Chapter 100: Eating Watermelon at the Food Court (28)
The questions that Mo Qianhe noted were the three most common possibilities he could think of at the moment. If Song Xiaoyan brought two pairs of chopsticks, he would think about other possibilities.
Fortunately, he soon received a pair of chopsticks from the other party.
"No guests..." Mo Qianhe frowned slightly.
It seems that the Boss has taken action.
At the end of the event the day before, the boss put pressure on Feng Xiansu and the other two by controlling the number of guests. Today he used the same trick again, but even more ruthlessly.
It seems that the last words Feng Xiansu said to Boss yesterday completely angered the other party, and she was the first one to be targeted today.
If the milk tea shop has no orders for a long time, not only will the players be unable to pass messages through order notes, but the cooperation of the entire player base will also be impacted, and eventually even the operator Feng Xiansu will be eliminated.
Boss's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Liu Tang suggested at this time: "Why don't we let Song Xiaoyan try and pass the milk tea to us?"
Mo Qianhe understood Liu Tang's meaning, and asked Feng Xiansu to make the milk tea and then send it to two stores down to sell at the stinky tofu shop.
He hesitated.
Not to mention whether milk tea can be transported to the stinky tofu shop via a conveyor belt, just the problem of placing an order is difficult to solve.
Only Song Xiaoyan can place orders for milk tea for customers by making a single call, and Mo Qianhe cannot do so in the stinky tofu shop.
Liu Tang was also thinking about the same question as Mo Qianhe and asked, "How about using notes to help customers place orders, and then having Song Xiaoyan read the notes we passed to place milk tea orders?"
This method is actually feasible, the problem is...
"We don't know what types of milk tea Feng Xiansu is selling in the store today... We haven't kept careful note of it before..." Mo Qianhe replied.
There are many varieties of milk tea. Even though these two days are a reward event, Feng Xiansu has compressed the varieties into five fixed combinations in order to ensure that the cost for the day does not exceed the rules. For Mo Qianhe, who doesn't know much about milk tea, it is still a difficult mystery to guess.
Liu Tang also started to have a headache. "Why did the problem happen to the milk tea shop with the most complicated menu... It would be great if there was only one choice like our stinky tofu shop."
"How can we make milk tea shops have only one option..."
Mo Qianhe continued to work while repeating Liu Tang's words.
Then the bun on Liu Tang's head suddenly flashed, and the two of them said in unison: "Milk tea blind box!"
Mo Qianhe immediately told Song Xiaoyan the solution in the order notes.
He asked Song Xiaoyan to order all five different items in the milk tea shop today and send them over.
This way, he could try to see if milk tea could be delivered to the stinky tofu shop, and Mo Qianhe could write down the menu of the milk tea shop today. At the same time, Song Xiaoyan could explain to her boss Feng Xiansu why there was no order through notes when placing an order.
After receiving the message from Mo Qianhe, Song Xiaoyan's uneasy mood finally calmed down a little. She stopped making the sesame cakes, quickly walked to the single-player machine, and placed an order with the milk tea shop.
In the milk tea shop, Feng Xiansu did not sit idly by.
After clarifying her current predicament, she quickly sent a message to the previous fried skewers shop through a note, informing them that she had not received any new orders for more than half an hour and needed help.
Originally, she thought that she would have to wait for the six stores in the entire square to circulate the information before there could be any follow-up. Unexpectedly, she received an order from Song Xiaoyan just after she delivered the message.
The note clearly stated: "No customers, trying to get the stinky tofu shop to help sell it."
Feng Xiansu's inner panic finally subsided a little.
She immediately felt the boss's ill will towards her.
Whether it was yesterday or today, the other party seemed to be making every effort to induce players to fight and suspect each other.
However, compared to her hatred for the Boss, she felt more relieved that Song Xiaoyan did not stab her in the back.
For some reason, she seemed particularly reluctant to let this enemy betray her trust.
It was as if she had unconsciously placed the other person in the position of a comrade-in-arms, and a comrade-in-arms with whom she had a deep friendship and could trust her back.
Feng Xiansu didn't dwell too much on her inner expectations of Song Xiaoyan. She made the milk tea skillfully, feeling an unprecedented surge of passion.
At the same time, he did not forget to pass the message to his previous employer Jiang Minxu, telling him that he had received the message from Song Xiaoyan and they were working together to find a solution to the current dilemma.
After Song Xiaoyan received the milk tea sent by Feng Xiansu, she nervously placed the milk tea on the conveyor belt leading to the stinky tofu shop.
She stared at Milk Tea as she entered the portal little by little, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she was not blocked outside.
However, she did not completely relax until she saw Mo Qianhe's confirmation of receiving the milk tea in the next order notes, and then she felt relieved.
In the stinky tofu shop, Mo Qianhe just received Feng Xiansu's request for help in the order notes.
He smiled with satisfaction and commented, "Feng Xiansu is quite smart. She knows how to take the initiative to find a way out."
As he spoke, Mo Qianhe wrote down the combinations of five different milk teas, placed them behind the cash register, and then displayed large letters on all the advertising screens in the store: "Super cost-effective milk tea blind box! Only five cups for sale!"
"Add 5 food coins to any purchase in our store and you'll receive a surprise drink!"
“Random milk tea, every cup is amazing!”
The audience in the live broadcast room marveled at Mo Qianke's breakthrough method and lamented his sales strategy:
"You are a marketing genius, worthy of your name."
“It makes me want to buy it.”
"Seeing these leeks being ripped off by the liar Mo, I thought of myself..."
