Chapter 596: They Are Bolder Than I Imagined! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Inside the large conference room at Tenda, Quan Longtian was holding a meeting for the Company's executives.

"Everyone, please come up with a plan as soon as possible. How much information can be collected and organized to earn how much money, what information is useful, and what information is useless—all of this must be made clear."

"Anyway, that is the situation. Since President Zhou has notified me, he is definitely going to do it. There is no need to worry about the money; it is coming out of President Zhou's own pocket. Everyone can rest assured on this point."

Quan Longtian said as he looked at the group of executives.

The number of Employees at Tenda is growing, and correspondingly, there are many more executives than before, including familiar faces like He Ling and Chu Lan, as well as several new faces.

At this moment, the eyes of the few new brothers were wide open.

One of them spoke up: "President Quan, shouldn't this matter be reconsidered? After all, the workload is truly too massive, and the expenditure figures will certainly be extremely high. This... this is not worth the loss!"

Although they had heard of Tenda's various reputations before joining, as well as how generous that President Zhou was when it came to being serious, they were still dumbfounded after hearing this plan.

Another executive also spoke up: "President Quan, I also feel there is no need for this. There is too much information on the internet. Doing it this way has no other effect than making those internet celebrities lose face..."

As the executive spoke, he shut his mouth, because he realized that this President Zhou seemed to have always been this kind of person.

The phrase he said most often in his daily life was: I am being serious just for the sake of being serious, just because I am unhappy...

Applied to this matter, the behavior of those internet celebrities made President Zhou unhappy, so he wanted to be serious; this seemed to have no problem at all.

The executive secretly looked at Quan Longtian and, finding that this General Manager was staring at him, hurriedly added: "President Quan, I have no problems at all!"

Sigh, he was still thinking with his old mindset. In the past, those bosses always tried every possible way to use the Company to avoid taxes; they would say it was coming out of their own pockets, but in the end, it was still to avoid taxes.

But President Zhou, he seems to really be paying out of his own pocket...

Seeing that the other party had stopped talking, Quan Longtian withdrew his gaze and said in a flat tone: "I called everyone here for a meeting mainly to notify you, not to let everyone discuss it. I hope everyone can be clear on this point."

"This is a matter requested by President Zhou, so it must be done. If anyone feels this is too overbearing, it doesn't matter; you can seek employment elsewhere. Everyone knows the Labor Law, so I won't say anything more."

The General Manager's status in the Company is still very high; after these two sentences were spoken, no one dared to say anything else, and they all nodded in unison to indicate there was no problem.

At the same time, inside Shaoxi Restaurant, Manager Li looked at the young man in front of him and asked: "Sun Pengxing, right? Have you done this line of work before?"

Sun Pengxing replied: "I have done it before. I have worked in many restaurants, Chinese food, Western food, and so on; I have done a lot."

"Fine, there are no problems with anything else. The trial period is three days, and meals are provided."

After Manager Li finished speaking, he turned his head and shouted: "That Xia, come, come over here."

After a girl walked over, Manager Li continued: "This young man is preparing to work at the restaurant. During these three days of the trial period, you take him under your wing and teach him. You are taking over for old Hu, you know?"

Sun Pengxing was very natural from beginning to end; he was just here to work, and filming things was just a side task anyway, as it was his profession.

It was just that President Zhou had called earlier and told him to film more of the restaurant's high-end ingredients.

Although he did not know the reason why President Zhou said this, he was still prepared to follow through. Anyway, following President Zhou now is never wrong.

Tenda executives were busy making plans, Sun Pengxing was busy working as a waiter, and President Zhou was busy lying in his office shouting about how bored he was...

Amidst such dullness and monotony, two days passed in a flash.

The heat on the internet has slowly decreased, and internet celebrities like Xiao Guo have basically achieved a win-win in this incident.

As for traffic, as long as it is used well, there are too many people who have flown to the sky by borrowing the east wind.

Not to mention that internet celebrities like Xiao Guo have all been subjected to Internet Violence this time; look, you could say all the elements for becoming popular have been gathered.

