Really, money is nothing but floating clouds. Every time Du Shaojie makes a dish with a comprehensive evaluation of [Leaving a good taste in the mouth], the system will reward 200 exchange points.
Converted into cash, it is 20,000 yuan.
What is the concept? For example, in a snack bar, the money earned in a month of hard work is not more than this amount.
Of course, there are other uses for exchange points. It is still very cost-effective to use them to exchange for rare ingredients.
It is definitely not cost-effective to use 1 exchange point to exchange 1KG of ordinary pork. In 40 years, the price of pork per kilogram will not exceed 100 yuan.
What if it is used to exchange for sea cucumbers? What about abalone? What about Australian lobsters?
Anyway, the mall has all kinds of ingredients, spices, condiments, cooking utensils, and tableware. He can figure out how to maximize the benefits of the exchange points.
The next day.
After Du Shaojie got up, he looked around the room.
Du Xiaoya had already gone to school, and Wang Yuxiu was not at home. She should have gone to inspect those [Dezhou Braised Chicken] stores.
The kitchen was clean and there was nothing.
Xiaoya has been going to the snack bar for breakfast every day recently, and then going to school after breakfast. Anyway, she has a monthly ticket, and she can save a lot of time
by taking the bus to and from school every day. Wang Yuxiu likes to go to the canteen of the medical school for breakfast. If there is anything, she can discuss it with Su Dapeng while they are all there in the morning.
"I am almost losing my eyes to money, and now I don't even make breakfast."
Du Shaojie muttered, went to wash up, and rode away from home.
He remembered that a new snack bar opened not far from the intersection of Chunfeng Lane, specializing in bone soup and flatbread, and providing chive chili sauce.
When passing by, he often saw that the place was full, so he just went to try it.
After eating, he was a little disappointed. It can't be said that their food is not delicious, but to be honest, the bone soup and chive chili sauce are not as good as those in the snack bar.
Then he went to Hongshan Road and happened to meet Zhang Qigong and a kitchen worker coming back from buying vegetables.
There are 6 tables reserved today, 3 tables at noon and 3 tables at night.
"Manager Du, you're here just in time. We don't have much dried sea cucumber and dried abalone in stock. Let's buy another batch tomorrow."
Zhang Qigong greeted Du Shaojie and then reported on work.
Due to the restrictions on logistics, fresh seafood is hard to come by. Dried seafood can be bought, but the quality varies. You need to distinguish carefully when buying.
"Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it. Is there anything else?"
Du Shaojie nodded and took the initiative to take on this matter.
The consumption of sea cucumbers and abalone here is not small. The main dishes include [Scallion-fried Sea Cucumber], [Braised Pork with Abalone], [Sea Cucumber Braised Elbow], [Steamed Abalone with Garlic Vermicelli], etc.
"No more."
Zhang Qigong shook his head and continued to work.
Later, Zhong Fuxiang also arrived at the store.
Du Shaojie asked the other party about the purchase channels of dried seafood, and saw that it was still early, so he went to the market.
Asking prices and checking the quality of goods from door to door made him shake his head.
The quality of the goods with moderate prices is hard to describe. The prices of the goods with acceptable quality are too high.
Du Shaojie thought about going to the south to purchase goods, but he couldn't leave for the time being, so he had to think about it in the long run.
He went around the whole market, and only seven or eight stalls in the northeast corner were left. He actually didn't have much hope. The quality of the dried seafood purchased by local restaurants was not very good, but few customers complained about it.
"Since I'm here, let's go and take a look."
There was still plenty of time, so Du Shaojie went to take a look at several stalls in the corner.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he walked into one of the stalls. The girl sitting in the stall quickly stood up, greeted him with a smile, and said, "Hello! What do you need?"
The girl was about 20 years old, dressed in ordinary clothes, but she was very beautiful.
However, Du Shaojie glanced at her and his eyes left immediately, and he walked towards the goods display stand.
The girl was stunned for a moment. She was always very confident about her appearance and figure. When she was free, as long as she was in the store, the business in the store would be better than usual.
It was the first time she saw a male customer who didn't look at her straight in the eye.
"How much is your dried sea cucumber?"
Du Shaojie reached out and grabbed a dried sea cucumber, looked at it carefully, and then turned his head to ask.
"Our dried sea cucumber is a genuine Liao sea cucumber. How many do you want? If you want more, you can get a discount."
The girl saw Du Shaojie's appearance clearly and thought, no wonder he didn't look at me straight in the eye, he turned out to be so handsome.
However, business is business. If the other party doesn't want much, he won't give him a discount.
"Boss, what's your name? I run a restaurant and I often purchase dried seafood. Give me a real price. If the price is right, I will buy from you in the future. Don't ask for too high a price. A steady stream of income is the way to do business, right?"
Du Shaojie turned around for a long time and finally found a good stall.
Of course, although the quality of the goods is good, if the price is too expensive, he will have to give up. After all, no one wants to be ripped off.
