Lao Tan learned about the food poisoning when he returned to the provincial capital. Although he was angry, he did not have an attack. Instead, he asked Zhang Li and Zhongqing to come up with suggestions for treatment, and then handed it over to Zhou Xiaomei.
What he has to do is how to minimize the impact of this incident, because the business of every store is declining.
The decline in business will inevitably lead to unrest in people's hearts. Old employees are okay, but mainly new employees are worried about not being able to pay their wages.
It's normal for this phenomenon to occur. Lao Tan knew it in his heart. A food poisoning among internal employees cannot do anything to Ah Qiao. It can only be regarded as news. People will talk about it for a while and it will pass. Although it affects business, it is temporary.
He had read the posts in his circle of friends and found that although there were all kinds of comments, there were no public scoldings, which was a good sign. Besides, Ah Qiao had always done well, and the reputation he had built up over the years was not just a day or two of negative news.
Can be defeated.
After returning, Zhou Xiaomei presided over a meeting of the entire management and announced the punishment for Hua Qing and Han Jun. Each of them was demoted one level and fined 2,000 yuan. Zhang Li, Zhongqing, and Xiaofeng each received a serious warning and were fined 1,000 yuan.
At the meeting, the importance of food hygiene was seriously emphasized and everyone was told to take warning.
Lao Tan didn't say anything at the meeting. After the meeting, he kept Zhang Li, Xiaofeng, Zhongqing, and Zhou Xiaomei. He first arranged the work of Zhang Li and Xiaofeng, and asked them to find Director Li of the TV station's news team, Lao Tan's boss
Friends, ask the TV station to follow up on the food poisoning incident at Ah Qiao Dumpling House.
"What do you mean-" Zhang Li asked suspiciously.
"People love to watch the news. This time we follow up on how we deal with food poisoning. It mainly reflects the positive aspects. You two will discuss with the reporter how to operate. I have already said hello to Brother Li." Lao Tan said.
"Oh, I understand." Zhang Li said.
"I'm thinking of copying the demo, making a link, and sending it to the employee group, asking employees to repost it more," Lao Tan said.
Zhang Li understood what Lao Tan meant and said happily: "Maybe it will be a positive publicity."
"If you have such an opportunity, take advantage of it. There are many people in the provincial capital who don't know about Ah Qiao." Old Tan said with a smile.
"Okay, it has to be the president. Why didn't I think of this move?" Zhou Xiaomei said.
Lao Tan smiled and then said the second thing.
"I visited Changsha with Mr. Wang for two days. The catering market there is good and the environment is good. I reported it to the chairman yesterday and she agreed, so our next step is to enter Changsha," Lao Tan said.
Zhang Li, Xiaofeng, and Zhongqing were all very happy, even a little excited, putting aside a lot of the worries they had suffered from food poisoning in the past few days.
Lao Tan continued: "It's September now. I'll go there to choose a place in a few days. Once I've chosen it, I'll start decorating it. Changsha is in the south, and it's not cold in winter. I'll try to open the first store before the year."
"We have to be busy again." Zhang Li said. She immediately thought of something and asked, "Aren't you looking for a partner this time?"
"Don't look for it yet." Lao Tan said: "Zhou Xiaomei is fine. If you have anything to do with her in the future, you don't have to look for me. I will go and expand the territory." Then he added: "The impact of this incident cannot be overestimated.
Half a month has passed, and the main task during this period is to stabilize people's hearts.
The TV station's follow-up report will take ten days at the fastest, and this is paid for with sponsorship fees. Zhang Li, Sister Feng, you two hurry up and do it. I think it can be faster with Sister Feng coming forward."
After a few people touched each other, they left one after another. Zhang Li stayed behind to talk to Lao Tan about another matter.
The agent in the provincial capital is Zhang Xiangdong, and Zhang Li is the regional manager and has been doing a good job.
There are ten direct-operated stores and ten cooperative stores, a total of twenty stores. The cooperative stores are all invested by Zhang Xiangdong and are very powerful.
As the saying goes, when we start cooperation, we just want to make money, so you are good and I am good. After making money, people's hearts become weird. Why should we cooperate with a store that wants to invest in it? Why should we give 3% of the net profit?
Ten surrendered to others?
Isn't it just management? You can do it yourself. In addition, you have already mastered the dumpling restaurant. You can run it independently and build your own brand.
Zhang Xiangdong had this idea last year, and the idea became stronger after Qin Lili gave birth to his son. The couple are both business people, and they are among the A Qiao elites, so they planned to do it themselves.
