The stalls with the most customers are those that can fill your stomach, such as fried rice and noodles, spicy hot pot, soup noodles, and boxed lunches, which are always crowded.
The cheap and delicious boxed meals from Xu's Fast Food Restaurant were naturally popular among the workers. Xu An experienced the feeling of setting up a stall at the entrance of the Zijing Garden construction site for the first time in a long time—making money until his hands were sore.
The Xu's Fast Food Restaurant's signboard was eye-catching, and there were many customers in front of the stall, which quickly caught Ren Peng's attention.
He stood in front of his shop, squinting as he looked this way.
'Xu's Fast Food?'
Is it the same store, or is it just a coincidence?
Driven by curiosity, Ren Peng crossed the road and through the crowd to a small stall holding up a sign that read "Xu's Fast Food," where he immediately spotted Xu An busy behind the stall.
Damn it! This guy is so persistent! I run into him everywhere I go!
Xu An also saw Ren Peng at this moment and flashed him a standard eight-tooth smile: "Boss Ren, long time no see! Your fast food association is doing well. My business has plummeted. I can only set up a stall to make some money, otherwise I can't even pay my employees' wages!"
People are not the ones who understand themselves best; often, it is their enemies who understand them best.
Ren Peng clashed with Xu An several times in less than half a month, and was defeated repeatedly.
Furthermore, by simply copying Xu's fast food restaurant's business model, he achieved great success in more than thirty stores, which not only impressed him but also made him very familiar with Xu An.
He didn't believe a word of Xu An's claim that he couldn't pay wages.
Putting aside everything else, almost all employees of Elsa Apparel Company order meals from Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, which amounts to nearly 300 meals a day, not to mention other orders.
However, Ren Peng did not intend to respond to Xu An's words, nor did he intend to have a proper argument with Xu An.
After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, Ren Peng returned to the Yipinxiang fast food restaurant, seemingly lost in thought.
He felt that he had learned something new again. Young people really do have more ideas and their minds are more flexible!
Shortly after Ren Peng left, a black sedan slowly drove up to the entrance of the Ivy League construction site. The window was slowly rolled down halfway, revealing a pair of squinty eyes.
The pair of squinty eyes first looked at the Yipinxiang fast food restaurant with its huge signboard, and after carefully examining it for three seconds, slowly turned their heads and searched the entrance of the construction site.
"Xu's Fast Food Restaurant, they also have their boxed lunch stall here!"
Then my gaze fell on the boxed lunch stall further away. The stall was decorated very nicely, and even more exquisite was the logo printed on the tablecloth – Jinxiu Hotel.
The entrance to a large commercial development construction site under Xuguang Real Estate.
Zhang Dezhen came out of the mountains when he was a teenager and worked his way up in society. He has done all sorts of jobs and had no psychological barriers to setting up a stall to sell boxed lunches. He did it very easily.
The shopping mall is still under construction, and the surrounding area is either office buildings or expensive residential areas, so there are very few cheap, large-volume, and delicious restaurants.
The sudden cancellation of the construction site canteen left everyone running around like headless flies.
Fortunately, the news spread quickly, and various food stalls were set up at the entrance of the construction site, which was enough to meet everyone's lunch needs.
Xu's Fast Food Restaurant's eight-yuan boxed lunch with three dishes and a soup naturally became the most popular among all roadside stalls.
The 100 boxed meals that Zhang Dezhen was in charge of selling sold out in less than an hour.
Just as Zhang Dezhen was packing up his things, preparing to rest and wait for Xu Guosheng to come and pick him up to go back to the shop, he saw two familiar figures walk out of a small alley, wearing aprons with the words 'Star Moon Restaurant' written on them.
These two were the same people who joined Xu's Fast Food Restaurant with Zhang Dezhen and became delivery riders.
The two were very surprised to see Zhang Dezhen here and to learn that he was setting up a stall.
"Brother Zhang, aren't you a braised food chef at Xu's Fast Food Restaurant? What are you doing here setting up a stall? Did you quit your job and go solo?"
"No, no," Zhang Dezhen waved his hands repeatedly, "The shop is short-staffed, so I came out to help out by setting up a stall and selling boxed lunches."
"Selling boxed lunches at a stall?" The man glanced at the construction site behind Zhang Dezhen and immediately understood: "You're doing two jobs at the same time, right? You deserve a raise, don't you?"
"Hey, I don't have much to do. It's no big deal to come out and help out." Zhang Dezhen didn't take it seriously. He usually only makes about a hundred kilograms of braised food. He finishes it all by six in the morning and ten in the morning. The rest of the time he does odd jobs and is so bored that he feels more at ease than to come out and set up a stall like this.
"Brother Zhang, you need to bring it up with the boss about your family situation."
The other person tugged at the outspoken man and quickly said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, you're busy. We have something to do, so we'll be leaving now. Let's talk again next time."
After saying that, the two left, pulling and tugging at each other. Zhang Dezhen could hear their hushed conversation.
Why are you pulling me? What I said isn't true!
"Their salary is much higher than yours, so why are you meddling in other people's business? Mind your own business."
Zhang Dezhen withdrew his gaze, sat back down in the shade of the tree, and took off his straw hat to fan himself.
Now is not a good time to raise wages. Let's wait and see.
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