Chapter 389: Could you please change the box?
Chapter 389: Could you please change the box?
Central Plains Province is located in the central and eastern part of China, which can be said to be the birthplace of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. From the Xia Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, nearly 20 dynasties built or moved their capitals here, and more than 200 emperors ruled the country here, which was the core area of Chinese history before the Yuan Dynasty, and was the political, economic and cultural center of the country for a long time. Here, it is very convenient to go to the capital in the north, to the northeast, to the Yangtze River basin in the south, to the sea in the east, and to Qinxi in the west. The critical nature of the geographical location has also brought profound disasters to the people of Central Plains Province. Therefore, whenever there is a period of civil strife in China, the Central Plains Province is a place to fight.
As the provincial capital of Central Plains Province, Shangdu, one of the eight ancient capitals in Chinese history, has also had an extremely glorious stroke in history. However, in modern times, due to its large population, weak industrial base, and dominant agriculture, the Central Plains Province has declined in its position on the domestic economic map.
To be honest, Fang Mingyuan has been coveting Central Plains Province for a long time! After the Fang family's operation over the years, Qinxi Province can be said to have begun to take shape, and now no matter who ascends to the throne of the provincial party secretary and governor, it is absolutely impossible to ignore the influence of the Fang family in Qinxi Province. Moreover, Fang Mingyuan did not intend to usurp power in Qinxi Province, but only hoped that when Qinxi Province introduced relevant policies, it could exert enough influence so that it could meet its own needs. That's enough! Fang Mingyuan didn't intend to make Qinxi Province an iron bucket that could not be leaked, in that case, the central government should take action. No matter how big the consortium is, when facing the government Liliang, it is always on the weak side, which is especially clear in Huaxia.
Therefore, Fang Mingyuan was actually already thinking about further expanding the influence of the Fang family's shili to neighboring provinces! The four directions of Qinxi Province, the southeast, northwest, and west, not to mention the west and north, the economic foundation was much worse than that of Fengyuan, and the people's customs were strong, and Fang Mingyuan did not have the energy to gnaw hard bones now, and he was looking for abuse! So he naturally turned his attention to the east and south.
Compared with Jincheng, the traffic conditions of the commercial city are undoubtedly more superior, and they are also more in line with the layout requirements of Fang Mingyuan in the future. However, it was not easy to achieve the influence of the Fang family in Qinxi Province in the Central Plains Province. Therefore, Fang Mingyuan has only been thinking about it in his heart, and has not really started to implement it.
This unexpected incident made Fang Mingyuan and them unexpectedly have to stay in Shangdu for a few days, and Fang Mingyuan also moved the idea of further investigation of Shangdu. Let's see what industries are suitable for the business city market.
The drivers left behind by Lin Xin were naturally familiar with the catering in the commercial city, and soon brought them to a restaurant in the center of the city. At this time, it was close to the meal, and there were already many cars parked in front of the restaurant, so they had to park on the side of the road nearby.
Fang Mingyuan took Zhao Ya and Feng Qian to lead the way in, while Chen Zhong and the others walked in after an interval of three or five minutes.
There were already a lot of people sitting in the lobby of the restaurant, and Fang Mingyuan didn't like the noise in the lobby, so he asked for a quiet small private room. Chen Zhong and the others found a random seat in the lobby and sat down. Central Plains cuisine is also famous in China, since he is here, Fang Mingyuan also wants to taste the authentic taste of Central Plains cuisine.
As soon as Fang Mingyuan sat down, Lin Xin's phone chased after him, Lin Xin first confessed together, and he couldn't get out of the branch at this time because of his many affairs. With the fall of Yu Fengjun, the logistics procurement contract between the White Tiger Trading Company and the Shangdu Railway Bureau was naturally facing termination, and Lin Xin was planning to take over this part of the business. Although this business is no longer a big deal for Carrefour Group, it can be regarded as a piece of fat for the Central Plains Branch. Lin Xin has always been a mosquito leg.
This time, Sun Xun was not right, embarrassed Fang Mingyuan, the railway bureau owed a lot of favors, the share of the White Tiger Trading Company, Carrefour Group wanted to swallow, presumably no one could say a "no" word.
But this matter has to be preemptive, such as the railway bureau logistics procurement such a stable large order, I don't know how many people are staring at it, if it is taken first, Carrefour Group will have to spend a lot of hands and feet. In addition, Lin Xin also knew that if he always stayed by Fang Mingyuan's side, he was afraid that Fang Mingyuan would be displeased, and it would be better to come up with some performance, which would make Fang Mingyuan even happier.
