Boss Tong doesn't understand what "hunger marketing" is. Despite the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, his empire in the food live-streaming industry remains unshaken. He personally demonstrates the concept of "hunger marketing" to Boss Tong and also gives him a free lesson on the true meaning of "revenge spending".
Boss Tong was not wrong in the first place; his mistake was that he missed the "reservation" opportunity several times.
After several failed reservations, Boss Tong combined the seafood he had previously tried to order and increased his order from 100 jin (50 kg) to 300 jin (150 kg) at once.
Pei Tongpan suddenly found the crab leg meat in front of him unappetizing.
Pei Tongshi seemed to sense something was wrong and asked nervously, "Young Master, is business bad at the shop today? Are you unable to sell the seafood?"
Mr. Tong was suffering in silence. His sister and brother-in-law interrogated him repeatedly, and he finally poured out all his grievances.
"Sister, the shop only sold twenty catties of seafood today! Not a single ghost crab was sold!"
"A friend brought his relatives and friends to support us, and they actually said that the fresh seafood in our store was not fresh and sweet enough, and had a strong fishy smell!"
"They actually asked me for soy sauce when they left! If I had soy sauce, would that Jiang family member still be standing there breathing? It's infuriating!"
"Brother-in-law, you have to think of something! If this keeps up, we won't even be able to get a sip of meat soup!"
Pei Tongshi couldn't eat anymore either. She reached out and tugged at her husband's sleeve, shaking it gently, and said pitifully, "Husband, you must help Dalang! In Yuzhou, who dares to disrespect our Pei family? But that Jiang woman is ungrateful! Tomorrow I will go back to the Pei residence to visit my father-in-law and ask him to make a decision!"
Having served Magistrate Pei for so many years, Madam Pei was well-versed in the ways of officialdom. She would never let her husband take the lead if the Pei family could do so!
All these years, how much money has the Pei family spent to secure the career of their second son in the government? It's perfectly appropriate for the Pei family to crush a small merchant like him!
Magistrate Pei glared at Pei Tongshi, but in his heart he was thinking that Jiang's private kitchen definitely had to be eliminated, but how to eliminate it was the key.
He only recently learned that the woman who had been entangled with Fu Qiyuan in Guyang County was Jiang Shan, the owner of Jiang's Private Kitchen.
The woman surnamed Jiang has an unusual relationship with Fu Qiyuan. Dealing with Jiang is essentially dealing with Fu Qiyuan. The Pei family has already suffered a loss because of their nephew Pei Wang. This young man surnamed Fu is willing to offend his aunt and even make enemies of the Pei family for that woman. Isn't he just relying on his father, a high-ranking official?
My aunt has endured so much in the capital for so many years, and the Pei family has kept a low profile, not daring to have too much involvement with the capital, for fear of being retaliated against by Fu Ting! Now Fu Ting's son has come up again, as ruthless and heartless as his father. If we don't take down Fu Qiyuan, won't the Pei family and the Cheng family never have a chance to rise again?
Furthermore, what Aunt fears is Minister Fu, not this greenhorn, much less this wild country girl! Ultimately, all these changes in the Pei family are because of this woman; she's a menace!
Fu Qiyuan's protection of this scourge presents a good opportunity for the Pei family. They need to devise a plan to eliminate both the Jiang family and Fu Qiyuan!
In the main hall of Jiang's Private Kitchen.
Xiaoqi frowned as she looked at the guests at the innermost table of the private room separated by a hollowed-out screen. She beckoned to a waiter and whispered a few words to him.
The waiter quickly went over and greeted the only guest in the private room with a smile: "Sir, would you like to order anything else?"
A plate of raw marinated prawns, a plate of sashimi, a plate of roasted lamb leg, and a fruit salad were all gone from the table. The complimentary fruit drinks had been refilled twice, and the customer was burping incessantly. Clearly, he was full, but the waiter couldn't understand why this customer was still stubbornly refusing to leave.
The guest was very young, a handsome young man of seventeen or eighteen, with a surprisingly large appetite.
"I...uh...want...burp...another dish of soy sauce, please!" The young customer sat up straight, stretching his neck forcefully.
The waiter smiled and said, "Sir, soy sauce is for sashimi. You've finished all the food you ordered. Do you need more soy sauce to drink?"
"What's wrong with me wanting soy sauce? Who says you can't have soy sauce with sashimi after you've finished eating it?"
"Sir, as you can see, our store has a clear rule that soy sauce cannot be taken outside!" The waiter's smile was particularly bright.
"Who, who said I wanted to take out? Can't I have it with sashimi? And bring me another plate of scallops!" the customer shouted, his neck stiff.
"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll prepare it for you right away!"
The waiter went to the kitchen, and Xiaoqi followed him in.
Before long, a plate of sliced scallops was served, along with a small bottle of soy sauce.
The customer's eyes lit up. He grabbed the soy sauce, looked around, and quietly poured a little into his plate. He then hid the rest, bottle and all, at his waist.
After finishing the scallops, the customer wiped his mouth and went to the counter to pay, completely satisfied.
As the guest was leaving, his foot slipped, and he lurched forward.
Just as he was about to make intimate contact with the stone-paved ground, a pair of small hands forcefully pulled him back.
"Sir, please watch your step... Oh dear, what's this!"
Xiao Qi, who had just saved the guest, exclaimed in surprise and looked at the guest with an extremely complicated expression.
After the guest came to his senses, he looked closely and felt as if he had been struck by lightning; he was completely stunned.
A bottle of soy sauce was smashed on the ground, the porcelain bottle shattered, and the soy sauce slowly spread along the white porcelain floor tiles, like black blood laced with poison.
"Sir, why are you stealing our soy sauce? Didn't the waiter tell you that we don't allow soy sauce to be taken out?"
The customer's face flushed red and then turned pale. He looked at the onlookers, pointed at Xiao Qi, and cursed, "You brat, stop slandering me! I didn't take your soy sauce! I didn't take it!"
There wasn't anyone at the door just now, so no one saw the soy sauce fall from him. As long as he sticks to his story and doesn't let go, what can anyone do to him?
Xiaoqi pursed her lips and said with a wronged expression, "You ordered raw marinated shrimp and sashimi, and then you ordered scallops. We brought you two bottles of soy sauce, but there's only one empty bottle on the table!"
"You're lying! I only used one bottle of soy sauce! I didn't order any scallops!" The customer stubbornly refused to admit it!
More and more people gathered at the entrance to watch the spectacle. Xiao Qi walked up and circled the customer, gesturing with her chin towards his waist, "What's on your waist?"
The guest hurriedly reached out to touch it, but found nothing, and felt a sense of relief.
"It's soy sauce!" someone shouted.
On the guest's waist, a dark brown water stain was particularly noticeable on the light blue belt.
Xiao Qi pointed at the customer and said righteously, "You stole our soy sauce, you're guilty! Now confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely!"
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