The early morning sun shone in the room. Gu Zheng slowly opened his eyes and stretched comfortably.
Although Gu Zheng's body didn't need the sun at all, he was very willing to enjoy the comfort of the warm sun. After coming back, he still slept until he woke up naturally every day as before.
The business of Guji Chicken Blood Soup was now very stable. At the beginning of the year, Chang Le fulfilled his promise and arranged a house for the manager and Gao Changhe. It was not the kind of apartment they lived in, but two rooms of ninety square meters in the central ring. These two properties alone were sky-high prices. After arranging a house for the two, Chang Le also told everyone that if they did well, they would have the opportunity to arrange a house in the future.
With such facts and motivation, now every employee in the store was full of enthusiasm and completely treated it as their own business. They worked very hard without being urged.
As for Gao Changhe and the manager, they were even more active. With a house, the two of them didn't have any worries. They completely treated the store as their home. Gu Zheng and Chang Le didn't have to worry about it. They did everything they could do properly.
Another point was that Guji Chicken Blood Soup was rated as a famous snack in Shen City every year. It also won a national award once. Now it was really famous in the country.
In the morning, Gu Zheng went home since he had nothing to do.
He called Du Yang and wanted to ask them out for a gathering. But he changed his mind after hearing Du Yang's words. Du Yang was now a branch director of the company. He was very busy with work. He didn't have much time to come out.
He didn't have time, and neither did the others.
Zhao Yongkui's studio had been opened for a long time. At first, the business was not good. It was losing money for half a year. He was so anxious that he was angry. Later, Du Yang revealed this to their company's boss, Chang Lian. Chang Lian told Chang Le. Chang Le used some of his connections to pull in some business for Zhao Yongkui.
Zhao Yongkui's attitude was serious, and the studio was really high-end. Gradually, it attracted a group of regular customers. After half a year, it finally turned the losses into profits. In the past year, the business was booming, and it made a lot of money.
In Zhao Yongkui's own words, he would be able to pay back the money Gu Zheng lent him to start his business in one year at most. From this, it could be seen how good his business was.
Wang Tao had already become a civil servant two years ago. Now, he was working in an administrative department and was already a Deputy Section Chief.
Although a Deputy Section Chief was nothing in Shen Cheng City, he was no longer a staff member. Wang Tao had the support of the Chang family and the Liang family. His future progress was inevitable. Recently, his Deputy Section Chief position would be promoted, and he would become a real section chief.
His rank would also be promoted to Section Chief. According to his ability, the Liang family had made a good plan for him. He would be promoted to Section Chief for 3 years, Section Chief for 10 years, and Section Chief for 20 years. As for whether he could improve after that, it would depend on his luck.
With his age, it was actually not bad for him to be in the main hall in his forties. As long as the Liang family did not fall, it was not impossible for him to go further in the future. That way, he would really be able to make a name for himself in his official career.
Now, Wang Tao was full of energy. He was supposed to be a Section Chief for 3 years, but he had been promoted to Section Chief for 6 months. This way, when he reached the Section Chief, he might be promoted to Section Chief earlier. He did not have time to come out, and he would not waste his time.
But if Gu Zheng asked him to come out, he would surely come out. He knew how important Gu Zheng was to him, but Gu Zheng did not want to disturb him.
After thinking for a while, Gu Zheng decided to go to Wang Dong's place.
Gu Zheng did not participate in any food competition, but Wang Dong had been participating. This year's Hangzhou Food Competition was already the 4th Food Competition, and Wang Dong had participated in all 4 Food Competitions.
In the first Food Competition, Wang Dong and Gu Zheng did not make it to the finals. In the second Food Competition, Wang Dong made it to the top 10 and was ranked 9th. In the third Food Competition, Wang Dong was ranked 2nd because of the ingredients. This time, Wang Dong finally became the champion.
Next year, Wang Dong was going to participate in the National Food Competition. According to other people's predictions, Wang Dong had a high chance of entering the top 10 in the National Food Competition. Whether he could advance further in the top 10 would depend on his luck.
Gu Zheng's arrival made Wang Dong very excited. Now, he was the head chef of the restaurant, and his master had retired to enjoy his old age.
After greeting him, Wang Dong quickly went to take out something.
"Brother Gu, look at my trophy!"
Wang Dong took out the trophy of the Hangzhou Food Competition. At this moment, he was like a child showing off.
"Not bad!"
Gu Zheng smiled and nodded. Wang Dong had been practicing the inner strength cultivation method that he had taught him. Now, he had the strength of the late stage of the first level of inner strength.
