The Chinese New Year's Eve is getting closer and closer, in previous years, the economic conditions at home were average, and the family rarely prepared New Year's goods for the New Year, at most they only ate more abundantly than usual, and even bought new clothes.

This year is not as good as in the past, on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar calendar, Li Yan took his family to the city to clean up, and he carried several bags of clothes just for his sister Li Xue.

When leaving the mall, passing by a restaurant, Li Yan looked up. It's actually a fake taste branch!

"Brother, I heard from my classmates that the chef of this restaurant knows how to cook imperial food, which is the dish eaten by the ancient emperor's concubine, why don't we go in and try it too?" Li Xue said with swallowing saliva.

Zhang Cuilan frowned and said, "What to taste, go home and your mother will make you something to eat, how expensive it is to eat here, there is no need to waste that money in vain." ”

Although the conditions at home have improved now, she still insists on saving money and spending as little as possible without spending money. If it weren't for Li Yan's good talk, Zhang Cuilan would not be willing to spend thousands of yuan on clothing.

Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, and it would take time to cook at home, Li Yan smiled and said, "This shop is actually not expensive, just eat here." I'll take you to taste the taste of imperial food!"

Dening County is only the county seat, and the business is not as good as the provincial capital, when Li Yan and the others entered, there were still a few empty tables in the hall, and all the private rooms were booked out.

Li Shang didn't care. said: "There is no private room, we can eat in the hall." ”

As the owner of fake taste, Li Yan is very clear about the doorway inside, and each store will set aside one or two special private rooms, which are not usually used to entertain guests for emergency purposes.

Walking to the counter, Li Yan showed his fifth-level membership card, which is the highest membership level of fake taste, and there is only this one at present, and a few executives such as Xiao Chuyu are all fourth-level VIP.

Most of the fake membership cards are gold and silver, and the counter waiter couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw the purple membership card, and subconsciously took it.

Seeing the words "VIP5" on the card face, the waiter was taken aback and hurriedly inserted the card into the card slot to investigate the member information.

"The spare private room should still be empty, arrange one for me." Li Yan said lightly.

As long as you are a third-level VIP member, you have the right to use a special private room, and if you make sure that the membership card is okay, the waiter will immediately arrange the private room. And inform the manager of the message.

"Brother, my classmate said that the fake taste of the private room is very popular, and it has been booked for a long time, can you get it?" Li Xue asked curiously.

Li Yan pretended to be mysterious and said with a smile: "Your brother and I have a way, you can open a private room if you find a fake taste." ”

A middle-aged aunt next to her overheard it and immediately became unhappy, and protested to the counter waiter: "I just asked you, didn't you say that there is no private room, why can he open a private room?"

"Hello Auntie, this gentleman is our top VIP member of Fake Taste, and he has the privilege of using a special private room. The waitress replied politely.

The aunt immediately took out a first-class VIP membership card: "I am also a member here, can't I enjoy privileges?"

"This is a first-class membership card, and you can enjoy 95% off privileges, while the use of special private rooms requires a third-level membership or higher. The waiter patiently explained.

While speaking, the manager hurried over, and saw Li Yan hurriedly and respectfully said: "Welcome to the chairman to come to inspect the work, please come inside." ”

The manager knows more than the waiter, and there is only one fifth-level membership card at present, which is in the hands of Chairman Li Yan. So he got the news and hurried over.

"Chairman?" The waiter and the middle-aged aunt were all stunned, including Li Xue and the others.

Coughing lightly, Li Yan smiled and said, "The manager misunderstood, I didn't come to inspect the work, now I am an ordinary customer, and I brought my family over for lunch." ”

Knowing Li Yan's identity, the aunt immediately stopped talking, he is a restaurant owner, and he has any privileges he wants.

After entering the private room, Li Shang and his wife still hadn't come back to their senses, and Li Xue asked in disbelief: "Brother, is this restaurant really opened by you?"

"I am one of the shareholders and have a large number of shares, so I have an idle position as the chairman. Li Yan said with a smile.

Opening the menu, he first ordered a few signature dishes, then handed the menu to Li Xue and said, "Order whatever you want, I'm hungry after a morning of shopping." ”

Her brother is the owner of the restaurant, Li Xue no longer cares about the price of the dishes, orders two dishes and one soup, and then gives the menu to her parents.

