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A group of young people drinking porridge nearby overheard Lin Zhou and Zhang Jianjun's conversation.
Carrying the porridge, I quietly moved towards where they were, wanting to hear them more clearly.
Is this some kind of gossip about a wealthy family?
Is it something that bystanders like them could hear?
It turns out that real-life CEOs also learn from the domineering CEOs in novels.
Lin Zhou and Zhang Jianjun continued talking.
Clearly, Lin Zhou was also very interested in this topic.
"No wonder."
It turns out that Grandpa Zhang's son was raised according to the template in CEO romance novels from a young age.
Especially after Mr. Zhang's wife passed away unexpectedly, those CEO romance novels became her keepsakes, things left by the mother to her children.
Zhang Mingyuan must have missed his mother, so he took it out to look at. After looking at it so much, he naturally wanted to become the kind of person his mother imagined, turning into a domineering CEO.
He really made me cry so much, such a touching mother-son bond!
Seeing how moved Deputy Lin Zhou was, Zhang Jianjun was somewhat puzzled, feeling that he might have misunderstood something.
But the next second, as soon as he took a bite of seafood porridge, his attention was immediately diverted.
It's so delicious!
The pure white rice has been stained golden yellow by the oil from the stir-frying of crab roe and shrimp heads. When you eat it, the fresh flavors of shrimp and crab roe linger on your taste buds, indistinguishable from each other.
When you chew it, you can also taste the creamy texture of crab roe.
If you eat crisp and tender squid, the crisp and tender texture and the seasoning during marinating are a treat for your taste buds. It's no exaggeration to say that it's so delicious it'll make your eyebrows fall off!
And the prawns weren't old at all. They weren't boiled, nor did they have that tough texture that comes from overcooked porridge. It was as if the prawns were added to the porridge and cooked through by the boiling porridge.
Extremely tender and fresh, this cooking method allows you to taste the original flavor of the ingredients.
If the shrimp aren't the freshest live ones, they won't have this texture.
"Aren't you losing money selling this porridge for 100 a bowl? There's so much seafood, and you can tell it's all fresh. Jiangdong isn't near the sea, so the fresh seafood is all air-freighted, making it much more expensive than in coastal cities. I see there are also dried scallops, crabs, prawns, squid, and many other kinds of seafood in here. The cost must be very high."
Lin Zhou's eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Jianjun's words, and he gave him a look that said, "You know what I mean."
That's right. The cost of this seafood dish was too high. When he cooked it, he was only thinking about eating it himself and didn't pay attention to the cost at all. He just cooked it however tasted good.
It turned out last night that the costs were indeed a bit high, and we were basically not making any money.
Considering the time he spent cooking the porridge, he could say he lost money.
After all, he did manage to climb to the top of the mountain.
Especially when someone complains that 100 yuan is too expensive for a bowl of porridge, Lin Zhou's heart bleeds when he thinks about the costs involved.
It's all because of these past few days of setting up a stall. Every day, people complained that it was too expensive. Although Lin Zhou didn't say anything at the time, after hearing it so many times, it still left a mark on his mind.
I just wanted to make a pot of porridge that cost about 100 yuan a bowl.
This is clearly a case of being held hostage by a customer who complained about the price.
Lin Zhou never expected that the person who understood him best was actually Grandpa Zhang.
It's true that friendships forged through hiking together are based on shared experiences. They only care about whether he's making a profit or not, and don't think that if he sells it cheaper, he, as a customer, will benefit.
He's such a good person!
Lin Zhou was deeply moved. He held Grandpa Zhang's hand and was about to say something more when a man in a suit and tie suddenly appeared in front of the stall.
Lin Zhou: ? ? ?
No, who would be so nice as to go hiking in a suit and tie?
This is the first time I've ever seen someone climb a mountain in a suit and leather shoes. Is his foot okay?
Lin Zhouzhen didn't do it on purpose.
I just glanced at the person's feet instinctively.
Assistant and bodyguard Xiao Li noticed Lin Zhou's gaze and his lips twitched.
But remembering the task assigned by the young lady, he still dutifully spoke up.
"Hello, two bowls of porridge."
As he spoke, he scanned the QR code and paid two hundred yuan.
Lin Zhou was a little slow to react, and his movements to scoop out the porridge were a beat slow.
The other diners, each holding a bowl of porridge, cast discreet glances at the out-of-place Xiao Li.
At this moment, Xiao Li was glad that he had worn sunglasses, so no one would know what he looked like, otherwise it would have been so embarrassing!
He was the assistant and bodyguard that President Lu arranged for Lu Qian. He was a retired soldier and very capable.
Last night, Lu Qian assigned Xiao Li a task: to find a porridge stall at the top of Qinhuang Mountain tomorrow morning and buy two bowls of porridge.
She'll eat when she wakes up.
So before going to work, Xiao Li made a trip to Qinhuangshan.
Because he had to go to work after buying the porridge, he was too lazy to go home and change his clothes, so he just wore his usual work clothes to climb the mountain.
Climbing Mount Qinhuang was no big deal for him; he reached the summit in just a few tens of minutes, and what shoes he wore made no difference to him.
No, it does have an impact; it slows down the speed a bit.
He knew that wearing this while hiking would definitely attract attention, but he had no choice and didn't want to make an extra trip back and forth.
"Thanks."
After receiving the porridge, Xiao Li remained expressionless, as if he were just a passerby who had completed his task of buying porridge and was about to leave.
But this scene still provided plenty of entertainment for the tourists on the mountaintop.
Once Xiao Li was out of sight, murmurs immediately broke out.
"Wow, isn't this like in a novel where the assistant or bodyguard gets ordered by the CEO to buy porridge?"
"Exactly, I feel like we're all NPCs, just extras serving the plot, like background characters."
"Wow, he's so cool. He must be a bodyguard. Those muscles are so big, even a suit can't hide them. And a suit with sunglasses, isn't that standard bodyguard attire?"
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