Chapter 208: Big Trouble
After more than ten years in the catering industry, Wang Kang also tried to cook with poppy husks, and he knew exactly what the smell of that thing was, and he could smell it as soon as he smelled it.
"This...; …; Where the hell did this poppy husk powder come from?!" Wang Kang asked with a trembling mouth.
Section Chief Liu took a deep look at him and sneered: "Then you have to ask yourself, you are the manager of this restaurant, without your permission, will the chefs bring this kind of thing in without permission?"
"Section Chief Liu. You can't say nonsense, our restaurant will never use this kind of thing to cook!" Wang Kang hurriedly denied.
He knew very well in his heart that this black hat must not be worn, otherwise not only would the restaurant's reputation be ruined, but he could also face prison.
Hearing this, Section Chief Liu's face changed suddenly, and he asked, "Listening to what you mean, do you suspect that we deliberately framed us?!"
"No, no, no. I don't mean that, I mean...; …; Could it be that someone maliciously framed and deliberately put poppy husk powder in our kitchen? Wang Kang quibbled weakly.
"Come on, we've found seven or eight banned additives. You wouldn't say that someone was maliciously framing you. A staff member of the health bureau said in a strange way.
"Store Manager Wang, you said earlier that the real taste is an old brand, let me just rest assured, but it scared people to death when I checked it. It's the first time I've found so many prohibited items in a restaurant, and you can even get poppy husks, amazing!" Section Chief Liu shook his head and said.
Wang Kang couldn't argue, the thing was found from the kitchen, and it can't be said that the law enforcement officers brought it in, deliberately splashing dirty water on the real taste.
On the same day, the Zhenwei branch of the small commodity street was forced to close for rectification, and the store manager and several chefs were taken away by the police for investigation.
When the news reached Li Yan's ears, he was a little incredulous, he just wanted to make some trouble for Zhenwei, and he never wanted to make such a big fuss.
On top of that, not only poppy husk powder was found from the kitchen, but also several banned additives, such as Sudan dyes.
The state has repeatedly ordered that these chemical additives will never be allowed to flow into food. This time it's really a big problem.
"Picking up the grass and beating the rabbit, this unexpected joy is really timely...; …;”
Li Yan shook his head, a little sympathetic to the Zhou family's father and son, this time they are busy, I am afraid that just dealing with the media can make the high-level of the real taste tired enough.
As he expected, the local media reporters in Funing were moved when they heard the news, first came to the scene to shoot the report, and then rushed to the headquarters of Zhenwei to block the door.
When Zhou Zhenye heard the news, he only felt dizzy for a while, and almost fell to the ground unsteadily.
He never thought that instead of destroying the fake taste, his branch had a big problem first.
Don't look at the accident of just one branch, it will affect the reputation of other real taste branches. The outside world will naturally wonder if every real taste uses banned additives.
With the support of the young female secretary, Zhou Zhenye sat on the office chair, gasped for a few breaths, and said with a pale face: "Put...; …; Call Wang Ke over to me!"
When Wang Ke received a call from his brother, he was already aware of the problem, and at that time, only Sudan dyes and several other substandard additives had been found, and poppy husk powder had not yet been found.
Later, the branch was forced to close for rectification, and he made a phone call to learn that in addition to Sudan dyes, there were also poppy husk powder with worse properties, and there were quite a few quantities.
Wang Kang was recommended by Wang Ke to sit in the position of branch manager, and now that there is such a big mistake, he can't get rid of it.
After receiving the notice from the chairman's secretary, Wang Ke walked into the chairman's office in fear, and his little heart was beating violently.
"Do you know about the small commodity street branch?" Zhou Zhenye asked with a calm face.
Wang Ke nodded reluctantly and said, "When the people from the Health Bureau were sampling the kitchen, my brother called me...; …;”
"I'm not asking about that, it's about the use of banned additives. Did you know in advance?" Zhou Zhenye's voice was even colder.
Wang Ke was taken aback, and hurriedly denied it: "I don't know, my brother didn't consult me in advance, otherwise I would definitely stop him!"
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Zhenye said with a stiff face: "At the beginning, you tried to ensure that your brother served as the branch manager, and over the years, he has done a good job, but this time the matter is too serious, someone must be responsible, do you understand what I mean?"
Wang Ke didn't understand, and nodded bitterly.
