rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 510 The small tacit understanding between a long-term diner and a breakfast shop owner

January 1, 2000 ~ 6:30 in the morning, Chen Li gently opened the arm holding him.

He opened the door gently, and after washing up, he was ready to start his morning jog, which he had been doing more and more regularly recently.

The reason why it is said that it is becoming more and more regular instead of exercising every day is mainly because Chen Li is still a young man after all.

Although his mental age has exceeded the category of young people, his physical age is only twenty years old.

Especially in the winter in the north, the temperature in the morning is really too cold. Compared with going out to exercise on such a day, the temptation of the fragrant quilt is particularly great.

But even so, Chen Li still maintains the habits he developed when he was a student.

Go to bed early and get up early!

Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that in this era, there is not yet a rich entertainment environment.

It’s not that the nightlife is not rich enough these days, after all, the workers’ sports in Yanjing can be said to be nationally famous.

But for Chen Li, who had been hanging out in nightclubs for many years in his previous life, such a life was really not very interesting.

Compared with the noisy and noisy environment in the nightclub, Chen Li would rather spend the so-called "end of the world" with his girlfriend at home!

Oh, yes, it’s the end of the world!

Of course, this so-called end of the world is actually created by a bunch of boring people.

At this time in his previous life, Chen Li didn't pay attention to this news at all. Even if he learned about it from others, he would treat it as a joke.

As for now, Chen Li regards these so-called doomsday theories as a kind of story.

Not to mention, some doomsday theories are even well-written, and they are quite the prototype of the style of online novels more than ten years later.

For example, the millennium is over and the devil is about to return, etc. Some even combined it with the previous millennium bug crisis and almost made up a whole series of doomsday remarks.

Anyway, Chen Li looked very excited.

As for whether you believe it or not, it’s nonsense! It’s okay to treat these things as absurd stories and have fun, but if you want to say how true they are, few people will believe them.

Just like last night, Liu Qingqing took several roommates in their dormitory and ran home to talk about the end of the world. It seemed that she took the end of the world seriously.

But if you really believe this doomsday talk, then what on earth were those people singing and dancing doing last night?

In fact, it is not so much about celebrating the end of the world as it is about everyone getting together to celebrate New Year's Eve during the New Year's Day holiday.

It's just that in 1999, people don't attach so much importance to the so-called New Year's Eve.

Especially in the eyes of young people, many young people don’t even pay as much attention to New Year’s Day as they do to Christmas, which is just beginning to rise.

Of course, this New Year's Eve of the millennium is quite special. Generally speaking, it is from this New Year's Eve this year that people begin to pay attention to this New Year's Eve between December 31st and January 1st.

.With that little attention.

Anyway, according to Chen Li's understanding, many people actually have the concept of New Year's Eve because of the transition from the last day of the 20th century to the first day of the 21st century.

Of course, in the concept of Chinese culture, the Spring Festival also has a New Year's Eve, but that concept is different from this one.

After leaving the unit door, Chen Li saw Xiao Zhang already waiting at the unit door.

"Let's go~run!"

Chen Li waved to Xiao Zhang and then started today's morning run.

"Okay~ here we come!"

Xiao Zhang behind him secretly gritted his teeth~but still responded with a smile on his face.

Xiao Zhang had just been transferred back to Yanjing. Previously, he was sent by Chen Li to the neighboring Hebei Province to develop the market of Ideal Fried Chicken.

At present, Ideal Fried Chicken has completely opened up the market in Hebei Province, and has gained quite a reputation in the local area.

In 1999, foreign fast food restaurants such as KFC and M's were actually mainly concentrated in first- and second-tier cities in China.

Even in second-tier cities, there are not many foreign fast food restaurants like KFC and M's. This is still the case in second-tier cities, let alone third-tier and eighteenth-tier cities.

But do these cities have no spending power? Of course not!

Take Nancheng, Chen Li’s hometown, as an example. Chen Li doesn’t remember when the first KFC and M’s opened in Nancheng, but what is certain is that before 2000, there were no KFC or M’s in Nancheng.

But Nancheng is a prefecture-level city after all. If you want to say that such a big Nancheng city can’t afford KFC and M’s, that’s absolutely nonsense.

In fact, in the previous life, Nancheng had KFC and M Ji soon after entering the new century, but there was a time difference.

