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After arriving at the filming location on Koh Chang's white sand beach, the group quickly got into the swing of things.

Zhao Yanzi is indeed a professional actress. Although she wasn't particularly warm towards Su Yu and the others off-camera, she could instantly get into character as soon as the production team yelled "action." Her voice would ring out, she would put on a smile, and she would direct and coordinate the show with great skill.

Their attitude towards Su Yu and his group also became more enthusiastic.

Watching her change of expression so quickly, Su Yu thought to himself: Sure enough, none of those who have made it to this position in this industry are simple people.

While it's hard to judge this woman's character, her work ethic is impeccable, something he really needs to learn from.

The Chinese restaurant officially opened for business the next day.

Su Yu and Jin Mengjia were assigned to the most tiring job: washing dishes.

Besides washing dishes, he also worked part-time as Zhang Liang's assistant, washing and chopping vegetables and handing over seasonings. He would fill in whatever was missing in the kitchen.

Fortunately, Su Yu was quick and efficient, and his eyesight was good enough. Zhang Liang was quite satisfied with his cooperation and often praised him in front of the camera.

When it came time to price the menu before opening, Huang Xiaoming and Zhao Yanzi went through several rounds of deliberation.

One advocated a more approachable approach, believing that lower prices would attract customers, so they set the price of the clay pot fish head at around 250 baht, and even mentioned giving away a silk scarf or something to make customers happy; the other insisted on having a profit margin, and immediately raised the prices on the menu by several notches.

Huang Xiaoming peeked out from the side for a long time, and couldn't help but mention three times, "I think we can reduce it by another fifty yuan." Zhao Yanzi didn't even look up and replied, "If you set the price, we'll be working for nothing every day," directly handing over the pricing power to the store manager.

Watching Huang Xiaoming's actions from the side, Su Yu suddenly felt a sense of familiarity. Wasn't this the early prototype of the later "Ming Studies"?

He recalled that in the later seasons of "Chinese Restaurant", without Zhao Yanzi keeping him in check, Huang Xiaoming completely let loose after becoming the manager, contributing a bunch of memorable quotes such as "I don't care what you think, I care what I think" and "This matter doesn't need discussion, just listen to me". These quotes were compiled by netizens into "Ming's Sayings", creating a whole new field called "Ming Studies".

It turns out that this slightly greasy "domineering CEO" vibe started in the first season, but now that his old classmate Zhao Yanzi is keeping things in check, it hasn't fully surfaced yet.

However, to be fair, the daily bickering between these two is indeed a great source of entertainment. Watching them go back and forth, Su Yu has to admit that the audience just loves it.

On the first night, since there weren't many customers at the beach, Huang Xiaoming decided to take the initiative and drag Su Yu, who spoke the best English among them, to the beach to "recruit customers."

Su Yu didn't refuse. He strolled around the beach a couple of times, and before he could even start promoting his restaurant, two blonde, blue-eyed foreign girls approached him and struck up a conversation. Su Yu took the opportunity to promote his Chinese restaurant, and the two girls naturally became the first customers that night.

Huang Xiaoming witnessed Su Yu's actions throughout and gave him a thumbs up: "Xiao Su, your face is really useful."

Back at the shop, Zhao Yanzi rarely praised someone, saying, "It's good to be good-looking. People come to you as soon as you stand there."

Su Yu smiled and replied, "Thank you for the compliment, Sister Wei."

On the third day, Zhou Dongyu had to temporarily leave the show for a few days due to other matters.

Zhao Yanzi looked at the remaining staff and decided to let Su Yu temporarily replace Zhou Dongyu at the front desk to greet guests. After all, his face was more effective than any signboard when he stood at the door, a fact that had already been fully proven in the process of attracting customers.

As a result, Su Yu was officially promoted from a dishwasher in the backstage area to the face of the store, while Jin Mengjia continued to suffer and stick to the dishwasher post.

Of course, Su Yu would also voluntarily help her wash the dishes when he had free time.

