Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Du Shaojie nodded and said, "If it doesn't work, I'll clean up my office and use it as a private room for them temporarily."

It’s not difficult to tidy up the office. It’s a suite and the lounge is quite large. I can put the desk and other things in there temporarily, and that will free up space, right?

It was Liu Ying. Du Shaojie would not do this no matter who it was.

night.

Du Shaojie personally cooked a table of dishes, each one was a delicacy, and his skills had completely surpassed Zhong Fuxiang.

When the banquet was over, he met Liu Ying in person and found out that she had been promoted.

"Congratulations! Leader Liu and Leader Feng now have successors."

"What are you thinking? He asked me to be in charge of culture, education and health. He is the chief steward. What am I? I am far from that."

Although she said that, Liu Ying's face still looked beaming with joy.

Du Shaojie finally understood what the other party meant by that sentence. From a certain perspective, Liu Ying could really protect him. As long as he didn't jump too high, there would be no problem maintaining the current scale.

"I'll take you out."

Du Shaojie sent Liu Ying to the car and stood there for a long time without saying a word.

Judging from some details, Liu Ying is actually not as easy to deal with as Feng Qingsong. For example, Feng Qingsong would not take the lead in breaking the rules and insist that the private restaurant temporarily vacate a private room for him.

But this is not a big deal. He asked Zhang Yufei to combine his office and lounge into one, seal the door of the suite, and the original lounge also has a separate entrance and exit door.

The original office was cleaned up and turned into a reserved private room to deal with situations like today.

"Manager Du, my junior brother Zhang Yong wants to work in our restaurant. His skills are better than mine, and his level is 'Special Level 2 Chef'. Would you like to take some time to talk to him?"

After a day's business, Zhong Fuxiang and Du Shaojie left the restaurant together.

On the way, Zhong Fuxiang suddenly said something.

One of his junior brothers was named Zhang Yong, who was transferred to the Chinese restaurant of Guangyuan Hotel. He did not get along well with Dong Yunxian, so he came to Zhong Fuxiang and said that he wanted to work with Du Shaojie.

Du Shaojie nodded and did not refuse.

He then inquired and found out that the conflict between Zhang Yong and Dong Yunxian was nothing serious, just a feud caused by factionalism in the unit.

He gave Zhong Fuxiang a favor and transferred Zhang Yong to the snack bar, but in fact he was working in a private restaurant.

"Master Zhong, why don't you just retire? You have enough years of service and can apply for early retirement."

Du Shaojie pulled two chefs away from the unit at once, and he felt a little guilty.

But Zhong Fuxiang and Zhang Yong are both good cooks, and he was reluctant to let either of them go, so he came up with this crooked idea.

Zhong Fuxiang didn't think there was anything wrong with it. In fact, he already had a vague idea of ​​this.

After two days of consideration, Zhong Fuxiang went to the bureau and applied for early retirement. This time the bureau was very happy, and Chen Jizhou processed his retirement procedures with a stroke of his pen.

Since Zhong Fuxiang was an employee of a state-owned enterprise, he received a salary from the bureau after retirement.

In this way, he has a pension, and the private restaurant still pays him salary and bonuses as usual, so his income has increased significantly.

Du Shaojie now cooks purely out of interest. Only Liu Ying can ask him to be the chef, but it is not certain for others.

morning.

Liang Meiqin came to Du Shaojie with breakfast, looking a little depressed.

She has been to the unit several times recently, but the person in charge of the Disabled Persons' Federation always gave her some incomprehensible excuses and had no intention of arranging any work for her.

"If someone else could get paid without working, wouldn't they be so happy? But you insist on finding something to do for yourself.

I guess your company is also a one-person-one-job situation. If you are assigned a job, wouldn’t that squeeze out someone else?”

Du Shaojie knew Liang Meiqin's character, so he persuaded her from another angle.

Liang Meiqin suddenly realized what was going on, but she still couldn't cheer up.

Du Shaojie knew that after her eyesight recovered a little, she didn't want to stay at home idle, which was indeed a problem.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Shaojie, are you busy today? Why don't we take some time to go to the movies."

Liang Meiqin decided to stay at home and not bother her leaders at work.

She actually had a vague idea, but it was not mature yet and she needed to think about it for a few more days.

It was indeed boring to stay at home, so Liang Meiqin invited Du Shaojie to go to the movies.

"There is time, but the question is, can you see the screen clearly?"

"Why can't I see it clearly? I can't miss such a big figure. Besides, the movie is not a pantomime. I can still hear the sound."

Liang Meiqin couldn't help laughing. She just wanted to go out for a walk and didn't care what she saw.

The two of them had their meal, and then reluctantly went to the Dongfeng Cinema.

The first movie in the morning starts at 10:30 and the movie being played is last year's hit "Traveller in Handcuffs".

Du Shaojie went to buy the tickets, and when the time was almost right, he entered the venue with Liang Meiqin.

