In the city lord's mansion, a separate courtyard is brightly lit.
Robert had a stack of documents and bills in his hand, and he was counting them carefully with several staff members of the City Lord's Mansion.
Michael stood aside with his hands behind his back, his expression slightly gloomy.
Many officials from the City Lord's Mansion were sitting in the conference room, looking at this scene with some confusion. They didn't know why the City Lord called everyone here so late at night.
But since the city lord didn't say anything, everyone didn't say anything either. I just don't know why Robert, who has been in the Catering Association for more than a year, is here again. It seems that he is still the leader of today's events. Could it be that the city lord is planning to transfer him back? Already? Or is today's matter related to the Catering Association?
There were a lot of thoughts in everyone's mind, and many of them were already sleepy, so they had to sit still with all their strength.
"City Lord, all the bills have been counted. These bills are from the beginning of this year to the present. The Catering Association's profit from selling ranking tickets totals 35.6 million copper coins. However, the Catering Association's deposit certificate at Buffett Bank now only has 2,000,000 copper coins. After deducting the wages of the association staff, there are still 30,000,000 copper coins that are unaccounted for." Robert stood up, looked at Michael and said.
"30,000,000 copper coins! How much money did these guys embezzle?"
There was an uproar in the originally quiet conference room, and the officials had looks of disbelief on their faces. Although they knew that the Catering Association was a fat and oily place, no one thought that they could be so fat. Moreover, these guys Are you too brave? Almost all the money was taken away.
But now everyone also knows why Michael called them here today. It seems that he is preparing to attack the fat sheep of the Catering Association. And Robert has stayed in the Catering Association for a year. Could it be that the city lord has arranged it long ago? Game?
Looking at Robert, everyone was even more in awe of Michael's wisdom and foresight.
"In addition, the relationship between the top management of the Catering Association and some restaurants and chambers of commerce is very improper. They have been selling rankings for a long time and clearly mark the prices for the rankings. As long as the money is paid, they can guarantee that they will be on the list. The ranking is in line with their expectations." Robert picked up a piece of paper and continued: "The food ranking list, the 50-100th place is worth 10,000 copper coins, the 31st-50th place is 20,000 copper coins, and within 30th place, every additional 1 Name, plus 5,000 copper coins. If you are in the top ten, in addition to the need for money, the strength of the restaurant itself should not be too bad. After a month of such a list, after deducting several old restaurants that rely on strength to make the list, the Catering Association can collect To about 3,000,000 copper coins, and this money did not enter the catering association’s income.”
"A small catering association can actually pocket 60,000,000 copper coins a year. City Lord, this kind of behavior must be severely punished. Catch them all and throw them into Basti Prison!" A bearded general said angrily. .
"Yes, and all this money comes from the restaurant. In order to make money, the restaurant will definitely count all this money on the guests. This will completely increase the dining expenses of the guests."
"This is really unfair to other restaurants that have not paid. They have no way to be on the list. What's the point of such a food ranking?"
The officials talked to each other one by one, and they were all a little angry.
"Small officials are extremely corrupt. This is a typical example, and it's also the reason why I asked everyone to come here today." Michael said, his eyes swept over the officials of the City Lord's Palace who were working, and continued: "If the food rankings don't have the City Lord's Palace, In the name of how it operates, the City Lord's Palace has no right to interfere, but since he has become an organization under the City Lord's Palace, although according to the original agreement, the food rankings still belong to Warren's leadership, and he can also get high rewards every year. Proportional dividend distribution, but the current operation method is different from what was originally agreed upon. This is against the fraud of the City Lord’s Mansion, fraud on guests, fraud on merchants, and fraud and harm to the entire catering industry.”
"So, I asked you to come here tonight because I want you to jointly take control of the top management of the Catering Association, then seize all the ledger information, sort out all the forces and people related to this matter, and never tolerate it." Michael put his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, looked at everyone and said in a deep voice.
"yes!"
All the officials responded with solemn expressions. The purge of the Catering Association was probably just a blow. In the past two years, many officials had used their own momentum to start some side jobs. This income was much higher than the salary they received at the City Lord's Mansion. Young Master, the expression on his face is not very good now, but he dare not show it.
"Robert will command and execute this operation. He has already made a specific plan. We must control the impact of the case, do not let the City Lord's Palace lose its credibility, and let the gourmet ranking return to its original position and become a ranking that customers can trust. , rather than a money-making tool controlled by businessmen, all operatives are not allowed to leave the city lord's mansion tonight." Michael looked at everyone, turned and walked outside, and said: "Robert, come with me."
"It is imperative for the Catering Association to change its blood, but even if you get rid of the worms like Warren, how can you guarantee that the Catering Association will not follow Warren's old path again? People will change, especially in the Facing the temptation of money, the speed of change will be faster. I have seen a lot of such things." In the study, Michael looked at Robert and asked, his expression serious and serious.
"City Lord, I think that if we want to get rid of the shortcomings of the catering association, the most important thing is to reform the catering association. I have done some thinking about this and have several directions and ideas:
1. Decentralize the rights of the catering association, introduce a third-party vote counting agency, and at the same time set up a supervisory agency for the catering association in the city government. It will not participate in the operation of the association, but monitor the behavior of the association in real time. The three parties will work in parallel to eradicate ticket selling and Control the behavior of lists.
2. Reform the score structure of the list, restart the internal review mechanism of the Catering Association, reorganize the 16-member food review team, first conduct a basic ranking of the food in Aden Square, use this ranking as the basic score, and then further The final ranking is calculated based on guest votes and reviews.
3.…”
"Robert, after the matter with the Catering Association is over, you should go back to the City Lord's Mansion. There will be a place suitable for you." After listening to Robert's words, Michael said with admiration.
"City Lord, I still want to stay in the Catering Association. I think my grandfather doesn't want to see the Gourmet Association he founded back then become what it is now. He will be sad to see such a food ranking. I am pouring all my love here. He has devoted his life's efforts." Robert shook his head and said firmly.
"You guy." Michael smiled helplessly, reached out and patted Robert on the shoulder and said: "Okay, then go with your idea. The list set by Laurie allowed me to taste a lot of delicious food. , I hope that the food rankings you set in the future will not disappoint me."
"By the way, there is also that Maimi's restaurant. It should be on the list and the ranking it deserves." Michael paused when he went out, looked back at Robert and said.
