After Lao Tan had a drink with Gu Yi from the Chamber of Commerce last time, he left a deep impression on Gu Yi and felt that Lao Tan was a friend he could make friends with.
This is how people are. If you are honest, honest, and honest, many people will be willing to associate with you. In fact, we might as well think about it, are there really false things in the interactions between people?
If you live a simple life, don't have those thoughts in your mind, interact with everyone sincerely, tell the truth and do practical things, I believe you will have friends all over the world.
After learning that Lao Tan had returned from the provincial capital, Gu Yi drove to the dumpling restaurant. The two met politely, and Lao Tan asked Mulan to arrange some dishes, drink two bottles of health wine, and sat down to drink and chat.
"Brother, are you mainly responsible for reception at the Chamber of Commerce?" Lao Tan asked.
"Well, I am responsible for reception, communicating with government departments, protecting the rights of merchants, and taking care of everything in ordinary life. All the work that others don't like to do is mine, including the eating, drinking and littering of those in the office." Gu Yi said.
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"How many people do business in Hohhot in our provincial capital?" Lao Tan asked.
"That's a lot. There are more than 100 households registered with the Chamber of Commerce, and even more are not registered, such as those who open small restaurants, barber shops, and sell building materials and hardware, but they don't register at all." Gu Yi said.
"That means you have to be qualified and have a capital of more than a few million to join the Chamber of Commerce?"
"Not necessarily, they all join voluntarily."
"Do you have to pay membership fees to join the Chamber of Commerce?" Lao Tan asked.
"You have to pay, starting from 10,000, there is no upper limit. If you have money, pay more, if you have no money, pay less, but it cannot be less than 10,000." Gu Yi continued: "The chamber of commerce has to work normally. The office supports several people, and there are
Lawyers, plus dealing with the government, all cost money. How can we maintain it without money?"
"That's right." Lao Tan said.
"What? Do you want to join the meeting?" Gu Yi asked.
Old Tan smiled and said, "I don't have any plans for the moment. My family is from a small family, so what kind of society can I get into?"
"Brother Tan, let's get angry. I recognize you as my brother and am willing to be friends with you. I'm just saying this. Don't enter the meeting. It's not interesting." Gu Yi said, lighting a cigarette and talking about the Chamber of Commerce.
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"The Chamber of Commerce was fine in the first two years, and it was doing what it should. It was prosperous for a while. Mr. Sun was rich and prosperous in Hohhot. He always dealt with the government. You know, if there are not a few provinces and municipalities in the country to do business,
My eldest brother couldn't do it even if I tried to hold on, so holding on until he died was just a small fuss.
It was also in order to have a voice with the government that the Chamber of Commerce was established. When it was first established, it worked really well. Many wealthy people doing business in Hohhot came in and established a board of directors. At that time, they didn’t care if they had money.
I did what I said. In the name of the Chamber of Commerce, I opened a hotel, a bath center, and two car repair shops.
At that time, there were only two chambers of commerce in Hohhot, the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce and ours, and the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce was not as powerful as us. We did a good job, Mr. Sun was powerful and wanted policies, and the government also turned to us and made a lot of money. Hey, we Northeasterners
You know what he is like, unsociable and individualistic heroism. When it comes to making money, he wants to stand alone and refuses to accept anyone else. The result is that the hotel has become obsolete, the bathhouse has become useless, the car repair shop has infighting, and the contractor has become an individual.
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Gu Yi felt a little sad when he said this and took a sip of wine.
"As the old saying goes, the Siberian tiger lives alone and can dominate the mountains, but it is not gregarious. The Siberian wolf can't defeat the Siberian tiger alone, but if people are gregarious and have team spirit, the Siberian tiger cannot defeat the Siberian wolf."
Tan said.
"No, the Siberian tiger has never been able to defeat the Siberian wolf since ancient times." Gu Yi said.
"What business does the Chamber of Commerce have now?" Lao Tan asked.
