Chapter 80: Preparations Before Departure
Tomorrow Zhou Min will set off with the condolence group, and when she returns to Shanghai, she should not see the second elder of the Zhou family, Zhou Yaozu left her a Western restaurant plus 500,000 oceans.
Zhou Min also has a newspaper of her own, which is currently running well, and with the money left to her by Zhou's father, it is enough for Zhou Min to do a lot of things.
Zhou Min and Xiaoxue came to the school after breakfast and discussed with Principal Zhang about the members of the condolence group.
There are 10 representatives from all walks of life in Shanghai, plus Zhou Min, Wu Xue, Li Chao, Zhang Jing, Li Jiaojiao, Zhou Xilong, and Qian Li.
Principal Zhang heard that Zhou Min was going to collect photos from the front line, so he specially helped her find a photographer.
"Zhou Min, this is Wang Baizhong, Master Wang, he is very accomplished in photography and videography. When you get to the front line, Master Wang can help you collect materials. ”
"Hello Master Wang" Zhou Min shook hands with Wang Baizhong, according to Zhou Min's speculation, this Master Wang must be **, in fact, Zhou Min didn't want to be monitored by the Kuomintang or **, so she felt very uncomfortable in her heart.
"Zhou Min, the number of the condolence group that will leave tomorrow is 17 people, plus 20 drivers, and another 16 people are responsible for protecting you, a total of 3 trucks, this time the supplies are mainly clothing, medicine, cigarettes and ocean. The amount of grain transported was too large and it was easy for the Japanese army to find out. I will transport the grain through other channels. ”
After listening to Principal Zhang's arrangement, Zhou Min kept nodding his head, such an arrangement was very reasonable.
After communicating with Principal Zhang for a while, Zhou Min and Xiaoxue got up to say goodbye, and the two came to the newspaper office.
"Dear boss, you haven't been to the newspaper office for a long time, is there anything I can serve you?" Bill said happily when he saw Zhou Min coming, and made a palace ceremony.
"Dear Lord Bill, I have come to say goodbye to you this time, and I want to go to the front to pursue the brave hearts of the frontline battlefield. ”
"Flutter" Xiaoxue couldn't help laughing when she saw the two of them talking like acting.
"Hehe, Bill. Tomorrow Xiaoxue and I will go to the front line with the condolence group, and during the time I am not in Shanghai, you have to protect yourself, and I will hand over the newspaper to you. ”
"Zhou Min, don't worry, I will definitely run the newspaper well, I have already sent people to Beijing and Chongqing, and it is estimated that there will be news in two days. Bill said, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Well, I don't worry about you doing things, you look at this, this is a plan for me, a plan for the hotel. ”
Hearing Zhou Min say that it was a plan about the hotel, Bill was a little surprised, did she want to open a hotel, but when she thought about it, Bill was a little relieved, with the Zhou family's financial resources, it was still easy to open a hotel in Shanghai.
Bill flipped through the plan and found some architectural figures, which Zhou Min had spent a month writing out of the plan, and after about 15 minutes, Bill raised his head, his eyes full of admiration.
"Boss, I didn't expect you to be a business genius, look at your plan, I feel like I've read the book in Cambridge in vain, your plan is fantastic, I think if you can implement it, it will definitely be popular all over the country." ”
Zhou Min smiled and said: "I plan to try to open a hotel in Shanghai first, and if it is ideal, I will go to Hong Kong and Macau, Chongqing and Beijing to open chain stores." Forget about the rest of the place, after all, it is still the season of war. ”
In fact, Zhou Min's plan is a plan for a chain of hotels, just like the 21st century's 7 days, home inns like the fast hotel chain, Zhou Min also wants to make an investment in this area, setting up hotels in various places can not only be profitable, but most importantly, can collect intelligence.
"Boss, I agree with your idea very much, but now we need a start-up capital, the newspaper can now come up with about 50,000 oceans, but we still need at least 200,000, we need a building, according to your vision, the exterior design and interior decoration, these all need money, 250,000 is a conservative estimate. ”
"You don't have to bother with the address of the hotel, after a while my parents will leave Shanghai to go to Macau, the 3-storey western restaurant on the center street will be under my name, then the western restaurant will be renovated, the appearance design will be changed to the appearance of my plan, the name of the hotel is called Huazhu Hotel, which means that the hotel can be inhabited by Chinese people in the world, the third floor is a little short, add two floors up, the roof is designed in the style of a sergeant, like a gazebo, and then put a table and chairs on the roof, and can also be used as a tea house and café. ”
"Boss, the more you say that I admire you every month, by the way, when will you return to Shanghai?"
"The time is uncertain at the moment, but I estimate that it will take at least a month or two, and this time I will go to the front line not only to offer condolences, but also to collect photos of the front line, and I am a medical student, and we will also treat the wounded on the front line. ”
"Boss, you must pay attention to safety when you go to the front line, but"
"What's wrong" Bill frowned suddenly, Zhou Min didn't know what he wanted to say.
"Boss, are you sure you will treat the wounded, as far as I know, you have not been in school for more than a month, can you really treat the wounded?"
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"Hahahaha" Xiaoxue couldn't help it and laughed.
