Who would still be a social slave when they are so rich?

Chapter 379: million in financing? Are you kidding me?

Wu Kang looked at Su Chen who was leisurely boiling tripe, and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes. If the company's top management had not given him a death order when he came here, to take down Shufen Hotpot, he would not have been so humble as he is now.

"You are such a country bumpkin! Once we reach a cooperation agreement, I will show you how I will deal with you!"

Although he was unhappy in his heart, Wu Kang still had an attentive look on his face.

"Mr. Su, we at Dingsheng Catering Co., Ltd. came to Chengdu with great sincerity. You see, this is not the place to talk about things. How about we go to a quieter room to talk?" Wu Kang asked tentatively.

After all, they represent the reputation of Dingsheng Catering Co., Ltd. If they just stand there, it would be a disgrace to them if the news gets out.

If the company's senior management knew what they were doing, they would probably ask them to pack up and leave.

Hearing this, Su Chen slowly fed the boiled tripe into his mouth. After swallowing it, he turned his head to look at Wu Kang and said casually, "Manager Wu, first of all, you have to make one thing clear!"

"So the cooperation you mentioned means that you came to me, not that I asked you to come. It's great that I let you stand here and say this. If you don't want to..."

Su Chen looked towards the gate not far away, pursed his lips and said, "Look, the gate is over there, you can choose to leave, I promise not to stop you."

"You!" Wu Kang's face suddenly turned gloomy. He finally understood that Su Chen was deliberately trying to embarrass him.

His eyes moved back and forth between Su Chen and Li Hao, and there was a bit more hatred in the look he gave Li Hao.

In Wu Kang's opinion, this was Su Chen venting his anger for his old classmate, and it was also a revenge for his unintentional words at the airport.

He suppressed the anger in his heart and thought about saying something flattering so that Su Chen would agree to go somewhere else to talk about the matter. However, he found that Su Chen didn't even look at them and was still eating hot pot, as if they didn't exist.

At this moment, Wu Kang had the urge to scold Su Chen and then turn around and leave, but in the end, reason prevailed.

"Huh!" Wu Kang took a deep breath and forced an ugly smile on his face. He lowered his posture a lot and said with a bit of courtesy while bending over: "Mr. Su, this time I came here to develop in-depth cooperation with Shufen Hotpot!"

"We at Dingsheng Catering are willing to invest 80 million to purchase 49% of your Shufen's shares and help you expand the Shufen Hotpot brand nationwide."

After saying this, a hint of pride flashed across Wu Kang's face, and he felt a little bit of anticipation in his heart, expecting Su Chen to show a shocked expression on his face when he heard the amount of 80 million.

Unfortunately, he was disappointed!

What Wu Kang saw was not Su Chen's shock, but his frown.

"Bang!" Su Chen slammed the chopsticks in his hand heavily on the table, and the splashed red oil fell on Wu Kang's exquisite suit and shirt, which was particularly obvious.

"Eighty million? Are you from Dingsheng making fun of me?" Su Chen glanced at Wu Kang, a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes!
"I thought you guys at Dingsheng were very powerful and could give me a big surprise, but I didn't expect this?"

"If that's all, please don't disturb me while I'm eating hotpot. Are you an Ang Dou Si Dan?"

Wu Kang's face turned pale in an instant, and he clenched his hands into fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh. Li Hao and the other three people beside him all lowered their heads, not daring to even breathe. The atmosphere at the scene instantly dropped to freezing point.

"Boss Su!" Wu Kang's voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth. "This price was estimated by our company's professional team. It is completely in line with the market price of Shufen Hotpot!"

"We at Dingsheng Catering came here with sincerity, and we hope that Mr. Su can also show a corresponding attitude."

"Haha!" Upon hearing this, Su Chen immediately laughed, but this laughter sounded full of sarcasm to others.

"If this 80 million is really estimated by your company's professional team, I suggest you fly back to the Magic City right now and scold the person in charge of this matter."

Su Chen looked at Chen Fei who was sitting opposite him and gave him a look. Chen Fei immediately put down his chopsticks and walked quickly upstairs.

Wu Kang was able to reach the position of manager, so he was certainly not a fool. He also understood the meaning of the words just now, and frowned and asked, "Boss Su, what do you mean by this? Do you think our company's evaluation of Shufen Hot Pot is unreliable?"

"You should know that Dingsheng Catering has invested in quite a few catering companies. Several of these companies have franchised stores across the country with the help of our company. It can be said that they have made a lot of money."

"If you don't believe me, you can check our Dingsheng's reputation online to see if I, Wu Kang, am lying!"

Wu Kang was quite confident to say this. Any information that had any influence on the company would have been eliminated by them using the power of money.

Even if he sees some negative information on certain forums or small websites, he is confident that he can solve these problems.

After all...there is no negative information about that company. Even famous domestic companies, such as Penguin and Yida, have a lot of negative information, but they are still surviving well.

Looking at Wu Kang who looked confident, Su Chen chuckled and shrugged, "Oh~ Really? Then let's wait and see."

In Su Chen's sight, he had already seen Chen Fei walking down from upstairs with a stack of papers.

