In Mong Kok, there was a restaurant that had been open for over thirty years, filled with guests and praised by diners.
However, prosperity also hid a crisis: the owner was old with no succes...
Chapter 136 Ge Yueqin's Opportunity
Xiuxiu went to the window: "Sister Ningning made the clam soup."
"I want to eat now."
A voice in Cantonese: "Ah Xiang, the boss is here, and you are still like this? Do you still want the year-end bonus?"
"I'm going to work." The young man turned and ran back.
Sister Ge’s chicken steamed buns were out of the pot. Yue Ning took a pair of chopsticks and picked up a steamed bun.
After being soaked in the soup, the flower rolls have spread out into wide noodles. The fermented dough has absorbed the chicken soup. It tastes so delicious when you take a bite.
"I haven't cooked this dish since I arrived in Hong Kong. I must cook it more often when I return."
Sister Ge washed the pot and gave the stove to Yue Ning. Yue Ning fried bream and asked, "Do we have beer here?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Wang and Mr. Liu want some."
"Bring me a bottle." Yue Ning served out the fried fish.
After putting the scallion and ginger into the pot, add garlic and onion. She combines this with the method of sizzling pot, putting the fried fish on top and adding seasonings.
Xiuxiu brought over the beer and Yue Ning poured half a bottle of beer into it. The aroma of two different kinds of river food mixed together.
The village primary school is not big, and the fragrance is so strong that people from the feed factory and another plastic factory next door all stuck their heads out.
Mr. Shi from the feed factory originally couldn't refuse the invitation, and now as he came out of his office, he felt fortunate that he had agreed to go for dinner, otherwise he would be regretting it now.
Yue Ning cooked the bream, reduced the stir-fried pork, and fried some water spinach with garlic paste. She said, "Xiu Xiu, go next door and invite Mr. Shi to tell him that we are ready to eat, and notify everyone."
"Okay!" Xiuxiu went out immediately.
Yue Ning opened the lid of the pot of clam soup and added salt and pepper.
Put half a small bowl of green garlic leaves into a large enamel basin, and use a large spoon to scoop the clam soup into the enamel basin. The green garlic floats on the milky white clam soup.
Sister Ge loosened the rice in the rice cooker, picked up the rice cooker and followed Yue Ning.
Yue Ning carried the large basin to the cafeteria next door. It was called a cafeteria, but it was actually just a room with only two large round tables. Several chefs were still washing their hands. Qiao Junxian and Mr. Shi sat down. Yue Ning saw that Xiuxiu hadn't sat down yet, so he asked, "Why isn't Xiuxiu sitting down?"
"Isn't that the rule at home? Women can't sit down until the man sits down."
Yue Ning glared at her and said, "Feudal remnant, sit down."
"oh!"
Yue Ning sat down next to Qiao Junxian and waited for everyone to gather and start eating.
Yue Ning said to Mr. Shi: "Mr. Shi, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for taking care of Dahei."
"My little bit of meat is a reward to Dahei. Now that he's gone, those rats will come back again."
"Get a cat?" Yue Ning suggested.
Mr. Shi smiled and said, "Raise a cat."
Qiao Junxian stood up and poured a bowl of soup for Mr. Shi, and also poured a bowl for Yue Ning. He also wanted to pour soup for his supervisor, who stood up hurriedly: "Boss, you pour first, we will do it ourselves."
"We'll do it ourselves, we'll do it ourselves." They didn't dare to let their boss, the second son of the Qiao family, make the soup.
Qiao Junxian made soup for the supervisor: "You all feel bad for me making soup. How can you have the nerve to eat the dishes made by Ning Yan, the famous chef in Hong Kong? Everyone has worked hard. Our factory has just started, and we need everyone to work harder in the future."
Qiao Junxian made soup for everyone, and now everyone finally had a sip of it, which made them salivate with anticipation.
Smelling fragrant and tasting fresh, this is simply the ultimate enjoyment for taste buds.
