Chapter two hundred and seventy-first set foot in the field of hot pot
Haidilao became popular in the past life and became the number one Chinese food brand. It actually relies on its "perverted" service.
Haidilao's service is talked about by all customers because there are many diners and they often have to queue up. The restaurant provides free manicures, shoes, hand guards, free drinks, snacks and fruits to the waiting customers.
In addition, the waiters come from all over the world and can find fellow villagers to serve them, with a very enthusiastic attitude.
Even in the bathroom, there will be dedicated personnel to serve, including boiling faucets, squeezing hand sanitizer, handing hand paper, etc.
In my previous life, a netizen joked that their Haidilao service would be almost like you to help the harmonious thing when you go to the toilet!
For example, when single dogs go to eat hot pot, the waiter will also put a doll on the opposite side, so that the single dogs will not look so lonely, and will prepare some birthday gifts on their birthdays, etc.
He even brought the children to the guests, which was so considerate.
Where have consumers ever enjoyed such God-like treatment in other hot pot restaurants?
So, Haidilao gradually gained a reputation and opened up the market.
Haidilao now has more than 10,000 employees, and its turnover last year was nearly 2.2 billion yuan. The founder, Mr. Zhang and his wife, also had a net worth of more than 2 billion yuan, and they are qualified to be on the Hurun Rich List.
At this time, Haidilao's development is getting faster and faster. According to the development trajectory of his previous life, by 2018, Haidilao will be listed, and the wealth of Zhang and his wife will exceed 100 billion yuan, becoming a famous super rich man in China.
In a few years, the growth rate of this wealth has exceeded 2 billion to 100 billion.
While Haidilao is still small, Liu Xiahui became interested in acquiring and called Mr. Zhang himself.
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Mr. Zhang had just established the Haidilao Party Branch and unexpectedly received a call from the richest man Liu.
Both parties have met and exchanged contact information.
After all, there is no need to say much about the Liu Group. Although Haidilao is far from comparable to the Liu Group, it is one of the best big players in the hot pot field. It is normal for both sides to have intersections.
"Hello, Mr. Liu!" As soon as the phone was answered, Mr. Zhang hurriedly asked.
Liu Xiahui smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, it has been more than a year since he left last time. Why don't you find some time to get together?"
When Mr. Zhang heard this, he knew that the other party had something to look for him, so he responded readily: "Yes, then Mr. Liu, you arrange it, I'll be there anytime you call!"
Liu Xiahui said: "Okay, it's better to choose a date than to meet the date. If Mr. Zhang's time is convenient, then how about we make an appointment tomorrow?"
Mr. Zhang joked: "Yes, Mr. Liu summoned me, I'm free at any time!"
Liu Xiahui laughed and said, "Then please let Mr. Zhang go to Guizhou Province. Tomorrow night, I will hold a banquet at the [World's No. 1 Chinese Restaurant] in Liu's Building to welcome you to Mr. Zhang!"
"That's a great honor. I'll arrange the work I have first. See you tomorrow night!"
"Okay, see you tomorrow night!"
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After hanging up the phone, Mr. Zhang began to think about Liu Xiahui's purpose of finding him. After thinking for a long time, he still didn't understand it. He called his wife and called him to come over to help him think about it.
His wife, Ms. Shu, is a good wife who started her business with him. Since she started her business in 1994, she has been tempered for 17 or 8 years. No matter how vision or knowledge is, she is not comparable to ordinary people.
"Wife, what do you think Mr. Liu is going to meet me?" Mr. Zhang asked with a frown.
Ms. Shu thought for a while and said, "At the beginning of the year, the Xiaofei Sheep Hotpot Chain was acquired by Yum Group, and Liu's Group and Yum Group have always been competitors. Mr. Liu asked you to meet this time. Could it be that he wanted to acquire our Haidilao to fight with Yum Group?"
Mr. Zhang thought for a while, nodded and said, "You are right about your wife. This is very likely. Otherwise, Mr. Liu and I had only met once and had no friendship. He would not have invited me to dinner for no reason!"
Ms. Shu asked, "Husband, what should we do if Mr. Liu really wants to acquire our Haidilao?"
Mr. Zhang pondered for a moment and said, "I invested 8,000 yuan back then. It took me eighteen years to develop from four tables to this point today. It can be said that this hot pot restaurant has poured all the efforts of our husband and wife. If you really want to be acquired, I am quite unwilling to be honest!"
