The place where the old fox invited us to dinner was not in the city center, but in...a very special place.
After the car stopped, I looked at the building in front of me in surprise: "Tu, are you sure the address is correct?"
"Please believe in the profession, boss." Tu Dandan said: "I have seen the map, the roads of the whole Shanghai, as long as there are roads in the map, they are all in my mind."
XX food training school!
Uh, the name seems to be a chef training class.
Walking into a building inside, someone immediately greeted us enthusiastically, and then led us into a large classroom... Yes, that's right, this is clearly a classroom! Moreover, it seems that I guessed right outside just now, this is obviously a classroom for training chefs.
However, there is clearly a sign hanging here: XX cafeteria club.
There are dozens of pots and stoves in a huge room! All the things you can find in the kitchen are readily available, and all of them are the most professional equipment. I even guarantee that even the kitchens of five-star hotels may not have all the things here.
There are already many people in the brightly lit room. Thanks to dozens of high-end European-style range hoods, there is no trace of oily smoke in the classroom, but it is full of the aroma of various foods. The clinking of bowls and pans.
What surprised me a little was that many of the people who stood fighting in front of the stove with their sleeves rolled up and holding a big spoon were well-dressed. The shirts, suits, or women's skirts on their bodies were of great value at first glance. Brand-name products, these people who usually drive high-end cars and live in big houses, now all wear aprons and play the role of chefs.
"Hey, here!" The old fox shouted from the side, and we looked for the sound, and the old fox was less than twenty steps away from us. He rolled up his sleeves and cut a roll of Chinese cabbage with a kitchen knife in his hand. , with a smile on his face.
"My God, old man, what the hell are you doing? Is this the place where you invited us to dinner?" I walked over, looked at him strangely, and looked around.
"Don't be surprised, this is enjoyment. Enjoyment, understand? Kid." Qiao Laohu had a cigarette butt in his mouth, with a little sweat on his forehead, he put down the kitchen knife casually, and said, "Don't you think this place is very interesting?"
He said, and handed me the kitchen knife: "Chop for me for a while, hey, I'm smoking a cigarette."
I took the kitchen knife and looked at Yang Wei, she seemed to be smiling, obviously understood something.
"What are you looking at? Cut it quickly, what you are cutting now is our dinner." The old fox stood aside. I was still a little dazed, but I rolled up my sleeves and started to do it.
"Chen Yang, you have to understand, in fact, rich people... Quite a few rich people live very boring lives. And when people are extremely bored, they will inevitably like to find a strange thing to do." The old fox said leisurely Taking a puff of cigarette, he said with a smile, "Look around..."
"I'm watching, and I'm also very curious." I tried to chop the cabbage. I have to say that my movements are much more nimble than the old fox's. I don't know if it's because I used to hack people with knives a lot.
"Actually, the biggest regret of many rich people is that after they become famous, they lose some of the fun of being ordinary people." The old fox whispered: "If you are abroad, those rich people, those nobles, have It has its own traditions and its own living habits. But China is different... In China, there are no nobles, and there are no so-called aristocratic families in the country. During the ten-year catastrophe in the last century, there were almost no rich people in China. Now, many people in China Rich people all got rich after the reform and opening up, and most of them did it from scratch. Our rich people don’t have the so-called aristocratic tradition, and there is no such thing as Europeans. And these used to be Rich people who are ordinary people, when they are rich, powerful and rich, often extremely empty and bored, they will inevitably want to live an ordinary life once in a while, even if it is just a dry addiction. Ordinary people have to live every day What do you do? Do it yourself! Which billionaire have you ever seen cook at home? Which billionaire’s wife cooks at home? Rarely, very rarely! So, this restaurant It is provided to these rich people when they are bored, and spend money to buy back a little fun of ordinary people before the development. In this restaurant, guests have to cook their own meals, understand?"
I understood a bit: "It's a great idea, but..." I still didn't understand: "If you want to cook by yourself, you can do it at home, right? I don't believe that these rich people don't even have a kitchen at home?"
