Food Customizer

Big job?

Su Chen said, "What big job?"

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Lu Yongliang was silent for a moment, and after organizing his conversation for a long time, he told Su Chen exactly what he had chatted with Wang Maolin before, and attached his own guesses.

"In other words, the so-called banquet this time is most likely that thing. It is normal for a state banquet to be reported to the association, but judging from the information in the invitation letter."

"There are still many hotels that meet the conditions, and the final step of verification is still needed."

Lao Lu leaned over to support the table and stared at Su Chen, "Boss, this is the chance! If you succeed, you will become famous. If you fail, there will be no loss. You can do whatever you want!"

hiss.

Su Chen never expected that I was suddenly asked to take over this thing when I had done nothing!

He still had a question, "The so-called verification, what does it mean to verify?"

Lu Yongliang breathed a sigh of relief.

What he fears most is that Su Chen is not interested in this matter. If that is the case, the efforts of the chefs over the past six months will be basically in vain.

Lu Yongliang said, "It has not been made public at the moment, but there is a guess that it is the membership level. Mr. Maolin also talked about this last time, and the general meaning is that whoever has higher-level members will have more members. It is easier for a family to be recognized. Of course, it all depends on many aspects.”

Membership level should be considered one of the assessment contents, but the decoration standard of the banquet hall, the popularity of the restaurant itself, and the acceptance of the restaurant's food in the hearts of the public are all assessment criteria.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand why when the association first launched the evaluation system, there were some messy standards such as capital verification.

How can a restaurant become a venue for hosting such a large banquet if you don't even understand the most basic assets?

If it is not even well-known among the people, then wouldn't it be a joke in the end to host the state banquet?

At this moment, Su Chen finally understood. Several leaders in the city reminded him time and time again that it was time to renovate a banquet hall. Even Wang Maolin from the association reminded him several times what it meant.

You may have probably guessed what the co-author is, am I the only one with a low level of understanding?

"Mr. Lu, the current situation is that we are still being recommended. If we want to become the final successor, we at least need to go to the association for a new round of verification and evaluation, and compete with other restaurants, and even Including hotels like the State Guesthouse?”

Lu Yongliang nodded, "There is also the Beijing International Hotel where Lao Cui worked before, and other hotels that you probably know."

Huh. Su Chen is a little confused.

How can our small business be compared with other hotels?

But no matter what, Lu Yongliang said something right.

The thing is, if it succeeds, you will gain fame and fortune, if you fail, you will not lose anything. Of course, there is another situation, and that is if you mess up during the banquet.

Of course, this scenario is unlikely.

Seeing Su Chen's silence, Lu Yongliang reminded, "Besides these, there is also very important content."

He has cooked in state hotels before, and is quite experienced in this kind of thing, "Let me give you an analogy. For example, if there are leaders of country A among the guests dining this time, then there must be someone in our restaurant He is very familiar with the various ethnic customs of country A and will never allow any taboo content about that country to appear during the meal.”

"Does that mean we have to cater to each other's tastes in terms of dishes?" Su Chen asked.

"It's not necessary." Lao Lu said slowly, "In terms of taste, generally speaking, we will choose more popular flavors. This is why our Hubei cuisine has not been on the table in recent years. Instead, Huaiyang cuisine and Sichuan cuisine have appeared on the stage. That’s why there are so many times.”

Su Chen nodded.

If that's the case, it would be better. If you really do it to cater to other people's tastes, it would be quite complicated.

But if it's just taboo, then there's no big problem.

After all, I still have a general history of world cuisine in my mind for reference. I can just extract the relevant content and leave it to Ling Shuyu and the others to handle it.

Right now, it's still about the association's evaluation, which is more important.

"That's okay. I'll take the time to go to the capital in the next few days."

Lao Lu smiled happily, "We old guys can't accompany you to the capital this time. You have to take care of yourself. I'll tell Mingke and let him take care of you there."

Su Chen did not reject Lao Lu's kindness.

After Lu Yongliang left the office, Su Chen was lying on the chair with his mind in a mess. He didn't know what he was thinking about. There was still an unfinished task at hand.

It is necessary to collect eight restaurants with different cuisines to be considered complete. Now there are only five. There are still three more to go and we don’t know when we will be able to complete them.

Why are you in a hurry?

The twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.

