The store manager saw that Zixuan had no objections, so he took them to meet the manager.

In the west of Jinling River, in addition to the well-known "snack street" depraved street, there is also a famous old street in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Originally, the old street was to be demolished to make room for other uses. Due to the need for cultural relics protection, the old street was finally preserved through many efforts. Later, the new houses built by the residents in the vicinity were also deliberately renovated in imitation of the original appearance of the old days, so the scale became larger. As a result, the government pushed the boat to open up the Ming and Qing Dynasty ancient style pedestrian street, but it has also become a new tourist attraction.

Since it is a commercial pedestrian street, a circular marble pier is placed at the entrance of the street. Marble piers are every few tens of centimeters, pedestrians can pass freely, as for cars, they can only park in the square outside.

……

Afternoon.

A red Audi slowly drove from a distance and stopped in the square outside the pedestrian street.

The door opened, and three people came down from the car one after another, it was Zixuan and his party.

"Sister He, here?" Zixuan asked.

chatting along the way, the three of them were naturally not as polite as before. The store manager's real name is He Yingjie, so Zixuan affectionately calls her Sister He.

"Well, the phone said it was right here. He Yingjie said.

"He Yingjie!

While she was talking, He Yingjie heard someone calling her.

The three of them turned around to see a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walking towards them.

Li ...... General Manager!"

He Yingjie was obviously a little surprised, but he didn't expect the general manager to wait for them here.

As he spoke, the man had already approached the three of them.

He Yingjie was puzzled, but she still introduced each other calmly.

"This is the general manager of our company, Mr. Leesdana!"

"This is Miss Bai Zixuan of Qianqiu Group, and this is her sister Miss Cao Xiaojing Cao!"

"Hello, Miss Bai! Miss Cao, hello!"

The three of them shook hands one by one and greeted each other.

Li Stanner is tall, with naturally slightly curly yellow hair, a high nose bridge, and blue eyes, which makes him look like a mixed-race person.

He Yingjie looked at Li Sidana and was excited. Speaking of which, Listanner is kind to her. Because, it was he who recommended her to be in charge of the "Fish Juice and Fish Flavor" Jinling store.

Stanner is a professional manager who currently runs the Parade Restaurant Company. His father was Chinese and his mother was British. He was born and raised in China and studied in the UK.

He Yingjie once listened to his speech when he participated in the store manager training. He is sharp-tongued, passionate, and energetic. During the training, she consulted him many times, and some of her ideas and concepts about business were also appreciated by Risdanner.

"I'm really sorry, it's hard to let you come here this time!" Li Stanner said apologetically, "I have a house on the pedestrian street not far ahead, shall we go there to talk?"

Zixuan, they naturally had no objections.

"Mr. Li, where is Manager Hu?" He Yingjie suddenly remembered and asked, "Don't wait for him?"

Manager Hu is her direct supervisor and is responsible for Bailey's business in Jinling.

"Oh, Manager Hu has something, he didn't come. Listanner replied nonchalantly.

After taking two steps forward, he thought for a while, and suddenly stopped and said to He Yingjie, "Yingjie, let's do it, or you go back first, and I can accompany you here." ”

"Oh, okay. ”

He Yingjie is a person who understands, so she naturally knows that this kind of negotiation of inter-group cooperation is not something that she should participate in as a store manager.

So, she and Zixuan Xiaojing left after a few polite words.

It was early afternoon, and there weren't many pedestrians on the pedestrian street.

Zixuan and Xiaojing watched while walking, and there was something incomprehensible, while Li Stanner introduced from time to time on the side, looking like a tour guide.

After walking some distance on the avenue of the pedestrian street, Listanner led them into an alley next to the street.

This alley is only four or five meters wide, with bluestone walls on both sides of the alley, and a flying eaves gate at the end, which is antique.

A pair of stone lions squatted outside the mansion gate, staring at them boredly.

"Here it is. Listanner laughed. Then, he walked briskly forward to open the door.

With a creak, the door opened. Stanna led the two inside.

All the way in, I saw that the courtyard was getting deeper, there were rockeries and flat grasses inside, flowers and branches were shallow water, and the scenery was quite elegant.

Zixuan and Xiaojing glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Oh, this is the annex of a general more than a hundred years ago, and it survived the war. Later, for some reason, it fell into my hands. ”

Li Stanner seemed to see the thoughts of the two, and said with a smile, "On weekdays, planting flowers and grass here also means a little ......"

