Chapter 109: Temptation of Words
The three chatted for a while, and Xu Shaohua turned the topic back to Zeng Lu. www.biquge.info"Miss Zeng, it should be hard for you to maintain a coffee shop by yourself. Xu Shaohua took a sip of water and said.
"Luckily, I've always liked coffee culture, and the staff at the store are quite helpful. In fact, if the business is good, no matter how hard it is, it is worth it. Zeng Lu replied.
Xu Shaohua nodded and said, "That's true, business is to make money." During this National Day holiday, the business in the store should be quite good. In fact, many people in Changsha now like to spend their holidays in the surrounding areas, and if you launch some packages for these tourists in your store, you should be able to attract a lot of customers. ”
"At present, the tourist business is not very large, but I still have some regular customers in my store, and I usually rely on them to help my business. At present, the problem with my store is that the desserts are simpler, and many customers hope that we can launch some better desserts, but it is really difficult to find good dessert chefs now, and they generally choose to go to Changsha or other big cities for development, and rarely stay in the small county town of Ningxiang. Speaking of this, Zeng Lu couldn't help but sigh.
"Talent is a big problem, and it's true in all walks of life. However, your business is still much more stable than those of us who do foreign trade. Don't look at our country's current foreign trade business, but since the financial turmoil, foreign customers have higher and higher requirements for cost performance, and our business this year is much more difficult than before. Xu Shaohua suddenly changed the topic and talked about his business again.
"No, where would a person like Boss Xu who does big business envy us, one of your orders is millions, where is like us, tired of more than 100,000 sales a month." Zeng Lu smiled and waved his hand and said.
Xu Shaohua took the dish from the waiter's hand, and then said: "It's different now, more than one million orders may only have a gross profit of about 200,000, plus employee wages and other expenses, we really can't make much money." And such orders are not available all the time, and this year's orders are much less than last year's. I don't want to do foreign trade anymore, and I'm going to do business hotels. Miss Zeng, how are your contacts in Ningxiang, I am actually quite optimistic about the business hotel market in Ningxiang. ”
Zeng Lu served a good meal for the three of them, and then said: "My connections here are actually average, and I may not be able to help you, Boss Xu." ”
"Miss Zeng, you don't have to be polite, as far as I know, there were a lot of places where public servants came and went in that billiards club yesterday, you should be an old member there, how could you not know one or two people who can talk. In fact, I went to that billiards club yesterday to play, just hoping to communicate with friends in Ningxiang's political circles, but this kind of thing must be much easier to be introduced by an acquaintance. Xu Shaohua said with a smile.
"By the way, Sister Zeng Lu, don't you know Brother Qian, doesn't he work in the Finance Bureau. It's a pity that he is sick now, and he can't help his cousin. At this time, Kang Zhonghui took the opportunity to interject.
"Yes, so I can't help, only Brother Qian and I are a little familiar with the civil servants in the club, and now that Brother Qian is sick, I also need to re-establish my connections." Zeng Lu sighed and said.
"Oh? Then when Brother Qian recovers, can you introduce him to me? Xu Shaohua put down his chopsticks and asked.
"Cousin, you don't know, I heard that Brother Qian is very sick this time, and I'm afraid that his life will be in danger. Also, I've heard a somewhat scary legend that you won't believe, cousin. Kang Zhonghui said in a tricky manner.
"Oh? What is the legend, let's hear it first. Xu Shaohua pretended to be very interested and said.
"That's right, didn't I accompany you to the billiards club yesterday to play, I also met Sister Zeng Lu in the club. Later, after Sister Zeng Lu left, I felt bored, so I went to a friend's house to play. My friend has some research on numerology, so when we talked about Brother Qian, he told me a legend.
Legend has it that there is a dream gamble that only those who meet the specific birth date can enter the game. In the end, there can only be one winner, and the winner gets a chance to fulfill his wishes, while the other losers lose their souls. My friend thinks that Brother Qian is probably the loser of this dream gamble and loses his soul. So modern medicine just can't save him. Kang Zhonghui told the story of his refinement.
"Is there such a thing? Miss Zeng, have you heard of this legend? Xu Shaohua asked Zeng Lu.
Zeng Lu shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it. Zhonghui, I don't think you need to take your friend's words too seriously. Although some things are rather credible than not, what a dream gamble, what a soul bet, this is too. I wonder if your friend is kidding you. ”
"So, what does Miss Zeng think about this?" Xu Shaohua asked in a relaxed tone.
Zeng Lu shook his head and replied, "I don't know much about this kind of thing. However, yesterday I went to the hospital to find a familiar doctor to ask about Brother Qian's condition, and the doctor also thought that Brother Qian's condition was not optimistic, and he was even likely to become a vegetative person. ”
"Doesn't this just confirm the legend that my friend said, that if you lose your soul, you don't become a vegetative person. Moreover, the day before yesterday, so many people in the restaurant fell ill together, which is too abnormal. Sister Zeng Lu, don't underestimate this kind of thing. Kang Zhonghui said immediately.
