CH 11

Reservation

He put the money in a black plastic bag, rolled a few into a band and put it in the backpack he was carrying, and Chen Yan left the bank.

At the first stop, Chen Yan went to several mid-range restaurants near his home and inspected them in turn.

The reason why he investigated the mid-range restaurants, not high-end restaurants, was that Chen Yan analyzed Yu Qiaoqiao’s character and felt that she probably felt that high-end restaurants were too expensive to come, so she wouldn’t accept it.

Doing so, Chen Yan spent a whole day on inspection

This gave Chen Yan a feeling of playing games, for example: dungeon investigations.

For him, it was pretty exciting yet nerve wracking.

After studying for a day, Chen Yan looked at his memorable book, and considered it according to his own requirements and system limitations.

He finally decided on an online celebrity western restaurant named "An Meier".

This shop is not far from Kotoshima University and is a famous online celebrity shop. Many people come to eat and check in every day.

Chen Yan observed at the entrance of the store, amazed, that it was completely a pink decorated bomb:

Pink wallpaper, pink panther toys, pink macaron cakes, pink burgers, and a series of decorations that match the pink style.

Anyway, everything is joyful and tender, which makes Chen Yan embarrassed when he looks at it.

However, girls really like this style. As soon as they enter it, they start to take pictures, post to WeChat moments and so on.

According to the evaluation of online girls, that is: ‘To shoot pictures of all charming little fairies ~a beautiful scenery. It can satisfy all the girls' hearts!

Chen Yan doesn't know much about girls, but thinks that since it is an online celebrity shop and girls like it so much, Yu Qiaoqiao will definitely like it too. Then, generally they will not refuse.

Of course, there are many similar shops. There are even a few with better conditions.

But, this store has another attraction to Chen Yan, that is...there is a private room.

This can make Chen Yan more reasonable in "extravagantly" spending money.

Thinking like this, Chen Yan looked at the store again then opened the door and walked in.

Entering the door, the scene was similar to the bar.

And inside the bar is a cute lady in a pink apron and a maid outfit.

Seeing Chen Yan walking in, the young lady was surprised, but her outstanding professionalism made her bow slightly and said, "Hello, welcome, how many of you are you?"

"Seven people." Chen Yan looked around the store while talking.

There are a lot of people in the shop, most of them are girls, some are taking pictures, some are eating burgers, the environment is very good.

"Okay, wait a minute." She began to operate on the touch screen, "May the other guests be here soon?"

Chen Yan regained his senses, looked at the young lady, and said, "Oh, excuse me, we are not here to eat today."

The woman stopped her hand movement, and then smiled, "Is that so? Are you planning to book in advance?"

Chen Yan gave a "um" and nodded.

She shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, sir, our shop has so many customers, so we don't accept reservations."

This was not beyond Chen Yan’s expectation. He had already checked the information on the Internet, and replied, “Can’t make a reservation, what about the private room?.”

"The private room?" The young lady blinked and looked at Chen Yan.

Tops….100 yuan. ($15)

Watch...A cheap quartz watch from the mall. It should be only a few hundred yuan.

Pants... Look at the texture, 150. ($23)

Shoes... uh... slippers.

20? No...15 at most. ($2)

Such a person with a total body of less than one thousand yuan wants to come to an online celebrity shop to book a private room?

The woman felt that Chen Yan did not know the price of this kind of shop.

So, she spoke gently, "Sir. Our shop is an online celebrity shop. If you book a room, it will be very expensive. Even if it is a few hours, it may cost tens of thousands of yuan."

"So, if you want to invite a friend to dinner, you can come directly at that time. If you come earlier, there should be a seat."

Chen Yan smiled, and then put the backpack in his hand directly on the table with a "Peng" sound, and opened it. Inside, there are dozens and dozens of red mao grandpa! (T/L: mao grandpa is the man in yuan bills)

Chen Yan replied, "I really plan to book the private room."

Seeing so much cash suddenly, the young lady was stunned, her eyes widened involuntarily.

She has seen a private room, but she has never seen someone who brings a school bag of cash to book a private room

Usually, they swipe cards if it involves tens of thousands of dollars, and hundreds or thousands of yuan, the impact it brings to people is not much.

Even more so, coupled with the contrast between the backpack full of money and Chen Yan's cheap clothing, it made the young lady's brain a little stumped.

At that moment, she felt her throat dry, and she started to squat, "Sir, are you sure you want to book a private room?.”

Chen Yan patted the bag and replied, "Yes. Or if you don't accept the reservation, then I can only go to another store."

The elder woman swallowed, and spoke quickly, "Mr, wait a moment. I'll call the store manager over."

After finishing her sentence, she hurried over to the backroom where the manager office was located.

A few minutes later, a middle-aged woman in a decent OL outfit walked out.

When she saw Chen Yan, she smiled and stretched out her hand and said, "Hello, I am the store manager, may I have your surname, Mr."

Chen Yan responded politely, "My surname is Chen."

The store manager said, "Then Mr. Chen, let's talk in the office?"

After speaking, she gestured to the back.

Chen Yan followed her gaze, only to find that he was in the private room, which had already attracted the attention of other guests.

He nodded, picked up the backpack, and said "OK".

After a while, the two arrived at the office. The store manager poured Chen Yan a glass of water, and then sat on the sofa next to Chen Yan and asked, "Mr. Chen, are you planning to book a private room?"

Chen Yan let out a "hum".

The store manager explained kindly "Sir, our shop is an Internet celebrity restaurant, and it is open near Kotoshima University. Both the traffic and the exposure are very high."

"In addition, if you book the venue, it will cause a certain amount of trouble to the original guests, so our price will be a lot more expensive."

Hearing the store manager's words, Chen Yan took out his notebook from his pocket and said while looking at the data, "I have calculated the traffic of your store."

"Because it is a casual Internet celebrity restaurant, the traffic of your store is mainly concentrated in noon and the afternoon."

"Today is a working day, during these three hours, roughly 190 guests came in."

"Several review software estimates your store's unit price is around 75 yuan per person." ($11)

"So, in other words, your turnover in these few hours is about 15 thousand."

"Even if the passenger flow doubles on weekends, because of the limited capacity of the restaurant, the three-hour turnover should not reach 30,000 at most."

"And I only want to book the time slot of your restaurant in the evening. It is usually from 6 to 9 o'clock. Three hours."

"And so...."

Chen Yan opened the bag, took out four dozen red mao grandpa, and put it on the table with a "pop!" "Is forty thousand enough?"

The store manager listened to Chen Yan’s report of her store’s data and she was in a daze and completely stunned.