Chapter 39
“New Product Crowdfunding?” Everyone was surprised .
“Boss Mike, you want to borrow money?” Moby considered Michael’s words and asked .
“New product! Boss Mike, your restaurant wants to sell other dishes?” Harold’s eyes lit up . The Yang Zhou Fried rice may be delicious, but he likes a variety of food . If he could have something new and delicious as well, it would be ideal .
Conti and Hagard were a bit suspicious as they looked at Michael . This boss is quite friendly, but he also maintains a distance from them . Right now, he is borrowing money so quickly, this is a bit suspicious .
“En, I hope to create a new dish . But I need some monies to purchase the equipment and ingredients . Accordingly to my current business, I should have enough money at the end of the month . But I wanted to create a new dish quickly . Therefore, I started this plan of crowdfunding . You can consider this as borrowing money . I just float this idea . It is up to you if you want to participate in this scheme or no . ” Michael smiled as he nodded his head .
Then he took out the 6 business plans that he had drew, and continued, “The new dish crowdfunding requires 500 gold coins per share . Each share permit investors to try the new dish for free, and they also have 2 plates of Yang Zhou Fried Rice as well . You can also use the investment as a credit when you eat here – i . e . whatever expenses you spend here will be first deducted from the investment . At the end of the month, I will settle all accounts, and will return you the unused portion of your investment . ”
“500 gold coins are not enough for 100 plates of Yang Zhou Fried rice . We will be staying here for a month . If we could try the new dishes, it would be great! I will take 2 shares, and invest 1,000 gold coins . ” Harold waved his hand and immediately agreed . He took 2 pieces of the investment plans, and places a large bag of money on the table . “Inside this bag is 100 dragon coins . ”
“Thank you . ” Michael looked at the money bag . He smiled and nodded his head .
“Then I also purchase 2 investment shares as well . Each day I eat 6 plates of Yang Zhou Fried Rice, and I have 4 plates free . ” Moby thought for a while and he picked up two investment plans . Then he looked at Michael and said, “Boss Mike, I did not bring so much gold coins with me right now, but I will bring it over after breakfast . ”
“No worries . ” Michael nodded his head . In just a short span of time, 2000 gold coins is in his hands .
“Then I also want one share . When you have a new dish, you must inform me about it . ” Conti smiled as he took one investment plan, and took out 50 dragon coins and placed it on the table .
“Me… . One share . ” Hagard smiled and took the last investment plan . He patted Harold on the shoulder and said, “Help me pay for it first . ”
“Big brother, don’t you have money?’ Harold could not understand him .
“It is much happier to spend other’s money . ” Hagard smiled as he explained .
“… . ” Harold was at a loss for words . He placed another 50 dragon coins on the table . For some strange reasons, he felt that his brother had changed a lot .
“Papa, all these dragon coins are ours?” Amy looked at the heap of dragon coins on the table, and was stunned .
“No, it is the money that the guests used to investment in the new dish . They temporary placed these monies with us . In this way, you can try the new dish sooner . ” Michael smiled as he shook his head .
“Oh, then Loudmouth is very sweet today!” Amy praised Harold and happily proceed to count the coins .
Harold felt very happy to be praised as ‘sweet’ by a young lady . But when he thinks about it, it is a bit strange . He could not make heads or tails of it and just smiled .
Michael looked at the four of them and smiled, “Thank you for your investment . I will definitely make sure the new dish will be ready as soon as possible and will inform you as soon as it is ready . If all goes accordingly to plan, the new dish will be ready within 2 days . ”
“It is all right . I trust Boss Mike’s cooking skills . ” Harold waved his hands . Then he asked, “But does the new dish have any meat? The big pieces of meat? I like the taste of meat . ”
“Yes, it has a lot of meat . You will know more about it when it is ready . ” Michael smiled and did not reveal more .
“As long as it has meat, it is good . Can we have our Yang Zhou Fried Rice now? We are hungry . ” Harold was curious but he did not force Michael to reveal more .
The chief reason being the strange looks that Amy was giving him .
Michael took all the dragon coins and placed them in the locked drawer . Amy greeted all the customers, and then she happily went off to the counter to count these monies . She really takes delight in counting the money .
Michael begins to cook the breakfast for his investors . Once Moby sends the monies over, he could immediately purchase the ingredients and complete the task .
Like before, he needs to enter the training grounds to learn how to cook, and need some time to practice . Therefore the best time for him to practice is at night . Right now, he should not worry about this task .
The breakfast hours are relatively quiet compared to the busy dinner time . Other than the regulars, there were two human merchants . They have dined here last night, and will be leaving the City of Sin towards the capital of Luo Si country . They reckon that they need a few more months before they could come back, and they are here to have their fill of the delicious food before they left .
After breakfast hours, Michael was cleaning the tables when Moby came back . He placed a large bag of coins on the table, and told Amy, “Young boss, 80 dragon coins, 200 gold coins . You count . ”
“Really?” Amy’s eyes lit up . She reached up and took the bag and immediately counted and separated the dragon and gold coins .
“Boss Mike, I am going back to work . ” Moby smiled and informed Michael .
“Thank you . ” Michael nodded his head, and see Moby off . Looking at the happy Amy, he continued to wipe the table .
After Michael had finished cleaning up, Amy had also counted finished . She reported to her father, “Papa, it is 80 dragon coins and 200 gold coins . ”
“Oh, you are awesome! Then we will place the monies into the drawer, and try to memorise the multiplication table again . ” Michael smiled as nodded his head . After these few days, Amy had almost mastered the multiplication table .
“But Papa, I discovered something strange . After listening to this, you must not be unhappy arh… . It looks like some of the money we placed in the drawer had been stolen . Yesterday when I counted, we have more money than this . But when I woke up this morning, some of the monies were missing . ” Amy looked at Michael and she looked worried .
Michael was surprised that Amy could remember how much money they had . And she was even worried that he would be unhappy if the money is stolen . He immediately explained, “The money is not stolen . This is because I need to purchase the ingredients to make the fried rice . Therefore, every day, a small portion of the money will disappear . But no worries, we will definitely have more and more money .
“Oh, so it is like this? Then let’s put the money inside, and purchase a new dish . ” Amy’s face immediately lit up and she looked at Michael with anticipation .
“En . ” Michael placed all the monies into the money drawer, and immediately informed the system . “Purchase 3000 gold coins worth of ingredients . ”
“Task: purchases 3000 gold coins worth of ingredients successfully completed . ” The System voice rang out .