Chapter 20 The First Store



The posters and billboards on the streets, subways and platforms seem inconspicuous, but they are said to be charged on a daily basis. Not to mention the "viral" video ads that are played in a loop on the subway. How much does that cost?

Lu Yao never dreamed that one day she would be able to advertise for a snack bar on the subway.

She was so shocked that she said what she was thinking without realizing it.

Gao Yang did not laugh at her, but patiently explained the process to her.

It is impossible for Gao Yang to lay out the subway lines covering all thirteen districts in just five years.

He has a very professional team, all of whom are companions he met in this world. They all had professional knowledge in related fields during their lifetime, and some of them understood the principles of live broadcasts in amusement parks and cinemas.

Shooting an advertisement for a snack bar and then putting it on the subway lines is a big project, but it is also very interesting.

During the years of laying the subway lines, Gao Yang was discovering and solving problems every day, but he was very happy.

He likes the tense excitement of facing challenges at any time.

After the subway lines were laid and the trains began to run normally, his life became uneventful.

In addition to maintaining the trains, he would take his own train to travel around every day, but he found that this world was boring and sad.

Two years later, he discovered the most interesting place in this world - Luyao Snack Bar, which may be the only store in the world that actually has a physical entity.

Gao Yang's idea is to make it the world's number one snack bar, which makes him as excited as when he decided to build a train in this world.

After listening to the complete, smooth and extremely clear plan, Lu Yao had no other thoughts except applauding.

However, she caught a piece of information, "Among the thirteen areas, are there any areas with open theme parks and live broadcasts?"

Gao Yang nodded: "Yes, there are two areas, Area J and Area K. There is only one theme park in Area J, and there is no theme park at all in Area K."

Lu Yao was curious: "Why are these two areas not open?"

Gao Yang glanced at Lu Yao and asked carefully: "Have you been to the theme park?" Lu Yao

shook his head.

"For example, watching movies is a way to relax, playing games is also a way to relax, and the same is true for us. But everyone has their own way of doing things, and some people don't like the way of the amusement park. For a while, it seemed that the whole world was praising the amusement park, and those who didn't like the amusement park had nowhere to go. Later, they got together, divided the park into two areas, and restricted the opening of the amusement park."

The only open amusement park in Zone J is only used to relieve the symptoms of patients with amnesia and is not open to normal people.

To a certain extent, this world has a high degree of freedom.

If you don't like something, please get out of my world.

You can also arbitrarily mark out a restricted area to play what you like, which can be said to be a true "circle of self-cultivation".

However, this also means that Lu Yao's path to achieving the achievement of "fame" through live broadcast and then getting the ultimate mission is blocked.

According to the rules of the dream-fulfilling system, only after completing the ultimate mission can the door to the next world be opened.

Fortunately, a new road has been paved in front of her.

If Gao Yang's plan is successful, it will greatly advance the progress of the mission.

Lu Yao decided to accept this plan, "The advertising proposal is great, how much reward do you need?"

The other party directly said that he would promote the snack bar for free, but Lu Yao did not like to take advantage of others, or owe others favors.

In this world, transactions are paid with time, and she should be able to afford it.

Gao Yang raised the tail of his eyebrows slightly, stared at Lu Yao quietly for a long time, as if thinking about something, and replied after a moment: "I said, no reward is needed. If the owner feels bad, can you agree to one of my requests? Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you."

This means not wanting time.

Lu Yao nodded: "Go ahead."

Gao Yang: "I hope the snack bar will always reserve a table for me, so I can eat whenever I come."

The shrewd train conductor was so polite that Lu Yao was embarrassed to refuse.

Lu Yao nodded and added a deadline to the agreement: "As long as the snack bar is still there, a table will always be reserved for the train conductor."

Gao Yang had no opinion on this deadline, but he had already thought about letting Lu Yao live longer. After

confirming that he had reached an agreement with Lu Yao, Gao Yang immediately went back to find someone to shoot the advertisement, then edit it into a film, and then distribute it to various subway lines in different regions.

There are no mobile phones in this world, nor similar communication tools.

But the train conductor was very efficient. Less than two hours after he left, he brought two young people, a boy and a girl, back to the snack bar. They were carrying huge black suitcases that seemed to contain some important equipment.

Gao Yang introduced the two people to Lu Yao.

The boy was called Xiao Qi, tall and thin, with cold eyes. The girl was called Ren Min, with a round face and glasses. Her expression was exactly the same as Xiao Qi's, and she was serious.

Gao Yang knew the temperaments of the children in the team very well. He patted Xiao Qi on the back and said to Lu Yao, "Shopkeeper, we will shoot them in the first part later. It will be very exciting."