Inside the office, the agent said: "After this incident, your follower count on many platforms has reached a new level, so I think we did very successfully this time!"

"And that A Yi from Jingzhou, he hasn't said a single word from beginning to end, so as of now, we are basically fine."

"However, there is one more point: the court hearing is in two days. If the restaurant loses by then, according to the contract, you still have to stand up and say a few more words."

Guo Qifeng nodded upon hearing this and said: "That's nothing. Actually, I think it doesn't matter if I say it or not. After our efforts, many people now feel that even if the lawsuit is lost, it actually cannot be blamed on the restaurant."

"But it's better to say something."

With the serious business finished, Xiao Guo looked relaxed. Through this incident, he could already be called a top-tier Up Master on the entire internet.

Then the future advertising fees will come pouring in like a flowing river; as long as there are followers, making money is really too easy.

It seems this is just how it should be done; as long as one is in the right, what can even A Yi do!

Among internet celebrities, there are quite a few who think like Xiao Guo, because there is already news on the internet now saying that this time, A Yi was finally taken down!

It has been such a long time and there hasn't even been a harsh word; isn't this just being taken down? In the past, A Yi would have said things like "do not say that you were not warned."

In short, everyone is very happy.

Tenda's Employees are even happier, or one could say, no one could have imagined that flipping through comments in the comment section and taking screenshots these days could actually make money!

At the very least, the current Tenda Employees are already boiling over. Today, they were originally about to get off work, but suddenly a notice was issued from above.

Many people did not want to look at it, and were even disgusted, feeling that Tenda was starting to walk the old path.

There is no way around it; thanks to Tenda's lectures, the old Employees in the Company are already used to this kind of life.

It is just that the contrast with those few companies nearby is too obvious, so everyone has not gotten carried away now.

At least in their hearts, they are still clear that Tenda is special. If it weren't for Tenda, everyone here would still be grinding away at 996.

Where would there be such a good thing!

However, not getting carried away is one thing, but being unhappy is another. Some people clicked on the notice, thinking about confronting their leaders.

As a result, it was shocking to see that President Zhou had assigned a new task, and the new task was actually so outrageous!

Beside Yuan Jianhua, a young man said with a face full of shock: "Is this a task a human could think of? Eh no, Brother Yuan, I'm not talking about President Zhou..."

But the young man realized he was being glared at by Yuan Jianhua halfway through his sentence and hurriedly explained.

"I just feel a bit unable to believe it. Will he really give money, Brother Yuan?"

Yuan Jianhua himself was also dumbfounded. President Zhou does indeed often give benefits to Tenda, and they are all out of his own pocket.

But this matter is a bit outrageous, even more outrageous than the last gold lucky draw!

Such investigation and statistics, logically speaking, a normal person simply cannot do it...

But being an old Employee, Yuan Jianhua definitely had to put on an appearance of "this is just a small matter."

"Get rid of that feeling of doubt. When President Zhou says he will give money, he has never gone back on his word. Rest assured, when has President Zhou ever failed to fulfill what he said? Look at last year's annual meeting, so much gold, he gave it as soon as he said he would!"

"Alright, hurry back and get to work. This has no technical content at all; following the requirements to get it done is all money."

The young man nodded, but soon asked in confusion: "Brother Yuan, why do we have to do this at home? Wouldn't it be faster at the Company?"

Yuan Jianhua, feeling frustrated that he wouldn't live up to expectations, gave him a flick to the forehead: "Are you a pig-brained brother? Go back and call your whole family; the speed of making money this way is definitely more than what you earn from overtime!"

"If the whole family starts doing it, wouldn't it be faster?"

Can it even be operated like this?

The young man thought of his own family, and his heart immediately burned with passion; make money, he must make money!

However, Yuan Jianhua quickly said: "It can only be family members like parents and children; don't go too far, otherwise if the Company finds out, it won't be easy to handle, as it is written in our Company's rules and regulations."

The young man nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would absolutely not go too far.

Basically, this is the current reaction of the Tenda Employees; after all, when you go out to work these days, drinking a hundred bowls of chicken soup isn't as practical as getting a hundred yuan.

