The doomsday hourglass of the Deep Sea Alien Race attacking humanity cruelly flowed in Chen Zao's mind.
At this moment, Chen Zao could no longer slowly brew this bowl of chicken soup for his entrepreneurial journey. Despite the difficulties, he had to expand his territory in the most adventurous and fastest way possible.
Although the incident with Golden Shadow made Chen Zao deeply suspicious about the cause of the apocalypse, the claim by Golden Figure that he was the Doomsday Torchbearer still needed verification; it was merely a possibility.
If it wasn't as Golden Figure described, and if the apocalyptic environment on Earth was indeed caused by the Toxic Vapor released by the Deep Sea Alien Race, it would mean that five years later, the Deep Sea Alien Race would definitely launch a large-scale attack on Earth.
Before that, Chen Zao had to prepare as much as possible, striving to transport more Fish Oil to the Golden Age and secure a chance for survival for humanity before the Deep Sea Alien Race initiated a massacre.
Due to this immense pressure, Chen Zao had little time to steadily build his Gourmet Empire. At most, he had ten years to establish a food brand with world-class influence.
Relying solely on his own strength, he certainly couldn't achieve this goal in such a short time.
The scattered individuals around him, like Fat Jin and Zhuo Chugang, also couldn't help him realize his entrepreneurial ambitions.
He had no choice but to spend heavily to hire capable and experienced professional managers to form the most specialized startup team to assist him in creating the Gourmet Empire. Only then could he achieve his entrepreneurial goals accurately and efficiently in the shortest time possible, similar to Sister Li.
As for these high-end professional managers, they had no intersection with Chen Zao's social circle.
He could only ask Ma Zhao for help in making introductions.
After a detailed conversation with Chen Zao, Ma Zhao sensed Chen Zao's urgent desire to succeed in his entrepreneurial endeavors as if he wanted to become fat overnight.
In fact, judging from Chen Zao's attitude during transactions with Ma Fulong, he was not an impatient person. However, when it came to creating a food brand, Chen Zao's attitude was unusually proactive and urgent.
Ma Zhao guessed that Chen Zao might be trying to launder money by starting a food business; he couldn't always be a tomb raider.
If Chen Zao really was using this method to launder money, then he was quite peculiar. Ma Zhao had never seen anyone use such a labor-intensive and thankless approach to money laundering.
Since Chen Zao was so determined to pursue this, she had no reason to stop him and could only suggest a quicker and more efficient method in her opinion.
She advised Chen Zao to acquire an already established fast-food company and its upstream and downstream supply chain, rebranding the acquired Fast Food Brand into Braised Meat Sandwich.
Doing this would undoubtedly lead to various problems, but as long as the management team handled them well, it would certainly be more efficient than Sister Li's suggestion of starting a brand from scratch.
After listening to Ma Zhao's suggestion, Chen Zao felt it wasn't very reliable. What established fast-food company would be willing to be acquired?
Even if there were such companies, they would likely have many issues and would be selling because they were struggling to operate.
Acquiring such a company would just mean taking over a mess, and sorting out that mess wouldn't be any easier than starting from scratch.
Of course, if there were owners who had made enough money and no longer wanted to stay in the business, wanting to sell the entire company, then Chen Zao could consider it.
He asked Ma Zhao to help scout for such dining enterprises; if there was a suitable one, he would definitely acquire it.
As for establishing a management team, he also needed Ma Zhao's help in planning and operations; he simply didn't have the time, energy, or experience to handle these matters himself.
With that energy, he might as well go back to the apocalypse and dig up some treasures.
Chen Zao had already made it clear to Ma Zhao that once the Braised Meat Sandwich brand took off, he would definitely give her a substantial reward and wouldn't let her efforts go unrewarded.
Ma Zhao initially did not expect any rewards; for her, building a closer relationship with Chen Zao and securing this big catch was the best reward for her efforts.
However, since Chen Zao mentioned wanting to give her a monetary reward, she certainly would not refuse and naturally became more invested in the matter.
Ma Zhao had already begun searching for suitable candidates to manage Chen Zao's affairs and was planning the acquisition and establishment of Fast Food Brand.
Thinking that Chen Zao was involved in money laundering, Ma Zhao even volunteered to utilize the business team behind Treasure Hall to help Chen Zao set up an offshore investment company in the Cayman Islands.
Ma Fulong had multiple offshore companies in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and Hong Kong, maintaining close ties with several underground banks in the country.
If Chen Zao established an offshore company in the Cayman Islands, it would make their large transactions much safer in the future.
Chen Zao would definitely consider Ma Zhao's suggestion.
Setting up an offshore company would greatly expedite and secure his future transactions.
However, having Ma Zhao find someone to help him establish the offshore company required Chen Zao to be cautious.
Even if the business team behind Treasure Hall had connections to expedite the application for this offshore investment company, Chen Zao could not fully entrust such an important matter to others.
He needed to oversee all details, regulations, contracts, and relevant legal matters regarding the establishment of this offshore investment company to prevent Ma Fulong and his associates from taking advantage of him.
Fortunately, he had someone he could absolutely trust by his side, who could provide significant assistance in financial matters.
That person was Triumph, who was currently studying finance as a first-year graduate student at Chang'an University.
In their group, 6 Triumph is the only high achiever.
His scholarly demeanor is completely different from the roughness of Chen Zao and Fat Jin.
However, 6 Triumph does not feel a sense of superiority over his older peers just because he has studied for many more years.
He believes that those who are loyal are often the ones who have read extensively, while the ungrateful ones are usually the scholars.
This saying, however, does not apply to 6 Triumph.
He is not like Zhou Ziheng, a thankless wolf.
6 Triumph knows very well that his current situation is entirely due to the support and care from the older siblings at the welfare home.
During his middle and high school years, his tuition fees, book expenses, and all his pocket money were provided by Chen Zao and the others who worked to earn money for him.
He has always kept this kindness in mind.
If he has the opportunity to repay these older siblings around him, he will sincerely do so for those who have nurtured him.
As for Ma Zhao helping Chen Zao introduce talent to establish a restaurant management team, Chen Zao will definitely arrange for his own people to participate in order to play a supervisory role.
For this supervisory position, Chen Zao wants Zhuo Chugang and Zhuo Chunni to take part together.
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