Poach Her Team

The shopkeeper frowned and said:

"Don't you know about this? It caused quite a stir back then, and the government ordered us not to do takeout anymore."

Oh dear, this is really worrying me. So many of our shops have been shut down.

The manager's lips twitched slightly as he said, "This is easy to handle. I'll find someone right now to smooth things over."

After he left, the manager rolled his eyes and said, "If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Did you really think you could handle takeout? It's laughable."

The person in charge acted very quickly, and soon went to the government office to find someone to help them lift the ban on takeout orders.

The shopkeeper smiled and said:

"Oh dear! You ordered so many dishes, how are we supposed to cook them all?"

And all this seafood, you can have it if you want.

There's only one hour left until lunchtime, it's too late, there's simply not enough time.

The shopkeeper was nearly frantic, looking at him and saying, "These dishes are essential, you have to think of a way."

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "It's not that there's no way. As long as the money is in place, everything will be fine."

The manager looked at him and asked, "How much silver do you want?"

Five thousand taels of silver.

The person in charge almost fainted.

"5,000 taels? You might as well just rob us!"

Do you know that we wouldn't spend this much money on all these banquets?

The shopkeeper immediately lay down and said, "We can't take that. You'll have to figure it out yourself!"

The manager returned and reported the matter to Xie Cheng'en. Xie Cheng'en was so angry that he smashed his teacup and said, "This is outrageous! They want 5,000 taels of silver for just a few hundred tables of food? Why don't they just rob us?"

"Yes, yes, yes, but we can't do anything about it right now!"

"Time is running out. If we don't spend 5,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid we won't be able to serve all the dishes." The manager wiped the sweat from his brow.

Actually, they couldn't possibly prepare all those dishes; there wasn't enough time.

"Get out, get out now. After we're done, I'll deal with them properly."

This food delivery business can't fail; after all, Noble Consort Ning has repeatedly instructed us that this business must be done well.

They received the agreement quickly. Xie Cheng'en gritted his teeth and said, "They're really something else. They really dare to think of such things. Sign it, get it signed."

Only after receiving the agreement did the shopkeeper begin to have the dishes prepared.

While other people have to buy their vegetables on the spot, their vegetables are already prepared.

They catch fish every day using the trees in their yard, and then they have nowhere to store the fish.

They simply built some treehouses and put all the fish inside them.

As long as these treehouses exist, the fish will remain unchanged.

As long as these fish are near these trees, and as long as these trees contain energy, these fish will not undergo any changes.

The key is that they can catch whatever kind of fish they want from the sea.

Trees are not afraid of water at all, and after Zhou Wanwan gave them plenty of energy, they were even less afraid of seawater.

Every day they go to the sea and bring back a lot of fish, shrimp, and crabs.

They can easily host banquets for hundreds of tables, or even thousands.

Zhou Wanwan's cooking speed was very fast; the entire banquet was completed in just one hour.

Xie Cheng'en a long sigh of relief.

Running a food delivery business is something most people really can't do.

His kitchen has over 100 chefs, but it's really strange that he can't produce that many dishes.

After the dishes were served, he still needed to have someone serve these distinguished guests.

Unfortunately, his men were completely untrained and clumsy, constantly knocking over this or that.

They ruined what should have been a joyous celebration.

Some people, while eating this takeout, said:

I think some of the dishes were quite good.

Dishes like the steamed grouper, braised yellow croaker, abalone baked with gold leaf, whole roasted lamb, and garlic king crab are all excellent; the taste is absolutely amazing.

But the other dishes were just mediocre, absolutely awful.

"Yeah, the drink is pretty good, but the alcohol is just awful, tsk tsk tsk..."

I wonder how much this takeout would cost?

"I heard that one such table costs ten taels of silver, and a hundred tables would cost a thousand taels."

"Oh dear, this kind of food costs a thousand taels? That's too expensive. Anyway, I feel like it's no different from the takeout I've had before."

But the takeout I ate before tasted much better than this.

"It's a pity that the delivery company we used to run stopped doing it; I heard they offended someone important."

Everyone was expressing their regret, while Xie Cheng'en rolled his eyes in anger. What was wrong with his takeout?

But he had to admit that nobody liked his takeout; apart from the few dishes they ordered, everything else was eaten.

Most of the other dishes were left over.

Xie Cheng'en looked at the dishes and said:

Why are these people so picky about food?

"This dish is so delicious, yet they don't want to eat it. Bring me the same thing so I can try it."

He took a few bites and spat, saying:

"Butler, are you trying to die?"

How could you serve such awful food? Try it yourself, does this even look like food?

Did you put all the salt in the house in there?

He drank several glasses of water before he recovered.

The butler trembled as he said:

"Young master, the chefs I hired are all quite reliable!"

"They probably made just too many dishes today, and the chefs were too busy to keep up."

"Too many? Only a few hundred tables of food and 100 chefs, and you're saying they can't handle it? What exactly are they busy with?" Xie Cheng'en was really angry.

The butler said helplessly, "I'll definitely make some serious changes when I get back."

Xie Cheng'en genuinely couldn't understand how Zhou Wanwan's takeout orders were made.

Someone nearby said:

"That company used to do more than just takeout; they also delivered vegetables, fruits, seafood, and meat!"

All the groceries for my family are delivered by them.

Their takeout is cheap and delicious, especially the seafood, which is very fresh.

Sometimes we don't want to cook it ourselves, so we just buy a pre-made one and they can deliver it to us overnight.

Excellent service.

"Oh, it's not just our family that's like this! I often order takeout when I want a late-night snack, and it arrives very quickly."

"Haha... Their barbecue is really delicious, and have you guys tried their lobster?"

"I think their bullfrogs are even tastier, the meat is tender and juicy, but it's absolutely amazing when paired with iced watermelon juice."

Xie Cheng'en was furious when he heard their words. He hadn't expected that the food delivery service was still operating secretly.

But even if he wanted to forbid it, he couldn't. Was he supposed to go to the palace and kill Zhou Wanwan now?

Xie Cheng'en frowned in anger. "Zhou Wanwan is a real menace this Zhou Wanwan. She's become addicted to doing business, and the worst part is, she's impossible to kill."

The butler standing nearby said, "I think we should poach her team. As long as we offer a high price, there shouldn't be any problem."

Upon hearing this, Xie Cheng'en's eyes lit up. "That makes sense! If we can poach her people, wouldn't that be twice as effective?"