Li Junsheng wanted to get back through Liu Pangzi. He could get the grain store to refuse to sell him grain and oil, and with a single word, he could definitely get the grain store to do the same for him.
My credentials should be substantial enough to get Liu Pangzi to agree!
However, after taking the money, Fatty Liu only said some high-sounding words to him.
"Mr. Li, right? I don't agree with what you're saying. A country has its laws, and a family has its rules. Rules are rules, and they can't be broken. If the rules are broken, then everything in this world, from the big to the small, will be in chaos."
Li Junsheng frowned upon hearing this. What did Fatty Liu mean? Was he taking the money and not doing the job?
Or was he just too greedy, and his initial approach failed to satisfy him?
Thinking this, Li Junsheng beckoned to Li Guohua privately, handed him another pack of cigarettes, and continued to offer Liu Pangzi terms!
"Mr. Liu, even beyond the law, there's still the human element. As the saying goes, helping others is helping yourself. I see you're a kind and generous person, Mr. Liu, so you must enjoy good food, right? The food at my restaurant is quite good. Why don't you come and try it sometime? Whenever you come, it's on me!"
Li Junsheng's words had a double meaning; he flattered Fatty Liu and promised him free meals and drinks at the restaurant. This was the limit of Li Junsheng's efforts to get close to him and offer him benefits.
But Fatty Liu remained unmoved and even insulted Li Junsheng.
"No way, you self-employed individuals are all capitalists. I don't want to eat at capitalist restaurants; I have to go to state-run restaurants."
Li Junsheng's face instantly darkened. This Fatty Liu's words were so harsh, it was tantamount to him directly insulting him!
"Fine, if the Buddha looks down on our little temple, then I have nothing more to say. Guohua, let's go!"
Li Junsheng was a little angry. He wanted to see how long the state-run restaurant that Fatty Liu had mentioned could last.
If he's so capable, he should never eat at restaurants again, otherwise he's a coward!
Li Guohua was also quite angry. Seeing that the pack of cigarettes was still on the table, he took it back.
Fatty Liu takes the goods but doesn't do anything, so there's no need to give him this pack of cigarettes for free.
After leaving the catering company, Li Guohua said to Li Junsheng, "Dad, this guy is a real scoundrel. He took all the benefits but refused to give us any special treatment. What are we going to do now?"
"Let's figure something out when we get back to the store!"
Li Junsheng chuckled self-deprecatingly, realizing that he had even planned to open a food processing plant, but given the current situation, he was even struggling to keep his restaurant afloat.
Li Junsheng and Li Guohua returned to the hotel first. As soon as they got back, Li Chunya and Li Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask about Fatty Liu's matter.
Mentioning this incident made Li Guohua angry, and he described Liu Pangzi's ungrateful behavior of taking things without doing anything to his two younger sisters and Tang Liang.
Ah Ping remained silent on the side.
"Then what should we do? We need to find a way to buy food."
Li Chunya frowned, while Li Junsheng seemed to be deep in thought. This matter would be easier to handle if he put on a red hat.
The operating procedures are the same as those in the rural agricultural machinery factory, except that the red hats of the agricultural machinery factory are so useful because Tang Liang's uncle is the section chief of the agricultural machinery factory!
They themselves don't have the necessary connections to get involved in corrupt practices.
Just as Li Junsheng was racking his brains for a solution, a waiter came over and said to him, "Boss, there's a clerk from a grain store outside who specifically wants to see you. He says his boss has something for you, but he won't come in. Why don't you go and take a look?"
Upon hearing that he was a clerk from the grain store, Li Junsheng immediately got up and went to the restaurant entrance.
Sure enough, he saw the young man who had helped him pack the grain standing there.
When Li Junsheng came out, he handed him a torn-up contract.
"Mr. Li, my boss asked me to bring you this destroyed supply contract. He said that the authorities have banned individual businesses from purchasing grain under the planned quota, so the supply contract we signed with you can only be torn up like this."
Li Junsheng stood there, hesitant to reach out and take the torn-up supply contracts.
The termination of the supply contract with the grain store was undoubtedly a devastating blow.
This means that Li Junsheng's restaurant chain is facing a crisis of running out of food.
They won't even let you use the back door!
When the children arrived and saw the torn-up supply contract, they were also thrown into a panic.
"Dad, what should we do? Should I go buy food somewhere else? Surely other cities don't have this rule, right?"
"Don't rush, let me think of another way. It's not very convenient to travel all the way to the next city just to buy some grain."
Li Junsheng knew in his heart that he was definitely being targeted maliciously, after all, the restaurant had been making quite a splash lately!
Knowing that someone was maliciously targeting him, Li Junsheng can only try to find a way to break the deadlock.
Anyway, the worst-case scenario is to buy grain and oil from grain stores in other cities. At worst, it will just cost more money!
Li Junsheng still has time to think of a more perfect solution.
Back at the restaurant, Tang Liang, Li Guohua, Li Chunya, and Li Xiaoyu were all extremely anxious, except for Tang Liang, who was still busy in the kitchen.
Li Junsheng remained calm in the face of danger!
Grain stores dared not sell grain and oil to individual business owners like himself, so if Li Junsheng wanted to get his hands on grain and oil, he could only do so by using a state-owned enterprise as a front.
After much thought, seeing the people eating in the restaurant, Li Junsheng suddenly had an idea.
He suddenly slapped his thigh, startling Li Guohua who was standing next to him. A Ping also looked over at Li Junsheng!
"Second brother, I've thought of a compromise."
Li Guohua nodded repeatedly and quickly asked, "Dad, what did you say?"
“Look, so many people eat at our restaurant. Why don’t we launch a promotion where people can use their food coupons to pay for their meals? They can pay for the whole meal or pay half of it by showing fewer coupons.”
"In this way, we can get the grain coupons that the restaurant needs, and then sell these grain coupons to some food factories in exchange for grain at a negotiated price. That might work!"
Li Guohua thought about it and realized that this might be a solution.
The food factory buys so much grain every time, so if I exchange my grain coupons for some, no one will think anything of it!
"We need to see if it works out at the food factory first; we need to find connections first."
"Don't worry, I'll take a closer look."
Li Junsheng's first action was to investigate what food factories were in the city. His investigation revealed that there was a food factory in the city that specialized in producing old-fashioned egg bread rolls!
You can exchange oil and flour at this bread and food factory.
If you want rice, there's a small pastry workshop in the county below that makes a famous rice cake that's always been a favorite among the local elderly and sells very well.
Li Junsheng thought that exchanging grain coupons for some rice from this rice cake workshop shouldn't be a problem!
Other meats like chicken, duck, and fish are readily available.
After scouting the location, Li Junsheng was ready to set off!
He still had some grain coupons on hand, and Li Junsheng planned to go to the small bread factory to see if he could exchange them for some!
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