Chapter 575: Take the Advantage Back

Jiang Qi stayed in the Shangdu for three days, ate three meals of Boss Liu’s secret braised noodles, and two plates of digestive tablets sponsored by Wang Pingxiu. He finally understood why the boss/leader always brought a subordinate who could drink when he went out to eat and discuss business, so he quickly Wang Xinghua summoned Shangdu.

When Wang Xinghua comes, Wang Pingxiu has to go back.

It just so happened that the newly recruited free interns at the amusement park and the senior interns from the A and B theater troupes of the Transmission Theater who were about to leave needed excellent instructors. It was appropriate for Wang Pingxiu to switch back now.

Wang Xinghua has been on vacation for such a long time, so it's time to get into exciting work.

After receiving the call from her boss, Wang Xinghua quickly went to Shangdu to change shifts with Wang Pingxiu.

To show his concern, Jiang Qi went to the train station to pick him up in person.

"Boss!" Wang Xinghua, who had eaten three box lunches, two packs of chicken wings, a box of braised duck necks and five packs of melon seeds on the high-speed train, acted like a boss reporting her latest evaluation when she got off the train.

“The box lunches on the high-speed rail are also terrible. The beef fillet with black pepper is terrible, the old duck with tea tree mushroom is terrible, and the chicken with shiitake mushrooms is terrible. The pumpkin is particularly terrible! Kung Pao chicken is okay, cauliflower is just so-so, and seaweed eggs are terrible. The soup is okay and the rice is normal.”

Jiang Qi:?

"Is this the reason why you took the high-speed train for several hours and ate four box lunches?"

Wang Xinghua chuckled: "Our company reimburses transportation, food and accommodation for business trips. I haven't eaten the lunch box on this high-speed rail trip, so I just want to have a taste."

"If I had known it would taste so bad, I would have packed more breakfast from the canteen and brought it to the car to eat. The corn, sweet potatoes, sorghum, honey and red beans that Uncle Huang bought online some time ago have arrived. Boss, you don't know that you are not here. For several days, we ate corn porridge, sweet potato porridge, sorghum cakes and honey red bean porridge in the cafeteria every day, and no one ate the breakfast in the cafeteria.”

"If I pack, I can probably pack two buckets of porridge to take away. Everyone will be very happy."

Jiang Qi:......

It can be seen that Huang Fugui bought too much ginseng slices, morels, bacon, and prawns some time ago. Brother No. 1 was short of money, so he bought large quantities of staple food instead.

When it comes to staple food, Jiang Qi feels full.

It’s not that he doesn’t have a big appetite, or that he doesn’t like noodles. Jiang Qi thinks that he has been a child with a normal appetite since childhood and is not very picky about food. He eats everything except coriander.

During the years when Jiang Bing was a picky eater, when the siblings went out to eat, Jiang Qi was an excellent leftover trash can, cleaning up the food professionally. The carrots in the carrot stir-fry and the remaining cucumber cubes in the Kung Pao Chicken will eventually end up in Jiang Qi's stomach.

It’s really... Boss Liu’s bowl is a bit too big.

Jiang Qi used to read jokes on the Internet, saying that there was an obvious gap between the appetites of people in the north and the south, but the jokes didn't say that people in the Central Plains eat staple food so much!

Jiang Qi didn't know whether people in the Central Plains area were good at eating staple food. He only knew that Boss Liu was very good at eating braised noodles.

When it comes to drinking at the wine table, whoever drinks less will lose.

When it comes to noodles at Boss Liu’s house, whoever has a smaller appetite loses.

Jiang Qi, a young man in his 20s, cannot lose to the 40-year-old Boss Liu in terms of appetite.

Not to mention that Boss Liu’s braised noodles are quite delicious, with no other shortcomings except that the pot is a bit big.

In the past few days, Jiang Qi had eaten nothing except braised noodles and digestive tablets.

Before going out in the morning, if you want to eat two lychees, you have to think about it for a while and consider whether eating two lychees will affect your performance in eating noodles today.

"Xinghua." Jiang Qi looked serious, "Do you know your main mission here?"

