When Lu Bing proposed to Ye Chui about joining Man Han Lou, he thought that Ye Chui would never refuse him. He was a five-star chef, and such a high-level chef would be taken seriously in that restaurant. Although he had some conflicts with Ye Chui because of Fan Hong, as long as he showed his desire to join Man Han Lou, Ye Chui would definitely forgive him regardless of the past.
Even if he made some requests, such as if he joined then all the former waiters of Manhanlou must be fired, Ye Chui would agree to it without hesitation.
Su Xin and the other waiters had such a bad attitude just now. How dare they stop him as a five-star chef? He wanted to teach them a lesson. The value of a mere waiter could never be compared to that of a five-star chef, not to mention that he was followed by a group of three- and four-star chefs.
But…
"I don't agree." After Ye Chui figured out what was going on, he told Lu Bing without hesitation.
Lu Bing suspected that he had heard it wrongly: "What did you say? I'm a five-star chef!"
"Are five-star chefs rare? Do you think my Man Han Lou is still lacking a five-star chef?" Ye Chui sneered at Lu Bing, "What's more, even if you are a five-star chef, the most important thing to join my Man Han Lou is your character. Unfortunately, Master Lu, your character is not up to standard. In my eyes, your value is not as great as Sister Su, a waiter!"
Lu Bing had an anxious expression on his face, saying that he was worth less than a waiter
This was simply an insult to a distinguished chef like him. In a second-tier city like Xizhou, there were only two or three five-star chefs at most, and any five-star chef could be the head chef in a five-star hotel. But Ye Chui actually dared to insult him like this. He felt indescribably angry in his heart, but then his anger was extinguished again - because he thought that Ye Chui did have the capital to look down on him.
Although his restaurant had just opened, he had directly recruited three new six-star chefs, and yesterday's cooking competition had emptied out all the chefs in Shenghua Garden. Now the chef team of Manhan Building consists of three six-star chefs, three five-star chefs, and six four-star chefs. There are only a few such teams in the whole of Yanjing!
He, Lu Bing, was indeed not as good as others in front of Manhan Building.
Thinking of this, Lu Bing's heart moved and he quickly forced a smile on his face, saying eagerly: "Boss Ye, we all sincerely want to join Manhanlou. After all, I am a five-star chef. If I can join Manhanlou, it will definitely enhance the reputation of Manhanlou, don't you think?" After a pause, Lu Bing glanced at the chefs who followed him and continued to say to Ye Chui, "Even if they are not qualified, I am qualified enough, right?"
"Lu Bing, what do you mean by that?!" Hearing what Lu Bing said, a chef behind Lu Bing immediately asked angrily. In the beginning, they were all bewitched by Lu Bing to go against Honglou's boss Peng Hong, and today they were planning to advance and retreat together, but Lu Bing sold them out in the blink of an eye in order to join Manhanlou.
Lu Bing glared at the chefs and said, "Manhan Restaurant is so famous now, it will definitely be one of the best restaurants in Yanjing in the future. What does it have to do with me that you are not qualified to join here? I think you should find other jobs as soon as possible!"
"Lu Bing, you... you are so shameless!"
"We went against Boss Peng just for your sake, but we didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"
All the chefs looked extremely angry.
Ye Chui showed an expression of watching a show, with a playful smile on his face. This Lu Bing was really a person with a bad character. If such a heartless and ungrateful guy was taken into the hotel, he might be sold out at any time.
The reason for Honglou's closure was largely due to Lu Bing.
“Boss Ye…” Lu Bing looked at Ye Chui with a somewhat flattering smile.
"Master Lu, the door is over there." Ye Chui pointed to the gate of Manhan Building with a smile, "Goodbye."
The smile on Lu Bing's face froze immediately: "Boss Ye, are you willing to give me a chance?"
"Opportunity?" Ye Chui looked at Lu Bing coldly, "With your character, are you worthy of talking about the word opportunity?" He looked at Yu Yan beside him, "Brother Yu, please help get them out."
"Okay." Yu Yan smiled naively, then walked to Lu Bing with his fists clenched. His fists creaked, and the smile on Yu's naive face was indescribably naive, "Master Lu, please."
"… "
Lu Bing wanted to say something, but when he met Yu Yan's obviously malicious eyes, he swallowed his words subconsciously. His lips trembled, and he had to turn around and walk out of Manhan Building helplessly. He felt that he was really unlucky. He originally thought that following Fan Hong would be of great benefit, but he didn't expect that Fan Hong was forced by Ye Chui to leave the catering industry and even leave Yanjing. He wanted to come over to please Ye Chui, but Ye Chui kicked him out.
Although his title of five-star chef is impressive, it is not easy for him to be the head chef of a big hotel like Honglou in Yanjing like before...
