Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 344 Sichuan Cuisine Master
A few days passed quickly.

Pang Weidong received a reply and the matter was resolved. The man did not pursue the matter of Qi Yan's injury, and Qi Yan did not pursue the matter of the man's inappropriate behavior.

But Qi Yan has to pay part of the medical expenses.

"How could this be?"

Du Shaojie was a little unhappy, after all, that man harassed his woman.

"Brother, the other person just pulled your woman's hand, but your woman almost crippled that guy. Don't worry, if you really can't swallow this, I will find a way to make him unable to stay in school."

Pang Weidong knew Du Shaojie's temper. He seemed easy to talk to at ordinary times, but once his bottom line was touched, the situation would be unimaginable.

So he quickly comforted the other party and told them that it was not appropriate to continue making trouble.

Du Shaojie thought about it and agreed to the solution proposed by Pang Weidong.

Pang Weidong did not disappoint him. After the police station came out with the conclusion, the school quickly dealt with the matter. The man was transferred to a unit in the suburbs and left the education system.

Qi Yan was also criticized, the key point was that her counterattack was too harsh.

The matter ended there. On the surface, Qi Yan did not suffer any loss, but secretly many of her colleagues distanced themselves from her, which was equivalent to being isolated.

"I just can't understand why I am the bad guy in the eyes of others when I am the victim."

Qi Yan was very hurt and complained to Du Shaojie after returning.

Du Shaojie did not leave Beijing during this period. After repeated attempts, he came up with a new version of the "hot pot base" recipe. He then passed the new recipe to several chefs and will promote it to various hot pot restaurants in the future.

In addition, he also tried his best to spend more time with Qi Yan.

"They might be jealous of you. The result of this handling should be beyond the expectations of most people. They dare not offend you, so they can only distance themselves from you. It's okay, that's how it is between colleagues."

Du Shaojie said it beautifully, but he had other ideas in his mind.

It is obvious that the isolation is caused by someone behind the scenes.

This kind of thing is hard to investigate and it is hard to define. This kind of cold violence is the hardest to deal with. After all, they are all adults, and it is useless to go to the leader.

Qi Yan is young and beautiful, and with Du Shaojie standing behind her, she is not short of money.

People who have something to hide will probably be very disappointed, so they would resort to such a petty and shabby trick.

"Well, I see."

Qi Yan didn't have any good ideas. It was impossible for her to please others, so she just let it be.

Fortunately, there are many unique people in the school, so it doesn’t matter if there is one more of her.

"Yanzi, I'm leaving in the next two days. I'll come to see you when I'm free."

Du Shaojie stayed in the capital for quite some time. He planned to go to Chengdu and then return to Guangzhou.

Qi Yan did not stop him. She knew that he must have a lot of things to do. She was already very satisfied that he could stay with her in Beijing for so long. However, it was not good to go on like this. She planned to have a good talk next time they met.

Two days later.

Du Shaojie took Wang Yongli to Chengdu.

"Boss Du, this Sichuan Cuisine Master Selection event is led by Sichuan Province and organized by the Ministry. Our [Xichuan Restaurant] is now quite famous throughout the country, and it seems unreasonable not to participate."

On the day of arrival, Du Shaojie had a meal with Dong Jun, Yi Chunmei and others.

Dong Jun explained the reason why he urged his boss to come to Chengdu. He had received the invitation letter and informed Meng Gang before, but Meng Gang obviously did not have much interest in this matter.

As a last resort, he had to call his boss.

"Mr. Meng is busy digesting and absorbing the results of the expansion, so he has no energy to get involved in this matter. But you are right, we can't be absent from this kind of thing."

Du Shaojie could understand Meng Gang's difficulties, but he was very dissatisfied with the other party's slowness.

Although there are now numerous selection activities, we must analyze specific issues specifically and cannot generalize.

Like this time's [Master of Sichuan Cuisine] selection, the standards are obviously very high, and once someone wins the award, it will be very beneficial to the brand promotion of [Xichuan Restaurant].

Therefore, he decided to make the company pay attention to this matter.

After dinner, he called Meng Gang and asked the company to assign someone to take charge of this matter. At the same time, he arranged for Zhou Huai'en, Liao Yongxin, Yan Dabao, Liu Ziwang and others to participate in the selection activities.

Fortunately, the first stage of the selection is to review the materials. Participants only need to submit the materials and do not need to come to Chengdu.

You have to get through the second stage because there are practical sessions and an exhibition match at the end.

"Ajie, you're not going to participate?"

Yi Chunmei is responsible for the registration of the company's candidates for the selection. These things are very familiar to her.

However, she did not see Du Shaojie's name on the list of candidates.

"Sister Yi, I haven't thought about it yet. Isn't there still a week before the registration deadline? I'll think about it and tell you in a couple of days."

Du Shaojie is a little scared of this kind of selection activity now. The last time was during the selection of the [Top Ten Chefs of Guangdong Province], a series of things happened.

He felt that he might have a bad physique, after all, he had encountered too many troubles recently.

He just wanted to be quiet for a while.

The next day.

