Chapter 1616: Solving One's Own Difficulties, While Parents Watch the Spectacle 2

Flying Speed Chinese.

Anyway, his parents had always been like this, and he was used to it.

This move by Huo Zhenteng caused a lot of trouble for Sheng Zichen.

The news came down like a landslide, and almost everyone knew about it!

But Zichen did not expect that the first place to have problems would actually be Chen Family Village.

Although the person currently in charge of the cooking, Gu Zhihao, was his own master, the Second Chef, the vegetable prep cook, the meat/pastry prep cook, and over twenty kitchen apprentices suddenly threw down their aprons and quit.

Everyone went on a collective strike without any warning; when Gu Zhihao went to the stove in the morning, he found the kitchen cold and deserted, with not a single person there.

Gu Zhihao was very anxious and went to ask Sheng Hanyu what he should do.

He was incredibly flustered; although there weren't many guests at the Resort right now, there were still several hundred people who needed to eat, and with only him in the kitchen, he couldn't handle it even if he grew three heads and six arms.

Sheng Hanyu reminded him: "Before Li Dashao and the others came, when you were still the main person in charge of the Resort, how did you do it?"

Gu Zhihao said: "I led the villagers to do it back then."

Sheng Hanyu: "Can't you just do it the same way you did back then? Why get so worked up over such a small matter?"

That's right.

He turned his sorrow into joy; after all, the Resort served farm-style dishes.

Farm-style dishes—who among the old and young in the village didn't know how to cook them?

Gu Zhihao returned to the village committee, shouted through the loudspeaker, and within twenty minutes, the kitchen was operating normally again.

In the guest room.

Someone quietly called Huo Zhenteng to report that the attempt here had failed, and he indicated that he understood.

……

With the Resort back to normal, problems arose at Zichen's restaurant.

Li Dashao's apprentice had a bit to drink and, in the middle of the night, brought people to smash Zichen's restaurant to pieces.

Gu Yuxin and the staff wanted to call the police, but were stopped by Zichen, who said: "Forget it, why call the police? They are all our own brothers."

"No."

Gu Yuxin was very angry: "You treat them like brothers, but they treat you like an enemy. How can we open for business like this now? They won't even listen to your explanation. You had good intentions, but it ended up like this..." Yuxin was moved to tears by anger.

Zichen said: "These are all Huo Zhenteng's tricks, you know that. They have been deceived. If we call the police, wouldn't we be falling into Huo Zhenteng's trap as well?"

"He just wants to see us start falling apart from within. The more he wants to see that, the less we can do it."

"Then I will explain it to them."

Gu Yuxin had a fiery personality; she did what she said she would do.

She went to explain to those troublemakers, but ended up being scolded to tears before she could even say a word.

Li Dashao's apprentices had personalities much like his own.

They were loyal and righteous, but also crude and simple-minded.

Seeing Gu Yuxin, they naturally assumed she had come to settle scores.

They told her to get lost, saying that as grown men, they wouldn't lower themselves to argue with a girl. If she was the one who came, fine, but if Sheng Zichen came, they would beat him until he couldn't crawl!

Gu Yuxin tried to reason with them, but these people wouldn't listen at all and drove her out.

The people she had been around since childhood were all intellectuals; she had never seen such crude people, people who were both crude and unable to distinguish right from wrong.

Gu Yuxin was too angry to let it go and still wanted to call the police, but was stopped by Zichen once again; he told her to be patient!

They were being bullied right on top of their heads, and they still had to be patient?

Gu Yuxin and Zichen started to argue, and Yuxin even brought up breaking up!

The girlfriend didn't understand, and the staff also began to resign one after another.

Especially the chefs at the various branches; many of them didn't want to work here anymore.

Because Zichen's reputation was bad now, if they stayed here, they would be cursed as traitors.

Making money was important, but reputation was also very important!

Although they quite liked it here, public opinion was truly fearsome.

Zichen didn't approve everyone's resignation, but he settled their wages!

He paid an extra half-month's wages to everyone.

He said this half-month counted as paid leave for everyone; if they wanted to come back after half a month, they could come back at any time and return to work as usual.

If they didn't want to come back, it would count as a formal resignation, and this half-month's salary would count as severance pay.

Everyone took their money one after another and prepared to leave.

Xiaolong was furious; he asked them if they were brainless.

"Don't you have any idea what kind of person our boss is? What do you have brains for?"

"Our boss is not the kind of person who forgets favors and violates justice. He absolutely could not do such a thing. The news is fake; it's all that old guy Huo Zhenteng deliberately inciting..."

Everyone said: "We also know the boss was wronged, but what can we do when peers are causing us trouble?"

Xiaolong couldn't take it and went to settle scores with them.

As a result, they didn't see eye to eye, and he was beaten black and blue, returning with a bruised and battered face.

Although Zichen felt Xiaolong was too impulsive and reckless, he didn't blame him.

He did it all for his own good; Zichen understood.

Zichen wanted to take him to the hospital to get checked out, but Xiaolong laughed indifferently: "It's nothing, just a few scrapes, why would I need to go to the hospital?"

He insisted on not going, so Zichen bought ointment and applied it for him personally.

Zichen felt very guilty and asked him: "You won't blame me for being too cowardly, right? Being bullied like this and not saying a word!"

Xiaolong said: "I won't. You must have your reasons for doing this. Boss, don't worry, no matter the situation, I will be with you. Even if we have to beg for food, I'll hold the bowl for you."

"Rest assured, it's impossible for us to go begging."

As they were speaking, the cotton swab in his hand was suddenly snatched away.

Gu Yuxin said irritably, "Move aside, what can you do with those clumsy hands? Let me do it!"

Her technique was not even as gentle as Zichen's.

But Zichen accepted it with a grin.

Even if others didn't understand, as long as Yuxin and Xiaolong were by his side, he wouldn't be considered a lonely man.

Zichen decided to take action.

He went to find Huo Zhenteng in a rage, blaming him for being too devious the moment they met, and demanded that Huo Zhenteng hold a press conference to apologize to him.

Seeing such bookish behavior, Huo Zhenteng was secretly delighted.

He felt that Sheng Zichen had studied himself silly; he looked shrewd on the surface, but in reality, he only had a bit of petty cleverness.

If it wasn't bidding, it was holding a press conference; did he think the culinary world was the same as the business competition of high society?

To hold a press conference in the culinary world, one also needed an audience.

He felt disdain in his heart, but he could not say it out loud.

He still had to put on an amiable face and said, "I have always thought highly of you, but speaking like this makes things difficult for your uncle. Look, didn't we have a very pleasant chat last time?"

"Although the newspapers exaggerated a bit, I truly want to cooperate with you, with all sincerity. Isn't that much better than that Li Dashao?"

"He has no education and is so rude. When there are benefits, you see him putting his arms around your shoulders and calling you brother, but the moment his own interests are touched, he flips his face immediately. What is the point of associating with such a person?"

"Your good intentions are all treated like donkey liver and lungs, and they have no effect at all. It would be better to follow me. If you like to cook, then cook. I also have culinary skills, and we can carry forward the culinary arts, regardless of whether it's Gu Family cuisine or Huo Family cuisine."