Starting from selling lunch boxes at the construction site

Chapter 346 It’s time to step out of Hai Duong Province

One person makes a tree, two people make a forest, and three people make a forest.

In just two days, rumors about Xu's Catering and Harvest Farm have already spread.

At the beginning, this rumor was circulated among local suppliers, large and small, in Zhuzhou City;

Subsequently, word spread quickly from the wholesalers who cooperated with these suppliers to the ears of the company leaders involved in grabbing the land sold by Shengli Supermarket;

In the end, the leaders of these companies added eyes, noses, and mouths to this groundless rumor, turning it into a 'true' event that was credible and could withstand scrutiny.

At this point, the rumors turned into evidence that Harvest Farm was the manipulator behind Xu’s Catering.
Zhuzhou City, Jiangyuan City, Dongqing City, Huijiang City
After the rumors spread freely in the above cities, they finally flowed into the sea market and into the ears of the senior officials of Qiansheng Group.

"Is Xu's Catering really a private attempt by Fengshou Farm? If this is true, then why does Fengshou Farm openly launch a group meal business to compete with Xu's Catering for the market?"

After Mr. Luo, one of the top executives of Qiansheng Group, heard this rumor, he was a little skeptical and couldn't help but find a friend who was also from Qiansheng Group to discuss the matter.

"Well, maybe this rumor is true." My friend pondered for a moment before slowly speaking out his guess:

"When Xu's Catering first appeared, it was just a roadside stall. It took more than half a month of operation to open a store.
But after opening the store, Xu's Catering developed extremely rapidly. Haishi TV Station conducted interviews, won the lunch supply for the Haishi Machinery Equipment Expo, and then reached a cooperation with the Haishi Disabled Persons' Federation.
In these important events that made Xu's catering develop and grow, there are always strange things revealed. It is too incredible that a boy under twenty can achieve this level.
But if what stands behind Xu’s Catering is Harvest Farm, from this perspective, do the above things suddenly become reasonable? "

Listening to his friend's analysis, Mr. Luo couldn't help but nodded and acknowledged his friend's remarks.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he added limbs, torso, and hair to the rumor, making it more real.

"You remember the previous general manager of the marketing department, Lu Shengnan, after she was transferred to Shengli Supermarket, she vigorously promoted the cooperation between Shengli Supermarket and Fengshou Farm, and the exchanges were quite close.
After leaving his job, he ignored the many big companies on the market and went to work in a small store that was still called "Xu's Fast Food" at that time.
Nowadays, I heard that the vegetables, fruits and other ingredients of Xu's catering are all supplied by Fengsheng Farm. Not only in Haishi, but also in other cities with quantities of several hundred kilograms, Fengshou Farm has also sent them there uncharacteristically."

At this point, the two looked at each other, and both saw a hint of astonishment in each other's eyes.

It turns out that the layout of Harvest Farm started as early as half a year ago?

The day before yesterday, they heard that the current person in charge of Shengli Supermarket had transferred a plot of land owned by Shengli Supermarket to Xu's Catering. At that time, no one cared much about it.

This land is neither big nor small. The height limit of 24 meters determines that this land cannot be built into an office building. The area of ​​the land also determines that it cannot be developed into a shopping mall. One building covers an area of ​​more than 800 square meters. There is an eight-story building, which is like worthless food to Qiansheng Group. It is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless.

However, now that Xu's Catering has been linked to Fengjiu Group, the behavior of the current person in charge of Shengli Supermarket is quite suspicious, a bit like a mole.

Xu's Catering was short of people, so he laid off employees, and all the laid-off employees were sent to Xu's Catering; Xu's Catering was short of land, so he transferred the land under his name to Xu's Catering.
After Mr. Luo thought about all this, he gritted his teeth and said: "No, if you want to take the control of Harvest Farm back into the hands of the group, you can no longer beat the drum and start from Harvest Farm!"

"Isn't it because Harvest Farm is monolithic that we can only make a fuss about Shengli Supermarket? Starting from Harvest Farm is too difficult!"

"Don't they want to open up the terminal market and have been eyeing Shengli Supermarket for a long time?" Mr. Luo's eyes flashed, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he smiled: "Let's use Shengli Supermarket as bait and penetrate it into the harvest farm. Be our lever to leverage Harvest Farm!”

"Then how do we do it?"

"We. Such and such"

Two hours later, several personnel appointments were announced, one of which was the current person in charge of Shengli Supermarket.

[.After the decision of the senior management meeting of Qiansheng Group and based on work needs, Mr. Li Zairen will be transferred back to the headquarters to serve as the deputy manager of the marketing department starting from November [-]st.]

Tsk————

When Li Zairen, the current head of Shengli Supermarket, saw this transfer order, a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

Damn it, there is only half a month to go. As long as there is another half month, I can spread the ashes of Shengli Supermarket!

