Chapter 282 - 133: New Task: Home-style Dish, Stir-Fried Yellow Beef

Chapter 282: Chapter 133: New Task: Home-style Dish, Stir-Fried Yellow Beef

So when Liu Shengnan heard they were going on vacation—and for quite a long time—she was suddenly stunned. Logically, she should have been happy, but she just couldn’t bring herself to feel it.

"Boss, this..."

Su Chen didn’t continue that topic. Instead, he asked, "Shengnan, what if I wanted to make and sell some home-style dishes, but our company doesn’t have the means to do that right now? Do you have any good ideas?"

’Reaching S Level is one thing, but the 300,000 in sales is also a crucial metric.’

’Both are indispensable.’

The moment Su Chen finished speaking, Liu Shengnan blurted out, "Boss, you’re not thinking of setting up a street stall, are you?"

"A street stall?"

’Holy crap.’

Su Chen’s heart sank. ’What a novel perspective.’

Unexpectedly, Liu Shengnan’s eyes suddenly lit up, and she even grew a little excited. "Boss, I knew you were so calm about the vacation because you must have a new idea. Haha! If you set up a stall, you can’t go alone. I’ll go with you and handle the money!"

’But... I never said I was going to set up a stall.’

’I’m the boss of a company with assets in the tens of millions (soon)! You want a big boss like me to run a street stall?’

"Boss, given our current situation, if we want to stay open and sell home-style dishes, a street stall is our only option. After all, the company is in this state now."

Liu Shengnan’s earlier disappointment vanished completely. She was even looking at Su Chen with a hint of admiration.

"Uh..." Su Chen was a bit floored by Sister Shengnan. "Have everyone gather on the second floor. I’ll be down in a bit."

It wasn’t to talk about the street stall.

Rather, Su Chen was thinking that working in isolation wasn’t a good approach. It would be better to first cook up an A Level Stir-Fried Yellow Beef.

He’d let everyone have a taste.

By getting more suggestions, perhaps he could find a new way forward.

"Oh, right." Su Chen stopped Liu Shengnan. "Have Bai Xiao... no, have Ling Shuyu go. Tell her to go to the nearest Mrs. Fang’s and buy five jin of beef tenderloin and three jin of green and red line peppers."

’Because President Ling has a car, a Mercedes C260 at that, and it’s super fast.’

"You got it!"

Liu Shengnan shot down the stairs from the nineteenth floor like a bolt of lightning and, panting heavily, quickly gathered everyone together.

"Delicious, the moment of life and death has arrived! HUFF... HUFF..."

Bai Xiaobo stared blankly at Sister Shengnan. "Seriously, what happened to you? Did something happen on your trip to the nineteenth floor?"

Liu Shengnan shot him a fierce glare. "This is not the time for jokes."

Immediately, Sister Shengnan told Ling Shuyu about buying the groceries. President Ling also seemed to sense that something was off.

Without a word, she left at once.

The remaining people formed a circle and looked at Liu Shengnan.

"The renovations are seriously affecting our business. And you’ll never guess what I saw when I went to see the boss just now."

He Shuting said in her sweet, pouty voice, "Oh, Shengnan, don’t keep us in suspense~ Hurry up and tell us, what did you see?"

Liu Shengnan swallowed hard, exhausted. "To find a way forward for us during the renovations, the boss must not have slept a wink last night. His face was so haggard!"

"What?" Zhang Li’s eyes went wide. "I’ll go make the boss some brown sugar water!"

Bai Xiaobo: ???

’You drink brown sugar water for staying up late now? Since when?’

"I’ll go make the boss some ginger soup!" He Shuting declared, not to be outdone.

Liu Shengnan stopped the two live wires. "No, no! That’s not the point."

Seeing that everyone was about to kill her with their stares, Liu Shengnan finally spoke slowly,

"The point is, the boss is planning for He Shuting and Zhang Li to handle the lunch service, and Second Brother Zhang to handle the kitchen. Everyone else is being put on leave!"

