Chapter 17 Shop
"Aunt Liu, how about it?" Chen Chong stood in the middle of the venue and said, "Is this store good?"
"It's pretty good, it's pretty good." Aunt Liu was very satisfied. She walked along the corner of the wall and estimated, saying, "This place is spacious and can place about 50 four-seater tables, which are much larger than the previous one. It's not far from the original store, all in the downtown Mongkok, with many tourists. If you open a store here, the business will definitely be good."
Li Kaiyuan pursed his lips, rolled his eyes, and asked Chen Chong in a low voice: "I came with my mother some time ago. They said there was a tenant and they wanted to build a dance hall. How did you rent it?"
"This building is all about Changjiang Industrial's property." Chen Chong smiled softly and said, "Li Ka-shing owes me a favor, so I snatched my love and rented it."
"Brave, when have you ever met Li Ka-shing?"
“Just last week.”
Li Ka-shing started from scratch and worked hard for decades to finally ascend to the land king of Hong Kong. His legendary experience is more admired by Hong Kong people and more mysterious than the traditional wealthy families represented by the four major families of Xu Luoli and He.
So Li Kaiyuan asked again with suspicion: "Have you really seen it?"
"It's true." Chen Chong nodded, stretched out his arm, and said cutely: "I stepped on the golf lawn together for two hours, and I was dizzy. Look, my arms are all black."
"Go, what's that bad about you? I'm really bad."
In order to make the joint venture factory, Li Kaiyuan stayed in Shenzhen. The wind and sun were exposed. After more than two months, he made it dark and thin. Now the construction facilities are basically completed, but the production machines ordered from the United States are still in transit, so he took a break from his busy schedule and ran back to Hong Kong to rest for a few days.
I haven't seen each other for more than a month, and Li Kaiyuan is back. Chen Chong is naturally unintentional to stay on the set to make a movie...
Chen Chong looked at her and felt very distressed, saying, "The factory in Shenzhen is almost done now. With Ah Chong watching, you can stay at home for a few more days to cultivate yourself."
"It's okay, I'm in good health." Li Kaiyuan was in great spirits and his eyes were clearer than before. She asked enthusiastically: "How did you meet Li Ka-shing? What does he look like? Is it the same in the newspaper?"
"A old man, what's there to ask about?" Chen Chong briefly explained the matter while feeling sore.
That day, Chen Chong was playing golf, but he was not in trouble and insisted on buying Hutchison Whampoa. After forcing Chen Bi and Li Ka-shing to share the acquisition plan, he immediately changed his face and was very proud. He agreed to not touch Hutchison Whampoa's shares again, and agreed to allow Li Ka-shing to complete control of Hutchison Whampoa as a minority shareholder.
Li Ka-shing acquired only 22.4% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares from HSBC, which can guarantee that he is the largest shareholder, but cannot ensure that he has full control over the company.
Hutchison Whampoa's total assets are nearly 5 billion. Li Ka-shing is the first Chinese to join the old British group. After the acquisition, it will inevitably cause a rebound from the management and shareholders from all walks of life. Shen Chong and Lee Kai-yuan's previous acquisition of more than 2 million shares may be used as a surprise weapon at critical moments.
Before saying goodbye to golf, Li Ka-shing clearly stated that he owed Chen Chong a favor and asked him if he had any needs in the future.
Chen Chong immediately said, my mother-in-law opened a hot pot restaurant in Mongkok. The business is doing well and she wants to expand the scale, but she has never found a good store. If there is a suitable property under Cheung Kong Industrial, she can rent it to me, and even if she returns this favor.
"You are so stupid!" After hearing this, Li Kaiyuan punched Chen Chong hard and complained: "For Li Ka-shing's favor, you just asked to rent a shop for my mother?"
Chen Chong smiled and didn't explain.
The hardest thing to pay back in the world is human debt.
Li Ka-shing sniped at Hutchison Whampoa last year. Jardine Whampoa, behind the scenes, fought back hard, but lacked funds and could not stand it. He was forced to seek help from HSBC. So HSBC Chairman Chen Bi personally mediated. Li Ka-shing gave him face, gave up his plan to acquire Hutchison Whampoa, and transferred the shares he had to Pao Yu-gang, who had a close relationship with HSBC.
So this time, HSBC sold Hutchison Whampoa to raise funds for the acquisition of an American bank, and on the other hand, to repay Li Ka-shing’s favor last year.
HSBC owes Li Ka-shing a favor and wants to pay back billions of assets. Li Ka-shing owes Chen Chong a favor. How much is it worth?
However, Shen Chong is not rare - Li Ka-shing is very awesome, but the time travel party is not a good person...
Besides, debts for favors are debts after all. If you really want to collect debts, it will hurt your feelings. Wouldn’t it be better if you can upgrade your debts into transactions?
So Chen Chong gave up this favor lightly.
"A Chong, how much does it cost to rent a place per foot?" Aunt Liu finished measuring, walked over and asked, "Will it be very expensive?"
"I know people, there are discounts, not expensive." Chen Chong didn't answer directly. He took out a bunch of keys, handed them over, and said, "I have rented them for five years. I have paid the money. This is the key. Aunt Liu, please take it. I have contacted the decoration company and will start decorating tomorrow."
"A Chong is you spending money again, how can this work?" Aunt Liu said, taking the key, "Let me go back and let Yuan Yuan give you the money."