The clam meat inside has become plump after two hours of stewing. It is full of soup and chewy yet not difficult to cook. It is truly the best river food.
"This soup is so delicious. Could it be that it's made of only clams?" asked Master Zhang, the warehouse keeper.
Xiuxiu had something to say: "Ningning made the soup with crucian carp, and stewed it with crucian carp soup."
"No wonder, this soup is as thick as milk."
"I'm going to try it when I get back," said Master Zhang.
The repairman from Hong Kong City smiled and said, "But first, you have to think about whether there is a pair of hands as skillful as the boss lady."
"I don't have to think about that."
The chopsticks that Qiao Junxian used to pick up the fish shook slightly. He put the fish into the bowl and lowered his head to eat the fish. This was too embarrassing.
Yue Ning saw that he was embarrassed again. He was a thin-skinned person. Yue Ning picked up a steamed bun for him and said, "Try the chicken steamed bun made by Sister Ge. This is the flavor of our northwest."
"Ningning, I hear you call me Uncle Agen and you call Yue Qinge Big Sister. The seniority isn't right!" Agen reminded Yue Ning.
Yue Ning looked at Uncle Agen: "It's so annoying, I've always called you that, can't I change it? Calling you Aunt Yueqin... It's so awkward!"
Ge Yueqin rolled her eyes at the man in annoyance: "Ningning, call me whatever you want, you are the only one who talks too much."
"Uncle Agen believes that he must let others know that you are his wife." Yue Ning laughed at Agen, "Let me tell you, when did my Uncle Agen fall in love with my Aunt Yueqin..."
Before Yue Ning could say anything, Ge Yueqin put down her chopsticks and covered her face with her hands. Yang Yonggen said quickly: "Thank you, little aunt!"
Yue Ning picked up some food for Ge Yueqin: "Auntie, eat some food, eat some food."
"Don't talk about me. Then tell me, when did you fall in love with Mr. Qiao?" Agen asked her.
The young man from Hong Kong said: "Everyone in Hong Kong knows this. Our boss's wife fell in love with our boss at first sight."
The young man still looked at Yue Ning: "The boss lady, right?"
Yue Ning looked at Qiao Junxian. She and Sister Huiyi had already ridiculed each other. Neither of them could clear themselves of love at first sight. She said, "Oh, yes!"
Yue Ning looked at Qiao Junxian, and sure enough, he had a huge smile on his face. As long as he was happy, that was good!
The young man asked: "Boss, we want to know if it is possible to hold our year-end party this year in... Baohua Building?"
Yue Ning thought he was going to put it in Ningyan. Qiao Junxian's Kwun Tong factory is not big, with only about 40 people. Whether it is in Baohua Building or Ningyan, there are only six or seven tables including dealers. What about Baohua Building? It's too noisy. Putting it in Ningyan will cost a lot of money.
Qiao Junxian could certainly afford the money, but this was his first real business besides his previous small business as an agent for German home appliances. The total capital invested was only 500,000 or 600,000 Hong Kong dollars.
He has to rely on these capitals to prove his management ability. He can't just keep throwing money at it just because he is the second son of the Qiao family.
Now that the factory has just started up, he has achieved some initial success by making good use of the existing inventory.
"What about Baohua Building? You can't book the whole hall. There are only one or two tables in the private rooms. If you don't get together, there won't be that atmosphere. What about Ningyan? To be honest, a table costs seven or eight thousand or even tens of thousands. I don't think it's very interesting. Whether it's Baohua Building or Ningyan, it's difficult for me to cook for you. I think my colleagues in the company actually want to try my cooking. So... this year's year-end banquet will be held in your Kwun Tong factory. I will bring two assistants, plus your chef, and we will have it in the company cafeteria. The dishes will be better so that everyone can enjoy the meal. The original year-end banquet budget is still based on the cost, and the prizes are richer. Let everyone be happy?" Yue Ning looked at Qiao Junxian, "What do you think?"
