"Boss, you just mentioned so many cuisines, do you know every one of them very well?" Jim asked Ye Chui with some surprise. He felt that his worldview had been reset. China's food culture is extensive and profound, and this is not just talk.
China is a vast land with abundant resources. The land and water nurture the people, and naturally a variety of different cuisines have been formed. In total, there are nearly fifty types...
Thinking back to my previous attempt to separate Chinatown cuisine from Chinese cuisine, this is simply a joke...
“I am more familiar with the larger cuisines, such as Sichuan, Shandong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Anhui and Hunan, but I can’t say I know much about some local cuisines and some individual cuisines. However, I can cook some representative dishes of these cuisines,” Ye Chui explained.
In fact, many cuisines, even in the previous life, have gradually become unknown due to their age. Of course, since Ye Chu is the God of Food, he has conducted in-depth research on each cuisine. Although he can only be regarded as having a superficial understanding of some cuisines, he can still cook the representative dishes of the cuisine in their original flavor. At his level, if he masters one method, he can master all methods. If he wants to learn a certain dish, he doesn't need to spend much effort.
One can even call Ye Chui the encyclopedia of Chinese cuisine.
"Master, there are so many cuisines. It shouldn't be easy for you to open every one of them. Not to mention anything else, the chefs of these restaurants should all need training, right?" Chen Tian thought of this difficult task and asked hurriedly.
“I just mentioned so many cuisines, I’m afraid you haven’t heard of them, but this doesn’t mean that chefs of different cuisines need to be retrained—because of the vegetarian movement, we don’t talk about cuisines much anymore, but every chef can be classified into one of the major cuisines based on the dishes they specialize in. Xiaotian, if I hadn’t told you, you definitely wouldn’t know that you are actually a Sichuan chef, and a Sichuan chef who specializes in Chengdu-style Sichuan cuisine.”
Ye Chui replied calmly.
Chen Tian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "So that's how it is."
"Of course you need to recruit chefs to open a restaurant. Restaurants in the food district don't need to be high-end. Chefs with three stars or above can be employed. I will classify their cuisines according to their expertise, and then teach them some representative dishes of each cuisine. It shouldn't be difficult to open a restaurant." Ye Chui continued with a smile. "Besides, in addition to restaurants of different cuisines, hot pot restaurants, noodle restaurants, steamed bun restaurants, fast food restaurants, etc. do not require high cooking skills to open. At least a little knowledge of cooking skills can easily do the job."
"So, it seems that there is really no problem for you to have so many restaurants." Old Han continued with shining eyes, "The most important thing is that if these restaurants are opened, they will definitely have a great promoting effect on our Chinese cuisine..." He paused and continued, "It is impossible for the Food City to buy a few more shops for you. However, the world is so big that you can open as many restaurants as you want in other places. As for those local cuisine restaurants you just mentioned, you must open one for each one in the future. Money is not a problem!"
Mr. Han cares about the Chinese food industry. These words are naturally heroic.
Ye Chui smiled and agreed: "Actually, that's what I meant originally."
If it was a few months ago, Ye Cui might not have made such a request, because at that time Ye Cui was not sure if he could handle so many restaurants by himself, but now...
He has completely recovered his peak strength from his previous life, and his energy and confidence have reached their peak. Most importantly, Ye Chui now truly regards Han Lao and Lin Zhengdao and his wife as his family. He used to mind their help, but now that concept has been put aside. Under the premise of revitalizing Chinese cuisine, these are no longer a problem.
"Then it's settled!" Old Han nodded with a smile. Wu Haimei suddenly said, "Wait a minute... We just talked about how to open a restaurant, but what about the half snack street I prepared?"
"This is too simple. In the vegetarian movement, many meat snacks have been lost. But fortunately, I know a lot of meat snacks, and I'm sure there are many that other people don't know, such as beef patties, roujiamo, donkey meat hot cakes, stewed hot cakes, large intestine wrapped in small intestines, grilled squid, etc. By the way, I recently discovered that some classic vegetarian snacks seem to have disappeared. For example, there are the thirteen unique snacks of Yanjing, such as bean flour cakes, aiwowo, sugar rolls, ginger shredded ribs, sugar ears, noodle tea, Sanzi twist, sachima, Jiaoquan, sugar hot cakes, pea yellow, bean-filled biscuits, butter fried cakes, etc. These can all be put on the night market snack stalls." Ye Chui explained with a smile, and after a pause he added, "This basically has everything."
Everyone in the box: “…”
Well, they were shocked once again.
Lin Wei swallowed lightly: "Ye Chui, can you make so many snacks?"
