America's Greatest Villain: I Defeat Magic with Magic

Although he successfully fooled Officer Lister, everything Chen Yuan said was just empty promises he came up with on a whim.

The most crucial "Southern District Homeless Hot Food Care Program" was conceived in Chen Yuan's mind in just a few minutes.

However, now that things have come to this point, in order to completely bind Lister to his cause, Chen Yuan must immediately push for the implementation of this plan.

Moreover, he went to great lengths to make Rongding Pavilion a "temporary pilot project for off-campus community observation and service learning" at USC.

They need to produce some tangible results to get things done in order to completely shut up Olivia and her group of left-wing politicians.

Chen Yuan turned to look at Lao Ma and Zhou Xingye, who were packing up the free meals at the restaurant entrance. Perhaps because today's revenue was halved, there was significantly more food left over than usual.

He asked Old Ma, "Are there still a lot of ingredients left in the kitchen that haven't been cooked yet?"

Old Ma nodded: "Yes, boss, it's Friday today, so we prepared more ingredients than usual. But because of that woman's commotion, a lot of ingredients are piling up in the kitchen."

Zhou Xingye, who was standing nearby, reassured them, "As long as the ingredients are not made into finished dishes, it's okay to refrigerate them for a day or two; it won't affect the quality."

Chen Yuan shook his head and decisively made the decision:

"So, tomorrow is Saturday. Zhou, another new colleague Anna, Su Nian, and I will all go to Blessing House to distribute free meals on-site."

Emily, who had just come out of the store and was on her way to evening arts school, was taken aback by what she heard:

"What about the food stall tomorrow?"

Chen Yuan waved his hand dismissively: "You and Hu Dan can take turns filling in. It's just fried chicken and grilled squid; you two have watched for so long, you should have learned how to make it by now, right?"

Emily immediately shook her head like a rattle drum:

"That won't do. Lately, many customers have come specifically for Xiao Su. If we were to stand at the window, these customers definitely wouldn't be satisfied."

Chen Yuan looked the girl up and down. Although she was only wearing an ordinary hoodie and jeans, the sunny and youthful vibe that was unique to white California girls was impossible to hide.

After all, her initial goal in coming to Los Angeles was to pursue her dream in Hollywood. Therefore, she had some confidence in terms of both her figure and appearance.

So Chen Yuan laughed and said, "If you were standing at the snack window, maybe the customers who come to buy fried chicken tomorrow would be pleasantly surprised."

Emily was slightly taken aback, and it took her a while to realize what Chen Yuan meant.

The boss's subtle praise finally made her somewhat tempted. She bit her lip and whispered:

"Then... I'll give it a try tomorrow?"

Seeing that Emily had finally agreed to fill in for Su Nian, Chen Yuan nodded in satisfaction:

"Although our short videos are mainly for public service, we also need some more down-to-earth local elements to enrich the content. If you do well at the window tomorrow, I'll have Anna film some footage of you. You might become famous online much faster than if you went to an acting training class."

Emily fell into deep thought upon hearing Chen Yuan's words. Some of her beautiful classmates at the performing arts night school regularly streamed on social media platforms like TT, probably hoping to use the internet as a springboard to Hollywood.

However, out of the thousands of girls in America who share similar dreams, how many actually make it to the big screen through live streaming?

However, Su Nianming was just a dull international student, but she became a well-known internet celebrity simply by selling fried chicken and grilled squid at her window.

If Su Nian was able to become popular through her snack stall, why can't she, a young and beautiful local girl, do the same?

With that in mind, Emily became somewhat eager to try it out.

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The next morning, Chen Yuan, Su Nian, and new employees Zhou Xingye and Anna arrived at Sister Soto's "Blessing House" secondhand store on time.

On ordinary evenings, Chen Yuan and others would directly distribute the unsold fried chicken and hot soup and rice from the day.

Although the food is prepared on the same day, fried food will inevitably affect its taste if left for too long.

This time, however, they brought mostly pre-processed semi-finished products, intending to make them fresh and deliver them on the spot.

Chen Yuan and Zhou Xingye quickly set up the portable fryer and electric grill, where Su Nian would then cook fried chicken and grilled squid.

As a senior chef, Zhou Xingye even set up an extra large iron wok and started stir-frying egg fried rice over a high flame right there on the spot.

In other words, this time the homeless people were not only eating hot food, but also fresh food that had just been taken out of the pot and had a strong aroma!

This is the "Southern District Homeless Hot Food Care Project" promoted by Chen Yuan.

Simply put, it's about using live cooking to present a politically correct message on camera that "homeless people can enjoy the same quality of life and dignity as restaurant guests."

In no time, the irresistible aroma wafting from the grilled squid attracted many passersby to stop and watch.

Many of Rongding Pavilion's regular customers recognized the "Fried Chicken Beauty" and the familiar aroma from afar.

However, upon seeing that the group of people waiting in line for food were a group of ragged homeless people, most people gave up the idea of ​​joining in the fun.

After all, it would be too shameful to compete with the homeless for free relief food if word got out.

Sister Soto watched as Su Nian distributed freshly fried chicken and squid to the homeless, and couldn't help but walk over to Chen Yuan and ask gratefully:

"Mr. Chen, while it's wonderful that everyone can enjoy fresh, hot food, cooking on the spot like this is a bit too extravagant!"

After all, the labor and financial costs of giving away leftover food for free are completely different from having a chef prepare and distribute fresh ingredients.

Chen Yuan smiled calmly: "Sister, you don't need to worry. This is a hot meal care program for homeless people in the South District that we have created in cooperation with USC University. We will only conduct such large-scale on-site meal distribution once or twice a month at most, so it will not put too heavy a burden on the restaurant."

In fact, whether it's fried chicken, squid, fried rice, or hot soup, the cost isn't high.

In addition, no matter how many homeless people come to collect meals today, it will never be enough to match the number of customers during normal business hours, and each person is limited to taking only one meal.

So even if the supply is open for the whole morning, it will only consume a few hundred dollars' worth of ingredients at most, which Chen Yuan can afford now.

The cast is all here; all that's left is for the main character to appear and for us to film a touching public service announcement short film.

In Chen Yuan's opinion, since Liszt cared so much about his daughter's further education and was willing to bring her here personally, it meant that the girl's image was at least not too bad.

Even if she's not the kind of natural photogenic angel, with a little grooming, she can definitely be packaged as a "charitable young woman" who cares about the dietary health of ethnic minorities.

In this way, Lister's daughter has the means to choose an excellent high school, and Rongdingge Restaurant can legitimately become a pilot partner of USC University.

A win-win situation!

At that moment, a white Chevrolet sedan stopped on the side of the road not far away.

Then, Officer Lister, dressed in plain clothes, and a girl got out of the car.

However, when the confident Chen Yuan saw the girl's appearance and attire clearly, he felt his vision go black and the sky was about to fall!

My God!

Where is my philanthropic girl?

The girl in front of me with smoky makeup is clearly a typical school bully!