Chapter 199 Junior Sister Arrives
After Wu Zhihai finished tasting the food, Yue Ning took him back to the office.
Yue Ning asked him when he could start work, and Wu Zhihai said, "Any time."
"Where do you live now?"
"I'm staying in a hotel. Once I'm settled, I'll rent a house right away."
"Don't worry about renting a room. I'll have someone arrange a dormitory for you first. Take your time looking for a room. You won't be able to find a suitable one if you're too impatient."
"Thanks."
Yue Ning pressed the intercom button and asked the HR specialist to come in.
Yue Ning told the HR specialist: "Chef Wu will be paid as a B+ chef for the first three months, and as an A chef after three months."
The HR specialist looked at Wu Zhihai and said, "Chef Wu, what is your expected salary?"
"I don't know the exact salary at Hong Kong City. My salary at De Xiang is NT$6,000 plus some bonuses, which is about NT$7,000 per month, which is about HK$2,000."
The HR specialist was stunned for a moment and looked at Yue Ning.
Wu Zhihai looked at the expression of the HR specialist, and his heart tightened. He thought to himself that he might be getting a higher salary. No, didn't I hear that the salary in Hong Kong is higher than that in Taipei? Besides, Baohualou has the highest salary among all restaurants in Hong Kong. Could it be that the rumor is not credible? But in Dexiang, he is indeed one of the highest paid people in the kitchen. Otherwise...
Yue Ning smiled and explained, "Abang and his friends are from the mainland. Their wages in the mainland are more than 30 Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 100 Hong Kong dollars. We pay them according to their abilities. Chef Wu's level is A-level chef. He needs three months to adapt. Now he is paid B+."
"Yes." The HR specialist turned to Wu Zhihai and said, "Mr. Wu, your basic salary for the first three months is 3,500 Hong Kong dollars. If you are promoted to a Class A chef after the assessment in three months, your basic salary will be 4,000 Hong Kong dollars..."
Wu Zhihai's mouth opened slightly in surprise before he heard the commission system. The introduction of the commission and apprentice system later surprised him even more. The HR specialist continued, "Normally, if you work harder, a B-level chef here can earn 5,000 to 6,000 Hong Kong dollars. A-level is the chef level, and you can appear in the chef on duty column. A-level is 6,000 to 8,000. If you can be promoted to head chef, your salary can basically exceed 10,000."
"Three months later, I will be listed in the chef column?" Wu Zhihai asked, his eyes full of surprise and uncertainty.
"Yes, your cooking skills are already at the chef level, you just need some time to adapt."
The master told him to tell other people in Dexiang that he wanted to come to Hong Kong to try his luck and make a lot of money. Unexpectedly, it really came true! And he could also become famous.
"If you can go one step further and become a head chef, you will become a partner, own shares in the store you manage, and participate in profit sharing. How much you earn depends entirely on your own ability!" the HR specialist added.
Wu Zhihai asked tentatively, with a barely perceptible nervousness in his tone: "Then my master has actually been in charge of the De Xiang kitchen for five or six years. Is it possible for her to become the head chef?"
Upon hearing this, Yue Ning said, "Of course, just like Chef Lu Peide, the chef champion of this episode of the Hong Kong and Macau Chef King Competition, after he came in and adapted to the corporate culture of Baohua Building, he became the head chef of the new Ningyan restaurant, and this new restaurant was named 'Ningyan Lu Mansion' after him."
When Wu Zhihai heard this, he was more excited than when he learned that he could get a high salary, and asked hurriedly: "Really?"
"Ningyan needs a unified core, but each store must have its own characteristics. I naturally hope that the head chef can have his own unique personal style." Yue Ning said.
Yue Ning has brought Ah Ming and the others out. Next, her three uncles and Lu Peide will each be the head chef of a store. She was already worried about one thing. If she sent Uncle Ah Ming to Fuyun Building as the head chef, then the second store of Baohua Building in Causeway Bay would still be short of a head chef. She had to take an exam and go to school in the second half of the year. Originally, her grandfather could only take care of her for a while. Thinking of Chen Jinying who was in charge of the kitchen of Dexiang, Yue Ning couldn't help but smile, thinking: This is simply a sister Chen falling from the sky!
Wu Zhihai wished he could go back to Taiwan immediately to tell his master the good news.
