#73 - Chapter 73 The Thoughts of the Top Private Chef
“Eh——”
After taking the first bite, Shen Qing was stunned.
“Lin Chen, is it my illusion? Or has your cooking skill improved significantly compared to before?”
Shen Qing looked at Lin Chen and asked with doubt.
Lin Chen smiled and said, “It has indeed improved a little. You are quite amazing, you can even taste the slight improvement in my cooking.”
Shen Qing shook her head.
“No, this is not a slight improvement, the improvement is very obvious. I'm not very interested in clothes and bags, I'm only interested in food.”
It has been a while since she last came, and Lin Chen's cooking skills have indeed improved significantly.
Xu Mengyao comes more often with shorter intervals, so she doesn't feel it as much, but Shen Qing feels it quite obviously.
“I thought your cooking skills had already reached their peak and couldn't be improved anymore, but you can still improve significantly.”
Shen Qing was filled with emotion.
Lin Chen muttered in his heart, this is nothing yet.
His cooking skills haven't reached the legendary level yet, but it's almost there, probably in the next few days.
“Auntie Qingqing, Daddy is the best.”
“Hehe.”
Lin Xiaoxi said with a sweet smile.
Shen Qing nodded: “Xiaoxi, your dad's cooking skills are probably unbeatable. Mengyao, are you considering investing in Lin Chen to set up a top private chef service?”
“Only accepting reservations.”
“And each dish should cost at least ten thousand yuan.”
“Full of class, only big shots can eat, and you will definitely not lack powerful connections by then.”
Lin Chen's heart stirred.
He can't open a regular hotel or restaurant, but when his cooking skills are stronger, setting up a top private chef service is not a bad idea.
Connections are still very useful.
Writing fairy tales can earn him a lot of money, but the powerful connections this can bring are limited.
Connections are ultimately a need.
If others have a need for him, he will have more weight in their eyes.
Fairy tales have a large coverage, but how much can a book cost? Others don't have a great need for this.
This exposure may make some people think highly of him.
But that's all.
Cooking is different.
His current cooking skills may not be dominant yet, but when he reaches the legendary level, the world's top chefs will be just little brothers in front of him.
Most food critics are rich people.
He will definitely not lack customers when his cooking skills reach that level.
It's the customers who have to beg to make a reservation with him.
Others ask him for connections, and connections will naturally come. And he is in a leading position in such a network of connections.
“Lin Chen, do you have this idea?”
Xu Mengyao looked at Lin Chen and asked.
Lin Chen smiled and said, “Let's talk about it later. When my cooking skills are stronger, I'll create something with even more class.”
“Only accepting one or two reservations per week. Guests prepare their own ingredients, and the production cost per table is no less than one million.”
Shen Qing opened her mouth wide.
She said that each dish should not be less than ten thousand, which was already an exaggeration.
Lin Chen is good, no less than one million per table. And the ingredients need to be prepared by the reserving guests themselves.
“Lin Chen, your standard is too high.”
“People with assets of less than 100 million can't afford it at all.”
Shen Qing said.
She was also directly eliminated by this price.
Lin Chen smiled and said, “Only one or two meals a week, I don't need that many guests, I'm doing this to get connections, not to have many people come to eat.”
Xu Mengyao: “Lin Chen, adding the ingredients, is it a bit too exaggerated to eat a meal for more than one million?”
Even if the Xu family is very rich, she feels it's too expensive.
Lin Chen said: “When my cooking skills are higher, I believe someone will rush to make a reservation even at this price.”
“Let's talk about this later, there's no rush now.”
Xu Mengyao nodded.
Shen Qing: “Lin Chen, can your cooking skills still improve?”
“It should be possible.”
Lin Chen smiled slightly.
There are still legendary and mythical levels above!
After finishing the meal, Shen Qing covered her stomach. She felt that she needed to hold on to the wall to get out.
“Auntie Qingqing, does your tummy hurt?”
Lin Xiaoxi looked at Shen Qing with some worry.
Shen Qing's face was slightly red: “Xiaoxi, Auntie Qingqing's stomach doesn't hurt, I just ate too much. Mengyao, you guys go out for some alone time, I'll take care of Xiaoxi at home.”
“Lin Chen, don't move, I'll wash the dishes.”
Lin Chen chuckled: “Can you wash the dishes in this state?”
Shen Qing: “……”
“I'll rest for a while and wash them later, you guys go out quickly.”
“Okay then.”
Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao went out.
Lin Xiaoxi didn't insist on following Lin Chen and the others.
Shen Qing used to take care of her quite often, and she hadn't seen Shen Qing for several days, so she missed her a little.
……
Lin Chen and Xu Mengyao arrived at the riverside.
“Lin Chen, were you serious about setting up a private chef service in the future?”
Xu Mengyao asked.
Lin Chen nodded: “I have some ideas. Going to the birthday banquet in two days, apart from your family's relationship with the other party, is also to maintain this connection, right?”
“Maintaining it this way puts us in a weak position.”
“If I can do it well, I can be in a leading position.”
Xu Mengyao nodded slightly.
“When my grandfather was around, our family didn't have to worry too much, but now the connections are indeed a bit insufficient.”
“Some forces are eyeing my family's company covetously.”
Lin Chen was not surprised at all.
The Xu family has more than 30 billion in assets, which is a big piece of fat.
People leave and tea cools, the favor that Xu Mengyao's grandfather left behind will be used little by little, and there will always be a time when the favor is used up.
“Mengyao, don't worry too much.”
“Even if you have no money, I have no problem supporting you.”
Lin Chen said with a smile.
“Who… who wants you to support me?”
Xu Mengyao snorted娇.
Lin Chen stretched out his hand, and Xu Mengyao's hand was instantly grabbed by him. Xu Mengyao subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand.
Lin Chen held it without letting go: “Mengyao, we were holding hands when we went for a walk last time, weren't we?”
“Xiaoxi was there last time.”
“I was afraid Xiaoxi would be sad.”
Xu Mengyao glared at Lin Chen with some annoyance.
Lin Chen smiled and said, “We held hands last time, so it's okay to hold hands again this time. Don't be stingy, holding hands won't make you lose a piece of flesh.”
Xu Mengyao: “……”
“You are a rascal.”
Lin Chen: “I call this striking when it's time to strike. Shen Qing created an opportunity for us to come out, if we don't even hold hands, wouldn't that be wasting her good intentions?”
“We have to attend a birthday banquet in two days.”
“There may be some intimate contact at that time.”
“Get used to it in advance.”
Shen Mengyao said unhappily: “Lin Chen, you used to be quite honest, why are you not so honest now?”
Lin Chen: “You are a patient, you are not active. I have to take care of you, the patient, and be more active.”
“Let's go, let's go, people are watching us.”
Xu Mengyao could only let Lin Chen hold her hand and walk forward.
She wasn't very resistant to this in her heart.
Ten minutes passed.
“Mengyao?”
A surprised voice sounded.
Two girls walked towards them, and they looked at Lin Chen and them in surprise.
