Reborn Industrial Tycoon

At the airport, Li Weidong took his parents and followed the staff of the Hong Kong and Taiwan Affairs Office to the airport pick-up hall.

Cao Kenan's family arrived earlier than Li Weidong's family and had already arrived at the airport pick-up hall.

The staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Hong Kong gathered the two families together and introduced them: "These are Zhou Yunsheng's family members, and these are Su Qian's family members."

"It turns out they are my sister and brother-in-law!" Cao Kenan knew that Zhou Yunxiu was older than him, so he directly called his sister and brother-in-law.

"You must be my cousin!" Li Dengke also stepped forward and said, "This is Yun Sheng's sister, I am Yun Sheng's brother-in-law, and that one is our son."

The two relatives introduced themselves to each other, and then started chatting. It was the first time for both parties to meet, and they only talked about basic family information such as the number of people in the family, where they work, etc.

Li Dengke asked: "My cousin and my cousins ​​have not retired yet?"

"I'm not old enough to retire yet. I have to work for a few more years. Your brother and sister will retire this year." Cao Kenan asked, "Brother-in-law should have retired, right?"

"I have been retired for several years." Li Dengke nodded.

Cao Kenan looked at Li Weidong again and said, "The eldest nephew looks like he is in his early twenties, right? He is several years younger than my Cao Yi!"

"Weidong is the fifth eldest child in the family. He has four older sisters and a younger brother. He didn't come this time." Li Dengke asked when he would arrive.

"Is the eldest nephew in school or already working?" Cao Kenan asked again.

"Already working." Li Weidong replied personally.

"Where can I find a job?" Cao Kenan asked again.

"I started a small business, assembling small home appliances." Li Weidong said modestly.

"It turns out he is a self-employed person! Or a self-employed person in a small place." Cao Kenan felt a little disdainful, and he instantly classified Li Weidong as a low-income person.

In that era, when a young man in his twenties said he was running a small business, most people would think of being self-employed.

Even now, if faced with the same situation, no one would think that a young man in his early twenties was doing a big business worth tens of millions.

As an engineer and a high-level intellectual, Cao Kenan still looked down on self-employed people from the bottom of his heart.

I saw Cao Kenan smile slightly and said: "Business is good, you can be a big boss and make a lot of money, unlike our Su Yi, who only became a section chief in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau after so many years!"

When Cao Kenan said this, his face was full of pride.

Li Weidong smiled helplessly and said to himself, you are not flattering me, you are clearly showing off your own son, the section chief!

At this moment, people started to walk out from the exit one after another, and Zhou Yunsheng and Su Qian also walked out pushing the luggage trolley.

"Mom, look, uncle is out!" Li Weidong said.

On the other side, Cao Yi also pointed to the exit and said, "Dad, it's my cousin!"

The family reunion is another touching scene.

After a while, Cao Kenan said: "Su Qian, Yunsheng, the airport is not a place to reminisce about the past. You go to the hotel first, put down your luggage, and then we go to dinner together. I specially booked a private room in the old hotel to welcome you.

Wash off the dust!”

Next to them, the staff of the Hong Kong and Taiwan Affairs Office also said: "We have prepared a minibus, how about you guys get on the bus first and then talk?"

"Okay, let's go and talk in the car!" Zhou Yunsheng nodded.

Everyone got on the minibus and drove all the way to the hotel. After Zhou Yunsheng and his wife settled down in the hotel, the minibus took everyone to the old hotel.

Cao Kenan introduced: "This old restaurant is an authentic century-old restaurant. It was established during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. To eat the most authentic local cuisine, you have to go to the old restaurant! The chef in the old restaurant has done it before

It’s a state banquet! When dignitaries from many countries come to Shanghai, they come to this old restaurant to have a meal!”

Su Qian herself is from Shanghai, and she comes from a noble family, so she naturally knows the old hotel, so Cao Kenan's introduction was for Li Weidong's family.

Treating guests to a meal requires a certain respect. Cao Kenan felt that the in-laws from a poor place had no idea how prestigious it was to go to an old restaurant for dinner, so he took advantage of the opportunity to introduce it quickly.

You can also show off.

Li Dengke and his wife immediately showed a look of expectation, obviously frightened by the golden signs of "century-old restaurant" and "state banquet chef", but Li Weidong was unmoved.

Li Weidong was also an entrepreneur in his previous life. Whether he was entertaining others or accompanying his customers, he must have tasted local dishes from old restaurants.

On one of these occasions, Li Weidong was fortunate enough to attend a gathering of business tycoons and taste the signature dish made by chef Master Liao. You must know that chefs of this level are all masters of cooking skills. Generally, they are

I won't do it myself.

The old restaurant was renovated in 1993, so the old restaurant in 1991 still retains the style of the expansion in the 1970s. It has three floors, with a total area of ​​more than 1,700 square meters.

Everyone came to the old restaurant and went directly to the third floor, because the separate private rooms were on the third floor.

Cao Kenan continued, "It's not easy to book a private room in this old restaurant. Most people can't book it. Fortunately, Su Yi is in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and knows the manager here, so he was able to book this private room."

