Chapter 17 Shops
"Aunt Liu, how is it?" Shen Chong stood in the middle of the venue and said, "This store is good, right?" β
"It's good, it's good." Aunt Liu was very satisfied, she walked along the corner, while calculating, and said: "This place is spacious, about 5o four-seater tables can be placed, much more than the previous one, and not far from the original store, all in the downtown of Mong Kok, there are many tourists, open a store here, business must be good." β
Li Kaiyuan pursed his lips, rolled his eyes, and asked Shen Chong in a low voice: "This place, some time ago, I accompanied my mother to come, and they said that there were tenants and they were going to be a song and dance hall, how did you rent it?" β
"This building, up and down, is full of Cheung Kong property." Shen Chong smiled lightly and said, "Li Ka-shing owes me a favor, so I snatched love and rented it." β
"Bragging, when have you ever met Li Ka-shing?"
"Just last week."
Li Ka-shing started from scratch, struggled for decades, and finally reached the top of the king of Hong Kong, the legendary experience, more admired by Hong Kong people than the traditional wealthy family represented by the four families of Xu Luoli Ho, and more mysterious.
So Li Kaiyuan was suspicious and asked again: "Have you really seen it?" β
"Absolutely." Shen Chong nodded, stretched out his arm, and said cutely: "After stepping on the golf lawn for two hours together, I was dizzy and dizzy in the sun, you see, my arms are black." β
"Go, what kind of black are you, I'm really dark."
Li Kaiyuan has been staying in Shenzhen for the sake of the joint venture factory, exposed to the wind and sun, more than two months down, made black and thin, and now the construction facilities are basically completed, but the production machine ordered from the United States is still in transit, so he is busy and runs back to Hong Kong to rest for a few days.
I haven't seen him for more than a month, Li Kaiyuan is back, and Shen Chong naturally has no intention of staying on the set to make movies......
Shen Chong looked at her, very distressed, and said: "The factory in Shenzhen, now it's almost done, there is a worm watching there, you can stay at home for a few more days and recuperate." β
"It's okay, I'm fine." Li Kaiyuan was in excellent spirits, her eyes were clearer than before, and she asked with great interest: "How did you meet Li Ka-shing, what does he look like, is it the same as in the newspaper?" β
"An old man, what is there to inquire about." Shen Chong was sour and briefly explained the matter.
Playing golf that day, Shen Chong first refused to buy Hutchison Whampoa, and forced Shen Bi and Li Ka-shing to make a purchase plan, he immediately changed his face, arrogant, and promised not to touch Hutchison Whampoa's shares again, and promised that when Li Ka-shing's acquisition was completed, he would help him fully control Hutchison Whampoa as a minority shareholder.
What Li Ka-shing bought from HSBC was just Hutchison Whampoa 22. A 4% stake guarantees that he is the largest shareholder, but it does not ensure that he has full control over the company.
Hutchison Whampoa's total assets of nearly 5o billion, Li Ka-shing is small and broad, and is the first Chinese to enter the old British-funded group, after the acquisition, it will inevitably cause a backlash from the management and shareholders in all aspects, Shen Chong and Li Kaiyuan before the acquisition of more than 2 million shares, at a critical time, may be able to play a strange role.
After playing golf, before saying goodbye, Li Ka-shing made it clear that he owed Shen Chong a favor, and if he needed anything in the future, just look for him.
Shen Chong immediately said, my mother-in-law opened a hot pot restaurant in Mong Kok, the business is doing well, and she wants to expand the scale, but she has not been able to find a good store.
"You're stupid!" After Li Kaiyuan listened, he punched Shen Chong hard and complained: "Li Ka-shing's favor, you only ask to rent a shop for my mother?" β
Shen Chong smiled and didn't explain.
The most difficult thing in the world to repay is the debt of favors.
Li Ka-shing sniped Wharf last year, and the Jardine Matheson Company behind the scenes fought back, but the funds were insufficient, and he couldn't parry, so he was forced to ask HSBC for help, so Shen Bi, the chairman of HSBC, personally mediated, Li Ka-shing gave him face, gave up the plan to buy Wharf, and transferred the shares to Bao Yugang, who had a close relationship with HSBC.
Therefore, HSBC's sale of Hutchison Whampoa this time is on the one hand to raise funds for the acquisition of a bank in the United States, and on the other hand, it is to repay Li Ka-shing's favor last year.
HSBC owes Li Ka-shing a favor and wants to repay it with billions of assets, Li Ka-shing owes Shen Chong a favor, how much is it worth?
However, Shen Chong is not uncommon - Li Ka-shing is very good, but crossing the party is not a dry meal......
Besides, personal debt is a debt after all, and if you really want to collect debts, it will hurt your feelings.
So Shen Chong gave up this favor lightly.
"Ah Chong, how much does it cost to rent here?" After Aunt Liu finished measuring, she walked over and asked, "Will it be expensive?" β
"I know people, there are discounts, it's not expensive." Shen Chong didn't answer directly, he took out a bunch of keys, handed them over, and said, "I've rented it for five years, I've already paid for it, this is the key, Aunt Liu, you take it." I have already contacted the renovation company, and the renovation will start tomorrow. β
"Ah Chong is you spending money again, how can this work." Aunt Liu said as she took the key, "Go back and ask Yuan Yuan to give you the money." β
"Mom, you know how to blackmail me. Ah Chong still lives in our house, and the rent here is even the rent he paid. Li Kaiyuan walked up, took her arm, and said, "Do you know that in order to rent this shop, Ah Chong lost a lot of benefits." β
"What's wrong with Ah Chong?"
