Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 469 - 392: Reaching an Agreement, Snack Business Begins!

Chen Mo took the phone. In the video, there was a courtyard similar to Sun Jianhong’s, with a little girl wobbling in the courtyard playing with a hula-hoop. "Yingzi?"

"Yes, keep watching."

After spinning the hula-hoop for a while, Xiaoying dropped it and ran back inside, coming out with two French baguettes in her hands. "Mom, have some bread."

"Mom won’t eat it. I bought it just for you. Is it good?"

Yingzi tore open the package. "Delicious!"

The family of three in the video sat in the courtyard, chatting and laughing, while that old beast stood at the door watching with a displeased look on his face.

"What’s going on?"

Cheng Xiuli took back the phone. "After you left yesterday, I asked the old lady for Xiaoying’s parents’ contact information. Of course... I told a little lie."

"Oh?" Chen Mo felt like this woman was interesting.

Cheng Xiuli said, "I told them the village was distributing gold bars."

Chen Mo: ...

"Anyway, I tricked them into coming back and told them that the city now has a task to help villagers return home, teaching them to make small snacks to sell at stalls. You know, people are very cautious these days, so I had to say that the learning would be free, and the stall rent and food truck would be free for the first three months. If they want to continue operating after that, they will have to pay these fees."

Cheng Xiuli talked rapidly, and Chen Mo slowly absorbed the information.

"What do you think, Boss Xiao Chen? You’ve seen the video. If the parents are around, the child’s situation is actually better." Cheng Xiuli looked at Chen Mo, continuing with her ideas, "I know you want to change this situation, maybe this is a good way? Our company buys your recipes and... sells them first to these workers who have gone away, what do you think?"

It’s a good idea, indeed.

Chen Mo just pondered the business model Cheng Xiuli mentioned, "Wouldn’t your company lose money this way?"

"Of course, in the initial stage, we will front some funds. But as long as these snacks can indeed make money, after three months, these bosses will definitely want to continue operating, and by then, they will have to fulfill the contract."

"You have so much confidence in me?" Chen Mo asked back.

Just with a tea egg, isn’t that just one recipe? Yet it prompted Cheng Xiuli to make such a big decision?

"Boss Xiao Chen..." Cheng Xiuli waved her phone, "I can go online, I learned about your feats in Yangzhou yesterday, and I really have confidence in you."

I see. Chen Mo understood, it must be because Cheng Xiuli learned these things online that she is so persistent, even finding ways to call back Yingzi’s parents.

Not to mention whether this method will work, just what Cheng Xiuli has done shows enough sincerity.

Chen Mo was moved.

"Alright. As for the recipe, I won’t charge for it."

Cheng Xiuli was visibly surprised.

"Let’s consider it covering the first three months of stall rent and food truck fees. But I have one condition."

"Go ahead!" Cheng Xiuli grew more and more impressed with this young man in front of her.

"I’m only in Dongyang for six days. During these six days, I will set up a stall at the night market, operating only two hours a day.

Send people over to learn the skills. How much you can learn, how many recipes you can master depends on your level!"

Cheng Xiuli’s eyes lit up, "Great!"

"So, Boss Xiao Chen, are you setting up a stall today?"

"Yes." After suddenly changing his itinerary, Chen Mo also had to get busy. The reason for deciding on six days is because after six days, the operating time will refresh, and it might no longer be suitable to set up at the night market then.

Furthermore, Chen Xiuli’s idea is currently the most suitable and effective solution Chen Mo can think of. If this doesn’t work, he can’t come up with a better idea.

Cheng Xiuli has a personality where she acts immediately. After verbally agreeing with Chen Mo, she left the parking lot right away, saying she would contact the chefs in charge of training at the company to come to the Dongyang night market.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo took out his phone to contact Sun Jianhong.

"Hey? Brother Mo, what’s happening?"

"Throw away your urine eggs."

"What?" Sun Jianhong was still lying in bed and suddenly sat up, "My urine eggs haven’t even started selling yet, how can I just throw them away?"

"I’ll teach you a new snack, guaranteed to make money."

"Huh? What snack?"

"Don’t ask, don’t talk, if you want to make money, come to the parking lot next to the night market now."

With that, Chen Mo directly hung up the phone.

He needed someone to run errands, so he planned to have Sun Jianhong come over to help out.

The food truck’s space is limited, can only make one kind of snack, so now Chen Mo needs a lot of stall spaces! He doesn’t have time to handle this personally, so he can only let Sun Jianhong do it.

And he has more important things to do.

"Snacks, snacks... What snacks should I make?"

Tea eggs can be counted as one.

"Oh right, let’s do a spicy rabbit head to give the mild-flavored Zhejiang people a spicy shock!"

Chen Mo slowly listed the snacks he could think of on bills in the food truck.

First, it can’t be something common, or even if it’s delicious, the business might not do well. After all, most customers at a night market don’t necessarily know what they want to eat before coming, most come on a whim.

So the selected items must have character!

Spicy rabbit head is a good choice. It’s said that no rabbit can leave Sichuan alive, showing how powerful this thing is.

"And next... Emei Tofu Brain!"

This thing left a very deep impression on Chen Mo. When he traveled to Sichuan years ago, he tried it once. As a faithful guardian of "salty tofu brains," Chen Mo has loved spicy tofu brains ever since.

"Let’s settle on three types for now and see the market response. If there are too many, it might get overwhelming."

After deciding on three types of snacks, Chen Mo quickly went to a nearby supermarket for some ingredients and got the system-recommended best recipe after inputting them.

Now the RV can’t transform yet. He has to wait until the evening, around six or seven, to prepare for maximum benefit.

But Chen Mo didn’t want to use Sun Jianhong’s food truck. Just thinking about it disgusts him.

"Forget it, I’ll prepare in the food truck now and take it over tonight."

While preparing ingredients, Sun Jianhong breathlessly arrived, "Brother Mo, what’s so urgent?"

"Help me rent a few more stalls from the street office."

"How many?"

"However many are available for sublease or vacant, rent them all."

Sun Jianhong was taken aback, "Huh? Why do you need so many stalls? Is subleasing profitable?"

"The stalls are for setting up. Also, dismantle your stall and get me a clean food truck."

"What about my urine eggs?"

Still thinking about those useless urine eggs?

Chen Mo thought there were reasons why Sun Jianhong couldn’t get rich.

"Now." Chen Mo held up a finger, "Either you go back to doing your pee eggs. Or, listen to me! Take that three thousand yuan as my sponsorship, and I’ll teach you a new snack that guarantees money."

Sun Jianhong couldn’t help but fall into conflict.

"One!"

Hearing Chen Mo start counting made him even more conflicted at heart.

After all, the urine eggs were something he had prepared for a long time, they were bound to make money!

"Two!"

But on the flip side, he’s really seen and admired Chen Mo’s skills. Whether it’s the potato cakes or tea eggs, they were food experiences he’d never had before.

"Three..."

"Brother Mo, I’ll work with you!"

Chen Mo rolled his eyes at him, finally willing to give up those useless urine eggs. Who even thought of such a bizarre snack?

Ridiculous!

Chen Mo arranged for Sun Jianhong to first go to the street office to rent stalls, then to negotiate with nearby vendors to see if he could pay their monthly rent and centralize his stalls as much as possible.

After sending off Sun Jianhong, Chen Mo began studying the three snacks he planned today.

The five-spice tea egg was already matured, needing no further words.

Emei Tofu Brain and spicy rabbit head still needed some testing.