Chapter 58: Not Many Gathered

  Li Xiaoteng's roasted fish caused a sensation among the diners. Even Cui Xiaoyan from across the street was moved by it. Just as the diners were about to order the roasted fish, Li Xiaoteng saw that some customers had picked up their own fish spatulas and started serving themselves. Li Xiaoteng suddenly shouted: "You fools! How dare you!"

  Li Xiaoteng's angry shout! The frightened diners who were scooping up fish were startled, and one of them accidentally dropped the fish scoop into the fish tank.

  The customer's face turned red with anger and scolded: "What are you yelling about? Speak properly!" Li Xiaoteng, suppressing his angry mood, said: "How did you end up taking it yourself?" The customer angrily retorted: "Which one did I take? I want that one! You can't roast it for me after I've taken it out?"

  Li Xiaoteng glanced at this uncouth customer, and his anger grew as he said: "The kitchen has its own rules, the night market has its own etiquette! When have you ever been to a fish market and seen someone picking out their own fish?" The customer knew they were in the wrong. But with a defiant tone, they retorted: "I think you're too busy, so why can't I just pick it myself?"

  Li Xiaoteng suddenly became angry and said: "We'll just do it this way. If you want to eat, line up! If not, go drink wine on the side!"

  Zhao Pangzi watched the conversation between Li Xiaoteng and the food guests, and couldn't help but shake his head. He thought to himself: "Normally, Brother Teng isn't like this! It's all about harmony! What's going on today? This is not being handled elegantly!" Before he could even open his mouth, the surrounding food guests were already shouting in agreement: "Right! Right! If you're not eating, then don't eat!" "One side at a time, let's follow the order of who came first!"

  Zhao Pàngzi looked at the expressions of most diners, then looked at Li Xiaoteng's expression. As if he understood something, he nodded involuntarily.

  Li Xiaoteng looked at the customer with a somewhat embarrassed expression, and asked in a soothing tone: "Hey buddy, do you still want to have your fish roasted?" The customer had originally wanted to storm off. But he turned his head and took a look at his friends at the table. Then he pouted and let out a sigh, saying: "Yes! I'll line up."

  Li Xiaoteng burst out laughing and said, "Alright! You wait a minute!" Then he asked Kong Zhen, "Have you recorded the table numbers of those who want to roast fish? How many people are there in total?" Kong Zhen looked at the order sheet in his hand. He excitedly said, "Brother Teng, this is incredible! There are actually 14 tables of customers ordering roasted fish. And one table even ordered two roasted fish at once!"

  Li Xiaoteng showed a confident expression and said, "You're in charge of weighing the ingredients for the guests. Let the people at the water station help us with that." After a pause, he hurriedly added, "Take 200 yuan from the bill and go to the front to buy a pack of Golden Leaf cigarettes, the kind that costs 20 yuan per box. When you get back, bring the fish and the cigarettes together and send them over to the water station!"

  Kong Zhen scratched his head in slight puzzlement, but still quickly took the money and rushed towards the tobacco hotel.

  The night market was actually very noisy. Li Xiaoteng's side and the guests arguing and fighting, etc., did not attract the attention of Fu Bei and others at all. Of course, sitting inside also had a great relationship.

  Li Xiaoteng didn't catch Fu Bei's attention, but Du Yu's two tables did.

  Xiao Ma and the others returned after parking the car, just as they sat down. Du Yu looked around to make sure everyone was present. He hastily picked up his wine glass and loudly shouted: "Brothers! Today is to celebrate Yang Yaowei's big brother's success! Let me say a couple of words!"

  As he spoke, he looked at the two tables of brothers. Nodding his head, he calmed down a bit before saying: "Brothers! The long and arduous journey has reached its fifth year today. Everyone who has been with us, including our boss Gu, has been through many years together. We've weathered many storms, everyone's worked hard! I'll toast to you all first, let's drink up this cup!"

