Chapter 22: Ten Thousand Portions

Upon hearing Zhao Zhen’s words, Ye Feng realized that opening a store was not as simple as he had imagined.

There were many implications in all these aspects. Those who had no experience in dealing with this would really be flustered.

However, fortunately, someone was experienced.

Ye Feng looked at Zhao Zhen and grinned. “Brother Zhao, it’s all up to you.”

“You…” Zhao Zhen shook his head helplessly. “Are you really planning to leave everything to me? ”

“I won’t,” Ye Feng said. “I’ll pass on the others, but I’ll definitely be there when you hire the head waiter and the seasoning masters.”

…

After leaving Zhao Zhen’s home, Ye Feng wasn’t in a hurry to return back to his dormitory. Instead, he started wandering nearby.

He wanted to rent a place to grind the spices by himself.

However, after searching for a long time, he still couldn’t find a suitable place. Moreover, Ye Feng discovered a crucial problem.

It was that he had no machinery.

“Do I have to do it myself?”

Ye Feng was shocked by his own thoughts.

If he were to use his own hands to grind the spices, even if he were to tire himself to death, it wouldn’t be enough.

“No matter what, I have to rent a place first. As for the rest… I’ll ask Zhao Zhen later. He’s been working at Prosperous Flavor for so many years, so he should know some ways to purchase machinery.”

“I’ll go to the suburbs tomorrow in the meantime.”

Ye Feng estimated that there was no suitable place in the city center, so he could only go to the suburbs.

It was getting late and it would take more than half an hour to take the bus to the suburbs. Thus, he could only leave this plan for tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Zhao Zhen made a call.

Zhao Zhen’s expression was a little uncertain as he looked at his phone.

Although the contract had been settled, he still had to clarify some things. For example, how did Li Xin find out so quickly that he had joined Hedilao?

He had only told this news to Little Liu.

The call was picked up very quickly and Little Liu’s voice came from the other end.

“Brother Zhen, why are you so free to call me today?” Xiao Liu’s voice was still as warm as usual.

“Liu Ming.” Zhao Zhen called out his name and asked, “Did you leak the news of me going to Hedilao to Li Xin?”

On the other end of the phone, Liu Ming was silent for a moment before he said, “Brother Zhen, we’re all smart people. There are some things that are intolerable for both sides if exposed.”

“It really was you!” Zhao Zhen was furious, but he still suppressed his anger and said, “Why did you do that?”

“Why?”

Xiao Liu raised his voice. “Brother Zhen, those who have left have already left, but those who stay behind still have to remain.”

When someone was no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about them.

These words surfaced in Zhao Zhen’s mind. Without saying anything else, he hung up the phone.

He only wanted an answer. Now that he had an answer, there was no point in continuing the conversation.

He knew very well that it was useless to say anything to someone like Little Liu.

Zhao Zhen put down the phone and looked a little lonely.

No matter what, Little Liu had once been his disciple, and Zhao Zhen had single-handedly raised him from a waiter to a manager. One could imagine how much effort he had put in.

“Prosperous Flavor…”

Zhao Zhen muttered these two words.

Zhao Zhen didn’t tell Ye Feng about what happened over the dinner table last night. It wasn’t that he was concealing it, but he was worried that since Ye Feng was young and arrogant, he would fight to the death with Prosperous Flavor.

What Hedilao needed now was development. It was not appropriate to make enemies during this period of time.

…

At Dormitory 7012…

Ye Feng casually threw a box of cigarettes in front of Yang Chao.

“Holy shit, it’s Chunghwa.”

Yang Chao jumped to his feet upon seeing this.

“It’s yours.”

Ye Feng spoke.

This packet of cigarettes had been given to him by the hotel manager. He had intended to use it to get close to the police, but things went unexpectedly smoothly and the cigarettes were no longer useful.

There was no point in keeping it with him, so Ye Feng gave it to Yang Chao.

“Boss, how is it? Did Wang Ge come looking for you today?”

Ye Feng asked.

