Chapter 202: Chapter 202: Graduation Unemployment Isn’t Scary—Not Being Able to Eat Senior Brother Jiang’s Cooking Is Truly Terrifying

In the “Sharing Private Room Alliance” QQ group, members each had their own opinions on the issue of “how to determine the dining participants once a private room is reserved.” Everyone felt that their suggestion was the fairest and most reasonable.

Just as everyone was locked in endless debate without reaching a consensus, a girl with the online name “Pineapple Blowing Snow” couldn’t hold it any longer and jumped in saying:

“Oh my, you’re all arguing so passionately, why not ask the group owner for their opinion?!”

Only then did everyone realize that ever since the issue had been raised, the group owner “Little Foodie” had been silent. Could it be that he already had a plan?

After all, being the one who first came up with the idea of “sharing a private room” and established the “Sharing Private Room Alliance,” he might have considered this issue a long time ago.

Indeed, having more members increases the chances of successfully reserving a private room, but it also presents the problem of the room not accommodating so many people.

Hence, determining the dining participants becomes crucial.

Because if the rules are unfair or unreasonable, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among some members, leading them to leave the group and start a new one.

If that’s the case, then it might have been better not to accept so many members in the first place!

Thinking of this, group members started @-ing the group owner “Little Foodie”:

“Group owner, hurry up and solve the problem, everyone’s about to bash each other’s brains out!”

“Haha! Exactly, group owner, if you don’t come out, everyone’s going to bash each other’s brains out!”

“This issue is indeed quite troublesome, everyone should discuss it clearly as soon as possible, to avoid unhappiness when the time comes, which would not look good.”

“…”

While everyone was urging the group owner, suddenly the group owner appeared:

“Are you all crazy, why do you keep @-ing me? I was busy discussing serious matters!”

Hearing this, everyone realized that the group owner wasn’t silently lurking but was occupied with something else.

From the usual tone of the group owner in chats, you could tell he’s not a person of few words; as long as he’s interested in something, he will definitely join in.

The girl “Pineapple Blowing Snow,” who had suggested seeking the group owner’s opinion, said again:

“Wow, the group owner is such a busy person, he doesn’t even know what topic we’re discussing…”

“Little Foodie” sent a speechless emoji:

“The way you all chat, I just turned to chat with someone else for a bit, and there’re already 99+ unread messages. How would I know what topic you’re discussing?”

“…”

“Pineapple Blowing Snow” was speechless. After a long pause, she said,

“Okay, we were discussing the issue of ’if we can only get one private room each time, how should we fairly and reasonably choose the dining participants.’

But everyone had different suggestions, arguing without end, and no one could convince the others. So we decided to first hear your opinion.

Group owner, this issue is quite important, surely you’ve considered it before, right?”

“Actually, no, I didn’t anticipate so many people would join the group all at once. I always thought it might be difficult to gather enough people for a meal, but who would’ve thought that after just two or three days, there would be so many members.”

“Little Foodie” expressed his feelings, and continued,

“But this issue is indeed quite important. Everyone who joined the group shares a common goal, which is to unite our strength and ensure that each person gets to enjoy the food made by Senior Brother Jiang.

If we can’t achieve this, then there’s no reason for this group to exist, and we might as well disband it early.”

The group owner’s words resonated with everyone, prompting them to send applause emojis in support.

For a moment, the group’s chatbox was filled with clapping hands, creating a lively scene, albeit silently.

No sound, even the best drama can’t be performed without sound!

“Little Foodie” couldn’t help but laugh and continued:

“In line with this goal, I plan to do the following.

The person who reserves a private room is automatically selected, and they can also designate one person to be selected. This designated person doesn’t have to be a group member, but preferably is.

This can be considered a benefit for providing the room, and I assume everyone has no objections?”

This seemed very fair and reasonable, even things the group members hadn’t thought of, “Little Foodie” had anticipated in advance.

For example, if someone luckily reserves a room, maybe they want to bring their partner or friend, why not?

Everyone has some personal interests, right?

So, the first rule was issued and immediately won the unanimous approval of the crowd.

“Little Foodie” saw there were no objections and continued:

“The second rule is that the remaining eight seats will be decided by an eight-person red packet that I’ll send, whoever snatches it gets to go.”

