The banging sound of the salute attracted the attention of almost everyone on the street. People in nearby stores heard the banging sound of the salute outside. They didn't know what was happening outside. Out of curiosity, they hurriedly ran outside the store.
Follow the sound.
When the salute sounded from the vehicles passing by on this street, the drivers and passengers in the vehicles also subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.
Not to mention the pedestrians passing by on this street, some stopped and looked up, some turned around and looked back, some were startled and then looked up in astonishment...
"what sound?"
"What's going on over there?"
"Hold the grass, scare me..."
Similar sounds came from everywhere on the street.
Those who were close could already see clearly what was going on.
In front of the brand new 99 Building, there are dozens of pairs of flower baskets and hundreds of red banners pulled down from the windows, creating a festive atmosphere.
And 99 Building...
This name makes many people living in M City immediately think of the local leading catering company - 99 Braised Chicken.
A single 99 Braised Chicken store is not very eye-catching, but among locals, after the rapid development and expansion of 99 Braised Chicken in the past few years, how many people don’t know that 99 Braised Chicken has developed into a national chain franchise enterprise?
Many people may have thought about joining this 99 Braised Chicken!
The large conference room on the top floor that Cao Qin and others went to clean today was not used today.
There were so many guests arriving today that Sun Quan didn’t have time to convene the company’s heads for a meeting. After the salute was fired, he warmly greeted the deputy mayor, Principal Han Baichuan and others to the five-star hotel they had already booked.
Class hotel——Kaiyuan Hotel.
Kuang Longfei had already booked a banquet there in advance.
But looking at the number of guests arriving today, Sun Quan estimated that the number of banquet tables Kuang Longfei had booked in advance might not be enough.
Before getting on the bus, he deliberately slowed down and waved to Kuang Longfei. When Kuang Longfei trotted over, Sun Quan lowered his voice and asked, "Do you have enough banquet tables you booked in advance? How many tables can you add at most?"
Having studied cooking, he knows that generally when booking a banquet, the hotel can prepare a few more tables.
For example, 102, or 203, etc.
The so-called 102 means booking 10 tables, but asking the hotel to prepare two more tables of dishes. It is best for arriving guests, if only 10 tables are filled, then the hotel will not need to pay for the two extra tables of dishes, or it will only
Pay a little more for hotel food preparation.
But hotels are not fools, so although customers can ask the hotel to prepare a few more tables, they cannot prepare too many more tables.
For example, 55, or 66, etc., that is impossible.
Therefore, Sun Quan was a little worried that Kuang Longfei had not reserved enough tables in advance.
Kuang Longfei gave him a reassuring smile, "Don't worry! That's enough. I just called and confirmed it."
Sun Quan nodded, felt relieved, opened the car door, and got in the car.
…
26 tables.
In the end, there were 26 tables seated at today’s noon banquet.
Looking around, I saw a mass of human heads covered in darkness.
As usual, at such a banquet, Sun Quan, the big boss, should come on stage and say a few words.
He did not refuse. Before taking the stage, he took over the speech script that his assistant Yu Xinxin had prepared for him in advance and read it over once he went up.
What?
Reading the manuscript lacks sincerity? Appears a bit incompetent?
Sun Quan felt it didn't matter.
His 99 Yellow Braised Chicken has grown. It is large enough and strong enough. He no longer needs to be the boss to show any personal charm. If his wife had not told him to come today, he would not have bothered to come today.
The company has grown to its current scale, and the company's internal structure has been very complete. Usually, he, the big boss, does not have to come forward. He has been the boss for a long time, doing business and making money. When speaking in public like today, he only needs not to speak.
It's enough if something goes wrong and you don't say anything shocking.
He had no intention of being in the limelight on an occasion like today, because he knew that on this occasion, even if he said nothing or did nothing, he would definitely be the one in the limelight.
Because the company he moved to today... belongs to his grandson.
This alone is destined to attract everyone's attention on today's occasion.
You are already in the limelight, so there is no need to do any more fancy things.
Just be stable.
There were several cameras in the audience facing Sun Quan, who was reading his speech. One of them was from M University, one was from M City TV station, and the other one was from the 99 Braised Chicken Propaganda Department.
Reading the speech was not difficult for Sun Quan.