“I just woke up not long ago. I haven’t gone to the student union yet.” Fan Jiawei shook his head. “However, I’ve already told Chen Zizhen that I’ll stand on his side during the election.”

What had happened last night made Fan Jiawei completely side with Chen Zizhen.

Ye Feng thought about it. Chen Zizhen was also a Vice-President. With him around, Boss would not suffer any losses, so he did not say anything else.

However, a small student union was divided into at least two factions. It could only be said that wherever there were people, there would be grudges. It had been like this ever since ancient times.

Since he had nothing to do during the day, Ye Feng left a message for Zhao Zhen, telling him to take note of the machinery used to cook hotpot. Then, he began to revise.

It was already June and the final exam was coming soon. Thus, Quan City University was already filled with tension.

…

The next day.

In the afternoon…

On the bus, Ye Feng stared at his phone. The multiple-choice question had appeared again.

“Which will you choose from these three options?”

“1: No longer be a slave to singlehood — Receive a girlfriend.”

“2: Ten thousand portions of hotpot base.”

“3: A highly confidential factory.”

Ye Feng simply ignored Option 1. After all, according to the nature of the multiple-choice questions, it was most likely related to women.

As expected, Ye Feng furrowed his eyebrows when he read such content.

What was wrong with being single? Why did they have to care so much about single people?

Fortunately, the other two options did not disappoint him.

Ye Feng trembled with excitement as he read the contents on the phone.

This time, he did not hesitate and decisively chose Option 2.

A highly confidential factory was important, but he did not have any machinery at the moment. Therefore, an empty factory would be of no use to him.

Thus, 10,000 portions of hotpot base was undoubtedly the most important as he could use it for a very long time.

The multiple-choice question disappeared. This time, it turned into a row of words.

“Overall Logistics, Warehouse No. 73.”

“Is this where the hotpot base portions are stored?”

Ye Feng was afraid that he would forget this address, so he quickly took a screenshot.

With the hotpot base portions, Ye Feng instantly changed his destination. He no longer went to the suburbs but to the warehouse.

At Overall Logistics, Ye Feng was accompanied by the staff and saw a warehouse that was half-filled with hotpot base portions.

“Hu.”

Upon seeing this, he heaved a sigh of relief.

After that, Ye Feng noticed an extremely interesting phenomenon. Among the options given to him by the multiple-choice questions, there was always one that he needed the most.

Ye Feng began to secretly look forward to what tomorrow’s question would be.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Feng sent another message to Zhao Zhen.

He told Zhao Zhen that he didn’t have to worry about the machinery first. For now, Zhao Zhen should focus on resolving the problem of employees. After that, he sent Xu Bin’s contact to Zhao Zhen.

…

At Tianda Plaza.

In the Hedilao shop…

At that moment, the Hedilao signboard had been hung up and the renovation of the shop was underway.

A day ago, from the four blueprints that Xu Bin had given him, Ye Feng had chosen the one that was closest to what he had expected.

Ye Feng saw Xu Bin at the shop. He was very surprised that Xu Bin had appeared here.

After all, given the scale of Hedilao, it was not a big project for Xu Bin. As a result, Ye Feng had a better impression of Xu Bin.

This person was very responsible.

Xu Bin still did not smoke.

“Boss Ye.”

“Boss Xu.”

The two of them nodded in greeting. Then, Ye Feng asked, “When will our renovations be completed?”

“At the end of the month,” Xu Bin replied.

“What about the shop next door?”

Ye Feng looked at the Prosperous Flavor shop next door and asked. After all, they were competitors. Thus, Ye Feng was more concerned.

“I’ve taken a look at the renovation progress on their side. They were also supposed to complete renovations by the end of the month, but they’ve suddenly sped up over the past few days. I’m afraid they’ll be able to complete it in the middle of the month,” Xu Bin said.

“They’ve sped up?”

Were they in such a hurry to open for business, or… were they trying to snatch customers?

At this moment, Ye Feng thought of many things.