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Chapter 90: Someone Causes Trouble_1

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Someone Causes Trouble_1

"Meizizi Hotpot Chain," Shen Dong said.

"What, you actually acquired the Meizizi Hotpot Chain?" Li Kaiyao exclaimed in surprise.

He knew about Meizizi Hot Pot—it was a good hot pot restaurant.

As a foodie, he had eaten there many times.

"Hmm," Shen Dong nodded.

"Shen Dong, your company focused on live streaming and short videos is doing quite well, isn’t it? Why have you started getting into hot pot?" Wan Pengfei asked.

He had friends who were executives in hot pot restaurant chains and knew that running a hot pot chain didn’t really make a lot of money.

Shen Dong owned a cultural media company which specialized in live streaming and short videos, making money quickly and in abundance.

He really couldn’t understand why Shen Dong would want to get into the hot pot business.

If it were him, he would definitely not do so, but rather focus his main energy on the cultural media company and make it bigger and stronger.

"I just feel like the hot pot industry has a huge market, and I have some ideas—I want to create a unique hot pot chain. Just so happens, the Meizizi Hot Pot Chain was for sale, so I bought it," Shen Dong explained without going into too much detail.

Obviously, he couldn’t say it was because the system told him that Shuidilao would explode in popularity across the nation in two years’ time, eventually reaching a market value of hundreds of billions.

"A hot pot restaurant is a hot pot restaurant, how can you make it different from the others? Nowadays, everyone talks about innovation in hot pot restaurants, but it’s still the same old," Wan Pengfei shook his head, disagreeing with Shen Dong’s foray into hot pot restaurants.

"I think Shen Dong is just rich and capricious, buying a hot pot restaurant for fun," Li Kaiyao laughed.

"Haha, you can’t say that. I think Shen Dong might really create a unique hot pot restaurant. Let’s wait and see," Zhou Chengyu said with anticipation, not daring to judge Shen Dong by conventional thinking.

He felt that Shen Dong must have other ideas for the hot pot restaurant to make it different and to expand and strengthen it.

"That’s true, everything Shen Dong gets involved in seems to thrive," Li Kaiyao nodded in agreement.

"Alright, let’s wait and see," Wan Pengfei chuckled.

Then it was time to eat.

They chatted while eating, each sharing their own situations and some information they had obtained.

Mid-meal, Shen Dong’s phone rang.

"Honey, I’m almost done eating here, I’ll come to pick you up soon," Shen Dong said as he answered the call.

"Husband, there’s been trouble at my dad’s restaurant," Chen Yuyan said anxiously over the phone.

"What happened?" Shen Dong quickly asked. After hearing Chen Yuyan’s description, he immediately said, "Honey, don’t worry, I’ll be right there."

After hanging up, Shen Dong said, "Sorry, someone is causing trouble at my father-in-law’s restaurant, I have to leave. Next time I’ll treat, my apologies to the three brothers."

"Shen Dong, what are you talking about? Since your father-in-law’s restaurant has trouble, we can’t just stand by and watch. Let’s go with you and give you some support," Zhou Chengyu immediately said.

"Yes, let’s go together," Li Kaiyao and Wan Pengfei also agreed.

"Okay, let’s all go then," Shen Dong didn’t decline, not wanting to waste time.

The most important thing now was to hurry to his father-in-law’s hot pot restaurant.

...

Mr. Chen’s Restaurant.

"Everyone, come and see, I found several flies in my food at this restaurant, almost making me vomit," a young man in grey clothes stood and shouted loudly.

"The owner of the restaurant offered to waive my bill and give me a few hundred yuan to keep quiet. I did not agree."

"If there are flies in the food at this restaurant, it shows how poor the hygiene is here," he continued.

"I’m exposing this shady establishment not only for myself but also for the customers who come here to eat," he declared.

"Everyone should recognize the unscrupulous nature of this restaurant’s owner and avoid eating here in the future, or it’s your health that will suffer," he warned the patrons.

Upon hearing his words, the customers in the restaurant were in an uproar.

"Damn, the food actually has flies!"

"What the hell, how dirty must that kitchen to be?!"

"With sanitation like this, the ingredients definitely can’t be fresh!"

"Fresh? Wishful thinking. A restaurant that can’t even maintain kitchen cleanliness might even use spoiled meat!"

"Damn, I didn’t even think of that. No wonder I thought the beef slices just now tasted off!"

"This owner is so unscrupulous, absolutely devoid of conscience!"

"We must expose them and let this heartless owner face the wrath of the law!"

The customers had lost all appetite and began putting down their chopsticks, angrily chastising the situation.

"Don’t talk nonsense, our restaurant’s kitchen is very clean, there can’t be flies."

A waitress from the restaurant couldn’t stand it anymore and stood up to refute the claims.

"I’m stating the facts. If your restaurant’s kitchen is clean, why are there flies?"

"Are you suggesting that I deliberately brought a fly to place in my food, to disgust myself and frame you?"

"Everyone sees what’s happening, the restaurant won’t admit fault and now accuses me of framing them."

The young man in the gray shirt sneered, adding fuel to the fire.

His words only further incited the crowd’s indignation.

"Sir, my employee is young and may not speak well, she didn’t mean anything by it, I apologize to you," said Chen Yuanxiang, trying to ease the tension.

Chen Yuanxiang had realized that this young man in the gray shirt was specifically looking for trouble.

If he couldn’t even perceive this much, he would have wasted the years he’d lived.

Similar incidents had happened in the restaurant before.

Those people just wanted to eat and drink for free; they usually left after being comped and given a few hundred yuan.

But this guy flatly refused his offer.

He kept on shouting, provoking the rage of the other customers.

It was clear that he wanted to escalate the situation, to ruin the reputation of the restaurant.

Although Chen Yuanxiang didn’t understand why the young man in the gray shirt would do such a thing, he knew that it was absolutely vital not to clash with him, otherwise things would only get worse.

"If apologies worked, what would we need the police for?" the young man in the gray shirt sneered.

"Sir, then what would you like us to do?" Chen Yuanxiang asked.

"I’ve already had my friend call the authorities. The industrial and commercial bureau will be here soon."

"A shady place like your establishment shouldn’t be allowed to continue operating."

"Also, my friend has notified reporters, they’ll be here shortly."

"I’m going to expose your wicked restaurant and stop you from harming others!" the young man in the gray shirt declared righteously.

"Brother, well done. For a shady place like this, we should notify not just the industrial and commercial bureau, but also the media to expose them so they can’t harm others anymore."

"Buddy, if we had more people like you in our society, there would be far fewer corrupt owners."

"I support you, we must make sure this owner goes to jail!"

The customers cheered him on.

"This guy is just too despicable," said Chen Yuyan, standing next to Chen Yuanxiang and clenching her small fists in anger.

She knew all too well how clean her father’s restaurant kitchen was; it was impossible for there to be flies in the food.

Clearly, the young man in the gray shirt was here to make trouble.

Yet, she was powerless to say anything.

Even if she argued, it was futile.

Because the other customers were already swayed by the provocateur.

Her arguments would only be seen as excuses.

The other customers wouldn’t believe her, they would only believe the trouble-making young man in the gray shirt.