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Chapter 146 Origin of Recommendation Letter
"Coming?" Lin Yong said as soon as Jiang Yang entered the door.

"En!" Jiang Yang nodded.

Lin Yong took out the things he had prepared and said, "This is for you."

Jiang Yang took it, a certificate with a first-class chef written on it, and a letter that looked ordinary.

Jiang Yang didn't look at the certificate, but at the letter.This is the so-called letter of recommendation, right?Thinking to himself, Jiang Yang turned the envelope over and looked at it.

The envelope was not sealed, so Jiang Yang didn't take out the letter in the envelope to read it now.

"Come on, Xiao Jiang, sit here." Lin Yong pointed to the stool next to him and said.

Jiang Yang sat down as promised, and Lin Yong said, "Are you curious about this letter of recommendation?"

Jiang Yang nodded, he was very curious.

"It's a long story about the origin of this recommendation letter, but you need to know these things too. Don't mind the old man's long-winded talk today.

Recommendation letters can be traced back to the last century, to be precise, in the late Qing Dynasty.If you have studied history, you should know that the country was not peaceful at that time.Years of war and various oppression by foreigners, it was ordinary people who suffered at that time.

At that time, many culinary skills were cut off.At that time there was a young man named Du Wenquan.He was born in that era, and his culinary achievements have influenced generations.

When Du Wenquan was studying art, he showed a strong talent. At that time, his master had a wide range of friends in the circle of domestic chefs.

Du Wenquan is very talented, and at a young age, he has learned all the skills of his master.His master couldn't bear that Du Wenquan's achievements were nothing more than this, nor could he bear to waste Du Wenquan's talent.So he wrote a letter of recommendation at that time, recommending Du Wenquan to his friends for teaching.

Later, his friend wrote a recommendation letter to his friend's friend.Repeatedly, Du Wenquan has almost learned the cooking skills of half the country.

When Du Wenquan mastered his culinary skills, it was the most difficult era, the era of non-stop wars, and the era of countless heroes.

How high was Du Wenquan's culinary skills at that time?At that time, a high-ranking military officer in Japan caught him and asked him to cook. If he didn't cook, he would kill the civilians who were captured at that time.Du Wenquan had no choice but to follow suit.

Later, Du Wenquan and the Japanese military officers pretended to be false, learned Japanese secretly, found out a lot of important information, and passed on these important information, which contributed a lot to the War of Resistance at that time.

Later, Japan was defeated, and Du Wenquan was also brought back to Japan by the officer at that time.It was not until later that Du Wenquan was able to return to China through the rescue of Hua Guo.

At that time, he was nearly 70 years old. After returning to China, he did not want to commend him, but only made a request to establish a chef association!
He established the Chefs Association not out of selfishness, but to pass on the culinary skills he has learned, and he does not want to see any culinary skills being cut off due to external reasons.

At that time, many people came to him to study, including some masters at that time.At that time, Du Wenquan said, you can learn from me, and I will not hide my secrets, but you have to agree to one condition-to pass on what you have learned from me to others.

Before Du Wenquan died, he wrote a recommendation letter to a culinary genius at that time, asking him to study with other masters.

This is Zhang Ming, the second president of the Chefs Association!Later, the tradition of recommendation letters was preserved.After several changes during the period, the role of the recommendation letter gradually changed.

In the past, there was only one chef association, but now there are chef associations in every province.Each provincial chefs association can recommend a talented chef to study elsewhere.Up to now, almost most masters in China will not reject young chefs with letters of recommendation.

Of course, wanting to hold a letter of recommendation is not an easy task.There are restrictions on recommendation letters. The first one is to be under the age of 26 and obtain the qualification of a first-class chef.Secondly, there must be a joint recommendation of at least three masters, plus the approval of the Chef Association, so that you can hold a recommendation letter. "When Jiang Lao said this, he was also a little thirsty and took a sip of tea.

Jiang Yang was stunned. He didn't expect this to be the case behind a small recommendation letter. Suddenly, he felt that the recommendation letter in his hand was a lot heavier.

Recommended by three masters, don't think about it, there must be Mr. Jiang, Mr. Xu and President Lin among them.As for whether there are others, Jiang Yang does not know for the time being.

Lin Yong slowed down, and continued: "Now you know what this letter means, don't you?"

"I know." Jiang Yang said.

This letter represents an opportunity, a chance to reach the pinnacle of culinary excellence.Imagine being able to learn from most of the masters in China, even if you only learn a little from each master, it is immeasurable.Moreover, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to broaden your horizons!This thing seems to be useless, but in fact, vision is of great help to cooking skills.

When Jiang Yang and Jiang Lao were learning boiled cabbage before, they were still unsuccessful. Jiang Lao said that Jiang Yang had insufficient accumulation.Later, Jiang Yang found a unique way to finish the boiled cabbage by a coincidence, but the problem of his insufficient accumulation has not been solved.

Now, as long as he takes this letter of recommendation and goes to study with big masters all over the country, it only takes a few years for Jiang Yang to make up for the lack of accumulation.

More importantly, broadening his horizons will make it easier for Jiang Yang to find his own way.

"This recommendation letter is not given randomly, there is only one letter every three years." Lin Yong said.

Jiang Yang nodded, if it is not precious and rare, then it will not be coveted by others.

"Sometimes three years is very important, you have to know that three years earlier and three years later may result in completely different results." Lin Yong said.

"I see." Jiang Yang said.Lin Yong nodded, as long as Jiang Yang understood what he meant.

What Lin Yong meant was that this letter of recommendation was very precious, so it might offend many people, so Jiang Yang should be careful.

"By the way, there is no time limit for using this letter of recommendation. Anyway, you can use it before you are 26 years old." Lin Yong said.

When Jiang Yang heard the words, he wondered if President Lin had a language problem in his words.There is no time limit, how can you only reach the age of 26?After thinking about it, I understood that 26 years old is not a time limit, but a qualification limit for holding a letter of recommendation.Because the first condition is young chefs under the age of 26 who have obtained the first-class chef qualification!

After bidding farewell to Chairman Lin, Jiang Yang returned to the shop.

He took out the recommendation letter and read it. The content on it was very simple, which probably meant that Jiang Yang was very talented, so he came to learn from the recommendation.

At the end of the letter, there are several signatures:

Jiang Dehui, Xu Zheng, Lin Yong, Chen Quanzhou, Liao Xiezuo.

Jiang Yang watched, and suddenly felt a warmth in his heart.Mr. Jiang, Mr. Liao, Mr. Xu, Mr. Lin, Mr. Chen... The faces of several masters that Jiang Yang followed emerged one by one, either harsh or kind...

After a long time, Jiang Yang's mouth curled into a smile.

(End of this chapter)