Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 411: Four hundred and eleven business prospers_1

Chapter 411: Four hundred and eleven business prospers_1

After a while, Qiwei Vegetarian near the business center area on Xingye Road had become increasingly famous.

Every day, early in the morning, many people began to queue up outside, filling up the once empty hall.

Now, it became so overcrowded that some who came later might not even find a place to sit.

Initially, it was Zhou Tong who led his perplexed subordinates to have a meal together in broad daylight.

This caused quite a few people to complain, thinking that dining in such a small restaurant was a sign of the boss being too stingy.

Moreover, they were in the middle of an intense research and development phase, already under significant pressure, and now this seemed like a hit to morale.

But when they reluctantly tried a sip of the Xunxian Brew from Gu Chen’s store,

they immediately realized they were wildly mistaken.

This was no ordinary rice wine, the taste, the fragrance, were even better than the fine wines served at state banquets.

Then, if you had a bite of the buns sold here, not even immortals would want to trade that experience.

They never imagined that food and wine could be so intoxicating.

After eating and drinking their fill, not only did their morale not decline, but it surged upward.

As they put it, just as Li Bai wrote a hundred poems over a bout of wine, today’s coders would code a thousand lines while tipsy.

To have a good meal and drink before working overtime was truly a delight.

Especially after drinking from Gu Chen’s house, it was truly a man’s fuel supplement and a woman’s little secret.

After that, the entire company of Zhou Tong became regulars at Gu Chen’s.

They would come over every now and then to enjoy a meal.

Leveraging this group’s influence,

other companies in the entrepreneurial park were baffled by their strange behavior.

They wondered if it was just a roadside shop and only about eating buns, why they seemed so overly thrilled, grinning ear to ear.

At first, many mocked Zhou Tong and his company’s people, thinking they were unsophisticated bumpkins.

They didn’t even know what good food was.

Yet, they did not refute this criticism, on the contrary, they would keep saying yes, yes, yes.

They not only admitted to being unsophisticated, but later also started dissuading others from going to Qiwei Vegetarian.

Claiming that the place was a rip-off, selling a bowl of wine for dozens of yuan, and they would never have gone had their boss not dragged them there.

However, after these remarks, people from other companies were surprised to find that these individuals started visiting even more frequently...

Until one afternoon, the boss of another company, driven by curiosity,

snuck in after work when no one was around, wanting to taste what was so magical about it.

But after trying it, he was infuriated, slapping his thigh and cursing for being duped by Zhou Tong and his gang.

Just one sip and he felt that what he had drunk before could not even be called wine.

It was nothing but pure horse piss.

He never thought that such a small shop like Qiwei Vegetarian could harbor a master brewer.

He loathed himself for not seeing through Zhou Tong’s schemes sooner, as that guy was quite adept at keeping good things to himself.

No wonder he seemed to have a motor attached to his leg, feeling uneasy if he didn’t visit Qiwei Vegetarian daily; now he understood the real reason.

The next day, in addition to the people from Zhou Tong’s company, another company’s employees also came over to dine together.

In less than a week, Gu Chen’s Qiwei Vegetarian became a well-known secret among the people in the entrepreneurial park.

Everyone knew that a small eatery had popped up, run by a descendant of the Imperial Chef from centuries past.

Whether it was cooking or brewing wine, both were simply unparalleled.

Every day, as soon as noon hit, the hundred-square-meter restaurant would almost instantly become packed to the brim.

Any self-respecting boss who thought highly of their status would almost certainly bring their employees here.

The movements in this industrial park quickly spread to the nearby office towers.

It sparked curiosity among many and led more and more people to make a trip to Qiwei Vegetarian to taste for themselves.

Gu Chen was over the moon about this. He had thought his restaurant’s reputation would need some time to build.

Unexpectedly, word spread so rapidly and, with hardly any effort, a large group of regulars were hooked.

Moreover, most of these patrons were either senior-level white-collar workers or small business owners nearby, each with a burning desire to spend.

Taking advantage of this, Gu Chen had someone renovate the storefront, aiming for a Japanese-inspired style.

The counter was transformed into a simple workbench, allowing him to cook and chat with the customers simultaneously.

This move immediately brought in another wave of popularity.

Gu Chen was already very handsome and sunny, with a great sense of humor and gift for gab.

Add to that his incredibly focused demeanor when cooking.

Suddenly, many of the nearby female office workers became utterly infatuated.

If at first Gu Chen’s shop was filled with groups of old men who would shout and drink,

once the workbench was installed, it started attracting a constant stream of beautiful white-collar women.

They came wave after wave, crowding in front of Gu Chen.

Ordering a bowl of Xunxian Brew and a couple of side dishes, they would eat and watch, staying for at least half an hour.

Even though they knew the man had a daughter, coming over daily for delicious food and a glimpse of a handsome man was a great stress reliever.

And in these days, white-collar workers hadn’t fallen to the level of being corporate drones, as most had quite decent salaries.

Though the fare at Gu Chen’s was pricey, it wasn’t beyond their means.

Sometimes, even some bold urban beauties would take the chance, while receiving their dishes from Gu Chen, to sneak a touch of his hand—and any success would instantly be met with cheers and celebrations.

It was the very picture of a gang of female ruffians entering the store.

Gu Chen found this both amusing and exasperating. Grown women, yet they behaved so childishly.

But every time he saw the group clapping in celebration, Xiao Fang couldn’t help but feel a tinge of gloom in her heart.

Lately, as the shop became busier, Gu Chen had her assisting inside with serving dishes and drinks.

As for the selling of steamed buns, that was left entirely to Cui Hua to handle alone.

At first, Xiao Fang was happy to be working close to the boss.

But she hadn’t expected that in just a few days, the number of vixens in the shop would multiply.

Not only did they reek of perfume, but each one was also better dressed than the last.

Even though the boss was not hers, she always felt that these female office workers weren’t good people.

Their Qiwei Vegetarian was clearly a restaurant, yet none of them seemed to come to eat.

They were obviously here to devour people instead!