I'm the Culinary God

"It’s perfect, actually Boss Lin really hopes someone will give feedback, and the Roasted Goose leftover tomorrow will be offered to old customers for tasting; as long as it’s not officially for sale, the restaurant doesn’t charge."

As Lin Ji’s first customer, Brother Qiang is very familiar with the store’s style, so when he hears about the Roasted Goose preparation tomorrow, he immediately thinks of dropping by for a free meal.

After talking about this, he closes his laptop and asks:

"Is your company still in a fuss over the annual meeting lottery?"

"Yeah, they’ve been constantly asking us to return the prizes so they can redraw, but I haven’t paid any attention to that vice president. Why should it not count if they didn’t win? They tried to manipulate the result, but we intercepted it, who’s to blame for that? Luckily, the prizes were given out directly at the annual meeting, otherwise, this laptop wouldn’t have been yours to use."

After the annual meeting lottery, the whole company fell into chaos.

The tech department almost took all the big prizes, which rubbed everyone the wrong way; people from other departments strongly demanded a redraw, and the vice president in charge of the annual meeting repeatedly asked Qi Panpan to return the laptop, but was constantly refused each time.

Not only did Qi Panpan not return it, but everyone in the tech department held on to their prizes.

Giving back the prize you won, that’s just nonsense.

"Next up is the year-end bonus once that’s handed out, the whole tech department will collectively resign. If they look down on tech personnel, then we won’t stay."

These days, Qi Panpan and Chen Yan have already been in contact several times.

They’ve even secretly gone to Huixuan Building to view some offices for rent, drafting a preliminary investment plan.

Rent, utilities, office supplies, computer equipment, etc., all require money; Qi Panpan even thought of using some second-hand equipment for the time being until they have funds to buy new ones.

But Chen Yan refused.

She won’t allow her invested company to be so shabby, like beggars, as it seriously affects her Chen Baiwan’s reputation.

When Qi Panpan confirmed she’d resign to start a business, President Chen directly rented a three hundred-plus square meter office on the 17th floor, and even had a renovation company come in to perform the renovations and set up office partitions.

Brother Qiang curiously asked Qi Panpan:

"What about the company’s tech maintenance once you’re all gone?"

"They can figure it out themselves, of course, the company can also entrust my company with tech maintenance, and as long as they pay, we’ll definitely let bygones be bygones."

Li Qiang: "..."

You might let bygones be bygones, but they might not.

After he finished speaking, he grabbed his phone, opened the search bar, typed "Roasted Goose," clicked confirm, and couldn’t help but swallow as he viewed the search results showing roasted goose with its appealing red and glossy skin.

"Watching ’A Bite of China 1’ used to make me crave it so much, I’ve tried it a few times later, and I truly became addicted to the taste of Roasted Goose, especially when paired with Sour Plum Sauce, it is super delicious."

Qi Panpan lightly kicked him:

"Stop blabbering, hurry and wash up and go to bed, you’ve only got a few strands left on your head, do you have to stay up all night until they all fall out?"

When Brother Qiang stood up, Qi Panpan continued:

"I’ve saved some money in recent years; next year, if we put in more effort, we aim to gather a down payment and try to settle down in Beijing..."

Settle down?

Li Qiang somewhat didn’t react:

"You’re planning to buy a house?"

Previously, he always rented and lived leisurely.

If we buy a house, we’ll have to tighten our spending, no more dining at Lin Ji every day.

Qi Panpan kicked him again:

"Buying a house to get married, you’d better not be thinking of just fooling around without marrying me, right? If that’s the case, I’ll pull out all the remaining hair on your head!"

Li Qiang stumbled a bit from the kick, but instead of being upset, he suddenly rushed forward and hugged Qi Panpan tightly, kissing her several times:

"I’ll definitely buy a house, and with great fanfare, I’ll marry you home, and let you manage me for a lifetime!"

Qi Panpan was amused by this guy’s silly act:

"Are you a masochist? Who cares to manage you, go brush your teeth and wash your face, silly!"

After finishing, she grabbed her phone to send a text to the roommate group:

"Brother Qiang drank too much and puked everywhere, I need to stay here and take care of him, won’t be going back tonight."

Girls like Lanlan immediately replied:

"Vomited? Top or bottom?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, this scenario seems familiar."

"Stay safe, Sister Panpan, and don’t forget to buy raincoats."

"..."

Brother Qiang joyfully went to the restroom to brush his teeth and wash his face; although the wedding is planned for next year, with hope comes anticipation, he feels that ever since he started dining at Lin Ji, his luck has really been improving.

Not just Li Qiang feels this way, even former regulars like Yue Liyue, Panda, and even beverage supplier Ou Hua also feel their luck improved after meeting Lin Xu.

Yue Liyue became a popular streamer in the game sector, with his fluent Cantonese often making teammates laugh uncontrollably during games.

Panda’s live-stream sales are getting better, and his "love + career" model with Wu Kexin makes them more in sync, glued together like inseparable.

As for Ou Hua, through Lin Xu, she met a bunch of restaurant chefs, allowing her to smoothly secure many beverage supply contracts, and recently even hosted the company’s year-end banquet at Lin Ji’s Food’s banquet hall.

The next day.

After breakfast, Lin Xu drove with Dundun, along with Zeng Xiaoqi and Chen Yuanyuan to Yingchun Street.

Chen Yuanyuan got out of the car and went to work, while it was early for Zeng Xiaoqi to start work, just in time to assist Lin Xu and Shen Jiayue with shooting the preparation of Roasted Goose.