Chapter 236

After coming here, Tao Dan has experienced personally that he enjoys super treatment. It seems that if he wants the stars in the sky, someone will help him pick them.

This gave him great confidence.

But Tao Dan is relatively cautious, and dare not touch big factories and companies. After more than ten days of so-called inspections by Qingzhao, he found a suitable target.

Private stores, the business is booming, and there is also the potential for chain operations.

Tao Dan believes that his ability and experience are incomparable to local turtles, and this hot shop will only become more popular in his hands.

Compared with the clever schemes to seize some big factories that he heard people mention in Singapore, he feels that it is better to take it step by step and be more realistic.

Small places have benefits of small places.

Wait until the small place here develops, and then enter the big city.

Quannan, the provincial capital city, is nearby.

Lu Dong didn't know the details of this foreign businessman, but he always believed that there would be no pie in the sky.

Facing this Tao Dan, he was very careful.

In fact, Du Xiaobing's evaluation of him is more pertinent, sometimes too cautious.

"Bigger?" Lu Dong put away his smile and said directly: "I plan to operate a chain business, and I am realizing it step by step."

Tao Dan was a little surprised, but very patient: "My father has always missed the food of his hometown very much, and reminded us descendants repeatedly that we should carry forward the food of our homeland in our lifetime. After I came to Quannan and Qingzhao, I have been committed to finding the characteristics of inheritance. Food, until I met Boss Lu’s century-old inheritance here.”

With compliments in his words, he mentioned the only traditional characteristic that can remember the name: "I personally think that Boss Lu's Malatang is as delicious as Quanjude and Goubuli."

Hearing this, Lu Dong hurriedly said: "There's no way to compare! It's far worse than others."

If it wasn't for a foreigner, he would have thought that the other party was turning a corner and cursing.

Since this is a modern snack that emphasizes service, how can it compare with other century-old brands?

Can't compare, can't compare.

Tao Dan put it succinctly in Mandarin: "Boss Lu is modest. Hiding the same delicious food in one place is tantamount to throwing away everything. We should promote it in an all-round way so that more people can have the honor to taste the delicious food."

He went around a lot, and finally got to the point: "Boss Lu, are you interested in cooperating with a company in Singapore?"

If it were someone else, they would probably be inexplicably excited to hear about foreign investment.

Foreign investment often means more resources, more opportunities, and more favorable policies.

But Lu Dong knew very well that foreign businessmen are not philanthropists, let alone come here to help the poor, so he asked, "Mr. Tao wants to invest in my business?"

"I have been observing for several days, Boss Lu's business has the potential to expand!" Tao Dan, since he came to look for Lu Dong, of course did some research: "Boss Lu has only one store at present, and I am willing to contribute to help Boss Lu expand rapidly and realize chain stores. operate."

Lu Dong asked slowly: "Mr. Tao must have a request?"

Tao Dan said very seriously: "Yes! I demand at least 51% of the shares!"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Dong directly sentenced Tao Dan to death.

Suddenly, many cases of introducing foreign capital that had been circulated on the Internet flashed through my mind.

Many big local brands have introduced foreign capital for various reasons. As a result, the foreign capital overwhelmed the guests, and in the end even the brands that took many years to build disappeared.

Lu Dong looked at Tao Dan, seeming to be thinking, but didn't want to speak for a moment.

Tao Dan came from abroad and enjoyed super-national treatment for many days. Even if he didn't have a lot of awareness, after so many days, he was praised.

"Boss Lu, my investment is in U.S. dollars!" Tao Dan experienced the thirst for foreign exchange here, and verbally wrote a check: "For 300,000 U.S. dollars, I will buy 51% of your shares."

Hearing this price, it seemed very sincere, but Lu Dong couldn't accept the surrender of the controlling stake, and said, "Mr. Tao, thank you for your kindness. My store and company are not short of funds at present."

This is foreign capital, and the person opposite him is not the good man Ivan he is familiar with. Given the social and environmental situation of this era, if foreign capital is introduced, if it is not handled well, it will be overwhelming.

Similar things are not uncommon.

Tao Dan had his own plan, and said, "Boss Lu, I just want a controlling stake and invest resources to support the expansion of the store chain. The daily operation is still up to you."

Lu Dong didn't believe a word of such deceitful words: "Sorry, Mr. Tao, my company and store have no plans to accept foreign investment."

Perhaps it was because of the superior treatment that he always received here, Tao Dan was a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and said with a smile: "Boss Lu, accept my funds, and your company will become a foreign-funded enterprise, enjoying many preferential policies." treatment."

Lu Dong declined: "I'm very sorry, I have full plans for the development of the company and the store."

A few minutes later, Tao Dan came out of the shop with the same expression on his face, without any difference.

The staff of China Merchants came over and asked, "How did Mr. Tao go?"

Tao Dan dared to travel across the ocean to come here, he had some scheming, and said with a smile: "It didn't work out, but I have benefited a lot from knowing Boss Lu, a talent in the catering industry."

Hearing what he said, the staff felt relieved: "Mr. Tao, shall we go back to the county seat?"

"Go back!" Tao Dan said with a smile: "Your unit has a banquet at noon, it's rude to be absent, we will go now."

The staff took out their mobile phones to make a call and asked the driver to bring the car over.

