Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Du Shaojie said no more and went to Hongshan Road with the other party.

Arriving at the private restaurant, Zhong Fuxiang looked around and was shocked by Du Shaojie's generosity. According to this decoration standard, it is estimated that he spent a lot of money.

He didn't know that the property rights of the building belonged to Du Shaojie, and almost no one in the unit knew about the demarcation of land for building a building, otherwise he would have been even more surprised.

"Master Zhong, I didn't lie to you, my business here is really bad."

There was no guests at any table today, and the waiters and back-of-house staff were all so idle that they cleaned the house again and again, making it extremely clean inside and outside.

Finally, Du Shaojie took Zhong Fuxiang to his office and asked the waiter to make a pot of tea and send it over.

"Business needs to be slowly developed. You have to be prepared to suffer losses for half a year to a year. I'll help you make some contacts later. I can't say how many more there will be, but adding ten or eight tables a month shouldn't be a problem."

After all, Zhong Fuxiang is a well-known chef in the city and he has some connections.

He was a man who never made empty promises. Starting from the second day, people came to make reservations one after another, and he actually brought in some business.

From that day on, Zhong Fuxiang spent most of his time in the private restaurant.

Du Shaojie was more than happy to accept the offer, and he offered the other party a monthly salary of 160 yuan. This salary standard is equivalent to the salary of a 13th-level official at present, and many deputy department heads and county heads earn this amount each month.

Zhong Fuxiang's salary plus subsidies and allowances was just over 100 yuan, so Du Shaojie did not treat him unfairly.

"Manager Du, you're offering me such a high salary, I can't accept it."

Zhong Fuxiang felt that business was not good at the moment and there was no need to add burden to others.

Of course, his original salary was still paid by the company, and the extra amount was Du Shaojie's expense.

However, salary costs and contracting costs are intertwined, and it is quite troublesome to calculate them clearly.

"Rules are rules, and they cannot be changed for different people. Master Zhong, there is no need to talk about this matter, just do it as it should be."

Du Shaojie did not argue with the other party and directly brought out the rules and regulations.

Zhong Fuxiang had nothing to say. His monthly salary was about 50 yuan more than before, so he kept silent.

weekend.

Feng Qingsong entertained some friends from other provinces in his private restaurant. There were so many guests that the entire large private room on the second floor was full.

Du Shaojie and Zhong Fuxiang divided the work and cooperated with each other, each of them showed their own special skills, and the guests all praised them. They never thought that they could meet such a high-level chef in this remote northwestern city.

Feng Qingsong was also a little surprised. It was not that he was shocked by Du Shaojie's cooking skills, but he felt that today's dishes were very different from the past. The style of some of the dishes was not similar to Du Shaojie's.

Later, I found out that the other party had actually invited a chef to take charge of the private restaurant.

That's good!

From now on, he can also hold important banquets in private restaurants with peace of mind.

Seeing that the business of the private restaurant was getting better day by day, even Zhong Fuxiang had a smile on his face.

Du Shaojie has one more task every day, which is to buy fresh ingredients. Private restaurants do not accept individual customers but only accept reservations, which must be made at least two days in advance.

When he went to purchase goods, he often brought Zhang Qigong with him, and sometimes Zhong Fuxiang would go along as well.

Zhang Qigong is a responsible and proactive person, so Du Shaojie plans to train him. Although he doesn't know much about identifying food ingredients, he learns quickly.

Du Shaojie patiently taught Zhang Qigong a lot of knowledge in this area, and also went to the bookstore to buy several books for him to read carefully.

Gradually, the purchasing was handed over to Zhang Qigong. He would check the quality and price of the ingredients from time to time. After a period of inspection, he found that the other party was still very reassuring.

With Zhong Fuxiang in charge, the restaurant's daily operations got back on track.

When it is busy, there are six tables a day, three tables at noon and three tables at night. Basically, every dish has been carefully crafted by Du Shaojie and Zhong Fuxiang, and the quality of the dishes has been praised by customers.

During this period, a doorman was added to the guard room, a cook was added to the kitchen, and a waiter was transferred in. The total number of employees in the private restaurant reached 10.

The consumption level of private restaurants is far beyond the current average level, which is definitely high-end consumption, but people still flock to them.

In the first few years of the reform and opening up, as long as you were bold and daring, basically there was gold everywhere. At this time, you didn’t even need academic qualifications or connections, just a sense of daring could make you a millionaire.

The net profit from his private restaurant in a month can create two millionaires.

While busy, Du Shaojie's cooking skills have also made great progress. Now, whenever he cooks, most of the dishes can get an overall evaluation of "good".

When he got home that night, he entered the simulated training scene to hone his cooking skills as usual.

Today's state is different from usual, he feels particularly good. No matter what dish he cooks, it's as if he were in heaven. Even the judges have nothing to complain about his work.

