Chapter 210: Recipe In Hand, Sister Bai Invites For A Meal!
This courtyard is the office location of Zhuang Xiaofei’s company.
It is also a functioning farmhouse restaurant.
When Jiang Tao and Liu Zhiyuan arrived, several tarps had already been set up in the courtyard.
Three tables of guests were dining and chatting, and the atmosphere was very cheerful.
Jiang Tao glanced around and found that the stainless steel trays on the tables of those three groups of guests had a lot of barbecue.
The tender lamb was roasted to a dark red color.
When a gentle breeze blew, the mouthwatering aroma of meat could be smelled from afar.
To be honest, the barbecue technique of Zhuang Xiaofei’s company is indeed extraordinary.
At least before yesterday, Jiang Tao had never eaten such delicious tandoori whole lamb.
Even without the System Brother’s analysis and optimization, this technique is already outstanding.
“Hey Manager Chen, I’m available, I’m available, just say the word, I’m always free!”
“Two more? Where are you going this time?”
“Qingfeng Gorge Scenic Area, okay, okay, I’ll arrange for someone to roast it for you within an hour.”
“Thank you for your patronage, goodbye.”
As Zhuang Xiaofei led Jiang Tao and Liu Zhiyuan towards the reception room.
In just one minute, he received two phone calls for reserved roast whole lamb, selling 5 roast whole lambs.
This business is indeed quite booming.
After Zhuang Xiaofei invited Jiang Tao and Liu Zhiyuan to the reception room, he had an employee serve tea, water, and washed fruit.
They also brought a plate of freshly roasted tandoori whole lamb.
Zhuang Xiaofei smiled and greeted the two:
“Manager Jiang, Zhiyuan, try some of this fresh batch.”
“This is black pork roasted today, it tastes really good, you two should try it.”
“Is this black pork? I thought it smelled so good when it was brought in!”
“Brother Jiang, you first, don’t be polite with Xiaofei, it’s like being at home here, we’re close buddies!”
Liu Zhiyuan truly felt at home at Zhuang Xiaofei’s place and was not polite at all.
As he spoke, he picked up a skewer full of black pork and handed it to Jiang Tao.
“The color and aroma are really good, so the taste must be great too.”
Jiang Tao praised with a smile, then reached out and took the skewer handed to him by Liu Zhiyuan, tearing off a piece to chew.
“Crispy, fragrant, I’m almost lost in the deliciousness, this taste is truly excellent! No wonder Xiaofei’s business is so booming.”
After finishing the piece of black pork, Jiang Tao smiled and gave Zhuang Xiaofei a thumbs up, praising him.
“If Brother Jiang likes it, I’ll pack some for you to take back when you leave later.”
“If it gets cold at home, you can heat it up a bit in the microwave with foil, and the taste won’t change much.”
Zhuang Xiaofei said politely to Jiang Tao with a chuckle.
He also wanted to make more friends like Jiang Tao, who had strength.
As the saying goes, more friends make the road easier to travel.
When Zhuang Xiaofei’s tandoori whole lamb restaurant first opened, the business was not as booming as it is now.
The current booming situation is due to not only the excellent barbecue technique but also the connections he has made.
Zhuang Xiaofei’s tandoori whole lamb initially became popular through word-of-mouth promotion among customers.
The three chatted and laughed, and soon finished the plate of barbecue.
When Zhuang Xiaofei asked the employee to bring another plate, Jiang Tao stopped him.
He wasn’t here to eat barbecue today; he had important business.
“Xiaofei, we’ve been brothers for so many years, I won’t beat around the bush with you, let’s be direct.”
“Brother Jiang is planning to open a chain of buffet barbecue restaurants in the capital city.”
“After eating your tandoori whole lamb yesterday, Brother Jiang praised your whole lamb roasting technique.”
“He wants to use your tandoori whole lamb as a way to drive traffic to the barbecue restaurant.”
“So, we came today to ask you if you’re willing to sell this technique.”
“Of course, we’re not trying to get it for free. If you’re willing to sell, name your price.”
After some idle chat, Liu Zhiyuan directly stated the purpose of his and Jiang Tao’s visit.
Hearing Liu Zhiyuan’s words, Zhuang Xiaofei was not too surprised.
It was clear that he had already speculated about the reason for Jiang Tao and Liu Zhiyuan’s sudden visit.
While listening to Liu Zhiyuan explain his purpose, Zhuang Xiaofei was also calculating in his mind.
The tandoori whole lamb technique, to put it simply, is all about the recipe.
The ingredients and controlling the heat during roasting are easy to learn.
This secret recipe is, in essence, a thin layer of paper, easily pierced.
