Cooking System: Street Food Rules

[Task completed, reward: ownership of a restaurant]

[Would you like to claim it?]

In the midst of his busy schedule, Jiang Feng finally finished his stall at the Alibaba Technology Park. During this period, he had caused quite a stir within Alibaba. Every day, employees rushed to the cafeteria to snatch up the clay oven-roasted chicken. Many department leaders even sent their subordinates to grab some. It was truly outrageous. At one point during a meeting, several department leaders quibbled over the roasted chicken to liven up the atmosphere, though it was all in jest.

It was evident just how delicious Jiang Feng's roasted chicken was. Now that the task in Hangzhou was completed, Jiang Feng had directly received a restaurant as a reward. Soon, the system marked the location of the restaurant. Meanwhile, Jiang Feng also received a call from a real estate agent to discuss the handover of the restaurant. This was good news.

Jiang Feng gave Sun Zhuangfei a holiday, telling him to do whatever he wanted. Sun Zhuangfei said he wanted to return to Chengdu and work a few days at Jiangyue Terrace, claiming he would feel idle otherwise.

"I don't understand," Jiang Feng was puzzled. "I gave you a paid holiday, and you want to go back to work at Jiangyue Terrace?"

"Boss, I feel I am still young and should accumulate more experiences while I can," Sun Zhuangfei replied honestly. "The atmosphere at the Jiangyue Terrace Sichuan Restaurant is great, and the chefs are amazing. I can learn more from them."

Jiang Feng was stunned. What was this, the chosen labor saint? How could a boss not be moved by such an employee? Seeing his ambition, Jiang Feng naturally agreed to let him go back to work.

In fact, for Sun Zhuangfei, whether tagging along with Jiang Feng or working at Jiangyue Terrace, both were excellent experiences and held great promise. The truth is, many people are ambitious, as long as they are truly given hope. However, society is complicated, and in most cases, the harder you work, the more you have to do. If you can endure hardship, there's no end to the hardships you can take on. Many people, seeing no hope, are forced to lie flat.

Sun Zhuangfei returned to work at the Jiangyue Terrace Sichuan Restaurant.

With some free time, Jiang Feng also chatted with a girl on WeChat every day. When he was previously at the University of Science and Technology, he took a liking to Ji Mingming at first sight, but things didn't progress much. Later on, they met again in a villa district and added each other on WeChat. Then they chatted daily, the conversation heating up, and Ji Mingming even visited him in Chengdu. Sometimes she would also come over on weekends. Both could feel the other's intentions, and they slowly became an item. Ji Mingming had an outstanding figure, with legs both white and straight. She was recognized as a beauty at school. It's no wonder Jiang Feng took a liking to her. Ji Mingming had her own life plans and was busy with her own matters, having her own life. That was good in a way, as both were very independent.

Coincidentally, it was the weekend, and Ji Mingming came to Hangzhou to see the sights, so Jiang Feng accompanied her. When he had some free time, Jiang Feng went to check out his restaurant. The location of the restaurant was beyond his expectations. Not far from West Lake, it was within the scenic area. You should know, land around West Lake is worth its weight in gold. Rent for a single stall could soar to several hundred thousand. There's no lack of customer flow here; whatever you sell can make money. After all, tourists' money is the easiest to earn. And now the location of the restaurant was surprisingly close to West Lake.

No wonder it required three tasks to receive this reward; it turns out to be near West Lake, Jiang Feng thought to himself. Given this location, the price of the restaurant must be very high. Even more valuable than my other two restaurants! This time I really struck it big.

He went to inspect the restaurant. It was a classic building, styled like a Chinese garden, complete with pavilions, terraces, and pagodas. The restaurant had three floors, covering about 6,000 square meters, with more than thirty private dining rooms, including ten high-end ones, and over five hundred seats. This restaurant was unexpectedly large.

The property had now been transferred at the real estate planning bureau and fully belonged to Jiang Feng. The place was originally another restaurant with decent business, thanks to the many tourists. But due to its high prices and poor taste, it had been criticized by many. Gradually, people stopped coming. Furthermore, the owner needed money for other business ventures, so the restaurant was put up for sale. Eventually, it was bought by Jiang Feng.

Looking at the restaurant, Jiang Feng was quite moved. The place was vast, and the location was excellent; it deserved to make a name for itself. At the very least, people should no longer regretfully complain about the bad taste when mentioning the restaurant near West Lake. The prospects for Hangzhou cuisine in the market were broad, and business shouldn't be a concern if it was run well.

