Chapter 2269
Recruiting Mission
After explaining the origins of Sha Zhu, Yi Zhonghai felt extremely satisfied, his heart sweeter than if he had eaten honey.
Next, we'll enjoy the restaurant's dishes.
Yi Zhonghai took a bite, and his expression turned rather unpleasant.
"Old Yi, what's wrong? Is the food not good?" Yan Bugui asked Yi Zhonghai curiously.
Yi Zhonghai really wanted to say it wasn't tasty, but he couldn't find anything wrong with it.
Considering that he still needed to poach talent, he abandoned the idea of deliberately finding fault.
"not bad."
Just then, Yi Zhonghai saw Liu Lan and beckoned her over.
Liu Lan, prepared for Yi Zhonghai to cause trouble, walked over and asked, "Would you like anything else to eat?"
Yi Zhonghai shook his head: "We can't finish all these dishes."
Liu Lan deliberately said loudly, "That's right. You all ordered five catties of melon seeds, three catties of sugar, and more than ten catties of fruit."
"If you hadn't paid, I wouldn't have dared to let the kitchen serve the food; I was afraid you'd all stuff yourself to death."
Those eating around them heard Liu Lan's words and immediately looked over in surprise.
Yi Zhonghai blushed, somewhat resentful that Yan Bugui had embarrassed him.
He had no way to explain himself, so he could only pretend he hadn't heard.
"I just want to ask who made this dish."
"Is it not good?" Liu Lan asked. "If it's not good, you should have said so earlier. Don't wait until we've finished eating it all."
"No." Yi Zhonghai glanced at the plate and could only deny it: "I just saw that Old Yan's wife liked to eat it, so I asked."
Liu Lan chuckled: "I thought the food wasn't cooked well."
You mean Yan Bugui's wife? I bet their family thinks anything free is delicious.
Yan Bugui said with dissatisfaction, "Just tell us who did it."
Why waste time saying so much nonsense?
Liu Lan looked at Yan Bugui with disdain: "This dish was made by Zhao Yanmin."
Yi Zhonghai was quite surprised to hear that it was Zhao Yanmin.
Zhao Yanmin joined the steel rolling mill the year he retired.
At that time, I was just a kitchen helper doing odd jobs.
So many years have passed, and the craftsmanship is still so good.
Yi Zhonghai remembered Zhao Yanmin's name, and then asked, "What dish did Duan Zicong make?"
Liu Lan said, "Duan Zicong is cooking for the private rooms right now. The food you're eating was all made by his apprentice."
Yi Zhonghai was somewhat disappointed, but he didn't say anything. For the next few dishes, Yi Zhonghai asked the chef's name.
Liu Lan suspected that Yi Zhonghai had ulterior motives, but she still told him anyway.
She kept an eye on Yi Zhonghai and his group until they left, and did not cause any further trouble.
This made Liu Lan very uneasy.
She didn't know what Yi Zhonghai was planning, and she had no way to deal with it.
Yi Zhonghai was unaware that his actions were causing trouble for Liu Lan.
When he got home, he gathered everyone together.
Liu Haizhong noticed Yan Bugui's bulging pockets: "Old Yan, give me some melon seeds."
Yan Bugui clutched his pocket: "Take it if you want to eat it."
Liu Haizhong said, "Where am I supposed to get one? Just give me one."
"There's not a single one. We're about to rest, and you can't sleep if you eat melon seeds." To take Yan Bugui's things is to take Yan Bugui's life.
Liu Haizhong's request was unsuccessful.
Liu Guangtian grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from his pocket and handed them to Liu Haizhong: "Dad, don't expect Uncle San to give you any."
Liu Haizhong took the melon seeds his son gave him, glared at Yan Bugui, and said, "Next time I have something good, I won't give it to you either."
Yan Bugui didn't care about Liu Haizhong's threats at all. With Liu Haizhong's brains, he couldn't possibly resist his bluffing.
Yi Zhonghai stopped them: "Stop fooling around. I called you here because I have something important to discuss."
"What's wrong?"
