Chapter 044 Chapter 44
This was the first time that Yan had seen “food counterfeiting” in reality.
Not only her, but other diners in the restaurant were also attracted by the man's voice and looked towards the door.
"Where are these people coming from? Are they doing the live broadcast? If there are many people watching, won't the queues be even longer in the future?"
"This guy looks like he has some mental problems."
The diners who lined up early were all familiar with each other, and four people were whispering to each other at a table.
"It can't be that kind of person who comes here to cause trouble?"
When Ah Yan heard someone say this, she became nervous all over.
This kind of "food counterfeiting" is different from internet celebrities' food restaurant visits. These anchors are nitpicking and finding faults. They may not have much knowledge, but they are very good at fooling people and often have a bunch of brainless followers.
And...A Yan looked silently towards the kitchen. Chu Shen is a man with a halo!
She had always thought that people like Chu Shen, who lead a glamorous life, would not normally encounter anything dramatic, but she never expected that this would happen!
The man doing the live broadcast must have been well prepared as he came quite early. He walked in with his equipment and happened to be the last seat.
"Come in, family. This place is quite small. Let us have a look around." He twirled his cell phone and waved to the diners in the room.
“All tables are for four people, no individual seats, all tables are shared.”
The man took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and placed them on the empty seat. "Take a seat and see what it's like inside."
When his phone captured the small blackboard menu on the wall, the anchor immediately exclaimed: "Fried rice, 288 per serving, it's really a steal!"
"Not even a side dish, just plain water?"
He almost broke his voice, and Ah Yan had already frowned.
It would be best if this person could leave. If he doesn't leave, there will probably be trouble next.
The man seemed to want to get the other diners around him to follow suit, but no one paid any attention to him at this moment.
"I think two hundred and eighty-eight for fried rice is a bit low, what do you think, Zhang'er?" said an old man holding a plate of bracelets.
"Indeed, with Mr. Chu's cooking skills, he runs a small shop. If he were to go to a hotel, especially if it was serving new Chinese fusion dishes, I'm afraid he would have to sell it for 888 per serving." said the middle-aged man who brought his own teacup.
“If you cherish the 288, you can eat meals prepared by top chefs.” The aunt next to me continued.
"That's right, for 288 we can eat here forever." The people at the table behind also began to agree.
After a few people's flattery, the live broadcast man immediately dropped his words and felt a little embarrassed.
"Haha, if everyone agrees so much, I must try this egg fried rice to see how delicious it is. I hope you are not a shill."
The live broadcast man returned to his seat in disappointment. He used one phone to broadcast live while taking out another phone to scan the order code on the table.
"Let me show you guys, I'm in the mini app, Chu's Restaurant, wow, it really is, there's only one option of fried rice with egg and water, and there's no membership recharge, I've placed an order."
The man on the live broadcast placed an order, and his order number was shown to be 24.
"24, there are only six tables in this room, I won't be the last one!"
He saw a small plate of untouched fruit on the table, and saw that the other three people at the table also had some, but their plates were empty.
"Wow, there's fruit before the meal. I think I should get some of the 288 back." The live broadcast man grabbed the fruit. Although the other three people at the table were complete strangers, he acted as if no one was around and didn't care about other people's eyes at all.
"It looks good. Taste, there's no fork. But this environment isn't suitable for using a fork." He brought the strawberries and cherry tomatoes closer to the camera of the live broadcast.
"If you ask me, this fried rice can be sold for 288, the boss must have made a lot of money, at least he should renovate it."
He began to criticize the environment in the store. "You said that there was no one to greet us after we sat down, and the two beauties were just standing there, and they didn't know how to handle things. Now they didn't even give us water. This is no service."
The live broadcaster shook his head, looking at the confusion, "This is the kind of store where the boss is more powerful than the customers. It's all because of the customers. Nowadays, every industry emphasizes that customers are king."
At this moment, he shouted and waved to Ah Yan and Chu Bingbing, "Waiter, pour me a glass of water."
At this point, the barrage in the live broadcast room echoed his words, sharing the same hatred for his enemy.
[The waitress is pretty, but how can she work like this? I would fire her if she were here.]
[If it was a small shop downstairs that costs 20 yuan, it would be fine, but a shop that costs 300 yuan per person with such environment and service? It will close down sooner or later! ]
【Brother Xiong, let them learn some lessons and explain things to the boss. This kind of unscrupulous business must be exposed! 】
Because this store is a small second floor, Ah Yan and Chu Bingbing were standing at the corner of the stairs secretly observing and whispering, and were startled by the man's shout.
