He and Xi Deguang delayed for a while, and when they arrived at the hot pot restaurant, Shan Ji couldn't wait to leave, "Xiaoxiao, what kind of plane are you doing?" Didn't you just say that you would arrive in a while, why did you come so late? Look? ”

Xu Yunjian pointed back, "Everyone is gone, I see that Cai Ji is a little unhappy, and when he leaves, he said, 'It seems that Li Ji doesn't take us to heart, let's come back tomorrow, right?' Tell me, what's this thing called? ”

Lu Li smiled and arched his hand and apologized, "I'm sorry, it's really my fault, let's go back and apologize to everyone." Besides, isn't Mr. Long still there? ”

"You don't talk nonsense." Xu Yunjian gave him a blank look, turned his head and walked away. Lu Li smiled at Long Zhixiao and walked to his dining table, he had already used the meal, the hot pot and other tableware had been cleaned up, and there were teacups, teapots, and smoking utensils on the table, "Mr. Lu, sleep well?" ”

Lu Li smiled shyly, "No way, this is also a habit that I have developed before, I go to bed late at night, and I get up late in the morning." ”

Long Zhixiao nodded again and again, as if he had learned something from the mouths of Xu Yunjian and the others, "Now that there is no interference from Fang Ba's side, it seems that a few Cai Ji are going to start doing business with you again?" ”

"Of course there is no problem now, Fang Ba is too busy to take care of himself, and he can't manage the business on our side, but what about the future? How's it going? Who knows if he will send someone to mistreat him after he has come to his senses? If the matter cannot be completely resolved, it is better to let it go again, and it will save you the headache of such a person in the future. ”

Long Zhixiao nodded understandingly, and understood what Lu Li meant, "Yes, then, how is Mr. Lu going to deal with it?" ”

Lu Li smiled, but did not answer his question, and asked rhetorically: "I watched TV last night, it seems that this time, even Mr. Long, has been implicated a lot?" ”

A thought suddenly flashed in Long Zhixiao's mind, and then he tried to distinguish it carefully, but he disappeared again, he nodded hesitantly, "Mixed with the underworld, this kind of thing is inevitable after all." ”

Lu Li knew that he had said the wrong thing, and he didn't dare to dwell too deeply on such a topic, so he quickly said: "In our north, there is a saying that you only see thieves eat meat, but you don't see thieves beaten - don't get me wrong, I'm not ridiculing you. ”

Long Zhixiao chuckled when he heard this, and nodded vigorously, "That's right, that's right, it's exactly such a thing!" On the surface, it seems that those of us seem to have infinite scenery, but in fact, ......, forget it, there is no need to mention these. It's still as good as Mr. Lu, eating by one's own mind is too much better than those of us. ”

Lu Li didn't want to talk to him more, so he accompanied the other party to say a few polite words, called Gu Zhong, and went upstairs together, "Xu Yunjian, I'll go out for a while later." By the way, do you know why I'm late? I bought another house! ”

"You...... What the? Did you buy a house again? Didn't we say that we would have to go back until '83, why did you buy so many houses here? Who are you going to live with? ”

"So you're confused! The house I bought before, I went back and I lived with Xiaowei, next to Block C, you brothers lived, let's be closer, and the conditions are more comfortable than staying upstairs in this hot pot restaurant, isn't it? You don't care. ”

"Anyway, I don't listen to who you say." Xu Yunjian chattered on his lips, but his heart was hot, "By the way, didn't you say it, what are you going to do?" ”

"I want to go to Allena and see if I can ask him to help me find a place, I want to open a branch in a more prosperous place - you have also seen the business of the hot pot restaurant, and the business is getting more and more prosperous every day, Ah Zhong, isn't it?"

