Chapter 31: Work continues, same old rules

Following Lu Tao's words, Xia Lin said excitedly, "Nowadays, if you want to hold a wedding banquet at a better hotel, a table of high-end food will cost at least a thousand yuan, and a few tables will cost several thousand yuan."

"When the time comes, we will ask Lao Wang to be the head chef. Give him a big red envelope of 2888 or 3888 at a wedding banquet and say it's the normal fee for being the chef, just to show off a bit?"

Lu Tao's heart was pounding. "It's hard to say whether his cooking skills are worth it. After all, I haven't tasted it yet, but the idea is very good."

"If you hire a chef from a star-rated hotel, you won't have to pay 2888 for a meal, but you'll just praise his cooking skills and reputation..."

"If someone stupid and rich enough to hire him for a wedding banquet, it would be a good thing."

It is almost 2008 and Beijing has already become prosperous. There are all kinds of high-end places and consumption, which would scare people to death if they told others about it.

It is common to see a meal in a big restaurant costing tens of thousands of dollars, and it is not uncommon for a bottle of gimmicky liquor like Royal Salute to sell for 2000 dollars.

Consumption in heaven and on earth is also very high, with real estate and coal bosses being the biggest.

Lu Tao didn’t think that Wang Chengguang’s cooking skills were worth 2888 yuan just for being the chef at a wedding banquet. Otherwise, if he only cooked 20 times a month, wouldn’t that be nearly yuan in income?

If he were to say that he earned 3888 yuan for hosting a wedding banquet, that would be even more outrageous, as his annual salary is over one million yuan.

Not every chef at a top restaurant can earn $700,000 or even $1 million a year.

But helping to raise Wang Chengguang's status and finding a new way to make money besides assembling computers seems to be a good idea. Besides, making money is one thing, and making connections is another.

If Wang Chengguang prepared wedding banquets for various wealthy people and big leaders...that would be his connections.

Then, the matter of him and Xiangnan going out to work on their own before was completely exposed.

While everyone is still pursuing their own career paths, they want to restore our friendship and make up for what they owed in the past.

His circle of friends and small circles, including those bosses who want to get into real estate, really has no shortage of stupid people with a lot of money, so please recommend more.

Lu Tao took another sip of beer and complained, "I know he likes to cook and practice his cooking skills. From June to August, we ate at his house a lot."

"We all know that his skills get better every now and then."

"But when I smell the food today, it's a little outrageous. It took half a year to get to this level... With this skill, I'll never lack for food wherever I go in my life."

Hua Zi silently pushed the bottle in front of Lu Tao, "Lu Tao, drink more, Xiang Nan, you drink too, I will wait until you are drunk and then drive you."

Lu Tao almost splashed the beer in his hand on Huazi's face, "You bastard, you just want to eat more, why do you force me to drink? I live downstairs!"

As they were chatting, Wang Chengguang, Wu Xiaowei and Ayi came out with dishes and soups and started to get busy.

Xiangnan stood up quickly and said, "Old Wang, I didn't do things right before, but today I have asked you for a big favor. When the meal starts, I will drink three cups to make amends, and then you drink one cup, and I will drink three cups each time until I fall down."

Wang Chengguang smiled and was polite. He and Xiangnan were really not familiar with each other... This was different from Lu Tao. Lu Tao and Mile were his biggest help in the early stages of renting a house and not living in the basement.

In the first month, he couldn't cope with the rule of paying three months' rent and one month's deposit, and it was Lu Tao who managed to get the landlord to do it.

While the two were being polite, the others just watched in silence, turning into gluttons.

They all ate while looking at Xiangnan drinking white wine to apologize and thank him.

Xiangnan is sincere in selecting first-class ingredients. The good ingredients combined with his nearly excellent intermediate cooking skills create a strong taste bud burst.

Yang Xiaoyun watched Xiang Nan drink nine glasses of white wine and started to feel dizzy. She ate and said in shock, "Ayi, your boss still cooks for you often? You, an employee, can also enjoy the benefits of the boss's wife?"

Ayi laughed, "I am both happy and miserable. I gained 15 kilograms last month. My body is getting fatter horizontally. Sigh..."

"But if you ask me to resign, I really can't bear it. I'm still the head of the operator department, at the department manager level."

Yang Xiaoyun and Xia Lin looked at each other.

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After the meal, Lu Tao and Hua Zi retreated southward, while Xia Lin, Yang Xiaoyun and Ayi stayed behind to clean up the dishes, wash the utensils, clean the house, etc.

