Chapter 39 The hotel includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Zhou Qisheng did not hesitate for long; he had already considered the current situation of the Star Territory many times in his mind.

"For the survivors who have struggled for ten years, it is like an oasis in the desert, more than enough as a tourist attraction, but far from enough as a city."

Lin Nanxing gave him an approving look. This man was indeed clever. She had never revealed her ambition to build the territory into a city, yet he was able to glean this information from a job posting. His insight was quite sharp.

She nodded. "Go on."

Zhou Qisheng's gaze became focused: "First of all, there is the planning problem. The functional areas of the territory are laid out in a chaotic manner, with commercial and residential areas mixed together, and the infrastructure within the territory is insufficient."

"Energy supply and water supply and drainage can be solved by the system, but the transportation system and public service system are not perfect enough, which will be a great obstacle to future personnel development."

Lin Nanxing felt a little dizzy listening to a bunch of technical terms, but Zhou Qisheng's thinking was mostly in line with the system's upgrade direction.

Seemingly noticing Lin Nanxing's confusion, Zhou Qisheng timely ended his explanation of technical terms, "These are issues to be considered later. Right now, the most important thing is the territory's defense system."

"Currently, the territory's defense relies on the system's barrier. Without a player guard team, the emergency response capability is insufficient. A medium-sized monster tide would be enough to turn this place into ruins."

"Of course, these are just potential risks I've anticipated based on my past experience, and they are not things that will actually happen."

A brief silence fell over the office. Lin Nanxing's lips curled up almost imperceptibly; she was extremely satisfied with this person.

“Very good.” She suddenly stood up and pushed a stack of resumes in front of Zhou Qisheng. “Starting tomorrow, you will be in charge of interviewing these people.”

Zhou Qisheng was taken aback: "Does the lord mean...?"

"The literal meaning." Lin Nanxing had already walked towards the door, but when she turned back, a sly glint flashed in her eyes. "Since you can spot the problem at a glance, you must also know what kind of person to find to solve it. You're accepted."

Zhou Qisheng's resume was excellent enough that Lin Nanxing had already decided to hire him. The reason for conducting an interview was simply to see what kind of person he was.

He made a good first impression on himself, which allowed the work to proceed comfortably.

"As for the defense issue you mentioned, don't worry. The territory is about to undergo another upgrade, and this problem will be easily solved."

Lin Nanxing revealed the next steps for the territory, which can be seen as putting the new employee at ease.

The moment the door closed, Zhou Qisheng looked at the thick resume in his hand and suddenly chuckled. This lord was more adept at delegating power than he had imagined.

With the addition of this former senior executive from the urban construction company, the recruitment process progressed rapidly. Within just three days, all 14 employees were in place.

With the manpower available, Lin Nanxing stopped being frugal and purchased another 20 plots of farmland, buying a copy of every type of crop seed from the system's shop.

They also added offspring needed for the breeding industry, including cattle, sheep and rabbits in addition to chickens, ducks and pigs.

After spending a total of 500,000 yuan, Lin Nanxing sighed again, "Being a capitalist isn't easy. You earn a lot, but you spend just as much."

Spending money like water is an accurate description.

However, once the crops and poultry mature, the restaurant she has been longing for can open.

She had already chosen the buildings that needed to be unlocked and was just waiting to place the order.

Lin Nanxing originally planned to spend only 10,000 to buy an ordinary house to use as a restaurant. After all, cooking can be done with a set of kitchen utensils, so why spend 100,000 to unlock a restaurant?

When Lin Nanxing saw the restaurant function produced by the system, he immediately felt that the 100,000 yuan was worth spending.

The restaurant in the mall is less of a restaurant and more of a small food processing workshop, with all sorts of food processing machines. Not to mention ovens, juicers, and various knives and other common cooking tools, there are even machines for brewing soy sauce, vinegar, pressing oil, grinding flour, and so on.

A bottle of soy sauce costs an exorbitant amount of game currency to buy in the system store, while soy sauce brewed from soybeans grown by oneself only costs 50 points per vat.

Without needing to purchase additional equipment, and considering only the cost-effectiveness, unlocking a restaurant is more worthwhile.

The recruitment efforts of Star Territory naturally did not escape the notice of the leaders of Yunpei Town. Yun Zhengzhen reported the matter to his sister with some concern, "Should we step in and stop this?"

Although Star Territory is good, it would be a huge loss to their town if it absorbed all the talents from their town. Just a few days ago, they learned that their town's highest-ranking archer had already become a member of Star Territory.

“No need.” Yun Junqi shook her head. “Although that territory is still small in scale, it has great potential and is not suitable for making enemies.”

Of course, Yun Junqi didn't mention the most important reason: most of the demon-hunting teams that went out during this period returned empty-handed. She realized that the game was becoming increasingly harsh, and if this trend continued, the future of the town was still unknown.

[Game time: November 11, 2011, 7:00 AM, Autumn, Sunny]

As dawn broke, the Star Hotel was quietly completed.

The three chefs had been busy in the kitchen for a long time, and the aromas of various long-awaited breakfast dishes mingled together, awakening the taste buds of the entire territory.

The shops in Star Territory usually open at nine o'clock. At that time, only a few early-rising residents discovered the suddenly appearing building.

