"Stead Wuchang Fish..."
Su Chen placed the term "Wuchang Fish" into the synthesis fra. After a mont’s thought, he decided to add scallions and ginger.
"Tsk, it seems the simplicity of the ingredients determines the recipe’s upper limit."
A white-grade recipe: Stead Wuchang Fish.
In other words, the dish was simple to prepare with a low technical threshold. But to make it well, the cook would have to figure things out for themselves. The recipe only provided a general direction.
Su Chen then synthesized one dish after another. Each ti a new recipe appeared, he would carefully copy down its main ingredients, side ingredients, and seasonings.
anwhile.
At Xinghui Company, Ling Shuyu received the nu sent by Bai Xiaobo.
"It’s not even noon yet?" Ling Shuyu looked at the fifteen dish nas on the nu. She recognized every na but had eaten almost none of them, with the rare exception of Stead Wuchang Fish.
"He chose Chinese food instead of Western. What do you think?" Ling Shuyu asked casually.
Zhang Li propped her chin in her hand and stared at the ceiling. "If it were , I’d definitely miss and crave the food I ate all the ti as a kid. Besides, what’s so great about Western food? Grilling a steak and boiling so pasta can’t compare to the wok-fried noodles from across the street."
Speaking of the wok-fried noodles, Zhang Li had only heard about them from a colleague in the General Affairs Departnt. She hadn’t had a chance to try them yet.
Ling Shuyu smiled without saying anything.
In a small place like Jingzhou, it was normal for people to have a relatively shallow understanding of Western cuisine. She had been to a few Western restaurants on business trips that she considered quite good.
Of course, there was no need to discuss these things with a junior assistant.
"Chinese food it is, then. When it cos to cooking, the owner of Delicious definitely knows more than we do." Ling Shuyu believed that a chef who could cook food so good that she couldn’t forget it had to be a master-level figure in his field.
She just didn’t understand why this master would open such a strange company.
And hire soone who would secretly film others with his phone late at night...
’When I get the chance to et this owner, I have to give him a heads-up!’
"So, should we...?"
Ling Shuyu nodded slightly. "We can start wrapping up our work now and begin moving things soon. If we’re fast, we can even have lunch across the street. If needed, have the people from General Affairs help out. It’s not like they have anything better to do."
"Okay! I’ll go send out the notice right away!" Zhang Li skipped out of the room.
’That’s our Sister Ling for you!’
’First, she accommodates the client by booking the al on the 19th floor across the street, and now she’s moving the whole office over. We’ll be able to discuss the proposal right after we eat.’
’It would be great if we could work there all the ti.’
’At least als would be much more convenient~’
Zhang Li’s thoughts were shared by the other employees in the Design Departnt.
Upon hearing the news that they could start moving, all twenty-sothing of them jumped up in excitent.
"Hurry, hurry! Move faster, and we can eat lunch right across the street!"
"It’s only thanks to those two big at buns this morning that I’m still standing. I’m usually starving by now!"
"Let’s gooo~ We get to see the pretty ladies again. Don’t you dare call them waitresses, or you’ll get an earful."
"Hehe, I prefer that handso young guy who was doing his howork. Why does their company even hire high school students?"
"You beast! You won’t even spare a high schooler?"
The commotion in the Design Departnt soon attracted onlookers from other departnts. Wang Rui walked out of the General Affairs office holding a cup of water. "What are they doing? Are they all quitting?"
Liu Xia spoke, a sunflower seed shell clinging to her lip. "Who knows? When the high-and-mighty Design Departnt does sothing, who dares to ask questions?"
The woman from Finance chuckled. "They’re probably moving to the 19th floor across the street, right? They ca to to sign a budget request today."
"What the fuck?" Wang Rui stared at her in disbelief. "Moving? No, moving the company? That’s not right... I an, they’re going to work across the street?"
The woman from Finance shrugged. "Apparently, it’s to make it more convenient to review the proposal during the reception the day after tomorrow. You know how President Ling can be a little... obsessed when it cos to work."
Indeed.
That was sothing everyone pretty much agreed on.
When it ca to work, many of Ling Shuyu’s thods were ticulous to an infuriating degree, but you couldn’t argue with her results. It was like the top two students in the school dating each other.
Who would dare interfere?
"Can’t have that!" Wang Rui slamd his cup back down. "I have to go help, hehe!"
"Hey, Wang Rui, are you crazy? If you’ve got so much free ti, co help with inventory!" Liu Xia shouted after him, but he acted as if he hadn’t heard and scurried off toward the Design Departnt.
The woman from Finance watched the two clowns and shook her head. "I’ll go help out too."
Liu Xia’s lips curled. "You could help anyone, but you choose to help Ling Shuyu... Haven’t you been chewed out enough by her?"
