Chapter 105 - 103: Restaurant

Chapter 105: Chapter 103: Restaurant

After leaving Lin Xian Village, Chen Yong came to his senses and hastily started asking about the Medicinal Tea.

He didn’t even need to ask anyone. A quick search online revealed that Lin Xian Village had publicly announced they couldn’t mass-produce the Medicinal Tea.

Like those pharmaceutical companies, he was skeptical. The Medicinal Tea seemed so simple, and its ingredients weren’t rare.

’That guy is despicable. He’s totally using scarcity marketing and won’t even admit it.

And that pharma company is no better. Trying to get the distribution rights for this Medicinal Tea for just five million? They must take me for an idiot.

Maybe, after getting the rights, I could open my own shops to sell it.’

Thinking about the sales of the Medicinal Tea back in Lin Xian Village, he started fantasizing about what he’d do after becoming rich—fool around with female celebrities, just like other wealthy men.

’So you want to play the scarcity marketing game? Fine, I’ll ruin it for you.’

’I still have two of those pills. Maybe I can start with those. The contents of the recording are too easy to trace back to me.’

After some thought, he took out his phone and started messaging his former collaborators.

Lin Feng had no idea this man could cause him trouble. At that moment, he was standing in front of the newly constructed Restaurant, a three-story wooden building.

This building and the Lord’s Mansion were currently the most expensive structures, costing him several million. Money certainly made things happen fast.

The Restaurant occupied 300 square meters. Due to the shape of the plot of land, the entire building looked like a long corridor.

[Restaurant (Level 2): Slightly increases the speed at which chefs learn culinary arts. Food receives a slight boost. Comfortable dining environment. Increases sanitation by 10% and deliciousness by 5%.]

He had originally considered other attributes but ultimately chose sanitation and taste. For a restaurant, hygiene was the most important thing.

If the hygiene wasn’t up to par, customers wouldn’t eat there, no matter how delicious the ingredients were.

"Brother Lin, let’s go. Let’s take a look inside."

The two of them walked inside. On both sides of a straight corridor, there were dining tables set for two, four, six, and eight people.

The first floor had no private rooms. Inside the kitchen, there was a dumbwaiter for delivering food directly to the second and third floors.

To solve the Restaurant’s water supply issue, he had secretly built a Well next to it during construction.

He had personally installed this section of the water pipe himself when the plumbing was being run.

The two Wells were now connected. The Well here had already been upgraded, doubling its water storage capacity.

[Well (Level 2): Produces 400 cubic meters of water daily. Can slightly accelerate plant growth. Long-term consumption can weakly adjust Constitution. Adds artesian spring function. Water storage doubled.]

The water for the Toilets was also being upgraded to use groundwater from the valley.

In addition, he had built several other Wells in different locations to solve the irrigation needs for the crops on the northern mountain. For now, the village’s water supply was barely sufficient.

Thankfully, most of the visiting tourists drank bottled water; otherwise, the water supply really wouldn’t have been enough.

His next step was to connect all these Wells with pipes to avoid wasting water resources.

Then he would increase the storage capacity of all the Wells, and Lin Xian Village would no longer have to worry about its water supply.

Besides, every time a Well was upgraded, its capacity would double. The higher its Level, the more water it could store.

Following Hu Zhiming to the second floor, he saw four private rooms. The rest of the layout was similar to the first floor. The third floor was composed entirely of private rooms.

According to calculations, if the entire Restaurant was at full capacity, the first floor could accommodate 200 diners, the second floor 220, and the third floor 180.

To run at full capacity, the Restaurant would require: 3-4 head chefs, 20-25 sous chefs, 2 Bakers, 4 cashiers, 8 cleaners, 18-28 waiters, and 2 stock keepers.

Of course, it didn’t need to operate at full capacity for now. It would be good enough if one or two hundred of the tourists visiting Lin Xian Village came to the Restaurant to eat.

Of course, the Restaurant would only reach its full potential later, once Lin Xian Village was more developed.

