Feng Yifan came to Fujing Building alone. He did not go directly to the private room to meet the person waiting for him, but changed his clothes and stepped into the kitchen of Fujing Building.
It was almost noon and the kitchen in Fujing Building was busy.
Now, due to the successful selection of Huaicheng Chief Chef of Chinese Cuisine, Fujinglou has become the most representative restaurant in Huaicheng, and many outsiders and locals come here to visit.
It fills the vacuum period when everyone was looking forward to Su Ji but the ancient street was under renovation.
Especially at lunch time, Fujinglou welcomes a large number of guests every day.
Therefore, the kitchen in Fujing Building always works at full capacity to cook at this time.
Feng Yifan didn't say anything at first, but stood in a corner, carefully watching the busy chefs in the kitchen of Fujing Building.
But soon, some of the scenes before him made Feng Yifan feel a little disappointed.
Although it was already the peak time for serving dishes, most of the chefs in the kitchen of Fujinglou did not feel any sense of urgency. They always maintained a leisurely pace and slowly carried out the various tasks assigned to them. Some chefs who were not assigned would even watch from the sidelines without doing anything.
Among them are the two current chefs of Fujinglou.
From what Feng Yifan observed when he entered the kitchen, it was found that Zhang Fenglin and Qi Deqiang had almost never cooked by themselves. Most of the dishes were prepared by other chefs. The two of them acted like supervisors, standing by to oversee the cooking process of each dish.
Even the plating that should be done by the chef himself, only Zhang Fenglin would do it himself.
The most important step, that is, the chef should taste each dish before serving it, was completely ignored by the two chefs.
They just looked indifferent as they watched the dishes being prepared by their chefs and then being served.
Feng Yifan couldn't believe it. In less than two months, the kitchen of Fujinglou had become like this
Finally, after seeing a chef in charge of the rouged goose breast make a serious mistake and still leave the somewhat burnt goose breast in the pot for further cooking, Feng Yifan could no longer remain indifferent. He stood up and angrily scolded the chef, stopping his actions.
"stop."
This angry rebuke made everyone in the kitchen stop, and all eyes were cast on the strange figure who had stood in the kitchen at some point in time.
Before Zhang Fenglin and Qi Deqiang could see who was who, the chefs closest to Feng Yifan had already spoken.
"Who are you? How did you get in? This is the kitchen, you can't just come in casually, don't you know?"
Feng Yifan did not retreat, but walked step by step to the middle of the kitchen.
Zhang Fenglin and Qi Deqiang finally saw Feng Yifan clearly, which shocked them both.
After being shocked, Zhang Fenglin quickly stepped forward and said, "Yifan, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell us? Have your sister-in-law and master come back? My son told me before that he wanted me to take him to the countryside to play with his sister Ruoruo."
When Feng Yifan heard these flowers, there was no change in his expression.
Looking at Zhang Fenglin coldly, Feng Yifan suddenly said, "Now I finally understand why you lost to Tan Xueli at Fujinglou before. You really disappointed me. Now I feel that I am sorry for the trust of Su Liancheng and others by letting you return to Fujinglou as the head chef."
Zhang Fenglin was a little surprised. He didn't expect Feng Yifan to speak so seriously.
He looked around the kitchen in a daze, still not realizing his problem and not understanding what he had done wrong.
Qi Deqiang also came over at this time. He looked at Feng Yifan and said, "Chef Feng, you got so angry as soon as you came back. You saw that Fujinglou is very busy now. Should we serve the dishes outside first? If you are not satisfied with anything, wait until we finish lunch."
Feng Yifan looked at Qi Deqiang and said coldly: "You are really only qualified to be a mid-level chef."
This sentence was so humiliating that Qi Deqiang blushed instantly. He wanted to refute it, but he didn't know how to refute it.
Zhang Fenglin noticed that the atmosphere was not right and had to come out again to balance it.
"Yifan, if you can tell us what we did wrong, we can correct it."
Feng Yifan looked at Zhang Fenglin, his eyes full of disappointment. He didn't expect that his senior brother, who had great ambitions before, has become like this now? He can't even cook by himself. Even when he was standing by to supervise, he didn't try to correct some of the mistakes in front of him.
