In the bustling business district in the middle of Shen'an Street in the north of Tianhai City, there is a three-storey Chinese-style building, with eaves and arches, vermilion lacquer painting, wood carved windows, and the antique appearance is very eye-catching.

In the middle of the building, hang a signboard with a black background, and write "Invite Moon Building" with three strong and powerful gold lacquer official characters.

This is a time-honored brand that has been famous in the catering industry of Tianhai City for decades??? -- "Inviting Moon Tower".

At noon, the restaurant lobby is almost 90% occupied, and the waiters in Chinese uniforms shuttle back and forth between the rows of tables with trays, delivering exquisite dishes to the guests.

The whole dining environment is lively but not busy, although there are many customers, but they are not loud, and they are orderly.

In the spacious back kitchen of the restaurant, among the many busy chefs and side dish workers, a middle-aged chef with thick eyebrows, red face, and some fat body is patrolling back and forth. He wears a badge on his chest that reads: Head Chef Chen Chuanzhong.

As the peak dining period gradually passed, Chen Chuanzhong left the kitchen and came to the lounge next to him.

He sat down in his chair and took off his chef's hat, revealing his somewhat bowed head. I poured a glass of water and took a few sips, then began to close my eyes and recuperate.

It's been a few months since I left Goh Kee Ramen Restaurant at the beginning of the year.

At that time, the Zeng boss of Yuelou sent him to guide Wu Ji's hot food department, but he didn't want to later happen that Wu Ji did not hesitate to add prohibited seasonings to the soup pot base in order to compete for business with the bun shop next to him, Chen Chuanzhong left angrily at that time and returned to the restaurant of his old club.

When Boss Zeng learned what happened, he just sighed, didn't blame him, and let him continue to work in the back kitchen.

Chen Chuanzhong returned to his original job as head chef, and his subordinates were still those acquaintances, and the work was smooth and handy, and he gradually forgot about that matter.

Who knows that there are unforeseen circumstances, and the stock market, which has been a bear for many years, has continued to plummet under the careful care of the management's saliva this year, and the index has hit a new low. Boss Zeng lost all his money due to stock speculation and financing, and owed a large amount of debt, so he had no choice but to sell the most valuable asset in his hand - Invite Yue Lou.

In response to that sentence, the Mercedes went in and the tricycle came out.

Boss Xiang, who bought Invite Yue Lou, also opened a restaurant business before. On the first day he took over, he found Chen Chuanzhong, persuaded him to work with peace of mind, and gave him a salary increase.

Chen Chuanzhong has worked in the Yueyue Building for many years and has a lot of feelings for it, and when he saw that the new boss seemed to be good, he planned to continue to work.

Who knew that what happened later was beyond his expectations, first of all, the purchasing department of the restaurant purchased a batch of edible oil of unknown origin and unmarked and handed it over to the kitchen for use. This was almost unthinkable in the previous Invitation Moon Tower.

Chen Chuanzhong found the kitchen manager for this matter and asked him what was going on. Manager Qin was brought over by Boss Xiang, and he belonged to the lineage, and his attitude towards the old man in the restaurant was much more arrogant than that of Boss Xiang.

Faced with Chef Chen's questioning, Manager Qin disdainfully said that Boss Xiang's other restaurants have used this kind of oil, and it has been many years without any problems, but he refused to explain the specific source of the oil.

Chen Chuanzhong is a person who is almost obsessed with cooking skills and food, so he naturally refuses to accept it, and his temper also came up at that time, and he no longer argues with Manager Xiang, and joins other chefs to directly refuse to use it on the grounds that he can't smash the brand of Invite Yuelou.

Due to the large number of people and the great pressure, Mr. Xiang temporarily replaced the cooking oil, but the problem between the two sides has already ended.

Chen Chuanzhong had just rested for twenty minutes when the door of the lounge was pushed open, and his assistant Xiao Fang walked in.

"Master Chen, there is a new batch of squid, do you want to take a look?" The assistant Xiao Fang came to look for him.

"Squid? Just look at it. Chen Chuanzhong was a little impatient. …,

"No, this one...... It's a bit off the road. Xiao Fang said.

"Why, things don't work, then you can't go back." Chen Chuanzhong stared at Xiao Fang and said.

"This, Mr. Qin has to use it. Look at ......" Xiao Fang looked very embarrassed.

"It's Manager Qin again, I'll take a look." Hearing this, Chen Chuanzhong stood up and walked towards the back kitchen warehouse.

Xiao Fang hurriedly followed.

A minute later, Chen Chuanzhong squatted on the ground and examined the squid in the plastic basket.

The squid looked fresh, white, fat and smooth, and he stretched out his finger and pressed it on the surface, very tough. But his face became solemn.