"I know!" Wang Xinghua was full of confidence, "Let's eat noodles! I'm good at it. Don't worry, boss, I will definitely give you the place to eat!"

"Very good!" Jiang Qi was overjoyed. He took Wang Xinghua back to the hotel to put away his luggage, and headed to Boss Liu's house with high spirits.

At Boss Liu's house, Boss Liu is carefully cooking mutton soup in the kitchen.

In order to welcome Wang Xinghua's arrival, Boss Liu started working early in the morning, making a pot of mutton braised noodles for Jiang Qi, Wang Xinghua and Wang Pingxiu.

To make mutton stewed noodles, you need to use mutton and mutton bones to boil mutton soup in advance. Compared with the three-fresh noodles and five-fresh noodles that Jiang Qi ate two days ago, it is a more time-consuming and labor-intensive version.

For this reason, Boss Liu got up early in the morning to prepare. He didn't even go to work. He did the whole process by himself, starting from buying vegetables, even picking the sheep bones one by one.

Boss Liu is tasting the saltiness of the mutton soup in the kitchen.

"Old Liu, what's the matter? Boss Xiao Jiang came to our house for dinner two days ago, so just make braised noodles for them every day."

"You said that Boss Xiao Jiang is a young man who doesn't like the wine table culture and doesn't like drinking. Instead of setting up a table in the so-called star-rated restaurants outside and opening two bottles of wine and getting drunk, why not come to our house and make a pot of braised noodles? I can understand why Boss Xiaojiang feels comfortable having a taste of home cooking."

"But isn't that theater manager here today? If you make it so grand and Boss Xiao Jiang is here, won't it appear that we don't respect him too much?" Boss Liu's first wife Xia Lu asked worriedly.

"No." Boss Liu smacked his lips, feeling that it seemed a bit bland, and sprinkled some more salt into the pot.

"Manager Wang is here and we are talking about business!"

"Although boss Xiao Jiang is young and promising and a nice person, he doesn't know how to act!"

"I've finally figured out in the past few days that Boss Xiao Jiang is a complete layman. What a great show "The Mulberry Picking Girl"! He doesn't understand!" Boss Liu looked sad and took a sip of the mutton soup sadly.

Then Boss Liu changed the subject.

"But Manager Wang is different. That little girl is the original author of "The Mulberry Picking Girl" I told you about when I came back last time. She is so young that there is no limit to her age!"

"The cooperation we are talking about this time is mainly related to opera. Although boss Xiao Jiang can make the final decision, he cannot handle the facts. If we really want to negotiate and implement it, we have to talk to Manager Wang."

"The meetings in the past two days were just appetizers. Today is the main meal where we talk about business."

With that said, Boss Liu thought the mutton soup was good and decided to take a separate bowl to try it first.

"Why did you drink it all by yourself? What if Boss Xiao Jiang and the others want to drink a few more bowls during the meal?" Xia Lu rudely slapped Boss Liu's arm that was not carrying the soup, "Stop preening!"

With tears in his eyes, Boss Liu poured the spoonful of soup that had not been poured into the bowl back into the pot.

Xia Lu looked at the dishes in the kitchen and nodded with satisfaction: "We have the braised noodles. I will stir-fry two more vegetables later and ask Aunt Wang to go to Xuji to buy some braised vegetables. That's enough for today."

"Old Liu, are you sure that this home-cooked meal is enough to get down to business?"

"Enough, absolutely enough!"

"I asked Team Leader Wang that Boss Xiaojiang attaches great importance to our business in the capital and will follow us throughout the process. After the cooperation is completed, I will ask Boss Xiaojiang to visit the surrounding areas without delay!"

"Okay." Xia Lu nodded, "Get the small bowl!"

"Can't you tell that Boss Xiaojiang has a small appetite? Look at how much you supported Boss Xiaojiang yesterday, and today you're changing to a smaller bowl!"

On the other side, in the taxi, Jiang Qi and Wang Pingxiu were doing the final pre-war mobilization work with Wang Xinghua.