Aunt Fang suddenly interjected, "Even I have to take leave?"

Liu Shengnan nodded forcefully. "Yes! But I put my brilliant mind to work and finally figured it out..."

At this point, Sister Shengnan’s expression turned tragic. "I never would have thought... To keep bringing in a little income for the company, the boss is putting us all on leave so he can go set up a street stall all by himself to generate revenue!"

HISS!!!

What???

Upon hearing this, everyone present was utterly shocked!

How could this be happening?

"You all have no idea. The boss definitely didn’t want us to know. But he asked me, if he wanted to sell some home-style dishes, what would be a good way to do it? Let me ask you, in our company’s current state, could we even sell them?"

"No," Zhang Heping answered bluntly. "Our company has basically no walk-in customers. Home-style dishes can only be sold to the employees of Xinghui Company, and now with the renovations, we’ll lose some of those customers too."

The old chef saw the crux of the problem in a single glance.

"Exactly! So, the boss looked so haggard because he must have been up all night trying to figure out how to generate revenue. And why is he doing it? Huh?"

Shengnan’s tone made it seem as if she were interrogating everyone.

But before anyone could speak, she answered her own question. "Isn’t he doing it all for us? So he can pay our salaries, so we can have jobs!"

Listening to Liu Shengnan’s passionate, stirring speech, Bai Xiaobo didn’t know why, but he suddenly felt his eyes begin to well up.

"Now the boss is telling us to take a vacation while he plans to run a stall all by himself. Tell me, can we let him do that?"

"No!" Zhang Li clenched her small fists, her round cheeks trembling as she gritted her teeth.

’This is so touching!’

’What kind of god-tier boss is this?’

’With a boss like this, who would have the nerve to go on vacation?’

"Absolutely not! Sister Shengnan, just tell us what to do. We’ll listen to you!" He Shuting’s eyes were already red.

It had to be said, she was a very sentimental person.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have stayed at the company this long for a monthly salary of 1,800. She just enjoyed being with this group of colleagues!

If she really had to quit, she would be very reluctant to.

"Xiaosu really has it tough... He’s been working so hard on his own for so long, and I’ve never seen him spend a single cent on himself. Instead, he’s always giving everyone bonuses. Sigh... If he really sets up a stall, I can go and help out." Aunt Fang felt that it didn’t matter where she worked, but she really admired Xiaosu’s character.

Zhang Heping leaned casually against a dining table. "If we’re not doing breakfast, I can go help after I’m done with lunch."

"Me too, me too!" He Shuting raised both hands.

Zhang Li stomped her foot. "If we’re running a stall, then we’re running a stall! We have to share the hardships together!"

Bai Xiaobo opened his mouth, but then closed it without saying anything.

He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he wouldn’t be able to stop himself from choking up.

"Alright," Liu Shengnan clapped her hands. "The boss will be down in a minute. It’s best if he doesn’t see us like this. He’s a prideful person, so since he doesn’t want us to know, let’s just pretend we don’t."

"Mhm!" everyone agreed in unison.

They immediately returned to their respective workstations.

About ten minutes later, Su Chen appeared at the entrance to the second floor.

"Tsk... A Level Stir-Fried Yellow Beef. Anyone who can’t name three flaws gets their bonus docked!"

Su Chen had already come up with the plan while washing up earlier.

Once Ling Shuyu returned with the ingredients, he would start cooking. The dish was very quick to make anyway.

Then, everyone would get a bite. Anyone who couldn’t offer a coherent critique would be considered unskilled at their job and have their bonus docked immediately!

’That’ll teach them to goof off all day!’

Taking small steps, Su Chen walked into the second-floor dining area with a smile.

He Shuting secretly glanced over.

’Just as I thought... even now, the boss is forcing himself to smile for our sake.’

’What a considerate boss!’