"Tomorrow's business will be even better. Bring in more fish, and you can appropriately choose some precious and rare varieties to increase the price, so the profit margin will also be higher."
"Okay, I understand!"
Dylan smiled and patted the fishmonger Mir on the shoulder, expressing his thoughts.
Precious and rare fish would require even him to ponder for a moment when cooking, so for Alice Nakiri, it would definitely be a challenging test.
After a brief exchange, Dylan turned his gaze to the customers waiting at the door.
At this moment, they were pressed against the glass windows of the restaurant, their eyes scanning back and forth inside. There were men, women, old, and young, and their only commonality was that they all carried bags filled with ingredients, their Adam's apples bobbing from time to time, looking extremely eager.
Indeed, such a rich and enticing aroma constantly wafted out from inside the restaurant. If they didn't react at all, that would be truly strange!
"Quick, there's a seat open inside! Let me in!"
"Let you in, my foot! I'm going in first! You just wait outside and eat farts!"
Suddenly, a table of people inside the restaurant finished eating and got up, causing an instant commotion outside. Countless diners gathered at the door tried to squeeze into the restaurant all at once, and the huge commotion startled the customers who were eating inside.
Knowing their purpose, it was clear they were here to eat. Not knowing, one would think they were trying to tear down the restaurant!
"Bang."
"Everyone line up properly! Don't you understand the rule of first come, first served? Anyone who doesn't obey my rules can leave now. You are not welcome here!"
Looking at the chaotic crowd, Dylan's brows couldn't help but furrow. So he slammed the restaurant door shut and shouted in a deep voice.
At the same time, that overwhelming aura on his body emerged once again, causing the crowd's movements to freeze. They all lined up in an orderly queue, like frightened birds and beasts.
What was going on? Who exactly was this guy? Why did he have such an aura that made people dare not look him in the eye, let alone look at his face.
"This is more like it! We pay attention to first come, first served in our work. You also hate encountering people who cut in line, right? You can clearly do it well, can't you?"
Looking at the quickly forming orderly queue in front of him, Dylan couldn't help but sigh. The people in this world were really... completely impolite.
They clearly knew how to line up, but they insisted on waiting until someone got angry before they were willing to line up. They were even less civilized than the residents of Chuuka Ichiban
"Just line up according to this queue. If anyone behind dares to cut in line, you can report them to me, and I will kick them out. Those who successfully report someone will be allowed to enter the restaurant early."
Dylan said, reopening the restaurant door. The rich aroma wafted out once again. The customers who had been blocked at the door and couldn't get out also came out, giving him a grateful look, and they also understood his actions.
When he was in the restaurant and saw Dylan maintaining order, he thought this person was making a fuss over nothing. Everyone was just coming to eat a meal, there was no need to be so serious.
But now it seemed that without rules, nothing could be accomplished. Some rules had to be established, otherwise the world would become chaotic.
"You two go in. Give the ingredients you bought to the waiter, and then tell her what dishes you want to eat. If it's not a common dish, just state your specific requirements. If you can't decide, just ask them to give you a 'fish dish blind box'."
"Okay, we understand. Thank you."
Looking at the man and woman in front of him, clearly a couple, Dylan glanced at them and gave a brief instruction, then turned and returned to the restaurant.
After his two shouts just now, the order in the restaurant was clearly much better than at the beginning. At least everyone had become obedient to him.
Hopefully, this state could be maintained. The first hurdle of opening the shop could be considered overcome!
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"What's going on? Why is the number of customer orders so low today? Usually, we have at least forty to fifty orders by now, but today we only have a dozen or so?"
In the kitchen of the [Noyu] restaurant, Jessie looked at the few order receipts with a puzzled expression.
It couldn't possibly be because of yesterday's competition, right?
Although it was indeed very embarrassing, only the nearby residents should have seen it. Even if word spread, it wouldn't be a matter of just one or two days.
Moreover, even if it was embarrassing, it couldn't possibly affect his restaurant. After all, his identity as a special-grade chef was genuine, without any exaggeration!
"Tulben, go outside and see what's going on! What exactly happened to cause such a significant drop in the number of customers!"
With an unspeakable gloomy look on his face, Jessie kicked Tulben, who was chopping vegetables not far away, and said in a commanding tone.
"Yes, Chef!"
Although the kick hurt a bit, Tulben still had a respectful and flattering look on his face. Then he quickly left the kitchen, but after leaving the kitchen, the respectful and flattering look on his face instantly disappeared, replaced by him spitting contemptuously.
"Useless trash, defeated by a child like that, what kind of special-grade chef is he? Still dares to order me around like this. One day I'll make you get out of this restaurant!"
After saying this, he nervously glanced around the restaurant to the left and right. After confirming that no one had heard his words, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and then left the restaurant to investigate the situation.
Although he had quite a few criticisms of Jessie, the other party was still the boss of the kitchen after all, someone he couldn't afford to offend. He had to do the work that was assigned to him.
"What's going on over there? What happened? Why are so many people gathered..."
Just as Tulben stepped out of the [Noyu] restaurant door, preparing to investigate, he spotted Alice's restaurant. It was hard not to notice so many people gathered, and a suspicious look appeared on his face.
Without hesitation, he crossed the street and quickly arrived in front of Alice's restaurant. Looking at the queue that was almost reaching the opposite side of the road, his brows couldn't help but furrow.
"Free processing of fish dishes? What a joke! How can such a rundown little shop have so many customers? I'll have to see what's going on!"
Looking at the signboard at the shop door, Tulben's brows furrowed even more. It wasn't hard to understand a new shop opening with promotions, and it wasn't hard to understand attracting customers with free processing, but why was there such a long queue at the door?!
With such a long queue, it would take at least an hour or two to get food, plus the chef's cooking time, it would take at least three hours. With such a high time cost, he believed that no one present wouldn't know how to calculate.
But even so, they were still queuing! There wasn't a trace of annoyance on their faces. What exactly was going on with this shop? Could it be that another special-grade chef had come to this street?!
The scene in front of him could only be explained by a special-grade chef attracting people with their cooking skills! Getting closer to the restaurant and smelling the rich aroma wafting out, a surprised look appeared on Tulben's face.
Without much hesitation, he walked through the crowd, directly pushed open the restaurant door, and stepped inside, wanting to see what was going on.
It was also good timing. Someone had just finished eating and gotten up at this moment. He saw the empty seat and strode over. Just as he was about to call the waiter, he was pressed down on the ground by someone else first.
"Boss! Caught someone cutting in line!!"
An excited yet restrained voice rang out. Strong men held Tulben firmly on the ground, looking at Dylan, who was walking towards them after hearing the commotion, their voices filled with a sense of wanting to claim credit.
"Cutting in line? Didn't you tell him what I said earlier?"
Because his head was pressed to the ground, Dylan couldn't see his face clearly, so he asked doubtfully, thinking that these guys were too enthusiastic.
"We told him, but he didn't listen! He even said that a small broken shop had so many rules, and he just wanted to cut in line, to see what the boss could do to him!"
Tulben: "???"
Wait, bro, when did I say such a thing?!
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