"Xinghua, do you know what today's mission is?" Wang Pingxiu looked serious.

"I know, help the boss get the business back!" Wang Xinghua was full of confidence.

"Confused!" Wang Pingxiu lamented and glanced at Jiang Qi, who was playing with his mobile phone with his head down, and felt that his performance could be tempered a little.

Wang Pingxiu adjusted his expression and tone, lowered his voice and said, "This is a secondary task, the main task is to discuss cooperation."

"Huh? Cooperation?" Wang Xinghua was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Oh, I know. But it has nothing to do with me, and I don't know how to teach."

"Isn't this your job, dad? We have changed shifts!"

Wang Xinghua looked like she didn't know how to do it. My biological father, you didn't learn bad things just a few months after you came to modern times and learned to leave the work to your daughter, right? Your daughter and I are just a baby over 100 years old. I can’t handle two jobs by myself!

"This is yours on the surface." Wang Pingxiu winked at Wang Xinghua, "This has been agreed upon by the cooperative boss, and we are left to polish it up."

"Retouching is very important. We have to talk about the details today. You have to let Boss Liu know our strength, so that they can feel free to let us use them."

As he spoke, Wang Pingxiu lowered his voice: "I have already found out clearly from Reporter Zhang, Reporter Huang and Reporter Duan that Boss Liu is not simple."

"Oh?" Jiang Qi became interested.

He ate noodles at Boss Liu's house for a few days and felt that Boss Liu was as unconventional as Han Guishan.

He has a big appetite, loves to eat pasta, talks loudly, is cheerful and loves to laugh, but he just has the word simplicity etched on his face.

"Boss Liu has a lot of resources for commercial performances." Wang Pingxiu said.

Jiang Qi's eyes lit up.

He knew that in this era when opera was not prosperous, it was not easy for any theater owner to run a large theater that mainly sells theater tickets and at the same time support two theater troupes, A and B.

Commercial acting is a good thing.

Ms. Xu's agency must be rich enough. The 2.08 million Pegasus snack truck was guaranteed to be rented without blinking an eye, showing the word "rich and wealthy" to the extreme.

As the most popular female star of this agency, Ms. Xu also has to accept commercial roles.

There is still a lot of work to do. When I am particularly busy around the Spring Festival, I can run three times a day.

Popular stars like Ms. Xu can be accepted into commercial roles, and theater troupes can also be accepted into commercial roles.

The Caotai troupe that Boss Feng used to travel from village to village was the commercial performance of the troupe.

Taking the village as a unit and singing it village by village, you can make a lot of money by singing during the Spring Festival.

Leader Feng's opera training class was so bad that he didn't starve to death in the first two years because he had a career in commercial acting.

The atmosphere of opera here in Shangdu is very strong. During temple fairs, big operas are performed, and during New Year's festivals, there are even more good performances. Rich and fun-loving families often invite opera troupes to perform in the village when they hold weddings. Even when real estate properties are launched, they often invite opera troupes to perform in the village. It can be said that there is gold everywhere.

Boss Liu can support two theater troupes A and B because he sells theater tickets on weekdays and takes on commercial performances during the holidays, so he is rich!

This is a good resource that even Ge Hong of Fangyuan Theater does not have.

Wang Pingxiu has been keeping an eye on it for a long time.

Otherwise, why didn't Wang Pingxiu mention the affair to Ge Hong or the theater owner in Dongdu, but only to Boss Liu?

He also specifically told Jiang Qi to go to Boss Liu's house to eat noodles for a few more days, which made Jiang Qi's hiccups smell like wheat these days.

Jiang Qi began to rub his hands together: "Such a good resource... Boss Liu won't share it easily, right?"

Anyway, when Class Leader Feng was still Class Leader Feng, he would definitely not share his business resources with others.

"We are not trying to steal business." Wang Pingxiu said meaningfully, "Our dramas are all different. How can we compete with Boss Liu and others for business?"

"We mainly want to cooperate and let Huangmei Opera go out. Xiaobailing...ah no, Baibai Shangdu has so many fans. Many fans don't live in the city and live in the countryside. If they just go to the big theater in the city Tour, these fans may never hear a show for free in their lifetime.”

