Chapter 523 There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests

Du Shaojie ignored the rise and fall of the share price of Shuxianglou. He couldn't sell the stocks in his hands yet, so he just asked someone to keep an eye on it.

He has recently been reviewing the pros and cons of the "food market" activity, and overall, the pros far outweigh the cons.

"Mr. Yu, can our store continue to carry out this activity in the future?"

"It's not impossible to continue, but the scale must be greatly reduced, otherwise it will affect normal operations."

Yu Jianxin has been very busy recently, traveling all over the country, and only today did he have time to report his work to Du Shaojie.

He thinks the "food market" activity is good, but it is not easy to hold more of them, otherwise it would be putting the cart before the horse and would seriously interfere with the normal operation of the enterprise.

So he made a new suggestion.

"That's the truth. You are responsible for the rest. You have the final say on how to do it."

Du Shaojie did not interfere forcibly. He gave the initiative to Yu Jianxin. After all, the other party was the general manager of the catering company.

The food festival organized by the association has come to an end and has received good social response. This is not only the achievement of Du Shaojie, but also the achievement of all the directors of the association.

Their activity was commended by their superiors, and Luo Santong had a bright smile on his face the whole day.

Of course, this is a one-time event for the association. As for whether other catering companies will persist, that is their own business and the association will not interfere.

Yu Jianxin returned to the company and discussed with the management, and then decided to select a flagship store in each province to continue the "food market".

The market is open every weekend and on holidays with the aim of promoting food culture and providing a window for communication between top chefs and ordinary consumers.

Du Shaojie thinks it’s a good idea to keep the small window so that more customers can get to know his brands in the future.

night.

He called his mother Wang Yuxiu, Xiaomei, and Sun Haitao's family to his home for dinner.

Wang Yuxiu basically lives with Xiaomei now. Xiaomei has long since returned to the provincial bank from the grassroots level. She is now a middle-level cadre and is not as busy as before.

However, Du Shaojie would visit his mother often whenever he had time.

"Brother, you are becoming more and more famous now. It's not easy to eat the food you cook."

It was a rare opportunity to eat dishes cooked by Du Shaojie himself, so Xiaomei couldn't help but make a joke.

Most family gatherings are eaten out, and the most popular place is private restaurants.

"Eating can't stop your mouth. Come, have a piece of pork elbow."

Du Shaojie smiled. He had a lot of worries in the past two years and was often too lazy to move.

In fact, he has many excellent chefs under him and their dishes are not bad. Xiaomei was just joking.

Wang Yuxiu watched the brother and sister bickering with a smile, and suddenly remembered their childhood and started laughing too.

Sun Haitao accompanied Du Shaojie to drink a few cups, and then said: "Brother, I want to get some light meals in the teahouse, do you have any suggestions?"

He opened several teahouses in Yangcheng. Business was pretty good and he lived a comfortable life.

However, the business items of the teahouse were a bit monotonous, and according to the requirements of customers, he wanted to make light meals. It happened that there was such an expert at home, so he wanted to take this opportunity to ask for advice.

"I don't have any suggestions. I'll find two chefs for you later. You can talk to them. They have experience."

Du Shaojie is not very familiar with this area, but he has many talented people under him, so it is not a problem to transfer two professionals to Sun Haitao.

Some bars or cafes also provide light meals, but they need to slowly figure out how to prepare them to meet the customers' requirements.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you to give me some snacks."

Sun Haitao was quite polite, which made Xiaomei roll her eyes at him.

Du Shaojie didn't say anything more and directly called Chu Linlin, the manager of Peixin Center, and asked her to handle the matter.

After dinner, the family sat together drinking tea and chatting. It was after 9 o'clock in the evening before Du Shaojie sent someone to take them back.

Now his two younger sisters were living well, his mother was in good health, and there was nothing to worry about at home. However, his mother, Wang Yuxiu, was very dissatisfied with Qi Yan, and he did a lot of work in between, but it seemed to have no effect.

The reason is that he and Qi Yan have been separated for a long time and are busy with their own careers.

This is a problem that has no solution for the time being. Fortunately, Qi Yan brings her daughter to Yangcheng to play for a few days from time to time. Whenever Wang Yuxiu sees her granddaughter, her mood brightens.

At least he wouldn't show any displeasure to Qi Yan on the surface.

Years ago.

Qi Yan brought her daughter back to Yangcheng. Xiaoya and Shen Rui's family also came to play for a few days. The family spent the New Year happily together and did not go their separate ways until the fifth day of the New Year.

Xiaoya's family returned to Shanghai, while Xiaomei's family and Wang Yuxiu went on an island trip.

Du Shaojie simply took Qi Yan and his daughter to Europe and did not return home until the end of the winter vacation.

After coming back, he stayed in Hong Kong.

