Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 366 - 340: Hurry Up and Finish!

Yangzhou, Shuyue Pavilion.

"Damn, what’s going on!" The owner of Shuyue Pavilion, who was watching the livestream, almost put out his cigarette due to the sudden shock, "We haven’t offended him, how did this become our problem?"

"Boss, what now?"

"This kind of traffic is not easy to handle; if we can’t handle it, it will backfire. But our Shuyue Pavilion’s Three-Piece Bun is different from their Jingya Pavilion’s fried rice."

Most of the time, the fried rice at Shuyue Pavilion serves tourists from other places. After all, who among the locals would have nothing better to do than eat fried rice priced at three to four hundred a portion at a restaurant?

But the buns at Shuyue Pavilion are different.

The Five-Pepper Buns are made in limited quantities each day and come with an ID card, catered to tourists.

Travelers from out of town can eat a Five-Pepper Bun and take home the bun’s ID card, full of ceremony, and even use it as a keepsake to collect.

The Three-Piece Bun serves both out-of-town tourists and local residents, priced at 15 yuan, which isn’t considered very affordable, but for people who like to eat buns, it’s still barely acceptable.

"Here’s what we’ll do."

The owner of Shuyue Pavilion thought for a moment and then made a decision.

"Have some people observe first, make sure to constantly record the sales figures from both sides, aren’t they competing for three consecutive days?"

"If by the third day Chen Mo seems likely to win, then send Yang Wenhua to place a bet with Chen Mo."

"If it looks like Chen Mo is going to lose, then send people to boost Chen Mo’s sales, make Jingya Pavilion lose, and then we go in for the bet!"

After saying this, the owner of Shuyue Pavilion was quite pleased, "This way, we can not only dampen Jingya Pavilion’s spirit but also take advantage of the moment when the event’s popularity peaks to capture all the traffic with our Three-Piece Bun!"

The assistant next to him suddenly understood, "Brilliant! I’ll go arrange it right now."

...

At the North Gate of the Ecological Garden, Chen Mo was stirring his black ladle so fiercely that sparks were almost flying off it, and next to him, Huang Bo had the same fervor. When his plants arrived on the scene, business immediately started booming.

The celebrity blogger Old Tang finished a portion of fried rice, looked up, and said.

"Hey, why aren’t you all eating? Don’t you like it? Here, let me have another one."

The cameraman assistant watched helplessly as their plate of fried rice was taken by Old Tang, and muttered under their breath, "The work isn’t over yet, I was waiting to eat after it ended..."

Old Tang pretended not to hear, and the scene made the surrounding fans burst into laughter.

A moment later, after Old Tang finished his third portion of fried rice, he contentedly led his team to stand by the roadside and record the start of a video.

"Eating at places with a lot of drama, real chefs vs fake chefs!"

"Yangzhou, Ecological Garden, for four people, 1,732 yuan!"

After saying this, even he was shocked, "Damn, this isn’t cheaper than those big restaurants! But to be honest, their skills are worth the price, you want more after finishing. If I weren’t so full, I’d have another portion."

No doubt about it. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Old Tang himself ate two and a half plates of fried rice, plus two lion’s head meatballs.

The other staff members each had one plate of fried rice and two meatballs, of course, the cameraman’s fried rice was taken by Old Tang.

"Teacher Tang, can we go out for a late-night snack after work tonight?"

"Haha, of course, you can eat, but I’m not including the snack expenses in the budget, let’s go, back to work."

Seeing the influencer and the staff leaving through the North Gate, many fans who had just arrived to watch the fun immediately lined up.

"If Old Tang says it’s good, it must be fine!"

"Definitely, not to mention anything else, just checking in at a famous food stall is worth it, but the 188 price is a bit steep!"

"So what if it’s high, didn’t you hear Old Tang say their skills are worth this price?"

The once shortened queue immediately elongated again.

Xue Ping shouted loudly, "We’re out of lion’s heads! Everyone, stop ordering lion’s heads; our Three-Piece Bun is ready, who wants some?"

The queued people laughed, and even Yu Hongtao, who had just eaten three plates of fried rice, stood up instantly.

"You can still eat?" Yuan Xiaolin was shocked.

Yu Hongtao had just eaten, in addition to three plates of fried rice, two lion’s heads, which was more than twice his usual intake.

Yu Hongtao patted his belly, looking serious, "Don’t you know I’ve been exercising a lot these past two days? Go, get me two buns to try."

If it were any other day, he wouldn’t dare speak to Yuan Xiaolin this way.

But now it’s different, the tables have turned, Yu isn’t the Yu he used to be!

He spoke confidently.

"Alright, alright, I’ll get it for you now."

Instead of being upset, Yuan Xiaolin was slightly delighted inside.

For a man, eating is necessary; the more you eat, the better you work!

Xue Ping came out from the food cart carrying a big steamer of Three-Piece Buns, and Xue An, with a QR code hanging around his neck, collected payments as he handed out buns to everyone.

After all, with the renowned lion’s head and fried rice, the diners in the queue didn’t hesitate, each ordered at least one bun to try.

Even those who hadn’t tasted the lion’s head or fried rice didn’t overthink it, the bun priced at 15 yuan each wasn’t expensive; since they were already here, they had to give it a try.

Seeing this scene, Huang Bo sensed trouble.

His own customers were all plants!

Theirs were real customers.

"If this continues, it’ll be bad news," Huang Bo pondered on how to turn the tables, only to see a girl among the crowd, with a bun in each hand.

Taking a bite from the left, then a bite from the right, eating with pleasure, who else could it be if not Zhu Yan?

"Yanyan!"

Huang Bo shouted loudly while frying, "What are you doing?"

Zhu Yan’s body stiffened with her back to Huang Bo, she stuffed the remaining buns into her mouth in a few bites, turned around awkwardly, and ran over, "I’m spying for you, know your enemy to win a hundred battles without defeat!"

What a know-your-enemy strategy, Huang Bo’s lips twitched.

"So what did you find out?"

Zhu Yan blurted out, "Delicious! The buns are really tasty, much better than Shuyue Pavilion~"

Damn!

Huang Bo’s biceps bulged, and he gripped the spatula even tighter, thinking if he hadn’t just paid a dowry of 280,000 yuan, this wedding must be called off now!

"Alright, stop spying for now, isn’t it almost time?"

Zhu Yan checked her phone, "Five minutes to eleven, why?"

Huang Bo almost coughed up blood, "Why? Can’t you pay a bit more attention!"

"It’s almost eleven, go quickly and communicate this to Chen Mo. Our competition is supposed to end at eleven, tell him from now sales shouldn’t be counted."

When Huang Bo first came here, he thought it would surely be his business booming tonight, with the neighbor hardly selling anything.

Wouldn’t need three days then, right?

As long as the quantity could crush the opponent, the bet could end on the first day, but the reality turned out completely different from his imagination.

He had to use the excuse of the time ending to close today’s match; given this situation, with every passing minute, he would lose several portions, ending it early would be advantageous.