Seeing that Shen Yunqing didn’t know, Bai Ying immediately explained it in detail, “Yu Antong is planning to open a restaurant. I guess he deliberately wants to imitate you. But who is he? How could he compared to you, the Shen family’s chef. He definitely doesn’t know his place.”
Shen Yunqing sneered. ‘Yu Antong, why are you insisting on opening a restaurant and joining my circle? I’ll show you our difference!’
He turned on the water pipe to wash off the oil stains on his hands, and asked, “How did you know about this?”
“Ah, his manager contacted me about business cooperation. I guess he doesn’t know that the supplier is actually my Bai family.”
After speaking, afraid that Shen Yunqing would be unhappy, Bai Ying hurriedly tried to make up, “Don’t worry, as long as you open another Juying Tower restaurant near his, nobody would want to eat in his restaurant! Yu Antong’s restaurant will definitely not open for a long before going bankrupt.”
“How many days?” Shen Yunqing wiped his fingers one by one with a towel, and gritted his teeth, “I won’t let him open for a day.”
Bai Ying was shaking in slight fear, “What do you want to do?”
Shen Yunqing took Bai Ying to his private lounge. He sat down, lowered his eyes, and said slowly, “You try to be his supplier, and then make him agree to get his vegetables from you on the opening day. And if you just add some of this on a couple of the vegetables…”
“This is not allowed!” Bai Ying was startled – he immediately shouted and jumped out of his seat. Shen Yunqing must be crazy for asking him to tamper with the vegetables!
“L-look. If the authorities found there’s something wrong with Yu Antong’s food because of his fault, then it’s good. But if they find that the problem lies on the ingredient, it’s my family that will suffer! No, no, absolutely not!”
Shen Yunqing laughed, “What are you afraid of? Let them check if they want to check, as long as all other vegetables from your family pass the quality inspection, then there will be no evidence to prove that the problem is from the vegetables you provided.”
Bai Ying began to regret coming to Shen Yunqing, and he shook his head desperately. “My father is in charge of my family’s business, I can’t agree on this decision without his permission.”
Shen Yunqing’s tone became cold, his patience was running thin. “Then help me tell your father that if he can help me with this matter, all the vegetables used in all branches of Juying Tower will be exclusively supplied by your family.”
There were more than a dozen branches of this restaurant, and currently, the Bai family supplied for five branches. Even so, the profit was massive.
To be the sole supplier for a dozen or so branches means…
Bai Ying was a little swayed by this lucrative business opportunity. “I will go home right away, tell my dad, and I will give you an answer later. “
“Don’t make me wait too long.” Shen Yunqing laughed in a low voice, as if he had already imagined Yu Antong’s utter embarrassment on the opening day.
Later that day–
“Dad, do you really want to do it?”
Bai Ying’s father finished smoking a cigarette, his eyes showed the ruthlessness of a businessman. He replied with a calm tone, “You have to know how hard it took me to win the right to supply the five branches of Juying Tower1previously translated as “Juying Building” because I followed the previous translator. But I think using “tower” sounds nicer, so I changed it.. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we cannot miss it at any cost.”
He pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray forcefully, and said in a deep voice, “Once a golden opportunity passes, it won’t easily be within our reach anymore. Our Bai family is relatively small, so this amount of wealth is essential for our growth. Besides, we will be fine as long as we are careful and don’t actually endanger anyone’s life. Ruining some upstart’s reputation is easy.”
Bai Ying clenched his fist. While he was looking forward for his family’s growth, his conscience hurt. He was still having mixed feelings about this. But still, he was an obedient son. “Okay, I’ll go and reply to him.”
“Wait a minute.” Father Bai called Bai Ying to stop, and whispered a few words to him, “Go.”
“Boss, the Maoyuan Vegetable Factory’s representative has contacted us again.”
Yu Antong was busy deciding on the dishes for the opening day, so he left other matters to his subordinates. When he heard his supply manager say this, he said, “Didn’t I tell you not to use this supplier?”
Yu Antong has strict requirements for the ingredients his restaurant would use. And this supplier’s vegetable quality didn’t satisfy him. So he did not plan to cooperate, as he needed better ingredients.
The manager explained, “But Maoyuan said that they can also provide high-quality vegetables that satisfy us. And to celebrate our opening, the first batch of vegetables will be given a 20% discount. If a long-term cooperation can be reached, they will give us a 5% discount from the original price. I think the deal is very beneficial to us.”
“Look, this is the sample they provided.” The supply manager showed Yu Antong a box of sample vegetables brought by the company, “I see that the quality is not inferior to the vegetables from the Rongding Corp. I contacted.”
