He was very happy to be able to live in a courtyard with Gong Er, even if it was just a front yard and a middle yard.

Hurriedly urged Chu Xiangqian to get this matter done now.

Chu Qianqian glanced at him, "Uncle Shi, you go back to the mainland to play first, to say the least, it will take three months to return to Beijing." For such a long time, I must have not only finished the house, but also had it repaired and put in order. ”

A glimmer of heaven was relieved and shouted outside the door.

Eight apprentices walked in one after another, but their expressions were different.

It seems that a few of them know that the first line of heaven will eventually go.

"I have already sold this house to Xiangqian, and he has promised to rent it to you. If someone wants to follow the same things as Sanjiangshui, he has also promised to give you a decent errand.

It's unrealistic to be rich and rich, but with my relationship, whether you can live a good life depends on your own efforts. ”

Seven people, you look at me, I look at you, make eye contact for a while, and the senior brother, who was the earliest apprentice, spoke, "Master, I and the second and third will guard your barbershop and wait for you to come back." ”

The second and third nodded, and the other four hesitated.

With the master here, you don't have to think so much, just do things with peace of mind. The master will not treat everyone badly.

But between teachers and brothers, they don't necessarily love each other.

Seeing that they hesitated, Chu Xiangqian took the initiative to speak, "I bought a factory at the fire station and plan to renovate it." At that time, 100 yuan a month, I will rent a shop from you as a barber shop. ”

After speaking, he looked at the three people who wanted to stay in White Rose and said, "It's 80 yuan a month here, what do you think?" ”

The three of them nodded without thinking about it, the average salary per capita was 100 in the era, which was equivalent to this 100-square-meter store, and only charged two or three thousand yuan in rent in the third ring road of the capital forty or fifty years later.

In an instant, 7 people were enveloped.

Chu Xiangqian doesn't need these 7 people to work hard for themselves, that's unrealistic.

But as long as you are willing to stand up for yourself, or even just stand aside and wave the flag, that's also a good thing.

Of course, it's more about the silver lining.

Since he, who is a senior uncle, sells the house to himself at a cheaper price than the market price, the house rented to his apprentice is naturally cheaper.

After taking care of this matter, Chu Xiangqian and Yi Yitian agreed that he would go to the transfer before leaving, and took 15,000 yuan, which he wanted to exchange for mainland banknotes.

Chu Xiangqian directly persuaded him that it was better to bring the Hong Kong dollar with him, and when necessary, exchange it with the accompanying foreign affairs personnel.

Yilintian laughed after thinking about it, and secretly said that he was a person who became a lot stupid when he got old.

The next day, Chu Xiangqian and Yitian finished the household, and after giving him 15,000, he made a phone call to Qian Guotai, and heard that he would add someone to go back to the mainland together and play together, Qian Guotai agreed without thinking about it.

Just after listening to Chu Xiangqian's description of the first line of heaven, he hurriedly said, "Wait until I check." ”

In the afternoon, the phone called, listening to Qian Guotai's tone, it seemed that the top was quite welcome.

The reason is very simple, when this guy was a child, he never coaxed it, and he really did a few big things.

Chu Xiangqian also confirmed that there was indeed no blood feud between the first line of heaven and that side.

In this case, the boss may wish to run back like a glimmer of sky.

As for Gong Er, Chu Xiangqian is not worried at all, just by abolishing Ma San, who has taken refuge in Xiaori, the attitude of the boss towards her will be very good.

The next day, Chu Xiangqian wanted to take a taxi to Happy Valley Racecourse, but he didn't expect a Rolls-Royce to stop outside the dry goods store very early.

When he came out in a suit, the young foreigner he had seen outside the martial arts hall last time hurriedly pushed the car door by himself, bowed slightly to Chu Xiangqian, and stepped forward with a shy smile.

"Hello Master Chu, my name is Norton, and my maternal grandfather is Lord Mountbatten."

Chu Xiangqian immediately remembered why he had a familiar feeling when he saw this kid before.

And Chu Xiangqian's sensitivity to Mountbatten, in addition to the battles he has experienced in his life are all failures, but he can always rise step by step. After the war, it was probably because in Southeast Asia, it was too embarrassing to be beaten by Xiaori.

On the issue of dealing with Xiaori, he advocated the complete collapse of the island countries, the punishment of Xiaori's Tianhuang, and the complete eradication of Xiaori's military and feminist forces.

It can be said that his hatred for the island country is real.

What Chu Xiangqian admired most was that he also divided the country into three when Ah San broke away from England.