"Hahahaha..." The old fox laughed exaggeratedly. Then he looked at the busy people on the left and right, lowered his voice, and laughed in a low voice: "This is the ridiculous thing about rich people... On the one hand, they are occasionally bored and want to find some ideas to fill the void, you have to understand , they just do it for boredom. Just for the pure enjoyment of cooking...but they don't want to do those troublesome trivial things. For example, if you cook at home, you have to go to the supermarket to buy various Growing vegetables and ingredients, buying oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, etc., you still have to think about what to cook and how to do it. Also, wash the dishes, wipe the table, clean up the kitchen afterward... etc., if you do these at home , that would be very cumbersome. But these people, on the one hand, they miss that kind of fun, on the other hand, they don’t have much time, or don’t want to spend too much time and energy on the tedious work of preparation. So, this How good is the place? It provides all the matching items, even what dishes you want, the prepared ingredients here are more complete than those in restaurants! There are even professional recipes and professional chefs to guide you. Although it costs more, But it saves their time and allows them to fully enjoy the fun. These rich people, they are not short of money, but time is more precious to them than money, and there are some psychology: if you do it at home, If it’s bad, it’s unpalatable, and you have to go out to eat, if it’s bad here, it also provides delicious food.”
"Understood, that is to say, the guests here pay to eat, but they have to cook it by themselves." I smiled and said, "It's a good idea. The price here must not be cheap."
"Well, it's a little cheaper than the Peace Hotel (one of the most expensive restaurants in Shanghai)." The old fox blinked.
Yang Wei suddenly smiled at the side: "Mr. Qiao, this place must belong to you too, right?"
"That's right." Qiao Laohu threw away the half of the cigarette butt left: "Okay, is your cabbage cut up? Who will help me beat the egg white now?" He said, he deliberately glanced at Yang Wei.
Yang Wei smiled lightly, and rolled up her sleeves readily.
Soon, I found out that it has also become a social place for rich people.
The guests at the nearby stoves, after cooking their own meals, would occasionally come over and politely invite us to taste their creations. Although the taste is good and bad, but... I have to say, this kind of feeling will make you feel better than spending money to invite people to those high-end restaurants for a meal.
Think about it, when a multi-millionaire treats you to a meal with money, or when he cooks for you with his own hands, what is the difference in how you feel in your heart
Very subtle idea!
And when you eat the dishes made by others, the other party will feel that the fruits of their labor are shared and feel very happy. All of these add up to make the atmosphere here exceptionally good. I can tell that everyone around is happy.
I sighed... This old guy is really smart!
"Since you're here, you have to show your skills. Don't young people just wait for the old people to cook for you?" Qiao Laohu said with a smile.
So, Yang Wei and I cooked the dishes with our own hands. I made the simplest one, I was not very good at cooking, so I made the simplest fried egg, sprinkled with chopped green onion and it was done. Yang Wei was beyond my expectation. She actually made two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, one fish-flavored shredded pork and one stir-fried broccoli.
I tasted it twice and couldn't help but look at her in surprise.
"I learned it." Yang Wei pursed her lips and smiled.
Of course I understood what she meant, and I couldn't help feeling a little moved: "You... Actually, you don't have to be like this."
Yang Wei blinked: "Yan Di can't be the only one who can cook."
What surprised me the most was Old Fox Joe! He actually made three dishes and one soup! And it tastes pretty good! Even if it is not inferior to the restaurants I have eaten at! I can't see that this old guy still has such a skill!
There is a dining table next to each stove. After everything is done, everyone sits down and tastes their own creations. Occasionally, other guests come to invite us to eat their dishes. This feeling gives me a feeling In the former public dining hall means.
I slammed the wine glass lightly, and the old fox and I drank a glass of baijiu, and then laughed: "I can't think of old man, your cooking skills are so good... It's just Qiao Qiao..."
"Ha! The things she made can only be used as rat poison." The old fox did not shy away from his daughter's weakness, smiled for a while, and then restrained his grinning expression: "Okay, let's talk about the business... Have you read the newspapers for two days?"
"I watch it every day." I sighed, "It's not been peaceful recently."
