South Beauty's Road to Entrepreneurship

Zhang Lan was born in a scholarly family, 1987. After graduating from Beijing University of Commerce majoring in business administration, he worked as a manager in a company. Two years later, I went to Canada.

After leaving her hometown, she earned money by doing illegal labor and did a lot of work. For example, I worked for a person from Taiwan Province Province, helped in a beauty salon, worked as a handyman in a restaurant, and even carried a hundred kilograms of pork. At that time, making money became the only reason for her to stay abroad. Zhang Lan said with emotion: "Ordinary people can't understand the hardships." .

199 1 year, Zhang Lan returned home with $20,000 in hard-earned money. Six months later, she invested 6.5438+0.3 million yuan to open a Sichuan restaurant in Dongsi, Beijing, called "Alan Restaurant". "People eat for the sky, and this industry will always have opportunities."

The catering industry is a "diligent" business. You should be diligent in body and mind. She went to Pixian county, Sichuan province alone, took a group of local bamboo workers up the mountain to cut bamboo, and transported 13 meters long bamboo with a thick bowl to Beijing by train. Subsequently, "Alan Restaurant" became a bamboo building in the south. She painted and decorated the bamboo walls by herself, and regarded opening a restaurant as an artistic activity. The combination of decoration and dishes is her first attempt. In the following nine years, she completed the capital accumulation and accumulated rich experience in catering management. In 2000, she founded South Beauty Boutique Sichuan Restaurant. In just three years, she has opened nine branches in Beijing and two in Shanghai.

Chain operation

Zhang Lan thinks he is a "casual" person. Everywhere, whether at home or abroad, big hotels or small restaurants, she will habitually pay attention to the decoration in the store and study various dishes. Every time I have an inspiration, I create a new dish. Sichuan traditional raw materials are used in the selection of materials, but the knife method and code wheel are European style. The "rock salad" with simple and bright colors is Zhang Lan's innovation.

In a French restaurant, the waiter showed her how to make a salad. Although it is a very simple dish, it can bring spiritual and cultural enjoyment to guests. At that time, for an instant, she thought of her good friend, the famous rock singer Cui Jian. Why not call it "rock salad"? After returning to China, she made her own ingredients and did her own experiments.

Nowadays, as long as you walk into South Beauty and order a "rock salad" at will, a waiter will come to the table and rock out a fresh, sweet and beautiful salad like a kaleidoscope.

Zhang Lan always has long curly hair and speaks quickly. She always likes to say "I think". People feel that the beauty in front of them is more decisive and capable than men.

I don't like recalling the past. Although she mentioned more than once that "the past experience is the wealth of the present", her every move, every move, shows a more advanced consciousness. Relying on spirituality to manage is a character and habit that others can't emulate.

She said: "My goal is to open the100th store of South Beauty on the opening day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games."

Life summary

Lan of South Beauty doesn't like to describe herself as a "strong woman". In her eyes, a "strong woman" gives people the feeling that she is "too high to be cold" and cold. She attributed her success to intuition and sudden inspiration, as well as being "too focused". If there is anything to add, I am afraid it is the peace of mind brought by women's utilitarianism. There are some pottery, porcelain and glassware in her office at random.

Like a little girl who loves to play house, she likes to play with all kinds of tableware and strive to create the best color and shape collocation. She carries out this seemingly relaxed but important daily work with a gentle woman's heart. Fashion, leisure and innovation are the eternal themes of South Beauty.

In 2008, South Beauty added 8 direct stores in first-tier cities. 65438+February 65438+May, South Beauty raised 300 million yuan. On February 5th, 65438, the new menu of South Beauty was released, with more than 300 new dishes.

In August, as an Olympic catering service provider, South Beauty provided services for the Olympic Games, receiving more than 80,000 visitors, athletes and Olympic officials from all over the world every day. The service crowd in the venue exceeded 6.5438+million, and the stores in South Beauty received more than 6.5438+million people during the Olympic Games. In June, South Beauty participated in the "Time China" held in London, England, providing China cuisine to the guests.

On May 12, 2008, South Beauty and One Foundation donated money to the disaster-stricken areas in Sichuan. On May 4th, Ms. Zhang Lan, the chairman of South Beauty, became the Olympic torchbearer and participated in the Hainan torch relay. 65438+ 10 On June 5th, South Beauty was officially recognized as "China Famous Trademark".

SUBU, a top fashion concept brand restaurant founded by South Beauty in China, officially opened on February 8th, 2007. On June165438+1October, South Beauty was officially recognized as "China Famous Trademark", which is the only trademark symbol in China protected by international law worldwide, further opening up the development space of South Beauty in overseas markets. In March, South Beauty officially became the catering service provider in the eighth competition venue of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

On August 28th, 2005, Shanghai 88 1 Club opened, marking the entry of South Beauty into the high-end service market.

On August 29th, 2004, Chengdu Bauhinia Store of South Beauty opened, which reflected the enterprising and innovative spirit of South Beauty in learning traditional Sichuan cuisine and always leading the fashion.

On June 65438+1October 65438+June, 2002, the Shanghai Times Square store of South Beauty opened, marking the beginning of cross-regional operation of South Beauty.

On April 6th, 2000, the first brand restaurant in South Beauty opened in Guo Mao and officially entered the business dinner market.

Venture capital dispute

On August 26th, 2065438+0/KLOC-0, Zhang Lan, chairman of South Beauty Restaurant Group (hereinafter referred to as South Beauty), said in an interview with the media that the introduction of Ding Hui, an investor in South Beauty, was "the biggest mistake and meaningless" and that "private entrepreneurs paid tuition fees". She also said that CDH didn't bring anything to South Beauty, but diluted "such a big share" with very little money. For a time, the contradiction between venture capitalists and invested enterprises was once again publicly exposed to the public.

