Huayu Chef

Huangtingzi Road, near the southeast gate of Beijing University of Electronic Science and Technology.

Zhang Jinxuan found a spot where he could park briefly, unlocked the car door, and, glancing in the rearview mirror, reminded him, "There are no cars behind us, you two can open the doors and get out."

"Brother Xuan, we're going back to the dorm. You should go back and get some rest too."

"Goodbye, Brother Xuan."

"You've worked hard today, get some rest."

"Bye-Bye."

"Bye-Bye."

The Beijing Film Academy has entrances on both the east and west sides. West Gate 1 is the main entrance, West Gate 2 is specifically for the film story restaurant, and the North Small Gate is the faculty and staff entrance.

The east gate is not usually open. The back door of the cafeteria is a special passage. The southeast gate is only for express delivery and takeout orders.

The enforcement of this regulation is both strict and lax. The school is surrounded by walls, but people still often walk around on them.

Having a door makes things even more convenient; you don't even need to use any martial arts skills, just a few words and you can walk away gracefully.

If outsiders ask, you definitely can't get in through the East Gate. It's locked; school rules prohibit using it.

Zhang Jinxuan watched Huang Mengying and Zhuangzhuang sneak in through the side door like thieves, feeling slightly amused, then started his Audi A6 and drove away.

The southeast gate is very close to the student apartments, just a few steps away between two apartment buildings. Huang Mengying and Zhuangzhuang parted ways, carrying five boxes of pastries, and returned to their dormitory with light steps.

As soon as she entered the door, she shouted loudly, "Sisters, I'm home!"

My roommates were all busy—some writing papers, some watching TV series, and some just lying around playing on their phones. Hearing Huang Mengying's voice, several pairs of eyes turned to her.

Xu Lianglan teased, "Oh, you're back so early? Didn't your senior brother arrange a place for you to stay overnight?"

The others chuckled to themselves.

Huang Mengying was speechless and retorted, "Go and clear your head, you're just a bunch of color-obsessed rubbish. I brought you some good food, come and eat."

Xu Lianglan and the others immediately lost their desire to tease Huang Mengying and swarmed over, asking all at once, "What delicious food is it?"

"Wow, the packaging is so beautiful and festive, is it a betrothal gift from someone?"

"No red envelope, I don't agree..."

Wow!

A scream rang out, and everyone's attention was drawn to the pastries in the gift box. Eighteen kinds of exquisite pastries were neatly arranged in the box, with cute shapes and different colors, including jujube blossom pastries, mung bean pastries, snowflake pastries, walnut pastries, ox tongue pastries, pea flour cakes, kidney bean rolls, and donkey rolls...

Each one has a perfect appearance, with the outer skin either crispy or soft and chewy. Occasionally, the filling peeking out from under the skin gleams temptingly under the light, making them look incredibly tempting.

want to eat.

"Mengying, I agree," a member of the women's group announced loudly.

"We have to agree to that."

"Is it edible?"

"Eat up, eat up, hopefully this food will shut you up."

Huang Mengying had eaten too much for dinner and couldn't eat anymore. Reluctantly, she turned away, sat down at her desk, took out her phone, and opened her photo album to browse the pictures she had taken during the day. Meanwhile, the pastries in the box were being snatched up by the female bandits.

She glanced back and gave a look of disdain, thinking to herself that Xuan-ge's photos were much more pleasing to the eye.

This is a photo she secretly took of Zhang Jinxuan kneading dough. In the photo, Zhang Jinxuan looks serious and focused. The shooting angle is good, making him look handsome and manly.

Suddenly, the dormitory fell silent.

Huang Mengying was suddenly startled. When she turned around, she saw all her roommates standing behind her, eating pastries and smiling like doting aunts.

Hehe~~

Beijing Film Academy residential area, a wild kitchen.

Zhang Jinxuan carried two boxes of pastries into the store. Tang Qiwen and Sister Liu, who were busy in the kitchen, heard the noise and greeted him.

"Boss, you're back?"

"Boss."

"Xiao Tang, Sister Liu, is everything alright at the shop today?"

