Chapter 148 The New Chef
At noon, Shen Qingyue and the others were busy and didn't notice that the new chef hired by the steel mill had arrived and was secretly observing them.
The new chef, Liu, was a little surprised to see so many people coming to the steel plant to eat, and then went back in silence.
The new chef is Liu Zhonghe, and he brought a lot of people with him.
His hometown is Siyun County, and he has been working hard outside for many years. Now that Siyun County is developing well, among the public institutions, the steel plant is the most popular among the people in the county.
It just so happened that Liu Zhonghe had a relative who worked in the county party committee, so he took the opportunity to ask for a favor and came over.
Chef Liu brought with him the entire team from his previous employer: two chefs, four apprentices, and a handyman, a total of eight people.
The steel plant showed great sincerity.
Before Liu Zhonghe came, he was afraid that he would run into the people from his previous kitchen. After all, it wouldn't be good to steal someone else's job.
Later I heard that they were recruited by the special window, and I felt relieved.
Everyone was busy at noon, and the things they asked for from the logistics department had been moved into the 80-square-meter kitchen one after another.
Without Shen Qingyue's 600-liter freezer, this kitchen is just enough for six to eight people.
Liu Zhonghe had already thought about what dishes to cook for dinner, and the others were preparing. As the new head of the kitchen, Liu Zhonghe went to find the logistics director!
The logistics director has been keeping an eye on the construction of a three-story building outside recently. He has been busy all day and just took a short break in the office when he heard that the new chef Liu was looking for him.
The logistics director rubbed his face tiredly, forced himself to be energetic, and called people in.
This was the first time the post-production director met Chef Liu. He didn’t look like a cook, but his eyes were full of shrewdness and calculation.
The logistics director manages a factory with more than 3,000 employees, and he sees a lot of people coming and going.
Although I knew what kind of person he was, I didn't make things difficult for him. I asked him if he was used to the job. If he needed anything, I asked the logistics department to issue an order and he could just go to the warehouse to get it.
Chef Liu said, "I'm new here, so there are a lot of things I don't understand. If I make any mistakes, please feel free to point them out."
The logistics director is a rough but meticulous person. Although he looks like a rough man on weekdays, he is definitely not a simple-minded person to be the steward of a steel plant.
The logistics director said, "Hey, how could that be?"
Chef Liu repeatedly tried to smooth things over with the logistics director.
Feeling that the groundwork had been laid, Chef Liu finally said, "There are some things I'm not sure I should say. Even though I've been working outside for so many years, my roots are in Siyun County. I really didn't expect the steel mill's own kitchen to be so small. The outsourced place is so large, it's a joke."
The logistics director pursed his lips.
Chef Liu immediately made amends, "Of course, I'm new here and don't understand a lot of our factory's rules. If I'm being rude, you'll have to criticize me."
The logistics director said, "To be honest, expanding the special counter is what everyone in the factory wants. Everyone goes there to get their meals, and now there are so many people and the lines are so long, employees have been writing letters to the factory director's office over and over again. Right now, the new cafeteria is under construction, and there's still six months to go, so you'll have to make do with it for now. The main kitchen is ready."
The logistics director almost mentioned him by name.
The people in the factories, big and small, have the final say in the back kitchen. If he is really good, the queue will be long, just like the small specialty windows in the past, and naturally people will petition for him.
Chef Liu hummed, "I'm sorry for being abrupt, please don't be angry."
The logistics director's eyes were bulging with anger. He was really tired and didn't want to waste time on small talk. "Anything else? I have to go out later."
The logistics director was almost about to order us to leave.
Chef Liu pretended to be nonchalant and said, "There's one more thing. I'm new here and don't know everyone very well. I'd like to hold a three-day free event and hope the factory can support it."
Does this require funding?
And once it’s free, it’s not certain how much will be given away.
The logistics director said, "This... has never been offered in the factory before." This was already a polite refusal.
But Chef Liu was adamant. While he was speaking, Deputy Director Xu came in and said, "I happened to be passing by and overheard this. Director, don't be too pushy about this. How about giving us a free night? Just as a celebration. We don't need to over-promote it."
Chef Liu is ambitious and wants to compete head-on with Shen Qingyue. If he were to give her three days of free meals, I believe all the employees in the factory would not be able to handle it.
He was not very satisfied that it was only free once and that it was at night.
Just as he was about to speak, Deputy Director Xu said, "Xiao Liu, all the factory money has been used to build houses outside. The financial pressure is huge. So this is already the limit. You have to understand."
Chef Liu said, "Okay, thank you for the support from the factory."
Seeing that Deputy Director Xu had finished all the good and bad words, the logistics director said, "Okay then."
Deputy Director Xu said to Chef Liu, "You've just arrived, so I guess you have a lot to clean up. I won't keep you here for now. Work hard."
Chef Liu looked grateful.
Wait until the people leave.
Deputy Factory Director Xu said, "This is Xiao Liu, the nephew of Director Liu. Building a building for our factory requires us to go through the formalities and inspections at the county level!"
The logistics director's temper flared up. "This project was approved by the county's top leader. Everything has been clearly approved."
"Hey, keep your voice down. Although Xiao Liu has a background, he's also been a chef for over a decade. It doesn't matter who we invite. We should just treat him normally. No need for preferential treatment. As for the free first day, just consider it a courtesy."
The logistics director said, "I have a feeling he is not someone who would stay content."
"It's okay. We have so many people watching over us, so there won't be any big trouble."
"It's better this way."
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At night, many people from the steel plant came to Shen Qingyue for the dumplings.
Everyone in the factory loves to eat dumplings, but they are difficult to make.
Unless you are a very diligent person, you will have to chop the stuffing and knead the dough. Just mentioning so many steps is troublesome.
Before everyone rushed to the food factory, they chatted with each other: "I have to hurry up, otherwise the chive and egg stuffing will be gone."
"I want to try the one with tomato filling." I've never heard that this kind of thing can be stuffed.
When everyone was discussing it heatedly, I suddenly saw someone in the small featured window.
In the past, Shen Qingyue was always at the small window. Everyone had eaten there so often that they were used to running around.
I just heard today that the people who used to work in the cafeteria have been banned and taken away by Shen Qingyue. Everyone was still talking about how new people would come sooner or later. I didn't expect them to come so early.
Now that I'm here, I can't help but go over and see what they've done.
The result was amazing. It was written on the blackboard that it was free for a limited time tonight.
The steel plant had never been free before, so this announcement of free was a bombshell.
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