In 2008, South Beauty chose CDH Venture Capital among many PE competitions, and the latter invested about 200 million RMB, accounting for 65,438+00.526% of the former.

20 1 1, South Beauty has been sprinting for A shares, but its listing failed. After the listing of South Beauty was frustrated due to the gambling agreement signed with CDH, CDH asked Zhang Lan to buy back shares at a high price. For Zhang Lan, she followed the advice of CDH Venture Capital and sold some shares to executives at a low price, but she was still unable to list in China. She felt that she had lost herself. Under such circumstances, both sides are dissatisfied, and the contradiction has surfaced.

Doing business is different from doing finance. If there are different ideas and conflicts of interest, it is easy for both sides to talk about collapse.

20 12 1 1 the change of nationality of Zhang Lan, the chairman of South Beauty, has aroused widespread concern. According to the reporter's understanding, South Beauty Company changed its enterprise type from domestic-funded enterprise to foreign-invested enterprise in June 5438+February 2008. Is this a tax preference for foreign investment?

According to the relevant person in charge of South Beauty, the nationality of Zhang Lan has indeed changed, but it is not clear which nationality to join. As for the reason why South Beauty turned into a foreign-funded enterprise, the person in charge said that it was not out of preferential policies as speculated by the outside world, but because of Zhang Lan's long-term consideration, South Beauty Company could stand on the world and become an international brand in the future.

Zhang Lan, a foreign businessman, runs South Beauty, a foreign-funded enterprise.

20 12 1 1 Zhang Lan, the chairman of South Beauty, attracted attention for "canceling the household registration and joining a foreign nationality". Regarding the question of whether Zhang Lan can continue to be a member of the CPPCC in Chaoyang District, the relevant person in charge of the CPPCC in Chaoyang District said that he is currently understanding the matter and will handle it according to the situation and relevant procedures after verification.

According to CCTV survey, the enterprise type of South Beauty Company is joint stock limited company (joint venture of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and China), and its legal representative and responsible person is Zhang Lan. This enterprise was a domestic-funded enterprise before February 9, 18, and changed to a foreign-invested enterprise on February 9, 18.

Zhang Lan's talk about patriotic complex was vomited by netizens

Zhang Lan once told the media that 2 1 year ago, she resolutely returned to China with an immigration certificate to start a business. Everyone thought she was crazy and gave up a pass to heaven. Some netizens think that Zhang Lan is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a "red flag bearer on March 8th", and even question that Zhang Lan once claimed on a TV program that "giving up immigration and being loyal to the motherland forever" was purely a show.

Netizen Imkhan said in Weibo: "When I put my hand on my chest and was asked to swear to be loyal to Canada forever, I found that I couldn't do it. I can only be loyal to my country, because I come from China.

This is a very meaningful sentence that I heard a long time ago when I watched A Talk with a Tiger. It was Zhang Lan who said this sentence. Netizen nemopostbox also said that when Zhang Lan appeared on Phoenix TV's "One Tiger, One Talk", she cursed those who emigrated overseas for being unpatriotic, and said that she refused the invitation of immigrants from many countries. At that time, her "lofty patriotism" won warm applause from the audience. Now this "patriot" has joined a foreign nationality unnoticed.

Some netizens even questioned whether Zhang Lan had a chance to get a Canadian immigration certificate. The netizen added about 20 12 and said, "Ms. Zhang, a permanent resident of Canada, can only apply for naturalization after four years and three years. You must also apply in person and notify the exam after the exam. Only after passing the exam can you be naturalized. How many years have you lived? " The netizen said with a smile, "According to Zhang Lan herself, she lived in Canada in 199 1 year. Almost every day, she has to unload the car in the backyard of a restaurant to transport pork and work as a nanny at night. God knows why the Canadian government specially invited such a person to immigrate to Canada? "

South Beauty enjoys the treatment of foreign-funded enterprises, and A-share listing is rejected.

China implements preferential tax policies for foreign-invested enterprises, which mainly includes four parts. One is the preferential tax policies for the import and export of equipment, software and technology; The second is the preferential tax policy of income tax; There are also preferential tax policies for business tax. According to online analysis, the purpose of South Beauty's transformation from a domestic-funded enterprise to a foreign-funded enterprise in 2008 seems to be to avoid taxes reasonably. And South Beauty says it is for the internationalization of enterprises.

On the other hand, South Beauty has also actively planned the listing of A shares. It is understood that as early as March 20 1kloc-0/ year, South Beauty submitted an application for listing of A shares to the CSRC, but in March 201year, South Beauty's name appeared on the "termination review" list, and the termination review date was 20 12. At this point, the listing of South Beauty A shares officially ended.

According to media reports, South Beauty will start listing in Hong Kong as soon as after the summer vacation, but the specific time still depends on the market situation. Earlier, it was reported that South Beauty had passed the listing hearing of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and planned to raise1-2 billion US dollars.

Zhang Lan withdrew from the board of directors of South Beauty.

According to Taiwan Province media reports, from 2065438 to March 2005, Zhang Lan, the founder of the catering group "South Beauty", reported that the assets were frozen by the Hong Kong High Court and the family business was in crisis. At that time, Big S said, "The whole family will face it together". Unexpectedly, on July 16, mainland media reported that Zhang Lan had withdrawn from the board of directors of South Beauty, and official website even withdrew her information. Some media asked South Beauty for evidence, but the other party did not directly deny it.

Zhang Lan denied that the "kicked out" board of directors of South Beauty would sue CVC.

2065438+On July 7, 2005 17, Zhang Lan entrusted a lawyer to issue a statement, completely denying the statement of "out". Later, in an interview, Zhang Lan accused CVC of pledging her equity without her consent, and said that she would institute legal proceedings against CVC.