Everyone goes out to work just to earn money to support their families, and they don't want to eat the boss's empty promises.

Of course, many people feel that President Zhou has become a bit obsessed, and it seems unnecessary to be so serious about this kind of thing, but thinking about it carefully, they also feel that if they could really dig this situation out, it would seem really satisfying!

These days, some celebrities and internet influencers say they are being sprayed or are victims of Internet Violence at the drop of a hat; if you dare to say no, they ask you to produce evidence, and who can produce such evidence?

Now that there is finally a sucker doing this, there is certainly nothing to say.

Facts have proven that the Interns are not needed for the time being, because the Tenda Employees have all started calling their friends and relatives.

Relatives and friends, as long as they can help, they are all dragged in.

A situation even occurred in this that left Zhou Yi stunned when he heard it.

That is, some Tenda Employees who felt they were very smart even went out to find people, or found teams, to help them do it.

Of course, the Employee would take a cut of the money obtained...

This group of Employees basically joined Tenda later; anyway, the sucker mentioned above pays a lot, and the outside outsourcing teams are shockingly cheap.

It is a very old operation: let the outside team do it first, treat the finished results as their own work, and then take the money and split it with the outside team.

If President Zhou gives one yuan, splitting five jiao with the outside team makes this group scramble to do it.

To the point that it developed to the stage where they didn't have to do anything themselves and could still earn a large sum of money!

It's just that paper cannot wrap up fire; soon this matter was reported by old Employees, and Quan Longtian directly ordered a strict investigation to handle it as it should be handled.

After this incident, the new Employees finally saw what Tenda is; you can enjoy very good treatment at Tenda by working steadily.

But if you think you are very smart and think you can exploit loopholes, then sorry, you specifically studied the Company's rules and regulations when you joined.

Dismissal where dismissal is due, Warning where Warning is due!

Once you leave Tenda, it will be difficult to find such a job again...

After being stunned, Zhou Yi didn't take it too seriously; once a company is big, it naturally cannot be managed like before, and there will always be people who cannot control their hands and feet in the face of profit.

Even the Employees know that outsourcing is cheap, and he, as a boss, knows it even better; it's just that he treats the Employees as his own people, but it is very clear that some Employees think he is a sucker.

Then, since they are not on the same path, so be it; go seek a better career elsewhere!

The Tenda Employees are working in full swing, and the Self-Media Studio is also constantly filming videos, and under such circumstances, time flew to the day of the court hearing.

The attention on the internet for this case is still quite high, but it is still much worse than the situation before where the whole internet was paying attention and soft articles were flying everywhere.

The case is naturally handled by Huo Pengfei, and Zhou Yi arrived at the Court early.

It's just that he didn't expect that Shaoxi Restaurant would actually have people come too, and it was that Manager Liu.

"Lawyer Qin, look over there; that is that Zhou Yi, it is said that he is very famous on the internet..." Manager Liu said to the Lawyer Qin beside him.

Yet he did not expect Lawyer Qin to have a calm face: "Ah, he is that A Yi; alright Manager Liu, I know."

Lawyer Qin has now lost all worldly desires; he knows Zhou Yi better than Manager Liu!

He will never forget the last incident in this lifetime; the whole family went in together, neat and tidy...

So now Lawyer Qin is in a state of lying flat; anyway, I will try my best to fight the lawsuit, if I lose, I lose, it doesn't matter.

Manager Liu looked at Lawyer Qin with some curiosity; he is such a big internet celebrity, yet this Lawyer Qin didn't show the slightest movement!

He is worthy of being the lawyer the boss found personally; look at this calm appearance, he is not an ordinary person.

The Court opened, and right before Manager Liu's stunned eyes, that handsome guy in front arrived at the Court as if he had arrived home...

The trial finally began, but there was no live broadcast this time.

The core of the case lies in whether Wu Qiuling's food poisoning was caused by eating food from Shaoxi Restaurant.

There must be a causal relationship in between.

Obviously, the evidence from both sides is insufficient, so what needs to be done is to persuade the judge, to make the judge feel that what you are saying makes sense, and that this possibility is greater!

