Xiao Jing still couldn't wait for the ice cream, because the eldest princess wanted to know the result of Xiao Jing's discussion with Xia Chunyu, so she sent someone to call him back for questioning.
The next day, Ye Jiayao went to work. As soon as the sign appeared, the whole Tiantianju was in a state of excitement. Brother Yao had already become famous before he participated in the cooking competition. He was recognized by the emperor and was given the title of "walking in the imperial kitchen". This is definitely very impressive. This is a very remarkable thing. You must know that it is not easy to enter the imperial dining room. You must either win first or second place in the cooking competition. Such people will become imperial chefs when they enter, or they must pass the strict assessments of the imperial dining room, and then Starting from the bottom, if you work hard for ten or eight years, and with good luck, you may be able to become an imperial chef.
Everyone knows that Brother Yao is by no means a thing in the pool, but the speed of his rise is really scary, he has simply soared into the sky.
"Damn it, our Tianshangju also has an imperial chef, and it's the imperial chef of Tianshangju. If this spreads, will our Tianshangju be overcrowded..." Deng Haichuan's tone was not worried at all, but arrogant. tone.
"It goes without saying that in the future, the price of the dishes cooked by the imperial chef will be increased." Cui Dongpeng laughed.
"Brother Yao, does this walking mean that you can enter the palace if you want?" someone asked.
Ye Jiayao said: "How can I be that powerful? I'm just qualified to enter the imperial dining room and cook for the royal family. If the palace calls me, I have to go."
"That's also very powerful. This qualification is not something that anyone can get if they want it." Deng Haichuan and Yourong Yan were even happier than they were when they became the imperial chef.
"Li Yao, shopkeeper Li, please come over." Manager Qian came to call her.
Zhong Xiang watched Li Yao go up the stairs with mixed feelings in his heart. He couldn't say he was jealous. Li Yao's cooking skills had already impressed him, but Li Yao ran so fast that he couldn't even see his shadow. This kind of gap was still It was hard for him to accept.
Shopkeeper Li sighed. If he could have foreseen today's situation, he would not have surrendered his heavenly residence even if he was killed. Who is to blame now? I can only blame myself for being short-sighted and cowardly as a mouse.
"Shopkeeper Li." Ye Jiayao greeted Shopkeeper Li with a smile.
"Li Yao, here you go, sit down." Shopkeeper Li pointed to the seat.
Ye Jiayao was not polite, she sat down and listened attentively.
"This afternoon, there will be a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. You come with me." Shopkeeper Li said. Looking at the energetic young man in front of him, Shopkeeper Li still couldn't connect him with the imperial chef, but he was indeed the imperial chef. .
"Is there any clue about the cooking competition?" Ye Jiayao asked.
Shopkeeper Li nodded: "That's almost it. Today's meeting will propose a specific plan. If everyone agrees, it will be finalized. Come with me to listen, so that you can prepare early."
Ye Jiayao nodded happily, saying that today we can meet the big guys in the catering industry in Jinling City. This opportunity should not be missed.
"One more thing. Now that your status is different, I think the price of the private rooms on the third floor needs to be raised. What do you think is appropriate?" Shopkeeper Li asked for her opinion. Although there is a contract between them, her status is different now. She has to provide for her when she travels from the imperial kitchen to any restaurant she goes to.
"Also, your salary will also have to be increased. According to the chef level, it is fifty taels per month, plus commission."
Ye Jiayao chuckled and said, "I don't care, just do whatever you want, shopkeeper."
She now earns thousands of dollars every day, so it really doesn't matter what commission she earns.
"Then let's do it like this. Each private room on the third floor will get an additional 20%, and both 20% will be yours." Shopkeeper Li said. Anyway, this restaurant is no longer his, so he is happy to be a good person.
"Okay, you have the final say." Ye Jiayao has already started to calculate. There are eight private rooms on the third floor. Based on the average consumption of each private room of fifty taels, plus 20%, she can get forty taels, which is one thousand a month. Two hundred taels, this is the most basic, it is more than 10,000 taels a year. With the commission from moon cakes, you will have the capital to open a restaurant next year. With three years of savings, you can open a large restaurant.
As expected, he has a skill at his disposal, including gold and silver.
The more Ye Jiayao thought about it, the more beautiful she became. Shopkeeper Li took out a stack of banknotes, all with a face value of one thousand taels, and put them on the table: "Originally, it was agreed that we would pay every three days, but you were not here yesterday. This is the commission for four days' worth of mooncakes. There are a total of 2,300 mooncakes in the sky, totaling 3,450 taels. Bingjian sold 136, totaling 1,360 taels, totaling 4,810 taels. You can count them. one time."
For something like silver, no matter how much you calculate in your mind, it is just a number, but now that the colorful silver notes are placed in front of you, this most intuitive impact makes your blood boil.
Today is only the third day of August, and there are still twelve days before the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. If nothing unexpected happens, she can earn 20,000 taels of silver. If you tell me, it will scare people to death.
"No need to order, no need to order, how can I still not trust you?" Ye Jiayao held a thick stack of banknotes in her hands, grinning from ear to ear, looking like a money obsessed person who was blinded by money.
Shopkeeper Li chuckled and said, "I suggest you deposit the banknotes in Datonghui, where you can earn 5% interest every month. Besides, it's not safe for you to keep so many banknotes on your person."
"Really? That's good." Ye Jiayao thought deeply.
At noon, shopkeeper Li asked Ye Jiayao to go to the Chamber of Commerce with him, and stopped by Datonghui. Ye Jiayao deposited the banknote first.
