Are You Trying to Poison Me?

Zhou Wanwan never expected that her subordinates would receive an invitation from Xie Cheng'en.

The managers snorted and said, "Xie Cheng'en is certainly generous! Giving us such high salaries all at once."

"One hundred taels of silver a month? Tsk tsk tsk, that's quite generous."

"We need to talk to our master about this. He definitely won't let us go to our rivals!"

After listening to their report, Zhou Wanwan remained silent for a moment before saying, "100 taels of silver, why don't you go to the rival's house? Go! You must go."

Everyone:...

Someone looked at Zhou Wanwan, who was sitting at the head of the table, and immediately kowtowed, saying, "Master, are you abandoning us?"

"We're not leaving; we're going to stay here."

"Yes, we're not leaving."

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said:

"Quiet, quiet, listen to me, isn't this just a stopgap measure?"

You need to calculate whether he can afford to support you for a year.

I give you ten taels of silver a month, and that's already quite tiring. He's willing to give you 100 taels of silver a month, so why don't you go?

Not only you guys need to go, but we also need to see if he wants anyone else to go, and bring everyone along.

Everyone immediately understood.

Xie Cheng'en had never run a business before, so how could he be good at budgeting?

With a wave of his hand, he directly signed all the members of Zhou Wanwan's team.

The cooks earn 100 taels of silver a month, including room and board; the waiters earn 10 taels of silver a month; the maids who serve in the front of the house earn 20 taels of silver; and even the odd jobs earn 5 taels of silver a month.

The person in charge looked at Xie Cheng'en and said:

"Young Master, won't it be too expensive to bring these people back?"

The labor costs alone would amount to nearly ten thousand taels of silver per month.

We'll lose money if this continues, not to mention the money we'll spend on groceries.

Xie Cheng'en snorted coldly:

Do you think you're better at business than me? How could you lose money?

"A single banquet costs a thousand taels of silver, so if I host several banquets a day, wouldn't that amount to several thousand taels?"

The butler wiped the sweat from his brow and said:

"You can't calculate it like that. The vegetables we bought also cost money."

Like today's banquet, although it brought in 1,000 taels.

But in reality, buying vegetables would cost more than 300 taels, so we could only earn a maximum of 700 taels.

besides..."

Xie Cheng'en looked at him coldly and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I said it's okay, so it's okay. Hurry up and get them to work. There are still several banquets waiting for us tomorrow!"

Xie Cheng'en looked at the people he had poached from Zhou Wanwan's side and asked, "Do you have any channels to buy those seafood?"

One of the chefs nodded and said, "Yes, I know their seafood sourcing channels, but the seafood they get through these channels is expensive!"

Xie Cheng'en looked at him and said, "What's wrong with being expensive? As long as the quality is good, that's all that matters. From now on, you'll be in charge of all the supply channels, how about that?"

The chef paused for a moment and said:

"Can you trust me? I know all the sourcing channels, but the goods I get are indeed a bit more expensive than regular goods."

I guarantee the quality is exactly the same as the quality of the products they source from.

If you're willing, then leave it to me.

Xie Cheng'en looked at him and nodded, saying, "Alright, it's all yours. From now on, you can withdraw the money for each purchase directly from the accounting office, without going through me."

The butler beside Xie Cheng'en said, "Young Master, this is not in accordance with the rules."

Xie Cheng'en sneered:

"Then tell me what the rules are? I gave you the work at first, but did you do it well?"

The banquet today was a complete mess, utterly unacceptable. And you're still here talking to me about rules?

From now on, all food delivery work will be handled by them.

The chef smiled and said:

"I used to be in charge of things for Zhou Wanwan's team. Don't worry, I will definitely manage this team well."

Our team's maids and servants are all specially trained.

So you don't need to worry about our service at all.

Xie Cheng'en nodded and said, "If you work hard, I'll give you 200 taels a month, and if you do well at the end of the year, there will be a bonus."

The man quickly kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Just kidding, their master said this is a fat sheep, and they're going to slaughter it.

This increased their wages by more than three times, and they were able to move their household goods around more easily.

With so much fish and shrimp stockpiled at home, there's no worry about not being able to sell them.

There's really nothing we can do; those big trees in our yard keep running towards the sea all day long.

And once they get to the beach, they can't stop; they bring home lots of fish and shrimp every day.

The fish and shrimp in our house have become an infestation.

It's true that each tree in the house has a treehouse, but having hundreds of trees with treehouses would require far too much energy.

It would be great if we could clear out our stock here.

These seafoods are the cheapest; they require no cost to produce.

The chef was overjoyed; his master was indeed clever.

Xie Cheng'en was overjoyed; the matter was finally resolved.

So what if she's Zhou Wanwan? With enough money, can't she poach an entire team?

That little brat is probably crying in the cold palace right now! What can you do? She's so ungrateful!

That evening, Zhou Wanwan went directly to the post station.

The second prince of Khotan was waiting for her at the door. "Miss Zhou, please come in."

Upon entering the post station, they discovered that people from several other countries were also eating inside.

Amur got angry as soon as he saw Zhou Wanwan: "Miss Zhou, Second Prince? Are you afraid of her?"

The second prince of Khotan frowned and said, "It's not that I'm afraid, is it? We became friends after a fight."

"You and a girl became friends after a fight? A six-year-old child, tsk tsk tsk, you're really something."

Zhou Wanwan sat down at the table, too lazy to pay him any attention. With a wave of her hand, she saw more than a dozen maids walk in from outside.

These maids were all beautiful, each carrying a different kind of dish.

Soon the table was filled with all sorts of dishes.

Thirteen-spice lobster, steamed lobster with garlic, spicy bullfrog, crispy grilled fish

Boiled sea bream, braised sea bream, deep-fried lizardfish, and stewed sea bass.

Braised mantis shrimp, stir-fried clams, salt and pepper mantis shrimp

Rich and flavorful abalone broth.

Add charcoal-roasted whole lamb, braised bear paw, braised deer tendons, braised wild venison, and stewed camel hump.

Seedless watermelon, sweet cantaloupe, soft and juicy durian, white jade grapes, snow peaches from the mountains, sweet loquat, crystal lychee, red pomelo, fresh longan, crisp and refreshing snow pear...

People from the opposite countries swallowed hard; this was simply too lavish.

The second prince of Khotan looked at the dishes and said:

"You... you're trying to poison me, aren't you? Otherwise, why would you be so nice to me?"

With such a feast laid out, isn't this a trap? Are you trying to assassinate me?

I was wrong, it's all my fault, I didn't do anything to you! Waaah...

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes speechlessly and said:

"Aren't we friends? What's wrong with friends treating each other to a meal?"

Besides, these are just very ordinary dishes!

How dare you question my sincerity?