The group was stunned. Isn’t this one of the many suggestions made by group members earlier?

Before anyone could voice opposition, “Little Foodie” sent another message:

“Everyone, don’t rush to oppose. Let me finish explaining all the rules before discussing.”

Upon seeing this, everyone held back their thoughts of speaking out and decided to take a look at the rules set by the group leader first.

If there’s anything unreasonable, it wouldn’t be too late to oppose later!

“Little Foodie” typed quickly. Without making everyone wait too long, he posted the next rule in just a few seconds:

“The third rule is that the ten people attending the feast should bring back one or two takeout orders each after the meal. Just enough so that those who didn’t go can also have a taste.”

Seeing this, everyone was overjoyed. Isn’t this the ultimate idea the group leader mentioned before, about asking everyone to try Jiang’s food?

The group leader is indeed clever. Even if he hadn’t thought of it before, he could come up with a more fair and reasonable plan with just a turn of the eye!

Of course, whether someone goes or not, everyone gets to eat, what could be unfair about that?

It’s just that those who attend eat it hot, while those who didn’t go eat it cold.

But as long as it’s made by Senior Brother Jiang, it’s definitely delicious whether it’s cold or hot, right?

While everyone was excited, “Little Foodie” sent out the last two rules:

“The fourth rule is about cost-sharing. The ten people eating fresh in the private room share 60% of the total cost, and the remaining 40% is shared by those having takeaway.

The last rule is that after the next private room is successfully booked, the eight extra seats will be taken by those who didn’t get to go last time.

Overall, only after ensuring every group member has been in the private room once, will a new round be initiated.”

After sending all the rules, “Little Foodie” continued to ask,

“Everyone, think carefully. If there’s anything unfair or unreasonable, feel free to bring it up for discussion.”

After reading the six rules temporarily thought of by the group leader, everyone was dumbfounded, unable to recover for a long time.

The group leader is too amazing. In such a short time, he perfected the suggestions made by group members to such an extent, leaving no loopholes, is simply not human!

After a while, the girl “Pineapple Blowing Snow” was the first to regain her senses and sent several emoticons:

“The group leader is awesome, I bow to the master!”

This seemed to stir a hornet’s nest, as others also began to cheer madly for the group leader:

“Wow! Group leader, I admire you so much. Your intelligence is really wasted as a group leader. I propose you become the national football team coach, maybe we can enter the World Cup in three years!”

“No more words, group leader, I toast to you!”

“Boss, have some water!”

“…”

From everyone’s reactions, it was clear that nobody had any objections to these rules, and they were unanimously approved.

It was only by then that the group leader, still sitting in front of the computer in the dormitory, breathed a long sigh of relief and couldn’t help but smile again.

Yes, this group leader was none other than Zhu Youfeng, who first proposed the “Sharing Private Room” strategy at Jiang University, with “Little Foodie” being the nickname of his campus forum account.

Originally, when he came up with this idea, he never thought that the number of group members would surge to over twenty in just two or three days.

But now, all he could do was marvel at Senior Brother Jiang’s culinary skills, which unconsciously “captured” the appetites of so many students at the school!

Even though other dining halls at the school tried every possible way to improve their culinary skills, increase dishes, and update styles from the start of the semester…

All these methods were used. In fact, no matter which dining hall—first, second, or any other at school—they all improved countless times in terms of both variety and taste.

Any of them could stand proudly against other university dining halls.

But on the Jiang University campus, even if these much-improved dining halls combined, they still couldn’t change the supreme “status” of the Seventh Dining Hall in students’ minds.

This was truly terrifying.

Of course, this also proved the prowess of Senior Brother Jiang.

So what if a prospective graduate student cooks delicious food?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youfeng quietly swore to himself, even if he doesn’t secure a spot for graduate studies, he would try his best to get into the university’s graduate program to stay here for another three years.

Graduating and facing unemployment isn’t scary, but not being able to eat food made by Senior Brother Jiang is truly frightening!

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it and sent another message to the group that drove the members crazy:

“Earlier, I mentioned I was discussing something serious. The serious business is, I contacted someone who booked a private room a couple of days ago. Due to personal reasons, he might not be able to come to Jiang University, so he’s willing to transfer the booked private room to us for 1000 yuan.

Therefore, I am now seeking everyone’s opinion, should we take over this private room?”

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