Chapter 148: Receiving the Hotel
After about 3 days, the exhausted little devils who tossed stopped, and after their continuous investigation, the matter came to an eyebrow, and it was finally found out that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party did it together, but even if they knew, they were powerless to fight back, after all, it still takes time to train a group of excellent spies.
The biggest headache now is the old housekeeper of the Li family, whose hair was already half-white. Two days have passed since the repayment date of the borrowed money between the Li family and Wang Zhimin, although Wang Zhimin did not come to collect the debt, it is impossible for the Li family not to repay the money, especially gold, and the old housekeeper will not be naΓ―ve to think that Wang Zhimin does not want money on the young master's face.
"Master, the money we owe to the Zhou family has passed the deadline for repayment. β
"Huh, the Zhou family came to collect debts?"
"That's not true, for the sake of the young master's face, Wang Zhimin will not be in such a hurry to collect debts, but such a large amount of money, the family currently has no ability to repay, according to the agreement at the time of the loan, we have to use the hotel to repay. β
"Hotel repayment?" Li Qisheng squinted, playing with two jade stone balls in his hand. He counted an account in his mind.
The hotel mortgage loan is also reasonable according to the market value of the hotel, but what about the employees in the hotel, these people rely on the Li family to eat, which is considered the peripheral force of the Li family, if the hotel is returned to the Zhou family, then the power of the Li family will be weakened, and the grandson's revenge has not been avenged, and now there are three words in my heart: unwilling.
"Contact the Zhou family and give them the hotel. β
"Sir, this hotel is a big entry in the family."
"It's okay, some secret business is enough for the family, now is the time to recuperate, where is Jiaojiao's return?"
"Miss will be home tomorrow, and she will be able to send the young master on her last journey. β
In the afternoon, Wang Zhimin was drinking coffee in the office, he was not in a hurry about the Li family's arrears, and he didn't think that the Li family would repay the debt, the white and black letters were there, even if the Li family's hotel Li family was forcibly recovered, they couldn't say anything.
"Dangdang Dang"
"Come in"
The person who came in was the old housekeeper of the Li family, and after seeing him, Wang Zhimin quickly adjusted his expression, and said in a somewhat depressed mood: "Old housekeeper, I am very sad about Zhimin's affairs, please tell the old man to let him mourn." β
"Thank you, Young Master Wang. I'm here today to talk about borrowing. This time it was the Li family's mistake that caused such a big loss, which can be said to have lost his wife and his soldiers. Not only was the young master killed, but the borrowed gold was also robbed by thieves, but my Li family will not lose its trust, and I came today to repay the money. β
The old housekeeper's words surprised Wang Zhimin, Zhou Min wasted so much energy, he just wanted a hotel, if the Li family really paid back the money, then such a long-term plan would have failed.
"This is the title deed and transfer procedures of the hotel, my Li family is a person who pays attention to integrity, and I thank Young Master Wang for the two-day grace period. β
"The old housekeeper is polite, even if I am in a hurry to use the money, I can't go to the door to collect debts when Ming Dong's bones are not cold. Wang Zhimin said with a wry smile.
"When this is done, the stone in my heart has fallen to the ground, and then I will take my leave. β
The old butler walked slowly. β
Why did the old housekeeper go to Wang Zhimin in the afternoon, thinking that he went to the hotel in the morning, gathered all the employees, and told the news of the transfer of the hotel, but did not say that it was because the Li family was unable to repay the money that he used the hotel to pay off the debt, which would make people's hearts fluctuate.
"Ladies and gentlemen, due to various reasons, the Shengqi Hotel will be transferred, and you are not sure whether the new owner will use it, today I will first understand your intentions, and secondly, I will send you this month's salary. β
After the butler said these words, the hotel staff began to buzz to discuss, some lost, some numb, and some happy. The old butler looked at this qiΔ blankly.
Recent events have shown that the Li family is rapidly declining.
"Hey, Minmin, the old housekeeper of the Li family came just now, and now the hotel is ours. β
"Great, cousin, let's go to the reception hotel tomorrow. Bill had already prepared the drawings. β
Zhou Min was very happy to hear the news, if the newspaper is Zhou Min's mouth, then this hotel in her plan is the source of funds.
Zhou Min is now worried that the time left for himself is too short.
Although since the end of the Battle of Songhu, Shanghai has been declared to have fallen, but now the concession is an exception, until the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor Incident on December 8, 1941, the entire Shanghai fell under the iron cavalry of the Japanese army, there are still more than two years before the 41st year, how much can be done in Shanghai in these two years, which means how far Zhou Min can go in the future, so Zhou Min is anxious to come up with a plan to kidnap Li Mingdong.
Early the next morning, Zhou Min, Qian Li, Wang Zhimin, Bill and the old housekeeper of the Li family came to the Shengqi Hotel together.
When I arrived at the door of the hotel, I found that the hotel was not as usual, there was a lot of traffic, no one, and the word closed was posted on the door. When I entered the hotel, I found that the employees were sitting there in twos and threes, some talking and laughing, some wandering in the world, and some of them couldn't think about it.
Suddenly so many people walked in, and the employees in the store all stood up because they saw the old butler and the mysterious person who came to pick up the hotel today.
"Isn't this the eldest lady of the Zhou family? I've seen her in the newspapers. β
"Indeed, the one next to her is the eldest young master of the Qian family, and isn't that young master's good friend Young Master Wang. β
"But no, could it be that it is someone from the Zhou family who takes over the hotel?"
"Ahem, everyone, be quiet. The old butler coughed twice, pressed down with his hands and motioned for everyone to remain silent.
"Yesterday I have briefly told you that Shengqi Hotel is going to be transferred, today I brought a new owner, the famous Zhou family in Shanghai is your new owner, now please Miss Zhou to say a few words. β
"Papapa" warm applause rang out.
The hotel staff wanted to hear what this young Miss Zhou would say, she must be a celebrity in Shanghai.
"Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I am honored to be the new owner of the hotel, and as for why the hotel was transferred, it has to do with the late Mr. Li Mingdong. People in Shanghai know that my cousin Wang Zhimin and Master Li have a very good relationship, but Master Li was kidnapped, and the kidnappers asked for a lot of gold, out of the morality of friends, my cousin borrowed a lot of gold from Citibank with his own bank as a guarantee, unfortunately Young Master Li was killed by the kidnappers and took away the gold, in order not to embarrass us, the old man of the Li family mortgaged the hotel to let us tide over the difficulties. Speaking of this, Zhou Min glanced at the old butler, and his old face was flushed at this glance.
The Li family has done too many bad things to the Zhou family over the years, but I didn't expect Zhou Min to save face for the Li family at this time, which is really embarrassing and makes him ashamed.
"Since the old man of the Li family handed me the hotel to the Zhou family, then we will continue to operate, after getting the news yesterday, we studied it, my British friend built a new renovation of the hotel in order to attract more guests, and he persuaded me in three hours. Therefore, in the future, I will renovate the hotel according to the design of my British friends, and then reopen it after a while. β
"Decoration, what do we do?"
"It's over, we're going to lose our jobs"
"My family is pointing to me to make money, what can I do?"
Zhou Min's words made the employees below panic and whispered about it.
"Everyone, be quiet, I know that the situation is not good now, if you lose your job, many families may not be able to survive, so during this time of renovation, I hope you can stay and help, and then Bill will arrange for you to work, you don't have to worry about work. β
"Great"
"Miss Zhou is such a nice person and thinks about us"
"Thank you, Miss Zhou"
"Thank you, Miss Zhou" I don't know who took the lead in shouting, and everyone shouted together, and the scene was a little shocking for a while.