PFC Chapter 346: Every Inch of Advancement Brings Joy
Chapter 346: Every Inch of Advancement Brings Joy
"And the bigger the scale and the bigger the show, the stronger your competitors will be. You will also be exposed to the outside world through your peers. This is one of the few opportunities to break out of your current circle. You don't have to deliberately get to know anyone. Even if it's just a simple experience, such an opportunity is precious and you can always learn something."???
"Take me for example. I have a lot of fun writing and rehearsing songs with the band. We and others think they are very good after listening to them. But our circle is very small, and we can't get in touch with more talented people. We can only listen to songs from other bands. Every time I listen to them, I have new feelings, and my understanding of arranging and singing becomes deeper. It's even more so after I met Uncle Wen. With just a little guidance, our songs have completely reached a new level." Su Yuchen followed with emotion.
Zhao Xiaojing nodded. "Now that you mention it, I'm looking forward to it. But I still have to practice hard during this period and I can't embarrass myself."
"No, it's not embarrassing. Even if you don't have any special dishes, your stir-fry is outstanding."
"That's right. At worst, you can just make our restaurant's rice and stir-fried dishes in turn! And how do you define a big dish? This dry pot chicken feet, although you have never made it, but I feel that if you make it, it will definitely be better than this one. Isn't it just chicken feet that are braised until soft and then made into a dry pot? Our braising liquid is even better than this one!
Uncle Wen, eat chicken feet! These chicken feet are boneless, soft, glutinous and tasty. "Su Yuchen said as he scooped a spoonful of chicken feet for each of them.
“You just criticized someone else’s chicken feet and now you want us to eat them?” Wen Jin smiled and shook his head.
"No matter how degraded you are, you still have to eat. Mirror, when are you going to compete?"
"The auditions will be held in April, probably in Jiangcheng. Oh, the braised chicken feet are really glutinous, and they're also good in a dry pot, the bones are well seasoned."
When you put the chicken feet in your mouth, just suck them gently and the bones will fall off naturally, leaving a sticky feeling and your mouth full of the satisfaction of eating collagen.
"By the way, Uncle Wen, there's an item on the registration form that I don't know how to fill in." The chicken feet in the bowl were eaten up in a flash. Zhao Xiaojing remembered the confusion she had when registering in the afternoon, so she might as well ask Wen Jin for some advice.
"What do you want to write?"
"How long did it take to learn cooking? I started cooking very early, probably in high school. At that time, I often studied how to cook delicious food. However, the time I spent learning cooking was very short, less than a year. I don't know which one to count? If I write that I studied in high school, it would be too exaggerated. If I write that I studied for a year, it would be too short and I'm afraid others would not believe it."
"Write it as more than five years." Wen Jin said firmly, "Who said that learning cooking must be a serious study? How can figuring out how to cook by yourself not count as learning cooking? They didn't set any rules, so just write it as long as it is!"
"At that time, I thought the porridge you cooked was especially delicious and you were a great cook, so how come it wasn't considered an introduction to cooking? Just write it as high school!" Su Yuchen agreed.
"Okay." Zhao Xiaojing chuckled, thinking that the problem that had been bothering her for a while was solved so easily, she couldn't help but feel guilty. Because she had the secret of rebirth and the system, she was always subconsciously afraid of exposing the problem.
But in the world of scientific reality, even if people see her cooking skills improve rapidly in a short period of time, they will only think that she is gifted and a culinary genius.
Zhao Xiaojing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Also, Xiao Su, you guys should also rehearse as much as possible these days. There are only a few days left. Don't be stage-frightened when the time comes. Just remember, the audience won't be able to hear if you play wrong. As long as you act naturally, it will be a perfect performance." Wen Jin turned around and instructed Su Yuchen.
"What do you mean?" Zhao Xiaojing looked at Wen Jin and then at Su Yuchen.
"Uncle Wen helped us get a performance opportunity this Saturday." Su Yuchen smiled. "It's another band's live performance. Our band will go on stage during the intermission and can perform two songs."
"I'm very optimistic about their band and wanted to sign a contract with them, but they are all part-time workers, and Lei Lei is still an anesthesiologist." Wen Jin shook his head. "They all have good jobs now. I'm afraid that once they sign the contract, they will have to follow the company's arrangements, and I won't be able to make the decision alone. By then, their jobs will be affected, and they will lose money and everything. Before they can start this path, it will hurt them instead."
"Uncle Wen has good intentions. He asked us to give it a try first and see how the audience responds. He's afraid that we'll invest too much before we've laid a solid foundation, and end up with nothing." Su Yuchen had a smile on his face, without showing too much worry.
"Uncle Wen, don't worry. What can you do now without investment? It's not just money, it's time and energy. Jingzi and I opened our store from scratch, and we were even in debt at the beginning! Every inch of progress brings joy. No matter what it is, you can only gain more if you invest, even if it's experience of failure!"
"Haha, well said! I just like Xiao Su's personality!" Wen Jin smiled and sighed, "If I had your energy when I was young, I would have been tough enough to get through it with your grandmother. Maybe I would still be on the stage now!"
"Uncle Wen, if you want to go on stage, I'll give you my guitar spot. I'll just sing, or add another guitar!"
"Haha, forget it, I'm too old to do that. I'd rather watch your performance. Come on, let's drink water instead of wine. I wish you success!"
"I wish you success too!" Zhao Xiaojing clinked glasses with a smile.
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In the evening, as soon as Zhao Xiaojing returned to her room, she quickly filled out the registration form and sent it back, and her assistant replied within seconds.
Zhao Xiaojing was just marveling at what a great overtime worker this was when Xiaozhi appeared at the same time, with a red exclamation mark floating above his head again.
It turned out to be another reminder. After Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen were about to get busy, the store was short of staff again, and the supporting equipment needed to be upgraded again.
After the expansion, the rice bowl shop has a total area of nearly 200 square meters, minus the kitchen and the cashier area is about 150 square meters. Even with the original configuration of three chefs (Zhao Xiaojing, Wan Yuyue, Yun Yongyuan), two fryers (Geng Mingyan, Hou Guihua), two waiters (Ouyang Yidan, Wu Kaile), one irregular handyman (Su Yuchen), and one delivery man (Lv Hongwen), it is still quite compact.
What's more, as the store becomes more and more famous and Zhao Xiaojing's cooking skills improve, more and more customers will come to the store after hearing about it.
Fortunately, the kitchen was planned to be large enough when it was renovated at the beginning. Now all we need to do is upgrade the equipment, add staff, and select a store manager.
The next morning, Su Yuchen rode the food delivery tricycle to register for the phone, while Zhao Xiaojing drove her car to the second-hand market after buying a carload of vegetables.