Chapter 236

   After coming here, Tao Dan had a personal experience and enjoyed super treatment. He seemed to want the stars in the sky, and some people helped to pick them.

   This gave him great confidence.

   But Tao Dan is relatively cautious, and big factories and companies dare not touch it. After more than ten days of so-called inspections in Qingzhao, he found a suitable target.

  Private store, business is booming, and there is potential for chain operation.

  Tao Dan thinks that his ability and experience are incomparable to the local turtles. This popular shop will only become more popular in his hands.

  Compared to the clever conspiracy of some big factories heard in Singapore, he felt that it was better to take it step by step.

   Small places have the benefits of small places.

   Wait until the small place here develops, and then enter the big city.

  Quannan, the provincial capital city, is nearby.

   Lu Dong didn't know the details of this foreign businessman, but he always believed that no pie would fall from the sky.

   Facing this Tao Dan, he was very careful.

   In fact, Du Xiaobing's evaluation of him is more pertinent, and sometimes he is too cautious.

   "Make it bigger?" Lu Dong put away his smile and said directly: "I plan to operate a chain, and it is being realized step by step."

Tao Dan was a little surprised, but patiently said: "My father has always missed the food in his homeland, and he has repeatedly reminded us descendants that we must carry forward the food of our homeland in my lifetime. Since I came to Quannan and Qingzhao, I have been working on finding the characteristics of inheritance. Food, until I met Boss Lu's century-old heritage here."

   With compliments in his words, he mentioned the only two traditional features that can be remembered by name: "I personally think that Boss Lu's Mala Tang is as delicious as Quanjude and Goubuli."

   Hearing this, Lu Dong hurriedly said, "It can't be compared! It's far worse than others."

   If this was not a foreigner, he would have thought that the other party was swearing.

   This is a modern snack that emphasizes service, how can it be compared with a century-old brand?

   can't compare, can't compare.

  Tao Dan's Mandarin is very slippery: "Boss Lu is humble, and the same food is hidden in one place, which is tantamount to ruining things. We should promote it in an all-round way, so that more people have the honor to taste the delicious food."

   He went around in circles and finally got to the point: "Boss Lu, are you interested in cooperating with a company in Singapore?"

If    is replaced by other people, he may be inexplicably excited when he hears that there is foreign investment.

  Foreign investment often means more resources, more opportunities, and more favorable policies.

   But Lu Dong is very clear that foreign businessmen are not philanthropists, nor are they here to help the poor, and asked, "Mr. Tao wants to invest in my business?"

"I've been observing for many days, and Boss Lu's business has the potential to expand!" Since Tao Dan came to look for Lu Dong, of course he did some research: "Boss Lu currently only has one store, and I'm willing to contribute to help Boss Lu expand rapidly and realize a chain store. business."

   Lu Dong asked slowly: "I think Mr. Tao has a request?"

  Tao Dan said very seriously: "Yes! I demand at least fifty-one percent equity!"

   As soon as these words came out, Lu Dong directly sentenced Tao Dan to death.

   A lot of cases of introducing foreign capital that have been circulating on the Internet suddenly flashed in my mind.

  Many local big brands have introduced foreign capital for various reasons. As a result, foreign capital has become the dominant player, and in the end, even the brands that took many years to build are gone.

  Lu Dong looked at Tao Dan, as if thinking, but didn't mean to speak for a while.

   Tao Dan came from abroad and enjoyed super-national treatment for many days. Even if he didn't have a lot of consciousness, he was praised after so many days.

   "Boss Lu, my investment is US dollars!" Tao Dan experienced the thirst for foreign exchange here, and verbally wrote a check: "300,000 US dollars, buy 51% of your shares."

   Hearing this price, it seems very sincere, but Lu Dong could not accept the surrender of the controlling stake and said, "Mr. Tao, thank you for your kindness. My shop and company are not short of funds at present."

   This is foreign capital, and the person on the other side is not the good man Ivan he is familiar with. Given the social environment of this era, if you introduce foreign capital, if you don’t get it right, it will be a distraction.

  Similar things are not uncommon.

  Tao Dan has his own plan, and then said: "Boss Lu, I just ask for a controlling stake and invest resources to support the expansion of the store chain. The daily operation is still up to you."

   This kind of coaxing words, Lu Dong didn't believe a word: "Sorry, Mr. Tao, my company and store have no plans to accept foreign investment."

Perhaps it was the treatment that was always superior to others when he came here, Tao Dan was a little unhappy, but he didn't show it at all, and said with a smile: "Boss Lu, accept my funds, your company will become a foreign-funded enterprise and enjoy many discounts. treatment."

   Lu Dong declined: "I'm very sorry, I have full plans for the development of the company and store."

   A few minutes later, Tao Dan came out of the store, his face was as usual, and he could not see any difference.

   The staff of China Merchants Bureau came over and asked, "How is Mr. Tao talking?"

  Tao Dan dared to run across the ocean. He had a bit of scheming and said with a smile: "I didn't make it, but I have benefited a lot from getting to know a talent in the catering industry like Boss Lu."

   Hearing what he said, the staff felt relieved: "Mr. Tao, shall we go back to the county?"

   "Go back!" Tao Dan said with a smile: "Your unit has a banquet at noon. It's too rude to be absent. Let's go now."

   The staff took out their mobile phones to make a call and asked the driver to drive the car over.

