Siheyuan: Breaking up with Shazhu at the beginning

When he saw the intimate scene between the young man and 'Xiao Zhuang', his face suddenly became gloomy.

"Cui Dake, what are you dithering about? Hurry up and bring Xiao Zhuang to the cafeteria in the back. We will have a small lunch with the brothers from the steel mill at noon."

"Okay, Director, I'll give Xiao Zhuang a sauna right away, and I'll make sure everyone has delicious minced meat stewed with white radish and vermicelli for lunch."

When Yang Jun heard the young man with a bowl-cut haircut next to him call himself Cui Dake, he couldn't help but look at him twice.

This guy is the number one villain in the TV series. He has no ability at all and can only flatter and bully others. What's even more infuriating is that he also bullied Ding Qiunan.

Cui Dake is on par with cunning people like Xu Damao and Guo Dapiezi, and is a truly unscrupulous person.

This person is simply a mad dog. He bites everyone he sees and has absolutely no moral bottom line.

This type of person is very practical and is willing to do any dirty or tiring work.

However, you must never trust them too much. Their minds are unpredictable and they may bite you back at some critical moment.

Cui Da saw Yang Jun looking at him for a second longer and mistakenly thought that he was being noticed, so he walked forward with a playful smile and stretched out his right hand:

"Excuse me, are you Deputy Director Yang? My name is Cui Dake, and I am the team leader of the kitchen team of the machine repair factory. I hope I can help you..."

Before he could finish, Liu Feng interrupted him harshly:

"Cui Dake, what are you doing? Perform your duties well. If the lunch party is delayed because of this, I'll see how you'll explain it!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Feng hurried over to stop it.

It is really against the rules for a mere kitchen squad leader to want to establish a relationship with Deputy Factory Director Yang. It makes people think that all the people in the machine repair factory are such shady people.

Yang Jun waved his hand to tell Liu Feng not to be so angry, and took the initiative to step forward and patted him on the shoulder gently:

"Are you Cui Dake? Do your best. I believe in you."

Seeing Yang Jun taking the initiative to talk to him, Cui Dake was so excited that he was a little incoherent: "Deputy Director Yang, thank you for your encouragement. I will definitely work hard and will not let you down."

Yang Jun nodded and told him to go back to work.

Cui Dake was inspired and excited enough to climb up the iron pillar of the steel mill gate and shout slogans at the top of his voice:

"Learn from Deputy Director Yang! Learn from Deputy Director Yang!"

The workers were also moved and shouted loudly:

"Learn from Deputy Director Yang!"

When Yang Jun saw this scene, he immediately winked at Jiang Haitao.

Jiang Haitao immediately stood up and took the lead in shouting: "Welcome colleagues from the machine repair factory!"

Then, hundreds of employees of the steel rolling mill responded in unison: "Welcome colleagues from the machine repair shop!"

According to the arrangement of the Security Department, the employees of the machine repair shop entered the factory in an orderly manner.

They were dressed in neat work clothes and marched into the factory in neat rows with high spirits. Behind them were more than a dozen large trucks loaded with equipment.

With the noise of gongs and drums, everyone gathered in the factory cinema, and the factory was filled with an enthusiastic atmosphere.

On behalf of the steel rolling mill, Yang Jun delivered a warm welcome speech, warmly welcoming the colleagues from the machine repair plant.

Next, Comrade Liu Feng also spoke on the stage, calling on everyone to maintain the diligence spirit of the machine repair factory.

Then Vice President of Production Li Huaide came to the stage, gave a speech and assigned tasks to the new employees.

The entire welcome event lasted a full two hours and ended with a short meeting.

They discussed how to find a suitable new job for Liu Feng.

After the former director of the machine repair factory was transferred to a downgraded position in the factory, according to the principle of cadre position conversion, Liu Feng should have become a deputy director.

But the original agricultural machinery repair factory was a provincial unit, and according to Liu Feng’s previous official rank, the most likely position he held was at the (county) department level.

Obviously, it is inappropriate to let him serve as deputy factory director.

According to the rules on the demotion of cadres, the role he could undertake was limited to the deputy director level.

Therefore, everyone unanimously proposed that he take over the position of deputy director of the Logistics Department.

This position was exactly the one that Yang Jun was once in charge of.

Of course, the goal of Deputy Factory Director Li Jiannan, who proposed this idea, was to use Liu Feng to check and balance Yang Jun.

But Yang Jun didn't care about it, because he knew Liu Feng, who was quite upright and would not collude with Li Huaide.

When the steel mill is completed, Yang Guoqing will be transferred from the hot rolling mill. At that time, Yang Jun will take full charge of the entire hot rolling mill, and even his current position as director of the logistics department will be handed over.