The car came, Tao Dan got into the back seat of the car, and the car returned to the road from the north. When turning around the central intersection, because it was close to noon, through the car window, you could see the red and white lettering under the Lu's Malatang signboard, and the flow of people was like The tide generally poured into the glass doors that opened opposite.

Tao Dan suddenly thought that if he could have such a good business in his two restaurants in Singapore, why would he travel across the ocean to take risks here.

However, this land is really full of vitality, and it is too friendly for a foreign businessman like him.

Sitting in the store, Lu Dong wondered where the county recruited foreign businessmen. Aren't foreign businessmen all cooperating with big companies? Come to invest in your own small shop, won't you lose your share?

In his eyes, even if Tao Dan has black hair and yellow skin, he is still a foreigner.

Singaporeans? Lu Dong shook his head, never intending to cooperate with this foreigner from the beginning to the end.

Lu's Catering Company is getting on the right track step by step, and a big Ivan is enough.

Aunt Seven, who always pretended to be a transparent person, came over and asked Lu Dong, "Dongzi, just now that foreigner wanted to buy half of your company for $300,000?"

Seventh Aunt was not an outsider, so Lu Dong didn't need to be careless, and smiled: "That's what he meant."

"How much is 300,000 US dollars?" Seventh Aunt was curious.

Lu Dong said casually, "About 2 million."

Seventh Aunt's eyes widened: "Two million? Is your company so valuable?"

Lu Dong just laughed and didn't say much. At present, Burger King and Lu's Malatang have a single daily operating income of more than 15,000, while the latter rarely drops below 9,000.

Not to mention the expansion, even if he wanted to sell these two stores alone, he would not be able to buy half of the shares for $300,000.

Lu Dong had no intention of selling at all, let alone a controlling stake.

Because Tao Dan is a foreign businessman, Lu Dong thought about it for a while, and made a special call to Director Zhao, and briefly talked about it.

Director Zhao didn't take it seriously, because normally speaking it wasn't a big deal. In most people's minds, Lu Dong opened a small shop, which was relatively popular at best.

Lu Dong immediately put the matter behind him, took advantage of some time before noon, rode a motorcycle to the South Traffic Technical School, and negotiated to rent a minibus.

This weekend, Lu Chun and Fang Yan got engaged. Not only did her parents come over, but her close relatives also wanted to come over.

According to the customs of both parties, the man must send a car to pick him up.

Six or seven years ago, they were all horse-drawn carriages or tractors, but now they have to be cars.

Besides, the distance between the two sides is not close, if you really want to get a carriage to pick them up, you have to start in the early morning.

In the early years, the horse-drawn carriage drove away in the middle of the night, after all, the horse-drawn carriage was relatively slow, and it was dawn when they rushed over to pick up the bride.

Lu Dong vaguely had the impression that when Uncle Seven picked up Aunt Seven, he drove the carriage himself.

At noon, Lu Dong went to the Institute of Physical Education and had lunch with Song Na.

The two ate food and found a quiet place in the restaurant.

The quality of school food these days is average, but besides the food itself, it also depends on who you eat with.

Song Na ordered a fried octopus, carefully picked out the meat, put it into the lunch box in front of Lu Dong and covered it.

Lu Dong ate the fish and said, "Heidan, are you going to spoil me?"

Song Na's light wheat-colored face was full of smiles: "I'm spoiled, no one will grab me." She asked: "Brother is engaged tomorrow, why don't you come?"

Lu Dong said: "It is estimated that the relatives of Sister Fang's family want to see the house, and they may go to the Wenyuan of the school."

Song Na wiped her hands with a paper towel: "My aunt's cousin came back from the county town this weekend and asked me to accompany her to go shopping in the county town. Call me if you need something."

Lu Dong replied, "Okay."

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County seat, guest house, banquet hall No. 1.

China Merchants held a banquet today to entertain foreign businessmen who came to Qingzhao to investigate and invest, and also invited some local enterprises and businessmen who are close to China Merchants to participate.

The leader's idea is very good. If the business owners in this county can negotiate cooperation with foreign businessmen at the wine table, it will also be conducive to the development of investment promotion work in the county.

The leaders of the China Merchants Bureau, as well as the executive leaders above, of course want to let foreign capital land in Qingzhao, take root, develop and grow, and feed back Qingzhao, a traditional agricultural county.

Because of a special relationship, Wang Dong also attended the banquet, and happened to sit at the same table with Tao Dan who had had a drink before.

After toasting a glass of wine, Wang Dong asked in Mandarin with Qingzhao's accent: "Mr. Tao has been in Qingzhao for a while, is there any promising project?"

He has been in business for many years, and he has a big brain. If he can work with foreign capital, he might have a good chance to make a lot of money.

Tao Dan knew that this was a relative of a certain county leader, and said: "I was optimistic about a project, and I went to discuss it this morning, but the discussion did not come to fruition, and the other party was very resistant."

Wang Dong smiled: "I don't know what project it is?"

Tao Dan said, "Do you know Lu Dong? I want to invest in his catering company, but he is not interested in foreign capital."

Wang Dong immediately thought of the dark young man, and echoed, "That man is very rigid."

The two immediately talked about Lu's Malatang in the university town, they had a lot in common and they quickly drew closer.