Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 115 - 110: Booming Business!
After marveling at ’Chef Tang’s’ grand gesture, the first customers couldn’t resist turning on their personal devices to take photos of the plants inside the cylinders. However, Tang Yiyi had anticipated this and, to prevent customers from photographing the plants and posting them online, had all the cylinder surfaces specially treated. This way, the view was unobstructed, but photographs and videos were affected, capturing only a blur of green.
This move effectively prevented customers from uploading plant images online and piqued the curiosity of informed netizens even more. As soon as the news spread online that "the Tang Family store used flourishing live ornamental plants as special decorations," netizens marveled at ’Chef Tang’s’ grandiosity and became intensely curious, causing many to head straight to the Tang Family store!
Since genuine ornamental plants are rare and precious, most people might never have the chance to encounter them in their lifetime. Now, with the opportunity for close viewing, they wouldn’t want to miss it!
So despite Tang Yiyi not hosting any grand opening ceremony or inviting celebrities to perform, the Tang Family was bustling with visitors on this day!
Upon learning that the private rooms housed different ornamental plants, some customers spontaneously formed groups to enter. The planting areas within the private rooms varied in size; some were intricately small, directly fixed in the center of the dining table, visible while eating, while others were large enough to encompass all four walls. Sitting inside, one was almost entirely enveloped by lush and vibrant greenery, creating a breathtaking scene!
The ornamental plants planted in different planting areas were varied. Tang Yiyi invested considerable effort, even seeking system assistance and consulting many resources, to arrange the Tang Family’s mini planting zones perfectly.
Her efforts paid off, as on opening day, the Tang Family was continuously teeming with customers, many reluctant to leave! Among these customers, some came for the food, but more were drawn by the vibrant plants!
Prior to arriving, many had silently calculated they wouldn’t order food, simply take a look and leave. Yet, upon entering Tang Family, the enticing aroma of dishes hooked their noses, and their stomachs clamored wildly, rendering it impossible to resist ordering! Ultimately, they almost waddled out, bloated and sluggish!
After seeing the latest online news, several news media outlets in Qinghe City promptly dispatched reporters, rushing to the Tang Family store to interview firsthand and publish swiftly!
Tang Yiyi did not grant interviews, nor did she hinder these reporters from filming in the store, merely instructing Pudding to keep an eye on and deal with any photos or videos capturing the store’s plants.
After extorting a pile of delicacies from Tang Yiyi, Pudding gleefully accepted this task. As soon as the reporters arrived, it stealthily invaded their cameras. These cameras, constantly online for immediate publication, facilitated Pudding’s task.
Unlike personal device cameras, professional cameras have much better results. Even though all mini planting area covers were specially treated, these cameras didn’t settle for capturing fuzzy green smudges like other patrons.
Upon realizing this, Pudding hurriedly tampered with all footage, blurring all filmed plants. Cleverly, it didn’t morph all plants into fuzzy green blobs but made them indistinct while retaining discernible shapes.
Numerous media outlets were competing fiercely, each eager to publish first, rendering collaboration and sharing impossible. They only wished they’d captured more footage!
As a result, all six media outlets that visited released interviews and filming content, without exception, where the food was impressively clear but as soon as the footage captured key plants, the imagery became exceedingly blurry, merely outlining general shapes without any detail!
With this "promotion" by the media, Tang Yiyi was absolutely unworried about the Tang Family store’s business. After closing on the opening day, she tallied the transactions and total earnings, her smile never fading!
The results of the previous "prize quiz" event had already been tallied by Pudding. A total of 125387 people participated in the quiz, yet only 69 guessed correctly. Among those, most saw it as a joke and didn’t take their own answers seriously.
Simply put, although they mentioned plants in their answers, they didn’t truly believe ’Chef Tang’ was capable of such a feat and didn’t take the "prize quiz" seriously!
As Tang Yiyi reviewed their answers, she easily inferred this sentiment from the subtleties in their wording. She raised an eyebrow, not paying much mind to it, merely announcing the list of correct guessers on the Tang Family’s official website and mentioning an upcoming raffle.
She deliberately withheld the specific time and method for the raffle, which sparked heated discussions among netizens once again. Especially those who guessed correctly, drastically changing their previous "indifferent" attitudes, eagerly focusing on the matter! They all hoped to win the top prize, acquiring Ant Egg Soup!
During the previous quiz, many merely joined in for fun, not sincerely believing in the announced "Ant Egg Soup," thinking ’Chef Tang’ was fabricating hype for the Tang Family store. Yet, after witnessing ’Chef Tang’s’ grand gesture through online news, all suspicions vanished!
Though Ant Eggs are rare, in their eyes, if ’Chef Tang’ could present so many ornamental plants, naturally Ant Egg Soup would be attainable!
No matter the online discussions, Tang Yiyi was firmly seated at the fishing platform, utterly composed!
She was waiting for the right moment.
However, while she could remain calm, somebody was already anxious. Sun Yue and Pang Xiao were closely monitoring Tang Family’s movements; upon seeing the online updates, they were dumbfounded. Originally, they deliberately concealed the situation from Pang De to let Pang Zhi embarrass himself, thereby increasing Pang De’s aversion towards Pang Zhi. Yet, unexpectedly, a mere shop opening led to such a success!
Pang Xiao felt greatly dissatisfied, always seeing himself as more competent than Pang Xiao and Pang Zhi combined, never regarding the now-spoiled Pang Zhi seriously. Now seeing Pang Zhi’s business thriving, how could he endure? (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to cast recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