Therefore, he didn't care whether Liu Feng served as the deputy of the Logistics Department.

Except for Yang Guoqing, everyone else voted in favor and unanimously decided to make Liu Feng the deputy director of the Logistics Department.

Just as everyone was enthusiastically celebrating Liu Feng's appointment, a noisy sound suddenly came from outside.

"Zhuangzhuang ran away!"

It turned out that Cui Dali did not have the courage to slaughter the pig, and instead the pig was frightened and ran away.

At this moment, everyone in the kitchen was busy searching the entire factory for the pig.

Back in his office, Yang Jun sat in his chair and fell into deep thought.

He has been becoming more and more confused lately, as the world before his eyes seems to be surprisingly consistent with the plots in the TV series.

The pig named "Zhuangzhuang" actually escaped. According to the expected development, it might be found by the children of Liang Lati's family.

The longer he lives here and the more friends he gets to know, the harder it becomes for Yang Jun to determine whether he is living in a TV drama or if this is all just a dream.

Ding Qiunan, Liu Feng, Cui Dali... familiar figures appeared one after another, making him dizzy.

After a while, cheers came from below.

Sure enough, Liang Lati’s four children found "Zhuangzhuang" in an abandoned room.

Cui Dali brought the original chefs from the agricultural machinery factory and used a wooden door to carry the tied-up "Zhuangzhuang" back to the kitchen.

Yang Jun was bored in the office and glanced at the time on his wrist.

The time is already 11:40.

There were only twenty minutes left before lunch, and Yang Jun knew that there would be a lot of people eating in the cafeteria today, so he planned to go to the cafeteria in advance.

Since being promoted to deputy factory director, it has been inconvenient for Yi Qiu Shui to eat face to face in his office, and Yang Jun is also not suitable to eat in the infirmary frequently.

So, they decided to have their dinner in a private room in Shazhuyi Canteen.

He stepped into the cafeteria area.

As soon as I pushed the door open, I saw figures all over the room.

The crowd was divided into two groups, clearly distributed at both ends of the room.

One group was a group of chefs from the hot rolling mill headed by Sha Zhu, and the other group was a group of chefs from the agricultural machinery factory led by Cui Dali.

The observant Cui Dali immediately noticed Yang Jun and came towards him with a smile.

Deputy Director Yang...

Yang Jun interrupted him: "Call me Director Yang."

He didn't like such titles, so it was necessary to establish norms among new employees.

"Okay, Director Yang, this is..." Cui Dali quickly changed the address.

After hearing these words, Yang Jun understood the reason for the dispute between the two groups.

It turned out that they all wanted to occupy the cafeteria on the next floor. They were dissatisfied with Sha Zhu's position as the chef and clamored to have a cooking competition. The winner would get to manage the cafeteria.

Yang Zhu made the traditional stir-fried pork with green peppers. He first put the marinated meat slices into the pan and stir-fried them until they were loose, then added a little light soy sauce to enhance the flavor.

Once the meat is cooked, it will be served out first, then hot oil will be added to another pan, and the onion, ginger and garlic will be sautéed before adding shredded chili peppers. At this time, the fried meat will be put back into the pan and appropriate seasonings will be added to create attractive and fragrant green pepper and pork slices.

On the contrary, Nan Yi's techniques were more delicate and complicated, and Yang Jun found it difficult to tell what he was doing.

He first coated the marinated meat with starch, waited for the oil to be 50% hot, then fried it in the pan until golden brown, and took it out for later use.

Then heat the oil in a pan again, add sugar and vinegar, and when the sauce is slightly boiling, add the fried meatballs, stir-fry evenly, then mix in green peppers and chopped green onions and cook.

Then, stir-fry at high temperature for more than ten seconds and serve.

It was not until he saw the complete arrangement of the dishes that Yang Junfang realized that Nan Yi was cooking the classic sweet and sour pork.

But the taste of this sweet and sour pork was different from what Yang Jun remembered, because he remembered that the authentic one should be made with pineapple, but this northern city had no pineapple resources.

However, Nan Yi simulates that unique sweet and sour pineapple flavor with sugar and vinegar.

"Director Yang, please try it." Cui Dake took the initiative to bring the double-edged dish cooked by Nan Yi to Yang Jun.

Finding that Sha Zhu's dishes were also ready, Yang Jun signaled to bring both dishes up together.

After tasting the works of Nan Yi and Sha Zhu, Director Yang picked up some of the shredded green peppers and potatoes cooked by Nan Yi with chopsticks to try, and then tasted the same dish cooked by Sha Zhu. He felt that the two were almost the same in terms of technique, and it was difficult to determine which one was better.

