Chapter 129 Nine-Turned Intestines, Pagoda Meat [First Update]...

Inside the Golden Jade Pavilion.

The young master sat with two master chefs. Master Chef Er Jin had his legs crossed and a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

"What Wenji? It's just a small shop. What good stuff can it make? These trendy online stores are all just street hustles."

The young master frowned at the smell of smoke, but forced himself to continue: "Regarding the pig-slaughtering feast, we'll still have to trouble the two chefs. Regardless of whether it's street food or not, the gimmick they've come up with is quite attractive..."

It is indeed attractive, so attractive that it has made everyone lose interest in Jin Yu Lou's newly launched Jin Bai Cai pre-made soup base.

The beautifully packaged gift boxes were placed behind the counter, and the front desk staff recommended them to every customer who came in, but in the end only a dozen or so were sold.

Jin Yu Lou had spent two or three months finalizing the details with the manufacturer, and the first batch of several thousand servings of pre-made soup base were ready to make a fortune during the Chinese New Year. However, regular customers showed little interest and were somewhat resistant. With no new customers coming, the soup base went unsold.

The promotional methods the store found were not effective. When you open the local videos, almost all of them related to food are about pork stew.

Even the young master was a little puzzled. He had only eaten pork stew when he was a child and his family was still poor. It had been so long that he had almost forgotten what pork stew tasted like.

In my memory, the dish seemed to have a fishy smell and wasn't very clean.

But this unassuming dish actually overshadowed the restaurant's most famous dish, the Golden Cabbage, leaving it utterly powerless.

The young master consulted with Masters Erjin and Sanjin.

After deciding to hold a pig-slaughtering feast, the three discussed the price for a while.

The young master was hesitant about whether to follow the master's instructions to the end, and he also tried to hold a pig-slaughtering feast in the hall, but the two chefs rejected the idea.

“We also have private rooms. If we call them out like this, we won’t have enough staff in the kitchen.”

Let's create a menu then.

"How about we set the price at two hundred?"

Master Sanjin said no way. He had so many apprentices and grand-apprentices in the kitchen. With such a large operation, the electricity bill for one night would be close to a thousand or two hundred? Not to mention him, even his apprentices thought it was too low!

So the final price was set at 888.

"pork……"

"The kind we use, our supplier is hard to change."

...

With everything in place, the three men were quite pleased with themselves and handed the task over to their employees. None of them mentioned telling Master Jin about it.

Master Jin only saw the notice about the pig-slaughtering banquet when Jin Yu Lou issued it online.

Apprentice Xiao Ge supported Master Da Jin, whose vision was going black.

"Eight hundred and eighty-eight... Hahahaha, they're complaining that I'm hindering their fortune!"

Xiao Ge, his heart pounding, helped the old man catch his breath. Master Jin coughed violently, his hands gripping his apprentice's, wrinkled and bare like withered tree bark.

"Make a call! Call them!"

He wanted to ask if these three people were so greedy that they planned to burn the signboard left by their master to use as money!

Xiao Ge held the phone and whispered, "Master, I couldn't get through."

None of the three answered the phone.

Xiao Ge looked at his master cautiously: "Perhaps he didn't hear..."

"What? I didn't hear anything!"

Master Jin closed his eyes: "Let's go, I'll go find them myself."

If Master Jin hadn't eaten Wen Ji's food before, he might not have been so desperate. But after tasting the young woman's cooking at Wen Ji, Master Jin knew that even if his master were still alive, let alone Jin Yu Lou, they would have a hard time going head-to-head with Wen Ji.

In the face of absolute power, nothing can be accomplished.

Jin Yulou has been honest and straightforward; even with its savings, it could live off its past achievements for over ten years. But if it were to go up against that person...

Master Jin gritted his teeth and got up. He couldn't bear to see his master's hard work ruined by these three people!

Master Jin had a good plan, but he came up empty-handed. The three of them probably already knew he was coming, and none of them were in the shop.

Master Jin pressed for details about who would prepare the pig-slaughtering feast that evening, and several young men stepped forward, saying that they would be in charge.

Where's the menu?

One of the young men handed over a beautifully printed menu.