In the old restaurants in the early 1990s, there were not many private rooms, so it was not easy to book a private room. Cao Kenan was bragging about his son again."

After we sat down, the waiter came over with the menu, and Cao Kenan looked generous and said, "We are all a family, so don't be polite to me, everyone can order whatever you want!"

As Cao Kenan spoke, he looked specifically at Li Dengke and his wife and said, "Sister-in-law and brother-in-law, you live in Qinghe. You definitely can't eat this kind of authentic local food on weekdays. Now that you're here this time, what do you want to eat?"

, open up a little!”

Li Dengke declined and said: "It's just a family gathering, just have something to eat, there's no need to spend too much!"

"That's not possible! It's hard for my sister and brother-in-law to come to Shanghai. I will definitely do my best to be a landlord!" Cao Kenan said with a smile.

However, Cao Kenan secretly thought, these bumpkin from a poor place must not know what to order and are afraid of making a fool of themselves!

Thinking of this, Cao Kenan's vanity was greatly satisfied. He looked at Li Weidong again and said, "My eldest nephew, young people should eat more when they are healthy. You can order whatever you want."

"Uncle Cao, then I'm not polite!" Li Weidong thought to himself: "It's really rare for these indigenous residents to be so generous!"

"We are all members of our own family. If you are still polite to me, you are acting outsiders!"

Cao Kenan looked at Li Weidong with a smile and said to himself: "This bumpkin from a poor place just orders scrambled eggs, fried fungus, fried cucumber and meat.

Fortunately, there is a menu. If there was no menu, it would be a big joke if I ordered pancake rolls with green onions!”

The waiter handed the menu to Li Weidong. Li Weidong didn't even look at it. He said directly: "Let's have a braised river eel with three shreds, deep-fried prawns in oil. Choose palm-sized prawns, and an eight-treasure quail. Make a strip of moldy dried vegetable pomfret."

Fish and dried mustard must be made with gold, but not without gold. There are also bad fragrant water, bad bowl head..."

When he heard Li Weidong ordering, the smile on Cao Kenan's face became more and more awkward.

What Li Weidong ordered are all signature dishes of the old restaurant, and they are also relatively expensive hard dishes.

The first braised river eel and braised squid are, to say the least, the most famous of our dishes. Many people will order these two dishes when they come to eat our dishes.

Stir-fried prawns in oil sounds like a very ordinary dish, but the bigger the prawns, the more expensive the dish is. Prawns as big as a palm will cost you money!

Next, the eight-treasure quail ordered by Li Weidong has even more explanations.

Most people order Babao duck because duck is easier to cook than quail and duck is cheaper.

Using the same method, an average local cook can cook Babao duck, but he must be a master of craftsmanship to make Babao quail. Basically, anyone who can cook Babao quail is qualified to take on an apprentice.

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Knowing that ordering eight-treasure quail shows that this person is a real eater, not eating to fill his stomach, but to taste the delicious food.

The pomfret with molded dried vegetables at the back is also a special dish of the old restaurant. The best time to eat molded dried vegetables is when the color is golden yellow, which means the fermentation is just right. Without this layer of golden color, it means that the fermentation is insufficient, and

If the golden color fades, it means the fermentation is overdone.

The phrase "golden pickled plums" means that you are picky about the ingredients, and being picky about the ingredients means you have to spend more money!

The remaining Zao Xiang Piao Shui and Zao Bo Tou are the specialty of Master Chef Li of the old restaurant.

Most of the chefs in the local cuisine cook only Maotai Xiang Hua Shui, but only Master Li and his apprentices from the old restaurant make Mao Xiang Hua Shui that is both delicious and delicious.

"They are all special dishes. How much do they cost?" Cao Kenan's heart was bleeding.

However, Li Weidong hadn't finished ordering yet. He continued: "Shrimps and black ginseng, do you have them?"

When he heard the dish "Shrimp and Big Black Ginseng", Cao Kenan's heart tightened. He already felt what it felt like to have his wallet emptied.

The waiter nodded, indicating that he had this dish. Li Weidong continued, "Master Li's shrimp and black ginseng is absolutely unparalleled in the world! Unfortunately, Master Li has retired. I don't know which master makes this dish now."

Cai, is this Master Liao?"

In his previous life, Li Weidong came to have a meal with business tycoons, and they ate the shrimp and black ginseng made by Master Liao.

However, the waiter said: "Comrade, I'm afraid you have remembered wrongly. Our Master Li is not yet sixty years old and will retire next year!"

Li Weidong was slightly startled: "In other words, you can still eat the shrimp and black ginseng made by Master Li himself?"

The waiter nodded and continued: "But if you want to ask Master Li to do it yourself, you will have to charge additional service fees!"

"No problem, let's ask Master Li to work hard and make us a shrimp and black ginseng dish!" Li Weidong said without hesitation.

When he heard that Master Li was asked to take action in person and that additional service fees were charged, Cao Kenan's face turned pale as if his whole body had been hollowed out!

"There is also a service charge. How much is the service charge? You should ask first. You can just order without asking! Why did your family raise such a prodigal child like you?" Cao Ken said.

I started complaining like crazy in my heart.