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Chapter 1310 Battle of the Yellow River Road

Zhou Chen looked at Tao Tao with a reserved smile on his face. He knew that Tao Tao was a bit fickle, but he was still a good person and the type who valued loyalty.

"Boss Tao, you are joking. You are quite capable. I know that you and Boss Bao are close friends. If you are willing to help, those lady bosses on Huanghe Road won't dare to do anything to you."

Hearing Zhou Chen say this, Tao Tao's face was filled with smiles.

He is a very vain person. Zhou Chen is a celebrity and a big boss on Huanghe Road and even in Shanghai. Zhou Chen's praise makes him happier and more elated than any other person's praise.

"I'm not as capable as Mr. Zhou says. Although Mr. Bao and I are best brothers, I have never used his name to show off because I'm not that kind of person."

Huanghe Road has been particularly busy these days because a group of Huanghe Road proprietresses, led by Lu Meilin, decided to teach Zhizhenyuan Li Li a lesson.

A group of proprietresses gathered together, ready to make fun of Zhizhen Garden. They had already cut off the seafood from Zhizhen Garden, and were also planning to tell the customers that the house was full and ask them to go to Zhizhen Garden. As long as the customers went to Zhizhen Garden, something would go wrong no matter what Zhizhen Garden did.

If Zhizhen Garden stops accepting guests, it may be okay for one day, but if it does so for two, three, or even longer days, the popularity of Zhizhen Garden will soon be gone forever.

But if Zhizhen Garden wants to receive guests, they won't be able to cook decent dishes without a lot of ingredients. Then they will go and make trouble by ordering dishes. If Zhizhen Garden can't serve the dishes, its reputation will really be ruined.

This trick of theirs has been tried and tested many times on Huanghe Road. Many restaurants have been targeted by them in the past. Some people have fought with them but were defeated in the end and had to leave Huanghe Road in disgrace.

It was precisely because this tactic of theirs had been successful time and time again that they decided to take action against Zhizhen Garden so quickly after seeing how popular it became.

On this day, it was calculated that the seafood stock of Zhizhen Garden was gone, so Lu Meilin and her colleagues began to take action. Several large hotels planned to join together and accept fewer customers that day.

Because they have already been united for several years, they naturally know one thing: losing one or two days of turnover is nothing. As long as they can bring down Zhizhen Garden, the lost turnover can be doubled back soon, so the several boss ladies can be said to be of one mind.

Seeing that it was already past ten o'clock, Lu Meilin and others were ready to watch Zhizhen Garden make a fool of itself, but to their surprise, they suddenly saw Zhizhen Garden's kitchen team, led by the fat chef, leaving Zhizhen Garden.

Lu Meilin and several other lady bosses knew a little bit of the inside story. When they saw the fat chef and his team leaving, Lu Meilin even shouted loudly.

"A Fatty, A Fatty, it's almost noon, it's not time to go to work, why did you take everyone away?"

The fat chef had no idea what was going on inside Zhizhen Garden, but he knew what Lu Meilin and the others wanted to do, so he replied happily.

"What kind of job is this? They don't want me anymore. I'm going to work at RiRiXian."

Lu Meilin suddenly screamed loudly: "Oh my god, what should we do with Zhizhen Garden? The chef has left, and we have to open the skylight tonight."

Then he loudly ordered his waiters: "Tonight, you stand at the door and tell the guests that our Jin Meilin is definitely full. If they want to eat, they can go to Zhizhen Garden. Brainwash this proprietress. If you want to survive in our Huanghe Road, you can't get it with just a face and two bills. Do you understand?"

Several other restaurant owners also responded and did something similar to Lu Meilin, preparing to invite their guests to dine at Zhizhen Garden.

The arrogant attitude of Lu Meilin and others made the people in Zhizhen Garden very angry. They all received salaries from Zhizhen Garden, and the salary of Zhizhen Garden was the highest on Huanghe Road. So no one who worked here wanted Zhizhen Garden to go bankrupt. If Zhizhen Garden went bankrupt, they would have to look for jobs again, but where else could they find a higher salary than Zhizhen Garden?

On the second floor of Zhizhen Garden, Li Li and Manager Pan stood there, watching the scene quietly.

"Madam, if we just drive the fat chef away, will the chef for the evening be able to arrive?"

Li Li said confidently, "Yes, thanks to Mr. Zhou's reminder, I realized what the people on Huanghe Road were thinking. I also discovered the two-faced tactics of the fat chef, so a few days ago I paid a lot of money to invite several Hong Kong chefs from Guangdong Province. They will arrive in Shanghai this afternoon."

