Chapter 2279
Intrigue and Schemes
After listening to his two sons, Liu Haizhong went to find Yi Zhonghai and asked to have a telephone installed.
Before Yi Zhonghai could speak, Yan Bugui expressed his agreement.
“We really should install a telephone. With a telephone, we can contact Jin Qihao more easily.”
Bang-geng is driving around outside right now, so if we want to find Kim Ki-ho, we can only wait for him to come back.
"That's such a waste of time."
Qin Huai thought about it and agreed: "I also think we should install a telephone."
In a few days, our fried chicken shop will open. Now that we have a phone in the yard, we can keep track of everything happening at the shop.
Yi Zhonghai hadn't originally intended to refuse, and had even considered installing a telephone.
He's a very controlling person. According to his thinking, there shouldn't have been any reform and opening up.
Everyone should just live as they used to.
So many years have passed, and especially with the emergence of the story of spring, Yi Zhonghai knows that he can never go back to the past.
Since he can't go back, Yi Zhonghai will learn to change.
Using Jin Qihao's money to open a restaurant is a change.
But Yi Zhonghai discovered another problem: he was getting old and couldn't keep an eye on things at the restaurant every day.
He needs a way to manage the restaurant without leaving home.
Yi Zhonghai then thought of the telephone. With a telephone at home, he could check on the restaurant's situation anytime.
Yi Zhonghai had been looking for an opportunity to propose installing a telephone.
Since everyone agreed, he stated directly, "Then let's install one. Guangtian, your family has had a telephone installed before."
"You know how to install it; the telephone installation is up to you."
"Don't worry, sir, I'll go tomorrow." Liu Guangtian immediately agreed.
He was the one who suggested installing the phone, so he definitely wanted to make a good impression.
"But sir, installing a telephone now requires connections. Although I know someone who installs telephones, I still have to show my appreciation."
Yi Zhonghai was somewhat reluctant, but he also knew that this was unavoidable.
How much money do you need?
After considering it for a moment, Liu Guangtian put forward his idea.
"I'm thinking of inviting them to the Chaoyang Hotel for a meal to build a good relationship with them."
Qin Huairu looked reluctant: "Take them out to dinner, any small restaurant will do. Why insist on going to Sha Zhu's Chaoyang Restaurant?"
"It's so expensive there."
Yan Bugui glanced at Yan Jiecheng and chimed in, "Yeah, if you ask me, we should just go to Jiecheng's little restaurant."
Yi Zhonghai also thought it was too expensive and didn't want to waste the money.
"Huai Ru and Lao Yan are right. Just find a small restaurant and treat them to a meal."
Liu Guangtian wasn't angry. He slowly said, "I was thinking that if I could build a good relationship with them this time, I could also get the fried chicken shop's phone number."
Since none of you are willing, then forget it. We'll find someone when the fried chicken shop installs a phone number.
Qin Huai reacted quickly and immediately changed her tune: "Guangtian, look at you, why didn't you explain this earlier? Banggeng even told me he was going to install a phone number for the fried chicken shop."
"Perfect, you can take care of it all at once."
With Qin Huairu speaking, the matter was basically settled.
Only Yan Bugui was injured.
He had just reached an agreement with Yan Jiecheng, in which Liu Guangtian would take people to a restaurant for dinner, and Yan Jiecheng would give him a commission.
Unwilling to give up, Yan Bugui suggested, "Let's go to Chaoyang Hotel for a meal these next couple of days."
Sha Zhu's character is questionable, but his cooking skills are passable.
Upon hearing Yan Bugui's suggestion, Jia Zhangshi was the first to express her agreement.
"Let's skip the next couple of days and make it tomorrow. Now that we have money, let Sha Zhu take good care of us."
Yi Zhonghai glared at Yan Bugui with displeasure. His actions were clearly a way of giving money to He Yuzhu.
He simply couldn't bring himself to say no.
