"Why are you so interested in this?"

Jiang Yu glanced at Lu Shuwu, who was full of excitement, with a bit of surprise, and said quite puzzled,

"As a descendant of a Xiang Cuisine family, and with such a big restaurant at home, you shouldn't be short of money!"

"What does that have to do with being short of money or not?"

Lu Shuwu shrugged, spreading his hands, and said seriously,

"The price of this banquet indicates your value in the eyes of the customers.

To put it bluntly, the higher the price of the banquet, the higher your culinary skills, which means the higher your status in the culinary world!"

Lu Shuwu originally thought that Jiang Yu would be stirred up competitively, but who knew Jiang Yu didn't care at all. He waved his hand and said:

"Oh, come on, I'm just someone running a dining hall. What status could I have in the culinary world? And what does it have to do with me anyway?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Shuwu got anxious and said straightforwardly:

"Hey, don't go on about what has to do with what. I just purely want to know how much your banquet was sold for. Can't you just tell me to satisfy my curiosity?"

"..."

Jiang Yu was speechless. This guy, he got anxious.

If you want to know, just ask directly, why bring up the culinary world?

He helplessly took the envelope out of his pocket and tossed it to him, "Don't ask me, I don't know either."

"Hmm?"

Lu Shuwu instinctively caught the thin envelope and was immediately dumbfounded!

Holy cow! A bank card!

Who pays for a meal with a bank card directly to settle the bill?

How much money is this going to be?!

After a moment of being stunned, Lu Shuwu quickly came to his senses, his face flushed with excitement: "Wait here, let me check for you!"

Saying so, he took out his phone from his pocket and started checking electronic banking.

Jiang Yu: "..."

No, are you really checking?

To be honest, Jiang Yu was also quite curious, but he didn't intend to check the balance right now. After all, the bank card was with him, and the money wouldn't run away, so what if he checked it another day?

His curiosity wasn't as strong as Lu Shuwu's.

With a flurry of operations, shortly after, Jiang Yu suddenly noticed that the playful expression on Lu Shuwu's face stiffened, the smile gradually disappearing, but his eyes suddenly widened, round and bulging.

"How much is it?"

Seeing him like this, Jiang Yu was also intrigued.

He picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of water, and couldn't help but ask.

"A hundred thousand bucks!"

"Pff!"

Jiang Yu spat out a mouthful of tea directly, coughing several times before he regained his composure, and hurriedly asked,

"What did you just say?"

"A hundred thousand bucks! There's a hundred thousand balance on this bank card, not a penny more, not a penny less!"

Lu Shuwu said quietly, with a strong tone of envy,

"I originally thought even if your banquet was lavish, at most it'd be worth ten thousand, but who knew they'd spend ten times that!

This is freaking outrageous! I admit, I'm envious!"

"Cough, cough, did she take the wrong card?"

Jiang Yu was also startled, hesitantly saying,

"She said she had dozens of bank cards, maybe she accidentally took the wrong one?"

"Oh, come on!"

Lu Shuwu smirked, slid the bank card back into the envelope, and handed it back to Jiang Yu before saying,

"Someone like her wouldn't make such a mistake.

Moreover, she had already put the bank card in the envelope beforehand; how could that be wrong?

This is the fee she paid for the meal, just take it with peace of mind!"

Saying this, Lu Shuwu couldn't help but suck his teeth as if with a toothache,

"A hundred-thousand-yuan banquet, there aren't many chefs in the country with such high status.

Boss, if this gets out, you'll be in trouble!"

"I'm neither stealing nor robbing. I'm earning money with my skills, what's the trouble?"

Jiang Yu smirked, having already calmed down.

A hundred thousand is just a hundred thousand; it's not like he's never seen that amount of money.

Moreover, even Liu Shurong herself thought the banquet was worth that much. Should he, a cook, undervalue his labor?

There's no such logic in the world!

"Haha, didn't I say before? The higher the price of the dishes, the better the culinary skills."

Lu Shuwu found himself a chair, sat down, and said with a grin,

"Now that your banquet is priced at a hundred thousand, if this gets out, most chefs would be outdone by you, do you think those proud chefs could accept it?"

"If they can't accept it, they can't. Are they going to make me spit the money out?"

"Not exactly, but they might come to challenge your culinary skills!"

Lu Shuwu slapped his thigh, his eyes glowing with excitement, he said,

"Think about it, if people keep coming to challenge your cooking, to see whose dishes are better...

What about the Seventh Dining Hall? Would you find it bothersome?"

"Hiss! Now that you mention it, you're right!"

Hearing Lu Shuwu's analysis, Jiang Yu suddenly felt a headache coming on too.

He was the type who disliked trouble the most, especially conflicts with others.

If chefs came to challenge him every few days, how would he do business?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yu couldn't help but glance around.

