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

After finishing the last sip of soup, Yu Shen finally couldn't resist asking Li Zhibai a question.

"Boss, I have a question for you."

"What's up?"

"Are you serious about what you wrote on that little blackboard that you only serve fifty customers a day?"

"Of course I'm serious."

Li Zhibai put down the broom and looked at him seriously: "Do I look like someone who would joke around?"

Yu Shen looked him over and then nodded: "Yes, very much so!"

Li Zhibai: "..."

"Then you really misunderstand me. I, Li Zhibai, believe in integrity in business. If I say it's limited, then it's limited. A promise is a promise."

"Boss, don't you want to make more money?" Lu Qianshan asked.

"That's a rather profound question."

Li Zhibai tilted his head back slightly, looking at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle. His expression suddenly became serious, and he said softly:

"As you know, I'm actually not interested in money at all."

"I didn't open this shop to make money; in fact, I regretted opening it at one point."

Yu Shen: "???"

Lu Qianshan: "???"

Pang Yi: "???"

No, why does this dialogue sound so familiar?

The classic "I have no interest in money" statement; the classic "I regret founding [company name]".

"Then what is it for?" Pang Yi couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, it's for you customers."

"I put my heart and soul into making every dish. If there are too many customers, I will get distracted, and when I get distracted, the quality of the food will drop. So I can only limit the quantity. This is out of respect for the food and for you customers."

As Li Zhibai spoke, he walked to the door and pointed to the brightly lit upscale restaurants on Financial Street.

"Look outside, this street is full of restaurants, but how many owners are like me, proactively limiting the number of customers to ensure that every customer can eat the best food?"

"No! Not a single one!"

"I really don't care how much money I make. I only care that every customer who walks into my restaurant can eat the best Shaxian snacks in the world! This is my original intention, and the culinary path I have pursued throughout my life!!!"

The three of them were dumbfounded.

That's such a damn good thing to say.

His words were delivered with great passion, sincerity, and a grand vision.

If they hadn't witnessed firsthand how this guy deliberately covered up the menu, how he applied double standards, and how he ripped people off for 17 yuan in one meal, they would have been moved to tears by his words.

Yu Shen leaned close to Lu Qianshan's ear and whispered, "Old Lu, do you even believe what he's saying?"

Lu Qianshan: "Look at his face, is it even a little bit red?"

Yu Shen shook his head: "No, as steady as a rock."

"That means he believed it."

"What do you believe in?"

"Don't believe the nonsense he made up himself."

"..."

"Boss, are you sure you're not using scarcity marketing to get customers to spend more money?" Lu Qianshan asked again.

"Look at you, you actually misunderstood me."

Li Zhibai said with great distress, "Brother, you need to learn to look at business from a broader perspective, and to look at food from a broader perspective, in order to reach a higher level of understanding."

"What level?"

"For example, I would come to eat at Shaxian snack shop every day without any complaints."

"For example, never doubting the boss's original intention."

Yu Shen: "..."

Lu Qianshan: "..."

Pang Yi: "..."

In terms of shamelessness, Li Heizi is absolutely the most shameless person they've ever met, with the second-place person not even able to see his taillights.

That's so damn shameless.

In truth, Li Zhibai was also suffering inside.

This limit of fifty people is forcibly locked by the dog system; what can he possibly do about it?

Moreover, these fifty spots may not be fully booked every day.

Take today for example. Even with a big order, the total number of people eating together was only about thirty.

But can he tell the truth?

No.

Therefore, I had to come up with a plausible reason for creating this limited edition.

They have no concept of money.

Dedicate oneself to food.

Generating electricity for faith.

What a wonderful persona! He was almost moved to tears just talking about it.

Of course, Yu Shen and his group didn't believe a single word of it.

After the three finished their meal, they got up to leave.

Just as they reached the door, Li Zhibai suddenly called out to them.

"Gentlemen, please wait a moment."

Yu Shen turned around and asked, "What's wrong now, boss?"

Li Zhibai said somewhat embarrassedly, "Um, there's a small favor I'd like to ask you."

"What is it?"

"Could you please give my restaurant a good review on a review website?"

The three people: "???"

isn't it?

Li Heizi is actually begging them to give him a good review?

This shameless Li Heizi, whose skin is thicker than a city wall and whose double standards have no bottom line, actually cares about other people's opinions?

That's quite unusual.

"Boss, why are you suddenly so concerned about this?" Yu Shen couldn't help but ask.

Li Zhibai took out his phone, opened the review website, and showed it to them, looking aggrieved.

"Look at this, my restaurant only has a 3.0 rating. This is obviously unreasonable. My food is so delicious. It should be at least a 4.9, if not a 5.0. Don't you think so? This is clearly someone deliberately targeting me."

The three people: "..."

"Yes, yes, boss, you're right. We'll write you a good review later."

"Don't worry, boss, I'll write it when I get back."

"..."

Li Zhibai then smiled and said, "Thank you all very much. Next time you come to eat, I'll round it down for you."

"No problem, no problem."

"Boss, we'll be going now."

Take care.

The three walked out of Shaxian County and along Financial Street for several dozen meters before stopping, making sure that Li Zhibai couldn't possibly have heard them.

"Are you really going to write him a good review?"

Lu Qianshan pushed up his glasses: "Do you think that's possible?"

Pang Yi: "Then we definitely can't write that."

Yu Shen: "It seems we're on the same page. I'll give him a really bad review when we get back tonight."

Lu Qianshan: "Wait, what reason should we use to write a bad review?"

Yu Shen: "Just make something up. Say that his food is terrible, his service is awful, and his prices are too high."

"no."

Lu Qianshan shook his head and said, "That's too fake. Anyone who has eaten his food knows whether it's good or not. If you make up something too outrageous, no one will believe you."

"Then how do you suggest we write it?"

Lu Qianshan thought for a moment and said, "We need to mix the real and the fake. We need to make people realize that there is something wrong with the store, but we can't let the owner know at a glance that we are deliberately smearing him."

Yu Shen suddenly realized: "I get it, it needs to be written like a real rant, not just mindless bashing, right?"

"That's right, this way the effect is the best."

"Okay then."

"By the way, could we also get everyone in the group to give him bad reviews?"

"A group of people posting negative reviews? Isn't that too cruel?"

"Is it cruel? Well, Fatty, think about it. He only serves fifty people a day now. If his reputation explodes, all the foodies in Jiangcheng will come to eat here. We probably won't even be able to squeeze through the door, let alone get a meal."

"Holy crap! I can't go without eating!"

"I've decided, I have to give him a top-notch 500-word negative review!!!"