On the other side, Long Chenghu's table.

The guy quickly brought a plate of dishes and put it on the table:

"The ninth dish, it's ready, please use it slowly."

Long Chenghu handed over a pair of chopsticks, stuffed them into Cordelia's hand, and greeted:

"Let's have a good meal today, let's eat it."

Lemon chicken, saliva chicken, white-cut chicken, steamed fish, stir-fried emperor

The nine-dish dish almost filled the table.

Although the color is thick, it makes people look very appetizing, but nine dishes, two people.

Cordelia looked at the dishes on the table, her throat tightening.

and the curious glances cast by the diners around her, which made her a little embarrassed for a while.

She subconsciously looked at Ang Lee's table and wanted to invite Ang Lee and the two to come over and eat together.

Unfortunately, Ang Lee's table had already begun to serve, and Cordelia had no choice but to give up.

Long Chenghu didn't notice Cordelity's embarrassed expression in the slightest, and fumbled in his pocket for a moment.

"Bang!"

Fists slammed on the table.

This sound caught the attention of almost everyone in the store.

Seeing Cordelia looking at him, Long Chenghu stretched out his fist in front of Cordelia and spread his five fingers.

A ring with a sapphire ring landed on the table in front of Cordley.

Cordelia was stunned: "This ring? ”

"For you."

With a happy smile on his face, Long Chenghu picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth.

Cordley's face turned red with shame at a speed visible to the naked eye, and while her heart was happy, her eyes looked around evasively.

When I saw the curious glances of the diners around me, I seemed even more embarrassed.

But in the end, the joy still overcame the shyness.

Cordelia leaned her head forward and whispered:

"You're not kidding, are you?"

"No, I'm serious."

Long Chenghu nodded seriously.

"This, don't you think there's something wrong with such a big thing as giving a ring?"

Cordelia hesitated, but plucked up the courage to ask.

Then he looked at Long Chenghu with expectant eyes.

Although she felt embarrassed to give a ring in front of everyone at the food stall, as long as Long Chenghu said the words of the marriage proposal, she would definitely agree.

"This"

Long Chenghu scratched his head, a little unintelligible about Cordelia's words.

Cordelia, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but feel anxious for him when she looked at Long Chenghu's wooden appearance.

The two stared wide-eyed.

After a while, suddenly Long Chenghu's eyes lit up:

"Oh, I see."

Cordelia finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on her face.

Biting his lower lip, he was expecting Long Chenghu to open his mouth to propose, but he didn't expect Long Chenghu to raise his hand and beckoned the guy over.

"Man, another dish, thanks."

After speaking, he looked at Cordelia and said with a smile:

"I'm missing, ten dishes, perfect, it's a good luck, eat more."

And Li An, who was paying attention to Long Chenghu's table out of the corner of his eye, choked when he heard this, and almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

He didn't expect to have a meal with Hua Man, and he would happen to meet Long Chenghu and propose to Cordelia.

The girl is thin-skinned, and she was originally in a food stall, but she was a little embarrassed in front of everyone.

And Cordelity has studied again, so she naturally hopes that Long Chenghu will say something romantic.

However, Long Chenghu is too simple, and it is really difficult to order a large table of dishes for Cordelia to eat more.

"Don't look at it, let's eat."

Li An retracted his gaze, whispered hello to Hua Man, and put a piece of fish meat into her bowl.

Cordelia's smile froze on her face, and she gritted her teeth and reminded:

"Don't you think you should say something about a ring proposal?"

"What else?"

Long Chenghu looked puzzled.

Then he suddenly said:

"The ring is very valuable, hurry up and take it."

Cordelia took a deep breath, her towering chest rising and falling.

Is it so difficult to say a word that shows your heart to propose?

She stretched out her hand and pointed at Long Chenghu, gritting her silver teeth to a creak.

"You're mad at me."

Long Chenghu was stunned: "Don't you want to?" ”

"There are so many dishes here, you eat alone, think slowly."

With a thud, Cordelia slapped the table, stood up, and turned to leave.

"Hey, you haven't eaten yet?"

"You eat slowly, think slowly, and come to me when you figure it out."

Cordley, whose face was flushed, rubbed her cheeks and ran away quickly, leaving Long Chenghu sitting at the table with blank eyes.

"Did I say something wrong?"

He muttered and put down his chopsticks.

"I have something to do, go first."

Turning his head to say hello to Li An, he got up and hurriedly chased after him.

Seeing Long Chenghu leave, Hua Man said with a smile:

"Cordelity has already reminded him obviously, Long Chenghu hasn't understood it yet, do you want to remind him."

Li An swallowed the food in his mouth and took over with a smile:

"The two have experienced so much, and outsiders can see that they are in love.

It's just that Cordelia is thin-skinned and has read foreign books, and proposing marriage is such a big event, Cordelity naturally hopes that Long Chenghu will be romantic and show his heart. ”

Hua Man said faintly: "Yes, women naturally like men to be romantic. ”

Ang Lee coughed.