When Zhang Fenglin saw the disappointment in Feng Yifan's eyes, he actually felt a little panicked in his heart.
He began to think over and over again, what did he and Qi Delong do wrong in the kitchen of Fujing Building that led to Feng Yifan's fury after he came back
There was a period of stagnation in the kitchen, which led to the customers in front starting to urge for their food. Finally, Su Liancheng got the news and came over.
Su Lianben was originally in the private room, waiting for Feng Yifan to come with a few others. But he didn't expect that Feng Yifan would come to the kitchen and get angry in the kitchen.
Su Liancheng came to the kitchen and saw that everyone in the kitchen had stopped and were all looking at Feng Yifan.
While asking everyone to go back to work, he ran to Feng Yifan and tried to persuade him: "Yifan, you just came back. There are a lot of guests outside at noon. Let's go out first. After lunch is over, we can talk about the kitchen problem."
Feng Yifan turned his head to look at Su Liancheng and asked seriously, "Did you know that this place has become like this?"
Su Liancheng first looked at Zhang Fenglin and Qi Deqiang, and then could only nod helplessly.
"I know, but the situation here has changed. I don't want to be like this either. But there are too many guests coming to Fujinglou every day now, and we really can't handle it. So it's inevitable that there will be mistakes in the kitchen. I think this is all within the acceptable range."
Feng Yifan asked coldly: "Do you think such a mistake can be allowed?"
Su Liancheng was speechless for a moment.
At this time, Qi Deqiang, who had been suppressed for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak: "Chef Feng, what exactly are you dissatisfied with? If we did something wrong, you can just tell us directly. You are so stupid and get angry when we meet. We are not your subordinates."
Qi Deqiang's words stunned Zhang Fenglin and Su Liancheng.
Zhang Fenglin quickly grabbed Qi Deqiang and said, "What are you doing? How can you say that?"
Su Liancheng sighed helplessly and said, "Yifan, I'll tell you the truth, Fujinglou really needs them now, otherwise Fujinglou will not be able to continue operating."
Then, without waiting for Feng Yifan and others to speak, Su Liancheng dragged the three people out of the kitchen and told the chefs in the kitchen to speed up the process and do everything according to the requirements without making any more mistakes.
After the three people were pulled out, Su Liancheng had no choice but to confess everything to Feng Yifan.
It can be said that the root cause of the current chaos in Fujinglou’s kitchen actually lies with Feng Yifan.
"Yifan, because of those Red House dishes you left behind, Fujinglou has become famous, especially with the interviews from the TV station and the spread of the video of that game on the Internet. It has really made Fujinglou known to everyone. You can see that many people come here every day.
However, this is a huge opportunity for Fujinglou, but also a huge pressure for Fujinglou. It’s not that Brother Zhang and Brother Qi don’t want to manage the kitchen well, but with such a high intensity of cooking every day, Fujinglou needs too many people, and I can no longer transfer new chefs from the company. ”
After hearing what Lin Ruifeng said, Feng Yifan roughly understood the dilemma he was talking about.
In fact, to put it simply, Fujing Building is facing the problem of no one being available.
Except for the current chef in the kitchen, Fujinglou cannot find a suitable chef in a short period of time.
Because Su Lanxin left, and Mei Ru and Su Liancheng stayed in China, the catering company also sidelined them. The training institution under the catering group now refused to provide assistance to Fujinglou and refused to send new chefs.
Simply put, in the past, the chef training institutions under the catering group would send interns in batches to various restaurants within the group.
Those interns can ensure the stability of the chef team in each restaurant.
It can also enable restaurants to maintain internal competition, prompting each restaurant to remain efficient and enterprising.
But for Fujinglou, or for Su Liancheng now, he is facing a hellish start.
Without the support of the group's training institution, all he can use are the people in the kitchen of Fujing Building.
So he had no choice and could not fire anyone in the kitchen at will.
Naturally, this result has given rise to the current situation of laziness and inefficiency.
