Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 202 202. Unexpected invitation

Li Xiao now understands why the system only gave this private Cantonese restaurant a 4-star rating.

Although the good dishes are quite good, the lacking and problematic dishes also have very obvious shortcomings. I don't know if there is a problem with the quality control or which part of the back kitchen has a problem.

Normally speaking, there shouldn’t be such a big gap. In Li Xiao’s opinion, if the final two dishes can be produced in the same way as the first six, then in the system’s evaluation, it should be at least a five-star one. It's a pity to check in.

After all, there is still a big gap between the reward of 1 yuan and [-] yuan. Although the income is high now, no one will feel that they have too much money.

After closing the live broadcast, he glanced at the tipping statistics.

It's okay, not a lot, only 2000 in total, and only 6 yuan is more than [-] short.

Li Xiao proudly showed her income records to her parents. When the two of them saw the income data clearly, they all took a breath. In just over an hour, the income of a meal was close to [-]. Earning ability is too exaggerated.

The combined monthly wages of the two of them may only be 1 yuan. After deducting some miscellaneous expenses, the most they can get is just over 8000 yuan. I didn't expect that my son's one hour of work would be able to cover the income of the two of them for more than half a year.

The three walked out of [Xingji Yayuan], looking at their parents' graying hair under the light, Li Xiao hesitated for a while before speaking

"Mom and Dad, why don't you both quit your job."

"I'll give you a convenience store nearby. You can stay here, and if you want to do it, you can do it yourself. If you don't want to, just take care of the two of you. Go and have a look at it in your spare time. The work won't be so tiring."

Originally, according to the intention of the two, after Li Xiao got married and had children, they would live in the villa from the old house in the town when they needed them to take care of the children.

Before that, they would still live in the old house. After all, in their opinion, this villa can be regarded as their son's new house.

My two old guys live in the new house first, what's the matter?

Hearing Li Xiao's words, the two quickly waved their hands and refused.

Liang Jinjian said

"No, no, how can this be? How can two old guys live in a new house for marriage? It's against the rules."

Li Xiao rolled his eyes,
"Bullshit rules, people in the past couldn't even eat enough to eat, and there are no rules or rules. It's all a mess that happened in the past few years."

"It's like some areas on the Internet with high betrothal gifts. What do you say about high betrothal gifts? It's a local tradition to add the house and the woman's name, and the betrothal gift is not refundable?"

"I can only talk about the rules of the fart. Let's say that in the era when you got married, your monthly salary was only a few dozen yuan. If the traditional gift money was hundreds of thousands, wouldn't everyone need to get married??? Besides, you also read today. When my son’s ability to earn money is reached, maybe when I actually get married, I might even change to a bigger house, don’t you think so?”

Although what Li Xiao said was a bit exaggerated, after all, I just bought a house with a down payment of more than 700 million today.

It was less than 24 hours before he bought the house, and he opened his mouth and said that he was going to change the house. In normal times, the cautious Li Jianguo must have reprimanded him when he heard Li Xiao's exaggerated words.

But after thinking about it carefully, his son does seem to have such an ability?
After all, 6 a day, 100 million in 600 days, not to mention the live broadcast every day, even if it is broadcast every three days, you can buy a house of more than 600 million in a year.

In this way, when you get married, you may really be able to change to a bigger house and think about these joints.

The worries in his heart were also a little less, he pondered for a while and looked at his wife
"Honey, why don't you quit your job first and come over to help your son look at the house. After all, it's the Chinese New Year, so you can take advantage of the holiday and stay late for work."

"After all, it's okay to buy such a big house and leave it unattended. In case of any accidents such as water leakage and leave it unattended, it won't work."

"I'll help the boss get rid of this batch of goods first, and I'll leave after he recruits someone. By the way, you can find a better location to open a convenience store at this time. Didn't you always want to open a convenience store? Since Now that my son has money, he can open it if he wants to, right?"

"This"

Liang Jinjian was a little hesitant, although she had indeed thought about opening a convenience store before.

However, it was just thinking about it, she never felt that she was material in this regard.

Li Xiao saw that things had turned around, and saw that his mother was in a tangle, and knew it was time for him to add fire, so he quickly persuaded
"Yes, yes, yes, a small store is only 30 million yuan. I can still afford this money, but it's just a three-day live broadcast."

"You guys, open a canteen at that time, open the door when you get up in the morning, and close the door after eating. You don't want to make a lot of money, just earn an allowance to buy vegetables."

Li Jianguo also opened his mouth to persuade,
"Yes, we will only open for a few years. When the grandson comes out and needs us to take care of us, then the small store must hire someone, or it will not open. It is also okay for us to take care of the children. After all, what kind of months are given to those My sister-in-law can take care of me.

Liang Jinjian was a little moved. He listened to the two people's persuasion from left to right, and finally lost the battle and nodded and said

"Okay, then I will resign when I return to the factory tomorrow. Anyway, our factory is not doing well, and I think we will lay off people after a while. I originally thought about giving gifts to the team leader, but now I have saved money for gifts." .”

