It took Su Lanxin's secretary a week to come up with the overall plan for the competition, which made Su Lanxin quite satisfied.
But Su Lanxin was not happy yet, because on Friday morning she received a notice from the old street reconstruction department, inviting her to attend the old street reconstruction plan meeting.
On the way to the venue, the secretary sitting in the front seat of the car said, "Boss Su, judging from the results of the reconstruction department's symposium on Wednesday, they have reached an agreement with most of the shops on the ancient street. During the reconstruction period of the ancient street, they will arrange a unified place for the shops to continue to operate."
Su Lanxin nodded and said, "Well, this is within my expectations. From the reconstruction plan of the provincial design institute they took out, it has been shown that they will not use our plan."
The secretary thought for a moment and asked, "Boss Su, what about our investment?"
Su Lanxin said calmly: "Of course we have to continue investing. The ancient street reconstruction project is a project I came back to build my hometown. What we want is to accumulate reputation, not to make money from that project."
After hearing this, the secretary suddenly understood why President Su was determined to invest in the reconstruction project of Huaicheng Ancient Street.
From the very beginning, Su Lanxin never thought about making a profit from the reconstruction of the ancient street. She wanted to use this investment to gain a good reputation.
Accumulating a good reputation will be the best help for Su Lanxin Catering Group's future development.
This reputation will surely gain support from many people in her hometown once it is publicized. When the restaurants under Su Lanxin Group move in next time, they will surely gain support from people in her hometown, thus making the restaurants under her group the representative of Huaicheng catering.
All of this was a plan that Su Lanxin had thought of before returning to China, and it was the result she wanted to achieve.
Although now, because of the appearance of Feng Yifan.
It’s Feng Yifan again.
Now, thinking of this name and this person, Su Lanxin always feels very uncomfortable. It really gives her a headache, but she has no better way to solve it all at once.
Although Feng Yifan's appearance did disrupt the original plan to take back the old Su Ji plaque and use the name of this century-old brand to expand its influence.
However, Su Lanxin felt that using a cooking competition to promote Fujinglou and putting her efforts in building the reputation of her hometown on Fujinglou should actually have the same effect.
So for Su Lanxin, the old street reconstruction plan is not important. What she wants is just the word-of-mouth effect brought by the investment.
Thinking of Feng Yifan again, Su Lanxin frowned slightly and asked, "How is Su Ji's business going recently?"
The secretary quickly said, "Su Ji has now become a popular support on the ancient street. We have privately interviewed people who go to the ancient street, and almost everyone goes there for Su Ji."
Su Lanxin said with a look of neither sadness nor joy: "It seems that eldest brother's son-in-law is indeed very capable."
The secretary hesitated for a moment, then continued, "The number of people visiting Su Ji has dropped slightly this week, but this is partly because it is a workday, and partly because many people's curiosity has been satisfied, so the number of people is starting to decline."
Su Lanxin nodded and said, "It's normal to see a decline. Everyone went there at the beginning because it was new to them. It will definitely decline later and eventually stabilize."
At this point, Su Lanxin asked again: "Have you investigated the number of Su Ji's repeat customers?"
The secretary quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Su, we haven't observed this, so it's hard to confirm for the time being."
Su Lanxin responded: "It doesn't matter, there's no need to check. Your next priority is to publicize the competition as soon as possible and build momentum. First, you need to let more people know that Fujinglou has changed its chef team."
The secretary agreed immediately, and at the same time guessed what Mr. Su was thinking behind this.
Knowing clearly that she could not get back the old plaque of Su Ji, Su Lanxin had made it clear that she wanted to challenge Su Ji.
She wanted to use her own resources and funds to vigorously package and promote Fujinglou, thereby seizing the local reputation of Huaicheng and promoting Fujinglou as the representative of Huaicheng's food culture.
Su Lanxin reminded the secretary again: "Also, don't directly publicize the matter of Chen Wei and I starting Su Ji."
When the secretary heard this, he immediately understood what Su Lanxin meant.
Don't publicize it directly, but use a way that seems to be discovered inadvertently to spread the information that Su Lanxin is Su Ji's daughter and Chen Wei, the group's head chef, is also a student of Su Ji.
You can't explain things clearly, so leave enough room for people to imagine.