Yue Ning said, "Chef Wu, you and Miss Zhu go over there and complete the entry formalities. Starting tomorrow, you will follow Chef Ma. Chef Ma is from the mainland, and his Mandarin is better, so it will be convenient for you to communicate. You will take shifts with him and learn our dishes first. With your basic knowledge, you can learn quickly. Gangcheng still focuses on Cantonese cuisine, and adding your specialty dishes will be better this way."
"Yes." Wu Zhihai nodded, but he still felt uneasy. He asked, "Boss Yue, and then..."
"Everyone calls me 'Ningning', you can call me that too!" Yue Ning promised confidently, "I will take care of the things you are worried about, don't worry."
"Thanks!"
Chef Wu followed Miss Zhu to go through the formalities.
Yue Ning walked out of the office and went to the kitchen, where he saw Lu Peide coming in with a round-faced girl.
Yue Ning went up to him and greeted him with a smile: "Brother Lu."
"Ningning." Lu Peide walked up quickly and turned to introduce, "Xiuqin, this is Miss Yue."
"Hello, Miss Yue!"
"Brother Lu, I'm already your junior sister, why are you still so distant?" Yue Ning said with a smile, "Sister Xiuqin, just call me 'Ningning', everyone calls me that."
Fan Xiuqin looked at Lu Peide and saw him nod before she said, "Ningning."
"Brother, please accompany your sister to handle the formalities first. I will tell you a great news later." Yue Ning said excitedly with a smile on his face.
"Okay, I'll come to the kitchen to find you right away." Lu Peide took his junior sister into the big office.
Wu Zhihai, who was processing the formalities, recognized Lu Peide at a glance. Isn't this the Chef Lu that Miss Yue mentioned just now?
"Peide, this is your junior sister!" There were several people in the office who came to Hong Kong from the mainland and could speak Mandarin, so they asked.
"Yes!" Lu Peide introduced his junior sister to his colleagues, and his junior sister seemed very shy.
Miss Zhu said, "Peide, after Miss Fan has finished her formalities, does she also have to go to the dormitory?"
"right."
"Chef Wu is also going there, so can you help take him there and introduce the dormitory situation to him, okay?" said Miss Zhu.
Chef Wu? Lu Peide then noticed Wu Zhihai in the office. Thinking of the happy event Ningning mentioned, he wondered where this young man came from.
"OK!"
Lu Peide extended his hand and said with a smile: "Hello, I'm Lu Peide."
Wu Zhihai's eyes flashed with surprise, and he quickly stretched out his hand to respond: "I've seen you on TV, the successor of northern Cantonese cuisine! I'm Wu Zhihai, and I cook Shandong cuisine."
“Lu cuisine?”
They had watched the dishes made by the big restaurant in Taiwan several times, and the accents of the people there were somewhat familiar. Lu Peide couldn't help but ask, "Are you from Taiwan?"
"I'm from De Xiang Hotel." Wu Zhihai simply introduced himself.
Lu Peide was not as happy as Yue Ning. Instead, he looked at Wu Zhihai with a scrutinizing gaze and smiled slightly: "Hello."
Wu Zhihai looked at Lu Peide's expression and couldn't help but feel suspicious.
Lu Peide said to Fan Xiuqin, "Xiuqin, you handle the formalities here. I'll go out for a while."
"good."
Lu Peide strode out, thinking that with Ningning's intelligence, she should have thought it through, right?
Yue Ning was cooking in the kitchen. When he saw Lu Peide, he said hurriedly, "Brother Lu, come over right after I finish cooking this dish."
The food was cooked very quickly. After a while, Yue Ning came out and found a secluded corner.
"Is that the person from De Xiang?" Lu Peide asked, "Chef Chen from De Xiang doesn't seem to be a broad-minded person. Could he be here to steal my skills, or to do something else?"
Yue Ning's eyes were firm and his tone was determined: "Brother Lu, if he was here to learn from me, he would never be so frank and honest. We have also seen the situation in De Xiang's kitchen, and I believe what he said is true."
Lu Peide nodded: "I worry too much."
"Now that you mention it, I was wondering how Sister Chen could get here smoothly. It would be a good idea to let Wu Zhihai learn from her." Yue Ning said with a smile.
Lu Peide shook his head helplessly. What was this girl up to again? Anyway, he couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so he said, "I'll take them back to the dormitory."
