Si Chen was naturally oblivious to Kong Liang's thoughts, and even if he knew, he would have scoffed in mockery.
A day quickly passed, and unknowingly, it had become the day of Blue Wave Restaurant's banquet.
The banquet was held at night. Therefore, after Si Chen called Fang Bin to finalize his side of the preparations – to release the new specialties to their restaurant, he then went up on the computer and continued his learning on F&B knowledge.
As he had expected, after his skill had levelled up, it was taking a considerably longer time for him to upgrade it to the next.
However, he still managed to make it rise by at least half of the proficiency, before he looked at the time and realized that it was time for the banquet to begin.
Today, Si Chen was going to visit the Blue Wave's Restaurant's banquet and see how great the scene was going to be.
The mere expectations for the event alone were already sending his blood boiling in excitement.
He dressed up himself and swiftly took a cab to the Blue Wave Restaurant.
When he reached the venue, Si Chen had to admit that they really put in a lot of effort into this event. The entire store front was covered with lavish decorations, and they had even placed a red carpet that led from the side of the road towards the entrance.
There were quite a few people who was gathering around the entrance, their eyes shining with interest while they happily chatted with their partners.
Si Chen was impressed by how much effort the restaurant had put in for a mere banquet. What could they possibly want to introduce today?
Stolen recipes from the Seafood Restaurant? Or a new dish that they had miraculously created? Whatever it was that they wanted to take this occasion to announce, Si Chen had complete confidence in his restaurant.
Especially when Seafood Restaurant reveals the specialties unique to the Blue Wave Restaurant, yet tastes much better along with having a lower price, the Blue Wave Restaurant was bound to meet its demise.
The corner of his lips rose into an evil smirk, before he elegantly walked his way into the banquet. The waiters were quite polite to him after seeing the way he had dressed, and personally led him to a table for two, where he sat alone an inconspicuous corner that could glimpse of the happenings of the entire place.
He raised his hand and ordered a few expensive dishes for him to enjoy. Since the Blue Wave Restaurant was going down, as the culprit for this, he should at least send them some gifts in return.
The price of his meal here, was going to be his first and last present to them before the Blue Wave Restaurant falls.
His food came a while later, and while he was eating in an languid manner, a small commotion started to echo from the outside of the restaurant.
A woman dressed in a red fiery dress appeared in everyone's sights. She had on light makeup, accentuating her beauty which was comparable to a small movie actress.
Alongside her was a man who was holding a phone and taking a video of her every action.
"This is Si Yin! The famed food live streamer on the internet! I heard that she had almost 50000 fans online!"
"I can't believe that this restaurant is actually able to get her to come to their banquet. The Blue Wave Restaurant must have quite a bit of authority and influence!"
"With her presence here, it seems like Blue Wave Restaurant is on the path to rising into fame!"
A few of the people present realized who the woman was, as they commented to each other.
"Oh? They actually managed to bring a live streamer to their banquet. How interesting." Si Chen raised her head and carelessly commented.
The woman named Si Yin slightly raised her head up when she walked, and her eyes held a trace of arrogance and disdain towards the people around her.
She directly walked towards the front of the restaurant, where a few well-dressed man were lively chatting with each other.
The moment she came, a fat-nosed man instantly went forward and greeted her, while personally leading her to her seat.
Si Yin merely nodded her head to the fat-nosed man greetings, while coldly sitting down and not paying a shred of attention towards him.
Si Chen looked on as a gleam flashed in his eyes. If he was not wrong, the fat-nosed man is the boss of this Blue Wave Restaurant, and he really looked as irritating as he seemed like in his imaginations, as though his face was asking for a fight.
This was the man who had orchestrated the food poisoning incident in the Seafood Restaurant.
Kong Liang, who was sitting at the front table, while trying her best to please Si Yin, had no idea that he was being judged by the boss of the Seafood Restaurant, his most hated enemy.
If not, the smile that was maintained on his face will be completely wiped off.
After a while, Kong Liang stood up and went up to the stage at the front, and he held a microphone in his hands and began to announce, "Ladies and Gentleman, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come to our Blue Wave's Restaurant today. I really appreciate your presence here."
"Haha, there is no need to be so polite to us."
"Boss Kong, it is our pleasure to be here."
"Exactly. How could we not show up to Boss Kong's restaurant's banquet?"
A few people became to humbly voice out, each trying to curry favor with Kong Liang, especially after seeing that he had managed to invite a slightly popular live streamer to his own restaurant.
After seeing that the crowd had responded as he had intended it to, Kong Liang smilingly continued, "In order to not let down the time you have spent here in my restaurant, we have decided to introduce a few new dishes into our restaurant, and everyone one of you here is entitled to a 30% discount for anyone of our new dishes for today!"
He swept his hands across the crowd, hoping to achieve a dramatic effect.
The crowd was obviously delighted to know that there was a discount, as they all cheered and applauded.
Kong Liang lips rose into a grin, "Thank you and enjoy your meal here today at the Blue Wave Restaurant!"
After he said that, he promptly walked down the stage and back to his seat.
The customers then began to raise their hands and order a few of the new dishes that were priced at a discounted price.
The entire restaurant's bustling atmosphere was extraordinary as all kinds of laughter and talk unceasingly continued.
Sitting down with a smug look on his face, Kong Liang gestured for Pang Huan to come over, "How are the sales today?"
Pang Huan respectfully walked over and said in a low voice, "Today's sale is more than double the usual! The only thing left is whether they would like the dishes, which is a certainty because no other restaurants along this street can compare to the recipes by the Seafood Restaurant."
Pang Huan's expression was shimmering with confidence. How could he possibly know that the recipes which they had stolen were all the outdated low quality recipes that Seafood Restaurant had in the past?
Following Si Chen's arrival and investment into the Seafood Restaurant, all those recipes had already turned obscure, and were cast aside by the much better recipes which he had provided.
If Pang Huan would have known this, he would had cried right there and then.
"If all goes well today, I'll will give you an added bonus." Kong Liang nodded his head and patted Pang Huan's shoulders.
The success of today's event had managed to wiped away his fear of the looming threat of Seafood Restaurant, and now his heart was brimming with nothing but delight.
"Thank you, Boss." Pang Huan excitedly bowed his head before returning back to his seat.