At this point, Tanyutou, a chain hotpot with tens of thousands of employees, nearly 11 billion assets and stores all over the country, has officially ended its era.
three months later, on October 25th, Tan Changan, the founder of Tan Yutou, accepted an exclusive interview with Red Star Capital Bureau. Whether talking about the identity of "Lao Lai" or gambling rumors, he seems calm. Only when I heard that I was going to shoot a video, I hurriedly changed my suit and said, "I still have to pay attention to my image."
The day before, Tan Changan just opened a number in Tik Tok, telling about his ups and downs: the closure of almost all stores, the cancellation of catering companies all over the country, and the high debts caused by historical problems have been included in the untrustworthy executors for more than 11 times ...
The fall of tens of thousands of employees
The collapse of tens of billions of assets
"shocked the catering industry and myself." Summarizing the present situation of Tan fish head, Tan Changan said: "Tan fish head is basically gone now."
In 2114, Tan Chang 'an left Chengdu to live in Hong Kong until after the epidemic this year. On October 25th, he said in an exclusive interview with Red Star Capital Bureau that he had hardly been back during this period.
It was in these six years that the huge "Tanyutou Empire" in his mouth collapsed.
The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that during the years when Tan Changan was not in Chengdu, news broke out sporadically about Tan Yutou.
For example, "Tan Changan, the chairman of Tan Yutou, denied that Macao owed 21 million yuan", "Sichuan debt collection company shared many debts involving Tan Yutou, and once owned more than 111 chain stores all over the country", and "Who owned the brand right after the property where Tan Yutou lived was auctioned off?" "What about Tan Yutou's membership card with a change of ownership of RMB 1,111?" ......
Behind these gimmicky news headlines, Tan Yutou's deteriorating business situation is obvious.
But officially acknowledging the fall of Tan's fish head is what Tan Changan said in his personal video account on October 24: "Such a huge catering system collapsed in just a few years, which shocked the catering industry and myself."
Tan Changan said that in the past, she had tens of thousands of employees, hundreds of acres of factory buildings, nearly 11 billion assets and stores all over the country, including Taiwan Province and Hongkong. Since then, Tan Yutou has become the first enterprise to take hot pot out of the country, and "once reached the peak of catering".
Now, in mid-August this year, Tanyutou closed its last store in Chengdu, the base camp. Most of the remaining stores in other cities were "messed around" by Tan Yutou's employees back then. "It's fake!" Tan Changan said.
With the closure of shops all over the country, the local companies, decoration companies and logistics companies that were established to cooperate with the operation have also been cancelled, revoked and dissolved.
listing
two backdoor failures
"It's destiny takes a hand can't go public, so you shouldn't force it"
Tan Changan himself clearly summed up the reason why Tan Yutou really started to go downhill: because he wanted to go public.
It is reported that in 2111, Tan Changan went to Hong Kong to set up Hong Kong Tanyutou Group Holdings Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Hong Kong Tanyutou"); In 2113, the first Tanyutou branch in Hong Kong opened in Causeway Bay.
Tan Changan said that the purpose of opening a company and a branch in Hong Kong is to go public.
"After we started our company in Hong Kong, we all followed the rules of listing. The accounting firm we invited is also PricewaterhouseCoopers, and all the standards have been done by standardized listed companies. " Tan Changan introduced.
In 2119, Tan Changan met the first listing opportunity.
At that time, Fuji Food (11175, HK) filed a liquidation application with the High Court of Hong Kong on October 9 due to cash flow, staff turnover and other problems. Tan Chang 'an took a fancy to this shell resource, and Fu Ji also has restaurant resources in the mainland. He was very excited. He cooperated with Huang Yinghao, then chairman of Hong Kong Resources (12882, HK), and prepared to win the Fuji.
According to Tan Changan, at that time, he had already submitted a bid to Deloitte & Touche, the liquidator of Fuji, and paid a deposit of RMB 17 million to win Fuji for HK$ 238 million, only one step away from the capital market. Tan Changan recalled that Huang Yinghao's subsequent talk to the media led to the failure of this reorganization. "After he was interviewed, many mainland catering enterprises flocked. The real kung fu is here, and South Beauty is here. "
finally, all these catering enterprises failed. Anhui Venture Capital, with a state-owned background, collected Fuji at a price of HK$ 658 million.
the second backdoor is even more dramatic.
