It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when Ye Chui and Lin Wei arrived at Yanjing South Station by train.
"Weiwei, call your dad and ask him where he is now." Ye Cui thought about it and said to Lin Wei. He promised Wu Haimei that he would bring Lin Wei back as soon as possible, and if possible, let Lin Wei meet Lin Zhengdao, and then take her directly back to Yanjing tonight.
However, Lin Wei was not so easy to fool. She looked at Ye Chui with a bit of cunning: "You must have called my mother to take me back to Xizhou? Hehe, I don't want to go back so soon."
Ye Chui was sweating a little: "Weiwei, stop making trouble, your mother will be worried."
"It's okay. I grew up in Yanjing. Nothing will happen to me. My mom's worry is unnecessary." Lin Wei said calmly. She took Ye Chui's hand and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to a good place."
"Where?" Ye Chui said helplessly.
“You’ll know when you get there.”
More than half an hour later, Ye Chui and Lin Wei got out of the car and looked at the big hotel in front of them with puzzled expressions - Lin Wei led Ye Chui to the outside of a big hotel.
This hotel is magnificent and spectacular, and its location is also very good. It is located at the intersection of two streets. Several commercial buildings can be seen not far away. On the way here, Ye Chui also passed by several high-end residential areas. If Ye Chu were asked to choose the location of the hotel, the hotel in front of him would definitely be the best choice.
The hotel is very spectacular. The most imposing hotel in Xizhou City is probably Jun Le Xiang, but the hotel in front of us is even more imposing than Jun Le Xiang.
The name of this hotel is also quite unique, it is called Honglou.
"This hotel is probably above the five-star level, maybe it's six-star, or even seven-star." Ye Chu thought to himself. Nowadays, the highest-level hotel in the world is ten-star, but what makes Ye Chu a little regretful is that the highest-level hotel in China is only seven-star.
After the culinary renaissance, Chinese cuisine was greatly affected because of its complexity and high skills required for preparation, and it did not recover as quickly as other countries. In the era when meat was considered poisonous, Chinese vegetarian cuisine did not reach its peak, which resulted in the highest-end restaurants in China being only seven stars.
And there are only three seven-star hotels in the whole country.
In a second-tier city like Xizhou City, the highest-end hotels are only five-star, and there are only two of them: Wanlaifu and Junlexiang.
Now, Wan Lai Fu has fallen to four stars because of Ye Chui.
China's food industry is in urgent need of rising...
“I wonder what level of hotel this Honglou is. If I open my big hotel in the future, this location will definitely be the best one…” Ye Chui thought silently in his heart. At this moment, he was just thinking about it casually without any extra thoughts.
After all, this restaurant is very high-end in terms of both location and decoration. Even if Ye Chui has some wealth now, he may not be able to afford it.
Then Ye Chui asked Lin Wei curiously: "Why did you bring me here?"
"Look there, that building over there." Lin Wei pointed to a commercial office building not far away.
"What's wrong?" Ye Cui asked curiously.
"That building has ten floors from the seventeenth floor upwards, all of which belong to my father's company." Lin Wei said proudly, and she pointed to the Honglou next to it, "My father likes to come to this restaurant the most when he discusses business."
Ye Chui finally understood Lin Wei's plan. Did she want to meet Lin Zhengdao here? Ye Chui looked at Hongmen in front of him and said, "Is your father here now?"
"How should I know?" Lin Wei shook her head. She smiled at Ye Chui and grabbed Ye Chui's arm and said coquettishly, "I saw it on the Internet. Honglou is now recruiting waiters. Let's apply for the waiter position here. If Dad sees me directly, he will definitely be angry. So we work as waiters here. We can stay in Yanjing and keep an eye on Dad!"
As she said these words, Lin Wei's face became somewhat proud again, as if she was happy that she had come up with this good plan.
Ye Chui was speechless. How could this be a good idea
However, seeing that Lin Wei was so enthusiastic, Ye Cui did not say anything more. The most important thing was that he was also very interested in the operation of the big hotel in this world. He might be able to learn a lot of useful things by working as a waiter in this Honglou. Although Ye Cui had the cooking skills of a God of Cookery, he did not think there was anything wrong with being a waiter. This was also one of the main reasons why he could become a God of Cookery in his previous life.
