Chapter 236 The Disciples’ Path

Wang Jianye has his own ideas. He currently has seven apprentices, each of whom can gain about 230 experience points every day. It takes about five days to upgrade a state banquet-level dish to the legendary level.

And if he accepts three more apprentices, the experience points he can gain every day will be close to three hundred points.

This means that Wang Jianye only needs three days to upgrade a state-banquet-level dish to legendary level, and his progress will be even faster.

Moreover, the condition for the next system upgrade is to master ten legendary dishes. He also wants to see what new features the next system upgrade will bring.

Therefore, he needs more experience points. If he takes in more apprentices, he can gain the required experience points faster and make faster progress.

As for Cao Youzhi's worry, he would not be able to teach all of them because he would not have the time and energy.

Wang Jianye is not worried about this at all, because he can feed his apprentices the dishes with special effects that he makes. After eating them, their IQ will increase and their attention span will also increase.

In this way, the apprentices' talents will be improved, they will learn things faster, and they will be able to understand what Wang Jianye teaches more easily.

Moreover, Wang Jianye taught so well that even people with average talent could learn quickly, not to mention Wang Jianye's group of disciples whose talents were becoming increasingly better.

……

The next morning, Wang Jianye came to the kitchen.

The two oldest and most skilled apprentices among his seven apprentices, Wang Yijun and Cheng Jie, found Wang Jianye and reported their current progress.

"Master, I have already mastered six of the ten dishes that an apprentice needs to master to become a full-time apprentice."

"Master, I have already mastered seven of them. I estimate that I will be able to master all of them in a while. By then, can we take the apprentice grading test in advance and become full-time chefs?"

Wang Yijun and Cheng Jie looked at Wang Jianye expectantly and asked. Both of them particularly hoped to be promoted as it would be a recognition of them.

Wang Jianye certainly wouldn't stop them. "You two have the best talent and learn the fastest from me. It's only been a few weeks and you've already made it this far. You're even better than Master Cao, who was in my class and was known as a genius apprentice. You've made even faster progress."

The master praised them, and both Wang Yijun and Cheng Jie smiled happily.

Wang Jianye thought for a moment and said, "If you want to become regular employees as soon as possible, I will apply to Master Zhou and the others. After you have mastered those ten dishes, I will let you start cooking.
Or if you are not in a hurry to become a full-time chef, you can wait until you have mastered the fifty dishes required to be promoted to the second chef. I will then apply for you to take the grading assessment. In that case, you can become a second chef right after you are promoted from an apprentice."

Wang Jianye then talked about the bonus his boss gave him and the house he arranged for him when he achieved this.

If the apprentices can do the same, they will also get this bonus and a house closer to Fengze Garden.

Wang Jianye said to them earnestly, "You don't have to rush to make a decision. Go back and think about it carefully."

I heard Wang Jianye say that he had received so much bonus and a house as a reward.

Wang Yijun, the orphan who fled to Sijiu City to escape famine, was very excited because with these things given to him by his boss, he could live a better life in Sijiu City.

Although Cheng Jie, the son of a state banquet chef, is not short of money, he is arrogant and wants to get more honors. After he heard that Wang Jianye was promoted twice in a row to become the second kitchen chef, the boss came to reward him and praise him in person. Cheng Jie is looking forward to having such a scene one day.

"Master, I have decided. I will choose the second option."

"Master, I also want to choose the second option." Wang Jianye was very pleased to see that his two disciples were both ambitious and made their choices quickly. "Okay, since you chose the second option, then I am willing to support you. If you have any difficulties, come to me as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Master."

Wang Yijun and Cheng Jie were very grateful and full of fighting spirit. They were determined not to embarrass their master and would work harder to practice and improve their cooking level and skills in all aspects.

Today they are proud of Master, so in the future, let Master be proud of them.

……

Wang Jianye was busy in Fengze Garden until the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, when he found Zhou Qingde and told him that he wanted to ask for leave the next day.

Zhou Qingde naturally agreed readily. After all, Wang Jianye had asked for leave tomorrow to participate in the preparation of the state banquet, and he certainly couldn't possibly stop such a big event.

Because Fengzeyuan only works on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month and then starts the annual holiday, and does not reopen until the third day of the first lunar month, Zhou Qingde asked Wang Jianye to come back after the New Year.

"Master Wang, this year you are the only one in Fengze Garden who has been invited to the state banquet in Xiyuan. Master Wang, don't be nervous there..."

Although Zhou Qingde had not participated in the preparation of the state banquet, he still gave Wang Jianye some instructions based on what he had learned, and seemed to be more nervous than Wang Jianye.

Wang Jianye nodded, agreed, and consoled him, "Master Zhou, don't worry. I have cooking skills, so I won't panic. I will definitely not embarrass Fengze Garden when we get there."

Zhou Qingde looked at him with emotion: "Master Wang, when you come back, you will be the head chef, one level higher than me."

The boss of Fengze Garden had promised before that as long as Wang Jianye participated in the preparation of the state banquet, his level and treatment would be upgraded to that of a resident chef, just like the only two resident chefs of Fengze Garden, Master Yang and Master Xia.

Wang Jianye smiled, which made Zhou Qingde feel relieved.

He said that he was only willing to accept an improvement in his treatment and status. Apart from that, he did not want management rights and it was impossible for him to compete with Zhou Qingde for the position of head chef.

After all, he is already busy enough now. If he gets the role of head chef, he will have no time to rest. He may not be able to handle the work.

……

After getting off work and returning home, Wang Jianye found his suitcase, which contained a set of relatively decent clothes that Manager Zheng Hao had bought for him.

He will go to Xiyuan to participate in the preparation of the state banquet tomorrow morning, and this set of clothes will come in handy.

Wang Jianye went to bed early, and after washing up the next morning, he couldn't wait to change into his new clothes. He looked at himself in the mirror and found that he was really handsome.

Then Wang Jianye took his invitation letter, rode his new bicycle, and came to the east gate of Xiyuan.

There were guards standing guard in Xiyuan. Wang Jianye took out his invitation letter and showed it to the guard. Then someone immediately led him in.

Xiyuan, here he comes.

(End of this chapter)