This is the application of what we call the rule of high probability; after all, once in Court, the Court must make a judgment.

I must say one thing here: in this type of food safety case, when the evidence on both sides is about the same, the Court will generally lean towards the consumer.

For example, the very classic takeout case: you ate a takeout, and then you got food poisoning a few hours later; you would definitely go to the merchant, but the merchant wouldn't admit it and would say you are extorting them.

What to do? How can you, the consumer, prove that it was the takeout you ate that caused the food poisoning? There is no way to prove it, and the burden of proof is difficult because there is time in between, and you were at home.

Who knows if you ate anything else in between.

But the consumer still won the lawsuit; why?

This point does not need much explanation, because the consumer is in a weak position, so the consumer must be protected; it is that simple.

If you still can't understand, then you can return to the old question we discussed before: what is the essence of law, and what is the purpose of law...

Zhou Yi was about to fall asleep in the public gallery.

That Lawyer Qin is really rigid, and Zhou Yi feels he can even guess what he is going to say.

I shouldn't have come to observe today; it's really boring.

The focus now is no longer on this judgment; even if Huo Pengfei wins the lawsuit, they still have a lot to say.

Forget it, I'll take a nap; you don't say, listening to these two Debate is quite hypnotic.

Just like when I was in school, listening to some leaders give speeches, it's very easy to get sleepy; insomnia patients can try it, it's very effective...

In the end, under Lawyer Qin's "effortful performance," the Court made a First Instance judgment: Shaoxi Restaurant shall compensate Wu Qiuling four thousand yuan at its discretion.

This verdict was actually a bit of a fudge, but Zhou Yi didn't mind; after the verdict came down, he had someone post it online.

About half an hour after the verdict appeared online, Xiao Guo responded.

"To be honest, I am very disappointed with such a verdict. Does this mean that from now on, as long as someone has food poisoning, they can just go and extort a restaurant?"

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Tenda Employee simply couldn't prove it, so why should she win? Does the law only protect individuals and not restaurants?"

"I don't understand, I really don't understand. So many people went to eat there, how come only she got food poisoning?"

Questioning a verdict is legal, so Xiao Guo spoke quite vigorously.

Shaoxi Restaurant also expressed dissatisfaction and claimed they would Appeal, but this time they didn't post advertorials or buy an Internet Water Army, so the buzz wasn't very high.

At this time, those previous words took effect, and a portion of people felt that this verdict was indeed unreasonable.

Since it couldn't be proven, the restaurant should have won the Litigation!

Many people are blindly conformist, especially when looking at things that are plausible but misleading; one moment they feel what this blogger says is very reasonable and simply amazing!

The next moment they see another viewpoint, and they feel that the other person also makes a lot of sense.

Under these circumstances, "A Law Student," who had exposed the whole matter, stood up.

"I am very surprised by the content Xiao Guo posted, even surprised at what stance they are taking, and even more surprised that so many people would think it shouldn't be judged this way!"

"If you are a consumer and you eat a meal at a restaurant, and then a few hours later you get food poisoning, may I ask if you can produce complete evidence to prove that it was the other party's food that caused it?"

"It is obviously very difficult. You need to prove that you only ate the other party's food during that time; it is certainly impossible to provide proof, but do you feel aggrieved?"

"Of course you feel aggrieved, so if we put it that way, consumers won't be able to win similar cases. If the cases can't be won, who would still use Litigation to resolve them?"

Li Xiang expressed his thoughts; he actually took a shortcut, because the Court's verdict would consider things comprehensively. For those daily food poisoning compensation claims, just wait and see if it gets ruled...

However, the article Li Xiang posted this time received support!

Those who stand up are always the minority; the silent ones are the majority.

After continuous fermentation, some voices finally appeared online.

"Who said only that Tenda Employee got poisoned? I also went to eat at the Shaoxi Restaurant in Jingzhou two weeks ago. I finished eating at noon and had diarrhea non-stop in the afternoon. It was just that after a few times it was fine, so I didn't do anything, but their food does indeed make you feel uncomfortable."