A year later, Shuxianglou announced a restructuring agreement, and An Quan transferred 70% of his shares to Li Zekai and others at a price of HK$12 per share.

Li Zekai completed the deal with a pinch of his nose, but his relationship with An Quan was almost broken, and they were destined to go their separate ways in the future. At this time, the share price of [Shuxianglou] had risen to more than 30 Hong Kong dollars, and the stock trading restrictions on Du Shaojie and others had just been lifted, so he and his concerted action people began to sell their shares and leave.

For Li Zekai and others, this is a critical period of company restructuring, so they have to take action to maintain the stock price stability.

Although they were very angry, they could only watch Du Shaojie and others leave with their profits and there was nothing they could do.

Du Shaojie and An Quan cooperated well and each got what they wanted.

"Boss Du, cheers to our smooth exit!"

An Quan specially invited Du Shaojie to dinner afterwards. The two were not friends and their competitive relationship still existed, but it did not hinder their good cooperation on this matter.

If Du Shaojie had not disrupted the market, An Quan would have been able to cash out at a high price.

An Quan controlled the restructuring process, and Du Shaojie sold the stocks effortlessly.

It can be said that from now on, Li Zekai hated both of them. Du Shaojie didn't care. He had never provoked Li Kaize before, but the other party always targeted him.

As for Yin Qiang, they had already become enemies, and he was happy to do anything that could cause trouble for the other party.

"Mr. An, it's a pleasure to work with you."

Du Shaojie and An Quan drank a few glasses of wine, and then stopped talking about business and only talked about love and romance.

They had a very pleasant meal, but after leaving the restaurant, they went their separate ways.

There will be competition between the two in the future, but that is another matter. Anquan was almost cheated by Li Zekai and others this time, and it is estimated that it will never think about going public again.

"Boss Du, we made a lot of money this time, at least this much."

Two days later, [Dingxin International] held a celebration banquet.

Winnie drank a lot of wine and quietly told Du Shaojie that the company had made at least 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars this time. They made money, while Li Zekai and his team lost money.

Du Shaojie and the other party smiled at each other and clinked glasses again.

The next day.

Du Shaojie got up a little late because he drank too much last night. Although he was not drunk, he was still a little drunk.

After a good sleep, he completely recovered.

Luo Qin asked the nanny to cook a pot of porridge, and Wang Yongli went out to buy some buns and side dishes. After breakfast, Du Shaojie became lively again.

"Boss Du, this is Manager Feng calling."

He doesn't want to go out today and plans to rest at home.

He then sat in the study reading a book. Once he got into it, he forgot about the time until Li Yimei walked in.

The call was from Feng Bin, who sounded anxious: "Boss, I've encountered something strange here."

Feng Bin is the manager of the Hong Kong company, and his position is the same as that of the regional manager in the mainland. He has done a good job here over the years and has never been confused. I don't know what happened today.

"Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

Du Shaojie comforted the other party, and Feng Bin continued to explain the situation.

The company has opened many stores in Hong Kong, and most of its sub-brands have also taken root here. Some of these stores are bought, while others are rented.

Early this morning, Feng Bin came to the office as usual.

Then he received calls from landlords one after another, and the responses from all of them were very consistent: the rent would increase by 100% starting next month.

"The landlord said if we didn't agree to the rent increase, they would take back the storefront."

“How was the rental contract signed in the past?”

"The contract states that the rent is adjusted once a year. There's nothing we can do about it. It's almost an industry practice. But the problem is that the rent has doubled all of a sudden. Who can afford that?"

There were no loopholes in the house rental contract itself. It was signed for three years at the beginning, and then it was signed for one year.

Of course, it is not time to adjust the rent yet, but it will only be a few months at most, so there is no point in worrying about it. The current situation is that the landlord wants to evict us, but he just hasn't said it out loud.

"Haha, I understand. I'll take care of this matter, you go ahead and do your own thing."

Du Shaojie immediately knew what was going on. Needless to say, apart from the second son of the Li family, no one else had such a great influence in Hong Kong.

In fact, the landlord's taking back the storefront now certainly constitutes a breach of contract, but the penalty for liquidated damages and the losses he has suffered are completely on a different level.

He then hung up the phone, changed his clothes and went to Dingxin International.

The company has a dedicated legal department and has hired well-known lawyers to serve as the company's legal advisors. It would definitely be right to ask them about things like this.

When the barrister who served as legal advisor hurried over, Du Shaojie called a meeting with them.

At the meeting, he first explained the situation and then asked these legal elites what countermeasures they had.

"Mr. Du, if the landlord is determined to breach the contract, we can file a lawsuit. However, it is almost impossible to win a lawsuit like this. Even if we win, what can we do? The lease of the storefront will expire soon. If the other party is determined not to renew the contract, we really have no choice."

(End of this chapter)