Chapter 28: When the Great Dream Wakes Up
"The weather in the city at the end of May is very much like summer. In addition to the early morning orange guess, a little cool, in the morning, it will not be long before the scorching sun is like fire, scorching people hiding in the reinforced concrete jungle, traveling, going to work, going to school has become a kind of torment, everywhere rich artificial green can not hide this diffuse anxiety, uneasy mood.
Or maybe it's not because of the summer, it's because the people in the city have always been like that.
Approaching noon, a Boeing passenger plane of China Southern Airlines slowly landed at Ohara Wushu Airport, Chu Xiunu listened to the sweet voice of the flight attendant, and walked out of the cool and comfortable business room. The empty airport, the miserable white cement runway, and the reflection from the glass wall of the building from time to time, always make her miss the library where she took a break on the boulevard in Kangqiao at this time of year, and the aquatic plants that Xu Zhimo described swaggering under the water, the humanistic environment everywhere compared to the space she was in at this time. Isn't it just a little bit of a difference!?
Pacing into the waiting hall, the manager of the public relations department and his assistant manager Zhang who picked up the airport was waiting aside, took the luggage and took the handle with Manager Xu, and the heat wave was surging as soon as he left the waiting hall. Quickly got into the Audi car, the cool air conditioner finally let me take a breath, and Chu Xiunu took off her hat. There weren't many drops of sweat on his forehead. After some greetings, I talked about family affairs early.
The lady in the public relations department is quite envious of Mr. Chu, who loves to travel and often walks for half a month and twenty days, after all, this kind of rich life that often spends tens of thousands of dollars is not comparable to his petty bourgeoisie. Topics such as how weird the customs are and how delicious the food is, this Mr. Chu returned a lot of information about restaurants and catering industries in various countries collected during his travels, and he often builds the grand blueprint in his heart from words and imagination even in the company.
Xu Yueshan, who was old and serious, did not pick up the stubble. Just listen quietly, in his opinion, this girl is a bit of a kind of unclear direction and driven. A belly of catering management knowledge, but he can't even scramble an egg, he was sent out of the country by Lao Chu, half of his bones have been cultivated into a banana person, and then returning to China to take charge of the new world is also a helpless move, theoretically like this rich second generation, lying on the beach in Hawaii this season to talk about love is what should be done.
"Uncle Xu, Yunyun's family is thanks to you. I saw the daily report, I estimated it. It seems like a lot of growth this month!"
The excited Chu Xiunu looked at Manager Zhang who was driving, and then looked back at Xu Yueshan, and praised it without hesitation for the first time. For the miracle that the restaurant's turnover has risen instead of falling after the setback, in general, it is still in his own hands, so naturally he is still a little proud. The mystery of this may be inseparable from the joining of Shishang.
"Mr. Chu, look at you, you're still polite to me, by the way, I have to report this matter to you in detail. Xu Yueshan said modestly, it seemed that he was still a little embarrassed, and Zhang Yun was about to say something. However, he was interrupted by Chu Xiunu's excited four words. At a glance, Chu always looked at the time. With a sense of accomplishment, he said, "Go back to the company." It was almost noon, and I was on this flight to get back and see what had happened. You must have a surprise for me!?"
"Well, there are surprises and joys. "The PR one. Nodding, he kept his words in his mouth.
"Okay, I'll eat at the company at noon. It seems that the afternoon meeting did not affect the bonus coefficient in the first half of this year. Chu Xiunu said and sat upright. Xu Yueshan sat in the back seat, and he muttered his lips a little unspeakably, and after thinking about it, he still didn't spoil Mr. Chu's interest.
It was not yet the rush hour for getting off work, so I didn't encounter a traffic jam and returned to New World Company all the way. Carrying the suitcase and beckoning the security guard to send him upstairs, Xu Yueshan quickly followed the steps of the two women, and when it was eleven o'clock, Chu Xiunu thought that the restaurant was preparing, but when she stood in the foyer, she was stunned, and the restaurant separated by heavy glass was already full of people, and there were almost three or four percent of the guests. Slightly surprised and happy, he turned back and smiled at the two managers, and gave a look of approval. Lao Xu said:
"Now there are many lazy people who don't eat breakfast in this young man, especially in the surrounding office buildings, many people have walked over at ten o'clock, hehe, now I really don't worry about the dissatisfaction of the customers, the price has been mentioned to thirty-eight, and there are no fewer people. ”
"Is it so good!?" Chu Xiunu said happily, not feeling that Xu Yueshan didn't have much joy on his face when he said this happy event, nodded his head frequently and bowed to the waiter, and led the two of them straight into the restaurant.
