Chapter 103: The Most Familiar Stranger
Chen Ye only took 1 day to adapt to the original Chen Ye's life, and on this basis tried to change, first of all, the work and rest time, from day and night upside down to normal life, business hours changed to 8 pm to 3 am, in fact, the data of the body his sense of exhaustion and hunger is not so strong, if necessary, as long as 3~4 hours of sleep a day is enough.
With the blessing of the "cooking" sub-skill, although Chen Ye's cooking food does not have the magical attributes of space props, but it has an additional effect of deliciousness, originally it was just a neighborhood leader to take care of the business, and the time to play cards to use a little supper, but with the increase in the deliciousness of food, in just one week, Chen Ye's "Chen's food stall" has become an Internet celebrity shop, diners began to increase, Chen Ye has also become a little busy, he only has 1 person, even if there is a data bonus of real attributes, He couldn't use it as 10 people, and in the face of an increasingly busy life, he decided to limit it.
Of course, Chen Ye didn't want to revitalize the "family business", he just wanted to exercise his "cooking skills" at the same time, and make his life better, so he hung out a sign that only entertained 50 people every day, and the income of 50 people was enough for his life, and the excess was just to increase fatigue, but he didn't expect this maverick behavior to be posted on the Internet, "Chen's food stall" became popular overnight, and many people were not convinced to try what kind of craftsmanship, and they dared to take such a big breath and didn't earn money.
This is an era when the material life is relatively rich and the spiritual life is gradually improving, no one is uncomfortable for not having enough to eat, what they are pursuing is the ultimate enjoyment of the personal senses, Chen Ye's food appropriately satisfies their "appetite", especially when half a month later, a person who claims to be a star hotel chef comes to find fault, in fact, it may be to rub the heat, and insist on finding some fault in Chen Ye's food, Chen Ye was angry with him, and finally focused on making a "three cups of chicken" not only the chef who ate was speechless, and even received a long-lost reminder message.
[Your "Introductory Cooking D (Blue)" has improved greatly through long-term research and practice, and you have comprehended "Introductory Cooking C (Green)"]
[Introductory Cooking C: Cooking +15 (15% reduction in cooking time; 15% chance that the quality of the food will be increased by one level); 15% chance to get an additional amount; 15% chance to double the deliciousness】
Chen Ye's eyes couldn't help but light up, he knew that as long as the reincarnation person had a high enough understanding, he would be able to comprehend and improve the quality of the sub-skills through continuous research and practice, especially the lower the level of quality, the more obvious the effect, the attribute of "doubling the deliciousness" seemed to be useless, but Chen Ye had already tried it on "Katrin", the higher the deliciousness, the higher the favorability of the corresponding reincarnation world characters, which can be said to be equally important.
"Chen's food stall" is completely popular, praised by the media as a master-level grassroots, Chen Ye had to wear a mask when running the store, firstly, for food hygiene, he has been scolded by many netizens, and secondly, in order to avoid those who take pictures, he can't even go to the vegetable market, right?
In just one month, Chen Ye's shop has undergone drastic changes, not only has it become clean and tidy, but the planning has also become more reasonable, separating all the working and living spaces to ensure that they are not related to each other, and of course, the money for these renovations has quickly exhausted his recent income.
Of course, Chen Ye has been waiting for the opportunity for the soul to return, this time is not long, when he came to the 33rd day, a special guest came, a girl who also wore a mask and sunglasses, the long hair of the shawl covered most of her face, even so, she was dodgy, for fear that others would see it, the reason why Chen Ye knew that she was the "opportunity" he was waiting for was because as soon as she approached, Chen Ye felt that inexplicable familiarity, and even wanted to get close.
"Boss, bring me the best food you've ever had!" The girl's lively voice said.
Chen Ye didn't scare him in his usual tone, but tried his best to smile with his most cheerful smile: "Okay, you wait a minute, sit inside, it's windy outside!" But he didn't know that he was also wearing a mask, and no one could see his smile.
After receiving this girl, Chen Ye directly hung out the sign of "Today's Full", in fact, he should still have more than a dozen empty seats for guests, and it is only 10 o'clock in the evening, but Chen Ye has no interest in entertaining others, so capricious, so that others have no choice.
Chen Ye quickly made a few very hearty dishes and personally served them to the girl, the girl saw the large and beautiful dishes, and obviously flashed a look of joy, she took off her mask and eyes, Chen Ye, who looked at her true face, was stunned, he could guarantee that he had never seen her, but the indescribable familiarity, as if quietly hinting that they had some kind of mysterious connection.
"Boss, do you know me?" The girl was still a little timid.
Chen Ye shook his head, and then felt that he was not very polite and added, "I just think you are too beautiful...... Anything else? ”
The girl breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked for 2 bottles of alcoholic drinks, and after Chen Ye served them, he entertained the other guests, but in fact, he was urging the other diners to finish eating and leaving quickly, and all the orders were added to the order in response with "sold out", and it didn't take long for there were no more tables of guests left in the food stalls.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of breaking plates and dishes from the girl's table, and then a sound of crying came slowly, Chen Ye looked over, but it was the girl who was drunk with 2 bottles of alcoholic drinks, and was blushing and feeling sorry for herself there, Chen Ye just silently cleaned up the fragments of the plates, and by the way, replaced the alcoholic drinks in her cup and poured a glass of orange juice for her.
