At home in Shen City, Gu Zheng was lying on the bed and didn't want to get up.
He used to go out often, but he had never been out for such a long time like this. He didn't feel anything when he was at home, but after going out for a long time, he really missed this home.
Especially when they were in Shu Ruins. Although they all brought camping equipment, it couldn't be compared to the comfort of home.
"Gu Zheng, you brat, you're finally back!"
On the second day, Changfeng came directly to Gu Zheng's house. Gu Zheng couldn't bear to look at his sad eyes.
"I did have something to do this time!"
Changfeng actually lived in Gu Zheng's house. He had bought a house here before, and no one knew how long he had lived here. Also, this guy's nose was definitely born in the year of a dog. This morning, Gu Zheng just made breakfast, and this guy came over.
Gu Zheng suspected that if he came back and made breakfast last night, this guy would definitely come over last night.
"I know you have something to do, but you can't go out for so long. You've been out for half a year without any news. Even if you're a hands-off shopkeeper, you can't do it like this!"
Changfeng complained again. He himself was a hands-off shopkeeper, and he already thought that he was very lazy. However, after doing business with Gu Zheng, he understood what it meant to be a hands-off shopkeeper. Compared with Gu Zheng, he was really much more diligent.
At least he would go to the restaurant once a month, and at least he would often ask about the situation of the restaurant through the phone. He was also in charge of the finance and often did accounts. He would also ask Gao Changhe and other chefs about the situation of the restaurant.
After Gu Zheng left, there was no news at all. It was as if he had disappeared into thin air. If Gu Zheng hadn't said before he left that he would be out for a long time, he would have called the police and reported that someone had gone missing.
"I'm cultivating in seclusion this time, so it will be longer!"
Gu Zheng had no choice but to explain to Changfeng. This time, he went to Shu Mountain to cultivate, but not to cultivate in seclusion.
"How is it? Have you made any progress?"
As soon as he heard Gu Zheng say that he was cultivating, Changfeng immediately became energetic and asked quickly. Gu Zheng hesitated and finally nodded.
This trip to Shu Mountain was still very fruitful. His internal force had reached the late stage of the fifth level. At this speed, he believed that it wouldn't be long before he could reach the realm of a real immortal cultivator.
According to the spirit, the first three levels of Gokusen's cultivation was the foundation. Only after the fourth level could it be considered as real cultivation...
The fourth level of the Glutton Immortal's Immortal Art was just the beginning. Gu Zheng had asked the item spirit before. The fourth level was much slower than the first three levels. Even if the first three levels were added together, it would still be ten times slower than the entire fourth level.
"You've made progress again!"
Changfeng saw Gu Zheng nodding and was very excited. He took two steps and suddenly turned around. He looked at Gu Zheng expectantly and quickly said, "Gu Zheng, tell me directly. Have you ever mentioned to your master whether I can cultivate or not? Don't lie to me. Give me a definite answer. If it's really impossible, I'll give up. But if there's a possibility, I hope you can help me. I really want to cultivate!"
Changfeng's words were very sincere. Changfeng wasn't stupid. He knew that there must be a lot of taboos in the cultivation world. Gu Zheng didn't agree at first, so he didn't think too much about it. After a long time, he would naturally understand.
If it really didn't work, he wouldn't think about it and wouldn't make things difficult for Gu Zheng.
Hearing Changfeng's words, Gu Zheng hesitated.
If it was in the past, Gu Zheng would definitely answer truthfully. No, he and others couldn't make Changfeng a cultivator. At most, they could teach him some external martial arts to strengthen his body. If they really wanted him to become an internal cultivator with internal strength, not to mention Gu Zheng, even Mao Zedong couldn't do it.
After all, Changfeng was old. His bones and meridians had formed. Gu Zheng could become a cultivator because he had the Gokusen Token. Gokusen was a saint in the Immortal World. He could let an ordinary person with no foundation cultivate, but ordinary immortals couldn't.
But it was different now. He could let Wang Dong cultivate and he also had a way to let Changfeng cultivate. At this time, if he said no, it would be against his heart.
"It's not impossible to cultivate!"
