Chapter 392 March 16th, Friday

Pei Qian came to the office and finalized the candidate for the snack market: Zhang Yahui!

According to the information provided by the human resources department, Zhang Yahui was originally just a relatively well-known kao leng mian (grilled cold noodles) vendor. He was scouted by Qi Yan to be responsible for the Lengmian Guniang (Cold Noodles Girl) food laboratory because of his excellent performance in the kao leng mian competition. He is currently in Chang'an, having just finished filming the first episode of the documentary "Street Vendor Life" with the Flying Yellow Studio.

Although this person started as an ordinary kao leng mian vendor with no high education or outstanding achievements, Pei Qian felt a sense of crisis.

From the food laboratory to the "Street Vendor Life" documentary, Qi Yan's decision to entrust this young man with important tasks indicated that his abilities were outstanding.

In that case, directly poaching him was the best choice!

Letting Zhang Yahui be responsible for the snack market could weaken Lengmian Guniang on one hand, creating some obstacles for the food laboratory, the documentary shooting, and Lengmian Guniang’s future expansion. On the other hand, it would facilitate poaching more people from Lengmian Guniang in the future.

Because according to Pei Qian's original idea, he wanted to poach more than just one person. In the future, the snack market would continuously poach people from Lengmian Guniang's food laboratory, continuously suppressing the development of Lengmian Guniang. Therefore, the person in charge of the snack market must have some prestige and personal charisma, and be able to attract talent.

Otherwise, if other vendors heard the name of the person in charge of the snack market and didn't come, choosing to stay in Lengmian Guniang and tinker with the food laboratory, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?

Therefore, directly poaching Zhang Yahui could achieve a kind of fundamental solution.

Pei Qian didn't have Zhang Yahui's phone number, but he had Huang Sibao's. Since Zhang Yahui and Huang Sibao were working together on the "Street Vendor Life" documentary, finding Huang Sibao would naturally lead to Zhang Yahui.

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At the same time, Chang'an.

Huang Sibao and the "Street Vendor Life" crew were packing their luggage, preparing to set off.

The first episode of "Street Vendor Life" had been filmed and received very good responses, so they stayed in Chang'an for another day to enjoy the local cuisine before planning to leave today for the next stop.

According to the previous plan, this was a long-term documentary series. The crew would fly all over the country, searching for local delicacies and discovering the exclusive recipes of various vendors, while also promoting Lengmian Guniang.

Of course, Huang Sibao, as the head of Flying Yellow Studio, had other things to do, so he would only follow the first episode of the documentary, and the rest would be left to the director of "Street Vendor Life".

Huang Sibao was packing his luggage in his room when suddenly, his phone rang.

"Huh? President Pei is calling?"

Huang Sibao was stunned for a moment, and quickly answered, "Hello? President Pei, do you have any instructions?"

Pei Qian's voice came from the phone: "Is Zhang Yahui there with you? Ask him to answer the phone."

Huang Sibao was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Uh, okay, President Pei, please wait a moment."

Although he didn't understand why President Pei directly found Zhang Yahui across several levels, Huang Sibao didn't ask too much. He went directly to Zhang Yahui's room and knocked on the door, then handed him the phone.

Zhang Yahui looked shocked: "President Pei is looking for me?"

Since joining Lengmian Guniang, the name "President Pei" had only existed in legends. Now, he was inexplicably receiving a call from President Pei, specifically asking for him by name. Zhang Yahui was naturally flattered.

Taking the phone from Huang Sibao, Zhang Yahui said, "President Pei? Are you looking for me?"

President Pei's very kind voice came from the phone: "Zhang Yahui, right? Hello, hello. I'm looking for you because I want to hire you as the person in charge of a new project of mine called 'Snack Market'. I don't know if you're willing?"

Pei Qian briefly introduced the so-called "Snack Market".

Frankly speaking, it was just buying a piece of land in Jingzhou specifically to provide these vendors with exclusive recipes with stores or stalls, allowing them to work steadily in their old businesses.

There was no rent here, the site was completely free to use, and a special department was responsible for the unified procurement of ingredients and raw materials. If there was a profit, only 20% of the money would be paid to the snack market as a share. In addition, there would be a basic salary and various welfare benefits that all Tenda employees had, such as five insurances and one housing fund.

And Zhang Yahui was the person in charge of this snack market, responsible for the daily management of this place. Of course, if Zhang Yahui himself wanted to set up a stall, it was also no problem.

Of course, in addition to these tasks, Pei Qian also hinted that Zhang Yahui should poach a few more powerful vendors from Lengmian Guniang's food laboratory, the more the better.

Zhang Yahui was a little dizzy listening: "But President Pei, wouldn't this conflict with the work of Lengmian Guniang's food laboratory?"