"Pagoda-shaped pork, apple stewed pork chops, plum sweet and sour pork ribs... Who ordered the menu?"

The young men looked left and right, and then mustered up their courage to say that it was ordered by Master Sanjin.

Chef Da Jin said disappointedly, "None of these dishes are his specialty."

Especially the Pagoda Pork, which is a dish that requires a lot of skill. To make such a dish, you have to start preparing it several hours in advance. Even the third brother himself makes mistakes five out of ten times, so it's a pipe dream to teach it to his apprentice.

unless……

Master Jin suddenly realized what was happening, shook off the hands of the young men who tried to pull him away, and headed straight for the freezer.

When Chef Da Jin saw the perfectly packaged pre-cooked dish in the freezer, labeled "Pagoda Pork," he fell completely silent.

Seeing that things were not going well, Xiao Ge went up to support his master.

Master Jin staggered a few steps, but then stood up and said to the anxious young man, "Call your master and tell him that if I don't see him within half an hour... I'll go out and sell all of Jin Yu Lou's shares!"

Within twenty minutes, the young master and his two junior brothers arrived.

Xiao Ge stood at the office door, afraid that there would be a commotion inside, but nothing happened. Ten minutes later, Master Jin came out and beckoned Xiao Ge to come with him.

After taking a few steps, he turned back and said, "Boss, I'm not taking anyone else with me, except for Xiao Ge. You should terminate his contract and make sure he doesn't lose his salary."

The young master's expression was extremely complicated, but he finally nodded.

Xiao Ge was still dizzy, but he ran a few steps to catch up with his master.

Master Jin walked out the door, took one last look at the signboard of Jinyulou, and sighed deeply.

"Master, you..."

Although Master Jin's eyes were full of sorrow, his brows and eyes also showed a weariness that seemed to have settled down.

"Now that the shares are sold, Jin Yu Lou has nothing to do with me anymore."

Xiao Ge was terrified.

"Don't bother your master to take you away. You can't stay here any longer."

His shares will be split into three parts, one for the second and third sons and one for the owner, and the contract can be signed tonight.

He was exhausted. He had been dragging along this old shop, Jinyulou, for so long, and today, a single sentence from the young master had broken his spirit.

"Master chef, what are we cooking for? Isn't it to make money? Since we can make money now, why make things difficult for ourselves?"

Yes, don't make things difficult for yourself.

Master Da Jin sold his shares and gave a final piece of advice before leaving.

"Don't fight Wenji, you can't beat them."

But no sooner had he finished speaking than Erjin's sneer rang out.

That's settled then.

He has done everything he could.

*****

That evening, Da Tuanzi arrived at Jin Yu Lou early, turned on the live streaming machine, occupied a window seat, and started the live stream.

"Hi everyone, this is Da Tuanzi. Long time no see! This is our long-awaited restaurant review series! Today we're at Jin Yu Lou!"

After speaking, Da Tuanzi held up her phone and showed the interior of Jin Yu Lou. Perhaps the pig-slaughtering feast was indeed a big enough gimmick, because the hall of Jin Yu Lou was completely full tonight.

As the comments scrolled by, many people praised the environment of Jinyulou.

[momo: No wonder it's expensive per person! Look at this location, look at this environment!]

[Cicada's Voice: Oh no, I have a feeling Wenji is going to lose. Jinyulou seems really confident.]

[Mango Milkshake: I have two phones! Hahaha, there's a live stream from Wenji tonight too, it seems like it's being filmed by students working there, and apparently they can film the kitchen!]

[Zhang Xixi: I also want to see the kitchen of Jinyulou! Host, please go and talk to them!]

...

The little dumpling scratched its head: "I'll go ask, but I can't guarantee it will work."

Hey, don't be shy! We're big streamers with millions of followers, after all!

The little dumpling chuckled and approached the waiter, who politely declined his request.

"Sir, our kitchen is not open to the public, but we guarantee that all dishes are freshly cooked to order, and healthy and delicious food has always been our principle."

The big dumpling shrugged: "No way."

[Momo: Uh, if we can't see the kitchen, then I'll stand at Wen Ji's.]

Oda: +1

[Mr. Frog: Hey, hey, hey, it's understandable that they don't allow us to see the kitchen. This is a decades-old establishment; do they expect everyone to come in? What about their secret recipe?]