He leaned in to sniff the scent again, and finally confirmed, a hint of anger in his eyes.

Chen Chuanzhong exhaled, got up and walked to the corridor on the other side of the warehouse.

Kitchen Supervisor in the office.

Behind a dark mahogany-colored desk, a middle-aged man of about fifty years of age with a horse-face, small eyes, sat in a chair with an impatient look in his eyes.

"Manager Qin, there is something wrong with this batch of squid, I won't let it into the kitchen." Chen Chuanzhong stood in the center of the room and said in a firm tone.

"I said Lao Chen, are you a little too much? I didn't bother with you about the oil last time, Boss Xiang's other restaurants and restaurants have been using it, and there have never been any problems, why can't you get here? That oil is just a special purchase channel, but it is definitely not garbage such as gutter oil, we are all engaged in high-end catering, and we can't afford to lose that person. Manager Qin said with a cold face.

"I don't want to say much about the oil, but now I'm just asking what's going on with this squid?" Chen Chuanzhong turned to the topic.

"I know about squid, isn't it just soaked in diluted formalin? And this is not an ordinary 35 to 40 percent aqueous solution of formaldehyde, the formaldehyde content is much lower than this, it is within the safe range, with my years of experience can be guaranteed. Having said that, it's summer, aquatic products are perishable, and this method of keeping fresh has long been a common practice in the industry, and it does not affect the taste and texture of the ingredients. ”。 Manager Qin's tone was a little more aggravated.

"Of course I know these means. However, we have always used the freshest ingredients and ingredients, and the reputation of Invite Yuelou is accumulated by Boss Zeng for many years of hard work. You're going to smash the sign. Chen Chuanzhong said regretfully.

"What brand to smash? Lao Chen, you're too alarmist. Let's not talk about the middle and low-end, let's just say that in the entire high-end catering industry, which one can completely use the freshest ingredients? At present, the competition in the catering market is so fierce, labor and freight are rising, if you use the best things, then do you need to consider the cost? I'm also a chef, but as a chef, do I have to think about my own interests? Manager Qin was also annoyed.

"I'm a chef and I can't think about it that much. Anyway, I don't accept this batch of squid. Chen Chuanzhong didn't want to say more, so he put down this sentence and turned around and went out.

Manager Qin patted his head, reached out and lifted the water glass on the table, and wanted to throw it on the ground. But in the end, he held back and slowly put the water glass back in place.

When Chen Chuanzhong returned to the kitchen door, he was surprised to find that Xiao Fang and another handyman were moving the basket of squid into it.

"Xiao Fang, what's going on?" Chen Chuanzhong asked angrily.

"Master Chen, this, this is what Master Li asked me to move." The small side replied with embarrassment.

"Oh, Master Chen, listen to my advice, we just work for the restaurant, what's the point of being too competitive?" Master Li came over and persuaded.

"Yes, Master Chen, Invite Yuelou is now Boss Xiang's. He can do whatever he wants, as long as it doesn't go too far. Master Zhang also came over to talk. …,

"Boss Xiang is not bad to us, no, everyone has just increased their salaries. Let's not have a hard top with others, they are all people who drag their families, it's not easy. Master Jin, who had a loud voice, joined the team, and his usually fiery temper was like two people.

Chen Chuanzhong's gaze swept over these familiar faces one by one, but he felt very unfamiliar.

There was a sudden silence in the kitchen, and everyone was silent. It's a weird scene.

After a long time, Chen Chuanzhong finally shook his head, sighed and said:

"Forget it, feel free to do whatever you want."

With that, he walked to the lounge, changed into civilian clothes, and left the Invitation Moon Tower through the back door.

In the past two years, the municipal government has spent a lot of financial resources and manpower to control the river, and built a citizen leisure park along the riverbank. In the scorching summer, rows of tall weeping willows by the river bring people a patch of shade, becoming a good place for nearby residents to escape the heat and cool down.

Chen Chuanzhong was walking slowly along the embankment road at this time, and the sparkling river water and cool river breeze made him feel that the depression in his heart seemed to have subsided a lot.

I have been working in Invite Yue Lou for nearly 20 years, starting from the first handyman, and now I am the head chef. During this period, I went through a long and hard training process, and I don't know how many times my hands were burned and scratched.

With tenacious perseverance and an almost paranoid love for food and cooking, he finally carried it, trained and examined again and again, and finally won the chef certificate of the special three poles, and became a high-paid chef envied by countless people.

But is that all there is to it?

He was a little confused, and just walked aimlessly ahead, and the sky gradually darkened, and before he knew it, he found himself on the street of Antai Road.

