The two had finished their harvest in Dali, and the plane had arrived. After dropping the car off at the purchasing outlet of Anxin Shopping Mall in Dali, the young couple got on the plane and were satisfied.
We took off at around nine in the morning and arrived at the mountain city by ten o'clock.
After landing, the car arranged by the Shancheng Branch of Anxin Mall was parked in the parking lot, and a driver was also arranged.
Zhou Yan did not dare to take another self-driving trip like Rongcheng, but honestly got into the car.
Although Zhou Yan also knew the reputation of "3D Mountain City", when the car entered the city, he realized that he still underestimated the complexity of 3D urban traffic lines.
There were several uphill and sharp turns. According to Zhou Yan's own estimation, if he had had dual GPS and altitude positioning navigation at the time, he would have been able to drive through them, but he would have had to rely on professional-level driving skills.
As for the road from the airport to Jiefangbei, Zhou Yan thought about it in his mind. With his own posture, he could ensure that there would be no accidents along the way, but he would still be as tired as a dog.
As for unskilled ordinary drivers, if they drive a new car through it once, it will probably be scrapped directly.
After checking into the hotel, Zhou Yan asked the driver for his mobile phone number and told him: "If I want to use the car tomorrow, I will call you in the morning. You can rest first in the afternoon!"
Before leaving, I gave the driver a small red envelope.
After putting down their things, Zhou Yan and Qin Ruoshu went downstairs and headed straight to the Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street, which was less than 200 meters away.
The dumplings go out and the noodles fall to the ground.
Naturally, there is no need to be so formal if you want to support yourself, but hot pot is indispensable.
“Yuanyang hot pot, slightly spicy, not spicy.”
When eating hot pot in a mountain city, you have to be careful when choosing the base of the pot, otherwise it will end up ruining both ends.
Qin Ruoshu, who thought she could eat spicy food, was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Yan's "slightly spicy" food, but the deal was already settled and it was hard to object.
However, when the bottom of the pot came up, Mrs. Zhou was immediately numb: "Is this slightly spicy? The medium spicy ones in our hot pot barbecue restaurant are not as spicy as the ones at the bottom of the pot..."
"Why do people from this mountain city like spicy food so much?"
"Can you eat spicy food? It's very humid here. You want them to go to Yuncheng and try eating something so spicy? There's one more thing..." A strange light flashed in Zhou Yan's eyes, "The Anorectal Department of Shancheng Hospital is the best in the country.
Ranked high..."
After finishing a meal of mildly spicy hot pot, both of their lips turned into little sausages. Although they were not as "sexy" as Ouyang Feng's in "East and West", they were still a bit conspicuous.
“Eat it a few times and you’ll get used to it!”
After lunch, the two of them wandered around the Jiefangbei, eating, recuperating, and checking out the special delicacies.
The mountain city is not an ancient capital, but it was a wartime capital. Although it suffered from war, there are still many monumental buildings left.
Visit the spots, check in, and experience the special snacks. To be precise, Qin Ruoshu experienced it, and Zhou Yan was responsible for the "finishing".
There are not many local specialty snacks in Shancheng City. The most famous one is Chen Mahua. It can be expanded to the surrounding area, which is amazing, such as glutinous rice glutinous rice, peach slices, dried tofu, kudzu root powder, mung bean powder...
Although Qin Ruoshu usually only buys two small portions to try something new, at the end of the meal, he usually takes one bite and leaves the rest to Zhou Yan.
After shopping around for an afternoon, the two of us had dinner at the already well-established Shancheng Noodles.
Although it is already close to May Day, there are still a few days after all, and Zhou Yan's classmates are still in the "rising period" in their careers, and those who have just worked for two years basically do not have public holidays and dare not take them.
On the second day after arriving in the mountain city, Zhou Yan and Qin Ruoshu still walked around by themselves.
During breakfast, Zhou Yan was worried about the "spread of fire" and took care of it on the spot at the hotel. But even so, Zhou Yan found that there were still very few things in the hotel restaurant that were not stained with chili peppers.
