Chapter 6 The Food Truck Program and Summer Interns

"Make money?! Of course, I'd love to!" Peter Parker immediately agreed when he heard that he could make some pocket money. "You don't even know what I'm going to do, you agree immediately. Aren't you afraid I'll lie to you?" Li Jie said jokingly. "Of course not to worry, you're my good buddy. How could you lie to me? Would you lie to me? You wouldn't lie to me, Jason." Peter Parker said a lot like a cannonball, Li Jay regretted that he had asked too much.

"Okay Parker, I think you should know. My ideal is to become a world-renowned top chef in the future." Li Jie is not kidding, his ideal in past and present life has always been to become a super chef. However, in his previous life, he lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The social status of chefs there is really not high, at the request of the family. He gave up his ideal of being a top chef.

But in the first life, Li Jie's ideal has not changed. He still loves to cook, and loves that picky eaters get knocked down by his cooking skills. Moreover, the social status of chefs in the United States is obviously much higher than that of the countries on the other side of the ocean. As a good cook, the income in the United States is also quite high. The annual income of a chef in a well-known restaurant is no worse than the management of many companies. There are many chefs in the United States who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year plus restaurant dividends. Even some chefs run their own restaurants with millions of dollars a year in revenue.

So when Li Jie wanted to be a chef and told his family, his parents and grandfather expressed their support. And my grandfather really hoped that someone would take over the MR·LI restaurant he opened. Li Jie has been helping the back chef of Grandpa's restaurant since he was a child. He knows very well what the restaurant is like, and is also very talented in cooking. Li Jie's grandfather Li Rong even plans to let Li Jie directly take over the restaurant after graduating from high school.

"So you're going to open a restaurant? Want me to be a waitress?" Peter guessed. "No~no~no~. Now I don't have the capital to open a restaurant, so it will take a lot of money." Li Jie denied Peter's unreliable conjecture. "And I don't plan to take over my grandpa's restaurant right now, the MR·LI style is too old. If you want to take over, it will require a complete renovation, and it will also cost a lot of money. My plan is to drive a fast food first. car!"

"Food truck~! I love the idea! What do I need to do!" Peter liked the plan to drive the food truck. As one of the cultural symbols of American food, the food truck has many supporters all over the United States. Different from the idea of ​​fast food trucks = selling junk fast food that many people understand, in the United States, fast food trucks are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. Food trucks that serve excellent and delicious food will even be recommended by Michelin Magazine. In the United States, there is a nationwide food truck rating every year, and the judges are all ordinary diners. Let ordinary diners use their footsteps to vote for the most distinctive and delicious food trucks in the United States. It is no exaggeration to say that the annual income of a well-known food truck in the United States is no less than that of high-end western restaurants in Manhattan.

The fact that fast food trucks sell while walking, without fixed booths, is a major feature that attracts diners. It seems that these delicacies are hiding with you. Some avid diners will even follow in the footsteps of a food truck all over the United States.

"I got a loan from my parents, about $20,000. I'm going to pick a used Chevrolet boxcar to do the remodel, plus buy the kitchen utensils and initial stock. It'll cost about $16,000. Around. There are still 4,000 for working capital." Li Jie explained his detailed plan to Peter while driving. "It also costs about a thousand dollars to file a food truck with the federal government. I'm going to start the business in the summer vacation, and we all have driver's licenses. Legally we are both adults, and we can run the food truck while driving along the A two-month trip to the east coast. We could go to Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, etc.”

"Wow~! Cool man, I mean really cool! We could drive to any city on the east coast and travel while selling food! Just thinking about it makes me excited! I will Convince Uncle Ben and Aunt May to let me go with you!" Peter liked the plan, even if it didn't make any money. Because of the tight family funds, Peter has basically never traveled to cities other than New York except for the travel study arranged by the school. Li Jie's plan to travel and sell food in major cities on the east coast for two months is very suitable for Peter's appetite.

The little spider, who was originally in a low mood, immediately became happy and left his worries behind. In the car, the two began to discuss the specific plan of the food truck, and even what food to sell, and what kind of pattern the food truck needs to be sprayed on the outside of the food truck to attract customers. Along the way, the two listened to music and chatted about fun topics and soon came to the school.

"Jason, can you help me adjust the angle of the photo?" After the morning class, Li Jie accompanied Peter to the school's photography corner during the lunch break. This place is specially opened for students who are talented in photography. You can show the photos you think are good here. Peter has just developed photos from last week in Washington, D.C., ready to show here.

When the two were adjusting the angle of the photo, Li Jie saw an orange-red blue ball flying towards the two of them from the corner of his eye. If it was the previous Li Jie, he would definitely have been hit by the basketball, but now Li Jie's skills are much faster, and he used his left hand to knock the basketball into the air before the basketball touched the two of them.

Following the direction of the basketball, Li Jie saw Thompson, the main power forward of the school basketball team, and a group of friends around him. "I'm sorry, Lee, I slipped my hand just now." Thompson's apology seemed insincere, and the snickering friends around him made it even more hypocritical. It seems that Thompson obviously deliberately smashed the basketball hard, wanting to see Peter and Li Jie ugly.

