1980.
Chen Donglai woke up one morning and went from being a food-delivery guy to a temporary worker at a state-owned pastry factory.
The factory's walnut cookies were hard enough to crack walnuts, while its mung bean cakes crumbled so badly they could be used as sand to fill walls.
With the factory on the verge of closing and unable to pay wages...
Ding! The Chinese Cuisine System has activated!
He casually improved a walnut cookie recipe, and the pastries sold out across three whole streets!
The factory director blocked the workshop entrance and pressed a red envelope into his hand. “Donglai! Come up with another new product, and I'll make you a permanent employee and double your bonus!”
The director's charming young daughter camped out by the back door every day, bringing him braised eggs in a thermos.
“Brother Chen, Dad says you should come over for dinner this weekend. I'll make braised pork for you myself!”
Later, when the factory was restructured, Chen Donglai struck out on his own. Starting with the first Donglai Pastry Shop on the street, he eventually built the nationwide Donglai Supermarket chain, using the irresistible aroma of Chinese pastries to become the richest man in the country!
When a reporter held up a microphone and asked him the secret to his success, Chen Donglai glanced at the beauties gathered around him.
“I really just wanted to slack off. Who knew my skills would be so good, and my charm so hard to resist?”
Can the author provide pictures? It's essential to accompany food articles with pictures. Many of the big boss's repeat customers came here because they were accompanied by pictures.
If the author could accompany the cakes he writes about with pictures, this book would be more popular