Chapter Twenty-Four: The Prosperity of China
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Yes, this time, Xue Anyuan's confidant Rusheng, whom Hu Liming had befriended, sent the news of Xue Xiang's arrival, and Hu Liming immediately thought about it and prepared such a play. Right now, seeing that Xue Xiang left his phone number and everyone, Hu Liming knew that his thoughts were seen through by Xue Xiang, and after Xue Xiang saw through it, he didn't blame him, and he also helped him, how could he not make Hu Liming moved inexplicably.
After a greeting and a lot of time, Xue Xiang chatted with everyone warmly, but Hu Liming took the initiative to relieve Xue Xiang, saying that Xue Xiang crossed the sea, and there was an emergency, and when he returned, everyone conspired to get drunk again. At this point, Xue Xiang was able to get out.
Hu Liming pulled Xue Xiang and wanted to say something of thanks, but Xue Xiang waved his hand to stop, patted him on the shoulder, shook hands heavily, got into the car, and a cigarette went...... The last time he came, although Hong Kong Island was already full of cars, bicycles and motorcycles still accounted for the majority, and this time again, the bicycles on the roads of Hong Kong Island are almost extinct, even the buses are less than half, and the wide roads are actually private cars and taxis.
However, when Xue Xiang was called "Camp Commander Hao", he was corrected by the accompanying driver that this was the director of their Xinhua News Agency reception center.
The previous Battalion Commander Hao, and now Director Hao, the title has changed. The official is older, but he seems to be more polite to Xue Laosan, and he can't say a word, so he says "how did Commander Xue teach us back then", which made him colluded with Xue Anyuan, in fact, although this battalion commander Hao was affiliated with the Lingnan Military Region at the beginning. But he hardly stayed in Lingnan for a few days, and besides, when he was selected to go to Hong Kong. Xue Anyuan hasn't come to Lingnan yet.
However, Director Hao is willing to be close, and Xue Xiangzi will not be stupid enough to tell the difference. Talk and laugh with Director Hao all the way. The atmosphere was also warm.
The car along Binjiang Avenue, soon crossed the New Territories, turned into the main road of the Third Ring Road, did not travel for a long time, then heard the noise of gongs and drums not far away, firecrackers, Xue Xiang was curious, he asked Hao what to do, Director Hao smiled and said that today is the successful operation of the MTR for a week, the celebration ceremony held.
Only then did Xue Xiang know that the famous Hong Kong subway in history had finally been completed. It also solved his previous puzzle: why are there fewer bicycles and buses on the road? It's time to take the subway!
The car drove for a while, and then turned to Causeway Bay, Xue Xiang came here, and did not know that Liu Ying'er would be there, and the news of Liu Ying'er's injury was not told by Liu Ying'er to Qi Rusheng. But what the lame third conveyed was that Xue Laosan didn't know which hospital Liu Yinger was in for medical treatment, so he could only come to the antique shop in Causeway Bay called "Shengshi China".
Causeway Bay is one of the busiest business districts on Hong Kong Island, and as soon as the car enters its main road, the car immediately lowers down. And the car is lowered, not because it is limited, but because the traffic flow is steep, one after another, how can it be fast.
Xue Xiang was anxious in his heart, and hurriedly went to find Liu Ying'er, but he was so snail-crawling, where could he still endure it in his heart, so he thanked Director Hao, and asked the two to turn back at the next intersection, without waiting for him to answer, he opened the car door directly, jumped off the car that was moving, and pressed the other car that hit him with his big hand, and with a borrowed force, he flew over, and took two more strides, and went to the sidewalk.
And the place where he Xue Lao and the three sides jumped out of the car had already been chaotic because of the sudden braking and dense traffic, and for a while, the horn sounded loudly and the siren roared, but it was all the background for Xue Lao to move forward in three steps.
"Prosperous China, good words!"
Xue Xiang stood outside the wide golden gate, staring at the signboard hanging on it, and whispered aloud.
I didn't think about this whisper, but I was heard, and a middle-aged man in Tang costume stepped out of the door, with canvas shoes on his feet, a beard on his mouth, and a thin face.
"This gentleman has good eyesight, I can't hide it, these four words are the four big characters that the shopkeeper in our store found from Su Zizhan's many calligraphy, and the four big characters made up, and the signboard that was hard to make is not changed. This gentleman, you may have to ask, isn't it beautiful that these four characters are made up with incoherent meaning? Then you are asking, it is precisely because it is not from the same calligraphy grabbed, the four characters are hard, the penmanship is sluggish, but you look at the four words in front of you can have a sense of condensation, hehe, this shows the ability of our Xu Da shopkeeper and the strength of our prosperous China, you may not know, we for these four words, how much effort has been spent, Su Zizhan's authentic handwriting has been selected eight, Zizhan calligraphy of the famous copy, is countless, this is what kind of character Su Zizhan is, his words, Manhua can find a rare treasure, but our store has found eight, now, you should know how strong our store is, looking for old things, come here is right, in short, troubled gold, prosperous antiques, buy antiques to our prosperous China, you are right! ”
This person heard Xue Xiang chanting in Mandarin, but he didn't ask his origin, and Fang Cai's introduction was also said in standard Mandarin, and this person was really good-mouthed, stunned from a signboard, said a lot of doorways, especially the origin of this signboard, with a legendary story, unique, more vicissitudes of antiquity, very suitable for the identity of the antique shop, and even more rare is the legendary story of Tong Guò, showing the strong strength of his own store, it is really a double win.
