Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Lu Rong retreated from Ji Wenfeng and found that everyone around him was staring at him inexplicably, and he quickly lowered his head to read an English book. Everyone quickly lost interest in him and focused on queuing in front of Lao Wang’s stall.
Today was the first day that Lao Wang opened for business. He had been busy frying pancakes in front of the stall, and Lu Rong had also been busy until now. In addition to fried pancakes, there were also a series of sexy operations being arranged intensively.
Lu Rong 6: After arriving at 20 minutes, I went to the printing shop next to the school to get the fujoshi slogan tissue paper printed. Because the All-Evil Group has been copying various test papers there for a long time, and even snatched back the ownership rights of the copy boss from the No. 4 Middle School boss next door, the boss replaced the protection fee with the cost price to provide quick service for the All-Evil Group, this paper towel is no exception.
After delivering the tissues to Lao Wang, Lu Rong led the entire team of villains to start building momentum non-stop.
Deng Te was the first to arrive. He brought all the young disciples out of the boxing gym to practice. The young disciples ranged in age from 5 to 50 years old. They were all wearing black and white training uniforms from the “Jingwu Boxing Gym”, with their breasts exposed and a black band tied on their foreheads, with the words “Men should strive for self-improvement” written on them. Standing like a pine tree, walking like the wind, Deng Te looked as cool as a gang leader.
Chen Yulian was just proud because despite Lao Wang’s great posture, he didn’t sell a single cake. Suddenly, she saw a group of boxing champions coming from the street and the BGM floated in the sky “Proud to face ten thousand waves~ Hot blood is like the red sun~” The BGM was as courageous as iron and the bones are as fine as steel~” Hearing this, the rice balls in her hands were misshapen as she was frightened.
People who wanted to buy breakfast in front of Chen Yulian’s stall also stopped, their eyes followed the end of the boxing champions’ walk, and looked towards Lao Wang who was frying small fish cakes.
This man was dressed in a designer suit and had medical rubber gloves on his hands. He was meticulously making fish cakes on a trolley. He was full of mystery.
Li Nanbian carried his dark blue Bluetooth speaker and walked beside the boxing champion team, like a teacher leading the team.
He nodded to the beat and walked to Lu Rong. Seeing Deng Te leading everyone in a disciplined line up to buy cakes, he was crazy about Lao Wang’s popularity. He happily praised: “The effect is very good, it became an instant hit.”
Lu Rong: “Old Li, the music is a bit too dramatic.”
Li Nanbian stretched out his hand and teased the light sign: “You have already made this.”
Lu Rong: “The light sign is to allow the Chengnan students across the street to see our products, attracting them here, while the music made us look like a gangster who occupied a canteen with guns on the street at dinner time.” Li Nanbian shrugged and turned off his Bluetooth speaker.
Lu Rong patted him on the shoulder: “You are a marketing manager, not a DJ.”
Li Nanbian: “Rong Rong, I want to confess something to you. In fact, I work part-time as a DJ at a nightclub during the summer vacation.” After a pause, he continued, “I’m going to go during the winter vacation as well.”
Li Nanbian discovered that he was interested in DJing after graduating from the high school entrance examination. He was keen on finding various drama scenes in real life and cutting suitable background music in the playlist to add atmosphere. This gave him the pleasure of being a god, as if he had directed everything in front of him.
Aside from the occasional beatings, this hobby provided him with endless fun.
Lu Rong had long felt that something was wrong with Li Nanbian. He took his Bluetooth speaker with him wherever he went. However, he supported everyone to find their own interests, hobbies and skills. He could cut hair and repair water pipes. Why couldn’t Li Nanbian be a DJ?
Lu Rong: “As long as it doesn’t affect normal work.”
“Of course.” Li Nanbian took out the Huawei Mate7 from his pocket and surrounded Lao Wang up and down to take pictures.
So, that morning, all the large and small groups in Chengnan Middle School’s homework copying industry chain received a message – “Oh shit, there is a guy selling small fish cakes at the school gate! [Photo]”
What were small fish cakes to Chengnan Middle School? Just like sushi is to Japan, kimchi is to South Korea, and burgers are to the United States, they were the symbol of the nation and the hope of the people.
There were no downsides other than the limited supply.
Every day at noon, small-scale conflicts broke out in the cafeteria of Chengnan Middle School over small fish cakes. Even Lu Rong, a local leader in Chengnan, would most likely return empty-handed, so the ordinary students were even more complaining.
Suddenly, a man selling small fish cakes came to the school gate. It was like thunder on the ground, attracting everyone’s attention.
“How does it taste? How does it compare with the canteen?”
“How much does one cost?”
“Is it still available? I want to try it.”
“Why does this boss look so weird?”
“He looks like a gangster… I don’t dare to buy. I don’t dare to buy.”
“That one hanging a light sign on his car? It’s a bit coquettish.”
“Why did the underworld boss choose the font of the light sign in Youyuan??”
….
With one stone, Li Nanbian created a wave, nodded easily to Lu Rong, and made an OK gesture.
The first step in building momentum – let the students in Chengnan know that fish cakes were being sold at the school gate. Success!
