Chapter 53 You call this a canteen?!
Two weeks later, the company had lunch break.
As usual, most employees used the company's meal allowance to order takeout and just have a quick meal.
"The company next door has moved away? Is it because the cost is too high?" Weng Ziqin, the operations girl, asked Gao Naiyun while eating, "It looks like our new neighbor is in the catering business?"
Gao Naiyun looked at the staff cafeteria, which had been completed and was in the final stage of debugging, and was somewhat worried: "Will the smell be a bit strong?"
Shao Yiqi also came over and frowned, saying, "That's not right. There's no way a catering company would open a store in such a place. Whether it's dine-in or take-out, it's impossible to make money by opening a store in a place like this."
“Who knows… There are a lot of second-generation rich people starting their own businesses these days. They have a lot of money to burn, so they wouldn’t care about this at all, right?” The girl at the front desk, Lu Shuyuan, swallowed the dumplings in the lunch box and also interjected.
As a senior second-generation rich man, Shao Yiqi disagrees with this statement: "No, haven't you heard a saying? We are not afraid of second-generation rich men spending money on wine and women, but we are afraid of them suddenly starting a business."
How much money can you spend if you eat and drink as much as you want and enjoy a luxurious life every day?
Start a business?
Millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars just disappeared in a matter of minutes! "Could it be that some second-generation rich kid who is just playing around has set his sights on the catering industry?" The atmosphere in the company is very good, and there are not many barriers between colleagues. When they see a topic, they start chatting one after another. "Can we go there for lunch at noon?"
In the past two months, the employees have almost eaten all the takeout in the surrounding area, and many of them want to change their taste.
Huang Rushi shook his head: "If it's a second-generation rich kid, the restaurant they opened would definitely be high-end. A serving of fried rice costs 78 yuan, and a whole meal can easily cost 700 or 800 yuan. Who can afford it?"
Even though Huang Rushi has been receiving gifts and taking business orders recently and has apparently made a lot of money, the job of an anchor is a job that only young people can do and there's no telling when it will completely fade away.
Mortgage and car loan are huge pressures...
He didn't dare to squander his savings to eat such expensive food.
I usually watch those food bloggers show off on Bilibili and that’s enough to satisfy my eyes.
Ruan Min'er, who had some experience, had her eyes sparkling: "Look at those two chefs, they look so professional."
Her family runs a small business and she occasionally goes with her parents to meet business partners. She has eaten extremely expensive Cantonese food, so she has some good taste.
"The decoration looks like a high-end restaurant. How much does a meal cost?"
Security guard Zhu Qifeng slurped a mouthful of noodles and joked, "Ah, the smell of the noodles in my hand has suddenly lost its fragrance."
"Be content, our meals are all provided by the boss as meal allowances, so it's free." Ding Daoyi, the oldest legal advisor, frowned, thinking that these young people are a little too impetuous nowadays.
It's fine if the young people are impatient, but why do the security guards in their 70s and 80s also have such impatient minds? It's hard to find such a good boss.
Everyone was talking about this and that, but Shao Yiqi, a rich second-generation who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea, seemed quite calm.
He is not interested in any big meal, because he will get gout if he eats more.
After talking for a while, time unknowingly came to two o'clock in the afternoon.
Just as everyone was getting ready to go back to work, Chang Zhiqing suddenly walked out of Yang Ruoqian's office, clapped her hands, and stopped everyone from working: "I'll take two minutes of your working time to make an announcement."
Everyone has long been accustomed to the frequent forced occupation of working hours, and they all stopped their work and waited for Mr. Chang to announce the "good news".
After two months of "hardship", all employees subconsciously felt that it was impossible for their company to announce "bad news".
"Due to the adjustment of company policies, everyone's meal allowance will be cancelled from now on." Chang Zhiqing stepped on her high heels and said to the employees.
Ah, the meal allowance has been cancelled? Oh my god, is the company going to change?
For the first time ever, they cancelled an employee benefit?!
The employees, who had been overwhelmed by various benefits since the first day they joined the company, were not shocked by the bad news of the cancellation of benefits. Instead, they felt a sense of relief.
This day has finally arrived.
If President Yang continues to distribute benefits without restraint, the employees will really be afraid that the company will go bankrupt.
A meal allowance is only a few hundred yuan a month. If it can help the company ease its tight cash flow, the employees will be very happy.
Mr. Yang shared the good times with us when we were rich, so why shouldn’t we share the hard times with Mr. Yang when the company is in trouble ?
As long as it is beneficial to the company's development, feel free to deduct! After being taken care of by the company for so long, today is the day for these employees to sweat and bleed for the company!
Seeing that everyone was in a stable mood and even more motivated, Chang Zhiqing sighed inwardly, resisting the urge to complain, and took out a stack of meal cards from her bag: "Boss Yang understands everyone's health and feels that eating takeout every day is too unhealthy, so he decided to open a cafeteria in the company, and employees can eat for free, and meal subsidies will no longer be issued in the future."
