Rebirth: I became rich by farming

Chapter 701: Chapter 701 Optimize APP (7/25)

Mei Mengchen could understand what was good and what was bad for him. Grandpa Pei and Mei Mengzhen never restricted his diet, but today, they wouldn’t let him eat, which surely meant he really shouldn’t eat it, yet although he was obedient and didn’t ask for more, he couldn’t help but feel very disappointed inside, "Ah, I can’t eat it anymore? But it’s so delicious."

"Right, you can’t eat it anymore. If Chenchen wants seafood, we can make some other seafood later. Let’s skip this dish." As she spoke, Mei Mengzhen thought that they should discuss the price of this dish, "Yiran, how much do you think this dish should cost?"

He Yiran asked, "Grandpa Pei, what ingredients were used in this dish?"

Grandpa Pei listed the ingredients one by one for He Yiran, and with each ingredient, Mei Mengzhen could hear the sound of money dropping to the floor. She said bluntly, "I would be reluctant to sell it cheap. So, what do you think is an appropriate price, of course, it has to be something humans can afford."

"Humans can afford any dish; it’s just a matter of who." But hearing these ingredients, even He Yiran felt a bit troubled when thinking about the price, mainly because the ingredients were too high-quality, "Is the ginseng from Xiyuan? How big is it? And the ganoderma, how big is that? What about the deer antler, is that from Xiyuan too?"

The Spatial Mall of Mei Mengzhen didn’t raise deer, so Xiyuan really didn’t have any deer antler. Grandpa Pei had Fan Tianyu go out to buy it especially, it was just included in Xiyuan’s bill. To be honest, Grandpa Pei also felt that the deer antler he used was not up to par, but since Xiyuan didn’t have it, he wouldn’t make such demands.

But just because Xiyuan didn’t have it now didn’t mean they wouldn’t have it in the future. There was nothing she couldn’t raise in her space; as long as there were deer, there would definitely be deer antler. She said, "If we need deer antler, I can just order it from there. Since it is a dish from Xiyuan, naturally we should use ingredients from Xiyuan. The other ginseng and ganoderma are also from Xiyuan, but the age would definitely not be the same as what we consume. I guess they would be around a dozen or twenty years old."

This guess about the age of the ingredients was quite made up by Mei Mengzhen; she had barely planted these two minor ingredients before digging them up shortly afterward. Grandpa Pei talked to her about having larger ginseng and ganoderma which is why she brought them back according to his requirements.

Even so, these items were produced by Xiyuan and the price would not be low. He Yiran glanced at her and simply said, "Since you’re asking me, I think setting this dish at a price of 180,000 won’t be excessive."

Mei Mengzhen’s eyes widened in shock when she heard the price. She exclaimed dramatically, "What, what did you say? How much did you just say?"

He Yiran repeated expressionlessly, "180,000, 180,000. Can’t you hear? Don’t think it’s too low, I still think it’s cheap."

Mei Mengzhen was speechless, is that cheap? "Will people come to eat at this price?"

"Don’t worry about whether people will come to eat or not; your stuff is worth this price. You can’t sell it too cheap, considering our abalone is not cheap on the market."

That made sense, and Mei Mengzhen thought it would not make sense to operate at a loss, so she didn’t object, "Okay, let’s set this price for the dish. Is one month in advance enough for reservations? Then we’ll send out a notification on the Xiyuan APP."

One month in advance was indeed a generous preparation time. Grandpa Pei also thought it was a good idea, "Sure, this timing is great. This dish is really complicated to make, preparation of the ingredients requires some time, having such ample time to prepare is of course good."

Then the price of the dish was set, but because everyone was too quick with their hands, a fresh picture of the newly made "Dripping Water Guanyin" dish wasn’t taken. He Yiran said, "Grandpa Pei, could you make this dish one more time? I’ll arrange for someone to come over specifically for the photo shoot, just shoot the ingredients without the cooking process, just take some photos when it’s out of the pot."

Grandpa Pei naturally had no objections, "Sure, I’ll notify you once I have the ingredients ready."

Speaking of the Xiyuan APP, it also received certain optimizations. For example, previously it could only do location reservations and not dish reservations. At Xiyuan, some dishes need to be ordered a week in advance, so the system would automatically send a text message reminder to book meals one week before the reservation time.

But in reality, the Xiyuan APP could directly feature this functionality. Since locations here needed to be booked well in advance anyway, customers who booked a table would find a menu reservation feature in their APP, which gathered all the dishes that needed preordering. This way, there was no need for customers to make phone calls; reservations could be made directly through the backend.

And all the backend needed to do was generate a report every morning, handing it over to the kitchen staff who would then know what they needed to prepare.

In fact, it was quite smart; the only requirement was to get used to it ahead of time. But for everyone, this wasn’t difficult since all the later smart features usually were done directly on the phone. They were just ahead of the game here.

Having finished taste testing the dishes, there was no need to stay in the kitchen anymore. Grandpa Pei, who had been busy for several days, was so tired that he left shortly after arriving back home. Mei Mengzhen then brought her brother back to their private room. Of course, Yan Keke didn’t follow Mei Mengzhen today because she had heard from Mei Mengzhen that the Mei Family would come to eat at the restaurant.

However, the Mei Family had no intention of coming to Xiyuan. This became known to her only when Fan Tianhua brought the employee meal over.

Mei Mengzhen asked confusedly, "Isn’t Brother Tianyu bringing them over? The car is passing by anyway."

Fan Tianyu put the food on the table, took a sip of his drink, and then replied, "They’re not coming. They just drove straight back. It’s the same whether we eat takeout or eat here."

Since it was a decision made by others, Mei Mengzhen certainly wouldn’t say much more. People were waiting for their meal at home, so the three of them naturally sped up their eating. After finishing their meal, the trio went straight back to their residential community.

It was past normal rush hour, so the journey was smooth and soon they were home. Fan Tianhua had just parked the car when Fan Tianyu’s call came through, "Where are you now? You should be back by now, right?"

"Of course, I’ve just parked the car. You sure have the timing down pat to make a call." Fan Tianhua teased.

"Then I’m really good at timing, we just arrived at Auntie’s community. But I’m so hungry I want to eat before moving; could you hurry up and come over?"

They could certainly hurry over, but now it was October, not summer. By 7 o’clock, if they didn’t hurry with the move, would they be able to see outside after eating?