Urban Sims

When Zhou Ming saw this job recruitment notice, he had been idle in Baowan Town for three or four days, and was racking his brains to think of ways to avoid surveillance and steal mature corn from the fields. , changed all the plans in his mind.

"It seems that in all my gaming life, I have never been a professional chef..."

During this period of my life, I never thought I would start as a chef.

After pushing through the crowded crowd, Zhou Ming walked towards the store and said, "I want to apply for a job as a kitchen worker."

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Inside the Gujia Hotel.

Gu Naohui, who has interviewed thirty or forty applicants, has eliminated all of them except for a somewhat silly 17-year-old boy.

Half of the eliminated applicants were over 18, and half lied in her questions.

Her brother is a medical student and has a bone age measuring machine. No one's actual age can be hidden from the scan of this machine. Moreover, her brother also studies psychology and has obtained the senior psychological counselor qualification certificate. With the help of the checker and the lie detector, you can tell whether you lied by asking just two or three questions.

Even though there were still a few qualified candidates who didn't lie to her, Gu Naohui still eliminated them. She didn't like smart people very much. She liked dumb people. After all, she didn't let those applicants stay in Gu for a long time. Plans for a hotel, waiting for the money...

"18 years old, proficient in cooking, has a family, and his family is all in the lower district... Are you from the lower district?"

After learning about the personal situation of the applicant in front of her, Gu Naihui was surprised. This guy's origin was so special. He came from a lower-class area. What did he do before? How did you get there?

Gu Naohui's heart was filled with all kinds of questions.

Zhou Ming nodded and said: "I come from the lower class area. I often helped my mother cook when I was a child, so I have a deep understanding of cooking..." Talking about this, he couldn't help but think of his mother Hongyan. , they have been separated for more than two months. How is your mother now? Why do I suddenly feel homesick...

After listening to him talk for a while, there was no movement from the lie detector. She believed that what he said was basically true. Although she didn't hear any problems, her intuition told her: she couldn't have this guy.

The tone of his voice and the unique temperament that vaguely exuded from his body were not like an 18-year-old boy at all, giving her a feeling that she could not see through.

"Sorry, I have almost chosen the candidates in front of me. There are two people I think..."

Zhou Ming suddenly stood up and interrupted her: "Well, let me make egg fried rice for you to try. Take me to the kitchen and give me five more minutes. Since we are recruiting kitchen workers, we can't even demonstrate basic cooking skills." You don’t need it, right?”

Gu Naihui opened her mouth, unable to refute. Her younger brother Gu Naifeng nodded and took him to the kitchen, giving him a chance to show off his cooking skills.

After a "clang, clang, clang, clang" sound, sure enough, less than five minutes later, two plates of steaming, golden egg fried rice were placed in front of the Gu family siblings.

The aroma of the fried rice made the two of them swallow their mouths. The fried rice was full of color, flavor and appetite.

Gu Naifeng took a bite with a spoon and put it in his mouth. After chewing a few times, he gave Zhou Ming a thumbs up and said to Gu Naohui: "Sister, just recruit him. The rice he cooks is better than what Dad cooks." It’s delicious!”

After saying that, he buried his head and started to devour.

Gu Naohui, who couldn't help but swallow twice, also picked up the spoon and tasted the fried rice on the plate. The expression on his face was quite complicated, but he did not express any objection.

In this way, Zhou Ming and another honest young man named "Jin Dazhuang" successfully applied for jobs as kitchen workers at Gujia Restaurant.

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after one day.

After understanding the severe situation faced by Gujia Hotel, Zhou Ming, who enjoyed free food and accommodation, certainly did not want this kind of life to end in just a few days. He hoped to live a more stable life.

So at the staff meeting, he suggested to Gu Naihui:

"To bring back the customer flow now, we can only use two strategies. First, low prices. Food prices are even lower than those at Du's Restaurant. When the taste is slightly worse, customers who want to save money can come back. consumption at Gujia Restaurant; secondly, develop new dishes, improve the taste of the dishes, and make them as delicious as those made by smart kitchen robots, no, they must taste better than those made by machines!"

"Of the two strategies, I recommend the second one, which is to develop new dishes! Try to develop a few popular dishes before the harvest season arrives. Time is running out, so we should seize the time and take action!"

The agricultural harvest in Baowan Town is only about a week away. By then, the number of migrant workers in Baowan Town will reach its maximum, which means business opportunities that cannot be missed!

Gu Naohui glared at him and said expressionlessly: "It's easy to say, have you ever eaten food cooked by a robot? And you have also developed new dishes that taste as good as smart kitchen robots? Are you a three-year-old child? You are so naive. Can you tell me everything?"

"You have to give it a try. How will you know if it works if you don't try it? Sitting like this all day long..."

Zhou Ming didn't say any more, because Gu Naihui on the opposite side began to stare at him with eyes full of anger.

