Shu Qi was left by a group of old editors of the magazine to invite a dinner party, Yan Hao wanted to go back to the Golden Harvest set near Diamond Hill, and the two went to Wan Chai Pier together, ready to take the ferry to Kowloon.

Wan Chai Ferry Pier, as the name suggests, is a ferry terminal near Wan Chai, where Hong Kong's famous Star Ferry runs between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

Although the Harbour Tunnel was opened in Hong Kong in 1972, the Star Ferries are cheap and can explore the scenery of Victoria Harbour, so the pier is bustling with people.

Chinese are the best at adapting measures to local conditions, seeing the seams, as long as there are many people, there will be no shortage of stalls selling snacks.

When people are busy, they consume a lot of energy, and Shen Chong is hungry at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, so as soon as he arrives at the dock, he smells the fragrance of various foods wafting in the air, and he can't help but salivate.

"Yan Hao, let's have something to eat first?"

"Okay." Yan Hao nodded, he was also a little hungry, "There are a lot of delicious things around here, let's try them together." ”

After going around a few stalls, Shen Chong saw a signboard, his eyes lit up, and he walked over.

There are actually dumplings that sell them......

He has eaten too many southern snacks such as fish balls and bowl wings recently, and he misses the northern food in his previous life very much.

The stall was set up by a middle-aged woman, one big and one small, two little Lori running around to help, the eldest was seven or eight years old, and the younger was only four or five years old, probably her daughter.

The dumplings are sold in packs and now, and the business is okay, but compared to the surrounding stalls, the popularity is a little worse.

I asked for two bowls of dumplings, and after waiting for a while, the older Lori sent it over.

As soon as the dumplings were eaten, Shen Chong knew that this was an authentic northern dumpling, with thick skin, strong flavor, salty filling, and fatty.

After eating, Shen Chongxian Yan Hao only ate a few and asked, "It's not delicious?" ”

"It tastes special." Yan Hao dropped his chopsticks and said, "It's just that the dumpling skin is too thick, a little greasy, and I can't get used to it." ”

"Where are you from?"

"Jiangsu's."

"No wonder." Shen Chong looked clear and said, "This is an authentic northern dumpling, it's normal for you to be unaccustomed to eating it." ”

"The boss really knows the goods." When the middle-aged woman who came to collect the dishes and chopsticks heard this, she praised it: "You are the first to eat it, I am an authentic northern dumpling." ”

"I don't just know that you're a northern dumpling." Shen Chong said while taking out the money: "I also know that you are dumplings from Shandong." ”

"How do you know?" The middle-aged woman was pleasantly surprised and asked enthusiastically, "You are also from Shandong?" ”

"It's not." Shen Chong shook his head, this woman's Cantonese was half-baked, mixed with a Shandong accent, it was easy to hear, he said with a smile: "I guessed from the tone of your voice." Where are you from Shandong? ”

"Qingdao's."

"Qingdao is a good place, good mountains, good waters, and good people." Shen Chong praised that he had spent most of his time in Qingdao in his previous life and liked that place very much.

"Okay Ah Chong, don't show off, you haven't been to Qingdao again." Yan Hao stood up and said, "The ferry is coming, let's go." ”

Shen Chong stood up, and when he walked past the dumpling stall, he saw that the four or five-year-old little Lori was laboriously washing dishes - the dishwashing was made in a very high wooden bucket, and her whole body was poked in, and she had to stand up and rest after a few washes, and her lotus-like arms were blistered red. (Note 1)

Shen Chong only felt that his nose was sore, and tears almost poured out.

Rubbing his nose vigorously, Shen Chong turned around and shouted, "Auntie, pack all the dumplings you didn't cook here." ”

"All of them?" The middle-aged aunt was taken aback and said, "There are nearly 1oo of them here." “

"It's all there." Shen Chong replied in a muffled voice.

"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you." The middle-aged aunt picked up a new plastic film glove and packed the dumplings one by one.

Shen Chong was very surprised, not to mention the current small vendors, even the regular restaurants of later generations, did not have such a good sense of hygiene, he pointed to the gloves and asked, "Auntie, who are you?" ”

"I used to be a nurse, but I'm used to it." While loading dumplings, the aunt explained with a smile: "Illness comes from the mouth, and the food you eat should be clean." ”

Shen Chong nodded, stopped talking, and silently watched her fill dumplings.

