Chapter 33
Chen Kangle, who was packing her lunch box, was stunned for a moment and looked up at Xiang Yunting. She remembered that this boy was the food blogger who asked her if he could do a live broadcast.
She just looked at the screenshot sent by Guo Shujie. The food blogger's live broadcast has millions of viewers. He is a very popular food blogger. Popular food bloggers must have a good income.
A food blogger with a good income came to apply for the position of assistant chef in a small box restaurant. Chen Kangle looked at Xiang Yunting in disbelief.
Xiang Yunting is a smart man. He can see Chen Kangle's doubts. He said seriously again: "Boss, I want to apply for the job of assistant chef in your lunch box restaurant. Can I have an interview now?"
"The salary at our Xiaohe Restaurant will not be very high, and the work will be very hard. Are you sure you want to apply?" Chen Kangle explained the situation directly.
"Confirmed, it doesn't matter if the salary is not high, I have money! I'm not afraid of hard work!" Xiang Yunting said with a smile.
Over the years as a food blogger, he has earned enough money to live a comfortable life. Now he wants to pursue his original dream.
Chen Kangle thought about it and replied, "If you really want to apply, come for an interview around 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon."
Chen Kangle felt that Xiang Yunting might just be in a spur of the moment mood, and maybe he wouldn't want to come tomorrow once the enthusiasm wore off.
"OK, thank you boss, I will come for the interview tomorrow." Xiang Yunting said happily. He was already looking forward to tomorrow's interview.
When Xiang Yunting returned home, he told his friends that he was going to have an interview at Hedian Restaurant. His friends thought he was crazy.
Li Ci is Xiang Yunting's best friend. The two have known each other since childhood. Li Ci witnessed Xiang Yunting's transformation from a new food blogger to a food blogger with tens of millions of fans, and from a poor boy to a multi-millionaire.
When Li Ci heard Xiang Yunting say that he was going to work as a kitchen helper in a Hezi restaurant, he was so excited that he sent him several messages in succession.
Li Ci: [Xiang Yunting, are you crazy? You are a food blogger with an annual income of tens of millions, and you go to Xiaohe Restaurant to work as a kitchen helper. Is there something wrong with your brain? ]
Li Ci: [It’s not like you haven’t worked as a kitchen helper before, it’s hard work and doesn’t make much money, you’ve had too much of a good life and you want to make life difficult for yourself!]
Li Ci: [I guarantee you won't be able to bear it after a few days. You'd better not cause trouble for the boss. The boss wants to hire serious employees, not people like you who want to experience life.]
Li Ci: [You are just too excited. Have a good sleep and you will be sober. If you are tired of being a food blogger, you can choose to take a break and go out for fun. There is no need to torture yourself.]
Xiang Yunting wouldn't listen to anyone. Now he was full of fighting spirit, and his mind was full of his own dreams.
Xiang Yunting: [You don’t understand. Being a top chef is my dream. Now that I have money, I want to bravely pursue my dream.]
The more Li Ci watched, the more speechless he became. He couldn't understand Xiang Yunting's thoughts. Maybe rich people would have some strange ideas. He wanted to scold Xiang Yunting to wake him up.
Li Ci: [Since your dream is to become a top chef, you can open a restaurant and be the chef yourself. Working as a kitchen helper in a boxed lunch shop will not help you achieve your dream.]
Xiang Yunting: [You don't understand again. My current cooking skills are not good enough to be a chef. I need to learn from a great chef first and gradually improve my cooking skills.]
Xiang Yunting is self-aware. He knows that his current cooking skills are average. If he opens a restaurant and becomes the chef, the restaurant's business will definitely not be good.
Li Ci: [No, if you want to improve your cooking skills, you can learn from famous chefs. What can you learn from a chef at a small box restaurant?]
Xiang Yunting: [You have never eaten the boxed lunches from a boxed lunch restaurant. The cooking skills of the chef of this boxed lunch restaurant are better than many famous chefs. It is my honor to learn from him.]
The two chatted for a long time, and Li Ci didn't want to talk anymore. He knew Xiang Yunting's temper. As long as he had made up his mind, no matter how others persuaded him, it would be useless.
