Chapter 307: Let You Open a Food Shop, You Open at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

He hated people who couldn't take a hint the most.

He had already been very blunt, yet the other person clung to him like a piece of sticky candy.

Those who came to him with requests, including Li Hong'an who had previously tried to poach him to be a chef.

After he clearly refused twice, the other person stopped pestering him.

At least those people's impressions of him wouldn't be too bad.

But this bespectacled man in front of him clearly had every intention of clinging to the end.

This made him feel somewhat disgusted.

Lu Feng stopped beating around the bush and only said one sentence: "Really not considering it."

After saying that, he took two steps toward the store entrance, intending to close up and leave.

He had just finished making Red Braised Pork at Fang Yuan's place, and he was already hungry now.

If he kept wasting time with this person, he'd miss the lunch rush.

Lu Feng had just reached the door when the bespectacled man suddenly hurried to stand in front of him, blocking his way.

His movement wasn't exactly rude, but it felt somewhat offensive.

The bespectacled man paid no attention to that and still said unwilling to give up: "Boss Lu, I really am here to cooperate with you in good faith; this is a rare win-win opportunity, won't you at least hear me out?"

Lu Feng stopped in his tracks, couldn't help but frown, and his gaze toward the bespectacled man carried a few more traces of impatience.

"I happen to have things here that your shop doesn't."

The bespectacled man seemed not to notice Lu Feng's expression, and confidently continued on his own: "I can provide your shop with all kinds of drinks; you set the selling price however you like, I just want a cost price!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the empty spot beside the counter: "I think that spot is pretty good; it can just fit a vending machine. Customers order their food, then just happen to grab a few bottles of drinks. Believe me, they'll sell incredibly fast!"

The bespectacled man looked at Lu Feng with absolute certainty, his voice carrying a hint of temptation: "Boss Lu, I've been watching your shop for several days. You have so many customers every day—think about it, who among them doesn't drink beverages? Put a vending machine over there, and surely quite a few people will buy from it. Isn't that much more convenient than making them go elsewhere to buy? Besides, I'll also pay you some extra rent to occupy a small space in your kitchen for storing drinks. Once the drinks are sold out, you can restock them yourself in the shop. I'll cover the electricity for the vending machine. From start to finish, I only charge you the cost price of the drinks. How about it? Isn't that a great deal?"

Lu Feng watched the bespectacled man speak with flying spittle, and there wasn't a single ripple in his heart.

The place the bespectacled man wanted to put the vending machine was usually the waiting area where diners waited for their food after ordering.

Putting a vending machine there would leave the diners nowhere to stand.

By then, a large crowd would be crammed in front of the counter—how could he still do business properly?

After finishing, the bespectacled man looked at Lu Feng's reaction with a confident face.

He thought the terms he offered were quite tempting.

He had noticed Lu Feng's shop last week, and before coming this time, he had carefully looked into the business situation here.

This shop only opened at nine in the evening, and people started lining up outside at seven.

Until closing at midnight, the line outside never broke.

If a drink vending machine could be installed in the shop, Lu Feng could also earn some extra money.

Such a good thing falling on his head—he should definitely be a hundred thousand percent willing.

As for the win-win the bespectacled man spoke of.

If this deal went through, he could get a decent commission from the drinks sold every day.

The cost price he mentioned would naturally be much higher than the price he got from the source factory.

After all, drinks are something with very considerable profits; the actual cost is very low.

Getting back to Lu Feng's side, he would be paying both the electricity and the rent.

The things sold in this shop were much more expensive than other shops on Food Street.

If drinks were sold here, they definitely wouldn't be cheap.

A Cola that sold for three yuan in other stores could sell for five or six yuan in this shop and still have plenty of buyers.

So many people came to eat here every day; even if only thirty percent bought drinks, Lu Feng could earn two or three thousand yuan more a day, and over a hundred thousand yuan a month.

Over a hundred thousand yuan!

The current environment isn't good, and those in the food business aren't doing well either.

Let alone earning an extra hundred thousand a month.

Most shops just breaking even would be considered pretty good.

For a shop like Lu Feng's, this was simply money picked up for nothing.

Such rich profits—no shop owner would refuse them.

Is there any boss in this world who dislikes earning too much money?

The bespectacled man thought happily in his heart, waiting for Lu Feng to agree with a delighted face.

Lu Feng looked at the clock on the wall; it was almost twelve now.

The bespectacled man had talked to himself for a long time, and he hadn't said a word in response. Finally, after the man finished, he only gave one answer: "Are you done? If you're done, you can leave; I should go back too."

The smile on the bespectacled man's face froze.

He never expected that after talking for so long, after saying things to this extent.

The response he got was just this one sentence.

"Boss Lu, won't you consider it? Is what I said not clear enough? Shall I say it again?"

He frowned, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"What you said is very clear, and I can understand it."

Lu Feng really had no patience to keep listening to the bespectacled man go on, and his tone turned a bit stiff: "I think I've made myself clear enough. I'm not interested. I'm closing the shop door now, so please move aside."

This time he was no longer polite to the bespectacled man, and directly waved his hand to shoo him away.

"Hey! Boss Lu, wait!"

The bespectacled man was getting a bit anxious. He stepped back two steps out the door, and his voice rose a few degrees: "The drinks I provide are all big brands on the market. You can absolutely rest a hundred percent assured about the quality! If you don't believe me, I'll first put the machine in your shop for a trial of a few days, and the drinks will be free for you. That should work, right?"

However, this time Lu Feng didn't even reply. After closing the shop door, he walked toward the parking lot without looking back.

"Boss Lu! This is a chance to pick up money for nothing! Are you really not going to try cooperating?"

The bespectacled man shouted loudly at Lu Feng's departing back.

But Lu Feng's footsteps never stopped. He quickly walked to the parking lot, pulled open the car door, and got in.

The Maybach slowly started up, throwing the bespectacled man's voice far behind.

Watching the car slowly disappear from sight, the bespectacled man finally gave up reluctantly.

He looked at the tightly closed door of Lu Feng's shop, and his expression sank bit by bit.

"Not even knowing how to earn money that's picked up for nothing. Is this boss an idiot?"

The bespectacled man couldn't help but mutter a sentence.

"I think so too! This boss is indeed strange."

Just as the bespectacled man finished speaking, someone suddenly chimed in from beside him.