The program crew staff ended their breakfast time and continued with the recording.
As it was the first official day of operation, all the store employees had changed into their uniforms by 8 o’clock and started preparing for business in advance.
The three members of the kitchen crew put on their chef uniforms, with the head chef in black and the two assistants in white.
The business team of two put on their uniform shirts, pants, and leather shoes, with the server tying a brown apron around their waist.
[“Ah, the handsome working team!!!”]
[“Congratulations on starting work!!!”]
[“Good luck with the opening!!!”]
[“Get rich overnight!!!”]
[“Stinky treasure, keep it up!!! Do it for your mom!!!”]
Following the division of labor from the previous night, all employees started to busy themselves with their respective tasks.
The store manager inspected the progress of the preparations at each station.
Song Jianchu first checked on the business team’s preparations.
When he was studying the business strategy last night, he found reviews on the travel app about “Grandma Li’s Cuisine.”
The hiker’s reviews said:
【The mashed potato rice is amazing! It’s delicious and filling, but this store only sells water and doesn’t have any sugary or high-calorie drinks. Remember to bring your own hot drinks when you go up the mountain.】
【The mixed rice is super delicious! It would be even more perfect if the store also sold hot chocolate or coffee!】
【The storefront is a bit old, but the mixed rice is excellent! The view of the stunning sea of clouds outside the store is breathtaking. It would be even better if there was a place to sit and drink while enjoying the scenery!】
Therefore, when the restaurant was renovated, Song Jianchu requested that the designer create a beverage mixing area, and the business team was also responsible for beverage preparation.
Mu Ye was currently grinding coffee beans with a machine and pouring the ground coffee powder into the coffee maker. He stood by the counter, waiting with his hands supporting it.
Hearing footsteps, Mu Ye turned his head and asked with a gentle smile, “I rarely make coffee myself. Can the store manager help me taste it?”
[“Ah! The school uniform demon is so handsome!”]
[“Why am I blushing even though I’m just looking at the screen?”]
[“Oh my god, it’s like a commercial shoot!”]
Song Jianchu walked over and stopped, nodding his head. “I want a hot Americano.”
Muye poured good coffee into a cup and observed the expression of the person in front of him.
[“The demon’s gaze seems a bit nervous.”]
[“Hahaha, the new store clerk is nervously waiting for the evaluation of the leader.”]
Song Jianchu took a sip, savored it for a few seconds, and looked up. “Not bad, it’s a little light. You can add more coffee powder.”
Mu Ye slightly hooked his lips and said, “Okay.”
He made another pot according to the advice of the senior coffee expert.
This time, the store manager nodded in satisfaction. “Good.”
Song Jianchu asked through the small window for serving dishes in the back kitchen, “Do you want coffee?”
The back kitchen team was busy preparing unexpectedly before the official opening, and they had not had a moment to rest since they entered, with each person already sweating profusely.
Bai Xingyu said, “I want it with ice.”
Pei Shinian said, “I also want it with ice, very cold!”
Lu Shen said, “With ice.”
Mu Ye opened the ice chest, added ice cubes to three transparent glasses, poured the brewed coffee into the glasses with ice, placed them on a tray, and sent them through the small window.
Three hands quickly came to take the glasses.
Pei Shinian said, “It’s delicious, I like it!”
Bai Xingyu said, “It’s delicious.”
Lu Shen said, “Not bad.”
Mu Ye also let the hard-working staff of the recording team try various drinks and became thoroughly skilled in the beverage area.
The business team was ready to start.
Song Jianchu went to the kitchen again and saw three people from the back kitchen gathering and chatting in front of the soup pot. He went over and asked, “Is there a problem?”
Bai Xingyu put his hands on his hips and frowned, saying, “Yesterday we used the old soup pot from the restaurant, but it seems like we took the wrong one.”
“That pot is leaking, there’s a crack in the bottom, and you can’t see it at all,” Pei Shinian said helplessly and with a wry smile. “I just poured the soup into the new pot and found that half of last night’s big pot of soup was gone.”
[“Hahaha”]
[“I don’t know why, but it’s so funny”]
[“I know! Our soup pot at home also cracked, and the soup leaked from one side of the bottom while evaporating from the heat, and you couldn’t see it at all!”]
[“Hilarious, what should we do now?”]
[“It’s almost time for business! The manager needs to figure something out quickly!” ]
Song Jianchu glanced into the pot and saw that there was indeed much less chicken soup than yesterday.