Fang Mingyuan ordered a few dishes at random, Zhao Ya and Feng Qian were still thinking about which dish was more suitable for their tastes while holding the menu, although it was said that whether it was the Fang family, the Zhao family and the Feng family, it could be said that they were not bad for those few dollars now, but the poor life when they were children still made them hate waste, so it was impossible for them to order a banquet casually, and Zuihou left a table of mess.
followed by two phone calls, Chen Yan and Ji Changyi both said that they wanted to treat Fang Mingyuan to pick up the wind, and Fang Mingyuan also understood that this kind of social communication matter could not be completely pushed away, so he simply told them the address of the restaurant and asked them to come by themselves.
As soon as the phone was hung up, the door of the box was pushed open, and a mature woman in her thirties, dressed in restaurant uniforms, walked in, came to Fang Mingyuan's side and said, "This gentleman, I'm really sorry, can you change the box?"
Fang Mingyuan said strangely: "Weishenme?"
"I am the front desk manager here, my surname is Bai, the thing is like this, it is our work mistake, this box has been booked, but our staff did not inform the waiter in time, and now the guests who booked the box have come......" Manager Bai said with a look of embarrassment, "We still have a box here, but the guest who booked the box said that he did not want to change anything, and we were helpless, so we could only ask you if you could change it, and I can give you a 20% discount on all the consumption today!"
Fang Mingyuan looked at Zhao Ya and Feng Qian, although this matter was a little unpleasant, it was understandable. In the catering industry, this kind of thing is inevitable sometimes, especially in this kind of restaurant with good business, similar things can happen almost every day!
"Where is that box?" Fang Mingyuan asked, "I'm going to have guests here for a while, I've told them all the addresses, and you're going to transfer the land for me now......"
"You come with me to take a look, it's on the other side of this floor!" Manager Bai's face showed a hint of joy, Fang Mingyuan didn't refuse, that's a good thing!
"You guys stay here first, I'll take a look!" Fang Mingyuan stood up and said. If Chen Zhen and Ji Chang can't remember it for a while, it doesn't matter, just three people eat, which box is complete. But since Chen Yan and Ji Changyi are coming, Fang Mingyuan has to think about it, although this box is not big, it is very quiet, and the disturbances in the lobby will not affect it at all, it can be said to be a good place to talk. Chen Yan and Ji Changyi came here, definitely not just to invite themselves to a meal. Although he doesn't pay attention to this himself, but how can it be like that?
Fang Mingyuan followed Manager Bai out of the box, and the two of them walked along the aisle all the way forward, and it could be seen that the business of this restaurant was quite good, and at the time of this meeting, seventy or eighty percent of the seats in the lobby were already occupied, and the boxes they passed by along the way seemed to have guests.
"Your business is good!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile.
"xiexie, the main thing is that our food here tastes good, the service is good, and there are a lot of repeat customers!" Manager Bai smiled, "You're not from Shangdu, right?" Fang Mingyuan is a standard Beijing accent, and ordinary people can hear it as soon as they hear it.
"Well, it's a native of the capital. Although Fang Mingyuan's hukou fell to the capital, he always thought that he was still from Qinxi.
"That's a good place in the capital!" said Manager Bai sincerely.
Fang Mingyuan smiled, it is true that it is a good place, but it is not a livable city! Moreover, with the passage of time, the capital is becoming more and more unsuitable for ordinary laborers to live, and the wages are not much higher than those in other provinces and cities, but these various kinds of consumption are a lot higher! Not to mention the high housing prices in the later generations, it is the communication costs and broadband costs that are ridiculously high! The more users, the lower the cost of the economic law, and when you arrive in the capital, it becomes not in line with the national conditions of China.
The two walked all the way to the middle of the corridor, and Manager Bai pushed open a box door, which was not very big, but it was still a little larger than the box they had just now, but the diagonal opposite of its door was the hotel bathroom, which was full of people at this time, although some waiters had been wiping the floor, but the ground was always wet. And what made Fang Mingyuan frown even more was that this place was very close to the lobby, and when the door opened, the noise in the lobby would be very clear.
"Is it okay here?" Manager Bai noticed that Fang Mingyuan frowned a little, and said uneasily.
"Forget it, do you still have a high-end box here, I want to be quieter and not disturbed!" Fang Ming said from afar.
Manager Bai glanced at Fang Mingyuan in some surprise, she naturally couldn't see that Fang Mingyuan's clothes were extraordinary, she only noticed that it was not a famous brand, he was young and looked like a student. And he didn't have anything on his body that could indicate his identity, such as a famous watch. "There are fancy boxes, but there's ...... The starting price is 3,000 yuan! Moreover, my authority is only limited to the first floor, and I can only get you a 95% discount at most!"
Fang Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "It's not a problem, help me book a high-end box for you!" Three thousand yuan is a huge amount for the vast majority of citizens in the commercial city, but for Fang Mingyuan, it is naturally nothing. Originally, he was just too lazy to change the land again, but since this is the case, he might as well simply put it in place at one time.
"Xiexie!