The Era of Hard Work

From the beginning, Lu Dong never thought about getting the "Meng's Yellow Braised Chicken" from Yang Feng for almost no price or free of charge.

This has nothing to do with conscience and morality, but it is easy to bury future troubles.

Of course, Lu Dong never thought of paying a certain amount of money to buy out the so-called secret recipe of braised yellow chicken. This is not easy in the catering industry, especially for an experienced chef.

Moreover, the value of Yang Feng is not only on the braised chicken.

"Old Yang, speaking of it, braised chicken is a handicraft handed down from your family, and it is only after you improve it again and again that we can have the braised chicken and rice we eat today."

During normal communication, Yang Feng told Lv Dong about the braised chicken in Luokou Town, and Lv Dong himself had a certain understanding: "The company wants to use the braised chicken to create a catering brand, I told you before , can’t let you suffer losses for nothing.”

Although Yang Feng was grateful to Lu's Catering Company, he was not stupid and said, "Mr. Lu, I will follow the company's arrangement."

Lu Dong had communicated with Yang Feng more or less about this matter. In the current economy and society, it is impossible for people to work for nothing without getting paid.

Lu Dong thought about it for a while, and said, "Lao Yang, you have been in the company for a while, and you have seen the company's operations. For the promotion of dishes, the establishment of branches, the funds, manpower, material resources, and even social connections are quite important. Big request."

Yang Feng nodded frequently. In Lu's Catering Company, what he saw was a catering operation that was completely different from the traditional restaurant model. A kind of dish entered the market relying on nearly 500 branches of Lu's Catering, and its sales were so hot that it was jaw-dropping .

What if there is no such platform as Lu's Catering? Just like his improved crispy golden chicken steak, at best it can only be a snack with a limited audience in roadside shops.

Lu Dong specially set aside some time for Yang Feng to think about what he said just now, and after waiting for a while, he said, "The total share capital of Taifeng Garden Braised Chicken is 10 million, Lao Yang, I will reserve 3% for you. shares."

Although he doesn't know much about these things, Yang Feng still understands the most basic calculations, and he couldn't help getting excited: "Mr. Lu, how good is this..."

Lu Dong raised his hand to interrupt him: "Lu's Catering is not my company alone, and I have to take into account other shareholders, so I can only give you 3%. These are not verbal talks, and will be reflected in the specific investment contract." Reflect, protect the rights and interests of both parties with the law!"

Hearing that it was not the so-called dry stock, but the stock written into the contract, Yang Feng believed in Lu Dong's sincerity.

Lu Dong smiled, and said casually: "Don't be too small, the company may have hundreds or even thousands of franchise stores in the future, which will not be much worse than the current three major catering brands."

Yang Feng said: "Mr. Lu, you and the company think highly of me, Lao Yang. I have been cooking this dish for 20 or 30 years. Who cares about it? Who wants to promote it? I understand that without a platform, this is an ordinary dish. "

Lu Dong nodded slightly, and continued: "Taifeng Garden Yellow Braised Chicken will be handed over to Gao Ming for the time being. You are very familiar with Gao Ming, and it is easy to communicate with him. Gao Ming is one of the first people who opened a chain store with me. A lot of experience.”

He thought of something: "Old Yang, it's not that I don't let you join this new company. You go there, and you can't use your talents. After Gao Ming transfers here, you will be in charge of the product development department."

"I understand! I understand!" Yang Feng knew his own ability to manage and operate a company, but he didn't have this level at all, and said, "Mr. Lu, the product research and development department is more suitable for me!"

Lu Dong said: "Okay, in the recent period of time, you have communicated with Lujia Village. The semi-finished materials of the braised chicken need to be produced by OEM."

Yang Feng assured: "No problem, I will stay in the two factories in Lujia Village from tomorrow until all problems are resolved."

A series of matters related to Taifeng Garden Braised Chicken were quickly finalized in the next two days, and a new company was registered and established in the University City, with Gao Ming as the general manager, and a group of people was transferred by the way.

It is planned to open ten braised chicken restaurants in University City, Qingzhao County and Quannan Street in the first batch, and then open franchise stores on a large scale after making appropriate adjustments based on actual responses.

The early plan is also centered on Quannan. After Quannan can initially stabilize, it will enter the market in neighboring provinces.

It is similar to the three major brands of Lu's Catering.

Moreover, with the experience of the three major brands entering the market and opening stores, and being able to rely on branch companies in various places, Taifengyuan Braised Chicken can develop at an extremely fast speed as long as it stands firm.

However, the establishment of the new company also brought many new problems,

The first is the office. With the rapid development in the past few years, although the office of Lu's Catering has not been filled, there are fewer and fewer vacant spaces.

After all, Taifengyuan Braised Chicken is a financially independent subsidiary company and cannot work together with Lu's Catering.

The university city has been attracting investment very fast in the past few years, and it is not easy to find a suitable office nearby. Especially considering that the Braised Chicken in Taifeng Garden may become bigger, the area of ​​the office should at least not be smaller than that of Lu's Catering.

