"These little potatoes have been sizzling for ages! What are you going to do? Press them down! Flatten them! If you delay any longer, they'll be overcooked!"
"What's wrong? Is that little potato you're holding made of gold? You're reluctant to put it in, even though the oil's almost gone?"
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After walking around the stall, the grilled cold noodle vendor felt a headache coming on. He couldn't help but wonder again why he had agreed to that young man's outlandish suggestion. Not only did it delay his morning stall setup, but he also had to hand over his specialty of cooking crispy rice crust and small potatoes to someone else.
While pondering, the owner of the grilled cold noodles heard the rolling sound of wheels rubbing against the ground, as well as heavy breathing. Looking up, he saw that his partner had returned, slowly pushing a small cart piled with more than a dozen large boxes toward the warehouse.
"You five, follow the steps I just taught you step by step, practice diligently! If you practice well, even if you can't earn a thousand or eight hundred a day like me, earning five or six thousand a month is no problem at all!"
After feeding the five people a big mouthful of chicken soup, the grilled cold noodle owner went over to the young man and offered him a hand. After taking his hands, he found that the cart was heavier than he had imagined, and asked curiously, "What's in this box? Why is it so heavy?"
"Hehe!" Upon hearing this, the young man reached out and ripped open a box, revealing its contents. He said with a smug expression, "Small potatoes, small potatoes from Hezibao. A box weighs thirty jin, and this box contains exactly six hundred jin!"
"Tsk tsk—" The grilled cold noodle vendor couldn't help but click his tongue upon hearing this: "You've rented a warehouse, provided free training, and even given me a week's worth of a pushcart to set up my stall. Now you're even paying out of your own pocket to buy all these tiny potatoes. If you lose money, don't come crying to me! Don't expect me to comfort you! We're not that close."
"You won't lose money, Master Sun, you have to believe me! This job has potential! Once these five have completed their apprenticeship, it'll be our turn to make money!" The young man asked with a smile, "How's their training going? When can they set up their stall?"
"At this rate, they won't learn it until the day after tomorrow at the earliest. They're all so clumsy."
"It's alright, it doesn't matter if you learn slowly. The most important thing is to truly master Master Sun's technique for making crispy potato dumplings."
Yes, after returning home that night, the owner of the grilled cold noodles read through the young man's handwritten "Hezibao Potato Battle" proposal, which was full of adolescent delusions of grandeur, and he read it more than once.
Despite the messy handwriting, the cringeworthy sentences, and the somewhat whimsical ideas, the owner of the grilled cold noodles actually felt it was worth a try after reading the proposal.
After all, all he needed to contribute to the entire project proposal was his skillful technique of cooking crispy rice crust potatoes; he didn't even need to share his secret recipe.
If he succeeds, he won't have to go out to set up a stall every day anymore; even if he fails, the only loss will be the morning's stall time, since there aren't many customers in the morning anyway.
So, in the end, the grilled cold noodle shop owner and the young man reached a cooperation agreement. Now, the grilled cold noodle shop owner is the first batch of trainees recruited by the young man!
"Have you managed to contact the person in charge of Xu's Catering?" After helping to move all the potatoes from the cart into the warehouse and arrange them, the owner of the grilled cold noodles wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and asked casually.
"We're already in contact. But it's the weekend, so they're probably all off."
Beep beep—beep beep beep—
Just as the young man was making excuses for not being able to contact the person in charge of Xu's Catering, his cell phone, which was in his pocket, suddenly beeped with a message notification!
【Mr. Niu, the proposal has been submitted to the relevant person in charge for review. The person in charge seems quite interested in the proposal. Would it be convenient for you to come to Xu's Catering to discuss it in detail?】
After hastily replying with "Very convenient, I'm available anytime," an invitation to "Meet at Xu's Catering Conference Room at 11:00 AM" followed.
When Mr. Niu stepped into the Xu's Catering headquarters and smelled the fragrance emanating from the aromatherapy on the front desk, he realized that his clothes, which smelled sour from carrying small potatoes, were somewhat out of place in this environment.
But the desire to reach a cooperation agreement was clearly stronger. He hesitated for only 0.1 seconds before making his choice. He followed the receptionist up to the second floor of Xu's Catering and into the conference room. Inside the conference room sat a woman dressed in a well-fitting business suit, who looked like a career elite.
"Hello! I'm Niu Daben! I'm the planner behind the 'Hezibao Potato Battle' project!" After a brief moment of confusion, Niu Daben announced his name loudly, his overly loud voice startling Lu Shengnan.
After seeing the title of the proposal, Lu Shengnan guessed that the planner must be a passionate and impulsive type. However, after meeting him in person, she found that Niu Daben was even more immature than she had imagined.
"Hello Mr. Niu, I am Lu Shengnan, the general manager of Xu's Catering." Lu Shengnan stood up, extended her right hand to Niu Daben, and said with a friendly smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you!"
“I’m so glad you’re interested in my project!” Niu Daben grabbed Lu Shengnan’s hand without hesitation and shook it up and down with such force that Lu Shengnan’s body swayed twice.
In less than a minute of contact, Lu Shengnan had figured out Niu Daben's personality, so she didn't beat around the bush like she would with other seasoned professionals when discussing cooperation, and asked directly: "Mr. Niu, I have carefully studied your plan, and I would like to ask what stage it has reached on your side so far?"
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