Guide to Running a Shop in Another World

Chapter 3: The first store

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"Are you serious?" Li Shasha was putting on makeup. After hearing what her friend said, she stopped and there was a bit of surprise in her eyes.

There is no meaning in this world without cosmetics, and makeup itself has no meaning.

Whether you are beautiful or plain, you will hardly be noticed here.

Li Shasha was too bored and didn't like going to the theme park, so she pinched some cosmetics and simulated the makeup process to pass the time.

Chen Meiyue sat opposite Li Shasha and nodded repeatedly, "Really, it's just outside the 99th Floor Paradise. I don't know who the owner is, but the food he made not only has the smell but also the taste, exactly like the real thing. I'm still drooling when I think back to the taste of the spicy grilled wings."

Chen Meiyue and Li Shasha get along well and often get together to play with cosmetics.

But doing the same thing for decades will make you bored. Chen Meiyue actually didn't like the theme park, but that day was too boring, so she was encouraged by others to go to the cinema on the 99th floor.

Chen Meiyue didn't have any strong feelings while watching the movie, but halfway through, four people came in with take-away boxes in their hands.

As soon as those four people came in, half of the audience's attention was taken away from the movie.

When one of them opened the box, it was like a spice bomb exploded in the theater. Everyone smelled the spicy and tempting aroma and their mouths watered.

The big screen was clearly showing the exciting part, but the audience would have already gone crazy with excitement.

At that time, everyone's attention was attracted by the steaming food in the hands of the four people in the back seat, and no one paid attention to the content on the screen.

Someone asked them where they bought it, and one of them answered outside the cinema, and soon someone got up and left.

Chen Meiyue had no intention of joining in the fun. The food created by magic was the most fake thing. The more real it was, the more empty it made people feel, because they could only look at it but not eat it.

But those four people were so annoying. They were obviously just pretending to eat and crying while eating, as if the food was really delicious.

After a while, the audience who had left came back with take-away boxes, huddled in their seats, biting on the spicy grilled wings, panting from the spiciness, their faces covered with tears and snot, and after finishing their meal they hurriedly got up and left.

Gradually, more and more people went out and came back with food.

Chen Meiyue's companion couldn't help but join in the fun. He bought two pairs of grilled wings and sweet soup for himself, and brought a pair of grilled wings for Chen Meiyue.

Chen Meiyue was shocked when she bit into the grilled wings.

She couldn't remember how many years it had been since she last ate, but these chicken wings really tasted like what she remembered.

The chicken skin was roasted until it was soft and slightly charred, and the chicken was tender and juicy. The chili peppers that she couldn't eat before became the most delicious seasoning, constantly stimulating her mouth, making her love it more and more, and she couldn't stop eating it.

She finished a pair of spicy grilled wings and immediately got up and left.

Unfortunately, we went too late and the store was closed. There were still several people standing outside the door who wanted to buy something but failed.

Chen Meiyue described the taste of the food to Li Shasha in detail and invited her: "Shall we go to that restaurant to eat together tomorrow?"

Li Shasha frowned, not quite believing it: "I can't imagine what the food made by magic tastes like. Isn't it another gimmick? Were you played by someone in the cinema?"

Not everyone likes to work in the theme park, so some people think of other ways to earn time, such as using magic to make some things from their memories and sell them. Interesting things are easily bought, but some things are not so attractive.

So some people asked to act out a play to attract passers-by.

Even if the world changes, such scams will still exist widely.

Li Shasha was cheated before.

At that time, the man said that the cosmetics he made were really effective and could bring obvious changes when applied on the face. He deceived Li Shasha for a hundred years.

Chen Meiyue shook her head. "I'm sure I really ate it. I wasn't cheated. And that store is very affordable. It only takes six hours to grill a chicken wing. It won't hurt to give it a try."

Hearing this, Li Shasha felt it was more and more fake.

If the food is really delicious, how can it be so cheap

Maybe it is to attract fat sheep over and then slaughter them.

Li Shasha didn't want to be cheated, but she couldn't resist Chen Meiyue's constant begging. Finally, she reluctantly agreed to accompany her to take a look, and agreed to retreat immediately if she found anything wrong.

At the same time, similar conversations were taking place in other places in Area A. People who had eaten at the snack bar were frantically recommending the food to people they knew, while most of those being recommended were skeptical.

After years of development, they now have a subway created using magic that is operating normally, and airplanes created using magic have also successfully carried passengers into the sky.

Can you use magic to create food with smell and taste

This is impossible!

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Lu Yao marinated two large basins full of chicken wings and bought a new big pot to cook two pots of sweet soup. He also froze four boxes of milk in the freezer.

This amount of ingredients should be enough to sell for a whole day.

Lu Yao pushed open the shop door and was startled.

There was actually a long queue at the door. The first one standing was Chi, who didn’t buy any grilled wings yesterday, and the second one was Qing.

Chi blinked when he saw Lu Yao. The candy given by the shopkeeper was sweet, and he immediately fell in love with her. He opened his mouth and made a big order: "Shopkeeper, give me ten pairs of hell spicy grilled wings and a bowl of sweet soup."