Ms. Shu nodded and said, "Yes, it's been eighteen years in the blink of an eye. Haidilao is like our children. It was pulled by you and me one by one. If someone acquires it and becomes someone else's child, I really can't bear to leave it!"
Mr. Zhang said: "Now we are just guessing. We have to wait until we meet with Mr. Liu to discuss it in detail. We may not be coming to acquire our Haidilao!"
Ms. Shu nodded and said, "That's right, but you have to be mentally prepared. If our guess is true, you still need a constitution to deal with it!"
Mr. Zhang frowned slightly and said, "This is a troublesome thing. If Mr. Liu really wants to acquire our Haidilao, it proves that the next development of Lao Liu Catering is to target the hot pot chain. Once I refuse to acquire it, Lao Liu Catering may acquire other hot pot chains. At that time, we will usher in an extremely powerful opponent. I am afraid that the future will not be easy!"
Ms. Shu said: "My husband is right. Compared with others, Haidilao has a big gap. It is not the same level at all. With Laoliu Catering's terrifying reputation and customer base, once we enter the hot pot chain, Haidilao will definitely be the first to bear the brunt!"
Mr. Zhang took a deep breath and said, "It depends on how Mr. Liu talks about it specifically. Maybe we guessed it wrong. Mr. Liu's purpose is not to acquire our Haidilao, but to have other projects that want to cooperate with us!"
Ms. Shu nodded and said, "That's right, isn't Liu's group focusing on WeChat recently? Maybe it's trying to reach a cooperative relationship with our Haidilao in terms of WeChat payment!"
The couple said this, but they actually understood in their hearts that Mr. Liu was probably coming to acquire them.
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The next morning, Mr. Zhang took a plane to the provincial capital of Guizhou Province.
The reason why he arrived early was that in addition to going to the appointment, Mr. Zhang also wanted to take the opportunity to inspect the market in Guizhou's provincial capital, because their Haidilao hotpot has not yet developed here. It was not until 2017 that Haidilao opened its first store in Guizhou's provincial capital.
At noon, Mr. Zhang ordered the most popular white-cut pork-feet set meal at Lao Liu fast food in a low-key manner. The taste made him nod. No wonder this Lao Liu fast food made Lao Ken and Lao Mai dry. The taste of this fast food is indeed a unique one.
After lunch, Mr. Zhang booked a taxi and asked the driver to take him to visit the entire provincial capital.
Although he just took a quick look, Mr. Zhang had a preliminary understanding of the city of Yongning.
In general, it is much better than expected. Construction is being carried out everywhere. The first phase of Vientiane City project has been successfully completed and is about to open. Metro Line 1 is also under construction.
What's more, Yongning and the tallest building in the world, the Liu Family Building, the giant Liu Family Group, is located in Yongning. It can be said that the development potential is still very great.
After all, Yongning is a provincial capital and its area is quite large. After Mr. Zhang wandered around, it basically took an afternoon to pass.
Seeing that the agreed time was almost over, Mr. Zhang gave an order and asked the taxi driver to take him to the Liu Mansion.
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Liu Xiahui owns tens of thousands of restaurants, but the only ones that are truly high-end are the two world-class restaurants, [World's No. 1 Chinese Restaurant] and [World's No. 1 Western Restaurant] in Liu's Building.
Because Liu Xiahui personally prefers Chinese restaurants, when he needs to entertain guests, he will most likely choose to do it in [the world's number one Chinese restaurant].
It is also because of the importance of the big boss Liu Xiahui. Now [the world's number one Chinese restaurant] can be said to have gathered many master chefs in China. So many chefs gathered together, and any five-star restaurant in which they can make the hotel's reputation full of reputation.
The food quality of [World's No. 1 Chinese Restaurant] is originally a few streets higher than that of other five-star restaurants. In addition, with chefs gathering, the world's highest restaurant is really the same as its name. It is the well-deserved No. 1 Chinese Restaurant in the world.
Today, the boss is here to treat him, so the chefs in the restaurant naturally attach great importance to it. They all took out their skills and made the dishes one by one, both of which were full of color, fragrance and taste.
Without affecting the taste, the dish is made extremely high and makes people unable to bear to touch the chopsticks when they see it.
Mr. Zhang couldn't help but praise: "Mr. Liu, your restaurant is really amazing. It has invincible landscape, luxurious and tasteful decoration, and a world-class chef. Sitting here to dine, it is really a great enjoyment in life!"