Zhu Jue took the kettle and cups and went over, because the old diners at other tables either brought their own water or poured boiled water themselves.
He walked over, poured the water and left, and the live broadcast male Xiong Ge immediately started to complain.
"What kind of attitude is this? He doesn't say a word. If I don't shout, no one will pour water for me."
"There is no waiter here." The young man sitting next to him couldn't stand it anymore.
"Ah?" The live broadcast man was stunned.
If there were no waiters here, what he said just now would not hold water.
"The owner of this restaurant is the only one who is also the chef. Those standing there are also customers of the restaurant."
"Just get the water yourself. It's written on the wall. Didn't you go and see it?" The lady opposite also retorted.
The live broadcaster Xiong Ge touched his nose and looked back outside the door. The diners who were still queuing outside seemed to have heard the noise inside and were stretching their heads to look inside.
"I didn't notice it. Ignorance is not blame. How could anyone know that they were not waiters? Aren't others waiting outside?"
Brother Xiong immediately found an excuse for himself and quickly passed over the incident in which he acted like a boss and ordered people around.
He immediately picked up the strawberry and stuffed it into his mouth, hoping to get rid of it, and then he was stunned.
The live camera was facing his face, and immediately many people started to post comments.
[What's wrong with Xiong? What's that expression? How bad is it? ]
[Is this unpalatable or delicious? 】
Brother Xiong was already very angry with the small shop in front of him. The strawberries were delicious, and even if he felt uncomfortable, he couldn't say they were bad.
"This strawberry is quite delicious." He pretended not to care and picked up another cherry tomato.
"It tastes good, it's okay. I think this at least helps me get back a few dollars." Brother Xiong forced himself to look good. He saw that many plates of egg fried rice had been served one after another, and other diners had already taken the egg fried rice themselves and returned to the table.
He turned the camera around and saw that these people were mostly busy eating, while other diners who had not yet had their turn were watching them eagerly.
"I finally had this bite. I missed it so much after six days."
"Ah, I dreamed of fried rice last night, and I was drooling all over my pillow this morning."
"I didn't dare eat anything this morning. I just drank a couple of sips of water because I was afraid I would be too full to eat the fried rice."
Some people ate mouthful after mouthful with an intoxicated look on their faces, reluctant to relish the food, while others inhaled it voraciously, with the only thing in front of them being the plate of egg fried rice.
"This isn't acting, is it? It's too exaggerated." Brother Xiong twisted his mouth.
"Is it really necessary to be so exaggerated to hire someone to act in the film? It's too much."
Chu Shen cooked fried rice quite quickly, and soon, the diners in the room had started eating one after another. The live broadcast man, Xiong Ge, reluctantly stepped forward and took the plate himself.
Because the restaurant was still full and there were no new orders, Chu Shen stopped making frying rice.
At this moment, A Yan, Chu Bingbing, Yi Zhi and Zhu Jue all gathered over.
Ah Yan whispered: "We found that person."
They just muted their phones, searched for some video apps, and immediately found the live streamer.
He is actually a blogger with millions of fans, named [Brother Zhengyi is me]. The two of them were attracted by him the moment they saw him.
Ah Yan and Chu Bingbing were speechless. "He specifically looks for trouble with supermarkets, food stores, and small restaurants. He previously went viral with a video in which he found a box of instant coffee powder on a supermarket shelf. The ingredient list pointed out that the coffee powder contained silicon dioxide, and then searched for silicon dioxide as a building material. He went to a construction site and asked the workers if they could eat the sand. Of course, they said no."
"Then in his video he said that silicon dioxide is sand and sand cannot be eaten. There is actually sand in coffee powder. People should boycott coffee powder." Chu Bingbing's mouth twitched.
"Silicon dioxide in food is of course a food-grade additive. It turns into sand in his mouth."
"The most important thing is that everyone who watched the video believed it." A Yan was helpless.
"I read that this person has fabricated a lot of rumors like this using this method. He has threatened some small manufacturers and brands to expose their identities and demand money," Chu Bingbing added.
Yi Zhi rubbed his hands at this moment, "So this person is also coming here to blackmail Chu Shen?"
"I saw that he went to a very famous chain restaurant before, found all kinds of faults in it and posted a video. In the end, the restaurant came out to apologize." Ah Yan said.