And this time difference is precisely the focus of Ideal Fried Chicken’s work in the next few years.

Yes~ Chen Li’s plan for ideal fried chicken is actually the route taken by the “Splatoon” restaurant that seems to have not been officially established yet.

From the county level to small cities to third- and even second-tier cities, Ideal Fried Chicken plans to take the lead and plan ahead.

The feasibility of this strategy has been proven in Hebei Province.

In Yanjing, Ideal Fried Chicken's competitors do not pose much of a threat for the time being, just as Ideal Fried Chicken does not pose much of a threat to KFC and M's.

But just as Ideal Fried Chicken has taken away many customers from KFC and M Ji, Ideal Fried Chicken's competitors have also caused certain losses to Ideal Fried Chicken.

This is Yanjing after all!

But in those small cities and even some counties, Ideal Fried Chicken doesn’t even have a single competitor, and a large number of blank markets are waiting for Ideal Fried Chicken to enter!

Comrade Xiao Zhang is an important part of Ideal Fried Chicken’s implementation of this plan.

Okay~ Actually, this guy has accumulated a lot of relevant experience in Hebei Province, so now.

The time has come to promote him!

Speaking of which, during the summer vacation two and a half years ago, Comrade Xiao Zhang was just a salesman for Snow Beer in Huilong County.

If Chen Li had not appeared, maybe he would still be a salesman now, or could he add a senior prefix in front?

Of course, it is also possible that Deng Weimin, who was the general manager of Nancheng at the time, was a discerning person, so Comrade Xiao Zhang might climb up a little bit.

But to be honest, given Xiao Zhang’s character two years ago, I don’t think I have much hope.

But all this changed because of Chen Li's appearance.

And Xiao Zhang, who was originally just a salesman in Huilong County, jumped up and followed Deng Weimin through his ups and downs, and now this guy has reached a height that many people can't reach in their lifetime.

In the eyes of others, Comrade Xiao Zhang seems to have the meaning of "the big roc rises with the same wind in one day and soars up to 90,000 miles".

But Comrade Xiao Zhang himself knows very well that his journey along the way is certainly due to his own hard work, but the bigger reason is that he met a "noble person"!

The original term "noble person" was actually something Deng Weimin kept talking about in his early days.

At that time, Deng Weimin always felt that Chen Li was his noble man.

But in Xiao Zhang's view, he was actually the one who met the "noble person", and his "noble person" was also Chen Li!

In the eyes of many people, Xiao Zhang was actually promoted by Deng Weimin.

Deng Weimin promoted Xiao Zhang from a salesman to his side, and then brought him to Rongcheng, and finally even to Yanjing.

But as one of the first people to come into contact with Chen Li, Xiao Zhang knew very well that the reason why he was promoted by Deng Weimin was actually because of Chen Li.

It was precisely because of Chen Li that Deng Weimin was able to rise all the way up, and he was only promoted by Deng Weimin because he participated in some of these things.

This is not to say that Xiao Zhang does not remember Deng Weimin's good deeds, but he is very clear that with his ability at the time, if it were not for Chen Li, a "noble man", he would not even be qualified to be promoted by the then President Deng.

There is a saying that tells a person to achieve enlightenment, like a chicken or a dog, to ascend to heaven! And he, Xiao Zhang, is actually that chicken or dog.

Deng Weimin was naturally the one who gained the Tao, and Chen Li was the "noble man" who taught the Tao.

Uh~ Okay! The above ideas were actually all thought up by Comrade Xiao Zhang in private after he entered the ideal fried chicken job.

In fact, in the early days, he was far more grateful to Deng Weimin than Chen Li.

It's just that now that Chen Li has become his boss, his thoughts will naturally shift towards Chen Li.

Including the past two days~ Xiao Zhang, who had just returned to Yanjing, started running with Chen Li in the morning. In fact, this was a kind of flattering behavior.

As for Chen Li, he naturally knew that Xiao Zhang was trying to flatter him, but he did not refuse.

As a leader, sometimes I accept flattery from my subordinates. It actually feels good.

But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the subordinate who flatters the leader must have a certain role.

If you can only flatter someone, that's a different story.

As for people like Comrade Xiao Zhang who have good working ability, Chen Li is actually quite happy to accept flattery.