But without someone to pierce it for you, it’s very difficult to achieve the exact same taste through experimentation.
Zhuang Xiaofei’s family’s secret dry rub requires over 20 kinds of dry ingredients and spices.
And the exact grams of each spice are in a strict proportion.
Any error in the proportion of a single spice will result in a subtle difference in taste.
If the proportions of two or three ingredients are wrong simultaneously.
Then the resulting tandoori whole lamb will have a completely different taste.
“It’s not that we don’t sell this technique. Last year my dad sold one, but the price…”
Zhuang Xiaofei looked at Jiang Tao and Liu Zhiyuan. He didn’t have a ‘cherish one’s own treasures’ mentality about his family’s barbecue recipe.
With such a large market across the country, he was already busy enough handling Ping County.
Jiang Tao was going to open a barbecue restaurant in the capital city after buying the recipe, and the two places were hundreds of kilometers apart.
Even if he sold the recipe to Jiang Tao, it wouldn’t affect his business in any way.
He would also receive a technology transfer fee and gain a friend with considerable strength.
Therefore, transferring the technology was also a very beneficial thing for Zhuang Xiaofei.
Jiang Tao looked at Zhuang Xiaofei and asked with a smile, “What’s the price?”
“Fifty thousand.”
Zhuang Xiaofei looked at Jiang Tao and said after some thought,
“With Zhiyuan’s connection, I can make the decision to give Brother Jiang another 10,000 off.”
“Hahaha, my face is quite valuable!”
Liu Zhiyuan chuckled, making a small joke to lighten the mood.
“No need for a discount, just fifty thousand! Your technique is worth that price!”
Jiang Tao readily agreed to pay when he heard that the technology transfer fee was only fifty thousand.
In his opinion, the price Zhuang Xiaofei quoted was not high at all.
On his way here today, Jiang Tao’s expected price had already reached five hundred thousand!
Even if Zhuang Xiaofei had asked for five hundred thousand, he would have bought it without hesitation.
After all, this recipe could be analyzed and optimized by the System Brother.
After analysis and optimization, it could “surpass the master and win out” to obtain a better recipe and roast better-tasting barbecue.
In the future, this barbecue recipe was bound to become a “killer move” to drive traffic for his barbecue restaurant.
Now, he only needed to spend fifty thousand yuan to get the recipe.
In Jiang Tao’s view, it was even a bit cheap!
“Then I’ll draw up a technology transfer contract for Brother Jiang first.”
Zhuang Xiaofei’s good impression of Jiang Tao increased further when he saw how straightforward Jiang Tao was.
“Okay.”
Jiang Tao nodded with a smile. He was also in a good mood to get the recipe so smoothly.
“Brother Jiang, Zhiyuan, please wait a moment, I’ll go to the office to get the contract and the recipe.”
Zhuang Xiaofei said as he got up from his seat, preparing to leave.
Liu Zhiyuan waved with a smile, “Alright, you go ahead, we’ll rest here for a bit.”
“I’ll have someone bring more skewers over. Brother Jiang, you can eat while you wait.”
Zhuang Xiaofei finished speaking and turned to leave.
A moment later, a waiter brought over a tray full of skewers.
Jiang Tao and Liu Zhiyuan ate skewers while waiting for Zhuang Xiaofei to prepare the contract.
After about half an hour.
Zhuang Xiaofei returned to the waiting room with two contracts and a kraft paper envelope.
“Brother Jiang, this is the technology transfer contract. Please review it and let me know if there are any issues or modifications needed.”
Zhuang Xiaofei sat opposite Jiang Tao and handed him the contract, letting him review it.
“Okay.”
In the spirit of being upfront, Jiang Tao spent five minutes quickly flipping through the contract prepared by Zhuang Xiaofei.
“No problem.”
After reading the contract, Jiang Tao nodded to Zhuang Xiaofei.
Then, he picked up the signature pen on the table and quickly signed his name in the Party B signature section of the contract.
Zhuang Xiaofei also signed as Party A, pressed his fingerprint, and finally stamped his seal.
After signing the contract, Jiang Tao transferred fifty thousand yuan to Zhuang Xiaofei’s mobile phone on the spot.
Zhuang Xiaofei also handed the kraft paper envelope he was holding to Jiang Tao.
“Brother Jiang, the recipe is inside.”
“If you have any questions when you operate it back home, you can call me.”
“I will definitely tell you everything I know.”
“Our after-sales service has no time limit, and we will definitely teach you completely.”
“Okay, Xiaozhuang, I wish us a happy cooperation.”
Jiang Tao took the envelope and shook hands with Zhuang Xiaofei with a smile.
“Happy cooperation.”