Feng Yifan heard this and looked at Su Liancheng in disbelief: "Such a big thing, you didn't even tell me? Don't forget that we have shares in Fujing Building, and I also have shares in Aunt Group."
Su Liancheng said helplessly: "It's useless. My mother mortgaged part of her shares to other shareholders in order to return to China and fight for the old plaque."
After hearing this, Feng Yifan roughly understood.
Simply put, the combined shares of Su Liancheng and Su Ruoxi are no longer considered major shareholders in the company.
Feng Yifan shook his head helplessly: "Your mother is really amazing. She actually left you with such a mess?"
Su Liancheng smiled bitterly and replied: "Maybe my mother's idea at that time was that if I don't succeed, I will die."
Feng Yifan then looked at Zhang Fenglin and Qi Deqiang: "You two, are you just watching like that? Do you think that after Fujinglou goes bankrupt, you can rely on the reputation and popularity you have accumulated before and quickly switch to a restaurant that can offer you a higher price?"
After hearing this, Zhang Fenglin lowered his head in shame.
But Qi Deqiang said directly: "I'm sorry, since you are back, Chef Feng, and you think I am not doing a good job, then I am willing to resign now."
Qi Deqiang's direct resignation shocked Zhang Fenglin and Su Liancheng.
But Feng Yifan was not surprised at all.
It seemed as if Qi Deqiang's direct resignation was within his expectations.
Feng Yifan nodded and said, "Okay, I accept your resignation. I think you should have a better next job, right? I won't ask which one it is. I wish you good luck."
Qi Deqiang took off his chef's uniform and said to Feng Yifan earnestly, "Thank you for your teachings. I will always remember them, and I will definitely prove to you that I will never be just an intermediate chef forever."
Feng Yifan took the other person's clothes and handed them to Su Liancheng, but did not say another word to Qi Deqiang.
Watching Qi Deqiang leave, Feng Yifan pulled Zhang Fenglin, who had not yet fully recovered, back to the kitchen.
"Chef Qi has chosen to leave. If any of you want to leave today, you can leave immediately. If you don't choose to leave, then I hope that you can cheer up and take every dish seriously. Everyone should do their job conscientiously."
Everyone in the kitchen was surprised to hear that Qi Deqiang had resigned.
Soon, someone else also came forward to resign.
But when those people wanted to leave directly, Feng Yifan said, "Wait a minute, you can't leave today. If you leave today, it will be a violation of the contract. You will have to compensate for all the losses caused by your departure to Fujing Building today, and you will not get any wages."
These words instantly stopped the chefs who were about to leave.
When everyone was silent, Lin Ruilong suddenly stood up and said, "Why? Didn't you just say that you could resign?"
Feng Yifan nodded: "Yes, you can resign, and we will accept your resignation, but don't forget that we still have the contract, and we must act in accordance with the contract."
Then, Feng Yifan asked Su Liancheng to call Mei Ru and ask her to take out the contract.
"I think everyone has signed this employment contract. There is a clause in it that requires you to notify us one week in advance if you want to resign. So if you submit your request today, you will have to stay in Fujing Building for at least one week and complete your work within that week."
When the chefs circulated the contract, everyone understood that there was indeed such a clause.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Feng Yifan continued, "I said that we will accept the resignation of any of you, but according to the contract, you must leave after a week.
During this week, you still need to work in Fujing Building, and you must work seriously. I think this is the least you should have as a chef, right? Or did I overestimate your love for the profession of chef? Overestimate your professionalism? "
Feng Yifan's words stimulated every chef present.
In the end, the chefs who resigned had no choice but to continue working on their jobs.
This time, the chefs worked much harder.
Because they were worried that Feng Yifan would deduct their wages, and they were even more worried that Feng Yifan would sue them over the employment contract and ask them to compensate for the losses of Fujing Building.
Seeing that the kitchen had returned to normal, Feng Yifan asked Zhang Fenglin to continue directing the kitchen to serve the dishes.
He looked at Su Liancheng and Mei Ru, waved the contract in his hand and said, "Sometimes, we have to believe in the law."