Chapter 71
Busy, busy catching people
"Should we be able to add... 10,000 at the moment?" Cheng Yi recalled the news he had just had with Tai Sui and answered immediately.
Tai Sui only asked her to continue guiding Ye Pingan out, and didn't mention any money. But as an employee of the Xile Hotel, of course she had to fight for the boss's interests. What was the point of asking someone to discuss things without paying?
Ye Ping'an curled his lips. "Wedding banquets are all about auspiciousness and smoothness. If people knew that just meeting and discussing things took so long, it would really damage my reputation."
Cheng Yi nodded in agreement, "Exactly. I also think the compensation is too little!"
"Ahem." Ye Ping'an held her down. "It's not about the money, it's mainly about attitude. Customers trust the Xile Hotel brand and entrust their funds to us. I won't say anything if they stand me up once or twice, but I have to be responsible for the customer's funds, right? You should ask the customer more often. If you really don't have time to meet in person, a video call will work too."
Ye Ping'an had no intention of bypassing Cheng Yi and contacting the customer directly. After all, it was a big deal brought in by an employee, so he probably would have taken a commission, so he just turned a blind eye.
Cheng Yi agreed immediately, "Okay, Boss! You're right, I'll go ask the client right away!"
Ye Ping'an went upstairs to sleep with satisfaction, while Cheng Yi turned on the communicator in the lobby with an expressionless face.
She picked out a few sentences from the dozen or so tricky money-demanding pleas provided by the Bureau's information department, and sent a long, earnest message: [Lord Divine Envoy...]
Having just suffered the blow of a failed operation late at night, the communicator began to vibrate again, disturbing Tai Sui and making his face even uglier.
...Should you have said so earlier if you didn't know how to use the communicator? Splitting a sentence into dozens of separate messages, are you trying to use it as a fascia gun?
Looking at the content more carefully, the style is still pitiful, and the boss is still unwilling to give in to the demands for money.
More money. More money!
The money he just asked for from the president, is he going to give it away before it even warms up? What will he use it for?
Tai Sui looked at the words all over the screen and wished Cheng Yi could wake up.
But Cheng Yi was the only one who could bypass the Bureau of Investigation and get inside Ye Ping'an's side to find out what was going on. Based on what he knew about Ye Ping'an, throwing money at him was the best bait.
Tai Sui: […The one million I paid is a deposit, and I'll give you another one million when we meet. I've recently persuaded Ye Ping'an to visit several high-end import and export supermarkets in the city, with the excuse of "familiarizing myself with wedding ingredients in advance." I'll confirm the address before we leave.]
He thought over and over again about his actions over the past week, all of which were inexplicably ambushes set by the Investigation Bureau.
The Investigation Bureau's defenses at the Xile Hotel were too extensive, so they had to avoid it. Ye Ping'an had a close relationship with the Investigation Bureau and would tell them the address if he knew it, which would not give them enough time to set up an ambush.
A temporary location was set up and Ye Pingan was invited to go. Although there were still some problems, everything went relatively smoothly before the final goal was achieved. We can continue to try.
Cheng Yi looked at the communicator, curled his lips, and forwarded the latest news to the Investigation Bureau.
"So poor. You're trying to cheat the boss with nothing but empty words, huh!"
It doesn't matter. After being beaten a few times and arresting more people, he will eventually give the money obediently.
Early the next morning, Ye Ping'an learned the good news that the order had increased to two million.
“…You’re really rich.”
Ye Pingan was beaming. "Going to the supermarket to check out the ingredients, right? I can leave anytime. A wedding is a major event in life, so slow work makes perfect. Delaying the meeting a few times is nothing. It's like saying good things take time!"
Ye Ping'an kindly confirmed, "The cost of ingredients is not included in the order, right? Do you need me to put together a kitchen team to show the customer? Do you need help finding a wedding emcee and decoration team? Everything is for the customer's good experience!"
Although she doesn't know how to host these processes, the client is so generous and the person who pays has the final say, so she can help find someone.
Cheng Yi shook her head, "Just ask the boss to cook."
She thought for a moment, "The chef team, the emcee team... the client has made arrangements. Yeah, yes, there are arrangements."
The messenger of God had plans for the wedding banquet, but it was obviously not the ordinary wedding banquet that the boss had expected.
Catching all the "clients" before the wedding banquet begins, or at the "wedding banquet", can also be considered a plan, right? Even if the boss's usual thinking is that if the client plan fails, the deposit will not be refunded!
Ye Ping'an was full of energy. "I'll study the menu again and make sure you're satisfied."
The customers were willing to spend money, so Ye Ping'an prepared more than a dozen menus.
There are Cantonese, Shandong, Sichuan, and even retro Tang and Song dynasty dishes... Even the local customs, auspicious gimmicks, and historical origins of the menu are carefully considered. When we meet with clients to discuss the menu, we guarantee that if we reject one proposal, we'll have another one.
As for wedding banquets, there is a lot of reference information available from ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.
If she wasn't unsure how many people the client had prepared for the kitchen, she could have prepared a total of 108 dishes.