The chef Lin Feng was waiting for had just stepped off the bus and was standing in the square, sizing up Lin Xian Village.

Huang Yi was surprised. There were more tourists here than he had expected, and it wasn’t even the peak tourist season.

The number of visitors was comparable to some 5A-rated scenic areas during their off-season.

He called his master, then sat for a while on a bench near the square. The environment here felt truly wonderful.

He watched some tourists in the distance feeding small animals in the grass.

He overheard a few nearby tourists chatting. "This place is perfect for retirement."

"I agree. The environment is even better than Jiuzhaigou, though the natural scenery is a bit lacking in comparison."

"I heard the wages here are really high. The cleaning ladies make over seven thousand."

"Are you kidding me? Over seven thousand? That’s more than I make!"

"It’s true. I overheard two of the cleaning ladies talking when I was coming down from the mountain."

The group fell silent, finding it a bit unbelievable.

Huang Yi was also surprised. He hadn’t expected the boss here to be so generous with wages.

At most decent scenic spots, this kind of cleaning job would pay three or four thousand at most. For a salary of seven thousand, people would be fighting for the position.

"Xiaoyi!"

"Master, you haven’t changed a bit. Hasn’t Mistress stopped forcing you to lose weight?"

Wan Tiejun walked up and slapped him on the back. "Teasing your master the moment you see me. Hurry up and come with me. First, you need to meet Qianqian’s fiancé."

"Huh? When you called, you said you were still seeing how he’d perform. How is he suddenly her fiancé now?"

"He proposed to Qianqian last night. What else could I say?"

Huang Yi found himself admiring the guy. The timing was impeccable.

"In a bit, I’ll take you to meet the boss here. You’ll have to show him what you can do first. Your cooking skills haven’t gotten rusty, have they?"

"Don’t worry, Master. Not only have they not gotten rusty, I’ve even improved a little."

"That’s good. Otherwise, if you make me lose face, you’re coming back with me for special training."

At the mention of special training, Huang Yi’s arm twitched. He would never participate in his master’s special training again in this lifetime.

"Brother Huang Yi, so you’re the one applying for the job!" Wan Qianqian said in surprise.

"Hello, Qianqian. Still as beautiful as ever. And Mistress, you haven’t aged a day."

"You’re such a sweet-talker. If you were this glib when filming your videos, your social media channel would have taken off long ago."

Huang Yi replied with a serious expression, "I can’t do that. When it comes to food, I can’t compromise my principles."

"Come, let me introduce you. This is Wu Jiaxing, Qianqian’s fiancé, and this is Wu Jiaxing’s mother."

Huang Yi sized up Wu Jiaxing. He had to admit, the man was quite handsome, with an artistic air about him.

"Good to meet you, little brother. You’d better treat Qianqian well!"

"Hello, Brother Huang Yi. I promise I’ll treat Qianqian well and make her happy."

"Hello, ma’am."

"Hello. Have some fruit."

After chatting for a bit, Huang Yi and Wu Jiaxing quickly warmed up to each other, and Huang Yi started asking him about Lin Xian Village.

From Wu Jiaxing, he finally understood that Lin Xian Village’s real money-makers were the Medicinal Tea and the Jade Grapes; the tourists were just a bonus.

This was especially true for the Jade Grapes. All the money currently being spent on Lin Xian Village’s construction had been loaned to the boss by people who wanted to buy them.

Simply put, the boss didn’t care about the money earned from tourists. With the Jade Grapes and Medicinal Tea in hand, he would never be short on cash.

Moreover, neither of these two items could be replicated, which meant the boss possessed two Treasure Basins.

To be honest, Huang Yi was a little envious. This boss’s luck was incredible.

Besides those two things, the boss also had sixteen magical Arrow Towers, which were another key attraction for tourists.

Having so many good things in the hands of one person proved that the boss was truly capable. Working for a boss like that would be ideal.

He resolved to perform well in a little while. He had to at least secure a job here for a period of time and see if he could achieve a breakthrough.