After hesitating, Gu Zheng decided to tell the truth. Changfeng and Wang Dong were like Du Yang and the others. They were Gu Zheng's few friends. After such a long time without Gu Zheng, the shop still operated normally. It was all thanks to Changfeng.
"Yes, it's really possible!"
Changfeng was slightly stunned and suddenly shouted. He had thought about this question many times. He thought that Gu Zheng deliberately used his master to brush him off. It was impossible for him to learn these ancient martial arts and become a real cultivator. He didn't expect Gu Zheng to suddenly say yes. This was definitely an unexpected surprise.
"It's possible, but I have to ask you first. Do you want to be a pure cultivator or a cultivator in the secular world?"
Gu Zheng nodded again. His expression became a little serious.
"What's the difference between a pure cultivator and a secular cultivator?"
Changfeng didn't think so much. He was still excited and casually asked.
"A pure cultivator will have a good time to enter the secular world in the future. You have to cultivate wholeheartedly. The world of cultivators isn't as simple as you think. It's also very difficult. If you want to be a secular cultivator, you can only learn a little and your ability is limited. But you can always live in the secular world!"
Gu Zheng said slowly. A pure cultivator was like many cultivators in the sect. They focused on cultivation and didn't care about the secular world. Since they wanted to go to the secular world, they would go back quickly to train their minds.
Most of these cultivators were trained from a young age. They didn't understand the secular world at all and were completely separated from the secular world. This way, they wouldn't be affected by the secular world and could cultivate in peace.
The other type was a cultivator who lived purely in the secular world. They also had a secular life, such as working, getting married, having children, and so on. Such cultivators generally had limited cultivation and wouldn't have high achievements. They didn't even think about entering the Dao through martial arts and cultivating to become an immortal.
Old Hong, who had snatched the chicken blood soup, belonged to this type.
"What's the difference between these two types?" Changfeng was more serious this time.
"Yes!" Gu Zheng nodded and told Changfeng about the differences between the two types of cultivation. Gu Zheng could let Changfeng cultivate with the Marrow Cleansing Cultivation. If Changfeng really wanted to cultivate, it would depend on his choice.
After listening to Gu Zheng's explanation, Changfeng fell silent. After all, he had lived in the secular world for more than 20 years. His family and friends were all in the secular world. It was difficult for him to suddenly break away from these things.
"Gu Zheng, I choose the first type. But I hope that you can let me explain it to my family!"
After a full ten minutes, Changfeng raised his head and looked at Gu Zheng. His choice surprised Gu Zheng. He thought that Changfeng, who had lived in the secular world, would definitely choose the second type. This way, he could cultivate and not break away from the secular world.
It wasn't that cultivators couldn't live in the secular world. Living in the secular world would greatly affect their cultivation. Every sect and sect would take turns to send their disciples outside. They wouldn't let one person stay outside all the time unless that person had made up his mind to not become a cultivator.
Although it was very difficult for a cultivator to become an immortal cultivator, it was still the ultimate goal of all cultivators.
"No problem!"
This time, Gu Zheng didn't refuse. If Changfeng had started cultivating from a young age, it wouldn't be a problem for him to occasionally enter the secular world to gain experience. But he had started cultivating halfway. If he wanted to succeed in his cultivation, he had to abandon everything in the secular world. Otherwise, it would be better to stay in the secular world and cultivate. But then, he would have no fate with the Great Dao.
Changfeng was different from Wang Dong. Wang Dong only cultivated to improve his cooking skills. Of course, if Wang Dong also wanted to succeed in his cultivation and advance towards the Great Dao of becoming an immortal, Gu Zheng would still let him live in seclusion.
As for Gu Zheng himself, although he had started cultivating halfway, he could go anywhere. He had the Gokusen Token. It was better for him to enter the secular world than to live in seclusion.
Changfeng chose to live in seclusion and cultivate. He had a lot of things to deal with in advance. In addition, Gu Zheng also had to inform Mao Zedong that Changfeng's best choice was to join Emei. However, it wasn't to directly join, but to let him become Mao Zedong's disciple. This way, the other disciples of Emei wouldn't be suspicious. It could be said that Mao Zedong was a disciple that Mao Zedong had accepted in his early years.
