Cut off my army's food supplies? I'll open a portal between the two worlds and max out my

The Venus Hotel is located at the intersection of Chenghua Avenue, and Li Wendu arrived at the hotel's back entrance in about eight minutes.

After swiping his card through the employee entrance, Li Wen entered the hotel.

As soon as Li Wen entered, he sensed that something was wrong.

The Venus Hotel is a nominal brand under an oil conglomerate. Unless the oil tycoons come here on business, the hotel's internal management is very relaxed.

At this moment, the hotel staff were all rushing around, their expressions serious, as if something big was about to happen.

Li Wen looked around but couldn't find anyone to ask; everyone seemed to have their own things to do.

It seems he's been ostracized... Li Wen smiled helplessly and took the employee elevator to the conference room on the 28th floor.

Upon arriving at the conference room, the supervisor was standing at the door. Seeing Li Wen approach, the supervisor handed him a thick stack of documents and then ushered Li Wen into the conference room.

"What are you doing?"

Li asked, puzzled.

The supervisor quickly explained, "Do you remember the new regulations our city issued not long ago?"

Li Wen nodded. Old Zhou's side was also affected by the new regulations, but for a hotel as large as Venus Hotel, it would just mean a slight increase in costs. It shouldn't have any other impact on Venus Hotel.

"Yes! It's this new regulation! Last week, the consortium sent a notice that our hotel must actively respond to the new regulation and make reforms, especially in addressing the issue of food waste in the kitchen... This time, the traditional multiple procurement model will be replaced with a dedicated, specialized system. Kitchen issues will be handled through an internal bidding process..."

Although Li Wen was a bit of a loner, he was warm-hearted, and his supervisor knew that Li Wen wouldn't touch his interests, so he quietly reminded him: "Just take these tender documents and receipts and go through the motions; they won't affect your job."

After hearing what the supervisor said, Li Wen suddenly realized what was going on.

So, he was supposed to play a part in a fair bidding process? After figuring it out, Li Wen stopped thinking about it and just wanted to get through the meeting and then go procure the logistical supplies needed by the military camp.

Li Wen was the last to enter, thus attracting everyone's attention.

Some purchasing managers gave Li Wen friendly looks.

In their eyes, Li Wen was just a poor kid with no money to bid, and everyone had already received inside information. Li Wen was deliberately ignored for a week because he had no connections.

Once everyone was present, the supervisor whispered something to a blond foreign man.

The blond man walked to the podium, with a projector behind him, and said in broken Chinese, "I am very happy to be here with you all today..."

The blond man first introduced the new regulations, then emphasized the conglomerate's determination to reform the system, and praised all the procurement efforts.

After he finished rambling, the formal bidding process began.

Because it was an internal expedited process, the blond man had everyone write their prices on a receipt and hand it to him. He would then choose the most affordable price as his partner.

When the decision was announced, everyone discussed it extensively.

"This foreigner is trying to drive down the price!"

"Although he is the representative of the conglomerate, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. Without us, they would have to pay several times more to deal with that food."

"Alright, we'll stick to low prices...no one is allowed to lower prices on their own."

"it is good."

After a brief exchange, the purchasing managers reached a consensus on the standards, but no one paid any attention to Li Wen, who was sitting in the corner.

In their view, Li Wen, who was paid a fixed salary, was not qualified to compete with them at all.

They felt that Li Wen couldn't even afford to pay his employees, so why should he compete with them?

Li Wen was still looking at the description on the receipt, but the more he read, the more excited he became.

It turns out that the problem Venus Hotel is trying to solve this time is the issue of food waste.

Because the hotel hosts large meetings and small business banquets almost every day, the buffet capacity prepared is approximately between 800 and 1300 people.

But after these meetings and banquets, almost no one touches the food. Everyone just takes a few bites symbolically, so the excess ingredients are piled up in the hotel kitchen.

The hotel couldn't refuse to provide these foods, since the guests paid in full. As a flagship hotel under a conglomerate, Venus Hotel certainly couldn't be stingy.

Previously stockpiled ingredients will be disposed of in a unified manner when they are nearing their expiration date.

However, after the new regulations were introduced, five-star hotels, especially the Venus Hotel, were specifically named and were required to take the lead in setting an example in terms of frugality.

This bidding process involves selecting the contractor to handle these surplus and excess ingredients.

For ordinary people, handling so many ingredients is no easy task. First of all, you can't openly waste these things, otherwise you'll be in trouble if you get caught by the authorities! To handle so many ingredients, you also need special connections.

Even if you want to sell them, they're hard to sell.

Any kitchen of any size has its own supply chain, so why would they spend money to buy your secondhand ingredients? Even though these ingredients were still unopened in the kitchen.

Li Wen's eyes practically lit up when he saw this part.

I'll handle it! I can handle it!

The brothers in the barracks have been hungry for so many days, so I'm going to give them a good meal!

These Anxi soldiers were all elites among elites, and the biggest characteristic of elites is their huge appetite! All the extra food could be taken to the camp and eaten in one meal.

Moreover, these are not leftovers, but unprocessed ingredients.

"Ugh."

Li Wen sighed, wrote 50,000 on the receipt, and handed it in.

Li Wen had overheard their conversation. His colleagues were typing 120 million or 100 million words, with the minimum being 90 words.

Li Wen's total assets now amount to just over 50,000 yuan, which he just obtained by selling gold beans.

How can I compete with these colleagues?

Not to mention, they had already received the intelligence and made preparations a week in advance; the resentment towards their bidding was all stuffed into their heads by their supervisor.

No matter how you look at it, Li Wen felt he had no hope at all.

The supervisor only asked me to participate as a formality.

Looking at the confident purchasing managers in the front row, Li Wen knew that they had probably already decided on this matter beforehand.

After everyone had handed in their receipts, Charles began reading the amounts on them in front of everyone.

"Oh! Manager Liu's cost price is 120 million yuan. It seems that this price has been accepted by most people. Manager Zhou and Manager Zhao also filled in this price."

Charles paused for a moment, then pulled out the receipt at the back: "Oh? Let me see, Manager Qian actually offered a price of 100 million, that price seems very reasonable!"

As soon as Charles finished speaking, several people looked at Manager Qian in the front row, their eyes filled with suspicion: Didn't everyone agree to write a price of around 120 million? How come you filled in 100 million?!

Manager Qian ignored his colleagues' questions and instead waited leisurely for Charles to announce the results.

He believed that the price he offered was the most reasonable.

He gave up some of his profit margin to lower the bidding price. Although he gave up some profit, it's a long-term solution, and he might not lose money in the end.

"oh?!"

Charles's exaggerated voice once again attracted everyone's attention.

"Look what this is?! Manager Wang's price is a whopping 90! As the person in charge this time, I'm really tempted by this price!"

Manager Qian's smile froze, followed by Wang Yuan's smug expression.