During the morning jog, Chen Li did not chat with Xiao Zhang, but occasionally encouraged Xiao Zhang, who was always lagging behind due to lack of physical strength.

"Your physical strength is not enough!"

"You have to exercise more in the future~ After all, your body is the capital of your work."

Chen Li stood still and started to encourage Xiao Zhang using the provocative method.

"Hoo~ho~!"

"Hoo~ I can't do it. Hoo~ I can't do it anymore!"

"Boss, I'm serious. I can't do it anymore!"

"Yesterday I could barely run with you. Phew."

"But today my legs are a bit unresponsive."

Xiao Zhang held his knees with both hands and gasped for air.

"Hehe~ You tell me, what can you do if you try this?"

Chen Li recalled in his mind how Comrade Xiao Zhang said he also liked morning jogging two days ago, and couldn't help but laugh.

Perhaps, Comrade Zhang thought his morning jog was like running two laps on a 400-meter playground in college?

"Okay~ let's go, I'll treat you to breakfast."

Chen Li looked at the time, shook his head, and finally gave up on his morning run this morning.

He doesn't have any obsessive-compulsive disorder, nor is he a self-discipline maniac. It's no problem for him to occasionally interrupt his morning run.

After all, the original intention of running in the morning was just to exercise, and his current body is quite healthy.

Chen Li led Comrade Zhang, who had taken a breath a little, for a short walk, and then arrived at a breakfast shop he visited most often.

"Xiao Chen is here, sit down quickly!"

The sharp-eyed landlady saw Chen Li and quickly cleared away the table that someone had just left.

She didn't ask Chen Li what he was eating, because every time Chen Li came here, the breakfast was basically the same.

"Aunt He~Add a bowl of tofu curd~two sesame seed cakes."

Chen Li didn't say what he was eating, but directly ordered food for Xiao Zhang behind him.

"It's Qingqing~ Oh, I have friends!"

Aunt He looked behind Chen Li. She thought it was Chen Li's girlfriend who had also come to have breakfast.

As a tofu noodle stall near the University of Foreign Studies, Aunt He definitely had a high regard for Chen Li, his girlfriend from Yenching University.

Not only is he good-looking, but he is also very polite, and most importantly, he is the golden name of Yenching University.

Although this university and its neighbors were often ridiculed on the Internet twenty years later, no matter what, whether it is twenty years later or now, the value of these two universities is still not high at least in China.

Say it.

Don't look at the fact that there are always a lot of people on the Internet talking about what's going on with these two universities, but if the children of these people's families were admitted to these two universities, I guess the celebration by these people with gongs and drums would be considered light.

"Okay~three bowls of tofu curd~eight sesame seed cakes, these are Xiao Chen's."

Aunt He quickly cleared the table and used her loud voice to notify her husband at the door.

Soon, two bowls of tofu and five sesame seed cakes were served.

Among them, a bowl of tofu curd and two sesame seed cakes were ordered by Chen Li for Comrade Xiao Zhang.

As for the remaining bowl of tofu curd and three sesame seed cakes, they were served by Chen Li.

"Eat it while it's hot. The tofu puffs and sesame cakes here are definitely the best in Yanjing."

Chen Li did not discuss work with Xiao Zhang at this time. After all, breakfast in this winter still needs to be hot.

"Oh~ Then I definitely have to try it."

"Hmm~ It's really delicious!"

Xiao Zhang took a sesame seed cake, took a bite, and started nodding in praise even before chewing.

Aunt He on the side thought that Xiao Zhang was sincerely complimenting her, and her face was almost bursting with laughter.

Of course, although Xiao Zhang’s praise was a little premature, the sesame cakes and tofu curd in this store do taste very good.

Given Chen Li's attitude towards food, his evaluation is actually very fair.

This can also be seen from the speed of his eating. When Xiao Zhang had just finished his first sesame seed cake and had not even had time to take his third sip of tofu, Chen Li had already finished his first bowl of tofu.

Brains and three small sesame seed cakes.

Just when Chen Li had just finished his last bite, Aunt He had already walked over with a second bowl of tofu puffs and three other freshly baked small sesame cakes.

Hmm~ This is the little tacit understanding between long-term diners and breakfast shop owners!

(End of chapter)