Later, Jin Mengjia was nicknamed "Wanzi Girl" by Huang Xiaoming because she washed too many dishes.

Actually, Su Yu initially came to the show with the mindset of taking a vacation, but he didn't expect that he would actually experience the life of a restaurant helper.

However, the most exhausted among them was Zhang Liang. He was the only truly professional chef in the entire Chinese restaurant, having actually worked as a chef before his debut.

Although the other members would occasionally step in as chefs and cook a couple of dishes, Zhang Liang was in charge of the cooking most of the time.

On the fifth day of the opening, the program invited three local Thai guests – Mike, Boat, and Hongyok.

With the support of local celebrities, the restaurant was packed with customers that day, and both the kitchen and the front of house were extremely busy.

After dinner, everyone took turns singing. When the microphone was passed to Su Yu, he didn't refuse and went on stage to sing his song "Want to See You".

After the song ended, Mike led the applause, and the Thai actress Hongyok immediately became a fan of Su Yu, cheering him on enthusiastically.

On the ninth day after the business opened, Zhang Liang's myocarditis relapsed due to days of high-intensity work.

That morning, instead of getting up early to make breakfast for everyone as usual, he tossed and turned in bed, unable to stand or sit still.

Zhao Yanzi immediately decided to demote him to a secondary position and appoint him as the head chef, while she herself would take on the role of head chef.

It must be admitted that Zhao Yanzi is quite responsible in this program. From the first day of opening, she has been doing almost everything inside and outside. Now that the head chef has fallen ill, she stepped in without hesitation.

On the tenth day after opening, everyone finally got a break.

Huang Xiaoming dragged Su Yu out of bed early in the morning to go swimming in the sea.

Su Yu has maintained a great physique, having consistently exercised since entering the entertainment industry.

When the two came out of the sea, Su Yu casually wrung out his soaked T-shirt and draped it over his shoulder. Meng Jia and Zhou Dongyu were chatting on a beach chair. When they looked up and saw the two of them walking over, their eyes lingered on Su Yu for a moment, and then they looked at each other.

Jin Mengjia didn't dare to look for long, but Zhou Dongyu looked at her for a couple more seconds without hesitation, and then slowly said, "Nice figure."

Huang Xiaoming shouted from behind, "Aren't you guys looking at me?" Zhou Dongyu replied expressionlessly, "Brother Xiaoming, take off your hat first."

Because of Zhang Liang's health condition, Zhao Yanzi proposed a "rotating head chef system," meaning that for the remaining days, everyone except Zhang Liang would take turns being the head chef, and each person would decide the dishes for the day.

On the day it was Su Yu's turn to be the head chef, he directly wrote down several of his best Sichuan dishes on the menu: boiled sliced ​​pork, twice-cooked pork, shredded pork with garlic sauce, and Mapo tofu.

Although he had modestly told Zhao Yanzi on the phone that he "only knew how to cook some home-style dishes," that was just a way of hiding his true abilities.

He lived alone in a rented apartment in his previous life, and he couldn't eat takeout every day, so cooking for himself was the most economical way.

In addition, his parents had been telling him since he was a child, "You need to learn to cook in order to find a wife." Although he only realized later that it was an excuse his parents used to be lazy and make him share the housework, this sentence did indeed hone his cooking skills.

So his home-cooked meals are quite good. As long as he doesn't do anything fancy or impromptu, and just makes a few dishes properly, they're all presentable.

On the day he became the head chef, although a few customers found it a bit spicy, most customers still gave it positive reviews.

Over the course of these days, everyone gradually became familiar with each other.

Su Yu was no longer as reserved as he had been at the beginning, and occasionally he would make some harmless jokes with the guests.

For example, making fun of Huang Xiaoming's famous "Nao Tai Tao".

Over the next few days, everyone took turns being the head chef, entertaining guests, and cleaning the kitchen. The days flew by between the stove and the sink, and twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.

When the production team announced that filming was about to end, Su Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.