Everyone present looked intently at Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai then revealed his plan to poach the chef.
Yan Jiecheng, the future owner of the restaurant, was the first to stand up: "Uncle, I admit that the chefs at Shazhu Restaurant are good."
But those people are all his disciples and grand-disciples; they won't agree."
Yi Zhonghai said confidently, "What if we doubled their wages?"
Qi Hao told me that if doubling the money isn't enough, then double it. The amount of money doesn't matter. What matters is that we've undermined Sha Zhu's foundation.
Sha Zhu's restaurant relies on his apprentices and grand-apprentices.
Without these people, his restaurant would collapse on its own.
Here, Yi Zhonghai still kept a secret, not telling everyone about the plan to sow discord.
If he wants to continue suppressing young people like Yan Jiecheng, he must have enough trump cards.
Upon hearing this, Yan Jiecheng thought it made sense: "If you're willing to pay, there's nothing that can't be done."
I think we could try to poach some talent.
In the Yan family's world, there is nothing that money can't solve.
If so, then we'll charge you extra.
To put it bluntly, there is no loyalty or righteousness in their family; they will listen to whoever pays the most money.
When necessary, they can also have their cake and eat it too.
When the others heard this, they all thought it was a good idea.
Yan Bugui's eyes darted around, sensing that there was something to be gained from this.
He volunteered, "I'll help with the recruitment."
Yan Jiefang looked at him in confusion: "Dad, stop causing trouble."
Do you know those people?
Yan Bugui said, "How could I not know her? Don't forget, Duan Zicong's wife is Ran Qiuye."
Ran Qiuye and I used to be colleagues.
"If I step in, Duan Zicong will definitely agree."
Everyone knows this.
Yi Zhonghai knew this, so he decided to entrust the task of recruiting Duan Zicong to Yan Bugui.
The last time Jin Qihao went to Chaoyang Restaurant, he ate dishes made by Duan Zicong.
Jin Qihao praised Duan Zicong's cooking skills highly.
This time, Jin Qihao also mentioned his idea of poaching Duan Zicong.
In order to please Jin Qihao, I have to try to find Duan Zicong no matter what.
It just so happens that Yan Bugui and Ran Qiuye are colleagues, so it's perfect to entrust this matter to Yan Bugui.
"Alright, then we'll leave this to Lao Yan. We also need to find a way to recruit the others."
Take Zhao Yanmin, for example; his skills are quite good.
Yan Jiecheng was handed over by Yan Bugui, so he could guess Yan Bugui's thoughts pretty accurately.
He also felt there was profit to be made, so he wanted to take over the mission.
Yan Bugui was one step ahead of him: "No need for that. The chefs in Sha Zhu's kitchen were all trained by Duan Zicong and Ma Hua."
Ma Hua is now in Shanghai, and Duan Zicong is in charge of the kitchen.
Once we convince Duan Zicong, he can then win over the others.
That way, there won't be any noise, and Sha Zhu won't know.
"If we hire all the chefs, we might alert them."
What Yan Bugui said makes some sense.
It's indeed best not to make too much noise when poaching people.
Yan Jiecheng was very dissatisfied with Yan Bugui's behavior of eating alone.
Unfortunately, Yan Bugui blocked the reason he was looking for, and Yan Jiecheng could not find a suitable reason.
Compared to Yan Jiecheng, Yi Zhonghai was more willing to trust Yan Bugui, so he directly assigned the task to Yan Bugui.
Next, he talked about opening a fried chicken shop.
Yi Zhonghai assigned the task: "Guangtian Guangfu, Jiefang Jiecheng, go and inquire about the shops."
We want to open a shop near the "Fragrance Spreads Half the City" chain and compete with them.
Upon hearing this, the group patted their chests and readily agreed.
"Uncle, just you wait and see. I know a shop in Wangfujing, right next to Xiangpiao Bancheng."
I'll go see the shop owner tomorrow.
"Then I'll go to the front gate."
"I'm going to Dongzhimen."
Several people each took a shop.
Qin Huairu finally asked, "What should we call our fried chicken shop?" (End of Chapter)