“It’s okay,” Song Jianchu said calmly, “Today is not a holiday, and the lunch rush shouldn’t be too crowded. We can make another pot now and keep it as a backup for tonight’s business.”
“Okay, I’ll start making it now,” Bai Xingyu said. “Pei, help me take out the chicken frames from the fridge and defrost them.”
“Okay,” Pei Shinian said.
[“The manager’s ability is really strong!”]
[“Everyone is working so hard!”]
[“Keep it up!”]
[“The team atmosphere is really good!”]
After dealing with the unexpected situation, the preparations in the back kitchen were almost done. After all, it was the first time they were opening a restaurant, and the employees were not yet proficient, and their speed needed improvement. They started preparing an hour early, and it was not until 11 o’clock that they officially opened for business.
At 11:05, the director reminded them, “Get ready to receive customers, the first group is coming.”
All the staff immediately perked up.
[“Wow, Little Devil’s prediction is too accurate!” ]
[“Amazing!”]
[“The power of the top student!”]
It was the day after the program was announced, and no one knew where the first episode of “Wanna Leave Work on Time” was being recorded.
A group of college students who were also mountain climbers had just finished watching the sunrise from the main peak and were passing by this mountain when they suddenly felt hungry.
On their way down the mountain, aside from a supply station selling tea eggs and instant noodles, there was only this one restaurant. The young people were too exhausted to eat instant noodles, so they found Grandma Li’s shop based on the recommendation on the app.
Two girls and a boy walked into a clearing in the forest and saw the beautiful storefront in front of them. They hesitated for a moment.
One of the female tourists took out her phone and asked, “Is this the place? Why doesn’t it look the same as the comments?”
The male tourist confirmed, “Yes, this is the place. The sign says so. Maybe they renovated it.”
The other female college student worried, “The storefront looks so nice, like a high-end homestay. Will it be very expensive?”
“Since we’re already here, let’s go in and take a look.”
Pei Shinian was nervously watching by the window, “Why did they stop there? Are they going to leave?”
Song Jianchu replied calmly, “No.”
Pei Shinian joked, “Is it because our shop looks very delicious?”
Song Jianchu replied nonchalantly, “They don’t have any other options.”
Pei Shinian: “…”
[“Hahaha, no wonder it’s you!”]
[“What a cool attitude, I love it!”]
[“The great demon king’s gourmet shop, don’t expect to leave with an empty stomach!”]
[“I envy these lucky ones.”]
[“To be honest, if it were me, I would definitely cry if I missed it and had to go home.”]
The college students walked towards the storefront with their large backpacks.
Because it was the first day of opening, all the staff were outside to welcome customers.
After entering the shop, the three of them suddenly stopped in their tracks, staring at the five handsome guys in uniforms in front of them, their mouths slowly gaping open.
“!!!”
“Welcome,” Song Jianchu said, “Hello.”
The barrage had already guessed the next part of the story and began to countdown.
[“Three”]
[“Two”]
[“One”]
The girls’ screams pierced through the roof.
“Ah ah ah!!!”
“I want to get off work!!!”
“Mom, I’m too excited!!!”
Two girls covered their mouths and screamed, their eyes busy, not knowing which handsome guy to focus on.
Pei Shinian smiled brightly and said, “Hello there.”
Bai Xingyu said, “Hello.”
Lu Shen nodded.
Mu Ye smiled and raised his hand to the inside, saying, “Hello, come on in and have a seat.”
After greeting the customers who had come in, the kitchen staff returned to the kitchen.
Mu Ye received the customers, while Song Jianchu also helped prepare hot tea as part of the business team.
Compared to the fanatical gazes of the four handsome guys, the two girl’s eyes were shocked and cautious, and their gaze quietly followed the rumored internet celebrity, the eldest brother of the Great Demon King.
Mu Ye led the guests who were still a bit confused to their seats and asked them to read and sign the agreement form to participate in the program recording.
While the guests were reading the agreement, Mu Ye went to the beverage station and took the three cups of tea that Song Jianchu had brewed, and handed them to the guests with a gentle smile, saying, “Sorry, our restaurant currently only provides potato mash rice, only the drinks are optional.”
The national pretty boy providing service in a uniform, the two girl’s hearts were already racing, and they said in a hurry, “It’s okay, it’s okay, we’ll just eat what your restaurant has.”