Xiao Qi turned his head to look at Gao Yang and silently moved aside.

Ren Min pushed her glasses, squatted down, opened the suitcase, and took out the equipment.

Apart from a greeting when they first came in, the two did not say a single extra word.

The train conductor returned to the office at noon with great enthusiasm and said that he wanted to shoot an advertisement for a snack bar and put it on all trains.

The people in the office were not interested in this matter and did not even have the curiosity to ask more questions.

But no one could stop the train conductor from doing what he wanted to do. Others were unwilling to come and nominated two young people, Xiao Qi and Ren Min.

They did not want to understand the inside story and followed him out with their equipment. At this time, he also had the mentality of a worker, leaving after finishing the work and did not want to get familiar with anyone at all.

The train conductor planned to shoot at least three clips, and he had discussed the script with Lu Yao in advance.

A clip of the first floor of the snack bar was filmed, a clip of the second floor cafe was filmed, and another clip of the snack bar's food curing amnesia patients.

In the clip about amnesia, the train conductor and the store clerk Quan Shengju had a long and in-depth conversation.

As one of the cases of amnesia recovery, Quan Shengju strongly supports the promotion of the positive effects of the snack bar's food on amnesia patients.

In recent years, there are more and more patients with amnesia. Many patients with serious symptoms are unwilling to go to the nursing home. Most of them eventually disappear alone at home.

If patients outside the nursing home also know the existence of the snack bar, or if they have friends who know the snack bar, their chances of survival will increase.

After the script was initially finalized, the train conductor asked Xiao Qi and Ren Min to sit by the window, and he personally drove the machine to prepare for filming.

He did not intend to specially screen the actors who participated in the filming at the beginning.

Anyone in the store can give the best performance of the food in the snack bar. What is needed is natural expression and being conquered unconsciously.

During the break, only the second floor receives guests, and the downstairs is vacant, allowing them to play.

The train conductor turned to Lu Yao and said, "Manager, the noodles and snacks can be served."

Xiao Qi and Ren Min didn't mind being on camera, they just didn't know what to do.

The train conductor actually wanted to film them. Was he going to let them pretend to eat to promote the magic tricks of this snack bar?

Xiao Qi didn't show it on his face, but he had made up his mind not to lie.

He wouldn't act and pretend to agree, and even the train conductor couldn't make him give up his principles.

Ren Min wanted to finish the filming quickly because she wanted to watch a live game show in the evening.

Lu Yao was still in the kitchen, and Gao Yang said that it would be best if she made the food on camera herself.

Quan Shengju's cooking skills were impeccable, but the things he made were a little worse than Lu Yao's, and the color was a little duller.

The difference was so slight that Lu Yao couldn't feel it, but other people including Quan Shengju himself said that Lu Yao's food was more delicious.

Lu Yao thought they were complimenting her as the store manager and didn't take it seriously.

However, she still cooked noodles and made snacks at Gao Yang's request.

The newly-arrived noodles and various snacks that have always been popular in the snack shop filled the table.

The machines nearby had already started filming. Gao Yang set up three machines and held another one in his hand, striving to capture details from various angles.

Xiao Qi and Ren Min sat opposite each other. When the food was served, they both noticed something was wrong.

The steam was rising and it looked hot, but most importantly, the food exuded an extremely tempting aroma.

Xiao Qi raised his hand and touched the edge of the white porcelain bowl, then reached out to touch the chive and egg pancake on the porcelain plate. It was so hot that he retracted his hand but couldn't help but reached out to touch it again, "Why are all these foods hot? They can't be eaten, right?"

Ren Min was similar to him. She picked up the spicy grilled wings and sniffed them.

The chicken skin was roasted to a slightly browned color and the surface was covered with seasonings. It looked very heavy and smelled so fragrant that she kept swallowing her saliva. She couldn't help but open her mouth and bite it. Her teeth easily crushed the soft and glutinous chicken skin, and the oily and fragrant juice burst out. The skin was glutinous and the meat was tender, and it was very tasty.

Hiss -

so spicy!

Ren Min raised his hand to wipe his face, and continued to eat with big mouthfuls. It was spicy and satisfying. Xiao

Qi across from him took a big bite of the leek and egg pancake. He swallowed one in two bites without caring about the heat, and reached out to take another one.

He quickly finished three and wanted to take more. Ren Min slapped his hand away and took the plate away, "I haven't eaten yet, this is mine."

Xiao Qi didn't eat enough, but he didn't want to compete with his colleagues. His eyes fell on the roasted pig's trotter in the middle.

The pig's trotter was salted and then roasted. The skin was a beautiful burnt brown, darker than the roasted chicken wings.

Xiao Qi reached out to take it, and Ren Min looked over, "Half each!"