"That's right, I didn't mention it when Fang Ba sent people to make trouble a few days ago, although I couldn't do a few businesses at that time, but many people came every day, but they couldn't eat here, and those people were obviously not very happy. Brother Li, you don't know, I really feel very sad, watching the money, but I can't earn it in my hands, how much it hurts! ”

Lu Li and Xu Yunjian laughed, "Don't worry, Ah Zhong, I've thought about it, the business in the store has gradually returned to normal, and the money on our books is enough to cover the need to open another hot pot restaurant." But I think this time, we will take a loan from the bank through Allen, and use the bank's money to develop our store. At that time, ...... I want to make the new store bigger, more prosperous, and more luxurious! In the same way, it is necessary to attract more diners. Wait and see. ”

"Xiaoxiao, didn't you say that we have enough money in the accounts of our store? Still borrowing money from the bank? This thing, a good guy has a creditor on his body, ......, is this thing okay? ”

"No problem, in fact, our old thinking is not in line with the normal laws of business development. A hot pot restaurant is not enough, if we invest in millions of giant industries in the future, how much cash reserves do we have in order to complete it completely without relying on the help of the bank? This is theoretically impossible, Ah Zhong, is that what is going on? ”

"Yes." Gu Zhong nodded and agreed: "Just like Brother Li said, we may be able to handle a small storefront, but if it is too big, it will not work." ”

"So I'm ready to take out a loan from the bank. This is the most effective and the most widely practiced. ”

"By the way, Xiaoxiao, didn't you say, there is a British company, and you want to inject capital or something? Why is there no follow-up to this matter? ”

"I've asked Miss Ou, and I don't think each other's conditions are suitable - that Stephen's company asked to send someone to serve as a regular manager in our branch, which is the first premise for their capital injection. It's just that I can't agree to such a thing, and there are such differences between the two sides in the first level of cooperation, so let's just forget it. ”

"Yes, I agree." Li Tiehan said: "Our own store, why do you want a foreign devil to talk about it?" It's not that it wouldn't work without them! I've got your back, Tiny! ”

Luley smiled and nodded, "So be it, I'll go to Alan in the afternoon and come back in the evening." Ah Zhong, you and I go downstairs, I have something to say to you. ”

The two of them went to the second floor together, and Lu Li said: "I'm going to ask Alan to help find a suitable venue, buy it at the right price, rent it if it's not suitable, if this thing is done, there will be a group of new people recruited at that time, I thought about it, if you open a new store, the management of the regular will be handed over to you - don't interject, listen to me." The so-called handover to you, of course, will not be completely thrown to you, I will arrange Zhang Qing or Li Tiehan to be by your side, and you will each be responsible for your own part; You don't have to shirk this matter, you have followed me the longest, and you must always have the appearance of a patriarch in the shop. ”

Gu Zhong nodded movingly, "Don't worry, Brother Li, I will do my best." ”

"In addition to the business situation in the future, there is another problem, that is, you are also responsible for the training of new personnel. In this matter, you should go to school, not only you, but also Ah Mao, you tell him my opinion, if he wants, I will be responsible for the tuition and other expenses of the two of you, in a word, the more knowledge, the more beneficial it is for the future development of the two of you. ”

"This, I'll think about it."

"That's it for the time being, I'll talk to you about it when there is definite news from Alan's side." Luli patted him on the shoulder and made his way downstairs.

Gu Zhong stood dumbfounded for a while, and suddenly let out a long howl, "Ah Mao, Ah Mao?" Come here, there's good news for you! ”

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Luli still drove the dilapidated Volga to Zhang Dadong's law firm in Causeway Bay, and saw him who was getting richer, "Allen, do you feel fatter now?" ”

"No way, it's hot, I love beer." Zhang Dadong ** his bulging belly, and smiled helplessly: "Is there something to do today?" ”

Because Lu Li refused Zhang Dadong's request last time, he always felt a little sorry for his friend, and he had been thinking about how to make up for him, but now he saw that he was fat and sweaty, and he felt even more pity, and it was a little difficult to trouble the other party, "By the way, Allen, I bought a house with your help last time, and I want to buy another one." Do you still have a relationship in this area? This time, you don't have to worry about the relationship with your friends, you can smoke as much as you want, I don't have anything to say. ”

"Not recently, I'll help you take a look." Although Zhang Dadong's words were very orthodox, Lu Li always sounded like a layer apart, so he knew that Zhang Dadong still did not get out of his original emotions. "Alan, I want to ask you, if I want to take a loan from the bank, can you handle such a business?"