They rubbed their sleepy eyes and followed the aroma, only to be momentarily stunned when they saw the dazzling array of breakfasts in the shop window.

The breakfast stalls in front of me were very common before the apocalypse; there were such shops at the entrance of almost every residential area or school.

At the entrance of the Xingxing Hotel on the first floor, there are two large stoves. The steamer on the left is steaming with white steam, and inside are various kinds of pastries. Next to the steamer is a pot of boiled tea eggs, which are still steaming.

The oil pan on the right was sizzling, and the fried dough sticks were turning golden. On the table, there were already prepared soy milk, fried dough sticks, and millet porridge. On the other side, there were various handmade noodles that were not yet cooked.

The familiar aroma wafted into my nostrils, whetting my appetite.

"Hello, how much are these?" someone couldn't help but ask.

The person in charge of serving the restaurant in the morning was a young woman in her twenties. She was wearing gloves and arranging the stir-fried toppings neatly.

When a customer inquired, she smiled and said, "All the meals are now connected to the territory system and can be purchased directly."

She paused and added, "By the way, you're all official residents, right? The food in the restaurant is only available to official residents."

Those who can stroll around the territory at seven in the morning are naturally the players who have secured official resident status early on.

"Wow, that's cheap! Only 20 yuan for a bun!" someone exclaimed.

Prices in Star Territory are usually cheap, but even instant noodles in a vending machine cost 150, which is unbelievable.

With restaurants available, who would want to eat instant noodles?

Looking at the rows of breakfast options, I realized they were all breakfasts I wanted to try. Since they weren't expensive, I decided to just buy one of each!

Many diners did this, and they couldn't wait to start making their purchases.

Seeing that they were so eager to buy up all the breakfasts, the girl worried that there wouldn't be enough stock for the day, so she had to take the initiative to remind them: "Don't worry, everyone. The restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner, and the menu will be even more extensive then."

The Lord upgraded the Star Hotel to level three in one go. The first floor is a breakfast stall with its own open window. The second floor is a buffet with a fixed menu every day, serving lunch and dinner. The third floor is a small restaurant where you can order à la carte, but of course, the prices are higher.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the restaurant will open on time every day.

Several diners who were frantically buying food realized that their behavior was a bit vulgar, and they stopped awkwardly, saying stubbornly, "Don't worry, it's just a little bit, we can finish it in one meal."

As dawn broke, the crowd outside the Xingxing Hotel increased rather than decreased. By the time Xu Yongyuan rushed over after receiving the news, the waiters were tidying up the breakfast stalls.

"Wait a minute!" Xu Yongyuan gasped, supporting himself on his knees. "Why are you closing up shop so early?"

The waiter smiled apologetically: "I'm so sorry, all breakfasts are sold out. You'll have to wait until tomorrow if you want some."

"Isn't it only open to registered residents? It's only 9:30." Xu Yongyuan looked at the empty steamer with resentment, as if he could still smell the lingering aroma of meat.

"There is indeed no purchase limit," the waiter said hesitantly, "but some customers buy many portions at once."

Xu Yongyuan understood. These hungry wolves! They hadn't left anything for the people behind them.

Seemingly seeing how pitiful he was, the girl thought for a moment and whispered a reminder: "The fresh food supermarket restocked this morning, so you might still be able to buy some ingredients if you go now."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yongyuan didn't even have time to thank him before turning around and running wildly towards the supermarket.

If even breakfast shops can sell out so quickly, fresh food supermarkets must be facing a fierce battle as well.

As Xu Yongyuan had predicted, he found the fresh food supermarket bustling with activity as soon as he arrived at the entrance.

As Xu Yongyuan squeezed into the crowd, he suddenly remembered how he used to look down on the aunties and grandmas who would grab eggs during supermarket clearance sales when he was a child. Now that it was his turn, he realized how fortunate he was.

Each generation has its own way of handling eggs.

Holding the six eggs he had fought so hard to get, Xu Yongyuan returned home in high spirits, only to find his brother had already come home when he opened the door.

"Brother, you're back! Look what I brought back!" Xu Yongyuan shouted excitedly.

Xu Yongfeng was taking off his protective suit when his younger brother's loud shout nearly tore it to shreds. He glared at his brother, annoyed, and said, "How old are you? Why are you making such a fuss?"

"I'm just happy to see you after so long." Xu Yongyuan didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior at all. He excitedly started boiling water and cooking rice. "Brother, you're so lucky. You get eggs as soon as you come back."

"Where did these eggs come from?" Xu Yongfeng frowned, explaining that he had been hunting demons outside these past few days and was unaware of the changes in the territory.

Xu Yongyuan was busy with his back to his brother, saying, "The Star Territory has been upgraded again while you were away. There are now many more shops that only existed before the apocalypse, and we no longer need to eat nutrient solutions."

These days they can see the changes in their territory. Crops grow one crop after another, and the livestock in the neighboring pasture are changing every day. Their daily entertainment now is going to the pigpen to watch the piglets eat.

Looking at the piglets that were gradually getting fatter, he could imagine how delicious they would taste.

Unfortunately, there wasn't much pork on the shelves at the supermarket today, so he couldn't get any. But it's okay, six eggs will do.

Xu Yongyuan is very satisfied.