Jiang Feng entered the restaurant to assess the situation. The restaurant had existing decorations but would certainly need to be renovated. Considering renovating the restaurant in such a prime location as West Lake, rather than rushing to make money, Jiang Feng had a clear plan for the future.

「For the following period, Jiang Feng began contacting decorating companies, providing design ideas, and developing design plans.」

He then instructed the decorating company to begin work according to the design plan. The activity quickly attracted the attention of people nearby. Many tourists visiting West Lake also glanced over in curiosity. The original restaurant sign was taken down, and now a new one with an antique flavor has been hoisted, upon which three large characters were written horizontally:

Jiangyue Terrace

On the side, three smaller characters stood upright: Zhejiang Cuisine Restaurant. Visitors were surprised to see the large sign.

"Jiangyue Terrace Zhejiang Cuisine Restaurant? I feel like I've heard of Jiangyue Terrace somewhere before."

"Look it up online."

"I did, and there's a Shandong Cuisine Restaurant and a Sichuan Restaurant listed."

"It's Jiang Feng's restaurant, the very popular chef!"

"He's indeed remarkable, you can tell he loves the culinary arts."

"To think that there's someone like this, I really admire him!"

The visitors were all talking about it. Soon, the news spread among Hangzhou's internet celebrities. Upon hearing there was a hot topic to capitalize on, these internet celebrities immediately went to West Lake to live stream. Many of them were live streaming with their phones, filming the Jiangyue Terrace that was under renovation.

"Fam, this is the location of Boss Jiang's Jiangyue Terrace Zhejiang Cuisine Restaurant that's about to open."

"They've even hung up the signboard."

"I told you he came to Hangzhou for big business!"

"Boss Jiang originally planned to open a Zhejiang Cuisine Restaurant here!"

"This is his third restaurant!" a streamer said to the viewers in the live stream room.

Seeing this, netizens too became intrigued. Everyone found it very interesting and responded with a barrage of comments:

"This must be Boss Jiang's third restaurant, right?"

"Geez, directly by West Lake, how rich is he!"

"Boss Jiang is unfathomable!"

"Imagine a chef being this wealthy!"

"He couldn't possibly want to open restaurants for all eight major Chinese cuisines, could he? That would be truly unbelievable!"

"I think it might be more than that, the guy is pretty awesome."

The barrage of comments was bustling. Many people were discussing this matter.

Opening the first restaurant only had some local impact. However, opening three restaurants in a row, each representing a different regional cuisine, was enough to show Jiang Feng's ambitions. But could anyone really do it? Many brands focus on just one kind of food and then open chains all over the country to collect franchise fees. Jiang Feng, on the other hand, chose the physical business route, which required a huge upfront investment and faced enormous risks. One can hardly imagine the level of confidence he must have.

Jiang Feng, though, never thought there was anything to it. After all, he had the system, and he also had ideas. This was not a difficult task for him. The restaurant began renovations, which were expected to take a month. The staff was easy to recruit, but chefs were a technical matter. Whether the food was good or not had to be personally tested by Jiang Feng, making the selection process somewhat troublesome.

「In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, the system had already issued a new task.」

Jiang Feng had been too busy to take on tasks, caught up in the restaurant's affairs. Now that he had some downtime, he was ready to take on another task and earn some rewards.

[Task opened: For seven consecutive days, set up a stall in a designated area in Hangzhou and sell 100 portions of Big Bone Soup.]

[Task Reward: Golden Leifeng Pagoda]

[Receive Big Bone Soup Recipe*1]

[Accept?]

This task had been hanging in the system for a while. Now that Jiang Feng was free, he opted to accept the task. After accepting the task, Jiang Feng, as usual, went to inspect the system-specified location first. Upon arriving, Jiang Feng was taken aback. The place to sell the bone soup was a rented greasy spoon where he could stew the soup. That wasn't really a problem. The key issue was, right next to this shop was a funeral parlor. Next to it, there were many shops selling wreaths and paper money. He was momentarily speechless.

Selling bone soup outside a funeral parlor? he thought. Won't this get me beaten up?

The business was rather preposterous. Others were here to send off their departed loved ones. And Jiang Feng was outside stewing bone soup. The modern version of Dragon Inn. Of course, business is business; there was no connection between the two. Still, it all came down to what Jiang Feng thought.

It's not a big deal; there are quite a few people around here. I could make sales, he mulled over internally. Bone soup is good stuff. I could also serve it with some dishes. But this time, the location is truly preposterous.

Then he began preparing the ingredients.

「A new week, and the hustle continues.」

Earn a Golden Leifeng Pagoda and then display it in Jiangyue Terrace Zhejiang Cuisine Restaurant. It would look nice, too.