Chapter 628 How About We Steal It?
“What a beautiful ice cream shop! It’s like a snow and ice tower. Have I really become the manager of such a gorgeous ice cream shop?” Yabemiya was looking around at the stunning shop incredulously. She was still holding onto the red cloth in her hand as she had forgotten to let go of it.
“Congratulations, Miya.” Sally gave Miya an encouraging smile.
“Congratulations on becoming the manager, Big Sister Miya.” Babla also wore a wide smile on her face as she looked around the ice cream shop with wide eyes. As she did so, she squealed internally, What a beautiful ice cream shop! Are those snowflakes falling from above? Snowflakes only exist in myths and legends! The white six-cornered snowflakes are piling up on the ground; it looks so fun!
“Thank you, thank you, everyone.” Yabemiya nodded with a vibrant smile on her face.
After pus.h.i.+ng open the gla.s.s doors, a slightly cool sensation wafted forth. The dryness of autumn seemed to have been dispelled as a result, giving everyone the urge to embrace winter.
Mag strode into the shop first. There were three fully automatic ice cream machines placed in the semi-open kitchen, and it wouldn’t be crowded even if three people were to stand in it.
The cash register was right next to the kitchen, and the price of as well as the four flavors of ice cream were stated behind the counter. Aside from that, there was also a large vacant area.
The statue of the ice and snow queen stood at the very center of the restaurant. In comparison to the wax statue renditions, this ice and snow queen was clearly far more intricately crafted, reaching the extent that it even had clearly visible fingerprints. Furthermore, it wasn’t just a stationary statue. Instead, it would change poses at set intervals, and that detail seemed to have imbued it with a soul.
Aside from that, all of the tables in the shop were small square tables with only two tall stools placed at each table. Sitting near the floor-to-ceiling window while sampling Haagen-Dazs ice cream was undoubtedly a heavenly experience.
Mag nodded upon seeing this. He was very pleased with the system’s renovation job.
“Boss, what should we do now?” Yabemiya looked at the customers swarming in through the doors, and then turned to Mag with a panicked expression.
“We’re open now, so we’d better start serving customers. Look at how many customers are visiting on the first day; there are many more than I got when I first opened Mamy Restaurant.” Mag smiled in response. Yabemiya was so nervous that she had completely forgotten what her job was.
“Oh, yes.” Yabemiya hurriedly nodded before quickly entering the kitchen. She switched on the three ice cream machines before turning to the customers with a smile as she said, “Welcome! What ice cream would you like?”
“I’ll get a mocha ice cream.”
“I want a chocolate ice cream.”
All of the customers began to make their orders as a long line formed in front of the counter.
“Alright, one mocha ice cream. That’ll be 300 copper coins. Please pay first, then show your ticket to get your ice cream when your number is called,” Yabemiya said with a smile. She then ripped off a ticket with the number “1” on it from a pad nearby before handing it to that customer.
“I have to pay first? And I have to get the ice cream myself?” The customer was rather taken aback as he looked at the ticket in his hand. This was the first time that he had heard of such rules being implemented in a food establishment.
“That’s right.” Yabemiya nodded with a smile, but she was feeling rather tense.
After hearing this new ordering system described to her by Mag the day before, Yabemiya had been concerned that their customers wouldn’t be able to accept it. After all, in other restaurants, customers were served in a very diligent manner. No other restaurants made customers pay first and get their food by themselves.
All of the customers in the line turned to Mag and Yabemiya with curious expressions upon hearing that. Only Mag would be capable of such innovation that bordered on insanity in their eyes.
“In order to improve the shop’s efficiency and shorten the time that everyone has to line up for, I devised this system where payment has to be given as soon as the order is made and tickets are handed out for corresponding ice cream orders,” Mag explained. This was a method often employed by streetside milk stands due to the severe mismatch between the number of customers compared to the number of seats. For food that could be carried and eaten while walking, this was undoubtedly the most efficient system to employ.
“I think this is a great idea. Otherwise, when we have to pay, we’ll have to line up a second time. In contrast, this is clearly a much better way to do things,” Harrison said with a smile.
“You’re absolutely right. If this were another restaurant, we’d perhaps be concerned about whether the money we spend will be worth it, but in Boss Mag’s restaurant, I see no issues with paying as soon as we order,” Gjerj chimed
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All of the customers smiled upon hearing this. Harrison’s words echoed everyone’s thoughts. As such, all of the customers made their orders before taking their tickets and taking a seat. Most of them actually chose to stand as they looked curiously at Yabemiya as she worked in the semi-open kitchen, wondering how such delicious ice cream was made.
The opening of this new ice cream shop naturally attracted the attention of many pa.s.sersby. After all, such a beautiful restaurant was very rare.
This storefront was located near the entrance of the Aden Square, so the number of people pa.s.sing through was far more than of those that would pa.s.s through the corner area that Mamy Restaurant was situated in.
“That restaurant is so beautiful! But it’s not really time for breakfast or lunch, so why are there so many people there?”
“They must be paid actors that the restaurant hired as part of a PR stunt. This tactic is really commonly employed by restaurants in the Aden Square.”
“That doesn’t really matter. We can’t just pa.s.s by such a beautiful restaurant and not go in to have a look.”
Many of the pa.s.sersby stopped in their tracks and walked into the ice cream shop with curiosity in their hearts. Soon, a long line had gathered outside the ice cream shop.
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“Mocha ice cream for number one, chocolate ice cream for number two…” With all three ice cream machines operating at once, Yabemiya was able to quickly hand over one ice cream after another to the customers with a sweet smile.
Some customers chose to eat their ice creams in the shop, while others exited the shop and ate as they walked.
“Who would have thought that making ice cream was so easy? It only takes pressing a few b.u.t.tons. I feel like I can do it if I tried.”
“I feel like that metallic machine must be an extraordinary treasure. The ice cream comes from there, after all.”
“Boss Mag is a man who values efficiency very highly, so that machine must have taken him a lot of time and effort to make. Otherwise, how could it produce such delicious ice cream?”
All of the customers discussed quietly among themselves. Reality was a little different from their expectations.
In a corner, there was a thin man in black clothes and a man in tattered clothing with a cloak over his head. The former said to the latter, “Boss, that thing must be worth a lot of money! Just pressing it once can earn us 300 copper coins! How about we steal it?”
“Let’s keep observing first. If we steal this thing, we have to know how to use it.” The man wearing the cloak shook his head as he stared intently at the ice cream machine.