Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

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"Thank you, President Du, and thank you, the company!"

Wang Zimo shed tears. God knows how heavy his heart was when he made the choice.

Now, he has obtained a large bonus legally and legally, and the company has also agreed to lend him money. He is extremely glad that he made the right choice.

"This is what you deserve! Wang Zimo, don't go back to the Magic City. Just stay in Yangcheng. President Yu will talk to you later."

Du Shaojie sent Wang Zimo away. If it weren't for the other party's special situation, he would not even meet with him.

Next time, he won't be so polite.

Li Changsong and others stole the company's core secrets through unfair competition, and Bailian Catering filed a lawsuit and brought the other company to court.

At the same time, the specific persons involved should also be held accountable.

Zhang Li can't get out for a while, and Li Changsong is also under investigation.

Taking this opportunity, the other party's [Sichuan Restaurant] Yangcheng Branch and Shenzhen Branch were strictly inspected from all aspects. Many problems were found, and although the store was not closed immediately, it was inevitable to suspend business for rectification for a period of time.

Su Dapeng also took the opportunity to attack, saying that the copycat stores of Li Changsong and others had violated the interests of Northwest Noodle House in the past two years. Although he had not taken any action before, he had been asking relevant personnel and lawyers to collect evidence.

As the saying goes, "When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down." At this time, Li Changsong and others were in a state of panic. Su Dapeng immediately asked [Northwest Noodle House] to sue the other party in court, accusing them of infringing on corporate interests and unfair competition.
No matter whether it works or not, the purpose is to cause trouble for the other party.

Du Shaojie knew that Li Changsong and others would not be able to survive for much longer. If they did not focus on improving their core competitiveness as a catering company and instead thought about doing crooked things all day long, they would be finished sooner or later.

He took Wang Yongli, Luo Qin and others to the Magic City.

Jiang Cheng's friends in Shanghai helped a lot in this matter, and it is only right that he go and thank them in person.

Du Shaojie stayed in Shanghai for a week, then went to Beijing for more than half a month before returning to Guangzhou.

The case and the lawsuit have not yet reached a final conclusion, but Li Changsong and others obviously could not hold on any longer and closed down many knockoff stores. Su Dapeng even came to Yangcheng to tell Du Shaojie the good news that his opponent was about to collapse.

Du Shaojie smiled and nodded. It was expected that Li Changsong and others would be defeated.

The other party did not play by the rules at all. This was not the way they did catering. In fact, Li Changsong was also an expert. I didn't know why the other party would resort to such a clumsy method. It was really hard to understand.

But since Ye Weiming said that the other party was a poisonous snake, it would be better to kill it as soon as possible to avoid trouble.

Du Shaojie and Su Dapeng opened the champagne in advance. They didn't think Li Changsong and others had any chance of turning the tables, at least not this time.

"Let's go eat and celebrate."

Du Shaojie then took Su Dapeng to [Xichuan Restaurant]. The two ordered a few dishes and a bottle of white wine and were in high spirits.

The strength of Li Changsong and others is just so-so, but they are really disgusting. All kinds of unpresentable means emerge one after another, making it difficult to guard against them.

Now that the situation has been settled, we can clear the area and this cancer will finally be eradicated.

"Shaojie, we are still too disciplined. Next time we encounter such a situation, we should kill the other party as soon as he shows up, so as to avoid causing so much trouble."

"Dapeng, following the rules has its advantages. Be careful not to make a big move and end up making a fuss."

Su Dapeng was drinking and reflecting at the same time. He felt that he should have used unconventional means to deal with the newly emerging copycat stores.

Du Shaojie disagreed with his point of view. It was satisfying to deal with problems in a simple and rough manner, but if one got used to this method, it would be equivalent to going to another extreme and would backfire.

Most of the time, things in the business world still depend on competitive strength; other means are only auxiliary, not fundamental.

Su Dapeng said nothing more, and it was unknown whether he was convinced or not.

The two continued to drink, finishing more than half of the bottle of liquor. At this time, Du Shaojie's cell phone suddenly rang.

"Boss Du, something happened."

The call was from Meng Gang. Something big happened just a few hours ago.

The head office registered by Li Changsong and others is located in Shenzhen, and the office is located in a whole floor of a high-end office building. Just a few hours ago, their company was surrounded by hundreds of people asking for an explanation, and the incident caused a big uproar.

"It is said that they had borrowed a lot of money from various banks before, estimated to be over 100 million yuan. In addition, they also borrowed a lot of money from private individuals at high interest rates. The ones causing trouble are all creditors."

Meng Gang said that Li Changsong and others had kept the matter very secret, and not many people outside knew about their debt situation.

The previous Shanzhai store and Sichuan Restaurant had decent business, with a lot of cash flow every day. But this time, Bailian Catering suddenly attacked, and the evidence was solid, and the other party was showing signs of collapse.