After breakfast, Zhou Yan called the driver and asked him to come pick him up.
"Mr. Zhou, where are you going?"
"Lao Du, you can arrange it. If there are any more interesting places nearby, start near and then far away..."
"Mr. Zhou, over there at Chaotianmen..."
“Already been there!”
"Then Three Gorges Museum and Liziba?"
There is no doubt about the Three Gorges Museum. The reason why Liziba was included in the tour route planning by driver Lao Du is because it has the nationally famous "Light Rail Passing Through Buildings".
After visiting the nearest attractions, the three of them continued to go further afield, including Ciqikou Ancient Town and Geleshan.
The three of them first went to Zhazi Cave in Geleshan, and after reviewing the heavy history with the tour guide, they turned to Ciqikou Ancient Town.
It was almost noon, so lunch had to be done nearby.
It was still hot pot, but I chose a different brand from the previous day, and the pot base and dishes I ordered were also different.
Although Zhou Yan didn't say anything, Qin Ruoshu still figured out something: "Old Zhou, do you have any work related to hot pot recently?"
"It's still the finishing work to help Lin Shengfei vent his anger..." When speaking, Zhou Yan did not avoid the driver. He was able to drive to the general manager of the branch at Anxin Mall. His tone was naturally tight, "I found someone to sign the right agreement with the boss of Qiao Jiangnan."
Gambling agreement, if we want to reduce Qiao Jiangnan’s business volume, we can only rely on hot pot..."
Only magic can defeat magic, and the only one that can defeat standardized Sichuan cuisine is a hotpot chain built with a supply chain system.
While talking, Zhou Yan saw that the driver beside him seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he asked with a smile: "Lao Du, you are locals, you should know a lot about Sichuan cuisine and hot pot, right?"
"Mr. Zhou, in recent years, the situation in Sichuan Province has been relatively strong..."
"I just plan to follow a similar model," Zhou Yan thought for a moment, "but Guolilao has already started financing, and direct mergers and acquisitions are not very cost-effective..."
"Then acquire a local hot pot brand in a mountain city, borrow money, and then use Anxin Mall's supply chain to expand the system?"
Zhou Yan smiled and nodded: "Right now, what needs to be determined is the business model and core dishes."
Although Guolilao has begun to build a supply chain, Zhou Yan is not worried because Anxin Mall's supply chain system is stronger, especially cattle and sheep, which are closely related to hot pot, and are the basic base of Anxin Mall.
Moreover, Zhou Yan had already obtained some key information while operating the hotpot branch of Ruiyang Restaurant.
For three days in a row, Zhou Yan and Qin Ruoshu's lunches were all hot pot. It looked like they couldn't hold it any longer. Zhou Yan stopped committing suicide at noon, and instead started to work on project planning in the hotel.
After completing it, Zhou Yan forwarded it to Chu Wenshan, polished it up, and then handed it over to Lin Shengfei.
Zhou Yan was not idle either. After sending the document to Lin Shengfei, he contacted Chu Wenshan and the manager of the Shancheng branch of Anxin Mall to discuss the "backdoor" matter.
Wang Hao, the general manager of the Shancheng branch of Anxin Shopping Mall, is a native of Shancheng. When he heard that Shancheng hotpot was going to be used to compete with "standardized Sichuan cuisine", he was very happy.
"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Chu, it's not my fault. When it comes to hot pot, it has to be in our mountain city. Even if it is fished out of the pot, it is still worse than the hot pot in our mountain city..."
During the video conference, Wang Hao vowed to contribute to Shancheng Hotpot’s nationwide expansion.
"Okay, let's first outline the brands we plan to acquire..."
Zhouzhuang, Nanqiao, Xiaolongdun... the slightly famous local hotpots in the mountain city have all been included in Zhou Yanquan.
"Mr. Zhou, the hot pot brand in Shancheng is not very big. Can we consider acquiring a few more?"
"No, no more than three at most. After all, without competition, there will be no motivation for innovation..."