Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 366 - 246: Seventh Dining Hall’s Fan Benefits

Chapter 366: Chapter 246: Seventh Dining Hall’s Fan Benefits

"Using some peach mille-feuille pastries as fan benefits, and putting them up for grabs on the restaurant reservation app?"

Upon hearing Hua Xiaoling’s suggestion, Jiang Yu couldn’t help but slightly frown. He thought for a moment and said,

"Give me a reason first."

The reason he didn’t reject it outright was because previously, when the restaurant reservation app was first launched, Hua Xiaoling had proposed a similar suggestion. Back then, she suggested vacuum-packaging cold dishes and express delivering them to the customers who managed to grab them.

At that time, Jiang Yu didn’t even think twice and refused directly.

He was already overwhelmed with things at the Seventh Dining Hall; he could only open four of the eight private rooms at the Number Seven Dining Room at a time. Where would he find time to deal with such complicated matters?

Of course, the reason for his refusal wasn’t because he feared hassle but because he was worried the cold dishes sent by express might spoil, even if only one out of ten thousand had a problem, it would be a huge mess.

Thus, he’d rather not do it than risk trouble.

He didn’t expect that shortly after, Hua Xiaoling would bring this up again.

"Do we still need a reason? Isn’t fan benefits reason enough?"

Hua Xiaoling furrowed her pretty eyebrows and pouted her pink lips, then said,

"Our app download count has already surpassed ten thousand, but each time only a mere forty people can grab private rooms. The ratio is way too small; this is even harder than passing the civil service exam.

Boss, you tell me, if we don’t occasionally offer a sweet treat for others to try, do you believe that soon, many people will uninstall the app?

Moreover, more people follow us on TikTok. Those folks keep showing up to support us, so we should at least provide some benefits, right?

Other TikTok creators host raffles to give things away, not just to retain people?"

"Well, you do have a point."

Jiang Yu thought it over and nodded, saying,

"Our little restaurant actually has limited capacity. I don’t really want too much attention here, but we shouldn’t let down all those who love and support us.

Let’s do as you said. We’ll prepare 100 peach mille-feuille pastries and put them on the restaurant reservation app for everyone to grab, as fan benefits."

Saying this, he turned and glanced at Hua Xiaoling, asking,

"By the way, can you contact the manufacturers for packaging boxes?"

"Boss, you’re really out of touch!"

Hua Xiaoling looked at him with a face full of disdain, curled her lip, and said,

"What can’t you find online? Plus, you can print whatever you want on the packaging boxes, and once you order today, they will arrive in three days at the latest!"

"Alright then, go ahead and place the order. I have no specific requirements for the boxes. As long as each box can hold six pastries, that’s fine."

Though disdained, Jiang Yu didn’t mind. He nodded, waved at her, and urged,

"Hurry up and get it done, stop hanging around in front of me, you’re making me dizzy!"

"Hmph! Serves you right to be single for life!"

Hua Xiaoling rolled her eyes, muttered something under her breath, and without waiting for Jiang Yu to react, quickly slipped away.

What’s wrong with being single? I’m single, I’m free!

Jiang Yu couldn’t be bothered to argue with her, picking up his phone to open the chess game app, gearing up to battle the robot for three hundred rounds.

...

The next day was another bustling Monday, and countless foodies turned their gaze to "Jiang University Seventh Dining Hall."

Today was a great day for booking a private room at the Number Seven Dining Room, though there were only a mere forty chances for "private room usage," foodies in front of their phone screens were all rubbing their hands, full of confidence. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

In front of opportunity, everyone is equal; it simply comes down to who is a bit quicker.

Last time, Luo Xiaoyu was filled with confidence and spirits before "snatching" a private room, thinking he’d surely grab one, only to find at the crucial moment, the app experienced a brief delay while refreshing his phone.

Though it was just a brief delay and quickly recovered, seemingly harmless, that delay happened to be right at the juncture of the "flash sale." By the time the restaurant reservation app normalized, the outcome was already determined.

He was defeated once again.

Back home, a regretful and disappointed Luo Xiaoyu "reviewed" the entire "flash sale" process, ultimately attributing his failure to the wrong choice of location.

That time, he participated in the "flash sale" activity by the lakeside behind the library, suspecting the likely cause was the unstable signal by the lakeside.

It was precisely signal instability that led to delays while refreshing the app page, ultimately causing a "collapse."

A lesson learned from experience.

To avoid stumbling twice in the same ditch, Luo Xiaoyu spent two full days finding a place where the phone signal was both good and stable.

The men’s room on the fifth floor of the First Teaching Building!

Thus, early today, Luo Xiaoyu and Zhu Youfeng finished breakfast and headed toward the First Teaching Building together.

Zhu Youfeng had classes during the first two periods in the morning; he was heading to class, while Luo Xiaoyu aimed to "snatch" a private room.

"Why do I feel like this thing about men’s room having good phone signals sounds kinda weird?"

Zhu Youfeng wore an odd expression on his face, turned to look at Luo Xiaoyu, and said while walking,

"Shouldn’t the library have the best phone signal?"

"The library signal is terrible, I’ve already tested it, there’s no way it’s a lie. As for the reason, it very likely because the library’s environment is relatively enclosed."