The creditors realized that something was wrong and began to clamor for their principal back. Li Changsong and others could no longer suppress the matter and finally exposed the truth.

"What the hell! I said that what Li Changsong and his team did was unreasonable. It turns out that they don't make money from the store at all."

Du Shaojie finally understood what you guys were talking about. These guys are not in the catering business but in finance.

At the beginning, the other party's copycat store developed very rapidly, and it was likely to replace the [Northwest Noodle House]. Li Changsong and others borrowed a lot of money from the bank while expanding. Later, the bank began to tighten the scale of credit, so they used high interest rates as bait to get a large amount of funds from the private sector again. If they had not been caught stealing the core technology of [Xichuan Restaurant] this time, it is estimated that they would continue to play.

"Boss Meng, please send someone to keep an eye on them. I want to see what the fate of Li Changsong and the others will be."

Du Shaojie was so angry that his teeth were itching. He was just passively cooperating with the other party in this drama.

Fortunately, he got rid of his anger in the final stage, otherwise he would have felt very depressed.

"Boss Du, there are only a few small fish and shrimp left in their company headquarters. It is said that Li Changsong and others are missing, and the boss behind the scenes seems to have gone abroad."

Meng Gang felt it was a pity. It was a pity that these bastards ran fast, otherwise they would have been caught for sure.

Du Shaojie shook his head and hung up the phone.

In fact, no matter whether Li Changsong and others can escape or not, their lives are over. If they go abroad with a large amount of money, they will eventually be eaten up by the "pig-killing scheme" and will not have a good ending.

If they hadn't escaped, these people would probably have spent the rest of their lives in jail.

"Dapeng, what do you think? I'm right, right? People who don't follow the rules will eventually suffer a backlash. We didn't take any extreme measures from the beginning to the end, otherwise the other party's sudden attack would implicate us."

Du Shaojie put down his phone and said to Su Dapeng meaningfully.

Su Dapeng was now completely convinced. It seemed that his vision was still a little short-sighted.

"I have to go. The knockoff stores collapsed overnight, but their stores are in good locations. I can take this opportunity to expand."

Su Dapeng drank the wine in his glass and stood up to say goodbye.

Now is a good time, he can get the storefront he wants without spending a lot of money. Of course, this time it won't be a full expansion, just picking up bargains.

Du Shaojie didn't care about him. Su Dapeng and Meng Gang could discuss this matter, and in the end, all he needed to do was sign.

He sat for a while, then left the private room and returned home.

A few days later, news came that most of the backbone members of Li Changsong's gang had been arrested, but Li Changsong, his boss behind the scenes and some senior executives were missing.

Du Shaojie called Huang Yong and Huang Yong helped to inquire about it, and then said that Li Changsong and others had already left the country.

In addition, most of the funds they raised through various means also went to Hong Kong.

"A bunch of vermin!"

Du Shaojie was very disappointed, mainly because he was very unhappy that Li Changsong ran away.

But he could do nothing about it, so he just cursed quietly and let it go. The people and funds were gone, and it would be difficult to get them back, so he no longer had any hope.

A few days passed quickly.

Su Dapeng completed a small-scale expansion, and [Xiangweiju] and [Seafood House] also took over the storefronts left by Li Changsong and others afterwards. The property belongs to the landlord, not Li Changsong and his friends, so there will be no future troubles.

Du Shaojie slowly forgot about the matter. Although he really wanted to see Li Changsong in trouble, he couldn't be obsessed with it.

He has recently started to get busy with things at the training center. Meng Gang has deepened the "tiered management" system in each store. Except for the head chef of each store, other chefs are only responsible for the preparation of some dishes.

Although this has brought certain troubles to the training work, it has improved the security of core technology.

It was a busy period before, but now everything has settled down and all the stores under the catering company are back on track.

This year was not peaceful, but the company's overall revenue and profits increased significantly.

According to statistics, this year's full-year revenue is expected to grow by 23% and profits are expected to increase by 17%. Therefore, Du Shaojie believes that a certain amount of external pressure is a good thing, at least it can keep everyone vigilant and not lose their enterprising spirit.

While he was quiet, Qi Yan and his opponent started a fierce battle for talent again.

Qi Yan returned to Guangzhou to give remote commands. At the same time, she also raised several rounds of financing from Hong Kong. She spent a lot of money and gathered more and more talents under her.

"Yanzi, the battle for talent is almost over. Next we should actively expand new business."

Du Shaojie did not interfere with Qi Yan's actions, but found an opportunity to remind her.

The goal is not to attract talent, but to make these talents play their role and bring rich profits to the company.

Qi Yan was able to listen to the advice and immediately shifted the focus of her work, stopped the war for talent, and began to build businesses such as chef training, other vocational training, English and tutoring training in various subjects.

She also came at a good time. After so many years of reform and opening up, everyone's income level has improved and spending on education has increased year by year.

Beichen Education Group has become the industry leader and has officially started the process of listing in Hong Kong.

(End of this chapter)