Du Shaojie was still not satisfied, so he took advantage of his good condition and entered the [Simulated Chef Skills Competition Group B2].

He won the championship of Group B2 smoothly after overcoming all obstacles.

The dish he faced in the final was one of his specialties, [Da Qian Dry-fried Fish]. His level in this dish has surpassed Liao Yongxin and he has fully possessed the strength of a master of Sichuan cuisine.

"Today, I seem to have some new ideas when making this dish. I am no longer restricted to the traditional Sichuan cuisine techniques, but have incorporated my insights gained over such a long period of time. Perhaps, this is the opportunity for my breakthrough?" Du Shaojie was so eager that he didn't care that it was already midnight and went straight to the yard next door.

The yard next door was his first private restaurant before it moved to Hongshan Road. Now it is vacant, so Du Shaojie uses it as his own private kitchen.

Sometimes he would invite Dong Jun and others to have dinner here, and sometimes he would have a drink here with Su Dapeng.

Although the kitchen had everything, there was no place to buy food in the middle of the night. However, Du Shaojie was unwilling to wait even a minute, so he spent 1 exchange point to exchange for a grass carp.

He immediately began to process the ingredients, being meticulous in every step.

Time passed by minute by minute, and he was completely immersed in the preparation of this dish.

That’s right, what he is making now is [Da Qian Dry-fried Fish].

After the dish was taken out of the pot and put on a plate, Du Shaojie brought the dish into the house, then took out half a bottle of wine from the cabinet and poured himself a glass.

He stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish, put it into his mouth and tasted it carefully.

The layers of taste are clear and rich, and the various flavors blend perfectly into one, constantly stimulating his taste buds.

Du Shaojie felt that this was the highest level dish he had ever made, and he was so happy that he couldn't help but pick up the wine glass and drink it all. He opened the light curtain to check and found that he had indeed broken through the bottleneck.

【Bound chef: Du Shaojie】

【Level: First-class chef】

【Current work: Daqian dry-fried fish】

[Overall evaluation: lingering fragrance]

[Bonus: Simulated Chef Skills Competition Duration (2000 hours)]

[Rewards: Exchange points (200 points), simulation training time (2000 hours)]

[Special Reward: None]

Note 1: The current work has broken through the culinary ceiling of the bound chef, and new evaluation standards will be adopted immediately.

Note 2: The evaluation of works is divided into: [Leaves a good taste in the mouth], [Fragrance spreads ten miles away], [Delicious food], [Exquisite delicacies], [Wind marrow and dragon liver]. Works below [Leaves a good taste in the mouth] will not be evaluated and cannot receive rewards.

Note 3: The same work can only receive rewards once a day, and the rewards are reset at midnight every day.

Note 4: The mall is open from now on. By consuming 100 exchange points and 5000 hours, you can instantly raise the production level of a single dish to the highest level (within the ceiling of your own cooking skills).

注5：商城兑换实物比率为1比1，即1个兑换点可以兑换1KG实物，实物计重四舍五入。

注6：商城兑换现金比率为1比100，即1个兑换点可以兑换100元现金。

[Exchange points: 4619 points\4666 points]

【Duration: 10100 hours\66996 hours】

Du Shaojie read it several times and thoroughly digested the information he had obtained.

For a long time, the dishes he made basically received an overall evaluation of "good", which brought him a large number of redemption points and time.

Today, his redemption points remain over 4600 points, and the remaining time exceeds 1 hours.

This time, the system adopted a new evaluation standard. In other words, dishes that were previously rated "superior or below" have all become "low-quality" works, and can neither be evaluated nor rewarded.

同步升级完成的商城，更改了兑换率，兑换点兑换实物通通是1点兑换点兑换1KG实物。而现金的兑换率则上调至1比100，也就是1个兑换点可以兑换100元现金。

He now has 4619 remaining exchange points. If all of them are converted into cash, it would be 46.19 yuan.

"I became a millionaire in the blink of an eye?"

Du Shaojie thought of the grass carp he had exchanged before. He spent 1 exchange point at that time, which was equivalent to buying a fish with 100 yuan?

It hurts to think about it.

But then he grinned. This weak system finally kept up with the times. From being stingy at the beginning, it has become extremely domineering now. He simply loves this thing to death.

However, after a while, the joy gradually calmed down.

He was not short of money and had no need to exchange cash for the time being, so he could wait. After all, exchange points had other uses, such as instantly elevating a dish that had never been cooked before to the highest level of one's own cooking skills.

According to the new evaluation criteria, a dish can now be instantly elevated to the level of "leaving a delicious taste in the mouth".

This is possible, but the problem is that it is too expensive. It costs 1 yuan plus 5000 hours to upgrade the quality of a dish.

Really expensive!

It may be of great use at a critical moment, but you have to bear the cost.

Du Shaojie himself actually didn't realize that from this moment on, his mentality had undergone a drastic change. (End of this chapter)