"He uses mindless public opinion as a weapon and he can attack anyone he wants. He probably saw the news about fried rice costing 288 yuan somewhere and is trying to stir up some heat," Zhu Jue said.
Chu Shen's brows twitched slightly at this moment. He had already thought that it was probably the misfortune caused by the hype surrounding the comic convention.
But there is no way to avoid this kind of people.
"It's okay, let's see what he's going to do." Chu Shen's face was calm. When the store just opened, other people came over to cause trouble.
He has never experienced big storms, but this kind of small storm is inevitable when running a store.
Especially since he is a young man who has just grown up and has no family to support him, he is not a target that some evil people can exploit and bully.
"You can't be secretly putting flies and cockroaches into the fried rice." Chu Shen was still in the mood to make a joke at this moment.
Ah Yan thought about it seriously and said, "Probably not. This is too low-end. The diners next to us are watching, and there are live cameras."
The blogger named Xiong Ge just now was deliberately looking for trouble, pouring water, calling the waiter, and complaining that it was too expensive, but the diners next to him directly retorted back, and the situation was resolved without the boss having to do anything.
In particular, one diner took the initiative to point out that there is only one owner and full-time chef in the restaurant, which directly addressed this person's picky point.
Why are you so picky when you're the only one doing the job? The boss still has to cook!
Yi Zhi was ready to fight back, "If he's trying to cheat me, would it be considered self-defense if I beat him up?"
Several people looked at her at the same time, and Chu Shen was instantly moved.
Big sister, you are so nice.
"This is not acceptable. We are living in a society ruled by law. It has not come to that point yet," said Ah Yan.
Ah Yan touched his chin, secretly stood up and took a glance.
The host Xiong Ge was holding a plate and showing egg fried rice to the live studio.
"My family, I've finally got my turn after waiting for so long. Let me try this egg fried rice and see if it's really that exaggerated."
"This plate is very ordinary, the most commonly used white plate in ordinary small restaurants, and the spoon is also ordinary. It's 288 yuan, why don't you change to more expensive tableware?"
"It smells a bit nice, and the eggs have dyed the rice yellow. I've done this at home before, but it tends to have a fishy smell."
"It's not even shredded with ham and sausage. Look, it's just egg fried rice, egg, rice, and chopped green onions. I'm thinking I'll sell it for 288 yuan." He hasn't started eating yet, but he keeps chattering to the live broadcast room.
The boy next to him suddenly raised his head and said in a snort, "Can you eat after hearing so much?"
"If you don't want to eat it, you can sell it to someone else for 288."
"Don't talk while eating, don't talk while sleeping. If you don't eat, can you let others eat in peace?"
I worked a week's worth of work to finally get a bonus meal, but how could I watch such a stupid live broadcast?
The young man moved his stool closer to the wall, as if he wanted to be farther away from him.
"This is my first time here. I've never seen the world, so let me introduce it to you all." Brother Xiong was a little embarrassed.
"This 288 yuan is not cheap. You rich people can't look down on others just because you eat it often." He muttered.
"Wow! Please don't bring up the banner of the gap between the rich and the poor. I'm a social animal working 996, isn't it enough for me to have this good meal once a week? I work overtime until three in the morning every day and sleep less than six hours a day. I just want to have a quiet meal. Can't you give me some concessions? Please care about the young people?" The young man followed suit and complained.
Chu Bingbing, who was eavesdropping in the kitchen, laughed softly and said, "Brother, you are such a good speaker!"
Ah Yan silently raised a thumbs up.
You use the banner of rich and poor, and I use the banner of 996 office workers. This guy obviously has some experience in arguing.
The host Xiong Ge felt that he was unlucky today because the people sitting at the table were young people, all of whom had bad tempers.
"Eat, eat, no more talking." He was speechless for a moment, and finally moved his spoon.
He scooped up a spoonful of egg fried rice with a spoon, showed it off for a while, and then put the egg fried rice into his mouth to chew.
Afterwards, the host Xiong Ge’s expression froze.
"What the hell?" He uttered the Chinese quintessence subconsciously.
“Is this egg fried rice?”
The audience in his live broadcast room was barraging with comments, but Brother Xiong didn't seem to notice it at all at the moment.
The white porcelain spoon in his hand kept scooping up egg fried rice and putting it into his mouth, one spoonful, two spoonfuls, three spoonfuls... the speed was getting faster and faster. He was constantly chewing and swallowing in his mouth and had no time to talk at all.
