Zhou Shudi and Zhou Jinnan had no idea what Feng Quan was planning. They were busy selecting the chefs who came to apply for the job. The trial operation became more and more popular in the later stage. Although there were convenient machines to help, there were only two people in the kitchen, which was already stretched. Therefore, when Zhou Jinnan proposed to recruit people, Zhou Shudi agreed after a little thought. If people can be recruited smoothly, it can also reduce the burden on the kitchen.

After the recruitment advertisement was posted, many chefs came to apply for the job soon. The kitchen was completely controlled by Zhou Jinnan. After Zhou Shudi roughly screened these people, he handed them all over to Zhou Jinnan for interviews. It was all up to Zhou Jinnan to decide. Zhou Jinnan had very strict requirements for chefs. After several inspections, he kept five people, four men and one woman. They were all level 4 chefs with good basic skills when cooking machines were popular.

 At this moment, in the spacious kitchen of Jushanlou, he was instructing the new chefs. The supply channel contacted by Huo Xuan and Min Ziqian had just delivered a lot of high-quality seafood today. Zhou Jinnan used these ingredients to make spiritual food for Qin Kai and Tao Bo to eat at noon. He started cooking, and the new chefs watched carefully beside him. Together with Zhou Shudi and Min Ziqian, the kitchen of eight people finally looked busy.

Zhou Jinnan explained to them while working: “Soak the shark fin in cold water. It is generally better to soak it for more than six hours. Change the water every two hours. After soaking, take it out and use a brush to brush the sand inside. Then use a cold water pot to slowly cook the shark fin on medium heat. The shark fin should be torn into strips, and the old and tender must be separated and cooked separately. The processed shark fin will take a long time to stew, generally more than six to five hours for old fins, and at least three hours for tender fins on low fire. Stew until the shark fins are all soft and transparent, so that they are well-flavored…” He explained very carefully, and every point was clearly presented to others.

 Min Ziqian initially thought that Zhou Jinnan would let him enter the kitchen to start as a handyman, but he didn’t expect that he would be taught as soon as he came in, which surprised and delighted him. The other five newly recruited chefs had the same idea as Min Ziqian. Most of them came for the recent fame of Jushanlou, but they didn’t expect that they could learn real skills as soon as they came.

Zhou Jinnan rarely cooks shark fins. It is troublesome to handle and difficult to cook. Even if it is cooked well, it tastes harder than other ingredients. If it weren’t for the eighth-level ingredients, Zhou Jinnan really didn’t want to do it. He finished the shark fins and started to deal with the fish lips and golden abalone. The abalone is a top-grade five-head abalone. It is big and plump, and looks very good at first glance. He didn’t know where Min Ziqian’s family got it from.

“These ingredients, Chef Zhou, are you going to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?” Shu Xiaotong couldn’t help asking when he saw the ingredients Zhou Jinnan was handling. He was originally a chef in a small restaurant. He had learned cooking from his father since he was a child. When he heard that Jushanlou was recruiting, he applied immediately. He was also the one who had learned cooking the longest among the five people Zhou Jinnan recruited this time, except for the white-case(those that specialise in dough like buns and noodles) chef Song Hongwen who was over 30 years old.

The five people Zhou Jinnan decided on this time were young people in their teens and twenties, including Shu Xiaotong, Liang Yongning, Wu Yan and Liu Tang. The chefs of Jushanlou must learn from him, so Zhou Jinnan particularly favored those young people whose cooking styles have not yet been finalized and who are highly malleable. Fortunately, this is Aquamarine Star, otherwise, with Zhou Jinnan’s age requirements, he really couldn’t find many young chefs with solid basic skills.

“The ingredients have been in front of you for so long, and someone just noticed it?” Zhou Jinnan knew that he couldn’t compare the chefs here with the chefs he had seen in the Tianxuan Realm before, but he was still dissatisfied with the slow reaction of these people.

 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is so famous that even ordinary people have heard of it. It is also a signature dish of many restaurants. Shu Xiaotong and others felt lucky to see Zhou Jinnan making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall on their first day at Jushanlou, so their attitude became more serious.

Min Ziqian’s Xingguang Restaurant also has Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. He also learned to make this famous dish from his grandfather, so he can see more than others: “Zhou Jinnan, why do you use fresh scallops to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall? Isn’t it more common to use dried scallops?”

“Fresh scallops can absorb the flavor of ingredients better. Dried scallops have too strong a fragrance..” Zhou Jinnan explained. Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a big dish that takes a lot of time and effort. Zhou Jinnan was busy from morning to noon before he processed all the ingredients and put them into wine jars one by one and simmered them over low heat. It would take at least three hours to cook it. Judging from the time, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall will not be available at noon.

 Tao Bo heard from Min Ziqian early in the morning that Zhou Jinnan was going to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, so he waited in Jushanlou early. As more and more people came, it was unrealistic to stay in the Zhou’s family small home to eat together, so the venue was naturally moved to Jushanlou which also made it convenient for Zhou Jinnan to train others. He trained for a morning and afternoon, and took the training results as lunch and dinner during the break.

“Why is there no Buddha Jumps Over the Wall?” Tao Bo glanced at the table at noon and looked at Zhou Jinnan eagerly.