"Everything is normal." Tang Qiwen wiped the water off his hands, took out a wad of banknotes and handed them to Zhang Jinxuan, saying, "Boss, this is the money from today's sales, a total of 12407.5 yuan."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Zhang Jinxuan took the goods and counted them skillfully, then casually asked, "Is tomorrow's stock ready?"

"The kimchi is ready, and the duck parts need to be washed as well."

Zhang Jinxuan paused, surprised, and said, "So fast?"

Tang Qiwen scratched his head and laughed, "Business is better today than yesterday. The braised pork rice, chicken feet, and black duck sold out a long time ago. Sister Liu is taking a day off tomorrow, so we'll start stocking up when we have some free time. We want to go home early."

Zhang Jinxuan went into the kitchen to check on things. He saw that the two of them had done a good job, and said with a smile, "The work is almost done. Sister Liu, you can go ahead if you have something to do. Xiao Tang and I will stay and finish up. Take one box of pastries home and eat it. The other box is for Xiao Tang."

Sister Liu quickly thanked him, "Thank you, boss, you've gone to so much trouble."

"Let's go, be careful on the road."

"OK."

After counting the money, Zhang Jinxuan put it directly into his pocket, then helped Tang Qiwen soak the duck heads and wings in water, asking, "Little Tang, what's the story behind the good business today?"

"I don't understand. So many customers ask if you're there, saying they came to the store specifically to see you."

Are there many people coming?

"There are quite a lot."

Zhang Jinxuan knew what was going on. The rapid popularity of "Wild Kitchen" would definitely bring new customers to the offline Wild Kitchen, and the traffic generation effect would be hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than handing out flyers.

Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

Wild Kitchen should expose its employees.

"Xiao Tang, did your previous restaurant have a braised food chef?"

Yes, there are two.

"How's your cooking?"

"It's alright, but not as good as the boss."

"How is he?"

"One of them loves to make dirty jokes, while the other is quite steady, but their skills are a bit lacking."

"Give me their phone number later."

"what?"

"What? You don't have a phone number? WeChat is fine too."

Tang Qiwen tentatively asked, "Boss, are you trying to poach our employees?"

Zhang Jinxuan earnestly advised, "This isn't poaching. For us at Wild Kitchen, it's about bringing in talent; for your previous restaurant, it's about optimizing your workforce; and for the braised food chefs, it's about having more job opportunities. It's a win-win-win situation."

Tang Qiwen was completely bewildered. Why make it sound so high-sounding? Isn't it still just poaching talent?

Zhang Jinxuan frowned and asked, "Is it that difficult?"

Tang Qiwen shook his head vigorously, "It's not difficult at all, not difficult at all. I'm not working there anymore, so what's there to be troubled about? I'll send the phone number to the boss right now, um..."

"What are you trying to say, stammering?"

Tang Qiwen said cautiously, "Boss, that restaurant is quite big."

"and then?"

That's all.

I understand everything I understand.

Zhang Jinxuan said earnestly, "Don't envy those big hotels. Our Wild Kitchen has only been open for a few days, and the number of employees has already doubled. If this continues, we'll grow into a big and strong business sooner or later. You should learn the skills well. Once you've mastered them, your salary will be increased. We three chefs can take turns resting, so the work will be easier for us."

The title "Master" made Tang Qiwen feel quite proud, and he said with great enthusiasm, "Don't worry, boss, I promise to learn diligently. I have a few classmates who work as kitchen helpers. I'll ask around for you and see if they have any braised food chefs who are about to leave. We can hire one of those and they'll be ready to start working right away, which will save you a lot of trouble."

Zhang Jinxuan smiled with satisfaction and praised, "Little Tang, I have high hopes for you. Your future is limitless. Go for it boldly, and let me know as soon as you have any news."

"Yes, boss."

Just as Zhang Jinxuan was motivating his employees and making grand promises to launch a new round of recruitment, Mani, the top agent of Hong Kong's Emperor Entertainment, found the post-80s film star and showed him "Wild Kitchen Episode 1: Peking Duck".

"Nicholas, you like cooking, I think we can take inspiration from this person's idea and make a cooking show too."