"Do you know? Originally, I was going to play bridge tonight. But today, two groups of people came to me during the day and asked me to be a lobbyist to persuade you, so I have no choice but to come out in person at night... Sigh, do you know which two groups of people are recruited?"
Yang Wei and I glanced at each other, then whispered: "Is it Qinghong's Tian and Di prefixes?"
"That's right, the boss at Tianzitou called me. Ouyang from Dizitou has already arrived in Shanghai. In recent days, Qinghong's side has been very angry. Ye Huan played two hands in a row and played well. It made Ouyang and the others miscalculate. I didn't expect Ye Huan to be so decisive in doing things... Well, he was the one who fought with his back and went all out. The so-called barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes. In such a situation, Qinghong is also a little bit cautious."
I said lightly: "Ask you to be my lobbyist? Hmph, what can I do?"
"Don't be stupid. You don't need to be stupid when you talk to me." The old fox snorted, "Of course I know the idea of Qinghong's two prefixes. Both of them want to swallow Ye Huan's territory, but they both have scruples." The other party, no one will make a big move. This is why I waited for so long. I finally couldn't help but make a move. The old man with a herringbone head ran out of patience and shot first. As a result, the nightclub fire in Wuxi City occurred Hmph, Ye Huan is cruel enough. A business worth tens of millions was burned down in a flash. The news I got is that people with the initials lost more than a dozen people that day, and they didn’t even snatch a dime. It turned out that more than a dozen people were killed, and Ye Huan seemed to have suffered a loss, but a gold-medal red-stick thug who could fight died at the head of the herringbone. I guess it was Ye Huan's Jin He who did it. But there were no corpses in the fire. The fire was set after the two sides had finished fighting and cleared the scene. That is to say, Ye Huan won the fight. Otherwise, if the two sides won the fight, they wouldn’t set the fire on!”
"Then... what about the two cases in Suzhou? The drug business in Suzhou was uprooted by the police. And the yacht club..." I kept my face.
"Don't mention Suzhou... Qinghong's internal affairs are almost dead because of Suzhou's affairs. Just a few quarrels have turned the sky... Do you know? Suzhou's affairs have nothing to do with Qinghong at all. Qinghong's He hasn't set foot in Suzhou yet! It was Ye Huan who reported it to the police! The business was ruined!"
"Oh?" I raised my eyebrows.
"That's right." Qiao Laohu said with a smile: "He is cunning enough, and he pushed a few scapegoats to the police, but before that, he siphoned all the money in the business! For example, the yacht club, isn't it? The people from Qinghong contacted the official to check... Guess what? A club with 60 yachts and hundreds of registered senior members with identities only has 16.50 cents left on the account! All the money was sucked up by Ye Huan in advance!"
I was stunned for a moment, then I couldn't help laughing and said: "Good method! Good method!!"
After thinking about it, I whispered again: "Ye Huan rolled up all the money and left a rotten and empty stall for Qing Hong. At the same time, it also played a role in threatening the other party: if you force me again, I will destroy everything ! None of us can get it, right?"
The old fox nodded again and again: "That's what it means. Qinghong was driven into a hurry, and even thought of beheading. He wanted to send someone to Nanjing to kill Ye Huan first, but he lost a few good hands in vain."
"So what?" I sneered.
"So... they want to ask you to take action." The old fox sighed: "Qinghong is a mouse-hunting weapon. Once they move, Ye Huan will finish the business tied to his name! So Qinghong can't move. Even if people The old guy with the first prefix dared to attack cruelly, and he was not allowed to move the other two prefixes. The only one who can make a move is you, Chen Yang. You are not from Qinghong, and you have a feud with Ye Huan. At this time, you If you do it, Ye Huan's threat to Qinghong's magic weapon will be ineffective against you. You can do it freely... "
"That's not necessarily the case." I shook my head: "If Ye Huan finally has no other way out, he might as well just kill all his business... the same!"
"It's different... There's a big difference!" The old fox laughed and said, "You should know Ye Huan's character best. He won't make the last move unless it is absolutely necessary. Do you think he is willing to die together? That's for Qinghong! If you make a move, he may not dare to use this trick against you. Besides, there is no other way. After all, you are not from Qinghong, so Ye Huan used the trick to destroy the business in his hand Do you care about dealing with you?"
