Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's rebirth in the 21st century

"Secretary Li, Director He, you are so polite. I was planning to queue up with everyone else!"

Leader Zhang felt very happy to hear everyone's praise, but he pretended to respond.

He Yuzhu: “?”

Li He: “?”

You are really good at pretending!

How about we leave and let you continue to queue?

Of course, the two of them would not be so ignorant and continued to persuade him.

"Hehe~ Leader Zhang, you have so many things to deal with every day! Please come in with us reluctantly!"

"You guys have a point! Alas~ I can't help myself!"

Leader Zhang sighed, then turned to the queue and said loudly,

"Comrades, I'm here to say sorry to you!"

"Because of my busy work, I have to cut in line and enter the Red Star Restaurant first!"

After he said that, he bowed to everyone.

"Look! He is indeed a big leader, he really has rules!"

"Haha~ We in Shicheng are so lucky to have such a good leader!"

"Leader Zhang, please go in quickly and don't delay the work!"

"Yes, yes! Everyone, make way for Leader Zhang!"

"..."

The people in the queue were deeply moved by Leader Zhang's performance and made way for him.

"Okay! Thank you comrades for your understanding!"

"Don't worry, I will work hard for all the people of Shicheng until my death!"

Leader Zhang said a few more nice words before pretending to be reluctant and walking into the Red Star Buffet Restaurant.

Li He and He Yuzhu looked at each other helplessly, smiled bitterly and followed.

They had heard Zheng Tong say before that this guy was very good at pretending, and now it seems that he is really good at pretending!

"Leader Zhang, please go to the second floor for inspection. We have prepared a private room specially for you~"

After Li He took Leader Zhang on a brief tour of the first floor, he went straight to the second floor and spoke.

"You guys are so polite... Oh! Then I'll just obey you respectfully~"

Soon, Leader Zhang, Deputy Yue, District Chief Nie, Deputy District Chief Zheng and several accompanying personnel sat in the private room, accompanied by Li He and He Yuzhu.

"Secretary Li, Director He, you two came to Shicheng to open a branch without informing me in advance."

"If it weren't for District Chief Nie... Old Nie brought Xiao Zheng to see me last night, I would still be in the dark!"

Leader Zhang had the highest position and spoke first.

"Um... Secretary Li, Director He, this is what happened. I happened to pass by District Chief Nie's house on my way home from the restaurant last night, and I wanted to report to him about the first day's operation of our Red Star Restaurant..."

"When District Chief Nie learned that the restaurant's turnover was as high as RMB 100,000, he thought it was a serious matter and insisted on bringing me along to report to Leader Zhang."

Zheng Tong was afraid that the two would misunderstand that he had "leaked the secret", so he quickly explained in a low voice.

"Deputy District Chief Zheng, this matter should have been reported to the leadership!"

Li He first gave him a reassuring look and said.

In fact, he and He Yuzhu did this on purpose, just to let the Shicheng leaders know the strength of the Red Star Restaurant.

This way their support will be even greater in the future!

"Leader Zhang, it's not that Director He and I don't want to report to you in advance~"

"Our first stop when we arrived in Shicheng was to visit Director Wang of the Commerce Bureau. Perhaps he was too busy and couldn't find time to meet with us..."

"If we hadn't happened to meet Deputy District Chief Zheng of Qiaoxi District, we might not be able to open the Shicheng branch of our restaurant!"

He Yuzhu decisively gave Director Wang a cold shoulder.

"Oh? There is such a thing?"

"This old Wang never mentioned it to me from the beginning to the end... Oh! Let's not talk about these bad things."

"Xiao Li, Xiao He, have we encountered any difficulties in the operation of our restaurant?"

"If you have any difficulties, don't hide them. I will do my best to help you solve them!"

Leader Zhang realized that he could not take the initiative in the previous topic, so he changed the topic and tried to get closer to the other party in the name of helping him.

"Leader Zhang, although the Shicheng branch was not smooth at the beginning of the preparation, it was successfully opened with the strong support of District Chief Nie and Deputy District Chief Zheng of Qiaoxi District."

"Hard work pays off. Judging from yesterday's business, it was pretty good!"

“As for difficulties…there are indeed some!”

"Our restaurant's meat supply is a little low. I wonder if you can help coordinate some more?"

"If there is an adequate supply of meat, given the size of our Shicheng, the restaurant's turnover can increase by at least 20%!"

Of course, Li He and He Yuzhu would not refuse his kindness, and they decisively took advantage of the situation and made their request.

"Insufficient meat supply? This is indeed a tricky problem!"

Leader Zhang frowned upon hearing this, and he held his forehead with his hand and thought for a full half minute before continuing,

"Xiao Li, Xiao He, let's do this! I will personally help you contact the meat supplier and try to supply you with 5 more pigs, 50 chickens, 25 ducks, and 40 fish every day!"

"That's great, thank you, Leader Zhang! I toast to you with this glass of wine!"

"Hey~ I can't drink on weekdays... Oh! Since you guys are so enthusiastic, just have a few drinks!"

"Okay~ I toast to you too~"

……

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Leader Zhang couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised:

"Xiao Li, Xiao He, it's hard not to succeed with such delicious food!"

"Uncle Zhang, thank you for the compliment. If you like to eat, please come over anytime. I'll reserve a seat for you in advance~"

After some toasts, Li He had become his uncle and nephew.

"How can I do this? I can't use my position to seek benefits for myself!"

"Also, how much is the total cost this time? I'll treat everyone to a meal myself!"

After saying this, Leader Zhang was about to take money out of his pocket...

"Uncle Zhang, if you pay, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of me and Brother He?!"

"No! Let's put things in perspective! I have to pay for this!"

"This……"

Seeing that they could no longer procrastinate, Li He and He Yuzhu finally charged two yuan per person.

"Tsk tsk~Brother He, this guy is really good at pretending!"

After the two of them sent Leader Zhang and others away, Li He said with a pout.

"Brother He, don't tell me, he really pretends to be that serious! Take the queue just now for example, he received so many good comments!"

"Oh! I don't really like such hypocritical people!"

"Haha~Brother He, if anyone works under Leader Zhang, they are in big trouble! They might even be sold out and have to count the money for him!"

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"Old Nie, Xiao Zheng, get in my car, let's go together!"

The cars had not gone far when Leader Zhang waved his hand to signal them to stop, and then spoke to the two people behind him.

Upon hearing this, District Chief Nie and Zheng Tong looked at each other, and at the same time felt a sense of foreboding.

"Oh no! District Chief, could it be that Leader Zhang has some ideas about the Red Star Restaurant?!"

"Zheng'er, based on my understanding of Lao Zhang, there is a 99% chance that he is here for the 20% of Red Star Restaurant shares we have!"

"I just don't know how big his appetite is!"

District Chief Nie said worriedly.

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