In his previous life, Haidilao became popular and became the No. 1 brand of Chinese food, not because of taste, but because of its "perverted" service.

Haidilao's service is something that all guests talk about, because there are many diners and there are often queues, and the restaurant provides free manicures, shoes, hand guards, free drinks, snacks and fruits for waiting customers.

And the waiters come from all over the world, you can find fellow service, and the attitude is very enthusiastic.

Even in the bathroom, there will be a dedicated service, including turning on the faucet, squeezing hand sanitizer, handing paper towels, etc.

In the previous life, some netizens joked that their Haidilao service over there, when you go to the toilet, you will be given the harmonious thing!

For example, when those single dogs go to eat hot pot, the waiter will also take a doll and put it on the opposite side to make the single dogs look less lonely, and some birthday gifts will be prepared on birthdays and so on.

Even for the guests to bring children, it is simply intimate to home.

Where have consumers enjoyed this god-like treatment in other hot pot restaurants?

As a result, Haidilao gradually gained a reputation and opened up the market.

Now Haidilao has more than 10,000 employees, last year's turnover was nearly 2.2 billion yuan, and the net worth of the founders Mr. Zhang and his wife also exceeded 2 billion, and they are eligible to be on the Hurun Report.

At this time, the development of Haidilao is getting faster and faster, according to the development trajectory of the previous life, when Haidilao is listed in 2018, the wealth of Mr. and Mrs. Zhang will exceed 100 billion yuan and become a well-known super-rich person in China.

In a few years, from more than 2 billion to 100 billion, the growth rate of this wealth is also extremely appalling.

Taking advantage of the fact that Haidilao's current volume is still small, Liu Xiahui moved the idea of acquisition, so he personally called Mr. Zhang.

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Mr. Zhang had just established the Haidilao Party Branch, and he was very surprised to receive a call from Liu Shoufu.

The two sides have met and exchanged contact information.

After all, there is no need to say much about Liu's Group, the undisputed catering overlord in China, and although Haidilao is far from being comparable to Liu's Group, it is also one of the best bosses in the hot pot field, and it is normal for the two sides to have intersections.

"Mr. Liu, hello!" As soon as the phone was connected, Mr. Zhang hurriedly said hello.

Liu Xiahui said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, I haven't seen each other for more than a year since I said goodbye last time, why don't you find a time to get together?"

As soon as Mr. Zhang heard this, he knew that the other party was looking for him, so he responded happily: "Yes, then Mr. Liu, you can arrange it, and I will be on call!"

Liu Xiahui said: "That's okay, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, if Mr. Zhang's time is convenient, then how about we make an appointment tomorrow?"

Mr. Zhang jokingly said: "Yes, Mr. Liu summoned me, I am free at any time!"

Liu Xia Hui laughed and said: "Then trouble Mr. Zhang to go to Gui Province, tomorrow night I will hold a banquet in the [World's No. 1 Chinese Restaurant] in Liu's Mansion for Mr. Zhang!"

"That's an honor, I'll arrange the work at hand first, and we'll see you tomorrow night!"

"Okay, see you tomorrow night!"

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After hanging up the phone, Mr. Zhang began to think about the purpose of Liu Xiahui looking for him, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't understand it, and called his daughter-in-law to help him.

His daughter-in-law, Ms. Shu, is a virtuous helper who started a business with him, and since 1994, after 17 or 8 years of training, whether it is vision or knowledge, it is not comparable to ordinary people.

"Daughter-in-law, what do you think is the matter with this Mr. Liu asking me to meet?" Mr. Zhang asked with a frown.

Ms. Shu thought for a while and said: "At the beginning of the year, the Little Sheep hot pot chain was acquired by Yum Group, and Liu's Group and Yum Group have always been competitors.

Mr. Zhang thought for a while, nodded and said: "Daughter-in-law, you have a point, this is very likely, otherwise I have only met Mr. Liu once, and I have no friendship, and he will not invite me to dinner for no reason!"

Ms. Shu asked, "Husband, if Mr. Liu really wants to buy our Haidilao, then what should we do?"

Mr. Zhang pondered for a moment and said: "Back then, you and my husband and wife invested 8,000 yuan, starting from 4 tables, and has developed to this point today, it took 18 years, it can be said that this hot pot restaurant has poured all the hard work of our husband and wife, and I am quite unwilling to be acquired!"

