Chapter 286

Breakfast time soon passed . Sitting in the restaurant alone, Yuan Zhou was thinking about how to complete the mission . Concerning level-ups, he was rather proactive .

Leveling up meant the mastery of new cooking techniques, the increase of his income, and the unlocking of tables and chairs . The benefits were self-evident .

[How to become the landmark restaurant in the gourmet map?] Yuan Zhou took out his phone and typed a long succession of characters .

As soon as the word was inputted, a bunch of answers popped up on the web page . However, they were all unrelated answers .

Only one of them could be considered to be reliable .

[That depends on the customer flow and the popularity . ], from Comrade Lei Hong .

“There should be no problem with the customer flow of my restaurant . Yet, the popularity isn’t as much as the customer flow . ” Yuan Zhou considered carefully .

As the system didn’t allow him to publicize by himself, the popularity was only confined to this district or worse, in the neighboring areas . It wouldn’t be so good in farther areas, not even so good as World Foodie Hotel which was about half an hour drive away .

“Publicity by word of mouth is slow, but has firm effects . ” Yuan Zhou seemed lost in thought .

“Ling Ling Ling, Ling Ling Ling” . Just as Yuan Zhou was thinking about this matter, the phone suddenly rang .

“Sun Ming?” Yuan Zhou picked the phone up and found it was his brother that he had just contacted last night .

“What’s wrong?” Yuan Zhou asked straightforwardly .

“I think you, Pi, have to treat me to a meal again . ” Once the phone was put through, Sun Ming’s voice passed through with excitement from the other end .

“Sorry, I won’t,” Yuan Zhou refused bluntly .

“You won’t say so after you hear this news from me,” said Sun Ming with certainty .

“Really?” Yuan Zhou knew that Sun Ming wanted to tantalize him by not telling him directly . However, he wouldn’t be fooled .

“Aren’t you curious?” Although Sun Ming knew that Yuan Zhou didn’t like guessing, he still couldn’t help teasing him .

“No, I am not . ” While holding the phone with one hand, he tidied up the azure stone countertop with the other .

“You are really uninteresting . No wonder you have no girlfriend . ” Sun Ming grumbled .

“No . It’s just because the girls are too reserved nowadays and they are nervous on seeing such a perfect prince charming like me,” Yuan Zhou retorted seriously .

“Ho Ho . Pi, do you know your nickname?” Sun Ming felt it really necessary for him to make his brother clear-headed .

“Of course . Are you not feeling well today?” Yuan Zhou expressed his dislike for Sun Ming’s low IQ in a euphemistic manner .

Was there anybody else that asked another person’s nickname while calling it by himself?

“Forget it . It’s not bad if you think that way . Otherwise, you wouldn’t be in a mood to run the restaurant,” Sun Ming said with deep empathy .

“What the matter?” Yuan Zhou had almost finished tidying up the kitchen, but Sun Ming still hadn’t spoke his point .

“Good news . Seem like you are to be awarded . ” Sun Ming was reminded of his purpose suddenly .

“Awarded? I have never taken part in any competition,” Yuan Zhou frowned and said with puzzlement .

“This one is absolutely unusual . They don’t actually invite people to take part in, but just decide on the awards by themselves and then their chief signs before the final result is released . ” Sun Ming explained roughly .

However, Yuan Zhou still didn’t get it .

“What does that mean?”

“The Most Anticipated Restaurant . The award is yours for this quarter of the year . ” Speaking of that, Sun Ming revealed full of pride in his tone .

This award was really not easy to get, but his brother made it . Only thinking of that made him feel excited .

“Where is the result released?” Yuan Zhou asked curiously .

“On their website, of course . Besides, they don’t notify the victor specifically . ” With a mysterious look, Sun Ming revealed a tone of “Hurry up . Come to ask me . “

“Humm . How do you know?” Sometimes, Yuan Zhou was very good at the interpersonal communications . Just like this time, he offered Sun Ming an opportunity to act cool .

“Of course I inquired about that with my strong social connections . It’s still in process and will be released soon . You can enjoy many benefits after you get it . ” The apparent pride in his tone could be clearly captured at the other end of the phone .

“Can I be the regional landmark restaurant with that award? You know, it’s the one in gourmet map . ” Hit by an inspiration, Yuan Zhou asked immediately .

“No problem, naturally . This one is more important than that one . They just don’t enjoy the same circles, but we foodies all hold this one in esteem . ” Sun Ming felt he should be proud to be a tasteful foodie .