Chengnan High School was a day school. Everyone had to wake up very early every day and come to school to participate in morning self-study. Most of them solved breakfast problems on their own on the way. When Li Nanbian sent the news, it was not yet the peak school period. As soon as everyone received the news, many students rushed to Lao Wang’s stall.
Seeing a few students stop in their tracks, Lu Rong quickly asked Deng Te to lead his men away as because of the boxing champions from the Jingwu Boxing Gym in front of them, the students did not dare to approach.
Deng Te: “Didn’t you tell me to find more people?”
The task he received was to bring people to fill the scene and create the illusion that the business was booming. To put it bluntly, it was a ploy.
Now listening to Lu Rong’s meaning, it seems that he didn’t even do a good job with this. Deng Te lowered his head, looking a little wilted and aggrieved.
Lu Rong knew that Deng Te had been hit hard again, and he quickly said seriously: “…You did a great job, King Chuang, far beyond my expectation. I didn’t expect you to bring so many people. It’s just that you did a little too well, but we were not prepared. We are not worthy of you.”
Deng Te was like a green leaf that had been watered again. He cheered up and straightened his back: “It’s nothing. You’re the best.”
Lu Rong stabilized Deng Te’s morale and took him aside: “If you bring too many people, Lao Wang can’t do it, and real customers can’t be queued. Can you follow this strategy first? Retreat and give up your precious time to others.”
If Deng Te was just one person, even if Deng Te starved to death and jumped from here, as long as Lu Rong spoke, he would still make room for others.
But this time he also brought his disciples out, and they also had their own difficulties.
Deng Te: “Last night, we all tightened our belts and didn’t eat. We were just waiting to come to Lao Wang’s stall and have a big meal.”
In order to be a good supporter, Deng Te also searched a lot of guides: If you are a supporter of a celebrity, you will have to cry a lot. If you are a supporter of a star, you must shout like crazy. If you are a supporter of a restaurant, you will naturally have to eat well.
In order to eat delicious food, Deng Te starved his disciples. He himself was very hungry.
Lu Rong was deeply moved after hearing this. Unexpectedly, Deng Te, who looked cool on the surface, actually had such a sense of collective honor and organizational discipline. The backbone of their entire villain team was really cohesive!
Lu Rong immediately grabbed a few freshly baked fish cakes from Lao Wang and said solemnly: “I won’t let you starve. Come with me.”
A minute later.
Chen Yulian’s stall was surrounded by boxing champions from the Jingwu Boxing Gym, and she was overwhelmed.
Deng Te: “Three rice dishes per person, pork tenderloin with salted egg, pork floss and seafood sauce, thank you.”
Chen Yulian shivered with fright: “12 yuan each.”
Deng Te: “My boss said we bought so many dozen in a group, we should have 50% off, is that okay?”
Chen Yulian: “Your boss has spoken, so what else is okay…”
So, a regular customer who came to Chen Yulian’s stall to buy rice dishes every morning found out that the queue in front of him today was extraordinarily long.
After asking several times and getting the answer “100 more”, the Chengnan students turned their attention to the new face next door.
A seller in a black suit and rubber gloves frying tiny fish cakes with surgical precision and grace.
He looked a lot like a big brother, but his breakfast was mass-produced.
….
After removing the obstacle of the Jingwu Boxing Gym and diverting the trouble to Chen Yulian’s stall, Lu Rong found that the students from Chengnan were gradually getting attracted to Lao Wang’s stall and couldn’t help but become nervous.
Li Nanbian: “Should we proceed with the second step of the plan?”
Lu Rong: “Wait a minute. We haven’t yet decided how diners will evaluate our products. If the taste is not good enough, paper towels are useless.”
Turning back, he stared closely at Deng Te who was eating small fish cakes and buying rice balls, and asked: “Is it delicious?”
Deng Te: “Yummy.”
Lu Rong: “Does it taste the same as the small fish cakes in the school cafeteria? How does it compare?”
Deng Te looked at Lu Rong solemnly with his remaining right eye: “Compared to this, the school cafeteria is garbage.”
Lu Rong smiled and nodded at him and returned to Li Nanbian.
Li Nanbian joked: “How is the feedback from diners?”
Lu Rong looked around: “We need to investigate the real diners.”
Li Nanbian: “What about Chuang Wang?”
Lu Rong: “The fan filter is too thick.”
Li Nanbian turned around and hummed, called Yan Gou, and went to interview other diners together.
Guo Jing jumped out of his father’s minivan on crutches, smelled the fragrant smell of fried food in the air, stood up straight like a meerkat in the desert, and looked at Lao Wang’s stall.
Guo Jing was the only son in the family. His parents cherished him very much. In order to help him recover from his fracture as soon as possible, his mother stewed bone soup for him every day to replenish his health.
Guo Jing almost vomited after eating and wanted to try something new.
So he had breakfast at home every day, and then pretended not to have breakfast when he came to school, and asked Niu Yanling to buy breakfast from a stall for him and ate two meals.