How could he suddenly be transferred back? On the surface, Victory Supermarket is still operating smoothly!Those suppliers and customers who have ended their cooperation do not have the ability to bring the matter to the top table of Qiansheng Group.
Is this a revelation, or is there another reason?

Li Zairen's right index finger lightly tapped the adjustment order on the computer screen. After sighing with great regret, his right hand fell on the mouse and opened Qiansheng Group's OA website. The page slid to the bottom, and there was a 'click' sound. With a soft beep, an application page appeared on the computer screen. Displayed at the top of the page was a resignation application form.

At the same time, the printer in the office buzzed and spit out a freshly printed A4 paper with the title - Notice of Resignation.

After filling out the resignation application form and confirming to send it, Li Zairen walked to the printer and picked up the "Resignation Notice". After a chuckle, he placed it in the center of the desk, then pressed the switch of the crusher and placed it. The thick stack of documents on the desktop were fed into the mouth of the shredder one by one, and turned into fine scraps of paper.
It's just a little bit close to the opportunity that I finally got. It's such a pity. It's really just a little bit close.
After looking around the office, Li Zairen picked up the suit jacket draped on the chair, held the door handle, strode out of the office, and bumped into the oncoming employees.

"General Manager, there are several documents here that you need to sign. They are proposals for changing the business direction of Shengli Supermarket."

"Ah" Li Zairen raised his hand and glanced at the time after hearing this, and then said sheepishly: "I have something to deal with temporarily. You can come and see me tomorrow."

"Okay." The employee turned around and looked at the documents in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and asked, "General Manager, how about I send these documents to your office first?"

"Ah, there are a lot of documents on my desk. I'm afraid I'll get them mixed up if I send them here now. I'll send them all over when you come to see me tomorrow. Okay, thank you for your hard work."

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"Strange. Very strange. Very strange. Extremely strange."

Xu An was walking towards the office. Halfway through, he heard Wang Fulong sighing. He stopped in his tracks, turned around and asked, "What's wrong? Did you encounter any problems?"

Wang Fulong raised his head and saw that the person asking the question was Xu An, and immediately nodded and said: "I encountered a small problem. I have a lot of bidding orders. Either the bidding was canceled temporarily, or the negotiation was good and it suddenly said that it needs to be discussed. Then there was nothing more to come.”

"Yeah" Hearing this situation, Xu An also felt strange. He walked to Wang Fulong and his eyes fell directly on the computer screen.

What is displayed on the screen is a table. The upper part of the table is based on the company name, the opening time of the bidding meeting, special notes and other matters.

Xu An's attention was not on the contents of the first three columns, but on the column marked red. There were 34 lines in total from top to bottom. Only three lines were shown in green, and the remaining 31 lines were all in red. The word 'no'! "31 companies, that's quite a lot." Xu An touched the green stubble that had just grown on his chin, sighed and asked, "How much has the bidding success rate changed from before?"

"Before, we were successful two or three times out of ten bids, but now it's considered good to be successful once out of ten." Wang Fulong couldn't help but sigh again as he said, "It's been three consecutive days without any harvest."

"Tell us the details of the group meal cooperation in each city." Xu An pulled the chair behind him and sat down, waiting for Wang Fulong's report.

"Hai City has a total of 63 cooperative companies, including the 'two yuan lunch', which serves 31 lunches every day. In Zhuzhou City, there are [-] cooperative companies, which provide [-] meals a day. In Yuan City, we cooperated with [-] companies and provided [-] meals."

Xu An nodded repeatedly while listening, quite satisfied with the amount of cooperation.

It was only in mid-October that we decided to go overseas. In more than half a month, we secured cooperation with 370 eight companies in 16 cities, supplying a total of [-] box lunches. This growth rate has reached or even exceeded initially expected.
"Not bad." Xu An nodded and smiled: "You still have to participate in the bidding. If you can win the best, forget it if you can't win. The most important thing for us now is to maintain these cooperative customers and let them trust Xu's Food creates a sense of identity.
After all, group catering companies in various cities have noticed us, and it will be increasingly difficult to get new orders, and we must maintain good relationships with old customers."

Listening to Xu An's words, Wang Fulong also recovered from the frenzy of rapidly growing orders, and his mind returned to clarity.

Just as the boss said, other group catering companies have reacted and started to attack Xu's Catering. At this time, we must not be in a hurry. We must first firmly grasp the old customers and then develop new customers.

In the first half month of expansion, half of the customers were acquired through normal bidding, and the remaining half were introduced through the city's Disabled Persons' Federation. The process of reaching cooperation was a little too smooth, and everyone was a little overwhelmed. Okay, obviously this situation of not hitting one out of ten is a normal phenomenon!

"Then, boss, do we still participate in the bidding for the remaining eight prefecture-level cities?"

