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March 3, 2025
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Banu's "next Haidilao" banu is in hot water after founder remarks: "No hot pot if you make 5K": "next Haidilao" Banu says.

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Banu's "next Haidilao" banu is in hot water after founder remarks: "No hot pot if you make 5K": "next Haidilao" Banu says.


Du saying during an interview on february 27, clips of du saying during an interview appeared on the internet for the past few days, including "the next haidilao" by its founder, du zhongbing ().


Netizens became outraged by the condescending wording and compared the speech to ligurian's liangong.


You "should not have hot pot if you earn 5,000 rmb (686.23 usd) a month; try malatang," among other things.


Back in 2023, jiaqi's taunting of livestream viewers about the prices of florasis items was taken out of context (#5#).


Du said in the clip that what he said was inaccurate.


Some people start out after university, they should not live beyond their means and spend money on expensive meals like banu's hot pot, but rather, save up and invest in themselves.


Some netizens accept his explanation and conclude that it is their right to invest their money however they please, and banu is overpriced anyway.


However, there have been instances where the brand was found using overpriced or inferior ingredients, as well as quality.


2025 dao is a 2025 dao.


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