The employees who vowed to stand by the company forever had a moment of mental paralysis.
Ah? The company opened a cafeteria? Before they could react, Chang Zhiqing spoke again:
"Mr. Yang has rented the entire floor. Now the entire 24th floor belongs to our company. Over there, as you can see, is the company's cafeteria. And over there is the company's new office space. If you are not satisfied with the current working environment, you can apply to move there."
"The staff canteen will be open tomorrow. You can enter by swiping your card. It's free. You can eat anything in it as much as you want, but you can't waste it or take it away."
"If you want to eat something, please write an application and report one day in advance. The chef needs time to prepare the ingredients. This is the meal card, remember to keep it safe."
As she spoke, Chang Zhiqing walked forward and gave a meal card to each employee, including the cleaning lady and the security guard.
"Okay, that's it. Just give me what you want to eat tomorrow before you get off work. Let's get to work."
After Chang Zhiqing returned to her office, the employees finally couldn't hold back anymore and took out their mobile phones, exchanging opinions heatedly in the employee group.
I originally thought that the company had deducted my benefits, but now it seems that is not the case at all!
That place looks like a high-end restaurant. Those two professional-looking chefs actually served them for free? If you take a photo of this place and say it's a top-notch restaurant, people will believe it. You call this a staff canteen?
The reason for canceling the benefits was that Mr. Yang thought the original benefits were too bad.
As Yang Ruoqian's old classmate and best friend, Shao Yiqi was even more shocked - he knew better than other employees how much it cost to set up such an employee cafeteria! A serving of Yangzhou fried rice here costs 78 yuan, which is enough to make back the cost.
Now Yang Ruoqian, the victim, actually provides it to his employees for free? He even supports customization? Even his father's listed company doesn't dare to do this!
"This is incredible, this old classmate of mine is incredible..." Shao Yiqi muttered to himself, "The old man still wants me to go back and inherit the family business? You must be kidding, being a boss is not as good as being an employee under Yang Ruoqian."
No one is willing to inherit that broken family business, so whoever wants to inherit it can do so.
Instead of thinking about inheriting the family business, you should think carefully about what to eat tomorrow.
Although Shao Yiqi had eaten many delicacies from land and sea, and although Shao Yiqi was very rich and could eat whatever he wanted, he couldn't resist the fact that the staff cafeteria was free! It was free! In the staff chat group, the discussion was one wave after another.
Yunnai: "I'm a little worried... Will Mr. Yang go bankrupt if he continues to play like this?"
Macho dancer: "You have to trust Mr. Yang. Who is Mr. Yang? There is no way he can go bankrupt."
Working as a security guard at the age of 25: "It's terrible. I've lived for so long, but I've never seen a company with such terrible benefits. It's so terrible that I have to doubt whether Mr. Yang is our long-lost biological father. If he is not his biological father, why would he be so good to us?"
The little receptionist: "Uncle, you are old enough to be Mr. Yang's grandfather..."
The second generation of the propaganda department: "Why don't you think about what to eat tomorrow? Mr. Chang told us to hand it over before we get off work."
Legal advisor Ding Daoyi: "Although Mr. Yang has not restricted the types of ingredients, I still suggest that you do not choose ingredients that are too expensive. Mr. Yang has been very good to us. There is no point in coveting such a small bargain. What do you think?"
"I agree, I agree..."
"Just choose healthy, nutritious and cost-effective ingredients."
"Well, I'll have a green pepper and pork rice bowl tomorrow."
"Hey, let me make a nine-turn fat intestine..."
"I want five shrimps. Is there anyone who wants to join me in the 'group purchase'?"
"Just give me two chicken wings."
…
An hour later, Yang Ruoqian was in his office, looking at the employee demand form handed over by Chang Zhiqing, and couldn't help but frowning.
"Stir-fried pork with green peppers and rice?"
"Noodles with peas?"
"Steamed shrimps, five of them?!"
No, I hired two chefs at high salaries, but these employees are so lacking in imagination?
It’s not that stir-fried pork with green peppers has no technical content. On the contrary, this dish requires extremely high basic skills from the chef... But the problem is, this dish doesn’t have the effect of making employees have endless expectations for the food.
Didn’t Yang Ruoqian open this canteen in vain? Sure enough, on the first day of opening the employee canteen, none of them let go and didn’t dare to ask for too expensive ingredients.
"It was a mistake to let employees choose what they wanted to eat." Yang Ruoqian was very brave to face and admit his mistakes, "and if they were asked to order their own food, they would lose the anticipation for lunch... It was quite different from what I had imagined before."
Yang Ruoqian immediately sent a message to Chang Zhiqing: "Tomorrow, do a questionnaire to find out what the employees are afraid of eating."
Soon, Chang Zhiqing sent a reply: "No problem, boss. But why do you need this questionnaire? Don't employees choose the food they want to eat? They definitely won't choose food that they avoid, right?"
(End of this chapter)
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