Reborn in Japan as a Chef God-Chapter 65 - A Formal Employee

He had already kept himself at the greatest distance possible, so the butterfly effect shouldn’t affect the plot, right?

As for the “egg” dish, the Furong Crab Meat Egg recipe that Xia Yu had specifically purchased more than a week ago was actually prepared for Sen Tian Makki.

She had been studying it for about ten days, and he believed she would definitely amaze the Divine Tongue examiner.

By ten in the morning, the shop was full of customers.

Liangzi Lina was still around, occupying a four-person table by herself, while several customers awkwardly waited nearby, attempting to call her.

But she was sitting with her head slightly lowered, pen in hand, doodling on a piece of paper.

“Go to the tea room in the back garden—”

Xia Yu came out of the kitchen, not quite as polite with her, patting her shoulder and pointing towards the back of the store, with an irritated tone.

Liangzi Lina finally stood up, thoughtfully leaving.

Xia Yu glanced at the paper in her hand, which seemed to be a solution for the aftertaste of the Shuangjiang Tofu, listing many possibilities.

After seating the customers and serving tea, a voice suddenly rang out from behind:

“Hey!”

Xia Yu turned around to see the young man in black-framed glasses and couldn’t help but smile, “Mr.

An Yi, you’re here!

Welcome.”

Today was Saturday, and An Yilun also came to the shop early, not going to his part-time job, which was a bit unusual.

He escorted him to the back garden, and with a slap to his forehead,

Xia Yu realized that Liangzi Lina had taken over the tea room.

He had no choice but to take An Yilun up to the living room on the second floor.

“Mr.

An Yi, please take your time.”

After serving the tea and pastries upstairs, Xia Yu smiled, intending to return to the storefront, he noticed An Yilun seemed a bit strange too, kneeling on the straw mat, appearing hesitant to speak.

“Isn’t Inori-chan with you today?” Xia Yu simply sat down.

“She’s rushing to meet a deadline…”

An Yilun also pushed up his glasses and suddenly said, “Yu, let’s make a game together!”

“Huh?” Xia Yu thought he had misheard, but facing An Yilun’s earnest eyes, his face twitched involuntarily.

Damn it, this wasn’t the right script, director.

Wasn’t it on the day of the second-year high school opening that An Yilun encountered Kato Megumi on the slope and decided to create a beautiful girl dating simulation game?

What’s happening now?

“Beautiful girl management game!” An Yilun didn’t wait for Xia Yu to ask, raising his hands high, his face full of excitement and enthusiasm, “Yu, your management of the cuisine shop inspired me, the game’s setting will be about a young chef in a small town, taking over the family’s struggling and about-to-close traditional cuisine shop, and then raising affection with various girl customers and girl employees, ultimately falling in love!”

Indeed!

Xia Yu’s mouth twitched.

The core of it all really was some sort of romance story, huh?

While such things might be fun to play, creating them was another matter entirely.

Just the thought of writing code and scripts gave Xia Yu a headache.

He’d rather spend that time figuring out how to modify the recipes for glowing food.

Huh.

It seemed he had forgotten something.

An Yi wasn’t just another useless male protagonist from slice-of-life anime; he was energetic, capable, had a fighting spirit, and most importantly, he was a tech otaku!

A sudden idea struck Xia Yu, and so he interrupted An Yi.

“Making a game?

Mr.

An Yi, have you found people for the original drawings, scripts, and text?” He threw cold water on An Yi’s enthusiasm.

“Right now, you just have a conceptual framework.

There’s still a long way to go before it becomes a game.”

“Yeah!”

An Yi clenched his fists, his shoulders trembling as if he was holding back his excitement, “Isn’t that what makes it interesting?

We can work hard together, and eventually launch a game we made ourselves, enjoy the story within, and witness the protagonist’s romantic growth…

Just thinking about that sense of achievement, my blood is already boiling!”

“No!” Xia Yu waved his hand ruthlessly.

“We can take our time with the game.

If you have that much energy, you’d better help me set up a culinary website first.

The website doesn’t need to be fancy or complex, just having an online reservation feature is enough.”

“Eh, a culinary website?” An Yi was astonished.

“It’s essentially the official website for Xia’s Cuisine Shop.” Xia Yu spread his hands.

“Helpless as I am, without online reservations, the shop is already overwhelmed.

You should see the chaos every evening when people queue up.

Customers leave with negative emotions when they can’t get a spot, and that seriously affects the reputation of our service.”

An Yi thought about the terrible queues at the shop, frowned, and nodded seriously.

“So, I’m asking you to whip up a website for me.

Something simple, just with reservation capabilities, and of course, if it can support online payment for meal vouchers, that would be even better.”

Xia Yu blinked.

“This is employment!

Employment!

Note, it’s employment, and because it’s important, I’m saying it three times!”

“What’s your hourly wage for part-time jobs like delivering newspapers and magazines?”

“1,000 yen…”

“I’ll offer you an hourly wage of 2,000 yen, and this is a formal employment, not part-time or odd jobs.

You’d get a fixed salary for 8 hours a day, and we’ll count it as 20 working days a month,” Xia Yu said generously.

An Yi was stunned as a mental calculator whizzed in his head.

2,000 yen an hour, 8 hours a day, 20 working days a month—that’s a monthly salary of 320,000 yen!

This was a high monthly salary that even college graduates couldn’t get.

Calculated annually, it was nearly an income of 4 million yen, which was already impressive among young workers and even higher than the income of some middle-level corporate managers!

For any other otaku, they might not care much about the salary.

An Yi was different.

As a consummate consumer, he knew all too well how hard it was to earn money.

Presented with such a generous formal job offer, it was hard for him to remain calm.

His eyes were fixed on Xia Yu, immediately pushing the earlier enthusiastic discussion about game development to the back of his mind.

“Moreover, our shop’s employees also get the benefit of staff meals…”

Noticing An Yi’s expression, Xia Yu knew he had hooked him and couldn’t help but suppress a laugh.

“Your main job will be to build the reservation website, and you’ll help out at the shop when you’re free.

Once school starts, you attend classes during the day, come to the shop after school, and from 10 to 11 PM, you get to take the train home.

Weekends would be full-time work.

How about it?”

He had thought it through very well for An Yi.

Indeed, the shop was understaffed, especially after school started again.

With Morioka Makoto and Hozoi Midori heading to Farmoon Academy, the shop would revert to its previous state; with only Xia Yu alone to keep the shop running.

In that case, it was better to hire a trusted employee.

Someone like An Yi, and they could even…

ahem.