The next day, Yunyan went to the brigade office with a handful of sweet potato vermicelli. Seeing the brigade leader inside, Yunyan pushed the door open and walked in.
"Captain, I want to tell you something." Yun Yan went straight to the point.
"Yun Zhiqing, what's the matter?" The team leader had a headache. He was most afraid of these educated youth coming to him, because basically there was nothing good about it.
"Captain, please don't get a headache when you see us educated youth. I came here today because I have something good to tell you." Yun Yan said helplessly.
She also knew why the captain was having a headache. She had indeed caused him a lot of trouble recently, so the person he was most reluctant to see now was probably her.
"Good news? What good news do you have to tell me?" The team leader remembered the corn peeler Yun Yan made for the team last time, and his attitude became a little better.
Yun Yan handed him the sweet potato vermicelli in her hand and said, "Captain, take a look at this sweet potato vermicelli. Have you seen it anywhere else?"
The team leader took the vermicelli and looked at it from left to right for a long time before saying, "No, I haven't seen this before. Sweet potato vermicelli? Yun Zhiqing, is this made from sweet potatoes?"
"Yes, Captain, I have an idea. If it succeeds, it might generate income for our Red Flag Brigade."
"Generate income? Yun Zhiqing, what ideas do you have? Tell us about it." When the team leader heard that Yun Yan had a way to generate income for the team, he immediately stood up excitedly.
There was nothing he could do. The Red Flag Brigade was too poor, and it was difficult for him to be the brigade leader. He felt embarrassed every time he went to the commune for the year-end meeting.
"Captain, what do you think the chances of success are if we apply to open a sweet potato vermicelli workshop in the name of our brigade?"
Private business is not allowed now, but the state allows factories to be opened in the name of the brigade.
"Yun Zhiqing, it's not difficult to apply to open a workshop, but no one has ever seen this sweet potato vermicelli before. It's very important whether we can sell it after we make it." The team leader was a little embarrassed.
"Yes, Yun Zhiqing, if we can't sell this, then we've wasted our time." The deputy captain was not optimistic either.
"Captains, the opportunity is in your own hands. How can you know if you will succeed if you don't try?"
"I have about nine kilograms of sweet potato vermicelli on hand. I'm trying to sell them. If the results are good, we can start mass production."
Yun Yan thought of a compromise. She would first try to see if she could sell the sweet potato vermicelli before making any plans.
"I think this method is feasible. Let's try it first to see if we can sell it, and then make a decision." The brigade accountant agreed with Yun Yan's idea.
Yun Yan was waiting for the brigade accountant to say this: "Accountant, I know your eldest son is a chef in a state-owned restaurant. Can you ask him to support the brigade's cause?"
"Yun Zhiqing, it's not that I don't want to help you, but the main thing is that we have never seen this sweet potato vermicelli before, and my eldest son doesn't know how to cook it when he takes it back." The brigade accountant was a little embarrassed.
"Uncle Accountant, I won't make it difficult for you. Just ask your eldest son to introduce me to the manager of the state-owned restaurant, and his mission will be accomplished."
The brigade accountant thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go now. But I've already said this beforehand: this may not work out."
"It's okay, uncle. Success always comes after countless failures."
The two agreed to meet at the village entrance. Yunyan went home on her bicycle and took two handfuls of sweet potato vermicelli.
It took the team almost an hour to ride to the state-owned hotel in the county town. When they arrived, the accountant asked Yunyan to wait for him outside.
After a while, the accountant came out with a fat chef who looked 70% like him.
"Yun Zhiqing, I pulled my son out. You can talk to him."
"Oh, Dad, I told you this isn't going to work."
The accountant reached out and patted him on the back of the head. "You ungrateful bastard, I'm not asking you to do anything illegal. Even just trying to get Yun Zhiqing to meet your manager is not allowed. Don't forget, you're also a member of the Red Flag Brigade."
Seeing this, Yun Yan quickly said, "Brother, I won't make things difficult for you. As long as you can let me meet your manager, that's all. If things don't work out, I will definitely not bother you again in the future."
Yun Yan had said so much, so Liu Gui had no choice but to agree: "Okay, you wait here, I'll go find the manager."
Yun Yan and the accountant waited at the door for about fifteen minutes before Liu Gui came out. "I had to persuade the manager to meet with you. Come on up."
Both of them were very happy to hear this, as it was considered the first step.
When they arrived at the manager's office, Liu Gui ushered them both in: "Manager, this is my dad and Yun Zhiqing from our brigade."
"I heard from Liu Gui that you want to sell some kind of vermicelli to our state-owned restaurant?" the hotel manager asked casually.
"It's sweet potato vermicelli, take a look." Yun Yan put the vermicelli in her hand on the table.
"How do you eat this? Can it be used as a dish?" Luo Yang picked it up, looked at it, and put it down again.
"Of course you can. These sweet potato vermicelli noodles can be made into pork stewed with vermicelli noodles, Chinese cabbage stewed with vermicelli noodles, and ants climbing trees."
"Can you cook all these dishes?" Luo Yang became interested.
"Of course I will. How about this, Manager? It's not dinner time yet. I'd like to borrow your kitchen and make a few dishes with these sweet potato vermicelli for you to try. If you're not satisfied, I'll leave immediately and never bother you again."
Luo Yang thought about it and agreed, and asked Liu Gui to take Yun Yan to the kitchen.
After arriving in the kitchen, Yun Yan first soaked the vermicelli in hot water, and then began to prepare the ingredients.
She planned to make a pork stew with vermicelli and ants climbing a tree, so she took a piece of pork belly and began to cut it. Outside, the chefs at the state-owned restaurant were talking about it.
"Who is that girl?"
"I don't know him. Brother Liu brought him here."
"Can she cook? Don't waste it, this meat is so expensive."
Ignoring their gossip, Yun Yan started cooking.
After a while, people outside smelled the fragrance. Yun Yan made a lot of each dish and served out the portion for Luo Yang to taste. Yun Yan asked Liu Yang and the other chefs to try the rest.
Looking at the two dishes Yun Yan brought from the kitchen, Luo Yang's appetite was aroused and he tasted each one.
"It's smooth, soft and chewy, it's really delicious. I feel like the vermicelli in this pork stew is even better than the meat."
Luo Yang finished the two dishes quickly like a whirlwind.
"Your sweet potato vermicelli is really good. Our restaurant hasn't introduced a new dish in a long time, so I agree with what you just said."
The accountant didn't expect this to be so easy and was ecstatic.
"Manager, we haven't officially started production of this sweet potato vermicelli yet. I'm afraid we won't be able to supply you with a large quantity for the time being."
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