My years as a superhero in Marvel

Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Food Truck Program and Summer Internship



"Make money? Of course, I'm willing to do it!" Peter agreed immediately when he heard that he could earn some pocket money.

"You don't even know what I'm going to do, and you agreed immediately. Aren't you afraid that I'll cheat you?" Jason said jokingly.

"Of course I'm not worried, you're my good friend. How could you cheat me? Would you cheat me? You wouldn't cheat, right, Jason?" Peter said a lot of things like a machine gun, and Jason regretted asking too much.

"Well, Peter, I think you should know. My dream is to become a world-renowned top chef in the future."

Jason was not joking. His dream in his past life and present life has always been to become a super chef. However, in his previous life on Earth, he lived on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. The social status of chefs there was really not high. At the request of his family, he gave up his dream of becoming a top chef.

But after living a new life, Jason's ideals have not changed. He still loves cooking and likes to impress those picky diners with his cooking skills. Moreover, the social status of chefs in the United States is obviously much higher than that in the country across the ocean.

As a good chef, the income in the United States is also quite high. The annual income of a chef in a well-known restaurant is not worse than that of many company managers.

There are many chefs in the United States who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year plus restaurant dividends. Even some chefs can earn millions of dollars a year in their own restaurants.

So when Jason told his family about his idea of becoming a chef, his parents and grandfather all expressed their support. His grandfather also hoped that someone would take over the MR·LI restaurant he opened.

Jason had been helping in the kitchen of his grandfather's restaurant since he was a child. He knew the restaurant very well and had a talent for cooking. Jason's grandfather Li Rong even planned to let Jason take over the restaurant directly after he graduated from high school.

"So you are going to open a restaurant? You want me to be a waiter?" Peter guessed.

"No, no, no, I don't have the capital to open a restaurant right now. It would cost a lot of money." Jason 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. If I want to take over, it will need a comprehensive renovation, which will also cost a lot of money. My plan is to open a food truck first!"

"Food truck~! I like this idea! I need to do something!" Peter likes the idea of opening a food truck. As one of the cultural symbols of American food, food trucks have many supporters across the United States.

Unlike many people's understanding that food trucks = selling junk fast food, fast food trucks in the United States are also divided into different levels.

Fast food trucks that provide excellent and delicious food will even be recommended by Michelin magazine. And the United States also has a nationwide fast food truck rating every year, and the judges are all ordinary diners.

Let ordinary diners use their feet to vote and select the most distinctive and delicious fast food trucks in the United States. It is no exaggeration to say that the annual income of a nationally famous fast food truck is not less than those high-end Western restaurants in Manhattan.

The fact that food trucks sell food while walking and do not have fixed stalls is a major attraction for diners. It seems that these delicacies are playing hide-and-seek with you. Some enthusiastic diners will even follow a food truck to travel across most of the United States.

"I got a loan from my parents, about $20,000. I'm going to choose a used Chevrolet van to modify, plus buy kitchenware and initial stock. It will cost about $16,000. I still have $4,000 for working capital." Jason explained his detailed plan to Peter while driving.

"It will cost about a thousand dollars to register the food truck with the federal government. I plan to start the business during the summer vacation. We both have driver's licenses. Legally, we are both adults, and we can run the food truck while taking a two-month trip along the East Coast. We can go to Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, and other places."

"Wow! That's so cool, man. I mean it's really cool! We can drive to any city on the East Coast and sell food while traveling! Just thinking about it makes me excited! I will definitely convince Uncle Ben and Aunt May to let me go with you!" Peter likes this plan very much, even if it doesn't make money. Because of the tight family finances, Peter has basically never traveled to cities other than New York.

Jason's plan of traveling and selling food in major cities on the East Coast for two months is very much to Peter's liking.

Peter, who was originally in a low mood, immediately became happy and put his troubles behind him. In the car, the two began to discuss the specific plan of the fast food truck, and even what food to sell, and what kind of pattern to spray on the outside of the fast food truck to attract customers. Along the way, the two listened to music and chatted happily, and soon arrived at the school.

"Jason, can you help me adjust the angle of the photo?" After the morning class, during the lunch break, Jason accompanied Peter to the school's photography corner. This is specially set up for students with photography talent. Everyone can display the photos they think are good. Peter just developed the photos he took in Washington last week and prepared to display them here.

As the two were adjusting the angle of the photo, Jason saw from the corner of his eye that an orange-red blue ball was flying towards them. If it was Jason before, he would have been hit by the basketball, but now Jason's reaction was much faster, and he used his left hand to knock the basketball away before it hit them.

Following the direction the basketball was flying from, Jason saw Thompson, the main power forward of the school basketball team, and a group of friends surrounding him.

