full-time lovers

Chapter 231 Staff Dinner (1)

Liang Man probably expected this would be the result, but she still had to carry out the orders given by the higher-ups.

Sighing, she said to Lu Ran: "Please mention it to Ji Zebei again. If he really refuses, I will truthfully report his intentions to the higher-ups."

Lu Ran nodded perfunctorily, "Can I go out to work?"

"Go."

After leaving Taste the World, Lu Ran visited some restaurants near the food street and took a lot of footage. When it was close to noon, she called Ji Zebei.

Ji Zebei was in the store and asked her to go directly to the store to have lunch with him, so she took a taxi and rushed there.

When she arrived, she found that Ye Zhi'an was also there. He and Ji Zebei were sitting by the window, talking and laughing.

She looked at Ye Zhi'an curiously: "Why are you here during working hours?"

Ye Zhi'an smiled and said, "I took two hours off, Lao Ji has something to ask me."

"what's up?"

"Let's discuss about opening a western restaurant together." Ji Zebei said.

He has been too free recently and wants to find something to do.

Ji Fanzhai's business has basically stabilized, and he is considering opening a western restaurant. Ye Zhian once said that he is interested in it, so he brought someone over to chat with him.

"I will become a shareholder, and my Jiajia will be the chef." Ye Zhian said with awe.

Lu Ran was surprised, "What about Ji Fanzhai?"

Xu Jiajia is the pillar of Ji Fanzhai. If she is the chef of the western restaurant, Lu Ran will have to worry about the business of the Chinese restaurant.

Ye Zhi'an patiently explained: "Ji Fanzhai's sous chef is considered an old man and works hard. It's time for a promotion. My Jiajia's specialty is western food after all. I think she is more suitable as the head chef of a western restaurant."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xu Jiajia walking towards them in work clothes with two dishes in his hand.

He quickly stopped talking and suppressed the smile on his face.

In front of Xu Jiajia, he didn't dare to say the phrase "My Jiajia" that he often said.

Xu Jiajia put the dishes on the table and sat down beside Ye Zhian.

"I'm almost too busy, Zebei, what do you want from me?"

"Ye Zhi'an and I want to open a western restaurant, are you interested in being the chef?" Ji Zebei asked.

She was stunned for a few seconds, and said pleasantly, "Western restaurant?"

"Correct."

"You finally figured it out?"

Ji Zebei smiled wryly, "Opening a western restaurant has always been in my plan."

"Of course I would, but Ji Fanzhai's side..."

"I plan to promote Lao Jiang. He is now capable of serving as a chef, and he is a Chinese chef. He is actually better at Chinese food than you."

Xu Jiajia had no objection and nodded in agreement.

"Have you chosen the store location?" Ye Zhian asked.

Ji Zebei said: "I have taken a fancy to a store, the location is good, and it happens to be for sale at the moment."

"Go and see after dinner?"

"Row."

The waiters brought the food one after another.

The four of them ate and chatted. When it was close to two o'clock, they were full and ready to go to the store together.

Ji Zebei contacted the owner of the shop, Mr. Li, by phone in advance, and made an appointment to meet at 02:30.

When I arrived at the shop by car, there was still a little time before the appointed time, but the door of the shop was open, and there was a chair at the door, and a middle-aged man was sitting there.

The man was smoking a cigarette and raised his wrist to glance at his watch from time to time, as if he was waiting for someone.

He should be the Mr. Li who talked to Ji Zebei on the phone.

Ji Zebei got out of the car first, walked up to the middle-aged man in a few steps, and made a brief introduction to each other, and Mr. Li led the four of them into the shop.

The things inside are basically emptied, and only some of the original decorations are kept. There is a big bar on the first floor, which is old. I heard from Mr. Li that it used to be a western restaurant. Because the business was not good, it couldn’t continue, so it closed. Good luck.

"Business is not good?" Ji Zebei raised his eyebrows.

It can be said that this is a prime location for opening restaurants. There are several large shopping malls nearby, many office buildings, and a lot of traffic. How could they close down because of bad business?
"To tell you the truth, it's because the taste is not good, it's too unpalatable. I received an invitation when it opened, so I brought my wife and children over to taste it. It's really not delicious." Mr. Li said with a wry smile.

Next, Mr. Li took them upstairs for a tour.

Mr. Li recognized that Ji Zebei had been on the hot search, and he was the son of the God of Cookery, and even pestered Ji Zebei to take a group photo.

Ji Zebei and Ye Zhian are very satisfied with this shop, the price is naturally very high for the prime location, but for Ji Zebei and Ye Zhian, they don't even bat an eye on the money.

It was three o'clock in a blink of an eye, there was a program recording in the afternoon, Lu Ran needed to go to the recording studio to show Shen Qiu, a newcomer, so she left first.

Whether Ji Zebei and Ye Zhian have reached an agreement on the price of the store, or whether they have decided to buy the store, she does not know.

She hurried back to the company, the recording of the program was about to start, she took the elevator to the sixth floor, and found that Su Ge and Shen Qiu were already at the recording site of the program.

Su Ge patiently introduced the staff of the recording team and the host of the show to Shen Qiu, and Shen Qiu listened quietly.

She felt that there was nothing wrong with her here, but since it was something Liang Man confessed, she still wanted to go through the motions.

So she stepped forward and greeted Shen Qiu and Su Ge.

Shen Qiu shook the digital camera in his hand with a smile and said: "I have all the equipment ready."

"When recording for a while, you can find an opportunity to go up and take some photos, which will be used later."

Shen Qiu nodded heavily, looking rather modest.

"By the way, Miss Ran, are you really not coming to the dinner party tonight?"

"No, I have an appointment with a friend."

As soon as she finished speaking, her cell phone rang, and it was Meng Yi calling.

She went to the side to answer the call, and Meng Yi told her that he had temporary work, so he couldn't have dinner with her today, but he could have a drink with her later in the evening.

She was extremely helpless, "If you are very busy, you can do it another day."

"Then let's go to another day. Today should be busy until late."

"Okay, according to your time." Anyway, she is an idler.

After hanging up the phone, she walked back to Shen Qiu's side, who was focusing on the recording of the program.

Su Ge asked her in a low voice, "Did your date with your friend go through the roof?"

She smiled wryly, "How do you know?"

"Guess."

"Since your date has failed, go to dinner with us tonight." Shen Qiu invited her very warmly.

She thought about it, everyone would go, if she didn't go, it would be too out of place, so she agreed.

Shen Qiu was very excited, "It's great, I have reserved some red wine, and I will take it out tonight."

Originally, there were not many people in their magazine department, and there were not even ten people in total, but after the recording of the program was over, Shen Qiu was so proud that he even invited the people from the recording team.

(End of this chapter)