Chapter 445 Joint Pastry
Master Wen came back in the evening of the second day after the competition, and she went straight into the baking room to get busy.
This busy work lasted the whole night.
No one knows where she went during these two days.
No one knew what recipe she came up with that night.
The competition date has arrived.
Each chef in the bakery brought out his or her own unique skills. Some worked hard on the recipe, some worked hard on the taste innovation, and some worked hard on the shape...
Those pastries were displayed in the most conspicuous place in the shop. There was a tasting tray next to each pastry. The pastries cut into small pieces were placed on the tray, emitting an enticing aroma.
Just waiting for the opening time and waiting for customers to come and taste.
Shopkeeper Sun is a fair shopkeeper. He orders his shop assistants to recommend these new products to customers fairly and impartially and let them try the new products to see who makes the snacks that customers are willing to pay for.
Tong Huaqiong was invited to the shop by Manager Sun early in the morning.
Tong Huaqiong nodded continuously when she saw the new cakes with unique shapes in prominent places.
It seems that fair competition can stimulate people's creativity.
In the future, Taohua Dessert should hold a dessert competition every year to allow those with special skills to stand out.
Tong Huaqiong pointed at the flavors of the dim sum and asked, "Which ones are made by Master Wen?"
Shopkeeper Sun smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but frown.
"Master Wen has been busy in the bakery all night." Shopkeeper Sun whispered to Tong Huaqiong, "But the cakes she made haven't been served yet. I guess they're not ready yet."
Busy all night?
In other words, Master Wen was unwilling to lose in this competition, so he spent the entire night preparing.
But is one night enough?
Tong Huaqiong was a little bit unconvinced that Master Wen was not prepared, and always felt that she was preparing some big move.
Shopkeeper Sun had different ideas from Tong Huaqiong. He felt that Master Wen was doomed to fail because he was trying to prepare at the last minute.
But it’s better this way, as it prevents her from becoming the manager of the bakery and causing her subordinates to be dissatisfied, and he would not have to use his power as a manager to suppress others.
He selfishly hoped that Master Ji would win. Even if there were people who were dissatisfied, they would be a very small minority and he would not need to spend time suppressing the people in the bakery.
Tong Huaqiong suddenly heard a commotion coming from behind.
Tong Huaqiong turned around and saw Master Wen pushing out dim sum on a small cart.
Master Wen saw Tong Huaqiong and Shopkeeper Sun and greeted them, "Boss. Shopkeeper Sun."
Tong Huaqiong's eyes fell on the cart. The snacks on the cart were carefully wrapped in wrapping paper, and it was difficult to see what was inside.
One can only see words like "Gu Anshou Mung Bean Cake", "Lu Huiyuan Chestnut Cake", "Lu Zhuangyuan Hibiscus Cake", "Su Pingting Butterfly Cake" on different packages.
In addition to butterfly cakes, mung bean cakes and chestnut cakes are the most common pastries, but their value will immediately soar if they are listed as the top three or the best.
Gu, the first place in the case, and Lu Huiyuan, these are the Gu Jingzhe and Lu Zhaoyang who are well-known in the city recently. One is the first place in the case, and the other is the first place in the case. Any parent who wants their son to succeed would not want their son to get good grades in his studies.
As for Su Pingting, she was the most popular top performer in Tianxiang Tower in the past six months, and the talented top performer who caused the dispute between the Third Master Xie and Gu Ruinian.
Tong Huaqiong understood that Master Wen was doing a joint business.
However, I don’t know if Lu Zhuangyuan’s lotus cake will make everyone call it fake. After all, the results of the palace examination have not come out yet, and who knows whether Lu Zhuangyuan is Lu Zhaoyang.
"Wang San, please help me put these snacks on the counter." Master Wen said to a waiter with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Master Wen originally wanted to explain a few things to Tong Huaqiong and Manager Sun, but she had other things to do, so she hurried to the back of the shop to get busy.
The waiter named Wang San placed Master Wen's pastries on a counter separately.
"Wang San, help me." Master Wen shouted.
Tong Huaqiong looked over and saw Master Wen hurried back with a bunch of things.