"Mom, you know how to blackmail me. A Chong still lives in our house. The rent here is even the rent he paid." Li Kaiyuan walked up, held her arm, and said, "Do you know that A Chong lost a huge benefit in order to rent this shop."
"What's wrong with A Chong?"
Chen Chong coughed and shook his head gently.
Li Kaiyuan was stunned, and quickly turned around and said, "It's nothing. I heard Ah Chong say that renting this shop cost a lot of red envelopes."
"Now, you can't do it without giving red envelopes." Chen Chong said perfunctorily, "There is no decoration here, there is dust everywhere. Let's go home first."
"You guys go back first, I'll go to the store to check it out." Aunt Liu carefully put away the keys and said, "It's past four o'clock now, and there will be a lot of customers later. I'll go and help."
"Mom!" Li Kaiyuan refused to let go and said, "Aunt Zang is in the store, and there are so many friends. Why are you going to help? Go home with me."
"What do you know?" Aunt Liu struggled and said, "The shop's guys are hired and don't know anything. Ah He is too soft-hearted. Seeing that they are lazy, he dares not scold them. If I don't watch, who will clean up the trouble?"
During the marketing of "Crazy Job", Chen Chong made hundreds of coupons for Aunt Liu's modified hotpot. Unexpectedly, it became very popular. One of the newspapers also made a special recommendation, saying that he would watch "Crazy Job" in the theater first, and he was sweating all over. After coming out, he went to Liuji Hotpot Restaurant, and had a hot sweat and a double sauna of spirit and body, which was extremely comfortable...
Aunt Liu's hot pot has become famous since then. It has a lot of customers every day and is in short supply. After Chen Chong returned from the mainland, when he first went to the hot pot restaurant, he was shocked by the crowded crowd.
Aunt Liu's shop was originally rented by Chen Chong for Zang Jianhe to sell dumplings, but the area was not large. After the hot pot was sold, Li Kaiyuan helped her plate the shop next to her, opened up the walls, and synthesized them into a family. The dumpling hot pot was sold together. After a few months, the business became more and more prosperous and needed a larger venue.
"Aunt Liu, Sister Yuanyuan has been away for several months and will have to go back in a few days." Chen Chong saw their mother and daughter entangled and persuaded him: "Uncle Li also said that he would be halfway through the mountain for a while. Tonight, the whole family will gather together, so don't go to the store. Let's go home early."
"Okay." Aunt Liu looked at Li Kaiyuan after hearing this, and stopped breaking free. She said, "Then go to the vegetable market first, buy something and take it back, and make more dishes tonight."
...
After dinner, Aunt Liu insisted that Li Kaiyuan would help him and pack up his things alone.
Chen Chong made two cups of tea, walked up to the balcony, handed a cup to Li Tang, who was sitting on the lounge chair, and chatted: "Uncle Li, do you want to find an apprentice to pass on your skills?"
"No young people today are willing to learn this." Li Tang took the teacup, looked up at him, shook his head and said, "The furniture nowadays is made of alloy and plastic. They are all machine-processed. If you learn to learn carpenters, you will not find a living in the future and have no future."
It’s not that the whole family doesn’t come in. Li Tang, like Aunt Liu, is both a hard-working person. He is obviously rich, but he can’t rest and likes to do the work he was familiar with before.
Moreover, his thinking is very strange. On the one hand, he stays at the Great Wall Film Factory all the time, and on the other hand, he always treats himself as a carpenter, not a prop teacher.
"I'm not talking about carpenter work." Chen Chong sat on the chair with his back against his back and said, "I'm talking about the craftsmanship of making movie props."
"That's what, it's all a little thing." Li Tang waved his hand and said, "Besides, if you don't learn the carpenter's work well and have no foundation, just make props, and you can't do it well."
Chen Chong said oh, silently, he put his teacup on the coffee table and stared at Li Kaiyuan who was playing with Tianbao in the living room.
After a while, he came to his senses and said, "By the way, Uncle Li, do you think what I said a few days ago is feasible?"
"It's no problem to make a model that looks exactly the same." Li Tang said slowly with a teacup: "But it's a bit difficult to want it to explode, and it looks the same as it really is. I've never done it before."
"Yes." Chen Chong touched his chin and said, "Does the Great Wall have any explosives that can be used for special effects? If so, let's get a simple model to blow it up first."
"There must be some explosives." Li Tang said: "But use this requires Manager Fu's signature."
"I'll go talk to him about Uncle Fu's place." Chen Chong was about to explain in detail when he saw Tianbao running over with a toy doll.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what should you call this doll?"
"You can just call her whatever you want?" Chen Chong grabbed her hair and said, "Why do you want me to name me?"
"I have three dolls in total." Tianbao held the doll to present the treasure and said, "I just discussed it with my sister. One is Yuanyuan and the other is Jiajia. You ask you to name it."
Chen Chong glanced at Li Kaiyuan. She was standing by the mobile door with her hands on her chest, with an ambiguous smile on her face.
A small separation is better than a newlywed, and the spring is naturally bright that night.
After the passion, the two hugged each other and told each other about their experiences and thoughts during this period, and were in a happy mood.
"What does it mean when you smiled so ambiguously just now?"
"What does it mean?"
"You know..."
"have no idea."
"Hard-mouthed." Chen Chong stroked his soft body and said, "Are you warning or encouragement for giving the doll such an ambiguous name?"
Chapter completed!