"It's nothing. Boss Sun doesn't care. No one cares about him. He just does his own business. Last time I heard that he was going to cooperate with the government to build an industrial park, it was like a Marshall Plan."
Yi looked a little helpless.
"Then what do you rely on for funding now?" Lao Tan asked.
"A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It's not a problem to feed the few people in the office. I am from the Chamber of Commerce, but I don't invest in the Chamber of Commerce. I am in charge of Boss Sun, and I run the antique store." Gu Yi said.
Through the conversation, Lao Tan got a general understanding of the situation of the Chamber of Commerce. It was not that he wanted to join the chamber, it was purely a personal interest and he wanted to know how the Chamber of Commerce operates.
Gu Yi felt that the health-preserving wine was quite smooth and said, "This wine is very good. It tastes soft and a little sweet. It is stronger than red wine."
"I mixed it myself. If you like, take a pot when you go." Lao Tan said.
"No, I'm greedy for your drink." Gu Yi said, "After you returned to the provincial capital, several guests came to Suzhou and entertained them at your home. They praised your dumplings full of praise and said they had never tasted such dumplings before.
The dumplings were delicious. The food was well cooked and authentic. I was so proud that day that I said this is my brother's restaurant and I will open it in Suzhou in the future."
Lao Tan laughed and said: "Suzhou people don't like dumplings, they like noodles. Their eating habits are a bit similar to those in Shanghai."
"That's okay. There are a lot of people in Northeast Suzhou, and there are dumpling restaurants, and their business is very good. Let's put it this way, I won't be able to eat your dumplings after eating them. If your family opens a store in Suzhou, the business is guaranteed to be booming, and the customers will all
I can't open the door," Gu Yi said.
Old Tan laughed and started drinking.
"Brother Tan, I am very optimistic about your dumpling restaurant. I am not the president. If I were the president, I would definitely invest in your restaurant. This little dumpling restaurant is so good. If one family has one million, they can build ten of them with ten million.
The market is paved. Do you know that in business, it is important to be quick and occupy the market as soon as you see how to make money? By the time others find out, the market has already been occupied, and the money is all your own." Gu Yi said.
"What you said makes sense, but catering is different. It belongs to an entity. The foundation must be laid well. You can't swallow a fat man in one bite. Besides, the dumpling market is huge and highly competitive. No one can occupy it. Anyone who can get a share of the pie is
It would be nice to have a place." Lao Tan said.
"I don't know much about catering. When the Chamber of Commerce opened a hotel, I was running away and didn't care much. I dare say your business is one of the few in Hohhot. It's just a bit small. It would be better if it was bigger." Gu.
Yi said.
"This is a good thing. Once the eight regulations were introduced, it was difficult for large stores to do business, and there were many bad ones. The best things to do now are small and medium-sized stores with an area of 300 to 500 square meters, which are specialized and distinctive. Especially dumpling restaurants.
It's down-to-earth, ordinary people can get enough to eat for 30 yuan, and officials can be invited to come in without any price reduction, so it's the most profitable," Lao Tan said.
Gu Yi gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Tan has studied the hotel thoroughly."
"Haha, why are you yelling? I'm not good at research. No one is good at it. Come on, have a drink."
The two of them were drinking and chatting without any topic.
Slowly chatting about the development of the dumpling restaurant, Lao Tan said that he planned to open eight stores in Hohhot. Gu Yi thought that after the Chamber of Commerce Hotel went bankrupt, the house had been idle, covering an area of 1,200 square meters, and had never been rented out. So he told
Lao Tan said that if he opened a store, he could open it there. With his help, the rent would be much lower.
Lao Tan asked how much the rent was, and he said 400,000 yuan a year. Lao Tan heard that it was cheap, 1,200 square meters, 400,000 square meters, which was about the same as the house he picked up for free. If it were in the provincial capital, it would be less than 600,000 yuan. Now this store is 400,000 yuan.
It's still 300,000 yuan.
It’s too cheap, there must be something to it.
"Brother, why is it so cheap?" Lao Tan asked.
