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

The next day, at 6 PM.

Li Zhibai was squatting by the door watering the potted green plants when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from afar.

He looked up and saw waves of people walking towards his Shaxian.

These people included men, women, and children, and there were at least thirty or forty of them.

When he saw Yu Shen and others among them, he was overjoyed.

Holy crap! Are we going to break the record for the number of diners today? These guys really did bring people in.

That's so kind of you! You're really incredibly kind!

Li Zhibai suddenly remembered that he had only asked Su Su to deliver one hundred portions of ingredients from Bodhi Jade Pavilion today. He originally thought that with the leftovers from yesterday, it would be enough, but judging from today's situation, it might be a bit difficult!

Then he quickly called out to Su Su in the shop:

"Sister Su, could you please contact someone now to arrange another hundred portions of ingredients for me?"

"Master, didn't we just deliver a hundred portions today?"

"It's not enough. There are a lot of guests today. You need to make arrangements quickly, or it will be too late."

"Okay, I'll call right away."

While on the phone, Su Su was also marveling at how popular her master's shop had become in just a few days.

You have to understand that she spent a lot of effort and time to gradually improve the business of her restaurant, but her mentor took much less time and the number of customers increased rapidly.

This further convinced her of one thing: if a restaurant wants to succeed, it needs to pay more attention to the taste of its food, and she still needs to work hard to learn.

Yu Shen walked at the front, turning back to introduce himself to his family members as he went.

"Dad, Uncle, we've arrived. This is it."

He brought all his family members from Jiangcheng today, including his parents and his uncle's family, making a total of seven people.

However, when Yu Dong and his companions saw the shabby Shaxian County signboard, they were speechless.

Today, Yu Shen suddenly called his family to dinner. They thought the rascal had changed his ways and knew to spend more time with his family, but they didn't expect him to bring them to Shaxian County for dinner. That's too perfunctory.

"Son, is this the really delicious restaurant you were talking about?"

"Yes, this is the place."

"Are you sure? Isn't this just Shaxian snacks?"

"Dad, this isn't your average Shaxian snack. You'll see when you eat it. I'm letting you know beforehand, so I'm treating everyone to dinner today, and I'm the only one who can pay the bill. Nobody can take it from me."

Although Yu Dong was somewhat speechless, he couldn't say anything to him since his uncle's family was also present, so he could only reluctantly say:

"It's rare to see someone so filial. Alright, then I'll do as you say."

Just as they were talking, Pang Yi arrived, bringing along all the family members he could, a total of 5 people.

Yu Shen breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. Pang Yi had eaten the most yesterday and posed the greatest threat to him. Fortunately, he didn't have as many people as Yu Shen, so he still had a chance to surpass Pang Yi.

Then there was Cha Xiaochai, who brought six people with him.

The couple Wang Yun and Yao Qianqian brought together 11 people, far exceeding everyone else in terms of numbers.

Everyone else became wary when they saw their lineup.

Damn it, those two better not cheat! If either of them chooses to abstain, who can compete with them?

Finally, there's Lu Qianshan.

Yu Shen and the others were very surprised to see that this guy brought only two people, and they were a pair of very young twin girls.

"Old Lu, are you forfeiting?"

Lu Qianshan pushed up his glasses: "Who said I was going to forfeit?"

"So you brought these two here to be your cheerleaders?" Yu Shen pointed at the twin girls.

Lu Qianshan chuckled: "You'll find out when the time comes."

The twins, the older one named Su Xiaotao and the younger one named Su Xiaoxing, are contracted anchors under a media company invested in by Lu Qianshan.

And their specialty isn't singing and dancing, or selling products, but eating!

The two sisters once devoured over 300 dumplings together during a live-stream challenge.

These aren't small wontons; they're the real, large, Northeastern-style dumplings.

They can be described as truly gifted gluttons.

Lu Qianshan is not a local of Jiangcheng; his family lives in his hometown, so it's not realistic to invite them over for a meal.

