Chapter 25 The Man Behind the Scenes

  Recommendation ticket, where are you? Chen Zhiyuan rushed to the store in a hurry, this time the store was not as messy as it was last time, but there were two big seals on the door. The little girl and several others were standing outside the door, and when they saw Chen Zhiyuan coming back, they quickly came up to him.

  "What's going on with Little Auntie?" Chen Zhiyuan hastily asked!

  Chen Yalan grabbed Chen Zhiyuan's hand anxiously: "Today, just after opening the door, first was the fire department, then the health and business departments came to the door, saying that our hygiene is not qualified, and we are evading taxes, and the fire facilities are not equipped according to the city's requirements, so they sealed it!"

  Chen Zhiyuan felt that this matter was not so simple. First, the various procedures of this store were complete, and the taxes were paid on time and in full. The fire protection measures were also set up according to the regulations above. In terms of hygiene, just looking at the cooking methods recorded by the health department, the hygiene requirements were even stricter than those stipulated by the health bureau, so it was impossible for the hygiene to be unqualified.

  At this time, Wang Shan, who had just received the call, rushed back with a head full of sweat and saw Chen Zhiyuan's furrowed brow. He walked a few steps forward and asked, "Master, something doesn't feel right about this?"

  Chen Zhiyuan nodded at him and turned his head to Chen Yalan: "Little sister, where is my little uncle?"

  Chen Yalan said: "Go and ask about the situation, he said to find a few friends to ask, Zhiyuan, this store is doing well, you say why did we encounter these things one after another?"

  "Hey, little sister, don't worry, go home first. I'm here to take care of this. It's definitely a misunderstanding. Our family doesn't have any tax evasion issues, let alone health problems. Don't worry!"

  Chen Yalan didn't want to leave, but Chen Zhiyuan and Wang Shan persuaded her, so she returned home.

  Wang Shan watched Chen Yalan walk away, then handed a cigarette to Chen Zhiyuan: "Master, this matter is not simple. I just went to find a few friends who are head chefs at some famous hotels in Lin City. Several hotels that have business conflicts with us certainly have some opinions about us, but none of them have received any definite news that any hotel wants to deal with us. Today, our store was sealed off by the fire department, industry and commerce bureau, and health department - almost all the departments that can supervise us came. This is going to be a big trouble!"

  Chen Zhiyuan's sword-like eyebrows were now twisted into a knot, he took a drag on his cigarette and said: "This matter is indeed troublesome. The hotels you mentioned all have motives to deal with us. Those large hotels are powerful enough to make such a big fuss, it's not impossible. But we can't figure out which hotel or if they're working together to deal with us, or if I've offended Zhao Ningyuan and he's secretly sabotaging me. We can't investigate who is behind this, how do we respond? You little scoundrel, don't let me find out who you are, otherwise, I'll make sure you die!" Chen Zhiyuan was also at a loss, feeling a tangled mess in his heart and a raging fire burning within!

  The restaurant was shut down, Chen Zhiyuan and his family were ordinary people, without the great power of those big shots, a phone call or a word could solve the problem, all they could do was to go around asking for help from grandfathers and grandmothers, humbly begging those high-ranking officials.

  Li Jian Shu has visibly aged a lot in the past few days, often hiding alone on the balcony sighing and smoking one cigarette after another. Chen Ya Lan is also silently crying behind closed doors, but puts on a strong smile when facing others. Li Jian took the tens of thousands of yuan that Chen Zhi Yuan gave him to find those friends who only care about drinking and eating, but not a single piece of information was gathered, and he became somewhat quiet and taciturn. The changes in Xiaojie's family made Chen Zhi Yuan feel like his heart was being cut with a knife. This small restaurant may not be a gold mine that brings in money every day, but to Chen Zhi Yuan and Xiaojie's family, it is their hope, the ordinary people's hope for life. Now this hope has been suddenly strangled, and this blow to Chen Zhi Yuan and Xiaojie's family is no less than enormous.

  At this moment, Chen Zhiyuan had never had such a strong desire to become powerful, powerful enough to trample his enemies like ants, and the rights and wealth that were buried in every man's heart were sprouting in Chen Zhiyuan's heart.

  Li Jian Shu went out again for a whole day, these days he has been spending money and giving gifts to find connections, hoping to smooth things over and reopen the restaurant. But today when he came back, he was more disheartened than before, several times seeing Chen Zhi Yuan with a look of wanting to speak but stopping himself.

  Chen Zhiyuan felt that something was not quite right, so he pulled Li Jian to the balcony, gave Li Jian a cigarette, lit one himself, and puffed out smoke: "Little uncle, are you hiding something from me?"

  Li Jian Shu took a deep drag on his cigarette, exhaled a large puff of smoke and sighed: "Today I went to see Director Liu at the Health Bureau, he said someone wants to buy our roasted lamb recipes!"

  Chen Zhiyuan's heart tightened, and he asked urgently: "Who wants to buy?"

  Li Jian Shu turned his head to look at Chen Zhi Yuan, gritted his teeth and said: "Zhi Yuan, why don't we just sell this formula? He's offering 300,000 yuan. That Liu guy also said that our restaurant being shut down and the previous vandalism were all orchestrated by that person. We can't compete with someone like that, we're just ordinary people. If we don't sell, we won't be able to keep running the restaurant, and even our safety will be at risk!"

  Chen Zhiyuan could understand his uncle's feelings at this time. Li Jianxu had been struggling until he was over 50 years old, and he still hadn't achieved anything. The hope for a better life that he had buried in his heart, and the struggle for it, had long been torn apart by this frustrating life. When Chen Zhiyuan brought him new hope for a better life again, his fragmented heart began to heal and revive, but soon it was shattered again by the harsh reality of life. Faced with power and authority, he chose to yield because he wanted his family to live in peace and safety. At this moment, his heart was filled with pain, helplessness, and humiliation!

  Chen Zhiyuan took a deep breath and then coldly said: "Is it that grandson of Zhao Ningyuan?"

  Li Jian Shu grabbed Chen Zhi Yuan's arm, his voice tense: "Don't do anything stupid, you're about to go to Beijing, after graduating from graduate school and becoming a doctor at a big hospital, what a great career this is! If we don't open the restaurant, we can sell the recipe to him, let's just buy some peace of mind, Zhi Yuan, please don't do anything foolish!"

  Chen Zhiyuan sneered, "You're really something, you wait and see, I'll make your life worse than death. I'm going to make you wish you'd never been born!" He thought to himself, but then suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Li, I won't do anything rash. As for the formula, let me think about it, if not, we can just sell it to him." After saying that, Chen Zhiyuan entered the room without waiting for Li Jian's response. Earlier, he had restrained himself in front of Li Jian, but now that he was inside, his pent-up anger erupted like a volcano, and he slammed his fist against the wall, his voice cold and menacing: "Zhao Ningyuan, you dare to play dirty with me? I'll make you wish you were dead!"