Chapter 186: Full Harvest
Taking advantage of the rare break time at noon, the booth finally added a batch of various ingredients, Shi Lei and the hired chef worked together to put the chicken soup on the fire with the simplest method and slowly stew it first.
Shi Lei and Laura, who had been in a state of excitement before, as well as those commentators, felt as if their whole bodies were sore as soon as they relaxed, and they were completely out of the previous state as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they were all a little embarrassed and couldn't lift their spirits.
Only the chef is accustomed to a busy day, and he doesn't look very tired, but the criticism of the chefs in the morning still hits him harder, and he doesn't know what he's thinking.
Seeing the table of several beauties, Shi Lei told them in a timely manner that if there was any leftover steak in the afternoon, everyone would reward them with a piece, and then several beauties instantly became energetic again.
They have tasted the deliciousness of this steak and know that they are expensive, and it is definitely a surprise for them to have this steak as a gift, and the market price of the steak they brought home in the past two days is much higher than the salary they have paid for the past few days, so there is no reason not to be excited.
The professional visitors who can come in the morning, in the case of calling friends, can basically come to the Stone Ranch booth all come, and most of them are used to going out in the morning, so in the afternoon, the Stone Ranch booth is not as crazy as the morning, but under the effect of word of mouth, there are still many curious non-professional visitors to the booth to taste these top ingredients that professional chefs are eager for.
This afternoon was spent in a smooth manner, several cuties experienced such a tense situation in the morning, and they were able to cope with it in the afternoon, and at the end of today's exhibition, Shi Lei divided the steak meat to everyone as agreed before, and then took Laura to go chic. Both of them are tired today, so it's a good idea to find an elegant restaurant to relax and treat yourself to a delicious meal.
On the last day of the fair, it was time for the stone pasture harvest. Shi Lei and Laura appeared at the exhibition site with great spirit, and they were accompanied by a business lawyer temporarily hired from a barrister firm in New York to help them complete the signing of various cooperation agreements that may be available today.
Sure enough, not far from Shi Lei's expectations, not long after the exhibition began, people from all walks of life gathered in front of the booth of Stone Ranch again, most of whom were professionals in the food industry who they had seen yesterday. They all received more detailed information from Shi Lei yesterday, they were already very interested in cooperating, and now they have strengthened their confidence, in order to seize some opportunities, they all came to the booth early today, planning to sign an agreement as soon as possible, everything is in the bag.
The most positive of them all is undoubtedly the straightforward French chef Alain? Roisso, for fear that someone else would take all the share, although there was indeed a director of a company that dealt in high-end ingredients. wanted to obtain the exclusive right to operate the ingredients produced by Stone Ranch, but Shi Lei directly refused, cooperation is possible, and exclusive operation is delusional.
There are Vantaa and they are these related households. There is also a person like Alan who will definitely become a customer because of yesterday's display, Shi Lei really doesn't need to put his lifeblood in the hands of others, it is a brain-pumping decision.
Just yesterday morning, Stone Ranch has gone from being a small brand with no name. has become an upstart in the food industry, just look at the endless reports of those food media.
Except for a few small media, or peculiar guys who are mainly funny. Influential food media such as "Gourmet" have all given a large amount of positive reports, and Shi Lei believes that after today, these reports will definitely be more correct. Stone Ranch will also become the most well-known brand in the high-end food circle.
This morning, Shi Lei basically kept signing supply contracts with various chefs and restaurant owners, just the supply of these contracts, which required Shi Lei to do his best to develop another ranch, otherwise the production of the stone ranch would be a little nervous.
Of course, in the short term, the supply of stone pastures will definitely be able to catch up, and Shi Lei is worried that if the demand further increases, the supply of a ranch may not be so timely.
And the intentions of Vantaa and those peers behind him are not counted, because before the exhibition, Vantaa had already signed a contract with Shi Lei for the supply of goods, and the steak meat that Shi Lei gave to Alexander Vantaa must have been studied, and Vantaa has always been very supportive of the cooperation with Stone Ranch.
They didn't come over to Vantaa this morning, also because of the previous agreement, Shi Lei will definitely set aside enough production capacity for them, and then sign a specific agreement when they come back.
In Shi Lei's expectation, the afternoon food exhibition award ceremony finally began, in fact, the ceremony is relatively simple, but the honor is absolutely of unparalleled significance to a new food industry like Stone Ranch.