"What a fucking bad luck!"
On the street, Lu Bing couldn't help but curse under his breath.
Apparently, his bad luck had not ended today—the other chefs were looking at him gloomily.
Lu Bing was stunned: "You...what are you doing?"
"Damn it, we resigned from Honglou just because of you. You just planned to leave us alone and join the Ren Hotel? Humph, luckily Ye Chui didn't want you, you deserve it!"
"Lu Bing, I finally see through you today."
"I can't swallow this. Do you think you're so great as a five-star chef?"
These people became more and more angry as they talked. They had been working well in Honglou, but were bewitched by Lu Bing and ended up in this situation. They already had some complaints against Lu Bing, and Lu Bing's reaction just now made their anger even more out of control. At this time, they surrounded Lu Bing, rubbing their hands in anticipation.
Lu Bing was already panicking, shouting and yelling, and no one knew who kicked Lu Bing first, and then the chefs immediately started punching and kicking Lu Bing...
At the entrance of Manhan Building, Ye Chui and a group of waiters were watching the fight on the street outside, and they all smiled.
"Lu Bing really deserves it. He used to be the chef of Honglou and acted arrogantly. He deserves this fate!"
"If it weren't for him, Boss Peng wouldn't have been so angry that he fell ill. Alas, Boss Peng is such a good person..." someone sighed, then realized something and quickly shut up, looking at Ye Chui with some worry in his eyes, worried that Ye Chui was unhappy.
Ye Chui smiled and shook his head, indicating that he didn't care. He thought that the waiters were able to remember the kindness of their previous boss, which was a very good quality. He glanced at Lu Bing who was being beaten up on the street, then turned around and went back into the Manhan Building.
…
At noon, Han Yuyan returned to the Manhan Building excitedly.
Thanks to Mr. Han's relationship, she registered with the Food Association very smoothly today. Now Manhanlou has been officially registered and can open at any time. However, Ye Chui had already decided to open the restaurant on the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, just to try his luck.
At the same time, Han Yuyan also brought a piece of news.
"I told the staff of the Food Association that we planned to officially open for business on Chinese New Year's Eve, and they said they would send someone to come and rate our star rating at that time," Han Yuyan said. "Restaurants are almost always the busiest during the Chinese New Year, as many families choose to have their New Year's Eve dinner in restaurants. This New Year's Eve dinner is a kind of banquet, and the quality of the New Year's Eve dinner can best determine the star rating of a hotel."
Star rating is an important criterion for determining the quality of a hotel. Usually, on the opening day of a large hotel, the Food Association will select star assessors to come to the hotel and assess the hotel based on three aspects: hotel size, business conditions, and chef level. The highest level of this assessment is only five stars.
That is to say, when a restaurant opens, the highest level it can reach is five stars. If it wants to increase its star rating, it needs to participate in some activities to accumulate qualifications.
However, even so, very few large hotels receive a five-star rating when they first open, and most of them only receive a three-star rating.
"Grandpa is very confident in our Manhanlou. He said that we may get a five-star rating on the first day of opening." Han Yuyan said happily at last.
"I hope everything goes smoothly. Now it seems that the New Year's Eve dinner on the first day of opening is the most important." Ye Chui said thoughtfully, with a smile on his face, "Then let's prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner. At that time, we will hold a small banquet and invite your grandfather, Old Han, and Lin Bofu to the hotel. If possible, invite some big shots from Yanjing. This New Year's Eve dinner is very important to the future development of our hotel, so we must make it a great success."
Han Yuyan looked excited: "Master, what kind of banquet are you planning to hold?"
"Since it's so important, of course it has to be strong and eye-catching. I promised Mr. Han that I would let him taste the Manchu Han banquet, so... for our opening dinner, I plan to make a Manchu Han banquet!" Ye Chui said with sparkling eyes.
"A full banquet!"
Han Yuyan opened her mouth wide immediately, feeling indescribably excited, but she thought of something important: "But Master, didn't you say that the preparation of ingredients for the Manchu Han Banquet is very complicated, and it is impossible to make all the dishes of the Manchu Han Banquet at this stage?"
"That's right, so what I'm going to make is a simplified version of the Manchu-Han banquet." Ye Chui said with a smile.
The most formal palace version of the Manchu-Han Banquet has a total of 328 dishes, each of which is a delicious delicacy, and some are hard to come by. Even in the palace, the Manchu-Han Banquet cannot be held at any time, so a simplified version of the Manchu-Han Banquet came into being.
The simplified version of the Manchu-Han banquet has a total of 108 dishes. The Manchu-Han banquet recipe that has been passed down among the people is this simplified version. It is relatively easier to prepare this simplified version of the Manchu-Han banquet.
There is still more than half a month left until the official opening, which is definitely enough time. (~^~)