AWB How do you explain the 55 points earned in Chapter 17?
How do you explain the 55 points earned in Chapter 17?
After seeing Liu Santong off, Ye Xiaobai quickly returned to the private room, where Li Minghan and the others had already set up their seats and were waiting for his arrival.
Li Minghan still asked politely, "Elder Liu has left safely, hasn't he?"
"I'm leaving," Ye Xiaobai replied, then found a seat and sat down.
"How was it? With Elder Liu's guidance, you've learned a lot today. Can you agree to be the chef at our Xiaoyao Restaurant?" Li Xinyan said bluntly without any politeness.
"Sure," Ye Xiaobai replied directly.
Li Xinyan was a little incredulous. No matter how she tried to persuade him before, he wouldn't agree, but this time he agreed so readily. Filled with doubt, she asked, "You agreed?"
"Yes, but I have a small request," Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.
"any request?"
"The profits from Xiaoyao Restaurant will be split 50/50," Ye Xiaobai said calmly.
"What? A 50/50 split? Junior brother, your appetite is too big!" Li Xinyan exclaimed in surprise, immediately releasing her fifth-level Qi Refining stage aura to intimidate Ye Xiaobai. Li Minghan sensed something was wrong and immediately pulled Li Xinyan aside.
"Junior Nephew Ye, isn't a 50/50 split a bit too much?" Li Minghan said, puzzled.
"Manager Li, I exchanged my culinary skills and a method to resolve your store's crisis for this, which is not excessive at all," Ye Xiaobai said confidently.
“First of all, Elder Liu has indeed recognized your culinary skills, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll make money. Secondly, you could tell me about your so-called method,” Li Minghan said.
"That's because you don't trust my cooking skills. You haven't tried my newest Qiankun Fried Rice yet, have you? You can give it a try," Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.
Li Minghan looked at the bowl of Qiankun Fried Rice that Elder Liu had only taken one bite of, and then took a bite from the other side.
"Hmm? This taste has surpassed the level of the chef at Fresh Fresh. If it were sold at Xiaoyao Hotel, it would definitely be a huge hit!" Li Minghan exclaimed in disbelief.
"How is it?" Sun Tiexin couldn't help but ask first.
Li Minghan didn't say anything, but pointed to the Qiankun Fried Rice and asked Sun Tiexin and Li Xinyan to try it.
Sun Tiexin had only eaten Qiankun Fried Rice recently, and wondered how much could have changed in such a short time. After eating it, he was immediately shocked. He hadn't expected that Ye Xiaobai's cooking skills had improved so much in such a short period of time, thanks to Liu Santong's guidance.
Li Xinyan was also very surprised after eating it, and Li Minghan told her not to get excited and to sit down first.
"Nephew Ye is indeed exceptionally talented; your culinary skills have improved remarkably in such a short time! A 50/50 split is negotiable, but we still need to hear your plan for resolving the restaurant's operational crisis first," Li Minghan said with a smile.
"Father, you mustn't!" Li Xinyan said hurriedly.
Li Minghan waved his hand and said to Li Xinyan, "Don't say anything, just listen to me!"
Seeing that Li Minghan had agreed to his profit-sharing proposal, Ye Xiaobai no longer hid his plans.
The first step was to renovate Xiaoyao Restaurant, expand the store's area, and reopen it three days later.
The second step is to research some new dishes to attract diners.
Third, we will widely publicize the 50% discount at Xiaoyao Restaurant for the first three days in advance to attract customers.
After explaining his plan, Ye Xiaobai sat down, drank some water, and waited for Li Minghan's reply.
After listening to Ye Xiaobai's plan, Li Minghan pondered for a moment, but still asked with doubt, "Renovating and extensive advertising will cost some spirit stones, but how will our Xiaoyao Restaurant make money with a 50% discount?"
"It's precisely because we lose money that others can benefit, which attracts more people. Once they eat at Xiaoyao Restaurant, I believe they will definitely come back next time!" Ye Xiaobai said confidently.
