"Earn money?! Of course, I'm willing! "Peter Parker agreed immediately when he heard that he could earn some pocket money. "You don't even know what I want to do. Agree immediately. Aren't you afraid that I'll lie to you? "Li Jie joked. "Of course not. You're my buddy. Why would you lie to me? Would you lie to me? You won't lie to me, right, Jason? " Peter Parker's mouth was like a machine gun. Li Jie regretted asking too much.
"Okay, Parker. I think you should know. My dream is to become a world-renowned chef in the future. " Li Jie wasn't joking. His dream in both his past and present life was to become a super chef. But in his past life, he lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The social status of the chefs there wasn't high. Under the request of his family, he gave up his dream of becoming a top chef.
But in this life, Li Jie's dream hadn't changed. He still loved cooking. He liked those picky diners to be knocked down by his cooking. Also, the social status of chefs in America was obviously higher than the country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. As a good chef, the income in America was quite high. The annual income of a famous restaurant's chef wouldn't be worse than the management of many companies. There were many chefs in America who earned hundreds of thousands of USD plus their restaurant's dividends. Even some chefs who ran their own restaurants could earn millions of USD a year.
So when Li Jie told his family about his dream of becoming a chef, his parents and grandpa both supported him. Also, his grandpa hoped that someone would take over his Mr. Li's restaurant. Li Jie had helped in the kitchen of his grandpa's restaurant since he was young. He was very familiar with the restaurant. Also, he was talented in cooking. Li Jie's grandpa, Li Rong, even planned for Li Jie to take over the restaurant after he graduated from high school.
"So, you want to open a restaurant? You want me to be a waiter? "Peter guessed. "No, no, no. Right now, I don't have the capital to open a restaurant. I need a lot of money. "Li Jie denied Peter's unreliable guess. "And I don't plan to take over my grandfather's restaurant right now. Mr. Li's style is too old-fashioned. If he wanted to take over, he would need to renovate it completely, which would also require a lot of money. My plan is to open a fast food truck first! "
"Fast food car ~! I like that idea! What do I need to do? "Peter really liked the idea of driving a fast food truck. As one of the cultural symbols of American cuisine, fast food trucks had many supporters all over the United States. Unlike many people's understanding of fast food trucks as junk fast food, there were different levels of fast food trucks in the United States. Fast food trucks that serve excellent food are even recommended by Michelin magazines. Every year in the United States, there was a nationwide fast food truck rating, and the judges were all ordinary diners. Let the ordinary diners use their footsteps to vote for the most unique and delicious food truck in the entire United States. It was not an exaggeration to say that the annual income of a famous fast food truck in the United States would not be less than those high-end Western restaurants in Manhattan.
And the feature of fast food trucks that sold food while walking without a fixed booth was a major feature that attracted diners. It seemed that these delicious food were playing hide-and-seek with you. Some fanatical diners would even follow the footsteps of a fast food truck across half of the United States.
"I got a loan from my parents, about twenty thousand dollars. I'm going to choose a second-hand Chevrolet van to modify, plus buy kitchen utensils and the initial stock. It's going to cost about sixteen thousand dollars. And four thousand dollars for liquid funds. "Li Jie explained his detailed plan to Peter while driving. "It will cost about a thousand dollars to file a food truck with the federal government. I'm going to open for business during the summer. We both have driver's licenses. Legally, both of us are adults. We can run a food truck while taking a two-month trip along the East Coast. We can go to places like Philadelphia ~ Boston ~ Buffalo and so on. "
"Wow! That's cool, man. I mean, it's really cool! We can drive to any city on the East Coast and travel while selling food! I'm so excited just thinking about it! I'll definitely convince Uncle Ben and Auntie May to let me go with you! "Peter liked this plan, even if it didn't make any money. Due to his family's tight finances, Peter had never traveled outside of New York except for the school trips. Li Jie's two-month trip to all the major cities on the East Coast was to Peter's liking.
The little spider, who was in a low mood, immediately became happy and threw his worries to the back of his mind. In the car, the two began to discuss the specific plan of the fast food truck. They even discussed what kind of food to sell and what kind of logo to paint on the outside of the truck to attract customers. The two listened to music along the way and chatted happily. Soon, they arrived at the school.
After the morning class, during the lunch break, Li Jie accompanied Peter to the school's photography corner, "Jason, can you help me adjust the angle of the photo?" This corner was specially set up for students who had a talent for photography. Everyone could display the photos they thought were good here. Peter had just finished developing the photos he had taken at HSD last week and was ready to display them here.
As the two were adjusting the angle of the photo, Li Jie saw an orange basketball flying toward them from the corner of his eye. If it was the previous Li Jie, he would have been hit by the basketball. But now, Li Jie's reflexes were much faster. Before the basketball touched them, he used his left hand to hit it away.
