Chapter 2271
The Undermining Operation
What Yi Zhonghai wants is to ensure his retirement.
Everything related to his retirement is a matter of utmost importance.
The family's theory would help his retirement planning, so he naturally wouldn't object.
And so the store name and its story were decided.
Over the next few days, they went looking for shops and rented them at a high price.
Yi Zhonghai also reported the matter of the store name to Jin Qihao.
Jin Qihao thought the store name was alright, so he didn't object.
While others were busy opening fried chicken shops, Yan Bugui also began his poaching operations.
Ran Qiuye's family now lives in the Happiness Home area.
Although he knew the location, Yan Bugui wouldn't be foolish enough to go directly there.
He's poaching people.
If he were to brazenly show up at their door, and He Daqing found out, he'd probably beat the crap out of him.
Yan Bugui waited outside the Xingfu Jiayuan residential area, hoping to run into Ran Qiuye.
Unfortunately, Ran Qiuye now always drives when she goes out, and he waited for several days but no one came.
Left with no other option, Yan Bugui had to ask someone he knew, Ran Qiuye, for help.
"Teacher Zhang."
"Hey, Teacher Yan, what are you doing here?" Teacher Zhang recognized Yan Bugui at a glance.
There's no way to forget such a stingy colleague as Yan Bugui.
Teacher Zhang is also a teacher at Hongxing Elementary School. She joined the school a year earlier than Ran Qiuye.
Teacher Zhang and Yan Bugui's desks face each other, and the two have a decent relationship.
Yan Bugui knew that Teacher Zhang and Ran Qiuye had a pretty good relationship.
"Teacher Zhang, you're about to retire, aren't you?"
"I'll be retiring in five years," Teacher Zhang said.
Yan Bugui exchanged a few meaningless words before shifting the topic to Ran Qiuye.
Are you still in contact with Teacher Ran?
Teacher Zhang looked at Yan Bugui with a puzzled expression: "Why are you asking this?"
Yan Bugui explained, "I have a problem and I want to ask her for help. Could you help me contact her?"
Teacher Zhang casually said, "She lives in Xingfu Jiayuan Community. You can just go find her directly."
Yan Bugui sighed, "This is something I'm embarrassed to talk about. Please help me."
Teacher Zhang hasn't seen Yan Bugui since he retired.
Of course, this was Yan Bugui's deliberate act.
Yan Bugui was a man who avoided contact with relatives, let alone colleagues, to prevent them from getting entangled with him.
When Teacher Zhang saw that Yan Bugui, whom he hadn't seen for many years, was coming to visit, he couldn't refuse, so he called Ran Qiuye.
Ran Qiuye was with Lin Jinghan at the time, so she told Lin Jinghan about it.
Lin Jinghan said in confusion, "That's not right. Weren't they just thinking about opening a restaurant? Why are they suddenly looking for you?"
Ran Qiuye shook her head: "Teacher Zhang didn't mention it on the phone."
Lin Jinghan said, "I have a feeling he's not here for anything good."
"Maybe I should just not see him."
Lin Jinghan thought for a moment and said, "No need. You go and see him. And see what he's up to this time."
Ran Qiuye then drove to Yan Jiecheng's restaurant.
Fertilizer does not flow into outsiders' fields.
Yan Jiecheng is now filial, and since Yan Bugui has benefited, he naturally has to take care of his son as well.
Yan Bugui was dumbfounded when he saw Ran Qiuye get out of the car.
He had seen this car several times at the entrance of Xingfu Jiayuan, but he never expected that it was driven by Ran Qiuye.
Is this your car?
“Yes.” Ran Qiuye locked the car door and replied.
Yan Bugui said, "No, what I mean is, did you buy this car?"
Ran Qiuye said, "Is this the car I bought? Teacher Yan, it's not illegal for me to buy a car, is it?"
"It's not illegal. How much does this car cost? It looks pretty nice," Yan Bugui asked tentatively.
"It's not much money, maybe a little over 600,000." Ran Qiuye still needed to think about it.
