Apocalypse Foodie System: Watch Her Cook!-Chapter 42 - 38: Preparing to Open a Shop
Tang Yiyi’s personal terminal had been confiscated when she was captured, so now she was using Wang Jian’s personal terminal, and was even borrowing the identity of "Tang Xiao." The bound information had been modified by the system, so when she logged into the "Food Empire," it was considered her "first login," and the virtual image was newly gifted—an average face as set by the software, wearing an ugly "newbie outfit."
In the past, she disliked this virtual image for being too unattractive, so she spent quite a few credit points customizing her appearance and even bought some flashy outfits. This time, however, she couldn’t be bothered to spend such frivolous money. After receiving the virtual image, when the software asked if she wanted to customize her appearance, she chose "no" without hesitation. Due to the software’s design, the moment she pressed "no," her virtual image suddenly started crying, as if greatly wronged.
But Tang Yiyi knew all of this was just a tactic used by the Pang Group to stimulate consumption. Although technology is advanced now, the so-called "intelligence" is still far from true autonomous thinking and emotional expression; it’s just a preset program. So, when she saw the virtual image crying, she didn’t have the slightest reaction one might expect.
The virtual image only cried for a short while before stopping. After all, it was a preset program, naturally unable to cry continuously. After that, Tang Yiyi controlled her virtual image to go shopping. As the virtual image advanced step by step on the "street," the scenery kept changing, just as if she was really "shopping," and there was no need to worry about getting tired from walking too long.
The whole "Qinghe Dining City" was quite large. Although it followed the layout of the real "Qinghe Safety City," its area was enlarged several times. Whether it was the streets or the shops, everything was more spacious and could accommodate more stores without any feeling of crowding.
Tang Yiyi walked a circle around the fourth ring, roughly checking out the environment and the shops; occasionally she would enter a store to take a look. After finishing the circle, two hours had passed. This could only happen online, where she could control her shopping speed; if it were in the real world, there’s no way she could finish shopping around the fourth ring in two hours!
Looking at the time again, it was already 8 PM. Tang Yiyi rubbed her eyes, logged off the optical net, went to the training room to exercise her limbs a bit, came back, took a shower, and then lay on the massage chair, gradually relaxing her body under the chair’s massage function, closing her eyes to think about opening a store. The rent for a physical store was too high; she couldn’t afford it right now, so she could only open a small online store in the "Food Empire" first.
The capital she could use now wasn’t much, but if she just opened a small online store to make and sell some snacks, it was still doable. However, the initial income of such a small store might not be ideal. Unless she could make a name for herself at the beginning, she might not earn anything and even lose money! After all, the storefronts in "Food Empire" were not cheap at all!
However, she wasn’t completely without a plan! Although the fact that she could make a secret recipe pigskin jelly was known by Liu Pengyi and Liu Zhenlan, and this dish couldn’t be sold, she still had the system! Now she already had basic permission and could exchange for recipes in the system. As long as she picked out a few good ones to learn, she was confident she could make the business work!
The next week, Tang Yiyi hardly went out, even the necessities were bought online. She had noticed while shopping in the "Food Empire" that Zhou Yang’s family had opened an online store there, selling items identical to those in their physical store, as well as some mutant beasts hunted by Zhou Yang and his friends.
Upon seeing this, Tang Yiyi contacted Zhou Yang, confirmed it was indeed his family’s store, and then placed her orders online whenever she bought groceries. Zhou Yang’s father, Zhou Kun, who was responsible for delivery, was also a superpower user. But he had once often gone hunting outside the city to earn money, leaving many incurable dark injuries on his body.
After Zhou Yang graduated from Superpower University, he was unwilling to let his father take risks outside the city anymore. Instead, he formed a team with a few friends to go hunting outside. So, Zhou Kun simply quit the store’s delivery service to handle the deliveries himself, saving quite a bit on expenses.
Their store wasn’t big, and the variety of goods was limited. However, Tang Yiyi thought well of this family, thinking they were sincere in business, so whenever the family had what she needed, she’d buy from their store. Especially the mutant beasts that Zhou Yang and his friends hunted, which were sold at a low price; Tang Yiyi bought most of them. Oddly enough, no one else wanted them, and by doing so, she made the Zhou Family quite grateful, giving her discounts every time and saving her a lot of credit points.
During this week, Tang Yiyi was busy preparing to open her store. The basic recipes from the system were quite affordable; each recipe could be exchanged for just 100 points. Tang Yiyi had 7000 points in total, and to open the store, she directly spent 6000 points to exchange for 60 recipes, including fried rice, buns, marinated dishes, cold dishes, steamed dishes, stews, stir-fries, along with a few dessert and drink recipes.
Sixty recipes seemed like a lot, but because she had chosen a wide variety of types, there were actually not many recipes in each category. Tang Yiyi had already assessed the "Food Empire" beforehand and even asked Sun Jian and Zhou Yang for their opinions, intentionally selecting these recipes. She didn’t have much capital now, had no backing, and didn’t dare to reveal her identity, so she couldn’t take the high-end route and had to start from the low-end market.
The fried rice included not only rice but also different meats and vegetables, perfect for those ordinary people with low income who wanted to taste natural food. After all, if they bought the ingredients and made it at home, it would not only be troublesome but also cost more credit points! Marinated and cold dishes, on the other hand, were great as meal accompaniments.
Tang Yiyi had already made her plan: as the store first opened, she’d focus on different kinds of meal boxes, with desserts and drinks as supplements. If the benefits were promising, she would expand the business. Once she finds a reliable backer, she’d promote the mutated beast meat! The remaining 1000 points she dared not touch, fearing any unforeseen event might put her in debt.
A week wasn’t a long time, and to open the store as soon as possible, she stayed in the kitchen almost all day, experimenting repeatedly until she finally mastered the recipes she exchanged for.
This day was a weekend. Tang Yiyi was tasting a freshly-made milky-yellow pudding when she suddenly heard the front door open. Sun Jian, who had gone out to work, walked in dejectedly. Seeing Tang Yiyi, Sun Jian suddenly looked up, his eyes red as he choked out, "Yiyi, my job got snatched."
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PS: Although... the female lead is just selling meal boxes at first, please don’t despise her! Trust that this is definitely an upgrade stream feel-good novel!
