I've been possessed by a culinary genius, and I've turned Shaxian snacks into a rip-off!

Li Zhibai made up an excuse to get by, then took out his bank card to swipe it.

He appeared calm and collected on the surface, but his heart was bleeding inside.

Seven hundred thousand!

The little bit of wealth he painstakingly accumulated by ripping off suckers for twenty days could be gone with just a swipe of his card.

It would be a lie to say I don't feel sorry for her.

Oh well, I guess I'll just consider it as being ripped off.

After this cut, the next quarter will be pure profit!

Just as they were about to complete the transaction, the wind chimes at the door started to tinkle.

An unexpected guest appeared in the store.

Li Zhibai looked up and was immediately surprised to see that it was Zhao Lei, that bastard.

He actually came to our door.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Li Zhibai broke into a bright smile and said in a sarcastic tone:

"Hey, isn't this my best buddy who slept in the bunk below me for four years, whose friendship was unbreakable and whose loyalty was boundless, who helped me take over this restaurant, and then blocked me on the spot!"

"What brings you here? I thought you never planned to see me again."

Zhao Lei looked extremely embarrassed. He really didn't want to come, but he had no choice. That lawyer surnamed Huo was too powerful. He somehow found him and even found the company where he worked. If he didn't show up, he might lose his job.

He glanced at Liu Yang sitting in the shop and asked casually, "Zhibai, are you paying the rent now?"

"That's right!" Li Zhibai nodded with a smile. "Thanks to you for helping me get such a good shop. The location is great and there's a lot of foot traffic. My business is booming now, and I have repeat customers every day. I have to thank you for this. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known I had such a talent for the restaurant business."

Zhao Lei laughed awkwardly, "Zhibai, I've been looking for you for days. You didn't answer your phone or reply to your WeChat messages, so I had to come to the store to find you. And you, what kind of relationship did we have in college, yet you still..."

"Stop being so polite with me!"

Li Zhibai interrupted him: "Even if I ignored you, you still came looking for me, didn't you?"

"Since you're here, let's not waste any more time. Did you bring the money? Can you settle the rent you owe? Add in my lawyer's fees, my compensation for emotional distress, and all those other miscellaneous charges, Attorney Huo should have already calculated how much you should owe, right?"

"Zhibai, we're brothers, can't we talk this out? Do you really need to hire a lawyer and send a lawyer's letter? It's such a small matter. We've slept in bunk beds for four years, what can't we sit down and talk it over ourselves?"

"Zhao Lei, how can you say such a thing!" Li Zhibai sneered. "I took on 300,000 yuan of your debt for no reason, and you think that's a small matter? Or are you so rich now that you don't even care about this money anymore?"

"That's perfect. Just transfer the money today, cash or card, as long as the money is there, I'll let bygones be bygones."

"No, where would I get that much money!" Zhao Lei pleaded anxiously, "Zhibai, I know I was wrong back then. I shouldn't have kept the rent a secret from you, but I was also tricked by my uncle! He said there was nothing wrong with the shop, so I helped him transfer it. I was just a middleman, and I didn't get much benefit from it."

"You're my brother! Would I deliberately trick you? I really was fooled by my uncle!"

Li Zhibai: "I don't care whether you were scammed by your uncle or your aunt, that's your business. You either have to pay compensation, or you have to talk to my lawyer. I've already entrusted her with all legal representation."

Zhao Lei: "I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong! Can you talk to your lawyer and we settle this privately? I will definitely pay the money, but I really don't have that much money. You know we graduated from the same year, and I haven't been working for long. My salary is so low, only a few thousand yuan a month. I really can't come up with that much money right now."

"Do you think we can talk about it? Installments are fine, and the lower the price, the better..."

"Okay, go talk to my lawyer."

"Zhibai, is it really impossible to make an exception?"

"Find my lawyer."

"After all these years of friendship, there's no need to be so cruel."

"Find my lawyer."

"......."

Li Zhibai was too lazy to waste words with him. No matter what he said, he would just say one thing: "Go talk to my lawyer."