"Of course." Ye Chui nodded, "Once the snack stand is open, we only need some simple training to make these delicacies very authentic and delicious."
Old Han's face was beaming with excitement. He had been dealing with Chinese cuisine all his life and wanted to see the revival of Chinese food culture in his lifetime. Now, Ye Chui could definitely do it all. The reason why food culture declined was that many recipes were lost and never saw the light of day. Now Ye Chui could make up for these losses!
He couldn't help but said with a smile: "I seem to have seen the rise of Chinese food culture. This will be a great era for food!"
"That's true, but there are so many restaurants. Even if Ye Chui can think of what each restaurant does, it's probably not an easy task to run so many restaurants." Lin Zhengdao thought about it and continued with some concern, "We also have to consider the confidentiality of the restaurant's menu and other aspects. We must have a systematic management system."
"That's true." Ye Chui nodded. "In fact, I have been thinking about this since Chinatown, so... I want to open a gourmet catering company and create a brand."
"Start a company?" It was the first time that Han Yuyan and others heard Ye Cui mention this.
Ye Chui nodded: "That's right, build a big brand and systematically manage every restaurant under the company."
"What about the name of the company?" Old Han asked with a smile. He had already thought of what name Ye Chu was going to use.
Ye Chui smiled and said, "Since the company is responsible for the rise of Chinese food culture, it is natural to use a term that best represents Chinese food culture - it is called Manchu Han Banquet!"
Using Man Han Banquet as the company name seems to be the most appropriate.
Ye Chui thought of something, so he smiled and looked at Lin Zhengdao: "Mr. Lin, is it boring to run a small restaurant with home-cooked dishes?"
Lin Zhengdao immediately understood what Ye Chui meant, and laughed and scolded: "Don't have any bad ideas, since I said I would retire, I must retire." At this point, he noticed that Wu Haimei glared at him with some displeasure on her face, so he continued, "But there is no problem in helping you manage the people. Well, my previous wish was to open a restaurant with Haimei after retirement. The size of the restaurant doesn't matter."
"Okay then." Ye Chui nodded with a smile, and glanced at Wu Haimei again, "Then let's open Xiaoyu Home Cooking in Yanjing."
Old Han was unhappy again: "Boy, if you open this company, you must have a share for me. You must leave a position of vice president for me. Also, your company must have a bright future, so I decided to inject capital into you. The 23 stores are worth 50 million, and I will add another 50 million, which is 100 million."
"Then I will also contribute 100 million, and the shops and night market will add another 50 million." Lin Zhengdao said immediately, "Of course, I can also take the position of vice president."
Thus, the Manchu Han Banquet food company, which would later become famous throughout China and even the world, was established.
Although Old Han and Lin Zhengdao said before that they would give the shop to Ye Chui, it certainly would not be given away for free. The shop was nominally given to Ye Chui, but in reality it was still under the names of Han Yuyan and Lin Wei.
Now these shops will be officially handed over to the Manchu Han Banquet Food Enterprise established by Ye Chui and become the company's fixed assets.
Then the atmosphere in the box became more heated.
After all, Mr. Han and Lin Zhengdao were big shots in the business world, so they started discussing the construction of the company. Han Yuyan was also a professional in this area and followed the discussion. Most of the other people just listened in with excitement.
Dong Youyou quickly passed the information to the kitchen. A moment later, Tian Xiaodu, Dong Qian and Qin Yiyue also came over and confirmed that this was true. Thinking that this was a big event for them and China, everyone's faces flushed.
By ten o'clock that evening, the matter had officially entered the process.
Mr. Han immediately started applying for the company.
Lin Zhengdao also took out his phone and contacted some people he knew before, announcing that he was going to join the new company. This was equivalent to his coming back to the fore, and he believed that his former subordinates would be happy to come and help.
Ye Chui, the president of the Man Han Banquet Food Company, will provide various recipes and train some chefs, using this as an investment fund and will own 50% of the company's shares.
Mr. Han and Lin Zhengdao each own 25%.
Both also serve as vice presidents.
Another person whose position has been confirmed is Han Yuyan, who will serve as the general manager of the company's executive department.
As for the silly girl Tang Shanshan, she became Ye Chui's secretary after she recommended herself.
Chen Tian’s Mapo Tofu, Jiang Yuemei’s Maoxuewang, and Dong Youyou’s Hainanese Chicken Rice are the first batch of restaurants to join the franchise.
Although Manhanlou is Ye Chui's restaurant, in fact, this restaurant given to Ye Chui by Lin Zhengdao is still under Lin Wei's name, so Lin Wei will also become a member of the Manhan Feast Food Enterprise in the name of joining the restaurant. (~^~)