Silence finally returned to the table, leaving only the sound of eating.
Some of the first group of diners had already finished their meal and handed in their plates and cups, walking out to offer their seats, and the diners who were queuing outside the door entered in an orderly manner.
But at this moment, Brother Xiong didn't pay any attention to the other diners coming in and out around him. His mind was filled with the plate of egg fried rice in front of him.
How can egg fried rice be so delicious?
Eat, eat, eat. At this moment, it seems that the brain, hands, and stomach are all occupied by eating.
The large plate of egg fried rice dwindled at the speed of light, becoming less and less, until only a tiny bit of egg fried rice was left in front of the host, Xiong Ge, then he looked at the plate blankly.
"Why, are we almost done eating now?"
“I don’t think I ate much.”
He finally had some respect for the chef and waved his hand inside, "Another plate of egg fried rice."
The guy next to me laughed out loud, "Each person is limited to one portion, eat and leave."
At this time, the guy had not finished eating yet. He was enjoying it very much, chewing every bite carefully. There was still half of the egg fried rice on the plate, which made the host Xiong's eyes light up.
"Ah? Just one serving? That's not enough for a grown man! This is unreasonable!"
"Little brother, we are both men, so I won't give up on you. How about you give me half of your meal and I'll give you half of the money?"
He stared intently at the egg fried rice on the plate of the guy next to him, his eyes shining like a hungry wolf seeing blood.
The young man immediately stretched out his left arm to block it, turned around and ate facing the wall, using his body movements to make his attitude clear, so I didn't bother to say a word to him.
The two girls sitting opposite each other protected their plates and ate faster.
"You can leave after you finish eating. Put your plate in front. There are people waiting behind." A diner who was leaving glanced at him.
"No, I'm not full." Brother Xiong was like an ant on a hot pot at this moment. He used his mobile phone to scan the order code on the table.
As a result, it actually showed "The user has already eaten today, the order is completed, and cannot order again."
Just two words, out of the ordinary! Out of the ordinary!
"This boss doesn't even want to make money?" Brother Xiong had an incredulous look on his face. He was anxious at this moment, and he was perfunctorily looking at the barrage in the live broadcast room.
"Where is this? Coming here? Oh, you definitely won't be able to eat if you come, the line outside is very long, and this place is only open for two hours." As he spoke, he couldn't help tapping the table with his fingers. He looked around and saw a new customer coming in. He immediately started a conversation as he thought of something.
"Hey, hello, can you order some egg fried rice for me? I'll give you an extra hundred for the meal."
A young man dressed in fashionable clothes came in. When he heard this, he immediately ran forward and said, "Where did this evil person come from!"
The anchor Xiong was stunned when he heard this. How could it be considered harming others if he asked someone to pay more money to order food?
"Scalpers who charge extra money and resell will be blacklisted by our store. Both those who charge extra money and those who resell will be blacklisted for life." The guy who was eating across from the wall finished his meal and spoke quietly, then got up and left with his plate.
"Ah?" The host Xiong Ge opened his mouth. He had never seen such an outrageous thing!
Some of the diners waiting in line outside have already stood next to Xiong Ge, "When are you planning to leave?"
There were already people standing by and staring at him. All the other diners gave up their seats after finishing their meals. There were also comments in the live broadcast room saying that he should leave and should not let others go without a meal. Although there were also people who supported him to stay, Xiong Ge still stood up reluctantly for the sake of his image.
"There's no other way. I have to leave after eating and make room for those who come later. I'll go out and show everyone the queue situation so they can be prepared." He followed the example of others and put the egg fried rice and fruit plate on the table in front of him. He then went out with his phone to live stream the queue situation.
Seeing that this person finally left and seemed to have stopped causing trouble after the meal, Ah Yan heaved a sigh of relief.
But Ah Yan saw that Yi Zhi looked very regretful, and she had been ready to do it for a long time.
"There's something wrong with the script. Shouldn't he find some fault with it?"
Chu Bingbing spoke up at this time: "After all, he had eaten egg fried rice."
That was Chu Shen's fried rice. After eating it, this guy even wanted to find someone to buy him a spot for another plate. It was obvious that he would not continue to make trouble.
From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the business hours of Chu's Restaurant ended. The hungry people all ordered some egg fried rice, but because Chu Shen said he wanted to try new dishes, the five of them shared one portion of egg fried rice and did not dare to eat more.
