Chapter 214 The Trouble Caused by Brother Sweet Potato
On March 18th, Shiweitian officially opened.
The clerk put on customized clothes, and at 5:30 in the afternoon, with many classmates and friends watching, Liu Gen lit firecrackers, and opened the business amidst the crackling smoke.
On this day, a very special person came.
When Li Tianyi parked his white BMW at the gate of Shiweitian and got out of the car, it created a somewhat tense atmosphere at the scene.
"Brother Xiangzi, why did this disaster appear at this time? Did Brother Gen invite him?" Qiu Ye asked Xiangzi in a low voice.
Ouyang Xue also asked Liu Gen: "Did you invite Li Tianyi?"
Zhang Jian and the others stared at Li Tianyi with hostile eyes, as if they were ready to take action at any time.
But Li Tianyi took out a large wooden carving sailboat model from the back seat of the car and walked up to Liu Gen with a smile: "Brother Gen, congratulations on the opening of Shiweitian. I came to ask for a drink without invitation. I wish you the best."
Your business is going smoothly." He handed the model in his hand to Liu Gen.
Liu Gen took it with both hands, glanced at the flower baskets that were still placed, and asked, "There are two flower baskets, and you sent them too?"
Xiangzi has been watering the four large flower baskets every day for a week. Although some of the petals are wilted, new buds are blooming, and they look no different from the new ones.
Li Tianyi said loudly with a smile: "I originally wanted to give the mystery of Liu Gen to Brother Gen. I thought Brother Gen couldn't guess who sent the flower basket. It seems that I really underestimated Brother Gen's intelligence. Yes,
On March 10th, I asked the florist to send two flower baskets. We are friends now. How can I not express my gratitude to you for such a big deal?"
The people invited today are all catered for by food. They are not customers. They are all sitting around under the shed in front of the door.
After Liu Gen handed the wooden-carved sailboat to Xiangzi, he politely invited Li Tianyi to sit next to him and introduced Chen Hao to him.
Li Tianyi's arrival made many people lose their appetite. Although he frequently raised his glass to toast everyone present, no one paid attention to him. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he felt very boring. Li Tianyi said goodbye to Liu Gen and left in despair.
Got in the car and left.
"The weasel must not have any good intentions when paying New Year greetings to the rooster!" Qiu Ye said.
"Brother Gen, this guy brings both flower baskets and wood carvings. What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?" Xiangzi asked Liu Gen.
Liu Gen couldn't figure it out either: "It doesn't matter what he thinks or what medicine he sells, let's go about our business and pretend it doesn't happen! Come on! Let me toast you all!" What Liu Gen was holding was tea.
Everyone knew that he didn't drink, so they all picked up their glasses and drinks, forgetting the unpleasantness caused by Li Tianyi's appearance.
Brother Sweet Potato was also among the invited guests. His roasted sweet potato stove was placed on the left side of three earthen pots for roasted buns. When someone bought roasted sweet potatoes, he would stand up and go about his business.
At this time, two school security guards came to the stove where the roasted sweet potatoes were being roasted and asked Hao Qiang: "Are you Zhou Yongheng, the seller of roasted sweet potatoes?"
Hao Qiang thought they were here to buy roasted sweet potatoes, so he called out to Brother Sweet Potato.
Zhou Yongheng put down the cup, stood up, ran over, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to buy roasted sweet potatoes?"
"Your name is Zhou Yongheng?" a security guard asked, looking at Brother Hongshu up and down.
"Yes, I am Zhou Yongheng." Brother Hongshu still had a smile on his face.
"We are here to inform you that the school logistics office does not allow you to set up a stall here and sell elsewhere!"
"Why?" Brother Hongshu asked in shock: "This is not a university campus!"
"But this is the stall rental point of the school's logistics office! It also belongs to Nanhai Medical University. People in the stall shop reported that you hindered their business!"
Yanagi Gen and Xiangzi heard that Sweet Potato Brother and the two security guards were arguing, and they all gathered around.
"It's okay for him to do business in front of my shop." Liu Gen walked up and said to the two security guards.
"Brother Gen, please don't embarrass us. This is the school's decision. We are just following orders." Two security guards knew Liu Gen, and one of them said with a smile.
"Is it the decision made by the logistics department?" Liu Gen asked.
"Director Wang asked us to drive away Zhou Yongheng. He said that the school's logistics department would not allow him to set up a stall here." A security guard replied.
"Does the logistics office want to charge booth fees?" Xiangzi asked.
"We don't know that. They just said that we should drive him away," the security guard replied.
Zhou Yongheng said to the two security guards: "I will go to your school's logistics office tomorrow to find out how much stall fee I should pay..."
"No, you have to take your oven with you now!" a security guard shouted.
"Why are you like this? Let him ask clearly tomorrow. If the school's logistics office wants to charge fees, and you drive him away now, won't the school lose a small amount of income?" Xiangzi now hopes that Brother Sweet Potato will live in the store.
Here, because he can help when there are not enough people, I don’t want him to leave.
"We are just running errands. We do whatever the leader says. Brother, please don't make things difficult for us, okay?"
Brother Sweet Potato smiled bitterly and said: "Xiangzi, forget it, don't argue with them, it's useless. They sell roasted sweet potatoes everywhere, so I'll just leave."