"Auntie, your dumplings are authentic, but most of Hong Kong are southerners, so they can't get used to eating them." Before leaving, Shen Chong said to the middle-aged woman: "If you put less fat in the meat filling and roll out the dumpling skin a little thinner, it is estimated that business will be better." ”

"Thank you." The middle-aged woman said gratefully, "I'm also thinking about this, I'll try it tomorrow." ”

Yan Hao walked from the front of the stall, he didn't see the scene of the little girl washing the dishes, he waited for a while, and after seeing Shen Chong coming over with a bag of dumplings, he teased: "Ah Chong, if you drink a little better, you will be in response to an idiom." ”

"What idiom?" Shen Chong knew what Yan Hao wanted to say, and deliberately praised him, intending to change his depressed mood.

"Wine bag and rice bag."

"I'm a wine bag and a rice bag, aren't you a meat friend and a drinking friend?" Shen Chong laughed, loud laughter, but no smile, he walked on the ferry with the flow of people, and said nonsense: "Yan Hao, do you know what my life ideal is?" ”

"What ideal?" Yan Hao was also interested and praised it.

"Eat well, sleep well."

Yan Hao was stunned, what kind of ideal is this?

"Zi said: Chromophobia is also." Shen Chong shook his head and explained: "My ideal is to eat the best food in the world and sleep with the best beauties in the world. ”

This time, not only Yan Hao laughed, but several passers-by around him who heard Shen Chong's words also laughed......

……

The one who wanted to buy the Rubik's Cube patent was the bald foreigner Shen Chong saw in Xiao Bai's office last time, and Li Kaiyuan introduced him as Larry-nicho1s. (Note 2)

Shen Chong refused to sell the Rubik's Cube patent, but proposed a compromise plan - a joint venture with Nicholas in the name of the company to set up a Rubik's Cube production plant in the United States.

Shen Chong was also forced to do this.

Nicholas was one of the first to place an order after Scientific American, which published the Rubik's Cube article, and now he is offering $3oo to acquire the patent, which shows that the sales of the Rubik's Cube in the North American market are extremely hot, otherwise he would not have offered such a lucrative offer.

Shen Chong knew that in the history of his previous life, the Rubik's Cube had sold more than 2oo in North America in just over a year without big advertising, and this was only the number of genuine Rubik's Cube sales in the case of insufficient production capacity of toy factories and shortage of goods in the market.

Now, the two toy factories in Hong Kong are running at full capacity, with a monthly output of just over 20,000, and they also have to take into account the markets of Japan, Southeast Asia and Europe, which obviously cannot meet the needs of the North American market.

Shenzhen has just changed its name to establish a special zone, and it will only be established in August next year, and the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures" will not be promulgated until several months.

So even if the production cost in North America is higher and the profits have to be shared with others, Shen Chong still decided to open a factory in North America, local production, local sales, and the response to the market will be faster......

After listening to Shen Chong's suggestion, Nicholas said that he needed to think about it, Shen Chong had nothing to do, after all, it was a big business of several million dollars, and it was necessary to be cautious, and make a decision with a wave of his hand, which was only suitable for a party like him.

After talking about things, it was already more than seven o'clock in the night, Shen Chong ate a meal of dumplings at the dock, and felt fine, Li Kaiyuan's eyes were dizzy with hunger.

So instead of walking home as usual, the two took a taxi back.

"Sister Yuan Yuan, go learn your driver's license." In the taxi, Shen Chong said: "I've been too busy lately, I don't have time to go, and it will be more convenient for you to learn later." ”

"I'll be there in a few days." Li Kaiyuan agreed, hugged Shen Chong's arm, and after a while, said, "Ah Chong, I'm ready to buy a house outside." ”

"Oh?" This is good news, you don't have to run to the hotel in the future, although the hotel is luxurious, but after all, it is for passers-by, and it lacks a warm and stable taste, Shen Chong doesn't like it very much, "Where are you going to buy?" ”

"It's not decided yet, I've been running a few real estate projects with Xinxin in the past few days." Li Kaiyuan said: "Tianbao is not small, you have to have a little space of your own, and you can't always sleep with me." ”

"Why don't you go to Mid-Levels and buy it." Shen Chongti said: "I just happened to change schools for Tianbao, her academic performance is very good, if she is admitted to HKU in the future, it will be convenient to go home to school." ”

Mid-levels refers to the Victoria Peak and Central, east to Wan Chai, west to Pok Fu Lam, south to country parks, north to a part of Sheung Central, Mid-levels is condescending, rich in vegetation, fresh air, and close to Sheung Wan, Central and Admiralty These golden business districts, not only sit on the mountains and forests between the clean and remote, push the window can also see the spectacular Victoria Harbour seascape and the dazzling Hong Kong night view, is one of the most respected places in Hong Kong to live.

