Divorced Dad's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 477: Chapter 376: Business Plummets, Yang Yixue is Devastated

No one dared to bother Xue Guang. After all, he was Boss Jiang’s neighbor.

As the saying goes, even a prime minister’s doorman is an official in his own right.

No matter how powerful someone was, they wouldn’t want to offend Jiang Liu for no reason.

......

The counter of Directly Operated Store #2 was designed to be on the right-hand side, just past the glass entrance.

The top half of the counter was white, and the bottom half was orange.

The colors were vibrant and stylish.

Ren Qingqing sat at the counter, watching. Her expression was complicated—a mix of excitement and surprise.

Because she recognized the seven customers who had just walked in.

Five of them had come in at noon and had taken a long time poring over the menu before ordering, which meant they were new customers.

Yet here they were, already repeat customers.

It looked like they had come straight from work, and they had even brought two new people with them.

Not only had they returned, but they’d made a point to bring friends. That meant they were extremely satisfied with Tongtong Restaurant!

"Sigh... incredible."

Ren Qingqing shook her head, feeling completely outclassed.

She finally understood why Jiang Liu’s Tongtong Restaurant had such a massive flow of customers.

This practically one-hundred-percent return rate was terrifying!

She even suspected that the repeat customers from Directly Operated Store #1 alone could instantly pack all three locations.

And two of the new locations were exceptionally large.

A minute later, a group of employees from a nearby office walked in, clearly treating Tongtong Restaurant as their personal cafeteria.

"Supervisor, what are you getting?"

"I’ll have the twice-cooked pork and some nutritious congee."

"In that case, I’ll have ten steamed buns and a bowl of congee."

"I’ll get the spicy diced chicken and some rice."

"Honestly, the food here isn’t expensive, and it’s incredibly delicious. So much better than all that pre-packaged stuff, right?"

"Totally. I heard the chefs at Tongtong Restaurant are all top-tier, the kind you’d find in a fancy hotel."

"Haha, eating here feels like we’re scoring a major deal. It’s so damn satisfying to eat here."

The group of employees joyfully took their seats.

A thoughtful server pushed two tables together for them.

The supervisor personally thanked her.

After the waitress left,

the thin, dark-skinned supervisor, wearing a suit with notched lapels, shook his head and said, "Look at the service here. That place across the street, Yang’s, is a pile of garbage."

"Perfect description. Even dogs wouldn’t go there!"

"Anyone who goes there is a damn fool!"

...

「Inside Yang’s Restaurant.」

Yang Yixue stared at the empty dining hall, asking Li Xiaoyan uneasily, "Mom, are there usually customers at this hour?"

Li Xiaoyan’s expression soured.

"Yes. Normally, we’d have customers by now."

She remembered clearly that just yesterday, there had been more than a dozen customers in the restaurant during this same period.

Back then, Li Xiaoyan had even been mocking Jiang Liu to a friend.

She’d boasted about how their business was getting better and better, how they’d found the secret to getting rich,

and how Jiang Liu was just an incompetent, ungrateful wretch who’d gotten by on dumb luck.

That’s why Li Xiaoyan remembered it so clearly.

Yang Yixue’s expression grew even darker than her mother’s.

A restaurant that was profitable just yesterday was suddenly empty, all because Jiang Liu had opened a branch nearby.

’She was filled with anger and jealousy.’

It was a bitter and complicated mix of feelings.

By six twenty, Tongtong Restaurant was already packed with customers.

Even so, more people kept trying to squeeze inside.

The food delivery drivers had stopped making other runs, instead just waiting by the entrance for new orders to pop up.

Many would-be diners saw that the place was full and there was a line to get in.

So, they simply placed an order on a delivery app instead.

This led to a rather theatrical scene: a delivery driver would rush in, emerge a moment later, and hand the meal to a customer waiting just outside.

Then they’d rush back in, grab another order, and come out shouting, "Who’s Liu Baobao? Your food is ready!"

Ren Qingqing stood guard at the counter, watching the data roll in.

She watched the delivery orders print out one after another.

’She was about to go crazy with excitement.’

The lunch rush had brought in over thirty thousand in revenue.

