Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 234: Another breakthrough, hard training and krypton gold

Du Shaojie had nothing to do, so he moved a chair and sat outside the barbecue restaurant.

There are quite a few food stalls nearby, and they seem to be doing good business, giving it a night market feel.

Huge noise waves kept coming, including sounds of talking, finger-guessing, quarreling, etc. It was really lively.

"Feng Bin, bring some skewers over."

Du Shaojie didn't have dinner. Seeing people eating on the street, he also felt hungry.

Soon, Feng Bin brought him a bunch of grilled skewers and considerately placed a small tea table next to the recliner.

"Chef Du, you are living a very leisurely life now."

Du Shaojie was eating slowly when Uncle Chai just happened to stroll over.

"Uncle Chai, come and sit down."

Du Shaojie quickly stood up, personally moved a chair for the other party, and took a few bottles of beer.

Uncle Chai didn't hesitate to sit down and chat with him while eating.

We were chatting happily when there was suddenly chaos at a food stall not far away and a conflict broke out between two groups of people.

There was chaos for a while, and Uncle Chai couldn't help shaking his head: "This side of the old street is more chaotic than before, and there are fights at the slightest provocation. I don't know where these people get so much anger from."

Du Shaojie couldn't help but be stunned. He always thought that the security in the old street was very good, but today he saw this scene.

"Feng Bin, does this kind of thing often happen in barbecue restaurants?"

Just as Feng Bin walked over, Du Shaojie started to ask.

"The store is fine. After all, we have a lot of people and we are not afraid of trouble. We can suppress any signs."

Feng Bin smiled slightly, appearing very confident.

Du Shaojie looked at the other person with a little surprise. This kid is really capable and it seems he can do great things.

After a while, the two groups of people over there finished fighting. Feng Bin stood on the street and shouted: "Don't let them get away, make them pay!"

Then some people came out from various stores, and when they gathered together, there was quite a lot of people.

How could the two fighting gangs still have the strength to fight? With the identification of the boss of the food stall, seven or eight people were arrested. The police were called immediately. The boss was not afraid of the loss at all, because someone would pay for it anyway.

"Ajie, see? Your employees are pretty good. They've united all the stores on this street. Whoever wants to fight can fight, and I'll pay them back after the fight."

Uncle Chai suddenly laughed. Although it was not the first time he had seen such a scene, he still felt very happy.

Du Shaojie also laughed. Feng Bin is a promising kid and a talented person.

The business of the barbecue restaurant was not affected at all. Even when Uncle Chai went home to sleep, the tables outside were still full.

Du Shaojie decided to increase Feng Bin's salary by 30% and increase the salary of other employees in the barbecue restaurant by 10% as an encouragement.

That night.

He did not return to Donghu New Village, but settled down in a house on the old street.

The next morning, he rented a few more houses nearby so that the barbecue restaurant employees could live a little more comfortably.

"Boss, it's a pleasure to work with you. Don't worry, even if you don't contract the snack bar anymore, we won't go back. We will follow you to develop in the south."

Feng Bin and others were overjoyed and kept expressing their loyalty to their boss.

Du Shaojie smiled and nodded. People's thoughts are divided into stages. Who can predict what will happen in the future?

mid March.

Du Shaojie returned to Xijiang by plane.

Liu Ying has already arranged everything, overcome numerous difficulties, and is preparing to sell the medical school canteen.

Since the medical school cafeteria occupies a large area and has attached buildings, the overall price is relatively high, at 50,000 yuan.

The first thing Du Shaojie did after returning was to take over the medical school cafeteria without any hesitation.

But for the time being he is not planning to tear it down and rebuild, as he is still useful here.

"Brother, if you have something to do, just do it. I'm old enough to take care of myself. Besides, you know my grades, so you don't need to worry about me."

While having dinner in the evening, Xiaoya suddenly said something that surprised Du Shaojie.

It seems that the little sister who used to always stick to him has indeed grown up and now knows how to consider issues for her brother.

"Haha, I know our Xiaoya is already a big girl."

"That's right! Mom has been traveling less since the Chinese New Year, and I go home for lunch every day. Our teacher said that we must be careful about what we eat from now on and must not eat anything unclean."

"Eat your meal, why are you talking so much? Go study after you finish eating."

Wang Yuxiu glared at Xiaoya, who stuck out her tongue and quickly lowered her head to eat.

Du Shaojie felt very relieved. Xiaoya's college entrance examination was the most important thing in the family. In comparison, making money came second.

After dinner, Su Dapeng came to find him, and the two of them went to the next yard to avoid disturbing Xiaoya's study.

"Shaojie, after the New Year, I talked to the franchisees of [Pepper and Spicy Chicken] and about five or six of them clearly stated that they would not renew their contracts after they expire. There are also a few who are wavering. What do you think we should do?"

The situation Su Dapeng described is rather complicated. Some people want to change careers after making money, some have developed their own formulas through self-exploration, and some simply don't want to do it anymore.