Zhou Min looked at Bill with a tangled face, and really couldn't understand how an old-fashioned Englishman could have such a humorous cell.
"Forget it, I won't tell you, I'm leaving, I hope I can see the prototype of the hotel when I come back, or I'll deduct your salary. ”
Xiaoxue and Zhou Min said goodbye to Bill with a smile and left the newspaper office.
"Sister, where are we going?" Xiaoxue felt that Zhou Min wanted to say goodbye to the people she knew one by one, as if she would not return to Shanghai.
Bah, Xiaoxue despised her stinky mouth in her heart.
"Let's go to John, this time I go to the front line, how can I also need some guys who take advantage of it. ”
More than 40 minutes later, Zhou Min and Xiaoxue came to the shooting club and met "Big Bear" John.
"Long time no see, Miss Zhou, Miss Wu, I don't know what kind of language to use to express my feelings of missing the two beautiful young ladies. ”
Zhou Min and Xiaoxue glanced at each other and laughed in unison, and now the two of them think that foreign devils are particularly interesting.
John was inexplicably laughed at by the two of them.
"John, tomorrow I will leave Shanghai with the condolence group to go to the front line to comfort the soldiers, today I came to get a few guns, I remember my brother left a lot of guns he used when he left. ”
As soon as Zhou Min said this, John understood.
Several people came to the gun storage room, John opened the cabinet that belonged to Zhou Tao and took out a brown box, Zhou Min and Xiaoxue stared at the box tightly, there was the gun that Zhou Min had coveted for a long time, that is, the gold and silver double guns.
"Miss Zhou, are you sure you want to take these two guns, this is a limited edition, specially made, your brother likes it very much. These two guns are well collected, and they are used as guns to really break the ring of art. ”
Zhou Min couldn't hear what John was saying at all now, and she felt like her eyes were starry now.
As soon as John looked at the expressions of the two girls, he knew that his words had been in vain.
"John, I'll take these two guns with me, and I'll need two more Browning pistols to help me get some more magazines. ”
"Young ladies, are you sure you're going to the front? I feel like you're going to battle. ”
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Zhou Min and Xiaoxue were speechless, but they seemed to be really well prepared.
Zhou Min chatted with Xiaoxue and John for a while and then took the car home, and as soon as they arrived at the door, they saw the car listening to Qian Li at the door.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Min saw Qian Li.
"Katsumi, you're here, what's wrong" Seeing Qian Li's frowning, Zhou Min couldn't help asking.
"Minmin, I can't go with the condolence group, there is news from the house, my mother's physical condition is not very good, I have to rush back immediately. ”
"Katsuji, then you go back quickly, don't worry about me, you pay attention to safety on the road. I'll telegraph you then. ”
Qian Li hurriedly said goodbye to Zhou Min and left. Then the servant came to report that someone was looking for her.
Zhou Min went to the door and saw that it was Cao Tianjun.
"Isn't this the Heavenly Monarch? Why do you think of my little character?"
"Sister, don't you invite me in for a cup of tea, my brother has been busy with something recently, so I didn't come to see your brother to apologize to you. ”
"That's pretty much it"
After the two took their seats, Cao Tianjun took a sip of tea and said, "Sister, I heard that you are leaving Shanghai tomorrow to go to the front." ”
"yes, how do you know?"
"Now that the whole of Shanghai knows, how could I not know? I have come to say goodbye to you this time, on the one hand, I wish you a smooth trip, and on the other hand, I am going northeast, and maybe you will not see me again when you come back. ”
"Are you going back to the Northeast, when are you leaving?" Hearing Cao Tianjun say that he was going back to the Northeast, Zhou Min was a little lost in an instant.
"I'll leave tomorrow, I've been away from the Northeast for a while, it's time to go back and see. ”
You're leaving, I'll practice it for you. Zhou Min was silent for a while and said, although he has not known Cao Tianjun for a long time, Zhou Min regards him as a friend in his heart.
Zhou Min asked people to go to the street to buy Cao Tianjun's favorite roast chicken and wine. When she was in the patrol room, she and Xiaoxue often bought it for Cao Tianjun.
"Brother Cao, you go, I don't know when we will see each other again, I toast you" Zhou Min raised his head and drank a glass of wine.
"Girl is bright and dry"
The two talked and laughed, ate and drank, and time passed quickly.
"Sister, I should go, you must pay attention to safety on this trip, you have time to go to the Northeast, brother, I will wait for you to go, this is my address." ”
Cao Tianjun took out a piece of paper from his pocket with a few lines written on it.
Zhou Min looked at it and said, "Okay, Brother Cao, don't worry, I will definitely go to the Northeast, and I will have a good time with you when the time comes." ”
"Farewell"
"Take Care"
Seeing Cao Tianjun away, Zhou Min and Xiaoxue began to pack up their things and prepare for tomorrow.
"Sister, there's a lot of stuff, right?"
Zhou Min looked at the packages scattered all over the place, and couldn't help but have black lines, it was indeed a bit much, the two had already packed out 4 boxes, and this was not counting the guns of the two.
"Re-on, re-on, there are too many things, and it's not an outing, it's really"