Although most of the NPCs who took orders were not interested in milk tea that they could not choose the type of milk tea, there were always a few who were curious and would pay for it, and the five cups of random milk tea were sold out quickly.
Mo Qianhe put the food coins he received into the packaging bag that he had specially asked the milk tea shop to send him, placed it on the conveyor belt, and sent it to the next store, hoping to make a circle and return to the cashier counter that Song Xiaoyan was in charge of.
Only when the food coins earned from the sales enter the store responsible for taking orders, can the five cups of milk tea be considered truly sold and the turnover of the milk tea shop increase.
In the bun shop, Qin Zhengyi felt a pang in her heart when she learned that something went wrong in Feng Xiansu's shop.
She knew that Xiaoyan was Feng Xiansu's next boyfriend. Although Xiaoyan had done something behind her back before, this time, Qin Zhengyi decided to trust Xiaoyan.
She didn't think that when everyone was working together, the other party would drag their feet in order to settle the grudge.
Fortunately, not long after, she received news again and learned that it was the Boss who made the move, and she finally felt relieved.
Wait a minute, the boss has already made some changes, why should I feel at ease?!
At this moment, Qin Zhengyi received the food coins sent from the stinky tofu shop. Seeing that they were packed in a packaging bag with a milk tea shop icon, she understood that they were going to be sent to the milk tea shop.
Oh, no, we should be teleported to the pancake shop run by Xiaoyan.
She quickly passed the food coins on to the next person, and did not forget to inform the previous owner Mo Qianhe through a note that the food coins had been received and passed on.
Mo Qianhe felt a little relieved after receiving the message from Qin Zhengyi.
After a while, Liu Tang looked at the big screen in the square with surprise and shouted, "The milk tea shop's sales have increased! Not more, not less, exactly 25 food coins!"
Only then did Mo Qianhe confirm that this entire process was feasible.
He immediately changed the store's advertisement to a detailed menu of five types of milk tea:
"Limited-time collaboration! Crumbly sesame cakes go perfectly with milk tea~"
"Now, with any purchase in our store, you can add 5 coins to buy a cup of milk tea!"
"Choose one of five classic milk teas for only 5 coins!"
Compared to their previous lack of interest in milk tea blind boxes, this time the guests were obviously much more enthusiastic.
Soon the number of milk tea orders exceeded that of sesame seed buns, forcing Mo Qianhe to write a long article in the order notes.
When Song Xiaoyan received the order, she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She immediately provided an abbreviated plan and asked Feng Xiansu to pass it back to Mo Qianhe through a loop.
For example, "The square exclusively provides mango sago, with less ice and 5% sugar" can be simply abbreviated to "yang/shao/wu".
Fortunately, in order to control costs, all milk teas are standardized in cups, with no distinction between large and small cups. This way, a drink only needs at least three words to be labeled.
With everyone working together, the milk tea shop's business was quickly saved. Customers who needed drinks placed orders frantically, causing the milk tea shop's turnover to increase rapidly and reach the forefront.
Everything is finally back on track.
The business volume of all stores exceeded 400, getting closer and closer to the target of 595 coins.
Everyone was looking forward to passing the customs, and their hands were busy all the time.
At this moment, a screen lit up in front of Mo Qianhe's eyes.
There is only one value on the screen:
Number of customers spending today: 530/680.
When he saw the number, Mo Qianhe's pupils suddenly contracted.
The boss has limited the total number of times customers can buy food today. That is to say, no matter how many times a customer consumes in several stores, all customers combined are only allowed to buy 680 meals.
Liu Tang also saw this number and quickly calculated: "Not enough people are spending..."
Yes, according to the players' plan, under the premise that each food is sold for 5 food coins, the sales of the six stores must reach a unified 595 coins, so each store needs to have 119 consumers, a total of 714 consumers.
This number is significantly higher than the 680 people set by the Boss.
Liu Tang's bun-shaped head wrinkled. "Can we ask the others to reduce their sales as well? Even if we can't clear the level today, at least everyone can survive."
Mo Qianhe calculated and shook his head: "No."
According to the rules, everyone can only purchase goods once a day, and raw material waste must be controlled within 5%. Once raw material waste exceeds 5%, the operator will be eliminated regardless of the turnover.
Everyone acted according to the plan. In order to have enough raw materials to sell 119 meals, at least 119 raw materials had to be purchased.
In order to ensure that the waste of raw materials is within 5%, at least 114 servings of food must be sold.
In order to avoid being eliminated, the six stores together need at least 684 people to make purchases.
This number is still higher than the 680 people set by the Boss.
"I guess the boss checked the purchase volume of all of us and confirmed our lowest turnover, and then deliberately set the number of customers spending. The purpose is to prevent all of us from surviving." Mo Qianhe's face turned cold.
"Hahaha, you found out."
At this time, a projection screen popped up in front of Mo Qianhe, and the boss inside was leaning elegantly on the sofa, staring at him with interest.
Liu Tang leaned over to the screen and questioned the other party, "Does it comply with the dungeon rules for you to arbitrarily interfere with the players' business like this?"
The Boss smiled happily for a moment before answering, "I am the Boss of this dungeon, and the rules of this dungeon were originally set by me.
"Besides, it's a 'competitive mode' now. I've simply intensified the competition between players. The rules don't specify a certain turnover amount for players, so controlling the number of customer purchases is completely legal."
Boss looked at Liu Tang and the other man's increasingly grim expressions and continued, "Besides, you could have eliminated only one person and saved the others, right?"
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