The drink and fruit bowl were long and placed in three layers. Yellow pears, white apples, red watermelons, and carefully selected bananas bring the coolness of the restaurant. Suddenly it made people feel a little more comfortable, and looked at it with a leisurely view, the sliced fruit plate was arranged into a delicate flower case, and four or five kinds of fresh fruits were clustered around the outer layer with a thick greenery. Take a closer look at the treated watermelon skin, carved into lace, such a thrifty technique is estimated to be impossible for others except for the old man of Shishang.
Don't look a lot more exquisite, but the amount is also less, compared with the previous New World directly put the whole fruit up the grade, but also save a lot of materials. The biggest benefit Chu Xiunu can also see, this can eliminate waste to the greatest extent, and save the diners who are full of wine and food from eating half of the fruit and throw it on the table?
"It's good, I can't see it, my heart is very fine."
Chu Xiunu paced, and several drinks such as Coke, Sprite, and sour dates were placed along the door in different ways, saving a lot of space, and the tables were also increased by more than a dozen, which was denser than before. Manager Xu and Manager Zhang, who were behind them, glanced at each other, and seemed to be a little like a Jiao in their throats and didn't know when to speak, or they didn't want to open their mouths at this time to destroy Mr. Chu's good mood.
Indeed, seeing the seven food plates of different shapes spread in the restaurant, Chu Xiunu's eyes lit up again. With a slight sigh, he took a piece of dark meat from the plate, and looked at the label as sauced beef, as if he was afraid that Jian Fan would hide his secrets, and several different flavors of marinated sauce meat around the round plate were each coaxed. Put it under your nose and sniff it gently. Nodding slightly. It seems to be similar to what I have tasted. Tasting it directly, he nodded frequently, and asked quietly: "Uncle Xu, this sells very well, right?"
"It's not very good, it's great, a few came to the door to ask us where the channel is, Jinding, Meitian, Haomeixiang three fast food companies have been chasing and want to get on our goods, three days and two ends to find. The driving effect of this marinated sauce meat, many people who like meat food are rushing to read a meat bundle of six" Xu Yueshan Jielan Gan asked Chu Xiunu to hear it more happily: "Good thing, I'll talk to them when I go back." ”
"This" Xu Yueshan and Manager Zhang lied to each other. Chu Xiunu saw that something was wrong with the two of them at this time, and asked strangely, "What's wrong?"
"The product is fine, but Jian Fan has a little problem. Manager Zhang said.
"What's the problem?" Chu Xiunu listened. Surprised. Xu Yueshan thought for a while and whispered, "He supplies us in limited quantities." ”
"What? How can this work?" Chu Xiu was angry.
"It's not good, every day this thing bottoms out, and he doesn't have enough supplies every day. At the beginning, the net was only given a dozen catties, and after ten days, it sold well, I begged him several times, and now one, the pattern has increased to more than 30 catties. It's simply not enough. ”
"Can't it be produced?"
"No, he gave it to the delicatessen in bulk. ”
"Huh!?"
When Chu Xiunu heard this, her eyebrows frowned a little angrily, and her eyes seemed to be asking what the two of you were eating and drinking, how could such a thing happen? Manager Zhang explained softly: "Mr. Chu, we pressed other people's processing fees too low at that time.
After all, the shelf time in the summer is too short, and a strip is added to make the family bear the loss, but it just ignores the short supply, and there is no limit on how much people must provide. As far as Boss Jane's tricky nature is concerned, he pulls a car for you, and he can't sell it for a day, and you have to find him if you turn us around. ”
"Really, we'll talk about it later."
Chu Xiunu was made to cry and laugh all of a sudden, but she didn't expect that this loophole that was not a loophole would become the biggest loophole, and this matter didn't seem to be difficult to solve. It's nothing more than an increase in processing fees.
Walking forward, I saw a lot of familiar dishes, including cabbage roots, gray cabbage leaves, and cabbage stalks, which were hung with green wild vegetables in the beautiful name. But it also caters to the curiosity of young people, and then hanging the name of green vegetables, it is naturally full of gimmicks.
