NOVPUBChapter 1015: Chapter 1015: What Can You Do if You Just Don’t Have the Ability?_1 Chapter 1015 -1015: What Can You Do if You Just Don’t Have the Ability?_1 Peggy Lewis replied, “Six o’clock.”
Unexpectedly, Lyke Zhekova did not initiate his intentions but asked, “Didn’t you tell me this morning that you wanted to thank me?”
“Yes.” Peggy Lewis sent the message.
“I remember it clearly.”
“How do you plan to thank me?” Lyke asked again.
Peggy Lewis didn’t expect that she remembered well, and Lyke Zhekova remembered clearly, too.
He even urged her to start.
Peggy Lewis scratched her head in distress, “I haven’t thought about it yet.
Why don’t…you think about it?
What kind of thank you would you like?”
“There’s no sincerity in letting the person being thanked to decide.” Lyke replied.
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Chatting with Lyke like this, back and forth, Peggy Lewis eventually forgot her initial nervousness.
She started to feel more and more at ease while chatting with Lyke.
At this point, Peggy Lewis was in a dilemma.
She asked, “What do you like?
Any hobbies?”
She would then decide what gifts to give Lyke based on his hobbies.
Lyke suggested: “How about this?
When you’re off work, we can have dinner together.
And during the meal, I can tell you in detail about my hobbies.”
Peggy Lewis: “…”
Doesn’t this sound incredibly similar to scumbag men inviting girls to dinner?
Peggy Lewis hadn’t had time to reply, when Lyke sent another message: “I noticed a hotpot restaurant near your house when I took you home last time.
It belongs to the Majestic chain.
I wanted to try it and see for myself the taste, service, dishes, and other aspects of the restaurant.”
He seems to be suggesting a quiet visit to the place.
Peggy Lewis knew the restaurant.
She had gone there with Cindy Clarke and Morgan Zhekova.
The local hotpot restaurants in Sichuan are famous and tasty.
Moreover, Bertrand York also started a hotpot restaurant because he liked the flavor.
It became an internet sensation and even expanded overseas.
However, it was difficult to penetrate into the Sichuan area.
The local hotpot restaurants in Sichuan might not be as famous nationwide, and there might not be many chains or even none at all.
But local people in Sichuan still prefer the local hotpot restaurants.
They feel that the taste is rich, the most authentic, and fits their palate the best.
If outsiders want to open a hotpot restaurant there, they better not expect to succeed.
Most of the non-local chain hotpot restaurants first make a name for themselves elsewhere and then try to enter Sichuan.
As a result, they find it hard to move an inch in Sichuan due to the competition from local hotpot restaurants, and they can only withdraw from Sichuan.
Even if you go to Sichuan and chat with the locals,
They will also say that non-local hotpot restaurants can’t survive in Sichuan.
So, Flag of Pingla simply decided to do the exact opposite and start in Sichuan.
They have solid capital support, so they are not in a hurry.
When they opened the restaurant, they didn’t reveal at all that the hotpot restaurant brand belongs to Flag of Pingla.
At that time, many people thought it was a local Sichuan hotpot restaurant.
After all, there are many local hotpot restaurants in Sichuan.
In addition to some well-known local chain hotpot brands, there are countless unknown small street-side hotpot restaurants.
It is said that no matter which one you walk into, they all taste good.
So even if people think it originates locally, it’s still hard to be successful.
Luckily, they have the strong backing of Flag of Pingla.
They can afford a long-term battle and bear short-term losses for some time.
By first ensuring the taste and quality, coupled with appropriate and innovative marketing.
They made a name for themselves in Sichuan.
And also built a reputation as the foundation.
Being able to secure their position in such a fiercely competitive market.
It’s much easier to expand the market outside later.
When the hotpot brand is well-known all over the country, everyone comes to know that this brand is Flag of Pingla.
It’s not that Flag of Pingla acquired it, but the brand was actually established by Flag of Pingla from the beginning.
People cannot help but sigh, Flag of Pingla is too cunning.
They went unnoticed and penetrated into the enemy’s territory.
Then expanded from there.
Peggy Lewis visited it with Cindy Clarke and had been to Bertrand York’s hotpot restaurant.
The main business of the York city is not the food market, and the hotpot restaurant is just Bertrand York’s hobby.
Therefore, Bertrand York opened the restaurant very willfully.
He absolutely does not consider the local taste for improvement, and is very adamant about using the original Sichuan taste.
Spicy and aromatic.
The degree of spiciness is not something that ordinary people can tolerate.
And, no choice of spiciness is offered.
There are only all-spicy and split-spicy pots to choose from.
If you think the spicy pot is too spicy, use the other non-spicy pot to alleviate it.
In Bertrand’s words, the split-spicy pot is his last concession.
The “Sichuan belongs to you” hotpot under the Majestic brand is much more flexible.
Bertrand wasn’t as willful, and it is more profit-oriented.
There are many choices for the soup base, and choices for the spiciness are also offered.
The spiciest level is the same as the local level in Sichuan.
In this way, customers who hope to taste authentic hotpot do not have to go to the Sichuan area but can taste the authentic flavor.
And for customers who can’t handle spicy food, they can choose a less spicy flavor.
This way, they can more easily adapt to the market across the country.
Originally, Majestic specialized in high-end catering, and its brands include Fresh Vegetarian and Fuellero.
But the development of “Sichuan belongs to You” was entirely Lyke Zhekova’s credit.
From planning to establish this brand, to where to start, how to develop, and how to market and promote.
Lyke Zhekova was part of all these processes, leading the team meetings and personally participating throughout the entire process.
Therefore, Adrian Zhekova decided to directly give the ownership of “Sichuan belongs to You” to Lyke Zhekova.
“Sichuan belongs to You” is equivalent to Lyke Zhekova’s personal property.
While Flag of Pingla holds a certain stake in it.
After all, without the financial support of Flag of Pingla, no matter how capable Lyke Zhekova is, or how many methods he has, he can’t use them.
Therefore, even after Lyke Zhekova was transferred from Virtuoso to Majestic, “Sichuan belongs to You” did not belong to Virtuoso, but followed Lyke Zhekova.
This baffled Gabriel Zhekova.
He once complained a lot, feeling that Adrian Zhekova was unfair.
He even went to the Old Master for justice.
Arguing why “Sichuan belongs to You” could be given to Lyke Zhekova, while Gabriel Zhekova had no industry given by Flag of Pingla.
The Old Master’s answer was incredibly simple and left Gabriel Zhekova with no room for rebuttal.
The Old Master said: “If you can establish a brand like ‘Sichuan belongs to You’ by yourself, Flag of Pingla can also give it to you.”
Gabriel Zhekova: “…”
He did wish to do so, but he just didn’t have the ability.
What could he do?
Therefore, after that, Gabriel Zhekova tried hard to come up with something on his own.
But the proposals he submitted were all rejected.
Gabriel Zhekova was heartbroken.
However, the fact that “Sichuan belongs to You” belongs to Lyke Zhekova is only known within the Zhekova Family, not to outsiders.
Peggy Lewis didn’t know either.
She only knew that “Sichuan belongs to You” seemed to belong to the Majestic brand.
She found it strange at the time, as the Majestic was mainly responsible for middle- and high-end catering, and suddenly there was a “Sichuan belongs to You”, which felt out of place.