Seeing that the comments section was getting heated, Da Tuanzi quickly tried to maintain order.

"The food is served!"

...

At the same time, a young woman opened her lunchbox, her phone switched to Da Tuanzi's live stream, and seeing the comparisons in the comments, she opened her tablet.

I easily found Wenji's live stream on my tablet.

An account called "Golden Sea" was live-streaming Wenji.

"Um, let's look at Jin Yu Lou first."

Wenji's account was completely black, but you could vaguely hear people in line shouting "Don't push me!" in the background.

When Hai Shang Jin Se occasionally speaks, it's usually about how busy he is, with people coming into the shop.

"I'll be live-streaming the kitchen in a bit!"

Upon hearing this, the girl muted her tablet and focused intently on watching Da Tuanzi's live stream.

"Here it comes, the first dish: Nine-Turned Intestines!"

The glistening large intestines were served, and Da Tuanzi (a nickname) was particularly impressed, picking up his own Xinjiang-style toy and examining it from all angles. It must be said, the Nine-Turned Intestines dish certainly looked quite appealing.

Especially the shiny, oily large intestine sprinkled with chopped green onions, it looks incredibly fragrant.

The takeout in front of the girl was spicy hot pot, and when she saw the large intestine, she took a bite of fish tofu first.

This is perfect with rice!

Big Dumpling: "This pork intestine smells really good, it doesn't have any of the unpleasant smell of offal, and the color is also very nice."

The screen was flooded with comments.

[Dude, stop talking and just take a bite!] [Even if it's over 800, you can't just keep recommending it without eating!] [Eat up, eat up, I love pig intestines the most!]

The big dumpling smiled and picked up a piece: "Same as always, the vermicelli eats first."

A close-up shot was given in front of the camera, showing the big dumpling stuffing fatty intestines into its mouth.

What does it taste like?

The big dumpling took a careful bite and gave an awkward but polite smile: "Maybe I took too long to take pictures, this pork intestine is a bit cold. Let's ask the waiter to heat it up."

After saying that, the person left the camera's view. A short while later, a waiter came and took away the large intestine, apologizing profusely.

"There might have been a slight mistake, but it's okay. Let's try the next dish. Ta-da, Pagoda Pork!"

The girl frowned. She had hoped to watch something interesting to eat, but the very first dish served was such a disaster.

Fortunately, the pagoda-shaped pork was still steaming hot, so the big dumpling didn't dare to make any more. After quickly finishing the presentation, it started eating.

"Mmm, it smells delicious... The meat is also very tender and soft, it's prepared in a very natural way, you can taste the original flavor of the ingredients."

The girl put down her chopsticks.

Watching mukbang videos is about three parts food, three parts eating style, and the rest is about the streamer's recommendations and eating heartily.

Although the little dumpling didn't say anything unpleasant, the way it was described... and the way it ate...

The comments section was also noisy.

[Momo: What's going on? This streamer can't talk properly! They just repeat the same few words over and over, using phrases like "fragrant" and "soft." I want to hear something different!]

[eee: Please, what else do you want them to say? Say it's terribly bad? They're still in the restaurant; if you're that blunt, the manager will probably call them in soon.]

[Look at those distant mountains: ...Those in front are probably new fans, they don't know Da Tuanzi's video style.]

[Puppy Eating Instant Noodles: I also wanted to say... Big Dumpling wouldn't say anyone's food is bad, after all, it's about reviewing restaurants, not making enemies, but his behavior was pretty obvious.]

[A-Ci: Can we please stop with the riddles?! I'm genuinely curious about what this dish tastes like!]

[A Lucky Cat: Let me tell you straight. The so-called "very fragrant" basically means either it's incredibly delicious, or the streamer suspects the use of artificial flavoring agents! The so-called "meat is very tender" either means it's exceptionally delicious, or the streamer suspects it's pre-cooked food, since pre-cooked food often has meat stewed until very tender! The so-called "very original" is really just one word—the flavor hasn't penetrated! And finally, the "taste of the ingredients themselves"—think about what kind of meat this is!]

[One person: ...Damn, this pork tastes awful!]