“I will treat you to a meal,” Yuan Zhou suddenly said .

“See? I told you at the beginning you would treat me to a meal . ” Sun Ming got more complacent now .

“Ok, no problem . That’s it, bye . ” Yuan Zhou behaved as if to burn the bridge after crossing it .

“You brat!” Sun Ming was still saying something when the busy signal of “Du Du Du” passed from the other end of the phone .

“Indeed, it’s 59 seconds . Damn obsessive compulsive disorder!!!” Sun Ming’s indignation couldn’t be expressed with just three exclamation symbols .

According to his habit, Yuan Zhou usually hung off the phone at the last second of one minute, namely the 59th second when he called others . Likewise, he basically hung off the phone at the 59th second after the proper business was said when he answered the phone . He explained euphemistically that he wouldn’t give China Mobile the opportunity to earn more money .

Smart as Sun Ming was, however, he had already seen through him . It was merely an excuse to describe his obsessive compulsive disorder . Of course, Yuan Zhou might really do that to save money . After all, Yuan Zhou loved money very much, but meanwhile he was trustworthy to his friends .

Having hung off the telephone, Yuan Zhou revealed a smile, “System, could the mission be considered to be completed now?”

The system displayed, “The gourmet map of next month is the only standard of the mission completion . “

“It’s so inflexible . Even if you are the powerful system, you have to be flexible,” Yuan Zhou said earnestly .

The system displayed, “Host, since you have done very well since the first mission, I hereby awarded you a special reward . “

“Gee? Wow, there’s reward . When do you become so generous?” With a suspicious expression, Yuan Zhou began to think deeply about the system’s word .

Every time the system offered any reward on its own initiative, there was basically no good thing . Therefore, Yuan Zhou had got used to making the best of his wisdom and preparing to see through the trick of the system at that time .

There was no exception either this time . Soon, he found that the system was surprisingly sneering at him for being square . After all, many rules of the restaurant was set by himself . But luckily, it was Yuan Zhou himself who stimulated the system . It was likewise great if there was really any reward .

“Is there really a reward?” Yuan Zhou asked suspiciously .

The system displayed,” The royal jelly can be received every five days . “

“Can I receive it today?” asked Yuan Zhou directly .

The system displayed, “Yes, you can . “

Only then did Yuan Zhou reveal a smile . Now he could finally invite Huang Ling and her younger brother to come for meal .

Yuan Zhou felt quite happy as he could keep his word at once . At the other side, Huang Ling was also very happy . She had been notified last night that somebody would send the subsidy to her on the following day personally .

“Dong Dong Dong” . Speak of the devil . When the knock sounded, Huang Ling immediately opened the door .

Outside the door was really a young man dressed in uniforms . Neither she nor her brother had seen him before . He appeared rather bright and carried a warm smile . He asked courteously, “Are you Miss Huang Ling?”

“Yes . Are you Police Officer Zhang?” Huang Ling also asked .

“Yes . This is your subsidy . Please sign for it . ” Police Officer Zhang handed to her a thick leather envelope .

“Thank you so much . Please come in for a rest . ” Huang Ling received the envelope quite happily and then made way to let the person in .

“No need . I’m here on official business . Bye, Miss Huang Ling . ” Police Officer Zhang said smilingly . After that, he turned around and left squarely .

As soon as Police Officer Zhang walked farther, Huang Li got excited . He went up and asked immediately, “Sister, let’s check how much it is now . “

“Ok . Let’s check together . ” Huang Ling took out the leather envelope and put it on the table .

After unpacking the envelope, there appeared several thick stacks of money . All were brand-new 100 RMB notes .

“Why is there so much money?” Huang Ling was a little suspicious .

“Is it much? This is exchanged with the cost of our parents’ life . ” Huang Li was originally very excited, but as soon as he remembered his parents and himself, he said bitterly .

“Yeah . We can finally send you to the hospital to cure your legs . This time, they can definitely get cured . ” Huang Ling said decisively .

How come the genuine subsidy reached as high as more than 100,000 RMB? It was actually only tens of thousands of RMB . The extra 100,000 RMB was matter-of-factly the reward for Boss Zhao and his men catching the criminal wanted by the law . They sent the money to the sister and brother in the name of subsidy .

People did crazy things for money like what birds would do for food . In this society, money was truly the best thing, but some fools would still like to spend more than 100,000 RMB on a meal .