Xiao Jing smiled secretly in her heart, planting flowers and grass?

Zixuan praised him, "Mr. Li is entangled in many business affairs, but he does not forget to return to nature, and his open-mindedness is far beyond the reach of others!"

"Where, where?" made Miss Bai smile. Listanner said modestly.

While talking and laughing, the three of them walked to the inner courtyard.

The furnishings of the inner courtyard were the same as before, but the main seat was empty, and two people sat at the bottom right.

One is an elderly woman with gray temples, kind eyebrows, a bun on her head, and a light-colored Tang costume, which seems to come from ancient times.

The other is a middle-aged man with a solemn face and good facial features, and he knows that he has a serious temperament and does not smile.

"Mr. He! Old Yin!" Li Stanner saw them and said respectfully, "Miss Bai and the others have arrived!"

"You two have worked hard!"

The middle-aged man known as Mr. He nodded in greeting.

Then, he helped the elderly woman Yin Lao to stand up and meet Zixuan and the two.

Zi Xuan secretly said in her heart, this middle-aged man named He Hongguang and her mother, Mrs. Yin, should be the main ones behind the scenes.

Elder Yin looked Bai Zixuan up and down, and then said in a somewhat vague language, "I heard that Miss Bai Zixuan of Qianqiu Group is the dragon and phoenix among people, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its reputation!"

"The seniors are too famous! The ancestors are virtuous, and the younger generations are just a little light. Zixuan said indifferently.

Yin Lao nodded, beckoned Zixuan and the two to sit down, and then turned to Li Stanner next to him and said, "Manager Li, please go and bring two cups of coffee to the two young ladies!"

"Okay, Old Yin!" Listanner nodded and went to work.

"I heard Manager Li say that you want to cooperate with our Baili Company? However, it is said that I know that since Qianqiu Group wholly acquired Future Star Catering Company the year before last, the turnover of last year has reached 200 million, which can be described as a boom, I don't know why there is such an idea?"

"Elder Yin seems to know a lot about us. Yes, after the acquisition and integration of Future Star, our Qianqiu Department Store and Qianqiu Hotel rely on Qianqiu Department Store and Qianqiu Hotel, and the performance seems to be okay. Zixuan smiled, "However, in my opinion, the food we provide in Qianqiu still lacks enough customer stickiness." After tasting your company's grilled fish, I feel that you have unique features in the operation management of the restaurant and the individual products. I took the liberty to come here today because I thought that maybe we have a lot of room for cooperation. ”

After hearing this, Old Yin smiled, "Miss Bai, you are really discerning. ”

Zixuan smiled and said nothing, knowing that she would continue to talk below.

Yin Lao then said with a smile, "We have a lot of catering projects in Baili Company, but the 'fish juice and fish flavor' grilled fish, this is a product I created by myself, and this is the first time I have made a ...... for more than 20 years."

"It's been more than 20 years, haven't you ever made a move before, and you've been living in seclusion?" Xiao Jing suddenly couldn't help asking.

"Xiaojing......" Zixuan's face changed slightly, and she was dissatisfied.

It is indeed a bit out of place to speak like this on such an occasion.

"I—"

"It's okay, it's out of the way!"

For Xiao Jing's recklessness, Yin Lao didn't seem to take it to heart, waved his hand to stop Xiao Jing's words, and said with a smile, "Young people can say it's a good thing if they have something to say! I like Miss Cao's straightforwardness!"

The old man didn't seem to want to explain why. However, her words can be regarded as helping Xiaojing resolve the embarrassment.

At this time, Li Stanner came over with a few cups of coffee, one for each person.

"Taste it! It's just that my coffee here is unsweetened. ”

Yin Lao picked up the cup and gestured, "Maybe you will be a little unaccustomed. ”

Zi Xuan took a sip, and then said with a smile, "It's not bad without sugar! Although the entrance is bitter, but after the bitterness is mellow and tranquil sweetness, it is the so-called bitter sweetness! Coffee is like this, and so is life!"

Miss Bai is right. Yin Lao smiled with half-squinted eyes.

However, she seemed to think of something, and suddenly sighed:

"If you cooperate, there will be no problem! It's just that the grilled fish with 'fish juice and fish flavor' may not be counted among them......