"It's not like preaching, gambling is useless. That's because I want the company to go public too much. "
In mid-August, Tan Yutou closed the last store in Chengdu, the base camp.
So far, this chain hot pot with tens of thousands of employees, nearly 10 billion assets and stores all over the country has been "better than Haidilao"? Tanyutou officially ended his era.
Three months later, on June 25th, 165438+, Tan Changan, the founder of Tan Yutou, accepted an exclusive interview with Red Star Capital Bureau. Whether talking about "Lao Lai" identity or gambling rumors, he seems very calm. Just as soon as I heard that I was going to shoot a video, I changed my clothes in a hurry and said, "I still have to pay attention to the image."
165438+20201October 25th
Tan Changan, founder of Tan Fish Head, was interviewed by Red Star Capital Bureau.
The day before, Tan Changan just opened a number in Tik Tok, telling his ups and downs: the closure of almost all stores, the cancellation and cancellation of catering companies all over the country, and the high debts caused by historical problems were listed as untrustworthy executors more than 10 times?
Tens of thousands of employees and tens of billions of assets.
collapse
"Shocked the catering industry and myself."
What is the "crash" mentioned by Tan Changan in his personal video number? Summarizing the current situation of Tan fish head, Tan Changan said, "Tan fish head is basically gone now."
In 20 14, Tan Changan left Chengdu to live in Hong Kong until after the epidemic this year. 165438+1October 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 his huge "Tanyutou Empire" collapsed.
The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that during Tan Changan's absence from Chengdu in recent years, news about Tan Yutou broke out sporadically.
For example, "Tan Changan, chairman of Tan Yutou, denies that Macao owes 20 million yuan", "Sichuan debt collection company shares Tan Yutou's debt, and there are more than 100 chain stores in China" and "Who owns the brand right after the auction of Tan Yutou's property?" "That tan fish head successively changed hands 1000 yuan membership card? " ?
Behind these gimmicky news headlines, the deteriorating business situation of Tan Yutou is obvious.
However, the official recognition of Tan's fish head's fall is what Tan Changan said in his personal video account 165438 on October 24: "Such a huge catering system collapsed in just a few years, shocking the catering industry and myself."
Tan Changan said that in the past, he had tens of thousands of employees, hundreds of acres of factory buildings and nearly 10 billion assets, and his stores were all over the country, including Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong. Since then, Tanyutou became the first enterprise to take hot pot abroad, "once reached the peak of catering".
Now, in mid-August this year, Tan Yutou closed the last store in Chengdu, the base camp. Most of the remaining shops in other cities were "promiscuous" by Tan Yutou's employees at that time. "It's fake!" Tan Changan said.
With the closure of shops all over the country, local companies, decoration companies and logistics companies established in cooperation with the operation have also been cancelled, revoked and dissolved.
According to Tianyancha APP, a number of Tanyutou related companies have been cancelled and revoked.
Two back door attempts failed.
"If you are destined not to go public, don't be reluctant."
Tan Chang 'an himself clearly summed up the reason why Tan Fish Head really began to decline: it was because he wanted to go public.
It is reported that in 200 1 year, Tan Changan went to Hong Kong to establish Hong Kong Tanyutou Group Holding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hong Kong Tanyutou"); In 2003, the first Tanyutou branch in Hong Kong opened in Causeway Bay.
Tan Changan said that the purpose of opening companies and branches in Hong Kong is to go public.
"After we started a company in Hong Kong, we all followed the rules of listing. The accounting firm we hired is also PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the standards are made by standardized listed companies. " Tan Changan introduced.
In 2009, Tan Changan met the first listing opportunity.
At that time, Fuji Food (0 1 175, HK) filed a liquidation application with the Hong Kong High Court on June 5438+1October 65438+September due to problems such as cash flow and personnel turnover. Tan Changan took a fancy to this shell resource, and Fuji also has restaurant resources in the mainland. He was very excited. He cooperated with Huang Yinghao, then the chairman of Hong Kong Resources (02882, HK), to win Fuji.
According to Tan Changan, at that time, he had submitted a bid to Fuji's liquidator Deloitte Certified Public Accountants, and paid a deposit of 6,543,807,000 yuan, preparing to win Fuji for HK$ 238 million, just 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 his interview, many mainland catering companies flocked. The real kung fu is here, and so is South Beauty. "
In the end, these catering enterprises all failed. Anhui Venture Capital, with a state-owned background, was returned to Fuji at a price of HK$ 658 million.