“The Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is still in the kitchen. It will take another afternoon to stew.” Min Ziqian answered for Zhou Jinnan. They can enjoy Zhou Jinnan’s cooking skills, while Shu Xiaotong and other chefs and irrelevant people such as Chen Wenyan can only open a separate table, and most of the dishes on the table are made by Shu Xiaotong and others themselves.

There is no harm without comparison. Chen Wenyan and Huo Qingyi missed Zhou Jinnan’s cooking more and more after eating it, but they could only make do with Shu Xiaotong’s level, and their mentality became more unbalanced. They didn’t dare to take the initiative to ask for a table with Huo Xuan. The gap in status was there, and they could only hope that Jushanlou would open earlier so that they could come in as normal customers to taste it.

Huo Xuan has always only seen people at mealtime. Although he didn’t know what Huo Xuan was busy with every day, he never missed it. Hearing that there would be Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in the evening, Huo Xuan secretly decided to postpone the afternoon’s work and come earlier in the evening.

Qin Kai, who was ignored by everyone, only ate and didn’t talk at the table. At first, Min Ziqian and Tao Bo were a little uncomfortable facing such a strange and invisible Qin Kai. When hadn’t they been mad at Qin Kai before? But as time went on, they became bolder. The six-year-old Qin Kai was a good time to tease him. Maybe this was the only time they could bully Qin Kai.

 In the front hall, Huo Xuan and Qin Kai were fighting on the dining table with swords and sabers. In the kitchen, Shu Xiaotong and several new chefs gathered together to open a table, each cooking a dish, and communicating while eating to get closer.

Wu Yan was very active and enthusiastically built good relationships with everyone. He didn’t expect that he could break into the kitchen of Jushanlou so easily without arousing any suspicion, which made him more confident in completing his mission later.

“Huh? How did you receive this?” Zhou Shudi clicked on the message received on his personal terminal in confusion.

Zhou Jinnan asked: “What’s wrong?”

Zhou Shudi said: “I received an invitation to the opening of the business. It’s from Zhenxiu Pavilion.” Why would Feng Quan be so kind to give him an invitation?

“Are they going to open? When is the date?” Zhou Jinnan was also a little surprised. He thought that with Feng Quan’s level of fussiness, he might set the opening time of Zhenxiu Pavilion and Jushanlou on the same day.

 Zhou Shudi shook his head: “Feng Quan is a businessman after all, and he is only interested in profit. Under the current circumstances, it will not be beneficial for him to open on the same day as Jushanlou. Opening before Jushanlou can also attract a wave of popularity.”

After the trial operation of Jushanlou ended, countless people came to ask about the opening time every day. Diners who saw Jushanlou closed but there were people busy inside every day would almost always ask if they could go in and order a meal. If only some of these diners were attracted to Zhenxiu Pavilion, it would be a considerable number.

Without Jushanlou, Zhenxiu Pavilion would definitely be the top level among the high-end restaurants on Aquamarine Star. It would definitely attract many upper-class people who would settle for second best to come and visit. Zhou Shudi figured out the key point, and looked at Feng Quan differently. This man is not completely confused.

“Let’s set it for the day after tomorrow. Invite me to go with you.” Zhou Shudi looked at the time, “Are you going?”

Zhou Jinnan thought for a while and said, “Go, even if it’s just for fun, but you have to stay in the kitchen for special training, father.” Zhou Shudi is the most talented among the seven people he is teaching now, and he will definitely be one of the main forces after the official opening of Jushanlou. Except for the awkwardness and unfamiliarity shown by Zhou Shudi at the beginning, when Zhou Shudi gradually got into the groove, Zhou Jinnan soon discovered Zhou Shudi’s talent in cooking. Zhou Jinnan began to doubt whether his level of a level 5 chef was deliberately suppressed.

The invitation letter was for two people. Zhou Jinnan originally planned to go alone, but Qin Kai insisted on going with him after seeing it.

Huo Xuan was puzzled: “Why are you following Zhou Jinnan?” Huo Xuan didn’t understand why Qin Kai liked to stick to Zhou Jinnan, but he didn’t expect that Qin Kai would follow Zhou Jinnan when he went out.

 “I’m bored staying at home alone. Why can’t I go out and play with Nannan?” Qin Kai asked innocently.

“Don’t you have Prince and Mozhi to accompany you?” He was not worried that Qin Kai would be recognized. The Qin family kept the news of Qin Kai well hidden from the public. There were few people in the entire Aquamarine Star who could recognize Qin Kai. It was Qin Kai being stuck at six years old that made Huo Xuan unconsciously worried.

“They only bully people. It’s not fun at all.” Qin Kai pouted. Every time he looked for Prince when he was training, Prince was cautious for fear of hurting his master. In addition, Qin Kai’s memory was only degenerated, but his fighting instinct was still there. Every time he suppressed Prince, but Qin Kai felt bored and ruthlessly abandoned him after a few times. Mozhi was too small and extremely flexible. When fighting with Qin Kai, he often couldn’t catch him, and tried to turn a battle into hide-and-seek.

Qin Kai looked at Zhou Jinnan with longing: “Can I?”

“Yes.” Zhou Jinnan nodded. He didn’t care.

 Anyway, he was going to the opening ceremony of Zhenxiu Pavilion to cause trouble. Bringing Qin Kai along might make things more interesting.