Li Ci felt that Xiang Yunting would not be able to hold on for a few more days. Although Xiang Yunting had worked as a kitchen helper in a restaurant before, he had lived a very comfortable life in recent years. Someone who had enjoyed a good life would not be able to bear to go back to a hard life.
Even though his friends were against it, Xiang Yunting insisted on his own idea. He had already made up his mind that he would learn from the chefs of the Heya restaurant and strive to make amazing food as soon as possible.
Xiang Yunting imagined the scene where others could not help but exclaim in admiration when eating the delicious food he cooked. It was very cool just thinking about it.
"I will definitely be successful in the interview tomorrow." Xiang Yunting said confidently.
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The next day, Chen Kangle and her friends started preparing boxed lunches early. Because a food blogger had live-streamed the restaurant yesterday, they knew there would be a lot of customers today, so they had to prepare more meals.
At around eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Kangle opened the store and prepared to open for business. He also posted a recruitment notice on the door, hoping to find a suitable kitchen helper as soon as possible.
Originally, Chen Kangle was planning to serve a new dish today, but considering that he might not be able to handle it alone, he gave up the idea of making new dishes.
Now the Heyan Restaurant is really in need of a kitchen helper. Although the food blogger said yesterday that he would come for an interview today, Chen Kangle doesn’t think he will come today, and she doesn’t expect the food blogger to come to be her kitchen helper.
Chen Kangle posted the recruitment notice and just turned around to see a group of young people walking towards him.
"Beauty, is this the box lunch restaurant the one recommended by Mr. Xiang?" One of the boys in a blue T-shirt came over and asked Chen Kangle.
Mr. Xiang?
Chen Kangle was stunned for a moment. She thought about it and realized that the food blogger who came to the Hedian Restaurant to live broadcast yesterday seemed to be called Xiang Shao.
"Yeah." Chen Kangle nodded.
"Thank you, beautiful!" With that, several young people walked into the Box Rice Restaurant.
In a short while, several more college students came. They all came after watching Xiang Yunting's live broadcast of store exploration.
"I don't know if this box-packed rice restaurant is really delicious. Mr. Xiang hasn't recommended such an affordable restaurant for a long time. And yesterday's live broadcast of the store exploration didn't look like an advertisement. It should be really delicious."
"Yesterday I saw Young Master Xiang eating delicious food in the live broadcast. I want to eat the sweet and sour pork and oyster omelette that Young Master Xiang had yesterday."
"Anyway, this lunch box is pretty cheap, so even if it doesn't taste that good, it won't be a big loss."
There are many young people and college students among Xiang Yunting’s fans, and the cheap price of the lunch boxes naturally attracts many young people and college students.
Before twelve o'clock, the queue at the Kangle Box Restaurant was already very long, and the construction workers were shocked when they saw it after get off work.
"Ah? Why are there so many customers in the Box Restaurant today? It feels like there are half as many people as usual."
"Damn, usually when we come here right after get off work there aren't many people lining up, why are there so many people today? What happened?"
The workers at the construction site all rushed into the Heyan Restaurant to queue up. While chatting, everyone found out that it was because a popular food blogger came to the Heyan Restaurant to live broadcast yesterday, so there were many new customers in the Heyan Restaurant today.
"It's over. Our Kanglehe Restaurant is going to be very popular. Will there be more and more customers in the future? Will we have to wait in line for a long time?"
"Oh my god! No wonder so many young people come to grab our lunch boxes. The food in our lunch box restaurant is so delicious. They will definitely come again in the future. It's scary. I have a feeling that the lunch box restaurant will be very popular soon."
In addition to young people and college students, many office workers from the city came one after another after half past twelve. In a short while, the crowd queuing to buy box lunches had lined up outside the restaurant.
Chen Kangle also felt the power of the food blogger. Although she had prepared for a lot of guests today, the number of guests was beyond her expectations.
Today they got up early in the morning and prepared a lot of food, but it was almost sold out soon. Chen Kangle had to run to the kitchen to cook some more food. The prepared dishes were almost gone soon after they were served. Chen Kangle was too busy to handle it alone in the kitchen.