Except for the leek and egg pancakes, which were four in a plate, which looked better, the others were all for one person.

This was also Gao Yang's idea.

Xiao Qi pouted, and with his hands, he gently broke a large pig's trotter in half from the middle. It looked absolutely not off to the naked eye.

The cross section in the middle of the pig's trotter glowed with a beautiful pink and greasy luster, and the torn skin was sticky and the meat fell off the bone with a slight pull of the teeth.

Xiao Qi and Ren Min shared all the snacks on the table until there were only two bowls of noodles left, one bowl of beef noodles and one bowl of pea mixed sauce noodles.

Xiao Qi silently looked back and forth between the two bowls, trying to choose the larger bowl, and his hand slowly reached for the beef noodles with soup.

Ren Min held it down, looking serious: "Half each!"

She wanted to taste both flavors.

Xiao Qi nodded in agreement, it would be nice to taste both.

The two of them directly found two bowls from a pile of empty plates, and carefully divided the two bowls of noodles, fearing that the other party would take advantage of them.

The dry noodles and beef soup noodles each have their own flavors, and the two of them ate every drop.

If it weren't for being in front of the camera, Xiao Qi would have licked the pea paste stuck on the surface of the bowl.

Such a small amount is not enough for two people.

Ren Min put down the bowl with a sense of loss, turned her head inadvertently to look out the window, her pupils shrank slightly, and she suddenly leaned against the window, exclaiming: "What's wrong with this window? Are those flowers real? It looks like they are about to bloom."

Xiao Qi was startled by her and also looked out the window, his sight slowly falling from a distance, and he inadvertently noticed a row of succulents placed on the windowsill.

Lu Yao planted those small succulents in small pots. They were plump and round, and looked green like gems in the sunlight.

Xiao Qi couldn't help but reach out and touch it, his eyes shining: "This is so cute."

The two people's reactions are intuitive and cute, and the difference before and after is not too obvious. Gao Yang put away the machine with satisfaction and said loudly: "It's okay, this part is passed."

Xiao Qi and Ren Min came back to their senses, looked at Gao Yang, and turned to look at Lu Yao beside them: "Manager, our performance just now was not very good. Can we have some more food and reshoot it?"

Gao Yang walked over to put away the machine and broke the two people's little plan: "You performed very well, the owner and I are very satisfied. We will go upstairs to shoot the second scene later. Aren't you two in a hurry to finish and go back? I can't waste too much of your time."

Xiao Qi & Ren Min: "..."

The weird train conductor is so troublesome.

Xiao Qi and Ren Min thought of their previous attitude and were too embarrassed to ask Lu Yao to cook for them. They moved the machine upstairs.

There were two tables of guests upstairs, which were Li Shasha, Chen Meiyue, and the brothers Du Chen and Du An.

Gao Yang said that they didn't need to clear the place, and just take the seats in the middle.

Lu Yao took out a beautiful snack box from the refrigerator and said as he opened it, "We prepared some snacks for this commercial. All our employees want to take a photo of this." When

the box was opened, not only the train conductor, Xiao Qi, and Ren Min, but also the guests at the two tables next to them stared at it.

Four snacks were neatly placed in the box: light yellow Mont Blanc, emerald green matcha mille-feuille, pink strawberry mousse, and a piece of tiramisu.

Each piece was small and delicate, and was completely different from the cream cookies sold in the store. Just looking at them made people happy.

Xiao Qi and Ren Min looked at each other and immediately raised their hands actively: "Shopkeeper, let us take the photo of this part!"

Bai Ming and Xiao Qie interrupted, "Afternoon tea was originally exclusive to the staff, and we have also live-streamed it, so we should be allowed to do it."

Du Chen, who was sitting at the next table, had been a little depressed since he failed in the guard selection, and at this moment he couldn't take his eyes off the snacks in Lu Yao's hand.

Noticing the machines set up around him, he had worked as a guard in the amusement park, and quickly understood what they were doing. After a few thoughts, he also joined in: "Are you going to take photos of the guests' reactions? I think we are also suitable."

Although he didn't know what the shopkeeper was doing, it was obvious that he wanted to get the qualification to be in the camera so that he could eat those beautiful snacks in the box.

Li Shasha and Chen Meiyue also reacted and immediately raised their hands and said, "Yes, yes, we are the guests, we can give the most genuine reaction, take a picture of us!"

Gao Yang touched his chin and pondered for a while, then turned to look at Xiao Qi and Ren Min, and said righteously, "Such a tiring job is better for me to do, you two are machines."

Xiao Qi & Ren Min: "..."

The train conductor wants to eat alone.

Lu Yao: "..."

She should be holding a few snacks, right?

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