The vegetarian food is even more dazzling, there are more than dozens of kinds than the original, and the amount is not large, but watching the red, red, green, green, yellow and yellow are arranged, it is really appetizing.
"How many things do you pick and eat together!?" Chu Xiunu picked up a few dishes casually, and it seemed that there was not much change from before, the venue was still the venue, the utensils were still the utensils, and the original waiters had not moved, but the difference in this business changed a lot, and many people came into the cafeteria in pairs or groups of three or five. Could it be that the old saying is answered: peers are not profitable.
The time to pick vegetables is the most troublesome, and the two subordinates have followed the manager's steps for a long time, knowing that Mr. Chu is now curious everywhere, first from the ingredients, quality, and fragrance to distinguish the difference in taste, and then decide to choose, and the effort of picking vegetables will gradually change to meal time. Occasionally, the waiter can be seen talking, and the waiter in white clothes and white hats in the back stove is holding a steel basin that sells delicious dishes, and anyone who looks at it is also a prosperous business.
found one, sat down, Chu Xiunu frowned and lightly bit a piece of ribs, tasted the green oak shreds, tasted the hot and sour cabbage, and tasted the spicy tofu, followed by the only inhalation of the cool air, put down the chopsticks, Xu and Zhang, the two managers, also stopped their movements in time, thinking that Mr. Chu was spicy, but Mr. Chu took a sip of white water but asked in surprise: "Uncle Xu, Uncle Xu, our chef." He didn't do anything, did he?"
"Nope. ”
"What about this taste!?For example, this spicy tofu is definitely not the taste we used to make, and it doesn't raise the grade."
"Oh, that's Tofu made by Shishang. More than half of it was digested for us. Chefs are willing to use this non-stick ingredient that doesn't drop slag or rot. ”
"What? He also makes tofu?"
When Chu Xiunu heard this, she was amused by this surprise again, and Manager Zhang explained that not only tofu, but also tofu brain, bean curd, soybean milk, bean skin, and dried tofu can be made in a series of tricks. When Mr. Chu was not there, Jian Fan was stubbornly grinding here to make breakfast, Xu Yueshan was entangled and didn't do it, and rented the venue to Shishang in the form of rent daily settlement, and selling breakfast could be sold until ten o'clock in the morning, almost connected with the business time of lunch fast food. It is said that the income is good, but how much is it. Even Xu Yueshan couldn't say clearly.
But one thing is certain, the smaller the business, the greater the profit, and such a good environment around such a large business site is simply unique.
Talking about it, Chu Xiunu also felt a little lost. Looking at Xu Yueshan's face as if he had made a mistake, he couldn't bear to be harsh, thought about it, smiled and comforted: "It's okay, he is giving us a journey, the better he does, the faster we learn in the future, and we will go to him tomorrow." He dared to limit the quantity. We don't rent him the space. ”
After saying that, he smiled proudly, Xu and Zhang also smiled stupidly, after dealing with each other at such a time, I am afraid that I know more than Mr. Chu how difficult it is to be in charge of Shishang, and Mr. Chu is willing to take over this tricky matter, which is naturally the best.
Overall, Chu Xiunu still feels very happy. It's not just about seeing the increased sales on the daily report, it's even more so about getting a feel for it. The three of them chatted and didn't finish their meal, and the restaurant was almost full, and the waiters were sweating profusely passing the dishes. Mr. Chu didn't seem to like this noisy environment, so he got up and walked out of the restaurant on the second floor hastily, but went downstairs directly instead of going upstairs, ready to see how the fast food restaurant was.
One word: fire! Two words: heat!
The fast food restaurant, which was already doing good business, was slightly popular at this time, with a small table near the window, a large table in the center of the hall, the table was not empty, and there was an endless stream of diners coming in. The meal here is paid in advance and the meal is made by the ticket, which is similar to the canteen system of the unit, and the cashier is crowded with tall and short guests holding large bills and small tickets in their hands shouting how much to buy, and the cars outside the entrance hall are parked full.
