Face-Slapping System

Chapter 150 Opening Crunch Time

Everyone's attention was immediately attracted outside the Sparkling Buds.

They stood up one after the other and walked near the glass wall to look at the situation outside.

The next moment, Roland and the other's eyes immediately lit up one after the other.

Outside, five students in high school uniforms could be seen looking around curiously. On their hand were the flyers distributed by the Sparkling Buds to promote the restaurant itself.

Roland glanced at his Yacht-Master and realized that it was only ten minutes before the grand opening.

Earlier, as he was talking with Gustav, he could tell that Stacey was feeling down after not seeing any customers for the store's grand opening.

However, with this batch of students as their potential customers, Stacey's eyes immediately lit up as she finally saw hope at the end of the tunnel.

As the vice manager, Gustav did not wait for Roland and Stacey to receive the customers personally.

As this was their first potential customer, they needed to treat them with care.

Gustav walked out of the exit with an amiable smile and greeted the students politely.

"Good afternoon, do you guys want to eat?"

There were five students in total consisting of three females and two males.

The five of them looked at each other before one of the girls finally talked after some hesitation, "Is it true that you will be giving free meals for your first 100 customers today?"

The others looked at Gustav with expectant faces, waiting for the answer.

Gustav smiled and answered, "Of course, but we'll only officially open around ten minutes later, so you must wait until then before availing the free meals, alright?"

Hearing that, a visible happiness could be seen in the five student's eyes as they nodded their heads excitedly to Gustav.

Gustav led the five of them to wait on the table situated outside the restaurant.

He then went back inside to meet with Stacey and Roland and reported everything to them.

Stacey's mood turned for the better after hearing his report.

Now, at least they have some customers waiting for the opening of the store.

However, to everyone's surprise, that was not the end.

After the street was no longer blocked by the hooligans, a lot of people who received the recent flyers decided to check the grand opening of the store.

With Seven and the other's monitoring both ends of the street, the curious customers arrived one after the other right before the ten-minute mark arrived.

When the time for the grand opening arrived, there were already close to thirty people waiting outside the store.

With the customers eager to try the free meal, Stacey did not wait any further as she started the grand opening ceremony.

In order to maintain a low-profile, Roland purposely mixed himself in the crowd to witness the grand opening for himself.

Stacey and Gustav worked together.

The decorations and ribbon cutting ceremony were already in place.

The grand opening events were simple and swift in order not to waste the customers' valuable time.

With the witness of over thirty people in the crowd, Stacey cut the ribbon in half to mark the official opening of Sparkling Buds.

Stacey and Gustav opened the entrance as they went inside to allow the people who had already fallen in line to enter the store one after the other.

The two security guards assisted in maintaining the order as the customers themselves, separated the single line into four sections as they entered the restaurant.

At the start of each line were four cashiers ready to serve them anytime. Behind the four cashiers were the other crews, ready to deliver the food that the customers ordered as fast as possible.

The five students from earlier were the first to arrive at the cashier.

The first 100 meals were free of charge, the five students ordered the ordinary meal set, and after the cashiers confirmed their orders, they went to find a table to sit on.

The line continued to shrink as the customers found tables to sit to wait for their orders.

Not long later, two crew arrived at the five students table and handed them the meal they ordered.

The meals listed in Sparkling Buds' menu were not that great. For now, they only have the sparkling fried chicken as their main dish. However, this was only the start, Roland has already planned to expand the menu in near future.

Meanwhile, the five students stared at the newly served meal in excitement.

The ordinary meal set consists of 1 sparkling chicken, 1 cup of rice, and a regular size soft drink or soda.

This ordinary meal set, or the Set 1, can be bought normally for just 80 Global pennies, it was cheaper compared to Mark Jonalds prices. It was apparent that Sparkling Buds was literally opposing the giant market of Mark Jonalds from the prices alone.

However, for the poor, this price was actually still a little expensive.

The minimum wage for an eight hour of work was around 4.5 Global Dollars. A meal in Sparkling Buds was equivalent to one and a half hours of work for them. However, compared to Mark Jonald's price, which was twice higher than Sparkling Buds, then it could be said that Sparkling Buds were indeed a better alternative than the former.

Ronald truly went all out on this matter for his grand ambition. As for getting bankrupt for selling the meals too cheap? Roland and Stacey had already calculated it before, and they realized that they would still have a lot of profit even if they priced it at 70 Global pennies per meal.

And besides, profiting was not Roland's main concern at this moment.

Because of the opening promo, the five students managed to get their entire meal for free.

As the crew put down the last Set 1 for the male student, the others could no longer wait any longer as they began eating the meal like hungry wolves.

The moment the piece of fried chicken landed on their tongue, they felt an explosion inside their mouth as the heavenly taste filled their taste buds. Their eyes unconsciously closed as they savored the taste of the sparkling fried chicken.

"Y-yummy!" One of them exclaimed in satisfaction as he chewed on the tender chicken meat full of flavor.

The crowd looked at their exaggerated reaction as they gulped a mouthful of saliva themselves.

Their mouths started to salivate as they urged the person in front of them to hurry with their orders.