Following the direction of the basketball, Li Jie saw the power forward of the school's basketball team, Thompson, and a group of friends around him. "I'm sorry, Li, my hand just slipped." Thompson's apology seemed insincere, and the friends around him who were snickering made this apology even more hypocritical. It seemed that Thompson had deliberately hit the basketball hard to see Peter and Li Jie make a fool of themselves.
Peter had not yet obtained the superpower of Spider-man, so he had always had the image of a weak nerd. This image made him easy to bully in school. Li was popular with the girls in school because of his handsome appearance, which made Thompson even more unhappy. So, Thompson had not been on good terms with the two since the first grade.
Peter just realized what had just happened. "Hey, it's okay, buddy. It's okay." Peter wanted to hold the angry Li Jie back. But with Peter's current small physique, even the original Li Jie couldn't hold him back, let alone the strengthened Li Jie.
Thompson was 1.9 meters tall, and because the position of the power forward in basketball required fierce confrontations, he was also very strong. He was considered a tyrant in school. Others might be afraid of him, but not Li Jie. Before the strengthening system, Li Jie had also seriously studied some self-defense skills, and his physique was also very strong. In the past two years, he had a lot of conflicts with Thompson, and the two had even fought a few times outside school.
Although the 1.9 meters tall Thompson was a few centimeters taller than the 1.82 meters tall Li Jie, he was not a match for Li Jie in a fight. The two had fought a total of three times, and Li Jie had won two and lost one. For a troublemaker like Thompson, and a guy who did not learn from his mistakes, Li Jie felt that reasoning with him was completely useless. He could only use his fists to let him feel the value of love between classmates.
"Thompson, do you want to fight?" Li Jie easily broke away from Peter's hand and strode toward Thompson. All the students in the corridor looked at them. The conflict between Thompson and Li Jie was very famous in school. Since Thompson provoked Li Jie in the first grade, Li Jie had never thought of letting it go.
"Hey, hey, I'm sorry, Jason, I'm sorry. Thompson didn't mean it just now. "A friend next to Thompson came forward and separated Li Jie and Thompson. In order to prevent the two from really fighting, he knew that Thompson might not be able to beat Li Jie. If he lost the fight, then Thompson would also be laughed at by the team. "Thompson still has to go to practice. Do you think it's okay to just let it go?"
On the other side, Thompson was also forced to leave the corridor by a few friends. In fact, he also wanted to provoke Li Jie, but he did not dare to really fight with Li Jie. Li Jie watched Thompson being pulled away and knew that the fight would not happen. He could only let it go and continue to help Peter adjust the photo.
"Cool ~ Jason. It seems that the big dumb guy just now was scared shitless by you. "Harry Osborne's voice came from behind Li Jie. "Harry, I didn't see you this morning. I thought you didn't come to class again." Peter and Li Jie greeted Harry Osborne. "Oh ~ I can't help it. My father's health is not very good recently. I want to spend more time with him, and he also wants me to learn how to manage the company early. Maybe I can only be absent for a period of time before the summer vacation. "Harry replied.
The three chatted as they walked to the school's cafeteria. After ordering three lunches, the three walked to the school lawn and sat on the ground, eating and chatting. "Peter, I remember you are very interested in biotechnology and genetics." Harry suddenly mentioned the major that Peter was interested in. "Well ~ yes, if possible. I hope to get a job in a research lab after graduation. "Harry replied while taking a bite of bread.
"Here's the thing, Peter, I know you want to go to MIT. But you have to know that MIT's biotechnology and genetics are not as good as New York University. And Osborne Group is now recruiting summer interns to provide opportunities for talented young people. And I can recommend you to Dr. Connors' group as an intern in their group. Dr. Connors is an expert in genetics and biology, and he is also a famous alumnus of New York University. If you perform 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 about it? Are you interested? "After Harry finished, he looked at Peter with a serious face, waiting for Peter to make a decision.
Peter felt very embarrassed now. If it was before, he would not hesitate to agree. But this morning, he just promised Li Jie to help him in his fast food truck, but he changed his mind at noon. This was too unfriendly. "Harry, thank you …" Peter was about to refuse Harry's kindness, but he was interrupted by Li Jie next to him before he finished speaking. "Peter, you should go. This is a good opportunity. To be able to work with the world's best biologists, this is an opportunity that many people dream of. " "But I promised …" "No buts, being a chef is my dream, not yours. You said you wanted to be a good scientist." Li Jie directly helped Peter make a decision. This was related to Peter Parker's life.
As a friend, naturally, he should not blame Peter for this kind of thing, and Li Jie remembered it correctly. Dr. Connors was later the famous Spider-man villain Dr. Lizard. And it was because he went to Osborne Group that Peter Parker was bitten by a spider and mutated into a Spider-man. If he couldn't become a Spider-man, would Peter Parker's life be complete?
Harry later learned that in the morning, Li Jie invited Peter to help with the fast food truck business during the summer vacation. In fact, both of them had the idea of helping Peter, which made Peter very moved. It was enough to have one or two such intimate friends in one's life.
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