Bai Ming seemed to be completely unaffected by the low pressure from his boss, cough, former boss, and repeated his previous words in a very serious manner: "I have decided to resign, and the resignation letter has been placed in your office."
The selection of garden guards is stricter than the selection of concubines by ancient emperors. It is no exaggeration to say that only one in ten thousand is chosen.
High-end theme parks often hold restricted games, and the requirements for guards are more stringent. They must be strong, tough, and able to control the place.
Bai Jian selected Bai Ming from among millions of people, trained him carefully for a month, and conducted thirty game tests. He was very satisfied with Bai Ming.
Half an hour ago, Bai Jian proudly boasted to his colleagues Qing and Chi that the new guards were extremely capable and rarely seen in a century.
Not even half a day has passed and this guy is about to resign.
Bai Jian couldn't accept this blow, his face gloomy: "Give me a reasonable reason."
Bai Ming pointed at Lu Yao and said, "I want to work in her store."
Bai Jian glanced at Lu Yao, then casually glanced around, wondering when such a store opened outside the park. He didn't care, and pulled Bai Ming to a corner and whispered, "What's so good about this store? You should understand that you are born to be a guard of the park, and only in the park can your nature and abilities be released."
Bai Ming was unmoved and said calmly: "You can eat in her restaurant."
… Have a meal
Bai Jian found it ridiculous.
During this month, he brought Bai Ming into the game non-stop. He didn't know the specialness of Luyao Snack Bar yet. He just thought that Bai Ming made up a funny excuse to fool him in order to resign.
Bai Jian didn't want to give up Bai Ming, but unfortunately Qing and Chi were watching from the side. As the head of the guard, he also had to save face, so he had to frown and say coldly, "Okay, I approve."
Bai Ming immediately went to Lu Yao and asked, "Shopkeeper, when can I start work?"
Lu Yao: “…”
How can I take this hot potato of yours? The big brother next to her stared at her with a knife-like look in his eyes.
It sounds like being a guard should be a promising, high-paying career. Bai Ming is highly respected, and it would be a waste of his talent for him to be a small clerk here.
Bai Ming saw that Lu Yao was hesitating, but this wouldn't do. In order to have sweet soup every day in the future, he had to stay here even if it meant he had to.
He thought for a moment, shed his stern and sharp look, raised his hand and ruffled his hair to make himself look more innocent, "Shopkeeper, I am not afraid of hard work, I have a strong learning ability, and I don't care about salary. As long as I can eat in the shop, I will do anything."
Ah this... is indeed hard to refuse.
The tasks are becoming more and more difficult. The store needs to constantly add new products and will expand in the future. Lu Yao is already too busy to handle it all, and shortage of manpower is a big problem.
Lu Yao also had another consideration. She was not familiar with the place and was afraid of hiring unsuitable clerks.
Bai Ming used to be a guard at the park. He was retained by his boss after he resigned. He was not just being polite. He should be a reliable person.
His purpose of coming to the store was very clear, he was attracted by the food.
"The probation period is one week. If you can adapt to the work in the store, you will start work after a week." Lu Yao finalized the matter under Bai Jian's murderous gaze.
"Thank you, manager. I will work hard." Bai Ming and Bai Jian just came out of the game today. They haven't officially started working yet and don't have much in the park.
After Lu Yao agreed, he started to help close the stall.
Seeing that there was no chance of turning the situation around, Bai Jian returned to the paradise with a gloomy face.
Qing and Chi watched the show unintentionally and turned around to catch up with Bai Jian.
Chi was more straightforward. Seeing Bai Jian's unhappy expression, he counselled: "Bai Ming is new here and young, so it's inevitable that he has a lively personality. Next time, choose someone who is steady. The captain of the guard shouldn't take it too seriously."
Bai Jian simply couldn't listen, and didn't want others to continue to laugh at him, so he said coldly: "It's okay, you can go back. I've been in the game for a month, I'm very tired, I want to rest."
Qing and Chi were ordered to leave and left the 99th floor in a daze.
Bai Jian sat in the office, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He had spent so much time and energy training a guard, and he even considered Bai Ming his successor, but he was easily snatched away by a little girl.
He was so unwilling.
At this time, the doors in the park opened one by one, and the employees who played NPCs in the game went off work one after another. Some of them still maintained the form of monsters, and some were covered in blood.