The second backdoor is more dramatic.
20 1 1 Tan Chang 'an met his hometown in Chengdu on a flight. This fellow villager said that he has a "shell" that makes medicine in Hong Kong, but his business is not good and he wants to sell it. The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that the shell was VIOS Group (0 1 164, HK) at that time.
Similar to the first backdoor story, when he was preparing to quietly win Vio Group for more than HK$ 200 million, he was robbed of more than HK$ 984 million by China Uranium Industry Development Company under China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation (0 18 16, HK).
After two unsuccessful backdoor attempts, Tan Yutou began to prepare his own IPO. Tan Changan believes that it is this decision that directly affects the fate of Tan Yutao.
Tan Changan recalled that at that time, he signed a gambling agreement with a venture capital company in Hong Kong: the venture capital was 20 million US dollars, and it took Tan Yutou three years to achieve the profit target and let the company go public. Tan Changan said that according to the scale of 20 million US dollars, he began to prepare, decorate and open stores intensively, and even made equity investments in other hot pot companies.
However, according to Tan Changan, the promised $20 million has been spent, but the venture capital money has only reached the previous $5 million. And this hole of $6.5438+0.5 million directly caused the tension of the follow-up capital chain.
20 13, another news made Tan Changan's financial problems worse. At that time, Sichuan media released a message that a microfinance company sued Tan Yutou Investment Company and Tan Changan, demanding that they immediately repay the loan principal/kloc-0.5 million yuan and interest of more than 2.2 million yuan.
The news of the size of "tofu block" further reduced Tan Changan's reputation in the bank and increased the difficulty of loan. As for the 6,543,805,000 yuan owed to the small loan company, Tan Changan said that this was a loan to his younger brother, and he made a guarantee. My brother didn't pay back the money, and he was also taken to court.
Even so, Tan Changan said that Hangzhou Bank still has a loan line of 50 million. 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, "a few things together, delayed the time. In the end, there is no such thing. "
"Destiny should not be listed, so it should not be forced." Tan Changan said.
gambler
I did gamble. I'm so stupid.
If I win, I will give you 65,438+10,000, and everyone will come as soon as they hear that I won.
Talking about Tan Changan and gambling is an unavoidable topic.
Searching for the keyword "Tan Fish Head" in Baidu and other search engines, the first sentence that pops up is: Macau, the boss of Tan Fish Head, has lost all. Tan Changan analysis? The reason for "bumping into" Tan Yutou is that he wants to go public, and in many analysis articles, Tan Changan's gambling habit is the direct reason for Tan Yutou's fall.
Baidu search? "Exploring Fish Head", the related word jumps out of "Macao, the owner of fish head exploration, lost all"
According to the report, Tan Changan also appeared on the now closed Macao debt collection website "Good World" and was recovered from gambling funds of 20 million yuan.
For this statement, Tan Changan said it was unreasonable.
"I did gamble, and I can't avoid this." Interestingly, Tan Changan's focus is not on his "no gambling", but on his "record":
"It's not like preaching, gambling is useless. Actually I won. "
When talking about this topic, Tan Changan showed obvious excitement and held out his hand to show everyone present the action of "giving money": "At that time, all my friends loved to go to the casino with me, and I would give money if I won. For example, I will give you 65,438+10,000 yuan and give him 200,000 yuan. Everyone will come as soon as they hear that I won. "
How did the gambling debt on the debt collection website come from?
Tan Changan said that many friends who go to casinos together will gamble with his chips. "It is equivalent to giving you 3 million principal. He took 5 million, but later he didn't recognize it, and he couldn't receive the money. The account was on me."
In addition to the generosity in the casino, Tan Changan said that he usually does the same. "My employees are famous brands from head to toe. I bought shirts, suits and shoes. It costs millions to buy clothes every 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 concept of money. Just like Jack Ma, who was teased by netizens at Versailles, repeatedly stressed when chatting with Red Star Capital Bureau: "I don't care much about money" and "how much money I earn is not important".
"Making money is not the ultimate goal of people, but living a relaxed and happy life."
Compared with his high-spirited photos in days of our lives, Tan Changan is a paunchy man now. Speak casually, just like an ordinary fat middle-aged man. Chatting with Tan Changan after the interview, he said that if there was no interview arrangement, he would have gone to the market to buy hot pot seasoning dried Chili. "They can't be bought by young people."