No matter what the facts are, someone has to stand up to this thunder bag, as the manager of the branch, Wang Kang is the most suitable person, and it is imperative to put the responsibility on him and wash away the stain of the true taste.
At this time, Zhou Qiming hurriedly broke in from outside, and when he received the news, he was still fooling around with a few fox friends in the bar. When I heard that something happened to the branch, I hurried back to the company's headquarters.
"Dad, what the hell is going on, I heard that the branch of the small commodity street was found to have a problem by the Health Bureau. Zhou Qiming frowned and said.
Zhou Zhenye was not in the mood to talk to him, and Wang Ke on the side told him the ins and outs of the matter.
Zhou Qiming's brows furrowed even deeper, and he thought for a long time and said: "Something is wrong, there must be a problem, someone deliberately corrected us." Otherwise, the Health Bureau is so good, why do you want to conduct temporary inspections, and only for our family!"
Leaning on the office chair, Zhou Zhenye said tiredly: "I have asked a friend from the Health Bureau to ask that it is He Yutian, the eldest lady of the He family, who is playing tricks behind her back, and someone has reported that our restaurant uses prohibited food additives." ”
"He Yutian, we should have no enmity with her, what reason does she have to do this?!" Zhou Qiming said angrily.
Glancing at his son with resentment, Zhou Zhenye said angrily: "It's not a good thing for you to provoke, Li Yan and He Yutian have a lot of relationship, and I know that he instructed him when I think about it with my feet." ”
Zhou Qiming's body shook violently and muttered: "I understand, it must be Lei Jianguo who has exposed flaws." Let Li Yan see the clues, he will strike first, and in turn frame us!"
"That's right, he definitely did it!" Wang Ke also suddenly realized: "Where in the world is there such a coincidence, we just wanted to use poppy husk powder to deal with fake taste, but we found poppy husk powder in the back kitchen of our restaurant, and we were caught by the Health Bureau!"
After listening to the analysis of the two, Zhou Zhenye showed a contemplative look in his eyes. After a while, he said: "Then check the surveillance to see if there are any suspicious people in and out of the kitchen recently." ”
While the three of them were discussing countermeasures, Li Yan received a call from He Yutian, who already knew what had happened.
"Li Yan, tell me the truth, did you find someone to put those illegal additives in the real taste kitchen?" He Yutian asked.
Li Yan smiled bitterly twice: "I said didn't you believe it?"
He was half-truthful, except for the packet of poppy husk powder, the rest was not put in by him.
Even if there is no poppy shell powder, Sudan dyes alone are enough to drink a pot of real taste, and for the next period of time, I am afraid that few people will dare to go to that restaurant to consume.
Although True Taste Catering quickly launched public relations, it was still a step slow, and many news media rushed to cover the restaurant scandal.
Even more than ten years old brand restaurants use chemical additives, and customers who often go to restaurants to consume are worried about ingesting too many carcinogens, which is harmful to their health.
Affected by the real taste, the business of other restaurants has also been affected, and the fake taste is no exception.
In the following days, the turnover of fake taste fell to 60,000 or 70,000, which was one-third less than in the past!
Li Yan was about to cry, he just wanted to pit the real taste, and in the end, he actually pitted himself into it, it can be said that a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts.
Relatively speaking, the fake taste is not bad, but the business of the real taste has completely dropped to the freezing point, and the branches in other cities have been raided by the health department.
Zhou Zhenye was about to vomit blood, because several more branches were found to be using substandard food additives, and poured another handful of oil on the fire to roast him, the chairman, on the fire.
Now the cameras of various media are aimed at the real taste, and as soon as a problem is dug up, you can't cover it if you want to, and it will be exposed immediately.
The brand of Zhenwei is completely stinky, just like the outbreak of the melamine incident that year, a certain brand of milk was criticized and written, and finally collapsed in embarrassment, and some of the responsible persons were imprisoned.
In just two or three days, Zhou Zhenye was so worried that he had white hair, several wrinkles on his face, he couldn't eat well, he couldn't sleep, and his eyes were full of red bloodshots.
The staff carefully checked the monitoring probe in the kitchen and did not find any suspicious persons, indicating that the package of poppy shell powder was originally in the kitchen, breaking Zhou Zhenye's last glimmer of hope.