If he calls his friends, all his close dining buddies are in that group, and these people are now all his competitors.

His relationship with his colleagues wasn't good enough for him to spend an exorbitant amount of money to treat them to a meal.

Later, he remembered the twin competitive eaters at the media company he had recently invested in, so he simply called them over.

Anyway, they usually film mukbang videos, so today they're changing things up and challenging themselves to see how many plates of rice they can eat in one meal. As for why they didn't call it fried rice, it's because they didn't dress up to help Li Heizi become famous, so changing it to a challenge to eat 1288 plates of rice is quite a gimmick.

In short, this move not only allows him to consume more fried rice, but also provides his company's streamers with challenge material to attract fans, without needing to make Li Heizi famous... a win-win situation.

Yu Shen and his group were naturally unaware of this. If they had known, they would have cursed him: "You're really cunning!"

We only called in normal people, and you just cheated? Have you no shame?

.........

Across the street, in front of a Michelin three-star restaurant.

The doorman, Xiao Zhang, was dumbfounded yet again.

He originally thought business would be very good today. After 5:30, cars started coming into the parking lot one after another. By 6 o'clock, the parking lot in front of the entrance was almost full.

He thought to himself, with so many cars of customers arriving, surely at least half of them must be here to eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant.

The results of it?

The parking lot was almost full, but there wasn't a single customer heading towards their restaurant.

Not a single one!!!

The men and women who got out of the luxury cars glanced at him briefly before heading straight for that damned Shaxian snack shop across the street.

Standing at the door, Xiao Zhang glanced at his own restaurant and then at the bustling crowd at the entrance of Shaxian Restaurant across the street, feeling a deep sense of frustration.

Why should I?!

There's a Shaxian snack shop right across the street! It's an ordinary Shaxian snack shop, nothing special, not even a greeter.

Meanwhile, their restaurant, a Michelin three-star establishment, boasts crystal chandeliers, a full set of silver cutlery, several chefs from Le Cordon Bleu in the kitchen, and a professional doorman in uniform at the entrance.

As a result, all the guests went to the other side of the street.

Is this reasonable? Is this reasonable?

After taking a deep breath, Xiao Zhang picked up the walkie-talkie.

"manager."

"What's wrong?"

"Manager, I have a suggestion. How about we switch to a paid parking lot? One hundred yuan per hour. I think it would be quite profitable."

"???"

...............

"Welcome! Welcome! A warm welcome!"

Li Zhibai stood at the door, desperately trying to suppress the corners of his mouth from turning down, but he just couldn't.

He counted them and there were at least forty people. He felt that this was likely to break the store's highest sales record since it opened.

If he can still control himself under these circumstances, then his willpower is truly amazing!

"Distinguished guests, please come in! Everyone, please sit down! Don't be shy, make yourselves at home."

When Yu Shen and the others saw the smile on this guy's face, they couldn't help but think to themselves: Damn! He called in too many people, look how happy this Li Heizi is, his mouth is almost stretched to the back of his head.

A group of people filed in, and the dining area was instantly packed.

The restaurant only has six small long tables, which can normally seat a maximum of 24 people at a time. Now, more than 40 people have come at once, which is completely overloaded.

"Boss! There are no seats left!"

"I've come all this way, I can't just stand here and eat, can I?"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I'll think of something right away."

Li Zhibai was a little flustered when faced with such a crowded situation for the first time, so he quickly placed an express order with a nearby errand runner to buy more of those plastic stools.

If you replace the chairs with stools and squeeze in more people, you can still barely fit this many people in.

Su Su wasn't idle either; she carried a stack of disposable cups and poured free tap water for each guest.

These first-time visitors to Shaxian frowned upon seeing how simple the place was, with no seats available, wondering if it was reliable.

But when they saw the prices on the wooden menu hanging on the wall, they all exclaimed "Holy crap!"

We've stumbled upon a rip-off shop!