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** Author| ** First Finance and Economics Release

On April 2, catering chain brands and Fulao noodles publicly responded to substantial layoffs, online listing and other news. Hefu ramen said in a statement that recently, a number of self-media reported that "lay off 20%, 30%,"plan to go to Hong Kong IP0 this year, plan to raise US $100 million to 200 million US dollars", "start Yifu ramen total investment needs about 1.2 million", the above news has no factual basis and is a pure rumor. According to the official website, Hofu ramen was founded in 2012 and has opened in more than 60 cities, more than 400 stores and more than 10 million members. The company also has "Pick ME Coffee & Hot Food", "one cup of ramen noodles", "Alan Lanzhou beef noodles", "God of Wealth kebabs" and other brands. Hefao Noodle said in a statement that the company is in good condition at present. Revenue in 2023 increased by 48% compared with the same period last year, turning losses into profits for the first time after three years of the epidemic. In 2024, about 120 people were laid off from streamlined organizations, accounting for 1.4%, and non-online "and government ramen laid off 20%, 30%". Joint venture, going out to sea, sinking, and encryption are the future strategy of the government. The streamlined personnel are adjusted to be directly overallocated, and the joint venture section is still being expanded. At present, Hefu ramen is well funded. The online rumor that "Hofu ramen plans to list in Hong Kong as early as this year, raising US $100 million to US $200 million" is a rumor, and the company has never officially launched a listing plan in Hong Kong. It is worth noting that the statement did not disclose the net profit for 2023. The first financial reporter learned exclusively from Wang Shunzhu, an employee in front of Hefulao, that as early as 2022, Hefu ramen asked employees to sign a "voluntary salary reduction petition." Signing the petition means that employees will voluntarily reduce their wages in April 2022, requiring the company to pay no less than 50% of the monthly standard wage and no lower than the local minimum income standard, and will not require the company to reissue it at a later stage. "at that time, the percentage of salary reduction varied according to the rank, and there was basically a 60% discount at the level of chief supervisor." Wang Shun said.

Wang Shun accepted a salary cut starting in April 2022 and resigned at the end of 2022. he told reporters: "At that time, the company's requirement was to either sign or leave with the monthly salary. In 2022, there will be more than 400 stores in Wefu Noodle, most of which are in Shanghai. During the epidemic, more than half of the stores in Wefu Noodle were closed. Although the epidemic prevention policy was optimized in the future, Wefu Noodle The stores are centered on the business district, and the flow of people is still small, so the performance in 2022 will be greatly affected.”
First Financial reporter noticed that the official website of Hefu Lao Noodle is still accepting joining consultations. However, Wang Shun said that in fact, Wefu Lao Noodles started joining in 2022, when the franchise department was established, but the main product of the franchise was not Wefu Lao Noodles, but the more lightweight Alan's Lanzhou beef noodles. But the franchise department was disbanded." (Wang Shun is a pseudonym in the text)**