The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 98: Leave professional matters to professionals
"My plan is simple."

Qin Lang smiled confidently, "Since 'Super Player' has surpassed 'Happy Party' in all aspects of amusement facilities, we won't go head-to-head with them in this area, but will choose to overtake them by taking a shortcut."

"You mean..." Ye Zhen's expression shifted, and considering the two requests Qin Lang had just made, he had an answer in mind, "Start with the catering industry?"

“That’s right.” Qin Lang nodded. “The rides at ‘Happy Party’ aren’t bad. The success over the years has proven that. It’s just a little less fun than ‘Super Player’.”

"The reason why amusement parks have become like this is actually the result of a vicious cycle that keeps repeating itself."

"With large amusement rides closed and small rides losing popularity, amusement parks are naturally doomed."

"But if we can find a way to attract enough visitors to the amusement park in a short period of time, it's like giving artificial respiration to someone who has stopped breathing."

"Perhaps, this will give the amusement park a chance to be revitalized."

"And the way to attract tourists is through delicious food!" Qin Lang gripped the outstretched hand tightly, his eyes gleaming.

Running an amusement park is not his forte, so naturally he wants to bring this competition to the area where he excels.

"Use delicious food to attract tourists, encourage them to spend money in the amusement park, create positive feedback, increase popularity, and revitalize the amusement park!"

After frowning and pondering for a moment, Ye Zhen turned to the veteran employees beside him and asked, "What do you think?"

“Director, I think we should give it a try,” one of the veteran employees said first.

“We have no other way out, so it’s worth a try.” Another long-time employee nodded in agreement.

"I also think that trying is better than sitting and waiting to die."

"Yes, at least this method sounds quite reasonable."

"I also think it's worth a try."

"... "

After listening to the thoughts of the veteran employees, Ye Zhen nodded slightly and understood the situation. He slowly straightened his back and looked at Qin Lang.

"Your plan has been accepted by 'Fun Party' amusement park!"

"However, there are still some issues that may need to be discussed."

"To make food truly attractive and retain travelers, you need at least the skill level of a Spirit Chef." Ye Zhen paused slightly. "I can expand our staff, but hiring Spirit Chefs..."

"The cost is just too high."

“I’ve already thought that through,” Qin Lang smiled. “That’s also why I asked you to give up on restaurant revenue.”

"We've already given up on restaurant revenue, how can we expect you to spend money to hire Yu Ling Chef?"

"Of course, we should let them be responsible for their own profits and losses."

"Self-financing?" Ye Zhen blinked, somewhat bewildered.

Cao Dongdong and Zhao Qian, who were standing to the side, also looked surprised.

What is this operation?
Seeing that no one understood what he meant, Qin Lang slowly uttered two words, "Set up a stall."

“We will designate a food area within the amusement park and invite outstanding food vendors to set up stalls within the park, creating a food street.”

“Initially, the amusement park was not popular, so we did not charge them rent and let them set up their stalls for free.”

"If the amusement park can be revived and has a high flow of people in the future, then we will have to charge the vendors for the stalls."

"However, no matter how much rent is collected, the revenue will still be much lower than operating a restaurant directly, which can be considered a drawback."

"No, no, no!" Ye Zhen shook his head violently, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, as if he had become ten years younger in an instant. "As long as the amusement park can be brought back to life, what is this little loss?" It's just earning a little less, it's not like we're going to lose money.

That's much better than the current situation where we're barely making ends meet!
At this moment, Qin Lang had laid out the complete plan in front of him. The more Ye Zhen thought about it, the more he felt that the plan was indeed quite feasible!
“I’ll start recruiting right now, and the food and beverage area will also be redesigned.” He stood up abruptly, his eyes full of enthusiasm.

"Give me two days... no! One day is enough!"

"I will prepare everything!"

"Then leave the matter of inviting the Spirit Chefs to set up shop to us." Qin Lang nodded with a smile. "I happen to have some ideas about this."
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"Qin Lang, when you said you were inviting the Spirit Chef, you weren't referring to the two of us, were you?"

Leaving the amusement park, Cao Dongdong was a little troubled. "I could set up a stall and sell egg yolk pastries and lotus flower pastries, but Zhao Qian..."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhao Qian standing to the side.

"Hey! You think you can look down on me just because you've learned a few desserts?" Zhao Qian slapped him hard on the shoulder. "It's just setting up a stall, I can do that too!"

"Stop arguing, stop arguing." Qin Lang looked at the two of them, both amused and exasperated. "I wasn't planning to invite either of you."

"Of course, I won't stop you if you want to set up a stall for fun."

"So who are you planning to invite?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but ask.

"Look over there," Qin Lang pointed ahead.

That was the snack street they visited last night.

"You mean..." Zhao Qian's expression shifted.

"Professional matters should naturally be left to professionals." Qin Lang chuckled. "I plan to invite the food stall owners."

"Perfect timing, the distance isn't far."

“I think it’s a bit difficult.” Cao Dongdong shook his head. “They set up stalls on the food street because the food street already has a stable flow of people.”

"Everyone knows this is a food street, where you can eat all kinds of delicious snacks, which is why people come here. Each stall can get a share of the popularity and ensure its own income."

“You can earn more by setting up a stall in an amusement park, but the amusement park itself must be popular enough, like ‘Super Player’.”

“The ‘Happy Party’ amusement park is not popular at all now. They might set up a stall there all day and not get many customers.”

"Even if we can waive the rent and set a higher price, the profit will be almost negligible."

"Under such circumstances, how could they possibly agree?"

“You’re right.” Qin Lang nodded with a smile, then changed the subject, “So, I need to come up with something that can impress them.”

"Dongdong, do you still remember the students I mentored?"

"You mean?!" Cao Dongdong gasped, "You're going to make it a condition that you instruct those stall owners to set up stalls in the amusement park?"

"More or less, but not exactly the same." Qin Lang shook his head slightly.

None of the students I mentored before reached the level of a Spirit Chef. The purpose of my mentoring was to help them pass the Spirit Chef assessment.

But this time, he was going to invite stall owners who had become spirit chefs in the food street. The food sold by these stall owners was basically the origin of their own food spirits, and the taste would definitely not be bad.

Thinking of this, a sharp glint flashed in Qin Lang's eyes.

He was going to show off his real skills in this world.

(End of this chapter)