The NPCs who had just come out of the game had excited eyes. They found people they knew, shared interesting things they encountered in the game, and imitated the terrified expressions of the challengers when they were frightened. Each of them had an extremely evil expression.
Bai Jian's thoughts were interrupted by the noise. He opened the office door and called out to a passing NPC.
When the NPC saw Bai Jian, he subconsciously shrank back and slowly moved over, "Captain of the Guard."
Bai Jian had a blank expression on his face: "I'll give you a task."
The NPC in the paradise did not dare to disobey the captain of the guard, and the task was not difficult, so the NPC readily agreed.
Bai Jian returned to the office and used magic to create a three-headed Bai Ming.
He put Xiao Baiming on the table and said in a pinched voice: "I'm sorry, Chief Guard, I was wrong. The job at the snack bar is too boring. Please let me go back to the park to be a guard."
The next second, Bai Jian returned to his original voice: "Well, I'll think about it."
Bai Jian felt happy for a moment, but he thought it was not enough, so he casually created a three-headed Lu Yao.
He pressed little Lu Yao next to little Bai Ming and imitated Lu Yao's voice: "Captain of the Guard, Bai Ming is clumsy and no one buys the things he makes. He is not qualified for the job in the store. Please take him back."
Bai Jian sneered disdainfully: "A small temple cannot accommodate a big Buddha."
…
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With Bai Ming in the snack bar, Lu Yao felt much more relaxed.
He was strong and meticulous, helping Lu Yao to close the stall and put the tables and chairs in order. He also replaced the broken light bulb in the store under Lu Yao's guidance.
Bai Ming stood in front of the window, staring out of it in a trance, "Manager, is that an illusion you created outside?"
Lu Yao felt something was wrong, so she kept the door of the shop closed during the past few days and did not allow any customers to dine in.
The store connects to another world, but the physical body is still on the commercial street, and the scenery outside the window naturally comes from her world.
This commercial street is along the river. It is said that it was originally a business district of an amusement park. However, due to the failure of its development, the amusement park also collapsed.
The new investor built a new large amusement park on the other side of the river, and this place was completely abandoned.
The snack bar is one of a row of shops facing the river. It is not big, but has a good location.
When you open the window, you can see the river flowing quietly, with boats occasionally passing by. Looking across the water, you can see most of the facilities in the amusement park on the opposite side, and even the giant red Ferris wheel turning slowly.
In the future, when there are more customers, we definitely can’t keep them from entering the store all the time, and there are also employees coming in and out, so there has to be a reasonable explanation for this problem.
Lu Yao thought about sealing the windows, but felt it was not safe enough, so he sometimes used fire in the store.
It would be a pity to block off the river view. Many flower trees are planted on the embankment. When the flowers bloom, the flower sea stretches for ten miles, which is very gorgeous.
Since Bai Ming had misunderstood, she decided to continue the conversation: "Yes, it was made by illusion. Not bad, right?"
Bai Ming nodded and tapped the window sill with his fingers. "Well, it's very good. It looks like... the scenery of another world."
Lu Yao straightened his shoulders, his heartbeat quickened slightly, and he said with a smile: "It seems that my illusion skills are quite good, enough to make the fake look real."
Bai Ming turned around to look at her and nodded: "The manager's illusion technique is indeed powerful. Is there anything else you need me to do next?"
"Well, I'm going to add a few new dishes. I have to go buy... um, prepare the ingredients. You can go home and rest, and come over to help me try the new dishes in the evening. Then I'll teach you how to grill chicken wings. How about that?" Lu Yao discussed with him in a good mood.
Bai Ming naturally had no objection.
Lu Yao closed the shop and went to the farmers' market again.
In the evening, when Bai Ming came to the restaurant, Lu Yao was preparing new dishes and the room was filled with fragrance.
Bai Ming came in and went straight to the stove, his red eyes flashing with tiny lights, "What are you cooking?"
"It's delicious, forget about that for now. Come here, I'll teach you how to use the grill."
Lu Yao felt like he had found a treasure. Bai Ming was indeed the outstanding talent that the neighboring park wanted to keep.
I mastered the grill skills the first time I used it. The chicken wings were golden on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside. The heat and seasoning were perfectly controlled.
Lu Yao couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, "Great, I'll give you the grill tomorrow."
After training the new employees, she began to try out new products.
