"BUG" Program Report: Tea Yan Yue Se onboarding training involves mandatory phone collection, folding blankets into tofu shapes, silent dining with no leftover rice, questioned by employees as a compliance test

According to Sina Finance's "BUG" program on August 11, 2026, the Tea Yan Yue Se brand (operated by 湖南茶悦文化产业发展集团有限公司) requires new employees in Hunan, Jiangsu, and other regions to participate in 3 to 7 days of closed foundation training before starting work. During this period, phones are collected at 9 a.m. and returned at 10 p.m., beddings must be folded into tofu shapes, dining is completely silent with staff checking that no rice is left, and employees need to memorize corporate culture and service scripts. Only after passing all these requirements can one graduate and start the job. Multiple employees told the program that the training is a blatant compliance test. The report states that Tea Yan Yue Se has not formally responded at the time of publication. Tianyancha shows the company’s unified social credit code is 91430103MA4M36P065, the legal representative is Lü Liang, and it is currently active.