matter what, he was still unwilling, the woman's sixth sense told him that if the group didn't tie Zhou Dong firmly to the chariot today, he would definitely regret it in the future!

It's just a hunch, there is no evidence, but she still has to make a final effort.

"A few days ago, a gentleman surnamed Zhu proposed to Zhou Dong that he should make the original 'Bazhen noodles', and Zhou Dong agreed......"

"What! You mean Li Liweng's Eight Treasures?"

Gu Yacheng was obviously stunned, and his cocked Erlang legs were also put down: "This is an 'unsolved case' that Huaxia Qinxing has not solved for many years, how dare he respond?"

Shangzhou Group started as a catering company, and its main business is now the catering industry. Family history, Gu Yacheng is of course also a gourmet, how could he not know that 'Bazhen Noodles' is a deep pit for Li Yu to test his descendants?

"The young man is still reckless, he will definitely fail. ”

Gu Yacheng shook his head, obviously not very optimistic about Zhou Dong.

"What if he succeeds?" asked Gu Yanan.

"If he can really make this lost Bazhen noodles, I will do my best to help you. But to get that old guy on the board to agree to your proposal, I'm afraid he's going to have to show himself on the red case. ”

Gu Yanan shook his head: "Brother, when did your gaze become so short-sighted? Can't you really see that Zhou Dong's significance to our Kyushu Ding Food is not only in the back kitchen?"

He is now very popular, and has become a star chef in the provincial food publication "Taste of the Great Country"; Dong Lao of the Suzhou Provincial Cuisine Association also intends to cultivate him, wanting him to become a star figure in Suzhou Province and a banner among the younger generation; and his image is very good, if it weren't for the single-minded cooking, it would not be impossible to make his debut in the entertainment industry directly!

A young, powerful, and handsome chef, brother, you don't think of anything?"

Gu Yacheng smiled: "There is never a shortage of handsome guys in this world...... And why is it difficult to use the star effect to promote Kyushu Dingshi?

This time I flew to Suzhou Province, one is to meet you, and the other is to participate in a food show, you should have also heard of Xiangguotai's 'ideal life', right?

What kind of teacher and Teacher Huang are partners in this show, the ratings are the first in the same category, and this issue has invited me and Teacher Yu of Kyoto's 'Deyu Society', if I promote Kyushu Dingshi in the show, what do you guess will be the result?"

Gu Yanan was stunned and said: "Is it that teacher Yu who likes to smoke, drink, and burn his hair? He is humorous and has a pure personality, I like him!"

So with the strength of our Shangzhou Group, it is too easy to use celebrities to promote, so why do you need to cultivate your own stars?

However, your idea also has a certain degree of operability, so let's see if this Zhou Dong can make the lost Bazhen noodles. ”

"Don't worry, he will definitely succeed!" Gu Yanan was convinced of this.

"Hehe......"

***

Gu Yanan is still too optimistic.

Li Yu's Eight Treasures Noodle Dish is dug very deeply, and how can it be cracked if it is cracked? These days, Zhou Dong has tried to mix 'fresh juice' in the back kitchen every night, but all of them have failed without exception.

Zhou Dong's first thought was the fish and sheep soup.

The word 'fresh' is the word fish and sheep when it is taken apart, and it seems that this is the answer? But when he tried it countless times in the back kitchen of creation, he found that it didn't work at all!

Chinese characters do not represent recipes, Huaxia has mutton soup, fish soup, beef and mutton soup...... When have you ever seen someone sell fish and sheep soup? You can only take the freshness of fish and sheep as 'fresh', and you have to consider the taste when you really make soup.

Fishy mutton, these two flavors are almost irreconcilable. There is a dish of 'fish and sheep in the recipe', but there is a world of difference between cooking and boiling soup, and it is impossible to copy it.

All kinds of red meat, white meat, and even shellfish in seafood and snails in river fresh, Zhou Dong has tried them one by one in the system, but he still can't find the answer.

It is not possible to start with things, so Zhou Dong began to start with Li Yu.

Li Liweng's admiration for vegetarian food has almost reached the level of enchantment, and he once said that bamboo shoots are the king of all vegetarian dishes, Zhou Dong had an idea and thought of a famous dish in the magic capital, 'bamboo shoots and roast pork'.