Liao Yongxin called and asked him if he had signed up. "I haven't signed up yet. I'm a little afraid of trouble."

"You kid didn't sign up but you want us old guys to go into battle? Hurry up and sign up. If you don't participate, Lao Zhou and I won't go either."

Liao Yongxin felt that only Du Shaojie himself could win the title of "Master of Sichuan Cuisine", no one else could.

Except for Zhou Huai'en, the others' cooking skills are still a little lacking.

Zhou Huai'en has long become the public enemy of Chengdu's catering industry. No matter how good his cooking skills are, no one will vote for him.

"Okay then, I'll go sign up later."

Du Shaojie was helpless, but he didn't want to argue with Liao Yongxin about this matter, so he simply compromised.

"That's more like it! Lao Zhou and I are going to Chengdu in a few days. We haven't been back to our hometown for a long time. Let's go take a look."

Liao Yongxin hung up the phone immediately. This last sentence confused Du Shaojie.

Liao Yongxin once said that he didn’t want to go back to his hometown, and finally bought a house in Yangcheng and settled down. Why does he suddenly want to go back to his hometown?

Of course, this is someone else's private matter and he won't ask too much.

"Sister Yi, please help me sign up."

Du Shaojie then went to find Yi Chunmei and asked her to help him sign up.

after a few days.

Liao Yongxin and Zhou Huai'en arrived. Both of them are from Sichuan Province, and coming here is like "returning to their mother's home."

Du Shaojie ignored them and took Wang Yongli around the province.

When the two returned to Chengdu, the first round of selection (data selection) had ended, and 12 people including him, Liao Yongxin and Zhou Huai'en entered the next round.

This is to be expected, but the second round of selection will be more difficult.

It was Du Shaojie's turn to submit his work. He prepared a classic Sichuan dish [Daqian Dry-fried Fish] on the spot.

After his discovery over the years, this dish can already be regarded as an industry benchmark.

It is just an ordinary fish dish, but it embodies the essence of Sichuan cuisine. Both the preparation method and the seasoning and appearance have reached a very high level.

"This is the original [Daqian Dry-fried Fish], Chef Du has made the taste exactly as described in the records, impeccable!"

This was the unanimous evaluation of the judges. Just with regard to this dish, Du Shaojie told everyone through his work what traditional Sichuan cuisine is and what authentic Sichuan cuisine is.

After hearing this comment, Liao Yongxin said nothing, but patted his apprentice's shoulder heavily, then went aside to secretly wipe away his tears.

He is the inheritor of traditional Sichuan cuisine, and his apprentice is now more than just "better than his master", he has already become a master.

He is happy that there is someone to succeed him!
After three days of competition, the selection activity came to an end.

A total of 32 people won the title of "Master of Sichuan Cuisine" in this event, among which 5 people from "Xichuan Restaurant" won this honor.

In addition to Du Shaojie, Zhou Huai'en, Liao Yongxin, Yan Dabao and Liu Ziwang also successfully won this honor.

"I never thought that I would win the selection! The ministry took it very seriously this time, and the judges were selected from all over the country. I guess I got a good deal."

The fact that Zhou Huai'en was the last laugh in this event was obviously related to the rules of this selection.

Otherwise, based on his reputation in Chengdu's catering industry back then, it would have been almost impossible for him to win.

"Old Zhou, you also know that you have offended too many people in the past? From now on, control your mouth and don't be so harsh, understand?"

Liao Yongxin was also very happy. He had missed the promotion to chef for various reasons. Although he was famous, he did not have the corresponding honor.

This time I finally got what I wanted.

"Go away, why don't you look in the mirror? How can you be any better than me? Let's not talk about anything else. Let's go have a drink and celebrate."

The two old men were having fun there, while Du Shaojie was talking with Yan Dabao and Liu Ziwang.

Although Liu Ziwang is located in the most remote "Xijiang Store", his cooking skills have improved the most. Now she is not only a special first-class chef, but also the president of the Xijiang Provincial Capital City Association.

As the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles tests the horse's strength. Now it seems that Liu Ziwang is the biggest dark horse under Du Shaojie.

"Come to my place. I have good wine and delicious food. With chefs like you here, which restaurant would dare to host us?"

Du Shaojie was also in a good mood. In this selection activity, [Xichuan Restaurant] was the biggest winner.

The five Sichuan cuisine masters certified by the ministry have definitely added a lot of luster to the Xichuan Restaurant brand, and it is also very prestigious to promote it.

So he took the initiative to invite these people to his home.

It’s not that he is partial, because the employees who were not selected left a few days ago.

Dong Jun has been "serving" these big guys these days. When he heard that the boss was going to have a dinner party at home, he immediately arranged for people to deliver all kinds of fine ingredients.

Du Shaojie suggested that everyone cook a specialty dish, which immediately raised the quality of the entire table of dishes.

Just kidding, if you tell others that 5 Sichuan cuisine masters are cooking together, no one would believe it.

After all the dishes were served, Du Shaojie asked Yi Chunmei to take out her treasured Moutai liquor.

As a result, everyone except him and Yi Chunmei was drunk.

(End of this chapter)