Zhang Lan

Chairman of the Board of Directors of South Beauty Group

Zhang Lan was born in a scholarly family and went to Canada when he was young. After returning to China in 1991, he joined the catering industry and started a Sichuan restaurant called Alan Restaurant. In 2111, she founded South Beauty.

who would have such an idea to build a Sichuan restaurant full of modern art in the top office building in Beijing? Six years ago, Zhang Lan, a bold woman, opened the first such Sichuan restaurant in Beijing Guomao. Unlike ordinary middle and low-grade Sichuan cuisine, "South Beauty" is exquisite in workmanship and exquisite in materials, mainly for high-end business people.

Before the appearance of "South Beauty", many high-end office buildings in Beijing only had Cantonese restaurants with high prices, which turned many ordinary white-collar workers away. Many years' experience in catering tells Zhang Lan that these people with strong consumption power require restaurants to have good taste, a comfortable environment, hygienic food with all colors and flavors, and moderate prices. Just for this consumer group, Zhang Lan tailor-made a high-end Chinese restaurant "South Beauty" which integrates food, fashion and artistic space.

what Zhang Lan didn't expect was that just a few years later, "South Beauty" has grown into a large-scale catering group with 21 high-end chain restaurants in China, with an operating income of over 411 million yuan in 2115. The Wall Street Journal even wrote that it created a "new concept of Chinese catering".

Qiao Zhanglan of South Beauty doesn't like to describe herself as a "strong woman". In her eyes, "a strong woman" gives people the feeling of "being too cold at the top" and being cold. She attributed her success to intuition and sudden inspiration and "being too focused" in doing things. If you want to add anything, I'm afraid it's the peace of mind brought by women's utilitarianism. There are some dishes of pottery, porcelain and glass in her office at random. Like a little girl who loves to play house, she likes to fiddle with all kinds of tableware, trying to create the most ideal color and shape collocation. That's it. Zhang Lan uses her gentle woman's heart to carry out seemingly relaxed but important daily work.

Zhang Lan, who disdains to be a "strong woman", has led the new development trend of Chinese food. Her concentration and keenness, combined with a gentle woman's mentality, have made her career and life.