And Lao Ba has also become the hardcore of the Celestial Empire in the future.

Therefore, the more Chu Qianqian looked at Norton, the more pleasing it became.

Smiled and nodded at him, "Want to learn kung fu?" ”

Norton was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and nodded hurriedly, "Ever since I watched your match with Tornado, I have been irrepressibly in love with Celestial Kung Fu.

In the past few days, I have found a few literature and language teachers of the Celestial Empire, and I have fallen in love with the culture of the Celestial Empire. ”

Chu Xiangqian nodded indifferently, many foreigners are obsessed with the Celestial Empire, but it is just a curiosity hunting.

Some of them did become more and more obsessed with everything in the Celestial Empire, but most of their curiosity became dull after it passed.

"Let's go, go and watch the horse races first, and when you come back, I'll teach you a few martial arts techniques for self-defense. After practicing, hit your peers casually. ”

Norton nodded hurriedly, walked quickly to the side of the car and pulled the car door, and asked Chu to sit down.

He closed the door and sat down on the other side.

Along the way, whether it is chatting about literature and geography, or talking about entertainment and fashion, Chu Xiangqian can always make Norton's eyes light up.

I couldn't help but admire Chu Xiangqian more and more.

The driver and the escort and bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat were also surprised.

When I arrived at the horse farm, with Norton's connections, it was easy to book the best private room.

Chu Xiangqian walked out of the private room, stood on the open-air balcony, and looked at the racecourse that could already seat twenty or thirty thousand people at this time, and couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many people who want to get rich overnight." ”

Norton and his bodyguards were stunned, but looked at the dense crowd in the stands and wanted to retort that these people just loved horse racing.

But consider that every horse racing season in London, countless people run to the pub to bet on the local gangsters, and they don't know how to refute it.

In England this year, don't look at spinach illegality, but in fact, London is definitely the most popular city in the world for spinach industry.

"Master, are you against the spinach industry?"

Chu Xiangqian shook his head and said to Norton with a smile, "First, I'm not your master. Second, legal spinach is always more formal than underground casinos.

Moreover, it is useless for me to object. ”

Norton nodded, and asked with some embarrassment, "Then what should I call you, and how do I need to show sincerity and determination before you accept me as an apprentice?" ”

"It's okay to call me Chu, or sir," Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "As for whether or not he will accept you as an apprentice, it's actually completely unnecessary." Because I'm not going to teach you Kung Fu.

But you don't have to learn kung fu if you want to learn how to defend yourself, how to knock out your opponents.

It can even be said that boxing is actually very suitable for beginners like you who don't know anything. ”

Norton couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard Chu Xiangqian say that he couldn't teach himself kung fu.

But he didn't give up so easily, thinking in his heart that since Chu Xiangqian taught himself how to protect himself and how to knock down his opponent's skills.

Then learn first, and then rely on your own efforts and sincerity, one day you can impress Chu Xiangqian.

And Chu Xiangqian actually didn't talk nonsense, let him learn boxing, and it will 100% become an existence in the history of boxing that no one can surpass.

He has super physical strength, more strength than heavyweights, and faster speed than lightweights.

And the defense and resistance to strikes are also much, much stronger than heavyweight fighters.

This is the existence of the BUG level in the ring.

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Before the start of the first horse race, Chu Xiangqian refused Norton's invitation to bet, and Chu Xiangqian has always stayed away from gambling games that cannot be controlled by himself.

Seeing that he refused to bet, Norton had to give up the idea of playing a few games.

Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Don't worry about me, you play your own." ”

Norton shook his head hurriedly, "I don't really have much spinach-related entertainment, but I just heard that there was an Arabian horse with a very high winning rate in the first race today, so I wanted to make some pocket money." ”

Chu Xiangqian became interested after hearing this, picked up the binoculars and looked at the track, and asked, "What is it?"

Norton hurriedly said, "Horse Four."

Chu Xiangqian quickly found the No. 4 horse who was jogging on the track to warm up.

It looks really good, but the Arabian horse is much shorter than the English purebred, and it doesn't look strong enough.

However, in a field like Hong Kong Island, where the prize money is not high and the international attention is not high, many non-thoroughbreds can run first.

Chu Xiangqian's heart moved, horse racing is actually easy to be interfered with, let the tits make trouble, no one will doubt it.

It's just that it's not so easy to bet on who will run second or third in other races.

If you bet on the horse that is predicted to be the last horse to become the number one, it is not easy to explain to people why you buy the least favored horses.