There were still ten days left before the Chinese New Year. Su Chen finally bought a ticket to the capital. This time he went out without anyone accompanying him.

Even the driver is no longer Zhang Jiayi.

"Didn't you say how many days you would stay?"

In the parking lot of the station, Ling Shuyu handed a white thermos cup to Su Chen, "This is the coffee I made this morning, you can take it with you on the road."

Su Chen was not polite, took it and opened the small lid to test the temperature, it was still hot, "There are only ten days left before the New Year, I can't stay for a few days. I have contacted Mr. Mao Lin several times in the past few days, and he said that I just need to make a simple assessment after I go there."

Ling Shuyu looked ahead and was silent for a long time, "Where are you going for the New Year?"

Su Chen was asked very suddenly.

Yeah, where am I going for the New Year?

It seems that there is nowhere to go.

"I don't know, let's talk about it later."

Opening the car door, the cold air whizzed in, "You should go back quickly, be careful on the road."

Ling Shuyu looked at the boss's back through the car window, put his left hand on the door handle and moved, but never opened the door, until Su Chen's back disappeared at the corner of the parking lot, then he leaned back on the seat and exhaled weakly.

Hope everything goes well.

Half a year ago, she risked quitting her job and decided to join Delicious. She changed from an annual salary of nearly one million to a small employee with a monthly salary of three thousand. This may be a stupider decision in the eyes of many people.

But judging from today's results, it seems that Ling Shuyu's choice is not a big problem.

After coming to Delicious, she did not become a member of the kitchen as she did at the beginning, but gradually found her position in the work.

If Su Chen is the core figure of Delicious, then Ling Shuyu is the helmsman of Delicious.

Now that the company has the opportunity to hold a state banquet, for a workaholic like Ling Shuyu, the spiritual satisfaction brought by it cannot be measured by money at all.

'Come on.'

Ling Shuyu silently repeated what he had not finished just now in his heart, stepped on the accelerator lightly, and drove away from the station.

Thanks to the extremely developed transportation now, Su Chen appeared at the high-speed railway station in Beijing in just three and a half hours.

As expected, Shang Mingke had been waiting outside the station in advance.

After the two met, Shang Mingke looked at this "good friend" who was ten years younger than him and couldn't help sighing.

"Every time I meet you, I always feel different."

If only Boss Su hadn't sworn brotherhood with Uncle Lu, at least we could call him brothers. The hierarchy is so messed up now.

"What's the difference? I'm still me."

Su Chen got into Shang Mingke's car, and the two sat in the middle row. This business car is really big.

"I've inquired before coming here. Today is Monday, and the association is busy. Can I send it to you directly? Or should I take a rest first?"

Su Chen said, "I came here to do things. I'll do it as soon as possible, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well if I keep this in my mind."

Shang Mingke joked, "It's rare to see you still feel pressured. Okay, go directly to the association."

Although Su Chen didn't say it, he was also sighing in his heart.

What do you mean by rare pressure? This time, the pressure is full.

Perhaps at the level of the association, or at the level of Lu Yongliang and others, this matter has been planned for a long time, and there are even signs.

But for Su Chen himself, this matter is really a bit sudden.

The reason why he felt so stressed was that Su Chen felt that he could basically solve most of the difficulties he faced in the past with his own strength and operation.

But now it is different.

His level is so small in this competition that it seems not worth mentioning.

While thinking randomly, the car also stopped in front of a small building that looked a little shabby. The impression given here was in sharp contrast with the prosperity of the street next to it.

It seemed like a village in the city.

"This area is not easy to transform. It is a cultural relic protection and air control management. Later, no one cared about it, and it retained its original appearance in the 1940s and 1950s." Shang Mingke explained.

"I see."

Su Chen jumped out of the car, "Do you want to go back first or come and see the excitement?"

Shang Mingke waved his hand through the car window, "I can't join in the excitement. I guess it's not too late when you finish your work. Let me know in advance and I'll send a car to pick you up."

Su Chen nodded without refusing, "Okay, I'll go first."

The communication between men is very simple. If there is something to say, just say it. Especially for people with personalities like Su Chen and Shang Mingke, unnecessary greetings and politeness should be saved.

After the two said goodbye at the entrance of the association building, Su Chen put his hands in his pockets and walked into the hall.

This relatively retro small building has three floors in total. The floor of the hall is still paved with small tiles with white spots many years ago, and the outside is covered with long strips of small white tiles.

