Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

Time flies, and two or three days have passed.

That morning, Director Wang from the steel rolling mill came to the door and brought some gifts.

Of course, this was not a visit, but an invitation to Chen Jun to the factory as a receptionist.

Chen Jun naturally did not refuse and followed him.

After the reception was over, Director Wang once again extended an olive branch, and this time Chen Jun did not refuse and said that he could come to work.

Director Wang was very happy about this and immediately ran to report to Lou Bancheng.

Chen Jun is not currently employed by any other unit, so the entry procedures are very simple.

As long as the person arrives, Chen Jun’s file can be finalized, and his position can be directly written on it: deputy director of the canteen!

These were all small matters to Lou Bancheng, mainly because Chen Jun's craftsmanship was good enough and he had helped the steel rolling mill win several large orders. However, he was the deputy director after all, so a meeting was required to go through the process.

It happened that there was a leadership meeting at the steel rolling mill the next morning. After the meeting, Director Wang told the leaders about Chen Jun's employment and sent Chen Jun's information to the leaders of various departments for a look.

Among them, Director Yang was also stunned when he saw Chen Jun's name.

After carefully looking at the family address and confirming that it was the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Director Yang couldn't help but touch his chin.

The martyr’s family member lives at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Yes, it’s this guy.

At first, he refused to work in the steel mill, and their work position was sold to him.

But when I turned around, I found myself at the steel mill again.

Not only did he come, but Director Wang personally applied for the position, and he was assigned the position of a level 6 cook and deputy director of the canteen.

This shocked Director Yang.

Ordinary people who enter a factory have to start as apprentices and can only be promoted to full-time employees after a few months. Unless they are department leaders who are parachuted in, they will not receive such treatment.

Could it be that Chen Jun had done something important that made Director Wang so concerned?

After the directors of each department finished reading Chen Jun's information, Director Wang smiled and said, "I think everyone has read this young comrade's information. He has made great contributions to our factory. He has been behind the scenes in recent orders. There is no problem with his background, his class background, and his ability."

"Since He Daqing resigned, our factory has been lacking a chef who can take over the responsibilities, so I want to recruit Chen Jun to join our steel rolling mill and let him serve as deputy director. Of course, being a deputy director requires not only good cooking skills, but also the management of the canteen to be standardized and train more outstanding chefs for our factory."

"After all, we have a lot of workers in our factory and several canteens. Only when the overall level is improved can the workers eat well and be more actively involved in production and construction, which is very beneficial to the development of our steel rolling mill."

After he finished speaking, Director Wang paused and glanced at Lou Bancheng inconspicuously. Seeing that Lou Bancheng did not object, he continued, "Don't underestimate Comrade Chen Jun because he is young. His cooking skills are better than those of some big restaurants. I have tasted it myself and his cooking skills are as good as those of the chef in Fengze Garden. He also knows a lot of dishes, both northern and southern. In order to invite him to our steel mill, I put in a lot of effort. I can even say that I visited him three times."

Hearing this, the directors present smiled and understood what was going on.

Before they even entered the venue, Director Wang had already stated that he had gone through great pains to find Chen Jun, and that he would be his man from now on.

But it doesn't matter.

Although Director Wang is also the director of the steel rolling mill, his position is very special and most people would not get along with him.

Moreover, Director Wang is very capable, and the young people he recognizes must be of good quality.

He Daqing has been away for so long that the steel rolling mill hasn't offered any decent hospitality for a long time.

Normally, if these directors want to entertain some clients, they have to eat out.

But going outside is more or less inappropriate.

Firstly, it costs more to go out, and the cost of food and drinks increases.

Secondly, some things are more appropriate to discuss in the factory.

Therefore, they agreed with Director Wang's decision to recruit Chen Jun.

Furthermore, the workers in the factory have more and more complaints about the canteen, so inviting a capable chef would also be beneficial to the workers.

Director Song from the canteen was the first to speak up in support: "I agree. The canteen really needs a capable chef to take charge of the place. Only by ensuring that the workers are well fed can production efficiency be improved."

Director Song had worked with Chen Jun before and knew his skills. Moreover, having a deputy director here could help share some of his pressure.

Director Song is the kind of person who has ability but no background.

Plus, I'm not young anymore, so I don't have the desire to climb up the ladder. Apart from being busy, I'm living a happy life.

If he could find a capable deputy director, he would have more leisure time in the future.

When you have nothing to do, you can even invite the deputy director to have a drink together. It’s interesting just thinking about it.

"I agree. Our factory should really hire a capable chef. The workers say that the food in the cafeteria is getting worse and worse, and there are more and more letters of complaint." Another department director raised his hand in agreement.

Seeing that someone had already set an example, the other directors had no objections. Some of them curiously asked about Chen Jun's level, and when they learned that he cooked Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine very well, they no longer had any objections.

He is just the deputy director of the canteen. There is no interest involved for them. It will be very useful to have a good relationship with him in the future.

For example, if you want to entertain some distinguished guests for dinner and it is not appropriate to go outside, you can invite Chen Jun to your home for a family dinner.

A good chef is popular everywhere.

However, seeing so many people raising their hands in agreement, Director Yang, who was sitting next to Lou Bancheng, frowned slightly.

Chen Jun had no conflicts with him, but he had a good relationship with He Daqing. Now that He Daqing had run away, it stood to reason that he should wait for He Daqing's son, He Yuzhu, to enter the factory as a chef.

Now that Chen Jun has entered the cafeteria first, will it have any impact on He Yuzhu?

"I have no objection to recruiting Chen Jun into the factory, but a level 6 cook is enough, right? There's no need to give him the position of deputy director, right?" Director Yang said calmly, "He is a newcomer after all, and it's good enough that he doesn't have to start as an apprentice. Isn't it a bit too much of a leap to go from a cook to a deputy director?"

Director Wang seemed to have anticipated that someone would ask this question, and explained with a smile: "It's not a big step. Letting him be the deputy director of the canteen is mainly to train more outstanding kitchen staff. Even though he is a good cook, he can only be in charge of one canteen. What I want is to improve the overall level so that every canteen chef can learn from him."

Lou Bancheng, who had been silent the whole time, knocked on the table and said in agreement, "Director Wang is very thoughtful about this. Excellent chefs are hard to come by. I have seen this chef Chen before. He is very good and a rare talent."

Got it!

Now that Lou Bancheng has spoken, who in the meeting room dares to object?