Besides not wanting to get into a fight, he also trusted Attorney Huo's professionalism and believed he could handle the situation well.

Zhao Lei was completely speechless. He had figured it out: this guy was now completely impervious to reason and threats.

It seems the only option is to negotiate with that lawyer surnamed Huo and try to get it done.

Just as he turned to leave with a resentful look on his face, Liu Yang spoke up again: "Boss Li, how about we settle the rent first? I have something to do later."

"good!"

Li Zhibai picked up his bank card, swiped it on his mobile POS machine, entered his PIN, and confirmed the payment.

Regardless of when Zhao Lei's money can be recovered, the rent issue must be resolved first to ensure the restaurant's normal operation.

The transaction was completed quickly.

Liu Yang glanced at the confirmation information on the POS machine and nodded: "The amount is fine, 700,000. I'll have the deliveryman bring it to you after I issue the invoice."

"Okay! Thank you for your help."

Li Zhibai put the bank card away. He definitely needed the invoice; it would be useful for accounting and tax deductions. He was now paying close attention to tax matters.

On the other side, Zhao Lei, who hadn't even stepped out the door yet, overheard their conversation and witnessed Li Zhibai swiping his card.

I was surprised.

Seven hundred thousand?

Did he hear that right?

Did he really just casually transfer 700,000 to someone?

He originally thought Li Zhibai would negotiate with the other party for monthly payments or installments, but the guy paid the full amount without even blinking.

He shared a bunk bed with Li Zhibai for four years, and he knew very well what his family's circumstances were like: an ordinary dual-income family, not poor, but definitely not rich either.

Parents can only offer a few tens of thousands of yuan to support a startup, which is already quite good; as for hundreds of thousands, it's simply impossible.

It hasn't even been a month, has it? And they've already taken out 700,000 to pay the rent deposit.

Even robbing a bank wouldn't be this fast!

Zhao Lei really wanted to ask Li Zhibai if he had hooked up with a rich woman, and wanted to introduce him to one so he could make money to pay her back.

Before he could even ask, he saw the menu on the wall that he hadn't noticed before, and he was instantly dumbfounded.

Fragrant Mixed Noodles: Standard version 128, Deluxe version 588.

Crystal steamed dumplings: Standard version 128, Deluxe version 588.

.........

Bodhi Jade Studio: Standard Edition 288, Deluxe Edition 1288.

Braised pork belly with secret recipe: 99 yuan/piece.

?????

No way, is this still the Shaxian snack shop that his uncle used to run?

This place is a total rip-off!

You should know that when his uncle opened this shop, a bowl of noodles only cost 8 yuan. He worked from dawn till dusk for more than ten hours every day, and after deducting rent and labor costs, he was still losing money, and losing quite a lot of money.

The price was raised once, with the noodles going for 10 yuan, but it still couldn't make ends meet, and they eventually had to sell the business because they couldn't keep going.

Li Zhibai, on the other hand, raised prices directly to three figures, with the most expensive reaching four figures.

It's absolutely black!

At this price, would anyone actually come to eat here? Only a fool would.

But then again, if no one came to eat, how did Li Zhibai come up with so much money? It's impossible to get such a large loan, right?

Zhao Lei couldn't help but glance outside the store. Financial Street is full of rich people, and maybe they think differently from ordinary people like them. They just like to eat expensive and exotic food.

So the real reason why opening a Shaxian snack shop in Financial Street isn't profitable is that the prices are set too low!

Zhao Lei thought about it more and more and felt that his guess was reliable, especially when combined with the fact that his classmate Li Zhibai had suddenly become rich.

What if my uncle took back the shop and sold it at the same price? Wouldn't he make a lot of money?

Li Zhibai, a recent graduate, can make a fortune with this pricing strategy. His uncle has been a chef for seven or eight years, so his skills must be better than a greenhorn's, right?

By then, let alone 300,000 yuan in rent, you could probably afford a down payment on a house in Jiangcheng after working for a year!

Before that, however, he needed to confirm one thing: whether there really were any big grudges who would eat such expensive Shaxian snacks.