After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 105 This is too much of a coincidence

As soon as he entered the room, Master Qian said straight to the point, "How much money are you willing to pay, young master, to sell us the recipe for this dish?"

Qiao Jingjing was not surprised by this, because as early as yesterday when she came to Zuixianlou for dinner, she overheard someone mentioning that Master Qian of Zuixianlou was about to represent Zuixianlou in a cooking competition, and His opponent is the chef of his opponent's house.

So she guessed that Master Qian must attach great importance to this competition, so she came up with the idea of ​​selling the recipe to them.

In response to Master Qian's question, she did not rush to answer, but said: "Except for Manager Chen and Master Qian, no one has had the pleasure to taste my boiled fish, so you two don't have to worry, others will do the same." Make this dish.”

These words were said into the hearts of the two of them.

The pair did worry about the dish, as did others.

But despite this, the two of them still said uneasily: "How can you guarantee this, young master?"

"If I say anything false, I will give you the recipe of this dish for free. I won't charge you a penny. If you two are still worried, you can send someone to inquire first." Qiao Jingjing said sternly.

Chef Qian and Manager Chen have been in this business for many years, and they consider themselves to be experienced in delicious food. Whenever there are new dishes in Beijing or elsewhere, they will know about them immediately.

So today's boiled fish dish was indeed something the two of them had never heard of or seen before.

"I can guarantee that once your dish is launched, it will definitely double the business of your Zuixianlou." Qiao Jingjing continued.

Both of them have tasted the taste of boiled fish and are convinced of it.

"Of course, since I have cooperated with you Zuixianlou, I will not give the recipe of this dish to anyone else." Seeing the silence between the two, Qiao Jingjing promised again.

"Young master, are you serious about this?" Manager Chen asked.

"Of course." Qiao Jingjing said firmly.

After Guanshi Chen pondered for a moment, he said, "In that case, our Zuixian Tower is willing to spend five hundred taels of silver to buy your secret recipe for this dish."

Qiao Jingjing shook her head, "Manager Chen is the leader of Zuixianlou, and he has tasted my boiled fish. He must know that once your house launches this dish, your house will definitely make a lot of money, five hundred It’s really insincere to buy out my secret recipe for this dish.”

Manager Chen showed his confusion: "Little Master, this dish does taste good, but no one can guarantee whether this dish will be popular with customers after it is launched. If the guests are not used to the taste, five hundred taels, yes It’s also a loss for us at Zuixian Tower…”

Qiao Jingjing glanced at him and said, "It seems that Manager Chen is not sincere in discussing this business with me. In this case, I won't bother you anymore. I heard that the business of Guanyue Tower is also quite good recently, and it will keep pace with Zuixian Tower." Yes, I think you will be very interested in my dish. Farewell!"

After saying that, she turned around and walked out without hesitation.

When Manager Chen and Master Qian saw this, they felt a little anxious. After looking at each other, they chased out.

"Don't leave in a hurry, young master. We can still discuss the price."

Qiao Jingjing turned to look at the two of them and said directly: "Two thousand taels, one price. If Guilou is not willing to pay this amount, then there is nothing left to discuss."

Master Qian desperately wanted to make this dish, not only for Zuixianlou, but more importantly, because the chef of that family had a grudge against him, and he would never tolerate losing to him in the competition.

So when he saw that Manager Chen was still hesitating, he raised his elbow and bumped him, "Old Chen, what are you still hesitating about? Go and ask your boss for instructions."

Manager Chen didn't care much about winning or losing the game, but he cared about how Guanyuelou got the boiled fish dish, and his business surpassed that of Zuixianlou.

So he said sincerely: "My young master, please move to the private room and sit down for a while. I will go and ask the boss for instructions. I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

Seeing that the other party was already anxious, Qiao Jingjing nodded, "Yeah, but you have to hurry up, I have something else to do."

"No problem." Manager Chen responded, and after telling Master Qian to entertain her, he hurried away.

Master Qian hurriedly invited Qiao Jingjing to the private room upstairs.

Looking at the luxurious decoration of the elegant room, Qiao Jingjing already knew it. She deliberately said before that she wanted to sell the recipe to Guanyue Tower, and she wasn't just saying it randomly.

For many years, Zuixian Tower's business has ranked first in the capital. However, in the past two years, Guanyue Tower suddenly appeared and took away most of Zuixian Tower's business, and it still has the momentum to catch up.

Guanyuelou will also participate in this cooking competition, so both Master Qian and Zuixianlou are very concerned about the leader of the competition.

They heard that she was going to sell the recipe to Guanyue Tower, which made the two of them so anxious.

She felt that she had made the right move.

Master Qian poured tea for her diligently, and his words were quite flattering.

Qiao Jingjing thought to herself, it seems those rumors are true, Master Qian and the cook of Guanyue Tower are not at odds with each other.

Not long after, the owner of Zuixian Tower arrived.

But when she saw who it was, she was startled and thought to herself, this was just too much of a coincidence.

The owner of Zuixian Tower is none other than Xia Houxi...

Fortunately, before she came, she dressed up as a man, and to avoid trouble, she darkened her face and thickened her eyebrows.

So the other party probably wouldn't recognize her.

Thinking of this, she calmed down.

Sure enough, when Xia Houxi came in, he looked her over first, and then said with some confusion: "Which family are you from? Have we met before?"

Qiao Jingjing said with a blank look on her face: "I first arrived in the capital, so I probably haven't seen you before."

Xia Houxi frowned, "But you look very kind."

"Maybe it's because I have a popular face." Qiao Jingjing said with a wry smile.

"Popular face?" Xia Houxi was very curious about this word.

"It's a relatively common face. It looks similar to everyone." Qiao Jingjing explained.

"Your Excellency, you are too humble." Xia Houxi paused for a moment while looking at her dark-skinned, but handsome face, and said with a smile.

Manager Chen introduced the two of them: "Master, this is the young master who cooks boiled fish. Young Master, this is the boss of our Zuixian Tower."

Hearing this, both parties nodded in greeting.

But apparently, Xia Houxi had heard Manager Chen talk about boiled fish before he came, so he said with interest: "The name of this dish of yours makes people feel that it is unique."

"What if we add a movable type?" Qiao Jingjing said with a smile.

"How do you say that?" Xia Houxi asked curiously.

"Boil live fish." Qiao Jingjing said every word.

Xia Houxi was surprised, "Boiled fish alive? Can it survive after being boiled?"

Qiao Jingjing was amused by him, "That's not what I meant. Live fish is a metaphor for fire. Moreover, when people hear boiled live fish, they should think of fresh, lively fish."

"Living as a metaphor for fire? This is an interesting statement. Let me borrow your auspicious words and hope that this dish will become popular after Zuixianlou launches it." Xia Houxi said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)