Didi came while they were talking. Li Xiao opened the door for his parents and prepared to sit in the co-pilot himself.

At this time, the phone rang suddenly. He glanced at the screen and raised his eyebrows. After answering the phone, he sat down in his seat.

A male voice with a bold smile came from the receiver of the phone
"Hey, is that Li Xiao? I heard from the class monitor that you just came back from Hangzhou, do you want to come over for a gathering? Our old classmates happen to be drinking on the bar street."

Li Xiao frowned slightly, she didn't quite understand why the other party called her at this kind of class reunion.

You must know that I have had social phobia since I was a child. In fact, I often don’t like to talk to other people, but I can speak freely when facing the audience behind the screen.

This is also the reason why he has always liked this job, so he can push and push most of the so-called classmate gatherings. As time goes by, everyone knows that he doesn't like to participate in this kind of gathering, so he doesn't call him anymore, but the caller But it was my deskmate in high school.

Ding Yougang is the person he is most familiar with in the class. After all, when he was in school, he had the most conversations with the closest distance, so Ding Yougang notifies himself of the class information every time he gathers.

However, this kind of thing has become much less in the past two years, because the number of rejections has become more frequent.

Even if there is a party, the two of them should have a small gathering, eat something, and talk about what happened recently.

He hesitated for a while, but did not refuse directly, but asked,
"Why did you call me suddenly? You also know that I don't like parties very much."

Ding Yougang on the opposite side also knows Li Xiao's temper. After all, we have been friends for so many years.
"Of course I know what you don't like. It's just that the squad leader opened his mouth. It's not easy for me to refuse. In fact, it's like this. The squad leader's new store is about to open, and it's at the Xinghe City Thirteen Bowls. I heard that you are not Are you doing a food live broadcast?"

"She wants you to help promote it, and I heard that you still have a lot of fans, but don't worry, I won't take advantage of you. Of course, this is for money, according to the market price. I guess the monitor also wants to take care of it. The classmate's business, this kind of hello, me, everyone, I think it's very good, and she just knew that you came back here, so she wanted to contact me."

"By the way, this is a reunion of classmates, just a small gathering of more than a dozen people. Come and have a chat, and discuss things by the way. Don't worry, I used to have a better time."

"Squad leader, Ah Shan, Qiu Kui, Fatty, Ah Wen, Shan Yin, you know everyone."

Ding Yougang knew Li Xiao's temperament, and he would appear at a loss in front of strangers.

So the names that came out of his mouth were the ones that Li Xiao could still talk about when he was in high school.

Li Xiao just hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
"Let's not talk about the promotion or not for the time being. I'll go there first. After all, I don't accept advertisements here."

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Ding Yougang frowned, thinking that Li Xiao didn't want to come over, and saying that was just an excuse.

But before he opened his mouth to persuade him, Li Xiao said the second half of the sentence
"But as a friend's new store promotion, I'm still happy to help. However, it doesn't matter if it's money or not. It's too extravagant for friends to talk about money."

For this invitation, Li Xiao actually resisted at first and wanted to reject it directly, but when Ding Yougang talked about the monitor.

Some memory fragments from high school came to mind again. His academic performance at that time was not very good. After all, he really never attended any cram schools and other classes to make up for the poor.

So good subjects are not top-notch, poor subjects become partial subjects, high school teachers are also very busy, even if they have time, they pay more attention to good students.

After all, Li Xiao's original school was a privately run school, and the teachers in the third year of high school would get a bonus for every undergraduate student they trained.

Of course, there are also key universities, 985, 211, and some higher-end universities have rewards in the hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, poor students can only make up for it through their own efforts. After all, in the eyes of the teachers at the time, for a guy like Li Xiao, let alone a book, who might not even be able to get an undergraduate course, it is simply a waste of precious time to tutor him. Can't live with myself.

And most of the other students are also busy with their own work. After all, everyone knows that the college entrance examination is like a thousand troops rushing across a single-plank bridge, and a difference of one point can make a difference of hundreds.

If you read a little more yourself, you may get an extra point. Who wants to spend time teaching others?

So every time he sees that his superior subjects can only be ranked in the middle, and the scores of inferior subjects are very different from those of others, he is quite desperate.

However, at this time, as the monitor with relatively good grades in the class, he was willing to waste precious study time to help him answer some questions he didn't know.

You must know that the time in the third year of high school is very precious, and I don’t have enough time for myself, let alone helping others?

So Li Xiao was very touched. Moreover, he knew that if the class monitor hadn't come to help with tutoring every day, he wouldn't have been able to attend the cram school. If he wanted to come to his level, he wouldn't be able to get into a university, even if it was only a third-rate university in the end. .

Li Xiao has always remembered this kindness, but the squad leader not only has excellent academic performance, but also is very popular, and his family background is also quite good.