"Ye Cui, what do you think of my idea?" Lin Wei continued to look at Ye Cui pleadingly.
"Hmm... pretty good." Ye Chui nodded.
"Then let's go apply for the waiter position." Lin Wei immediately pulled Ye Chui and ran into the hotel.
"But Weiwei, are you sure you can apply for the waiter position here?" Ye Chui thought of something and asked again, "It must be difficult to apply for a waiter position in such a high-end hotel."
"Everything depends on human effort." Lin Wei immediately said with a smile, "Besides, I am so pretty that I can definitely get the job. I have done my homework. The waiter industry also depends on appearance. Otherwise, why did you let Sister Yu Yan be a waiter?"
Ye Chui: "... I was forced to do that."
The two walked into the gate of Honglou. Ye Chui looked at the magnificent decoration in the hotel lobby. Because it was not yet the evening peak period, there were not many guests in the hotel. A girl in a green service uniform came up to him immediately. The style of her clothes was similar to that of a cheongsam, which should be specially designed for the hotel. The shape was very beautiful.
The waiter was also of high quality. After walking up to Ye Chui and Lin Wei, he smiled and nodded and asked, "Guests, what would you like to eat?"
—Looking at the quality of this waiter, and thinking about his sister at home, Ye Chui felt like crying...
"We are not here to eat. We are here to apply for waiter positions." Lin Wei said politely, "I saw on the Internet that you are hiring waiters here."
"You guys?" The waitress looked at Ye Chui and Lin Wei, with a troubled look on her face, "You guys are here to apply for the waiter position, this..."
"We are both seventeen years old this year, and will be eighteen in two months. This does not violate the restrictions on hiring waiters." Lin Wei said hurriedly - this era is different from the previous life. The working age limit is very relaxed, especially in the catering industry. You can work or work part-time at the age of sixteen.
"Oh, I'm not worried about that." The waitress shook her head hastily and said, "It's because... Oh, forget it, come with me, I'll ask our boss."
Having said this, the waitress took Ye Chui and Lin Wei to the back of the restaurant.
Ye Cui and Lin Wei looked at each other and hurriedly followed.
After passing through a small door, Ye Chui and Lin Wei walked into the kitchen of the restaurant.
The kitchen of this kind of large restaurant is naturally very large and grand, even more grand than the Wan Lai Fu restaurant that Ye Chu had seen. However, at this moment, quite a few people gathered in the kitchen, including waiters in green service uniforms, and chefs in white chef uniforms. In addition, there was a man who looked to be in his sixties or seventies, wearing a black suit, standing in the middle of these people. It seemed... What were these people arguing about
“No wonder the waiter looked embarrassed just now. It seems that Weiwei and I arrived at the wrong time.” Ye Chui thought secretly in his heart.
After the waitress entered the kitchen, she gently patted the shoulder of a middle-aged man. The man was also wearing green clothes, but the style was different from that of other male waiters. It had a yellow collar, which seemed to represent his relatively high status.
"Su Xin, what's wrong?" the middle-aged man asked curiously, glancing at Ye Chui and Lin Wei.
"Brother Pan, these two are here to apply for the waiter position." Su Xin said in a low voice.
"Waiter?" The middle-aged man called Brother Pan sighed and said in a low voice, "Why hire a waiter when something like this has happened?"
Just after Brother Pan finished speaking, Ye Chui heard the man in the black suit say with some sadness: "You...how could you do this? My Honglou has been open for more than 20 years, and many of you have worked hard with me. What benefits did Fan Hong give you that you actually teamed up to go against me!"
"Boss Peng, Mr. Fan said that as long as you are willing to give up Honglou, everything will be fine. Our treatment will naturally be much better than before, so I'm sorry." Among those people wearing white chef uniforms, a fat chef sneered and said with a disgusting face.
“Good treatment? I can also increase your treatment…” Boss Peng in a black suit said immediately.
