Chapter 87: Chapter 87: Casual Swipe

Liu Chong's emotions were at their peak at this moment; the Yu Xiang chicken eggs and the rest of the Sichuan cuisine really brought back the taste of his childhood.

After wolfing down his meal yet again, he suddenly grabbed Tong Ming's hand.

"Old Tong, no more talk, with this Yu Xiang chicken eggs alone, let's kick off our cooperation we discussed before! And those proposals that have been hanging, we can sign the contracts now."

Tong Ming was a bit surprised, as he didn't expect Liu Chong would agree to the cooperation so easily.

Just as he was about to stand up and shake hands with Liu Chong, Liu Chong picked up the plate he had licked clean. Sёarch* The NôvelFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"But you have to promise, from now on, I can eat the dishes from here every day."

Tong Ming burst into laughter, "Of course, it's my son-in-law's place, come whenever you want."

"Dad, don't rope my husband into your business deals!" Tong Ya said, slowly approaching with a tray holding four dishes.

Tong Ming was taken aback and seemed somewhat lost in thought.

Although he knew Tong Ya was calling him 'Dad' in front of others to save face for him.

But that word, 'Dad', he had waited for seven long years to hear.

"How could I not? If I don't mention my precious son-in-law, people might think the Tong Family doesn't have a proper pillar to rely on!"

As Tong Ming said this, he seemed to get a bit carried away, apparently forgetting the tensions between him and Tong Ya.

Tong Ya moved closer to Tong Ming right then.

"I just heard you've made a terrific deal with Uncle Liu! My husband also contributed to that, so shouldn't you give him a big red envelope? Or at least pay for the meal."

Originally, Tong Ya wanted to make Tong Ming feel embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, Tong Ming was not embarrassed at all; instead, he laughed excitedly and pulled out his credit card to give to Tong Ya.

"Here's Dad's card, feel free to use it!"

For Tong Ming, this was an excellent opportunity to repair their father-daughter relationship.

Then he turned to the others, his face full of pride.

"My daughter is fiercely protective of her food. Ever since she got a husband, she's forgotten about her old dad. She comes here for a few free meals and even wants me to pay up!"

Upon hearing this, the other business owners laughed and then began to complain about how their own children were not living up to expectations.

Every time they complained, they would bring up Tong Ya and Chen Yu.

Tong Ya's face turned red with embarrassment.

Not only did she not embarrass Tong Ming, she also made herself feel somewhat at a loss.

Still, she took the card, hummed resentfully, and hurried back to the kitchen.

To the others, this just seemed like the daughter acting petulantly in front of her father.

This meal not only led to Liu Chong and Tong Ming reaching a comprehensive cooperation, but the other business owners also extended olive branches.

Once they had signed the contracts, they got up and left one after another.

Tong Ming turned around, his face beaming as he leaned against the service window.

"You sly girl, thinking you could embarrass your old dad. You've got a long way to go!"

Tong Ya turned and glared at Tong Ming resentfully, "I don't care, the card you just gave counts as compensation for all these years, but you still have to pay for the meal!"

Tong Ming could only laugh helplessly, then turned to Chen Yu, "Son-in-law, I've been getting more and more employees lately, I'm afraid we'll need to increase the food orders in the canteen!"

Chen Yu naturally understood what Tong Ming meant. He was throwing him an order as a way to gracefully exit the situation.

Otherwise, with Tong Ya pressing on like this, it really could be endless.

"Alright, let's count this order as payment for the meal then."

Tong Ming saw that Chen Yu had understood his meaning and nodded his head in satisfaction, taking big strides as he walked away with his cane.

However, Tong Ya was still somewhat annoyed, "Husband, you're just too easy-going! We let him off too easily this time."

Chen Yu, feeling somewhat helpless, caressed Tong Ya's cheek, "Alright, help me take care of those vegetables over there."

At eight o'clock in the evening, as the crowd gradually dispersed, Chen Yu called everyone over to eat.

The staff meal for the day was all the new items Chen Yu had made at noon.

The remaining customers who hadn't left were involuntarily drawn over when they saw the staff meal.

Some even asked Chen Yu if they were still hiring!

Not many minutes after finishing the meal, the master who delivered the raw materials had already arrived.

In the afternoon, after trying out these new products, he had roughly estimated the capacity that the existing store could handle.

He then directly ordered one week's worth of raw materials.

Of course, this was only limited to the fried cakes and vegetable pastries.

After all, these two items could now be made into semi-finished products and stored in the freezer warehouse.

As for the raw materials for marinated meats, Chen Yu still chose to buy them the night before.

However, this time, in addition to the daily fixed quantity of ten thousand catties of pork, he increased each type of beef, lamb, donkey meat, chicken legs, and duck legs by a thousand catties.

Pig, sheep, cow, and donkey offals were also ordered at one thousand catties each.

As for the others, he was not in a rush to launch them all at once; after all, there must be a gradual progress.

The beef, lamb, and donkey meat were uniformly wholesaled by the suppliers at thirty yuan per catty.

Chicken and duck legs, as well as various offals, were priced at five yuan per catty.

The total cost of all the raw materials actually reached 1,172,300 yuan.

After all, having ordered seven days' worth of semi-finished fried cakes and vegetable pastries, such a high cost was within reason.

Chen Yu had paid out nearly all of today's turnover and even took a bit from the current account.

The capacity of Chen Yu's freezer and refrigeration warehouse had now expanded by more than three times, so there was enough space for all these items.

The staff helped move the raw materials inside and cleaned up the store, and then they greeted each other and left.

[Congratulations, Host, for completing a day of business. Today's net profit is 736,600 yuan, and you've earned 736,600 points, with a current total of 2,068,880 points.]

Chen Yu quickly went over the accounts in his mind. Now, he had a total of 4,050,000 yuan left in his current account with an additional 3,300 yuan on him as a reserve.

And the points that he had almost used up were now, surprisingly, accumulated to more than two million.

At this rate, it wouldn't take long for him to save up ten million points.

Moreover, Chen Yu roughly estimated that, probably after this week, he could practically afford to buy the store.

Just as Chen Yu was excitedly mulling this over, Tong Ya came up gently behind him.

"I've noticed that you space out here every day at this time. Are you keeping some secret from me?"

Chen Yu smiled faintly, but didn't answer directly.

"Are you going to jog with me today?"

"Of course!"

Tong Ya's topic was successfully diverted, "As a dancer, we need to maintain our body's flexibility every day. Daily running and training are essential."

Chen Yu still affectionately pinched Tong Ya's cheek.

"Then let's go, get changed!"