Chapter 78 Cai Zhiyuan's Friends

Yue Ning's innocent eyes met Boss Guo's green eyes. Boss Guo couldn't stand it anymore today and he endured it again: "Do you think you can bring Huihuang back? Do you think those chefs are fools?"

Mr. Lu of Hong An looked sideways at Boss Guo, as if he was looking at a fool. He asked, "So, Boss Guo thinks Mr. Ye Yingzhang is a fool? Do you think that just because Miss Yue is the half-adopted daughter of Mr. Ye's sister, it is enough for Mr. Ye to acquire Huihuang and even be willing to share Hong An's mainland development plan with her?"

This question got to the heart of the matter; that was the decision made by the head of the Nanyang Ye family.

General Manager Lu said: "Even if they want to train younger generations, have you ever seen a company come up with such a plan to train younger generations? This is a business investment."

Boss Guo has been arrogant for many years and likes to comment on this and that hotel. He is also good at marketing. In addition to the international brand hotels that the government uses to receive visiting high-ranking officials, the rich and famous like to stay at Junhao, which is luxurious from top to bottom. Lu Jinyong, the chef of Yulongxuan, is even more enthusiastic about marketing than Boss Guo, and he even praises Yulongxuan as if it is the best in the whole city. But in the Hong Kong and Macau hotel competition last year, he still lost to Li Xinrong from Baohua Building.

The other bosses were also annoyed with Boss Guo, and when they heard these words they all laughed and whispered to each other.

Yue Ning smiled at Boss Guo and said, "Boss Guo, there's no need to be so excited. Baohualou has never considered Shenghualou as its rival. Now I won't compare Ningyan with Yulongxuan. Ningyan is Ningyan, a brand dedicated to new Cantonese cuisine and a catering brand that focuses on the entire Chinese market. Of course, at present, Ningyan's first store is bound to have an impact on Yulongxuan, and there's nothing we can do about it, so I hoped you could be mentally prepared last time."

Boss Guo stopped talking. After listening to two subsequent speeches, he left early, using the excuse that Nakamura Mii would be arriving soon and he had to make some arrangements.

Yue Ning didn't understand. Even if he was a superstar, as a hotel, the most they could do was to provide better security. Why else would they need special codes? Why did a boss like him run away in such a hurry?

Yue Ning did not have time to understand Boss Guo. She was surrounded by everyone. At the reception after the meeting, Yue Baohua helped his granddaughter out: "Everyone, everyone, Ningning is still young. You drink wine and she drinks water. Don't force her to drink."

Yue Ning drank water and ate vegetables. Even if she pointed out the problems of Yulongxuan, Yulongxuan's successful experience had been deeply rooted in their bones and it was difficult to turn around. The dishes they made were still more about form than taste.

After the meal, the grandparents said goodbye to everyone. Boss Ma asked Yue Ning to go to their tea restaurant next time to take a closer look and give some advice. Yue Ning readily agreed.

Others said they hoped the end-of-year meeting would be held at Ningyanju. Yue Ning smiled and said, "I'll listen to the association's arrangements."

It can be considered as an agreement.

The two returned to Baohua Building. The dinner market was almost over. Asong and Zhen took the team to patrol the tables after dinner. Everyone had already started to do things according to her requirements.

Yue Ning waited until they finished their tour and waved for them to come over. She stood with Yue Baohua and said, "I want to share a good news with you all, and also explain why I have been so strict with you all these days, even to the point of being difficult for people to understand."

Although everyone did what Yue Ning said, they couldn't help but say a few words in private about her strict requirements.

Yue Ning smiled and said: "After Hong An acquires Huihuang, it will entrust Baohualou with management. Huihuang will be renamed Ningyan, focusing on high-end new Cantonese cuisine."

"Ah?" Asong was the first to be surprised.

"Uncle Asong, what's with that expression on your face? I've told you privately more than once that we won't be limited to Baohua Building." Yue Ning looked at them, "In addition! We have signed an agreement with Hong'an Hotel. All of Hong'an Hotel's Chinese restaurants in the mainland will be managed and operated by us."

Ah Song frowned. They have been paid too much recently, but they are short of staff and very tired. He said, "Ning Ning, are we moving too fast? The staff of Baohualou has only recovered 80% and there are still many newcomers. You and the chef are not here today, and we are very busy in the kitchen."

Yue Ning smiled, "I started thinking about this before I came to Hong Kong City. When I was in Yuecheng, I contacted their Second Commercial Bureau. At that time, we considered that Baohua Building did not have enough people, so we only started our cooperation with Fuyun Building. The chef of Fuyun Building will be here the day after tomorrow. The first batch of chefs are all good players of Fuyun Building. There is He Yunbang, who was trained by my father and is known as 'Niu Hebang', and there is also Ma Xingyao, who is very good at knife cutting and has made crispy glutinous rice chicken with me, and there is also Luo Guoqiang, the grandson of my grandfather's senior brother. You can learn from each other in the kitchen. I also plan to go to Yuecheng again to expand the cooperation with the Second Commercial Bureau, not only to the cooperation of chefs, but also to the cooperation of catering management and service personnel."