"My last name is Mu, Mu Xiaolian, what's your name?"
The girl did not quote the price right away, but introduced herself first.
Du Shaojie also gave his name, and then stared at the other party with a smile.
Mu Xiaolian thought about it, and was about to speak when a middle-aged woman walked in from outside.
"Mom, have you prescribed the medicine? This boss Du runs a restaurant, you can talk to him."
The one who walked in was Mu Xiaolian's mother, who opened this stall.
In fact, Mu Xiaolian is still a college student, and she will come to help when she is free. Therefore, she quickly introduced Du Shaojie's identity and asked her mother to talk business with the other party.
The two sides exchanged a few polite words, and the boss lady gave a real price.
Du Shaojie thought the price was okay, not cheap but not expensive, and it was still within his acceptable range. Generally speaking, small restaurants are more stingy about prices, and large restaurants pay more attention to the quality of ingredients.
He then looked at the dried abalone, which was also of good quality. After some bargaining, he finally bought 10 kilograms of dried sea cucumbers and 10 kilograms of dried abalone.
When he left, he left the phone number of the private restaurant, and if he was willing to deliver the goods to his door, he could call to contact.
There is no phone at the stall, otherwise it wouldn't be so troublesome.
Mu Xiaolian always felt unreal looking at Du Shaojie's back. He doesn't look very old, but he actually owns his own restaurant? He's quite capable.
"Mom, call him every few days and ask if he needs to purchase more goods. He's a long-term customer, it would be a pity to let him go. If you don't have time to deliver the goods, I'll find time to deliver them for you."
"Girl, you're quite good at doing business. I'll do as you say."
Mu Xiaolian's mother nodded with a smile. The location of her stall is relatively remote. If she doesn't take the initiative, how can she do business?
Du Shaojie returned to the private restaurant, and the kitchen had already prepared everything.
He and Zhong Fuxiang immediately got busy. There were three tables of guests at noon. The two showed their skills and quickly prepared three tables of high-quality banquets.
"With the workload on your side, I can handle it by myself."
Zhong Fuxiang was very satisfied with his performance today. The private restaurant mainly serves high-end dishes, which allows him to fully display his cooking skills. It is much more comfortable than the Chinese restaurant in Guangyuan Hotel.
In the afternoon.
Du Shaojie went to the snack bar and returned to the private restaurant. It was almost time for dinner.
Du Shaojie and Zhong Fuxiang took care of two tables of banquets together. The remaining table of guests would arrive a little later, so Zhong Fuxiang asked him to leave first. There was no need for both of them to stay here.
He did not insist. He ate something and went home to rest.
After a busy day today, no dish received a reward. It can be seen that he still needs to practice more.
The next morning, before Du Shaojie went out, Xiao Jianjun came to him: "Manager Du, the bureau called to inform you that this year's chef qualification level registration has begun. If you want to apply, you have to go to the Business Hall."
Du Shaojie stood up immediately when he heard it.
"Did they say when registration starts?"
"Yes, it starts today. You can go tomorrow."
"Okay, I see. Thank you, Jianjun, for making a special trip. Go back to sleep and we'll talk later."
Du Shaojie didn't try to stop Xiao Jianjun. He got up in the middle of the night to work and it was very hard. He should go back to sleep.
After Xiao Jianjun left, another person came to the cafeteria of the medical school and said that Dong Jun had called and was also talking about registration.
Du Shaojie then started to sort out the materials and went to the business hall the next day.
He had been thinking about the "special third-level chef" qualification certificate for two years, and this time he was determined to get it. However, the time for registration this time was relatively tight, with only 10 days from registration to examination.
The conditions for registration are, first, having 5 years or more of working experience, and second, having obtained the first-level chef qualification for two years.
Du Shaojie met both of these conditions, so the registration went smoothly. As for the fact that the scope of dishes for this exam was not defined in advance, it was not within his consideration at all.
The cooking skills he has mastered now involve multiple cuisines. As long as the questions in the practical exam are not too biased, there should be no problem.
Besides, he is now confident. At most, he can spend some exchange points and time to raise the level of the dishes to the level of [leaving a good taste in the mouth].
The theoretical exam has a set review scope. All this knowledge is in his mind. He can just take a look at it in his spare time.
Therefore, he will do what he should do in the next few days with a good mentality.
"Master Du, the scallion-fried sea cucumber you made today is very delicious, better than before!"
That night, Liu Ying set up a table in the private restaurant.
All the dishes on this table were made by Du Shaojie alone, and he made them very attentively, so naturally they received unanimous praise from the guests.
Before leaving, Liu Ying specially called him out and said a few compliments.
"It's better than anything else to let the guests eat and drink well."
Du Shaojie sent Liu Ying to the yard, and he went upstairs to change clothes until she got in the car and left.
When he got home, he reviewed his harvest today, and one of his dishes really became a masterpiece. (End of this chapter)
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