Su Minghua personally poured Yu Chengyuan a cup of tea. Her movements were skillful and elegant, showing that she was a regular tea drinker.

Su Minghua then spoke up, "Chengyuan, I have something to tell you. There's a big job at the Jinjiang Hotel tomorrow, a banquet of thirty tables. It's the wedding of the eldest son of a big shot in the county."

So, tomorrow, in addition to the usual 100 jin of crayfish you bring me, please bring me an extra 100 jin.

On this joyous occasion, lobsters are a must.

Now, crayfish is an indispensable dish for anyone holding a banquet at their restaurant.

Both garlic crayfish and spicy crayfish are very popular.

Upon hearing this, Yu Chengyuan immediately replied, "Alright, Boss Su, I'll arrange for someone to catch crayfish as soon as I get back."

"Since we're hosting a banquet, we'll definitely need fish, right? Do you have any specific needs?"

Yu Chengyuan thought to himself that with such a large banquet, fish was definitely a must-have dish.

Su Minghua took a sip of tea and nodded, "Of course we have it!"

Fish is a must-have dish at banquets.

I plan to have one Songhua fish per table, and at least two-pound grass carp, for a total of thirty fish.

However, I reckon you can't gather that many grass carp all at once. I'll have Master Wang go to the state-run market to buy them tomorrow. Don't worry about it."

Upon hearing this, Yu Chengyuan was overjoyed, thinking that his contracted pond had plenty of grass carp, weighing over two pounds each.

Let alone two pounds, there are five or six pounds, seven or eight pounds, and maybe even more than ten pounds.

So he said with a big smile, "Boss Su, you don't know, do you? I recently contracted a fishpond. Let alone thirty, fifty grass carp are no problem for me."

If you really need it, I'll bring it to you first thing tomorrow morning.

"Really, Xiaoyu?"

This is no joke. If my banquet tomorrow doesn't include this Songhua fish, people will curse me to death.

Su Minghua looked very serious, after all, the other party had specifically requested that the Songhua fish be served, and luckily Chef Wang knew how to make this dish.

"Mr. Su, don't you know me yet!"

You know what kind of person I am, Yu Chengyuan. I certainly wouldn't make empty promises about things I can't do.

Yu Chengyuan patted his chest and assured him that he was confident. He usually fished for shrimp by the pond and could tell whether there were big fish in the water just by looking at the movement on the surface.

"Okay, remember to bring it over early tomorrow."

As for the price, it's usually 1.5 yuan per jin, but since it's a wedding, I'll give you 2 yuan per jin, how about that?

I won't let you suffer any losses.

Su Minghua was quite happy to let this young man earn more, since he charged a certain amount per table for his banquets, which would allow him to make a considerable profit himself.

When a high-ranking official is doing business, he cares a lot about his image, so the fish can't be small, otherwise it would seem petty. That's why he chose grass carp weighing more than two pounds.

I never expected that this kid's family also owns a large fishpond. This is a good opportunity to do him a favor. It doesn't matter who I do business with anyway.

"Thank you, Mr. Su. It seems your business is getting better and better."

Yu Chengyuan said with a smile.

During this period, Jinjiang Hotel has been hosting wedding banquets every few days, and each time they have to increase the amount of crayfish.

"Haha, this is all thanks to you teaching Chef Wang those three dishes. Now they've become the signature dishes of Jinjiang Hotel." Su Minghua laughed until her eyes narrowed into slits.

The Jinjiang Hotel used to have decent business, but now every day at mealtimes, long queues form outside. Many customers would rather wait there than go to other restaurants, unless they have urgent business and are in a hurry.

"Mr. Su, you're too kind."

"That's because Master Wang is very skilled, and you have a wide circle of friends. Everyone gives you face and is willing to come and support you. It has nothing to do with me." Yu Chengyuan waved his hand modestly.

"Hahaha... Kid, don't be modest."

No matter how much face I have, or how good Chef Wang's skills are, without the signature dishes you taught me, would my business be so good?

Alright, let's not waste any more time. This time, I actually have a collaboration I'd like to discuss with you.

"Xiaoyu, do you remember that spicy black bean fish you gave me last time?"

Su Minghua praised Yu Chengyuan a few times before getting to the point.

Yu Chengyuan thought that the extra lobsters and grass carp mentioned earlier were the important things Su Minghua was talking about, but he didn't expect there to be more.

As they were talking, Yu Pingan walked in. Seeing that Boss Su was discussing serious matters with his younger brother, he didn't go over. Instead, he walked to the other table, sat down, and quietly watched them.

At this moment, a waiter came over and poured Yu Pingan a cup of tea. Yu Pingan quickly nodded and said thank you.

Yu Chengyuan nodded. "Boss Su, how could I forget the spicy black bean fish?"

"Well, I made some more yesterday and brought you two jars." He then turned to his elder brother and said, "Brother, go and get two jars of fish for Boss Su, two different flavors."

"Okay!" Yu Pingan replied, turned around and went out. He returned shortly afterward with two cans of spicy black bean fish in his hand.

"Boss Su, my brother made two flavors this time, one mild and one medium spicy. There are little notes on the bottle caps with clear notes." Yu Pingan pointed to the notes on the bottle caps.

"Oh, this is great! This is it, this is the taste!" Boss Su slapped his thigh excitedly, immediately opened the bottle cap, and took a deep sniff.

"Mr. Su, isn't your reaction a bit too exaggerated?"

"It's just a can of spicy fish with fermented black beans, why are you getting so worked up?"

Yu Chengyuan was almost startled by his exaggerated expression.

Chengyuan, you don't know!

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