Du Shaojie didn't take it seriously and simply stopped supplying the formula spices after the contract was terminated.

"Well, later you can count how many people are willing to renew the contract. If the number is less than 10, you can give up this business for the time being."

At present, even the [Company Law] has not been issued yet (it will have to be issued in 1993), so franchising is completely a matter of trial and error and there is no way to expand it.

It was fine to earn some starting capital at the beginning, but now it is completely dispensable to him. "Let's give up. Less than eight people have clearly expressed their willingness to renew the contract. It's ridiculous to say that some people actually asked me for the formula, saying that they paid so much franchise fee, so we should provide the formula for free."

Su Dapeng then told the truth and he was speechless about some franchisees.

"He wants the formula? He wants nothing. Let's end it. No one will renew their contracts."

Du Shaojie made up his mind to end the business early.

After all, it is difficult to put franchising on the table at the moment, and it is easy to get into trouble if it is continued.

"Okay, I'll help you deal with it later."

Su Dapeng didn't say much and took on the task of cleaning up the mess.

After that, Du Shaojie stayed there and devoted himself to honing his cooking skills.

He used the medical school cafeteria as a training base, where he would teach everyone some basic cooking knowledge by example from time to time.

Employees from each store take turns to come here for further training. How much they can learn depends entirely on the individual, and there is no compulsion.

This process was also the process for Du Shaojie to sort out what he had learned throughout his life, which gave him many new insights.

One day in April.

Du Shaojie invited Liu Ying and others to dinner and specially made a dish called "Open Screen Fish".

During the production process, he felt it was particularly smooth, and some of his previous ideas were realized naturally.

"Master Du, the [Open Screen Fish] you made today is especially delicious. Look, this dish has already been eaten up before the other dishes have even been touched."

The [Open Screen Fish] he made was also highly praised by Liu Ying, Lu Yimin, Jiang Cheng and others. In fact, even if they didn't say it, Du Shaojie could see it.

When a dish is quickly cleared, it is actually the best compliment to the chef.

After the guests left, he couldn't wait to open the light curtain to check.

【Bound chef: Du Shaojie】

[Level: Special Level 3 Chef]

【Current work: Spreading fish】

【Overall evaluation: delicious food】

[Bonus: Simulated Chef Skills Competition Duration (4000 hours)]

[Rewards: Exchange points (400 points), simulation training time (4000 hours)]

[Special reward: outdoor cooking utensils (full set)]

Note 1: The bound chef has broken through the current ceiling of cooking skills and triggered a special reward.

Note 2: Works rated below "Delicious Food" will no longer receive rewards.

Note 3: By consuming 400 exchange points and 8000 hours, you can improve any dish to its current highest level (not higher than the ceiling of the bound chef).

[Exchange points: 27518 points\66666 points]

【Duration: 480700 hours\1336996 hours】

The breakthrough came naturally, but Du Shaojie made arduous efforts for this day and consumed a lot of exchange points and time.

A breakthrough in one dish can lead to a qualitative leap in his cooking skills.

At this moment, he could definitely say that his ability was no less than that of an average [Special First-Class Chef]. Of course, this would still require a process, and he would continue to make each dish better through practice.

But he didn't want to wait that long.

Because waiting means he will lose many reward opportunities.

So, he gritted his teeth and spent 20000 redemption points and 400000 hours to raise the overall evaluation of the 50 dishes he often cooked to the level of "delicious dishes".

[Exchange points: 7518 points\66666 points]

【Duration: 80700 hours\1336996 hours】

If 2 points are exchanged for cash, they can be exchanged for 200 million yuan. Otherwise, it is called "krypton gold", who can afford this consumption?
The next night.

Du Shaojie got determined and cooked four dishes at home: [Mapo Tofu], [Daqian Dry-fried Fish], [Spicy Chicken], and [Fish-flavored Shredded Pork].

The overall evaluation of these dishes has reached the level of "delicious food". This is the result of "spending money" yesterday. Otherwise, he might have to practice many times to achieve it.

"Son, are you okay? Why are you suddenly cooking so many dishes?"

Wang Yuxiu felt very strange. There were only three people in her family, and they couldn’t finish all the dishes.

Xiaoya was secretly happy. She didn't care whether her brother was crazy or not. Why would she care about so much when there was something delicious? Just eat it!

"If you can't finish it, you can eat it tomorrow. It won't go bad if you put it in the refrigerator later."

Except for a TV, we have bought almost all the home appliances available on the market.

Although Du Shaojie doesn't mind wasting some food, he has a refrigerator at home. If he can't finish it, he can continue tomorrow.

"That's right, eat!"

Wang Yuxiu's mentality was also very different from before, and she immediately started eating with big mouthfuls.

You know what, the food my son cooks is so delicious that I can’t stop eating it once I start.

Du Shaojie also ate happily. The value of these dishes cannot be judged by appearance. It has to be calculated according to the value of the exchange points. One dish costs 4 yuan.

(End of this chapter)