Ms. Shu nodded and said: "Yes, it's been eighteen years in the blink of an eye, this Haidilao is like our children, you and I are pulled by one hand and one foot, if it is acquired by someone and becomes someone else's child, I am really reluctant!"

Mr. Zhang said: "Now we are just guessing, and we will not know until we meet with Mr. Liu in detail, and people may not be here to buy us Haidilao!"

Ms. Shu snorted and said, "That's right, but we have to be mentally prepared, in case our guess is true, how to deal with it still has to have a charter!"

Mr. Zhang frowned slightly, and said: "This is a troublesome matter, if Mr. Liu really has the intention of acquiring our Haidilao, it proves that the next development of Lao Liu Catering is aimed at the hot pot chain, once I refuse to acquire, Lao Liu Catering may acquire other hot pot chains, and then we will usher in a very strong opponent, and I am afraid that the future will not be easy!"

Ms. Shu said: "My husband is right, compared with others, the gap between our Haidilao and others is too big, it is not a grade at all, with the terrifying reputation and customer base of Laoliu Catering, once we get involved in the hot pot chain, our Haidilao will definitely bear the brunt!"

Mr. Zhang took a deep breath and said: "It depends on how Mr. Liu talks, maybe we guessed wrong, Mr. Liu's purpose is not to acquire our Haidilao, but to have other projects that want to cooperate with us!"

Ms. Shu nodded and said: "That's right, Liu's Group hasn't been focusing on WeChat recently, maybe it wants to reach a cooperative relationship with our Haidilao in WeChat payment!"

The couple said this, but they actually understood in their hearts that Mr. Liu was going to buy them from Haidilao nine times out of ten.

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On the morning of the next day, Mr. Zhang took a plane to the provincial capital of Guizhou Province.

The reason why he came ahead of schedule was that in addition to going to the appointment, Mr. Zhang also wanted to take the opportunity to inspect the market in the provincial capital of Gui Province, because now their Haidilao hot pot has not yet developed here, and it was not until 2017 that Haidilao opened its first store in the provincial capital of Gui Province.

At noon, Mr. Zhang ordered a best-selling white-cut pork knuckle set meal in Lao Liu Fast Food in a low-key manner, and the taste made him nod secretly, no wonder this Lao Liu Fast Food dried up Lao Ken Lao Mai, the taste of this fast food is indeed a must.

After lunch, Mr. Zhang chartered a taxi and asked the driver to take him around the entire provincial capital.

Although he just took a look at it, Mr. Zhang also had a preliminary understanding of the city of Yongning.

In general, it is much better than expected, and construction is currently being carried out everywhere, the first phase of the MixC project has been successfully completed, and it is about to open soon, and Metro Line 1 is also under construction.

What's more, Yongning also has Liu's Building, the world's tallest building, and the base camp of Liu's Group, a giant Mac, is located in Yongning, so it can be said that the development potential is still very large.

Yongning is a provincial capital after all, and the area is still not small, and after Mr. Zhang walked around, basically an afternoon passed.

Seeing that it was almost time to make the appointment, Mr. Zhang gave an order and asked the taxi driver to send him to Liu's Building.

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Liu Xia Hui has tens of thousands of restaurants, but the only restaurants that are really high-end are the two world's top restaurants, "The World's No. 1 Chinese Restaurant" and "The World's No. 1 Western Restaurant" in Liu's Building.

And because Liu Xia Hui personally likes Chinese restaurants, when he needs to entertain guests, he will choose to do it in [The World's No. 1 Chinese Restaurant] nine times out of ten.

It is also because of the attention of the big boss Liu Shita Hui, that now [the world's first Chinese restaurant] can be said to have gathered many master chefs in China, so many chefs gather, no matter which five-star hotel it is placed in, it can make the hotel's reputation burst.

The quality of the ingredients of [The World's No. 1 Chinese Restaurant] is a few streets away from other five-star hotels, coupled with the gathering of chefs, this world's highest restaurant, which is really just like its name, is deservedly the world's No. 1 Chinese restaurant.

Today, the big boss is here to entertain guests, and the chefs of the restaurant naturally attach great importance to it, and take out the ability to press the bottom of the box one by one, and make each dish colorful, flavorful, and flavorful.

On the premise of not affecting the taste, the dish is so tall that people can't bear to move the chopsticks when they look at it.

Mr. Zhang couldn't help but praise: "Mr. Liu, your restaurant is really amazing, the invincible landscape, the luxurious and tasteful decoration, the world-class chef, sitting here to eat, it is really a great enjoyment of life!"

