I was standing behind the two of them, but Cui Pingyu didn't seem to see me. I don't know if he ignored me or did it to show me.
Although I never thought about falling in love with Su Tong, I still couldn't control the discomfort in my heart when I saw other men pursuing Su Tong in front of me.
I looked at Su Tong, hoping she would reject Cui Pingyu's words.
But Su Tong happily accepted the bouquet of flowers from Cui Pingyu.
"Thank you, senior! The flowers are beautiful."
As he said that, Su Tong looked back at me. Obviously he was showing off to me on purpose.
At this time, I felt an unknown fire in my heart, but I couldn't vent it. Su Tong and I are just ordinary friends. If other men send her flowers, I have no right to interfere.
But seeing her accept it readily made me feel very unhappy.
In line with the principle of keeping out of sight, I turned around and planned to go downstairs.
But when I turned around, Su Tong stopped me.
"Chen Lin, don't leave in a hurry. I'll give you a formal introduction."
With that said, Su Tong said to Cui Pingyu: "Senior, let me introduce you. This is my driver Chen Lin."
Although I felt unhappy, out of politeness, I still extended my hand and prepared to shake Cui Pingyu's hand.
Cui Pingyu already had a smile on his face, but when he heard that I was Su Tong's driver, Cui Pingyu immediately put away the smile on his face and took back his half-stretched hand.
"Mr. Su, I happen to have something here that I want to discuss with you. Let's get down to business!"
I was directly ignored by Cui Pingyu. Although I felt unhappy, I couldn't get angry over such a trivial matter. That would make me look immeasurable, and I would be outdone by him.
So I unceremoniously pulled up a chair and sat down.
Su Tong also saw that Cui Pingyu was deliberately neglecting me, and said hurriedly: "Senior, Chen Lin is not only my driver, he is also my friend."
Cui Pingyu smiled and nodded to me, and then immediately said to Su Tong: "Mr. Su, what I talked to you about today is very important to the future of our store. Moreover, this matter involves commercial secrets.
so……"
When Cui Pingyu said this, he glanced at me. His intention was very clear, that is, let me, the driver, go out first.
I ignored Cui Pingyu at all.
Su Tong is not a new girl, so she naturally knows what Cui Pingyu means. However, Su Tong didn't let me out.
"Senior, don't worry, Chen Lin is my best friend and absolutely reliable. If you have any questions, just tell me directly!"
A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Cui Pingyu's eyes, but he quickly covered it up, and his confident smile returned to his face.
“If that’s the case, then I’ll speak frankly.
I found that although the dishes in our store are good, the variety is a bit limited. If we want to grow bigger and become a chain, our current dishes alone are not enough.
Therefore, in the past few days, I have taken the chef of our stew pot to various restaurants in Chengdu to steal his skills.
Finally, I discovered a small restaurant with several special dishes that were very delicious and very suitable for the quality of our restaurant. "
When Cui Pingyu said this, he paused.
Su Tong smiled at Cui Pingyu.
"Thank you for your hard work, senior!"
Cui Pingyu waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter how hard it is. As long as we can build up our store's business and promote the brand. No matter how hard I work, it's still deserved."
Su Tong knew that it was absolutely impossible for Cui Pingyu to tell him this just to take credit from her.
"Senior, does it cost money? Just tell me how much it costs, right?"
Cui Pingyu gave Su Tong a thumbs up.
"When I was in college, I often heard people praise Mr. Su for being smart. I didn't believe it before. Now I do."
I sat aside and couldn't bear to hear Cui Pingyu flattering Su Tong so completely.
Couldn't help coughing.
Cui Pingyu glared at me, and then continued to Su Tong: "The dishes in that small shop are delicious mainly because of the ingredients they make at home.
So I wanted to spend some money to buy their recipes for these ingredients.
But the other party didn't want to sell. The boss said that their small shop's annual income of more than 100,000 yuan depends entirely on these ingredients.
Later, with my insistence, the boss finally relented. But the price he offered was a bit high. He wanted a million for the five-ingredient secret recipe.
The expense was a bit high, so I didn’t make the decision without permission. "
When I heard this, I couldn't bear it anymore.
"Brother, aren't you out of your mind? It's just a secret recipe with a few ingredients, and you have to spend a million to buy it?"
Cui Pingyu glared at me with disdain.
"What do you know!
We run a restaurant.
The ingredients directly determine our dishes. Therefore, ingredients are our core competitiveness.
Although we spent one million to buy the five-ingredient secret recipe, it was a bit expensive. But these ingredients can increase the revenue of each of our stores by 10%.
Calculating this way, the revenue of a single store can increase by more than one million yuan a year.
In the future, when we open chain stores, this profit will increase exponentially. This one million investment is nothing compared to the income. "
When Cui Pingyu said this, he glanced at me with disdain.
"You're just a driver. You don't know anything. It's best not to raise random opinions here. The things we discuss are all major events related to the future development of the company!"
Su Tong frowned when she heard Cui Pingyu say, I am a little driver who knows nothing. But in the end, she said nothing.
I stood up so angry that I wanted to confront Cui Pingyu.
But what Cui Pingyu said is true.
I am indeed just a driver for Su Tong, and I do not have any experience in business management. People say I don’t understand it at all, and they’re not wrong.
I was very angry, but I was unable to refute Cui Pingyu.
So I opened the door and went downstairs directly.
Even after we left the restaurant, I still felt angry. After taking out the cigarette and taking a few puffs, I suppressed the anger in my heart.
The anger disappeared, and I soon felt helpless again.
Only then did I realize that because I had taken down Li Liangcai, I had helped the landlady get back fifteen million in property. My heart swelled a little.
I began to feel that I could get along with Su Tong and the others on an equal footing.
But Cui Pingyu's words just now were like a slap in the face, knocking me back to reality.
I suddenly realized that I was just a driver beside Su Tong. It requires academic qualifications but not academic qualifications, and experience but not experience.
Cui Pingyu not only graduated from a prestigious school, but also worked as an executive in the domestic catering industry for many years and has rich management experience.
No matter in terms of academic qualifications or ability, there is no way I can compare with Cui Pingyu.
In the eyes of people like Cui Pingyu, there is no difference between people like me and the low-level waiters in their stores.
In the eyes of people like Cui Pingyu and others, people with our status are not qualified to make any suggestions on the company's management.
Even mentioning it is nonsense and has no reference value.
But that's not what annoys me the most. The thing that annoys me the most is that Su Tong didn't support me just now.
This shows that in Su Tong's heart, she, like Cui Pingyu, thinks that my suggestions are nonsense and have no reference value at all.