This is actually not a difficult task for Su Lanxin Group's publicity and promotion.
Su Lanxin and her colleagues rushed to the meeting place. After the meeting started, the reconstruction department took out a letter of opinion and gave it to Su Lanxin to read.
The reconstruction department said very clearly: "This opinion letter is a summary of the opinions we heard from most of the merchants and shop owners on Huaicheng Ancient Street after a symposium on Wednesday."
Su Lanxin read it carefully and roughly understood the contents of the opinion letter.
Putting down the opinion letter, Su Lanxin looked at the other party and asked, "So, the reconstruction of the ancient street is to follow this opinion letter?"
The person in the reconstruction department nodded and said, "Yes, in principle we will follow this opinion letter and refer to the plan of the provincial design institute. We will reconstruct the ancient street on its original basis and still adhere to the principle of 'repairing the old as it is'."
After listening to the other party's words, Su Lanxin continued to ask: "So, are you going to follow the instructions regarding the resettlement of those merchants?"
The person in the reconstruction department nodded again: "Yes, in principle it will remain unchanged. It will be arranged near the ancient street and merchants will be allowed to set up stalls there. No fees will be charged during the reconstruction period."
Su Lanxin thought for a moment and asked again: "Then, can I meet with the merchant and the landlord alone?"
Everyone in the renovation department looked at Su Lanxin in surprise.
The latter continued, "Don't misunderstand me. We won't do anything. We're just talking to them to see if we can get their shop. I don't think our private transaction will violate any laws, right?"
Everyone in the renovation department looked at each other, and finally had no choice but to answer Su Lanxin.
"Well, this is allowed. If someone is willing to transfer the shop, we will naturally not interfere."
Su Lanxin nodded: "Okay, this is enough. We have no objection to the rest. Everything will be carried out according to the plan of the Provincial Design Institute. Our company's investment will be in place soon."
Hearing Su Lanxin agree so readily, everyone in the renovation department felt a little uncomfortable.
After a long while, the person in charge of the renovation stood up and said very seriously: "Okay, then we in Huaicheng sincerely thank you and your company for your support."
Su Lanxin naturally stood up quickly, shook hands with the other party and said, "You're welcome. Huaicheng is my hometown, and I grew up on the ancient street, so it is my duty as Su Lanxin to build my hometown."
These words were recognized by the people in the reconstruction department present, and they did not expect the talks to go so smoothly.
In this way, the reconstruction project of Huaicheng Ancient Street can officially begin, and only some details remain.
At the end of the meeting, both parties discussed the time for a press conference to officially announce the renovation.
Su Lanxin had already made up her mind that she would announce the cooking competition held by Fujing Building at the renovation press conference and take the opportunity to promote all the information.
As for the acquisition of some shops on the old street, Su Lanxin naturally left it to the company's people to handle.
At this point, Su Lanxin had almost everything in her calculations, except Feng Yifan.
Just as she thought of this, Su Lanxin suddenly heard people from the renovation department mention Su Ji and Feng Yifan.
"Some shops on the ancient street still need to be protected, especially Su Ji and several old workshops. We will send people to negotiate with them and try to give them enough discounts to keep them on the ancient street."
"During the last symposium, I talked to the chef of Su Ji, and he clearly said that Su Ji would not leave."
"That's good. As long as Su Ji is here, the ancient street will still be the same as it is today after reconstruction."
"As for those old craft shops, we should also talk to the elderly people there and ask them to stay as much as possible."
"I think we can ask Chef Feng for help. Su Ji seems to have a good relationship with those old people. I think it would be easier to persuade them if Chef Feng comes forward."
"Okay, then let's go find Feng Yifan again. I hope he can help us."
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Su Lanxin felt very bad when she heard a few people talking about Feng Yifan again.
At this moment, the secretary came over and whispered, "Boss Su, should we leave too? You still have to go to Fujing Building later."
Su Lanxin came back to her senses, suppressed her dissatisfaction with the name Feng Yifan, and said goodbye to everyone in the renovation department with a smile.
Looking at Su Lanxin's departing back, someone in the reconstruction department whispered a few words.
"I heard that this Ms. Su Lanxin also came from Su Ji and is the aunt of Chef Feng's wife."
"I heard that too. It seems that as soon as she came back, she went to fight for the old plaque of Su Ji."