Xue Xiang was originally in an anxious mood, but after listening to the introduction of this eight-character beard, he had some interest in his heart.
Xue Xiangchong smiled and didn't answer, raised his hand to push the door in, but Bazi Xu stopped talking, bowed, said "Welcome", and stretched out his hand to push the door for him.
Entering the door, Xue Xiang was shocked, almost wondering if he had gone to the wrong door, where is this still the store he went to last time, is it simply entering a post-generation store, but he remembers that the last time the store, he personally led the lame third and Hong Kong Island driver motors, and they came down together, although the area is not small, but compared with the store in front of him, it is too far behind.
He remembered the original one, but it was a single-storey single room of more than 100 square meters, and the counter was opened, but the one in front of him was more than ten times larger than the original one, and the hall of thousands of square meters was arranged in an antique manner, and dozens of stores were opened for the guests to rest and sit in a full set of Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture styles, up and down three floors, all connected by wooden stairs, and the male waiters in it were all dressed up like the eight-character mustache encountered in front of the door, and the waitress was a red cheongsam, dressed up really decently.
Xue Xiang saw the strangeness, so he was not in a hurry to find the lame third, but turned around in the store, all the way, but saw more than ten stores, different styles, different selling points, there are calligraphy, ancient paintings, porcelain, jade, miscellaneous toys, jade seal carving, scholar's four treasures monopoly and other stores, it really covers all, covering ancient and modern.
Xue Xiang never expected that in just two years, Xiao Nizi would do such a big business here, not to mention the business in this store, just looking at such a large store located on Hong Kong Island in the bustling area of Causeway Bay, you know that Xiao Nizi's current net worth may be far greater than the millions of Hong Kong dollars he left behind.
Xue Xiang walked around the first floor, and the second and third floors were no longer going to look, just looking at the entrance of the building, he knew that the second floor must be more exquisite, because at the staircase, there were two tall men guarding, and when he saw someone take out a red card, he was allowed to go, and he was obviously a VIP customer.
Xue Xiang walked slowly all the way, passing along the way, not only watching the store, but also listening to the sound, but listening to all kinds of dialects, what Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka dialect, and even foreign languages, miscellaneous, countless, bargaining, watching and playing, so lively.
"This gentleman, I see that you have been shopping for a while, what's the matter, it didn't catch your eye?" At some point, the mustache followed.
Speaking of which, since he hit the door, the eight-character beard has been staring at Xue Xiang, of course, with a staring word, it is not that the eight-character beard has any bad intentions, but he feels that the temperament of Xue Laosan in front of him is very different from ordinary people, dressed ordinarily, but Gu Pan Xiongfei, this passer-by is often a high-roller, a real big buyer.
Xue Xiang smiled: "I'm just shopping, what's the matter, if I don't buy it, can I still drive away customers?" ”
Bazi Xu said: "Look at what you said, I really dare to do that, the first to smash is my own rice bowl, you take care of yourself, I see that Mr. You don't seem to be interested in our Shengshi store, you look there, there is our owner specially set up a small stall for small traders, you don't underestimate their small stalls, but things are really solid!" ”
Xue Xiang smiled and said nothing, Bazi must think that he didn't believe it, and continued: "Look, sir, this is the first time you have come, I will tell you that you don't think that they are all local to Hong Kong Island, and you want to come, Hong Kong Island is a big land, lonely overseas, and it is difficult to have old things!" In fact, their origins, with a sentence of three mountains and five mountains, five lakes and four seas to describe the most appropriate, there are the sea side of the treasure island, there is the sea side of Macau, as well as the new Malaysia and Thailand, anyway, the group of Chinese who live abroad, like antique literature and play all the way, are fortunate in that area of practice stalls, some of them are purely idle, just to have a fun, but there are real guys in the hands, leak detection in our place is often born. ”
Hearing what the eight characters had to say, Xue Xiang felt a little interesting, and said: "Your boss is quite good at doing business, I said why is Causeway Bay, where every inch of land is expensive, willing to open up this small stall, this is to gather popularity." ”
ps: To apologize, this chapter is early, well, the chapter Jiangnan in the evening will be updated before ten o'clock as much as possible! (To be continued)
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