thenovelthief Chapter 561 - 212: This President Su Is Most Likely the Founder of New Era!
Chapter 561 - 212: This President Su Is Most Likely the Founder of New Era!
A quarter of an hour later, the door of the private room was pushed open.
Zhang Yuanhang entered hurriedly.
Sister Ru was greeting Su Zelin, and there were also two more bottles of Maotai on the table.
"President Su!"
As soon as Young Master Zhang entered the door, he went straight to Su Zelin and shook his hand tightly: "I wanted to invite you to dinner last time, but at that time President Su was busy with important matters and didn’t have time. I was just thinking about when President Su would have some free time to meet, and President Su is already here."
The group of young masters was taken aback.
They had never seen Zhang Yuanhang in such a humble manner, almost ready to kneel and lick someone else’s shoes.
But Zhang Yuanhang had no choice but to be humble.
The approval for the second franchise store still depended on others.
Of course, logically, it should be approved.
When the application for the first franchise was made, there was a grudge with New Era, yet it was approved.
Now being a franchise store, with no issues in opening the second, the review should normally pass quickly.
But he feared his underlings would anger him, and others would deliberately not approve it or find excuses to delay it for a year or so, causing a significant loss of money.
As the first franchise store, he knew better than anyone the gold-standard money-making capability of New Century Digital, and he relied on this chain enterprise to get rich.
If his underlings really blocked his path to wealth, he might have murderous thoughts.
"Hehe, sorry, President Zhang, I was indeed a bit busy earlier, and only recently found some free time to come out for a meal with my friends from the student union."
Su Zelin said casually.
"Oh, President Su, how could you say that? The development of our New Era is like riding a rocket. It’s normal for you as a senior executive at headquarters to be busy with many affairs. It’s all for the company and every store’s responsibility, understandable!"
Zhang Yuanhang’s face was full of smiles.
Whoever feeds you is your mother, whoever gives you money is your father.
With all the money he earned from New Century Digital, Su Zelin, who held the power of life and death over franchise store approvals, was like a second father to Young Master Zhang.
Having once been an opponent of New Era and getting beaten down, Zhang Yuanhang put away his youthful arrogance and became more slick, which worked out well for him.
After exchanging pleasantries with Su Zelin, Zhang Yuanhang’s gaze fell on Huang Panpan.
This female college student was indeed very beautiful, and her seat was obviously quite close to that of President Su.
The table in the private room was large, with less than ten people in total, and each pair had plenty of space.
This was intentional.
In some cases, the distance between seats can reflect interpersonal relationships, especially between men and women.
Indeed, this female college student might very well be President Su’s girlfriend.
They realized that Zhou Yuan and his crew had stirred up a hornet’s nest!
"How come the kitchen hasn’t served the dishes yet? President Su, please wait a moment, I’ll go urge them!"
Before leaving the private room, Zhang Yuanhang gave Zhou Yuan and the others a look.
Urging the kitchen was just an excuse; he needed to call out a few naive underlings and give them a reprimand to see if he could save the situation.
They understood and immediately made excuses to go to the restroom, then left as well.
Away from the private room, Zhang Yuanhang stopped and turned around.
Compared to the smile on his face earlier, he now wore a gloomy expression, putting on a vivid display of changing faces.
Zhou Yuan and the others grew even more apprehensive.
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
Without a word, Zhang Yuanhang slapped each of them on the head, leaving the underlings dazed.
"Damn it, could you guys not use your eyes when flirting? Of all people, you go after President Su’s girlfriend?"
After a torrent of verbal abuse, Zhang Yuanhang drenched his underlings in spittle, and they were all silent and subdued.
"Do you guys even know what kind of role this President Su plays at New Century Digital?"
Zhang Yuanhang asked angrily.
The underlings instinctively shook their heads.
"He’s the COO of our company, the operations director! He’s responsible for planning and implementing company operations, including franchise store approvals! I’m currently applying for the second store, and the application report is in his hands right now, and you guys hit on his girlfriend? If I can’t open my second store, you’re all dead!"
Causing trouble at this critical moment, Zhang Yuanhang really felt like kicking them a few times.
"S-sorry, boss, if we knew that one of those girls was a girlfriend of a New Era executive, we wouldn’t dare invite them even if we had a bear’s courage!"
"Boss, we thought he was just an ordinary college student, who could have known he would be the operations director of New Century?"
"..."
The underlings were quite scared.
They all knew Zhang Yuanhang had put his money in this digital chain enterprise, and if his path to wealth was cut off, they’d be in big trouble.
No matter how they tried to explain, Zhang Yuanhang remained unmoved. He snorted coldly: "This mess you guys created, clean it up yourselves later. Make sure you apologize to President Su and make him happy. If I get the approval for my second store, I’ll pretend nothing happened. But if you can’t appease him, and my new store falls through, it’s not over between us!"
Leaving those words behind, Zhang Yuanhang returned to the private room, and the moment he entered, the smile returned to his face, showcasing his skills in changing expressions vividly.
The group of underlings, filled with trepidation, each contemplated how to make amends.
After a while, the waiter served the food.
They were indeed fine dishes, almost all exotic delicacies.
Civet cat, squirrel, pheasant, bear paw, wild duck...
Exotic dishes were the specialty of Taste Residence.
In this era, many exotic dishes could still be eaten, and some such restaurants openly operated on the street without any secrecy. Some with backgrounds would illegally sell protected exotic dishes to satisfy the curious tendencies of the wealthy and powerful. This situation was common across the country and was not strictly regulated.