Shen Chong remembers that in the 9o, a Hong Kong female writer's romance novel was all the rage in the mainland, and the standard for a rich son in the book was to own a 1,000-square-foot mansion in the mid-levels - 1,000 square feet is equivalent to the mainland standard, less than 1oo square meters!

"It's too expensive in mid-levels." Li Kaiyuan was obviously very moved, but hesitated, "The big ones can't afford them, and the small ones are too crowded to live in, so I can't run to live in the middle of the mountain alone and leave my mother and them in Kwun Tong." ”

"Why don't you go to He Wentian and buy a bigger one?" After getting out of the taxi, Shen Chong carried a bag of dumplings and said, "I went there a few days ago, and the environment is not bad." ”

"Okay, I'll take a look sometime."

After the Spring Festival, the Rubik's Cube began to make money steadily, and Li Kaiyuan didn't let Aunt Liu sell fruit anymore, it was too hard, she got up early and was greedy for darkness, although this girl often quarreled with Aunt Liu, but her heart was extremely filial.

Aunt Liu didn't work, so she cooked every day, delivered at noon, and waited at night, which made Li Kaiyuan's face a little round.

Shen Chong also followed a little light, and often went to eat at night, almost treating the Li family as his own.

"Aunt Liu, where is Uncle Li?" As soon as he entered the door, Shen Chong raised the bag in his hand and said, "Today I met an authentic stall that makes northern dumplings, and the proprietress and Uncle Li are fellow villagers and Shandong people, so I bought some back." ”

"Your Uncle Li went to work." Aunt Liu took the bag and said, "There is a family member who wants to make a few wardrobes, so I invite him to come over tonight to see the wood." ”

When the Great Wall was in shambles, Li Tang supported his family by doing carpentry, and the well-shaped furniture in Shen Chong's house was all from his hands. Li Tang's craftsmanship is quite famous in the surroundings, and although he has returned to the Great Wall now, he will still take on jobs in private.

"Then put it in the refrigerator first, and when Uncle Li comes back, cook it for him to taste."

After eating, Li Kaiyuan carried a few plates and followed Aunt Liu into the kitchen.

Shen Chong sat on the sand and watched TV with Tianbao.

"Tianbao, how is your Rubik's Cube doing?"

"I'm pretty good right now." Tianbao jumped off the sand, stood in front of Shen Chong, and said proudly and loudly: "No one recovers faster than me, not even the teacher can compare to me!" ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true." Tianbao took out a slightly worn Rubik's Cube from the corner of the sand, handed it to Shen Chong, and said, "You mess it up, watch me perform for you." ”

Shen Chong took the Rubik's Cube, twisted it casually, and handed it back to her.

Then I saw Tianbao's two green little hands, like butterflies wearing flowers, dancing, almost in the blink of an eye, and the Rubik's Cube was restored.

"See!" Tianbao cocked his chin triumphantly, looking proud, and his face was full of expressions begging for praise.

Shen Chong was shocked, with the visual time he had just seen, the time for Tianbao to restore the Rubik's Cube should be about ten seconds, which was very amazing, in his previous life, the fastest world record for restoring the Rubik's Cube was 7. In 53 seconds, Tianbao has only been playing for more than a month, and he can reach such a level, and his talent can be described as amazing.

Just as I was about to say a few words of sincere compliment, I heard a "pop" in the kitchen, as if something had broken.

"What's wrong?" Shen Chong walked over and saw that it was Aunt Liu who had broken a bowl by mistake.

"Ah Chong, is what Yuan Yuan said true?" Aunt Liu looked incredulous and asked, "She said you earned more than two million a month?" ”

Shen Chong watched Li Kaiyuan stick out his tongue behind Aunt Liu's back, so he nodded with a smile and admitted, "It's true." ”

"Is it more than two million yuan for you and Yuan Yuan each, or more than two million in total?"

"Of course, it's more than 2oo per person." Shen Chong ignored Li Kaiyuan's random gestures and said, "Sister Yuan Yuan was still discussing with me just now, saying that she wanted to buy a big house for Aunt Liu's retirement. ”

"Is my sister going to buy a new house?" When Tianbao heard this, he leaned over and asked happily, "Where to buy?" Is there a room for me? ”

……

When he walked out of Li's house, Shen Chong vaguely heard the cheerful sound of discussion, and then thought of the little girl with red arms on the dock in Wan Chai, and couldn't help but think of a word.

The moon bends and shines on Kyushu, and a few families are happy and a few are sad.

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Note 1: The story of the female boss of Wan Chai Pier, which TVB has adapted into the TV series "Dumpling Queen"

Note 2: The foreigner's name here is a tribute, and in 1972, Larry-nicho1s understood the second-order Rubik's Cube with a magnet structure.

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