Wang Chengguang took a sip of tea, then went back to his room and logged into Penguin, and sent a message in a certain group, "Let's continue with the work, still following the old rules. If you hype up a new batch of artistic photos, each person will get a free overnight internet cafe room, and will get an extra ten yuan as a starting point." This is Wang Chengguang's internet water army group.

When Cheng Feng was first hyped about dating hundreds of girls in three years, he would go back and forth between Internet cafes, looking for those Internet addicts, helping them pay for the Internet cafe overnight, spending an hour or two using different accounts to guide the post direction, and changing accounts to reply to hot posts...

If the work is done normally, he will give out ten yuan the next day, and if the work is done well, he can give out thirty or fifty yuan.

It took him more than a week to find all the people and add them to the group one by one.

The hype for Lin Xia, the campus beauty of Beijing University of Economics, and the hype for Wu Di and Yang Zixi, all follow the same model, except that there are only a dozen fixed Internet cafes, and he rides his bike around to deliver the goods.

In the era when online payment was not so developed, there were only a few dozen real people left in the water army group. Today, they continue to promote the online reputation of Lin Xia, Yang Zixi and others. Their newly photoshopped artistic photos continue to be hyped in many university forums.

The water army group quickly flashed the message.

"The boss is here? Something happened. The number one lover and scumbag in Sijiu City even cheated on someone else and was beaten up. Boss, are we going to stir up trouble over this? I'll give you the link..."

After the first person asked the question, a web link appeared, which showed photos of Cheng Feng repeatedly trying to cheat on Xiangnan and almost hugging Yang Xiaoyun. However, Yang Xiaoyun's face was blurred, and the photo was taken and described from a passerby's perspective.

The water army group exploded quickly.

"Witnessed something like this? Fuck... I wish I could see it live."

"Being beaten? This man is so weak, wouldn't it be appropriate for him not to stab this scumbag a few times?"

"Boss, I'm still the same Internet cafe. I will work hard tonight. If you don't believe me, come check tomorrow morning. I want a 50 yuan bonus."

“Should we push this post?”

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Amidst the screen full of various Penguin messages, Wang Chengguang thought for a moment and replied that he would not push new news about Cheng Feng, but only push new artistic photos of the campus beauties and campus handsome boys.

He really didn't expect that Cheng Feng's intention to cheat on Xiangnan would be exposed online so soon... Who did it? ?

Or was it just a random accident? After all, Cheng Feng is also an internet celebrity...

He replied with a few more jokes, and the penguin zoomed out and flashed. When he clicked it, he saw that it was a message from a person with a penguin name in Martian language, "Brother Wang, do you still remember me?"

"I got a 30 bonus for my first order, so I will definitely work hard tonight."

"But Brother Wang, I want to say that a college buddy of mine also wants to follow me. That guy was the former school idol of our Normal University. He graduated from college a few months ago just like me. He also wants to try his luck and see if he can become famous."

"If you think he is qualified, we will definitely obey you."

After a series of messages, the group with the online name Martianwen sent a few photos. It showed a handsome young man, more handsome than Wu Di and Lu Tao, and had a good temperament as well.

Martian text sent another message, "My buddy is called Zhang Biao, with a rustic name. He has been the most handsome boy on campus for several years in our Normal University. He got to know the most beautiful girl in the department when he was a freshman."

Following is a photo of Zhang Biao and his girlfriend. The girl is also very pretty, prettier than Yang Xiaoyun. But that’s not right, aesthetics is a very subjective thing.

This school beauty is more beautiful than Yang Xiaoyun in Wang Chengguang's aesthetic channel.

Wang Chengguang thought for a few seconds and said, "Okay, I'll go to your internet cafe tomorrow to give you the money and we'll meet."

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Early the next morning, Wu Xiaowei was still sleeping, but Wang Chengguang had already ridden several kilometers to an Internet cafe near the East Third Ring Road.

As soon as he got off the car, he saw two young men walking towards him quickly. The one leading the way was an ordinary young man, with a 70% good-looking face and acne on his face, but he was sturdy and strong.

Another one is Zhang Biao, the former school idol of Normal University.

The two men came closer, and Zhang Biao hurriedly took out a cigarette, "Brother Wang, have a cigarette."

The burly acne-prone man smiled and handed over the drink, "It's not suitable to drink so early in the morning, Brother Wang, have some water..."

(End of this chapter)