The first thing that John decided to do was to find ways that he could retain the chefs. There was no way that he was going to allow them to go away, in a period where there were no other people that could replace them.
For that reason, he decided to resort to all means possible to make sure that he succeeded. Since there was no way that he could convince them with the benefits that he offered, then he had to use other means to do so.
During that night, he made several calls one after the other. And after that, he relaxed in his house for the night, waiting for a report the following day. He didn't believe that he was going to fail.
But when the following day came, there was actually no response from the people that he had called previously. It was as if they had forgotten about the deal that they had made.
