This is the second winter vacation in college, and Chen Fan still can't go home with Su Ruochu.
One is that Su Ruochu's mother will definitely pick him up at the station, and the other is that Chen Fan has a lot of things to do here and can't leave for the time being.
So the two of them stayed at the station for a long time before Chen Fan reluctantly watched Su Ruochu get on the bus.
Returning to Yunhai alone, Chen Fan began to prepare for the New Year.
A year later, his business has reached a new level.
The two Internet cafes are completely on track.
Since Luo Wenjie and Zhou Honghai left to concentrate on running the studio, Chen Fan hired two more managers. He rarely goes to Internet cafes when there is nothing to do.
Because the winter vacation is the most profitable time for games, Luo Wenjie discussed with Zhou Honghai and decided not to go this year, but to celebrate the New Year in the studio.
On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the three met, divided the last sum of money, and had a meal.
Afterwards, Chen Fan went to the Medal Club.
All the club's current projects have been fully rolled out. In one year, except for the millions spent on buying land, the money earned has basically made back the money to open the club.
However, what surprised Chen Fan was that the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and the notice about the renovation of Xicheng had not yet come out.
I don’t know if the above action was delayed or if Chen Fan misremembered the time.
A meeting was held with all the management in the conference room, and then Ding Dian was asked to come up with a New Year's benefit sheet.
Everyone in the club, including ordinary employees such as the front desk, will receive a year-end bonus, and the amount is not small.
In this era, private companies do not yet have the concept of year-end bonuses.
Chen Fan's actions naturally won the praise of all employees.
Normally everyone's salary is much higher than the average salary in Yunhai. Coupled with having such a generous boss, everyone naturally supports the club more and cherishes their job more.
As for Feifan Technology, Chen Fan did not go there. He just met and chatted with Liang Shichu and discussed the appropriate amount of year-end bonus.
After all this work, it’s almost the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Chen Fan packed his luggage in the apartment and prepared to go home.
However, it was such a coincidence that something happened to the Internet cafe that made Chen Fan most relieved that morning.
The problem was with Starry Sky Internet Cafe.
When Chen Fan rushed to the scene from school, all the customers in the Internet cafe had been cleared.
There was a big seal on the door, and a fire truck was parked nearby. It had just finished putting out the fire and was about to leave.
Seeing Chen Fan appear, the Internet cafe manager, who had only been on the job for less than a month, ran over with a nervous look on his face.
Chen Fan suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice what happened.
The manager carefully explained: "The fire started in the men's restroom. It is initially judged that someone was smoking inside and threw the unextinguished cigarette butts into the trash can."
"Fortunately, the employees discovered it in time and quickly dismissed all the customers. Otherwise, things would have been unimaginable."
Chen Fan entered the store and took a look around.
At this moment, the entire hall was in a mess. There were signs of fire damage everywhere, and there were puddles of sewage on the ground.
Some of the computers in the lobby were also damaged and all were soaked.
As for the bathroom, it had already been burned to a pitch black state.
But these are nothing. What really shocked Chen Fan was that fortunately the fire did not start. Otherwise... as the manager said just now, the consequences would be unimaginable.
It can be said that the firefighting work that Chen Fan has always emphasized before has worked.
When the fire ignited the restroom, the employees used fire extinguishers to put out the fire in advance, otherwise the fire truck would not have burned only this small area.
In the hall, in front of all the employees, Chen Fan didn't tolerate it this time. He lost his temper and gave the manager a scolding.
The manager looked aggrieved. He really couldn't reason with the matter. After all, he couldn't follow others to the toilet.
After training everyone, Chen Fan began to ask who the first two employees were.
Two people stood up.
Chen Fan directly told the manager to give these two employees an outstanding employee award of 5,000 yuan.
After appeasing the employees, Chen Fan asked if the culprit who set the fire had been found.
The manager explained nervously that he had been in a hurry to put out the fire and had no time to watch the video.
"Then go check it out immediately. I'm waiting for the results here."
The manager raised his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly took the two employees to the control room.
Half an hour later, the results were available.
On the surveillance video, you can see that a total of six people entered the bathroom half an hour before the fire.
"Based on the speed of the fire, the three people in front are the most likely."
"But these six people are all suspects. Especially this one."
Chen Fan reached out and tapped the man in the gray down jacket on the screen.
When this guy entered the bathroom, he actually put on a down jacket hat, lowered his head and looked sneaky, as if he was afraid of being seen.
Soon, another employee discovered new clues.
This man in a gray down jacket is not a customer here at all.
Because after he entered the store from the door, he did not pay or go online, but went directly to the bathroom.
Now, things are clear.
"Yes... someone set the fire maliciously."
The manager was startled.
This is much more serious than an accidental fire.
"Boss, what should we do now?"
Chen Fan looked ugly, "Just do whatever you have to do. You call the police immediately and let the police investigate."
"The surveillance camera is watching and we will hand it over to the police later."
Chen Fan glanced at the hall.
This Internet cafe probably won’t be able to open during the Chinese New Year, and such a serious incident happened that the fire department even posted a note.
Corrections will have to be made after the Chinese New Year, and then the fire protection inspection will be passed before the business can be reopened.
It will take at least a month or two to come and go.
Including decoration and turnover, the loss may be hundreds of thousands.
Fortunately, no one had any trouble.
In this case, Chen Fan simply gave all employees a holiday and asked everyone to go back to celebrate the New Year.
Before leaving, Chen Fan asked for another copy of the surveillance.
If something like this happened, I wouldn't be able to go home today.
After leaving the house, Chen Fan called Feng Pojun.
Half an hour later, Chen Fan met Feng Pojun in the school cafeteria.
After understanding what happened, Feng Pojun spoke directly.
"The boss suspects that someone set the fire deliberately."
Chen Fan squinted his eyes, "I can't tell for the moment, but I can't rule out this possibility."
"Boss, have you offended anyone recently?"
Chen Fan almost immediately thought of Zhao Longqi.
The grudge between this guy and himself is almost impossible to resolve, and it has a background.
He is definitely the most suspect.
Chen Fan thought for a while and asked directly: "If you find this person, can you do it?"
Feng Pojun mused: "The other party is very well concealed, so we can only start with nearby surveillance, but finding people is not my area of expertise..."
Chen Fan suddenly thought of something.
"Do you know a private detective?"
Feng Pojun grinned, "I actually know one."
"This guy used to be a comrade of mine. Later, after he retired, he set up his own private detective agency."
"If we let him do it, maybe the time will be greatly shortened."
Chen Fan quickly asked: "Can you let him come over?"
"Okay, I'll call him and ask."
Chen Fan gritted his teeth.
"The sooner the better."
"I want to know whether this was an accident or someone did it on purpose."
Feng Pojun took out his mobile phone.
"I'll call him now."