The look that Su Chen gave Chen Fei before was to ask him to go to Chen Shufen to get last month's report, which was the one Su Chen saw in the office that morning.

Chen Fei walked to the table and was about to hand the document in his hand to Su Chen. Just when he was halfway through, he heard Su Chen say, "Give it to Manager Wu. Let him take a good look at it. Make sure he reads it carefully!"

Wu Kang took the document handed over by Chen Fei in confusion, glanced at Su Chen who was eating hot pot in confusion, and then looked at the document in his hand.

The people standing behind him also gathered around, wanting to see what secret was on the paper that made Su Chen so confident.

In the eyes of those women, 80 million in financing is an astronomical figure for a hot pot restaurant that has only been established for less than a year. They don’t know where Su Chen got the confidence to reject the conditions proposed by their company.

But when they saw the information on the document, they were all dumbfounded, especially Wu Kang. When he saw that the profit last month was as high as 15 million, his hands holding the document began to tremble.

Just looking at the profit, Su Chen has the capital and confidence to speak for himself. Others can earn two small goals a year. Will they be interested in your investment of 80 million?
The resentment in Wu Kang's heart disappeared without a trace at this moment. How could a senior employee like him compete with Su Chen? If he made Su Chen unhappy, he would be fired by the company with just one word.

"Mr. Su, I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself!" Wu Kang bowed 90 degrees and carefully placed the documents in his hand on the table.

"Okay, if you don't have anything else to do, you can leave, or try the hot pot in the restaurant. It's my treat!"

Wu Kang no longer had the heart to eat hotpot. He just wanted to report this information to the higher-ups, give those who came up with this plan a good scolding, and remove himself from the responsibility.

"Mr. Su, let's not eat this hotpot for now. If we have time in the evening, we will come over to take care of the business." After saying that, Wu Kang bowed slightly, gave a look to the people behind him, and turned to walk towards the door.

The other three hurried to catch up, only Li Hao walked at the back. After exchanging a few words with Su Chen, he quickly caught up.

Li Hao knew in his heart that they were now from two different worlds, and the only affection they had left was that of classmates. If he was too attentive, perhaps even this affection would be gone.

He has been working for several years and although he hasn't made much money, he still has a good understanding of the ways of the world. All he has to do now is to maintain this relationship, which may save him someday.

After Wu Kang walked out of Shufen Hotpot Restaurant, he found that Li Hao did not follow him out, and he even waited at the door for a while.

When Li Hao came out, he was still thinking about how to maintain this friendship, and then he saw Wu Kang and the others looking at him. He hurried over and explained carefully: "Manager Wu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

"Hahaha!" Wu Kang was not angry. Instead, he smiled and patted Li Hao on the shoulder, saying cordially, "I didn't expect you still have an old classmate like Mr. Su. You must take good care of him. Don't forget me when you become rich in the future!"

"Manager Wu, you are joking. I have always been your soldier. If we want to be prosperous, you should lead us to prosperity together!" Li Hao is not a brainless person, so he naturally knows how to answer. Hearing this, Wu Kang's smile deepened a little. He knew that Li Hao did not feel that his wings were hardened just because he had Su Chen, an old classmate. This was what he was most satisfied with.

"Okay, let's go back to the hotel. We still need to report this to the higher-ups!"

……

"Boss, are you just going to send them away like this? I thought you were going to set a trap for them, clean them up, and drag the Guo family behind them into it!"

Fade Chen looked through the glass window and watched Wu Kang and his group disappear into the crowd, then he asked curiously.

Su Chen glanced at Fade Chen unhappily after hearing this. "What? Do you still want me to bring down Dingsheng? And by the way, let the Guo family in Hong Kong apologize?"

Chen Fei smiled embarrassedly, his thoughts were self-evident, just as Su Chen said.

"You, do you really think that I, your boss, am such a violent person?" Su Chen shook his head helplessly, but he secretly thought in his heart, is it because of what happened recently that made Chen Fei have such a misunderstanding about him?

"You must have heard that the business world is like a battlefield. Although Dingsheng Catering's behavior was a bit excessive, it all comes down to the bosses of these catering companies being too greedy."

"You have to know that in the business world, every piece of cake has a price tag. Although you have eaten this sweet cake without paying any price, you will have to pay for it in the end!"

"You also said before that all the catering companies that Dingsheng invested in were squeezed out of the management and even the shareholders after a few years. This is because they were too greedy. They ate one cake and wanted another one. In the end, they could only leave with regret."

Chen Fei nodded, not quite understanding. Although he didn't quite understand what Su Chen meant, he also understood that the business world was a place where people would eat you without leaving any bones.

"Okay, stop thinking about it. After we finish eating, let's go out for a walk. We have to go out for a walk when we come to Rongcheng!"

Because of the appearance of Wu Kang and others, Su Chen and the others ate a little. There were at least ten dishes on the table, and they were all large portions of meat dishes.

The two of them each took the meat and vegetables in front of them and poured them into the nine-square grid. When they were cooked, they began to eat with relish.

Chen Fei made a few hissing sounds from time to time, obviously because of the spiciness, but he showed no intention of stopping his hands.