As a food taster, Bai Ming wolfed down a lot of delicious food and almost swallowed his tongue.
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When Lu Yao Snack Bar opened the next day, diners immediately noticed that there was a new clerk in the store who looked not very good.
If the store manager hadn't introduced him as a new clerk, they would have thought that this guy was a security guard from some theme park who came to visit.
With Bai Ming around, Lu Yao doesn't have to worry about heavy work like moving the grill, stove and sweet soup.
She took out the small sign she had written last night and put it outside. When the customers saw that there were new products, three at a time and they were still sold in limited quantities, it did not dampen their enthusiasm and they began to place orders.
"Shopkeeper, give me all the new products."
"I want one too!"
Lu Yao said to Bai Ming: "Xiao Bai, let you take care of the grill. I'll be in charge of making the pancakes."
In the crowd, Chen Meiyue and Li Shasha came again, and when they saw the new products, they immediately ordered a set.
Chi's bright red hair was mixed in among the crowd. Lu Yao saw him as soon as she looked up, and Chi even blinked at her.
However, the young man in green with shark teeth did not come with him.
Bai Jian stood by the office window, overlooking the long queue at the snack bar downstairs.
I don’t know what magic this snack bar has that attracts so many people to line up.
Seeing three familiar figures moving in the team, Bai Jian nodded with satisfaction, and the NPC took people to the snack bar as he instructed.
Downstairs, Dudu, one of the park's NPCs, was moving in small steps in the team, his nose snorting and drooling. He couldn't help but complain to his companions: "It's so slow, when will it be our turn?"
Bubble swallowed and whispered to comfort him: "Don't worry, we'll be there soon."
Dongdong, the most stable of the trio, saw his two friends being bewitched by the snack bar owner's illusion and couldn't help but remind them: "Stop drooling. Don't be so useless when you're on a mission."
Yesterday, the captain of the guard gave Paopao a task, and Paopao asked Dudu and Dongdong for help.
These three people are the lowest-level NPCs in the park, but this time they were entrusted with an important task by the chief guard.
They decided to use their superb acting skills as low-level monsters to destroy the snack bar, impress the chief guard, and get on the road to promotion and salary increase.
Dudu said a little aggrievedly: "I don't want to either, but this shop owner is amazing. Why does her food smell so good? I want to eat it so much, slurp."
Bubble touched her belly and nodded: "It smells really good, I want to eat it too."
Dongdong felt that they were hopeless. He sniffed and tried to look disdainful: "It just smells good, but you can't eat it. It's boring. You two should focus and don't forget the mission."
The team moved forward, and finally it was the turn of the three people who wanted to cause trouble.
They had never eaten in the restaurant, and there were only a few items on the menu, and the prices were very cheap.
Bubble and Dudu swallowed their saliva and ordered everything on the menu, while Dongdong only ordered three new items.
There are a lot of customers today and there is no room for them to sit outside, so Lu Yao opened the restaurant for dining to disperse the flow of people.
I took simple measures at the window and drew the curtains.
Bubble and the other two originally planned to go into the store, and there happened to be a table vacant outside, so they immediately took the seat.
Dongdong sat down and prepared to review the next steps with his two silly friends.
There are no hygiene or health issues with food made by illusion, but there may be safety risks.
There is almost no other place in this world to have fun except paradise.
Some people don't want to go to the theme park but still want to find excitement, so they make things to sell.
They use illusion to inject resentment into the finished product, driving people crazy for their own amusement.
People with weak willpower who are contaminated by resentment will go crazy and turn into monsters, causing destruction everywhere.
When Bubble and the other two were about to buy something, they pretended to go crazy and smashed the snack bar, then falsely accused the owner of injecting resentment into the food.
The snack bar's reputation was ruined and it no longer had any customers, so the guard chief's goal was achieved.
But the reality is that as soon as Bubble sat down, he couldn't wait to pick up the leek and egg pie on the plate, which is one of the new products launched today.
A palm-sized pancake is fried in a thin layer of oil, with the surface evenly covered with brown color. The skin is so thin that you can see the color of the filling. The emerald green chive leaves are filled with chopped cooked eggs, and the aroma is fragrant.
When Paopao took a big bite, he found the dough was soft and oily, and the filling actually contained chopped vermicelli and fried minced meat. The leeks were fragrant, the eggs were soft, the vermicelli was soft and elastic, mixed with the meaty aroma of grease, and the dough wrapped in this bite was so fragrant that it almost made his soul leave his body.
