Chapter 256: You're Told to Open a Food Shop, But You Operate at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Wang Mo took a deep breath and knocked on the office door.

"Enter."

Chief Editor Chen's gentle voice came from inside the office.

Wang Mo pushed the door open and entered, seeing Chief Editor Chen lift his head from the pile of documents on the desk.

Chief Editor Chen of Jiangcheng Television Station was a middle-aged man who looked very amiable; one rarely saw him lose his temper at anyone in the station.

"How was it? Did today's interview go smoothly?"

Seeing it was Wang Mo who had come in, Chief Editor Chen pointed to the chair opposite and gestured for him to sit down.

"Very smooth."

A smile appeared on Wang Mo's face as he handed over the U-disk in his hand: "This is the sample episode just edited; Chief Editor Chen, please take a look."

"As long as everything went smoothly."

Chief Editor Chen took the U-disk and said to Wang Mo with a smile: "Although I'm not familiar with that Boss, I've heard his temper is quite good and he's very easy to talk to."

Last night, he happened to come across Xiao Feilong and the others' livestream in Lu Feng's shop while scrolling.

Watching the diners wolfing down food in the lens, out of curiosity, he immediately rushed over to try it himself.

Arriving at Lu Feng's shop and eating a portion of Tomato Beef Brisket Noodles, he was instantly conquered by the deliciousness.

Looking at the shop's booming business, he was moved right then.

After tasting Lu Feng's culinary skill, he understood there was a reason this shop's business was good.

If they did a special feature interview on Lu Feng's shop and put it in their station's "Late Night Food" program, the program's viewership rating would definitely rise a big chunk.

So the moment he walked out of Lu Feng's shop, he immediately called Wang Mo and instructed him to go communicate with Lu Feng about the interview.

"Yes, Chief Editor Chen, the Boss was indeed very cooperative, enthusiastic throughout."

Wang Mo didn't react for a moment that Chief Editor Chen was talking about Lu Feng, and subconsciously agreed.

In his mind he was recalling the footage shot at Hong'an Restaurant this afternoon.

"I heard the customers there say yesterday that even that An Liang from Jingcheng went to his shop to eat — that Food Critic famous for his venomous tongue — and heard his evaluation of the place wasn't low."

Chief Editor Chen plugged the U-disk into the computer, operating it while chatting casually.

"An Liang? That venomous-tongued Food Critic?"

Wang Mo was stunned for a moment; the Hong'an Restaurant Boss he went to interview today seemingly hadn't mentioned this to him.

What he didn't know was that An Liang had also evaluated Hong'an Restaurant, except the content was negative.

As the Boss, Li Hong'an certainly wouldn't put this black history in the interview.

Wang Mo leaned forward a little and asked carefully: "Chief Editor Chen, did that An Liang evaluate Hong'an Restaurant?"

"Hong'an Restaurant?"

Chief Editor Chen frowned, lifted his head to look at Wang Mo, his tone carrying puzzlement: "Didn't I tell you to go interview the Lu Family Restaurant on Food Street?"

"Th-this..."

Wang Mo's heart instantly tensed up; he hurriedly said: "Chief Editor Chen, we didn't go film on Food Street; today we filmed that Hong'an Restaurant in the city center..."

"I'm asking you why it wasn't Lu Family Restaurant?"

Chief Editor Chen's voice turned cold, his originally amiable expression also disappearing: "I told you on the phone yesterday to go interview Lu Family Restaurant; didn't you remember?"

"No, I remembered."

Wang Mo swallowed, forcing himself to say: "It's not that we didn't want to film; it's that that shop's Boss wouldn't let us film, we had no choice so we found Hong'an Restaurant..."

"Wouldn't let you film? What exactly happened?"

Chief Editor Chen stared tightly at Wang Mo before him, his tone extremely serious as he pressed.

Although he hadn't spoken with Lu Feng, from the mouths of the diners in the shop he could tell Lu Feng was a very easy-to-talk-to person.

Moreover, even those Food Anchors could livestream in Lu Feng's shop, yet a television station interview wasn't allowed?

Wang Mo was sweating profusely under Chief Editor Chen's gaze; he couldn't help shrinking his neck, and under the pressure opened his mouth to explain.

"Chief Editor Chen, as soon as I received your call yesterday, I immediately contacted Host Han; we rushed straight to Food Street. I just explained our purpose to that Boss, and unexpectedly he didn't even consider for a moment, immediately refusing."

"He refused and you wouldn't communicate properly with him again?"

Chief Editor Chen was not satisfied at all with Wang Mo's explanation; his voice already carried a reprimanding tone: "I told you to film Lu Family Restaurant; what did you run to Hong'an Restaurant to film for? And you even edited the footage?"

"I... I thought at the time that Boss refused with such a firm attitude, I worried pestering further would make him resentful, so I used the backup plan."

Listening to Chief Editor Chen's reprimand, Wang Mo buried his head even lower, stammering: "That Hong'an Restaurant has indeed been quite popular recently; the Master Chef Cheng Fan they newly hired is a disciple of State Banquet Chef Qi Yunfeng. When we went to film today, we saw quite a few diners were there specifically for his Red Braised Pork; I thought this also counted as a hot topic..."

"So you just ran off to film Hong'an Restaurant?"

Chief Editor Chen coldly snorted: "Don't you know that last week Hong'an Restaurant's reputation already flipped because of An Liang's food review article? Don't you go online normally?"

"I... I didn't know..."

Wang Mo was shocked pale, stuttering.

"Look at this!"

Chief Editor Chen picked up an investigation report on the desk and threw it over: "That Lu Family Restaurant has been open less than a month and has already become the hottest shop on Food Street! There are even people queuing there at three in the morning! Does that Hong'an Restaurant you filmed have this capability?"

Wang Mo picked up the investigation report and hastily glanced through a few lines; it recorded in detail the daily sales situation of Lu Feng's shop since opening.

This investigation report was compiled by the assistant today on Chief Editor Chen's orders.

Just as Wang Mo walked into the office, Chief Editor Chen had just finished reading it.

Wang Mo read through that investigation report with his heart pounding in fear, head lowered, unable to utter a single word.

"Also, that boss has always had a good attitude toward people; how exactly did you communicate with them?"

Chief Editor Chen's voice suddenly raised several degrees, carrying a barely suppressed anger: "When I went to eat there last night I asked the diners, and they all said Boss Lu is kind and amiable; they wouldn't let you interview them, so why don't you look for the cause in yourselves!"

Wang Mo buried his head even lower, not daring to look at Chief Editor Chen's face full of anger.

Seeing Wang Mo not utter a word, Chief Editor Chen pressed down the fire in his heart, pulled the U-disk plugged into the computer, and casually tossed it toward Wang Mo: "Go call Han Lu in for me! This time I'll explain it once more in front of the two of you; if you bring me some other shop to fob me off again, both of you can quit!"

"Okay, Chief Editor Chen."

Wang Mo, as if granted amnesty, hurriedly picked up the U-disk on the table and rushed out of the Chief Editor Office.