Chef at the University Canteen

Chapter 502 - 280: Is the Food at the Seventh Dining Hall Really That Good, or Just Hype?

Jiangzhou University, third floor of the administration building.

Sitting in Xiong Bingsheng’s office, Jiang Yu was sipping fragrant tea, enjoying the air conditioning, and listening to Xiong Bingsheng talk endlessly about his recruitment plan. After chatting for most of the morning, he finally understood what he needed to do.

"Speaking of which, using the food from the Seventh Dining Hall as a gimmick for recruitment is something I thought of too late."

Xiong Bingsheng took another sip of tea, smacked his lips, and said with a face full of regret,

"If I had thought of this earlier, I would have had everything planned before the college entrance examination. As soon as the exams were over, I would have started implementing it. I wouldn’t have had to wait until now to begin, wasting so much time."

If this could be successfully implemented, then we wouldn’t be stuck with only attracting students from over thirty high schools in Jiangzhou City. At the very least, we could sweep across the entire province’s high-quality student pool. If the school was willing to invest more resources and reach into nearby provinces, it wouldn’t be impossible.

If we could really recruit a large number of high-quality students for the school, then Jiang University’s admission scores this year would definitely be much higher than before, which would greatly enhance the school’s reputation!

Thinking of this, Xiong Bingsheng felt a surge of excitement, unable to contain himself.

"The school recruits every year, Teacher Xiong, no need to be too anxious."

Although he didn’t know whether Xiong Bingsheng’s "alternative recruitment method" would work, Jiang Yu was still willing to cooperate with him. After all, without Xiong Bingsheng’s full support back then, the Seventh Dining Hall might not have been built at all.

One must be grateful.

He joked, "Let’s just consider this year as a ’pilot city’ in Jiangzhou City. If it really works, then by this time next year, applying to the school for recruitment funding will be much easier."

"Hmm, what you said makes sense."

Hearing Jiang Yu say this, Xiong Bingsheng nodded. The slight regret he felt also dissipated a lot. He smiled and said,

"Then I’ll trouble Xiaojiang with this matter. Around ten o’clock tomorrow, I’ll bring the first batch of students over, and we’ll bring another batch in the afternoon, around three or four, to minimize any impact on the Seventh Dining Hall’s normal operations."

"Okay."

Jiang Yu chatted with Xiong Bingsheng a bit more and, seeing that it was almost half-past ten, got up to say goodbye and left the administration building.

...

In a simply decorated room in the City Garden District of Jiangzhou City.

The sunlight outside the window shone through the glass, illuminating the south-facing room to a dazzling brightness. Lying in bed and enjoying a lazy sleep, Yao Pinghua muttered a few unclear words in annoyance, pulled a thin blanket over his head, and turned over to continue sleeping.

This year, he was 18 years old, and had just graduated from Jiangzhou Ninth Middle School. A few days ago, he had just checked his college entrance exam score, 620 points, nearly 100 points above the first-tier cutoff, making it safe to get into a key university, but getting into a better key university would be more difficult.

Yao Pinghua’s usual performance was quite good, and if he could normally perform to his level, his college entrance exam score could be several tens of points higher. At that time, while it wouldn’t guarantee entry into top domestic universities like Shuimu Qingbei, it would definitely be possible to enter schools like Hanyang University or Chuanshu University.

Unfortunately, whether it was due to bad luck or not, Yao Pinghua caught a severe cold two days before the exam. Constant coughing was bad enough and his head felt sluggish. In such a state, he still managed to score 620 points, which was already surprising.

But because of this, Yao Pinghua felt even more frustrated. Ever since the exam scores came out, he felt like a withered eggplant, listless, uninterested in anything, and even when classmates invited him out to play, he was too lazy to go.

Even though his parents kept comforting him, it was still of no use.

Just as Yao Pinghua was covering his head and planning to sleep a bit more, his phone, charging on the bedside table, suddenly rang. It was a message from someone.

He reached out from under the blanket, grabbed the phone, squinted at the screen, and saw that it was a message from Teacher He, the head teacher, in the high school class group:

"Classmates, I have good news for everyone!

You all should have heard of the Jiang University Seventh Dining Hall, but probably haven’t tasted the food there, right? Well, here’s your chance!

I have a contact at Jiang University and have arranged for us to visit Jiang University this morning for a relaxing tour. You’ll also get to taste the food at the Seventh Dining Hall to see if it’s truly as delicious as rumored.

For those who want to visit Jiang University and try the food, meet at our school’s gate at nine o’clock. I have arranged a bus for round-trip transportation!

I suggest that any classmates with time should definitely check it out, as the food at the Seventh Dining Hall isn’t easily available to taste."

"Jiang University Seventh Dining Hall?"

Yao Pinghua was taken aback, then remembered.

The Jiang University Seventh Dining Hall is a student cafeteria that went viral on Douyin earlier this year. It’s said that the owner has superb culinary skills, creating amazingly delicious dishes that attract countless food lovers, all of whom rave about it after trying.

As a third-year high school student, Yao Pinghua naturally didn’t pay much attention to these things. Although he loved good food, his focus during the third year was on preparing for the college entrance exams, aiming to go to a good school in the fall.