"Of course not. Whether Qinghong's business is abolished or not, what does it have to do with me?" I pouted.
"That's it. Even you think so, don't Ye Huan understand? So, you have a chance. Since you have a chance, why don't you try it? This is probably Qing Hong's idea."
I sneered: "I'm afraid it's more than that?"
The old fox smiled: "Of course there are other reasons... The most important thing is that we all suspect... Ye Huan may have a back trick! If you can force his back trick out, it will be Qinghong's last move." I hope so. The sooner I know Ye Huan’s hole cards, the sooner I can prepare. My personal guess is that Ye Huan is probably going to spend money and go abroad. This is the only way I can think about him. ... But after all, I am not Ye Huan, and I can't figure out what he has behind him. However, the entire territory of Jiangsu Province, with so many businesses, is not a small amount! Qinghong dare not take so much money to take risks It’s a last resort to ask you to make a move. Now, you might as well offer some conditions. The current situation is that you can ask the price wildly, and then just wait for Qinghong’s people to sit on the ground and pay back the money.”
I looked at Yang Wei, Yang Wei knew that I was signaling her to speak.
"Mr. Qiao, according to my opinion, there is not much difference between Chen Yang's attack and Qing Hong's own attack... If Ye Huan must have absolute determination, then even if Xiao Wu can knock Ye Huan down, Ye Huan may still destroy him." Lose the business in your hand, and keep doing it! You also understand that this possibility is very high!"
Yang Wei squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Mr. Qiao, you really want to put Chen Yang on the stove to roast!"
"How to say?"
"Does it need to be said?" Yang smiled and said: "Chen Yang is asked to take action, of course it is estimated that Ye Huan will die together. But more, I am afraid that the distribution of spoils in Qinghong is uneven! This is the key! If the head of the herringbone is unable to occupy it, then the head of the sky and the head of the earth want to eat this piece of fat. But they don’t want to tear each other apart, so why don’t they give this piece of fat to Chen first? Yang. Then what..." Yang Wei squinted her eyes, and her expression sank: "It seems that Chen Yang picked a big deal, but in fact it's a big trouble! After Chen Yang took Ye Huan's territory, , when the time comes, it’s okay for the two prefixes of Tiandi to stand aside... But what about Renzitou! Renzitou and Chen Yang have a big enmity! At that time, Renzitou will be the first to jump out and fight Chen Yang Whether it's for hatred, or to take back the territory in Chen Yang's hands... Huh, in this way, I borrowed Chen Yang's hand to deal with the character head! Anyway, the word head of heaven and earth intends to deal with it after this matter is over. Swallow herringbone! Am I right? In short, this matter... this piece of fat is not tasty!"
The old fox spread his hands: "Hey! Miss Yang, you don't have to be so excited about me. I'm just a lobbyist and a messenger. You can figure out the serious relationship in it. I'm only responsible for delivering the message. .Finally decide whether to do it or not, you go back and discuss it.”
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"Do or not?"
Coming out of this special restaurant, in the car, Yang Wei immediately asked me.
"Do it!" I sighed, "Why not?"
Yang Wei frowned: "But, it's clear that it is the beginning of the word "heaven and earth", so you should be the gunman."
"I know." I shrugged my shoulders: "So what?" I glanced at Yang Wei's expression, smiled, and leaned into her ear: "I suddenly came up with an idea...you can do it like this no… "
After I finished speaking, Yang Wei looked surprised: "Is this an idea you came up with? It's good, it's just..."
"Wealth and wealth are sought in danger." I said lightly, "Qinghong always wants to plot against me, can't you let me turn them around? Hmph..."
Yang Wei pondered for a moment: "Okay, let's discuss the specific details... Where do you want to start? The surrounding cities, Yangzhou? Suzhou? Zhenjiang?"
"No!" I whispered, "Nanjing!"
"Nanjing? Are you planning to go directly to Ye Huan's base camp?"
"Of course! It's Nanjing!"