Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 689 - 354: Lost in Praise

The Yunzhong Restaurant is bustling in the morning.

Of course, it might not have been so busy before, but ever since Qin Huai returned to Guangdong Province for further training, the mornings at the Yunzhong Restaurant have become increasingly hectic.

The apprentices at Zhiwei Restaurant have all exploded with a "scroll king" attribute, without any reason, purpose, or warning.

At Zhiwei Restaurant, extending work hours is just the first step, but also the easiest one to implement.

Previously, when Qin Huai was around, since he repeatedly insisted that everyone should refrain from coming to work too early, the apprentices at Zhiwei Restaurant were somewhat suppressed in their nature.

You should know, the apprentices at Zhiwei Restaurant typically live no more than five minutes away from their workplace, within a 24-hour day. Excluding 8 hours of sleep, 1 hour for meals, and 1 hour of rest, they practically want to spend all other time working.

The work system of 14-hour days, 365 days a year, without any days off is certainly not uncommon at Zhiwei Restaurant. Many apprentices, when they first arrive, are afraid of falling behind and being eliminated, to the point where they have no time to even call home. This often makes their families think something happened to them, leading them to travel a long way to check if they can still breathe, which happens often.

After all, if you spend an extra half hour every day to make phone calls, you will have worked half an hour less than others. Less effort for half an hour a day, accumulates to 15 hours a month, which equals 182.5 hours a year.

How are apprentices eliminated? Why does the master favor others but not you? Isn’t it just because you worked 182.5 hours less in a year than others?

Isn’t that right, Pei Xing?

Probably even more than 182.5 hours. Eight hours of sleep a day is normal for humans, but some energetic apprentices at Zhiwei Restaurant don’t need a full 8 hours of sleep a day, for instance, Guli only needs 6 hours of sleep daily.

According to Tan Wei’an, since everyone is usually "scrolling," when it’s meal time, he feels like his colleagues turn into prison inmates. Everyone is seizing the precious time during meals to make phone calls with their families or people they want to contact, making it feel like a visiting session. He, with his salted fish life, working only 10 hours a day, feels completely out of place with everyone.

If he weren’t a shareholder, he’d probably want to eliminate himself.

For the majority of apprentices at Zhiwei Restaurant, coming to Yunzhong Restaurant to exchange experiences feels like a vacation.

Their living locations are very close to their work units, their working hours significantly reduced, but their work efficiency has not decreased. What they once waited for eagerly at Zhiwei Restaurant, the master’s critiques, are now available every day at Yunzhong Restaurant, practically within reach.

Leader Tan Wei’an, although a pendant and mascot, is actually a very nice guy, and his skills are quite good, being a very nice leader indeed.

As for the deputy leader Su Qian, he is even more exceptional, a future student of Master Zhou solidified. With the triple strong buffs of talent monster, scroll king, and connections, he’s the helm of the young generation at Zhiwei Restaurant, possessing extremely strong leadership and planning skills, a man of action.

With such a leader and deputy leader, these elite apprentices can dream and wake up laughing.

Of course, for the apprentices, none of this is actually what makes them happiest. What makes them happiest is that at Yunzhong Restaurant, they are no longer the lowest tier in the shop, not assistants, not apprentices, not road characters A mostly running miscellaneous tasks and learning skills when free. They are genuine snack masters.

They are not little x without a name anymore, but xx master that customers remember and even recognize their full name.

For the customers at Yunzhong Restaurant, these apprentices from Zhiwei may not have the skills that Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan do, most may not perform better than Pei Xing and Li Hua (after all, these two are graduates), but they are still much better than Chen An and Qin Congwen.

Most importantly, they know a lot, have a wide range of skills, and offer a large quantity, and they respond to all requests.

Just remember their names, and at the right time, compliment them a bit extravagantly and then express what you want to eat. Saying how wonderful it would be if it were sold in the morning, remark that if you could eat xx master’s breakfast in the morning, you’d be very happy. These novice snack masters would enthusiastically work overtime to fulfill your request.

What are Yunzhong Restaurant’s customers best at?

Of course, it’s providing emotional value, something they practiced out on Zheng Siyuan previously.

Thus, during this period, while Qin Huai is not around, the apprentices at Zhiwei Restaurant are starting work earlier and earlier every day, bringing Yunzhong Restaurant’s breakfast back to its peak. The blame can’t be entirely on these "scroll kings."

Those regular customers led by Xu Tuqiang, Grandma Ding, and Grandpa Qian bear an undeniable responsibility.

The above information came to light when Qin Huai arrived at the restaurant at around seven and found the kitchen full of people and the shelves displaying a diverse array of breakfast offerings from all over, from fried dough, tendon pancakes, pan-baked cakes, hot-and-sour soup, sesame balls, lamb noodle stew, mixed noodles, stir-fried noodles, hot dry noodles to wontons, shrimp dumplings, rice noodle rolls, everything was available. A whole big shock, he thought his restaurant had been acquired and turned into a breakfast expo.

Su Qian knew Qin Huai disliked employees starting work early and took responsibility, stating it was management failure on his part. The elderly customers, upon seeing their beloved Master Su voluntarily taking blame, couldn’t bear it and stepped forward to say: No! It’s not Master Su’s fault, it’s entirely our fault!

After a series of chaotic explanations and talks, this information was obtained.

Qin Huai received the information while eating a soup dumpling.

Upon hearing it, Qin Huai momentarily didn’t know what to say.