Chapter 538

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"Lu Family Restaurant?"

Hearing that name, the hall manager's body trembled violently.

He looked around the nearly empty first-floor hall again.

The first-floor hall, which had been packed just now, now had only a few scattered customers still dining, looking especially desolate.

Even more alarming to him, hurried footsteps were coming from the stairway entrance one after another.

Guests from the second-floor private rooms were actually coming down in several waves.

"Damn, this trend simply can't be stopped."

The hall manager's heart gave a thump, and cold sweat began to bead on his forehead.

He knew in his heart that this absolutely could not be concealed, nor could it be concealed at all.

The bosses were still dining in the second-floor private rooms; when they came down later and saw such a scene, if this hall manager did nothing, he would be impossible to absolve of blame.

The hall manager took a deep breath and decisively turned around, walking quickly toward the second floor.

He had to report this situation immediately to Executive Chef Yang Zhenguang and restaurant manager Zhou Li.

At the meeting before opening yesterday, the two of them had specifically emphasized that if any special abnormality occurred on opening day, they must be notified immediately.

Perhaps they had already anticipated such a thing happening and had prepared a backup plan in advance.

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On the other side, Lu Feng walked out of the Food Street parking lot with a calm expression, stepping lightly through the crowd, and arrived at the entrance of the Lu Family.

When he reached the restaurant entrance, he happened to see Hu Xiaoyun standing on the steps waiting.

"You came so early? Have you been waiting long?"

Lu Feng smiled and walked forward, asking in a gentle voice.

"No, no, I only arrived not long ago either."

Lu Feng nodded, opened the restaurant door, and he and Hu Xiaoyun entered one after the other.

"Boss, what are the prices for today's new dishes?"

As soon as she entered the hall, Hu Xiaoyun asked impatiently.

"No rush."

Lu Feng smiled and walked straight toward the kitchen, saying as he walked, "I'll take out the ingredients first, and I'll tell you later. You write them on the price list on the wall."

"Okay, Boss."

Hu Xiaoyun nodded obediently. She followed Lu Feng to the kitchen door, stood at the entrance watching Lu Feng's back, and a hint of hesitation appeared on her face.

After a while, as if she had mustered great courage, she said softly to Lu Feng in the kitchen, "Boss, can I make a small suggestion?"

Lu Feng looked up at Hu Xiaoyun and asked gently, "What suggestion? Go ahead."

"It's just... I know you don't like actively promoting our restaurant."

Hu Xiaoyun chose her words carefully, speaking cautiously, afraid of offending Lu Feng with her words: "I mean, if you have any plans next time, could you tell me in advance? That way, I can prepare ahead of time too."

These days she had been worried in her heart, as if a heavy stone was pressing down.

The reason she was worried was naturally because the upscale Western restaurant next door held a grand opening ceremony today with great fanfare, attracting many people.

What made her even more anxious was that a few days ago she personally saw many regular customers who often came to Lu Family Restaurant for meals holding invitation cards from that Western restaurant.

Wasn't it obvious they wanted to steal customers from her own restaurant?

Looking back at her own restaurant, although the decoration looked not bad, it was full of a warm atmosphere everywhere.

But compared to the luxurious decoration of the Western restaurant next door, the class was indeed far inferior.

And at her own shop, from beginning to end there was only her as a waiter, usually just doing simple work like taking orders, cashiering, and clearing bowls and chopsticks.

Whereas the Western restaurant next door had a professional waiter team, which she alone could never compare with no matter what.

She herself often ate the employee meals personally made by Boss Lu Feng, and knew Boss's culinary skills were superb; although she had eaten for so long, she still felt Boss's cooking skills were amazing.

He also knew that many customers in the shop came for Boss's culinary skills.

But Hu Xiaoyun still lacked confidence in her heart.

For a restaurant, is it really enough just because the food tastes good?

Isn't it said that people nowadays pay attention to environment, service, and grandeur when eating?

Facing the upscale Western restaurant next door that opened with great force, could her own restaurant really compete with them just by having good taste?

For several days in a row, Hu Xiaoyun had been worried like this.

But today, she wasn't worried anymore, because Boss Lu seemed to have found a way to solve the problem, but at the same time her worry had now turned into helplessness.

Lu Feng could tell about the hidden worry on Hu Xiaoyun's face these past few days, but he didn't take it to heart.

Strictly speaking, ordinary restaurants indeed couldn't be propped up just by food tasting good.

But Lu Family Restaurant was different, because it wasn't an ordinary restaurant.

To be precise, it was because Lu Feng wasn't an ordinary chef.

You know, the premium ingredients provided by the system were of such quality that they completely crushed the best ingredients available on the market.

Plus, he himself had the culinary skills of the max-level recipe bestowed by the system.

The things made by combining these two could not be summed up or described simply by the two words "delicious."

People all want to choose better things; that's common sense.

Lu Family Restaurant, no matter how compared to high-end restaurants, is still the best choice for diners.

However, Lu Feng sensed the small complaint in Hu Xiaoyun's words just now, and he looked at Hu Xiaoyun with a natural expression, saying: "Hmm, don't you think doing this can bring some surprises to the customers?"

"Boss, actually everyone's understanding of surprises is different."

Hu Xiaoyun sighed, her expression very serious as she said to Lu Feng.

The reason she could come to the restaurant so early today was because luckily she stayed at her roommate Lin Meimei's house yesterday.

Lin Meimei's house is not far from Food Street; after receiving Lu Feng's phone call this morning, she rushed over all the way and arrived just in time.

But if she had been at her own home yesterday, it would take a lot of time to get there by car, and she might still be on the way to Food Street now, and whether she could arrive at Food Street before the restaurant opens is uncertain.

"What you said makes sense; indeed I did not consider things thoroughly enough. I will try to pay attention from now on."

Lu Feng smiled, with an apologetic look on his face as he said to Hu Xiaoyun.

Seeing his open and honest appearance, the small grievance in Hu Xiaoyun's heart instantly vanished like smoke and clouds.

"Boss, I don't mean to blame you; I'm just making a small suggestion to you on behalf of the customers in our shop. After all, you also know that many people are looking forward to you coming out with new dishes!"

Hu Xiaoyun smiled and said.

Lu Feng nodded, but in his heart he was complaining about the system.