Several people helped Chu Shen put the dishes into the dishwasher, cleaned up the toilet and wiped the table. Chu Bingbing expressed her heartfelt emotion.
"Running a restaurant is really tiring. Making fried rice with egg is not easy."
Today, four of them came to help. There were people helping with the cleanup. Usually, Chu Shen had to cook and clean up, prepare and buy food, and do everything by himself. For a man of his age, it is not easy to be a restaurant owner.
The beef had been slow-cooking on the stove in the kitchen for a long time. At two o'clock in the afternoon, after the five of them had finished working and cleaned up, Chu Shen brought the new dish he had just learned to the table.
"The new dish is potato stew with meat, beef and chicken. I also cooked a pot of new rice. Do you want it with white rice or fried rice with eggs?" he asked.
"White rice!" A Yan raised his hand. Potatoes and meat stew should be served with white rice, which can better bring out the taste of the dish.
"We've already had fried rice. You've been busy all afternoon. Just plain rice will be fine." Chu Bingbing said.
Two tables were put together, the door outside had already been closed, and the five of them gathered together to eat.
"I don't have much food here, I'm really sorry that you guys have to come over and do the work today."
Chu Shen looked at the three dishes on the table, beef stewed with potatoes, chicken stewed with potatoes, and a side dish of pickled celery, which was really shabby.
"This is great. There are cold dishes, hot dishes, rice, two meatballs and one vegetable. Isn't this how we eat at home? If you think it's not enough, I'll go wash some cucumbers." Yi Zhi said.
The meal in front of me, the aroma, the configuration, the ingredients, these are things that many people cannot even dream of eating in the end times.
"Oh, eat it." Chu Bingbing couldn't wait.
"Let me try the beef first." said A Yan.
The rice was served on a big plate. Zhu Jue scooped a spoonful of it into her plate.
The soup of the stewed beef with potatoes is a bit dark in color. It is not a clear soup, but has some thickness. The potatoes have been stewed and it is very fragrant and very suitable for mixing with rice!
Just now, when Chu Shen opened the lid of the pot in the kitchen, several people were shocked by the smell!
It smells so good!
The yellow potatoes were cut into cubes, and it seemed that they could be crushed and split with the chopsticks. The beef was neither too big nor too small, with some tendons on it, and had already been stewed to be extremely soft.
Ah Yan swallowed subconsciously and scooped up a piece of beef with a spoon and put it into her mouth.
The moment the beef enters the mouth, the tip of the tongue moves slightly and gently grinds it, and the beef that has been tempered thousands of times seems to melt into silk, not dry or tough, and without a trace of fishy smell. You can only feel the thick gravy bursting out in your mouth. It's delicious!
You don't even need to worry about getting something stuck in your teeth when eating this kind of beef. It is stewed until it is soft but not watery at all. You know for sure that this is very good beef.
Ah Yan ate the beef with his eyes narrowed, and she immediately scooped up a piece of potato with a spoon.
The yellow potatoes are equally soft. When you put your teeth on them, the dense and solid texture instantly spreads between your lips and teeth. The potato cubes soaked in gravy have the rich aroma of beef and the softness of potatoes, making you want to eat them bite by bite.
Especially the potato, it smells so good, even after being soaked in gravy and soup, it still has the aroma of the potato itself.
Obviously, stewed potatoes with meat is a home-cooked dish that almost every household can make, but why is it so delicious!
The beef is so delicious, the potatoes are so delicious, and when put together they achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two!
Ayan doesn’t really like eating potatoes, but now he feels that he can eat a whole plate of potatoes here!
Wait, this seems to be the food that Yizhi brought?
The few of them hardly spoke. They ate beef stewed with potatoes, chicken stewed with potatoes, and rice with soup. Ah Yan watched Yi Zhi finish one plate of rice at a very fast speed and immediately started to eat the second full plate of rice.
This is simply too delicious.
Just as the group was eating frantically, the door was suddenly slammed.
Chu Shen went to open the door, and then the five people looked at the team of police officers who appeared outside in confusion.
"Don't move!"
"Drop your weapons. Hand over your stuff!"
Chu Shen, who was still holding chopsticks in his hand, raised his hand silently, "Excuse me, have I been reported again? You are not from this district's detachment, right?"
The policeman was stunned by this question, "No, stop talking nonsense, someone reported that you have hidden drugs here."