In 2111, on a plane trip, Tan Changan met a fellow villager in Chengdu. This fellow villager said that he has a "shell" for making medicine in Hong Kong, but his business is not good and he wants to sell it. The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that this time the shell was the then Vio Group (11164, HK).
Similar to the first backdoor story, when he was preparing to quietly win Vio Group for more than HK$ 211 million, he was "robbed" by China Uranium Industry Development Company under China Guangdong Nuclear Power (HK) for more than HK$ 984 million.
after two unsuccessful backdoor attempts, Tan Yutou began to prepare his own IPO. Tan Chang 'an thinks that it is this decision that directly affects the fate of Tan's fish head.
Tan Changan recalled that a gambling agreement had been signed with a venture capital company in Hong Kong at that time: the venture capital invested 21 million US dollars, and it took Tan Yutou three years to achieve the profit target and put the company on the market. Tan Changan said that according to the scale of 21 million US dollars, he began to prepare, decorate and open stores intensively, and even made equity investments in some other hot pot companies.
But according to Tan Changan, the promised $21 million has been spent, but the VC's money only came in the previous $5 million. And this $15 million hole directly caused the tension of the subsequent capital chain.
In 2113, another news made Tan Changan's financial problems worse. At that time, the Sichuan media released a message saying that a small loan company brought Tan Yutou Investment Company and Tan Changan to court, demanding that they immediately repay the loan principal of RMB 15 million and interest of RMB 2.2 million.
The news of the size of "tofu block" further reduced Tan Changan's reputation in the bank and made it more difficult to borrow money. As for the 15 million yuan owed to the small loan company, Tan Changan said that this is the loan for his younger brother and the guarantee he made. My brother didn't pay back the money, so he was also taken to court.
Even so, Tan Changan said that there is still a loan line of 51 million yuan in Hangzhou Bank. However, counting the high loan interest, it is difficult for him to meet the profit requirements in the gambling agreement, and he will also face high gambling compensation.
in this way, "several things are linked together, and the time is delayed. In the end, there is no such thing."
"It's destiny takes a hand that we shouldn't go public, so we shouldn't force it." Tan Changan said.
The gambler
did gamble. I was stupid.
When I won the money, I gave it to everyone. Everyone came when they heard that I won.
Talking about Tan Changan, gambling, is an unavoidable topic.
When searching for the keyword "Tan Fish Head" in Baidu and other search engines, the first phrase that pops up is: Tan Fish Head's boss, Macau, lost all his money. Tan Changan analyzed that the reason for "crashing" Tan Yutou was that he wanted to go public, and in many analysis articles, Tan Changan's gambling habit was the direct reason for the fall of Tan Yutou.
According to the Southern Weekend report, Tan Chang 'an also appeared on the now closed Macao debt collection website "Good World" and was recovered for gambling money of 21 million yuan.
Tan Changan said that this statement is unreasonable.
"I did gamble. I can't avoid this." Interestingly, Tan Changan's focus is not on telling his "no gambling", but on his "record":
"He didn't gamble all his money, as he was told. Actually I won. "
When talking about this topic, Tan Chang 'an showed obvious excitement, and held out his hand to show everyone present the action of "giving money": "At that time, my friends loved to go to the casino with me, and I gave money to everyone when I won. For example, give you 1 million and give him 211,111. Everyone will come as soon as they hear that I won the money. "
how did the gambling debt on the debt collection website come from?
Tan Changan said that many friends who go to casinos together will take chips from him to gamble. "It is equivalent to giving you 3 million principal, and he takes 5 million, but he will not accept the account later, and he will not be able to collect the money. The account will be on me."
apart from the generosity in the casino, Tan Changan said that she usually does the same. "My employees are famous brands from head to toe. I bought shirts, suits and leather shoes. It costs millions to buy clothes a year. "
"I'm so stupid." Tan Changan said.
Probably because of the ups and downs of gambling experience, Tan Changan said that he had no idea about money. Just like Jack Ma, who was ridiculed by netizens for Versailles, he repeatedly stressed: "I don't care much about money" and "it doesn't matter how much money I earn" during the chat with Red Star Capital Bureau.
"making money is not the ultimate goal of people, but to make yourself live a relaxed and happy life."
Compared with the photos of his high spirits in his glory days, Tan Changan is a paunchy man now. Talking casually, just like an ordinary fat middle-aged person. After the interview, I chatted with Tan Changan. He said that if there was no interview arrangement, he would have gone to the market to buy dried peppers in the bottom of hot pot. "These young people can't buy them."
