Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 474 Solving the Problem
Tan Zheng was a little annoyed about this matter. After all, losing a restaurant would also affect him. However, the other party's excuse was reasonable, so he couldn't say much, but just asked the other party to reopen as soon as possible.

This evening.

Elite troops were dispatched from both the provincial and municipal governments to raid the resort.

Tan Zheng himself was caught on the spot, and his illegal and criminal activities were exposed with irrefutable evidence.

The lid was lifted, and Tan Zheng and the people behind him were dug out one after another. They implicated a wide range of people and many were brought down.

Mr. Tang, who succeeded Dong Yushu, was not spared either. He had a secret deal with Tan Zheng, and after Tan Zheng was arrested, he confessed everything. Mr. Tang did not succeed in his new position, but got himself into trouble.

As the founders of the resort, Du Shaojie, Ye Weiming and Dong Yushu were called in for talks by relevant departments.

After a period of investigation, they found that Tan Zheng's incident had nothing to do with them. They did not break any laws when they were doing this project, so naturally they would not pursue any responsibility.

After this incident, Ye Weiming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was very lucky that he did not tamper with the shares when he sold them to Tan Zheng, and all the funds returned to the company's account. If he had been a little greedy, he would have to pay back double what he had taken in.

Du Shaojie has the easiest one because he uses his own money for investment and as long as he does not commit any crime during the operation of the business, no one can do anything to him.

Fortunately, everyone passed the test without any sequelae.

"When working in the entertainment industry, you must not let money blind you. If you only care about money, problems will arise sooner or later. Tan Cheng Ho Resort is an example of this."

Before the Spring Festival, Pang Weidong and Xu Bo came to Guangzhou together.

When Du Shaojie was having dinner with them, he said something intriguing.

Although Pang Weidong and Xu Bo seem to have strong control over Yuedong Entertainment, there are always problems with so many stores across the country.

And there are people outside who are eyeing this piece of fat meat, such as Yin Qiang.

Don't think that Yin Qiang has been quiet recently, that's because he is digesting the fruits of victory. After taking over three KTVs and three buffet restaurants, the other party can't sort things out so quickly.

Especially in the buffet restaurant, after Yin Qiang took over, some key chefs left, causing a sharp decline in business.

The resignation of employees had nothing to do with Du Shaojie and others. Yin Qiang was not very friendly to grassroots employees. When the buffet restaurant came to him, he began to cut employees' wages and benefits.

Of course a talented chef would quit his job, thinking he could make more money elsewhere. Only a fool would stay.

The karaoke bar is doing a booming business, and Yin Qiang's approach is similar to Tan Zheng's, the only difference is that Yin Qiang's power is much greater than Tan Zheng's.

"Boss Du, I heard that you tricked Wang Dongxu, causing him to abscond with the money. Is that true?"

Pang Weidong pondered for a long time and suddenly asked a question.

This question had troubled him for a long time, but he didn't ask it until today.

"What do you mean I screwed Wang Dongxu? At that time, he was full of confidence and was determined to compete with [Huanyu Communications]. In order to avoid losses, I asked Mr. Sun and his team to gradually withdraw from the paging industry. Later, the overall environment changed. Who can I blame?"

Du Shaojie couldn't help but smile. He had indeed cheated Wang Dongxu in the beginning, but he would never admit it himself.

Even when facing friends.

"I understand! Why don't we slowly withdraw from the KTV industry? There are more and more troubles now, and it's really annoying."

Pang Weidong was determined to leave, and Xu Bo nodded repeatedly beside him.

"Sure, let's slowly reduce the number of stores. Also, don't keep the buffet restaurant. It was originally built to match the karaoke bar. There's no point in keeping it."

Du Shaojie thought so too. Although Tang Jun did not say some words that day, he understood the other party's subtext.

Moreover, Tang Jun was obviously talking to him on behalf of Feng Qingsong.

Feng Qingsong was unable to say this to Du Shaojie in person due to his status, but what he actually meant was that he hoped he would get out of the entertainment industry.

There are many ways to make money. Feng Qingsong hopes that Du Shaojie can focus on the catering industry rather than running a karaoke bar.

The three of them quickly reached a consensus that they would slowly sell off the KTV karaoke hall in the future. As for the company's small shareholders, those people have already made a lot of money, and Pang Weidong will mobilize them to withdraw their shares.

"Ajie, the three major portals we invested in are said to be going public soon. Do you think we can make a lot of money?"

After discussing the main business, Pang Weidong talked about his previous investments.

The Internet is currently beginning to gain a certain degree of popularity in the mainland, and the three major websites are actively planning to go public in North America.

Although Pang Weidong and Xu Bo are called "the God of Wealth" in the Internet industry, they actually have no idea about their future earnings.

"Well, if you want to lock in profits, you can sell the shares after the listing. Apart from NTES, the shares we hold in the other two companies are very small and there is no prohibition on selling."

Du Shaojie and the other three all hold more than 5% of NTES's shares, and there is a six-month lock-up period.