Wang San took the things from Master Wen.
Tong Huaqiong picked it up and saw two things like signs with the words "Gu'an Shou Mung Bean Cake", "Lu Huiyuan Chestnut Cake", "Su Pinting Butterfly Cake"...
The origin of the pastry is written in small words.
Tong Huaqiong was both amused and confused. She didn't know anything else, but her son really loved eating mung bean cakes. He would eat two pieces every time he read until late at night.
Gu Anshou’s mung bean cake is indeed convincing.
However, what surprised Tong Huaqiong was that Master Wen was able to convince Gu Jingzhe to help her write the sign and compose the copy.
Tong Huaqiong knew the beautiful handwriting was from Gu Jingzhe at a glance.
After the pastries and standees are placed.
Master Wen laid out the prepared notebooks, pens and ink, and then asked Manager Sun to borrow a clerk in the store who could write.
Shopkeeper Sun also wanted to see what tricks Master Wen was preparing, and since Tong Huaqiong was here, he pointed at Wang San and said, "Cooperate with Master Wen today."
Tong Huaqiong saw Master Wen's intention and asked, "Are you going to sell the cakes yourself next?"
Master Wen smiled and nodded.
No wonder she asked Gu Taohua if it was not necessary to rely on the taste of the pastries to attract customers.
It turned out that she was planning to start with marketing.
It has to be said that Master Wen has shifted from being a pastry chef to considering issues from the perspective of a store owner.
What’s the purpose of pondering over pastry recipes?
Isn't it for selling?
Tong Huaqiong asked: "What are you going to use this paper and pen for?"
Master Wen said, "Let's do some activities, boss. You will know in a moment."
Tong Huaqiong smiled. She really wanted to see how big a splash Master Wen’s skills could make.
Soon, Peach Blossom Dessert opened for the day.
The guys were ready.
Master Wen started shouting.
"Gu's favorite mung bean cake, eating mung bean cake helped him become the first in the case..."
"Try Lu Huiyuan's chestnut pastry."
"The butterfly cakes that Su Pinting likes to eat at Tianxianglou are sweet and fragrant."
A more important event is coming. Master Wen has launched a game of guessing whether Lu Zhaoyang can get the top spot in the palace examination.
Any customer who buys a piece of Lu Zhuangyuan Furong Cake will be registered, and when the results of the palace examination come out, if Lu Zhaoyang can get the top prize, he can use the registration list to buy any snacks in our store and enjoy a 20% discount. With the receipt, he can go to Lu's rouge and powder shop to receive a piece of scented soap or a box of rouge.
As soon as this event was announced, crowds of people came to buy Lu Zhuangyuan Furong Cake.
Many students from Wanliu Academy in the crowd shouted that Senior Brother Lu would definitely get the top spot in this exam.
Tong Huaqiong exclaimed, "What a great guy."
No wonder Master Wen has not been seen these past two days, it turns out she was busy planning a marketing campaign.
She could remember that she and Lu Zhaozhao would use Lu Zhaoyang's palace examination to do marketing together. If Lu Zhaoyang was really the number one scholar, let alone giving him rouge and scented soap, she would probably be willing to give him more.
Not only that, she can also work with the students of Wanliu Academy and get them involved in this campaign.
Tong Huaqiong almost immediately decided on the candidate for the bakery manager in her mind.
Master Wen is not only the manager of the bakery, he is also capable of being the manager of a branch store.
Gu Taohua said happily: "Mom, Master Wen not only makes good pastries, but also has good ideas for selling them. She even thought of using Third Brother and Brother Zhaoyang as a gimmick."
Tong Huaqiong said: "That's right."
Soon all of Master Wen’s pastries were sold out.
Especially Mr. Lu’s lotus cake was in short supply.
Finally, at the strong request of the customer, Gu Taohua went to talk to Lu Zhaozhao in person and took another fifty pieces of hibiscus cakes to participate in the event.
"Master Wen, how did you come up with this idea?" Tong Huaqiong asked after closing the shop.
Master Wen said embarrassedly: "I was inspired by you, the boss."