"I'm sorry, Jason, my hand just slipped."

Thompson's apology seemed insincere, and the friends around him who were laughing secretly made the apology seem hypocritical. It seemed that Thompson had deliberately thrown the basketball hard to make Peter and Jason look bad.

Peter hadn't acquired Spider-Man's superpowers yet, so he had always been a nerdy, skinny boy, which made him easily bullied at school. Jason was popular among girls at school because of his handsome appearance, which made Thompson unhappy. So Thompson had been at odds with the two since the first grade.

Peter finally realized what had just happened. "Hey, it's okay, man." Peter wanted to hold the angry Jason. But Peter's current small physique couldn't even hold the original Jason, let alone the strengthened Jason.

Thompson is 1.9 meters tall, and because playing the power forward position in basketball requires fierce confrontation, he is also very strong, and is considered a bully in school. Others may be afraid of him, but Jason is not afraid of him.

Before the system enhancement, Jason also studied some self-defense skills very seriously, and his physique was also very strong. In the past two years, there have been many conflicts with Thompson, and the two have even fought several times outside of school.

Although Thompson, who was 1.90 meters tall, was a few centimeters taller than Jason, who was 1.82 meters tall, he was no match for Jason in a fight.

The two fought three times in total, with Jason winning two and losing one. For a thorn like Thompson who only remembered to eat but not to be beaten, Jason felt that reasoning was completely useless, and he could only use his fists to make him feel the preciousness of love between classmates.

"Thompson, do you want to fight?" Jason easily broke free of Peter's hand and strode towards Thompson. All the students in the corridor looked here.

The conflict between Thompson and Jason was well-known in the school. Ever since Thompson provoked Jason in the first grade, Jason never thought of keeping things quiet.

"Hey~hey, sorry Jason, sorry. Thompson didn't mean it." A friend next to Thompson came forward and separated Jason and Thompson. To prevent the two from really fighting, he knew that Thompson might not be able to beat Jason. If he lost the fight, Thompson would be laughed at in the team. "Thompson still has to practice, how about just letting it go?"

Thompson was also dragged away from the corridor by several friends. In fact, he wanted to provoke Jason, but he was afraid to fight with Jason. Jason watched Thompson being dragged away and knew that the fight would not start, so he just gave up and went back to help Peter adjust the photos.

"Cool~ Jason. It seems that the big fool just now was scared to death by you." Harry Osborn's voice came from behind Jason and the others.

"Harry, I didn't see you this morning. I thought you didn't come to class again." Peter and Jason greeted Harry and chatted.

"Oh~ I can't help it. My father is not in good health recently. I hope to spend more time with him, and he also wants me to learn how to manage a company as soon as possible. Maybe I can only be absent for a period of time before the summer vacation." Harry replied.

The three chatted as they walked towards the school cafeteria. After ordering three lunches, they sat on the lawn of the school and ate and chatted.

"Peter, I remember you are very interested in biotechnology and genetics," Harry suddenly mentioned Peter's interest in the major.

"Yeah, if possible. I hope to find a job in a research lab after graduation," Harry replied after taking a bite of bread.

"It's like this, Peter. I know you want to go to MIT. But you have to know that MIT's biotechnology and genetics majors are not as good as New York University's. The Osborn 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 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 can get a full scholarship to New York University. How about it? Are you interested?" After Harry finished speaking, he looked at Peter seriously, waiting for Peter to make a decision.

Peter feels very embarrassed now. If it was before, he would definitely agree without hesitation. But he just agreed to help Jason at his food truck this morning, but changed his mind at noon. This is not a friendly thing. "Harry, thank you..." Peter was about to refuse Harry's kindness, but was interrupted by Jason next to him before he finished speaking.

"Peter, you should go. This is a good opportunity. Being able to work with the best biologists in the world is an opportunity that many people dream of."

"But I promised."

"No buts, being a chef is my ideal, not yours. You said you want to be an excellent scientist." Jason directly helped Peter make a decision, which was related to Peter's life.

As a friend, Peter should not be blamed for such a thing. If Jason remembers correctly, Dr. Connors will later become the famous Spider-Man villain Dr. Lizard. And Peter was bitten by a spider and mutated into Spider-Man because he went to Osborn Group. If he can't become Spider-Man, will Peter's life be complete?

Harry later learned that in the morning, Jason had invited Peter to help with the food truck business during the summer vacation. In fact, both of them wanted to help Peter, which touched Peter. It is enough for a person to have one or two such close friends in his life.

Looking at Peter and Harry who were chatting and laughing in front of him, Jason sighed in his heart. "What is coming will eventually come. Spider-Man is about to appear. How far will the other superheroes be?"


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