Yu Antong looked at the samples and found that the quality was indeed very good. He was very interested by this sudden jump in quality. “Huh… will there be such a good term that comes out of nowhere? Why would they offer us that generous deal?”
The supply manager was fairly familiar with the other party. He tried to recall what he knew, “Maoyuan used to only supply medium-grade vegetables. They said that this time the company intends to develop into becoming a supplier for the high-grade vegetables market. So they feel it’s necessary to seize every new customer to help them grow. I think they know that developing in such a direction will net them more rival companies, so they intend to be more aggressive in their offer even if it means they will not get that big of a profit.”
The purchase of ingredients was not a trivial matter for a new restaurant like this. Yu Antong was not a character who likes to take advantage of small things, but the generous terms offered by the other party made him cautious. It smelt fishy, somehow. “You send me the information of this company, and I will think about it.”
The next day, Yu Antong called the supply manager and asked him to contact the representative of Maoyuan Vegetable Factory, saying that he would buy a batch and try it out first.
——Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the opening day of the Immortal’s Banquet.
“See, I’m giving you enough face.” Han Lele ordered two large flower baskets to be unloaded from the truck and placed at the door of the store.
He also brought a bunch of little rich second-generation friends over to support Yu Antong.
Yu Antong smiled and said, “Thank you very much, Lele. Come in and sit down.”
“Young boss is so handsome, can you take a photo with me?” One of Han Lele’s friends, a sweet-looking and well-dressed girl cheekily asked.
Han Lele held her back.” Qiao Mengmeng, what are you doing? He’s a married man, so it doesn’t matter how handsome he is. Your task today is to eat honestly.”
Qiao Mengmeng was slightly disappointed. Her pout immediately poofed away in a matter of seconds though. “You really are a good-looking xiao gege. It’s a pity you married early. But oh well~”
Han Lele dragged his friends into the restaurant, “You can’t eat him, but you can still eat the dishes made by him.”
The people he brought occupied three tables at once. One of them, a chubby young man, asked, “Lele, is this restaurant really as delicious as you say?”
When Han Lele heard this question, his nose turned high immediately, as if he made the food, “I promise you will eat until the plate’s all clean! No need for an exaggerated review from me. I know this, because I also got addicted to his cooking once I tasted it.”
“Hahaha, what are you talking about? Food or drugs?”
“Han Lele, your words are funny!”
These rich second generations came here because they wanted to give Han Lele a face. They just want to come together and chat. No one cared whether the food was good or not.
Qiao Mengmeng said, “Be careful what you say. I’m going to start a live broadcast. Don’t get me banned.”
She was a popular little internet anchor. Because she was going out on such occasions, she was prepared to go live for content. She even was prepared to wait for a long time, chatting with her viewers.
Unexpectedly, the dishes were served very quickly.
“It smells so good! I kind of believe what Lele said.” The chubby boy commented, while Han Lele immediately started eating the moment the dishes were served. His friends have never tasted the dishes made by Yu Antong, so they don’t know how delicious it was. He must strike this opportunity to get extra servings before it is all eaten clean – he wouldn’t be as miserable as he was in the dormitory!
“Lele, let’s not feel like we haven’t eaten for three days. The show is over, the show is over.”
The chubby boy jokingly picked up a piece of steamed pork ribs, and bit it down. The soft, glutinous and fragrant meat exploded in his mouth, which amazed his taste buds. In a matter of seconds, his hand couldn’t stop shoving food into his mouth.
Qiao Mengmeng was chatting with her fans without paying attention to the food. But suddenly, her friends’ joyful laughter caught her attention. She turned her attention away from her mobile phone, and saw her friends – who were very, very picky eaters – completely engrossed in eating their food. It’s as if they were starving for weeks.
“Hey, what’s going o– oh…” The tempting aroma wafted into her nose, and Qiao Mengmeng couldn’t help swallowing her saliva. She immediately forgot about her fans, and instead picked up the chopsticks to grab the last piece of sweet and sour fish.
The next second, she threw the phone on the side, “Baby, wait for me for a few minutes!”
Her fans kept sending barrages on the phone screen.
[What happened just now?]
[I just saw Qiao-mei eat a piece of fish and threw the phone away.]
[The fish is poisonous??]
[Qiao-mei, are you okay?]
Five minutes later, fans heard a super loud voice of someone saying, “Waiter, we want second servings please! Oh, also, I want to try t–” then followed by a static noise of the phone getting picked up.
Qiao Mengmeng also picked up the phone again. She just finished getting her portions – that was being robbed by her friends – and that made her lipstick all smudged and faint.