"Me too. I only discovered today that this matter was spreading so wildly. I had the same experience, but I didn't go to the hospital either. However, I was vomiting and having diarrhea at the time, it was disgusting!"

These comments appearing online did not reverse the entire public opinion, because the words of this group of people could not be seen by more people.

On the contrary, Xiao Guo said one sentence after this: "Things on the internet, true and false, how can it be such a coincidence that so many people suddenly pop up with food poisoning? Even a fool could think there's something fishy going on here!"

Both sides bickered with each other, and it was quite a scene.

In Jingzhou, inside the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter, Tong Feiyan looked at Xiao Guo's words and her face was swollen with anger!

She was also the type who liked to find internet-famous spots; if there was an internet-famous restaurant, she would definitely go to check in. As a result, she also had diarrhea when she returned that day, but she just thought her stomach was bad.

Now that she found others had food poisoning too, she thought about coming out to say something, but she was actually questioned as being part of an Internet Water Army!

Miss Tong posted her location on the spot, along with her check-in Photo from back then.

"Calling me an Internet Water Army? Come, come, take a good look. Good thing I took a Photo!"

The effect was a little bit there, but it was still far from enough. Compared to those internet celebrities, the voice of an individual like Miss Tong was too small.

In Modu, Xiao Guo put down his phone, stretched, and said: "Alright, I won't meddle in the Shaoxi matter anymore. Our next video needs to be quick."

You do what you're paid to do; it's enough now. Xiao Guo himself knew that if he kept bickering over this matter, he might start to be disliked.

The Manager in front nodded and said: "Fine, anyway, enough has been done. That Shaoxi Restaurant has reaped such a huge profit, it's fine."

Xiao Guo stopped talking, A Yi still didn't speak, and only a bunch of onlookers were left arguing to the heavens there.

But no matter how they argued, there was no result, and this matter just passed like that.

No one felt there would be any more waves. Even if someone reported having diarrhea after eating the buffet at Shaoxi Restaurant, it was nothing major, and Shaoxi Restaurant's business remained booming.

People still got diarrhea after eating...

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Zhou Yi probably didn't know that Sun Pengxing was working very vigorously at Shaoxi Restaurant.

Or rather, Sun Pengxing himself didn't expect that this restaurant's fame was terrifyingly high. All kinds of internet-famous young men and women came here to check in, the environment was top-notch, yet they were actually so ruthless with the food!

Even though Sun Pengxing felt he had worked in many places in the catering industry, he still felt Shaoxi Restaurant's operations were very shady.

Today was already his second week working at Shaoxi Restaurant. After a period of time, Shaoxi Restaurant now had no secrets from him.

"Xiao Sun, Xiao Sun, come here, take this back and have them re-plate it." Manager Liu shouted from the front.

Sun Pengxing ran over. The Camera was already on. He looked at the sashimi on the table and asked curiously: "Manager Liu, what is this re-plating for? Isn't it being thrown away?"

Manager Liu looked back at Sun Pengxing and said: "Thrown away? This plate of sashimi is less than half eaten, why throw it away? Take it back, fix it up, and serve it to the next table of guests."

Fine, Sun Pengxing sighed and took the plate of sashimi back to the kitchen.

"Sister Xia, Manager Liu said to fix this up. When the next table of guests comes, add some new ones and serve it up."

Sister Xia in the front curled her lips and said: "Got it, I'll do it in a bit. Just serve it when the next table of guests wants it."

Sun Pengxing heard this and said: "Won't anything happen if they eat this?"

"Who knows? Anyway, I definitely wouldn't eat it." Sister Xia shook her head.

These people's operations looked very practiced, indicating they hadn't done it just once or twice before.

A plate of sashimi like this sells for a lot of money. Re-fixing what the previous table left over can save a lot of money.

And this was just one thing captured in these two days. Other things, like not cleaning tableware, recycling leftover meat slices for the next wave of guests, etc., could no longer catch Sun Pengxing's attention.

What interested him very much were those so-called imported products, which claimed to use top-tier beef but instead used cheap beef to pass for quality.