Peter hasn't acquired Spider-Man's superpowers yet, so he's always been a nerdy, skinny image that's easily bullied at school. And Li is popular among girls in school because of his handsome looks, which makes Thompson even more upset. So Thompson has not dealt with the two since the first grade.

It was only when Peter realized what had just happened, "Hey~ it's okay, buddy is okay." Peter wanted to hold back the angry Li Jie. But Peter's small physique can't even hold the original Li Jie, let alone the now strengthened Li Jie.

Thompson is 1.90 meters tall, and because the position of the power forward in basketball requires fierce confrontation, he is also very strong, and he is considered a bully in school. Others may be afraid of him, but Li Jie is not afraid of him. Li Jie had also studied some self-defense techniques very seriously before system strengthening, and his physique was also very strong. There have been many conflicts with Thompson in the past two years, and the two have fought several times outside the school.

Although Thompson, who is 1.90 meters tall, is a few centimeters taller than Li Jie, who is 1.82 meters tall, he is not Li Jie's opponent in a fight. The two fought a total of three times, and Li Jie won two and lost one. For Thompson's thorns and a guy who remembers eating but not beating, Li Jie felt that it was completely useless to reason or something. He could only use his fists to let him feel the value of mutual love among his classmates.

"Thompson, are you trying to fight?" Li Jie easily broke away Peter's hand and strode towards Thompson. The students in the entire corridor turned their attention to this place. The conflict between Thompson and Li Jie was well-known in the school. Ever since Thompson provoked Li Jie in the first grade, Li Jie had never thought about putting things at ease.

"Hey~ Hey, I'm sorry Jason, I'm sorry. Thompson just didn't mean it." A friend next to Thompson stepped forward and separated Li Jie from Thompson. To prevent the two from really fighting, he knew that Thompson might not be able to win against Li Jie. If the fight is lost, Thompson will be laughed at on the team. "Thompson is still going to practice, you think that's it?"

On the other hand, Thompson was also forcibly pulled out of the corridor by a few friends. In fact, he also wanted to provoke Li Jie, but he didn't dare to fight Li Jie. Li Jie watched Thompson being pulled away, and knew that the fight would be impossible, so he could only go back and help Peter adjust the photos.

"Cool~ Jason. It seems that the stupid big guy just now was frightened by you." Harry Osborn's voice came from behind Li Jie and the two. "Harry, I didn't see you this morning, I thought you weren't coming to class again." Peter and Li Jie greeted Harry Osborn and chatted. "Oh, no way, my dad hasn't been in good health recently. I want to spend more time with him, and he also wants me to learn how to manage the company sooner. Maybe until the summer vacation, I can only be absent for a while." Harry replied. road.

While chatting, the three walked to the school cafeteria. After ordering three lunches, the three walked to the lawn of the school lawn and sat on the ground, chatting while eating. "Peter, I remember that you were interested in biotechnology and genetics." Harry suddenly mentioned Peter's field of interest. "Yeah, yes, if I can. I hope to get a research job after graduation," Harry replied, taking a bite of the bread.

"That's Peter, I know you want to go to MIT. But you need to know that MIT's biotechnology and genetics majors are not as good as NYU. And the Osborne Group is now recruiting summer interns , providing opportunities for gifted young people. And I can recommend you as an intern in the group of Dr. Connors, an expert in genetics and biology, and a prominent alumnus of NYU If you do well, you can ask him to write a letter of recommendation for you, so that you are likely to get a full scholarship to New York University. How are you interested?" Harry looked at Peter earnestly after he finished speaking. , waiting for Peter to make a decision.

Peter feels very embarrassed now, if it was before, he would definitely agree without hesitation. But this morning, he promised Li Jie to go to his fast food truck to help, but he changed his mind at noon and did not have enough friends. "Harry, thank you." Peter was about to reject Harry's kindness, but he was interrupted by Li Jie next to him before he finished speaking. "Peter, you should go, this is a great opportunity. It's a dream of many people to be able to work with the best biologists in the world." "But I promised.." "Nothing good, be a chef. It's my ideal, not yours, you said you want to be an excellent scientist." Li Jie directly helped Peter make a decision, which could be related to Peter Parker's life.

As a friend, you shouldn't blame Peter for this kind of thing, and Li Jie remembered it right. Dr. Connors later became the famous Spider-Man early villain Dr. Lizard. And Peter Parker mutated into Spider-Man after he was bitten by a spider because he went to the Osborne Group. Would Peter Parker's life be complete without being Spider-Man?

And Harry later learned that in the morning, Li Jie invited Peter to help with the food truck business during the summer vacation. In fact, both of them had the idea of ​​helping Peter, which moved Peter very much. It is enough to have one or two such intimate friends in one's life.

Looking at Peter and Harry who were joking in front of him, Li Jie sighed in his heart. "What's supposed to come is always coming. Spider-Man is about to debut, will the other superheroes be far behind?"