Manager Pan said with relief: "No wonder the boss lady fired the fat chef and his gang today. But they are really disgusting. They took our money and colluded with outsiders to harm us."

Li Limoran said: "It seems that our Zhizhen Garden is really blocking the way of many people. They can't compete head-on, so they can only use this method."

Manager Pan said with concern, "Even if our chef can arrive before tonight, our kitchen is out of stock now. Many of our signature dishes are no longer in stock. If Lu Meilin and the others deliberately make trouble, we still won't be able to operate normally at night. We can't just sell some simple dishes, right?"

Li Li said calmly: "Don't worry about the supply. I have made preparations. If I trust him correctly, it should be solved before the guests arrive in the evening."

"Is the boss lady talking about Mr. Zhou?"

She knew that the person her boss's wife had been talking about the most recently was Zhou Chen, and Li Li just said that it was Zhou Chen's reminder, so she instinctively thought that Zhou Chen also helped with the source of goods.

Li Li shook her head. Zhou Chen had already given her a big gift for free. She certainly wouldn't ask Zhou Chen for help with such a small matter as sourcing the goods.

She was looking for Mr. Bao. She had always wanted to do business with Mr. Bao. Moreover, Mr. Bao had been on Huanghe Road for a long time and knew everything about it, so she went to Mr. Bao specifically for help.

The result of contacting Mr. Bao also satisfied her, and the two parties hit it off and reached a cooperation.

"But Madam Boss, it's almost eleven o'clock. Even though the evening is the most important, we can't not open at noon, right?"

Li Li turned his head and looked at her and asked, "You are the manager, what do you think should be done?"

Manager Pan thought for a moment and decisively replied, "There aren't many customers at noon anyway, so why don't we just give up the noon service and only open the first and second floors for casual dining. There are so many people in our store, and even though we don't have a chef, there are always people who can cook some simple dishes. The casual dining customers shouldn't have too many requests, so I think this can be solved."

"Just do as you say."

Li Li did not object. Although there were people on Huanghe Road at noon and at night, the passenger flow at night was several times that of noon. Most people came to Huanghe Road at night, especially businessmen. After all, drinking at night would not delay things, but it was hard to say at noon.

Most people who come to eat at noon are in a hurry, so as long as the food is not bad, even if it is home-style flavor, they can generally cope with it.

At noon, Zhizhenyuan managed to cope with the situation according to Manager Pan's method. Of course, it was mainly because only scattered seats were opened at noon and there were relatively few customers.

However, this can be used to deal with it at noon, but not at night. As the most popular restaurant on Huanghe Road, Zhizhenyuan has a huge flow of customers. Now the proprietresses such as Lu Meilin are deliberately targeting it. It goes without saying that Zhizhenyuan will be full of customers at night.

If the food cannot be served by then, Zhizhen Garden’s reputation will be really ruined. It will probably not be so easy to continue operating on Huanghe Road then.

It is no exaggeration to say that the protagonist of Huanghe Road tonight is definitely Zhizhen Garden. At night, all eyes on Huanghe Road will be focused on Zhizhen Garden.

Li Li joined forces with Mr. Bao and started a battle of wits and courage with a group of female bosses on Huanghe Road, led by Lu Meilin.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, a bus drove to Huanghe Road. A group of people got off the bus and quickly walked into Zhizhen Garden. The proprietress Li Li came out to greet them in person.

In Jin Meilin across the street, Lu Meilin and other proprietresses had been paying attention to the movements in Zhizhen Garden. After seeing this scene, they all frowned.

After a while, a proprietress came back.

"I found out that the people who just entered Zhizhen Garden are the chef team hired by Li Li. Judging from their accents, they are from Guangdong Province. Zhizhen Garden spread the word that those people are chefs hired by that woman from Hong Kong."

Hearing this, Lu Meilin and the others all looked very unhappy and started chattering.

"I knew it, this Li Li is not simple. I think she must have started preparing long ago. Otherwise, where would she find a professional kitchen team in just a few hours?"

"This woman is amazing and ruthless. She continues to use Ah Pang and the others on the surface, but secretly she has already started looking for someone else."

"She has done some immoral things. If we don't get rid of this woman, we will all have a hard time in the future."

"You're right. We must drive this woman off Huanghe Road."

"........."

