"Thanks for the advice, Uncle Zhou." Seeing that it was almost time, Jia Fuhai quickly stood up. His family was waiting at home, hungry.
"Alright, there's plenty of time; I'll give you a ride," Boss Zhou said with some reluctance. It was rare for him to meet a young person who, like him, wanted to be an upright person. He couldn't help but keep talking.
Fortunately, the two were neighbors, so visiting each other would be quite convenient in the future.
"No need to send me off, Uncle Zhou. You're busy." Jia Fuhai quickly stopped Boss Zhou.
"Goodbye."
"Goodbye."
...
By the time Jia Fuhai got home, it was almost 8 o'clock.
"Look at all of you, waiting like this." Jia Fuhai looked at the eager faces of his family, feeling a little helpless. Couldn't they have eaten something else?
"Xiaohai, what are you standing there for? Cook!" Zhen Fuguai said, her voice a bit out of breath. She was starving and couldn't understand why he was just standing there.
If it weren't for his poor cooking skills, she'd do it herself.
Jia Qi Yi also looked at him eagerly.
For him, giving instructions for his grandfather to cook would provide a 20%–30% bonus. But for his dad, it was a 100% bonus, no discount.
Who needs to think about what to eat?
"I'll go now." Jia Fuhai quickly went into the kitchen after seeing how his family was looking at him.
He was thinking about getting the food factory up and running quickly, so if he didn't want to cook, he could just use the factory's products.
This was the reason why he had worked so hard on the food factory.
After dinner, the two little ones were taken upstairs to rest by their grandparents.
In the following days.
Jia Fuhai was busy consulting about the food factory equipment.
Finally, he decided on the equipment from Hansmao, although it was a bit expensive. Fortunately, his wife had money.
The equipment cost around a million, and they bought two sets.
He couldn't fit more equipment, so they would use one set initially, with the second one as a backup.
There was also the sterile workshop, which was very expensive. With the extra costs for the expedited timeline, it came close to a million as well.
Why the extra cost? No particular reason—his wife had money!
Zhen Linqi didn't ask Jia Fuhai about the money. She was focused on reading and taking care of the kids.
Jia Qi Yi began to show interest in food-related matters, thanks to his photographic memory. His learning progress was rapid.
This helped Jia Fuhai improve his cooking skills even more.
If the family couldn't have Jia Fuhai's cooking, it would be like loving cilantro but not putting it in food.
It was simply torture, as they couldn't go without it every meal now.
Jia Na Ji also began to torment the two masters of chess; both of them sought after the two little ones, and it became a daily ordeal that they didn't mind.
One day.
"Not bad, Xiaohai. You've spent quite a bit, huh?" Boss Zhou entered Jia Fuhai's factory and looked around the sterile workshop.
"It's alright, all thanks to my wife's support." Jia Fuhai proudly said.
"..." Boss Zhou opened his mouth, shocked by Jia Fuhai's shamelessness. No wonder he spent the money so freely—he had never encountered such a thing while working hard on his own since childhood.
Speechless, he said somewhat sarcastically, "You're impressive; I admire you."
"Uncle Zhou, I'm ready to test the equipment now. Do you want to come in?" After greeting Boss Zhou, Jia Fuhai started preparing to put on his protective clothing.
To improve the quality of the cakes, he had to use the equipment, and everything had to follow the usual procedures just like regular employees.
"Forget it; that sounds like too much trouble. I'll come over later. You're busy." Boss Zhou quickly shook his head. He didn't even like to enter his own factory, and every time he did, he had to work a lot.
"Uncle Zhou, I'll get to work now. Remember to come; my cakes are really delicious." Jia Fuhai said as he went inside.
"..." Looking at the young face, Boss Zhou was speechless again. How could someone so young have this kind of skill?
Did he just jump into entrepreneurship without knowing anything?
Though he admired Jia Fuhai's thoughts, he had some doubts about how well he could manage the business going forward.
"Uncle Zhou, don't worry. Brother Hai's cooking is really good." Zhen Linna supported him from the side.
Upon hearing this, boss Zhou sighed inwardly. Can cooking skills really be compared to food factory research?
If so, then all the chefs would have opened food factories instead of just working in the kitchen.
"Well, good luck." With no other choice, Boss Zhou could only encourage the young and motivated person. After all, his wife was supporting him, and he couldn't say much.
But he really wanted to try that food.
Jia Fuhai began making the cakes. Since it was just a test, he didn't use too many ingredients, and he would need to adjust later.
The taste of bread and cakes depended on baking time, the combination of ingredients, and environmental factors.
At first, the flavor was only about 30% of what Jia Fuhai could make by hand. Although it was better than what others made, he wasn't satisfied with it.
Then it improved to 40%, 50%, and finally 90%.
Once it reached 90%, he felt like he couldn't improve it further and stopped.
His cooking skills would continue to improve along with his son, but there was no rush. Besides, it was already incredibly delicious.
"Brother Hai, this taste is amazing." Zhen Linna, who was outside the sterile room, tried the cake.
The cake had reached 50% of the desired effect, and Zhen Linna was already enjoying it. Imagine when it reached 90%.
Because they planned to sell the cakes, everything was packaged and moved from the inside to the outside for better taste testing.
"Nana, don't eat too much. We need to keep testing the taste later." Jia Fuhai reminded her quickly.
There would be a tasting every hour to observe how the flavor changed.
Jia Fuhai's plan was to make cakes and bread without adding anything extra.
So, he needed to observe how the products changed in taste and shelf life over time and under different temperature conditions.
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"Mm~ got it." Zhen Linna responded with her cheeks full like a hamster.
Jia Fuhai also gained some new insights into baking.
In addition to considering how to use the baking machines, factors such as how much raw material to use, baking time, and environmental changes needed to be taken into account.
The quality of the raw materials also had to be carefully selected.
All these factors had to be calculated precisely, or the final product would have slight taste differences.
Jia Fuhai had just tried two very similar baking methods.
The deliciousness fluctuated between 80% and 90%.
Of course, this was a result of his strict calculations.
To an ordinary person, it would just taste great, unless they were connoisseurs who could taste the subtle differences.
For mass production, Jia Fuhai felt that it was good enough. The next important thing was to see what results the other employees would get when they operated the equipment.
That was the main point.
Jia Fuhai glanced at Zhen Linna, who was chewing with her cheeks puffed out. This could be a useful tool.
She usually caused a lot of trouble, but now it was perfect for her to help out since she knew nothing about cooking. She could be a good model for the process.
Although Jia Fuhai might later hire professional food production employees, if someone who didn't know anything about cooking could make the cakes, it would make things much easier in the future.
"Nana, come in for a minute!" Jia Fuhai squinted his eyes like a mischievous uncle trying to lure a little girl.
At this point, Zhen Linna was enjoying the cake so much that she couldn't stop eating it.
"Ah!" Hearing this, she was a bit confused but still obediently put on her sterile suit.