The Era of Hard Work

While the store was being decorated and applying for various certificates, related publicity was also going on. Three of Lv Dong's partners came from universities. Posters were posted in the university early on, and a large number of leaflets were also printed.

Every time someone came to buy something at the market stall, Lu Dong, Song Na and Qiao Weiguo would give them a promotional coloring page.

This is also a discount coloring page. When the store is open, enter the store with the promotional page, and you can enjoy a big discount.

Song Na followed suit, and also printed posters and leaflets for her jewelry store, and distributed them in the market.

In addition, Lu Dong hired a few students introduced by Big Ivan who wanted to work-study, and asked them to use their spare time to distribute promotional coloring pages in various schools in the university town.

Now that the company is established, people who hold actual positions, such as the general manager like Lu Dong, naturally need a salary.

Of course, this is just the beginning, and the specific rules and regulations must be improved with development.

Because of Du Xiaobing's family relationship, the renovation progress was very fast. After the central air conditioner was installed, the decoration team began to debug the lamps, install supporting tables, chairs and wall decorations.

Du Xiaobing and Ivan, who specially adjusted the time, went through the formalities of the store.

Go to the health department to apply for a catering license, the industry and commerce department to apply for a film industry license, and the tax department to apply for a tax registration certificate.

Most importantly, large stores must pass fire inspections!

This is a hard requirement!

Lu Dong doesn't need to find a relationship, and Ivan is better than three.

Besides, safety is no small matter, and he will not ignore the issue of fire protection.

The fire protection assessment came to the store for inspection, mainly looking at the kitchen equipment, fire fighting equipment and safe escape routes.

The storefront must have two doors.

In this regard, the developer has considered it from the beginning of the design. In addition to the main entrance, there is also a back entrance on the side facing Xuefu Wenyuan Community.

The materials used for the decoration of the store are not only good materials, but they are also high-quality products.

But in many things, if you are not really qualified, you are qualified. Quite often, it is just a matter of people talking.

The inspector carefully looked at the kitchen, inspected the front and rear doors, and looked at the big Ivan, without any difficulty: Okay, I will receive the statement in three days.

That being said, Lu Dong understood what happened these days. When he left, he stuffed a few packs of good cigarettes.

Back in the store, Big Ivan looked at his watch and said to Lu Dong, Are you all right today? I'm going back to school if I'm all right, there's still a class in the afternoon.

Lu Dong smiled and said, Thanks for your hard work.

Big Ivan said: I also want to open my business early to make money. He has traveled a lot recently, seeing that there are many people doing business, and joked: Being a teacher also has to eat.

Lu Dong remembered something, and gave Ivan a cloth bag: Help me bring something to Wen Yue.

Li Wenyue, I know which dormitory building he is in. Big Ivan took it over: Lu Dong, call me on the phone if you need anything.

He went out of the store and crossed the intersection to go back to school.

The store was setting up tables and chairs, Du Xiaobing moved a chair and sat down, looking at the white wall, said: Ivan is a good comrade.

Lu Dong looked at the wooden door of the original store, and answered irrelevant questions: Old Du, how about we replace this door with a big glass door?

Du Xiaobing said: I think the doors of KFC and McDonald's look good.

Lu Dong thought for a while, and agreed: Indeed, we use the second set of plans, just use the red-framed glass door, which also matches our signboard.

A worker master came over and said with a smile: Bosses, let me?

Lu Dong and Du Xiaobing hurried out of the way, and the master workers hung the beautifully crafted glass frames on the wall.

Du Xiaobing glanced at it and said, This is too much bragging! The food approved by Emperor Qianlong...

Lu Dong said with a smile: For publicity, of course we have to exaggerate a little bit. After five or six years of boasting, we will really be like Qianlong tasting the delicacies approved by the imperial court.

By the way, don't most traditional delicacies have such bragging elements?

Besides, according to folklore, Qianlong seems to have done many unreliable things, and it is not uncommon to have one more.

This is also considered hot.

Du Xiaobing was very concerned and asked, Has the ribbon-cutting person for the opening been invited?

Lu Dong said: I'm still coordinating with others on the time, so I can't make a decision for now.

Last year, Yang Liewen said that he would come to cut the ribbon for him, and judging from Director Zhao's feedback, he would indeed come to cut the ribbon for him, but as the leader of the university city, Yang Liewen had a very tight schedule, and the specific date had not yet been set.

Suddenly, firecrackers sounded outside the shop.

Du Xiaobing was curious: Who opened first? Can't it? Our decoration is considered fast.

Lu Dong opened the door and went out to have a look, Du Xiaobing followed after him.

A few tens of meters away to the north, someone placed red dragons all over the ground, and the flames and confetti were flying.

Someone also came out from the No. 2 shop nearby.

Huang Yong beckoned to Lu Dong with his hand wearing a big gold ring: Lv Dong.

Lu Dong smiled at him, waited for the sound of firecrackers to stop, and asked, Brother Huang, are you starting to decorate?

Huang Yong said: It's started! The supermarket here is open, and your sister-in-law and I will look at one side, and then take care of the two of us...

While talking, someone came from the north and was also an acquaintance.

Brother Huang! Lu Dong! The visitor was medium-sized, with a smile on his face, and he took the initiative to say hello: They're all here, what a coincidence.

Lu Dong said calmly, Hello, Sui Bo.

Huang Yong ignored him and snorted coldly.

