Chapter 107 A Ming straightens his back
After Ding Shengqiang was driven away by Yue Baohua, Lou Jiafu took the top position in the kitchen of Baohua Building, and Zhang Junming was always suppressed and controlled by him. Zhang Junming was not convinced by what he said, but he did not dare to refute.
Among the participating teams from Hong Kong and Macau, Lou Jiafu believed that the strongest opponent was Chef Qiu from Chunfenglou. People who went to the recording session today told him that Chef Qiu’s Tai Chi Huguo Soup failed, and ultimately his junior fellow apprentice Zhang Junming advanced.
This is great news for him.
He knew this junior fellow apprentice best. He had talent but not much ambition. He was good at making clay pot rice, so he just kept making clay pot rice. When the master called on him, he would move. He could make other dishes, but his skills were no match to his own.
Lou Jiafu looked at Yue Ning who was carrying macadamia nuts. He thought about how his wife and children had gone to ask the master for help, but it was this little girl who refused so straightforwardly.
Fortunately, she refused and got to Yulongxuan based on her own strength. Boss Guo was already dissatisfied with Lu Jinyong for only knowing how to show off his skills but not having any real ability. Now, as long as he wins the title of Chef King this year, Lu Jinyong, who failed to win the title in the last session, will have no reason to stay.
Thinking about it this way, he felt that his junior brother had done him a big favor. He smiled and said, "Your luck is my luck. You helped me eliminate a strong enemy."
Yue Ning walked out of the stall, with a face full of greetings: "Uncle Jiafu, what a coincidence!"
Lou Jiafu had seen Yue Ning when he first came to Hong Kong City. He sweetly called Ding Shengqiang "Uncle Qiang" and drove Ding Shengqiang bankrupt and left him with a lot of debt.
"Yeah! I'll find some materials."
"I heard that Uncle Jiafu is doing very well in Yulongxuan. The recent signature dishes of Yulongxuan are all made by you." Yue Ning gave a commercial compliment.
After she said that, Lou Jiafu was holding back a grudge, and he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't say it: "Thanks to you, I was able to enter Yulongxuan, the top restaurant in Hong Kong."
Yue Ning sighed: "Isn't there anything I can do? I've read The Three Kingdoms, but I'm not as confident as Boss Guo. I don't dare to ask for Lü Fengxian!"
Amin took the macadamia nuts from Yue Ning.
Being scolded by Yue Ning as Lu Bu, a traitor, Lou Jiafu had a stern face.
"However, Uncle Jiafu, I have to remind you of something. Uncle A Ming's victory today was indeed a bit of luck. But his luck is not your luck. You know the strength and style of Chunfeng Tower. Let me ask you one question, do you know Uncle A Ming's strength and style? When you meet someone after three days, you should look at him with new eyes. I suggest you wait until the show is broadcast and study it carefully!" Yue Ning smiled, "He knows you very well, and your impression of him only stays on clay pot rice."
With Yue Ning's support, Ah Ming became more confident. He said proudly, "Brother Jiafu, the person you found is not good enough! He didn't even tell you that I won five out of six dishes. Just wait for the competition with me!"
"Uncle A Ming, he's gone!" Yue Ning said.
"Brother Jiafu, I'm leaving. You must watch my competition show!"
Zhang Junming followed Yue Ning in a particularly arrogant manner, leaving Lou Jiafu with a shocked look on his face.
The three of them continued to stroll around. From one end to the other was a fruit stall selling Malaysian Musang King durian. Yue Ning looked at the pile of cheese in the bag and picked two durians.
Ah Xing took the durian. The smell of the durian almost made him vomit: "Is this edible?"
"This thing was brought to Yuecheng from Siam, which is now Thailand, about a hundred years ago. The dim sum chefs in Yuecheng's teahouses used it to make durian pastries, and the chefs used its shells to cook chicken." Yue Ning sighed slightly, "Once the country's borders are closed, this kind of thing can't come in. You've never seen it."
"Can it really be eaten?" Ah Xing was skeptical.
"You'll know when you get back and do it." Yue Ning saw that the time was almost up, "Let's go! Go back and open the market. Grandpa has been busy all afternoon."
"Walk."
The three of them returned to Ningyan, but it was already open. Yue Ning changed into a chef's uniform to replace his grandfather. In the kitchen, everyone was cooking while asking Ah Ming about his day.
Hearing Ah Ming put cinnamon and bay leaves in the boiled chicken, Ah Wei, who came over from Baohua Building temporarily, knocked on his head and said, "Do you have a brain?"
Ah Ming chuckled and accepted the beating from his brother. He said, "Brother Wei, do you know who I met in the Central Market?"
"Who is it?"
"Lou Jiafu. He's awesome, but Ning Ning said he..."
Yue Baohua looked at his energetic little apprentices. He was considered the most dedicated among the old chefs in training apprentices, but he didn't seem to be as good as Ningning. In fact, these three apprentices of his could be considered Ningning's apprentices, right?
He went out to his granddaughter's office to drink tea. On the table was today's evening paper.
He opened the newspaper and scanned it from top to bottom:
"The history of Cui Jiachang's rise to fame, success and failure are all due to the Xiang family"
The article describes how Cui Jiachang went from being a spice vendor to helping Xiang Lide solve a problem by chance, and was loved by Xiang Lide, who married his only daughter to him. Cui Jiachang used his reputation among the wealthy, especially his deep relationship with the Qiao family, to help his son-in-law's small workshop enter the Hong'an affordable store, allowing Cui Jiachang to gain a place among the wealthy in Hong Kong City.
