Chapter 302 - 137: New Home-Style Dishes, Max Level Appetizing

Chapter 302: Chapter 137: New Home-Style Dishes, Max Level Appetizing

"Today’s income: over thirteen hundred?"

After returning to the company, Su Chen glanced at his WeChat payment records. He’d made 1,300 in a little over three hours.

It seemed like a lot, but it wasn’t much once you factored in the labor.

This money, of course, had to go into the company’s accounts!

"Boss!" Ling Shuyu didn’t return to the second floor, but instead came with Su Chen to his office. "What time are we setting up the stall tomorrow?"

Su Chen pointed to the nearby sofa, gesturing for Ling Shuyu to sit.

"Do you see any point in us running this stall?" Su Chen wanted to hear her thoughts.

For Su Chen, the only point of running the stall was to complete a system mission.

But as for Ling Shuyu, she could definitely come up with something else, as long as he applied a little pressure.

’As the boss, if I have to think of everything myself, what’s the point of having employees?’

Ling Shuyu froze for a moment. Her mouth opened, then snapped shut.

’Why is the boss suddenly asking me this? Could he be annoyed by what we did today?’

The mind of a workplace expert immediately began to analyze the question’s hidden meaning.

’No, that can’t be it. I saw how happy the boss was while cooking today—much happier than when he cooks at the company. That means...’

Ling Shuyu suddenly hit on a possibility.

’So, he must be asking me this to test me! He wants to see if I can find the extraordinary purpose behind this ordinary street vending!’

Yes, that had to be it.

At the same time, Ling Shuyu couldn’t help but look at Su Chen with a gaze full of admiration.

Last time, the boss’s proposed charity initiative—simply providing free meals for ten kindergarten teachers—solved the Little Canteen’s huge staffing shortage!

’He’s asking me this now, so he must have a plan already. He’s just not telling me because he wants to test me.’

’I have to choose my words carefully...’

After several long minutes, Su Chen watched the usually high and mighty President Ling, who was now frowning one moment and biting her lip the next.

’I just asked a casual question... What’s with that expression?’

A few more minutes passed.

Ling Shuyu nodded slightly, as if giving herself a firm, encouraging nod. "Boss, I understand what you mean now."

"Huh?" Su Chen stroked his chin. ’What do I mean?’

"You mean that just running the stall is meaningless. We don’t make much money, and it’s exhausting for everyone."

That much was true. Su Chen didn’t interrupt Ling Shuyu, wanting to hear her continue.

"But if we use the stall to find a new direction for the company’s growth, then it’s incredibly meaningful! Boss, I get it now!"

"I’ll go design a poster right now. It can be printed by tomorrow morning. It will introduce our company and tell all those customers who want our food but can’t get it to come eat at the company when they have time!"

Su Chen: ???

It was as if a floodgate of ideas had opened for Ling Shuyu. "Yes! That’s exactly it. On the surface, we’re just running a stall, but in reality, we’re paving the way for the company’s future development!

Once our big third-floor cafeteria is built, we’ll face an awkward lull after the sports meet ends. But if we use the stall to promote ourselves now, we’ll have business lined up for when that time comes!"

Su Chen: ’She managed to connect those two things?’

Ling Shuyu was still gushing, "Boss, you’re incredible for thinking of this! If you hadn’t prompted me, I never would have thought of it all..."

’Of course!’

Ling Shuyu looked at Su Chen with adoration. ’No wonder he’s the boss. His mind is so sharp; he never wastes an effort on something pointless.’

Su Chen was completely floored by her train of thought, but his expression remained perfectly calm. "You’ve made some good points. But don’t make the poster too flashy. A simple introduction will be fine."

"Okay! Boss, I’ll get right on it!"

As expected of the workaholic, Ling Shuyu!!!

With that, she went straight to the second floor, flipped on her office light, and got right down to business. Her posture made it obvious she was gearing up to pull an all-nighter!

As she typed in her computer password, Ling Shuyu was still thinking.

’I need to work even harder from now on. I’m learning so much from Boss Su. Right, let’s do this!’

As for Su Chen, he locked his office door from the inside and rubbed the tip of his nose, feeling a little sheepish.

’Isn’t President Ling’s imagination a little too wild?’

Still, it was actually a great idea. Previously, Su Chen had only figured that business would slowly pick up on its own after the third floor was finished.

Now that President Ling had put it that way, it seemed this street stall venture really was a good opportunity.

’Business was so good today. We can totally ride this momentum for a bit of promotion. Doing something is better than nothing, right?’

In fact, this was precisely why Su Chen always gave Ling Shuyu a long leash.

Even if Ling Shuyu didn’t show up to work for a full day, he’d have Liu Shengnan mark her down for perfect attendance.

Ling Shuyu’s value was never in washing dishes and scrubbing plates.

’Looks like I’ll have to give her a raise next month... Can’t afford to lose an employee this good.’

Putting the matter aside for the moment, Su Chen brewed himself a cup of tea, set it on the coffee table, and then lay back in the nearby recliner.

The biggest problem now was that the food came out too slowly.

At this rate, completing the 300,000-yuan sales goal within a month would be almost impossible.

Unless they kept raising the menu prices!

But for this kind of home-style stir-fry, especially from a street stall, raising the prices too high would certainly drive away a large portion of the customers. The losses would outweigh the gains.

’First things first, tomorrow morning I need to get Bai Xiaobo to modify the food truck’s interior. We absolutely need a high-heat stove. At least two of them. The woks need to be swapped out, too. A single portion isn’t that big, so one wok should be able to handle two orders at once.’