Chapter 136 (1/2)

Chapter 136: Buying the Stores

A person who is not envied is a mediocre man.

A person who is not remembered is an ordinary man.

Yuan Zhou was neither a mediocre man nor an ordinary man. He was just a moneygrubber.

“Xiao Guang, you go investigate the background of that Yuan Zhou’s restaurant,” with a neatly combed hair and a conspicuous pair of jet-black eyebrows, a good-looking man dressed in a showy white suit said while holding the phone.

“What’s the matter?” From the other end of the phone passed a languorous voice. Anyone listening would be able to tell he was not fully awake.

“Xiao Guang, why are you still sleeping?” The man frowned and wasn’t pleased.

“Xie Xuesi, I’m always sleeping at this time of the day.”

The man called Xiao Guang likewise didn’t have a good temper, hence directly shouted back.

“Wang Fengguang, if you continue playing like this, you’ll definitely see the end of your life sooner or later,” Xie Xuesi stood up and said affirmatively while looking at the flow of traffic outside the window.

“Enough, it’s none of your business. What’s the matter?”

Wang Fengguang finally got out of the quilt and walked around in the room barefooted while wearing nightclothes.

“Help me investigate the background of the Yuan Zhou’s restaurant at the Taoxi Street,” Xie Xuesi no longer asked about Wang Fengguang and directly brought out his purpose.

“Ok, I will give you the information one hour later,” then from the other end of the phone came a busy signal. With a frown, Xie Xuesi looked at the phone in his hand.

He sat back on his seat and lightly knocked on the solid wood tabletop with his fingers, emitting a sound of “Du Du Du”. Unfolding on the table was the business report of this month.

The decrease of the turnover was not a lot, but neither was it very little as well. Therefore Xie Xuesi summoned the general manager to enquire. It was by then that he got to know the cause of the event.

Yeah, that’s right. Xie Xuesi was the boss of World Foodie Hotel, which was only one of the restaurants owned by his father. He was still undergoing training for experience now, but even so, it was unacceptable to him that the turnover fell as soon as he took charge of the business.

“Yuan Zhou,” while reading the scheme on the business plan, Xie Xuesi murmured in a low voice.

There were two proposals made by the managerial team of the restaurant, one was acquisition and the other was to recruit talented people.

Xie Xuesi was responsible for considering which proposal to take while Wang Fengguang helped him to investigate the preferred candidates. Anyhow, such superb culinary skills were definitely passed down from a master. From the master to his students, it would for sure be easier to pull the strings.

Good fortune never comes in pairs while misfortune always comes alone. Yuan Zhou finally experienced such a feeling in person today.

In the last few minutes of the lunch time, there were only a few customers apart from several regular customers.

“I heard Boss Yuan sends flowers to those who eat here recently. Is it true?” Wu Hai teased while smiling.

“Yes, but none of your business,” Yuan Zhou nodded and then added.

“Ha Ha, bad luck, Brother Wu. I have already gotten one,” Man Man revealed a proud expression.

“Boss Yuan, what exactly do you mean? Why is it none of my business?” Just as Wu Hai finished uttering the words, a phone suddenly rang, emitting a very ancient sound of “Ling Ling Ling”.

“Sorry, my call,” Yuan Zhou apologized and immediately hung it off without answering.

“It’s alright, go ahead and pick it up.” The few regular customers made it known that they didn’t mind.

“Never mind. There are only five minutes left. I will call back later,” Yuan Zhou said carelessly.

“Err….” the several customers immediately choked up.

Instantly, they habitually disregarded Yuan Zhou and talked among themselves.

Yuan Zhou called the phone number back when all the customers left five minutes later.

“Hello, Boss Yuan. I’m sorry, but I want my store back. So…?” Once the phone was connected, Yuan Zhou received bad news from the person on the other side of the phone, whose store was the one that the system was currently decorating and that Yuan Zhou had intended to use as the place for the business at night.