Food Intelligence King

Chapter 93 Adding fuel to the fire, a friend's exaggerated acting
Around eight or nine o'clock in the morning, staff from Tianli Vinegar Factory also arrived. Next to the small umbrellas next to Jinda Tobacco and Liquor Factory, another large umbrella was set up.

They went into the store first and greeted the owner.

Chen Zhou noticed that in addition to Manager Hu Zhilong coming in person, the young girl from before was also there.

However, business was so busy that neither side had time to talk much.

Hu Zhilong then called two colleagues and swaggered into the store with the company's vinegar.

"Excuse me, could you please move aside?"

Hu Zhilong's inner thoughts: Everyone's looking at me!
The brand name was clearly printed on the packaging, and quite a few customers turned their heads to watch.

Upon seeing this, Hu Zhilong quickly captured this wonderful moment at work.

As the manager, he originally wanted to personally handle the moving of goods, but his young assistant was busy live-streaming outside.

He'll have to take the photos himself.

It has to be said that the entrance to the steamed bun shop is really popular.

Not long after the broadcast started, the assistant girl's live stream already had thousands of viewers.

Zhu Lili familiarly introduced her company's products, including various types of balsamic vinegar and aged vinegar. Every now and then, she had to answer questions from the audience.

"Yes, the location is in Guangming District, Haibin City."

"Their signature dish is the fresh pork bun, which is the most popular one online. But I've heard that their soup dumplings and cooked pork buns are also good."

"Even the livestreamer hasn't tried it yet. My boss just went into the store, and I'll let everyone try it live in a bit."

"Yes, it's the weekend and I'm off today. But my boss said I could have steamed buns, so I came over to work overtime. I live quite far away, and I was planning to come over today anyway."

"The leader is back!" Zhu Lili whispered to the audience.

She then put on a professional smile and said, "Friends, good steamed buns go well with good vinegar. If you want to buy vinegar, look for this live stream."

At this moment, Hu Zhilong brought over a few servings of steamed buns. It was a way of taking advantage of the convenience of business dealings and going through some special channels.

He held his phone and saw how many viewers were in the live stream.

They didn't interfere with Zhu Lili's work.

He pushed the lunchbox over there, gesturing for Julie to dip it in vinegar and taste it.

Hu Zhilong watched the live broadcast from the side, feeling very satisfied.

He wasn't the most skilled in his job, but he was very good at understanding the boss's intentions. It didn't matter how much vinegar sold; popularity was also a form of performance.

After trying two types of steamed buns he hadn't had before using a small lunchbox, Hu Zhilong marveled at the delicious soup dumplings while glancing at Chen Zhou's shop:
The last time I came, he was still setting up a stall, wasn't he? How long has it been? Two months?

To run a business so well, that's quite an achievement.

Even without much buzz, the taste of these buns alone would probably generate a lot of business every day.

Why not open the one downstairs from our house? What a pity.

inside the store,

Chen Zhou simply piled the vinegar under the shelf.

In addition to the commercially available bottled and packaged small bags, he also found a small box of exquisitely packaged gift-boxed vinegar.

Nothing much to say, just employee benefits.

The junior colleague took the product logo labels and carefully stuck them on the vinegar bottles in the store.

Chen Zhou himself, while working, would often glance into the crowd.

The intelligence was definitely correct; Sun Zhen was supposed to come over for steamed buns today. But we haven't seen him at all.

It wasn't until noon, when business was almost over, that Chen Zhou noticed someone who looked remarkably like Sun Zhen.

If it weren't for the fact that he deliberately wore a baseball cap on such a hot day, which was quite eye-catching, Chen Zhou might have really misjudged him.

Sun Zhen has gained a lot of weight compared to before.

His skin was tanned dark, and he had an exaggerated beer belly sticking out in front of him.

Chen Zhou exclaimed: "It's been years since I last saw you, you've really changed a lot."

He suppressed a smile, watching how Sun Zhen would perform.

While Sun Zhen's costumes, makeup, and props were advantageous and highly deceptive, his acting skills were truly underwhelming.

They acted like they weren't ordinary customers at all.

After grabbing the steamed bun, he started showing off, munching away with gusto. He muttered a few words as he ate.

"These steamed buns are so delicious. Holy crap."

"It smells so damn good."

The acting was extremely exaggerated.

Chen Zhou felt embarrassed for him.

To borrow a phrase from an actor's evaluation of a fellow actor, it would be: "He's such a good actor, so eager to show off, he can't wait to make eighteen different ways to eat a plate of steamed buns."

Chen Zhou once thought that Sun Zhen was advertising himself online.

They use exaggerated performances to tell customers that the steamed buns at this shop are really good.

It's touching that my brother has this kind thought.

But judging from Sun Zhen's eating habits, he probably won't need to plan anything for the evening.

at last,

After the shop closed for business around 1:00 PM and most of the customers had left, Sun Zhen finished his meal and called out to the shop:
"Chen Zhou, you son of a bitch, look who I am!"

From the intelligence that he was coming, to Chen Zhou silently watching Sun Zhen eat steamed buns, and then to the two recognizing each other.

Excitement, the joy of reunion, and all sorts of feelings ultimately turned into one swear word after another.

After friendly interaction.

The two calmed down a little.

Chen Zhou gave a brief introduction to the people around him.

Aunt Zheng took the vinegar home after get off work. The junior colleague chatted with the two of them for a while longer; all three of them graduated from the same school.

For the junior sister, he was of course also her senior brother.

Chen Zhou is a few months older than Sun Zhen.

Sun Zhen thus became known as the second senior brother in the junior sister's eyes.

Sun Zhen: "Shouldn't I be the eldest brother, Sun Wukong? Although I've looked a bit haggard these past few years, I should at least be considered Elder Sun."

Previously.

Back then, Sun Zhen was a rather plain-looking guy, and some of his classmates nicknamed him "Monkey."

But now, Chen Zhou and Zhao Yilin gave him the same look.

Sun Zhen had no supernatural powers and could only try to shrink his beer belly, feeling rather helpless:

"Second Senior Brother it is."

After his junior sister left, Chen Zhou brought over a case of beer from next door.

While he ate and drank, Sun Zhen would sew up the seams again.

The two of them now had plenty to talk about.

Work, life, family, foreign customs and traditions, considerations about the future, and so on.

Sun Zhen wasn't too surprised by Chen Zhou's career change.

After all, among my classmates, apart from that guy who couldn't even draw a straight line properly in CAD class, who went on to become a top expert in the industry,
The rest of them changed careers and did all sorts of things.

Some passed the exam, some tried their hand at live streaming, some delivered food, and some even switched majors to work in prison.

But he was genuinely surprised by the steamed buns Chen Zhou made.

"Is it because I haven't been back to China for so long that eating Chinese steamed buns has some special psychological effect? ​​These steamed buns of yours are really good, no wonder so many people come here."

Chen Zhou still felt that Sun Zhen's acting was too exaggerated.

"You just haven't had it in so long, that's why you think that way."

“No,” Sun Zhen shook his head.

Although he works overseas, the construction site canteen occasionally serves steamed buns and dumplings, and there are also Chinese restaurants and various shops nearby.

The conditions weren't as harsh as I'd imagined.

“It really is delicious. If you open a branch in Ethiopia, all the locals will come too.”

(End of this chapter)