"You don't know. When the Chamber of Commerce was first established, there was no house. Boss Sun asked the government for it. The house had no property rights and it was uncertain when it would be moved. No one dared to rent it," Gu Yi said.
It turns out that this is the case, then who dares to rent it? After the rent is finished, the decoration is completed, and the house is moved within two months of opening, won’t everything be compensated?
But one thousand two hundred square meters is really tempting.
When a dumpling restaurant develops in Hohhot, it is necessary to build a central kitchen just like the provincial capital. To build a central kitchen, a larger space is needed, otherwise it will not be enough.
As the saying goes, be prepared for a rainy day. Lao Tan has to make plans in advance.
"What's the location like?" Lao Tan asked, somewhat unwilling to give up.
"I opened a hotel before, do you think I can go astray? I'll take you to see it when I have time," Gu Yi said.
"In your opinion, can that place be relocated?" Lao Tan asked.
"These are all uncertain things, and there is another situation that follows. Isn't the hotel obsolete? It has been idle for almost two years. The government said that if the chamber of commerce does not use it, it will take it back. Mr. Sun didn't want to hand over the room, so he quickly rented it out.
." Gu Yi said.
"Oh——" Old Tan Si thought about it.
"Let me tell you more, now Boss Sun's 300,000 yuan is being rented out. Then it will be said that it is the Chamber of Commerce's own business. Won't the house be kept? As long as the house is kept, it will be easy. Boss Sun will be able to get it done sooner or later.
My own." Gu Yi told the truth.
"The Chamber of Commerce can do well by itself. If you are idle, you will be idle." Lao Tan said.
"Who cares? Besides, you can't invest? Boss Sun doesn't want to invest. An antique city is enough. He is obsessed with stocks now. Didn't I say that I would discount more than three million yuan last time? The discounts are even bigger these days.
, almost 10 million.
I told him that we don’t understand stocks and should stop playing. He didn’t listen. He flew to Hong Kong and still wanted to play. No one cared about it, he didn’t invest, and he couldn’t bear to part with the house. He could only rent it out, right?” Gu Yi said.
Lao Tan nodded.
"The location is good, quite prosperous, on Dongying South Street. Now we are facing two situations. One is that we are afraid of eviction. After all, we have no property rights, and there are still land disputes. No one dares to guarantee it. The other is that the government will take it back.
If you want to rent, think about it first, but one thing you can guarantee is that it can be used indefinitely without moving."
Lao Tan said: "I'll think about it and go take a look when I have time."
The two of them dropped the house business and started drinking. At this moment, the door was pushed open suddenly, and a panicked waiter broke in. He breathlessly said to Lao Tan: "Master Tan, we have guests.
You don’t pay for meals, you make trouble in the hall, you smash the table, please go down and take a look.”
Lao Tan was startled and quickly got up and walked out, followed by Gu Yi.
The two came down from upstairs.
All the guests in the lobby stopped eating and stood up to look at the bar.
A table next to the bar was overturned, and cups, plates, chopsticks, and wine bottles were all over the floor, making it a mess.
A man in his thirties who looked like a big brother was scolding Mulan in front of the bar. Two boys in their twenties stood on the left and right next to them, pointing at the waiter not far away who was full of swear words and arrogant.
The guests looked nervously, and some timidly hid behind.
Lao Tan rushed to the bar, blocked Mulan behind him, and asked the man who looked like an elder brother with a gloomy face: "What's going on, brother, why did you smash the table in displeasure?"
"Fuck you, are you the boss?" the man who looked like an elder brother scolded directly.
"Snapped--"
A crisp slap in the face.
It wasn't Lao Tan who hit me, it was Gu Yi who followed and gave the man who looked like a big brother a hard slap in the face.
"Bai Shun, I'm tired of living. I started to cry just a few days after I came out. Do you want to go back to your old ways?" Gu Yi shouted loudly.
Li Baishun covered his cheeks and looked confused. He never expected to meet Gu Yi here. This was the real big brother, and he was not something that a little gangster like him could offend.