This is my first wedding banquet, so I must make sure the client feels that the two million is worth spending. I won’t invite such a sucker next time... No, I will introduce more big-name businesses like this next time.
Ye Ping'an was preparing the banquet with great interest, and had no objection to visiting supermarkets from time to time to check the ingredients.
She has to deal with ingredients and update recipes frequently, so it won't delay anything if she takes the opportunity to take a look at the customer's request.
So, a few more snacks were added to the new menu of Xile Restaurant.
From green peppercorn ice cream to pink-dyed cheese hearts...as soon as the snacks were introduced, the stall owners in the food street all put on masks of pain.
Bakeries and cafes that had previously escaped the frenzy were swept up in the frenzy. They had no choice but to secretly inquire whether Boss Ye was considering expanding into a baking line.
Students in the university town, entering finals week, gave thumbs-up: "Great! Another delicious meal!" They suggested that Boss Ye keep up the good work and offer a richer menu for a few more days.
Ye Ping'an had no intention of stealing the business.
I'm just thinking about wedding banquet dishes, not suitable for the restaurant menu. I could research a few more dim sum dishes that could be transformed and given a little practice.
If it really can't be on the wedding menu, it won't be a waste of the new flavor combination experiment.
The end of June is just around the corner, and both Qixi Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are great days to sell dim sum!
In short, she won't lose anything.
Ye Ping'an is busy studying recipes every day. He has become calm and indifferent to the customers who have repeatedly stood aside their calls, and is too lazy to talk to them.
…Every time a client cancels, the deposit goes up. After a few attempts, I've already made 1.5 million. Getting paid for work, why not?
"I've finished looking at today's supermarket dishes. What do the customers say? Haven't set a time yet? Okay, Xiao Cheng, steam the rice. I'll buy some yellow skin and then go back to prepare for business."
Ye Ping'an hung up the phone, hummed a tune, and went to check out with his bag.
The supermarkets are sparsely populated, a stark contrast to the exorbitant prices on the shelves. Soothing music and attentive staff service are also a key competitive advantage of these boutique supermarkets.
Ye Ping'an scanned the code on the self-service checkout machine and turned his head to see a group of people gathered in front of the supermarket entrance on the other side.
The entrance to the supermarket seemed to be temporarily blocked. Most of the customers shopping inside were startled when they saw the changes at the door and left in a hurry.
Ye Pingan was neither hurried nor in a hurry. He greeted with a smile, "Good morning, Officer Yao. You've been so busy so early in the morning. You must be exhausted. Come over for dinner when you have time!"
Yao Qing hesitated to speak.
...You didn't see us, but we saw you all day long.
Upon hearing the invitation to "have a meal", the investigators who had taken turns to eat at the restaurant were filled with tears of sadness.
Now, during my shift at the Xile Restaurant, in addition to delivering meals to the hospital, I can also pack a portion for myself. However, I can only leave one or two bites of each portion to taste, and the rest must be provided to the critically ill patients in the hospital.
It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, but if you think about the fact that you can save the life of a person who is deeply trapped in the devil's slavery, you will stop complaining.
After Yao Qing joined the mobile team and learned more about the [ordinary people], she deeply realized that she survived the [hearse] most likely because of Boss Ye who got in the car.
She survived, and although her daughter died in the strange incident, now more young people of her daughter's age can survive.
Yao Qing thought about it and smiled, "Boss Ye, you've been working hard, developing a new menu?"
"You need to improve your cooking skills too."
Ye Ping'an nodded. "I haven't seen you guys lately. Are you busy arresting people again? I saw on the news that Jiang City's crackdown on gangs and evil has caught a lot of fugitives this year. You must have received a lot of bonuses, right?"
The gangsters and fugitives in Jiang City were being rounded up by the police officers, so she definitely wouldn't get any of the reward for their assistance.
I've been busy preparing the wedding menu lately and haven't had time to pay attention to my part-time job. Fortunately, the wedding banquet was a big order, so Ye Ping'an didn't have many regrets.
How could Yao Qing not hear that her emphasis was on the "bonus"?
Of course, I'm busy. I'm busy catching people.
He was busy acting as a jackal, following Boss Ye to catch the members of the True Spirit Society who were lured here.
The True Spirit Society has always been in the dark and the Investigation Bureau has been in the light.
The rats operating in the dark were really hard to catch. Previously, we could only attack the evil cult organizations when we rounded up the weirdos. But now...
The interrogation rooms in the Investigation Bureau were no longer sufficient, and several groups of people who tried to sneak into Jiang City were arrested in the surrounding areas.
Although there are only a few true spirits who can control ghosts, and most of them are low-level elements, it is better to catch these guys who have been brainwashed and instigated.
Their proliferation, their promotion of destructive acts of devotion to "gods" and their organization of sacrifices, is also quite a headache. One less person would be one less troublemaker stirring up trouble elsewhere.
Speaking of credit, of course the greatest contribution goes to Boss Ye, who was completely unaware of the arrangement.
But it is not possible to give the reward directly for catching the person this time, so the money can only be included in the state fund in name.
"...The latest batch of bonuses from the state should be settled soon." Yao Qing reminded gently.
【Author’s words】
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