Simply bizarre!
While Xinghui Company was bustling with activity, Su Chen was just as busy.
After receiving the budget paynt from the client, all the employees at Delicious finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, back when the company was in its previous line of business, they had indeed built up a list of contacts from all sorts of industries.
Liu Shengnan quickly took care of renting the vehicle and purchasing a portable fish tank. As for He Shuting, she didn’t have much to pack. This wasn’t a vacation, so she just grabbed so snacks and water for the road.
Xiaobin had already taken the list Su Chen wrote and gone with Aunt Fang to the large market to buy the other necessary ingredients and materials.
Before Bai Xiaobo left, Su Chen gave him a special instruction.
The big order was the priority now, and ti was too tight. He reminded him to first cancel the smaller individual orders for lunch and dinner, and to make sure to placate the custors.
For example, he could use lines like offering to waive the service fee on their next order.
After Bai Xiaobo’s group of three also departed, Su Chen faced the empty company office and let out a heavy breath.
’I’ve got to get busy, too!’
Su Chen had given Bai Xiaobo and his team a budget of ten thousand yuan to cover tolls, gas, als on the road, and the cost of buying ingredients locally.
He gave Aunt Fang a budget of five thousand yuan.
In reality, they wouldn’t need that much, but Su Chen had a habit: it was better to have money left over than to run out and have them ask for more.
Next, Su Chen took the remaining fifteen thousand yuan, along with the four thousand five hundred yuan from previous business revenue, and deposited it all into the company account.
Back in the office, Su Chen followed the subsidy ledger Liu Shengnan had prepared and entered the travel subsidy amounts for each employee one by one.
There were eight people. The highest amount was one thousand, while the lowest, for soone like Li Mingtao, was just over eight hundred.
In total, it ca to around seven thousand.
"Settle!"
The mont he clicked the mouse, Su Chen nervously clenched his fists.
’Will this gamble pay off?!’
One minute!
Three minutes!
Five minutes!
Su Chen’s body began to grow stiff with tension. Finally.
[Congratulations, you have completed the main quest "Paying Money Debts with Food Debts." Reward received: Gourt Practice Room permanently unlocked, all Gourt Practice Room functions fully unlocked.]
Oh?
’There’s a difference from the previous description, but it’s easy enough to understand.’
’It’s kind of like... before, it was the trial version of the practice room, and now it’s the full-featured version.’
[Main Quest: Please enter a keyword]
Su Chen let out a sigh of relief. He didn’t think about the new main quest and instead entered the Gourt Practice Room directly.
Right now, this was his only trump card for completing the thirty-thousand-yuan commission!
Just as Su Chen had guessed, when he entered the practice room, the glaringly bright countdown tir above his head had disappeared!
In other words, the so-called "permanent unlock" wasn’t just permanent access to the "practice room" itself, but the 8-hour ti limit was also gone for good!
At the sa mont Su Chen entered,
information about the practice room’s functions began to flow into his mind.
’I can taste the dishes I make myself. This is great!’
"A replay function? This is also very useful!"
Although there were only two new functions, both were extrely practical for him. The unlimited access, in particular, was crucial for Su Chen right now!
Cooking skill, unlike other things, couldn’t be improved except through epiphany and relentless practice!
Constant, relentless practice!
It was just like when Su Chen made garlic eggplant—he made it over and over, day after day for ten years, improving it each ti, until he was finally able to create the ultimate delicacy!
He had gotten the result he wanted.
Satisfied, Su Chen left the practice room and returned to reality. Only then did he turn his attention to the now-blank main quest.
Su Chen had already thought about this keyword.
The problem currently plaguing the restaurant was the average price per custor.
If he couldn’t raise the unit price of his dishes, everything else was just empty talk. Commissions worth thirty thousand yuan didn’t co along every day!
"Keyword: dish unit price."
[Searching keyword... Search complete]
[Main Quest 1: Covering All the Bases. Your restaurant is starting to take shape. To guide the restaurant into a healthy business cycle, you have decided to create so higher-priced dishes. Please sell 100 portions of a dish with a unit price of at least 88 yuan within one week.]
[Quest Reward: Active Skill, White Jade Hand.]
[Main Quest 2: The Arrogant Kitchen God. By indulging in simple ho-style dishes, you have lost ti to hone your advanced culinary arts. To beco a high-level player more quickly, you will create an unparalleled, high-class dish. Please sell 1 portion of a dish with a unit price of at least 9,999 yuan within one week.]
[Quest Reward: Item, Kitchen God’s Knife.]
Huh?
Seeing the two new quests and their rewards, Su Chen’s mind went blank for a mont.
’So much for this being a no-brainer!’
’I fucking want them both!’
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