Zeng Lu glanced at Kang Zhonghui with a smile, and then said, "Don't worry, I won't underestimate it." Boss Xu, Brother Qian's road should be impassable, and I'm really sorry that I couldn't help. However, I think with Boss Xu's talent, it must not be difficult to meet one or two acquaintances in the political circles. At that time, your business in Ningxiang will be done, but don't forget the little sister, today's meal will be regarded as the little sister to celebrate Boss Xu in advance. ”
Xu Shaohua hurriedly expressed his gratitude and promised that if there is any good business in the future, he will not forget Zeng Lu. The three of them ate and drank, and the topic of conversation gradually drifted away.
After eating, Xu Shaohua said goodbye to Kang Zhonghui and Zeng Lu, and after the two left, he immediately returned to the Q7 car.
"Ah Hua, it seems that you are not this woman's opponent, after chatting for so long, you can not set up much more than Zhonghui." Director Wang patted Xu Shaohua on the shoulder and said.
"This woman is not simple, and it's not that my conversation skills are not good, it's that the story Zhonghui said at the beginning is not credible enough, and he is a little too eager to ask, so it didn't achieve the effect I expected." Xu Shaohua shook his head and said.
"Anyway, I don't seem to have any more information here, and time is running out. If something happens to Zhao Ziqi tonight, it will be troublesome, let's go back and help Zhou Jie. You give Zhonghui a call, you're already his cousin anyway, let him find a chance to come back by himself. Director Wang said.
Xu Shaohua nodded, picked up his mobile phone and called Kang Zhonghui. After making the call, Xu Shaohua drove in the direction of the hot spring hotel.
By the time Director Wang and Xu Shaohua returned to the suite, Zhao Ziqi had already agreed to stay. At this time, Zhou Jie was making a talisman array to deal with an accident that might happen at night.
As soon as Director Wang and Xu Shaohua walked into the suite, Zhou Jie raised his head and asked the two, "How is it, did you get any useful information over there?" What about Zhonghui? ”
Xu Shaohua took out a bottle of dark beer from the refrigerator at the minibar counter and opened it, and then said, "Zhonghui will come back later." We didn't get any useful information from there, but it wasn't a trip in vain, at least I thought the woman named Zeng Lu was suspicious. ”
"Then why don't you keep digging deeper, why did you come back?" Zhou Jie asked puzzled.
"There is no evidence that Zeng Lu is connected to the ghost behind the gambling game, we can't rush to arrest her, we are not the underworld. And time doesn't allow, so let's take care of this side for now. Zhou Jie, what rune array are you preparing now? Director Wang took a sip of water, sat down next to Zhou Jie and said.
"The Soul Attraction Talisman Array plus the Li Dai Tao Stiff Talisman Array, my idea is this, if Miss Zhao enters the dream gambling game, we will immediately activate these two rune arrays, let one of us participate in the gambling game instead of Miss Zhao in the dream, and then the other people will find out the ghost behind it according to the guidance." Zhou Jie explained while bowing his head to prepare the rune paper.
"That's... Who will replace Miss Zhao? Director Wang asked.
"Does any of you play Texas Hold'em?" Zhou Jie raised his head and asked Xu Shaohua and Director Wang, both of whom shook their heads.
"That's not the end, who else can there be, isn't it me?" Zhou Jie lowered his head and continued to complete his talisman array.
Director Wang thought for a while and said, "Zhou Jie, can you let Xiao Hei follow me first, there are ghosts, and the tracking speed will be faster." ”
Zhou Jie took out the ghost envoy token, said a few words to the token, handed the token to Director Wang, and then said: "I have already instructed Xiao Hei, you can use the token to contact him then." But Brother Dao, you should also find another ghost, you can't always rely on the little gangsters to help you. To be honest, are you now psychologically affected by the ghost collector because of the matter of your great-uncle and grandfather? ”
"This... We'll talk about that later. What about Miss Zhao and Ren Fang? Miss Zhao already knows how to cooperate with us. Director Wang immediately looked at him left and right.
"Don't worry, during the time you went out, I had already told her everything I should pay attention to." Zhou Jie raised his head and said.
"Oh... Okay, I'll call Zhonghui first and see if he's back. Director Wang took out his mobile phone and walked out of the suite.
"Brother Hua, it seems that the matter of Uncle Zeng's grandfather has indeed had a great impact on Brother Dao." Zhou Jie picked up the finished talisman array and said to Xu Shaohua, who was drinking beer.
"The Demon Envoy is a very important fate for you demon hunters. Director Wang has just ended a bad relationship, and it is normal not to accept a new fate so quickly, which is the same as falling in love. Give him a little time, and slowly it will be fine. Xu Shaohua took a sip of beer and said.