He read the entire speech smoothly and steadily, and the audience burst into applause. The guests who arrived today were all very considerate, as if someone Sun had just finished reading a famous poem handed down from generation to generation.
Listening to the warm applause from all around the audience, Sun Quan looked up with a smile and clapped along with him. The scene in front of him and such warm applause made him understand a truth - if he wants to receive applause, most of the time, he may need
It's not about talent, it's about being able to occupy a position that attracts everyone's attention.
As long as you stand in this position, maybe whoever speaks here today will receive such warm applause, right?
He saw his wife Yuan Shuiqing sitting in the front row of the audience, smiling and applauding him; he also saw Kuang Longfei, deputy mayor, Principal Han and others... all applauding him, with smiles on their faces.
Standing on the stage, he looked around and saw smiling faces everywhere.
He also saw Luo Na, Huo Yiyi and Xu Qin whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
These three women who once had a crush on him seemed to be looking at him with complicated eyes when they were sitting in the audience.
The most complicated one seems to be Huo Yiyi.
Probably because she only developed feelings for him recently!
Sun Quan's eyes did not linger on their faces for long. When the applause gradually faded, he bowed his head and said a few thanks, then announced the banquet and asked everyone to eat and drink well today.
Then he turned around and handed the microphone to the staff at the edge of the stage, walked off the stage and walked to the table where the deputy mayor, Principal Han and others were sitting.
On today's occasion, it stands to reason that he should go have a few more drinks with these leaders.
…
That evening, the news of the overall relocation of the 99 Braised Chicken headquarters appeared on the local news on the M City News Comprehensive Channel.
The broadcast time was not long, only two or three minutes, but undoubtedly, these two or three minutes of news were seen by tens of thousands of local families.
It further deepens the impression of local people - 99 Braised Chicken is a famous local catering brand and one of the local specialties.
Sun Bing is currently studying in the Tourism Department of M University, majoring in tourism management.
Sophomore year.
Like Sun Quan, she is from Sunjia'ao.
To put it simply, she and Sun Quan are fellow villagers.
Sun Bing, who is 19 years old today, still has a bit of rusticity about him. There is no way he can help it. He came from a rural area, and it is inevitable for everyone to have a bit of rusticity in him at first.
The conditions of her family are good or bad in Sunjia'ao, but they are considered to be above average!
This is mainly due to the fact that her father worked as the village accountant last year.
For rural accountants, the basic salary is certainly not high, but for village cadres, those who are smarter can always make money.
Of course, these are not the point.
The point is, she was eating in the lobby of a small restaurant outside the school when she accidentally saw the TV news in the store broadcasting the news that the headquarters of the 99 Braised Chicken Company was relocating today.
This TV was hung on the wall by the store. It was greasy and not beautiful.
Sun Bing's attention was not on these.
She was surprised to see Sun Quan on TV and in the news reading a speech on a hotel stage.
She came from the same village at the same time, so of course she knew Sun Quan.
Although Sun Quan rarely returned to the village in recent years, Sun Bing could still recognize him.
The Sun Quan on TV was much stronger than her impression, and he was no longer as thin as her impression. If she hadn't known that 99 Braised Chicken was Sun Quan's industry, and she often followed Sun Quan and other older children when she was a child.
Playing behind her butt, Sun Bing couldn't believe that on TV, the guy with five people and six people reading the speech was the Sun Quan she had known since she was a child.
She remembered that when she was a child, Sun Quan stole watermelons from her field!
Watching Sun Quan on TV, Sun Bing frowned and felt strange in his heart.
When she was a child, she never expected that the world would change so fast. Sun Quan, whose family was in such a difficult situation before, the guy who stole her watermelon and was questioned by her mother, who lowered his head, blushed and said nothing, now
It actually made the news, and...it wasn't the kind of news where you do bad things, get caught by the police, wear a silver bracelet, and are about to go to jail.
The hairstyle is quite similar. With such short hair, he looks a bit like a prisoner in a labor camp!
In other words, after the college entrance examination, she applied to M University for the college entrance examination mainly because of Sun Quan's influence.
Originally, not many people in Sunjia'ao knew about M University.
After all, there are so many universities across the country, and University M is not a famous university. It cannot be ranked among the top universities nationwide.
But ever since I heard that Sun Quan had become successful, suddenly rich, and made a lot of money, Sun Jia'ao still didn't know that there were very few people from M University.