"Hehe, that's different." The fat chef continued to sneer, "Boss Peng, this is the era of gourmet food. Your old management methods are no longer effective. Our Honglou used to have a six-star chef, but now it has been downgraded to a five-star. If it continues like this, it may be downgraded further. No one wants to suffer losses slowly with you, right? Mr. Fan is a top student who has returned from studying abroad. He is a professional in running a restaurant. Boss Peng, for our own good, you should transfer the restaurant to Mr. Fan."
“You…you traitors, I would never sell my restaurant to that fake foreigner even if it means I have to close it down. I, I…” At this point, Boss Peng’s face suddenly turned red. He clasped his chest tightly with one hand, revealing a look of great pain. His body fell limply to the ground, breathing heavily in pain.
“Boss…” Brother Pang, who was standing on the periphery, exclaimed hurriedly, and some chefs also showed worried expressions.
"What are you afraid of?" The fat chef sneered, "Boss Peng, stop acting. You've never had a heart attack before. Your son refused to inherit the restaurant and quarreled with you all day long, but nothing happened to you. Who are you acting for now?"
“You…you…” Boss Peng lay on the ground, covering his chest with his hands, his face full of fury, but he was so painful that he couldn’t utter a word.
The others suddenly realized something. Boss Peng was really ill. Brother Pan pushed the fat chef away with a look of anger on his face, helped Boss Peng up and started to massage his chest. A waiter had already called the emergency number. Moments later, the emergency personnel arrived and hurriedly took Boss Peng away.
Ye Cui and Lin Wei did not expect to encounter such a thing. They stood quietly aside. No one cared about them at this time. They both looked annoyed with the fat chef and others.
After Boss Peng was sent away, Brother Pan walked into the kitchen with a gloomy face and stared at the fat chef and others.
"Lu Bing, if you were the boss chef, I would never let you go!" Brother Pan shouted angrily at the fat chef.
"He got sick on his own. What does it have to do with us?" The fat chef Lu Bing looked a little panicked, but soon calmed down. "But you, Pan Qingguo, Mr. Fan said that if you are willing to follow him and fight against Peng Hong, you can continue to stay here after this restaurant is sold."
"Even if I am fired, I will never go against the boss!" Brother Pan, also known as Pan Qingguo, shouted angrily. Many waiters stood behind him, and the chefs stood next to Lu Bing.
By this time, Ye Chui had figured out what was going on.
Chefs Lu Bing and others colluded with an outsider, Mr. Fan Hong as they called him, and wanted the former boss Peng, also known as Peng Hong, to transfer the restaurant to Fan Hong. Peng Hong was naturally unwilling and felt betrayed. He had a heart attack during the argument just now, but Lu Bing and others still refused to give in and even asked Pan Qingguo to betray Peng Hong.
The two sides were arguing with each other in the kitchen. Ye Chui and Lin Wei felt a little embarrassed. However, they saw what had just happened and stood beside Pan Qingguo at this time.
At this moment, Su Xin, who was dressed in green waitress, suddenly hurried into the kitchen.
"Oh no, Brother Pan, Boss Xu brought guests here and is taking orders..." Su Xin said anxiously, looking at Lu Bing and others hesitantly.
"Boss Xu?" Pan Qingguo's face changed. It was obvious that Boss Xu was an important guest.
For a big restaurant like this, regular customers are very important. After all, the people who eat at such a big restaurant are basically big bosses. Boss Xu is obviously one of them, and he is not someone who can be easily offended.
Pan Qingguo looked at Lu Bing and others with an unpleasant expression: "Master Lu, no matter how much we argue, we still have to do the restaurant business. You..."
"We can't do anything before we talk it over with Peng Hong!" Lu Bing said with some contempt, "We can't cook any dishes!"
"Lu Bing, don't go too far!" Pan Qingguo said angrily.
"Hey, if you want to blame someone, blame Peng Hong." Lu Bing spread his hands, "This kitchen is his anyway. If you're afraid of neglecting Boss Xu, just cook for him yourself."
After saying this, Lu Bing and several other chefs all sneered.
Pan Qingguo, Su Xin and several other waiters were so angry that they began to tremble all over.
And at this moment, Ye Cui suddenly stood up.
He smiled and said to Pan Qingguo: "If that's the case, why don't you let me cook." (~^~)