"Green pepper and shredded potato, it's a tie," he ruled.

Sha Zhu and Nan Yi did not show much surprise at the result.

The dish is basic and similar in preparation, and each chef's basic level determines whether he can cook it perfectly, so the two expected that Yang Jun would be satisfied with a tie.

Then, Yang tasted Sha Zhu’s green pepper and pork slices, which were smooth and refreshing, and truly lived up to the praise of the Tan family.

He kept nodding his head in approval as he tasted the food and was about to try Nan Yi's sweet and sour pork.

"Wait, Director Yang." Nan Yi called him and brought him a glass of warm water.

"Please moisten your mouth first, Director."

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment, then he understood Nan Yi's intention: he had just tasted Sha Zhu's dish, and tasting Nan Yi's dish next might have mixed flavors, thus weakening his impression of the second dish.

Nan Yi did this to ensure that Yang Jun could better experience the unique taste of the sweet and sour pork.

Although Yang Jun has not officially tasted the sweet and sour pork, Sha Zhu seems to have lost a point in appreciating Nan Yi's rigorous and professional beauty.

Facing the crowd, Yang Jun took a sip of water, picked up a piece of Nan Yi's sweet and sour pork and started chewing it carefully.

The taste is mellow, sweet and sour. It is slightly sour at first, but sweetness emerges after chewing it carefully.

The sweet and sour taste stimulated his taste buds.

In the second round of the competition, it was obvious that Nan Yi was more skilled.

After the first bite, I couldn't help but taste the second piece.

He looked at Nan Yi and commented, "Both are good, and the second one is still tied."

"No way!"

"That won't be the case!" the two men retorted in unison.

Both of them were very confident in their cooking skills, especially Nan Yi, who simply didn't accept this conclusion. He picked up the chopsticks and wanted to try Sha Zhu's stir-fried pork with green peppers.

Similarly, Sha Zhu was also prepared to try Nan Yi's sweet and sour pork without hesitation.

Seeing this, Yang Jun hurriedly stopped them, moved the dishes to Yi Qiu Shui at the back, asked him to take them to the private room on the second floor, and waited for his instructions.

"The winner has already been decided. Stop arguing. This is a draw."

"Master He will be the chef on the first floor, and Master Nan will be the chef on the second floor. That's it," he added.

Finally, Cui Dake heard that his position as head chef might be shaken, and asked anxiously: "What about my position?"

You? Follow Master Nanshan first.

Yang Jun glanced at Cui Dake with a smile, and said with a slight smile: I will rearrange your work position later.

When Cui Dake heard that Yang Jun was going to arrange a position for him personally, he was instantly overjoyed and his mouth almost stretched behind his ears with joy.

Thank you, Director Yang.

He bowed respectfully to Yang Jun.

Yang Jun looked at the two plates of shredded potatoes in front of him, deliberately showing a tricky expression. He took out five dollars and two pork coupons from his pocket and slapped them on the table.

The cost of the food competition will be on my shoulders. I've bought it, so don't mind.

After he said this, he looked around at everyone meaningfully, then picked up the shredded potatoes and left.

As he walked to the side, he noticed the slight smile on Nanshan's lips.

Yang Jun sighed in his heart: This Nanshan is not simple, not only is he a great cook, but he is also quite smart.

He was probably the only one among all the kitchen staff who really understood the deeper meaning of his own words.

When Yang Jun left the kitchen, Cui Dake became complacent.

Nanshan, do you think that the director can order me around just because he asked you to come back? I want to remind you that in the Second Canteen, you still have to listen to me, your senior. "

Nanshan shrugged and retorted: Who are you? The director just told me that I want you to work under me. Do you think you can ignore the director's instructions?

Nanshan, are your ears okay? It's clear that the director will personally arrange a position for me in a few days.

I will be promoted by then, and you will have to clean up for me even if you don't like it. Don't complain then."

Nanshan sneered: You mean you can wait for a few days, but now, go back and peel your potatoes in the second canteen.

Mr. Nanshan, don’t be so arrogant. Be polite to me. This is the rule!

When Nanshan heard this, he picked up the spoon and shouted to Cui Dake: Are you going or not?

Mr. Nanshan, you can just be proud for now. When Cui Da saw this scene, he went upstairs in shame.

Putting down the spoon, Nanshan walked up to Daizhu and confronted him with his eyes, with provocation evident in his eyes.

Master He, our competition is not over yet.

After saying that, Nanshan left with the kitchen workers.

Hey, do you think Master Zhu is afraid of these? I'm ready at any time, Sha Zhu shouted angrily at Nanshan.