After taking everyone to the hotel to check in, Hotby came to Feng Xiaochen with a somewhat timid look to ask for instructions on eating, according to his statement, Feng Xiaochen and his party first arrived in England, and he wanted to do his best to be a landlord anyway. It also needs to be explained here that although Hotby is essentially an employee of Feng Xiaochen, he is nominally the CEO of an independent British company. This time, Feng Xiaochen and his entourage came to the UK, and the food and accommodation were all taken care of by themselves, and Hotby was just a business partner, helping to pick up the airport and arrange the hotel, Feng Xiaochen would not let him take care of everything.

Feng Xiaochen agreed to Hotby's request very readily, he said, "Thank you very much Mr. Hotby for your kindness, I don't know what arrangements you have?"

Hotby's face was full of spring breeze and he said, "When you come to England, it stands to reason that I should invite you to taste authentic English food." However, according to Chinese friends I know, Chinese people are very uncomfortable with British food, or to put it bluntly, Chinese think British food is very unpalatable. ”

"Maybe it's a matter of habit. Feng Xiaochen said euphemistically.

"No, no, no, as a native of England, I must also say that British food is very unpalatable, and that the British are born with a talent for cooking," said Hotby. Ladies and gentlemen, who have come from afar and have had a hard journey, I will not have to add to everyone's troubles with such unpalatable food. If Mr. Feng doesn't mind, I'd like to invite you to eat authentic Chinese food. ”

"Chinese food?" Feng Xiaochen's eyes showed some strange expressions, "What, is there an authentic Chinese food in London?"

"Yes, yes. "There are a lot of Chinese restaurants in London, but according to my friends, the most authentic one is a restaurant called Spring, which is owned by a German. The restaurant is not far from here, and I have already called in advance to make an appointment, and if Mr. Feng agrees, I will invite you gentlemen to try our authentic Chinese food in London. ”

"The family is called...... Spring's restaurant. Feng Xiaochen couldn't laugh out loud, he nodded, and said, "Okay, I don't have an opinion, let's go and see the restaurant called Spring." ”

After a brief wash, the group was led by Hottby and walked to the restaurant he was talking about. The restaurant lives in a bustling downtown area, the façade is quite large, and some decorations have been made on the original building, adding Chinese-style cornices and arches, etc., and there are festive red lanterns hanging in front of the door, which fully caters to the Chinese impression in the minds of the British. On the lintel of the door of the restaurant, there is a Chinese character plaque, on which four Chinese characters are written: Spring Restaurant.

"Huh?" Meng Yang, Huang Ming and the others turned their heads to look at Feng Xiaochen in surprise at the same time, as Feng Xiaochen's veteran subordinates, they knew that there was also a spring restaurant in the capital, and this restaurant had some relationship with Feng Xiaochen. Wang Weilong turned his head to look at Yang Haifan, he has dealt with Yang Haifan a lot over the years, and he has drunk a few times together in private, and he knows very well about the relationship between Spring Restaurant and Yang Haifan. What everyone doesn't understand now is whether there is a relationship between this Spring Restaurant and Spring Restaurant, which has chain branches in various cities in China.

Feng Xiaochen and Yang Haifan both smiled slightly, and Feng Xiaochen also made a gesture to everyone, signaling everyone to keep quiet. Everyone got the answer they wanted from this gesture, co-authoring this London Spring Restaurant is the semicolon of the domestic Spring Restaurant, and the authentic Chinese restaurant that Hottby recommended to them is actually the property of Feng Xiaochen's sister.

A group of Chinese kept their hearts tacitly and walked towards the restaurant with a smile. Hotby walked with a fluttering eyebrow to introduce the extraordinaryness of this restaurant. According to him, the restaurant was run by a German lady who had studied Chinese food in China for more than a decade and only returned to Europe three years ago to start a Chinese restaurant. At present, there are more than a dozen spring restaurants with the same name in Europe, and they are quite prestigious in the local area.

This spring restaurant in London, which opened the year before last, caused a sensation in the entire London food scene as soon as it opened, well, if there is a food scene in London. In the past two years, Spring Restaurant has maintained a hard-to-find pomp and has become the preferred venue for locals to entertain distinguished guests. If Feng Xiaochen does not agree to eat Chinese food today, Hotby can only cancel this reservation, and must pay a lot of liquidated damages for this.

Naturally, the process of eating does not need to be described in detail. Although this spring restaurant is located in London, it has not been influenced by the orange sheng Huaibei, and the taste is no different from the spring restaurant in China, and even the service is the same. From the beginning of the establishment of Spring Restaurant, Chen Shuhan paid special attention to quality control, and the training of chefs and waiters was very strict. Spring Restaurant has opened hundreds of branches in China, and the quality of the dishes in each branch is not different, which is also regarded as a model in the domestic food industry. Now that the branch of the Spring Restaurant has been opened abroad, Chen Shuhan still has not relaxed the requirements, judging from the dishes of this London branch, Chen Shuhan's management is undoubtedly very successful.

