Chapter 0386: Being Defeated

After being defeated by his own father, Zhao Fusheng almost began to doubt who was truly the man favored by heaven.

It turned out that life experience and wisdom were not something only he possessed; his father had them too.

Moreover, Zhao Fusheng felt that his father considered things more comprehensively than he did in many matters.

"I've thought it over and discussed it with Uncle Chen and the others. They won't venture into other industries in the future," Father Zhao said earnestly to Zhao Fusheng. "You focus on your studies at school. All of this—your father's enterprise—will be handed over to you someday."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fusheng understood his father's intentions.

He had to admit that, despite lacking formal business training, his father's life experience had taught him that if he wanted to pass the business to his son, he must keep his comrades in check.

As the saying goes, starting a business is easy, but maintaining it is hard. In other words, while Chen Hai and the others might have a good relationship with Father Zhao, their families might not be the same.

The more people who have a say in a company, the more chaotic its internal management becomes—this is inevitable.

So Father Zhao simply had an open talk with Chen Hai and the others. Zhao Fusheng didn't know what agreement they reached, but the only thing he knew was that within Wanda Construction Company, none of his father's comrades held any shares.

He fully approved of this, as Zhao Fusheng was almost one hundred percent certain that in the future, Wanda Commercial Plaza's development might not keep pace with Wanda Construction. After all, if one were to rank the most profitable industries in the next decade, real estate would always rank in the top three.

And if his old man could carve out a place in Ninghai's urban development, Zhao Fusheng dared not imagine how far his father would go.

Of course, Father Zhao might not yet realize the significance of his decision; he simply thought that the equity structure of the construction company shouldn't be as chaotic as that of Wanda Commercial Plaza.

In this world, many things often happen where neither the decision-maker nor those involved can foresee the consequences.

Even Zhao Fusheng, with his foresight, only thought his father's approach was appropriate but couldn't imagine what this decision would bring to their family in the future.

Zhao Fusheng was human, not a god. Knowing something didn't mean he could envision everything.

For instance, we all know the wealthy live luxuriously, but we may not be able to imagine just how extravagant their lives are.

Since he had been defeated by his dad, Zhao Fusheng didn't feel like saying much more. He called his mother to report his safety, promised to come home for dinner on the weekend, and then took a car back to school.

Having suffered a blow to his ego from his father, he could only seek a sense of achievement from his roommates.

However, it turned out that when luck is against you, even drinking cold water can get stuck in your teeth.

As soon as he stepped into the dormitory, Zhao Fusheng saw Tan Kaixuan's smug face grinning at him.

"Did you find money on the ground?"

Raising an eyebrow, Zhao Fusheng asked Tan Kaixuan.

Tan Kaixuan was taken aback and shook his head. "No."

"Found a girlfriend?" Zhao Fusheng continued.

"Uh, no." Tan Kaixuan shook his head.

"Then why are you grinning like an idiot?" Zhao Fusheng said irritably.

"I'm not grinning like an idiot; I'm smiling happily." Tan Kaixuan was quite dissatisfied with Zhao Fusheng's assessment. "What do you know? I'm practicing my smiling service for customers."

"Huh?" Zhao Fusheng looked confused, then realized he was talking about the KFC matter.

"So, is everything going smoothly?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Tan Kaixuan nodded. "Basically no problems. Aunt Li is very capable. Although her education level is average and doesn't quite meet KFC's requirements, she's very smart, and the employees she hired are decent."

Back then, KFC's recruitment couldn't be compared to ten years later, when store managers were required to have a bachelor's degree and age restrictions were imposed. In Zhao Fusheng's view, that was pure nonsense.

Did the owner of the first KFC store also demand that his manager graduate in business management?

Throughout history, especially among Chinese people, the thing they are best at is creating problems for themselves when there are none.

Mr. Lu Xun merely wrote that there were two jujube trees in front of his house, yet those idiot experts managed to come up with several interpretations. Some said that sentence represented Lu Xun's loneliness at the time, others said it represented his critique of a stagnant society. Things like this, from elementary to high school, in countless reading comprehension exercises, every sentence and word of Lu Xun's was required to be meticulously studied.

But what's the reality?

When a writer writes, a certain sentence might just be written casually, just like whether a person steps with their left foot or right foot when walking depends entirely on personal habit. You can't expect a football player to consider whether to use his head or foot when shooting in front of the goal, can you?

Everyone is an independent individual with different thoughts. When it comes to the writings of our predecessors, we just need to understand them according to our own interpretation. There's no need to nitpick over every word; that would truly lose the essence of culture.

Just like with the matter of hiring staff, Zhao Fusheng directly told Tan Kaixuan to listen to Li Yuan, because compared to the two young men, Li Yuan had richer social experience.

It turned out that Zhao Fusheng's choice was correct.

KFC itself was a novelty in Ninghai, and people's awareness of it was low. If it wasn't a bit down-to-earth, how could the common people accept it?

"So, it can start operating soon?" Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and asked Tan Kaixuan.

Since employee training had begun, it meant that perhaps it wouldn't be long before they could officially open for business.

Tan Kaixuan nodded. "Aunt Li and I figured it out. We can officially open before Children's Day on June 1st. After all, these people need at least a month of training before they can start working."

Then he smiled and said, "I've already decided to intern at the store this summer vacation, starting from washing dishes. I want to see what secrets the catering industry holds..."

Looking at the ambitious Tan Kaixuan, Zhao Fusheng suddenly felt that he had created a future tycoon in the catering industry.

But the problem was, seeing Tan Kaixuan's smug look, why did Zhao Fusheng feel so annoyed?

Blinking his eyes, Zhao Fusheng thought that maybe he had offended the God of Misfortune today.