Chapter 152: Let You Open a Gourmet Shop, You Open for Business at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Li Hong'an had prepared his words, but Qian Laoban interrupted him, making him somewhat annoyed; he turned and glared at him.

He felt he was terribly unlucky this week.

First, An Liang gave his shop a bad review; then, when he came to invite Lu Feng, he was driven away by the diners. Just as he finally caught Lu Feng with some free time and was about to get down to business, some lunatic suddenly appeared out of nowhere to talk about dreams with Lu Feng.

If this were in his own Fan Dian, he would have had someone throw this troublemaker out long ago.

Looking at Qian Laoban walking over, Li Hong'an suddenly felt this person looked somewhat familiar.

He thought about it in his mind, and a flash of realization struck him.

Wasn't this person the big boss who ate at his Fan Dian last weekend?

Back then, Liang Da Chu had a conflict with him, and he even compensated him with two bottles of fine wine.

This person is also a diner at Lu Feng's shop?

What does he mean by coming over now?

Could it be that, like me, he's here to poach someone?

Li Hong'an sized up Qian Laoban, and a sense of crisis quietly rose in his heart.

Qian Laoban, however, didn't take him seriously at all, not even glancing at Li Hong'an, and continued to smile ingratiatingly while waiting for Lu Feng's answer.

"Dreams... of course I have them."

Lu Feng thought seriously for a few seconds and answered with a straight face: "My dream is simply not to go to work and lie around at home until the end of time."

"???"

This left Qian Laoban completely at a loss; he never expected Lu Feng to answer like that. The words he had originally prepared were gone, and for a moment he didn't know how to continue.

According to his thinking, someone like Lu Feng who runs his own Xiao Dian would normally answer something like "I want to become the best Chef" or "I want to open many chain stores across the country," right?

What the hell is lying around at home until the end of time?

Is he this laid-back?

"Are you sick? Can't you see we're talking about serious business? What are you coming over here to mess things up for!"

Li Hong'an finally couldn't help but speak, saying to Qian Laoban with an impatient tone.

Although he had already recognized Qian Laoban, the vague sense of crisis in his heart made him have not a shred of goodwill toward this person before him.

Qian Laoban glanced at him somewhat dissatisfied, feeling Li Hong'an was like an annoying fly.

With this irritable and arrogant personality, if Lu Feng really went to his place, wouldn't he be squeezed dry by him?

Qian Laoban ignored Li Hong'an and simply walked over to sit opposite Lu Feng, directly introducing himself: "Hello, Boss Lu. My surname is Qian, my given name is a single character Zhuang. I am the Chairman of the Yangcheng Qian Shi Group."

As he spoke, he took out a glittering gold business card from his pocket and handed it to Lu Feng.

Qian Zhuang?

This name...

Sounds very rich at first listen.

Lu Feng looked at the name on the business card and couldn't help but raise his head to size up Qian Laoban.

From the famous watch on Qian Laoban's wrist and the several eerie green rings on his fingers, it was clear this person was a big boss richer than Zhao Zhenhui.

Qian Shi Group—just hearing the name, the scale wasn't small.

He was the Chairman; once that title was spoken, his aura was different from others.

This person had been here with Zhao Zhenhui for several days already, always keeping a low profile.

Unexpectedly, he was actually a big shot.

Lu Feng held the business card Qian Laoban handed over, smiling on his face as he asked: "Hello, Qian Laoban."

While greeting the other party, he used the corner of his eye to search for a Garbage Bin in the Hall, calculating in his heart that he would throw the business card away as soon as the person left.

Lu Feng had no hobby of collecting other people's business cards, nor did he want to have any dealings with this big boss from Yangcheng.

This business card looked quite pretty, but keeping it was of no use.

Qian Laoban chuckled, leaning his body forward: "To be honest, Boss Lu, I am very interested in you. I don't know if you're willing to go to Yangcheng with me?"

"???"

Now it was Lu Feng's turn to be stunned.

What is this?

Interested in me?

Why does this sound so strange?

It shouldn't be that kind of interest I'm imagining, right?

Lu Feng looked at Qian Laoban's face, which was flushed with excitement, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

He couldn't help but secretly swallow his saliva, feeling the business card in his hand was a bit hot to hold, wishing he could immediately throw it into the Garbage Bin.

If this Qian Laoban were a rich older woman, he might be a bit happy in his heart.

But he's a man!

Lu Feng had no interest in that sort of thing.

"Uh... Qian Laoban, I sell my skills, not my body—pfft! I sell my skills, not my body!"

While speaking, Lu Feng glanced a few times toward the Kitchen behind him.

He was considering in his heart whether to run into the Kitchen to grab a Kitchen Knife for self-defense.

He felt some regret in his heart; knowing he would encounter such a situation, he really should have let Hu Xiaoyun stay in the shop a while longer just now.

At this moment, besides these two before his eyes, the only one left in the shop was Zhao Zhenhui, sitting not far away in a corner with a look of watching the spectacle.

"Hahaha……"

Qian Laoban was first stunned, then burst into loud laughter: "Boss Lu, you really know how to joke! What I said was that I'm very interested in your culinary skill!"

He waved his hand with a smile, his gaze toward Lu Feng filled with eagerness: "What I meant just now was, Boss Lu, are you interested in coming to Yangcheng? I want to invite you to join our group, planning to make you the best Master Chef in the country!"

So that was it.

Lu Feng let out a breath of relief at once; it turned out this Qian Laoban was also here to poach someone.

Li Hong'an beside him, upon hearing this, the situation he had been worried about indeed happened, and he immediately grew anxious.

Damn it! Poaching people right in front of me?

My terms haven't even been stated yet!

He glared at Qian Laoban, then looked at Lu Feng and said: "Lu Feng! As long as you're willing to come to my shop, you alone decide everything in the back kitchen, and I'll pay you a salary of twenty thousand a month!"

Li Hong'an went all out; when he said the salary of twenty thousand a month, he spoke with full confidence.

The wage level in Jiangcheng was generally only around five or six thousand.

Twenty thousand a month could be said to be very sincere.

He just didn't believe Lu Feng could remain unmoved.

Lu Feng couldn't help but glance sideways after hearing this; it had only been a few days since they last met, and the terms Li Hong'an offered had already doubled.

But this bit of money held no attraction for him whatsoever.

A monthly salary of twenty thousand was not little, but could it compare to a system reward?

Before he could open his mouth to refuse, Qian Laoban beside him seemed to have heard something amusing and burst into loud laughter.

"Twenty thousand?" Qian Laoban shook his head while laughing: "Boss Lu's culinary skill is only worth twenty thousand at your place? You're being too stingy, aren't you?"

Li Hong'an's face turned red, and he looked at Qian Laoban discontentedly and said loudly: "Twenty thousand is too little? Then you tell us, how much can you offer?"

Qian Laoban smiled confidently and looked at Lu Feng: "Boss Lu, I said just now, I want to make you the best chef in the country, so naturally the treatment must satisfy you."

His gaze turned sharp, and he waved three fingers in front of Lu Feng: "As long as you're willing to come to Yangcheng, an annual salary of at least three million, I'll open an independent high-end restaurant for you, with ten percent annual dividends, plus original shares of our Qian Shi Group."

"If Boss Lu feels it's still not enough, feel free to state your terms; as long as I can do it, absolutely no second word."

"If Boss Lu doesn't believe me, I can call my secretary right now, have them draft the contract shortly, and we can sign it today."

Qian Laoban took out his mobile phone and said with a solemn expression.