They claimed to be imported foie gras, but some used domestic, and some were directly replaced with duck liver...

Not to mention those expensive seafoods; passing off inferior goods as superior, using cheap seafood to replace expensive seafood was everywhere!

And seeing that the staff here were all used to it, it showed that doing this was not just once or twice...

Anyway, Sun Pengxing would definitely not dare to come and eat here in the future. He felt that eating out really depended on your luck.

After capturing a lot of key information, Sun Pengxing took advantage of going to the restroom to dial Zhou Yi's phone number.

"Hello, Manager Zhou? Yes, I've already filmed a lot of key content. Yes, Manager Zhou, I don't think we can drag this out!"

"While I'm still at the restaurant, I'll send these things to you. Manager Zhou, you go file the report; a surprise inspection right now will definitely uncover problems!"

"When the time comes, we'll coordinate with the Market Supervision Department and then release it; there definitely won't be any issues then. What do you think?"

Inside the Tengda Chairman's office, Zhou Yi heard this and felt the suggestion was indeed good!

Because if the Market Supervision Department could discover these situations, the evidentiary value would certainly be even more powerful!

"Alright, send them over to me. I'm going to file the complaint right now!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi went straight downstairs to drive; this kind of matter requires efficiency!

He drove all the way to the Guangming District Market Supervision Bureau. By the time he arrived downstairs, Sun Pengxing had already uploaded the filmed content to his phone.

As he went upstairs, Zhou Yi started flipping through it. Good heavens, this restaurant was even bolder than he had imagined!

He had originally thought it might just be a failure to meet hygiene standards during production, but he hadn't expected that they hadn't considered hygiene at all.

To put it in one sentence, it was "bacteria and microbes everywhere"!

Besides that, everything Lawyer Fang had arranged to be investigated was also found; cases of passing off inferior goods as quality ones and substituting cheap ingredients for expensive ones were everywhere.

One could even spot many problems just by glancing inside; those boxes of cheap ingredients were all placed out in the open.

He made his way to the office, knocked on the door, and went in to see it was the same young man from before.

"Comrade, hello. I have a matter to report, it's very urgent!"

Xiao Chen heard the voice, looked up, and immediately felt a headache; why was it this guy again?

He had been following the situation online; this Manager Zhou's reputation was currently very poor, and many people felt he was deliberately smearing others and even hiring an Internet Water Army.

It was just that everyone was afraid to say it...

"Mr. Zhou, is it? What is the matter this time?"

Zhou Yi placed his phone on the table and said, "Comrade, there really is another matter. It's still Shaoxi Restaurant. You should take a look at these first. This was filmed by a friend of mine when he went to work as a waiter at Shaoxi Restaurant."

Xiao Chen looked surprised, raised his head to glance at Zhou Yi; good heavens, he'd even gone as far as a Secret Visit!

What "a friend of yours," these days it's always "I have a friend"...

But thoughts were just thoughts; Xiao Chen still picked up the phone, prepared to look at the content on it.

Shaoxi Restaurant—they had investigated it once before and hadn't found any problems.

As a result, when he picked up the phone and looked, he was instantly stunned; the content and conversations inside left Xiao Chen feeling suffocated!

There were several videos. After watching one, Xiao Chen's expression turned serious: "Mr. Zhou, is the content in here authentic?"

Zhou Yi nodded and said, "Absolutely authentic. Some of it was even filmed today. If you go for a surprise inspection secretly right now, you will definitely discover these problems!"

Xiao Chen didn't answer, but stood up and went to the side of a middle-aged man.

"He said it was filmed by a friend of his who went to work as a waiter. Some of it was filmed today and just sent over..."

The middle-aged man looked at the content on the phone, his expression also turning serious. He thought carefully for a moment and then said, "I'll report this to the higher-ups. You notify the others, bring a few more people, and we'll set off immediately!"

Xiao Chen nodded, his expression a bit excited; as long as they could really uncover problems, everyone would be happy then!

It was just like when Zhou Mouren brought evidence to report to the police; for the Police Station, as long as it was confirmed to be true, this was a solid merit!