Not long after Xiang Lide's death, Cui Jiachang began to have many women, especially Yu Wanmei, who gave birth to Cui Huishu.
The reporter was also very capable. He actually interviewed the old servant of the Cui family. The old servant said that the first conflict between Cui Jiachang and the first wife was that Cui Jiachang wanted to give Cui Huishu to the first wife and let her raise the child. In exchange, he promised to break up his relationship with Yu Wanmei.
Xiang Caiying firmly refused, and the final result was that Cui Jiachang had one woman after another.
The article analyzes that Cui Jiachang asked his first wife to raise the child in order to legitimately let Cui Huishu inherit the Cui and Xiang families' businesses. At that time, Lide Food was the second largest food company in Hong Kong after the British-owned Lijia Food, and was the largest Chinese-owned food company in Hong Kong.
After that, Li De went from bad to worse under Cui Jiachang's management. By the time the first wife passed away, Li De had long lost its former glory. By the time Cui Huiyi took over, it was a company that seemed to be doing well on the surface, but was actually in a state of dire straits.
However, Cui Huiyi saw the business opportunity of instant noodles and acted decisively. The instant noodles became a great success and pulled Lidla out of the quagmire.
The rise of Xinyi Flavor Industry eroded Cui Ji's market share, but Cui Jiachang was still immersed in his past successful experiences. When he discovered the crisis was coming, he tried various means, but to no avail.
Although Cui Ji has many problems, there is also a very important reason. Several companies that once regarded him as a member of the same circle no longer provide him with resources, and even support his opponents.
However, he did not realize his own problem. Seeing Lide developing rapidly, he reached out to Lide and even wanted to frame Cui Huiyi, and eventually the father and daughter turned against each other.
The father and daughter fought each other, and Cui Jiachang fell into decline again. He knew that he was powerless to save the situation, so he finally thought of a way and gave Cui Ji to his eldest daughter.
This serious analysis also reverses the claim that Cui Jiachang gave almost all his property to his two daughters in the first wife's house.
Yue Baohua turned the newspaper over and saw another page: "The cheap man was having an affair, Yu Wanmei took advantage of her son to commit a crime, cursed the first wife, poured boiling water on the third wife, and hit Yue Shan with a car."
The reporter found the Cui family mansion, Yu Wanmei's servants, and the third wife Lu Yunfang. There were so many things that Yu Wanmei had done.
The servants of the Cui family mansion said that the second wife had once challenged the first wife in front of her, saying that all the Cui family's property would belong to her son, because the first wife only had two daughters. When the first wife was dying, she even called to curse her.
The maid who served Yu Wanmei said that Yu Wanmei was very mean and had very high demands. She would lose her temper if things didn't go her way. When she went home to change her slippers, she asked the maid to squat and take off her high heels for her.
The same is true for her son Choi Hui-soo. She has to match his clothes every day. Sometimes he is even unwilling to bend down to tie his shoelaces and needs the maid to do it for him.
One year, Cui Jiachang went to Lu Yunfang's place during the Chinese New Year. While Cui Jiachang was on a business trip, Yu Wanmei found an opportunity to splash Lu Yunfang with boiling water.
Yue Ning had already told him last night that Cui Huiyi would find a way to dig up all of Yu Wanmei's dark history and let public opinion influence Yu Wanmei's sentence.
Yue Baohua was still shocked after seeing this. How could this woman be so vicious?
Yue Baohua turned to the entertainment section and saw a photo of his granddaughter covering her eyes.
"Baohualou is a mess, Yue Ning covers her eyes"
Yue Baohua really admires these paparazzi for having to come up with such a title.
Yue Ning was already past the peak period, she walked into the office and picked up the newspaper on the table, and Cui Huiyi struck while the iron was hot.
Yue Ning read Yu Wanmei's article, and Yue Baohua said, "How could a villain succeed to such an extent?"
"When villains succeed, they will certainly become rampant."
Yue Ning had seen this kind of person in her previous life. There was a female star who was brought to a rich man's restaurant for dinner. The laces of the female star's Roman shoes came undone, and she was too lazy to stretch her feet out, so she asked the waiter to help her tie her shoelaces by crawling under the table, leaving the waiter at a loss.
After hearing it in the kitchen, he walked out and told the rich man who did not stop the female star from going crazy to get out immediately.
Some people are like this, they take advantage of the powerful to the extreme. Yu Wanmei thought she was living a life of luxury, but in fact, she also harmed her son.
Didn't the newspaper say that? Cui Huishu asked Yue Ning to bail out his mother, not because he wanted to save her, but because he didn't even know what to pack at the mansion, so he needed his mother to make the decision.
When Yue Ning saw the headlines about herself in the entertainment section, she smiled helplessly.
The office door was open. Yang Zhijie knocked on the door. Yue Ning looked up and said, "Ajie, why are you still in the company? It's time to get off work. Go back and have a rest early."
"No, I just got here at five o'clock. I just finished the task assigned by Sister Sophie. I haven't been here for long."
"Please sit down." Yue Ning stood up and went to pour him some water. "Have you found someone? There are so many things to do, so you need other people to work with you."
"It's because I found a friend. We were in a marketing class, and when we talked about crisis public relations, our professor cited your example. My friend said in class that I have a good relationship with you, and asked me to come up and talk about it. The professor heard that I was working with you, and wanted to ask me if I had time. He wanted to visit you."
"No need to visit, just make an appointment with him and I'll go to your school!" Yue Ning said with a smile, "I've always said I want to apply to your school, but I haven't been there yet! This is a good opportunity to go and take a look."
Yang Zhijie smiled happily: "Thank you!"
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