Chapter 428: Old Things in Nanping Mountain 3
When did that happy time start to end abruptly?
Is it when senior brother Wang De’s cooking skills have reached a bottleneck and he can’t break through no matter what?
Or was it when, after years of hard practice, he finally made great strides and had a signature dish?
Or maybe when he and his elder brother were learning the same dish, and it took him three days to overcome the difficulties and come up with the perfect answer, but the elder brother was not even close to it anyway?
Or was it when master Wang Yongnian gradually changed his attitude towards his only son and became disappointed and hated iron for not being able to make steel, but instead praised him in every possible way and regarded him as the proudest and most outstanding disciple?
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Learning to cook is a matter of competition.
The flowing water is endless, and the boat is swimming upstream.
Only persistence and perseverance are the only ways to break through the waves.
As for Nanping Mountain, what is most indispensable is persistence and perseverance.
He is like water dripping from stone, accumulating bit by bit.
Finally, in a certain moment, amazing energy burst out, and then emerged from the sky and dazzled Yanjing!
On the other hand, senior brother Wang De was extremely talented in his early years and learned rapidly, but because of his lack of successors, he was slowly left behind...
From then on, no one remembered Wang De. Virtue.
Whether inside or outside the Yongnian Building, when mentioning Wang Yongnian’s disciples and the future of the Yongnian Building, the first thing everyone thinks of is Nanping Mountain.
Ask young disciples who they most want to learn from, catch up with, and admire the most, and everyone’s answer will always be Nanping Mountain.
Being born in a small town, becoming a chef as a disciple, working hard in adversity, and finally soaring into the sky... these are all in line with everyone's expectations of a legend.
In a few decades, when netizens see this story, they can’t help but sigh, saying that this is simply a template for certain male protagonist novels!
At first, Nanpingshan didn’t think there was anything special about this change.
He is still him, and there is nothing else to do except practice and cook every day.
Until one day, he saw jealousy, fear and hatred in the eyes of his respected senior brother.
At that moment he suddenly understood——
Yongnian Building, he could not stay any longer.
Once upon a time, Nan Pingshan thought that he would really stay in Yongnian Building for the rest of his life.
But now, even if it is not for himself, but for the sake of his master and senior brother, he should leave consciously and not stay and become an obstacle to them.
Then...where should he go?
Go to another restaurant? Of course this won't work.
He has a stubborn temper and doesn't like others gesticulating in the kitchen. In other restaurants, he will definitely have conflicts with the boss every day.
The only answer is to open your own restaurant.
Immediately afterwards, he began to strategize and plan, step by step to realize his future, and gradually figured out other interests from it.
Regarding the matter of leaving, Nan Pingshan felt painful, struggling and reluctant to leave at first.
Slowly, he began to look forward and relieved.
It’s like my heart is opened, and the world becomes wider.
Once, my junior brother asked him what his dream was.
He replied that he wanted to open the greatest restaurant in the world.
In the past, the name of this restaurant may have been Yongnian Restaurant, but in the future, the name of this restaurant must be his restaurant!
So, when someone accused him of betrayal by leaving Yongnian Tower, he remained silent without any excuse.
His departure disappointed the senior brothers and made the senior brother relieved.
But his most guilty and beloved master told him:
"Go ahead and do what you want to do."
Nan Pingshan shed tears. Then he set out firmly on his path.
He opened a restaurant... Oh no, with that size and scale, it shouldn't be called a restaurant, at most it should be called a small restaurant.
There is a lot of money in Yanjing. He spent all his savings to rent a palm-sized store selling cheap food. He is the boss, chef, waiter, cashier, and cleaner.
A year later, the palm-sized store expanded to the size of two stores. He hired an aunt in her 50s to receive customers and collect money.
Another year passed, and the two-store restaurant expanded to two floors, with a lobby and private rooms, and his staff also increased from 1 to 10 people.
Another year later, he bought the two floors and renovated and expanded them together with the shop next to them. The area was twice the previous size. At this time, the employees from the kitchen to the front desk were full. There are 30 people.
After a few years, he bought a small building in a popular area of Yanjing, built it into an antique building according to his idea, and hung a sign at the door. His staff expanded to hundreds of people. .
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That year was the most glorious year in Nanping Mountain -
He topped the list of famous chefs, and his brilliance was unrivaled.
His restaurant has also reached the top of the list of delicacies and is famous at home and abroad.
It took Nanping Mountain 10 years from its first appearance to its summit.
At that time, countless fame and fortune rolled in like a tide.
Every day, countless media want to interview him;
A large number of young chefs want to worship him as their teacher or follow his example;
The first choice of countless gourmets at home and abroad is always Nan. Pingshan is a golden brand;
All his peers in the industry are convinced by him and regard him as the leader of the industry;
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Perhaps, everything cannot escape the curse of prosperity and decline.
The same is true for Nanping Mountain.
Just when he climbed to the top of the mountain and arrogantly thought that there was no rival in the world, he began to lament that life was boring and devoid of challenges...
His master and senior brother gave him The most painful blow——
They said that the so-called homemade recipe that Nanpingshan used in his own restaurant and was talked about and regarded as a classic was actually a stolen ancestral recipe of the Wang family!
It was a secret palace dish passed down from the ancestors of the Wang family who were royal chefs. Because it was too complicated, the Wang family spent many years not researching it. Out of trust in Nanpingshan, they shared the recipe with him.
Nanpingshan is indeed of a high standard and has successfully reproduced the recipe.
But Nanpingshan became selfish at this time.
He believed that the ability to restore the recipe was due to his ability and had nothing to do with the Wang family, so he was unwilling to share the glory with Yongnian Building. Instead, he relied on the fact that no one in Yongnian Building could make it and used it in his own restaurant. !
So, Nanpingshan is not a master or a god of cooking.
No matter how good his cooking skills are, he can't hide the fact that he is a traitor with low moral character and a traitor who deceives his teachers and destroys his ancestors!
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These words sound reasonable and well-founded, and it is difficult not to believe them.
But out of many years of trust in Nan Pingshan’s character, many people still have doubts.
After all, it was Wang De who stood up to accuse and expose it in the first place, but Wang Yongnian said nothing.
Nan Pingshan thought that Master Wang Yongnian was against it.
He tried to find the master, but the master didn't see him.
A few days later, Master Wang Yongnian, who was seriously ill and lying on the hospital bed, nodded and admitted the accusation against Nanpingshan.
The sky in Nanping Mountain collapsed.