Dongdong saw that Bubble looked abnormal. He rolled his eyes and trembled all over, as if he was about to go crazy at any time.
He even began to suspect that the owner had really injected resentment into the food.
Dudu at the side couldn't help but start eating. He was eyeing the roasted pig's trotter, which was also a new dish today. The trotter, which was longer than his palm, was roasted into a beautiful caramel color, and sprinkled with a lot of spices. It smelled fragrant and pungent, and his saliva flowed from the corners of his mouth unconsciously.
Dudu held the big pig's trotter and took a big bite.
After the pig's trotters are braised, they are soaked overnight, which makes them not only flavorful but also soft and tender.
In the morning, they are taken out and smoked over charcoal to squeeze out the fat on the surface, then brushed with chili oil and sprinkled with seasonings and sesame seeds. The skin is slightly crispy and filled with gelatin underneath. It tastes glutinous and soft when chewed and is not greasy at all.
Dudu's mouth was full of oil and he was shaking his head. He noticed Dongdong was sitting there without moving and urged him, "Dongdong, eat quickly, it's so delicious!"
Paopao on the opposite side said nothing. He finished his pie and pig's trotters and started to drink the sweet soup. He gulped down the whole bowl and his face turned red.
He felt hot, so he hugged the strawberry sparkling water beside him, pressed his whole face against the water cup, and hummed in a daze: "Ah~ This is heaven."
Bai Jian stood by the window, watching the three little NPCs buy things and sit down, with some excitement in his eyes.
The show is about to begin.
He saw the first little NPC eat something with a silly look on his face, and thought it was time to start.
A few minutes passed and nothing happened.
He thought this NPC was too stupid, it was okay, there were still two.
The second NPC ate something and started shaking his head. He was actually very excited about the meal.
Now there is only one left.
Dongdong felt that Bubble and Dudu were acting strange after eating. He cautiously pushed away the leek and egg pie and roasted pig's trotter, but couldn't avoid the temptation of strawberry soda.
The transparent glass is filled with transparent water, with tiny bubbles clinging to the wall of the glass. Beautiful crimson jam is at the bottom of the glass. The floating ice cubes and cut fresh strawberries are dotted with cute mint leaves, which smells refreshing and has an attractive fruity aroma.
Dongdong couldn't help it, he stuck out his tongue and took a sip, his eyes lit up, and he picked up the cup and took a big gulp.
He drank so quickly that he didn't even care about the water dripping from the corners of his mouth.
The water is sour and sweet, icy and slightly pungent, it's the taste of summer.
After eating Paopao, he felt it was not enough and reached out to get Dongdong's.
Dongdong grabbed his hand, "What?"
Bubble said innocently: "If you don't like it, I'll eat it for you."
Dongdong pushed him away, "Get out of the way, who said I don't like it."
Dongdong holds a leek and egg pie in his left hand and a big pig's trotter in his right hand, and his mouth is full of oil.
After the three little NPCs finished eating, they licked their fingers several times to make sure there was no aftertaste, then they got up reluctantly.
When they returned to the dormitory, they felt like they had forgotten something. After thinking about it for a while, they couldn't remember it.
Never mind. It doesn’t matter.
Bai Jian: “…”
Regarding new products, Lu Yao originally had several plans in place.
After trying them one by one last night, Bai Ming said that the spicy roasted pig's trotters and leek and egg pie were the best.
Lu Yao chose to trust the taste of people from another world and ordered freshly roasted pig's trotters and chive omelet.
Strawberry soda is Bai Ming's favorite drink after tasting more than a dozen mixed drinks.
Judging from the reactions of today's guests, his suggestions are indeed accurate.
After the peak period, the number of customers gradually decreased.
Lu Yao was thinking that he could take a short break when suddenly someone ran out of the store, looking panicked and shouting, "Owner, there's a fight going on inside."
Lu Yao was shocked: "What's going on?"
The man said: "They all wanted to sit by the window, and they started fighting over it."
In fact, he also wanted to sit there.
The illusion outside the window was so real that I could see the Ferris wheel turning and people walking in the distance, and if I listened carefully I could hear all kinds of sounds.
Unfortunately, he couldn't compete with those big guys and could only watch the show.