And in just a short while this evening, the revenue had already hit thirty thousand!

And it was still skyrocketing, higher and higher!

Ren Qingqing estimated they could reach over sixty thousand!

’She did a quick mental calculation.’

The result stunned her.

’If they maintained tonight’s numbers through the three peak periods of the day, that would be... nearly two hundred thousand!’

’Two hundred thousand!’

’Enough to buy a base-model Audi!’

’And Jiang Liu had three of these stores, not even counting his exclusive brand stores!’

Suddenly, Ren Qingqing found herself a little envious of Jun Xinghe.

’Because Jun Xinghe didn’t have to do a thing—just sit back and rake in the cash every day.’

Pah!

’So jealous!’

’The jealousy was killing her!’

’She could just die!’

’Ren Qingqing had always thought of herself as a worldly, sophisticated, and proud woman.’

’Wrong.’

’Cross all that out!’

’She was just a hick, and Jiang Liu’s biggest simp!’

Her phone buzzed incessantly.

Ren Qingqing snapped out of it and unlocked her new iPhone 12.

The team group chat was blowing up.

The most active members were all from the Directly Operated Store #3 team.

"Sister Ren, this is insane, holy crap! Can you believe Store #3 is already packed to the gills? All the new customers from lunchtime are back, and a bunch of them brought coworkers and friends!"

"Yeah, I noticed that too! So many faces I recognize, definitely repeat customers. President Jiang is the eternal GOAT!!!"

"I just did a quick estimate. Tonight’s revenue should hit fifty thousand!"

"That’s double! So awesome! Sister Ren is probably going to be jealous of us at Store #3, haha. This is great, I’m going to go ask President Jiang for a pat on the back in a few days!"

The team from Store #3 was absolutely ecstatic.

Beat Store #2! Seize the top spot!

Beat Sister Ren and become the new bosses tomorrow!

Ren Qingqing couldn’t watch this anymore. "Alright, stop acting like a bunch of dancing clowns. Store #2’s projected revenue for tonight is seventy thousand!"

She deliberately inflated the number by ten thousand.

She had to put her subordinates firmly in their place.

’Trying to start a rebellion, are we?’

The team from Store #3 was instantly stunned into silence.

"Seventy thousand?? That’s insane! Sister Ren, can your store even handle the volume?"

"My whole body is aching right now, but when I look at President Jiang’s staff, I’m just fucking floored. They don’t seem tired at all, they’re like a bunch of oxen. Incredible. (Thumbs up)"

"I’m exhausted too. You’re not tired, Sister Ren? Also, is your store really going to hit seventy thousand? That’s incredible."

"Don’t panic, Liu Ming. Our Store #3 is a dark horse, a stock with huge potential, you know? We don’t have any regulars yet, it’s all new customers. Give it a few days, and we’ll absolutely wipe the floor with Sister Ren!"

These people who were talking...

...were all members of Ren Qingqing’s team, handpicked by Jun Xinghe.

Basically, every single one of them was a top graduate from a prestigious business school. Here, even someone with a master’s degree from overseas was considered a novice.

This was a private team personally established by Jun Xinghe. It served the company but also operated as an independent entity.

Yet at this moment...

...this group of world-class professionals was as excited as a bunch of elementary school kids.

’This was just too damn incredible!’

’They had never consulted for a store like this before!’

’Forget about providing guidance—their own minds were blown!’

They would likely never forget their time in South City. It was both shocking and exhilarating.

A true milestone in their careers!

The grand opening, with zero promotion, and the restaurant was still overflowing with customers.

A repeat customer conversion rate hitting ninety-nine percent!

Of course...

...for all the excitement on this side,

...Yang Yixue’s mood was just as low.

The mother and daughter sat by the floor-to-ceiling windows in their silent dining hall.

The brilliant, bright lights of their own restaurant seemed to mock their incompetence.

Yang Yixue’s fists were clenched tight, her face drained of all color.

Like a woman who’d been dumped, she sat dejectedly, watching the busy staff and the happy, laughing customers coming and going through the glass doors of the restaurant across the street.

’Her heart throbbed with a dull ache.’

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