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

"Uncle Fang, if it was me or Brother He who offended someone, he shouldn't have reported the Sijiucheng main store or the entire Red Star Restaurant, but only reported the Tianjin branch!"

"I guess the problem is most likely with the Tianjin branch...either there is a power struggle within the branch, or a Tianjin colleague is jealous of the branch's business and reported it to smear it!"

Li He did not doubt what Director Fang said, but expressed his own guess.

"Oh? Xiaohe, besides these two situations, is it possible that the customer had a bad dining experience and reported it to vent his anger?"

"Uncle Fang, that's impossible! Our restaurant's food and service are both excellent!"

"If this is the reason, the Ministry would not have sent an investigation team at all!"

"Haha~ Xiao He, you're really right... ahem~ I didn't say anything!"

Director Fang was so happy that he "almost" let it slip...

"Yes, yes! You didn't say anything, I just guessed!"

How could Li He not know that he was deliberately leaking information to him, and he said with a smile on his face.

Then he paused for a moment, and his expression suddenly became serious.

"Uncle Fang, almost all the employees of the Tianjin branch are arranged by our Commerce Bureau. I have to report to you in advance..."

"If Brother He and I find out that someone from the Tianjin branch is behind this, we will definitely not show mercy!"

Just as Li He said, everything about the Tianjin branch was arranged by the Tianjin Commerce Bureau.

It is natural to say hello in advance before dealing with certain people.

"Okay! Xiao He, I'm going to make this clear today. No matter who is behind this, you don't have to worry about anyone's face!"

"If they should be fired, they should be fired. If they should be sent to jail, they should be sent to jail!"

"They actually dared to secretly report it to the ministry and destroy unity... It's simply lawless!"

Director Fang nodded heavily and agreed.

"Thank you, Uncle Fang! With your words, I can do it with confidence!"

"Well, Uncle Lin, do you have any other useful tips? For example, who is the whistleblower?"

"From what I know about anonymous reports in the ministry, they must know!"

Li He achieved his goal and returned to his playful smile.

"I don't know, I don't know, I don't understand! Go check it yourself!"

"Okay! I'll check it myself~ But I need to ask you a favor. Just pretend that I didn't come to see you today. I'm still in the Shicheng branch right now!"

"Okay, Xiaohe, I will keep it a secret for you!"

"Okay, Uncle Fang, I'll be leaving first~"

Director Fang waited for Li He to leave the office, then decisively picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hello, I want to make a long distance call, call the Sijiucheng Commercial Department..."

He knew that Li He was going to do something bad, so he had to inform his old leader in advance.

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"Brother He, I have found out that it is a problem within the Tianjin branch!"

"I guess someone wants to report the restaurant and take advantage of the opportunity to get promoted!"

After Li He returned to the guesthouse, he said to He Yuzhu with an angry face.

"Interesting! Brother He, have you found out what the report contains?"

"Oh no! Don't mention it, Brother He. Uncle Fang didn't tell me. It must be that Old Lin wanted to make things difficult for us!"

"But he did tell me the informant's appearance!"

"Oh? Is the informant a man or a woman? What does he look like?"

He Yuzhu became interested and asked with raised eyebrows.

"He's a man, not very tall, with an old scar on his left cheek..."

"I know who it is!"

Before Li He finished speaking, He Yuzhu had already guessed the identity of the informant.

"This person must be Lu Xian! Could it be that he has teamed up with the people from the Tianjin branch?"

"Brother He, who is Lu Xian? Does he have a grudge against the Tianjin branch?"

Li He asked doubtfully.

He had never heard of this name!

"Brother He, Mr. Lu is the son of Master Lu, who was my teacher when I was learning cooking at Hongbinlou in Tianjin many years ago. We haven't been in touch for many years!"

"Later, he learned that our restaurant was going to open a branch in Tianjin, so he came to me and said he wanted to be the manager of the Tianjin branch..."

"With Lu Xian's character, how could I agree to this? I'll just kick him out!"

He Yuzhu confessed all the disputes between himself and Lu Xian.

"Brother He, it seems that this kid Lu Xian is behind this!"

"Since we already know who the whistleblower is, do you want me to use my connections to get the investigation team to leave so we can slowly take care of him?!"

Li He clenched his fists and said indignantly.

"Brother He, we don't need to bother looking for connections. I will make sure the investigation team can't stay here!"

"Okay! Brother He, what shall we do next?"

"Nothing to do! Just keep an eye out for when the investigation team will arrive!"

"That's great. We were exhausted from opening three branches in a row a few days ago. It's just right for us to take a break in Tianjin."

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At around ten o'clock the next morning, the investigation team of the Ministry of Commerce arrived near the Tianjin branch of Red Star Restaurant.

The investigation team consists of four people, led by Sun Desheng, who is the director of a discipline inspection department in the ministry (deputy director).

He couldn't stand the misbehavior of people like Li He, and this time he vowed to find out what was going on.

Deputy team leader Wang Yousheng is the deputy director of a disciplinary supervision department;

There are two team members, who are responsible for auxiliary matters such as taking photos and recording.

"Team Leader Sun, what should we do next? Please give us a charter!"

After several people got off the car, Wang Yousheng asked.

"Lao Wang, we already have the photos provided by the informant, and we can basically confirm that the Tianjin branch has violated the regulations."

"Now we just need to find out whether they violate the rules every day or just once in a while. This result will determine the severity of their final punishment."

"I think we should go to the Red Star Restaurant Tianjin branch during meal time to collect evidence and see if they have violated any regulations or embezzled public property!"

Sun Desheng replied with a cold face.

"Um...Team Leader Sun, should we inform the Tianjin Commercial Bureau in advance before we take action?"

Wang Yousheng was shocked when he heard this.

"Good fellow, are you serious, Old Sun?"

According to the photos shown in the report, each person had two lunch boxes of meat and vegetables for each meal!

If it is verified that this situation occurs every day at the Tianjin branch of Red Star Restaurant, they will be in big trouble!

Although it did not affect the senior executives of the Red Star Restaurant, the manager of the Tianjin branch had reached the end of his job...

"Tell the Tianjin Commercial Bureau? Wouldn't that be equivalent to telling the Red Star Restaurant?"

"Absolutely not! We want to take them by surprise!"

Sun Desheng rejected Wang Yousheng's proposal, and then took a few people to lurk in the surrounding area, waiting for the Tianjin branch to open for dinner.

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At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, as the last batch of customers left, the Tianjin branch of Red Star Restaurant temporarily closed and it was time for the employees to have lunch.

"Brother, why do I feel like the food I cooked this morning is less than usual?"

Tang Renjie walked up to Sui Po with a large lunch box of braised pork and asked puzzledly.

He could roughly feel that it was about 20% to 30% less!

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