Her brother Gu Naifeng said: "Sister, what Tie Qiang said makes sense. Why don't you listen to him and give it a try? Didn't we try his cooking yesterday? The taste is very close to what dad cooked, and Tie Qiang Qiang said that he has many ways to improve the taste of the food. There is still a lot of room for improvement in the Gu family's traditional cooking techniques. It is indeed time for the Gu family restaurant to make major changes..."

It turned out that when Chef Zhou Ming was cooking dinner yesterday, he found that in the kitchen, in addition to oil, salt, wine, vinegar, sugar, cumin powder, fresh powder and more than a dozen seasonings, such as monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, etc. There are very few types of seasonings such as spices and spices, especially the spicier chili powder, and there is no trace at all.

Therefore, although the technology of this world is far ahead of the earth, in the field of cooking, compared with the food empire where Zhou Ming works in the real world, which has developed for more than 5,000 years, it cannot be said to be lagging behind, but there is still a big gap. There is room for improvement, or in other words, there is a lot of room for enrichment and expansion.

The meals cooked by the smart kitchen robot are indeed very delicious, but that's all. Zhou Ming even thinks that they are not as delicious as the dishes cooked by five-star chefs on Earth. Moreover, the food made in a standardized way has a weakness, that is, it is easy to cook. If you are tired of eating it, for example, Kangshuaifu instant noodles will feel very delicious the first time, but if you eat it more often, you may smell the smell and feel like vomiting.

"That's enough, stop talking! It's impossible for people to cook better than machines, so don't waste your efforts! I'm going to the city later. You guys should guard the restaurant. We'll talk about other things when I get back!"

As the person whose voice is second only to the store manager in the store, Tanohui's decision, not to mention her brother, even her mother can only nod and obey.

That afternoon, Gu Naihui took a car to Yaoxing City. She didn't tell everyone exactly what she was going to do, and she left for two days.

So these two days gave Zhou Ming a certain amount of room to operate. He took the consumption card he had on him and went to the street to buy flour, pork, leeks, green onions and other ingredients. Then he went to the hardware store and ordered several aluminum The big alloy steamer spent all the credit points he had (the working capital of the Gujia Restaurant was all in the hands of Gu Naihui, so if he wanted to do experiments, he could only spend his own money), and then obtained the trust of Gu Naifeng and his mother. After agreeing, I slightly remodeled the kitchen and prepared to cook something that a smart kitchen robot would never be able to cook - xiaolongbao.

Yes, the smart kitchen robot can cook rice, stir-fry vegetables, make soup, grill meat, and bake bread, but its internal space is limited. It is simply impossible to put a large steamer in it and then steam the dumplings.

Not to mention, there are no such foods as steamed buns, steamed buns, and xiaolongbao in this world.

"This, this thing is so delicious! I have never eaten such delicious food. What is it called? Xiao Long Bao, pork soup Xiao Long Bao? Delicious, really delicious. Tie Qiang, from your hometown. People are so smart that they can invent such genius food." Gu Naifeng wolfed it down while giving a thumbs up!

"Xiaoqiang, can you leave the making of Xiaolongbao to me? Our Gujia Restaurant can let you stay here forever." Gu Naifeng's mother, Zhang Peizhen, said, looking at him longingly, hoping that his top secret With cooking skills, you can stay in the Gu family restaurant and help the Gu family come back to life.

"delicious……"

Jin Dazhuang, a colleague who entered the restaurant with Zhou Ming, just ate the buns, one bite at a time, without fear of burning them. His hands were covered with oil and juices splashed everywhere, and he couldn't stop. Zhang Peizhen, who was watching on the side, frowned.

Zhou Ming took a piece of tablecloth and asked Jin Dazhuang to wipe his mouth, and then asked him to slow down his eating speed a little, and there were still steamed dumplings. I don’t know that he is lazy, but he is big and eats a lot. Zhang Peizhen dislikes him very much and doesn’t understand how her daughter recruited such an edible thing.) Then she turned to Zhang Peizhen and said:

"Auntie, making Xiao Long Bao is not difficult. If you want to learn, I can teach you. Moreover, I can make not only Xiao Long Bao, but also many other things. As long as you support me, Me, everyone believes in me, I must have a way to bring the hotel back to life and make it bigger and bigger!"

"Okay, okay, support, we all support you!" Zhang Peizhen clapped her hands and laughed. In her eyes, Zhou Ming was already regarded as a treasure.

"Brother Qiang, I have full confidence in you now, and I support you!" Gu Naifeng has almost become his fan, because the steamed dumplings are so delicious.

"Brother, I support it too." Jin Dazhuang, who was engrossed in eating Xiao Long Bao, raised his head and said, thinking that Zhou Ming was his brother.

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The next day, everyone got up early, and then they were busy making steamed dumplings. After steaming them, they were sold at the door of the store. Each customer was allowed to try one. It was the first time they tasted this delicious food and they found 6 credits. , you can eat 10 xiaolongbao, and when you get a big bowl of polenta as a gift, the xiaolongbao was sold out this morning, with more than 300 xiaolongbao sold. Customers who went to Dujia Restaurant opposite for breakfast also Less than a third of what it is over here.

In the breakfast battle, Gujia Restaurant won a big victory!