"Forget it, don't look at Manager Zhang's notice, I'm going to have a meeting at three o'clock in the afternoon, I'll rest for a while"
Chu Xiunu smiled with relief in her heart. I don't plan to squeeze in to join in the fun, I am happy enough to watch the excitement, and I walked up the stairs with a little elegance, whether it is a report or a sight, it is enough to prove the correctness of this strong alliance.
"Uncle Xu, why don't you say it?" Manager Zhang asked Xu Yueshan who was standing weakly, looking at Mr. Chu at a loss, a little
"Then why don't you say it?" Xu Yueshan threw the burden back.
"Didn't I get scolded when I said it? I really didn't expect Jian Fan to be so tricky, I said it, I was really afraid that I would make Mr. Chu angry, and Manager Zhang muttered to himself in embarrassment.
Saying this was like a complaint, Xu Yueshan looked sideways at this manager Zhang Yun, the public relations department and assistant to the general manager, a girl who looked quite good, although she was shrewd and capable enough, but compared with the boss Jian who had a scar on her face, she was still a little tender. After thinking about it and comforting: "I'm afraid that no one will say it, the afternoon meeting will definitely fry the pot, you are mentally prepared" I can't wait to see Mr. Chu's jokes. ”
Xu Yueshan, who was doing a fierce ideological struggle at noon, did not sleep well, and was a little exhausted after a month of cooperation, and when he entered the conference room on the sixth floor, the over-energetic Manager Zhang had already arranged it in place, glanced around the round table, and secretly muttered in his heart: Mahjong is about to start again.
Vice President Yuan's position is vacant, the person is fished out, there is no conclusion for a while, and he did not come to work, this Vice President Yuan was originally the driver of the old Mr. Chu step by step, and his previous prestige in the company was a few points heavier than that of Mr. Chu. Further down is a woman with outstanding demeanor, Xu Yueshan can smell the strong smell of perfume on this woman across the table, that is, the cafeteria next door is in charge of the concave beauty hall, the company has a relationship with Mr. Yuan, looking at this woman occasionally showing off her tall breasts, almost two large pieces of meat piled up on the conference table; In this way, I can't wait to have the same leg of goods as men all over the world, and I will do anything, but the business is not good, and it is a loss every year compared to the beauty salon, Yuan Jibing does not come, and this person Xu Yueshan directly ignores it.
On the other side of the head is Chu Xifeng, the manager of the company's financial department, the cousin of Mr. Chu, who is ten years older than Xu Yueshan, this is the veteran who fights the world with Mr. Chu; Further down is Liu Cheng, who has the false name of the marketing director, a young student with a heavy cream, who is smiling and courteous while following the flattering eyes thrown by the beauty salon.
Like all family-owned businesses, although New World is not big enough or strong enough, this family infighting is already vividly embodied. Chu Xiunu recruited Zhang Yun, a professional manager, and was promoted to the position of assistant manager in less than a year; Yuan Jibing also cultivated the second wife named Fu Yuxia in the beauty gym; Chu Xifeng and his son already controlled a large part of the company's income. Even the stepmother, who was promoted from the manager's secretary to the manager's wife, was not idle, and she inserted a marketing director into the company half a year ago.
In the company, you have to stand on the house, watch the next home, guard against the home, this is the reason for the call mahjong, it is likely that you can see the result in the end, but the result will never be satisfactory, it is likely to be a win and three losses, or two wins and two losses, more likely to be three wins and one loss, it doesn't matter who wins and who loses, the important thing is that energy and financial resources are consumed in these you see me, I prevent your internal friction.
There are many people who say that there is such a reason why China's private enterprises cannot do the world's top 500, and it is also right, why, it is not that they can't do it, but when they don't do it, they are divided by a few brothers and brothers first.
Manager Zhang Yun is a confidant of Mr. Chu, it goes without saying, except for the slightly older Xu Yueshan, and a few others are not very along, as soon as the main followers are all over, they get up and go back to the general manager's office to call Mr. Chu, and sit down with Chu Xiunu, who came with the money. Chu Xiunu didn't seem to have much fatigue with the journey, and the opening remarks were that everyone had worked hard this month, listened to the business reports of several managers in the department, and promised with a happy face that the bonus for the first half of the year would definitely be no problem, and won a round of applause within a few minutes of the meeting.
"Mr. Chu", we have also discussed the information you came back to, we feel that if you still have a problem with the idea of running a whole catering, the big issue of food in front of you has to be put on the agenda."