Today in Sunjia'ao, not only do most people know that there is a University M in City M in this province, but they also know that this university has a university major that they have never heard of before - cooking.
Sun Bing's college entrance examination results were not very good, and there was no hope of getting into a bachelor's degree.
So, everyone in her family suggested that she apply for M University, and her sister-in-law even went so far as to suggest that she, a girl, apply for M University's culinary major.
My mother actually thought this was a good idea.
Fortunately, her father and her eldest brother did not force her to major in cooking, otherwise she might cry.
For Sun Bing, if she had known that even if she was admitted to college, she would still have to learn to cook, then why did she study so hard back then?
Isn’t it okay to start learning how to cook in elementary school?
On TV, the news about Sun Quan and 99 Braised Chicken were quickly finished, and the news started to show other news. Sun Bing lost interest after just two glances.
She had no interest in the news to begin with. If the news about Sun Quan hadn't been broadcast just now, she wouldn't have watched it at all.
She withdrew her gaze and lowered her head to face the dish on the table - minced pork and eggplant. She lost her appetite for a moment.
Yes, there was just such a dish in front of her.
She couldn't get used to the food in the school cafeteria, so she specially arranged meals at this small restaurant outside the school. Her monthly food expenses were only dozens of yuan more than eating in the school cafeteria, and each meal had one dish.
Because she can't eat spicy food very much, and the food in the cafeteria of M University is relatively spicy, which is the local taste of M city, but it does not suit her Sun Bing's taste.
In comparison, eating out on campus is much better. When ordering, just tell the boss lady that it’s less spicy or not spicy.
At this time, Sun Bing looked at the minced pork and eggplant on the table, and picked at the white rice in the bowl with his chopsticks. After thinking for a while, he suddenly put down his chopsticks, got up and walked out of the small restaurant.
When she went out, the fat proprietress said hello to her out of habit: "Hey, did you finish eating so quickly today?"
Sun Bing smiled back, said yes, and left.
After leaving the small restaurant, she took out her mobile phone from her jeans pocket, flipped through her address book, found her father's number and dialed it.
Not long after, the call was connected.
Her father's dull voice came from the phone, "Bingbing? Have you eaten tonight? Why did you remember to call me at this time?"
Her father has a reserved temperament. In the words of some old people in their village, he is the kind of character who cannot beat a fart with eight sticks.
Someone had used these words to stimulate Sun Bing in front of her before.
She still remembers her answer at that time, because she felt that her answer at that time was relatively good: "Can you fart with eight sticks?"
The thoughts in his mind disappeared in a flash. Sun Bing did not hesitate and quickly answered his father, "Well, I just had it. By the way, Dad, let me tell you something. Sun Quan's company was on the local news here today.
, his company seems to be very big."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment before her father's voice came, "Oh, really? Did you just call me to tell me about this? How is the development of Sunquan Company? Does it have anything to do with our family?
?”
On the phone, her father's voice was still dull, with no fluctuation in his tone.
This was in line with her father's character, and Sun Bing was not surprised.
"No! Dad, don't you think this is an opportunity? Have you forgotten? Our village wants to build roads, but we never have enough funds?"
Sun Bing smiled and reminded her father.
Her father was silent for a few more seconds, "You mean... you can ask Sun Quanla for sponsorship? Let him invest some money?"
On the phone, her father's voice finally changed and became louder.
The smile on Sun Bing's face did not change, "Yes! Dad, no matter what you say, Sun Quan came from our village. Now that he is rich and prosperous, shouldn't he give back to his hometown? After all, his hometown is still there.
Our village! Every year during Qingming Festival, his family will come back to worship their ancestors, right? The roads in the village are not good. When his family comes back to worship their ancestors, it’s hard for cars to drive in. What do you think? Anyway, I think it’s okay.
Give it a try! Maybe he will agree to invest?"
There was another moment of silence on the other end of the phone, "Well, what you said makes sense, but I'm not the village chief, so I don't need to start this matter, so be it! I'll talk to the village chief about this when I go to the village committee tomorrow morning.
, let’s see if the village chief is willing to take this initiative.”
On the phone, Sun Bing looked a little helpless.
Her father has this kind of personality, he doesn't want to come forward in anything, and he is too low-key.
However, this result is not bad. She believes that the village chief will be interested in finding Sun Quan.