Qi Yan wanted Zhang Yahui to be the head of the food laboratory, which was also to dig up well-known vendors from all over the country, recruit them, or spend money to buy recipes. But now President Pei wanted to send them to the snack market. Which side should he listen to?

Pei Qian coughed lightly: "Well, the snack market and Lengmian Guniang's food laboratory are two different directions of development. With your talent, it's a bit of an overqualified to be in charge of the food laboratory. Being in charge of my project will allow you to develop better."

"As for Lengmian Guniang, you don't have to worry about it. It's all internal transfers within Tenda, and Qi Yan will understand. The key is your personal intention."

Zhang Yahui thought to himself, did he even need to say it? The treatment on both sides was not on the same level at all!

The food laboratory was just a department under Lengmian Guniang, which meant that Zhang Yahui's immediate boss was Qi Yan, then He Desheng of Yuandream Ventures, and then President Pei.

But the snack market was a project personally arranged by President Pei, and he could report directly to President Pei, directly rising two levels for no reason!

Whether it was the treatment or the actual resources he controlled, it was obviously not the same level.

Although the snack market sounded less high-end than the "food laboratory", he couldn't just look at the name, he also had to look at the specific responsibilities.

Strictly speaking, the work of the food laboratory was relatively boring. It was nothing more than going to various places to find famous vendors, then improving the recipes they provided, and then making mass-produced new products for Lengmian Guniang's stores.

The work of the snack market would be relatively more complex, more like running a large shopping mall or food street.

For Zhang Yahui, the reason why he chose to leave his hometown and come to the capital must be because he was not satisfied with the identity of a vendor and hoped to create his own career.

Moreover, Zhang Yahui himself liked setting up stalls. Working in the food laboratory meant giving up this hobby, while he could set up a stall at the snack market depending on his mood, which was also one of the factors he considered.

In any case, he seemed to have no reason to refuse.

After thinking it over, Zhang Yahui said, "Okay, President Pei, if you think I can handle this job, then I'll give it a try. I hope I won't disappoint you!"

Pei Qian was very happy: "Great! How about this, you can have a good rest on the weekend, and then come to Jingzhou directly on Monday. I'll tell you about the specific work matters."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yahui still felt a little inexplicable.

The things that had happened in the past few months were really too magical!

He was originally just a locally famous vendor in his hometown, making a living by selling kao leng mian. As a result, in just a few months, he was about to transform into the person in charge of a large food market, and he could report directly to President Pei of Tenda Group...

Zhang Yahui looked at Huang Sibao: "Brother Huang, President Pei said he wanted me to go to Jingzhou to be in charge of a new project called Snack Market..."

Huang Sibao didn't feel particularly surprised. Obviously, when President Pei called and asked for Zhang Yahui by name, Huang Sibao had already thought of this possibility.

He smiled and patted Zhang Yahui on the shoulder: "Don't worry, President Pei is the best at judging people. Since President Pei has approached you, it means that you have very good qualities in this area!"

"Our studio is in Jingzhou. You can come to me anytime if you encounter any difficulties. When the snack market officially opens, we will definitely come to support it!"

Zhang Yahui nodded: "Okay! Then I'll call Director Qi of Lengmian Guniang now to tell her about this..."

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At the same time, Qi Yan was in the Moyu Takeaway store, eating the newly launched dishes while chatting with Rui Yuchen.

It was not yet lunchtime, so there were not many people in the store, and the delivery guys had not yet started to get busy.

Qi Yan had been visiting the Moyu Takeaway store frequently recently, mainly to learn from advanced experience.

Since the first episode of "Street Vendor Life" was broadcast, the online reputation of Lengmian Guniang had indeed improved to a certain extent, but it had not had much positive impact on the revenue of Lengmian Guniang's stores.

The food laboratory had been established and had greatly improved the taste of kao leng mian based on the recipes of Zhang Yahui and others, which was considered a good result.

But these changes alone were still a very long way from turning Lengmian Guniang into a popular snack brand.

Qi Yan was chatting with Rui Yuchen when suddenly, her phone rang.

Zhang Yahui briefly introduced President Pei's personnel transfer arrangement and formally proposed to resign from the position of head of the food laboratory.

Moreover, Zhang Yahui gave Qi Yan a preventive shot in advance, telling her that the snack market might poach some vendors from the food laboratory and take them to Jingzhou.

Qi Yan was stunned for a moment: "Ah... uh, okay."

She didn't have anything to say because this was President Pei's arrangement.

But after hanging up the phone, Qi Yan fell into deep confusion.

What did President Pei mean? Was he competing with Lengmian Guniang for people?

Not only was he taking Zhang Yahui away to be the project leader, but he was also taking other vendors from the food laboratory?

This didn't make sense, did it?

Could it be that President Pei had different levels of closeness in his heart, and felt that these people were wasted in Lengmian Guniang, so he transferred them to do more meaningful things?

Or was President Pei making other arrangements for Lengmian Guniang?