Several boss ladies were chattering and shouting loudly. They actually knew very well in their hearts that the reason they could unite together was mainly because Zhizhen Garden was too powerful. Once it came, it directly squeezed out the business of all of them, so they had to unite to target Zhizhen Garden and Li Li.

"Okay, stop arguing."

Lu Meilin shouted impatiently. She was the boss among these people, so her words carried more weight.

"Anyway, I don't care what you do. I must drive this woman out of Huanghe Road. Huanghe Road belongs to all of us. If someone doesn't follow the rules, they must be taught a lesson. This woman Li Li is the leader of the pack. If we don't teach her a lesson, who knows how arrogant she will become in the future."

"Yes, drive her out of Huanghe Road."

The other proprietresses all expressed their agreement. After all, with Lu Meilin holding the gun in the front, they just had to shout from the back. There was nothing to be afraid of.

"Even if she finds a chef, what can she cook without anything? We have already informed the surroundings, no one will sell to Zhizhen Garden. Even if someone is blind and wants to make money, I have already had people guarding the back door of Zhizhen Garden to ensure that not even a king cobra can enter the kitchen."

As dinner time approached, Lu Meilin arrogantly led a group of proprietresses from Huanghe Road into Zhizhen Garden and entered the private room, which they had booked long ago.

They had just sat down for a while when they started banging the table.

"Where are the people? Where is your boss lady? Is there anyone else? We are all hanging around on Huanghe Road, and the boss lady doesn't even come to say hello?"

While roaring, Li Li and his men walked into the private room.

"I'm sorry, I was held back by some old friends. Zhizhen Garden welcomes everyone. I'd like to offer a toast to everyone first."

As she spoke, she prepared to pour the wine.

Lu Meilin stuck her head out and said, "Without side dishes, what's the point of drinking?"

Facing the aggressive Lu Meilin, Li Li smiled slightly and asked, "Boss lady, do you have any dietary restrictions?"

Several proprietresses looked at each other, and finally looked at Lu Meilin at the same time.

"Meilin, is there anything you don't want to eat?"

Lu Meilin said with disdain: "As for appetizers, I only eat king cobras."

"Yes, a king snake."

"We are here to eat the king cobra. Without the king cobra, there is nothing to eat."

"We are going to eat the king cobra."

With Lu Meilin taking the lead, several proprietresses started chattering and without saying anything else, they just wanted to eat the king cobra.

Li Li smiled and said, "No problem, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it right away."

These proprietresses were all certain that there would be no king cobra in Zhizhen Garden today, so they all started to make sarcastic remarks.

"Madam Boss, we'll keep your seat for you. We'll wait for you to come back and drink some old wine."

"no problem."

Li Li smiled indifferently, then told the waiter something and left the private room.

Her attitude made Lu Meilin and other proprietresses very unhappy, and they talked about her in an unfriendly manner.

About half an hour later, at the impatient shouts of Lu Meilin and others, Li Li returned to the private room and brought a few waiters to serve the dishes.

"I'm sorry, I'm late. Let's start serving the dishes now. It's the proper procedure and also the etiquette to serve the cold dishes first. The hot dishes will be here soon."

Although she greeted them with a smile, none of the proprietresses in the private rooms smiled back at her.

Lu Meilin threatened: "I'm telling you, don't waste time with me. If I don't see the king cobra today, don't blame me for destroying your Zhizhen Garden."

"Yes, smash it."

"It will definitely be smashed."

"Be careful. If you can't get the king cobra out, how can you open a restaurant?"

Li Li said calmly: "Although I don't attach so much importance to these two dishes, as long as the guests want to eat them, it won't spoil everyone's fun."

As soon as he finished speaking, Manager Pan came in with the waiters. Each waiter was carrying a plate in his hand and walked behind each of the proprietresses.

"Our lady boss said that this dish is more time-consuming to prepare, so it took some time. Sorry for the long wait. Let's serve."

The waiter placed the plate on the table, opened it and lit it directly with a lighter.

"Flame King Snake."

Then he placed another dish in the center of the table and explained, "There are three ways to eat lobster. The first one, please."

When Lu Meilin and others saw these two dishes, their faces all turned very ugly, and in an instant, their eyes turned to Lu Meilin.

Lu Meilin had a toothpick in her mouth, her face as gloomy as if water was about to drip. She could no longer control her emotions, and she slammed the table and stood up, overturning the king cobra plate in front of her. The other proprietresses followed suit and all slammed the table and stood up.

In an instant, the private room was in chaos.

(End of this chapter)