After thinking about it, I simply bought that Arabian horse and ran to the bottom of the list.

The reason is also easy to find, let the peck on the knees of these horses, and they will inevitably not be able to run under the injury.

Then he said that he had observed before the race that the horse might have a problem with his knee.

It's just that he and the horse owner have no grievances, and it is a little unreasonable to love horses that harm others so much.

"By the way, who is the owner of Horse No. 4?"

How did Norton know this, but fortunately, his bodyguard was competent enough, seeing Norton looking at him, he hurriedly said, "Look at the introduction, it should be an adult Arabian horse in Mr. He Wenli's own horse farm last month." ”

Chu Xiangqian said 'thank you' and gave up what he had just thought.

The He family is now also regarded as their own customer, first bought a tiger skin for 10,000 yuan, and then bought a whole sika deer for 4,500 yuan.

There's no need to hurt other people's horses

And if you think about it, you can buy this horse to win, and then buy this horse to win a few positions.

Normally, winning half a position, is normal.

But if you win a few or 10 positions, the probability of winning is even smaller than that of a combo.

It's just that Chu Xiangqian doesn't know if there is such a way to play.

Calling the butler of the VIP room, Chu Xiangqian said again, and the butler asked in surprise, "SIR, are you sure you want to win the No. 4 horse and win the second place by more than three positions?" ”

Chu Qianqian nodded, "Tell me if I can play like this, what are the odds?" ”

The housekeeper nodded hurriedly, exited the open-air balcony, picked up the phone and made a call to go out.

Two minutes later, he came back and said, "SIR, because horse No. 4 is the favorite in itself, we can take this bet at odds of 1 to 2, that is, if you win a piece, we will lose 2 yuan with interest." ”

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help pouting, wanting to say that if it was to win 5 positions alone, but thinking about it, it was a bit too much, and it was really unreasonable.

Reaching into the inner pocket of his suit, he actually took out 10,000 yuan from his carry-on storage compartment and threw it to the butler, saying, "Horse No. 4 wins 3 positions." ”

The butler took it in a panic, glanced at Norton, and was immediately glared at by Norton.

That's why I honestly took the money and placed an order.

Only then did Norton ask Chu Qianqian, "Master, do you see anything?" ”

Chu tilted his head and glanced at Norton, and said with a smile, "If you have enough pocket money, buy some to play with." If you lose, I'll treat you to roast venison.

If we win, how about you treat me to a steak and do me a little favor by the way? ”

Norton thought for a moment and pulled out a couple of £20 bills from his pocket.

Counted, took out 100 pounds and handed it to his bodyguard to bet.

£100 equals 1,600 Hong Kong dollars, which is really pocket money for Norton.

Ten minutes later, the first race was about to start, and Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but be happy when he saw that the second and third places were predicted before the race on the 8 and 9 tracks.

At the beginning of the race, 14 horses rushed out of the starting point, and the chickadees fell from the sky and crossed above the 8, 9 and 10 tracks.

Suddenly it was half a beat slower than the other horses.

When the No. 4 horse crossed the finish line first, he was four positions ahead of the second horse.

The scene was full of cheers.

Although most people buy the odds of winning No. 4, only 1 to 1.3, and they don't make much, but running out of 4 positions is really exciting.

Norton jumped straight up with the audience.

Then seeing Chu Xiangqian's calm face, he couldn't help but admire him even more.

After Chu sent a check for 20,000 yuan to himself, Chu said to Norton, who also got the money, "I like antiques from the Celestial Empire, how about helping me buy a batch of antiques in England and Europe?" ”

After speaking, he put the check of 20,000 Hong Kong dollars in his hand in front of Norton.

This kind of thing is actually quite simple for Norton.

He took the check and promised, "Master, give me three days, and I promise to get a batch of Celestial Dynasty antiques to be airlifted to you." ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled and thanked him, but in his heart he thought that these treasures had been snatched away. A wave of anger came out instantly.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for me to calm down again, something had already happened, and while remembering the shame, there was no point in making myself angry.

It is better to take advantage of the fact that the antiques of the Celestial Empire are still at a low price in Europe and the United States, and they can't even be sold at a high price, so as to get more back.

Then I thought that at this time, there were many works of European and American painters, and the prices were also very low.

Keep buying it back, and in the future, I will have a private museum exhibition of European and American oil paintings in the Celestial Empire, and I feel relieved when I think about it.

The first choice is naturally Picasso's oil paintings.

(End of chapter)