Su Yan looked at her with suspicion and said, "I'm Su Yan, is there something you need?"
After confirming her identity, the woman took out a business card from her pocket and handed it over, explaining, "My name is Feng Caixia, and I am the manager of Yunxiang Restaurant on Daming Street in Lanzhou."
Su Yan took it and glanced at it, then nodded. "Manager Feng has come all the way from Lanzhou to Anping Town, you wouldn't be here to see me, would you?"
It takes two hours to drive here from Lanzhou. She's only been open for two days, yet her braised food has already become famous in Lanzhou so quickly.
Moreover, Yunxiang Restaurant is one of the top three restaurants in Lanzhou, and its business is quite successful.
Su Yan remained calm, showing no joy at having encountered such good fortune, as if she were dealing with something completely ordinary.
Feng Caixia silently changed her strategy in her mind, and a smile appeared on her stern face. "Yes, by chance, I ate your braised food at a friend's house last night, and the taste really amazed me. I came to stop you today to ask if you have any interest in becoming the head chef at Yunxiang Restaurant? You only need to make the braised food you are currently selling, and the salary is one hundred a month. If you are not satisfied, we can discuss it. You only need to work five hours a day, and I will arrange accommodation for you."
Normally, the chefs at Yunxiang Restaurant have fixed salaries based on their levels, and they don't even provide accommodation. But when Feng Caixia tasted Su Yan's braised dishes, she felt that the person who made them was worth the effort to bring back home.
But she was a little uneasy. Before looking for someone, she had already investigated Su Yan thoroughly. A girl from the countryside should have agreed immediately to such a temptation, but Su Yan's reaction was not what Feng Caixia had expected.
Su Yan didn't hesitate and refused directly: "I'm sorry, Manager Feng, my stall selling braised food is temporary. I'm going to university in the south in September, so I'm afraid I can't come to your restaurant. You can hire someone else."
Feng Caixia was a little disappointed when she heard this, but she quickly thought of another way and said, "Since you are going to school, can you sell me the recipe for making braised food? I am willing to pay a high price for it."
Of course, I have one condition: once you sell me the formula, you can't sell it to anyone else, including yourself.
Feng Caixia was a little anxious. Their restaurant hadn't launched any new dishes for almost half a year. The new dishes they had launched before hadn't been very successful, and they were losing customers. If this continued, the restaurant would definitely go downhill.
Su Yan's braised dishes were the best Feng Caixia had ever eaten. If they were sold in their restaurant, they would definitely be a huge hit.
Su Yan frowned. "To be honest, I plan to save up enough money to open a shop, so I won't sell the recipe for the braised dishes, no matter how high the price."
Upon hearing this, Feng Caixia's face instantly showed disappointment, but she didn't press the matter further. "Sorry to bother you, goodbye."
After saying that, Feng Caixia left in her high heels.
Su Yan thought she would be scolded for being ungrateful, but she didn't expect Feng Caixia to be so sullen.
After thinking for a moment, she raised her voice and said, "I won't sell the recipe for braised food, but I can sell you two recipes. First, I guarantee that the taste will be just as good as the braised food, and second, I guarantee that these two dishes have never appeared in the whole country."
Feng Caixia paused, then immediately turned to look at her, "Really?"
Then, as if remembering something, she added, "I have very high standards for food."
“Since I can make exceptional braised dishes, I can certainly make exceptional fare. Manager Feng, you can find a place where we can cook, and I’ll make some for you to try first. Then you can decide whether you want to buy it,” Su Yan said confidently.
Seeing this, Feng Caixia believed her to a large extent and asked, "May I ask what dish you made?"
"Mao Xue Wang and Scallion Oil Chicken".
Feng Caixia was about to say something when Su Yan spoke up first: "Manager Feng, you don't need to ask me after you've eaten. Asking too much now is unnecessary."
Feng Caixia thought for a moment, "Why don't you come with me to Lan City and cook in the kitchen of our restaurant? They have all kinds of ingredients there. I'll make sure to send someone to deliver it to your home, okay?"
It was only close to noon, and the round trip would take four hours by car. After thinking for a moment, Su Yan agreed, "Okay, let's set off now."
She's never been to downtown Lanzhou before, so buying the recipes will be a good opportunity for her to go and explore.
Because she was in a hurry, Feng Caixia drove herself to Anping Town, and naturally she drove back as well.
It was a very new Santana with a slightly old-looking exterior. However, in this day and age, people who could afford a car were already very impressive. Most people in Anping Town were seeing a car for the first time and stopped by the roadside to watch it leave.
Feng Caixia was already used to it, but when she saw Su Yan calmly sitting in the back seat in the rearview mirror, she suddenly had the illusion that Su Yan had ridden in a car many times.
Moreover, this little girl always had an enigmatic aura about her.
As Feng Caixia drove, she wondered if the information she had found was true. Apart from her ordinary clothes, Su Yan didn't seem like someone from a small county town.
No one spoke the whole way. Two hours later, the Santana stopped in front of the Yunxiang Restaurant.
Yunxiang Restaurant is located in the city center of Lanzhou. It has three floors and its wooden decoration is elegant and simple, which is very much in line with the atmosphere of this era.
Although no new dishes have been introduced for a long time, there are still many people in suits or expensive clothes coming in and out of the restaurant.
Besides, there is a restaurant called "Fanghua Restaurant" directly opposite Yunxiang Restaurant, and its business is even better than that of Yunxiang Restaurant.
Su Yan immediately understood.
Fanghua Restaurant is probably Yunxiang Restaurant's arch-rival. They're located right across from each other, and they're openly competing for business, which is quite interesting.
The key point is who: at the entrance of Fanghua Restaurant, there were two young and beautiful girls soliciting customers. Customers who originally planned to eat at Yunxiang Restaurant immediately changed their minds after hearing the sweet calls of the girls across the street.
From the moment Su Yan got out of the car, she saw two tables of guests walk to the entrance of Yunxiang and then turn around and go to Fanghua.
The two girls were shouting very enthusiastically; if they could, they probably would have already run to the entrance of Yunxiang and dragged the customer away.
As the guests passed by, the two girls gave Feng Caixia a defiant look.
Feng Caixia's face turned as black as charcoal!
She took a deep breath, forced a smile, and said to Su Yan, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Miss Su. Please come in with me."
Su Yan nodded and followed her into Yunxiang Restaurant.
As a fellow businesswoman, she found Fanghua Restaurant's practice of using women to attract customers utterly distasteful. One could tell the character of a restaurant simply by looking at its practices.
People with upright character or those who only want to do business generally choose to come to Yunxiang.
Most of the others who are greedy for money and lustful while also doing business will choose Fanghua.
If a restaurant attracts business with its customers' looks, what's the difference between it and a brothel?
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