Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 351 - 326: Battle of Honor!

Chen Mo was oblivious to what was happening outside, as he was busy frying rice.

The herd mentality can be quite scary. As soon as three customers sat down in front of the food truck to eat, several more groups came over one after another.

Some brought barbeque grills, looking like they were going to barbeque, and casually ordered a few lion’s head meatballs.

After eating, they immediately packed up their grills and pulled out some beer to enjoy at Chen Mo’s stall.

"Boss, these lion’s head meatballs are indeed delicious, and so is the fried rice, but the menu is too simple. It’s easy to get full with just meat and main dishes."

"Yeah, I’ve only had two servings of fried rice and three lion’s head meatballs, and I’m already feeling stuffed. I haven’t even had enough beer."

Chen Mo waved the black ladle in his hand with a grin, "I’m new here, so I’ll gradually add more dishes. Keep coming back, will you?"

The customers around the round table continued eating meat and rice with gusto, loudly drinking their beer.

Gao Hao looked at everyone eating while he and Zhang Huixiang couldn’t have any, making him itchy with envy.

"Old Zhang, do you think shooting videos here after work hours counts as overtime?"

Zhang Huixiang had no idea what Gao Hao was getting at, "Technically it’s overtime, but the company won’t approve it for sure."

Gao Hao shook his head, "That’s not what I mean. I mean, why don’t we start a live stream here and get some tips? I can’t say we’ll make a fortune, but at least we could earn some meal money. Just watching others eat feels bad!"

Hiss!

Zhang Huixiang quickly grabbed Gao Hao’s arm, telling him to stop talking, "Do you want to lose your job? The company account would let you earn tips? Even if you do, the money belongs to the company. If you lose your job, don’t drag me into it!"

Gao Hao chuckled, "No. What I mean is, if I use my personal account, the company can’t control that, can it?"

"Ah, this."

Zhang Huixiang was at a loss for words.

Honestly, the regulations in this area are still rather blurry, and there really isn’t a rule saying you can’t pursue a side hustle while working at a day job.

If doing live streams doesn’t affect the company in a negative way, then it shouldn’t be an issue.

Credit to Gao Hao for being a computer science major; he’s pretty fast at fiddling with these things. He first cut some previously shot videos with simple phone editing software.

Then, he used the company’s account to post the latest video: An Onsite Record of the Ecological Garden, the Revamped Lion’s Head Meatballs and Fried Rice, Super Delicious!

As he published it, he slyly added his account name to the description, then directly switched accounts and started a live stream.

"Just wait and see."

Gao Hao held up the phone and approached the food truck, "Boss Chen, can I film you during the live stream?"

"Sure." Chen Mo agreed without hesitation.

Though the customer flow had picked up, it was far from his cooking limit. Chen Mo also needed some other channels to draw new customers in.

Gao Hao happily waved his phone around and went to the Xue Brothers’ stall, "Hey, guys, can I film you while I’m streaming here?"

Xue Ping said nothing.

Xue An looked excited, "Bro, how many followers do you have in your live room?"

Gao Hao awkwardly glanced at the single-digit number on his phone, "Just started, so no one yet."

Xue An let out a couple of "ohs," "Of course, you can film! By the way, bro, can I say something?"

"Uh?"

Xue An turned to the camera and held up his sign, "Authentic Huaiyang Lion’s Head Meatballs, freshly made, piping hot lion’s heads! 18 yuan each, come and eat, everyone in the live room!"

Sweat.

Gao Hao quickly moved his phone away from this stall, feeling like this guy was kind of nuts.

Then he stood across the road, aimed the camera at the two stalls, and called over Zhang Huixiang.

"Let me borrow your phone for a second."

"For what?"

"Just give it to me."

Gao Hao took Zhang Huixiang’s phone, found a good angle, shot a new video, and smoothly edited it using the software, making a video in just over ten minutes, then logged it onto the cultural tourism official account.

"Traditional Lion’s Head vs. Revamped Lion’s Head, the Battle of Honor for Freedom!"

Edit, publish!

"Hey, what are you up to?"

"Just you wait and see."

Gao Hao felt like his talent was being wasted in the cultural tourism office, he should be doing social media!

...

An hour later.

Yu Hongtao was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, enjoying the ultimate treatment of having his wife light his cigarette.

Pray tell, how many men can enjoy such a privilege in this world?

Whenever he thought about how the men of nearby households would hide in the stairwell to smoke, Yu Hongtao almost wanted to laugh. If Yuan Xiaolin wasn’t undressed, he might even record it and post it in the property owner group for everyone to see!

Puffing on his wise man’s cigarette, Yu Hongtao casually scrolled through videos on his phone. On the message side, it was still 99+, undoubtedly all flaming him.

Yu Hongtao couldn’t be bothered to look, but after flipping through two videos, he suddenly sat up straight.

"Hey? Did a fight break out?"

"Who? Who’s fighting?"

Yu Hongtao showed the phone to his wife, "When I was there this afternoon, those two had a bet with Boss Chen. I didn’t expect our Yangzhou cultural tourism to get involved in this, it seems like they are trying to hype it up!"

"What are you going to do about it?"

Yu Hongtao got up and put on his clothes, looking at the 2,000 yuan balance in his WeChat, "I’m going to support Boss Chen!"

Yes, just now, after finishing, Yuan Xiaolin gave him another thousand for pocket money.

This reminded old Yu of a phrase by a great literary figure, marriage is a long-term master-slave relationship.

He used to think this statement was directed at women, but to his surprise... it was meant for men!

"I’ll go with you, you made it sound so amazing. I want to see if the fried rice is as magical as you say."

"Guaranteed to be delicious, let’s go."

The two dressed up, and Yu Hongtao, arm in arm with his wife, headed towards the Ecological Garden.

Over on this side, what Gao Hao didn’t expect was.

The first video didn’t make much of a splash, but just now the second one got several thousand likes immediately.

Additionally, it helped draw quite an audience to his live stream.

As a first-time streamer, Gao Hao was a bit shy, hesitant to keep talking in the live room.

But this kind of controversial live stream easily attracted traffic, and there were already about a hundred viewers in his live room.

"Here comes another couple! I bet this couple will definitely eat the authentic lion’s head!"

"No way, with so many customers in front of Boss Xiao Chen’s truck and none in front of the authentic lion’s head, they’ll definitely eat the revamped ones!"

"Streamer, I’ll gift you a sports car if you can persuade this couple to eat the authentic lion’s head, please, authentic lion’s head can’t lose!"

Seeing a sports car gift flashing across the screen, Gao Hao’s lip twitched.

As he walked towards them, he wondered why the man in the POLO shirt looked familiar?

Isn’t this the guy who bought a bite of food for 180 this afternoon?