March 16th, Friday …
Pei Qian came to the office and finalized the candidate for the snack market: Zhang Yahui!
According to the information provided by the HR department, Zhang Yahui was originally a famous roasted cold noodles vendor in the local area. He had been poached by Qi Yan to be in charge of the Cold-Faced Lady Gourmet Laboratory because of his outstanding performance in the roasted cold noodles competition. He was now in Chang 'an and had just finished filming the first episode of the documentary "The Stalls" with the people from Fei Huang Workspace.
This person might have been an ordinary roasted cold noodles vendor at the beginning with a low education level and no outstanding results, but he gave Pei Qian a sense of danger.
From the Gourmet Laboratory to the documentary "The Stalls", Qi Yan must have entrusted this young man with such an important task because he was more outstanding.
Since that was the case, poaching him was naturally the best choice!
On one hand, letting Zhang Yahui be in charge of the snack market could weaken the Cold-Faced Lady and cause some obstacles to the Gourmet Laboratory, documentary filming, and the future expansion of the Cold-Faced Lady. On the other hand, it would be easier to poach people from the Cold-Faced Lady in the future.
That was because Pei Qian's initial idea was not to poach just one person. In the future, the snack market would have to continuously poach people from the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory to continue suppressing the Cold-Faced Lady's development. Thus, the person-in-charge of the snack market had to have some prestige and personal charm. He had to be able to poach people.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be very awkward if the other vendors did not come when they heard the name of the person-in-charge of the snack market and continued to stay in the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory?
Thus, poaching Zhang Yahui directly would have the effect of taking drastic measures.
Pei Qian did not have Zhang Yahui's number, but he had Huang Sibo's number. Since Zhang Yahui and Huang Sibo were working on the documentary "The Stalls" together, finding Huang Sibo would naturally mean finding Zhang Yahui.
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At the same time, in Chang 'an …
Huang Sibo and the film crew of "The Stalls" were packing their luggage and preparing to set off.
The first episode of "The Stalls" had been filmed, and the response was very good. Thus, they stayed in Chang 'an for another day and enjoyed the local delicacies. They only planned to leave today and head to the next stop.
According to the previous plan, this was a long-term documentary series. The film crew had to fly all over the country, search for local delicacies, unearth the exclusive secret recipes of various vendors, and promote the Cold-Faced Lady.
Of course, as the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace, Huang Sibo had other things to do. Thus, he only had to follow along with the first episode of the documentary. The rest would be handled by the director of The Stalls.
Just as he was packing his luggage in his room, his phone rang.
"Hmm? Boss Pei? "
Huang Sibo froze for a moment before picking it up. "Hello? Boss Pei, do you have any instructions? "
Boss Pei's voice came from the other end of the line. "Is Zhang Yahui at your place? Get him to answer the phone. "
Huang Sibo was stunned. "Huh? Er, alright. Boss Pei, please wait a moment. "
Although Huang Sibo did not understand why Boss Pei had skipped a few levels to look for Zhang Yahui, he did not ask much. Instead, he knocked on Zhang Yahui's door and handed his phone over.
Zhang Yahui looked shocked. "Boss Pei is looking for me?"
The name 'Boss Pei' only existed in legends ever since he joined the Cold-Faced Lady. Of course, Zhang Yahui was flattered to receive a call from Boss Pei for no reason now that he was looking for him by name.
Zhang Yahui took the phone from Huang Sibo and said, "Boss Pei? Are you looking for me? "
Boss Pei's very kind voice came from the other end of the line. "Zhang Yahui, right? Hello, hello. I'm not looking for you for anything else. I just want to hire you as the person-in-charge of a new project of mine called 'Snack Market'. I wonder if you're willing? "
Pei Qian briefly introduced this so-called 'Snack Market'.
To put it bluntly, it was to buy a piece of land in Jingzhou and provide shops or stalls for these vendors with exclusive secret recipes so that they could do their old jobs here.
There was no rent here, and the venue was completely free to use. There was a special department in charge of the unified procurement of ingredients and raw materials. They only had to pay 20% of the money to the snack market as a share if they made profits. Apart from that, they would also have a basic salary, insurance, and other benefits that Tengda employees had.
Zhang Yahui was the person-in-charge of this snack market. He was usually in charge of the daily management of this place. Of course, it would not be a problem if Zhang Yahui wanted to set up a stall himself.
Of course, apart from these jobs, Pei Qian also hinted for Zhang Yahui to poach a few more powerful vendors from the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory. The more, the better.
Zhang Yahui felt a little dizzy. "But Boss Pei, wouldn't that clash with the work of the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory?"
Qi Yan had asked Zhang Yahui to be the person-in-charge of the Gourmet Laboratory. She had also dug up famous vendors from all over the country and recruited them under her or spent money to buy recipes. Yet, Boss Pei had asked him to send them to the snack market. Which side should he listen to?