Mao Zedong had brought him into Emei. This way, he could also let Mao Zedong guide him in his cultivation. Gu Zheng's cultivation was different from theirs. Plus, his cultivation time was very short, so there was no way to guide him.
Changfeng came quickly and left quickly. This time, he didn't even freeload for food. It could be seen that he attached great importance to his cultivation.
Gu Zheng didn't ask how Changfeng would explain to his family when he returned. If Changfeng couldn't persist in his cultivation and wanted to come back, Gu Zheng wouldn't object either.
Because of this, Gu Zheng didn't plan to directly turn Changfeng into a disciple of Emei. Instead, he wanted to take Mao Zedong as his disciple. This way, if Changfeng regretted and wanted to come back, he could still let him come back.
If he really let him join Emei, it wouldn't be so easy for him to come out. The core disciples of Emei absolutely couldn't easily enter the secular world.
The business of Guji Chicken Blood Soup was still very good. Every day, five thousand bowls of chicken blood soup would be sold out early. Gao Changhe was tired and happy every day. The business was so good. Plus, both Gu Zheng and Changfeng respected him very much. When Gu Zheng wasn't here, Changfeng gave him a raise. Now, even his youngest son came to the store to help. It was even better than doing business at home.
If it wasn't for Gao Changhe's disapproval, his eldest son would have come. Now, he handed over the store to his eldest son.
Gao Changhe had his own concerns. The two bosses weren't often here. If the whole family was here, it would be easy for people to think that the kitchen belonged to their family. Therefore, he left his eldest son at home.
Gu Zheng didn't know about this. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
"Boss Gu, you're here!"
Not long after Changfeng left, Gu Zheng arrived at the store. Since Changfeng had chosen to cultivate, he definitely wouldn't be able to continue asking about the store's matters in the future. He was afraid that he would have to put in more effort.
When he thought of this, Gu Zheng felt a little reluctant to part with Changfeng. Without him, the store wouldn't have been able to operate so smoothly until now. He also wouldn't have had so much free time to go out for so long.
It was quite a pity when he thought about it. However, Gu Zheng wouldn't deliberately let Changfeng stay for his own convenience. That wasn't the life Changfeng wanted.
"You guys have been working hard recently!"
Gu Cheng said to the store manager. The store manager had been in the store earlier. When Gu Zheng entered, he welcomed him.
The store manager was very passionate at work. Coupled with the stimulation from Changfeng's allocation of housing rewards, he rarely stayed in the office to relax. Basically, he was busy in the store every day. Sometimes, when the waiters in the store were too busy, he would take over as a waiter.
"It's not hard for us. Boss, you're the one who's been working hard. You've become very famous this time. Many people come to the store every day because of your reputation!"
The store manager grinned. When he looked at Gu Zheng, there was a hint of admiration in his eyes. He hadn't expected that the boss, whom he hadn't taken a fancy to, would be so powerful and get first place in the National Gourmet Competition.
This was his first time participating in the competition. He was the youngest and had the first overall result. These dazzling results were incomparable to all the previous first places. It was unknown how long it would take for Gu Zheng's record to be broken.
With such results, the Guji Chicken Blood Soup became more popular. When many people found out that this was a store opened by the champion of the National Gourmet Competition, they would come to taste it out of admiration. The Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop had a good reputation. When these people came, they praised it one after another, causing the good reputation of the Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop to spread.
This was a virtuous cycle. Under this cycle, the Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop had become famous throughout the country. As the store manager, his reputation in the circle grew. Even the people from the Food Association were polite to him.
Many of his old friends were jealous and said that he was lucky to have been poached by the Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop, which had no reputation at all. If it had been now, he wouldn't have had any hope of being the store manager of such a shop.
There were more people who were more capable and professional than him. A large number of people racked their brains to come here, but they didn't have the chance.
The store manager knew that he was lucky, so he worked even harder. Under his leadership, everyone in the shop was now performing positively. Gu Zheng and Changfeng didn't have to worry too much.
"It's nothing!"
