Chapter 5 The First Store



Fighting for a window position? It looks like the curtains are drawn.

Lu Yao can understand it, just like she likes to sit by the window when riding in a car, and her mood will be improved when she sees the scenery passing by outside the window.

Many restaurants in the world today will consider environmental factors when choosing a location. Things like the night view of the river, the oxygen park behind, and overlooking the whole city are all promotional gimmicks, and can also increase the added value of the restaurant.

Except for the lack of food, people's lifestyles and architectural styles in this world are actually similar to her world, so she relaxed her vigilance a little, thinking that even if the scenery outside the window was exposed, they would not find it strange.

At most, like Bai Ming, they thought it was a false illusion she created with magic.

She confirmed with the system that she could travel freely between the two worlds because she was bound to the system. Even if other people can see the scenery of the other world, they cannot go there.

This is one of the reasons why she feels comfortable letting customers into the store.

Fighting for seats is understandable, but fighting is a bit too much.

Lu Yao stopped what he was doing, picked up the wet towel on the counter, and walked into the store while wiping his hands, "I'll go take a look."

There was another customer in front of the grill, and that customer was Xingzi, who worked in the movie theater.

She ordered spicy grilled chicken wings, grilled pig's trotters, leek and egg pancakes, and strawberry soda water.

Bai Ming was flipping grilled chicken wings and pig's trotters, and he glanced at Xingzi and said lightly, "Wait a minute, I'll go in and take a look."

Xingzi nodded with a smile, walked around the grill, and followed Bai Ming, "I'll go take a look too." Lu Yao

entered the store and found that things were even more exaggerated than she expected.

She thought that two customers were fighting, but when she came in, she found that it was a wheel fight. In the corner, there were a bunch of people stacked up, and the stacked Arhat was lying on the ground. There were three or four people fighting at the window.

Lu Yao said a few words to persuade them to stop fighting. They stopped and looked at Lu Yao, then turned back and continued to fight.

"I came here first!"

"Bullshit, it was obviously me who came first!"

"Get away, you little rubbish. I carved my name on the table. This is my exclusive seat from now on!" Lu

Yao: "..."

The fight between the noobs was just like this, and they even trash-talked each other.

Bai Ming walked into the store, put Lu Yao behind him, and said in a cold and strong tone: "You scared my store manager. If you fight, you will be locked up in the small dark room."

The store became quiet. The people who were fighting each other separated silently. The group of people lying in the corner also got up and looked at Bai Ming eagerly.

"We won't fight anymore. Don't send us to the small dark room."

"No, no, no, I'm sorry, the store owner, I was too excited just now."

"I'm sorry, the store owner, I'm full, I'm leaving now, and I'll come back tomorrow."

Lu Yao felt that the three words "small dark room" were probably similar to the "police station" in the world today, and more effective.

Most of the troublemakers had left, leaving only a middle-aged man, who was one of the three or four people who had just fought.

The middle-aged man in a turmeric short-sleeved T-shirt got up from the ground and prepared to leave after following the crowd. He walked to the door and looked back at the window. He couldn't help but return to Lu Yao again, his eyes full of strong emotions: "Shopkeeper, is there another world outside the window? I saw - um -"

Before the man finished speaking, Bai Ming punched him in the stomach, then carried the man out like a chicken, and said to Lu Yao: "Manager, this man is mentally unstable, I will send him to the small dark room first and come back soon."

Lu Yao: "...Oh...Oh."

The small dark room is actually a mental hospital?

This doesn't seem to be the point.

Xingzi walked to the window at some point and stared out of the window in a trance. Lu

Yao felt a little guilty and thought about sealing the window sometime.

Xingzi noticed Lu Yao approaching, came back to her senses, a light flashed in her eyes, "The owner's illusion is really superb, even the illusion is so real."

Lu Yao's heart paused, a little confused, "You think it's real? I was just thinking about whether I should seal the window to prevent the customers from fighting."

Xingzi was a little anxious when she heard it, she took a deep breath to calm herself down, and said casually: "Those people are too weak, they can't even tell the real from the fake. There is no need for the owner to ruin such a rare view. Illusions are illusions after all, after a long time, they will get used to it and won't fight about it."