Everyone looked hesitant. Yue Ning smiled and said, "There's no need for you to have any grudges. The contract we signed stipulates that they must return to their original units in the mainland after two years. Even if they must stay in Hong Kong City, Baohua Building and its subsidiaries will not hire them. There is no competition between them and you. I painted a pie for you, thinking that you are all the core of Baohua Building, and the future development of Baohua Building and Ning Yan depends on you. The pie I painted for them is that there will be Fuyun Building and Ning Yan in the mainland, and their positions are there. Yes! I have been thinking about it these two days. At the right time, we will form a joint venture with Fuyun Building, so that Fuyun Building, which has cultivated three generations of us, can regain its former glory. Whether this pie can become a reality must depend on everyone's joint efforts. Please!"

Yue Ning bowed to everyone and straightened his back: "The pie is ready, and there are also benefits. I am working with relevant personnel to develop an employee incentive system, including wages, bonuses and housing subsidies. Without feed, the donkeys in the production team will not work! Right?"

Everyone laughed, and Asong said, "Then we are all waiting for you to give us money to buy the house."

"Asong, you don't need to buy a house, you can think about buying a detached house." Ah Zhen said to Asong.

Yue Ning nodded: "Yes, yes, of course you can."

How many billionaires emerged from those confidants who followed her in her previous life?

The phone at the front desk rang and Yue Ning asked someone to answer it.

"Ningning, Master Cai is looking for you."

"I have finished what I want to say. Thank you all for your hard work!" Yue Ning ran over to answer the phone, and everyone dispersed and went home.

Cai Zhiyuan said on the other end of the phone: "Ningning, I'm bringing some friends over for a midnight snack."

"What friend? What do you want to eat?" Yue Ning asked.

Cai Zhiyuan said, "Japanese friends. They are not used to the Cantonese food at Yulongxuan. Can you cook something for them? Anything? When I went to Japan, they took me to eat noodles, which were so salty that I was killed. Today, the dishes at Yulongxuan tasted like they had no salt in them."

Yue Ning smiled. In her previous life, the whole world praised Japanese food for being light and delicious. Even when drinking soup, the Japanese would use oil-absorbing paper to absorb the oil before drinking it. Chinese food is heavy in oil, salt, and spicy, which is unhealthy.

In her previous life, Yue Ning traveled all over Hokkaido and Kyushu. When she came back, she decided to double the salt in the Japanese version of Ning Shaoba and add 30% more oil to the sauce. The R&D team thought she was crazy? Her explanation was: "You just have to make it look light."

Before they stole the Japanese version of Ning Shao La recipe, their followers were scratching their heads as they watched Ning Shao La Japanese store doing a booming business. They wondered why the two recipes were basically the same, but they couldn't do it in Japan? There is no such thing as a wall that can't be penetrated, and soon they got the recipe. It is said that they couldn't believe it at first, that the way to victory would be so simple? They thought she had used a trick to lure them into the trap. With no other choice, they decided to give it a try. It worked after a try.

From this perspective, Cai Zhiyuan also has a talent for running a restaurant? He can always hit the nail on the head.

"I want to make some rice noodles?" Yue Ning asked, "How many people?"

"Including me, there are four of us. You decide. Just add two more spoonfuls of salt. Don't add any salt to my bowl."

"Got it." Yue Ning replied with a smile.

Yue Ning told Yue Baohua that Cai Zhiyuan was going to bring his friends over.

Baohualou is still mainly populated by people from Hong Kong. They don’t know the tastes of the Japanese. Yue Baohua said, “Then what should we do?”

"Roast duck and roast pork noodles." Yue Ning said.

Yue Ning went to the drying room and found a traditional roast duck embryo that had already been dried, and then found a piece of roast meat, turned on the oven, and started roasting it.

"Just eat this?" Yue Baohua was a little unconvinced.

"Yeah! Midnight snack! What else can I eat?"

As Yue Ning spoke, he took out a piece of pork belly and an onion from the refrigerator, peeled the pork belly, cut it into slices, and also chopped the onion.

She took a pan and fried the pork belly. After all the fat had been fried out, she used the oil to stir-fry onions and added a large spoonful of broth.

Yue Baohua frowned. This broth was originally used to make noodle soup in their store. There was oil in it, and there was also oil in the pork belly. Isn't this just adding oil to oil?

Yue Ning said: "If you make a thick white soup, it won't look oily."

When it becomes thick and white, it means the oil is emulsified, it does not mean that it is no longer oily.

"Grandpa, go open the door and wait for Brother Zhiyuan and the others!"

Yue Baohua believes that if you don’t understand something, don’t read it. Anyway, there are too many things Ningning does that he doesn’t understand.

Yue Ning turned on the fire. The broth was already there, and with the addition of pork belly, it was effortless to cook the soup until it became thick.

While the soup was boiling, Yue Ning got the lettuce and rice noodles ready.

Hearing the noise outside, she walked out. Cai Zhiyuan enthusiastically brought in a petite blond woman wearing a mask. Behind them were two staff members and several bodyguards.

Cai Zhiyuan said, "This is the most authentic Cantonese restaurant in our Hong Kong city, but we came late today, so I asked their boss to cook something for us. When I have time in the next two days, I will bring you here to eat the most authentic Cantonese cuisine."

The translator who followed behind translated for the petite woman. Yue Ning expressed doubts about the word "authentic" because authentic Cantonese cuisine was not to the Japanese's taste.

The woman took off her mask, revealing a typical Japanese girl's appearance. These days, no matter which TV channel you tune into, you can see news about her. She was the superstar Mii Nakamura, whom Boss Guo did not even attend the dinner to welcome her.

Yue Ning said: "Hello, Miss Nakamura!"