Wang Dong practiced inner strength purely to help his cooking skills. Other than inner strength, Gu Zheng did not teach him any martial arts, and did not want him to go too far in inner strength. Inner strength was just a support for him, not the main thing.
Wang Dong's main focus was his cooking skills.
In this aspect, he was different from Changfeng. Changfeng was practicing for the sake of cultivation. Both of them could be said to be practicing at the same time. Now, Changfeng was in the middle stage of the second level of inner strength, which was much higher than Wang Dong's. Changfeng's goal was to cultivate to become an immortal. He wanted to enter the path of cultivation through martial arts. Their goals were different, and the end result was different.
All of this was within Gu Zheng's expectations.
"I'm going to participate in the National Food Competition next year. Brother Gu, I'm a little nervous!"
Wang Dong rubbed his hands and said excitedly. Although others had high expectations for him, he was very worried. He knew very well that the National Food Competition was full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. There were too many masters in it.
"It's not like you haven't participated in it before. Why are you nervous?"
Gu Zheng smiled and shook his head. Wang Dong had participated in the National Food Competition before, but not by himself. He had participated with Gu Zheng.
"That's different. This time, I'm participating by myself!"
Wang Dong quickly explained. His problem of being nervous was still there. Otherwise, he would have won the championship in his third Hangzhou Food Competition. He wouldn't have only won the championship this time.
"No matter what, you have to have confidence. You have to know that you are unique. You are the best!"
Gu Zheng said slowly to Wang Dong. His voice was mixed with immortal power. Wang Dong was stunned at first, then he nodded vigorously. His confidence suddenly rose.
Gu Zheng was helping Wang Dong increase his confidence. It was no longer as troublesome as before. This time, he could at least help him increase his confidence for a year.
As for a year later, Wang Dong still had to work hard.
"By the way, Brother Gu, where have you been for so long? Uncle Gu couldn't find you. He was so angry that he scolded people!"
Wang Dong said again. Gu Zheng had been away for a long time. Every time he left, he was uncontactable. Fortunately, Chang Le had always assured him that Gu Zheng was fine. Wang Dong also knew how powerful Gu Zheng was. Otherwise, he would have gone to look for him.
"My dad is looking for me?"
Gu Zheng was slightly stunned. He hurriedly took out his mobile phone. He had just come back a few days ago. There were no calls to contact him these days. He also forgot to tell his father that he was safe after he came back.
Gu Zheng hurriedly took out his mobile phone and called his father.
The call was connected not long after. Gu Zheng quickly shouted. There was a roar from the other side of the phone.
"You are finally alive. Do you still remember that you have me, your dad?"
Gu Zheng's roar made him feel helpless. In fact, he had some phone calls in the past two years. Unfortunately, when the call was connected, his father didn't contact him. He also didn't think of contacting his father, so it caused such a misunderstanding.
"I do have a lot of things to do now. Dad, why are you looking for me?"
Gu Zheng explained in a low voice. He listened to his father's scolding. It was indeed his fault that he didn't contact his family much in the past two years.
"What's the matter? You are doing a good job of leaving everything to others. Do you still want your winery or not? You still haven't signed it. If you don't sign it, the real property rights of the winery won't belong to you! "
Gu Ming said quickly. The main reason why Gu Ming was looking for Gu Zheng was because of the winery.
This winery was won by Gu Zheng from the Lyon Food Festival. Later, Gu Zheng found the treasure of the Kongkong Sect and hurriedly returned to China. He hadn't come back since.
The winery originally belonged to Gutelang. Gutelang lost it to Sir Brown. After that, Gu Zheng took the winery from Sir Brown. At that time, he was purely curious about the winery and didn't think much about it. After that, he completely forgot about it.
In this way, Gu Ming entrusted the management of the winery to Gu Zheng for more than two years. Gu Zheng didn't go through the real handover procedures for more than two years. Gu Telang wanted to take back the winery, so Gu Ming hurried to find Gu Zheng.
"I see. Dad, don't worry. I'll be there right away. No one can take away our things!"
Gu Zheng said quickly. After understanding the situation, he decided to go to Europe in person. First, he wanted to finish the winery thoroughly. Second, he wanted to see his father.
For more than two years, he didn't visit his father. He was really incompetent.
Knowing that Gu Zheng was coming, Gu Ming's tone softened a lot. He said a few words on the phone and hung up.
