Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

One month later.

Du Shaojie accompanied Qi Yan and her daughter to the capital.

Qi Yan's [Beichen Education Group] was established, and its chef training schools have spread across major cities, with the number exceeding 100. The company's profitability is actually not that strong. The reason why it has been able to develop rapidly is naturally that it has adopted a high-debt business model.

In a sense, Qi Yan and Pang Weidong are the same type of people, with a strong gambling nature.

However, with Du Shaojie backing her up, these debts were nothing.

The layout of [Bailian Catering Management Company] has been basically completed. The development of catering enterprises has bottlenecks. After a certain stage, the input-output ratio will become lower and lower.

Therefore, Du Shaojie, Meng Gang and others discussed and decided to temporarily stop the pace of expansion.

Looking back now, he was actually one of the first people to start his own business after the reform and opening up, and he had already completed the initial accumulation. Some of the well-known companies he remembered were just starting out, and some were not even born yet.

So, what's the rush? There's no rush. There's still plenty of time, so you can take your time.

"Yanzi, your expansion should also come to an end. The most urgent task is to improve your management and teaching level. Practicing internal skills is what you should do most now."

Looking at his woman busy all day long, Du Shaojie had a lot of feelings.

Qi Yan is a qualified entrepreneur who does everything himself and seems to have endless energy. He is at the other extreme, good at delegating power and dares to delegate power, only taking care of major matters and directional things, very leisurely.

Of course, Du Shaojie's catering empire is basically mature, while Qi Yan's business is still on the road of exploration.

"I know, husband."

Qi Yan herself is a highly educated person, and she is surrounded by a group of such people.

But these people still need training, and she doesn't dare to be a hands-off boss for the time being. It doesn't matter if it's a little bit hard or tiring.

She listened to Du Shaojie's advice. After all, endless expansion would bring about debt warnings. She also agreed with his point of view that now it is necessary to shift from extensive development to intensive development.

Du Shaojie stays at home most of the time every day. His daughter is now friendly to him. This is the value of companionship.

In addition to spending time with his daughter, he also spends time honing his cooking skills. Most of the dishes he makes now can get the comprehensive evaluation of "Phoenix Marrow and Dragon Liver", but it is extremely difficult to go further.

Fortunately, he is not in a hurry. As the saying goes, water drips through a stone, and there will always be a time to break through the ceiling of his skills.

Before he knew it, he had been in the capital for more than two months.

That day, Du Shaojie bid farewell to his wife and children and boarded a flight to Shanghai.

"Xiaoya, how is Mom's condition? What did the doctor say?"

Du Shaojie rushed over because Wang Yuxiu suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized.

When he walked out of the airport and saw Xiaoya, he couldn't help but ask her repeatedly.

"Brother, don't worry, it's not a big deal. The doctor said it was acute gastroenteritis. The condition is under control now, and you can be discharged from the hospital in a few days."

Xiaoya saw her brother's anxious expression and quickly explained.

Wang Xiuyu suddenly wanted to eat crabs that day, so Xiaoya bought some for her after get off work. After eating, Wang Yuxiu suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, and the medicine she took didn't work. She was so scared that she rushed her mother to the hospital.

After detailed examination, it was diagnosed as acute gastroenteritis and the condition is now stable.

"It's either a problem with the ingredients themselves, or they were not handled properly."

Du Shaojie put aside his worries and went to the hospital with Xiaoya.

In the ward, Wang Yuxiu was receiving an IV drip while chatting with the aunt in the same ward. Although she did not look well, her mental state was good.

"mom"

"Xiao Jie, I asked them not to tell you, but you came anyway. Mom is fine, she just didn't pay attention to her food. She will be discharged from the hospital in two days."

Du Shaojie came to the bedside and chatted with Wang Yuxiu for a while.

Wang Yuxiu was afraid that it would affect her son's affairs, so she told him not to worry and said that she would be discharged from the hospital soon.

Du Shaojie was worried, so he went to see the attending physician before leaving the hospital. The doctor said that it was nothing serious and he could be discharged and go home after two days of injections.

He was relieved, but he was not in a hurry to leave and planned to stay for a while.

Wang Yuxiu moved in with Du Shaojie after she was discharged from the hospital. Xiaoya and her husband had already hired a nanny to take care of their child, not because they couldn't do without her.

"Xiao Jie, what's the matter with Xiao Mei's marriage being delayed again and again?"

What Wang Yuxiu is thinking about now is her eldest daughter's marriage. Xiaomei has been dating her boyfriend for a long time, but they are still not married.

"Mom, Xiaomei told me last time that she and Sun Haitao were going to get the marriage certificate, but she didn't say when the wedding would be held. So, I'll call her tonight to ask, so you don't have to worry about it."

In the eyes of the older generation, two people are not considered married just by getting a marriage certificate; they must hold a wedding ceremony.

Wang Yuxiu knew that her eldest daughter had a strong personality and it was difficult for her to rush her. It was best that her son was willing to make the call.

night.

