Chapter 11

I agreed on the spot. During the first week of the promotion, both our restaurants' revenues increased by 40%.At the end of the year, I sat down and tallied up the books. Even though I had suffered a major setback earlier in the year, my restaurant's revenue had tripled in the second half of the year. After setting aside the money for the school-district apartment, I still had 30 grand left. I gave all my employees a year-end bonus worth three times their monthly salary, and I also bought each of them a new phone. My employees were all thrilled, promising to give it their all in the following year.…I closed the restaurant and headed back to my hometown with Grace and Flora on Christmas Eve. Mom and Dad had already prepared dinner and were waiting for us. Flora showed them her award certificate. It was the first-place award she had won in her kindergarten drawing competition. The picture she drew was of our grilled fish restaurant. The restaurant was filled with customers, t

Chapter 12

A year after our grand reopening, I hung a red banner above the entrance. "One-Year Anniversary Celebration. Everything's 32% Off. Free Plum Juice for Sanitation Workers and Delivery Drivers."Cece, our ginger cat, was curled up into a ball at the feet of the front desk, dozing off. The tip of its tail swayed occasionally as it brushed against the pile of candies next to it.This was the stray cat that Brandon had scared away years ago when he kicked over a stool in my restaurant. Later, when I renovated my restaurant, it came running back on its own. So, I decided to keep it. Flora was the one who named it, claiming it was to commemorate the sturgeon from our family's restaurant that had almost been falsely accused.Once summer vacation started, Flora worked at the restaurant as a little helper. With her hair tied into pigtails, she carried a small tin box filled with candies and offered one to every customer she saw. Her silver tongue won everyone over.The young girl who was s

Chapter 13

Clutching his phone, the young man's face burned one moment and paled the next. He bowed to me right then and there and apologized to me. He also promised he'd never do something so shameful again. Later, he really did change his approach. He started filming honest small businesses hidden in local alleyways and even helped promote the shops in our support group for free. He eventually became a locally well-known ethical food blogger. Last month, he even came by specifically to give me a copy of the food review guide he had made himself. "Thank you for showing me the right path." He wrote on the flyleaf.…Customers started filling the restaurant at lunchtime. Vindicator0001, the person who had previously attacked me online and later came to apologize to me, also showed up. He was now an administrator of my business owners' rights protection support group, helping everyone organize legal materials for everyone pro bono. That day, he went the extra mile and carried in a towerin

Todos los capítulos de Viral Food Review Cost Me Two Million : Capítulo 11 - Capítulo 13

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13