The years of being a superhero in Marvel

Chapter 6 Food Truck Program and Summer Interns

"Make money?! Of course, I am very willing!" Peter Parker immediately agreed when he heard that he could earn some pocket money. "You don't even know what I'm going to do, so you agree right away. Aren't you afraid that I'll lie to you?" Li Jie said jokingly. "Of course don't worry, you are my good buddy. How could you lie to me? Would you lie to me? You wouldn't lie to me, Jason." Peter Parker said a lot like a cannonball, Li Jie regretted asking too much.

"Okay, Parker, I think you should know. My ideal is to become a world-renowned top chef in the future." Li Jie was not joking. His ideal in previous and present lives has always been to become a super chef.But in his previous life on Earth, he lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.The social status of the chef there is really not high, under the request of the family.He gave up his ideal of becoming a top chef.

But to live a new life, Li Jie's ideal remains unchanged.He still loves to cook and loves to overwhelm picky eaters with his skills.Moreover, the social status of chefs in the United States is obviously much higher than that of countries on the other side of the ocean.Being a good cook also earns quite a lot in the US.The annual income of a chef in a well-known restaurant is no worse than the management of many companies. There are many chefs in the United States who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year plus restaurant dividends.Even some chefs run their own restaurants and earn millions of dollars a year.

So when Li Jie told his family about his idea of ​​becoming a chef, both his parents and grandpa expressed their support.And my grandfather really hoped that the MR·LI restaurant he opened would be succeeded by someone.Li Jie has been helping in the back kitchen of his grandfather's restaurant since he was a child. He knows the restaurant very well and is also very talented in cooking. Li Jie's grandfather Li Rong even planned to let Li Jie take over the restaurant directly after graduating from high school.

"So you're going to open a restaurant? Let me be a waiter?" Peter guessed. "No ~ no ~ no ~. Now I don't have the capital to open a restaurant, it needs a lot of money." Li Jie denied Peter's unreliable conjecture. "And I don't plan to take over my grandpa's restaurant right now, the style of MR·LI is too old. If I want to take over, it needs a comprehensive renovation, which also needs a lot of money. My plan is to open a fast food restaurant first." car!"

"Food truck~! I love this idea! I need to do something!" Peter loved the plan to drive a food truck.As one of the cultural symbols of American food, fast food trucks have many supporters all over the United States.Unlike the idea that many people understand that fast food trucks = selling junk fast food, fast food trucks in the United States are also divided into different categories.Food trucks that offer excellent food are even recommended by Michelin magazine.In the United States, there is also a nationwide rating of fast food trucks every year, and the judges are all ordinary diners.Let ordinary diners use their footsteps to vote for the most unique and delicious fast food trucks in the United States.It is no exaggeration to say that a well-known fast food truck in the United States can earn no less annual income than those high-end western restaurants in Manhattan.

The fast food truck sells while walking, and has no fixed stalls, which is a major feature that attracts diners.It seems that these delicacies are playing hide and seek with you.Some avid diners even follow the footsteps of a fast food truck across most of the United States.

"I got a loan from my parents, about $1000. I'm going to pick up a used Chevrolet box car and do the rebuild, plus the kitchen and initial stocking. It's going to take about $[-] About [-] for working capital." Li Jie explained his detailed plan to Peter while driving. “It also costs about $[-] to file with the federal government for a food truck. I’m going to start the business during the summer vacation, and we both have driver’s licenses. We are both adults legally, and we can run the food truck while driving along the east coast. Coast for a two-month trip. We can go to Philadelphia~Boston~Buffalo and so on."

"Wow! So cool man, I mean really cool! We can drive to any city on the east coast and travel while selling delicious food! Just thinking about it makes me excited! I will definitely Convince Uncle Ben and Aunt May to let me go with you!" Peter liked this plan very much, even if it didn't make any money.Because the family's funds are tight, Peter has basically never traveled to cities other than New York except for the travel and study arranged by the school.Li Jie's two-month plan to travel and sell food in major cities on the east coast is very much to Peter's liking.

"Jason, can you help me adjust the angle of the photo?" After the morning class, Li Jie accompanied Peter to the school's photography corner during the lunch break.This place is specially set up for students who are talented in photography. You can show the photos you think are good here.Peter has just finished developing his photos from last week's Washington DC shoot and is going to show them here.

On the other hand, Thompson was forced to leave the corridor by some friends. In fact, he was also a cheap man who wanted to provoke Li Jie, but he was a little afraid to really fight Li Jie.Li Jie watched Thompson being dragged away, and knew that the fight would be impossible, so he could only forget about it and go back to help Peter adjust the photos.

"Thompson, do you want to fight?" Li Jie easily broke away from Peter's hand and strode towards Thompson.The students in the entire corridor looked at this place. The conflict between Thompson and Li Jie was quite famous in the school. Ever since Thompson provoked Li Jie in the first grade, Li Jie had never thought of making things peaceful.

Only then did Peter realize what happened just now, "Hey~ it's okay, buddy is okay." Peter wanted to hold the angry Li Jie.But Peter's current small physique can't even hold back the original Li Jie, let alone the now strengthened Li Jie.

