Signing after a meal, a stack of white slips bankrupting a restaurant—many people must have seen news like this.
Some might doubt, how much money can you really spend on meals?
Naive, aren't you? The alcohol and cigarettes are all taken from the restaurant. You still think it's just the meal costs?
And sometimes, while the eating continues, leadership changes. When new leaders take over, things get even messier. Some places even outright claim that it's been too long, many of the accounts from back then have been lost, so the matter just drags on and on...
These issues were intensively addressed for a period, which is why you may feel like they've disappeared now.
Lu Jianshe's reason for making a report back then was simple—his restaurant was forced to close because of all the unpaid white slips, and his attempts to collect debts led to a conflict with the leader involved.
Out of frustration, he turned around and reported the leader.