Chapter 1049: Theoretical Questions?

"Che Piao..." Chen Jun Nan stared at the difficult problems book in the other's hand, hesitating for a long time. "Does Lao Qi have anything to do with this 'Che Piao'?"

"Yes."Ren She nodded, then changed his mind after a second. "Possibly."

"Alright then..." Chen Jun Nan nodded after hearing that. "In that case, I'll reluctantly help you out this once."

Ren She stared at Chen Jun Nan and said,"What do you mean by that? What's with 'reluctantly help me'?"

"Aren't you the one asking for my help?" Chen Jun Nan said. "Now that I've agreed, I'll go tell Lao Qi."

"That's not right..." Ren She said. "I was the one who first helped you store 'zi', and then you help me find Qi Xia. This isn't me begging you—it's mutual benefit, right?"

"Store 'zi'?" Chen Jun Nan blinked. "Did that even happen? I don't remember."

"Fine." Ren She nodded and pointed at Jin Yuan Xun. "Then no need to compare. I declare the winner this time is..."

"Brother!" Chen Jun Nan quickly stepped forward and pulled Ren She back. "I was just kidding with you! You're always so quick to get upset."

Jin Yuan Xun watched Chen Jun Nan and Ren She chat for a long time and finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Bro, are you two done with your private talk?" he asked.

"...?" Ren She paused, then pointed at Chen Jun Nan and said to Jin Yuan Xun, "Kid, you can learn anything in Chinese from anyone, just don't learn from him."

"Huh? Why not?" Jin Yuan Xun said.

Ren She shook his head. "I wouldn't be surprised if you picked up Sichuan dialect, Shanxi dialect, or even Guangdong dialect here, but I worry you'd end up learning a bunch of crude slang."

After saying that, Ren She went to his seat and pointed to the two chairs in front of him, signaling for the other two to sit down as well.

Then, under their slightly tense yet expectant gazes, Ren She flipped the book directly to the last few pages.

"Snake Bro!" Chen Jun Nan reached out to stop him. "You can't do that!"

"What's the problem?"

"I just glanced at this book earlier—the problems get more abstract as you go on. Why not start from the first page?"

"There are only three questions, so mind your own business." Ren She lowered his head and looked at the problems in the book. "I'll say this upfront... Once the game ends, the loser has to accept defeat. If you keep arguing nonsense, Xuan Wu will come and spar with you."

"Then I'll behave."

Ren She cleared his throat and said,"Please listen to the question."

The two sat up straight, as if they were in a classroom.

"A restaurant wanted to improve its service quality and customer satisfaction, so it set up a comment book on the wall, encouraging all customers to write down any issues—from the store's decor to the taste of the dishes. Soon, the owner received a pile of feedback and improved everything one by one. They brightened the lights when customers said they were too dim and reduced the salt when dishes were called too salty. But the business didn't get better—in fact, it went from being packed to nearly empty, and eventually, the owner had to sell it. Why was that?"

Chen Jun Nan turned to look at Jin Yuan Xun and asked,"Did you understand that?"

"I did," Jin Yuan Xun said.

"Good, go ahead and answer."

"Why? Oh?" Jin Yuan Xun said. "You're the older one, you answer first."

Chen Jun Nan blinked after hearing that, realizing Jin Yuan Xun wasn't easy to fool, so he turned to Ren She and said,"Alright, I'll go first. I won't bully the kid."

"Okay," Ren She nodded.

Chen Jun Nan stroked his chin, feeling that this kind of question wasn't his style. He thought Qi Xia had probably already answered it, but he couldn't figure it out at all.

A shop that focused so much on customer experience ended up closing?

Not to mention this shop—even in his own memories, many stores did customer follow-ups and satisfaction surveys... Why didn't they go out of business?

Chen Jun Nan believed the key to this question wasn't about valuing customer experience—that was probably a red herring. The problem lay with the shop itself.

"I suspect it was sabotaged," Chen Jun Nan said.

"Hmm...?" Ren She raised an eyebrow. "Explain."

"Because you said it was always packed, so it probably made other places jealous," Chen Jun Nan said. "In this world, competitors are eternal enemies. I suspect it was targeted by other restaurants working together. The comments in that book might have been fake, written by people sent from rival shops to confuse the owner. And the owner didn't know, so he made a bunch of random changes and failed."

"Competitor slander...?" Ren She thought about it. "That makes some sense."

"What do you mean 'makes sense'?" Chen Jun Nan said. "That's the truth. So, decide—who gets the 'zi'?"

"...?"

"Who gets the 'zi'?" Chen Jun Nan said again.

"We'll decide that later..." Ren She turned to look at Jin Yuan Xun. "At least wait until both of you have answered. So, calm down—I want to hear the other player's answer."

Jin Yuan Xun cleared his throat after hearing that. Chen Jun Nan thought he wouldn't have a solid answer, but saw the kid smirk and say,

"Hey, bro, you can't answer this one?"

"What's with the bragging? Can you?" Chen Jun Nan asked.

"My family used to run a barbecue shop."

"I object!" Chen Jun Nan immediately raised his hand to Ren She. "Teacher, someone's cheating big time!"

"How is this cheating?" Jin Yuan Xun said anxiously. "Bro, don't just make stuff up... How was I supposed to know I'd need to answer questions when my parents were running the shop? Huh?"

"Fine, fine, go ahead," Chen Jun Nan nodded. "I want to see if you've got a sharp mind or not."

"Hey, I really know this," Jin Yuan Xun said. "The problem is... he didn't screen the feedback. He just improved everything people suggested, and that's wrong."

"Oh?" Ren She raised an eyebrow again. "Explain."

"Because the ones who give feedback are always just a small group," Jin Yuan Xun said. "The owner tried to satisfy that small group but ended up losing the majority of customers. That's why business kept declining."

"Hiss..." Ren She and Chen Jun Nan both fell into thought.

Ren She turned to look at Chen Jun Nan. "I'm a snake, so I can hiss. What's your excuse?"

"Don't 'hiss' at me," Chen Jun Nan said. "I think this kid's answer might not be right. Think carefully—this is supposed to be a logic puzzle, right? He's answering with business tips. Is that even on topic?"

Ren She thought for a moment and said, "Honestly... it's not just about business. It reminds me of a famous theory. It seems this young man has the correct answer."

"A famous theory...?" Chen Jun Nan reacted sensitively to those words. "How does this involve theory now?"

"Once it connects to theory, it means the answer is pretty much the truth," Ren She said, lifting his head. "The first round goes to this young man with the surname Jin."