Qiu Ye pulled Liu Gen: "Brother Gen, please help my fellow countryman, don't let them drive him away. He won't even have a place to live in other places." Qiu Ye knew that Brother Hongshu usually lived in Liugen.
's store.
"Xiangzi, Hao Qiang, help Brother Hongshu move the stove to the back of the store." Liu Gen said, and then told the two security guards: "He doesn't do business anymore, is that okay?"
The two security guards looked at each other, nodded and said, "As long as the leader doesn't see him doing business."
After the security guard left, Brother Hongshu said to Liu Gen: "Brother Gen, what can I do if I don't do business? Since they want to drive me away, even if you come forward to help, it won't do anything. I'll sell it somewhere else."
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Liu Gen asked Brother Sweet Potato: "How much money can you make from roasted sweet potatoes in a month?"
"On average, it's only seven to eight hundred yuan a month." Brother Hongshu answered honestly.
"Okay, I'll give you a salary of 1,000 yuan a month, and you can help me in the store." Liu Gen said, "You become my clerk, and you earn a lot of money by selling roasted sweet potatoes in the name of our food."
If you give half of the money to the store and half to the store, the school's logistics office will have no reason to kick you out."
"But...is this okay?" Brother Hongshu had tears in his eyes and was very grateful to Liu Gen.
Qiu Ye said: "Fellow, just follow what Brother Gen said and stay with peace of mind."
Ouyang Xue listened and watched all this quietly, looking at Liu Gen with a smile.
Chen Hao also looked at Liu Gen with another look and was moved by Liu Gen's behavior.
The next day, Brother Sweet Potato took out his roasted sweet potato stove as usual and went about his business. However, he was no longer in front of the school. Instead, he was selling roasted sweet potatoes next to the three baked bun earthen pots that Hao Qiang was in charge of.
, while helping Hao Qiang, he also learned the art of baking buns from Hao Qiang. This was a job assigned to him by Liu Gen. Liu Gen felt that he must start training people who bake buns from now on, so that Hao Qiang could have one day off every week.
But things were not that simple. Yanagi Gen was still in class when he received a call from Xiangzi. In order not to delay things, he turned his cell phone and pager on vibrate.
After receiving a call from Xiangzi, I learned that the security guards from the school security office had gone to the store again and had to let Brother Sweet Potato leave.
After class, Liu Gen arrived at the store and found out that the person he had found this time was Director Wang.
"Brother Gen, Director Wang left a message. If Brother Hongshu doesn't leave, the school logistics office will take back the store we rented." Xiangzi told Liu Gen.
This made Liu Gen puzzled. Why did the school make things so difficult for a roasted sweet potato seller? Even if he violated the lease contract, he had to drive away Sweet Potato Brother. This was too unreasonable.
"I'll go find the logistics office and ask." Liu Gen returned to the school and went directly to the logistics office.
"Classmate Liu Gen, this is not a decision made by our Logistics Department. It is an order given to us by the school party committee. You should let Zhou Yongheng go. If you keep him in the store, it will have a great impact on you." Director of the Logistics Department,
I was deeply impressed by Liu Gen. He was promoted by Principal Li. After the last riot in the cafeteria, the school made great improvements to the food and service in the cafeteria. The teachers and students were very satisfied. In a sense, Liu Gen
It played a big role in improving the canteen.
"It's outrageous to alarm the school party committee for selling roasted sweet potatoes!" Liu Gen couldn't understand why this happened.
"Don't worry so much. Listen to me and let Zhou Yongheng go. Otherwise, the school will really put pressure on us and take your shop back." The director of the logistics department said helplessly.
"The contract states that during the lease period, if Party A takes back the shop for no reason, Party A must compensate Party B for all losses. My investment in the shop has exceeded 200,000 yuan. Will the school pay for a roasted sweet potato seller?
Are you willing to bear such a large loss?" Liu Gen asked.
"Two hundred thousand... haha... Mr. Liu Gen, let alone two hundred thousand, it is two million. As long as the school is willing, it will bear it. The school is not short of this little money. For the sake of reputation, this little money is very important to the school.
, It’s nothing?” the logistics director said with a wry smile.
"Reputation...does it affect the reputation of the school if there is a roasted sweet potato seller in front of the school?" Liu Gen heard some clues and insisted on the key points.
The Director of Logistics seemed to have made a mistake. He stood up angrily and said, "No matter what the purpose of the school is, you must drive away Zhou Yongheng. If he is still in your store tomorrow, then I will have to implement the decision of the school party committee!"
Liu Gen walked out of the Logistics Department office. He couldn't figure out why the school party committee made such a ridiculous decision on a small vendor selling roasted sweet potatoes, so he went to the security office.
Director Wang saw Liu Gen coming: "Classmate Liu Gen, I was just looking for you. That Zhou Yongheng who sells roasted sweet potatoes cannot be in your store. You have to drive him away before tomorrow!"
"He is my clerk now, and he has not made any mistakes. Why should I drive him away?" Liu Gen asked loudly.
"It's okay if you don't drive him away, then we have to take back your shop by force!" Director Wang has dealt with Liu Gen once or twice, and he knows that Liu Gen is not easy to mess with.
"Director Wang, I need the school to give me a reasonable explanation! When I do business and recruit people, do I need the approval of leaders like you?" Liu Gen lost his temper, and in front of so many people in the Security Department,
He got on the pole with Director Wang and refused to leave without giving a reasonable explanation.