Lu Dong glanced to the east and said, The shop is down?

They were all messing around here, Sui Bo knew he couldn't hide it from anyone, and said, Shop No. 7 over there is going to be renovated and open a small supermarket.

As soon as these words came out, Huang Yong immediately turned his gaze and asked, Open a supermarket?

Sui Bo was very thoughtful, so he didn't answer, but instead asked: Brother Huang is also planning to open a supermarket outside?

Huang Yong thought of the loss he suffered in Lu Dong's hands that time, touched the big gold ring and said, You boy, let me tell you, don't have any messy thoughts.

Sui Bo said: How can it be.

Lu Dong looked at Sui Bo and Huang Yong. It seemed that Sui Bo's thoughts were all on Huang Yong?

The market in the university town, especially near the central intersection, is really big enough to do business safely without making money.

Supermarkets, in particular, sell the necessities of life.

It's even bigger than the market for specialty snack bars like his. After all, the steamed buns and big pot dishes in the school cafeteria can live well.

Du Xiaobing pointed to the north, and asked Lu Dong, Do you recognize the people over there? Put up a sign to make such a big show.

Lu Dong looked to the north, and then he realized that setting off firecrackers just now was not for the opening of the business, but for hanging a signboard.

He walked a few steps to the west, and he could see the photos being hung. The green grassland was the background, dotted with white flocks, and there were four large characters written on it—Fat Sheep Hot Pot!

Look again, three people came out of the store, Ma Yunlai, Yang Fugui and Yang Guoqiang.

Their hot pot restaurant is also preparing for opening?

Someone over there seemed to have noticed someone looking north from the south. Yang Fugui turned his head, glanced slightly, saw Lu Dong, and nodded at him with a smile.

Lu Dong smiled and nodded in response.

Yang Guoqiang glanced over there and said, Dad, their renovation started earlier. I saw the leaflets they sent out at school.

Ma Yunlai asked, Ma La Tang?

Yang Guoqiang said: I looked carefully, there are Malatang, braised pork pancakes, and Malatang hot pot.

Hotpot... Yang Fugui muttered, Don't be as knowledgeable as a child, there are so many hotpot restaurants in the county, which one is better than ours?

Ma Yunlai's lips moved, but some words were left unspoken.

Feiyang Hot Pot has three shops in the county, within a few hundred meters of the surrounding area, photographed in the name of Yang Fugui, no one is doing hot pot business.

Their legitimate business is based on the illustrious reputation accumulated in the early years.

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Know? Du Xiaobing asked curiously.

Lu Dong didn't answer. He went back to the store and waited for Lao Du to come in. He said, The one with the glasses and the belly of a general is the leader of Qingzhao's catering industry, and his name is Yang Fugui.

Du Xiaobing became inexplicably excited: How about we pull him down?

Lu Dong reminded: They don't come to provoke us, so let's not provoke others. This person is very famous in Qingzhao, half black but not white.

Du Xiaobing said: When did I take the initiative to cause trouble? I think they are hot pot, and we are also hot pot. My father and my sister often say that colleagues are enemies. If our business is good, their business is poor.

Lu Dong nodded: It's fine for ordinary people. It's hard for this kind of people to say how well they do things.

He thought carefully, how did Yang Fugui get in? This incident caused a lot of ups and downs in Qingzhao back then. At that time, he was still fooling around in the society. He had heard many versions.

But the most rumored and most reliable one is that Yang Fugui opened an underground casino in the basement of the tallest building in Qingzhao County.

In the end, someone was called to report, and then there was a strong person on the top to promote it, and it was all over.

It seems that there are still rumors that in Qingzhao's public security system, someone was killed because of Yang Fugui.

Who it is, is not what he used to be able to know.

Lu Dong shook his head, Yang Fugui's tallest building has not yet been built, even if there is a casino, who knows where it is?

A half-black man like him, who is safe and sound until now, has no certain relationship behind it, and no one will believe it if he tells it.

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There is a special person in charge of the store in the university town. Yang Fugui suggested to his son to open the first store to become more popular, and he and Ma Yunlai boarded the car and returned to the county together.

The extended Lincoln car passed by the intersection, attracting countless eyeballs.

Although the car is not on the right track, as long as it has a license plate, it is not a big deal on the road.

In the spacious rear compartment, Ma Yunlai finished a phone call and said to Yang Fugui: Brother Yang, there is a loan due at the end of the year, we have to find a way.

Yang Fugui asked: Can't it be delayed?

Ma Yunlai showed a wry smile: It has been delayed twice, and if it is delayed again, the bank will not be able to explain it.

Yang Fugui frowned: This is a critical period for us. The building will be ready soon. As long as the business starts, the funds will be alive. He tapped on the car door: This money is not easy to delay, we have to find a way.

Ma Yunlai made a gesture of twisting the cards: How about we expand...

Yang Fugui was thinking, but did not speak.

Ma Yunlai added: Brother Yang, the basement in our building is very suitable, with a large space and good confidentiality.

Yang Fugui nodded lightly: Just do it for a short period of time. When you get through this stage of tight funds, remind me to throw it away!

Okay! Ma Yunlai said with a smile.

Extended Lincoln entered the county seat, turned onto Zhanqian Street, and soon came to the tallest building near the railway station. The exterior glass installation and interior decoration of the 12-story high-rise building were in progress at the same time.

On the top of the building, four large red characters stood up - Hailong Building!