Chapter 316

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

In the "Lu Boss Business Notice Group," someone posted a photo of Lu Feng walking into the shop, notifying everyone of Lu Feng's business hours for this week.

Less than three seconds after the message was sent, the group instantly boiled over.

Ma Wenliang, who was in the office discussing the game project's wrap-up work with Manager Wang Zhiqiang, suddenly sprang up from his chair.

He startled Wang Zhiqiang across from him, who thought something had happened at his home.

After figuring out the reason, Wang Zhiqiang waved his hand with a wry smile and chased Ma Wenliang out of the office.

Grandpa Qin of Longyuan Garden, while changing into his going-out clothes, called Liu Zhen Guo and the others: "Old partners, hurry up and gather! Xiao Lu has already arrived; if we're late, we won't get in line!"

Office workers at their companies, though it wasn't mealtime yet, risked being discovered by their supervisors and ran to the elevator entrance to queue.

When they reached the elevator entrance, they discovered their supervisor had actually gotten there a step faster and was waiting at the elevator entrance to go downstairs.

After the news of Lu Feng's business hours was sent out, the diners in the group all responded immediately.

In just a few minutes, diners scattered across the four corners of Jiangcheng converged toward Food Street.

At exactly twelve o'clock, a BMW slowly stopped in Food Street's parking lot.

The car door opened, and Zhao Zhenhui got out first, followed closely by Qian Laoban.

"President Zhao, what new dish do you think Lu Boss will have this week?"

After getting out of the car, Qian Laoban's gaze involuntarily drifted toward the Lu Family Restaurant not far away.

Zhao Zhenhui walked and laughed as he answered: "Whatever new dish he has, just eat it with your eyes closed; even if there's no new dish, President Qian, weren't there still a few dishes you hadn't eaten last week?"

The two walked with light steps, chatting and laughing as they headed toward Lu Feng's shop.

At the other end of Food Street, Lin Yiming was holding Lin Xi's hand, walking slowly toward Lu Feng's shop.

Lin Xi's complexion was no longer pale, and her body didn't look that frail anymore.

Her little face was full of anticipation, eyes staring fixedly at Lu Feng's shop door not far away.

Suddenly, Lin Xi's gaze was drawn to the vending machine at the entrance of the braised food shop next door.

The vending machine was filled with all kinds of colorfully packaged drinks, and a few people were standing in front of the machine buying.

"Dad, I want to drink Cola too!"

Lin Xi stopped, pointing at the vending machine, her voice full of excitement.

Lin Yiming shook his head, touched Lin Xi's little head, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness: "Xi Xi, your illness just got better not long ago, your stomach hasn't recovered yet, you still shouldn't drink things like Cola; once we get to Brother Lu's shop, whatever you want to eat, Dad will buy for you."

Hearing this, Lin Xi pouted unhappily.

Seeing his daughter like this, Lin Yiming could only comfort her in a soft voice.

After finally soothing his daughter's mood, Lin Yiming raised his head and looked at that vending machine, his brows furrowing involuntarily: "When did this thing get placed here?"

Last Friday when he and Lin Xi came to eat at Lu Feng's shop, this place was still an empty lot.

How come in just two days, a vending machine appeared?

Lu Feng's shop is decorated in an antique, elegant style; this vending machine full of technological feel placed here looks somewhat out of place.

The feeling is like a modern yacht floating in a landscape painting with quite some artistic conception.

At this time, Zhao Zhenhui and Qian Laoban also walked over.

Seeing this vending machine, the two also furrowed their brows.

"What's the situation? How did this machine get placed here?"

Zhao Zhenhui stroked his chin, his eyes full of doubt: "Lu Boss is such a particular person, how could he allow this thing to be placed at his entrance?"

Qian Laoban's gaze swept over the braised food shop next to the vending machine; the proprietress was currently smiling like a flower.

He instantly understood, a look of realization appearing on his face: "I don't think this is Lu Boss's intention; it's probably that braised food shop next door that placed it. This machine just happens to be not far from Lu Boss's shop door, clearly wanting to freeload off Lu Boss's customer flow. There are many customers eating at Lu Boss's shop, so there definitely won't be few people wanting to drink beverages."

"This machine fundamentally wasn't placed with Lu Boss's agreement!"

Zhu Chang, standing at the very front of the queue, shouted at the few of them: "Just now when Lu Boss first arrived, they still wanted to put the machine at Lu Boss's shop entrance, their attitude was quite arrogant; later they were stopped by the Street Office people!"

"That's right, I heard that person originally wanted to put the machine inside Lu Boss's shop; Lu Boss didn't agree, so that person put the machine here. I think he did it on purpose, just to make Lu Feng feel unhappy!"

Another diner followed up indignantly.

As soon as they finished speaking, the queuing diners started chattering all at once, recounting that scene just now.

Only then did Zhao Zhenhui and the others figure out the reason this vending machine appeared here.

Listening to the diners' words, a look of disdain appeared on Zhao Zhenhui's face: "I said Lu Boss couldn't possibly agree; these people want to earn money until they're crazy, right? Lu Boss's customer flow was accumulated through culinary skill; they're good, wanting to enjoy the fruits of others' labor without working, and they don't even look at whether they're qualified or not."

Qian Laoban also nodded, his tone carrying some disdain: "As for drinks, I've never drunk them; but these people want to earn money, their little calculations are all on Lu Boss; such a good thing won't fall to them."

At this moment, Lin Yiming, who had been standing beside the two without saying much, suddenly smiled faintly, a trace of sharpness flashing in his eyes: "You two, any interest in ruining them?"

Zhao Zhenhui and Qian Laoban looked at each other, nodding almost simultaneously.

The three smiled in tacit understanding, instantly reaching a consensus.

Originally, the glasses man and the braised food shop proprietress wanting to borrow Lu Feng's popularity to earn a bit more money wasn't anything much.

But clearly they were borrowing someone else's benefits, yet their attitude was this bad.

Then they had to be given a lesson.

"Want to earn Lu Boss's money? I'll make it so he can't sell a single bottle."

Qian Laoban looked at that vending machine, his tone carrying confidence, a plan instantly forming in his mind: "Leave this to me; I'll put up the money. After we finish eating, I'll negotiate with that stall owner selling soy milk over there; for these few days, his soy milk, iced red bean soup, whatever, I'll buy it all out. Starting tomorrow, anyone who comes to eat at Lu Boss's shop gets a free one at the entrance."

Zhao Zhenhui nodded in agreement: "That's also a good method; with free giveaways, people coming to Lu Boss's shop will definitely be happy."

"Why wait until tomorrow? Can't we do it today?"

Zhu Chang, standing to one side, listened to their discussion, then came over with a puzzled look and asked a question.