Yi Zhonghai himself also wanted to eat the dishes made at Chaoyang Hotel.
For some reason, the food at this restaurant tastes better than what you get at other restaurants, even a simple plate of shredded potatoes.
Since he couldn't refuse, Yi Zhonghai chose to acquiesce. Seeing that Yi Zhonghai didn't object, even more people agreed.
The second and third aunts also expressed their agreement.
With the dinner arrangements settled, there's still a very important issue to resolve.
They opened three fried chicken restaurants, which were scheduled to open around the same time.
Tang Yanling is the general manager of the fried chicken restaurant, overseeing the operations of three fried chicken shops.
However, she was only one person. Each store needed to appoint a store manager.
Yan Jiefang and several others all set their sights on the store manager position.
Everyone's watching the Jia family now, waiting to see how they choose a store manager.
The Jia family had long considered the fried chicken shop as part of their own business.
When has the Jia family ever given away the best part of their meal to someone else?
The Jia family had already divided up the manager positions for the three fried chicken shops.
Tang Yanling manages the fried chicken shop near Wangfujing, Xiao Dang manages the one near Qianmen, and Xiao Huaihua manages the one near Xizhimen.
Forget about the Liu and Yan families.
The Jia family members could see what Yan Jiecheng and the others were thinking, but they all pretended not to understand.
Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang kept giving Yan Bugui meaningful glances, urging him to speak.
They had already reached an agreement.
They would give Yan Bugui a fee as long as he could help them get the store manager position.
Yan Jiecheng had already secured the position of general manager of the restaurant, looked down on the fried chicken shop, and didn't compete with his two younger brothers for it.
In fact, Yan Bugui would speak up even without them giving him a meaningful look.
If you don't speak up, you won't get any benefits.
"Old Yi, there's something else. All three of our fried chicken shops are about to open."
If Yanling is the manager of the Wangfujing branch, then who will be the manager of the remaining two branches?
Those three branches are quite far apart; she can't manage them all by herself.
Upon hearing this, Liu Guangfu also wanted to take the position of store manager: "Uncle, how about I become the store manager of the Xizhimen branch?"
I oversaw the renovation of those shops; I know that area very well.
Liu Guangtian was unhappy and wanted to stand up and refute.
Yan Jiefang was one step ahead of Liu Guangtian: "I can also be the manager of the Xizhimen branch."
Now Liu Guangtian no longer cared about arguing with Liu Guangfu, and turned his attention to Yan Jiefang.
"Yan Jiefang, you've overstepped your bounds. If you want to be the branch manager, you can go to the branch near Qianmen."
Do you know how much effort my brother and I put into our branch in Xizhimen?
The manager of this branch is none other than my brother and me.
Yan Jiefang certainly wanted to become the manager of the Qianmen branch, but the problem was that Yan Bugui was demanding too much kickback from the Qianmen branch.
He was reluctant to give it away, so he let Yan Jiekuang have it.
"You just took the money and hired someone to do the renovations. It's not like you paid for it. What effort did you put in?"
The most important thing for a store manager is to be good at accounting.
When it comes to settling accounts, who can compare to the Yan family?
Liu Guangfu said, "Doing the accounting is the accountant's job. The most important thing for a store manager is to know how to do business."
When it comes to doing business, who can compare to us brothers?
"You're good at business, yet you managed to lose all your family's savings."
"You're good at accounting, but I haven't seen your family get rich."
When Yan Jiekuang saw that Yan Jiefang was no match for him, he also stepped forward to help Yan Jiefang.
Both sides were brothers, and neither was willing to give in, so they started arguing after only a few words.
Bang Geng tried several times to stand up and interrupt them, but Qin Huairu stopped him each time.
Qin Huairu wanted to incite these two families to quarrel, because only when they quarreled could the Jia family profit from the chaos.
Seeing that the two sides were arguing, Qin Huairu looked at Yi Zhonghai. (End of Chapter)