Chapter 163: Teach the Master, but Don’t Starve the Disciple

"Master Zhou, let me tell you something. I have a signature dish called spicy and sour potato shreds. I have already taught this dish to my master, and my master's cooking level is almost the same as mine. Our boss said before that he would give me a bonus in my case. Does it still count?"

After Wang Jianye came to Zhou Qingde, he told him about this.

After understanding, Zhou Qingde looked at Chai Wenshan in surprise: "Master Chai, the hot and sour potato shreds you made have now reached the level of Master Wang?!"

Chai Wenshan nodded proudly: "Yes, my apprentice taught me specifically." You must be envious.

"Then let's give it a try."

Zhou Qingde took a deep breath.

His level of cooking this spicy and sour potato shreds is as good as that of Chai Wenshan before him.

Now with Chai Wenshan's talent, he can learn from Wang Jianye. So if he learns from Wang Jianye, wouldn't he be able to improve his level easily?
Zhou Qingde was itching to wait for Chai Wenshan to make a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds.

"Master Zhou, please try it."

Chai Wenshan said confidently.

Under the guidance of Wang Jianye, he practiced hard for a long time and finally improved the cooking level of this dish from scratch to the level of a signature dish.

Now that I have good skills, I feel more confident.

Zhou Qingde couldn't wait to take the chopsticks, tasted it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction: "It's really well done!"

“Is it good enough for a signature dish?”

Chai Wenshan asked again happily.

Zhou Qingde nodded, "That's enough. I feel like what I did is almost the same as what Master Wang did."

"In that case, can my apprentice get some money?" Chai Wenshan asked hurriedly.

"That's right. Since Master Wang has taught you, Master Chai, his signature dish, and your cooking level has reached the level of a signature dish, then according to the reward rules set by our boss before, Master Wang can get a bonus. This bonus is 10% to 100% of Master Wang's basic salary."

Zhou Qingde then found Manager Zheng Hao and told him about this. Zheng Hao was surprised and said, "Really? This is great."

Zheng Hao was very excited. After all, Wang Jianye was willing to teach his signature dish to others. Now there was a chef in the kitchen who could master this signature dish, so Fengzeyuan's business would become more and more popular.

"Spicy and Sour Shredded Potatoes is a relatively simple dish. So, I'll give Master Wang a bonus of 8% of his basic salary, which is yuan. How do you think?"

"I think it's okay."

Zhou Qingde nodded and called Wang Jianye.

"Master Wang, this is your bonus. Please count it and sign here."

Zheng Hao stuffed the prepared money into the envelope and handed it to Wang Jianye.

Wang Jianye took it and counted it, then signed his name on the bonus receipt, "Thank you, Manager Zheng."

"Master Wang, you don't have to thank me. This is what you deserve. After all, you are so generous in teaching others your signature dishes, which has helped our Fengzeyuan chef improve his cooking skills. You really deserve a reward."

"..."

After leaving Manager Zheng Hao's office, Wang Jianye stuffed the envelope into his pocket. Eight yuan, equivalent to half a month's salary for Jia Dongxu, he earned it so easily, hey, that's great.

Wang Jianye thought that he would teach his signature dishes to other talented head or second chefs in the future, so that he could get a substantial bonus.

Moreover, Wang Jianye does not have to worry about starving himself by teaching his apprentice, because he currently has mastered 24 state banquet-level dishes, and now he only uses six of them as signature dishes. In addition, Wang Jianye can gain nearly 190 experience points every day, which is enough for him to upgrade several dishes to the state banquet level.

……

Ever since Chai Wenshan’s spicy and sour shredded potatoes was listed in the list of signature dishes, many customers have curiously ordered it to try.

The quality of the dish he cooked is almost the same as Wang Jianye’s, so the guests will like it very much after tasting it.

However, customers will feel that it is not as amazing as the first time they tasted the dish made by Wang Jianye. Other flavors and textures are not much different.

"Another two cents."

Chai Wenshan became full of energy when he saw another order of his spicy and sour potato shreds was sent to the front hall.

Chai Wenshan was busy until the evening when he finished the last order. He was exhausted but also full of excitement.

Because he made 30 dishes of his signature spicy and sour potato shreds today, and at two cents per dish, he could get cents.

If it was Wang Jianye, he could get 1.2 yuan, because Wang Jianye could get 4 cents for making his signature spicy and sour potato shreds, which is twice as much as Chai Wenshan.

"A lot."

Chai Wenshan took the sixty cents from Manager Zheng Hao with great satisfaction, "If I can get so many orders every day, I can earn... 18 yuan a month!!"

After calculating how much extra money he could earn this month, Chai Wenshan became even more excited.

This money is extra. If combined with his original salary and various subsidies, his monthly income can reach 90 yuan, which is 18 yuan more than last month!
Wang Jianye was tidying up the table when he suddenly saw Chai Wenshan coming up to him. After he bowed to him, he was startled, "Master, what are you doing?! Get up quickly."

"Jianye, thank you so much. If you hadn't taught me this signature dish, I wouldn't have been able to make so much extra money."

Chai Wenshan was grateful but also felt guilty. "Besides, after I made the same signature dish as yours, the number of customers ordering your dish will definitely decrease, and the money you make will also decrease because of me..."

Wang Jianye said it didn’t matter, it was just a signature dish and he had plenty of them.

Today, Chai Wenshan has perfected the cooking of this spicy and sour potato shreds to the level of his signature dish.

Wang Jianye found Zhou Qingde and told him that he had learned two new signature dishes, namely Mao-style braised pork and braised pork elbow.

After these two dishes were added to the signature menu, many customers ordered them, and he made more money from the signature dishes that day.

Just now, Wang Jianye asked his apprentice Chen Xiaoyang to count for him.

There were 10 dishes of spicy and sour shredded potatoes, 7 dishes of sweet and sour carp, 8 dishes of stir-fried pork kidney, 10 dishes of braised winter bamboo shoots, 5 dishes of shredded white pork with pickled mustard greens, 6 dishes of cloud-covered white fungus, 20 dishes of braised pork, and 12 dishes of braised pork elbow.

In total, there are 21 vegetarian dishes and 52 meat dishes.

At 3.96 cents per vegetarian dish and cents per meat dish, Wang Jianye earned a total of... yuan from the signature dishes today!
"Well, I'll treat you to dinner tonight and invite all your disciples to come, how about that?"

Chai Wenshan was particularly grateful to Wang Jianye and wanted to do something for him.

(End of this chapter)