At around 8 p.m., Tongdao Xu drove back to the No. 1 Internet Cafe on Ximen Road.
He returned to Shazhou during the day today, mainly to understand the progress of Li Xiaoshan's research in the past two days, as well as the ideas and direction of the research.
Although he left the work of researching new hot pot base ingredients and other recipes to Li Xiaoshan, he had no intention of becoming a hands-off shopkeeper.
He should keep abreast of every idea and progress of this research.
Comrade Xu must master all the things that Li Xiaoshan has researched.
Because this is the core technology of his future hotpot restaurant.
Although Li Xiaoshan has signed a five-year employment agreement with a non-compete clause in the agreement, he is still worried that only Li Xiaoshan can master this core technology.
Call him suspicious or petty, but he decided to do this anyway.
He has the time and the confidence to fully understand the new formula developed by Li Xiaoshan.
This confidence certainly comes from the fact that he worked as a chef for several years before his rebirth and has a technical foundation in related fields.
And he did not go to accompany Wu Yali tonight, but drove back to the city overnight and returned to Ximen Road Internet Cafe No. 1. It was not that he was not greedy for Wu Yali's body.
I simply want to finalize the decoration plan of the hot pot restaurant as soon as possible, select a suitable decoration company as soon as possible, and start the decoration of the hot pot restaurant as soon as possible.
Time is money!
The annual rent for the five houses he rented in Datong Food Street was 250,000 yuan. Specifically, the rent for each day was a lot. Every day of delay was a loss of money.
only……
Holding his handbag, he hurriedly walked into the door of Ximen Road Internet Cafe No. 1, and saw his cousin Tan Shi sitting next to the cashier Hou Ying, chatting with Hou Ying.
He stopped in surprise.
When Tan Shi saw him, she was startled, then smiled, pointed to the inside of the Internet cafe, and whispered: "Xiaodao, look over there!"
What to see?
Comrade Xu looked in the direction of her finger and saw a familiar woman standing behind a computer not far away - Zeng Xueyi.
Judging from the position where she stood up, she should have been surfing the Internet there just now. She could see the door from her position. At this time, she stood up and gave him a shy smile. She pushed the chair behind her and picked up the table.
With the leather bag on his shoulder, he twisted his waist and trotted towards this side quickly.
"She came to our place after noon today. When she heard that you were not here, she didn't leave. She just surfed the Internet at our place. She has been surfing the Internet until now. She didn't even go out for dinner, so she bought a box of bucket noodles at our Internet cafe.
and a bottle of mineral water, I think she is deliberately waiting for you to come back."
Tan Shi, who was behind the cashier, introduced Xu Tongdao in a low voice.
Comrade Xu frowned slightly when he heard this.
What does Zeng Xueyi want to do?
Have you watched too many movies? Or too many TV series?
Do you think that being stuck here like this can reflect her sincerity? I, Comrade Xu, will soften up for a moment and be moved by her behavior? Then let her go and leave the decoration of the hot pot restaurant to her?
What are you thinking about?
Do I, Xu, seem to be such a soft-hearted person?
He wanted to leave and ignore the woman.
But when he thought that she had been waiting here all afternoon and didn't even go out for dinner, he couldn't help but leave immediately.
He hesitated for a moment, and Zeng Xueyi trotted up to him, with an unnatural smile on her face, and stretched out her white hands, "Mr. Xu, it's a pleasure to meet you again. I didn't expect you to be so busy before coming back so late.
, it’s really hard work!”
To be honest, Comrade Xu felt a little bit overwhelmed by the fact that such a stunningly beautiful young woman was rushing to please her and speaking cautiously.
Very cool.
He also saw it - Zeng Xueyi really wanted to win his hot pot restaurant decoration business.
He praised her spirit in his heart.
But I also shook my head secretly in my heart.
He admired her spirit, but did not waver in his position.
Opening a hotpot restaurant also involves a lot of risks for him.
Before his rebirth, the examples of hot pot restaurant chains such as Haidilao told him that this industry has great prospects.
But reason told him that the hot pot industry and the Internet cafe industry are different.
Around 2000, it was almost impossible to lose money by opening an Internet cafe.
But if you open a hotpot restaurant, you may lose money at any time, because there are many competitors, and because the catering industry is too competitive. If you do it well, you will make a lot of money, but if you don't do it well, you will have nothing to offer and lose everything.
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Therefore, it is impossible for him to risk the decoration of his hot pot restaurant.
Because you sympathized with Zeng Xueyi, you gave her this business?
No!
He has sympathy, but doing business is about reason, not emotion.
Business is business, sympathy is sympathy, he will not mix it up.
No, he stretched out his hand to shake her hand with a cold attitude, "Mr. Zeng is working hard too! You have been waiting for me here all afternoon. I heard that you only ate a bucket of instant noodles in the evening and haven't gone to eat yet? Then go and eat quickly."
Come on! Your health is important, don’t be hungry! Go!”
Tan Shi and Hou Ying inside the cashier looked surprised.
He looked at Comrade Xu in surprise.
The smile on Zeng Xueyi's face also stagnated, and her smile became even more unnatural. She smiled reluctantly, "Okay! Then... I wonder if I have the honor to invite you together? Mr. Xu, please give me
This opportunity! Please!”
Tongdao Xu shook his head, "I'm sorry! I've already eaten tonight, and I went out for a day of running and driving back and forth. I'm already very tired. Mr. Zeng, please do as you please! I won't accompany you anymore!"
After saying that, he raised his feet and walked towards the stairs.
Doesn't linger.
It is said that women are like flowers, and men should pity and cherish flowers. However, the flower Zeng Xueyi is not the flower of Comrade Xu. The original owner of this flower is dead. A flower without an owner cannot withstand the wind and snow from the outside world.
Normally, he, Comrade Xu, is not a Holy Mother, and has neither the interest nor the ability to shield every flower from the wind and rain.
Zeng Xueyi turned around and looked at the back of Xu Tongdao striding away with a disappointed expression. She wanted to catch up with him, but she couldn't muster the courage.
Tan Shi at the cashier sighed softly, stood up and picked up the three folders on the cashier. When she passed by Zeng Xueyi, she raised her hand and patted her shoulder, comforting her softly: "Mr. Zeng, it's getting late. You
Let’s go out to have some food and then go back early to rest!”
Zeng Xueyi turned to look at her and smiled bitterly, "Okay! Thank you!"
"You're welcome! I can't help you with anything, see you later!"
Waving her hands, Tan Shi walked quickly towards the stairs with the three folders in her hands.
She also wants to report to Comrade Xu the decoration plans, renderings and quotations sent by the three decoration companies today.
…
Under Hou Ying's sympathetic gaze, Zeng Xueyi walked out of the Internet cafe door with a sad expression. When she walked to the courtyard door, she couldn't help but look back at the bright window on the second floor.
In the breeze of the night, the hair beside her ears fluttered slightly, looking slightly messy.
The black gem-like eyes reveal distressing confusion and helplessness.