After another half an hour, the diners in the food stalls walked away one after another, leaving only the girl lying on the table in the corner sobering up, but after the strength of the wine, the person also sobered up a little, Chen Ye walked over and poured himself a beer, and the wheat beer at this time tasted much better than the rum in the previous reincarnation world.
"I'm sorry, boss......" The girl apologized to Chen Ye.
Chen Ye waved his hand and asked tentatively, "Is there anything unhappy?" Maybe...... How can I help you? ”
“…… Uh-huh...... Boss! It's so hard for me! Why do I have to live so hard...... I've tried so hard, why are they scolding me......" The girl suddenly cried.
Chen Ye listened patiently to the girl's story, trying to find some usable clues from it, but the chaotic word order and phrases only gave him a general understanding of the recent suffering of this girl named "Chen Qianqian", because she was poor! Yes, it is because of poverty, Chen Qianqian has been very sensible since she was a child, because her father died early, her mother is her only support, at the age of 12, her mother was seriously ill, relying on a little insurance money and government subsistence insurance can not save her mother, only 12 years old she "sold" herself.
The word "sell" is a bit serious, in fact, she joined an entertainment company, as a trainee not only food and housing, but also a fixed salary every month, of course, 12 years old is still a child, the law does not allow the use of child labor, so the "fixed salary" is only the situation of operating expenses, Chen Qianqian resolutely dropped out of school to join the company,
A full 8 years of trainee career, with her beauty and singing voice, she should have made her debut a long time ago, it is precisely because of her lack of background, coupled with financial difficulties, that she has failed many times in internal selections, but she has never been discouraged, since her mother left at the age of 16, she has been living a very strong life, relying on the trainee period to do odd jobs everywhere to participate in auditions, singing and other activities, she has gradually saved a sum of money, seeing that life is about to get better, this debut selection she plans to be like those senior brothers and sisters said, to the director of the department stuffed red envelopes, This was originally a commonplace rule, and she also successfully debuted as a four-member girl group, but in fact, the red envelope did not play a role, it was all due to her true level and long-term hard work, of course, Chen Qianqian didn't really bother with the director of that department.
Unexpectedly, just last week, when they released their debut single, I don't know who poked it out, in fact, everyone knows that the debut selection ratio of trainees is very small, and they are all selected 1~2 people among hundreds of people, which can be described as a real one in a hundred, of course, there are also those narrow-minded and jealous villains, this matter is nothing to be poked out, originally it was just as long as it was diluted, but what I didn't expect was that their debut single was also suspected of plagiarism and was sued by the original composer, this time it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, in this circle, "Plagiarism" is like black material that can never be erased, and the company's top management has begun to consider giving up on them.
Two things met together, the Internet was overwhelming with the argument of "Chen Qianqian get out", such a strong girl was scolded to the point that she didn't dare to open her mobile phone for a whole week, let alone go online, and her girl group could only participate in some commercial mixed meals in third- and fourth-tier cities like Changhai City, today it was because of the opening of a shopping mall in Changhai City, she was appointed by the company to sing a few songs, and it was precisely because no one knew her that her mood relaxed a little, after the performance, search for nearby food to come" Chen's food stall".
"You said you were an artist, why don't you even have an assistant?" Chen Ye teased Chen Qianqian, to him it sounded more like a story about this girl's troubles, if it weren't for the mysterious induction of "gathering souls", Chen Ye would rather use this time to study "cooking skills".
Chen Qianqian drank the juice and said: "I'm just an eighteenth-tier small artist, where can I still have an assistant, in fact, this commercial performance was found for me by Sister Evian, in fact, I have no income for almost 1 month...... When you are a trainee, the company can still support you, and after your debut, the company will count on you to earn money to support the company, which is calculated according to the share, if you don't have performance activities, you may even starve...... I'm really hard! She suddenly held her head in pain.
"How about I make you an assistant? I don't want you to give money, I just want to see what the entertainment industry is like. Chen Ye continued to ask.
Although Chen Qianqian drank his head, he was only limited to opening the chatterbox, looking at Chen Ye vigilantly at this time, there was a kind of "what do you want to do", of course Chen Ye was not easy to say, "I am because I want to find my soul from you" This kind of words, even if you say it, it will be regarded as a neurosis, he rubbed his chin before saying: "I just think you have the potential to be a superstar!" Those people are scolding you now, purely because they haven't been able to appreciate you properly, don't look at me opening such a food stall, in fact, I am also a person with dreams, when I was young, I just wanted to be a 'gold medal agent', but I didn't have the opportunity, I blinded my talent, and I was an assistant to you, I don't want money, I just want a little work experience. ”
"Uncle, you're almost 50, aren't you? What's the use of accumulating work experience at this time? Chen Qianqian was almost coaxed by Chen Ye to run the train with his mouth full of mouths and asked in a daze.