Liu Xiahui laughed and said, "Making money is originally for better enjoyment, especially when it comes to eating, don't treat yourself badly. Mr. Zhang, try this 24 Bridges Moon Night!"
Mr. Zhang looked at the twenty-four balls and said in admiration: "Who is so powerful that he really copied the specialty of the Huang Female Hero of Taohua Island?"
Liu Xiahui asked with some surprise: "I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to watch martial arts too?"
Mr. Zhang nodded and said, "Many people in our era. Mr. Jin's martial arts are so classic, especially The Legend of the Condor Heroes is one of my favorites. I can't remember Huang's specialty dishes, but like this Twenty-Four Bridge Moon Night, as well as Good Soup, Beggar Chicken, and Yu Di who still remembers the names of these dishes! "
Liu Xiahui smiled and said, "When I first saw The Legend of the Condor Heroes, I was so tempted by Huang Rong's specialty dishes that I was drooling out. I thought it would be great if I could eat such delicious food one day.
Later, I started to make catering, especially after opening this restaurant, I asked the chefs to try to study to see if they could copy the famous dishes perfectly.
After more than two years of research, most of the dishes were perfectly copied, basically reaching the taste described in the book. This Twenty-Four Bridge Moon Night is one of them.
Okay, let’s talk about it, let’s talk about it, Mr. Zhang, how does it taste like?”
Mr. Zhang became more interested in hearing this, and immediately, he didn't hesitate to take a small spoon and carefully dug out a fresh tofu ball from the twenty-four round holes of ham, and then he fell in love with it after tasting it.
The tender tofu absorbed the essence of ham, and the seasoning recipes obtained by chefs after many experiments, the taste really surprised Mr. Zhang and sighed: "It is worthy of being a delicacy that even the famous gourmet, Hong Qigong, is so popular with. This taste is really amazing!"
Liu Xiahui laughed and said, "This dish has now become one of the main dishes of this restaurant. All the guests who have eaten it praise it, and it is not in vain that our chef spends so much time researching."
Mr. Zhang said with admiration: "You are still Mr. Liu. You are so good at opening a restaurant. You can actually think of letting the chefs study the dishes that only exist in them. I really can't accept it!"
Liu Xiahui said: "If you want to say it is amazing, you are still Mr. Zhang. You are so powerful. I have heard of the famous name for a long time!"
Mr. Zhang waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Mr. Liu, don't joke. My Haidilao is just a small fight. It's really a far worse than Mr. Liu!"
"Mr. Zhang, you are too modest. Now when you mention the word hot pot, the first thing you think of is your Haidilao!"
Both of them are proficient in business and they are extremely harmonious when they talk.
In the next hour, Liu Xiahui did not mention any business matters. Instead, he served as a landlord and served as a landlord to entertain Mr. Zhang who came from afar and had a good meal. He ate all kinds of delicious dishes so that Mr. Zhang, a restaurant-made boss, praised him and said bluntly that this was the best meal he had ever eaten in his life.
After both sides had enough food and started to serve tea, the two started to talk about the main things!
Mr. Zhang said: "Mr. Liu, I believe you are recruiting me here this time, not just for a meal together, right? If you have something to do, you can say it's okay!"
Seeing that Mr. Zhang took the initiative to mention it, Liu Xiahui didn't mean to hide it anymore. He put down the teacup and said, "Mr. Zhang, I'm not to hide it. This time I meet you and I do have something to talk to you, and I think you have a clear idea of what to talk about, Mr. Zhang!"
Mr. Zhang said calmly: "Mr. Liu is interested in my Haidilao?"
Liu Xiahui nodded and said, "Yes, I really like Mr. Zhang's Haidilao. I don't know if there is any opportunity to work with Mr. Zhang!"
Mr. Zhang asked: "How does Mr. Liu plan to cooperate?"
Liu Xiahui said: "I have three ways of cooperation here. I wonder which method of cooperation, Mr. Zhang?"
Mr. Zhang's eyelids twitched slightly and asked, "I wonder what three ways of cooperation Mr. Liu is talking about?"
Liu Xiahui said: "First, I acquire Haidilao with all assets. Second, I hold shares to acquire Haidilao. Third, I invest to acquire Haidilao with less than 49% of Haidilao shares and become your partner of Mr. Zhang.
Chapter completed!