Chapter 533: Guanxi households
If we continue to list the disadvantages of "people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong", then it is probably the turn of the related households with various purposes to pounce on them.
The business of "Tan Palace" is so prosperous, and the generous treatment far exceeds the standards of its peers, which will naturally attract the coveted eyes of all parties.
I don’t know how many smart people have come up with the idea of going here.
Someone comes to advertise.
Someone wants to ask for sponsorship.
Someone wants to sell products here.
Someone wants to find work for relatives and friends.
Someone wants to use the reputation and background of "Tan Palace" as loan guarantee.
Some people even want to hang themselves under the name of "Tan Palace" and pull the banner to take advantage of the tiger's skin...
If you add in the need to mediate with these important departments such as industry and commerce, taxation, health, public security, electricity, water supply, gas, supply, and road administration, maintain emotional ties, and maintain unity.
Ning Weimin's daily work can really be said to have become a big drama in which raw, dan, clean, moth and ugly are all competing to appear on stage.
Every day he has to choose to face all kinds of people with different attitudes.
The one who shakes hands, the one who bows, the one who bows, the one who talks sweetly, the one who is full of pride, the one who kidnaps morals, the one who plots, the one who is respectful, the one who talks sweetly but has a sword, the one who is rude and arrogant...
And then there are those Use different words and actions to deal with it.
Choosing, weighing, compromising, playing dumb, and exchanging, he has almost become an actor who knows precise calculations...
In this case, you can feel dizzy even if you don't drink.
Ning Weimin has truly experienced how difficult it is to work in the catering industry.
Although the threshold for this industry is low, he found that it is not easy to run a good business.
Not only technology, products, management, finance, and marketing must be understood, but even mastered.
Moreover, this industry involves all directions and involves various and relatively complex social relationships.
Which party fails to do its job well or is stuck can’t stand it.
If one link is lost, the restaurant's business can be shut down.
If nothing else, can you stand an unannounced power outage?
No matter how prosperous your business is, the road administration digs a big ditch for you at your door to lay pipelines? What should you do?
The quality of the ingredient suppliers is unstable. Will your dishes be delicious?
Food safety is a top priority. If you feed a few customers and end up in the hospital, you're just waiting to close down.
You really can’t be careless about everything, you need to be cautious.
Ning Weimin is very glad that he got involved in this industry during the period of state-owned monopoly.
He is even more fortunate that he did not go it alone and joined forces with two partners with backgrounds and resources to wade through the troubled waters.
Because of this, he has the ability to overcome most difficulties and has sufficient resources as capital for making mistakes.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to successfully put the restaurant business on the right track and achieve such astonishingly good results without having relevant business experience.
If you think about it carefully, the biggest benefit he got from it was not money or power.
On the contrary, I personally participated in it, always with trepidation, and gained practical experience through cautious exploration.
You must know that no industry like the catering industry tests a person's coordination ability for temporary changes.
Doing this business definitely tempers one's temperament, tests one's wisdom, and exercises one's communication skills.
With this bowl of wine at the bottom, he will be able to do whatever business he does in the future with ease.
To put it bluntly, as long as he can enjoy himself in this restaurant.
Getting involved in other industries is like an acrobat riding a bicycle on the road, it is easy to avoid falling.
But he also has to admit that after all, nothing is absolute.
Even though he already prides himself on being a master of tightrope walking and balancing.
But sometimes there is nothing he can do when faced with the greed that is deeply rooted in human nature. There are always times when he cannot cope with it and cannot control it.
Who makes it possible that there are always some people in this world who only consider issues from a self-interested perspective?
Especially because they take themselves too seriously, like to force others to make things difficult, and do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, then fundamental conflicts are inevitable...
On December 1, 1983, I just experienced a ten-day rush to buy cotton cloth and cotton wool in Beijing. It was the afternoon when the Ministry of Commerce in the capital announced that cloth tickets were officially cancelled, and all kinds of fabrics and clothing were put on sale.
Ning Weimin, who was in the back kitchen of "Tan Palace" and discussing with Master Chang Jing who was about to leave "Tan Palace" who would be in charge of cooking the stove in the future, was called to the office by Zhang Shihui to answer the phone.
To be honest, he was a little confused as soon as he received the call.
"Manager Ning? Do you know who I am?"
A joking voice came from the microphone.
This tone and wording indicate that he should be an acquaintance who knows him.
But he couldn't tell the difference.
Frowning, he could only ask in a normal tone.
"Yes, I am Ning Weimin, who are you?"
"I haven't contacted you for a long time. Have you forgotten your old friend? Otherwise, noble people forget more. What's going on, hey, buddy, you really hurt my heart, how about I give you a hint..."
Ning Weimin, who was busy with business, hated such self-conscious teasing.
And he was thinking about the serious things in the kitchen and didn't want to waste time and energy guessing.
His brows were completely furrowed, and he decisively stopped the other party from continuing to be so unsatisfactory and poor.
"I'm sorry, there's interference from my phone. I really can't hear it. Who are you?"
The word "you" widens the distance.
This cold tone immediately silenced the other person on the phone.
After a while, there was another response, and this time it was someone else.
"Weimin, can you hear me? I am Jiang Hao..."
Such a normal conversation is what Ning Weimin is happy to hear, and his tone is also The synchronization eased, but it did come as a bit of a surprise.
"Ah, Section Chief Jiang, hello..."
"Haha, I'm no longer the section chief. I've been officially promoted. Now I'm the deputy department..."
"Oh, what a good thing! Congratulations!"
"Join us. You're not bad either. I've seen you on TV several times recently. You're a rising star in court cuisine, and you even shocked the French..."
"I'm ashamed, what's the matter? "Just tell me directly?"
Ning Weimin's attitude made Jiang Hao clearly aware of his intentions.
"Okay, you're quite busy, so let me tell you straight up. Are you free tonight? Me, Lao Wu, and Li Zhong are all together. We hope to meet you tonight and have a meal together. Let’s have a meal...”
“Oh, was it Li Zhongxian who called just now?”
Ning Weimin also woke up, pondered for a moment, and agreed generously.
"Well, it's true that we haven't seen each other for a long time. Then if you are willing, come to the 'Tan Palace' to find me. In this way, I will leave you a private room..."
Ning Weimin was on the phone, flipping through a document on his desk, and answered casually without taking it seriously.
At this time, he didn't realize anything was wrong.
In his opinion, it was just that these people knew that he was working in a restaurant while they were doing nothing.
So I was interested in eating big money and came to him to get some benefits.
Although I can only be a casual acquaintance with these people, a plastic friendship.
You can hang out in society, and you may not be sure who needs whom.
A few of them are still somewhat capable masters. Jiang Hao has just been promoted.
It is also appropriate to send a banquet, but this is nothing to him.
He even planned to give each of these people a favor of two hundred consumer coupons.
But in the end, he completely misunderstood the purpose of these people.
They really go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything, and they have a huge appetite.
(End of this chapter)