Zhuang Xiaofei also shook hands with Jiang Tao, with an equally sincere smile on his face.
With the cooperation established, Jiang Tao first took out the recipe from the envelope and took a general look.
The recipe was densely written with the names of dozens of seasonings.
They were mostly common dried ingredients.
Such as cinnamon, gardenia, fennel, turmeric, cardamom, bay leaf, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and so on.
The only uncommon one was “saffron,” and its price was also…
The proportions of various seasonings were precise to the “gram.”
It couldn’t be more or less, otherwise, it would lead to a situation where a slight deviation results in a huge difference.
“By the way, Xiaozhuang, where did you buy this tandoor?”
After briefly looking at the ingredients, Jiang Tao turned his gaze to Zhuang Xiaofei and asked casually.
Besides the ingredients, the tandoor is also an indispensable part of tandoori whole lamb.
“I’ll give you the boss’s WeChat. You can contact the boss directly, and he can arrange for logistics to send it to the capital city.”
“A large commercial tandoor like ours, which can use both gas and charcoal, costs 12,000 yuan, and with logistics shipping, it’s about 14,000 yuan.”
Zhuang Xiaofei then took out his mobile phone, found the contact information of the wholesale tandoor owner in his address book, and sent it to Jiang Tao.
“Alright, I’ll contact the boss myself.”
Jiang Tao also took out his mobile phone. Seeing the contact person Zhuang Xiaofei sent him, he wasn’t in a hurry to contact them.
“It’s getting late, we’ll be leaving now.”
Jiang Tao glanced at the watch on his wrist. It was already around 11 AM.
Zhuang Xiaofei hurriedly said, “Brother Jiang, why don’t you stay for lunch with us? I’ll make more skewers and things for you and Zhiyuan.”
“Hahaha, no need, no need. I ate so much meat this morning that I don’t need to eat lunch.”
Jiang Tao chuckled and stood up from his seat.
“Another day, let’s meet another day, *burp*~”
Liu Zhiyuan’s sentence was interrupted by a burp. A large portion of the skewers he had just eaten went into his stomach.
“Alright then! Let’s meet another day.”
Seeing that the two were leaving, Zhuang Xiaofei no longer insisted, and smilingly escorted them to the courtyard.
He watched them drive out of the courtyard before returning to his work.
Several employees of the shop were sent out in the morning. If there were any more orders, he, the boss, would have to do it himself.
…
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class drove rapidly on the road of Ping County’s northern outer ring.
Jiang Tao first drove Liu Zhiyuan home.
He declined the invitation from Liu’s parents to have lunch together.
Just as Jiang Tao was about to drive to the Qisan Reservoir to check the situation, the car phone suddenly rang.
Ring ring, ring ring——
Glancing at the central control screen, the displayed contact name was “President Bai.”
Seeing this name, Jiang Tao instantly recalled Bai Yulan’s drenched appearance.
“Hello, President Bai.”
Jiang Tao tapped to answer the call and smiled, greeting Bai Yulan.
“Call me Sister Bai.”
From the other end of the phone, Bai Yulan’s voice came, with a hint of playful scolding mixed with her laughter, which was very different from the impression she left on Jiang Tao last night.
Perhaps this was her true personality?
“Sister Bai, what can I do for you?”
Jiang Tao readily called Bai Yulan “Sister Bai.”
Given Bai Yulan’s status, there were probably countless people in Ping County who wanted to call her Sister Bai.
“Come to our place for lunch, I’ll treat you.”
“By the way, are you married?”
“Sister Bai, why are you asking? I’m already married and have children.”
“Hehehe, what are you thinking, kid! You don’t think I’m going to marry you, do you?”
“If you have a wife and children, bring them along. Also, bring your parents. The whole family.”
Bai Yulan’s voice on the phone was cheerful and spirited.
“Ahem, Sister Bai, I have a humble request.”
Jiang Tao hesitated when Bai Yulan invited his whole family for dinner.
He had gone out in the middle of the night to play hero and save the beauty.
If Xu Li and his parents found out, it would be difficult to explain.
“Oh? What humble request?”
Bai Yulan asked curiously upon hearing Jiang Tao’s words.
“About last night’s incident, could you please not tell my wife or my parents?”
“To be frank, I secretly went out fishing last night without telling my wife and them.”
Jiang Tao’s mind raced, and he came up with a somewhat plausible excuse to fool Bai Yulan.
“Hehehe… I thought it was something serious, so that’s what it is.”
“Alright! Then I’ll say we’re old friends who knew each other a long time ago, okay?”
Bai Yulan was very understanding and readily agreed to play along with Jiang Tao.
She could fulfill this small request for Jiang Tao.