Chu Xifeng of the finance department dipped his fingers in saliva and flipped through the report, and when it was time to speak, he asked the question first.
"Yes? Chu Xiunu said sideways, still maintaining a certain amount of respect for this elder called uncle.
"Yes, with him, sooner or later it will hurt our big things. Chu Xifeng said through gritted teeth. Seeing Chu Xiunu's disbelieving gaze, she simply didn't make a statement, and swept over everyone with a wave of her hand: "You ask everyone, what did he do?"
It's broken, it's started" Zhang Yun and Xu Yueshan glanced at each other, and did not prepare a preface.
Someone took the lead, Chu Yufei followed his father's stubble and complained bitterly, Mr. Chu, in less than a month, he pulled all my kTV services to the backyard to pack lunches. Do you know what level he has achieved in his boxed lunches now? Wuyi Road, Binhe Road, and Jianshe Road have been paved four or five points a month.
Chu Xiunu was depressed again when she heard this, and asked in surprise, "Pulled your waiter away?"
Chu Yufei nodded, Fu Yuxia helped, not to mention, even the waiter doorman of my beauty salon also ran to help, we are about to start business at noon, he pulls people in the morning, and directly pulls to the watershed to earn extra money, he doesn't even let go of the cleaners, all the mobilization box lunches, I think he didn't have a good heart at that time, it was purely because he fell in love with our cheap labor here,
Having said that, Chu Xiunu glanced at Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun was a little difficult to bow her head, it must be true. At this time, Chu Xiunu's eyes were stunned, and she faintly felt Jian Fan's intention to sign the agreement happily, and swept everyone at a glance, needless to say, the working girls used in Yanghe Beauty and Sports Hall are all paid thousands of yuan, and these two jobs are not uncommon, and a little benefit will definitely affect these people, seeing that everyone's eyes fell on the little manager of the security department, Chu Xiunu also asked strangely: "What, Manager Yue, won't you pull your security guards to make a boxed lunch?" "Mr. Chu" Do you still need to pull? went to a group of little girls on kTV, and the dozen or so under me were all single guys, and they were willing to go if they didn't give money, not to mention that people gave money and took care of food
The words of the security department caused a laugh at the middle level, and this laugh almost made Chu Xiunu change color slightly like a mockery, and her eyes stared at Xu Yueshan's head unkindly, and asked in a cold voice: "They make breakfast, and they use it as our waiter?"
Xu Yueshan pursed his lips and nodded stupidly. It's impossible to use resources now.
Now, I really made Chu Xiunu angry, day and night, thinking left and right, I just didn't expect such a big arsenic leak, how could Chu Xiunu not know about a cheap labor force like Dayuan, a box lunch
Clothing, six is labor-intensive, requiring a large number of people, and the cost of a single ribbed net room is not high. It's not cost-effective to recruit fast food sellers, but it is undoubtedly the best way to expand rapidly by directly turning the current waiters, handymen, cooks and security guards in New World into part-time jobs like this.
Thinking about it at this time, the loss was big, Chu Xiunu glanced at Zhang Yun angrily, she had heard a lot when she was outside, and she didn't care much about it as a trivial matter, but now that the situation has reached a very serious point, at least it has become an excellent excuse for these factions to concentrate on criticizing themselves, and I have never seen these middle-level people under him have such a unified opinion before.
"Mr. Chu, I'll give you an account, there are many people, old people in the beauty salon, handymen and cleaners, security guards, restaurant dishes, cashiers, lobby waiters, plus famous chefs. 7 drivers, the time of concentrated work every day in the name of logistics, is just our free time, two to three hours, easily earn thirty or forty yuan, a month is more than a thousand, almost catch up with the salary, if he recruits people at this salary level, he can't recruit so much, maybe he can't recruit at all, but he is now next to us. Every day, there are 70 or 80 people packing boxed lunches in the backyard, in Dayingpun, and in the watershed, and even some of them have asked for leave to sell boxed lunches to people on the mobile car. But he is in Dayingpun, in Wuyi Road, Binhe Road and Jianshe Road, all paved points, plus the university town, the daily shipment of more than 20,000 copies more than double our heyday, let's calculate the account like this, calculated by the batch price, even if each copy finally leaves only five cents of profit in his hands, his daily income is 10,000, one, 300,000 a month. What's more, there is more than that, marinated sauce meat is not now that we can supply three delicatessen, and his largest sales daying store, the average profit per share should be more than two yuan, compared to our sales this month, the increase has increased by sixty percent, and the profit has only reached more than 500,000 What's more terrifying is that he doesn't need a storefront, as long as the urban area is suitable, it can become his market, and he only needs to continue to expand the manpower to continue to expand the share.