The boys were still calm. Seeing that the two female classmates couldn’t take their eyes off the menu, he took charge of ordering, “We’ll have three servings of potato mash rice and three cups of hot coffee, thank you.”
Mu Ye took out a small clipboard from his apron pocket and wrote down the order, saying, “Okay, please wait a moment.”
Mu Ye went to the kitchen to place the order. As soon as he turned around, the two girls immediately excitedly pinched each other’s arms.
“Oh my god, am I dreaming?”
“Being served by the charming demon Muye!”
“I actually have the opportunity to see the round-the-dream scene of smelly treasure chasing stars! Mom, I have no regrets in this life!!”
The demon king army in the bullet comments: [“???”]
Hearing familiar content, the demon king army was immediately stirred up.
[“Who are these sisters???”]
[“Family?”]
[“Password: There are no blankets in my son’s house.”]
[“——All covered in money?”]
[“My son doesn’t pretend to be cool when chasing stars.”]
[“——Just love playing with the phone?”]
[“Chasing stars demon king YYDS!!!”]
The passersby in the bullet comments were full of confusion.
Huh??? Fans of the demon king’s little brother???
“What??” Listening to the two girl’s chat, the boy across from them was shocked and said, “When did you have a son?”
“Oh, you bumpkin, I met him online!” The girl quietly pointed to the pink-haired boy behind the beverage bar, and whispered, “That, the internet celebrity eldest brother, he’s my son!!”
As there weren’t many people in the store, Song Jianchu could hear the conversation of the customers.
Unexpectedly, his weird fan was among the first group of customers.
For the first time, Song Jianchu felt that having fifty million fans was too much.
With a calm expression, Song Jianchu lowered his head and wiped the glass with a clean cloth as if he didn’t know he was being talked about.
“Oh, I know. He’s the Weibo billionaire, and I’ve watched his vlog,” the guy said. “This kid is really rich. I remember he has one of the 77 limited edition Aston Martin cars worldwide, which costs nearly fifty million. I heard he left it idle because it was too cheap for him.”
“Ah, who doesn’t know that my son is rich,” the girl rolled her eyes and boasted about her son in a skilled manner. “My son has changed three planes in two years. What are a few broken cars?”
The guy: “…”
Is the girl really so into the joke?
Potato mashed with rice was being made, and the two staff members were washing the cups used by the production team earlier.
Mu Ye handed over the clean cups from the sink, and Song Jianchu wiped them with the cloth.
Looking at her son standing next to the male god at the bar, the girl secretly took a photo with her phone.
The girl clasped her hands on the table and said with a motherly joy, “Ah, this program is really good.”
The guy: “…”
Mu Ye handed over another cup, and Song Jianchu took it.
Their fingers briefly touched.
The girl suddenly whispered, “Ah! Our hands touched!”
Song Jianchu’s eyelids twitched.
The cup almost fell to the ground.
Not far away, the girl whispered excitedly, “Stinky treasure has finally made it! Great job! It looks so natural that even the male god didn’t notice. Quick, touch him again secretly…”
Song Jianchu gritted his teeth and lowered his head with a dark expression.
He thought it would be better to drive this group of customers away.
Suddenly, a pair of hands wrapped around him from behind.
Song Jianchu’s gloominess dissipated instantly, and his body stiffened. He subconsciously turned his head.
“Store manager, don’t move.”
Mu Ye had no idea when he grabbed an apron and used it to wrap him up.
A man whispered very close to his ear from behind, “Your clothes got splashed with water.”
“!!!!!!!”
The demon army in the live chat screamed and took screenshots.
The girl seemed to have jumped out of the live chat, covering her mouth and screaming while immediately taking out her phone to take pictures.
Song Jianchu’s face was a little dazed.
He saw a female fan not far away smiling widely, giving him a thumbs up and a heart full of maternal care.
Song Jianchu remained calm, silently remembering the face of this fan in his heart.
He obediently didn’t move, stiffly maintaining the posture of holding the cup and looking straight ahead.
Mu Ye’s movements were careful, with his shirt sleeves rolled up, revealing his strong muscular arms. His hands slowly and deliberately tied two loops of the apron strings around his waist.
As he tied the knot on his waist, his warm breath almost touched Muye’s face.
Finally, he tightened the strings.
Before leaving, the man naturally lowered his head and whispered in Mu Ye’s ear with a volume too low for the microphone to pick up, his voice trying to hold back laughter, “Your fans are lovely. You should share more benefits with them in the future.”