Just as Su Chen and the other two were enjoying their meal, Wu Kang and his group also returned to the hotel near Chunxi Road.

As soon as he returned to the room, Wu Kang immediately called the senior management of Dingsheng Catering.

The other party quickly answered the phone, and a deep voice came over, "Manager Wu, why are you calling me at this time? Do you have any good news to tell me?"

Hearing this, Wu Kang swallowed the saliva in his mouth due to nervousness and responded respectfully: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry to disappoint you. The financing of Shufen Hotpot has failed!"

"Failed? Do you know how long the company's top management has been planning this project? Two whole months. Wu Kang, you'd better give me a satisfactory answer!"

When Mr. Chen on the other end of the phone heard this, his voice immediately rose several levels, with a hint of anger in his tone!
Wu Kang curled his lips speechlessly. He now understood what the 80 million meant. It turned out that these were data from a month or two ago.

However, Wu Kang knew in his heart that this was not the company's fault. Who knew that Shufen Hotpot's development momentum would be so strong? In just two months, its revenue doubled from the original basis. No one had expected this.

Normally, the development of a catering company is gradual, with no major ups and downs in half a year or even a year. At most, there will be some fluctuations during holidays.

Even Wu Kang had never come across a restaurant like Shufen Hotpot before.

Having said that, Wu Kang will definitely not take the blame. If anyone is to be blamed, it is only the incompetence of the company's analysts who did not synchronize the earnings information of Shufen Hotpot at all times.

"Mr. Chen, you can't blame me, Wu Kang, for being incompetent. You are well aware of my abilities. There has never been a task assigned to me that I failed to negotiate!" Wu Kang, who had figured it out, was not nervous at this time. On the contrary, there was a hint of calmness in his tone.

He knew that even if he didn't want to take the blame, he had to slowly guide the higher-ups. If he fought back right away, he would lose points in the eyes of his superiors, and that was not what Wu Kang wanted to see.

As expected, Mr. Chen on the other end of the phone froze when he heard this. Wu Kang's ability is obvious to all, otherwise he would not be given such an important task.

Mr. Chen was not a fool. He immediately realized that there must be something he didn't know that led to the failure of this financing.

After taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Mr. Chen asked, "Old Wu, tell me, what's going on?"

Hearing that Mr. Chen's way of addressing him had changed, Wu Kang felt very proud in his heart, but he dared not show it. He could only pretend to be angry and explained: "Mr. Chen, the failure this time is all in the company's evaluation report. You don't know how others looked at me when I said the financing amount of 80 million!"

"It's like watching a clown, a smug clown at that!"

"What's wrong with the evaluation report? Could it be that Shufen Hotpot has gone against the will of heaven?" Mr. Chen asked without hesitation.

Wu Kang chuckled when he heard this. "Haha, Mr. Chen, Shufen Hotpot is really amazing. Mr. Su, oh~ the son of the owner of Shufen Hotpot, showed me their financial statements from last month. Mr. Chen, do you know how much their monthly profit is?"

Mr. Chen on the other end of the phone frowned when he heard this, "How much? Could it be that their profit can reach 7 or 8 million a month?"

In his impression, a hot pot restaurant with booming business would only make a profit of a few hundred thousand or a hundred thousand a month, and this was for those with a particularly good location. The combined profit of more than a dozen branches would be about two to three million, and five million at most.

"Seven or eight million?" Wu Kang sneered, "Haha, Mr. Chen, their profit last month was as high as 15 million! What a terrifying number! Do you think our offer of 80 million can impress them?"

"What? Fifteen million!" A cry of surprise came from the phone.

Mr. Chen could hardly believe his ears. A profit of 15 million would scare many people working in the restaurant industry to death.

At this time, Mr. Chen also reacted and realized that he had lost his composure. He tried to calm down his emotions before responding, "Are you sure it's a profit of 15 million?"

"Of course I am sure. They have handed the report to me. Could they have falsified it? You know, they didn't know about our cooperation except us!"

Mr. Chen was silent. He knew that what Wu Kang said was basically the truth.

After a long time, Mr. Chen's voice sounded, "Okay, I understand. I will discuss this matter with the other senior executives. You stay in Rongcheng for a while to collect information about Shufen Hotpot. What will happen next..."

Mr. Chen paused for a moment before continuing, "Wait for my call!"

"Okay, Mr. Chen!"

Looking at the hung up phone, Wu Kang breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that this matter had nothing to do with him for the time being.

Even if the company has any other ideas about Shufen Hotpot in the future, the company will only send more important people to Chengdu for negotiations.

Wu Kang had a vague guess in his mind, that is, that Mr. Su... didn't seem to be that simple!
After all, most people will seriously receive companies that come to seek cooperation, even if the negotiations fail.

But he has never seen anyone like Mr. Su.

Either Mr. Su is really a nouveau riche and arrogant, but when they were talking, Mr. Su's logic was clear and there was no hesitation at all.

Or maybe from the very beginning, Mr. Su didn't take Dingsheng Catering seriously.

In Wu Kang's opinion, Mr. Su should belong to the latter!
(End of this chapter)