"Hurry up and eat, or I'll go to Tsim Sha Tsui in the afternoon."

The next day, Ang Lee got up early.

After breakfast, he briefly moved his muscles, said hello to Hua Man, and then left the city with Long Chenghu.

By the time the two of them arrived at Sheung Wan on the ferry, it was already dark.

At this time, it was more than seven o'clock in the morning, and the morning sun was rising.

Under the golden sunlight, Li An couldn't help but squint his eyes.

The Triangle Pier is still a busy scene.

The shouts of the hawkers along the road rose and fell, and the pedestrians on the road were shoulder to shoulder, most of them dark-skinned, wearing open breasts, with sweat towels around their necks.

From time to time, you can see a cart full of goods, and a voice says, 'Dude, give way.' Alerted, squeezed through the crowd and headed for the docks.

Before the report at Pier 3, Li Ang stopped and looked at the report.

The sorted newspapers were neatly arranged on the wooden table in front of the stall.

Conspicuous headlines are revealed, and at the front are some of the day's times, followed by some tabloids and magazines similar to the Jade Maiden Sutra and Mohua.

The cigarette box is also placed prominently on the right-hand side.

There were whole boxes of soda on the ground, and boxes were stacked together.

From time to time, guests come up to buy a newspaper or a pack or two of rations.

"Your cigarettes."

The guy in the shirt took the money, tossed the coin into the money box, and looked at the next customer.

"Sir, buy something. Boss! ”

As soon as the man's words came out, he saw that it was Li An, and quickly changed his words.

Ang Lee smiled in return and stepped aside.

"Boss."

Inside the newspaper file, under the incandescent light, another guy who was sitting on a low stool to sort out the newspaper also stood up.

"You're busy."

Ang Lee waved his hand and took a newspaper in his hand.

"Where's Ah Xin?"

"Brother Xin will go to every newspaper every morning and evening to inspect it, and he should come over when he waits."

It was the guy who was entertaining the guests.

He observed the look on Ang Lee's face, and asked tentatively:

"Boss, do you want me to inform my new brother?"

"No, bring me a stool, I'll read the newspaper and wait for him."

Li Ang smiled casually and took the stool.

looked at Long Chenghu on the side:

"If you want to read any newspaper, take it yourself."

Long Chenghu shook his head.

Li An was not reluctant, and sat in the shade of the report.

As soon as I spread out the newspaper, I was attracted by the conspicuous headline on it.

"Inspector Lei Luo of Dustpan Bay, become Sir Chow's fast son-in-law, and ascend to the sky in one step?!"

"According to this newspaper, at the Peninsula Hotel on Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui at noon yesterday, Sir Chow announced at a banquet that his son-in-law was a Chinese inspector named Lei Luo in Dustpan Bay"

"It's really a step to the sky."

Ang Lee chuckled.

Sir Zhou is a quasi-mountaintop who is jokingly called a 'high-class Chinese', one of the richest businessmen, with dozens of companies, not to mention the Chinese-funded banks under his hands.

There is also a knighthood that is completely worthy of the rich family in the political and business circles.

The previous Lei Luo was excluded because he offended Yan Tong, the inspector of the big oil and water area, and he was in a difficult situation.

But the detective of an oil and water area, compared with Sir Zhou, is far from it, and it is not at the same level at all.

It is said that marrying a rich woman can save thirty years of struggle.

Now that Lei Luo is in love with Sir Zhou's daughter, it has been more than thirty years, and it can be said that he has taken a step to the sky.

Zhang Jiaxin rode a bicycle and just came to the newspaper file, and the guy stepped forward and whispered:

"New brother, the boss is here."

"Boss?"

Because Li Ang didn't come to the dock for nearly half a month, Zhang Jiaxin didn't react at first.

When he came back to his senses, he looked around with his eyes and asked:

"Brother An is here, what about the people?"

The guy pointed to the right side:

"Reading the newspaper on the back of the newspaper file."

"Oh."

Zhang Jiaxin nodded, held the handbag in his right hand, and turned to the right side of the report.

With his back to the gray waterproof canopy, Ang Lee sat on a stool reading the newspaper.

He was followed by a man with a silent face.

"Brother An."

Zhang Jiaxin shouted and walked over quickly.

Li An raised his head and looked at Zhang Jiaxin's face.

"Ah Xin, I haven't seen you for a while, and I'm in a lot of energy."

Compared with the past, the young man who looks young and is a little shy.

Now Zhang Jiaxin, standing upright and neat clothes, can obviously see that his face is a lot more confident.

Coupled with his young age, he also looks a little more neat.

"No, it's pretty much the same as before"

Zhang Jiaxin scratched his head a little embarrassed.

Li An closed the newspaper and asked in a gentle tone:

"Ah Xin, how is the development of the newspaper during my absence?"