Gu Zheng smiled. There were many people in the shop. He and the store manager were talking at the side. Gu Zheng noticed that there were many people who came to the shop to buy roast chicken and bucket chicken. Many of them bought the whole thing.
There were no purchase or takeout restrictions for roast chicken and bucket chicken. Many people bought them and took them away. Some people bought more than one.
"How's the roast chicken and bucket chicken selling now?"
Gu Zheng suddenly asked. Now, the number of these two chicken ingredients had increased at Boss He's place. The Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop could sell 500 roast chicken and bucket chicken every day. In total, there were 1,000 roast chicken.
This wasn't chicken that cost 10 to 20 yuan per catty. The roast chicken and bucket chicken of the Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop were extremely expensive. The roast chicken cost 180 yuan per catty, and the bucket chicken was as high as 198 yuan. Moreover, the lightest chicken was five to six catties. It was equivalent to a sky-high price of 1,000 yuan per chicken.
With such a price, there were still so many people buying. The taste could be imagined.
"Boss Gu, speaking of this, I really admire you. Your taste is really good. Now, we can sell out 500 of these two types of chicken every day. Moreover, it's not enough. Many customers from other places called us and asked us to send them out in a vacuum. Later, Boss Chang rejected them. If they want to eat, they can only buy from the shop. We don't send them out. Otherwise, not to mention 500, we can sell out even 1,000!"
Speaking of the bucket chicken and roast chicken, the store manager was even more excited.
These two types of chicken had already been in the newspaper and had been reported by the TV station many times. They were called sky-high price chicken. However, the taste of these sky-high price chicken was generally recognized by the public. Those who had money would buy the whole thing, and those who didn't would buy them separately. The 1,000 chickens of these two types of chicken would be sold out every day.
Now, the turnover of these two types of chicken was higher than that of chicken blood soup. The higher the turnover, the higher the profit. As a fast food restaurant, Guji Chicken Blood Soup's daily turnover was already the first in the country, and even the first in the world.
To be able to achieve such results, the contribution of these two types of chicken was very great. The store manager was really convinced by Gu Zheng's taste. What he found were all first-class delicacies. He also agreed with Gu Zheng's point of view. If it wasn't something really delicious, he would never bring it to the store. He would rather sell expensive food than any food that didn't taste good.
"As long as it's enough!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly. Today's results were actually within his expectations.
The standard of living of the people was constantly improving, and the pursuit of delicious food was also constantly improving. The really delicious food was not afraid of the high price. The food made by the contestants who participated in the National Food Competition tasted good, but the price was also not bad. Many of them could not be bought even if one had the money.
Although these two types of chicken were mass-produced, the taste was not bad. Even if they participated in the National Food Competition, they could achieve good results. The food that could be comparable to the contestants of the National Food Competition, even if the price was a little higher, would still be recognized and bought.
"But there seems to be some problems with the Shao's Bucket Chicken recently!"
The store manager hesitated and finally said. Although the daily supply of five hundred chickens in the store had not been cut off, as early as a month ago, there was a rumor that the Shao's Bucket Chicken wanted to tear up the contract and stop supplying to the store. If Boss He, who provided the chicken raw materials, did not agree, the Shao's Bucket Chicken would have stopped supplying them long ago.
"What's the problem?"
Gu Zheng frowned. The Shao's Bucket Chicken was purely an unexpected gain. However, these two types of chicken were introduced to the store by him. Gu Zheng did not want any problems to happen to either of them.
The store manager told Gu Zheng what he knew. In fact, he had already reported this to Changfeng, but Changfeng did not care.
First of all, the Bucket Chicken was not the store's main dish. Although the Bucket Chicken brought in a lot of turnover, this amount of money was not enough to enter Changfeng's eyes. He opened this store purely for Gu Zheng. Without Gu Zheng, he would not open such a store even if the turnover doubled.
Of course, if it was a chain store, it would be a different story. It would be meaningful to open a chain store overseas. However, Changfeng was very clear about the situation of this chicken blood soup store. It was impossible for it to become a chain store.
Without paying attention to it, Changfeng just inquired about the situation and ignored it.