"Commercial performances are different. Once the stage is set up, the small benches are placed. As long as the audience is willing, tens of thousands of people can watch a performance."

"This is not an exchange and cooperation."

Jiang Qi realized it.

Boss Liu does not charge money for exchanges and cooperation with the amusement park.

The exchange and cooperation between the amusement park and Boss Liu will cost extra money.

Wang Pingxiu knows how to communicate and cooperate!

After opening their minds, Jiang Qi and Wang Xinghua instantly realized the importance of today's meal.

The communication between Boss Liu and the amusement park may not be important, but the communication between the amusement park and Boss Liu is very important!

Nothing can go wrong!

Gotta work hard!

Wang Xinghua took a deep breath and walked out of the rental car with high spirits.

The three of them left, but the taxi was still parked on the side of the road without moving.

The taxi driver looked at the three people leaving with some confusion, shook his head and muttered: "Business cooperation to share meals?"

“Young people today are really good at playing.”

At 11:52, the three of them arrived at the door of Boss Liu’s small villa.

Boss Liu greeted him at the door of the villa.

As soon as he took his seat, Jiang Qi looked at the familiar basin.

Today it's mutton flavored.

It's okay, not smelly, and smells pretty good.

Xia Lu enthusiastically served noodles to the three of them. All the small soup bowls were only 70% full. There were more and less, but not much.

When Wang Xinghua's bowl was served, Xia Lu hesitated for a moment, took one less chopstick and scooped out an extra spoonful of soup to prevent Wang Xinghua, who looked frail, from eating too much and filling her stomach.

"Boss Xiao Jiang, the dishes prepared today are relatively simple. I originally thought it would be better for you to book a private room outside while we talk about business. My old Liu Fei said that home-cooked food is the most delicious. No one else is quiet at home, so don't be surprised."

"I will book a place another day, and I will definitely let you try the specialties from our Shangdu area." Xia Lu said with a smile.

"Home-cooked food is very good. Boss Liu and Sister Xia cook it themselves. Isn't this better than restaurants outside?" Jiang Qi responded with a smile.

Jiang Qi's words were not meant to be polite. Boss Liu's craftsmanship was really good, otherwise he wouldn't have been thinking about having half a bowl to support himself every day these days.

"Hahahaha, let me just tell you Lulu, that's what Boss Xiao Jiang likes!" Boss Liu laughed.

Everyone came to the table and began to eat noodles.

After a bowl of noodles, Boss Liu felt it was time to start talking about some serious business.

Boss Liu raised his head and looked at Wang Xinghua.

Wang Xinghua was drinking soup, tons, tons, tons, tons, looking very appetizing.

The soup is finished.

Boss Liu was about to speak.

Wang Xinghua stood up and added some noodles.

Boss Liu:?

Manager Wang has a good appetite!

Wang Pingxiu took the opportunity to speak: "Boss Liu, do we need to discuss the time of this study inspection..."

Wang Pingxiu: blah blah.

Wang Xinghua: (occasionally looking up) Ah, yes, yes, everything my dad said is right.

Jiang Qi: That’s what I mean.

Boss Liu: Indeed, this is good.

After Wang Xinghua finished her second bowl, Boss Liu felt it was time to talk about actor training.

Boss Liu opened his mouth.

"Sister Xia, are there any more noodles? I want to have another bowl. Your mutton braised noodles are really delicious!" Wang Xinghua was the first to interrupt the spell.

Xia Lu: "Huh? Oh, yes, yes, it's in the kitchen. I'll help you put it in it."

Boss Liu:? Does Manager Wang have such a big appetite? ? ?

Wang Xinghua started the third bowl of noodles.

Wang Pingxiu started the topic again: "Boss Liu, actually, regarding the two groups of your troupe coming to our amusement park to study and communicate, I made a rough plan. Can you take a look to see if..."

Wang Xinghua: Yes, yes, what my father said is what I meant.

Jiang Qi: That’s right.

