Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 119 Judges (Happy second day of the Chinese New Year, a good start to the new year)
"Ayao, I went to the wholesale market you mentioned today to buy some goods. If you buy more, you can get a lower price. This is the purchase price, take a look."

On Saturday night, the boss returned home and pulled A Yao into Kang Qirui's room. He handed A Yao an account book in front of Kang Qirui.

"It's actually so much cheaper than the marked price?" A Yao looked through it carefully and said in surprise. Kang Qirui didn't find it strange. He explained to A Yao: "In fact, there are many ordinary customers in the wholesale market. The wholesale market is cheaper than the retail market, so many people will go there to buy. So the marked price is not the real wholesale price."

"It's like my mom and my mother-in-law would go to the wholesale market together to buy seasonings. It's cheaper than outside, so we just take it as a walk." He continued to explain using the example of his family.

"I see." A Yao sighed, "That means there is something wrong with the purchase price of the Union Canteen. Not counting the sales price, he has already made a profit from the purchase price. This time he has been caught red-handed."

"That's right. Just wait until the next time he receives goods, and then take people to intercept him. We have both witnesses and evidence." Kang Qirui asked A Yao to calm down and not to act rashly, but to wait until the next time he receives goods before taking action.

A Yao frowned and said in disagreement, "The Union Store only receives goods once a month, and it only receives goods on the 10th of each month. We have to wait for nearly 20 days. What should I do if the director thinks that I am too inefficient?"

"Then you can go and report the situation to the director first, tell him your plan and why you have to wait until the next delivery of goods before taking action, so that he can have an idea in mind." Kang Qirui suggested that everything should be in place, and you must let the leader know your work progress in a timely manner, and you can't wait until the leader asks or urges you to tell him.

"That's right, you explain the situation to your director, he should understand." The boss also thought it would be better to wait until the next time the goods arrive. A Yao nodded in agreement. In fact, Kang Qirui had one more thing to say, that is, you have to have a margin when doing things. Even if it goes well this time, it can't be done in one or two days.

Otherwise, when things don’t go well next time, your boss will think you are lazy and not proactive. So you have to leave yourself some room for improvement next time.

Time flies and a few days have passed. The business of the tea restaurant has been relatively stable these days. There has not been any obvious change after the opening ceremony. The lunch and dinner business is still very hot, and the milk tea stall at the door is even more popular. The variety and quality of milk tea in 2020 and the price of milk tea in 2001 are simply gauze in this era, and there is no rival at all.

"The Kang family is happy. The Kang family is so great this time. Everyone, come out quickly. It's a big happy event for the Kang family." When we were getting ready for dinner that day, my dad came back from outside with an excited look on his face.

"What makes you so happy, old man? Why is the Kang family so powerful?" Kang Qirui came out and said with a smile.

"We in Guangzhou will hold the 15th International Food Festival next month. Hehehe, guess what?" When Dou saw everyone coming out of the dining room one after another, he asked everyone to guess the riddle with a mysterious look on his face.

"What does the International Food Festival have to do with our Kang family? Why are you so arrogant?" A-Zu was speechless. Holding a meeting when they were about to have dinner was just a waste of time.

"I, your father, was invited to be a judge." said the father proudly.

"Ah?" Everyone opened their mouths in surprise, and they could put an egg in them. International Food Festival, Lao Dou is a judge? Is this a joke? Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Lao Dou became even more proud. He took out a letter and said, "Look, pearls are not so real, I have a letter to prove it."

"Mr. Kang Ershou, we sincerely invite you to be the special guest judge of the 15th Cantonese International Food Festival. Oh, it's true." The second brother snatched the letter from the old man's hand, unfolded it and read it. It was actually true. The International Food Festival actually invited the old man to be a guest judge. That was really impressive.

"Dad, I still don't understand why we ask you to be a judge?" Although the second brother believed it, he still didn't understand why Dad had the qualifications to be a judge?

My father was not convinced and stood up from the armchair and said loudly: "After all, I, your father, have been working in the restaurant for decades and am a well-known gourmet in the industry. I went because I was invited to give them face."

Uh… who was so proud just now? Who was so proud to say "awesome"? "Dad, I heard you're an accountant in a restaurant, not a food tasting guy?" Kang Qirui teased.

"You've been listening to your father's nonsense. In fact, each restaurant sends a representative to be the judge. The others are unwilling to do so and are not willing to do so. Only your father is the most enthusiastic." The nanny told the truth.

"Oh! So that's how it is." Everyone understood then. This made sense. Just based on the accountant Lao Dou's fame, there was no way he would be invited.

"Dad, what's the situation with your food festival? Can we go to a tea restaurant like ours?" While others were still teasing Dad, Kang Qirui was thinking about whether he could show up at his own tea restaurant.

"Of course you can. I learned about this during the meeting today. You can apply for a stall yourself. But your tea restaurant doesn't have any special dishes and isn't very attractive. Do you need to spend so much money to apply for a stall?" When Lao Dou went to the meeting today, he thought of the tea restaurant, but when he asked, he found out that a stall would cost thirty or forty thousand yuan, which he felt was not cost-effective.

"It doesn't matter. The main thing is to make our tea restaurant famous. We can think of some special dishes quickly. Besides, our milk tea is also a special feature. There are many varieties and the taste is good." Kang Qirui felt that this was not a big deal. He asked Sister Jiao to make ginger, scallion chicken and black bean duck for the special dishes, which are absolutely Xiguan delicacies.

At worst, there is still milk tea. In my previous life, I saw on TV that there was a tea restaurant in Hong Kong that opened branches in all 18 districts relying on the Milk Tea King. Ruhao’s milk tea, which is 20 years ahead of its time, has opened branches in Guangzhou, let alone all over Guangzhou. It shouldn’t be a problem to open branches in Xiguan, right?

"Dad, can you use your connections to reserve a stall with a better location for us?" Kang Qirui added. This was definitely not asking Dad to abuse public property for personal gain. A good stall would be priced accordingly and the money should be paid. He was just saying hello to grab a good location.

The old man thought about it and asked cautiously, "You don't want me to use the back door, do you?" The big boss also waved his hand and said, "Ah Rui, why don't you just forget it and don't make me in trouble."

"Boss, this is definitely not a backdoor deal. We just want a fair competition relationship. We will compete as we should and pay the money we deserve." Kang Qirui explained the situation.

"That's no problem." said Lao Dou
(End of this chapter)