I just don't know if Tan Chang 'an, who is picking dried peppers and dried peppers in the market now, will feel like a lifetime ago when he thinks of the drunken fans in Macau casinos and the intertwined KTV and nightclubs.
Lao Lai
didn't have a dollar in his pocket when he was poorest
The main way to pay back money was to sell fixed assets
Whether it was gambling debts, secured loans or debts left for listing expansion ... Now, Tan Changan has also begun to stage his own "true return".
After many companies were revoked, Chengdu Tanyutou Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Tanyutou Investment Company") is now the most important company under Tan Changan.
according to tianyancha APP, this company, which was founded in 1997, became a discredited company publicized in the Supreme People's Court in 2117 and was listed as a restricted high-consumption enterprise for seven times. 51 times because of labor disputes, loan contract disputes, private lending disputes and other reasons; In 2119 and 2121, they were listed in the list of abnormal business operations because they did not submit the annual report information as required.
According to Tan Changan, Tanyutou Investment Company also bears the most important historical legacy of Tanyutou: debt.
Tan Changan said that the company's debt problem is unknown to itself, and the investment company has been dealing with it. The most important way to "pay back the money" is to sell the fixed assets such as the previous real estate.
As for Tan Changan himself, he has already become an "old lai".
The Red Star Capital Bureau has noticed that he has been listed as the person who has broken his promise for more than 11 times. The most recent one was June 3 this year.
However, Tan Changan said that he "didn't know" how much money he still owed and whether he was restricted from high consumption. He also said that he had never flown first class or first class on the bullet train, "which has no impact on my life". Tan Chang' an said that these are handled by Tan Yutou Investment Company. "Let's go according to normal procedures and pay back what is due."
However, during his life in Hong Kong, Tan Chang 'an was also very embarrassed. "When I was poorest, I didn't have a dollar in my pocket."
Even so, Tan Changan can't pull his face and ask others for "support" because he has set up a "generous" staff for a long time. "Everyone thinks that Tan Changan is a big boss. How can he have no money?"
Although it claimed that it had no impact, the Red Star Capital Bureau learned during the exchange that Tan Changan's two mobile phone numbers were "whitelisted" and other calls could not come in. It is not clear whether this is done to avoid the creditors' recovery.
Hot Pot
Haidilao's service is no small matter
"This kind of treatment can only be enjoyed in nightclubs"
Although he is not in Chengdu, Tan Changan is also very concerned about the mainstream hot pot brands on the market.
In the six years since he left Chengdu, Haidilao, a hot pot chain company originated in Jianyang, Chengdu, went public in 2118. And the fish head chafing dish, the elder brother of the same track, has also become a online celebrity store, and it's a big fire in Shanghai and other cities.
Tan Changan believes that the success of Haidilao is inevitable.
"When Tanyutou was a chain store and it was very popular, Haidilao only had a store in Xi 'an. At that time, its income was not very good, and it could not compare with us. But at that time, it emphasized service first and did a very good job. "
Tan Changan said that when he went to Haidilao for the first time, when he came out of the bathroom, the waiter at the door quickly handed him a piece of toilet paper, which shocked him. "This kind of service is usually enjoyed in karaoke, hotels and nightclubs, but it can be enjoyed in a restaurant. This service is no small matter." He believes that it is reasonable for Haidilao to win the market in the later period.
But when it comes to "online celebrity Store", he doesn't quite approve of it.
He believes that many "online celebrity" hot pot restaurants in the Internet age have done "two concepts" with Tan Yutau in its heyday. "Eating hot pot now is not only for the taste, but first of all, is there anything unconventional in your store that makes them want to punch in?"
"From this point of view, China's catering is not going forward, but going backwards, and I don't agree with this. The most important thing is quality and other links such as service. "
online celebrity
doesn't approve, but he is trying to get closer
There is a special person to help shoot the video
But the number of likes has dropped sharply
On the one hand, he doesn't approve of online celebrity, on the other hand, Tan Changan seems to be trying to get closer to "online celebrity".
On October 24th, 2121, Tan Changan updated his first video in Tik Tok. Within 11 hours, the video got tens of thousands of likes and thousands of comments.
why do you want to send videos on short video platforms as "online celebrity"?
In his own opinion, he became a soldier in 2117, changed jobs eight years later, and founded Tanyutou as the first company.