Changfeng did not care. Gu Zheng was not around. Even if the store manager was anxious, it was useless. He could only appease the customers while paying attention to the situation. When Gu Zheng came and asked about the Bucket Chicken, he simply told him everything he knew.
It was not complicated. The Bucket Chicken and Roast Chicken in the Guji Chicken Blood Soup Store were so popular. Some people would inquire about where the Bucket Chicken and Roast Chicken came from. After all, they were not the main dish of their store. Gu Zheng did not keep the source of the two kinds of chicken a secret. It was easy for people to inquire about it.
After that, some people wanted to buy the two kinds of chicken. Many people went to the popular Wang's Roast Chicken and Hu Qiao's Bucket Chicken.
No one in the Wang's Roast Chicken paid attention to them. No matter who came, no matter what price they offered, they never talked. Especially Xiang Ming of the Wang's Roast Chicken. As long as someone came to talk to him, he would scold them out.
He had promised Gu Zheng and signed a contract. Except for Gu Zheng, he would not wholesale his roast chicken to anyone else.
Now that the output of roast chicken had increased, their profits had also increased a lot. Gu Zheng had won the first place in the National Food Competition. Xiang Ming still wanted his son to follow Gu Zheng in the future and develop in the big city. How could he tear up the contract and cooperate with others?
Xiang Ming had no problem, but the Shao's Bucket Chicken was different.
The relationship between the Shao's Bucket Chicken and Gu Zheng was not very good. In the beginning, they did not pay attention to people who wanted to buy them. With such a small output, they had sold it. They could not sell it to others. But as others increased the price, they began to be tempted. Gu Zheng's purchase price was ninety-one kilograms. Many people offered one hundred, one hundred, one hundred and twenty, and even one hundred and fifty.
When the price was one hundred and twenty, they were tempted. Later, when someone offered one hundred and fifty, they wanted to break the contract and change the supplier. However, they were opposed by Boss He.
Boss He's chicken farm was also very popular now. He knew very well how he got all this. When the Shao enterprise wanted to change its supplier, he said that if the Shao enterprise dared not to supply Gu Zheng, he would cut off the Shao enterprise's supply.
Without Boss He's Lucai Chicken, the Shao enterprise's Bucket Chicken was just ordinary Bucket Chicken. It tasted good, but after all, it was a popular product. Only the Bucket Chicken made with Lucai Chicken was really delicious. The Shao enterprise had no choice but to continue to abide by the contract and supply the Guji Chicken Blood Soup.
If he did not supply, there would be no supply. It meant that he had nothing. He knew very well which was more important.
"Recently, someone raised the purchase price to one hundred and eighty per kilogram. Someone also wanted to buy Boss He's Lucai Chicken. To be honest, if Boss He and Boss Xiang had not been supporting us, I'm afraid that we would have run out of these two kinds of chickens."
The store manager told the details and sighed with emotion at the end.
He didn't expect Gu Zheng to have such charisma. In a situation where there were no restrictions, whether it was Xiang Ming or Boss He, they had resisted many temptations and insisted on standing on their side. The store manager who had been working hard in a big city knew how rare this was.
"I see. I'll deal with it."
Gu Zheng nodded gently. Although there was a situation, at least it was still under control. No wonder Changfeng did not ask about it. It was not to the extent that he should care about it.
Gu Zheng believed that if the Shao enterprise's Bucket Chicken really dared to tear up the contract and stop supplying, Changfeng could make the Shao enterprise regret or even go bankrupt. However, in that case, the supply of the Shao enterprise would inevitably be affected. The loss would outweigh the gain.
Everyone had different considerations. Gu Zheng understood that Changfeng did not attach importance to this matter. Changfeng did not attach importance to it, but it did not mean that he would do the same. These were two kinds of delicacies that he had introduced. He did not want any of them to have any problems.
Except for the Shao enterprise's Bucket Chicken, there was no problem for the time being. Changfeng had dealt with it several times before. Some people with background and power did not dare to have any ideas about this place. Only the nouveau riche who did not know the depth of the situation dared to do so. However, such people were the most numerous. Changfeng could not deal with them one by one, which led to the current situation.
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