In the laboratory of the Lu's catering R&D department, Yang Feng was wearing a white chef's hat and stood in front of the stove, staring at the casserole on the gas stove. In the heat dissipation holes on the lid of the casserole, bursts of hot air suddenly popped up, causing the range hood to breathe away.

A scent of meat gradually spread, and even Gao Ming couldn't help but sniff.

Lu Dong stood next to Gao Ming, and the fragrance reminded him of the time when he was eating braised chicken in Taifeng Garden.

Yang Feng called and asked Lu Dong to taste a dish. He said that it was during the New Year holiday. He studied it for nearly two months and felt that he could quantitatively produce a traditional Shandong dish.

A few years ago, when Lu Dong talked to Yang Feng about chicken chops, Yang Feng talked about whether traditional Shandong cuisine could enter the store. Later, he was studying several specialties and finally chose the braised chicken that he thought was very suitable.

It’s not that this dish is the best, but it’s the best for Lü’s catering.

After coming to this company for several months, Yang Feng has been very clear about the company's chain business model.

Deliciousness is not the only standard, and the key is to be able to produce in a unified specification and quantitative manner!

Braised chicken is not a representative Shandong dish, but after thinking about it, Yang Feng couldn't find a way to produce dishes like sweet and sour carp, fried waist flowers and sea cucumbers in a unified standard.

In comparison, braised chicken is most likely to do this.

Lu Dong asked Gao Ming: "Teacher Yang has been studying this recently?"

Gao Ming replied: "Mr. Lu, he is studying how to produce specialty dishes in quantified production. He has tried several dishes and finally chose braised chicken."

Lu Dong nodded and waited patiently.

If Yang Feng can solve the problem, that would be great.

Yang Feng looked at the quartz clock on the wall, came to the front of the stove, turned off the heat, waited for a while, then opened the lid of the pot and put the stewed chicken pieces mixed with potatoes and mushrooms into three small bowls.

"Mr. Lu, Manager Gao." Yang Feng greeted the two nearby people: "Try it?"

"Okay, try it." Lu Dong came first, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the chicken, took a careful bite, and chewed it slowly.

It seems to be similar to what I ate in Taifeng Garden last time, and the taste has changed a little, not particularly obvious.

Gao Ming’s job is here, and it is obviously not the first time he eats it. He nodded: “It’s no different from the previous few times, the taste is almost the same.”

Yang Feng looked at Lu Dong, and Lu Dong said, "The taste is OK, but something is missing..."

He thought for a moment and understood: "As a meal, rice is missing!"

Later, Lu Dong suggested that some people from the R&D department and the distribution department come to try it and then collect the opinions of these people. After all, this is a consumer product for the public.

These people have good responses, and even if they don’t suit the taste, they are at least not bad.

The difference in taste exists objectively, and sometimes there are differences among family members.

Lu Dong found more than 20 people to taste it, and finally gave more than 90% of them.

Although each person only ate one piece, it can tell the problem.

The big bald Su Xiaoshan simply said to Lu Dong: "My father swears all day long that he is good at stewing chicken. The one Lao Yang makes is much better than what he makes."

Yang Feng waved his hand: "It's different."

Lu Dong took a photo of Su Xiaoshan: "Okay, go out and do yours."

Su Xiaoshan took people out, Lu Dong, Gao Ming and Yang Feng, and entered the office next to the experimental kitchen.

After a few months, Yang Feng has more or less a sense of belonging to Lu's catering. The biggest factor is nothing else, it is a high salary.

When people reach middle age, they are not stimulated too much and often do not have such ambitions. Stability is the greatest pursuit.

As soon as Yang Feng sat down, he said to Lu Dong: "Mr. Lu, do you think this dish is feasible to promote it in the store?"

Lu Dong did not answer directly, but asked: "Energy-based production?"

"It should be possible, I have tried it many times before." Yang Feng said in detail: "Mr. Lu, this braised chicken is originally a dish that is simmered in low heat. I borrowed the cooking methods of hot pot restaurants and malatang restaurants. The two stores under the company have made the base ingredients and ingredients, and then boiled the soup ingredients..."

The ingredients needed for Lu's catering are all produced by Lujia Food Company.

This was confirmed by Lu Dong when he started his business.

Yang Feng's words continued: "So, I prepared the ingredients in advance, and the chicken was cooked in advance. When you and Manager Gao came over, I directly added side dishes, ingredients in the casserole and cooked chicken. The chicken that originally needed an hour to simmer was cooked in a low heat, and it was ready in about ten minutes."

Lu Dong nodded gently. If this process can be copied in assembly line, it means that braised chicken has the basis to open a store.

Yang Feng also said: "Doing this allows customers to eat as fast as possible after entering the store, but the defects are also obvious and there is a gap in taste."

Lu Dong said: "It's not very big."

Yang Feng expressed his point of view: "This taste is unqualified according to my...the standards in our family."

Lu Dong smiled: "If you have gains, you will naturally lose."

Yang Feng also laughed: "Quantitative production is inevitable."