After taking over the menu, Zhang Cuilan was still in a trance, and asked, "Son, didn't you say that the restaurant is open in the provincial capital, why did the restaurant manager call you chairman just now?"

She doesn't have much of a culture. But I also know the general meaning of the chairman, which is similar to the boss.

"Mom, my restaurant is a chain restaurant, just like KFC McDonald's, not only in the provincial capital, but also in other places. Li Yan explained simply.

Looking at the exquisite furnishings in the private room, Li Shang muttered: "It costs a lot of money to open a restaurant like this, right?"

Li Yan estimated that this fake taste branch was transformed from the real taste, and said: "It's about six or seven hundred thousand, the rent of the store in the county is relatively cheap, and it doesn't cost too much money. ”

"Then how many chain stores have you opened in total?" Zhang Cuilan asked.

After the merger of the real taste, the total number of fake taste stores is nearly 240, which will definitely scare the parents if they say it.

After thinking about it, Li Yan said ambiguously: "Our market is mainly concentrated in the provincial capital, and we have opened seven or eight branches. ”

Zhang Cuilan nodded slightly: "Seven or eight stores, the investment is quite large, but you have to manage it well, otherwise you will lose your own money, not to mention, and let other shareholders suffer losses." ”

Li Yan laughed: "Didn't Xiaoxue say it just now, you don't have to worry about no business if you fake it." It's hard to book a private room, and if I have the opportunity, I'll take you to the provincial capital, where it's hard to grab a seat in the hall, not to mention the private room. ”

As soon as the dishes were served, Zhang Cuilan finally understood why the business was so prosperous, although the price of each dish was a little expensive, but it was definitely worth the money.

After the five flavors of the dish, Li Yan suddenly felt a burst of urine, so he went to the toilet.

When he was done with it, he was about to wash his hands. A middle-aged man walked in with a frivolous step, with a heavy smell of alcohol.

After retching a few times, the middle-aged man immediately rushed into the cubicle and vomited wildly at the toilet, and the smell even overshadowed the stench of the toilet.

After all, this is his own restaurant, and the guests are drunk like this, Li Yan is worried that he will fall into the toilet, and asks with concern: "Are you okay, uncle?"

The middle-aged man waved his hand weakly, rinsed his mouth in front of the sink a few times, the discomfort was reduced, and washed his face with cold water twice.

Li Yan handed him a napkin, and seeing that the outline of the middle-aged man's face was a little familiar, he couldn't help asking, "Uncle, have we met somewhere?"

Raising his head slightly, the middle-aged man stared at Li Yan for about five or six seconds. suddenly realized: "It turned out to be Boss Li, I am Zhang Zhaoyang, it's rare that you still have an impression." ”

Hearing this name, Li Yan suddenly remembered that the villa where his family lives now was purchased from Zhang Zhaoyang.

At that time, I heard from the sister of the intermediary agency that Zhang Zhaoyang was the founder of Tianquan Beer and a well-known local entrepreneur in Dening County, but in recent years, the market has been sluggish, and the distillery is facing the crisis of closure. Only then did he sell the villa for emergency relief.

"Mr. Zhang, I haven't seen you for just a few months, how did you lose weight like this?" asked Li Yan in surprise.

Compared with the last time we met, Zhang Zhaoyang is much older and has lost a lot of weight, he looks thinner, there are not a few taels of fat left, a bit like an addict, but it is not so exaggerated.

Wiping his face with a tissue, Zhang Zhaoyang smiled bitterly: "The efficiency of the distillery is not as good as day by day, I want to save it but I can't go back, I can't eat well and sleep all day long, can I not lose weight?"

was forced to sell even the villa, it can be seen that he is indeed desperate, business competition is so cruel, there must be winners and losers, Li Yan doesn't know how to comfort him.

Changing the subject, Li Yan asked, "Who are you eating with, and why do you drink like this?"

"And a wealthy businessman from the provincial capital, people took a fancy to my brewery and wanted to take over, but the price was relatively unsatisfactory, the other party said that if I drank a bottle of beer, he would increase by 100,000, I just drank six bottles in one go, and I really couldn't drink it. Zhang Zhaoyang said with a mouth full of wine.