12:30, Chang'an Club, Chinese restaurant on the 8th floor.

Looking at the Capital Hotel across the window, Xiao Qi couldn't help but smile dumbly.

It turned out that this club, known as the first club in China, was actually opposite the hotel where he lived.

The Chang'an Club, which occupies the 12th floor of Chang'an Building, is not to mention famous, Li Chaoren, Old Man Huo, etc., are all its members, ordinary people have nothing to do with it, they can't get in, and they can't get rich.

However, perhaps because of its age, it is a bit old, like the Capital Hotel...... Well, you can call it "quaint" in another word, but it's not shabby at all, and it feels very comfortable to sit in the private dining room here.

After handing over the menu to the beautiful waiter, Li Xiaochao smiled and said to Xiao Qi: "Originally, I prefer the Beijing Club, but it's a little far away from here, so let's settle lunch nearby!" Qi Shao wouldn't mind being too hasty and simplistic, would he? ”

He only ordered two hot dishes, two cold dishes and a cup of soup just now, and Xiao Qi also heard it.

Li Chaoren teaches his son very well, in addition to being bold and reckless in business, Li Xiaochao usually has a good style, and there is not much criticism in daily life - as the son of Li Chaoren, who has dominated the throne of the richest Chinese for decades, he is much better than the high-profile second ancestors of some second-rate rich people.

"It doesn't matter, when you're usually busy, a boxed lunch, or a hamburger with milk, can also solve lunch." Xiao Qi smiled faintly.

"Yes, ordinary people always think that our family must be fragrant and spicy, and they can't eat without shark fin, abalone and bird's nest at every meal. But in fact, our family ate lightly, and when we went home to eat, the old man was just a few home-cooked dishes, and the family ate eight points full. And it won't be wasted. Li Xiaochao followed Xiao Qi's words.

"I haven't been in the Chang'an Club before, I thought it was very mysterious, but I didn't expect it to be so many people." Xiao Qi smiled and asked another question: "I don't know if Mr. Li didn't mind this noisy environment when he came?" ”

"He's long gone. The current Chang'an Club is no longer the Chang'an Club of the past, and the old man likes to be clean. Li Xiaochao shook his head. Over the years, he rarely left Hong Kong. Besides, now that we also have properties in the capital, we will not come here, so as not to cause unnecessary onlookers and speculation. ”

Xiao Qi nodded, because when they came up just now, they saw many guests coming in to consume, and even the hall on the 8th floor was filled with no less than 60% of the guests, which was very different from Xiao Qi's impression of a private club with few people and privacy.

Come to think of it, Li Chaoren They often come to the capital at the time. It was still around the 90s, when there were not many rich people in the capital, and even if they were rich, they didn't dare to come to such a foreign place as a private club to consume, so it naturally gave people a very mysterious and noble impression.

But now that it is the 21st century, there may not be many top rich people in China, but the billionaires with tens of millions of assets are everywhere. Governance Center. The number of wealthy people in the capital is simply innumerable.

If you have money, you naturally want to enjoy more haode things, such a rumored place as the Chang'an Club. Naturally, they will be liked, and if nothing else, a status symbol is inevitable.

And opening a club is to make money, and the boss here has no reason to push money outside, so after a large number of members come in, this place falls again. It has become a high-end club at most, and it will never be more elegant again.

Li Xiaochao's favorite Beijing Club is the same, it is only one floor, although it is a large area, and it is 50 floors high. But in terms of spirit, it is much smaller, in Huaguo, the place where there is no shortage of land, how can this kind of bold club be a real symbol of wealth and glory?

Xiao Qi himself is really not interested in these so-called high-end private clubs.

In terms of the importance of networking and talking about business, and even the heritage of the club's history, they are not as good as those high-end clubs in Europe and the United States.

In terms of pleasure and play, they are not as unscrupulous as those in Japan and South Korea, as long as you need them, they have everything to play, and there is no moral and legal bottom line.

This kind of club in Huaguo that is neither Chinese nor Western, neither native nor foreign, is the most boring, and it is just a matter of drawing a name to make money.

Thoughts flashed, but the service here is still good, the two just chatted a few words, and the dishes were served, although it was only a few plates of home-cooked food, but it was fragrant, colorful, fragrant, and full of flavor.

Li Xiaochao poured a glass of wine for Xiao Qi and himself, and then raised his glass and said: "Come, Qi Shao, I toast you with a glass to celebrate the fame of your fairy company shijie and become the pride of my Chinese people!" ”

Xiao Qi clinked glasses with him and said with a smile: "Xiexie's second son's compliment." ”

"This is not a compliment, but a real achievement!" Li Xiaochao took a sip of wine, put down the wine glass, and sighed: "I think I started PCCW at the age of 28, and with a family fortune of tens of billions, I am already the first Chinese." But I didn't expect a generation of heroes to replace the old, Qi Shao you became famous all over the world at the age of 18, and surpassed my father at the age of 19, you are really the first talent in the ages! ”

"Hehe, the second son is too polite, I am so young, if I don't know what to say because of this, wouldn't it be the second son's sin?" Xiao Qi smiled indifferently, "A high-rise building starts from the ground, and a haode company needs to have a solid foundation to develop." Don't look at the rapid development of the fairy company, but when it comes to the foundation, where can it compare to the Li family rooted in Hong Kong? ”

"Prizes, prizes!"

Li Xiaochao also smiled, but there was not much joy in his heart.

No matter how good the Li family's traditional industry is, it is also his eldest brother's, all he can do is a high-tech emerging industry, and he can only start from scratch, and pull down a large piece from the starting point.

The two talked about some interesting things while eating, and this kind of conversation at the banquet is the best way to observe a person's character and preferences, and can also prepare for the next step of confrontation and business.

After three rounds of drinking, it is estimated that the foreshadowing has been in place, Li Xiaochao began to test, he sighed and said: "Qi Shao, you don't know, in the past ten days, Hong Kong's stock market is really lively, there is a company called 'Cuiying Energy Group', which has created a price limit for seven consecutive trading days, and the market value has risen by more than 60%, which can be described as a sensation in Hong Kong!" ”

"Oh?" Xiao Qi was a little surprised and said, "Isn't the subprime mortgage crisis causing a solemn atmosphere recently?" Whose company is so powerful? Can it rise sharply against the market? (To be continued......)