Lu Dong asked seriously: "Teacher Yang, have you been to the production workshop of Lujia Food Company, can you produce on a large scale?"

"Yes!" Yang Feng said with certainty.

As one of the earliest employees of Lu's Catering Company, Gao Ming, who has reached the senior management, suddenly spoke out and said: "Mr. Lu, Teacher Yang, which store is this dish? Burger King, is not suitable; hot pot restaurants and spicy hot pot restaurants..."

Yang Feng had considered: "As a dish in a spicy hot pot restaurant?"

Lu Dong shook his head: "No, how about we create a new brand, which is called braised chicken?"

Gao Ming asked: "Do it a chain?"

"Yes!" Lu Dong said directly: "Build a chain store."

Yang Feng frowned slightly: "Will a dish be too few? It's not attractive..."

Lu Dong didn't say much, but said: "Teacher Yang, you have experimented a few more times. I'll let people from Lujia Food Company come and connect with you." He said very naturally: "Try the initial workshop production of material bags and use broilers for flavor mixing."

He gave a slight meal and said, "For the convenience of transportation, the chicken must be fully cold chained. The taste of frozen and then cooked must also be considered."

Yang Feng took a notebook and wrote it one by one on the notebook.

It's just the beginning, and it's still a long way to go before you can truly produce it in a streamlined manner and open a store.

Although there is only one dish, Yang Feng has a lot of work to do next.

Instead of waiting for problems after opening the store, it is better to prepare as much as possible in the early stage.

Another key is to keep costs as low as possible.

The positioning of braised chicken is even lower than that of a spicy hot pot restaurant. The key to profit is sales volume, and the other is to appropriately reduce costs.

Later, Lu Dong, Gao Ming and Yang Feng focused on this discussion.

When Yang Feng was cooking, he used roosters. The meat quality of roosters was much better than ordinary meat mixed or carnivorous chickens, but the price was also high.

The broiler chickens that are slaughtered in about fifty days are relatively low in price and the meat quality is OK.

When you really open a store and operate it, you must choose meat and mixed meat.

Another one is the mushroom, one of the main ingredients. Can dried mushrooms be replaced with fresh mushrooms? Fresh mushrooms are cheaper, but as auxiliary ingredients, the fragrance is not as rich as dry mushrooms.

These are all areas where the next part needs to be tried or improved.

Once the braised chicken project is launched, the first phase involves at least millions or even tens of millions of investments. It is impossible for Lu Dong to launch it before he forms a mature quantitative production dish.

The next day, Lu Family Catering held a shareholders' meeting. Lu Dong, Du Xiaobing, Song Na and Qiao Weiguo attended the meeting, and Xue Tian was responsible for the meeting minutes.

At the meeting, Lu Dong mentioned the issue of braised chicken.

Before the New Year, everyone was angry in private. Song Na accompanied Lu Dong to eat braised chicken, and Du Xiaobing tried Yang Feng's improved Chinese-style fried chicken steak, which was not surprising.

"My opinion is that we will establish a subsidiary that is absolutely controlled by Lu's Catering." Lu Dong roughly said the plan that stayed on paper: "The subsidiary will operate the chain brand of braised chicken."

Du Xiaobing asked, "Where is Yang Feng?"

Lu Dong understood what he asked and said, "He can invest in formula and technology in his subsidiary."

Du Xiaobing nodded: "This is OK." It is not uncommon to engage in the catering industry: "In business, we provide a platform, invest funds, and do promotions. The shares given to Yang Feng should not exceed 5%."

In his eyes, Lu Dong is a more righteous person, but in this matter, there is no Lu's restaurant. Yang Feng's braised chicken is just a dish in the restaurant.

Lu Dong said, "Yes. Lao Du, just let Xue Tian and Xu Man go to the talk at that time."

Song Na said at this time: "I have no objection."

Qiao Weiguo touched the bald head: "Just make a decision."

Du Xiaobing asked again: "If you register a new company, have you figured out your name?"

"No." Lu Dong said simply: "One of my plans is that we will directly acquire Taifeng Building where Yang Feng worked before. Taifeng Building, a time-honored brand, is also somewhat famous around Quannan."

Du Xiaobing is an old Quannan and said, "It's not small, but it has only been weak in the past few years. It used to be very famous."

Lu Dong continued: "Old Du, have you been to Taifeng Garden? I asked in detail that the restaurant is only a small part of Taifeng Garden's land. The courtyard behind it is a warehouse, all of which are Taifeng Garden's industries. If we can take it down, we will get more than the signature of Taifeng Garden..."

"The last time I went to Taifeng Building was when I was in high school." Lao Du thought carefully: "Yes, there is indeed a large piece of land behind Taifeng Building."

His family has done land collection and is not unfamiliar with it: "If this land can be obtained, there is a lot of room for appreciation. The side of Twelve Road can be called the central area of ​​the western part of Quannan."

Song Na added: "The popularity of the real estate industry is increasing. If such a place is transferred, we should not only notice it."

Lu Dong said: "Preferring to the signboard of Taifeng Building, land, etc., you can take it as long as you can. If you can't get it, we won't force it."
Chapter completed!