Suddenly, a large number of customers came, and by 1:30 Chen Kangle felt so exhausted that he almost collapsed.
Chen Kangle realized that recruiting a kitchen helper was an urgent matter. After resting for a while, Chen Kangle turned on his computer to check the resumes he had received. He only received one resume in two days.
Chen Kangle, who was anxious to recruit, immediately called the applicant. They had a good chat at first, but when Chen Kangle told the other party the interview location, the other party said sorry without even thinking.
"I'm sorry, I probably won't go for the interview. Your lunch box restaurant is too far away. I didn't pay attention to the address when I submitted my resume. I prefer to work in the city."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Kangle suddenly thought of Xiang Yunting. She originally thought that Xiang Yunting would not come for the interview, but now she was in urgent need of recruiting people and she hoped that Xiang Yunting would come.
The interview time she and Xiang Yunting agreed upon yesterday was at 2 p.m. Chen Kangle looked at the time and it was already 1:40 p.m. She glanced out the window and didn't see anyone coming.
On the other side, Xiang Yunting was changing clothes. He attached great importance to today's interview and wanted to dress smartly to give a good impression to the interviewer.
Xiang Yunting started choosing clothes for the interview very early. He tried several outfits but was not satisfied with any of them. Finally, he decided to wear casual clothes. After all, he was interviewing for the position of kitchen helper and there was no need to dress too formally.
After struggling for a long time, Xiang Yunting finally changed his clothes. Then he looked at the time and found that it was getting late, so he quickly put on his shoes and went out.
At this time, Xiang Yunting's Weibo was particularly lively. Many fans went to Kangle Box Restaurant today and praised Kangle Box Restaurant in the comment section.
[Comrades, did you go to the boxed rice restaurant recommended by Mr. Xiang today? I went there specially for lunch today, it was really delicious, and the stir-fried pork liver was absolutely amazing! ]
Want to eat the food cooked by Mr. Xiang: [Today when I went to the Boxed Rice Restaurant, I felt that many of the people around were fans of Mr. Xiang, and everyone rushed to check in. This check-in was worth it. I think this Boxed Rice Restaurant is the best one among the restaurants recommended by Mr. Xiang. I love the braised pork trotters. ]
Eight-kilogram rat: [I ate the oyster omelette that Xiang Shao ate in the live broadcast yesterday. No wonder Xiang Shao ate so much that he forgot to watch the live broadcast yesterday. The omelette was extremely crispy and fragrant, and the oyster meat was fresh and tender. It was so delicious!!!]
Nao Nao Hei Hei: [Aaaaaaaa!!! I like steamed egg custard and curry chicken. I heard that stir-fried pork intestines and pan-fried saury are also delicious. I plan to try these two in the afternoon.]
In addition to these fans who have already checked in at the Heyu Restaurant, there are many fans who have not yet been there, and after reading the comments they also began to get excited.
Lucky Clover: [Damn! All the comments are positive, which makes me want to try it.]
Departure for a delicious meal: [I was originally planning to go there at noon today, but I was too lazy to go so far. Now that I see what you guys posted, I want to go there this afternoon too. ]
Badminton date or not: [Once again I envy you netizens in Haishi. We netizens from other places can only look at the pictures you posted, feeling envious and jealous~~~]
Almost all the latest comments in Xiang Yunting’s Weibo comment section are related to Kanglehe Hotel, and Xiang Yunting himself is on his way to Kanglehe Hotel.
It was already eleven fifty-five. Chen Kangle looked at the time, then looked out the window, but still didn't see Xiang Yunting.
Her previous guess turned out to be correct. Yesterday, Xiang Yunting just suddenly got excited and said that he wanted to work as a kitchen helper in a Hedian restaurant. He probably came to his senses after he went back and calmed down and thought about it. How could he, a food blogger with tens of millions of fans, work as a kitchen helper in a Hedian restaurant?
Chen Kangle sighed a little disappointedly, then went downstairs to prepare lunch boxes for the afternoon. A group of new guests came at noon today, and there will definitely be a large number of guests in the afternoon, so he had to prepare more food.
