Chapter 281 - 133: New Task: Homestyle Dish, Stir-Fried Yellow Beef

Chapter 281: Chapter 133: New Task: Homestyle Dish, Stir-Fried Yellow Beef

Liu Shengnan stood by the window, looking down. "They probably came this morning, saw the renovation, and didn’t come in because it was too much trouble."

Hate to say it, but Fang Chang was right on the money.

Because all sorts of materials had to be brought in using the elevator, and some couldn’t even fit, they were just carried up by hand to the third floor—or even the thirty-second floor!

This meant the elevators and stairs were packed with people almost all the time.

Many Xinghui employees came over and waited a long time for an elevator but couldn’t get one, so they eventually had to go back to work.

The buns are delicious, but being late gets your pay docked!

"Tsk, so what do we do now? Look at this mess. There’s no way they’ll be done in two or three days."

"Are you kidding me? This is a nearly five-million-yuan project. Do you really think it can be finished in three to five days?" Liu Shengnan said after learning about the situation.

She felt like the boss must have gotten his head caught in a door.

Making such a huge move just for a small, seven-day sports meet?

They had just managed to pay off the 200,000 yuan loan for the second floor, and now they were suddenly millions in debt. This was getting bigger and bigger!

"You stay here. If we can’t sell everything, we can’t sell everything. I’m going to find the boss."

Just as Liu Shengnan was leaving, Ling Shuyu was coming in. The two women made eye contact but said nothing.

She waited at the elevators for several cycles, but they were all full of workers hauling materials. Frustrated, Liu Shengnan huffed and ran up the stairs from the second floor to the nineteenth.

’How are we supposed to do business like this?!’

Running onto the nineteenth floor, Liu Shengnan immediately spotted Su Chen pacing back and forth in his office, muttering something under his breath as he walked.

"Boss!" Liu Shengnan shouted. "Those renovation workers have taken over the elevators and stairs! We can’t do any business now. Even our best-selling buns aren’t selling today!"

Su Chen stopped pacing and turned his head. "Oh. Then stop selling them for now."

After saying that, he lowered his head and resumed pacing. The brief glance had almost scared Liu Shengnan—his expression was alarming!

Normally, Su Chen came across as serious, clean-cut, and fresh. While maybe not as handsome as Peng Yu Yan, his looks were on par with Wu Yanzu.

But just now when he turned his head, his usual slicked-back hair was a mess, and his normally energetic face looked exhausted.

She could even faintly hear his low muttering.

"So I’ve been doing it wrong all this time..."

"It’s not like that. That’s not it at all..."

"Does it have to be this way?"

Liu Shengnan tilted her head and frowned. ’What’s wrong with the boss?’

Seeing Su Chen continue to pace erratically around the office for several more minutes without stopping, Liu Shengnan finally darted in front of him. "Boss!!!"

Only then did Su Chen raise his head, looking a bit dazed. "Hm?"

He was fried. Su Chen was completely and utterly fried.

For others, only a day had passed. But for Su Chen, he had spent nearly a week in the practice room!

And for that entire week, Su Chen had been making one dish... Stir-Fried Yellow Beef!

It was a simple, home-style dish with no real technical skill involved, yet Su Chen was stuck at A Level. Making any further progress seemed impossible!

Even with his Peak of Flavor ability, he couldn’t taste what was wrong with the dish!

The beef was tender and smooth, its flavor perfectly blended with the aroma of the vegetables. The complex fragrance was rich, from the first bite to the last.

’The texture and flavor are all there. Why can’t I reach S Level?’

’Is the system joking with me?’

Su Chen felt like he was trapped in a vicious cycle.

Seeing Su Chen still looking half-dead, Liu Shengnan stood face-to-face with him and grabbed his arms. "Boss, it’s a disaster! Our buns aren’t selling!"

Su Chen bit the tip of his tongue, which helped clear his head a little. "Is it because of the renovation?"

"Yes! Those workers are hogging our elevators and stairs constantly. A lot of customers see the situation, can’t be bothered to wait, and just leave!"

Su Chen grunted in acknowledgment. "Shuyu already told me about this. You win some, you lose some. For the next few days, let’s suspend operations, except for the lunchtime ’small dining tables’. And please let the kindergarten teachers know that we’ll resume the free three-meals-a-day service once the renovation is finished."

Hearing this, Liu Shengnan was completely stunned.

Things were finally starting to look up, and now, not only were they in debt again, but they were also suspending operations?

"Boss, this..." As the company’s financial manager, she suddenly felt a wave of anxiety.

The company’s recent success was the result of everyone’s hard work. If this incident sent them back to the brink of bankruptcy like a few months ago, it would be a hard pill for anyone to swallow.

Su Chen paused. "How about this. If we’re not operating for a while, let’s keep only He Shuting and Zhang Li on the second floor and give everyone else a vacation. They can come back whenever the renovation is done."

"Huh?" This time, Liu Shengnan was truly dumbfounded.

The vacation policy at Delicious was: no vacation.

Everyone worked on Saturdays and Sundays as usual, and they were paid double for it.

However, if someone wanted a day off or had an emergency, they could ask for leave in advance or, depending on the situation, just go home.

The main principle was flexible leave.

If someone didn’t want the double pay and preferred to take every weekend off, that was also fine. Su Chen had no objections.

But the reality was...

As long as there was double pay, many people were more than happy to work overtime.

Besides, Xinghui was closed on weekends and the kindergarten had no classes, so working overtime was actually quite relaxed. There was almost nothing important to do.