Ultimate Firepower

Chapter 21 The Man at the Top of the Contempt Chain
On the first day, Gao Yi had already accomplished most of the work. He completed the investigation, formulated a revised plan, and implemented the new plan immediately.

The first step of the plan is to taste the food.

Xiao Hei comes around the hotel a few times every day because he wants to get some work, and the people living in the hotel have no choice.

Gao Yi got on Xiao Hei's car and came to the famous Hua Xia Restaurant. He wanted to try the quality of the dishes that could attract Gray Horace.

At this time, you can't pretend to be a poor guy with nowhere to go, you have to pretend to be a person with some money.

Only when you are extremely poor do you have to sneak into a restaurant to work for black people. If you have some savings, you can open a restaurant. This is normal logic.

We can’t wait until dark because there is no electricity and we won’t be able to see clearly when eating after dark.

A famous dish of Hua Xia Restaurant, a chicken stewed in some unknown way.

There are four stoves in total. They were not used when I came at noon, but now they are all lit and black iron pots are placed on them.

The fuel was firewood, and there was no blower, so there was no cooking, only stewing, and the pot was not covered, so the ash floated into the pot.

The boss and chef would check on the four stoves in turn. When he felt that it was almost done, he would take the pot down and pour the food directly into an aluminum basin, which he would then bring to the table of the waiting diners.

There were four tables, four stoves, four aluminum basins, and four other tables for a total of eighteen guests.

The portion was not too small, with about half a chicken stewed in one pot, and the soup was thick and looked unappetizing.

Before seeing how this restaurant operated, Gao Yi decided to treat Xiao Hei to a meal. After seeing that the dishes here were priced and fixed, he felt that he must treat Xiao Hei to a meal.

After all, there were only two people, Gao Yi and Xiao Hei, while the table with the most people had six.

Only the wealthy local people can come here to eat, and they eat the rice provided by the restaurant.

There were also people who brought their own staple food to eat. Gao Yi took a few looks at them. The staple food they brought was a white paste. At first glance, it looked like ice cream. It was cassava, which Gao Yi had tasted in Sierra Leone.

Gao Yi and his friends’ dishes came up.

The restaurant does not provide chopsticks, but does provide spoons. But it doesn’t matter, Gao Yi brought his own chopsticks.

"Eat, you're welcome."

There was a huge stainless steel spoon in the aluminum basin. Gao Yi poured some soup into his rice, then picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

My taste buds were waiting for the impact and I actually felt a long-lost taste.

It is quite spicy and slightly sour, but the chicken has no peculiar smell and is slightly hard. However, this is due to the quality of the chicken. The restaurant uses free-range chickens, so the taste of the chicken is surprisingly good.

It actually tasted like the real thing, and was even better than what I had in Sierra Leone.

and then?
Then there is no more.

As a Chinese who stands at the top of the food chain and the top of the food contempt chain, this dish can only be considered edible, edible, okay, and passable.

There is no distinction between high and low eating habits. A southerner probably cannot stand eating noodles every meal. To be more specific, a Cantonese person will also not be able to stand eating Sichuan cuisine every meal.

Gao Yi already feels uncomfortable eating rice for every meal, and he will go crazy if he is asked to eat sweet tofu pudding.

However, there must be regional differences in the quality of food.

The food Gao Yi ate in Thailand was also delicious.

Gao Yi thought the hamburger was delicious too.

Gao Yi thought the barbecue he had in Dubai was also great.

Gao Yi also had some sushi, and to be honest he thought it was quite delicious.

The pizza is delicious, and Gao Yi also likes Korean barbecue.

but!

Please note this however!
All representative cuisines from all countries in the world together form a foreign team, and China guarantees to send only one provincial team to compete.

Sichuan cuisine takes the lead, followed by Shandong cuisine, and the other cuisines follow a little bit behind. Don't serve Huaiyang cuisine or Hunan cuisine, just watch. It would be embarrassing if they served together.

With Gao Yi's limited knowledge and meager financial resources, he can't even eat all over the country, let alone eat all over the city of his hometown. But this still can't stop Gao Yi from becoming the man standing at the top of the food contempt chain.

It will be the top of the list, and the mountains are small.

This is how Gao Yi feels at the moment.

After tasting it, based on Gao Yi's limited experience, this stewed chicken is not as good as the big plate chicken, not as good as the Cangzhou hot pot chicken, not as good as the braised chicken, and not as good as the iron pot stewed chicken he had eaten in his hometown.

I won’t compare with things I haven’t tried, such as white-cut chicken, three-cup chicken, and so on. These are too high-end and cannot be compared.

After just one bite, Gao Yi gained confidence and then fell into deep thought.

If you were to open a restaurant, what would you do?
Considering the conditions here, the only fuel is firewood, and without a blower the fire is not strong enough. Chicken is the most common ingredient, but there will definitely be very few seasonings, so let's just focus on stewing the chicken.

This restaurant also makes stewed chicken, so how can it beat its competitors? Gao Yi can't make big plate chicken, braised chicken, or hot pot chicken. After thinking about it, Gao Yi seems to only know one trick, which is stewed chicken that every family north of the Yellow River can make.