To the point that Chief Zhao had even become Director Zhao; there was factual support for it!

The leadership would be even less likely to stop this kind of thing; on the contrary, they told them not to worry about anything else and to make sure to investigate it thoroughly!

Five minutes later, two cars left the main gate and headed straight for Shaoxi Restaurant.

Inside Shaoxi Restaurant, Sun Pengxing was still busy working as if nothing were the matter. To Sister Xia, who was training him, this young man was truly excellent.

He was hardworking and had no complaints about any kind of work. A large batch of meat had arrived at the shop today, and when she asked him to move the boxes, he didn't say a word and just went to move them.

And he moved them with particular care and attention.

Regarding this, Sister Xia had even specifically said that it was just some meat and there was no need to be like that.

Not to mention the young man was also very good at talking; apart from sometimes having a few too many questions, he was really quite good. With someone like him around, everyone else felt much more relaxed.

"Xiao Sun, stop working, take a break!" Sister Xia spoke up again.

Sun Pengxing, who was busy organizing those ingredients, looked honest and said, "Sister Xia, these things are a bit messy. I'll just tidy them up a little. I have this obsessive-compulsive disorder; I can't stand it when things are messy..."

This obsessive-compulsive disorder was good; everyone actually couldn't stand the mess, but rarely would they actually tidy up.

Of course, they didn't know that Sun Pengxing was currently placing all those cheap ingredients used as substitutes in the most conspicuous positions.

Ensuring that as soon as someone walked in, they would see them at a glance...

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For Manager Deng, this period of time had been very comfortable.

The business at the franchise restaurant was extremely hot, and by leveraging that previous incident, the restaurant's popularity had reached a new level.

By now, many people from out of town were coming to the restaurant to check in.

The experienced Manager Deng knew that at this point, the restaurant's brand had already been established. At this time, even if it was expensive, it would make those people feel that only expensive things were worth showing off!

Checking in, checking in—you definitely had to go to places that were hard for others to get to; only then could you have face. Posting to Moments, posting to other places—only then could you highlight your own status!

Under such circumstances, the more expensive the restaurant, the better.

Of course, Manager Deng wouldn't raise prices again. He knew very well that if it got any more expensive, eventually there wouldn't be many people left.

After all, it was a restaurant.

However, there were too many ways to make money. If you swapped out those ingredients in the restaurant, how many people could actually taste the difference? Every bit that came in and went out was money.

Walking out of the office, Manager Deng prepared to inspect the restaurant a little.

As a result, he had only walked a few steps when he saw a large group of people arrive at the restaurant entrance, and they ignored the waiter who said it was already full and pushed the door open to enter.

"Lao Liu, what are these people doing? Go ask!" Manager Deng said with a frown.

Manager Liu took a look and his expression changed drastically: "Manager Deng, these people look like they are from the Market Supervision!"

Because some people were wearing uniforms and some were not, Manager Deng hadn't seen clearly at first glance.

Looking now, it really was them, a full seven or eight staff members from the Market Supervision Bureau!

"Lao Liu, inside..." Before the words were even half out, the staff members had already walked up to him.

"Hello, we are from the Inspection Brigade of the Guangming District Market Supervision Bureau. We are now conducting an inspection of Shaoxi Restaurant. Let's go."

As they spoke, the group of several people did not stop and walked straight inside.

Because there were quite a few people here, and some of those inside were wearing uniforms, the customers eating in the restaurant were a bit curious.

But curiosity was just curiosity; seeing those people in uniforms go to the back, everyone stopped caring, as eating was more important.

In the restaurant kitchen, Sister Xia, who had rested for a while, had already started adding new sashimi and ice to the remaining sashimi; she was well-versed in this work.

Just at this moment, the kitchen door was pushed open, and a group of people walked in.

"What are you doing? This is the kitchen, except for employees..." someone said, stepping forward.

The staff member followed the same procedure, took out their credentials, and said, "We are from Market Supervision. Now, all of you stop what you are doing and wait to the side."

Hearing this, Sister Xia was instantly stunned; how did the Market Supervision people suddenly come here!