Qing popped up from behind him, "I also want ten pairs of Hell Spicy Grilled Wings, a bowl of sweet soup, and five boxes of ice milk."

There was a commotion in the crowd, especially those at the back: "You guys are so awesome, is there still a chance for me?"

"No, come on. You're lining up so early in the morning. Each of you brings ten pairs. Does the owner still have any stock?"

"Shopkeeper, I have a disease that will kill me if I don't eat spicy grilled wings. Please, one pair, no, two pairs will be enough!"

Lu Yao still has a mission to accomplish. He is only halfway through the task of “receiving one hundred guests”. It is better to do business in a steady and long-term manner.

She thought for a moment and put up a sign in front of the stall: Each person is limited to two pairs of spicy grilled wings, a bowl of sweet soup, and a box of ice milk.

Chi is like a deflated ball. Two pairs are not enough to eat.

But there was nothing we could do as the food in this snack bar was in short supply.

Limited edition items are particularly fragrant. Chi didn’t order ice milk earlier, but added it now.

Almost everyone in the queue behind ordered two pairs of spicy grilled wings, a bowl of sweet soup, and a box of ice milk.

Chen Meiyue and Li Shasha lined up in the crowd. When they arrived, Chen Meiyue, like everyone else, ordered the full set.

Li Shasha was still skeptical about the snack bar, so she just ordered a pair of spicy grilled wings and a bowl of sweet soup.

Chen Meiyue called Lu Yao, her eyes full of desire, "Shopkeeper, can you give me the grilled wings she didn't want?"

Lu Yao shook his head, "No."

Chen Meiyue lowered her head in disappointment, "Okay."

She also tried her best to persuade Li Shasha to sell another pair of spicy grilled wings to fill the quota.

Li Shasha felt that this was exactly what the store owner was trying to do. He first limited the quantity to whet people's appetite, and then used hunger marketing to promote her spicy grilled wings, and unknowingly sold a lot of goods. In fact, it was all air, and the store owner was sure to make a profit.

Her friend has fallen into a trap, and she has to stay awake.

Besides, even if the chicken wings are the same as Li Shasha said, you can just buy more after you finish eating them. There is no need to buy so much at one time.

Chen Meiyue was about to cry.

Li Shasha is a typical example of someone who, once bitten by a snake, becomes afraid of ropes for ten years. She will regret it after this.

Chen Meiyue and Li Shasha chose to eat in the restaurant. The four or five folding tables at the door were full of people. Only one table was empty, which was the table where Qing and Chi were sitting.

The aura of these two people is so strong that anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they are the guards of the park.

People who frequent the park and the cinema have a natural fear of the park guards, and they are not very willing to sit with these two people.

Chen Meiyue and Li Shasha seldom come to the park, so they had no idea what it was like. When they saw there were empty seats, they sat down immediately.

Chen Meiyue couldn't wait to pick up a spicy grilled wing and eat it. She squinted her eyes in satisfaction. The taste was exactly the same as she remembered, spicy and fragrant.

Seeing how engrossed she was in eating, Li Shasha looked a little puzzled. Could it really be that delicious

She did smell the aroma, but she still couldn't imagine that something made out of thin air would be as warm and delicious as real food.

She didn't eat the grilled wings first, but looked at the steaming sweet soup.

The glutinous rice wine meatballs are really well made. The thumb-sized balls are mixed with small pieces of fermented glutinous rice and bright red wolfberries and red dates and lie in the bowl. They are round, white and plump. Just looking at them is healing. The sweet fragrance is mixed with a hint of fermented sweet wine. Li Shasha likes this taste very much.

She scooped two dumplings and mixed them with sweet water and drank them into her mouth. The sweet taste brought warmth from the tip of her tongue to her stomach.

Li Shasha was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and drank the sweet soup spoonful by spoonful.

In less than two minutes, the bowl of sweet soup was finished, with a little bit left at the bottom.

Li Shasha picked up the bowl, scraped even the broken ginger kernels at the bottom of the bowl into her mouth with a spoon, and drank it all.

After putting down the bowl and noticing that Chen Meiyue was looking at her, she lowered her head in embarrassment and took a tissue to wipe her mouth to cover up, "Why are you looking at me?"

Chen Meiyue laughed, "I didn't lie to you."

Li Shasha nodded with a red face, and she already started to regret it in her heart. The sweet soup was so delicious, so the grilled wings must be good too.

After she took a bite of the grilled wings, she looked up and saw that the line in front of the stall had stretched all the way to the elevator and turned to the amusement park on the left. She wished time could go back ten minutes. She must have listened to her best friend and the owner and bought two pairs of spicy grilled wings.

The first pot of marinated grilled wings was almost empty, so Lu Yao went back to the store to get another pot that had been prepared.

When she came out, she found that the first pot of sweet soup had also been scooped out. She put the chicken wings on the grill and went back to get the sweet soup.