Du Shaojie called Xiaomei and talked about her marriage.

Xiaomei hesitated for a long time before saying, "Brother, something happened in Haitao's family, so let's put the wedding on hold." Du Shaojie did not ask any further questions and flew back to Yangcheng the next day.

evening.

He waited at the bank door for Du Xiaomei who was coming home from get off work.

"Brother? Why are you here? Aren't you with Xiaoya?"

"It's just noon, let's go find a place to eat first. Well, let's go to the barbecue restaurant on the old street. Do you want to call Haitao over?"

Du Shaojie ignored Xiaomei's surprise and asked a tentative question.

If there was a problem between the two of them, Xiaomei would definitely not call Sun Haitao out for dinner.

Xiaomei hesitated for a moment, then turned around and went back to make a phone call.

After a while, she came out of the office and said, "Haitao will go directly there later, let's go."

So the two got in the car and soon arrived at the barbecue restaurant on the old street.

Nowadays, the barbecue restaurant has become the most famous restaurant in this area, and its business is booming every day. If it continues to operate, it may become a time-honored brand.

The size of the barbecue restaurant has more than doubled, and the two neighboring storefronts have been rented out. Even so, customers often have to queue up for a seat.

Not long after the two sat down, Sun Haitao arrived.

Du Shaojie asked the store manager to look after the arrangements, and then took a look at his future brother-in-law. He didn't look very well, perhaps because he didn't sleep well, he had obvious dark circles under his eyes, and his smile was forced.

The three of them chatted for a while, and various skewers were brought up one after another.

Du Shaojie ordered a few bottles of beer and started drinking with Xiaomei and Sun Haitao. They also ate a lot of barbecue skewers.

"Tell me, what's going on between you two? You're already grown up, and you can't keep putting off getting married. If you have any problems, you can tell me."

Normally, he seldom interfered in the lives of his two younger sisters, but he couldn't remain silent on this matter and had to get to the bottom of it.

Sun Haitao glanced at Xiaomei and then sighed heavily.

"Brother, this matter is my fault. I am the one who dragged Xiaomei down. The thing is, at the beginning of the year, my father followed the situation and went into business."

The matter was not complicated. Su Haitao's father went into business, and in a short period of time he not only lost all the family savings, but also owed a lot of debts.

The family was devastated by the loss of money and had no spare energy to arrange their son's marriage. What's more, Sun Haitao even sent a sum of money home to help his father pay off his debts, otherwise he was afraid that his father would be angry.

"How big of a deal is it? How much money does your family owe now?"

As soon as Du Shaojie opened his mouth, Sun Haitao's expression changed.

In fact, he felt very inferior in front of Du Shaojie, but the more inferior he felt, the more he wanted to save face. It was embarrassing to tell others that he had to pay for his family's affairs.

"Haitao, don't be anxious, listen to me. I'm not sponsoring you unconditionally. I'm using the money to pay off the foreign debt first, so that people won't block your door all day. You'll have to pay me back later."

Du Shaojie was very considerate of his future brother-in-law's self-esteem and did not offer to help him for free. Instead, he planned to lend him some money.

He could pay off the foreign debt first, and then slowly pay off the money owed to him, since he would not rush the other party. He estimated that the amount of money would not be too large, just a small amount.

"Brother."

Sun Haitao was very moved and then looked at Xiaomei.

Xiaomei rolled her eyes at the other person. She had already said that she would ask her brother to borrow some money first, but the other person was stubborn and refused.

"Brother, Hai Taoli still owes someone 6 yuan. You can lend it to him first and ask him to write an IOU."

Xiaomei's words surprised him. He had estimated that there must be at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, but he didn't expect it to be so little.

He sighed to himself that he seemed to be getting further and further away from the life of ordinary people.

this is not right.

After dinner, Du Shaojie returned home and said that he would give the money to Xiaomei tomorrow. Then he looked at Sun Haitao and asked curiously, "What business did your father lose money in?"

“Well, my father was a mid-level manager in the telecommunications department. After he was given a leave of absence from his job, he planned to build a small paging station.

Everything went smoothly at the beginning, but something went wrong when ordering the equipment. The man used sweet words to gain my father's trust, and my father paid for the goods every time he saw them. As a result, the man disappeared."

It was a scam that could not stand up to scrutiny at all, but it happened to deceive Sun Haitao's father.

This only shows that Sun's father has no business experience. If he had experience, he would not be fooled like this again.

"Your father has a good eye. The paging station should still be very profitable in the next ten years. How about this, you call home and ask your father to come over for a meeting? I'm very interested in this business."

Du Shaojie felt that there were still a lot of smart people. Experience was nothing special. It would come naturally with more experience.

It’s just that most people lose the ability to turn things around after failing once. Although they may learn from their mistakes, it is extremely difficult to turn things around.

He suddenly remembered the consensus he had reached with Mr. Liu, and an idea came to his mind. (End of this chapter)