Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

The public-private partnership is in full swing. Unlike the original plot, because Xu Huizhen did not take the lead, Sihai Restaurant became the first public-private partnership pilot.

Feng Qing, the owner of Sihai Restaurant, is 50 years old this year. This restaurant was left by his ancestors and has been passed down to him for the fourth generation. According to his own ideas, he is unwilling to cooperate with others. He believes that if he loses the foundation left by his ancestors, he will be sorry for the ancestors of the Feng family.

However, his eldest son joined the army at an early age and entered the government after liberation. He was more open-minded and advised his father, "Dad, public-private partnership must be implemented, sooner or later. Why don't we take the lead? First, we support your son's work, and second, we are positive, and maybe we can get some preferential policies. Those businesses that drag their feet will not be so lucky in the end."

For the sake of his son's future, Feng reluctantly agreed. In this way, Sihai Restaurant fired the first shot of public-private partnership.

On that day, in front of the Sihai Restaurant, gongs and drums were beaten and firecrackers were set off to celebrate the establishment of the public-private partnership. The director of the neighborhood committee presided over the ceremony, gave an enthusiastic speech, and finally shouted loudly: "Please ask the private manager to hand over the keys to the public manager."

This was Fan Jinyou's highlight moment, he was all smiles, applauded enthusiastically, and then reached out to take the key. In comparison, Feng Qing felt a little lonely, as he felt that after handing over the key, the hotel was no longer his.

You know, there are many individual businesses in the Daqianmen area, and the Qianheyan Subdistrict Office has more than 800 businesses of all sizes under its jurisdiction. Under the leadership of Sihai Restaurant, several other businesses have also implemented public-private partnerships, but most people are waiting and watching.

On this day, several familiar shopkeepers from the neighborhood gathered in the tavern again to test each other's attitudes. Chen Xueru was very determined. She said, "Shopkeeper Wei, my silk shop is different from your tea shop. Your tea shop only needs to import goods twice a year, but our silk shop needs working capital. Anyway, I will never take the initiative to cooperate with you. Huizhen, what do you think?"

Xu Huizhen said, "Let's wait and see. I think it's only a matter of time."

At Sihai Restaurant, Fan Jinyou was a new official and he made three big moves right after taking office. He first held a general meeting of all employees, gave a long speech, and stated his position: "As the public manager, my job is to represent the government in carrying out socialist transformation of capitalism." He brought in professional cashiers and accountants, rearranged everyone's work, and quickly established his leadership position in the hotel.

Then, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, he acted like an official and made decisions about the operation of the hotel.

After all, Feng Qing had been running the restaurant for many years and was very experienced in management. He reminded Fan Jinyou, "Director Fan, our restaurant has added several employees this month. If we continue to run the restaurant the way you do, will we be able to make money by the end of the month?"

Fan Jinyou used moral principles to pressure him: "Look, your capitalist ideas are showing up again, right? My task is to supervise you and carry out socialist transformation on you. Don't always talk about money, money, money. Making money is secondary. Your ideas are outdated. From now on, you should follow my opinions."

Feng Qing was choked and speechless. He found himself a redundant person in the restaurant, with nothing to do. The manager's job was done by someone else, Fan Jin, and the accounting was done by someone sent by the government. He was too old to serve dishes or pour water. He hadn't cooked in the kitchen for many years. Not only were his hands rusty, but he also felt wronged and devalued.

He was just watching without doing anything, so Fan Jinyou instructed him, "Old Feng, everyone is so busy, you should not be idle either, you have to be worthy of your salary, right? You can help serve the dishes."

Feng Qing had no choice but to help serve the dishes. The shopkeeper instantly turned into a waiter, with a white towel draped over his shoulder, and he announced the name of the dish: "Here is the Kung Pao Chicken, please enjoy your meal, sir." He was so depressed.

The key point is that Fan Jinyou has a lot of drama. He sat at the table and toasted with the guests, but he didn't forget to find fault with them, saying, "Old Feng, your address is wrong. Now it's a new society, we should call each other comrades. After our public-private partnership, we must have a new look."

Many customers shook their heads helplessly when they saw Feng Qing’s situation. The world is changing too fast!

After a day's work, Feng Qing was almost angry enough to turn into a puffer fish.

After his eldest son came home from get off work, he complained to his son, "This manager Gong Fang is so wicked. You said I am old enough to be his father, but he is so disrespectful to me."

The eldest son thought that his father had just lost the management rights and had not yet adapted to the change in his status, so he comforted him: "If he wants to take charge, just let him do it. It's good that you are old now, so it's good to worry less."

It has to be said that Fan Jinyou is a person who shines when he is given some sunshine and lays eggs when he is given a broken basket. In the original plot, after he became the public manager of the tavern, he treated Xu Huizhen in this way.

It really fits the saying: It is difficult to change a person's nature. He is not a kind person at heart.

The restaurant has been doing quite well in recent days. Maybe everyone is curious about new things. Some people come to join in the fun, and some merchants from the surrounding area come to inquire about the news. This prosperous business scene has further encouraged Fan Jinyou's arrogance. Feng Qingdu has been excluded and left in the dust.

Fan Jinyou was so proud of himself that he was riding high. He privately agreed with Chen Xueru that if Xueru Silk Shop became a joint venture in the future, Fan Jinyou would be the public manager. There were too many businesses in Qianheyan Office, all of which were joint ventures. Where could they find so many public managers? Therefore, it was possible for one person to be the public manager of two stores at the same time.

On this day, when Feng Qing was serving food, he accidentally spilled some soup on a customer's pants. Before the customer could say anything, Fan Jinyou scolded him, "Old Feng, you can't even serve food properly. I'll deduct one day's salary from you as punishment."

Feng Qing, who could no longer bear it, finally exploded and said, "Fan Jinyou, you are a public manager, but I am also a private manager. I am not a landlord in the old society. Why do you target me everywhere?"

Fan Jinyou glared and said, "It's true that you are the private manager, but if you do something wrong, I can't criticize you?"

Feng Qing: "Why do you, the public manager, just sit there and eat and drink, while I, the private manager, have to serve food and pour water?"

Fan Jinyou: "I am here on behalf of the government to carry out socialist transformation on you, a bourgeois. You have not yet adapted to this change in status. This hotel is no longer yours alone. Each of our employees is a formal worker of the state, not your hired worker. You must recognize the situation."