There is nothing in the hall on the first floor, and the corridors on the left and right exude a strong smell of toilets.

Obviously, the bathroom also retains the characteristics of that era: squat toilets.

Following the instructions given by Mr. Mao Lin, Su Chen came to the fifth office at the corner of the third floor. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard a loud noise inside.

"What! Why didn't your association say it earlier? Now we are fully prepared, and you suddenly add conditions? Too much, too much!"

"Yes, it is agreed that as long as there is a member of the highest level, it will be fine. Our hotel has a fourth-level member, how come it does not meet the standard?"

"That's right! Aren't there a group of fourth-level members in the State Guesthouse? Why can they do it but we can't!"

Mr. Mao Lin's voice also spread from the noise to the corridor.

"It's not impossible! Please take a look at the standards. This is not a temporary condition. This is set in the previous document. Membership is just one of the standards, not all! You don't meet the standards. The main reason is that the specifications of the banquet hall do not meet the standards. It has nothing to do with membership!"

Then there was another round of noise.

Zhang Mao Lin impatiently kicked several people out of the room. Su Chen watched these bosses in suits and leather shoes walk past him angrily.

"Damn it, you didn't say it earlier. It cost me more than a thousand dabuluo to decorate it!"

"Who said it's not possible? Damn! If the competition failed, it would be fine. Now they don't even issue admission tickets. This is too much!"

Looking at the small bosses who left, Su Chen also muttered in his heart.

It seems that his banquet hall has invested more than 3,000 dabuluo?

The details are not calculated, all of them are with Liu Shengnan, but it is also a huge investment. If it weren't for the guarantee of the city secretary and the district leader, Su Chen really didn't want to pay this money.

Push the door in.

Zhang Maolin was fanning his face with a plastic fan, and the fan had some GG slogans about men's health written on it.

"Teacher Maolin?"

"Hey!" Zhang Maolin threw the fan, "Boss Su! Haha, I finally waited for you. I was wondering these days. The invitation letter has been sent out for so long, but why haven't you come?"

Su Chen looked around the office and sat casually on the chair opposite Zhang Maolin's desk.

"Something happened at the company, so it's not too late to come now."

"Not too late, not too late, we just sent a group of people away."

Su Chen glanced at the door and lowered his voice, "What's going on?"

Zhang Maolin picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, "Stop talking, a bunch of old-fashioned people just believed what they heard, and they invested because they thought they had some inside information. Now they don't meet the requirements at all, and they blame the association for not giving clear documents. Can we blame them? Otherwise, you, Boss Su, are the most stable! You don't make any moves without actual information."

Su Chen:.

It's not that I won't make any moves, I just don't know anything!

"So what's the situation now? Why did you ask me to come this time?"

Zhang Maolin got up and closed the door, and went back to his desk, "It's the last stage, and you're still asking what I'm doing?"

Boss Su is really careless.

"It's just a review. I was the one who suggested to report to Delicious. You now have four level 4 members as a foundation, plus the newly renovated banquet hall, and your company has good public opinion in the local area and even on the entire network, so it can be considered to be preliminarily qualified."

The so-called online review, Su Chen always thought it was related to popularity or something.

But after Zhang Maolin's explanation, he realized it.

This thing refers to the review system of major restaurants on the official website of the Cooking Association after the introduction of the membership system.

Before, only Lu Yongliang had a few reviews.

After the establishment of the famous cuisine system, the reviews have increased day by day in the past month, and without exception, all of them are full-star reviews.

This undoubtedly adds a lot of points to Delicious in the preliminary review.

'It turns out that I hit it by mistake.'

Su Chen laughed dumbly.

"It's you, Boss Su. You didn't do anything on the surface, but you made all the preparations behind the scenes. I watched your variety show, too! You brought a lot of customers to the company, didn't you?"

Su Chen waved his hand, "Don't talk about that. Those are all tasks from the city. It's just a joke."

Zhang Maolin showed an expression that I understand, "It's getting late. People from other restaurants should be here. Let me tell you what we are doing today."

After Maolin's explanation, Su Chen roughly understood what he meant.

The initial evaluation is conducted directly by the association. According to the standards set by the association, there are really few restaurants that meet the conditions.

There is no doubt that the State Guesthouse is a well-established hotel with unique strength in this regard.

