Chapter Fifty-Six: Talking After the Meal
Everyone was amazed by the young chef, and even applauded the kitchen under his control for a gluttonous feast for the guests present. Viscount Chris's admiration www.biquge.info Pen Fun Pavilion certainly gave Jon a new understanding of his cooking skills, but he also knew that without Xiao Yi supervising and guiding him, he would definitely not be able to handle this picky Viscount.
Of course, it is very happy to be widely praised in a group of people, but at the same time, it is not so comfortable to be openly and secretly recruited to work in the other party's industry and home! Just when Jon was overwhelmed, Xiao Yi appeared on the second floor at the right time, replacing the young chef in a crowd of distinguished guests, and those who coveted Jon also died down, after all, it was really not appropriate to poach other people's subordinates in front of the master's family.
The refreshments after the meal were as exquisite and delicious as ever, and it was difficult for a group of people to get together like this because of their respective identities, so they used this place as a place to socialize and talk to each other.
Among them, there are three main ones who have mainly focused on Xiao Yi from beginning to end, Master Leonard, Solari, the president of the Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce, and Jiwen, the president of the Clover Chamber of Commerce, and it is these three people who have not left in the end. As for Davis, the old butler who came from Duke Carry's Mansion on behalf of Duke Carrey, except for secretly stuffing a note to Xiao Yi when he was outside, he didn't take the initiative to pay attention to Xiao Yi anymore, as if he was just being pushed and embarrassed by others to patronize here.
Of course, Xiao Yi didn't expect to climb the Duke's Mansion to bring benefits to himself, thinking that little Pete didn't come, it must be as the note said, he has recently accompanied his father to receive a group of very important guests at home, and he has no time to take care of him, and in his eyes, even if the Duke is there in person, there may not be little Pete worthy of his attention, so he is happy to be idle and intentionally or unintentionally put the old butler Davis aside.
"I didn't expect Xiao Yi to have a unique talent in alchemy, and you are also very good at cooking!"
Master Leonard said kindly, because just now Ji Wen of the Clover Chamber of Commerce told his previous experience of failing to open a restaurant, and frankly explained that the chef Jon just now was the apprentice of the original chef of his restaurant, although listening to his steward Fowler say that Xiao Yi followed the original team of the back kitchen of the Clover Restaurant, but he never expected that there would be such a earth-shaking change in just one month, which couldn't help but make him reflect on his failure in the expansion industry just now.
In his original words: "I think I, Jiwen, debuted at the age of sixteen and followed my grandfather in the shopping mall, and although I haven't achieved much today, I can conceitedly say that I am at least benevolent to my subordinates!"
I hadn't seen what Foster's apprenticeship was like before, but now that I think about it, I just didn't want to show it in front of me.
Since everyone is in business, I rely on my old age to call you Brother Xiao, to be honest, I don't blame people for not working under me at the beginning, but I'm worried that I didn't care about them to snub others, which is the most unacceptable in my opinion. If my brother doesn't think I'm troublesome, please be a middleman, although now the master and apprentice have nothing to do with me, but after all, the master hires one, if there is anything you need, you might as well say it so that I can make up for the previous unhappiness!"
Xiao Yi could see that the other party was sincere, and secretly sighed that it was no wonder that he could make the business to the top five in the empire, for the sake of his reputation as an employer, he could bow his head to the former employees, such a person could not be unsuccessful, and Xiao Yi himself also believed in the master of treating employees more kindly, so he didn't care about Jiwen's strictly speaking, a somewhat rude move.
It's just that he can't shake out the fact that Foster concealed the secret illness before, and can only explain the reason why Jon is the chef because Foster has recently failed to advance through the comprehension state, and he is determined to put aside his burden and return to the original point to hone his skills and start to concentrate on cultivation, so he naturally recommended his first apprentice to take charge of the back kitchen, strictly speaking, this is also the truth, but a few key inducements are hidden.
As for why Jon's skills have improved a lot, Xiao Yi can no longer hide the role he has played in it, and he has the old background of high-level chef skills at the same time, which naturally caused the audience to sigh, just because the proficiency of any profession requires time and energy to sharpen, and all kinds of professions are treated equally in this article, Xiao Yi can have such an ability at this age, but it is too abnormal.
And Leonard's half-ridiculous exclamation actually relieved Xiao Yi, that is, he reminded everyone that Xiao Yi had reached the grandmaster-level internship in the most obscure alchemy, which naturally could not be measured by common sense, so there was no need to make too much of a fuss.
In this regard, Xiao Yi naturally quickly picked up the steps and went down:
"Hehe, it's just some hobbies after studying! It just so happens that my teacher is an extremely picky person, and after being scolded for a long time, his skills will naturally come up!" Xiao Yi irresponsibly pushed another of his grandmaster skills to his 'cheap teacher'.