  Yang Yaowei was the first to pick up his cup and stand up. He raised his wine glass and said loudly, "Let's toast to Xu Rihui and General Gu! And also to General Du!" The crowd quickly got busy standing up and chorused, "To General Gu! To General Du! Cheers!"

  Du Yu finished drinking, and with a heroic spirit, he drained the cup in one gulp. After everyone finished drinking, Du Yu made a downward pressing gesture with his hand, and everyone looked at him, knowing he still had something to say. They all sat down again, Xiao Ma sitting at the back, secretly curling her lip and thinking to herself: "When it's time to eat, just hurry up and eat, no need to drag things out..." Though she was dissatisfied, she also looked at Du Yu, waiting for him to continue speaking.

  Sitting on the small four-wheeled vehicle, Xiao Si turned her head to look at Du Yu and others, somewhat unhappily asking Fu Bei: "Big brother, it's so noisy here, why don't we go inside to eat?" Fu Bei chuckled twice, then said: "Isn't the night market just for the excitement? No big deal. They can't always be this rowdy, haha..."

  Lao Si saw that his older brother said it was nothing. He could only hold back his temper, sat aside silently, lowered his head to look at the grilled skewers, cold dishes and spicy hot pot on the table. Suddenly found a target for venting! Started devouring the grilled skewers crazily.

  Du Yu stood behind Xiao Si's body. Seeing everyone had a full cup, he nodded in satisfaction. Immediately, facing everyone, he continued to say: "The second cup of wine, I want to toast to you Yang Yaowei, President Yang! Everyone knows that the deal we took on is only because we got accurate information and had a rough idea of the price. Although the market conditions are poor and customer transaction volume is very low, this shouldn't be an excuse!"

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "During the business trip, Yang and I didn't get much feedback from everyone! Of course, today I'm not criticizing anyone, just that we need to reflect on ourselves. What's the real reason? Is the market bad? Are the transactions in both markets dull? No! I don't think these are the main reasons!"

  The tiger-like man finished speaking, looked around at everyone, and saw that they all lowered their heads, not saying a word.

  Everyone who heard this was somewhat embarrassed, and they all lowered their heads. They thought to themselves that Du Yu was too overbearing. Originally, they were happily eating, but now he's pointing out everyone's mistakes, it's really not the way to do things!

  Right after that, Du Yu Hua turned to the crowd and said: "Everyone should learn from President Yang! He is the one who used his brain in a sluggish market with thin trading volumes, thinking of ways!"

  Yang Yaowei suddenly couldn't listen anymore, thinking to himself: "You're not a good person! Don't drag me down with you!" He quickly stood up, picked up his wine cup and hastily said: "General Du is too kind to me! Some trivial matters are not worth mentioning..."

  Du Yu waved his hand and said, "Sit down! It's not your turn to speak yet!" He then pressed Yang Yaowei back into his seat and continued, "You're given funds, all you know is to recklessly buy, buy, buy! Look at Yang Yaowei, buying stocks requires strategy, but he actually sells first! Have you guys thought this through? Everyone should learn from Director Yang!"

  He glanced at everyone's flushed faces and slowly said: "Brothers! The second cup is for General Yang!"

  Everyone raised their glasses, some of them listlessly saying: "Let's toast to General Yang..."

  Yang Wei looked at Du Yu, sighed in his heart, knowing that Du Yu was trying to flatter him. However, the charm of Du Yu's leadership was indeed not worthy of praise. He felt a bit awkward and quickly picked up his wine glass, saying: "General Manager Du is being too kind to me. I didn't do anything, just used some small cleverness! I also want to thank all the brothers present for their help, which made today's transaction possible." He raised his glass towards Xiao Duan, saying: "Without your cooperation in knocking on the door!" Turning around to look at everyone, he continued: "Without everyone's support, we wouldn't have been able to get so many goods today!" Raising his wine glass, he said: "This cup of wine is a toast from me, Yang Yaowei, to all of you!"

