Wang Fulong's main task today was to prepare the bidding documents according to the requirements of the three bidding companies and participate in the lunch bidding meeting at Haiya Elementary School. Unexpectedly, the venue for this bidding meeting was a classroom!
It was a real classroom, with the teacher's summer homework assignments and the words "Happy Summer Vacation" prominently displayed on the blackboard. In the drawer of Wang Fulong's desk lay two brand-new summer homework books, none of them bearing his name. With only a few days left before school started, one wonders if this little boy was anxiously searching everywhere for his missing summer homework.
Most of the participants in this bidding meeting were suppliers who mainly provide lunches to schools and did not do retail business. These managers were dressed neatly and reasonably, but it was all everyday wear, which made Wang Fulong, who was dressed in a suit and tie, stand out from the crowd and also made him find it particularly interesting.
In the past, the bidding events that Jinxiu Hotel represented were either city conferences, provincial conferences, or large-scale bidding events like the Shanghai Machinery and Equipment Expo.
The conference room, equipped with complete projection equipment, served as the venue for the bidding meeting. Everyone attending the meeting, whether they were organizers or bidders, was dressed in suits. Upon meeting, regardless of whether they knew each other or not, they would shake hands, chat for a few minutes, and then introduce themselves. After that, a friendly atmosphere would begin.
Unlike now, everyone dislikes each other, and when eyes meet, both sides will roll their eyes at each other in perfect unison.
Seeing this, Wang Fulong assumed their relationship wasn't great, but after the bidding ended, they were all arm in arm, going out for dinner or a late-night snack. Even Wang Fulong was invited by two of them to join them for a late-night snack, to get to know each other better.
Wang Fulong took out his phone and glanced at it. It was 6:30 pm, long past the end of the workday. He hesitated for a moment and then agreed. He and the others walked arm in arm toward a nearby food stall.
"Xu's Fast Food Restaurant is really on fire lately. I've done the math; you guys make over three thousand meals a day just for lunch alone." The guy took a sip of his beer and laughed, "Luckily you only do lunch, or we wouldn't be able to make a living!"
"Oh, not at all, we're just trying to make a living. Our shop operates differently from yours; we mainly cater to individual customers."
“That’s not how it works. If we were really going in different directions, how would we have run into each other today?” Another guy interrupted Wang Fulong, his tone and demeanor were perfectly normal, but Wang Fulong felt that his words had a different meaning.
"Hey!" Wang Fulong said, feigning frustration, "The company is small and has many employees, so we can only try every approach to see if we can find a suitable one."
"In my opinion, your store's takeout service is quite good. I overheard some young guys at the company chatting yesterday, and they mentioned a platform in Shanghai where you can order, pay, and have food delivered online. Last night, around 8 PM, one of them tried it out, ordering some barbecue for a late-night snack, and it arrived in less than half an hour." The older guy gave Wang Fulong a thumbs up, saying, "Incredible! Incredible!"
When Wang Fulong heard that it was past 8 p.m., he sensed something was wrong. Then, upon hearing that the barbecue and late-night snack would be delivered in half an hour, he immediately snapped out of his playful mood, a hint of suspicion flashing in his eyes.
“Our store only delivers between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., so this definitely isn’t our store after 8 p.m..” Wang Fulong waved his hands at everyone, then looked at the man who had just spoken with curiosity and asked, “Brother, do you know what that platform is called? Do you have a link to the website? I want to take a look.”
Wang Fulong picked up the teacup and poured all the tea onto the ground. Then he poured a full glass of beer into it, held it high with both hands, and said, "If I hadn't come out to dinner with some brothers tonight, I wouldn't have known that a competitor had appeared out of nowhere. Come on, this glass is for you all, I'll drink it all, you can drink as you please!"
After saying that, he drank the beer in one gulp, and then turned the glass upside down to show everyone that he had drunk every last drop.
Wang Fulong gave them plenty of face, and besides, the food delivery platform wasn't a competitor of theirs, so the older brother immediately took out his phone and called a company employee to ask for the name of the food delivery platform—Express Delivery.
Xujia Village.
After confirming that everything was normal at Xu's braised food shop, Xu An returned to Xu Family Village.
The addition of Tang Wen and Wang Fulong lightened Xu An's workload, allowing him to return home before the two little ones, Xu Kang and Xu Le, went to bed and then go to the shop after breakfast the next day. However, this peaceful life lasted less than three days before it was disrupted by the opening of Xu's Braised Food Shop, and he was once again extremely busy.
I don't know when I'll be able to get back to my normal routine of leaving home at eight or nine in the morning and returning to the village at three or four in the afternoon.
While pondering, Xu An rode his tricycle onto the path in Xu Family Village. He had only gone three meters when he heard Uncle Guosheng's voice: "Anzi, is that you back?"
"Hey, it's me, Uncle Guosheng. Did you need something?"
"Second Grandpa needs to talk to everyone, but you're the only one missing. Hurry up and go!" After saying that, Uncle Guosheng used his agile body to jump onto Xu An's slowly moving tricycle, and the whole vehicle suddenly dropped a centimeter.
"Uncle Guosheng, do you know why Second Grandfather is looking for us? Have the procedures over the mudflats been completed?"
"I don't know. My second grandmother said that after my second grandfather received a phone call, his expression changed. When he called everyone over, his face was very tense."
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