"Brother Xiao, I can call you that the same as President Jiwen!"
"Naturally, why should President Solari be so polite, I didn't have to take care of the steward of Byono a few days ago, and I have to thank you and President Gilvin for the smooth opening of the shop!"
"Hey, you see that you are still outside, what are you called the president, in front of your brother Xiao, the two of us are just a few laymen with stinky money, if you don't dislike it, call your brother, otherwise we won't dare to hand over to you, the alchemy master!
"This time, even if you talk to my heart, it's just your tone!"
"Okay, good, don't be too careful, two old brothers, I wish I could find some rich people to lean on and fight for a few more years, since you are not afraid of me, a poor ghost, fighting the autumn wind, what am I not willing to do!"
Seeing Xiao Yi with a smiling face, the two presidents also laughed.
"What does my brother need, just say, since you don't treat us as outsiders as brothers, it is incumbent on you to do so in this regard, but your brother is dishonest when he calls himself a poor ghost!"
Solari's words immediately resonated with Given.
"That's it! I've heard, brother, as soon as you make a move, you will get two million in your account, which is more than the total monthly turnover of the two of us in each chamber of commerce combined! If your brother calls himself poor at this rate of making money, my brother and I can only be regarded as a beggar!"
"Hey, I'm wronged! You two, don't forget that I earn more and spend more, my investment in opening this shop has already spent half of the income that day, and the cost of alchemy itself is very huge, not to mention that the wand I sold that day will not cost less than 500,000 yuan, don't believe you just ask Master Leonard!"
When the two saw Xiao Yi complaining, they turned their heads to Master Leonard for help.
"This is another way to say that epic and legendary level magic equipment itself cannot be measured in absolute value, and any of them are handed down to the world by chance by the hands of famous craftsmen, which is naturally rare but not sought. However, purely theoretically, if the equipment materials are completely split and traded, the cost is indeed very staggering, and some of them even cost more than the subsequent purchase and sale price, so this can also be said to be a major reason for the scarcity of magic equipment making masters and senior craftsmen specializing in commercial production. ”
"Oh, it turns out that it's not easy for my brother, outsiders can enjoy the luxurious and wealthy life when they see our businessmen, but in fact, only I know the suffering! Like me, even if I have a lot of inputs, I have to worry about whether my subordinates are using their lives and whether the industry is running healthy and normal, and it is already the happiest thing to be able to go to bed at midnight after finishing the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce every day. ”
"Yes, yes, yes, and in order to ensure the convenience of doing business in various places, even if there is a little bit of relationship in all aspects of this royal capital, it can give you a headache for a few days and nights!"
Of course Xiao Yi understands, after all, before he came to this continent, he had the experience of working hard to earn money and pay off huge debts, so he also told the sadness of making money, which made the two presidents sigh and find a confidant, so the more they talked, the more speculative they became!
Master Leonard watched as a wise elder on the sidelines and saw a lot of doorways, these two presidents are also human spirit level figures, although they have the will to make friends with Xiao Yi today, but they will not casually take out the feelings of digging out their hearts and lungs on this occasion and share them with others.
This has to say that Xiao Yi has a trait, you can feel comfortable and at ease around him, so that you can unconsciously let go of your guard and show the most real side, this kind of person Master Leonard has also seen, but in the end, these characters with 'pure hearts' have been tortured by this cruel world to change their original intentions or are persecuted as heretics to the world, and how long can this child in front of him last! Thinking of this, Leonard's eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something?
In this way, it was not until the afternoon that the two presidents were urged by their own stewards countless times, and they were ready to get up and say goodbye and rush back to their respective chambers of commerce to deal with busy affairs.
And Master Leonard also invited Xiao Yi to have time to go to the Alchemist Guild to have a look when he said goodbye together, and Xiao Yi thought about it and readily agreed, because he considered that although he didn't care that he had to get the Grandmaster-level professional level certification in the guild, considering that after all, he would often be involved in the trading of alchemy products in the future, and it was still necessary to maintain a relationship with the official organization of the Imperial Alchemist profession.
Xiao Yi, who had sent all the VIPs away, breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the first floor of the restaurant to continue to take care of the first day of business.
It's just that he didn't know that before this, a wealthy merchant on the second floor who was quite a very high status did not return to his mansion in Shangcheng District after saying goodbye after the meal, but got into a carriage and changed into an ordinary set of wealthy civilian clothes, walked alone to a hotel two blocks away, and after entering the door, he went straight up to a guest room on the third floor, and directly saluted the few people inside.
And the person on the seat in the opposite side is the owner of the 'noble' restaurant in Shangcheng District, the eldest son of the prince who was taught a lesson by Xiao Yi before, Jelami!