How am I still alive?

Chapter 1394 New World

Chapter 1394 New World

"Boom!"

When the fireworks bloom in the sky, it also means the completion of this new commercial street.

Oriental Food Street, a very uncreative name, is destined to become the most famous food destination in the world.

"Thank you all for your support. The shops here all have the flavors of the East. Today we are offering a 50% discount. If you fill out a questionnaire after eating, you can get another 10% discount."

Subtle names and signs such as "Hometown Cuisine. Kaifeng Cuisine", "Hometown Cuisine. Wanjing Roast Duck" appear on the streets here.

The official promises made to Lu Ping'an began to be fulfilled, and the first batch of stores under the National Grain Group's chain stores were opened on Lu Ping'an's territory.

“Hurry up and count.”

Lu Ping'an himself also participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was not because he was really free, but because he wanted to do his own advertising to promote these stores.

He ate with "great interest" and chatted and took photos with the store managers. Soon, these photos would appear in the chain stores in other regions.

Advertising is one thing, but declaring "this is the industry I am protecting" is the key. In this world, the threats from the strong are real, and they might really come all the way to hunt you down just for "how dare you eat a free meal and not give me face!"

"Sure enough, the effect is quite average."

This time, Lu Ping'an enjoyed his meal very much. It was the first time for him to eat many of the delicacies.

However, the fishmen and the long-handed people did not like the taste prepared for the Eastern people. Even the phosphorus-scattering people had quite subtle expressions.

This is something that is expected. After all, differences among races already exist. Forcing "great unification" and "everyone being the same" is what really makes people uncomfortable.

"Merce people like cooked food and generally hate seafood. Uh, they generally can't eat salty dishes. Is it because they are used to sea water? But they like sweet and spicy food. They like spicy chicken and the like. They can't eat too spicy food either. It seems that their digestive ability is not good enough."

This is the advantage of the food street. Dongguo cuisine has many flavors. If you set up food along the street, you might find something that suits your taste.

Contrary to most people's expectations, mermen not only don't like raw food, they also hate eating fish. Perhaps it's because the image of mermen catching fish naked in the sea and eating them raw is too deeply rooted in people's minds, leaving everyone with a stereotype. Judging from the results of the questionnaire, their favorite food is fruit dishes, followed by cooked meat.

"On a 1-point scale, our store would probably hover between 6 and points. Overall, it's not very optimistic."

This was a completely expected development, but it still made the chefs a little frustrated because the customers really didn't understand or like the food they had carefully prepared.

"Come on, everyone. I believe that with your abilities and by discarding past experience, you will soon be able to come up with products that meet the needs of the new market."

Mr. Lu is very optimistic. The level of these chefs is all there, and each of them is a master chef with national standards. Their task is to constantly study the appetite of local people and come up with new signature dishes suitable for promotion in each chain store.

In this process, what needs to be adjusted is not only the dishes and diners, but also the food ingredients and dishes. It is impossible for this world to continuously airlift ingredients from home. Localization is inevitable, and native species are bound to be alienated here. Various flavors, nutrition, and safety need to be constantly adjusted.

But Lu Ping'an is confident because he has faith in these high-quality talents (many of whom are professional chefs). The master chefs who are able to be sent out by large Eastern companies with high salaries are talents that Lu himself cannot recruit on a normal day.

Taste, ingredients, safety, nutrition, some of them may return to their home countries, but before leaving, they will try their best to standardize the regular dishes of each chain store.

"The tastes of different races vary greatly, as do the amounts they eat. The long-handed race has a very light taste, but they pay a lot of attention to the presentation of food, especially the color. I suspect that their sense of smell is based on their eyes, and they can really taste by 'looking'."

"It seems that a standard process is not enough to solve the problem. We must customize the package according to race."

"Murloc barbecue set meal? Long-arm tribe steamed rice set meal? Isn't this a bit racially discriminatory?"

"Not really. We are not the Citigroup Federation. Besides, there is really not much difference between humans on Earth, but the species in front of us are indeed different. The difference is obvious. They are two different things."

After listening to the meeting between the master chef and the manager in charge, Lu Ping'an left.

Leave professional matters to professionals. Since he had determined the other party's level, Lu Ping'an would naturally not interfere. He just sent the chef of his hometown restaurant and the chef class on the Redemption over there, so that they could further their studies and improve their own food and business.

"Next stop, the garment factory."

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are basic needs, and are essential life resources for most living things. The first batch of investments in the East Country also focused on these aspects.

When Lu Ping'an just arrived at the "Fashion Street", he knew there was no need to go in.

Various ready-made clothes, uh, the sight of the long-armed women happily wearing cotton jackets as vests is too funny, and the sight of the fishmen wearing a pair of pants as a skirt is too eye-catching.

Obviously, the first batch of ready-made garments are just for fun and still require professional adjustments from the craftsmen.

But judging from the delighted looks of the locals coming out of here, this aspect of the market is much better than food.

Lu Ping'an thought about it and almost guessed the reason.

The locals in front of them were dressed strangely, but basically they were dressed correctly. There was no stupid behavior like putting socks on their hands or underwear on their heads. They saw these clothes at the "human master".

Aesthetics is actually a relative concept. We have to admit that humans’ relatively high status in this world has indeed distorted local aesthetic values, making these apparently ordinary and ill-fitting clothes sell quite well.

"Next stop"

Lu Ping'an shook his head. These things should just be left to nature.

“Shipyard.”

As expected, the first batch of local machinery industries was also the shipbuilding industry, but it has not opened here yet. The various machines brought from the local area are still smoking, and they still need to adapt to the local environment and be adjusted.

The shipbuilding masters from the ancient city are directing the work here, along with local engineers. With their first-mover advantage, they can save the new shipyard many years of technical accumulation.

Looking at the busy factory area, Lu Ping'an did not cause any more trouble.

He just walked along silently, watching the various "investments" come to fruition and watching his new home slowly rise.

(End of this chapter)