But no one dared to say anything; everyone was just a worker, trying to make a living.

President Deng stood at the kitchen door, watching those staff members start to investigate everywhere, and hurriedly pulled Manager Liu to the side: "Today you..."

Before the words were finished, Manager Liu nodded, and President Deng became anxious.

"What's going on? Didn't I say to be careful, be careful? Why did they come to inspect again today!"

"It's over now. Those things will probably all be found out, and we'll be fined again."

Under these circumstances, it couldn't withstand an investigation at all, and the waiters were basically impossible to hide anything; they said whatever they were asked.

The money they were given was only so much; people like Manager Liu and Store Manager Li might have been able to hide something, but it was already useless.

Cheap ingredients used to substitute for quality ones, sashimi from the previous table that was left over and about to be served again—all kinds of problems that were shocking to see!

The investigation lasted for several hours, and during this period, the restaurant closed.

This did not attract the attention of the customers, because after mealtime, the restaurant usually closed anyway.

It wasn't until the evening that some customers preparing to come for a meal arrived at the door and discovered that the restaurant was actually not open, and there was no notice!

"What's the situation? It's this late and it's still not open? Are they not doing business?" someone complained outside.

Many were young people, some of whom had brought their girlfriends specifically; of course, whether it was to take a Photo or to eat, that was another matter.

As a result, it wasn't open now, which immediately made many people unable to stand it.

The brother who brought his girlfriend apologized in every way; although this matter had nothing to do with him, he still had to apologize, as he was the one who didn't keep his promise.

There was no other way, so he had to take out his phone to call and ask, but the Shaoxi Restaurant phone couldn't get through either.

Under these circumstances, some news appeared online.

"What's wrong with Shaoxi Restaurant? Why is it closed today? It was perfectly fine when I ate there at noon!"

"I don't know. Does anyone know the situation? Tell us, what's going on?"

No one knew the situation.

And at this time, in Modu.

"Quite a few fans are already asking me what the situation is with Shaoxi Restaurant. Have you figured it out on your end?" Guo Qifeng said, looking at the Manager in front of him.

The Manager shook his head: "I can't reach Store Manager Li or President Deng. I don't know what's going on; maybe there's some sudden situation!"

"No matter how sudden the situation is, they have to explain it. Those people are my fans; I'm the one who recommended the place to them. Now they've traveled from out of town, and it's just closed without a word. What are they doing!"

Complaining was just complaining; since he couldn't figure out the situation, Guo Qifeng could only post an update saying that he was currently trying to contact them and hoped that Shaoxi Restaurant could come forward to explain.

Because it was a franchise store, now that it had suddenly closed, the brand side definitely had to provide an explanation.

However, before the brand side could even issue a notice, a certain handsome guy who many thought wouldn't dare to speak up suddenly forwarded a status report update!

This update was like a bomb, blowing up the internet, which had previously only had slight ripples!

Because this status report clearly stated that the Market Supervision Department had conducted a surprise inspection of Shaoxi Restaurant at noon today, discovered many problems, and had now ordered Shaoxi Restaurant to close temporarily.

The specific problems were still under investigation!

And after the status report was issued, the brand side in Modu also issued a report, saying that they had already dispatched a team to Jingzhou to conduct an investigation.

Now, the people who were confused online all stopped talking; after all that, Shaoxi Restaurant was actually being investigated?

And now it was directly closed; what did this mean? Anyone slightly sharp could think of it: this meant the problems at Shaoxi Restaurant were very serious!

Usually, when the "biological father" (the authorities) takes action, they leave some leeway; now, before the investigation results were even out, they had directly ordered a suspension of business.

With this report, the previous matter of Tengda Employee food poisoning was brought up again, and those comments from people saying they had similar situations were all dug up.

Everyone discovered that this matter didn't seem so simple!

In Modu, Guo Qifeng was stunned when he saw the status report; he was very clear about this kind of situation in this line of work.

What to do? The team had already been assembled, and everyone had to discuss a response plan; if problems were found, how should they explain it!

In short, everything had to prioritize the public persona...