After breakfast, Gu Zheng went back to his room and turned on his mobile phone.
As soon as his mobile phone was turned on, a bunch of text messages swarmed in. More than half of them were call reminders. Some people made more than a dozen calls in a row. They were very patient.
Gu Zheng deleted all the call reminders as long as they were from unfamiliar numbers and ignored them.
There were also all kinds of inquiry and consulting text messages. Many of them were from unfamiliar numbers. Gu Zheng glanced at them roughly. Two-thirds of them were asking Gu Zheng if he was interested in being a chef in their restaurant or hotel. They also talked about the advantages of their restaurant or hotel.
Many hotels and restaurants gave Gu Zheng the position of head chef or executive chef.
Unlike Wang Dong, Gu Zheng was young, but his achievements were too outstanding. He won the first place in the Hangzhou Food Competition and received very high evaluation from many judges.
Although the Hangzhou Food Competition was the first time, the scale was not small. Gu Zheng's first place was very high. Not only did he beat Zhao Fu, who was the tenth in the country last time, but many chefs who participated in the Chinese Food Competition were also defeated by Gu Zheng. This meant that Gu Zheng had the qualification to enter the finals of the National Food Competition.
If they didn't recruit such a chef now, when would they wait?
And Gu Zheng's age. He was only in his twenties. When he was older in the future, his level and reputation would be better. Even if they couldn't keep Gu Zheng, it was also an honor and qualification to have someone like Gu Zheng working in their restaurant.
If Gu Zheng could win the first place in another Chinese Food Competition, they would earn more. No matter how they looked at it, inviting Gu Zheng was a profitable business. These businessmen were shrewd.
"Son, you did well!"
Seeing this message, Gu Zheng was a little stunned. Gu Ming actually sent him a message and praised him, which was rare. Gu Ming was away all year round. In fact, the father and son spent very little time together and communicated even less.
"Thank you, Dad!"
After replying to his father's message, Gu Zheng saw a message from Wang Wei, the general manager of Xiaosong Noodle House. Wang Wei had sent him two messages. One was to congratulate him on winning first place in the competition, and the other was to thank him for promoting Heaven Noodles at the end.
Gu Zheng also replied to Wang Wei's message. Wang Wei's flour was not bad, and Gu Zheng wanted to work together for a long time. He didn't need a lot of flour every year, just 20 catties of flour would be enough for him to use. This way, he wouldn't be lacking in Normal Grade flour.
"Brat, when I asked you to learn from me, you didn't want to learn. Instead, you secretly learned it yourself. How about it? Are you going to take over my position?"
Gu Ming sent a message back very quickly. Gu Zheng knew that his father had not given up on the idea of letting him take over.
"I definitely can't, but I found a good seedling here …"
Gu Zheng called Wang Dong and told him about Wang Dong's situation, including the Eight Trigrams of the Book of Changes in Wang Dong's Egg-Fried Rice and the Way of Nature in it.
Wang Dong had such ability to cook Egg-Fried Rice, and he could cook other dishes as well. He was indeed a very good seedling.
"This Wang Dong you mentioned is very good. You can bring him to your Uncle Hu first. If he really has such good talent, it would be more suitable for him to stay with your Uncle Hu!"
Gu Ming thought for a while and then told Gu Zheng. Most of his dishes were Western dishes, and Wang Dong's talent was more suitable for Chinese dishes. Gu Ming was worried that Wang Dong would delay him if he came to his place.
"Alright, you can inform Uncle Hu in advance. It would be more convenient for me to go there!"
Gu Zheng thought about it and agreed. His father's cooking skills were good, but he had been abroad for too long. Now, he was better at Western dishes. It was indeed more suitable for Wang Dong to stay in China.
Just as he hung up the phone, another call came in. It was from an unknown number.
"Mr. Gu, this is Hua Tian Hotel …"
"I'm sorry, but I don't have the intention to leave Shen City for the time being!"
The caller was the vice president of a five-star hotel. He invited Gu Zheng to be the sous-chef. Gu Zheng didn't even want to be the head chef, let alone the sous-chef position.
Less than two seconds after he hung up the phone, the phone rang again. It was from an unknown number again, and it was the same person who invited Gu Zheng. After rejecting several such calls in a row, Gu Zheng simply switched to airplane mode and only used Wifi to surf the Internet.
When he opened WeChat, Gu Zheng was stunned again. WeChat had also fallen. There were more than 200 friend requests. Gu Zheng's mobile phone number was tied to his WeChat. Anyone who could find his mobile phone number could also find out his WeChat.
As long as he didn't know the person or the invitation, Gu Zheng directly ignored it. He added a few people he knew, such as Wang Wei and Wang Zhen of Xiao Song Noodle House, the judges of this competition, and a few people among his supporters.
"Mr. Gu, will you stay in Hangzhou?"
Wang Wei was the first to send a message to Gu Zheng. Just now, Gu Zheng had already replied to his message. He was about to reply when he found that his WeChat friend request was accepted, so he simply used WeChat to send it.
Fortunately, he did so. Gu Zheng's mobile phone was already in airplane mode, so he couldn't receive any messages at all.
"No!" Gu Zheng immediately replied. He didn't plan to stay here at all.
"What are you going to do about the three storefronts by West Lake?"
Wang Wei sent another message. Gu Zheng understood that Wang Wei was aiming for his reward this time, the three storefronts.
The storefronts in the bustling area by West Lake were not small, but it was still not enough to open a big restaurant. Wang Wei didn't plan to open a branch. He asked for help for a friend.
Because Gu Zheng thanked him at the end and specially mentioned the storefronts, many people thought that he had a good relationship with Gu Zheng. They couldn't find Gu Zheng, so they came to him.
Gu Zheng didn't need the storefronts, and Wang Wei didn't need them either. However, many people needed them. Many people wanted to get the storefronts from Gu Zheng. Although it was only for three years, they could find the organizing committee to renew the contract after three years. The three storefronts originally belonged to the Tourism Bureau, which was the reward this time.
"Mr. Wang, do you want them?" Gu Zheng asked.
"It's not that I want them, but a friend of mine is very interested. Mr. Gu, if you don't want to stay in Hangzhou, why don't you rent them out? I promise that he will pay you no less than the normal market price!"
"Well, since he is your friend, I'll give them to him!"
Gu Zheng just thought about it and then replied. Even Wang Wei didn't expect that Gu Zheng would agree so quickly.
"Thank you, Mr. Gu. Where are you now? I'll bring him to contact you right away!"
The organizing committee had sent the reward of the three storefronts to Gu Zheng on the spot yesterday. It was a simple agreement. The three storefronts were restricted to the catering business. The organizing committee had the right to take back the other storefronts because they were against the rules.
Wang Wei's friend was in the catering business, which was just right. As long as Gu Zheng agreed and got the authorization letter from Gu Zheng, he could directly go to the organizing committee of the food competition to sign the lease contract. The right to use the storefronts for three years would be in his hands.
In other words, Gu Zheng could use the reward of the organizing committee himself.
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