Indeed, after the window was opened, apart from a few students who went up to ask because there was no one at the window, very few boxed meals were actually sold.

This frustrated the kitchen supervisor who had implemented the reforms and innovations.

After all, no one wants their innovation to fail as soon as it's first tested.

After thinking for a moment, he instructed his temporary workers: "Take out those two boxes of braised chicken wings that were going to be returned from the warehouse."

The two boxes, totaling a thousand packs of braised chicken wings, were stocked up for the school store. The reason they were being returned to the factory was that they were only a dozen or so packs away from expiring.

Although the school store sells a lot of food, its sales volume is not low. Therefore, the cooperation terms offered by the Super Delicious Food Factory, which cooperates with the school, are quite favorable, namely, consignment sales.

In other words, payment is settled only after the item is sold, and it is returned if it is not sold. Of course, expired chat logs can also be returned.

Therefore, the school store faces no pressure in this regard and can purchase goods in large quantities based entirely on its own preferences, often resulting in warehouses being overflowing.

However, students tend to buy things in droves; for example, when spicy strips were popular, 600 packs were sold in a short time. So it's not surprising that they would stock up on two boxes of braised chicken wings.

But these two boxes of braised chicken wings were eventually nearing their expiration date.

Then he called the sales manager of the Super Delicious Food Factory, which he had been in contact with: "I have two boxes of chicken wings that are about to expire. If I return them, you will just destroy them. How about we calculate the price and give them to the students through the cafeteria?"

They expected the other party to agree readily, but to their surprise, the other party hesitated for a moment and said, "Or... you should just return it to us."

"It's only a dozen or so days until it expires, and you're not even selling it at the factory price?" The teacher was getting a little annoyed because his wishful thinking seemed to be about to fall through again.

Food products actually have a very high gross profit margin. A pack of braised chicken wings that retails for 3.5 yuan has a factory price of less than 1 yuan.

But once it expires, even that one dollar is gone!

I really can't understand why they would refuse!

"Teacher Wang, please wait a moment. I'll report to our general manager and get back to you right away. How does that sound?"

The other party seemed to sense the extreme displeasure on our side, and considering the long-term cooperative relationship between the two parties, they relented.

"Yes. Our school also attaches great importance to food safety. This batch of braised chicken wings is well preserved and still within its shelf life. Considering that we don't want to waste it, we're selling it to students at a discount. It's beneficial for both your company and our students."

"You're right!"

Five minutes later.

The cafeteria's loudspeaker blared.

"Good news! Buy a 10 yuan boxed meal and add 1 yuan to get a pack of braised chicken wings and a cup of fruit juice."

The good news was played three times in a row.

The soldiers, who had always disliked the boxed meals and were determined to queue up for food, began to waver.

"That's amazing! You can get so much for just one extra dollar?" Lin Kun looked at Luo Li.

Luo Li quickly did the math: "A pack of braised chicken wings costs three yuan and fifty cents. I don't know if the fruit juice is in a large or small cup, but even a small cup costs one yuan and fifty cents. That's one yuan for five yuan. In that case, the boxed lunch is a great deal!"

Most people calculate it that way.

As a result, the positions began to be moved on a large scale.

Many people started queuing up at the boxed lunch window.

The staff were busy moving two large boxes of braised chicken wings over and pouring fruit juice powder into the beverage machine.

The factory that sells super delicious food products offers huge discounts. Chicken wings are all priced at 80% of the factory price, meaning the cost per pack is less than 80 cents. Fruit powder is even cheaper; a large bag costs ten dollars, and making a hundred cups would result in a very high concentration, which still costs less than 10 cents.

Even if you add one dollar to the purchase price, the school still makes a profit.

The key factor was that it boosted the sales of boxed meals.

"Le Chen, don't you want a boxed lunch?"

Lin Kunchong, who had already gone to the front of the line, called out to Li Lechen, who was still queuing at the regular food serving window.

“I don’t drink fruit juice powder,” Li Lechen replied.

"Give me fruit juice instead of fruit juice!" Luo Li quickly replied.

"I don't like braised chicken wings either, they're too salty."

"Give me this too!" Luo Li was even more excited. "I'll give you a dollar, but you have to give me your braised chicken leg and fruit juice! Come and line up!"

Although he was definitely losing money when he calculated it, seeing how excited Luo Li was, Li Lechen decided to consider it as spending a few thousand more yuan to improve his roommate relationship.

Luo Li spent twelve yuan and returned home with a full load: a boxed lunch, two packs of braised chicken wings, and two cups of fruit juice.

...

...

"My esteemed master, before you go to sleep, I have something I would like to report to you."

Li Lechen, who had just lain down, heard the gentle voice of the smart assistant.

"Bar."

“I’ve detected that you’ve completely forgotten something. It’s not very important, but I feel it’s necessary to remind you, otherwise you might regret it.”

"Um?"

"The mall gave you a ticket to view the polluted area through a lottery event. It was valid for 24 hours, but you have no memory of it at all."

Uh! If I hadn't reminded him, Li Lechen would have completely forgotten he had a free viewing ticket to the contaminated area. Well, let's watch then, come on, let's have some fun, we have plenty of time anyway...

Cough cough!

This song is awful!

Upon logging into the live streaming platform, you will immediately receive a notification:

You have one free viewing ticket for the Contaminated Zone. Would you like to enter the Contaminated Zone live stream list now?

I'm here to use this free viewing ticket, so of course I'll enter now!

Please select a mode.

Um?

[Limited time, unlimited uses] [Limited uses, unlimited time]

No way! It's supposed to be unlimited time and use? Why do I have to choose something else? This coupon is a rip-off!

This platform upholds fairness and impartiality, and respects freedom of speech, freedom of choice, and freedom of live streaming. Failure to make a selection within ten seconds will be considered a waiver of the free viewing coupon.

grass!

This is freedom?!

"Choose a time-limited, unlimited-use option!"

You have a total of one hour of viewing time. You can freely choose any live stream from the list of live streams in the contaminated area. Viewing time is calculated in five-minute increments, with any time less than five minutes counted as five minutes. Time spent on the list is not included in this count.

"......"

This is a fucking rip-off! It's clearly a time-limited, unlimited-use offer!

If it's less than five minutes, it's counted as five minutes, so you can only watch a maximum of 12 live streams.

However, since it's a free gift, let's be more grateful and complain less.

Opening the list of live streams in the contaminated area, I found it wasn't much different from the list in the quarantine area. The streams were listed one by one, except that most of them didn't have names, just a string of numbers instead, seemingly assigned by the authorities. There were no thumbnails either; it was all a dull gray.

The main difference is that the number of viewers cannot be seen from the live stream list. Therefore, Li Lechen gave up the idea of ​​looking down from the popular streams and up from the unpopular streams.

So I randomly clicked on one.

"ah!!!"

I went in and heard this sound, then the screen went black.

What's going on?

Is this a live stream from the contaminated area?

[Dead]

Suddenly a comment popped up, startling Li Lechen, who then confirmed that he was still in the live stream.