The car was arranged by He Yuzhu, but she didn't really know the exact price.
"More than 600,000!" Yan Bugui exclaimed in surprise.
This price is far too high.
"What's wrong with over 600,000?" Ran Qiuye looked at him, puzzled. Yan Bugui felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
That's over 600,000!
If Duan Zicong and his wife earn too much money, would he still be able to successfully poach their girlfriends?
"Where did you get the money?"
Ran Qiuye looked around and asked, "You want to drag me into discussing this on the street?"
Yan Bugui snapped out of his daze and quickly invited Ran Qiuye into the restaurant.
This was Ran Qiuye's first time visiting Yan Jiecheng's restaurant.
My first impression of the restaurant was that it was stingy. It exuded a petty, miserly atmosphere.
She thought it might be due to her perception of Yan Bugui, and didn't take it to heart.
This isn't caused by perception; it's simply a fact.
As the eldest son of the Yan family, Yan Jiecheng inherited Yan Bugui's stingy nature.
Even running a restaurant didn't change him.
So his restaurant opened the earliest, but business wasn't very good.
It's not that there's no way to avoid it; people from the neighborhood simply don't come to his restaurant to eat.
No sooner had they sat down than Yan Bugui impatiently inquired about the source of the money.
We certainly can't tell Yan Bugui where the money came from.
Ran Qiuye said, "This includes our salaries as a couple, as well as money we got from my parents."
As you know, my dad is a good calligrapher, and many people ask for his calligraphy.
Yan Bugui knew this, and felt a pang of jealousy.
He thought his calligraphy was pretty good, but no one asked him for it.
Now only Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong ask him to write couplets.
However, this also relieved Yan Bugui.
As long as Duan Zicong doesn't earn that much money, he still has the opportunity to poach talent.
"Your parents bought you such an expensive car, doesn't your sister-in-law have any objections?"
Ran Qiuye frowned: "Teacher Yan, you didn't call me here to talk about this, did you?"
If that's what you're talking about, then forget it.
I have other things to do.
Her behavior, in Yan Bugui's eyes, proved that his earlier guess was correct.
Ran Qiuye's sister-in-law must have a lot of opinions.
Yan Bugui was then full of confidence.
"Don't rush, I'm just chatting. Zi Cong works as the head chef at Sha Zhu's restaurant, how much does he earn?"
Ran Qiuye wanted to see what Yan Bugui's purpose was, so she patiently chatted with him.
"Not much, maybe five thousand."
What she didn't tell Yan Bugui was that Duan Zicong received a share of the profits from the restaurant.
Not only restaurants, but other businesses also receive dividends.
When Yan Bugui heard that it was only such a small amount, he became even more confident in poaching the employees.
"How can it be so little? Zi Cong is Sha Zhu's apprentice. He's too stingy."
Ran Qiuye said, "Zicong is just a cook, five thousand yuan is already a lot."
Are you going to tell me or not? If not, I'm leaving.
Yan Bugui quickly stopped Ran Qiuye: "Don't worry. I'm here this time because it's related to Zicong."
Let me tell you the truth.
We're opening a restaurant at Chaoyang Hotel and we need to hire a head chef.
Then I thought of Zicong.
Ran Qiuye immediately understood and refused, "No need. Zicong is doing very well at Chaoyang Hotel."
Yan Bugui smiled and said, "Don't be in such a hurry. You can consider it after I've explained my conditions."
Ran Qiuye asked, "What are the conditions?"
Yan Bugui said proudly, "I can pay Zicong a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan."
Ran Qiuye looked at Yan Bugui with a puzzled expression: "With such high wages, is your restaurant still profitable?"
"Whether he makes money or not is none of your concern. As long as you promise me that you'll give me 30%, I guarantee his salary will be 20,000." Yan Bugui revealed his true purpose.
"Don't think 30% is too high. Without me, Zicong would only be earning 5,000 a month."
With me, his take-home pay is now 14,000. That's doubled! (End of Chapter)