The other two companies in which we invested do not have this restriction as they hold smaller shares.

It is easy to cash out, just sell them after the listing. The cost of the shares they hold is not high, and it is not a problem to make several times or even dozens of times the profit after the listing.

But if you can hold on to it for a longer period of time, or buy low and sell high in stages, you may be able to make hundreds of times the profit.

"Ajie, we'll see you then, if you sell it, we'll sell it."

Pang Weidong was not bothered at all, because he had a reference, that is, just copying Du Shaojie's homework. This time, the investment in the three major portals can only be regarded as a small test, and their investment is relatively small. Therefore, everyone's mentality is very good.

He then told a funny story. An Internet company in Shenzhen went to Beijing to seek financing, but was unsuccessful after visiting several companies because no one was bothered to pay attention to it.

One day, Pang Weidong and Xu Bo went to a company to discuss something. Manager Ma of that company came up to them and kept promoting his company.

"Dongzi, did you invest some money in them?"

The expression on Du Shaojie's face was very interesting. He didn't expect that Manager Ma would go to Beijing to beg for alms.

"You mentioned instant messaging software, social software, etc. before. We thought that Manager Ma was quite eloquent, so we invested 100 million yuan in him."

Pang Weidong said it casually. It was just venture capital and the amount was not large. Neither he nor Xu Bo took it seriously.

After that, the two of them went to Shenzhen for an inspection and gave the money directly.

I bring this up today simply because I think it’s interesting, not for any other reason.

Du Shaojie smiled and shook his head, not knowing whether to say that Xiao Ma was lucky or Pang Weidong and Xu Bo were lucky.

The next day.

Pang Weidong and Xu Bo left Yangcheng.

The two returned to the company together and began to develop a plan to reduce the number of stores.

Du Shaojie stayed quietly in Guangzhou. Soon the Spring Festival came, and Xiaoya's family of three came from Shanghai, finally realizing the wish of the whole family to celebrate the New Year together.

Looking back, the day the three siblings looked forward to most was the Chinese New Year.

But over the years, we have all gone our separate ways and rarely get together, so it is a rare opportunity to have such a reunion.

Shen Rui and Sun Haitao spent the New Year in Yangcheng, and both families had no objection. However, such activities were not arranged often, and Du Shaojie would not give them any problems.

During the New Year holidays, Du Shaojie acted as the chef and was in the kitchen every day.

Fortunately, Qi Yan, Xiao Mei and Xiao Ya all help him, so he is not too tired.

In his spare time, Du Shaojie chatted with Xiaoya and finally learned about her situation at work. Xiaoya's situation at work was not very good. She had always been suppressed by several people and it was difficult for her to ask for leave.

"What happened? Did you offend them?"

Du Shaojie was very angry when he heard this. He had always loved Xiaoya very much, but he didn't expect that his sister would often suffer from bullying at work.

"I guess I have offended them before. They were just trivial matters at work. I couldn't stand those people forming cliques, so they naturally targeted me everywhere."

Xiaoya has this kind of temper. She will never compromise, so her relationship with those people becomes increasingly strained.

Those people were very good at scheming, and one of them became her accomplice, which made her life difficult.

However, there are only a few things that happen in the workplace. Xiaoya's work ability is beyond doubt, and it is not easy for others to find fault with her. At most, they can make things difficult for her occasionally.

It's not very harmful, but it's extremely insulting.

"Xiaoya, didn't you report the situation to your superiors?"

"How could there be no one? But the boss didn't want to get involved and kept telling me to get along well with my colleagues."

Xiaoya curled her lips, as if she had realized the true meaning of the workplace.

Actually, she has nothing to worry about. She has a solid academic background and can get a job. How can others suppress her forever?
"Okay, let's have a good New Year first. I'll go to the Magic City after the New Year."

Du Shaojie also felt that it was not a big deal and felt relieved.

The right and wrong of the workplace are inevitable. It seems that Xiaoya has a good attitude. At least the suppression from others has not caused her too much trouble.

Now that Shen Rui can make money, the family's situation has changed a lot. To put it bluntly, as long as Shen Rui is willing to swallow his pride and find someone, Xiaoya's situation will be improved immediately.

But Xiaoya herself didn't want to.

A few days passed quickly.

The Spring Festival holiday passed quickly.

Xiaoya's family returned to the Magic City, and Du Shaojie also went there after finishing his work.

Du Shaojie also has some connections here. It was Jiang Cheng who introduced him to them at first. After so many years of maintenance, his network has become larger and larger.

He doesn't need to get involved in Xiaoya's work at work. He just needs to use his connections to find someone to take care of Xiaoya.

During the Spring Festival, he asked the little sister if she wanted to resign, but Xiaoya was unwilling to leave the unit.

After Du Shaojie arrived in Shanghai, he had dinner parties almost every night.

While drinking and chatting, he inadvertently solved a problem that had troubled Xiaoya for a long time.

(End of this chapter)