Gu Zheng directly booked a flight to Paris in the evening. Coincidentally, there was still a first class cabin left. The last time he went to France, he took Chang Le's private jet. This time, it was his own business, so there was no need to continue troubling Chang Le.
The first-class cabin was also very comfortable. He just needed to sleep.
In fact, Gu Zheng could fly to France by himself. However, he wouldn't have any entry or exit records. He would have to trouble others to help him modify it. It was better to take a commercial plane. It was simpler.
Because of the time difference, when Gu Zheng arrived in Paris, it was still night. As soon as he got out of the station, Gu Zheng saw Gu Ming standing outside waiting for him.
"Dad, didn't I say not to let you come? I can find the place by myself!"
Gu Zheng hurried over. Gu Ming's physical condition was very good. The last time he came, Gu Zheng improved him once. Gu Ming almost didn't change in the past two years. He was still the same as before.
"If you can find it, I'll come too. How can a father not pick up his son when he comes?"
Gu Ming glared at Gu Zheng and then took him to the parking lot. Gu Ming had a car in Paris, so he drove directly. The father and son got in the car and went directly back to the apartment.
"That Guteland has a lot of tricks. He asked us to return the winery in the name of no one taking it. Humph, these self-righteous little aristocrats really think that we are easy to bully!"
While driving, Gu Ming talked about the winery.
The winery was really good. When Gu Ming first took it over, he liked it very much. For the past two years, he went there for a vacation every year. The winery was very profitable.
Because Gu Zheng wasn't there, Gu Ming was in charge of everything. For this reason, he specially hired a professional manager to take care of everything in the winery. When Guteland had some tricks, it was Gu Ming who stopped him.
Although Gu Ming was just a chef, he was a three-star chef after all. He had a certain amount of connections in Paris. Guteland had wanted to use his status to suppress Gu Ming, but he was beaten back by Gu Ming. Even Guteland's father gave him a warning.
Gu Ming knew more than one or two aristocrats. Many of them owed him favors.
"The most important thing is that you haven't signed, and Sir Brown's attitude is a bit ambiguous. That's why Guteland dares to do this!"
Guteland's biggest reliance was that he gave the winery to Sir Brown, and Sir Brown gave it to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng had promised Sir Brown that he would continue to attend the food festival the next year, but he couldn't come because of other things. Sir Brown was wavering on this matter. He didn't want to directly return the winery to Guteland. Instead, he wanted to see if he could force Gu Zheng to come out.
In the past two years, Gu Zheng hadn't come. The other famous chefs invited by Sir Brown were limited. They didn't help him win anything. They even lost some things. So he missed Gu Zheng even more.
"We'll go through the procedures tomorrow, and then the winery will be under your name. This way, no one will say anything!"
Gu Zheng said directly. He didn't know when he would come to France in the future. He didn't know how often he could come to France. It was best to leave the winery with his father.
"What are you talking about? How can I take something that belongs to you?"
Gu Ming glared fiercely. He seemed to be very unhappy.
"Dad, you see, I'm not in France, and I don't come here often. Everything here still needs to be taken care of by you. Isn't it more convenient to directly transfer it to your name? This won't happen in the future. Besides, what's yours is mine. Are you going to give the winery to others in the future? "
Gu Zheng said helplessly. Gu Ming was stunned. What Gu Zheng said seemed to be very reasonable.
Especially the last sentence. It didn't matter who the winery was under, whether it was him or Gu Zheng. Anyway, it would be Gu Zheng's in the future.
"It's not the same. If you transfer it to my name, you still have to pay taxes. If you inherit it in the future, you still have to pay taxes. It's not worth it. It's better to leave it to you!"
After a while, Gu Ming suddenly shook his head. He was almost taken in by Gu Zheng. This was France, not China. The taxes were very heavy, especially the inheritance tax.
"Okay, but I'll give you the management rights when the time comes. You'll still be in charge!"
His father insisted. Gu Zheng could only give up. In fact, he wanted to give the Guji Chicken Blood Soup to his father. Who knew what his father would be like in the future? He had reached the Void Return Realm. When he reached the Realm of Jin Xian, he would go to the Untainted Immortal World.
If he went to that place, he wouldn't be able to come back. When the time came, everything would naturally be handed over to his father.
Gu Zheng even wanted to take the Peach of Immortality back from the Device Spirit and give it to his father. In this way, when he had the chance to come back in the future, he could still see his father. However, he didn't know how his father would live on Earth after having an extra 3,000 years of lifespan. Such a long lifespan would definitely be noticed by others.
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