Chapter 413: You're Told to Open a Food Shop, But You Operate at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"Then could you specifically say why you feel it's a good thing?"

Boss Chen answered so readily that Han Lu couldn't help but become curious as well.

"Specifically say... I'm clumsy with words, and don't know where to start."

Boss Chen lowered his head and thought for a while, then said with a face full of gratitude: "But I'm very clear in my heart that my malatang shop has been able to persist until today and continue operating, thanks to Boss Lu. I'm quite grateful to him."

"Grateful?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Han Lu's eyes as she continued to press: "Don't you feel that Lu Family Restaurant's business is so good every day that it would steal away your shop's customer flow? After all, most people who come to Food Street are there for Lu Family Restaurant."

"That's because Boss Lu has the ability; on this point we're all convinced in our hearts."

Boss Chen immediately shook his head, his tone full of gratitude: "And you don't know, ever since Boss Lu came to Food Street, our shops' business hasn't declined at all — on the contrary, it's gotten better and better!"

Boss Chen shook his head, then continued in a deeply grateful tone: "And you people simply don't understand — after Boss Lu came, our shops' business actually became better and better!"

"Oh? Then could you say why exactly?"

Han Lu continued asking with great interest.

Boss Chen nodded, saying with deep emotion: "At this time last year, after the lunch rush passed, there weren't many people coming to Food Street in the afternoon and evening. My malatang shop could barely hold on, and other shops weren't much better — they closed down one after another."

"But after Boss Lu came, the customers coming to Food Street to eat multiplied by who knows how many times compared to before!"

"Let me give you an analogy: say before, Food Festival had a total of one hundred customers a day, and my malatang shop got maybe ten of them."

"But now it's different. After Boss Lu came to Food Street, at least three thousand customers come here every day. Among them, maybe two thousand or even more are there specifically for Lu Family Restaurant."

"But..."

Speaking here, Boss Chen deliberately paused, keeping them in suspense.

"But what?"

Han Lu asked very cooperatively, extremely curious about what Boss Chen would say next.

Boss Chen smiled and continued: "But Boss Lu's shop isn't large, and its daily business hours are very short too. Not everyone who goes there to eat can get a seat — at most a thousand customers a day."

"Now among the three thousand daily customers, the remaining two thousand have to find somewhere to eat, right? Those two thousand customers, even divided among my shop, would be at least two hundred — twenty times more than before! You tell me, could our shops' business not be better than before? Shouldn't we thank Boss Lu?"

Actually this is a very simple principle.

Like originally a cake only eight inches in size.

Even divided equally, each person's piece isn't enough to fill their stomach.

But after Lu Feng came to Food Street and opened shop, he directly turned this cake into twenty-eight inches in size.

Even if he takes half the cake, the remaining cake divided among others is still much more than before.

Therefore, the other shop owners on Food Street, as long as their brains aren't muddled, know that Lu Family Restaurant isn't here to steal their business but to bring them business.

Once they understand this, they fundamentally won't have any opinion against Lu Feng.

At most sometimes seeing such a long line at Lu Family Restaurant's door, they'll enviously mutter a few sentences in their hearts.

Why is Boss Lu's culinary skill so good, while I don't have that kind of ability?

Aside from this bit of longing, they have no other thoughts at all.

"You're absolutely right, your example is easy to understand, it really is that principle. No wonder your shop has been able to stay open for so many years."

Han Lu couldn't help but give a thumbs-up, praising Boss Chen.

Boss Chen was a bit embarrassed by her praise and hurriedly waved his hand: "Hah, other things I don't know, but this business stuff I still see through pretty clearly."

"Thank you very much for your cooperation."

Han Lu got the answer she wanted and thanked the boss very politely: "Today's interview will end here. We won't disturb your business further. Wishing your shop prosperous business in the future!"

Then, the group exited the malatang shop.

In the next hour, Han Lu led the team to interview five or six shops near Lu Family Restaurant in succession.

Those shop owners, when mentioning Lu Feng, were just like Boss Chen of the malatang shop — their tones all carried genuine, tangible gratitude toward Lu Feng.

As for asking them about those people online's views on Lu Feng's high-priced dishes, they all said Lu Feng's prices aren't expensive at all — some even felt he sells too cheap.

One boss said very bluntly: "Boss Lu's dishes are expensive? The people saying this definitely haven't eaten his cooking! If our shop's chef had his culinary skill, I'd have to raise prices at least five times! Think about it — five-star hotel food sells for much more than Boss Lu's, right? But compared to Boss Lu's, theirs is who knows how many levels worse! Why don't they say five-star hotel food is overpriced?"

The interview process went much more smoothly than Wang Mo imagined — just past eight o'clock and this interview work was complete.

Han Lu stood at Food Street's entrance, watching the flowing crowds, her heart full of emotion: "Didn't expect Boss Lu to be this popular with these merchants."

"Yeah, before I was still worried this interview would turn up a lot of negative material. Now it looks like I overthought it — the gratitude in those bosses' eyes when they spoke of Boss Lu didn't seem faked at all."

Wang Mo smiled and nodded, feeling much more at ease: "This is good. This section's material is enough. Going back, no need to worry about not delivering to the Chief Editor."

Han Lu nodded, her gaze falling again on Lu Family Restaurant's tightly shut gate.

She suddenly felt this interview was more meaningful than any previous one.

Now Han Lu is also Lu Feng's loyal fan. Being able to help her idol clear up those bad online remarks, a strange sense of achievement welled up in her heart.

She believes that once this interview airs, those people online will surely see the truth, and Lu Family Restaurant's business will become even more booming than now.

Today Han Lu and them came to Food Street to interview surrounding merchants — Lu Feng himself knew nothing about this.

Those bad remarks about Lu Family Restaurant online — he likewise knew nothing about them.