"Loans?" Zhang Dadong was stunned for a moment, and took the pen and paper in his hand, "How much are you going to borrow, what is the purpose, do you have any specific information such as preparing a plan?" ”

"I want to open another hot pot restaurant, in fact, I didn't even choose the address, I originally wanted to entrust this matter to you,......" Lu Li looked at Zhang Dadong pitifully, this look made the other party's heart soften, "If the price is right, I will buy it, if it is too expensive, I will rent it, how about it, do you have a way in this regard?" ”

"Not yet, but if you really need it, I can scan it for you. Do you have any specific requirements? ”

"I think it's best if there is a ready-made building, it needs four or more floors, the area, I don't have too many requirements, as for the location, the more prosperous the better. After I took it, I carried out a thorough renovation, and please help me calculate the cost carefully. ”

Zhang Dadong put down the pen and folded his arms, "In this way, you don't care about anything, and you completely entrust it to me?" ”

Luli nodded, "Is that okay?" If it's too difficult, forget it. ”

"The difficulty is not a problem, the main thing is money," he said, looking down at the notebook with a few lines written, "This matter has to be done in priority, first to choose the site, and then to negotiate the price with the property owner, whether it is to buy or rent, after the gap in funds appears, we can apply to the bank for a loan according to the part we need." As for things like proposals, you've had your first experience, so it's not too much of a problem, right? ”

"Yes."

"Then, just follow the steps I said, and I will find a suitable address for you to open a store as soon as possible, and then the two of us will go to see it together, and if it is suitable, we will settle down."

Luli nodded, "Then, when can you give me an answer at the earliest?" ”

Zhang Dadong smiled rarely, "You can't be in a hurry about this kind of thing." Choosing the right address is hard to find, you go back and wait for my news first. ”

The other party gave an eviction order, and Lu Li was not cheeky, so he got up and said goodbye; When he went out of the building, his heart was bitter, and the last thing he wanted to do was hurt the people he thought he was a friend! It's just unthinkable that in order to fail in business, you can't even be a friend? Why don't you go to him again and explain the specific reason to him?

With a mess of thoughts in his mind, he walked to the Volga that he put on the side of the road, just opened the car door, and before he could sit in, a whistle suddenly sounded next to him, and he turned his head to look at it, it was a car that he didn't know the name, so noble, so beautiful, the sign on the front of the car seemed to be a flying fairy, looking down at the car, he smiled, it was the baby-faced Ou Zihao.

"Mr. Ou? How can it be so coincidental? ”

"I'm about to go to my sister-in-law's lawyer's office, how about it, why don't you meet by chance and come up and go together?"

Lu Li hadn't seen Ou Pei Linying for a long time, nodded and got into his car, the seat and interior were completely goatskin, soft to the touch, like a baby's, "What kind of car is this?" ”

"Rawls? Royce, Hong Kong people also call him Rolls-Royce. ”

Luli nodded, he had never heard of this name, but when he got into the car and closed the door, the noisy environment on the street was all blocked, and from this point alone, it was more than one grade higher than his own Volga, "Such a car, it's expensive, right?" ”

Ou Zihao smiled, looking out of the car window with a look of contempt that could not be concealed! A country man who has never seen the world! He thought to himself, "Well, it's not very cheap. After chatting casually, he turned his head back, "How is Mr. Lu's business lately?" ”

"It wasn't very good a while ago, but it's been getting a little bit better lately."

"I've heard my sister-in-law say that Mr. Lu's hot pot restaurant has a unique taste, which is very appetizing, and it has gradually gained a little fame in Hong Kong, isn't it?"

"It's just a little bit of a scratch, nothing remarkable. If Mr. Ou likes it, come to my shop another day, and I invite you to try the authentic Sichuan-style hot pot. ”

Ou Zihao laughed, didn't answer him at all, and perfunctory about this matter, "Oh, we're here." (To be continued.) )