"Well, let me think about it."

Xingzi's words made some sense, Lu Yao also liked the river view outside the window, it would be nice if it could be pretended that the customers couldn't see it.

System: [Spend 200 popularity points to upgrade the store and expand the special space inside the store. Add another 50 popularity points, and this system can modify the store layout according to the store owner's requirements. Do you want to upgrade the store? ]

The task of "receiving one thousand guests" is only one-third done, and it will take at least two to three days to complete.

Yao does not have that much popularity points, let alone modifying the store layout, so he declined the system's suggestion.

Xingzi's round eyes rolled around, and suddenly suggested to Lu Yao: "Shop owner, your business is good, and there will be more and more people in the future. You and the new guy can only look after the outside. It is better to have a waiter in the store to pay attention to the needs of customers at all times."

By the way, you can also ask the customers not to fight for the window anymore. Xingzi didn't say this, but she felt that Lu Yao could understand.

Lu Yao did think of this. It only takes 50 points of popularity to add an employee, who can help, look after the guests, and protect the "illusion" outside the window.

"Well, you make sense." Lu Yao nodded to accept it.

Xingzi blinked, stood up in front of Lu Yao, and said seriously: "Since the owner wants to recruit people, what do you think of me?"

"Hey, you want to change jobs?" Lu Yao was a little surprised.

She hasn't been to the movie theater next door, but she knows that it is very big by looking at the luxurious decoration outside.

Even if they are all service jobs, it is definitely more promising than working in her snack bar.

Xingzi said, "Well, I want to apply for the position of waiter in your store. I used to be a ticket seller and salesperson in the cinema, selling tickets and popcorn. I am used to facing customers and have rich work experience. In terms of remuneration, I can do the same as the new guy. It doesn't matter if it's a little lower, as long as I can eat in the store. What do you think?"

Sure enough, there was another alien who wanted to eat at her house.

Lu Yao was a little skeptical at first, but he suddenly felt relieved after hearing Xingzi's last sentence.

When trying out new products last night, Bai Ming's eating style really surprised her.

All kinds of snacks and drinks, all added up to more than 20 kilograms, Bai Ming ate them all, and even wanted to steal the ingredients prepared in the pot.

She fully understood how attractive food is to the residents of this world.

Lu Yao also valued the work experience that Xingzi mentioned, and she was indeed very suitable to come to the store.

However, Lu Yao did not agree immediately: "How about this, like Bai Ming, the probation period is one week. If you can adapt to the work in the store, you can start work after a week."

Xingzi smiled and nodded: "Okay, the owner will allow me to go back and resign."

"Okay, we'll call it a day today, and you can come over tomorrow morning." Lu Yao talked to Xingzi, turned around and started to pack up the stall.

Bai Ming sent the customer away and immediately came back to help clean up.

Lu Yao took a break and told him that a new employee would be coming tomorrow, and Bai Ming nodded to show that he understood.

Xingzi taught Lu Yao a good lesson on the first day she came to the store.

It was in the afternoon after they closed the stall, and Lu Yao called the people at the farmers' market to send the ingredients for the next day. She had already contacted several bosses, and drinks, vegetables, fresh meat and seasonings were all delivered by special people.

While waiting for the goods, Xingzi came to Lu Yao with the store's menu, her expression was very solemn: "Manager, I want to tell you something."

Lu Yao immediately felt that something might have happened, maybe there was a problem at work.

She observed all day and Xingzi was very capable, and she didn't hear any customers fighting for seats. With her help, Lu Yao could concentrate on making food, which was a lot easier.

Lu Yao was quite satisfied with Xingzi, so he sat up straight: "Well, you tell me."

Xingzi pushed the menu in front of Lu Yao, "Manager, don't you think there is something wrong with our menu?"

Lu Yao: "What's the problem?"

Is it too expensive?

She later thought of a conversion method, which was to convert the time into hourly wages for a simple calculation.

According to the calculation of eight yuan per hour, which is a very low hourly wage, a chicken wing takes six hours, which is 48 yuan in soft sister currency, which is really not cheap.