In fact, neither of them watched the entire movie. Liang Meiqin grabbed his arm, leaned her head on his shoulder, and closed her eyes slightly. She was actually "listening to the movie."

After the movie, the two went to a restaurant to have lunch.

Du Shaojie and Liang Meiqin enjoyed the cold noodles and barbecue very much. "Thank you for accompanying me for half a day. You can go and do your own things in the afternoon."

Du Shaojie then rode his bike to take Liang Meiqin home. He did not go into the house but went straight to the police station.

Just now while we were having dinner, Yu Jianxin said that the bureau called in the morning and asked Du Shaojie to attend a meeting in the afternoon.

He was quite puzzled. He basically would not attend any meetings in the bureau unless there was something important. His guess was quite accurate. The afternoon meeting room conveyed the [Trial Plan for Wage Reform].

Instead of a comprehensive wage reform, the Electric Power Industry Bureau became a "pilot unit".

This matter involves the interests of all employees, and the snack bar is no exception.

Wage reform is a major trend. Everyone’s wages will rise, and prices will also rise. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for business operators.

Of course, this process is gradual and there will not be major changes in a short period of time.

A few days passed quickly.

After careful consideration, Liang Meiqin decided to go through the "medical retirement procedures".

"Mikoto, there's no need to do this. Your company hasn't said they're going to stop paying you, so why do you have to retire at such a young age?"

Du Shaojie didn't think this was a big problem, but he still gave some advice to prevent Liang Meiqin from regretting it in the future.

"I've made up my mind. I can't just sit there doing nothing all day. My eyes have recovered well, but the company refuses to assign me any specific work. So I might as well take the initiative myself.

Shaojie, I have been in Guangzhou for about a month and I feel that the south is full of vitality. I want to do something there when my physical condition gets better, either Guangzhou or Shenzhen is fine. "

While eating breakfast, the two discussed the issue of whether Liang Meiqin should stay or go.

Liang Meiqin was determined this time and didn't want to live like this anymore. She had listened to Cai Jing's long speech before and agreed with her that the special zone would definitely have great development in the future.

She wanted to try her luck there.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Really. If you really don't want to work in the company anymore, you can apply for 'illness retirement'. The key is what is your family's attitude?"

Du Shaojie stopped trying to stop her and instead asked her parents what they thought.

Liang Meiqin said her family respected her decision.

After breakfast, Liang Meiqin went to work. Perhaps the company thought she was a burden, so the procedures for "retirement due to illness" went very smoothly and were completed quickly.

The salary after retirement due to illness will be less, but Liang Meiqin doesn't care about this at all.

She got up earlier in the morning and started exercising with Du Shaojie. In fact, her physical condition was still good, but she didn't exercise enough in the past few years after her eye problems.

Therefore, Liang Meiqin can only jog or do some simple exercises now.

At other times, she began to recharge herself and wanted to learn more about finance and business management.

"This is good. People should live happily."

Du Shaojie was happy to see the changes in the other person.

He has been a bit busy recently. A few days ago, he received an invitation to the preliminary round of the "Second National Youth (Chef) Skills Competition" to serve as a judge.

It’s actually quite interesting, he was a contestant in the last session, and this time he’s a judge.

When you receive the invitation, a new task also comes along.

[Task: Serve as a judge for the preliminary round of the "Second National Youth Skills Competition" and discover a seed player to enter the Northwest Division semi-finals. ]

[Task Reward: 2000 Exchange Points and 10 hours of general time. ]

[Mission failed: deduct 2000 exchange points and 10 hours of general time. ]

The rewards and punishments for this task were equal. Du Shaojie found it quite interesting. He had never been a judge before, so he thought he could give it a try.

As for discovering seeded players, this depends on fate and requires patient and careful observation.

night.

Du Shaojie entered the long-missed simulated chef skills competition scene. He could have served as a judge for the first (A1), second (A2), and third (A3) chef groups in the simulation competition, but he had not tried it yet.

In the simulation scenario, he chose the A3 group match.

The scene changed, and Du Shaojie came to the competition venue as if he was there himself and sat in the judging panel.

He began to look at things from the perspective of a judge, carefully observing the contestants' knife skills, cooking techniques, seasoning, and heat control, etc. This is different from cooking by himself, but it can also bring him a lot of insights.

Du Shaojie gradually adapted to the role of a judge and would sometimes make comments. He would often point out the problems of the contestants and also give some constructive suggestions.

Before he knew it, 100 hours had passed and he finally quit.

The next day.

morning.

Du Shaojie came to the private restaurant and asked Zhong Fuxiang when he saw him, "Master Zhong, will you be a judge for this National Youth Skills Competition?"

"They did ask me, but I turned it down and recommended you. You should have received the invitation, right?"

Zhong Fuxiang was very happy staying in the private restaurant, and now that he had retired, he had no interest in being a judge.

However, he felt that Du Shaojie would definitely go far in this field and that being a judge would be beneficial, so he recommended him. (End of this chapter)