She excitedly said to her fans, without caring about the state of her makeup, “It’s so delicious. My buddy recommended a newly opened restaurant to me just now. To be honest, I originally came here just to make him happy, but in the end, everyone couldn’t escape Mr. Wang Jingze’s words about the law of the universe2I’m pretty sure it’s the “law of true fragrance” meme originator. Iirc, it came from a drama where Wang Jingze vehemently refused food, but not long after, he was eating it happily while saying “it’s truly fragrant”.”
Qiao Mengmeng said as she turned the camera to the table. “Do you see, from the time I started the broadcast to now, in just ten minutes, there are only ten clean plates left for ten dishes. Really! It is scarier than locusts crossing a crop field.”
[Teacher Jingze: It’s truly fragrant.]
[Hahaha, it’s true, it’s true. Wow, I’ve never seen a plate that looked so clean before…]
[There’s only the fish bones left. Amazing.]
[Wow!!!!!!!]
[Hahahaha, it turns out Qiao-mei went all quiet because she was busy eating.]
Qiao Mengmeng said, “That’s right. Plus, this event revealed that my so-called friends aren’t civilized people at all! Nobody left me a portion while I was busy! So cruel…”
[What’s the name of the restaurant? Does it deliver food? Asking for a friend who is still lying on the bed and wants to order takeout for lunch.]
[Please give the address, I’m going to meet Qiao-mei’er by chance.]
“It’s a new store, I really didn’t pay attention to the name of the restaurant. Plus, I was brought here by a friend.” Qiao Mengmeng picked a comment to answer, “Maybe they don’t deliver food… Wait, I’ll help you ask the boss.”
[Hehe, it turned out to be an advertisement. Some people are mentally retarded, willing to believe everything like the gullible idiot they are. Lol, they even believed that it’s possible to clean up ten dishes that fast.]
[Stupid, she must have emptied it into the trash can.]
[This girl is so ugly, hurry up and use the advertising money to get plastic surgery.]
“I just asked the boss, and he said that the takeaway service has not been opened yet. Maybe–” As she saw those dirty comments, she immediately exploded.
“Mentally retarded? You shithead! If you don’t know the real situation, don’t comment on it as if you’re a know-it-all, fucker. If I’m doing an undisclosed ad like this, I will be hit by a car and die immediately when I go out. I dare to swear, do you dare? Let’s see… if I actually wasn’t paid to do the ads, you will be cremated tomorrow. Isn’t this fair? Hey, don’t just hide behind the keyboard and talk bullshit. Come out and take responsibility. Hey!!”
Qiao Mengmeng’s die-hard fans all know her character. In fact, their favorite moment was seeing the contrast of her normal appearance – delicate little flower – and her explosive temper once she met an anti-fan. She immediately transformed into a foul-mouthed, tough woman who could scold someone into crying on the floor.
[Hahaha, the domineering and violent Meng-jie is online.]
[My violent jiejie! I missed you~]
[I just love watching Meng-jie scolding people, it’s so enjoyable seeing some pathetic little bastards getting what they deserved.]
If it wasn’t because she was inside an establishment she loved, Qiao Mengmeng would have scolded that idiot to death. So, she reined her temper as she said, “It’s not that I won’t let people question it. It is true that it is normal for anchors to get advertisements money, but I will disclose it. Instead, you’re just running your dirty mouth like this. How about this? Send me your address, jiejie will spare some of her money to buy you a toilet cleaner. You can use it as your new mouthwash, so your breath will not smell rotten for once. No need to thank me~”
[I learned a new way of swearing from Meng-jie.]
[I kowtow for Meng-jie’s literary prowess!]
Seeing the dishes the waiter had added on the table, Qiao Mengmeng immediately forgot her threat and instead said, “I’m going to eat, or they will snatch it up later. I’ll let you watch me eat!”
Qiao Mengmeng streamed her dinner neatly, as to convince her fans that she was really not advertising.
After all, what kind of advertisement was this? There was no mention of the name or address of the restaurant.
However, the more it went like this, the more curious her fans were. They began to send private messages to Qiao Mengmeng to ask.
Qiao Mengmeng was busy eating, so she didn’t have time to look at her phone.
As dinnertime approached, customers came into the store one after another after they saw the half-price discount because of the restaurant’s Grand Opening.
There were two strange guests in the corner of the restaurant, who ordered a few dishes but didn’t move their chopsticks for a long time.
One person smelled the tempting fragrance and couldn’t help but whisper to his friend, “This is too fragrant, I can hardly bear it.”
The other person said, “Yeah, I’m so hungry. But it’s a pity I can’t eat it.”
“Boss Shen said there will be someone who will take pictures. But it’s been so long, why hasn’t there been any movement?”
—They were tasked to fake a stomachache after pretending to eat.
“Let’s wait a little longer.”
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