Chapter 405: Arriving at Does Zhi Wei Ju

Starting from the gossip about Master Liu and Master Hua, Tan Weian seemed to have opened a chatterbox, pouring the gossip out of his stomach endlessly.

Just like how he took recipes out of his treasure bag, the goods were there, but he usually didn't have the opportunity to take them out. Once someone started this, he would frantically rummage through his own treasure bag without anyone else mentioning it.

All kinds of gossip were available.

Like why Master A always looked at Master B with great displeasure, it was because once during a dinner, Master B commented after drinking that Master A's dim sum was problematic. Afterwards, Master B had a blackout from drinking too much and didn't remember this at all, but Master A had been brooding over it, and felt that arguing with Master B about such a thing would make him look petty, so he silently got angry in his heart and had looked at him with displeasure until today.

Afterwards, everyone's comment was that Master A was indeed very petty. Of course, Master A didn't know about this, because everyone was afraid that Master A would also hold a grudge against them because of these comments.

And why Master C looked at Master B with displeasure, it was because at the beginning, both of them took a fancy to an apprentice and both wanted to take him as a disciple. Master C felt that his strength was stronger and it was a sure win, but the apprentice ended up taking Master B as his teacher.

For this reason, Master C had been very unhappy, feeling that it must be Master B who secretly used dirty tricks behind his back to snatch the apprentice he took a fancy to, and frantically targeted Master B in various ways, almost causing a huge scene. In the end, it was Boss Su who mediated, and the two sides barely turned hostility into friendship.

As for why the apprentice ended up taking Master B as his teacher, no one at Does Zhi Wei Ju knew, except Tan Weian. Because once when Tan Weian was eating with this apprentice, the apprentice inadvertently revealed that he knew Master C's cooking skills were better and more suitable for him, but he personally preferred the orchid cake made by Master B. It was precisely because he loved eating orchid cake that he resolutely took Master B as his teacher.

And there were things like Master D having a mysophobia, so his biggest requirement for apprentices was that they must be clean. Master E was a face-con, liking both male and female apprentices who were good-looking. But Master E's wife was plain-looking, which made everyone always wonder if he was really a face-con.

As for insignificant gossip like Master A's direct disciple being cheated of 200,000 yuan in an online romance, Master B's direct disciple finding out after two years of online romance that the other party was the same gender as him, Master C's direct disciple two-timing and being caused a scene at his workplace by the girl, almost being fired and expelled from the sect, there were too many to count.

Seeing this, many people might feel very strange, why use ABCD instead of directly saying the surnames, even if the names couldn't be brought out, couldn't the surnames be made up?

Mainly because the version Qin Huai heard was this, Tan Weian used ABCD to refer to them when telling the gossip.

In Tan Weian's words, he indeed knew a little too much. Many things Su Gan knew, he knew, and things Su Gan didn't know, he also knew. This might be related to his status at Does Zhi Wei Ju.

Tan Weian was a relatively special existence at Does Zhi Wei Ju. He was both a master chef's direct disciple and a master chef's own grandson, and also a shareholder of Does Zhi Wei Ju. But his grandfather passed away a few years ago, and several of his senior fellow apprentices left Does Zhi Wei Ju to venture outside, leaving only him and Gu Li. This resulted in Tan Weian having a high status at Does Zhi Wei Ju, but no real strength, and no conflict of interest with any faction.

He was a bit like the mascot junior uncle in cultivation novels. Everyone was willing to give him some face. He himself seemed to have a strong background but was actually average, but he had no hard strength, so no one wanted to offend him, and no one was truly afraid of him. Everyone felt it was quite good to have such a person in the sect, so this junior uncle had particularly good interpersonal relationships.

This was the reason why Tan Weian's ability to inquire about gossip was far inferior to Dong Shi, but he knew a lot of authentic and explosive real gossip.

And Tan Weian also had professional ethics when eating gossip. He told the gossip that could be told, picked the parts that could be told for gossip that could or could not be told, and kept his mouth shut about gossip that absolutely could not be told.

And the gossip he told was definitely authentic real gossip, absolutely no fake gossip, watered-down gossip, or second-hand gossip.

Quality was guaranteed.

And Tan Weian using ABCD to refer to them was also because Tan Weian felt that gossip was gossip, and these things could not affect Qin Huai's judgment of the people at Does Zhi Wei Ju.

Qin Huai was a newcomer who came to Does Zhi Wei Ju with a brand-new identity. Plus, Tan Weian knew very well that Qin Huai was a smart person, and he had his own set of judgments and logic for everyone. If he was biased and told Qin Huai a lot of things, Qin Huai might have prejudices against many people from the start.