Except for him and Lu Shuwu, everyone else was busy cleaning up the kitchen, seemingly oblivious to their conversation, but who knew if they heard anything?

He couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache and advised Lu Shuwu,

"Don't spread this around. I'm really afraid of trouble, and also, tell the others not to gossip."

After a pause, he forcefully explained,

"Actually, that one hundred thousand isn't even the cost of a banquet. She also left her son with me to take care of!"

"Hehe..."

Lu Shuwu chuckled silently.

Jiang Yu: "..."

What do you mean by that laugh? Enjoying the fun, aren't you?

...

There's still some prep work to do before the official opening of Dining Room Seven.

Early the next morning, after finishing breakfast at the dining hall on the first floor, Jiang Yu asked Hu Zhihai to help contact the telecom company for a phone installation and then went to the student union to recruit some work-study students.

Dining Room Seven couldn't open without waitstaff, otherwise, who would serve the dishes?

Also, the reception area at the front desk needed a girl to handle calls and book reservations.

For this role, Jiang Yu already had someone in mind: Yan Tongtong. She could fill the spot, while the new part-timers would cover the vacancy in the first-floor dining hall.

As for the drinks in Dining Room Seven, Jiang Yu consulted Boss Zhao from the fresh food delivery service, who eagerly introduced him to a beverage supplier.

The supplier, named Qian, provided most of the drinks sold in the restaurants and hotels in Jiangzhou.

Boss Qian, evidently tipped off by Boss Zhao, was very courteous to Jiang Yu, bringing a batch of beverages on his first visit.

Boss Qian was a short, plump middle-aged man who said to Jiang Yu,

"These are the best-selling drinks in restaurants and hotels. I brought a few boxes of each.

If Boss Xiao Jiang ever needs anything, just give me a call and I'll deliver it first thing."

"Thank you, Boss Qian. So how do we settle the payment?"

"Same as with Lao Zhao, settle at the end of the month, pay for what's sold. If any drinks don't sell well, you can exchange them."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work, Boss Qian."

Jiang Yu nodded, secretly relieved.

With this sorted, the preparations for Dining Room Seven were pretty much done, ready to open anytime.

Now, it was just a matter of the school officially announcing it on Douyin tomorrow.

...

"Ring ring ring..."

A piercing alarm suddenly blared, jolting Duan Yiming awake, his groggy mind immediately becoming much clearer.

Recently, the company's workload had been overwhelming, and he, together with his tech team, had been working tirelessly, barely getting any proper sleep.

They'd just pulled another all-nighter.

Feeling irritated, he scratched his messy hair and reached for his phone, turning off the alarm.

Just as Duan Yiming was about to continue coding, he glanced at a notification on his phone: An update from an account he followed.

Instinctively, he clicked to view it and was taken aback to see Jiang University's official Douyin account posted something new.

This time, it wasn't campus scenery or student activities, but something very familiar to him—a post about the Seventh Dining Hall.

"Seventh Dining Hall's second-floor restaurant 'Dining Room Seven' officially opens today!

This restaurant does not accept walk-in customers, only private room reservations!

Reservation phone: xxxxxx

Limited number of rooms, first come, first serve—reserve quickly!"

Seeing this message, Duan Yiming's eyes widened!

Ever since Jiangda Gate Guard tightened regulations, restricting outsiders from entering, it had become increasingly difficult for him and his friends to dine at the Seventh Dining Hall.

Every time he needed to enter, he had to trouble Zhu Youfeng to escort him. Though his friend didn't mention it, he always felt it was inconvenient to keep bothering him.

So, from the start of the year until now, he restrained himself and hadn't gone to the Seventh Dining Hall even once.

Recently, he heard that the Seventh Dining Hall's second floor was undergoing renovations to become a campus restaurant, so he kept an eye out for it. Who would've thought it would really open today!

As Duan Yiming was mulling this over, the video scene shifted, and a new page appeared:

"Today's recommended dishes: Garlic White Pork, Thousand Layer Tofu with Century Egg, Mouthwatering Pork Knuckle, Fermented Tofu Braised Pork, Ginger Spicy Ribs, Spicy Chicken with Peppers, Onion Baked Bass, Cabbage Meat Roll, Cream of Mushroom Soup..."

Ah, this...

Looking at the enticing dish names on his phone, Duan Yiming couldn't help but start drooling!

Some of these dishes he's tasted, some he hasn't, but he had no doubt that after going through Jiang Yu's hands, they'd be absolutely delectable!

Every dish made him want to taste it!

If he didn't quickly call to reserve now, what was he waiting for?

With that thought, Duan Yiming stopped coding, quickly grabbed his phone, and dialed Dining Room Seven's reservation line.

As for the unfinished business at the company...

Once he's eaten his fill, wouldn't handling such small matters be a piece of cake?!

As a man, you have to be this confident!

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