As the first person to follow Ang Li to run the report, although Zhang Jiaxin is young, he has eyebrows and is also smart.

So before going to the walled city, Ang Lee handed over the matter of reporting to Zhang Jiaxin.

With abundant funds and the care of He Yi, Li Ang also hopes that after this period of exercise, Zhang Jiaxin can take charge of the newspaper alone.

Rather than just doing what he tells him to do.

Now coming to the dock, Li An is going to learn about the situation first.

Zhang Jiaxin glanced at Li An and considered how to reply.

He understands Ang Lee's expectations of him, so he is not willing to live up to this trust.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Jiaxin slowly spoke:

"During this period, the business situation of the nine newspaper stalls at the wharf, north-south and Linsey Street was similar to that of half a month ago.

The daily turnover of the three newspaper files at the wharf can be about 35 to 400, excluding the payment, each newspaper has a gross profit of about 100 yuan.

The north-south bound newspaper has a large flow of people, and the sales of soft drinks and cigarettes are higher, and the average turnover of each newspaper file can be about 400 to 500, and the gross profit of about 13.

The three newspaper stalls on Linsey Street are about the same as those on the wharf, and the gross profit of the nine newspaper stalls is about 1,100 yuan per day. ”

Li An nodded, looked at Zhang Jiaxin, and asked with a smile:

"I told you before, half a month has passed, you won't just hand over the nine newspapers to me, right?"

"No, where will I forget what Brother An explained."

Zhang Jiaxin shook his head again and again.

After a pause, he said with some hesitation:

"In the past half month, I have opened five newspapers in Wing Lee Street, Staircase Street, and Shing Hong Street in Sheung Wan, but the business is slightly worse than the original one."

Ang Lee's face did not change much, and his tone remained the same:

"Tell me."

Zhang Jiaxin observed the look on Li An's face, and his face was worried:

"In addition to the two newspaper stalls on Chenghuang Street, which can have sales of about 300 yuan a day, the three newspaper stalls on Wing Lee Street and Staircase Street are only in their early 200s."

"It's okay, more than 300 yuan, more than 80 gross profit per day, 2,400 yuan a month.

There are also fifty or sixty yuan for 200 yuan, deducting artificial water and electricity, which is also a bit profitable.

And don't lose money, what are you worried about? ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

Zhang Jiaxin finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li An was not angry.

Although the five stalls I have found have made a profit, there is so much difference between the turnover of the dock and the dock newspaper, and the newspapers of Yongli Street and Staircase Street are only half of the north-south bound.

The gap is so big, he is also worried that Li Ang will blame.

"Excluding the expenses for the opening of five stalls, in the past half month, these newspapers have earned 36,000 yuan, and I have deposited it in the savings bank in Sheung Wan, which is a passbook."

As he spoke, he opened his handbag and pulled out a red passbook from inside.

Ang Lee waved his hand.

"You take it first, it will cost money to continue to expand. There is no shortage of money, so speed up the progress. ”

"Got it, Brother An."

Zhang Jiaxin nodded and withdrew the passbook.

"Let's go."

Li An also took a stool and walked to the newspaper file.

The three of them came to the newspaper file, and Ang Lee handed the stool to the guy inside.

"Ah Xin, you first sort out the account book of the report, and then I'll go to the dock to take a look."

The situation of the report was basically understood, and after informing Zhang Jiaxin, he took Long Chenghu and walked to the dock.

"Brother An, wait a minute."

As if Zhang Jiaxin thought of something, he hurriedly called out to Li An.

Ang Lee stopped and turned around.

"What else?"

Zhang Jiaxin rummaged through the newspapers in the newspaper file for a while, took a newspaper and hurriedly ran over.

"Brother An, the Yuanfang Daily that you asked me to pay attention to began to publish information about word flowers ten days ago."

Li An suddenly became interested and took the newspaper.

He didn't forget the conditions on which the Ma brothers let them go when they came to the dock.

The Ma brothers, one article and one martial arts.

The younger brother Ma Shihao is impulsive and irritable.

Brother Ma Shaolin is white and fat, looking loyal and honest, but he is wise and foolish.

Taking advantage of the financial crisis of Yuanfang Daily, Ma Shaolin generously donated money and did not talk about interest, so as to become the owner of Yuanfang Daily and become the largest shareholder of Yuanfang Daily.

Later, Yuanfang Daily became the largest selling newspaper in Hong Kong, and Ma Shaolin, as a shareholder, was elected as the chairman of the newspaper trade union, which became a stepping stone for him to enter the upper class.

He also befriended parliamentarians and used the power of officials to sweep away his opponents.

In one fell swoop, he became one of the four major families, and at his peak, he was known as the underground commander.

Not to mention, after the establishment of the ICAC, the assets were transferred and the rapid retreat was made.

In the case of being wanted, he fished out his younger brother Ma Shihao, and the two brothers died of their lives.

Now this condition is useful.

That's the stake in the Far Away Daily.

(End of chapter)