Lin Huiling only took a short break before coming to the Hedian restaurant to wash vegetables. Seeing Chen Kangle cutting meat alone in the kitchen, Lin Huiling asked, "Kangle, didn't someone say yesterday that he would come for an interview at 2pm? Why hasn't he come yet?"
There are more and more customers in the Box Rice Restaurant now. Today, Lin Huiling saw Chen Kangle busying around in the kitchen alone. She felt a little sorry for Chen Kangle. What was hateful was that her cooking skills were limited and she couldn't help Chen Kangle share the burden.
Lin Huiling hopes to hire a kitchen helper as soon as possible so that Chen Kangle won’t have to work so hard.
Chen Kangle: "Maybe he suddenly doesn't want to come over anymore."
"How could this person be like this? He said he would come for an interview, but why didn't he keep his word?" Lin Huiling said angrily.
"It's okay. I can still hold on for a while now, and there's no rush to recruit people." Although very tired, Chen Kangle is still very optimistic.
As the two were talking, they heard someone outside shouting, "Is anyone there?"
"I'm here for an interview." Xiang Yunting shouted when he saw that there was no one in the store.
Lin Huiling suddenly became excited, "Kang Le, the interviewer is here, I'll go invite him in."
Having said that, Lin Huiling hurried to the front hall.
"Young man, you finally came. I thought you wouldn't come."
Xiang Yunting has a handsome appearance and seems to be very well-behaved, and is especially liked by his elders.
"Auntie, I was delayed on the road." Xiang Yunting was also very polite.
Lin Huiling: "It's okay, it's good that you're here. Our boss is in the kitchen, go to the kitchen to interview her."
"Thank you, Auntie!" Xiang Yunting hurried to the kitchen.
Looking at Xiang Yunting's back, Lin Huiling hoped that Chen Kangle could find a satisfactory kitchen helper this time.
The first thing Xiang Yunting said when he saw Chen Kangle was: "Sorry, I'm late."
Xiang Yunting didn't want to leave a bad impression on Chen Kangle.
Chen Kangle was not a person who cared about details. She got straight to the point. "It's getting late. Let's start the interview now. The interview content is to make a dish that you are good at. You can use any ingredients here."
Hearing the content of the interview, Xiang Yunting curled his lips and smiled. Although he is now a food blogger who visits restaurants, he occasionally cooks his own dishes and then posts cooking videos on Weibo.
In the past few years as a food blogger, he has not completely given up cooking, and he has worked as a kitchen helper before, so he has a foundation in cooking. Xiang Yunting is confident that he can cook dishes that will satisfy Chen Kangle.
Xiang Yunting looked at the ingredients in the kitchen, there were pork, chicken, duck, fish...
He thought about it and decided to make a beer duck. Of course, he had to cook a dish that he was good at. Last month, he posted a video of making beer duck on his Weibo. In order to make beer duck well, he specially looked for tutorials online and was satisfied with the taste of the beer duck he made.
Xiang Yunting washed his hands first, then picked up the duck meat and started to clean it. After cleaning the duck meat, he cut it into pieces. He first dealt with the duck butt, cleaning it thoroughly to avoid the smell of the duck meat.
Slice the ginger, chop the garlic, shred the green pepper, and cut the carrot into pieces, then place them on a plate for later use.
Chen Kangle watched for a while and found that Xiang Yunting's knife skills were pretty good, fast and accurate. And when Xiang Yunting was processing the duck meat, he paid attention to the details of cleaning the duck's butt.
Prepare the ingredients and side dishes. Xiang Yunting washed the pot and heated it up. Pour in a proper amount of oil. Add onion, ginger, garlic, dried chili peppers, star anise and other spices. Stir-fry over low heat until fragrant. Pour in the chopped duck meat. Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt and other seasonings. Stir-fry over high heat until the duck meat is colored. Pour in beer, making sure the beer covers the duck meat. Simmer over high heat for fifteen minutes. Then turn to low heat and simmer for fifteen minutes until the sauce is reduced.
Then add the chopped green pepper and carrot, stir fry evenly and serve.
Xiang Yunting brought the finished beer duck to Chen Kangle, "Boss, my beer duck is ready, please have a taste."
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