"Um."
Lu Peide returned to the office and Fan Xiuqin's procedures were completed.
The three of them got on the company car together. In order to stay with Yue Ning, Wu Zhihai stayed in a small hotel near Repulse Bay. He first went with Yue Ning to get his luggage, and then went to the dormitory together.
Wu Zhihai didn't know how to start a conversation with them. He just heard Miss Fan say that she was from Beijing. Miss Fan and Mr. Lu both worked in Beijing for state banquets. In recent years, Taiwan's descriptions of the mainland have mostly been terrible, and he was afraid that he would say the wrong thing.
"Chef Wu, you're here at the right time. We just moved in here, too. Our original dormitory was in a tenement building in Mong Kok, and the bathroom and other things were very inconvenient. Ningning found more than 20 apartments in Sham Shui Po at the beginning of the year. They are all quite new, with kitchens and bathrooms. They are about 20 to 30 square meters, with a bedroom and a living room, and we live together." Lu Peide took the initiative to find a topic.
"Is that so?" Wu Zhihai was full of gratitude. The topic that Lu Peide brought up made everyone less restrained.
"Yes! The rent in Hong Kong Island is expensive, but it only takes half an hour to walk from here to Po Wah Building. After the subway opens, it will be very convenient to take the subway to Central..."
Wu Zhihai felt Lu Peide's kindness and talked about everything from the dormitory to cooking. Lu Peide said that he once learned Shandong cuisine from Mr. Huang Binggang, and the descendants of the Huang family also learned Cantonese cuisine from his second uncle.
"I know, he is our boss Chen's junior brother."
"Wait!" Fan Xiuqin turned around and asked in surprise, "Is it Chen Dexiang who stole the widow in order to have a son?"
"Xiuqin, stop talking nonsense." Sweat was almost coming out of Lu Peide's forehead. He really didn't expect Xiuqin to ask this.
Fan Xiuqin immediately covered her mouth.
When Wu Zhihai heard this, his face turned pale and red. He scratched his head in embarrassment, not knowing how to respond. He secretly felt sad that his boss's reputation had spread in such a strange way.
The journey was awkward until they reached the dormitory building, where they took their luggage and got off the car.
Fan Xiuqin looked up at the tall building, which was filled with densely packed windows from top to bottom, and couldn't help but say, "This building makes me want to vomit."
"Who told you to look up?" Lu Peide said helplessly.
Fan Xiuqin looked ahead and saw clotheslines weaving into a spider web between the cracks in the building. Pink underwear, black lace panties and white shirts were tangled in the wind. As a girl who hadn't found a partner yet, she couldn't bear to see all this. She quickly said, "Hurry up, hurry up!"
When Lu Peide first came to Hong Kong City, he was not much better off than Xiuqin. He lived in a worse place. When he walked in, his underwear was all over his head. He was also very embarrassed. He smiled at the junior sister in front of him and said to Wu Zhihai, "Let's go."
Lu Peide first took Wu Zhihai to his floor and found the dormitory.
Wu Zhihai entered the dormitory. He had a room, but there was nothing inside. He was not familiar with the surroundings and did not speak Cantonese, so he asked, "Mr. Lu, do you know where I can buy daily necessities here?"
"I'll go shopping for groceries with Xiuqin later. Together?"
Wu Zhihai nodded: "Okay!"
Lu Peide and Shou Bo lived in a separate house. Fan Xiuqin was a girl, and the company arranged a house for her on the same floor as Lu Peide and his family. She lives alone now, and if female colleagues come in the future, they can live together.
Lu Peide asked Shou Bo to take the two newcomers to have dinner first, and then go for a walk nearby.
"Senior brother, I didn't even have a good look at Ning Yan just now, and you took me away." Fan Xiuqin said with a hint of complaint.
"You can watch whatever you want when you go to work tomorrow!"
"I just want to take a look. What's the difference between the high-end restaurants in Hong Kong City and our unit?"
"Sister! It's a huge difference. You have to adapt slowly." Lu Peide was also helpless. "How about this, we go to Baohualou for lunch?"
"OK!"
Lu Peide turned to look at Wu Zhihai and asked, "Chef Wu, shall we go to Baohualou for lunch?"
“I couldn’t ask for more.”
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