[Successfully receive 100 guests, complete the mission, and be rewarded with 100 popularity points. ]

[Luyao Snack Shop is extremely popular and has been upgraded to a two-star shop, with 3 new dishes added. ]

[You have a new task! Receive one thousand guests and be rewarded with one thousand popularity points. ]

[Spend 50 points of popularity to hire an employee. Do you want to hire? ]

As soon as I entered the store, system prompts sounded one after another.

Lu Yao was so tired that he poured himself a glass of water and sat down to process the news.

Mission accomplished, as expected.

Add new dishes and think about it in the evening.

New task, start now.

Only the last one made her think about it and she realized that the store really needed help.

It’s just that it’s a bit difficult to recruit people. The food here is all made of illusions, so it may be difficult to find suitable employees.

But she really couldn't hold on any longer on her own, and she hadn't slept well these past few days.

The workload is getting more intense, there are more and more guests, and new dishes need to be prepared.

Urged by the noisy voices of the guests outside, Lu Yao finished drinking his water and stood up, while deciding to hire an employee.

[Deduct 50 points from popularity points, add 1 new employee position in the snack bar, and the recruitment advertisement has been sent out. ]

Lu Yao pushed out a pot of sweet soup, and the guests at the door were getting impatient waiting.

She wiped the sweat off her forehead and immediately started flipping and grilling the chicken wings, preparing to pack them up.

Two hours later, the second bowl of chicken wings was sold out, and only the bottom of the sweet soup was left. Lu Yao slowly exhaled, "It's sold out, and the store is closed. Come back tomorrow."

She was so absorbed in her work that she had no energy to pay attention to her surroundings. When she looked up, she discovered that most of the customers had left, with only one person still standing in front of the stall.

The boy had a head of arrogant silver hair and looked like the protagonist from a comic book. He was so handsome that it was hard to describe. His red eyes were shining with light as he looked at Lu Yao with a smile, "I want a bowl of sweet soup."

Lu Yao scraped the bottom of the pot, poured out most of the bowl, and said tactfully: "There's only this much left, it's all cold."

The boy said, “I don’t mind.”

All right.

Lu Yao was holding a half bowl of sweet soup and was about to hand it to him, but suddenly stopped, "Sit down and wait for a moment. I'll heat it up."

She felt a little bad about serving cold food to the guests.

Lu Yao went back to the store, took out a small milk pan, and also picked up two eggs.

Pour the sweet soup into the pot, place it on the grill which is still hot, crack the eggs into the pot, and add some sugar.

A few minutes later, a bowl of steaming glutinous rice wine meatballs and eggs is ready.

There were not many people in the store, so the boy randomly picked a table and sat down.

Lu Yao brought the sweet soup with added ingredients over and said, "I added eggs, it's different from what's sold, so I'll treat you to it."

The silver-haired boy took a bite and his eyes curved: "Very sweet."

Lu Yao nodded, ignored him, and went back to pack up his stall.

Bai Ming drank the sweet soup slowly, his eyes never leaving Lu Yao.

By the time she had almost finished cleaning up, he had also just finished drinking.

He pushed the bowl away and called Lu Yao, "Boss, I'm here to interview the clerk."

The recruitment advertisement is very effective. It hasn’t been long since someone came for an interview.

She sat down in front of the boy and asked, "Where did you see my job advertisement?"

Bai Ming pointed to the left, "It's posted at the entrance of the park. I came here when I saw it."

He also tore up the ad so that he was the only one who saw it.

Lu Yao thought to herself, "How careless!" But she was very positive about recruiting people, so she didn't dwell on the details and simply asked, "What's your name? How old are you? Do you have any work experience? The work in my store is relatively simple, but also very hard."

I still don’t know how to pay employees in this world. It should be based on time, right

I'll go ask Xingzi later.

Bai Ming seemed to have prepared something in advance: "My name is Bai Ming, and I'm... 22 years old. I used to work in the park, but I just quit."

"What job do you do in the park?" Lu Yao was a little curious.

Bai Ming said lightly: "Guard."

Lu Yao frowned. Does guard mean security guard? Or doorman

"Bai Ming, what the hell are you doing here instead of guarding the paradise?" The roar came from far away. The person who spoke was dozens of meters away in the previous second, and teleported to the snack bar in the next second.

Bai Jian glanced at Lu Yao with a sour face, then turned around and stared at Bai Ming hatefully.

Qing and Chi just came out of the paradise with Bai Jian.

Chi glanced at Bai Ming and asked, "Is he the new guard?"

What a young guard. He is so young and yet he can be the guard of the 99th floor paradise. His strength should not be underestimated.

Bai Jian nodded: "Well, he just joined the company and his character hasn't settled down yet. During this period of time, I will teach him well."

Lu Yao looked a little confused, and asked Bai Ming with his eyes: What's going on? Didn't you say you were quitting

Bai Ming stood up calmly and walked to Bai Jian: "Captain of the Guard, I have decided to resign. The letter of resignation has been placed in your office."

Bai Jian had a look on his face that said, "Are you kidding me?" He said, "I didn't hear you clearly. Can you say it again?"