"Yeah." Xu An stroked his beard again, pondered for a while, and nodded: "You still have to participate, but the threshold is raised to 300 people. If we win the group meal order for 300 people, we will open a branch. When the branch is opened, Now, let’s consider orders with less than 300 passengers.”

After saying that, Xu An stood up and returned the chair to the workstation behind him, then went straight back to the office and tapped Lu Shengnan's desk lightly with his fingers.

"Boss, what's wrong? Is there anything I need to deal with?"

"Well, I will make an analysis report on each province and city in the country and select two to three suitable cities. Xu's Catering has established a firm foothold in Hai Duong Province. It's time to go out of Hai Duong Province and have a look."

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On the high-speed train heading to Hezipu, an ordinary man of medium build stared at the scenery whizzing by outside the window, feeling full of uneasiness.

This man was Lu Chuan, who sent two drink recipes in the tasting feedback. As he wished, he got the offer from Xu's Catering, but unfortunately, the place of work was not in Haishi. , but in the mountains in Qingyan Province, thousands of miles away.

If Xu's Catering hadn't been on the TV stations of Qingyan Province and Hai City, proving that it was really engaged in industry in the mountains and helping local people get rid of poverty and become rich, Lu Chuan would definitely have doubted whether he was being tricked into going to the black coal kiln to fight against gangsters. Worked.
Although I don’t know what the future holds, let’s try it first. If it doesn’t work, just run away!
With this idea in mind, Lu Chuan resigned from his job at Haiquan Beverage Company after much hesitation and embarked on the journey to Hezibao.

Hai Duong Province is more than 300 kilometers away from Thanh Ngam Province, and it takes eight hours and 7 minutes to take the high-speed rail.

At eight o'clock in the morning, I packed my things and went out. At nine o'clock, the high-speed train departed on time. At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, the high-speed train arrived at the station.

Different from the weather in Hai Duong Province where you can still wear short-sleeved shirts, people here in Thanh Ngam Province have already put on thin jackets, sweatshirts and other warm clothes. As soon as the high-speed rail door opened, I felt the cold air invading. After stepping out of the high-speed rail He shivered even more severely.

It's so cold!
Following the flow of people out of the platform, Lu Chuan hurriedly walked to the corner, intending to rummage through his suitcase for clothes to keep out the cold, but he was stopped by a young man wearing black-rimmed glasses before he took two steps.

"Are you Mr. Lu Chuanlu?" The man with black-rimmed glasses asked first.

Lu Chuan scanned the man from top to bottom, and after making sure there was nothing wrong with him, he asked warily: "You are."

"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Li Sixin, the secretary of Hezipu. Boss Xu of Xu's Catering specially asked me to come and pick you up to go to Hezipu."

After contacting Lu Shengnan to confirm that the identity of the visitor was correct, Lu Chuan followed Li Sixin out of the high-speed rail station, got into a van, and drove unsteadily toward Hezipu.

At first, Lu Chuan thought that he was specially invited to pick him up as a welcome to his arrival.

But when the van left the smooth asphalt road and drove on the bumpy loess road, looking at the thousands of mountains and valleys at the end of the road and listening to the sound of branches and leaves tapping on the windows, Lu Chuan finally realized that if he didn't get someone to pick him up, As for myself, I really can’t find a way.

More than two hours of walking on the loess road had already made Lu Chuan's heart beat. When he saw the houses in Hezibao, his heart went cold.

This working environment seems to be even worse than I imagined!

Is this really an inhabited village? Isn’t this really an abandoned village full of traces of time erosion?

I can't really be sold by Xu's Catering to work in the mountains!
Lu Chuan swallowed hard and looked back at the way he came. The figure of the van had completely disappeared from his sight. Everywhere he looked was the vegetation shrouded in the night.
"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Xu Heping, the person in charge of Xu Catering stationed in Honghe City." Xu Heping pulled Lu Chuan to the kitchen without any explanation, and said enthusiastically:

"You've had a hard journey along the way, are you hungry? In order to welcome you, Mr. Lu, today we specially made fragrant braised pork and stewed mushroom chicken soup. This chicken was bought from the third aunt's house in the village. It’s whole grains and has a very fresh taste.”

Looking at a table full of dishes, fluids in Lu Chuan's mouth secreted rapidly.
"Mr. Lu, what are you doing standing here? Come here quickly!"

"Ah, okay, here we come!"

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On October 31, the last day of October, Xu's Catering completed the largest expansion in Haishi.

On this day, Xu's braised food opened [-] branches in a row, [-] of which were located in the centers of major towns and villages in Haishi, and four were opened near shopping malls with heavy traffic.

In addition, Xu's Lemon Tea has also completed its first round of expansion, opening branches next to four Xu's braised food stores near shopping malls.

These twenty newly opened shops are crowded with people, guests are like clouds, and business is booming.

(End of this chapter)