Further on, isn't it Shigu Lane? I came here inexplicably. He thought it was strange.

He also heard about the later events of the Wu Kee Ramen Restaurant, and he was really to blame. However, in those months, Boss Wu treated him well, and it is still a pity to come to this point.

Since you're here, let's go and have a look.

Chen Chuanzhong made up his mind and walked towards the east of Antai Street. Ten minutes later, we reached the intersection of Shiguxiang Street, turned in, and saw the brightly lit bun shop, which had passed the dinner rush hour, but it was still crowded and lively.

Further on, there is the original Wu Kee shop, which is also busy, with more customers than the bun shop. Wait, no, he looked up, and the light box signboard above the original Wu Ji store was actually marked with the words "Leisurely Farm Bun Shop".

It turned out that the steamed bun shop had taken over Boss Wu's shop, and the business area had tripled, and the business was still so good. Chen Chuanzhong sighed in his heart.

He remembered the farmhouse buns he had tasted at the beginning of the year, and the Chinese cabbage that the young Boss Li had shown him during that visit. All of them left a deep impression on him.

I've been out hanging out for so long, and I'm hungry too. So he followed a few customers into the gate of the south store, and only after entering did he learn that the steamed bun shop adopted the business model of standard fast food, that is, first go to the counter to pay the money and issue a ticket, and then go to the dining table with an empty plate to receive the food with the ticket.

Of course, you have to queue up first. It took half an hour to wait in line before it was his turn. Chen Chuanzhong was looking for a seat on a plate filled with four buns and a cup of mung bean soup, and someone just left by a single seat in the corner, and he walked a few steps quickly to occupy that position.

The entrance of the bun, the pork and cabbage filling, the taste is still so delicious and mellow, and the fragrance of the cabbage filling is pure, which is the same as the original taste, without any change.

It seems that the bun shop has a very strict control over the quality of materials, he sighed secretly. …,

There is also this cup of mung bean soup, the soup is light green and clear, sweet and transparent, a few mouthfuls of the stomach, the dryness of the whole body is quickly eliminated, it is really a rare good product to relieve the heat.

However, judging from the information from the tip of his tongue, the water used to cook mung bean soup is absolutely extraordinary, and it is impossible for the ordinary mineral water and pure water sold on the market to reach this level, and it is estimated that the high-grade mountain spring water was obtained from somewhere.

Halfway through the meal, a sense of physical and mental pleasure arises spontaneously, making people comfortable and comfortable. The unhappiness and depression of the day also seemed to fade at this time.

Excellent food cuisine can bring people a sense of happiness, and Chen Chuanzhong has always believed in this sentence.

He looked up, and sure enough, the customers dining, whether they were eating steamed buns or cold noodles, almost everyone was relaxed and happy, with a satisfied face, and the atmosphere in the whole hall was very harmonious.

The dining environment is also very good, the walls, ceilings, glass, passages, everywhere are clean and clean, and, on such a hot day, there seems to be no flies and mosquitoes in the hall, which is quite rare.

No wonder business is booming here, he was immediately relieved.

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Li Youran was patrolling from the fish pond in the backyard, passing by the corridor of the hall, and inadvertently saw a middle-aged man with a red face and a little hair on the top, sitting on a single seat in the corner of the wall to eat.

This person is so familiar, he thought about it carefully, by the way, isn't this Chef Chen of Wu Ji at that time, he also came to visit the steamed bun shop at the beginning of the year, and at that time he also asked to buy some vegetables for his old boss, but he politely declined.

Later, the two chatted for a long time, and they felt that he was a very good person.

How did you get here to eat today? Li Youran felt very strange.

Anyway, let's go say hi.

Thinking of this, Li Youran turned a corner along the aisle, and then walked straight to Chef Chen's side.

"Master Chen, don't come unharmed." He said.

Chen Chuanzhong was in a trance, and suddenly heard someone talking to him next to him, and couldn't help but be slightly startled.

Looking up, it turned out to be Boss Xiao Li of the bun shop, but he seemed to be more energetic than when I first saw him.

"Boss Xiao Li, I'm glad to meet you." Chen Chuanzhong got up and shook hands with the other party.

"Why did Master Chen come to the shop today?" Li asked with a smile.

"This, hey, hard to say." A trace of bitterness appeared on Chen Chuanzhong's face.

Li Youran observed the words and looks, and knew what difficulties the other party might encounter, so it was naturally inconvenient to talk about it here.

"Master Chen, why don't you have a cup of tea in my office." Li leisurely invited.

Chen Chuanzhong thought for a while, then nodded in agreement, so the two went to Li Youran's office together.

That night, the lights in Boss Li's office were on until late .......