Datonghui is the largest bank in the Huaisong Dynasty. There are 56 branches across the country. It is strong and is the best choice for all the wealthy people in Jinling City to save money.
Ye Jiayao signed and fingerprinted, got a deposit receipt, and then went to Chamber of Commerce Street.
The so-called Chamber of Commerce Street is because this street gathers chambers of commerce from all walks of life, including medicine, silk, tea, porcelain, antiques, and every industry you can think of, you can find their organizations here. , which shows how developed the economy of the Huaisong Dynasty was.
The facade of the Catering Industry Chamber of Commerce is quite impressive. Carriages are stopping in front of the door one after another. Shopkeeper Li has given her a comprehensive introduction on the way.
The chamber of commerce is elected every three years. The current president of the chamber of commerce is Zheng Fugui, the vice president is Duan Qilin from Qilin Pavilion, and Zhang Youcheng, the president of the previous chamber of commerce. Zhang Youcheng is the oldest here and the only one who has not opened a restaurant. Why can he He became the president because he had many disciples, and all of them were very good, such as Lu Yiming and Zheng Fugui.
Ye Jiayao clicked her tongue, this old man is really awesome. Lu Yiming is good at vegetarian meals and is not weak in other aspects. Although Zheng Fugui does not make vegetarian meals, he is very good in other aspects. If he has the opportunity, he should ask this old man for advice.
The meeting hall of the Chamber of Commerce is quite large, similar to the Heifenggang Juyi Hall. There are three top chairs, two rows of seats on the left and right, six seats in each row, and high tables between the seats. Calculating this, there are only twenty-seven people with seats in this hall, representing the most authoritative group of people in Jinling's catering industry.
Ye Jiayao felt a little excited. Well, it's just a little excitement. I have even been to the emperor's Zichen Palace and entered the imperial dining room. This kind of scene can only be regarded as trivial.
Shopkeeper Li pointed at a paunchy middle-aged man in his forties or fifties and said, that is Zheng Fugui. The tall man on the right who is about the same age is Duan Qilin. Needless to say, the old man on the left with a beard that reaches his chest is Zhang Youcheng. .
"Have you seen the guy with the triangular eyes? His name is Lian Xingwang, he is the shopkeeper of Xiangyilou, the guy with the little eyes next to him is Niu Baoshun, and the guy drinking tea over there is named Mei Xiuguang, the shopkeeper of Juxiangyuan..." Shopkeeper Li introduced them one by one in a low voice.
Ye Jiayao couldn't help but look at the guy twice, Mei Xiuguang, right? Mei Fei's relative, she's so damn good, I almost fell into the hands of this guy yesterday.
Some people saw Shopkeeper Li coming and greeted him one after another. Shopkeeper Li smiled and exchanged greetings.
No one paid any attention to Ye Jiayao, thinking that she was a follower of Shopkeeper Li.
Shopkeeper Li motioned her to find a seat in the back row, and he sat in the third seat on the left.
Ye Jiayao was very confident. As a junior newcomer, she wanted to keep a low profile, so she sat down on the chair at the end of the second row on the left.
As soon as my butt rested on the stool, someone came over and said in a bad tone: "Who are you? Do you understand the rules? You can sit in this position?"
Ye Jiayao raised her eyes and saw a young man in his early twenties with an arrogant attitude.
Ye Jiayao smiled slightly: "Is this your seat?"
The young man said proudly: "What do you think?"
Ye Jiayao didn't like his attitude very much, but when she came here for the first time, she didn't want to cause trouble, so she got up and gave up her seat. Only when she came along did she realize that there were no seats in the back row opposite. That means it's full.
Damn it, do you want her to stand
Forget it, just stop! So Ye Jiayao stood in the last row with the followers brought by the restaurant owners.
The young man who just asked her to give up her seat turned to look at her contemptuously, and with a sarcastic sneer on his lips, he said to the person next to him: "I don't know whose servant is so unruly."
The person next to me was kind and said, "Maybe it's my first time here and I don't know the rules."
"Hey, Xiaotian, my father said that you are the strongest favorite to win this cooking competition. A tiger father has no dog son." The arrogant guy boasted.
Xiao Tian? Lu Xiaotian? Could it be that he is Lu Yiming's son
Ye Jiayao has a good impression of Lu Yiming, and this Lu Xiaotian seems to be pleasing to the eye.
"Uncle Zheng has given me the award. There are so many senior masters, which round will get me? I just want to practice and practice. When it comes to winning the championship, your brother Sanduo is the most powerful one." Lu Xiaotian said.
Ye Jiayao thought to herself: Is this guy with his nostrils pointing upwards Zheng Sanduo? Fu Ji’s young boss
Just listen to Zheng Sanduo say: "No, I can't do it. I'm just joining in the fun."
Hypocritical and disgusting, Ye Jiayao despised it in her heart.
Someone came up and said, "I heard that the new chef at Tianshangju is very good. What do you think of him? Does he have a chance of winning?"
Zheng Sanduo snorted: "What's great? Isn't it just opportunistic? Make some ice drinks and snow-skin mooncakes as a gimmick."
"You can't say that. He hosted the birthday banquet of Prince Helian's Mansion and was highly praised. If you don't have any real skills, why would you invite him?" Lu Xiaotian said.
"What you don't know is that the reason why Prince Helian's Palace invited him is because he has a relationship with the young prince of Prince Helian's Palace. Moreover, Prince Helian's Palace originally invited my father, but my father turned it down because of his health. Otherwise, Where is his turn?" Zheng Sanduo said disdainfully.
I'm not feeling well today and it's even later. Sorry, there will be another update later.
(End of chapter)