His Mom often said not to eat food from outside as it was dirty, but these spicy chicken foods were so fragrant and delicious that Guo Jing couldn’t control himself.
There was a fragrant and familiar smell in the air today. Guo Jing sniffed at the void twice, fixed his eyes on the crowded stall opposite, and couldn’t help but walk over with a crutch. He couldn’t wait to send a WeChat message to Niu Yanling to ask her to bring food.
Lu Rong glanced at Guo Jing at the breakfast stall and yelled.
Guo Jing said sweetly: “Good morning~”
Lu Rong took a few steps back and lined up with Guo Jing: “They are selling small fish cakes here. I don’t know how they compare with the canteen.”
Guo Jing: “Wow! How much does one cost?”
Lu Rong: “It’s the same as the cafeteria, 4 yuan.” This kind of pricing was because they didn’t want Chengnan students to have preconceived notions like “the fish cakes at the school gate are not as good as those in the cafeteria.”
Guo Jing counted the coins in his pocket and found that there were too many: “Then I’ll treat you to some. (w)”
Guo Jing had 20 yuan of pocket money every day. He ate it all and gave it to his “friends” if he couldn’t use it up. Most of his “friends” didn’t consider him a friend, they just used him for his pocket money.
Lu Rong chuckled, rolled up his hand again, and wrapped the coins: “…Guo Jing, listen up, if you have a lot of pocket money, save it and don’t treat people casually. You should know that you will have a long life in the future. Will you beg for a living in your life? Maybe these few coins will save you from freezing to death in the heavy snow on New Year’s Eve.”
Guo Jing: “(°ー° 〃)”
Lu Rong: “I’ll invite you. Let’s go.”
Guo Jing: “Okay, okay.”
The two of them moved in the queue and quickly reached the front. Lu Rong bought a small fish cake for Guo Jing alone.
Lu Rong: “Try it.”
Guo Jing took a bite of the small fish cake and chewed it carefully. Lu Rong paid attention to every subtle movement of his facial muscles.
“How is it?”
Guo Jing: “The dough is thicker than in the canteen, and the fish is not as abundant as in the canteen, and the fish is not as fresh as in the canteen. It lacks the natural sweetness of the fish; it has been fried for too long, and the smoke is heavier. But the dough is thicker, and the bread is also wrapped thickly, and tastes crispy and chewy; the fish mince is tender enough, and there are plenty of seasonings. The strong spices cover up the taste of the fish itself, replacing it with a strong taste that people cannot refuse…” Saying till here, he laughed stupidly, “I just like this kind of junk food!”
Lu Rong breathed a sigh of relief: It’s stable.
If Ji Wenfeng represented the eldest young master’s sophisticated taste, then Guo Jing represented the most common civilian taste.
Guo Jing was the greediest person Lu Rong had ever seen in his life. In other words, he was a well-informed gourmet.
Lu Rong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Guo Jing’s positioning and affirmation of the little fish Cake.
The only thing that could survive in the kebab world at the school gate was junk food that was heavy in taste and high in oil and salt content.
That’s how he imagined the fish cakes!
Li Nanbian brought Yan Gou back and reported the survey results back to him: “A total of 26 people participated in the survey, and 88% of them thought it tasted good, better than the ones in school.”
“Let’s carry out the second step of the plan.”
Li Nanbian took out the tissue in his pocket, exaggerated his body language and said with excitement: “Wow! Today’s love fortune is actually written on this tissue!!”
Lu Rong: “…” Old Li looked like a TV commercial of Marilyn Monroe.
Li Nanbian pretended to look at his own, and then chased after others to look at others’, which attracted everyone near the stall to notice the paper towels wrapped in the small fish cakes. There were actually words printed on the tissue. If you looked closely, it turned out to be a love guide.
Guo Jing lowered his head and looked at the tissue in his hand –
“What smooths the excitement is time; and what smooths time is the gentle companionship every day.”
Guo Jing: “Ahhhh, you are so right~ Boss, give me two again!”
Today, it was his turn to bring breakfast to Miss Niu Yanling (*/w＼*)
Deng Te lowered his head and looked at the tissue in his hand –
“Don’t think that he is unattainable, he is just a warm and prickly little fish cake in your hand~”
Deng Te looked back at Lu Rong, and then at the little fish cake in his hand. Fish cake, the boss was, was he the little fish cake?
Didn’t this mean that he had to offer it up…
“No, the boss is the boss, and the boss is not the little fish cake.” Deng Te thought coolly, and resolutely threw the little fish cake into his mouth.
Yan Gou prayed to various gods and spirits and opened the tissue with a full sense of ceremony – but six words were written coldly on the tissue: “You will die alone.”
Yan Gou: “…”
Lu Rong was too busy. Tired and hungry, after finishing the small fish cake, he glanced at the tissue in his hand –
“No one is worthy of you right now.”
Lu Rong laughed, wiped his lips elegantly, balled up the tissue, and threw it into the trash can.
….
Around them, everyone who opened the note was surprised, happy, or confused, but they all took out their mobile phones.
All social networks in Chengnan Middle School exploded.
More and more people were flocking to Lao Wang’s stall…
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