It can be said that it is a very big affirmation, and it is also the best publicity, because the supervision of these awards includes "Gourmet" and other authoritative media in the food industry, and the judges have said before that they are all top chefs like Vantaa and Alain, or well-known gourmets and food critics, so these awards are very authoritative and recognized by all people in the food industry.
Shi Lei took Laura and waited nervously under the simple temporary podium, feeling Shi Lei's nervousness, Laura took Shi Lei's hand very considerately, tightened it slightly, and signaled that Shi Lei was still with him, Shi Lei took a deep breath, his expression slowly relaxed, nodded to Laura with a smile, signaling that she was fine, Laura returned a sweet smile.
This so-called award ceremony was carried out very quickly, and no leader went up to say a few words, one sentence was half an hour, just roughly said the purpose of these awards, and then began the award-giving process.
Each category has judged its best products, such as the best nuts, the best jams, and even the latest packaging technology and food handling technology have also won awards, but these are completely out of the scope of Shi Lei's concern.
Finally, it was time for the best beef, which is also a relatively important award, so I also found a well-known columnist for "Foodie" magazine, who is also a top food critic. to announce the award.
Not surprisingly, Stone Ranch's beef won the top prize, followed by a newly bred hybrid from another Connecticut ranch, with Stone Ranch's beef winning the biggest surprise award of the year, and Stone Ranch's chicken and foie gras, all of which won the highest awards in their category, and even cheese and milk, which had not attracted much attention before, also took first place in their respective categories.
Since hearing that the most important beef has won the top prize, Shi Lei couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and hugged Laura beside him and kissed him deeply. The people around gave full play to the usual enthusiasm of the people of Midi, and no matter what they celebrated, they gave warm applause and cheers, and Shi Lei and Laura, who had just separated, were a little embarrassed.
Shi Lei relieved his excitement a little, but the good news that kept coming from behind still made Shi Lei's mouth almost reach the root of his ears, and there was no other thought in his mind except happiness.
A full sense of happiness filled Shi Lei's heart, and finally, it was finally the moment of success of Stone Ranch. This kind of real identification is so happy and happy.
In the eyes of the excited Shi Lei, this simple award ceremony was completed too quickly, and he has not been able to recover from happiness. That's it. This also marks the end of this year's summer specialty food exhibition.
Shi Lei left Laura to the many reporters who rushed forward to interview, and he returned to the booth of Stone Ranch, Shi Lei still didn't like the feeling of facing the camera, and Laura was always comfortable coping with it. Shi Lei didn't mind being the person behind the scenes.
After telling a few of the cuties and chefs who came to help, the task was over, and then a large number of supply agreements were signed again with Vantaa and the group of people who finally came out. Today's mission is finally over, and this exhibition has achieved all the expected results.
Unsurprisingly, tomorrow the name of Stone Ranch will once again appear in a large area of various professional media in the food industry, and this name will be repeatedly mentioned with this exhibition. In short, Stone Ranch has become famous all over the world this time, and all of Shi Lei's expectations for this exhibition have been implemented, and all of them are the most ideal situation.
Walking back to the apartment, Shi Lei held Laura's hand tightly, until now, Shi Lei had a feeling that he was still in a dream, and this happiness came too violently.
After finally recovering from this situation, after Shi Lei and Laura shared their joy, he happily grabbed the phone and arranged a lot of things for Hanks, which is about to face the peak of shipments, and many restaurants require the use of ingredients from Stone Ranch, so the ranch must be prepared.
Then Shi Lei contacted Greens again, the slaughtering company has always been managed by Greens, there is its own manager, who is a professional, Greens is mainly responsible for arranging work and coordinating external relations or something.
Now it seems that it is just a list of Stone Ranch, which is basically enough for this small slaughtering company to be busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, Shi Lei told Sรน Greens to urge him to pay attention to food hygiene, not because these details affect the quality of the output of Stone Ranch.
It is when this rare opportunity is taken advantage of to grab territory in the food circle, and it is still a sense of freshness, and how to ensure that they can continue to recognize and use the ingredients of Stone Ranch after this fresh period has been considered by Shi Lei.
Shi Lei believes that the quality of Stone Ranch's ingredients will always be unique in the world, but how to transform this quality advantage into an advantage in market share will be something that needs to be worked on for a long time in the future.
The food exhibition is over, and the wonderful June has passed, and I don't know what kind of wonderful July will be waiting for Shi Lei. (To be continued......) R1292