The car came over, Tao Dan got into the back seat of the car, and the car returned to the road from the north. When turning around the central intersection, because it was close to noon, through the car window, you could see the red and white lettering under the Lv's Mala Tang sign. The flow of people was like The tide generally poured into the two-sided glass door.

  Tao Dan suddenly thought that if he could have such good business in his two restaurants in Singapore, why would he venture across the ocean to come here.

   However, this land is really full of vitality, and it is too friendly for foreign businessmen like him.

  Lu Dong was sitting in the store, wondering where the foreign businessmen were recruited in the county. Don’t all foreign businessmen cooperate with big companies? Come to invest in your own small store, don't you lose your share?

   In his eyes, even if Tao Dan has black hair and yellow skin, he is still a foreigner.

  Singaporean? Lu Dong shook his head, never planning to cooperate with this foreigner from beginning to end.

   Lu's Catering Company is on the right track step by step, and one big Ivan is enough.

   The seventh aunt who had been pretending to be a transparent person came over and asked Lu Dong: "Dongzi, that foreigner just wanted to buy half of your company for $300,000?"

  Aunt Qi is not an outsider, so Lu Dong didn't need to be sloppy, he smiled and said, "That's what he meant."

   "How much is $300,000 in our money?" Seventh Aunt was curious.

   Lu Dong said casually, "About 2 million."

   Seventh Aunt's eyes widened: "2 million? Your company is so valuable?"

   Lu Dong just laughed and didn't say much. At present, Burger King and Lu's Mala Tang, the former's single-day operating income is stable at more than 15,000, and the latter rarely drops 9,000.

   Not to mention expansion, even if he wanted to sell these two stores alone, three hundred thousand dollars would not be able to buy half of the equity.

   Lu Dong didn't plan to sell at all, let alone a controlling stake.

  Because Tao Dan is a foreign businessman, Lu Dong thought about it for a while, and specifically called Mr. Zhao and said it briefly.

   Director Zhao didn't take it to heart, because normally it's not a big deal. In most people's minds, Lu Dong opened a small shop, and at best it was quite popular.

   Lu Dong immediately put the matter behind him and took advantage of the time before noon to ride a motorcycle to the Southern Traffic Technical School and negotiated to rent a minibus.

   This weekend, Lu Chun and Fang Yan got engaged. Not only her parents but also her close relatives are coming.

  According to the customs on both sides, the man must send a car to pick him up.

  Six or seven years ago, they were all horse-drawn carriages or tractors, but now they have to be cars.

   Besides, the two sides are not very close. If you really want to get a carriage to pick them up, you have to leave in the early morning.

   In the early years, the carriage was used to pick up the bride, and it started in the middle of the night. After all, the carriage was slow, so I rushed over to pick up the bride, and it was dawn.

   Lu Dong had a vague impression that when Uncle Seven took Aunt Seven over the door, he personally drove the carriage.

   At noon, Lu Dong went to the Sports Academy to have lunch with Song Na.

  The two of them ordered meals and found a quiet place in the restaurant.

   The quality of school meals is average these days, but besides the meal itself, it also depends on who you eat with.

  Song Na ordered a fried octopus, carefully picked out the meat, and put it in the lunch box in front of Lu Dong and covered it.

   Lu Dong ate the fish and said, "Black Egg, are you going to spoil me?"

  Song Na's pale wheat-colored face was full of smiles: "If you're spoiled, no one will rob me." She asked, "Tomorrow, eldest brother is engaged, won't you come?"

   Lu Dong said: "It is estimated that relatives of Sister Fang's family may visit Wenyuan, an academy, if they want to see the house."

  Song Na wiped her hands with a tissue: "My aunt's cousin came back from the county this weekend and asked me to accompany her to buy things in the county. If you have anything, please call me."

   Lu Dong replied: "Okay."

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   County seat, guest house, No. 1 banquet hall.

   China Merchants Bureau hosted a banquet today to entertain foreign businessmen who came to Qingzhao for investigation and investment, and also invited some local enterprises and businessmen who are close to China Merchants Bureau to participate.

  The leadership idea is very good. If the business owners of the county can negotiate cooperation with foreign businessmen at the wine table, it will also be beneficial to the development of the county's investment promotion work.

   The leaders of China Merchants Bureau, as well as the leaders in charge above, of course want to let foreign capital land in Qingzhao, take root, develop and grow, and feed back Qingzhao, a traditional agricultural county.

  Wang Dong also attended this banquet because of a special relationship, and happened to be sitting at the same table with Tao Dan, who had a drink before.

   After toasting a glass of wine, Wang Dong asked in Mandarin with a Qingzhao accent: "Mr. Tao has been in Qingzhao for a while, do you have any promising projects?"

   He has been in business for many years, and he has a big head. If he can work with foreign capital, he may have a good opportunity to make a lot of money.

   Tao Dan knew that this was a relative of a certain county leader, and said, "I was optimistic about a project. I went to talk about it this morning, but I didn't talk about it. The other party was very resistant."

  Wang Dong smiled: "I don't know what project it is?"

   Tao Dan said: "Do you know Lu Dong? I want to invest in his catering company, but he is not interested in foreign investment."

  Wang Dong immediately thought of the swarthy young man, and agreed: "That person is very rigid."

  The two immediately talked about Lu's Mala Tang in the university town. They had a lot in common and they quickly got closer.

   (end of this chapter)