After converting her income in recent days, she got a huge number, and couldn't help sighing in her heart again, how nice it would be if it was all money!!!

Xingzi shook her head: "It's too cheap! The kind of popcorn I gave you last time is sold in cinemas for 24 hours. The spicy grilled wings in our store are so troublesome to make and taste so good, but they are only sold for 6 hours. And the grilled pig's trotters are even more troublesome than grilled chicken wings, but they are only sold for 10 hours. The worst is the chive pancake, which is sold for 3 hours. Don't you feel sad?"

Lu Yao: "...Ah? Hmm."

Lu Yao lowered his eyes, with a look of shame on his face, and he was still calculating in his mind how much a 24-hour portion of popcorn cost.

Xingzi slammed the table: "Manager, raise the price. Increase each type tenfold first, and then adjust according to the situation."

Ten times...

If a chicken wing is forty-eight, multiply it by ten, four hundred and eight... Lu Yao was a little scared.

Xingzi was full of energy, staring at Luyao to change the price.

Luyao had no choice but to take a pen and write it down on the menu first, telling Xingzi that he would re-make the menu and change it tomorrow.

Spicy grilled wings: one for 60 hours, one pair for 120 hours

Spicy grilled pig's trotters: one for 100 hours

Chive egg pancake: one for 30 hours

Wine-brewed meatballs: one bowl for 40 hours

Strawberry soda water: one cup for 80 hours

Ice milk: one box for 30 hours

...

In the evening, after Xingzi left, Luyao slowly changed the menu, always feeling that he was running a black shop.

Originally, she was worried that the price increase overnight would lose some customers. Xingzi very skillfully put up a sign outside the door, which probably meant that the store opening promotion was over and food would be sold at normal prices from then on.

The customers did not react much to this, and they still lined up every day, and the customer flow was still increasing.

Lu Yao: Sister Xingzi is quite capable.

After many days of observation, Lu Yao found that the table with a window in the store was still the most popular among the customers.

But Xingzi was right. After a while, everyone seemed to get used to it. No one asked her about the view outside the window anymore, and they all accepted the statement that "it was an illusion created by Lu Yao."

But their enthusiasm remained unabated, and the customers even began to line up to take turns sitting at that table.

[Successfully received one thousand customers, the mission was completed, and the reward popularity value was one thousand points. ]

[Lu Yao's snack bar was crowded with customers and upgraded to a three-star store. Added 1 new dish and live broadcast function. Do you want to broadcast live in the current world? 】

Lu Yao pondered this "live broadcast function" for a while, but after consideration, she did not turn it on for the time being. What

she is most interested in at the moment is upgrading the store. She wants to expand the store and renovate the store layout.

After closing the store at night, Lu Yao spent several hours drawing a new store blueprint and spent 250 popularity points to let the system upgrade the store.

This upgrade has a lot of details and requires twelve hours of maintenance.

In order not to delay the opening of the store during the day, Lu Yao decided not to upgrade that day, and to close the store early in the afternoon of the next day before carrying out maintenance.

The snack bar is open as usual. Chen Meiyue and Li Shasha are regular customers, and the young man who lives far away comes every now and then. Some people have come to the amusement park next door to eat recently, and in addition, some new faces can be seen every day.

Behind the crowd, Bai Lu stretched her neck to look forward, her eyes full of disbelief: "Is this a snack bar? There are too many people. When will it be our turn?"

The young man behind Bai Lu was called Bai He, and he signaled her to speak in a low voice: "Be more reserved, don't show your hand."

These two are high-level NPCs in the park. Their levels are much higher than those of Bubble and the other two, and they can occasionally play the role of boss.

After Bai Jian's last failure, he reflected deeply for several days and thought that there was something wrong with his decision. He shouldn't have let those three little fools of Bubble to cause trouble. Not only

did he not get the job done, but he was also instigated by the snack bar.

Recently, he often saw those three little NPCs sneaking to the snack bar after work, and Bai Jian was almost mad.

After thinking about it, he called two NPCs in the park who were more capable of handling things, namely Bai Lu and Bai He.