There is no need to say much about the International Hotel. It is a restaurant with major cuisines from all over the country, and the chefs are basically veterans who have experienced many state banquets.

These are two hotels in Beijing, and they are very strong.

On the contrary, there are two other hotels that Su Chen has never heard of.

One is a hotel from Shanghai, named Peace Second Department. It is said to be a new hotel invested by Peace Hotel. After receiving the news, they recruited a group of very capable chefs to serve it, hoping to win this big order and make a big splash!

The other one is Tianhe Hotel from Guangzhou.

Just by listening to the name, you can know that the capital behind it is mostly with the participation of the government, and it is also determined to win. It wants to make Cantonese cuisine and return to the position of the big brother, taking this opportunity to share a share of the hot soup in the economic winter.

The last one is.

"No." Su Chen felt a little cold on his back, "Teacher Mao Lin, why do I feel like..."

"It feels like a group of big guys fighting, and suddenly a little kid suddenly jumped out in the middle and clamored to fight with others?"

Let's not talk about who is the capital behind them.

Just talk about the geographical location.

Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, these are undoubtedly the three big cities in China.

Come to Jingzhou for delicious food.

This is a world of difference!

Look at the name of the restaurant again.

State Guesthouse, International Hotel, Peace Building II, Tianhe Hotel.

Let's just say that these names are simple and unpretentious, but also full of flavor. Look at your own.

Delicious.

Su Chen suddenly regretted it.

I should have re-registered and changed the name at the beginning. It would have been better to change it to Jingzhou Hotel!

Oh, Jingzhou Hotel has been registered.

Let's talk about the strength issue.

The State Guest House and the International Hotel are both old hotels. They have an unparalleled advantage in undertaking state banquets, that is, experience!

Maybe they are not necessarily the best, but there is a bottom line for the banquets of these two hotels: they will never make mistakes.

Not making mistakes is the strongest strength!

And the other two.

They are all newly built hotels. The chefs are famous chefs from all over the world. There are big backers behind them. They can definitely do the best in all aspects.

On the other hand, Delicious.

'I only have a group of stupid employees! '

Zhang Maolin also felt a little embarrassed when he saw Su Chen's expression.

"To be honest, this time it's a bit of that. Or maybe we didn't make the rules comprehensive enough, and your company seems to have taken advantage of it."

"For example, our rule is that we have no less than four chefs with the highest membership level in the industry. Isn't it a coincidence that the highest membership level is level 4, and your company just occupies four of them."

The other four big restaurants have far more level 4 members than Delicious.

The restaurants that were driven away before were stuck on this condition.

"For example, the rule is that from the launch of the membership system, the official website must have no less than 1,000 positive reviews, and the negative review rate is no more than 1%. Isn't it a coincidence? You participated in a variety show, and after you came back, the positive reviews kept rising, and every negative review was a negative review!"

Gan! The variety show did give some traffic, but at that time, the famous cuisine department had just been renovated. Isn't it normal for a restaurant with five chefs to have no negative reviews?

"For example, the decoration of the banquet hall must meet the standards. If you say that you, Boss Su, didn't get the news in advance, I don't believe Zeng Guofeng. He used to decorate the People's Auditorium in Jingzhou. Later, he also participated in part of the design of the renovation of the State Guesthouse. You can convince him to design and decorate for you, isn't it for a banquet of this level? If you say you don't have any news, who would believe it!"

Su Chen: ? ? ?

Isn't Uncle Zeng a small contractor?

When I went to see him some time ago, he was still squatting on the ground in his work clothes to lay tiles. At that time, I bought him a bucket of green tea to quench his thirst.

How is this related to him?

"Look, everything, combined, your company just meets the standards, as if every item is specially set according to the standards, hehe."

Looking at Zhang Maolin's "I understand" expression, Su Chen really felt inexplicably.

I really didn't do anything!

"Okay, Boss Su, although you are just qualified, you still have to compete, right? The evaluation will start in a while, don't be nervous, we have absolutely no inside information, just wait for the results."

"Wait for the results?" Su Chen asked in confusion.

"Well!" Zhang Maolin said, "We have all your information here, and each standard will be re-scored by the association, and finally an average score will be taken. Whoever has the higher score will run it! It's that simple."

Wow.

Su Chen suddenly stopped being nervous again.

Meishi came here by accident, how could it possibly get a high score.

Right.