  Xiao Duan looked at Yang Yawei rushing towards him and the others, holding up his cup. After hearing Yang Yawei's words earlier, a sense of being recognized arose. Suddenly feeling warm in his heart, he poured himself a cup and said to Yang Yawei: "It's also because of Brother Wei's high chess skills, we brothers have always been buying in our layout. Who would have thought that this could also lead to selling out? I admire you, come on!" Looking at the several brothers around him, he said: "Everyone, let's toast to President Yang!"

  Lao Si was quite annoying at first, but later on, the two tables were just chatting and having a good time. Looking at Fu Bei and Lao Er, Lao San's food was pretty delicious. Nobody said anything, as long as they suppressed their anger, they continued to compete with the spicy hot pot.

  Originally, the heart fire was already big, and adding the spicy hot pot really made people eat enough. The old four spat out his tongue. He took a sip of wine with his mouth. Just thinking about what to say to Fu Bei, he heard Du Yu say that they were manipulating the market. If it were someone else, maybe he wouldn't have minded. The surrounding tables ate and drank as usual. In fact, no one paid attention to what Du Yu and others said.

  Only Lao Si's table of people were curiously sizing up Du Yu and Yang Yaowei. The more Lao Si listened, the more he felt that they were talking about the Lafite shares that his group had sold today. But he didn't dare to confirm it. He saw Fu Bei and two older brothers also intently listening to Du Yu and Yang Yaowei's conversation.

  Fourth Brother asked: "Big brother, what about them..."

  Fu Beichong made a zipping motion across his mouth, then picked up his wine cup as if to take a sip. However, his gaze wandered aimlessly towards Du Yu and the others. The rest of the brothers were also leaning in to listen to Du Yu and Yang Yawei's conversation.

  Yang Yawei never thought that the big short seller of Lafite Electronics would be sitting right behind him. In fact, not only did Yang Yawei not expect it, but Du Yu and Fu Bei, the arch-enemies in the financial market during the day, also didn't think they would end up drinking together at a night market, and so close to each other.

  Maybe this is what they mean by "no coincidence, no book"......

  Du Yu watched as Yang Ya Wei and the brothers quickly became inseparable at the wine table! It made Du Yu feel a little envious. Although he had already pretended to be very elegant, why couldn't he be like Yang Ya Wei, who could make everyone's heart warm with just a few words?

  Du Yu never thought that as a leader, in a difficult environment, what is most needed for everyone is not criticism. What is needed for everyone is to recognize everyone's achievements, moderate praise and recognition are the most important. Only when everything is going smoothly, carrots and sticks are reasonable management tools.

  Lao San sat under Fu Bei's command, whispering to Fu Bei: "Boss, this person is a talent. If we can pull him over to our side and have him take charge, it would be like having the wings of a tiger!"

  Fu Beidou nodded but didn't speak, and instead turned to Lao Er and said: "Second Brother, I always feel that this person is our arch-nemesis! What do you think?"

  The second brother looked at Du Yu and Yang Yaowei and others nodded and said, "Brother, there must be something fishy about this. Let's continue to observe for a while!"

  As soon as the words fell, Xiao Duan shouted: "Director Yang, today we made a deal of several billion with Farah Electronics after they bought so much from us! How are we going to do it tomorrow?"

  Kong Zhen, who was serving dishes to the guests, heard Xiao Duan say: "Faraday Electronics is going bankrupt today..." and his legs went soft, almost dropping the plate on the ground!

  Xiao Duan finished speaking, and Yang Yaowei hadn't spoken yet. Fu Bei suddenly flashed a sharp light in his eyes, slammed the table angrily, and shouted: "Xiao Si!..."

  It's now March 15, 2013, 13:22:42. The author and another author friend are on the high-speed rail from Beijing to Shanghai. On the 16th, they will attend a two-day signed author training camp. I just looked at the course schedule and it seems we have to study until 9:30 or 10:00 pm. No stored drafts, really can't burst out! Please forgive me. At the same time, I shout out one sentence: no comments! Don't read books! Everyone's opinions on books can be posted on the Starting Point Book Review! Also, please ask new friends to collect this book, old friends... you all know what to do! Thank you!