Chen Ye waved his hand and said, "Eh! Can't say that, Lao Ji is determined to be thousands of miles away...... Bah! I'm only 34 years old, so I'm young! It's because of the work environment, it may be a bit old...... So, you just think it's a show, let me play your assistant, and we'll bill you on a daily basis, and give you this number a day? He gestured with two fingers.
“20? You add a little more, 50 and I'll agree! After changing her mind, Chen Qianqian really didn't resist so much, and took the initiative to raise the price.
Chen Ye couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, he originally wanted to say 200, this girl has really been extremely inferior recently, of course, he is not stupid enough to really raise the price to 200, that will make the other party suspicious, although he can't use items, props and skills, but after many reincarnation worlds, Chen Ye's insight into people's hearts is far from being comparable to Chen Qianqian, who is not deeply involved in the world.
Taking advantage of Chen Qianqian's lack of repentance, Chen Ye wrote a contract in black and white, in order to facilitate the next return, Chen Ye's term was directly written for 10 years, and he could not unilaterally terminate the contract without Chen Ye's consent, otherwise the liquidated damages would be compensated 20 million yuan, and the word "10,000" was also written very small.
I didn't expect Chen Qianqian to really get drunk with a glass of beer, which made Chen Ye panic, at this time his food stall was half-closed, less than 12 o'clock, there were pedestrians outside, and it was really not safe to leave her here alone.
"I have a little donkey that never rides ......" Chen Qianqian's bag suddenly rang with the ringtone of the mobile phone, Chen Ye reached over and opened the bag without any scruples, and took out the mobile phone, the caller ID was "Sister Evian", probably the female team leader she mentioned in the conversation just now.
Chen Ye never felt that he had any moral cleanliness, let alone doing anything to a drunk girl, he even turned over the sack of the severed corpse, as long as it was necessary, there was nothing he couldn't do.
Chen Ye just didn't know what to do with Chen Qianqian, so he answered the phone easily, and a royal * sister voice came from inside: "Where have you been to the dead girl?" Don't call me when the event is over? The words were full of care and love, obviously worried that something would happen to Chen Qianqian, who was at a low mood at this time.
"She drank too much in my store, and she may not be able to answer your call now, so I hope you can pick her up if it's convenient, because I'm closing." Chen Ye was serious, and he didn't feel guilty at all because he was drunk with her.
Hearing a man's voice, "Sister Evian" was obviously nervous, and after inquiring about Chen Ye's location in detail, she said that she would arrive tomorrow morning, hoping that Chen Ye could take care of it on her behalf, not that she didn't want to come, but because she was more than 200 kilometers away, and there was no special plane to send her in the middle of the night.
Chen Ye could only reluctantly agree, and then sent her the location here, looking at the drunken Chen Qianqian, he smiled bitterly, because of the lack of "Bird Yin", he actually had a strong sense of rejection of the opposite sex, but only Chen Qianqian He didn't have that feeling, but had a kind of blood-related cordiality.
Chen Ye carried Chen Qianqian back to his bed to rest, after he cleaned the store, he directly put together two tables and slept in the outer hall, this sleep was very deep, Chen Ye seemed to have a dream, there was a good-looking woman in the dream, what was in his ear, he was responding while flipping through the books, this seemed to be a fragment of a memory, but the woman's face was very vague, just when Chen Ye was trying to see clearly, there was a knock outside the door.
Chen Ye woke up in a flash, and when he looked at the time, he actually slept for a full 5 hours, which was not at all like his usual habits, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his body, he sniffed and felt that his nose was constantly runny, and he was a little dizzy, he tried to maintain his state, and went to open the door of the store, but the sky was not completely bright.
Chen Ye only saw 3 women walking into the store, led by a cold temperament, and directly pushed Chen Ye away, which made the dizzy Chen Ye a little unbearable, he actually took a few steps back, and sat on the ground, he had a bad premonition, although he tried to maintain his consciousness, but suddenly the world spun around, "Oops! As the leper woman said, the sequelae of the loss of the soul are coming! That was the last thought that lingered in his mind, and then his head ached violently, and his body suddenly trembled and he fainted.
"Vigorously research! You're finished, you've killed people at once! Sister Evian, look! What to do? Let's call the police! A little milk voice said.
A black chief wearing glasses glared at the girl with a cold temperament but wavy waves, and patted her head only to her chest, but her chest was very amazing, she stepped forward and touched Chen Ye's forehead, looked at the layout of the lobby again, sighed and said: "It seems that we misunderstood people, he may have slept outside with a cold, his head is very hot, and he has a fever." ”
At this time, Chen Qianqian, who was stretching her waist with a "ha", walked out of the back housing area and said, "It's early in the morning, why is it so noisy...... Are you all there? What are you staring at me for? Did I make something wrong again? ”