"Really?" the young man asked happily.
"Really, I'll make some time first."
Qiao Junxian smiled even more happily.
"Ms. Yue, I would like to ask you, since you run a restaurant in Hong Kong, are you familiar with the agricultural products supplied to Hong Kong? For example, pig farming." Mr. Shi asked Yue Ning.
Yue Ning nodded: "I understand it very well."
"It's like this. We've recently been looking into the domestic pig breeding and purchasing. The information we've collected is very confusing. There are pigs being raised in farms, and there are also pigs being purchased from farmers and then centralized..."
Yue Ning heard that he wanted to do market research, so she smiled and said, "Mr. Shi, you can ask my Aunt Yueqin about this. She is the chief veterinarian of our township animal husbandry station, and she is very familiar with this area. Of course, if you want to know about the supply to Hong Kong, I can introduce you to relevant personnel."
"I want to learn about pig farming for Hong Kong, and I also hope to find someone who knows about it and can help me understand the situation of pig farming in China so that I can know where to sell the feed." Mr. Shi looked at Ge Yueqin, "What's your name, ma'am?"
"Mr. Shi, you can call me 'Little Ge'!" Ge Yueqin said, "I only know the overall situation in our city, but the whole country uses the same plan, so it should be said that everyone is similar..."
Ge Yueqin is very capable in this area, otherwise the county would not allow her to go to other villages to teach in addition to training veterinarians for her own village. When it comes to her job, she has clear ideas and good eloquence.
After the meal, Mr. Shi had a general idea of what was going on.
Everyone else had to go to work, so Yue Ning sat with them, poured them some water, and listened to their conversation.
"Xiao Ge, can you please help us..." Mr. Shi shook his head, "No, no, your information is too important to us. In other areas, we can still ask market research companies to produce reports. But there are no such research companies in the mainland. We have to pay for this."
"Mr. Shi, my Aunt Yueqin cannot make use of her strengths in our factory. Since you think her abilities are very useful to you, why don't you hire her as a member of your marketing department. Your feed company will need such people to expand the market in the future. My Aunt Yueqin graduated from a technical secondary school in animal husbandry and is well educated." Yue Ning recommended to Mr. Shi.
Mr. Shi asked pleasantly, "Is that possible? Please help us sort out the basic situation of the domestic livestock market in the early stage, and do market research and updates after we go into mass production. I just need someone in the industry like Xiao Ge."
"Me? No. I'm just a veterinarian and I don't know what the market situation is." Ge Yueqin waved her hands quickly.
Yue Ning smiled: "You know, even if Mr. Shi and his team spend money, they may not be able to figure it out. In addition, I have a good relationship with the people at the Guangdong Agricultural Products Import and Export Company. Mr. Shi's company may have expanded its business from Guangdong Province at the beginning. What you are talking about now is the livestock breeding situation in our hometown. Investigate the livestock breeding here again. Then for Mr. Shi, they will have a certain understanding. Besides, all industries are interconnected. The Guangdong Import and Export Company has a superior unit. This time I got the hairy crabs, and the import and export company found the superior unit to get them for me, that is, some people in other provinces, and we can also contact them. You can also investigate..."
Yue Ning's words made Mr. Shi's eyes light up.
Just from the information Ge Yueqin knew and the fact that he was very satisfied with her thinking during their conversation, he knew that Ge Yueqin was a talent. And now Miss Yue took the initiative to talk about her connections, which meant that they could use her connections if they hired Ge Yueqin. This was a chance that was presented to them!
"Xiao Ge, come to our factory! Marketing specialist."
"Aunt Yueqin, this job is suitable for you, right?" Yue Ning looked at her.
Ge Yueqin nodded uncertainly: "Then let me try?"
"Come on! Come on!" Mr. Shi said, "It's really a piece of cake. I didn't know the expert in the industry was right next to me."
“Sometimes you just need to communicate more to know the truth!”