Considering Ye Xiaobai's culinary skills and talent, and given that Xiaoyao Restaurant was at a point where change was necessary, Li Minghan finally decided to take a gamble. Li Xinyan opposed Ye Xiaobai's proposal, but she still couldn't persuade her father.
“Alright, let’s do as Junior Nephew Ye says,” Li Minghan said firmly.
"Manager Li, believe me, our business will definitely make a fortune!" Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.
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For the next three days, Li Minghan was in charge of the renovation of Xiaoyao Restaurant, the publicity for its reopening, and the recruitment of new waiters and chefs. Ye Xiaobai and Sun Tiexin, on the other hand, were in the kitchen researching new dishes. Through mutual learning and exchange, both Ye Xiaobai and Sun Tiexin improved their culinary skills.
Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh, "It's better to go out and find the right path than to reinvent the wheel behind closed doors."
The research and development of new dishes went smoothly. After all, Ye Xiaobai had enjoyed watching cooking videos before his transmigration and had even cooked some himself. By selecting some suitable ingredients and combining them with local produce, the research and development was completed easily.
For example, twice-cooked pork used to be made with ordinary pork, but now it's made with demon beast meat. Although it's more complicated to process than before, Ye Xiaobai, being a cultivator, can easily handle simple demon beast meat. In addition to controlling the spiritual energy within the demon beast meat, Ye Xiaobai also prepares a honey sauce during the cooking process. This makes the twice-cooked pork spicy, numbing, and fragrant, making it difficult for other restaurants to replicate even if they wanted to.
Sun Tiexin tasted Ye Xiaobai's spicy twice-cooked pork and praised it highly, even saying that Ye Xiaobai must be the reincarnation of a food god. Ye Xiaobai naturally smiled and explained that it was the result of everyone's joint efforts.
Every night, Ye Xiaobai and Sun Tiexin would study until very late, and then continue to practice their cooking speed. Otherwise, if they couldn't serve the dishes in time when there were many people, it would definitely cause a scene.
At the same time, Ye Xiaobai improved the original dishes of Xiaoyao Restaurant, allowing Sun Tiexin to take charge and share Ye Xiaobai's burden. In addition, some new chef apprentices also helped to reduce the pressure on Ye Xiaobai and Sun Tiexin.
With that, there were no issues with the food selection. The renovation of Xiaoyao Restaurant was also progressing smoothly; the original storage area on the second floor had been converted into dining areas.
As for the announcement of Xiaoyao Restaurant's reopening, the streets are already plastered with flyers!
"Xiaoyao Restaurant will reopen in three days with a 50% discount!"
"Qiankun Fried Rice and Xiaoyao Restaurant join forces!"
"The outer sect elders highly praised the chefs of Xiaoyao Restaurant for their exceptional talent!"
……
Ye Xiaobai and Li Minghan had mentioned these things, but they turned out to be quite exaggerated!
At this moment, we are in the Fresh and Delicious Private Room.
A middle-aged man was chatting with Manager Zhou.
"Master Liu, with Xiaoyao Restaurant making such a commotion, won't it affect our Xian Shang Xian?" The speaker was Zhou Fuhai, the manager of Xian Shang Xian, and standing next to him was Liu Yishou, the head chef of Xian Shang Xian.
"Manager Zhou, don't worry. Xiaoyao Restaurant is just a tiny shop. No matter how much trouble it causes, it won't affect us," Liu Yishou said calmly.
"We initially thought Ye Xiaobai had good talent and wanted to find him to be our apprentice, but unfortunately he refused," Zhou Fuhai said with a hint of regret.
“I can easily find someone with talent like Ye Xiaobai, Manager Zhou doesn’t need to worry.”
Liu Yishou didn't seem to care. After chatting for a few more minutes, he left.
Most of the chefs at Xian Shang Xian are now learning from Liu Yishou, which puts a lot of pressure on Zhou Fuhai. He feels that Xian Shang Xian is a bit difficult to control. He wanted to find some talented apprentices to put some pressure on Liu Yishou, but unfortunately, it's hard to find good apprentices.
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