If we have to give it a scientific name, it is chicken stewed in a farmhouse iron pot over firewood.

To add some freshness, you can add the Northeastern iron pot stewed pancakes. The pancakes are not cornmeal pancakes or white flour pancakes, but cassava pancakes.

To add to the freshness, we have also made local improvements by adding spicy food to the stewed chicken and sugar to the cassava!
We also need to open the eyes of local people in terms of services.

You can make it extremely spicy, or make the cassava cake extremely sweet.

I don’t believe that I can’t attract the target!

Gao Yi was only thinking, while Xiao Hei was only eating. When Gao Yi made up his mind and looked up, he found that Xiao Hei was using his hands to put the rice mixed with soup into his mouth.

Although I was hungry, my appetite decreased a lot.

Gao Yi lowered his head and said calmly, "Is it delicious?"

“Delicious, thank you boss.”

Gao Yi didn't want to directly expose his intention to open a shop, so he just said calmly: "Do you know what's in this dish?"

"Chicken, cassava cubes, eggplant, nothing else, boss."

Gao Yi nodded. He wanted to find something to say, but he didn't know what to say.

"Uh, you guys only like to eat chicken? Why don't you eat other meats?"

"Chicken is cheap, but mutton and beef are too expensive. The weather is very hot, and we don't have electricity or refrigerators. If we can't sell all the mutton and beef, they will go bad in a day. Chickens are kept in cages. We just catch one whenever we want to eat, boss."

Gao Yi asked casually, but he didn't expect Xiao Hei to give a professional answer.

"That makes sense, that makes sense. Local climate and soil nurture local people. This chicken is... uh, it's just edible."

Xiao Hei laughed and said, "Every Chinese boss says so."

Gao Yi suddenly said: "What do you think? I want to open a restaurant..."

Xiao Hei stopped, looked at Gao Yi, and said in surprise: "Here? Boss, if it's expensive, we can't afford it, and if it's cheap, you can't make money."

Gao Yi nodded and asked, "How much is this meal?"

"About ten dollars."

Gao Yi was surprised and asked, "So cheap?"

Compared to the prices of other things, this meal is really cheap.

Xiao Hei said helplessly: "Everything we can't produce is expensive, and everything we produce is very cheap. Boss, you came here because our wood is the cheapest, right? This is called exploitation, the industrial scissors gap."

Gao Yi almost fell off his chair. He looked at Xiao Hei and asked in extreme astonishment: "Who taught you that?"

"One boss said they used to be like this, but they went from buying chicken feathers to producing small commodities, and then selling the commodities all over the world."

Xiao Hei shrugged philosophically and said, "He opened a store here for six years, and then... he left. Now he has sixteen chain stores in Monrovia. He is a good man. Except for being stingy, he has no shortcomings."

Gao Yi said in a daze: "You...you are quite amazing."

Xiao Hei whispered, "When my boss left, he sold me the car he had been driving for six years, which cost me six years' salary. Now I have a high income and am respected. So it's not me who is great, it's my boss who is great."

Gao Yi's train of thought was interrupted. After a moment of silence, he finally said, "Then do you think I can make money if I open a restaurant whose main customer group is Chinese people who come to do business?"

Xiao Hei was conflicted. He looked at Gao Yi twice and finally whispered, "You invited me to dinner, so I'll tell you the truth. There are only a dozen Chinese bosses in this city now, coming and going. At most, there are less than 20 people. They are all in the timber business. No one lives here all the time. Also, it's the dry season now, so the roads are a little easier to walk on. But the rainy season is coming soon, and the dirt roads will turn into muddy roads. The timber can't be transported out, and all the bosses will leave."

Gao Yi didn't open a restaurant for the purpose of making money, so he needed Xiao Hei to say that it was okay to open a restaurant. However, Xiao Hei always gave him reasons why it was not okay to open a restaurant.

Gao Yi fell into deep thought, then he whispered: "Well, I want to open a restaurant for the Chinese people, and charge them at least one hundred dollars for a meal. At least, they are all rich people, and they can afford me to charge two or three hundred, so I think this restaurant can still be opened."

Xiao Hei shrugged and said, "It's your business, you judge and decide."

Gao Yi said confidently, "I just don't know if there is a suitable place to open a restaurant. The various kitchen utensils and seasonings needed to open a restaurant can be bought from other places. Do you know a suitable place to open a restaurant?"

Xiao Hei saw that Gao Yi really wanted to open a restaurant. He asked curiously, "Have you ever opened a restaurant before? Are you a chef?"

Gao Yi nodded and said confidently: "Yes, I am a chef."

Xiao Hei smiled, revealing his white teeth, and said, "Before my former boss left, he sold his shop to a Chinese for a high price, and then, this is... you know, this is his most powerful place."

Gao Yi was a little surprised, because when talking about the restaurant, Xiao Hei started talking about his former boss with an admiring look on his face.

Xiao Hei stretched out his two greasy hands and said, "There are two stores, one is the largest grocery store in Suakoko, and the other is a restaurant. After the general occupied this place, the restaurant could no longer operate, so the new owner closed the restaurant. Now, his restaurant and all the things are idle. As long as the rent is right, I think the new owner will be happy to rent it to you."

(End of this chapter)