So even Li Xiao, who was poor and had no special skills, had no way of repaying the monitor.

However, Li Xiao kept this kindness firmly in his heart, and never dared to forget it. He thought that this kindness might not last in this life, but he didn't expect that his life would change after only one or two months.

From an unpopular anchor, he has become a well-known anchor in the eyes of outsiders.

So when he heard that the squad leader's new store was about to open and wanted to ask himself to help promote it, he agreed after only half a second of thinking.

Thinking about my current popularity, I can still help the other party to promote it.

After asking where they were, Li Xiao hung up the phone, turned around with an apologetic smile on his face, and said to his parents in the back seat

"You may need to go back to the villa by yourself after a while. I have a high school classmate who invited me out for a drink. You don't have to wait for me at night. I still have a bunch of keys here."

The two of them did not express any objection. After all, they are both in their 20s, and they just hang out with friends. The problem is not very big. Besides, boys, in the eyes of the older generation, how can they go out to play? Those who suffer are just reminded, don't drink too much alcohol, pay attention to safety and so on.

Li Xiao got out of the car again, stopped a taxi, and set off towards the destination.

On the other side, outside [Xingji Yayuan], a group of rich second generations also satiated and got into their luxury cars one by one.

He Ruida was calling the salesman to confirm the location of his booth in the bar, while watching the young masters ignite and leave the parking lot.

After the last sports car left, he started his BMW and followed.

Everyone is a frequent visitor to the bar street, so there is no question of whether to lead the way, so a small character like him must be at the end. After all, it is really not so decent to let the big brother follow the younger brother's tail.

Although I have been a grandson for another whole day today, and I have been fooling around with a large group of sons and sisters, but I have gained a lot from smiling faces all day.

He glanced at the thick stack of documents on the co-pilot, with joy on his face.

I signed four copies just now, and there are six more. It is estimated that after the evening meal, I can also sign them. This means that all the orders for the first half of this year have been settled.

I can also breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that the current economic environment is not very good, and many factories like my own are already on the verge of closing down.

Only my own side is living well, and even in the first two months, I contracted out a nearby factory and expanded the production capacity by half.

He was able to cut a bloody path among the group of colleagues, but he relied entirely on his own ability. He was able to flatter and flatter these young masters. At that time, he alone got a lot of orders.

But when he thought of the waiting party, a wry smile appeared on his face.

All the flattery and being a grandson are all trivial things, but it's just a matter of face. Once you get used to it and have a thick skin, it doesn't matter.

It's just that you can't get used to waiting, it's a terrible game, and he's not very good at drinking by nature.

However, at the wine table, why don't you drink it if you say you can't say it?

The corner of his mouth twitched unconsciously, and he quickly took out the hangover medicine from the co-pilot's drawer, and glanced at the dosage on it: 1~2 pills each time.

He shook his head, poured out 4 pills directly from inside, threw the small red pills into his mouth, opened the mineral water and swallowed the pills.

Now take 4 pills first, and then eat 2 pills after drinking, then you should be able to get up and have dinner on the second day, he sighed, hoping to get up before night, otherwise, like last time, he fell asleep It's troublesome day and night.

When the time comes, my crying mother will probably have to bring up the old story again.

Although his mother always wanted him to close the factory, forget it, there are still several rental houses in the family that can be rented, so it is not a big problem to make the family have enough food and clothing.

However, after all, the factory was the painstaking effort of his father for most of his life.

He still wants to work hard, and when he wants to come, pretending to be a grandson, drinking with him, he can earn two to three million yuan a year. If he loses such a job, he doesn't know if he can find it again.

Li Xiao came to the destination according to the location of the mobile phone.

[Uncle Sam], a very famous bar in downtown Dongguan.

Saying goodbye to Didi driver politely, Li Xiao closed the door and walked into the bar.

Li Xiao just entered the door and was about to take out his mobile phone to ask Ding Yougang to take him in, when a familiar yet unfamiliar female voice came from behind

"Li Xiao?"

Li Xiao turned around following the voice, and his eyes fell on a girl who was wearing a knee-length skirt in winter. Although she was still wearing black pantyhose under the skirt, was it really not cold in this winter?
He moved his gaze upwards quickly, and it was not bad to pass, but the slightly smaller figure fell on the opponent's face. He took a closer look and quickly recognized the identity of the opponent. It was a former classmate in his class. , okra.

Li Xiao showed a polite smile
"Okra, long time no see."

Qiukui also showed a polite smile, looked Li Xiao up and down, with a trace of surprise in his eyes

In her impression, this man named Li Xiao, although he looks pretty good, is always dressed in rustic clothes. She didn't expect to see him for a few years, not only looks a lot handsome, but also has a more elegant temperament.
"It's been a long time since I saw you. I haven't seen you since the last class reunion. I didn't expect you to be so handsome?"

Okra made an innocuous joke, tossed her neat short hair, then walked to the front first, and said without looking back

"Let's go, everyone is waiting for you."

(End of this chapter)