Chapter 232: Refusal
At the end of Christmas, John did not rush back to Los Angeles, but came to Minneapolis, the northernmost city in the United States, which is also nicknamed Flour City, because it is at the same latitude as Northeast China, so the winter temperature here is very similar to that of Northeast China, generally between minus 30 °C and 40 °C.
And the reason why John came here in the winter was because the Fanny family lived here. Marvin Morgan oversees General Mills, which is located in Minneapolis' Golden Valley, so he made his home here to make it easier for him to work.
"Damn, how can it be so cold here?" John shivered as soon as he got off the plane, and like most skinny people, he was so afraid of the cold that he wouldn't have come to Minneapolis in the winter if it weren't for the sake of negotiating business with Marvin Morgan.
After more than half an hour's drive after getting off the plane, John finally arrived at Marvin Morgan's residence, a suburban manor, not as large as Morgan Manor, but it was exquisite, especially the main building, a three-story baroque building that looked magnificent.
"Hello JK, welcome to visit, hard work all the way. Marvin Morgan and his wife, Perrie Morgan, stood at the gate in front of the main building to greet John.
"Hello Grandpa Marven and Grandma Pelly, you took the liberty to disturb you. John looked at the two of them and bowed slightly.
After the two sides had greeted each other, Marvin Morgan warmly ushered John into the house. As soon as he entered the house, John saw a figure running towards him, and it was none other than Fanny.
"Brother JK, you're here. Van Ni was happy to see John, and when John had changed his shoes, she excitedly took John's hand and walked towards the living room.
"Vanney, haven't you seen you for a few days, do you miss your brother?" John touched Vanney's short hair.
"Absolutely. Vanney looked up at John and replied without hesitation. When she had led John to the living room and sat down, she hurried to the kitchen, and after a while she hurried out and carried a can of ice cream to John. "Brother JK, this is what I specially left for you. After speaking, a pair of big eyes looked at John brightly, as if waiting for John to be moved.
And John looked at the ice cream in front of him and couldn't laugh a little, children have a very simple idea, they like someone, they will share what they like with that person. Ice cream seems to be Fanny's favorite.
It's just that John thinks that this thing should be eaten on a hot day, and eating it on a cold day is simply anti-human.
"Nonsense! How can you let Brother JK eat ice cream in the winter!" Just when John couldn't cry or laugh, Marvin Morgan, who came later, saw that Fanny had taken out her ice cream again, and had a headache. Perrie Morgan on the side also smiled helplessly, Fanny likes to eat ice cream very much, in summer and winter, there is no season limit on her ice cream at all.
"Fanny! Brother JK can't eat ice cream in the winter, otherwise his stomach will hurt, you can eat it yourself!" said Pelly Morgan as she picked up the ice cream and handed it back to Fanny, she didn't want John to spoil her stomach at her house.
"Oh. Seeing that his ice cream was not welcome, Van Ni was depressed and pouted high.
Seeing Vanny's disappointed appearance, John couldn't bear to refuse her, so he smiled slightly, took the ice cream from her hand, and said. "It shouldn't be a problem to take a bite, but I haven't really eaten this thing, it's just...... Is this going to open up like this?"
John looked left and right at the ice cream and pretended not to open it, and Fanny on the side immediately volunteered. "I'll ...... I'll ......," he said, snatching the ice cream from John's hand and skillfully helping John open it. When she opened it, she put the ice cream in front of John, waiting for John to eat it.
John took the spoon and took a bite and put it in his mouth, and a cold smell of vanilla suddenly filled his mouth. "Yes, yes, it's delicious. John nodded.
In fact, he had eaten this thing before, it was on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, when he had a girlfriend, and his girlfriend was also a person who loved ice cream very much, so in order to take his girlfriend to Häagen-Dazs, he often needed to save on food, but Häagen-Dazs was expensive, even if he was saving, he couldn't take his girlfriend to go there several times a month.
Vani finally became happy when she saw John eat ice cream, she liked ice cream so she hoped that John would like it, and now she was naturally full of joy when she saw that John's evaluation of ice cream was not bad.
After seeing that Vanny was finally satisfied, Perry Morgan on the side was afraid that she was doing something out of the ordinary, so she hurriedly pulled her to say hello to John and hurriedly left the living room, leaving the room for the two of them.
"Grandpa Marven, I came today to discuss business with you. After Pelly Morgan had gone with Vanney, John told him what he was here for.
"I had a shrimp restaurant in my movie, and I wanted to bring it to life, but I had never had any experience in the food business, so I wanted to leave the project to General Mills. ”
General Mills is the world's sixth-largest food company, and in addition to the world-famous Häagen-Dazs, its main business is to deal in breakfast foods, such as Wan Chai Pier. So a small restaurant is handed over to it to manage, John is naturally relieved, and he is not worried about the turnover, in the previous life, Bubba's restaurant attracted a large number of movie lovers because of the popularity of "Forrest Gump", and the business has always been very prosperous, and in this life, it is handed over to General Mills to do, both professionally and in terms of strength, it is a step stronger than the previous life.
However, just when John was full of confidence in Bubba's restaurant, Marvin Morgan on the side had a look of embarrassment on his face, he thought that John would cooperate with him on a big project, but it turned out to be such a small restaurant.
Letting the world's sixth-largest food company run a small restaurant would not only make peers laugh but also be an insult to General Mills.
And more importantly, although General Mills is a food company, its business is more in the breakfast category, even if it has a shop under its name, but it is making ice cream, which is completely different from making catering. So if you want to cooperate with John, it is necessary to increase the management business of catering in the company, which is a great waste for the company.
"What, Grandpa Marven, are you in trouble here?" John asked as he saw the embarrassed look on Marvin Morgan's face.
“JK!” Marvin Morgan weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and finally refused John Dao with gritted his back molars in line with the principle of putting the family's interests first. "This may not be easy to do, although General Mills is a food company, we are actually not familiar with the catering industry, and opening a department in the company for a restaurant is a waste of resources and economy for the company, so I wondered if we could hand over this restaurant to a company that is more familiar with the catering industry. ”