Shen Chong coughed and shook his head slightly.
Li Kaiyuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly changed his tone and said, "It's nothing, I just heard Ah Chong say that it took a lot of red envelopes to rent this shop." β
"If you do business now, you can't do it without giving red envelopes." Shen Chong followed perfunctory and said, "There is no decoration here, there is ash everywhere, let's go home first." β
"You go back first, I'll go to the store and have a look." Aunt Liu carefully put away the key and said, "It's past four o'clock now, there will be a lot of guests in a while, I'll go and help." β
"Mom!" Li Kaiyuan didn't let go, and said: "Aunt Zang is in the store, and there are so many guys, what are you going to help, go home with me." β
"What do you know?" Aunt Liu struggled and said: "The guys in the store are all just hired, they don't understand anything, Ah He is too soft-hearted, he doesn't dare to train when he sees them lazy, I don't look at it, who will clean up the mess?" β
When "Crazy Robbery" was being marketed, Shen Chong made hundreds of coupons for Aunt Liu's improved hot pot, but he didn't expect it to be very popular, and one of the newspapers also made a special recommendation, saying that he first watched "Crazy Robbery" in the theater, and watched a cold sweat, and after coming out, he went to Liu Ji hot pot restaurant to eat a hot sweat, and the spirit ** double sauna was extremely refreshing......
Aunt Liu's hot pot became famous, and there were many customers every day, and the supply exceeded demand, and after Shen Chong came back from the mainland, when he went to the hot pot restaurant for the first time, he was startled by the crowd.
Aunt Liu's shop pΓΉ, originally rented by Shen Chong for Zang Jianhe to sell dumplings, the area is not large, after the hot pot is hot, Li Kaiyuan helped her put down the shop next to her, open the wall, and synthesize a family, dumplings and hot pot are sold together, and after a few months, the business is getting more and more prosperous, and a larger venue is needed.
"Aunt Liu, Sister Yuan Yuan has been gone for several months, and she will go back in a few days." Shen Chong saw that their mother and daughter were entangled, and persuaded him: "Uncle Li also said that in the middle of the mountain for a while, the whole family will get together tonight, don't go to the store, let's go home early." β
"Okay then." When Aunt Liu heard this, she glanced at Li Kaiyuan, no longer broke free, and said, "Then go to the vegetable market first, buy something to take back, and cook more food at night." β
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After dinner, Aunt Liu insisted that Li Kaiyuan help and clean up her things alone.
Shen Chong made two cups of tea, walked up to the balcony, handed a cup to Li Tang who was sitting on the recliner, and chatted: "Uncle Li, do you want to find an apprentice to pass on your craft?" β
"How can young people nowadays be willing to learn this." Li Tang took the teacup, raised his eyes to look at him, shook his head and said: "The current furniture is both alloy and plastic, all of which are processed by machines, learn carpenters, and if you can't find a job in the future, you won't have a future." β
It's not that a family doesn't enter a family, Li Tang, like Aunt Liu, is a hard-working person, obviously rich, but he can't be idle, and likes to do familiar work before.
And his thinking is very strange, on the one hand, he stays in the Great Wall Film Factory, and on the other hand, he has always regarded himself as a carpenter, not a prop master.
"I'm not talking about carpentry work." Shen Chong sat on the chair with his back to the outside and said, "I mean the craft of making movie props." β
"That's something, it's all gadgets." Li Tang waved his hand and said, "Besides, if you don't learn carpenter work well, you don't have a foundation, you can go directly to make props, and you can't do it well." β
Shen Chong sighed, silent, he put his teacup on the coffee table, and looked at Li Kaiyuan, who was frolicking with Tianbao in the living room.
After a while, he came back to his senses and said, "By the way, Uncle Li, what I said a few days ago, do you think it's feasible?" β
"It's okay to make a model that looks exactly the same." Li Tang took the teacup and said slowly: "But I want it to explode, and it looks the same as the real thing, it's a bit difficult, I've never done it before." β
"Hmm." Shen Chong touched his chin and said, "Does the Great Wall have explosives for making zuΓ² special effects?" If there is, let's get a simple model and try it out. β
"There's definitely explosives." Li Tang said: "But to use this, you need Manager Fu's signature." β
"Uncle Fu, I'll talk to him." Shen Chong was about to elaborate, when he saw Tianbao running over with a doll in his arms.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what should you call this doll?"
"You can call her whatever you want?" Shen Chong scratched her head and said, "Why do you want me to take a name?" β
"I have three dolls in total." Tianbao held the doll and offered the treasure, and said: "I discussed with my sister just now, one is called Yuanyuan, and the other is called Jiajia, you let you name this." β
Shen Chong glanced at Li Kaiyuan, who was standing by the moving door with her hands on her chest, with an ambiguous smile on her face.
Xiao Biesheng is newlywed, and the natural spring light is infinite that night.
After the passion, the two hugged each other and told each other about their experiences and thoughts during this time, and they were happy.
"What do you mean by being so ambiguous just now?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know ......"
"I don't know."
"Hard-mouthed." Shen Chong stroked his soft body and said, "You gave the doll such an ambiguous name, is it a warning or an encouragement?" β
"Guess what......"
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