"What's the result?"
"In the end, Chef Feng came back and saved the old plaque."
"It's amazing. It feels like reading a novel or watching a TV series."
"I feel that this matter is not over yet. Su Ji's aunt will continue to compete with Su Ji."
"Oh, Chef Feng's cooking skills are really great, and the dishes are delicious."
"Shall we go over there for lunch?"
"Okay, we happen to be not far from the ancient street, so we've agreed today that we'll all pay our own way."
"Hahaha, let's split the bill. It's fine if we each eat our own food."
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Nowadays, for most people living near the old street, Su Ji is the first restaurant that comes to mind for lunch and dinner.
This is partly because Su Ji has been promoted a lot recently, and partly because Su Ji's food is relatively affordable. It is really friendly to office workers nearby.
Just like the people in the ancient street reconstruction department, although they were going to have a meeting with Su Lanxin, the investor, no meals were arranged for them at noon, and there was no subsidy for food expenses.
So when they have lunch, they must choose a place with delicious and cheap food.
It just so happened that the meeting place was relatively close to Su Ji, so it was natural for me to think of going to Su Ji for dinner.
During this period, most office workers in the neighborhoods around the old street would choose Su Ji as their first choice for lunch for this reason.
This did bring Su Ji a lot of popularity, but it also increased the pressure on Su Ji's kitchen.
Even these days, Feng Yifan's progress in making Yi Fu noodles can hardly keep up with consumption.
Fortunately, Feng Yifan made some adjustments in time and increased the amount of Yifu noodles produced every day. In addition, Su Ji maintained a business hour of noon, which also ensured the business needs.
Su Lanxin left with her secretary, and after getting in the car, she suddenly asked, "Is this place close to Su Ji?"
Hearing this, the secretary was stunned for a moment, and could only say: "Yes, if we go to the ancient street from here, we only need to cross two intersections to get there."
Su Lanxin continued, "Well, let's go over there. We'll go to Su Ji for lunch."
When the secretary heard this, he was really confused. He didn't understand what President Su was going to do.
However, the secretary did not dare to say any more nonsense and could only follow Mr. Su's request and let the driver go to Laojie.
At Su Ji, Feng Yifan and his apprentices were busy in the kitchen, preparing all the ingredients needed for lunch. The most important of these was naturally the soup base for the various toppings.
Nowadays, Feng Yifan usually cooks the soup base in the morning and processes it again around noon.
Get a very clean and clear soup, which is used as the base soup for cooking noodles and making various toppings at noon.
During this period, Lin Ruifeng learned a lot. He could also help his master with the processing of some ingredients.
Although he has to prepare breakfast at home every morning and then come to Su Ji to help, it seems very hard.
But Lin Ruifeng didn't feel it was hard at all. Instead, he felt that every day was very fulfilling. He was able to run his parents' breakfast shop well and learn a lot at Su Ji at the same time.
While cutting the ingredients, Lin Ruifeng remembered his master's knife skills, and could not help wanting to learn his master's knife skills and make quick cuts.
Da da da.
After a burst of rapid cutting sounds, Feng Yifan made a judgment without even taking a look: "Unqualified, all cut again."
Lin Ruifeng also took a careful look and found that it was indeed unqualified because the cut threads were uneven in thickness.
Lin Ruifeng had no choice but to cut the meat again. He did not dare to learn the knife skills from his master, so he could only cut the meat slowly.
Feng Yifan spoke again: "Some things cannot be rushed. You have just learned to walk, and your basics are not solid enough. If you want to run, you will only suffer. Do you understand?"
Lin Ruifeng quickly responded seriously: "Yes, I understand, Master."
After responding, Lin Ruifeng also began to cut the strips carefully. He did not ask for a high speed with each cut, but tried to ensure that the thickness was even.
While the master and his disciple were busy in the kitchen, Su Ruoxi in front saw that the time was almost up, so she took down the sign that read "Suspended Business" on the door and pushed open the second door of Su's restaurant, ready to welcome today's guests.
Not long after the door was opened, customers began to come in one after another. There were still more people eating at noon than at night.
So it wasn't long before most of the tables in the restaurant were occupied.
Just as Su Ruoxi was busy greeting guests and recording everyone's orders, she turned her head and happened to see Su Lanxin leading her secretary and driver in.