Of course, they didn't bring it up right away, because the contract stated that if the agent acted alone, the group had the right to take back all the stores based on the investment cost. In this way, the store they invested in was equivalent to being sold to the group, without even a transfer fee, and the gain outweighed the loss.
The couple are also ruthless people. They invested in three stores this year. The total investment for ten stores is not a small amount. If the group wants to acquire it without having such a large amount of funds, it will have the confidence to negotiate.
It’s just that I never found the opportunity to tell Lao Tan. This time it happened to be a coincidence. Food poisoning caused a decline in business, so we can file a complaint on the grounds that improper management of the group caused losses to the store.
Before Lao Tan came back, Zhang Xiangdong gave Zhang Li a blow. The meaning was obvious, to test the situation.
"It's normal for the Shudacha Temple to split up. You don't need to worry about it. The two of them know I'm coming back, so they will probably find me in a few days," Lao Tan said.
"You mean you agree?" Zhang Li asked.
"I agree, why don't you agree? Since he has this idea, he doesn't plan to continue doing it. It's not sweet to force things. It's better to be friends than to break up. Besides, friends don't stand in the way of making money.
He dares to talk because he believes that our group has not swallowed up the strength of his ten stores at once, and is preparing for a showdown. Let me tell you, I have thought about it a lot during this period. This will happen sooner or later, and it is better to happen sooner than later."
"Why? We held him up, and now that his wings are strong, he can start working alone. How can that be a good thing?" Zhang Li said.
"Haha, don't be angry. Doesn't he want to build his own brand? That's what I want too. The first rule of non-cooperation is that we can't call him Ah Qiao in the future, and we can't even join him," Lao Tan said.
"The central kitchen will no longer deliver to him," Zhang Li said.
"You, since he wants to go it alone, he has already prepared it. I guess some store managers, head chefs, and dumpling chefs have already discussed it, otherwise he would not dare to mention it."
"This kid is quite sinister." Zhang Li said bitterly.
"People die for money and birds die for food. This has been the case since ancient times. I was chatting with Yanhua about this yesterday. She also saw that Zhang Xiangdong wanted to go it alone. We both had the same idea. It's okay to go it alone, but it has to be done by someone else.
Qingshui Conservancy, from now on he will do his thing and we will do ours. If you want to compete and keep company, it will be good to be friends."
Zhang Li nodded and said, "I'll thank you both for your generosity."
"Why don't you punish him by strangling him to death? I've always admired this guy, but I never thought of this------I'd be lying if I told you I'm not angry. I'll use him as an example now---
----You see, his decision was wrong, and there will be times when he regrets it."
"Are you here to kill chickens and serve them?"
"No, I just want to tell everyone that money is not earned by one person, and cooperation is a win-win situation."
Ten days later, Zhang Xiangdong found Lao Tan and directly proposed to go it alone.
"Okay, I support you. You are young and it is your time to do things." Lao Tan said with a smile.
Zhang Xiangdong did not expect Lao Tan to agree so readily, which was a bit unexpected.
Lao Tan asked: "Are you planning to build your own brand?"
"I have this plan." Zhang Xiangdong said with a smile, his eyes evasive.
"Okay, I support you. Otherwise, I plan to tell you that if we don't cooperate, we are still friends. You are an ambitious person and I think highly of you.
In this way, tomorrow you and Mr. Zhou will sign the agreement, and the previous contract will be terminated. You can make your own brand, and the group will take back the Ah Qiao trademark." At this point, Lao Tan laughed and joked: "You can't call me Ah Qiao anymore.
, be careful I will sue you for copyright infringement."
"That's absolutely not possible." Zhang Xiangdong said, and then said apologetically: "Mr. Tan, I'm sorry for you."
"What's wrong with this? I hope you develop well. By the way, how do you plan to arrange the employees? Use the original ones or find new ones?" Lao Tan asked a practical question.
"The original, the original, it's still the same team, not a single one is moving." Zhang Xiangdong said hurriedly.
"That's good, I'm relieved. Wait for the details to be discussed with Mr. Zhou, then find an accountant, and check the accounts with Sister Xu. Family is a family and wealth is wealth. Money should be dealt with clearly and there should be no carelessness.
Chairman, you don’t need to say anything, she agrees to you working alone.”
"Thank you, Chairman."
"If you call me if you have something to do next, if you don't come to me directly, you're welcome."