Lv Dongyou lived in the southern community, and there was a large apartment that was vacant, so he simply rented it to Taifeng Garden Braised Chicken, and asked Gao Ming to bring people to work there for the time being, and wait until there is a large office space in the nearby office building. , just move it.

Besides, there may be other solutions.

It won't be long before Lu's Catering may have a headquarters building.

These are just plans. In the catering company, except for Qian Feng, Xue Tian and Xu Man who have participated in some, there is no need for others to know for the time being.

The second is the need for a warehousing and transshipment center.

No matter if you open a branch store or operate a franchise store, semi-finished chicken products and ingredients must be stored and transported in the cold chain. Quannan is relatively close to the center of Taidong, and it can involve many surrounding cities. At least one as much as Lu's Food distribution center.

Things like cars and equipment are easy to talk about.

The land is a little troublesome.

After several years of development, the university city is not the same as before, especially in terms of standardized management.

This is what Yang Liewen has been striving to pursue and create.

For resources such as land, the management of university towns is becoming more and more stringent, and the corresponding preferential requirements are constantly increasing. Even if the company of Lu Dong, an old acquaintance, mentioned the matter of building a distribution center last year, the management committee did not. clearly states.

Yang Liewen paid attention verbally, but sometimes you can't pay too much attention to what the leader said verbally.

After all, the number one leader in a place has too many things to pay attention to.

The last time we had a drink together, Director Zhao also faintly revealed that this year's industrial land quota is very tight...

Lu Dong was not surprised, because with the economic development of a region, this is a very normal phenomenon.

These problems need to be solved one by one.

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On the northwest side of the University City, not far from a service station on the Quandao Expressway, where Yaoqiang Airport can be seen in the distance, the original farmland and wasteland have long since disappeared, replaced by tall buildings and factory buildings.

Relying on the advantages of resources, talents, policies, and service-oriented departments that are gradually becoming effective, the University City has attracted many companies to come and settle down.

Not far from the Weiqiao Home Textile Industrial Park, which has been partially activated, a very large courtyard is surrounded by high walls. Surveillance cameras are installed at intervals of the courtyard wall, which looks heavily guarded.

Several trucks dragging containers came over and drove into the open gate. A man in blue overalls with the word "Sanlian" on it directed the driver to drive the truck to the unloading area.

It occupies a very large area, and there are rows of large steel-structured warehouses. The unloading area and loading area of ​​each warehouse are completely independent to prevent vehicles from being crowded together.

Several drivers opened the door and got out of the car, looking for a place to smoke with the co-pilot.

With the fire on, one of the fat drivers glanced at the empty loading area and said, "What's wrong with Sanlian recently, I only see people delivering goods in, but no one pulling goods out."

Another skinny man lit a cigarette with his fire, and exhaled a smoke ring: "What can I do, I can't sell the goods."

Among them, the oldest driver interjected: "The last time I came to deliver goods, it was quite deserted here, completely different from last year."

He sighed: "Think about it, Sanlian was so powerful in the past, when you buy electrical appliances and go to Sanlian, who wants to buy a large electrical appliance and not go to Sanlian?"

The fat driver flicked off the cigarette ash: "I didn't have a choice before. Where can I buy it if I don't go to Sanlian? Sanlian Haohao delivers home in the urban area, and the service is okay. If you go to the group of uncles in the department store, you will have to ask someone if you ask any more questions." Spray all over your face."

These are all drivers hired by the manufacturer, not only to deliver goods to Sanlian, but the oldest one also said: "The delivery people at Guangmei are too busy, and more than half of the warehouse is empty."

Suddenly, someone walked over.

"You guys, put out the cigarette!" A staff member of Sanlian reminded: "Didn't see it? The warehouse is important, no fireworks!"

These drivers were not afraid, but they didn't want to cause trouble, so they quickly put out their cigarettes.

Recently, people in Sanlian are very angry. I heard that last month only the basic salary was paid, and this month's work was delayed for ten days, and the salary has not yet been paid.

In the office in the warehouse area, a middle-aged man smoked one cigarette after another, filling the room with smoke.

There was a younger man next to him, wearing a blue overalls, and said, "Mr. Bi, with so many goods coming in, the inventory pressure is very high."

He reminded: "If the manufacturer presses the goods again, it will start the backup warehouse."

Mr. Bi put out the cigarette in the ashtray and said, "I know! But the basic quantity must be purchased. We have an agreement with the manufacturer, and there is a minimum purchase amount every month. It is very troublesome to breach the contract."

Sanlian Home Appliances can also purchase goods from manufacturers at low prices, because it has signed a relevant contract. The manufacturers give low prices and rebates for sales. It is not unconditional, especially for large manufacturers, which have a minimum purchase quantity requirement every month.

Take the computer as an example, once Sanlian fails to complete the basic purchase volume, the company will deduct money from the monthly rebate, and even trigger the breach of contract clause, deduct the rebate and purchase deposit, and immediately pursue the full purchase price.

Sanlian Home Appliances was affected by the big promotion of Guangmei Electric Appliances, and its shipments fell again and again, and inventory backlogs began to appear.