Tan Weian telling gossip was to let Qin Huai integrate into Does Zhi Wei Ju better and faster, not to have the opposite effect. He used ABCD to refer to them, and waiting for Qin Huai to slowly judge who these people were through later interaction was more useful than him telling directly.

The only problem was that it was a bit troublesome for Qin Huai to listen. ABCD made Qin Huai dizzy, and he wished he could take out paper and pen to sort out the character relationships and draw a tree analysis chart.

Qin Huai was still reminiscing until he got off the train.

Because Qin Huai came to Hangcheng with the crowd from Does Zhi Wei Ju this time, Boss Su didn't make an unnecessary arrangement for pick-up, directly letting Su Gan lead Qin Huai to the accommodation.

When taking a taxi, because the four people's suitcases were too large, they took two taxis, Tan Weian and Gu Li in one, Qin Huai and Su Gan in one, and the addresses were about the same.

Gu Li now lived with Tan Weian, also opposite Does Zhi Wei Ju.

"Master Qin, I'll lead you to settle down at the accommodation later. Please wait for me at home for a few minutes, I also need to go back to put down my luggage. Today, Tan Weian, Gu Li, and I definitely have to go back to Does Zhi Wei Ju to work. It's not even 12 o'clock at noon now, so going back is just in time to catch the afternoon shift."

"You are here for exchange, whether it's to take a look at Does Zhi Wei Ju or stroll around West Lake, both are fine. I recommend you still go to Does Zhi Wei Ju with me to take a look first, I'll give you a rough introduction to the environment of Does Zhi Wei Ju. Our Does Zhi Wei Ju back kitchen area is relatively much larger than Huang Ji's, and we are a pure pastry restaurant, so the layout of the back kitchen will also be different. Some places have air conditioning, and some places don't."

Qin Huai was shocked: "Some places even have air conditioning?"

Su Gan smiled: "That's for sure, some dim sum have high requirements for temperature during the production process, requiring low temperature and constant temperature. Although our Does Zhi Wei Ju back kitchen is not like traditional restaurants where the temperature is very high due to many stoves, both ovens and steamers will increase the temperature during use. In order to make dim sum better, some areas must be equipped with air conditioning."

"Including some large machines, such as dough mixers and blenders, Does Zhi Wei Ju has many. Although we are a traditional pastry restaurant, we are not as traditional as you think. Whether it's my uncle or Master Zhou, they both feel that modern technology will bring innovation to dim sum production. Even old masters who have learned and worked in the traditional mode for many years should change their thinking and try to accept some new things."

"Actually, the person who first had this idea was my uncle. Master Zhou was very disapproving, including Master Zhou feeling that Master Zheng leaving a good dim sum master job to open a factory to make those low-end dim sum was not doing his proper job, was not having pursuit, and was wasting talent."

"Although Master Zhou still looks at Master Zheng with displeasure to this day, sometimes I even feel that Master Zhou actually pays close attention to Master Zheng, because Master Zhou will buy every new product Master Zheng's factory releases. And as Master Zheng has innovated dim sum recipes in recent years, no longer mainly operating those low-cost, simple, and very suitable for assembly line production low-end dim sum, and starting to try to make some mid-to-low-end dim sum or even mid-range dim sum that those dim sum shops that just make up the numbers can't make, Master Zhou has already greatly changed his view."

"Introducing those machines, researching and learning how to use these machines to replace traditional craftsmanship, but without lowering the quality and increasing production, was also actively proposed by Master Zhou and Boss Su."

This was the first time Su Gan had described Master Zhou's situation to Qin Huai in such detail, making Qin Huai even feel a little shocked.

To be honest, Qin Huai's impression of Master Zhou before had always been a master pastry chef who was highly skilled but relatively old-fashioned, traditional, and conservative.

Whether it was Master Zhou's requirements for taking apprentices, his liking for being sarcastic, or his targeting of Zheng Da, all could highlight his personality characteristics.

A master chef who was of high virtue and great prestige, but relatively strict, old-fashioned, and at the same time cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

It was very consistent with the public's imagination of the number one pastry chef in the famous chef list. It seemed that the leader of a relatively weak and declining industry should be like this.

As a result, Su Gan told Qin Huai that it was not like this. Master Zhou was not only not a conservative, but also a reformer, and might even be a bit of a radical.

Qin Huai felt that compared to Master Zhou, he was even a conservative, which might be a habit formed from being a breakfast shop master in his early years. The scale of the Qin family breakfast shop didn't need any large machines, relying purely on human labor, so Qin Huai himself was very unskilled in using machines.

Qin Huai was a little panicked: "Su Gan... can you send me the list of machines at your Does Zhi Wei Ju? I can also understand them in advance..."

And search online to see what they are, how to use them, and what they are used for. ===== CHAPTER 406 =====