Chapter 202 (1/2)

Chapter 202: Rainbow Beef Brisket

“Director Wu, what’s the matter?” Yuan Zhou turned around and asked mildly.

“The staff of the street administration office has been talking all about you recently. Why do you have such good craftsmanship?” Director Wu said with courtesy. She was holding a file in one hand and a pen in the other.

“Thanks for your compliments,” Yuan Zhou answered politely.

“You’re welcome, you are welcome. Boss Yuan is always so courteous,” Director Wu waved the hand.

“So why are you looking for me today?” Yuan Zhou didn’t like small talk and hence asked straightforwardly.

“It’s the time to pay for the street sanitation fee. Boss Yuan, so…?” Director Wu presented the portfolio to Yuan Zhou and asked him with a smile.

“Oh, I almost forgot. Thanks for your reminder, Director Wu” Yuan Zhou patted on his forehead and suddenly recalled this matter.

Every month, the street administration office charged the stores a sum of sanitation fee. If not so, who would clean the trash outside in the street?

“Is it still 50 RMB this month?” Yuan Zhou took out 50 RMB from the pocket inside the sleeve of the Chinese Han clothing and prepared to hand it to him.

“It increased a little bit to 60 RMB at the beginning of the month,” Director Wu said politely.

“Ok. Thank you, Director Wu. The area outside my restaurant has been very clean recently,” Yuan Zhou took out an extra 10 RMB and said in quite an earnest manner.

“Well, yes, yes. The cleaner works well,” Director Wu got surprised first and then echoed unnaturally.

“Thank you,” Yuan Zhou nodded and thanked her.

“You are welcome. You are welcome. It’s our responsibility. Boss Yuan, I’m leaving to visit other stores for the sanitation fee,” Director Wu took the money and prepared to leave with an embarrassed smile.

“Did I make her embarrassed?” Yuan Zhou was a little puzzled. Was it because he complimented her too much?

However, Yuan Zhou indeed felt the street was quite clean. Every morning when he opened the door, it was always very clean, without even a single leaf.

Just as he was prepared to go inside, Yuan Zhou was attracted by his neighbor Boss Tong’s words and then stayed there.

“Why is it increasing again? It has increased for quite a few times this year. What’s the situation?” Boss Tong’s voice contained great dissatisfaction.

“Boss Tong, you should know that inflation is severe now. Even the labor cost has likewise increased,” Director Wu explained with a smiling expression.

“You have to show me something to prove the price increase. Otherwise, how would I know if it’s true?” Boss Tong still said aggressively.

“Here you are. This is the notification from the street administration office. Everything is mentioned on it,” Director Wu took out an A4 paper and handed it to Boss Tong.

Boss Tong received the paper and carefully looked at it. As a matter of fact, she couldn’t read many characters but still knew the two characters of price increase. When she found that there wasn’t any problem, she handed the paper back to Director Wu. However, Boss Tong still had no intention to pay her the money immediately while standing at the door.

“Ok, I will pay. But could you guys please clean the street better? Every morning I have to sweep the ground again,” Boss Tong said discontentedly.

“Don’t worry. I will report your complaints to those who are in charge of this work.” Director Wu was rather earnest when she talked about the work.

“Just reporting? I have made quite a few complaints,” it seemed that Boss Tong intended to demand a settlement today.

“Yes, it’s true. Director Wu, you must rectify and improve this matter. It’s also dirty outside around my store.” A female proprietress of a small restaurant, located several stores away from Boss Tong’s store, also gathered there to complain.

“Hi, Boss Shen. Please read this notification,” Director Wu first handed the notification of increasing the prices to her with a smile.

“Oh, my god. Did the fee increase again? With such a small business and low profit, the fees are nevertheless so high,” with a fashionably curly and brown hair, Boss Shen started to scream while pinching the notification in her hand.

“The sanitation fee remains the same everywhere,” Director Wu said, revealing a manner of “Business is business”.

“I have the same idea with Boss Tong. We can accept the price increase but you must solve the problem of the bad sanitation,” Boss Shen said firmly.