Pei Qian cleared his throat. "Well, the snack market and the Cold-Faced Lady's Gourmet Laboratory are two different directions of development. Given your talent, it's a little overkill to be in charge of the Gourmet Laboratory. Only by being in charge of my project can you obtain better development."
"You don't have to worry about the Cold-Faced Lady. It's all Tengda's internal transfers. Qi Yan will understand. The key is still your personal intentions. "
Zhang Yahui thought to himself, was there a need to say that? The treatment on both sides was not on the same level at all!
The Gourmet Laboratory was just a department under the Cold-Faced Lady. In other words, Zhang Yahui's immediate superior was Qi Yan previously, He Desheng of Dream Realization Ventures above him, and Boss Pei above him.
However, the snack market was a project personally arranged by Boss Pei. He could report directly to Boss Pei. That made no sense at all!
They were obviously not on the same level in terms of treatment or actual resources.
This snack market did not sound as high-end as the 'Gourmet Laboratory' but one could not just look at the name. One had to look at the specific responsibilities.
Strictly speaking, the work of the Gourmet Laboratory was relatively boring. It was nothing more than going to various places to find famous vendors, improve the recipes provided by them, and then make them into new products that could be mass-produced for the Cold-Faced Lady's shop.
On the other hand, the work of the snack market would be more complicated. It was more like operating a large shopping mall or food street.
The reason why Zhang Yahui chose to leave his hometown and come to Beijing was definitely because he was not satisfied with his identity as a vendor. He hoped to work hard to build his own career.
What's more, Zhang Yahui himself liked to set up stalls. Working in the Gourmet Laboratory meant giving up this hobby. He could set up stalls according to his mood in the snack market. That was also one of the factors he considered.
No matter what, he did not seem to have any reason to reject.
After much consideration, Zhang Yahui said, "Alright, Boss Pei. If you think I'm up to the task, I'll give it a try. I hope I won't disappoint you!"
Pei Qian was elated. "That's great! How about this? Have a good rest this weekend and come to Jingzhou on Monday. I'll tell you about the details of the work. "
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yahui still felt a little baffled.
Everything that had happened in the past few months was too magical!
He was originally a slightly famous stall owner in his hometown who made a living by selling roasted cold noodles. However, in just a few months, he was about to become the person-in-charge of a large-scale food market. He could even report directly to Tengda Corporation's Boss Pei …
Zhang Yahui looked at Huang Sibo. "Brother Huang, Boss Pei asked me to go to Jingzhou to be in charge of a new project called the snack market …"
Huang Sibo was not particularly surprised. Obviously, Huang Sibo had already thought of this possibility when Boss Pei called to look for Zhang Yahui.
He smiled and patted Zhang Yahui's shoulder. "Don't worry, Boss Pei is the best at judging people. Since Boss Pei has looked for you, it means that you have very good qualities in this area!"
"Our workspace is in Jingzhou. You can look for me anytime if you encounter any difficulties. We'll definitely go and support the snack market when it officially opens! "
Zhang Yahui nodded. "Alright! I'll call Boss Qi from the Cold-Faced Lady and tell her about this now … "
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At the same time, Qi Yan was in Fish-Catching Take-Out's shop, chatting with Rui Yuchen as she ate the new dishes that had just been served.
It was not lunchtime yet, so there were not many people in the shop. The delivery boys had not started working yet.
Qi Yan had been coming to Fish-Catching Take-Out's shop frequently recently mainly to learn advanced experience.
The Cold-Faced Lady's reputation on the internet had indeed improved since the first episode of The Stalls was broadcast. However, it did not have much of a positive impact on the revenue of the Cold-Faced Lady's shop.
The Gourmet Laboratory had already been set up. It had greatly improved the taste of the roasted cold noodles according to Zhang Yahui and the others' recipes. It could be considered to have received some good reviews.
However, these changes were still very far from turning the Cold-Faced Lady into a popular snack brand.
Qi Yan was chatting with Rui Yuchen when her phone suddenly rang.
Zhang Yahui briefly explained Boss Pei's personnel transfer arrangements and officially mentioned that he wanted to step down as the person-in-charge of the Gourmet Laboratory.
What's more, Zhang Yahui gave Qi Yan a heads-up in advance, telling her that the snack market might poach some Gourmet Laboratory vendors and bring them to Jingzhou.
Qi Yan was stunned. "Ah … Er, alright."
She had nothing to say because this was Boss Pei's arrangement.
However, Qi Yan fell into deep confusion after hanging up.
What did Boss Pei mean? Was it okay to snatch people from the Cold-Faced Lady?
Not only did he snatch Zhang Yahui away to be the person-in-charge of the project, but he also wanted to snatch the other vendors from the Gourmet Laboratory?
That didn't make sense, right?
Could it be that Boss Pei felt that it was a waste of these people's talents to be placed in the Cold-Faced Lady's place, so he transferred them away to do more meaningful things?
Or could it be that Boss Pei had other arrangements for the Cold-Faced Lady?
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