At the wine table, Hotby frequently persuaded him to drink and fought with everyone, which also reflected his broker nature. Feng Xiaochen had already introduced to everyone that Hotby was a British businessman he knew, who had contacts with many Chinese companies and was quite friendly to China. This time, when you come to Europe, you need to rely on Hotby to connect with partner companies. Among them, Yang Haifan is very clear about Hotby's old background, but of course he will not break the matter. Others were a little skeptical about Hotby's true identity, but since Feng Xiaochen said so, everyone would not question it, but just raised their glasses to express their gratitude to Hotby, and said that they would have to trouble Mr. Hotby a lot in the future, and they would have the opportunity to thank him.

After everyone sat and chatted, Feng Xiaochen suddenly smiled and asked Hotby, "Mr. Hotby, do you usually come here to eat?"

Hotby shook his head and said, "I've only been here three times, and it's all because it involves very important negotiations. The seats in this place are too hard to book and the price is ......"

At this, he smiled awkwardly. He had just invited Feng Xiaochen and them to have dinner here, and it seemed a little inappropriate to say that the price was expensive at this time.

Feng Xiaochen understood, he smiled and said: "This is easy to do, since it is a Chinese restaurant, then I will help you say hello to the owner of the restaurant and ask her to send you a black card, and in the future, you can bring guests here to dine, you can enjoy priority treatment, and you can also enjoy a good discount on the price, what do you think?"

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not easy, is it?" Hotby stammered, adding, "Actually, although this restaurant employs a lot of chefs and some managers from China, its owner is a German lady, and it may not be a Chinese restaurant." ”

Feng Xiaochen ignored Hotby's words, he rang the bell and called the waiter, and asked the waiter to call the lobby manager for him, and then said to the lobby manager: "Your boss, Ms. Klinna, should be in your London branch now, right? ”

The lobby manager was stunned for a few seconds, and then went to the boss. The London branch has its own manager, but the Ms. Klinna, whom Mr. Feng is talking about, is the owner of their European head office. Ms. Klina rarely comes to London, she only arrived yesterday, and most of the junior staff in the restaurant do not know about it, only managers of the level of the lobby manager know about it. The Mr. Feng in front of him directly said that Klina was in London, obviously not an ordinary person, how dare the lobby manager snub.

After a while, the plump Klina, accompanied by the lobby manager, came to the private room where Feng Xiaochen and his party were. As soon as she entered the door, she went straight to Feng Xiaochen, bowed slightly in front of Feng Xiaochen, and said with a smile: "Brother, why didn't you say a word in advance when you came to the restaurant for dinner? ”

Klina is the wife of Feng Xiaochen's younger brother Feng Lingyu, that is, Feng Xiaochen's brother-in-law. When Feng Lingyu returned to China after graduating from Germany with a master's degree, Klinna also went to China with him. Klina also majored in mechanics, but she only studied this major to mess with Feng Lingyu, and she didn't have any interest in the major. After arriving in China, she became obsessed with Chinese food, so she went to Spring Restaurant to help Chen Shuhan and learn cooking skills by the way.

Over the past ten years, Klina has become an excellent Chinese chef, and at the same time, she has also learned various experiences in restaurant management, and has become Chen Shuhan's right-hand man. Three years ago, she was appointed by Chen Shuhan to go to Europe to open a branch of Spring Restaurant, and she has achieved remarkable results in the past few years. As Hotby introduced to Feng Xiaochen, Spring Restaurant in every European city has become an important local landmark, saving a large number of food lovers who have suffered from the cruelty of European food.

Feng Lingyu has always stayed in China, and Klina gave birth to three children in a row, all of which were also placed in the capital and taken care of by Feng Li and his wife. By the way, for the Feng Li couple, who are quite influenced by traditional Chinese concepts, it was originally a bit slanderous for their youngest son to marry a Fanbang woman. But seeing that because the daughter-in-law is a foreigner, she is not affected by the family planning policy, and she is very capable of giving birth, and she has added two grandchildren and a granddaughter to them in one go, and the old couple turned into joy.

Klina manages restaurants in Europe and travels back to China once a month on average to see her husband and children. It is naturally very hard to run around at both ends in this way, but she never gets tired of it, which may be the strength of German women.

This time, Feng Xiaochen was going to London to do something, and Klina happened to be in Europe, so she made a special trip to London when she heard the news, waiting to see if she could help Feng Xiaochen do something, and by the way, she also inspected the London branch. When Feng Xiaochen and his entourage arrived in London, Klina knew in advance, but she didn't expect that Hotby, who was in charge of picking up the airport, would invite Feng Xiaochen and others to the Spring Restaurant for dinner.