Bai Jian's request was simple. He didn't expect to bring down the snack bar.

He just wanted Lu Yao to give up Bai Ming. He heard Lu Yao say that day that there would be a seven-day trial period, and he would decide whether to keep Bai Ming after the end of it.

Today is the last day of the seven-day period. As long as Lu Yao gives up, Bai Ming will have to come back to be a guard.

Bai Lu and Bai He waited in line for a long time and finally got to the front.

They were lucky. Just as they were about to order, they heard the owner announce that the store would close early today and they would be the only ones there.

The two remembered to find Bai Ming to trouble him, so they only bought the spicy grilled wings and grilled pig's trotters that Bai Ming was in charge of.

Their script was simple. They specifically picked things made by Bai Ming, and then went to Lu Yao to complain that there were problems with the food made by Bai Ming, starting with the appearance and authenticity.

If Lu Yao didn't respond, they would further accuse Bai Ming of injecting resentment into the food and having bad intentions.

To avoid being discovered by Bai Ming, they carried their food into the store.

After Lu Yao announced that the store would close early, all the customers who had finished their meals left.

At this time, there was only one waiter in the store, and he was an acquaintance. Bai He and Bai Lu felt that this was a godsend opportunity.

The two of them pulled out two chairs and sat down casually. They were about to take advantage of the situation and ask Xingzi to call the owner over. When they looked up, they found that the place where they were sitting was a little unusual.

There was a window next to the table. Outside the window, the river flowed slowly, and birds flew by in the distance. Looking further ahead, the huge red Ferris wheel slowly rose. There were other amusement facilities a little lower, and even screams could be heard from outside the window.

Baihe turned to look at Xingzi, his eyes confused: "What is this..."

Xingzi came over with a smile and explained: "This is an illusion made by our store manager himself. It seems real and illusory. Customers like it very much."

Baihe rolled his eyes and whispered: "Xingzi, don't lie. Ordinary people don't understand, but we can't see it? This is clearly--"

Before Baihe could finish his words, Xingzi held the back of his head and knocked his head into the plate in front of him.

After a dull sound, the plate broke. Xingzi smiled and said, "It's obvious that our owner is good at illusion, enough to confuse the real with the fake."

Baihe moved his head stiffly to show his mercy, and Xingzi let him go.

Bailu on the opposite side picked up the chicken wing and took a bite, his eyes shining: "Baihe, this is delicious, you should try it."

Baihe just buried his whole face in the plate, his forehead and cheeks were stained with oil, and naturally he also tasted the spicy chicken wings.

He didn't think it was a wolf's play. He picked up the chicken wings and started to eat them. He glanced at Bai Lu, "You are calm."

Bai Lu swung his legs, his eyes shining, "I can understand why Bai Ming and Sister Xingzi want to stay here. But can you two really protect her?"

If a challenger who accidentally entered the other world was known by others, the weak shop owner would be eaten in no time.

Xingzi smiled and retorted, "You don't have to worry about that. If she dies, spicy grilled wings, chives and egg pancakes, strawberry soda... everything will disappear. Can you do multiple-choice questions?"

Besides, there is also this otherworldly view outside the window. Who can refuse it?

Bai Lu and Bai He finished their food and left.

Back in the amusement park, they didn't mention the special features of the snack bar to Bai Jian. They just said that no matter how they lobbied, the owner recognized Bai Ming's ability and didn't want to fire him.

Seeing Bai Jian's bad face, Bai Lu praised Bai Jian for his ability to judge people. The talents he cultivated were one in a million and they shined wherever they went.

Bai Jian: "..."

He felt so sick that he wanted to vomit blood. He hated Lu Yao and her snack bar even more.

After Lu Yao closed the store early, he started maintenance.

The next day, the store had changed a lot.

[You have a new task! Achieve the fame achievement through live broadcast, and the final task of this world will be unlocked! Do you want to start live broadcast? ] !

! !

After completing the final task, you can go to the next world, and you may make money in the next world.

With his wallet much thinner, Lu Yao was ready to fight: "Yes!"

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