"Hey~ hey, I'm sorry Jason, I'm sorry. Thompson didn't mean it just now." A friend next to Thompson stepped forward and separated Li Jie from Thompson.To prevent the two from really fighting, he knew that Thompson might not be able to beat Li Jie.If the fight is lost, then Thompson will be laughed at on the team. "Thompson still has to go to practice, do you think it's alright?"

Peter has not yet acquired Spider-Man's superpowers, so he has always been a thin image of a nerd, which is easy to be bullied at school.And Li is popular among girls in school because of his handsome looks, which makes Thompson even more upset.So Thompson has been at odds with the two since the first grade.

Thompson is 1.9 meters tall, and because the power forward position in basketball requires fierce confrontation, his body is also very strong, and he is considered a bully in school.Others may be afraid of him, but Li Jie is not afraid of him.Li Jie also studied some self-defense techniques seriously before there was no system strengthening, and his physique was also very strong.There have been many conflicts with Thompson in the past two years, and the two have fought a few times outside of school.

The little spider who was in a low mood immediately became happy and left his troubles behind.In the car, the two began to discuss the specific plan of the fast food truck, even what food to sell, and what kind of patterns the fast food truck needs to spray on the outside of the dining car to attract customers.Along the way, the two listened to music and chatted about cheerful topics, and soon came to the school.

Although Thompson, who is 1.9 meters tall, is a few centimeters taller than Li Jie, who is 1.8 meters [-], he is not Li Jie's opponent in a fight.The two fought three times in total, and Li Jie won two and lost one.For a guy like Thompson who is thorny and doesn't remember to fight, Li Jie felt that reasoning was completely useless, so he could only use his fists to let him feel the value of love between classmates.

The three of them chatted and walked towards the school's cafeteria.After ordering three lunches, the three of them walked to the school lawn and sat on the ground, chatting while eating. "Peter, I remember you are very interested in biotechnology and genetics." Harry suddenly mentioned Peter's major of interest. "Well, yes, if possible. I hope to find a job in a research laboratory after graduation." Harry replied with a bite of bread.

While the two were adjusting the angle of the photo, Li Jie saw an orange-red blue ball flying towards the position of the two from the corner of his eye.If it was the previous Li Jie, he would have been hit by the basketball, but now Li Jie's skill reaction is much faster, and he used his left hand to knock the basketball into the air before the basketball touched the two of them.

"Cool~Jason. It seems that the stupid big man just now was scared to death by you." Harry Osborn's voice came from behind Li Jie and the two of them. "Harry, I didn't see you this morning. I thought you weren't coming to class again." Peter and Li Jie greeted Harry Osborn and chatted. "Oh~ I can't help it, my dad is not in good health recently. I hope to spend more time with him, and he also wants me to learn how to manage the company early. Maybe I can only be absent for a while before the summer vacation." Harry replied road.

Following the direction of the basketball, Li Jie saw Thompson, the main power forward of the school basketball team, and a group of cronies surrounding him. "I'm sorry, Lee, I just slipped my hand." Thompson's apology seemed insincere, and the giggling friends around him made it even more hypocritical.It seems that Thompson deliberately smashed the basketball hard, wanting to make Peter and Li Jie look ugly.

"It's like this Peter, I know you want to go to MIT. But you have to know that MIT's biotechnology and genetics majors are not as good as NYU. And the Osborne Group is now recruiting summer interns , to provide opportunities for talented young people. And I can recommend you to join Dr. Connors' group as an intern in their group. Dr. Connors is an expert in genetics and biology, and a famous alumnus of New York University .If you perform well, you can ask him to write a letter of recommendation for you, so that you may get a full scholarship to go to New York University. How about it? Are you interested?" After Harry finished speaking, he looked at Peter seriously , Waiting for Peter to make a decision.

Peter feels very embarrassed now, if it was before, he would definitely agree without hesitation.But this morning I only agreed to Li Jie to go to his fast food truck to help, but it turned out that I changed my mind to do so at noon, which is not enough of a friend. "Harry, thank you." Peter was about to reject Harry's kindness, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Jie next to him. "Peter, you should go, this is a good opportunity. It is a dream opportunity for many people to work with the best biologists in the world." "But I promised..." "There is nothing good, being a chef It's my ideal, not yours, you said you want to be an excellent scientist." Li Jie directly helped Peter make a decision, which is related to Peter Parker's life.

As a friend, naturally one should not blame Peter for this kind of thing, and Li Jie remembered correctly.Dr. Conners will later be the well-known early Spider-Man villain Dr. Lizard.And Peter Parker mutated into Spider-Man after being bitten by a spider because he went to the Osborne Group.Would Peter Parker's life be complete without becoming Spider-Man?
And Harry later learned that in the morning, Li Jie invited Peter to help with the fast food truck business during the summer vacation.In fact, both of them had the idea of ​​helping Peter, which moved Peter very much.It is enough to have one or two such close friends in a person's life.

Looking at Peter and Harry who were joking and laughing in front of them, Li Jie sighed in his heart. "What should come will always come, Spider-Man is about to debut, will other superheroes be far behind?"

(End of this chapter)