Chu Xifeng carefully calculated the small account of five cents a piece, and everyone present took a breath of cool air, and before he woke up from the shock of this, the monthly income of more than 300,000 yuan, Chu Xifeng added another sentence: "By the way, according to the agreement, after the profit of our restaurant exceeds 400,000 yuan, we need to pay him the amount of money as a training salary, and this month, we have to pay him more than 20,000 wages."
"There is also a chef class, I heard that the chefs on both sides are getting along. Busy over there to help over there, there is no distinction between you and me, the chefs only need to take a break and ask for leave, and they must be running the watershed to earn extra money and go to others to pay wages are also evil, a day is over, Mr. Chu doesn't believe you take a look, in the morning, our backyard, Dayingpan and the watershed, half of them are our people, and the other half are students. It's all cheap labor. Chu Yufei followed his father's words and continued to fanned the wind.
Chu Xiunu's face was gloomy, and she imagined that she had never been teased by such a big setback. After a long silence, no one said anything, and Uncle Chu, who was in finance, sighed and said, "Mr. Chu, you calculate carefully, what is the scene now that there are more than 200 people working for him in full swing." Only then did I understand that he had suffered a small loss and made a big bargain, and he didn't look down on our company at all. I know Zhang Kai, the vice president of their company, this month, when it comes to marinated sauce meat, such a big company has always wanted to cooperate with Shishang and ignore him, and now this posture. It means that people use our venues, our people, and even the ingredients in our warehouses to help others expand their own market by more than double, not to mention that they make a lot of money, and we have to pay people this and this and this, and the abacus beats such a shrewd person, have you ever seen it? I have lived for more than 50 years, and it is the first time I have been such a big wronged leader!?"
Chu Xifeng was a little dumbfounded when he said this, and only then did he suddenly realize and wake up to the enlightenment. Everyone was smiling.
Hahaha, Chu Xiunu, who had been silent, had only figured out the whole idea at this time, and burst into laughter. Laughing and accusing, "I've given everyone here ten days to perfect the agreement." All the opinions have been taken into account, why do you still let me be the big wrong?
This, the burden was pushed, and everyone was embarrassed, and everyone could see the trick in it. These waiters at the bottom are themselves very mobile. It's not uncommon to work two jobs, not to mention that the time of the part-time job is staggered, and it can't be limited at all, if you really dare to limit it, you may be in the hands of the food and the food; as for the chefs, how difficult it is to train the team. Then you don't dare to move, you dare to move, these people really dare to pick and leave, maybe the business of food and commerce expands, and they can't wait for people. Now I understand why Shishang happily agreed to learn and train, and Pei Laipei almost became his own person.
One of the most critical issues is that no one has violated any of the terms of the agreement. So who handles. At that time, New World was afraid that Shishang would break the contract halfway and give a harsh clause, and the party who broke the contract would pay no less than 40,000 yuan in compensation. It must be pursued. It's easy to understand when you think about it, even the cabbage roots are cooked, "How can you not want 40,000?"
This is the front door to drive away the tiger, the backyard is in the wolf, and the middle level looks at Mr. Chu and laughs, it must be laughed at. They were all silent, and there was no more to say. I heard that this person has a public security background, if he is good at stubble, I am afraid that he will be cleaned up by Vice President Yuan. Even Vice President Yuan couldn't clean it up, so why did he touch that moldy head?
"I'll take care of the dismissal. Manager Zhang, send my notebook back, Manager Xu will come to my office"
Chu Xiunu waited for a long time, no one picked her head, laughed a few times and became a crying and laughing face. Coldly said a word, got up and left. Zhang Yun packed up the leader's things, Xu Yueshan sighed and went out. The few people left behind looked at each other, and they didn't feel much worry in their eyes, it seems, there seemed to be a little bit of schadenfreude! Speaking of which, the real wronged boss was definitely not Chu Xifeng. It's this Mr. Chu