Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 118 Opening (I wish you all a bright future in the Year of the Dragon.)
"Crackle, crackle, crackle..."

Ruhao Tea Restaurant officially opened at 11am on Friday, November 23. Cantonese people banned the use of firecrackers as early as 1992, but in recent years, electronic firecrackers were developed and immediately received widespread acclaim.

Ruhao Tea Restaurant also used electronic firecrackers for its opening, and bought a lot of balloons to fill them up and step on them, which made a similar sound. In order to promote and make a good start, Kang Qirui asked the boss to make a poster of "The First Hong Kong-style Tea Restaurant in Xiguan" and hang it at the door. In this era, even the old Cantonese people are very fond of Hong Kong-style things in Hong Kong.

Kang Qirui also asked Tianxiu to persuade the young reporters to interview about Xiguan cuisine. Therefore, today's opening ceremony was very grand, with a large group of neighbors, Director Ye from the neighborhood committee, and young reporters like Tianxiu, a cheap version of a press conference.

This time, the sign of Ruhao Tea Restaurant was no longer written by Lao Dou, avoiding the reappearance of the traitor tea restaurant. The sign was written by Kang Qirui himself, and he also signed his name as the owner of Fenghuang Pavilion.

In short, the whole tea restaurant is full of style. Whether it is the first Hong Kong-style tea restaurant in Xiguan, the reporters invited, or the words on the signboard, it is full of style.

With such pretentious publicity, the tea restaurant had a good business on the first day. It was basically full and there were queues during the evening. I wonder how many people came here for the 64% discount promotion.

"A'Rui, just let the eldest and second-in-command take care of the tea restaurant's business, and then tell me how I'm going to investigate that union director." A Yao became impatient when he saw Kang Qirui was busy all day and still greeting customers in the evening.

"Third brother, how can you be impatient about such things? When dealing with corrupt officials, the principle is to either not take action or kill them." Seeing that there were only a few tables of guests, Kang Qirui brought a cup of milk tea and handed it to A Yao, then sat in front of him and told him not to be anxious.

"Then how do you tell me to collect evidence?" A Yao was naturally very anxious, as this concerned his future.

"So how's the investigation going on these days?" Kang Qirui asked.

Speaking of serious matters, A Yao took out a notebook from his briefcase, opened it and said, "Look, the things in the union canteen are basically between 50 cents and 1 dollar more expensive than those outside. I looked at the purchase order, and the purchase price is basically the same as what I learned at the wholesale market."

Kang Qirui simply flipped through it and closed it. He said, "What do you think?" It is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish. Kang Qirui certainly cannot just tell A Yao what to do, but he must let A Yao grow in the process.

"It's a pity that he kept the account book locked and didn't let us see it. I think if the account book existed, the prices on it might be the same as those outside. He just took advantage of the price difference." A Yao looked regretful.

"What if it's different? What if the prices on the shelves are beautiful?" Kang Qirui asked.

"That's impossible, right? How could he not be greedy?" A Yao looked unconvinced. "I've been with him for two days and I know he is definitely greedy. There must be something wrong with the account book. I tell you."

"Even if your feeling is true, you can't rely on feelings to do things. How are you going to prove it?" Kang Qirui is now guiding his student A Yao as if he is giving a lecture in class.

A Yao thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Find the director? Ask him to order the union director to hand over the account book and then check the accounts?"

"This can indeed solve the problem." Kang Qirui first affirmed, and then said: "But what does this have to do with your ability? Wouldn't the director directly ask the union director to hand over the account book? I asked you to check it just to see if you have any other solutions."

"Besides, what if, I mean what if, there is nothing wrong with his account book?" "How can there be no problem? He..." A Yao wanted to say something, but Kang Qirui interrupted him directly: "Remember that Fan Shuchang wanted to ask Lao Dou to do the accounting? Fan Shuchang can do the accounting, can't your union director think of it?"

A Yao was speechless when asked. He opened his mouth but didn't say anything. After a while, he said, "So this is asking for your help, my good brother."

"If you can't handle it internally, can you think about the outside?" Kang Qirui asked in a leading manner.

"External?" A Yao's mind raced, and suddenly an idea struck him, "Are you saying that there might be something wrong with the purchase price?"

"That's right. You went to the wholesale market to look, you didn't really buy any goods. If you really bought any goods, there would definitely be room for bargaining. What's more, what unit are you from? When your unit goes to purchase goods, can you not give the lowest price? There is no way they will give it to you according to the marked price." Kang Qirui affirmed A Yao's idea and believed that it was something that could be investigated in depth.

"Well, go and see where your union store buys its drinks and condiments and so on. Then have the boss go there to actually buy some goods and see what the actual purchase price is." Kang Qirui gave another practical suggestion.

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." After finding a solution, A Yao stood up excitedly and wanted to do it right away. Kang Qirui quickly grabbed him and said, "What time is it? Let's go tomorrow."

"Tomorrow is the weekend." said A Yao.

"That's more suitable. You are alone and you can look at the purchase list however you want." Kang Qirui felt that A Yao was really too excited and acted like a fool who couldn't think. Isn't the weekend just right?

At 9pm, Ruhao Tea Restaurant closed. Overall, the business was pretty good, with neighbors and tourists from nearby Xiajiu Road also coming to eat. Many people came to buy a cup of milk tea, so Kang Qirui asked the boss to set up a milk tea stall at the door, which attracted more customers to buy milk tea and prevented the seats in the store from being occupied by those who only bought milk tea and waited, reducing the turnover rate.

The happiest person on this day was the father. His eldest son, whom he had been worried about the most, now had his own business. He was really moved and happy. He had never worried about anything, except for his eldest son, who was a single widower before the age of 40. He finally got married but was laid off. As the father, he was already over 60, and he was powerless to help.

Although his other sons are very successful, he still often sighs. Now that he is still here, his sons still take care of and respect their eldest son. If he is gone, will they still take care of him like this?

Now that his eldest son has his own business, he should have no worries in the future. He feels that his life is complete, so after closing tonight, his father took the initiative to treat the whole family to a midnight snack.

"Can a miser grow hair?" The second sister-in-law was very surprised. She had been married to the Kang family for ten years, and this was the first time she saw the old man take the initiative to treat everyone to a meal.

"Old Dou is happy today, I'm afraid that only when the eldest sister-in-law is pregnant can Old Dou be happier than now." The second brother was also very emotional. Many details show that the second brother respects the eldest brother the most. The eldest brother really sacrificed a lot for the family and his brothers.

Although this was just an ordinary midnight snack from a street food stall, Lao Dou, Da Lao Guang and Er Lao were all drunk. Lao Dou was happy, Er Lao was full of emotion, and Da Lao Guang just wanted to drink with them.

(End of this chapter)