Food: Random stalls, customers chase me all over the country

Chapter 484 - Life and Death
Wang Fan did not leave alone. Most of the chefs who had successfully completed their mission left together.

Only Chen Menglong and a few others planned to stay in China for a while longer, taking advantage of the momentum created by Wang Fan to promote Chinese food, so that those foreigners would not look at them with tinted glasses every day.

After getting off the plane, the two first returned to Harbin, rested for a while, and then headed straight to Nanjing.

While driving, Wang Fan sighed that his system was very humane. In other novels, the system tasks were issued at will, and they were all mandatory tasks. If you didn't complete them, you would die.

How could he be so obedient like me? I used to be able to be stubborn, but after completing the stubborn mission, I basically only send out missions after I decide on them myself.

Just like now, I haven’t decided whether to stay in Hongshan Forest Park, and this task has not been issued yet.

……

At this time, Director Liu was extremely worried.

As for the reason, it is naturally because of being asked for salary.

After all, he hadn't received his salary for three months, which was something most people couldn't bear.

My salary is not high to begin with, and I only have a little left over after eating and drinking for emergencies. If I don’t get paid for these three months, I really won’t be able to make ends meet.

Zhang Chunming is an old employee here. The job of a breeder is not easy and the salary is not high. His wife and children depend on him. If he doesn't get paid for three months, he can't even afford to take his children to a restaurant for a meal.

I am a man after all, and it is really embarrassing to end up like this.

"Director Liu, let me tell you this: if we don't pay you today, we're going to quit! Have you ever experienced the feeling of not being able to pay for a roast chicken when your son wants one? I've completely lost face in front of him!"

His words seemed to strike a chord with the other employees, who all chimed in, "Exactly. I borrowed money from my dad to pay for my son's tuition. It's so embarrassing just thinking about it!"

"I don't have any children, but now I have to ask my parents for money for food. They think I just play games in my rental house all day."

"Really, Director Liu, please spare us. We all have elderly parents and young children to support, and we really can't hold on any longer."

"We like animals, but we have to live, right?"

Does Director Liu understand the difficulties and situations of these employees?

Of course he understood, because he had used all the zoo's money to buy food for the animals. Not only had the employees not been paid, but he himself had not received his salary for several months.

He didn't have much savings, and even paid for a lot of food out of his own pocket. Now the money in his card is basically zero.

"I know your difficulties, but I can't just watch these animals starve to death, right? Trust me again, I will definitely bring our forest zoo back to life!"

Director Liu knew that his words were rather empty, but this was all he could say in the current situation, although he didn't know whether the opportunity to revive would ever come.

I had previously hired an internet celebrity for promotion, a dance blogger with millions of fans. However, not only was she difficult to serve, she also often threw tantrums like a spoiled brat.

The main theme of this zoo is the harmonious coexistence of humans and animals. Animals also have their own privacy, but she gets angry when she can't see the animals. A good publicity campaign has been turned into a mess, which is a good way to create a wave of counter-publicity.

This made him no longer have the same confidence in Wang Fan's arrival as before.

"Just one month, trust me for the last month!"

Director Liu swore fiercely, "If I can't pay you wages next month, I'll sell our house and pay you!"

Zhang Chunming looked at the exhausted Director Liu with some pity. "Director Liu, we don't have any bad intentions. We really can't make ends meet, so we've come to this. You're a good leader, and we appreciate your dreams and your kindness to the animals. But... well, forcing you to sell your house isn't what we want to see, but you should at least give us a reason? A reason that can convince us.

Summer vacation is almost over and the off-season is about to begin. What reason do you give us to believe that our zoo can be revived?"

"Yeah, there are only a few customers during the peak season, so what good can there be during the off-season?"

"You said you wanted to sell the house, we didn't force you to do it."

"I think you should sell the zoo as soon as possible, or have someone from higher-ups take it over and run it like other zoos. At least you can have enough food and clothing."

Director Liu held up a finger and said, "Give me one last month, just one month!" Zhang Chunming pressed it down, and the employee behind him stopped talking. He stepped forward and said, "One month is fine, but I still say that, give us a reason!"

"Yes, we want a reason."

"That's right, anyone can tell lies, but it's useless."

Director Liu sighed inwardly. It seemed that he really couldn't fool people today, but these people couldn't leave. The zoo covered an area of ​​0.68 square kilometers and housed more than 260 animals of more than 3000 species. Even if he wore out the soles of his shoes or worked himself to death, it was impossible for him to take good care of the food, drink, defecation and urination of these animals.

"I hired someone to help us promote it, and he's almost here."

Zhang Chunming scoffed. "Director, I can't believe you'd fall into the same trap twice. And this time you invited an internet celebrity? You know what the results were when we tightened our belts last time, and you're still betting on them? Or are you inviting a big star this time?"

"Director, I think we shouldn't wait until next month. Let's do it now. My mother is still in the hospital waiting for medical expenses. Can we part ways amicably?"

Almost everyone was very disappointed with what Principal Liu said.

They no longer believe that a single internet celebrity can revive the zoo.

Everyone says that computers are a bubble, but the internet celebrity economy is even more of a bubble than computers.

Zhang Chunming sighed and said, "Who did you invite this time?"

Director Liu sat dejectedly in his chair, his eyes fixed on the dusty toes of his shoes. "Wang Fan."

There was no longer the initial confidence in his words, and there was a hint of decadence, as if even he had accepted his fate.

"Who?"

Zhang Chunming looked at Director Liu in surprise: "Which Wang Fan?"

Director Liu sighed: "It's the cook. He seems to have been quiet recently."

The more he spoke, the less confident he became.

Recently, he has been so worried about funding that he has no time to pay attention to the news. He is either borrowing money or on his way to borrow money.

"The strongest wild boss?"

"Random refresh of that?"

"The one who just made a big splash at Michelin?"

"How can the director, who is so poor, hire him?"

"hiss……"

Everyone looked at each other, speechless with surprise.

Director Liu took out his phone and opened Weibo, opening the interface of his conversation with Wang Fan: "Look, that's him."

Everyone looked at the profile picture. Wasn't that the photo of Boss Wang and his food truck?
"What the hell? Real or fake?"

"Director Liu is so broke, I wonder if he's made some shady deal?"

Director Liu looked at everyone in surprise. How come each of them seemed like a different person?
He looked so unconvinced just now, how come he suddenly seems so confident?

Zhang Chunming licked his lips and said, "Shall we go back to work?"

Damn it?

Director Liu stared at him with wide eyes: "What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)