Liu Xia Hui said with a smile: "Making money is originally for better enjoyment, especially in terms of eating, but don't treat yourself badly, Mr. Zhang, you try this twenty-four bridge moonlit night!"

Mr. Zhang looked at the twenty-four balls and said with admiration: "Which chef is so powerful, and he really copied the specialty dish of the Yellow Woman of Peach Blossom Island?"

Liu Xiahui asked with some surprise: "I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to also watch martial arts?"

Mr. Zhang nodded and said: "Many people in our era, Jin Lao's martial arts are too classic, especially the Condor Archery is one of my favorites, I can't remember all of Huang Woman's specialty dishes, but like this Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night, as well as the good soup, called Hua Chicken, Jade Flute, who listens to the names of these dishes still remember!"

Liu Xia Hui said with a smile: "When I first watched the eagle shooting, I was hooked by Huang Rong's specialty dishes, and I thought that it would be good if I could eat such a delicacy one day."

Later, when I started to do catering, especially after opening this restaurant, I asked the chefs to try and study to see if they could replicate those famous dishes perfectly.

After more than two years of research, most of the dishes have been perfectly replicated, basically reaching the taste described in the book, and this Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night is one of them.

Okay, let's talk about this dish being cold, Mr. Zhang, how about you taste it?"

Mr. Zhang's interest increased greatly, and he was immediately polite, taking a small spoon and carefully digging out a tender tofu ball among the twenty-four round holes of ham, and then poured it after tasting it.

The tender tofu absorbs the essence of the ham, coupled with the seasoning recipe that the chefs have come up with after many experiments, the taste really surprised Mr. Zhang, and sighed: "It is worthy of the delicacy that even Hong Qigong, a famous gourmet, has fallen for it, and this taste is really amazing!"

Yanagi Hui laughed: "This dish has now become one of the main dishes of this restaurant, and the guests who have eaten it have all praised it, and it is not in vain that our chef has spent so much time researching." ”

Mr. Zhang said with admiration: "It's still Mr. Liu, you are amazing, open a restaurant, you can actually think of asking the chefs to study the dishes that only exist in it, it's really unconvincing!"

Liu Xiahui said: "If you want to say that it is amazing, it is still Mr. Zhang, you are amazing, you Haidilao, I have heard of it for a long time!"

Mr. Zhang waved his hand again and again and said: "Mr. Liu, don't laugh, my Haidilao is just a small fight, and you are really far worse than Mr. Liu!"

"Mr. Zhang, you are too modest, now when you mention the word hot pot, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is your Haidilao!"

Both of them are proficient in business blowing each other, which is natural and harmonious.

In the next hour or so, Liu Xiahui did not mention business matters again, but did his best to entertain Mr. Zhang, who came from afar, to eat and drink well, and all kinds of delicacies were praised by Mr. Zhang, the boss who was born in catering, and bluntly said that this was the best meal he had ever eaten in his life.

After both parties were full of wine and food and began to serve tea, the two began to talk about business!

Mr. Zhang said: "Mr. Liu, presumably you invited me over this time, it's not just as simple as having a meal together, right?

Seeing that Mr. Zhang took the initiative to mention it, Liu Xiahui didn't hide it anymore, put down the teacup and said: "Mr. Zhang, don't hide it, this time you and I meet, I do have something to talk to you about, and what to talk about, I guess Mr. Zhang, you already have a number in your heart!"

Mr. Zhang said calmly: "Mr. Liu, is this taking a fancy to me Haidilao?"

Liu Xiahui nodded and said, "Yes, I do take a fancy to Mr. Zhang's Haidilao, I don't know if there is an opportunity to cooperate with Mr. Zhang!"

Mr. Zhang asked, "How does Mr. Liu plan to cooperate?"

Liu Xiahui said: "I have three ways to cooperate here, I don't know which way of cooperation you are interested in, Mr. Zhang?"

Mr. Zhang's eyelids jumped slightly, and he asked, "I don't know what three cooperation methods Mr. Liu is talking about?"

Liu Xia Hui said: "First, I wholly acquired Haidilao. Second, I acquired Haidilao. Third, I invested in the acquisition of less than 49% of Haidilao's shares and became Mr. Zhang's partner.

These three ways of cooperation, I don't know which one you are interested in, Mr. Zhang?"