Boss Liu: (touched) I’m so considerate. This cooperation with the amusement park is so thoughtful!

…

Wang Xinghua also finished her third bowl of noodles.

Boss Liu thinks you won’t be able to eat the fourth bowl this time. Our soup bowls are very big.

He had just observed it carefully. The third bowl of noodles was so full that he could barely eat it by himself.

Manager Wang, a skinny little girl, definitely doesn't eat as much as she does, and she definitely won't be able to finish the fourth bowl.

"Woof..."

"Sister Xia, do you still have a meeting?" Wang Xinghua interrupted the spell again.

Boss Liu:?

Xia Lu:?

"You...can still eat it?" Xia Lu was shocked.

Wang Xinghua smiled shyly: "I have a big appetite."

"Also, I'll serve it to you."

Wang Pingxiu took advantage of Boss Liu's confusion and started a new topic again: "Boss Liu, it's like this. We have already studied the information about your theater troupe. Can you take a look at this performance list during the communication?"

Wang Xinghua: Yes, yes, we studied it together.

Jiang Qi: That’s it.

Boss Liu: ...How can Manager Wang eat so many noodles? Can it fit in her belly?

When Wang Xinghua started eating her fifth bowl, the situation on the field became——

Wang Pingxiu: Regarding the training of actors, our amusement park is like this: blah blah...

Wang Xinghua: Ah, yes, yes.

Jiang Qi: Yes.

Boss Liu: (sluggishly) Are you still eating?

Xia Lu: Manager Xiao Wang is really a big eater, but there seems to be not enough mutton noodles in the kitchen. What should I do, let Lao Liu talk more?

In the end, Wang Xinghua finished all the noodles she could eat, stopped eating noodles, and started cleaning the dishes.

Xia Lu was afraid that Wang Xinghua would not be full, so she invited Wang Xinghua to the kitchen to see what she wanted to eat and cook it freshly for her.

Wang Pingxiu was still enthusiastically introducing the specific matters of this cooperation, but Boss Liu's focus had already shifted away from the cooperation.

"Boss Xiao Jiang." Boss Liu quietly tugged on Jiang Qi's sleeve, pointed to the kitchen, and asked in a low voice with some guilt, "Does Manager Wang always have such a big appetite?"

"Is she the legendary big eater? I always thought that those big eaters on the Internet were all fake and made me vomit after eating. Is this true, Manager Wang?"

The more Boss Liu spoke, the softer his voice became, and the more he spoke, the more guilty he became.

Wang Pingxiu sat on the edge and spoke seriously, while he pulled Jiang Qi to whisper secretly, directly making Boss Liu dream back to the days when he was absent from school.

"Yes, Manager Wang seems to have been in poor health since childhood and has poor absorption. He has to eat a lot more than others to ensure adequate nutrition. I am not very clear about the details." Jiang Qi answered more openly.

This is not the first time he has done this.

This was also the case when the amusement park was acquired before.

There were five people at the table, and no one was listening to what the lawyer said.

"Wow." Boss Liu said that his eyes were really opened.

"I have a video here of Manager Wang eating five burgers in one breath during the annual meeting. Boss Liu, do you want to watch it?"

"There is such a wonderful video?!" Boss Liu was overjoyed.

The two began to relive the wonderful moment of Wang Xinghua eating a burger.

Wang Pingxiu also wanted to see it and join in.

Ten minutes later, Wang Xinghua came out with a plate of egg fried rice and found that everyone was watching a video of herself eating a hamburger: ...

Xia Lu said in hindsight: "Manager Xiao Wang, do you like burgers? There is a burger restaurant near us that is said to be quite delicious. How about I ask someone to buy it for you?"

Wang Xinghua:......

"Okay." Wang Xinghua forced a smile.

"Manager Xiao Wang, how many do you want to eat?"

Wang Xinghua wanted to say 100, but she knew she couldn't.

"Just one is enough." Wang Xinghua smiled reluctantly, "Remember to ask for a double-layer beef burger, and add more lettuce, cheese and tomatoes!"