Chapter 4: Chef Looking for a Job
On the other side that Shen Wei couldn't see, the people who received the offers were not as calm as Shen Wei imagined.
For example, Chef Liu is a first-class chef at Jiangbei Hotel and has worked here for half his life.
He has brought out countless students and apprentices.
In the past, he had to kowtow and become a disciple to learn this family secret dish.
Cooking requires talent, and even the slightest mistake can lead to a huge disaster.
Using the same ingredients in the same dosage, some people can make delicious food, while others can make food that is just not so good.
Ordinary people certainly can't taste it, but those who come to Jiangbei Hotel are all gourmets who have been eating for half their lives. Their tongues are more accurate than measurement units.
A meal in this big hotel costs at least four figures. It used to be packed with guests.
But this year, consumption has declined and few people go out to eat.
There was a rumor in the hotel that the boss was going to lay off employees.
If you think about it, a restaurant this big has four to five hundred service staff and seventy to eighty people in the kitchen.
This time the number of layoffs is not small, at least 2/3 will be laid off.
For a moment, everyone felt insecure.
I don’t know what to do if I get laid off. I might start my own business, as business isn’t that good outside right now. But if I don’t start a business, there won’t be anyone hiring around here.
Some chefs who knew each other started asking each other questions as soon as they arrived in the kitchen.
Have you been anywhere? It would be best if we could go with someone. If they provide food and lodging, we can go somewhere else.
It has become difficult for some elderly people who have established families and careers. They have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and now they cannot leave even if there are good opportunities in other places.
Everyone sighed and said, "Oh, if only someone could dig it up."
"You're just dreaming. What kind of person would be poached? At least he has to be like Chef Liu."
"You're right, I heard someone actually tried to recruit Chef Liu. The asking price is 50,000 yuan a month."
50,000?
Everyone gasped after hearing this and was shocked by this number!
The indescribable bitterness and jealousy that filled the air soon spread throughout the entire kitchen.
Even the HR manager knew about it.
As soon as Chef Liu arrived at work, he was called to the office.
The HR manager in the office said, "Master Liu, you've worked hard here for half your life. You know the current state of the business. Maybe we'll have to sell the hotel to someone else in the future."
After all, Chef Liu was a veteran of the Jiangbei Hotel. He was taken aback when he heard this, then looked at the HR manager and said, "What do you mean?"
The HR manager then gave a dry laugh. "I'm not being mean. I just heard someone's looking for a position, and 50,000 yuan is a good offer. I'm just trying to persuade you personally. If there really is such a good place, you might as well go for it."
Chef Liu frowned, and it seemed from his words that he had given up on him.
I immediately said that I would think about it.
Then he turned around and left without even changing his chef's clothes!
Chef Liu went home that morning, and his wife immediately came over to him: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Afterwards, Chef Liu told her about being stopped as soon as she arrived at the unit and what the Human Resources Department said.
His wife leaned in and said, "A kindergarten came to recruit you, but didn't you agree not to go?"
Although he is willing to pay 50,000 yuan for this salary, which is much higher than his current salary, who knows how long he can work there? It is a stable job here.
So I didn’t plan to go there at that time.
Her wife complained, "You have a loose mouth. What should we do now?" The HR manager even talked to her.
Chef Liu said innocently, "But I haven't told anyone about this."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chef Liu and his wife's faces turned pale.
Suddenly it occurred to him that the only person who knew about this was his apprentice Liu Ming.
The two people are from the same hometown and both have the surname Liu.
Although he is an apprentice, I raise him like a son.
I used to eat and live in their house, so after knowing about this, I didn't guard against him. Unexpectedly, my apprentice was stabbed.
Chef Liu felt a chill run down his spine, then said, "I never thought it would be him."
The wife said, "Business is bad right now, and every company is laying off employees. If you leave, he might become the head chef. When it comes to interests, not to mention master and apprentice, even father and son will have disagreements."
As they were talking, both of them fell silent.
Although I understand the truth, the relationship of many years still makes people unhappy.
"So what do we do now?"
There are two options before him. One is to go back to the unit and admit his mistake. With his qualifications, as long as he is willing to work in a small unit, they will still give him some face.
Another option is to simply leave this environment and see what a 50,000 yuan job is like.
After a moment's thought, Chef Liu decided to go and take a look at the kindergarten that had offered him the job.
After learning about his decision, his wife was very supportive: "Kindergarten is good. It's full of children, and our granddaughter will be going to kindergarten in three months. It will be convenient."
Chef Liu broke down the negotiations in the morning and had already submitted his resignation to the HR department in the afternoon.
The human resources manager there was praised by the boss. She was able to fire a highly paid chef without having to pay a penny in compensation, which saved her boss a lot of money.
The boss was still talking on the phone when he immediately promoted Chef Liu's apprentice to the position.
It was Liu Ming’s first time putting on the chef’s hat and he was so excited that he didn’t know what to say.
But the dish was returned the first time he cooked it because an experienced customer insisted that his scrambled eggs with tomatoes were not authentic.
Although it was just a small dish, it made people blush. Liu Ming wanted to pull out the other person's tongue.
A dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and yet he still had so much to say? He felt like everyone in the kitchen was laughing at him.
But so what?
He was still the head chef, and as for his skilled chef, he decided to go to the kindergarten and cook for people. He still felt a little proud.
At this moment, Chef Liu had just arrived at Mantianxing Kindergarten.
He had never been to a kindergarten and didn't know that kindergartens were built so luxuriously these days.
The entire outside wall is covered with various children's paintings, and there is a playground and a playground inside.
Shen Wei was the only one here, and Chef Liu had never felt so awkward in his life: “Hello, I’m here to apply for a job!”
This sentence is simple to say, but it just doesn't feel right after it's been on the tip of my tongue several times.
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