The main ingredient of this dish is not salted meat, but bamboo shoots! Bamboo shoots are made into a dish with the aroma of meat, and the people of Modu will eat all the bamboo shoots in it, leaving only the meat, so if the bamboo shoots are combined with salted meat to make soup, can you get the most delicious fresh juice in the vegetarian soup?

Zhou Dong tried for this hundreds of times, but no matter how he changed the ratio of ingredients, spices, and if he studied the method of heat control, although the final soup was delicious, it was still inevitable that it would be covered by the shrimp in the noodles!

I'm afraid that the only thing that can compete with shrimp is crabs, but if crabs are used to make soup, then this noodle will completely become seafood noodles, and it can be declared a failure directly.

With a long sigh, Zhou Dong withdrew from the system and counted the number of times he failed, which turned out to be as high as ten thousand and one times!

"I was originally very unconvinced by Li Liweng, thinking that I could easily solve the puzzle he left behind, it seems that I underestimated the ancients too much.

Grandpa He, if you were asked to choose this missing 'fresh juice', what would you choose?"

Today happened to be Saturday, Zhou Dong came to the tea shed to make a big pot of Lancheng beef noodles for the patients as dinner.

Suddenly remembered the words of Old Man He, 'The most delicious thing in the world is plum salt', could it be that this old patient is still a master in the culinary and food world? Zhou Dong asked casually.

"Hehe, it's that Bazhen noodles, right? Don't tell you, kid, when my old man was young, he didn't know anything else, so he would eat it! ”

"Ah, then Grandpa He, do you have any research results?"

Zhou Dong's eyes lit up, could it be that he had no place to find it and no effort to get it?

Why bother to ask and glanced at him with a smile: "Of course there is, what you and grandfather I have studied, there is no result?"

"Then Grandpa He, tell me quickly, I'm scared to death, if I can't make this noodle the day after tomorrow, I'll be ashamed!"

"Don't worry, grandpa told you, this result is 'let go of the most beautiful' ......"

"What do you mean?"

"That's right. Grandpa thought that why should a smart person like me compete with a madman like Li Yu? Instead of dwelling, it is better to let go, so the result is 'the most beautiful thing to let go'!"

Zhou Dong looked at the old man with deep eyes: "Grandpa He, your illness still has to be treated......

"Who's to say it isn't?"

When he returned home from the tea shed, the sky was already full of stars, and Zhou Dong had already eaten in the hospital cafeteria, so he took a shower and stood by the window to watch the stars.

This is his habit for many years, when he was seriously ill, he completely cut off contact with his classmates and friends, except for his parents, Xingxing is his best friend.

If you think about it, he doesn't seem to have many friends except for the fat man now, and this feeling is very bad, and the deeper the night, the more sad he feels.

At this moment, WeChat ding, Zhou Dong opened his mobile phone and saw a jumping rabbit avatar, the ID name is 'Rabbit Girl'

Was she messaging me so soon?

Zhou Dong clicked on WeChat, only to see that the girl sent a large paragraph to him, 'Zhou Xiaochu, Jianghu emergency, Jianghu emergency, just received a notice from the program team that I will participate in the program recording tomorrow.

It is said that everyone who goes to the show has to make a specialty dish, and I want to make 'wizard soup', so tell me how to do it, thank you. ”

Zhou Dong shook his head and smiled bitterly, this girl is upright, there is no emoji or anything for such a large paragraph, and if you open your mouth and say the name of the dish, are you not afraid that I won't?

replied, 'What wizard soup?'

"It's the wizard soup that appeared in the movie made by Jin XX, the first handsome guy in Asia? There is no limit to the ingredients, and then put them together to cook, I just can't figure out what ingredients to use to make it, can you give me a hint?"

Zhou Dong laughed, what kind of 'wizard soup' should it be, not limited to the ingredients, put it together and cook it?

Even if you haven't specifically tasted the messy stew made by the master, you can still graduate from Qingxiang, so it's hard for him.

It's actually very simple, since there is no limit to the ingredients, you can put whatever you want. But any cuisine is about the balance of flavors, and this balance ...... I'm afraid it's hard to understand with your foundation, so let's use the simplest method, you guarantee that this pot is simmering...... Oh, and the ingredients used in the wizard soup taste the same. ”

Zhou Dong thought about it, and no matter how he looked at the answer he gave, he sent it out.

"Okay, thank you, buddy!"

Cheng Qian on the WeChat side snapped her fingers excitedly. Keep the taste consistent? It's so easy!

A red patch of chili appeared in this girl's head......