Chapter 146 Rejecting Internet Celebrities
Thinking of what she had just said to Chen Yimin, the girl couldn't help but feel scared.
What if he really asks the waiter to come over and take away his number tag?
Wouldn't it be a waste of all the hard work I put in queuing all day?
After looking at the 100,000 yuan in her mobile phone and the number plate in her hand, the girl gritted her teeth, walked out of the line, ran to Chen Yimin and said.
"I'm sorry, I didn't recognize Huishan just now. I didn't know you were really the manager of the hot pot restaurant. I'll give you all these extra number plates, and I only ask you to keep one for me."
When Chen Yimin heard her words, he turned around and looked at her and said.
"Do you think I will watch you buy number plates here? Return the money to the seller immediately and give me all the number plates. From today on, no more scalpers will appear in front of our store."
After that, the waitress next to her went up to search the girl and took away all the number tags hidden by the girl.
When people around saw the scalpers being stopped, they all cheered.
Seeing the long queue at the door, Chen Yimin picked up the microphone and spoke.
"I know there are a lot of scalpers in the queue. Today I solemnly declare that our store does not allow scalpers to exist. Any customer who comes to queue is showing love to our store. We must strictly resist this uncivilized behavior."
Hearing this, the customers in the line applauded in agreement.
Many people queue here for two or three days in a row, but every time they are prevented from eating hot pot by scalpers.
As a result, the reputation of the hot pot restaurant plummeted.
There are even messages online saying that only by buying number tickets from scalpers can you get in to eat, and the number tickets queued by other people are useless.
This trend has caused many customers to give up going to the hot pot restaurant opened by Chen Yimin.
Hearing the applause from the customers, Chen Yimin spoke again.
"I believe that many customers come here through the recommendations of internet celebrities or some people. My original intention of opening this store is to attract everyone with my food, rather than relying on traffic. From today on, no internet celebrities will be allowed to enter our hot pot restaurant."
Hearing this, the passers-by nearby applauded.
The reason why there are so many scalpers is because these internet celebrities are willing to spend a lot of money to buy a number plate.
That’s why so many people choose to become scalpers.
If this continues, this hot pot restaurant will no longer be a hot pot restaurant, but a check-in spot for internet celebrities. People come to this place just to take pictures and show off, so the word hot pot has nothing to do with it at all.
Chen Yimin also considered these things before setting this rule.
Of course some people are happy about it, and of course some people are not happy about it.
There were also some fans of Cai Kunkun among the pedestrians, and they have always had prejudices against Chen Yimin.
After hearing this, Cai Kunkun’s fans started speaking out.
"Why don't you allow those internet celebrities to eat at your house? Aren't you discriminating against them? You open a hot pot restaurant and don't allow others to come over to eat. You are too stingy."
Hearing this, passers-by nearby also echoed it.
They can understand boycotting scalpers, but they disagree with not allowing internet celebrities and some food bloggers to eat there.
After all, many people come here for the fame of internet celebrities and bloggers.
They come here to eat not to taste how delicious , but to take photos and check in.
After all, the consumption here is not cheap, and many people would not come here if it were not for this reason.
Hearing the protests of passers-by outside the house, Chen Yimin walked into the hot pot restaurant and ignored them.
Without rules, there will be no order.
If he didn't set this rule today, more people with bad intentions would be attracted to the hot pot restaurant.
Even if there is not a single customer, he wants everyone to know that he opened the hot pot restaurant not for fame, but to allow ordinary people to taste the delicious food.
When the waiters and chef in the store heard Chen Yimin's decision, they all supported it.
Every time those internet celebrities come to the store, they will call a group of people to take photos and record videos.
It will not only delay the work of the staff, but also affect the meals of many diners.
What's more, most internet celebrities have very low quality and just throw the food on the ground after eating.
They also rely on their fans and popularity to order the waiters around at will and make some unreasonable demands. If it weren't for the fact that customers are God, many waiters would have turned against them long ago.
When this rule came out today, they felt happy thinking that no internet celebrities would be able to come in in the future.
No more having to serve those young masters and young mistresses.
As soon as Chen Yimin announced the rules , they were reposted everywhere on Weibo.
Many people are hostile to Chen Yimin's opinion.
They think that the reason why Chen Yimin didn't allow internet celebrities to come is that he looks down on the profession of internet celebrity.
After all, she is a celebrity and has a circle of celebrity friends, so she must look down on those internet celebrities.
Many people also posted messages expressing their views.
Chen Yimin deliberately targeted customers, thinking that their coming to check in and take photos affected the reputation of their store.
Some netizens have also called for people not to dine at Chen Yimin's restaurant again.
For a time, people on the Internet were scolding Chen Yimin, saying that he was inhuman.
Even when he was being scolded by everyone, Chen Yimin also received many cooperation invitations from Douyin internet celebrities.
Even some of the most popular internet celebrities have expressed their willingness to cooperate with Chen Yimin.
They hope to be able to shoot some Douyin videos in the hot pot restaurant opened by Chen Yimin for a long time and earn a lot of traffic. Of course, they will also pay Chen Yimin a large sum of shooting venue fees.
Some internet celebrities even promised to promote Chen Yimin for free as long as they were allowed to come and take photos and check in.
These conditions seemed very tempting, but Chen Yimin was not tempted at all.
If we let an internet celebrity in, it would be irresponsible to the customers and to the hotpot restaurant.
Their store is not lacking in popularity or quality, what it lacks is customers who really want to taste the food.
It is these internet celebrities who have changed the trend, making many people think that when they go out to eat they have to go to the restaurants that are most recommended by internet celebrities.
It even leads to an unhealthy trend of people imitating others.
If you go to this store, I will go too.
If you are the only one who has not checked in at this popular restaurant, you will be looked down upon by others.
Chen Yimin is very resistant to this kind of atmosphere.
So he gave a unified reply to these internet celebrities, not allowing them to enter the hot pot restaurant to take advantage of the hot pot restaurant's popularity.
From now on, every customer will undergo strict screening.
As soon as any internet celebrities are found mixed in, they will be asked to leave and put on the blacklist.
If there are any more collaborations, I will not consider those internet celebrities.
