Chapter 415: Let You Open a Gourmet Shop, You Open for Business at 3 AM

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

【As a Chef certified by the system as possessing Full-Level Culinary Arts, the Host must not only have top-tier culinary skill, but also make diners understand the value matching of dishes.】

【The ingredients the Host uses are high-grade ingredients specially supplied by the System Mall; if some ingredients were purchased at market price, the cost would long have far exceeded the listed price. Combined with the Host's Full-Level Culinary Arts cooking techniques, the current dish pricing actually falls into the category of "extremely high cost-performance."】

【However, some diners themselves are unaware of the true value of the ingredients, and new customers who have not tasted the dishes hold skeptical attitudes toward the dish prices.】

【The purpose of the mission is to guide customers to perceive the dual value of ingredients and culinary skill, and to establish diners' cognition of "worth every penny." This is also an important part of a Chef's professional literacy.】

"Blah blah blah, saying so much, but what the system says does make sense."

Lu Feng thought along with the system's explanation for a moment, feeling that it was indeed so.

All along, the diners who came to his Shop to eat generally praised his Culinary Skill without end, thinking what he made was Delicious and irreplaceable.

But as for words like "Cheap" or "worth this price," Lu Feng thought for a long time and couldn't recall several people saying such things.

"If I want others to say it's Cheap, then it's best that I ask it myself."

Lu Feng touched his Bottom, thinking, and muttered to himself.

He quickly thought of several ways to ask in his mind.

For example, "Do you think the dishes in the Shop are Cheap?"

It seemed a bit too stiff; it might make those customers feel a bit Qi Wen.

Since I want others to say Cheap from the bottom of their hearts, I can't be too direct when asking; it's best to be a bit tactful.

Lu Feng thought for a while, then put this question aside for now.

His gaze fell on this mission's System Reward from the system, and Curiosity couldn't help but steam out.

Previous mission rewards, besides obvious rewards like Villa, luxury cars, and Cash, also clearly displayed the dish names when rewarding Recipes.

This time a "Cuisine Fragment" suddenly steamed out, sounding like a puzzle; what exactly does it mean?

"System, what does this Cuisine Fragment reward mean?"

Lu Feng asked curiously facing the void.

Since it concerns the mission reward, he has to ask clearly.

【After the Host completes the mission, they can draw one Cuisine Fragment of any cuisine; after drawing, it automatically unlocks a random number of Recipes contained in that cuisine pack.】

Just as the system voice finished, Lu Feng's eyes lit up.

This time's reward isn't a single Recipe, but unlocking several dishes at once?

His previous Recipes were all unlocked one by one.

This time they can be unlocked in batches, and they are Recipes from among the major cuisines.

This reward is much more of a Good Deal than he originally imagined.

Lu Feng now gradually understood.

Since his future goal is God of Cooking, then for his current self, system-rewarded Recipes are much better than luxury cars and mansions.

After all, those are external material things, and their value is fixed.

But once Recipes are unlocked, they are deeply bound to him and permanently belong to him.

"System, if I draw rewards again in the future, can I still draw fragments of the same cuisine?"

This is what Lu Feng cares about most.

If every time I draw I get a different cuisine, bit by bit here and there, when will I ever gather a complete set of a cuisine?

【Subsequent draws depend on the cuisine the Host first draws; afterward, cuisines already owned will be prioritized.】

Hearing this, Lu Feng felt much more reassured in his heart, and nodded very Satisfied.

According to the system's explanation, for example, if he drew Sichuan Cuisine fragments this time and unlocked several Sichuan Cuisine Recipes.

When drawing next time, it's highly likely to still be Sichuan Cuisine fragments.

That way, after just a few missions, he could gather a complete set of Sichuan Cuisine Recipes.

By then, the Shop could add a whole set of Sichuan Cuisine; just thinking about it felt not bad.

"System, one more question: is the number of fragments for each cuisine the same?"

It was rare for the system to be so patient today, answering every question.

Lu Feng simply took advantage of the time to ask all the questions in his heart clearly, so he wouldn't have to ask again later.

【The number of dishes unlocked by each drawn fragment varies, and the number of fragments needed to complete each cuisine also varies; specific quantities will be displayed at the time of drawing.】

Next, Lu Feng asked a whole bunch more questions, and the system answered them one by one.

After resolving all his doubts, Lu Feng stretched a big stretch, and glanced at the clock on Qiang Shang.

It was already almost one o'clock in the morning.

He stood up, turned off the Living Room light, and walked toward the Bedroom with light steps.

This mission didn't require Bungee Jumping, nor singing in front of a crowd; he just needed to figure out how to make diners say the dishes in his Own Shop were Cheap, and he could get Cuisine Fragments that unlock several Recipes at once.

Moreover, this mission had no time limit, and the difficulty wasn't great for him.

This made his heart much lighter; when entering dreamland, his face still wore a relaxed smile.

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Monday morning, after Lu Feng got up, he leaned against the headboard and began to ponder an important matter.

That was his future Business Hours.

Since having the system, his previous Business Hours had been like opening a blind box.

Only once was it open during normal meal hours; all other times had nothing to do with normal mealtimes.

Do normal people eat at three in the morning?

This bizarre business schedule left not only the customers baffled, but even he himself couldn't stand it.

After all, he also wanted to open his shop during normal hours.

Having finally completed the system's newbie mission trial, he now had the right to set his own business hours.

Today was Monday again, and Lu Feng felt it was time to fix his future business hours.

The first thought in his mind was: absolutely no business in the morning.

The reason was simple: he couldn't get up in the morning.

Even if he woke up very early in the morning, he liked to lounge comfortably in bed for an hour or two before reluctantly getting up.

Lu Feng continued thinking and felt that dinner from six to eight seemed like a good choice.

On the Food Street side, it was livelier at night than at noon.

Office workers got off work, students got out of school.

If he set his business hours at this time, he wouldn't have to stay up too late.

And now Hu Xiaoyun was helping out in the shop; once school started, after she finished class and came from school, it would be just right for her to catch the shop's business hours.

After she finished the shop's business, it wouldn't be too late either, and it would be safer for her to return to school.

"Decided just like that."

Lu Feng took out his mobile phone and sent Hu Xiaoyun a message, telling her the business hours he had decided on.