Guo Zhenhua and Yang Luming were stunned. They didn't expect Chu Xiangqian to ask this matter so directly.
Guo Zhenhua shook his head, "I haven't thought about it yet, but if nothing else happens, I should open a restaurant."
Speaking of this, Guo Zhenhua's eyes showed a trace of confidence, "You don't know, I am actually a cook. I followed the master on the stove and practiced martial arts when I was a teenager."
Chu Xiangqian laughed, as if Uncle Long had a very unhappy time in the film industry during his first few years of debut.
Once disappointed, he went to Australia to work as a cook for half a year.
If a big boss hadn't brought him back, Uncle Long might have really become a great chef.
It is also because of this experience that Uncle Long's attitude towards filming is so dedicated and hard-working.
Chu Xiangqian saw that Guo Zhenhua was already grateful to him because of what Baifanyu said.
Just say directly, "I do have a serious job here. Not only does the salary be good, but it is also very suitable for you. Do you want to follow me for a year and a half to see first?"
Guo Zhenhua thought for a while and secretly said that he would get more than 500,000 yuan by selling the Lichi Ballroom.
But the money has been agreed upon, and half will be given to the subordinates and bosses.
I have more than 200,000 yuan in spare money, so I don't have to worry about my life. However, when I was only in my twenties, I became a mediocre person. Thinking about it, I felt that if that were the case, I would be useless.
"Is this really a serious job?"
Chu Qianqian laughed and said, "If you want to sign a contract, find a lawyer to look at the contract and you will know if it is serious business."
Guo Zhenhua and Yang Luming, as well as Mrs. Gao and Uncle Biao who were close by, also felt relieved.
Even the bride-to-be, who had been hugging Mr. Fu before, came over and hugged Guo Zhenhua's arm and said, "Cousin, I study law and have to intern at a law firm.
Looking at the contract, I still have no problem. "
When Guo Zhenhua heard that his niece Gao Xinxin was a lawyer, he was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, okay, my cousin will always ask you for advice on legal matters from now on."
Gao Xinxin was secretly happy, and nodded with a smile, "It's agreed, if you have anything, just send me a telegram. Or Ajie and I can come to Hong Kong to help you with ideas, and stay with mom for a while, and then go back to Nanyang."
As soon as these words came out, expressions of embarrassment and uneasiness appeared on the faces of Guo Zhenhua, Yang Luming, and Mrs. Gao.
I was thinking about the daughter who got married, but the water was thrown away. Moreover, the man has lived in Nanyang for a long time and his business is also there.
Basically we will never see each other again.
But after this incident, doesn't it mean that in the future Gao Xinxin, her husband, and their children will come back to visit relatives every few years, or even every year?
Guo Zhenhua is not the boss now, nor does he have a stable source of income.
Mrs. Gao is simply a poor woman from the bottom who sells flowers.
It would be unreasonable for my daughter and son-in-law to stay in a hotel when they come to visit relatives from now on.
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian's eyes lit up. After noticing the expressions of Guo Zhenhua and others, he couldn't help but smile and said to Fu Jie and Mr. Fu, "Two of you, are you interested in discussing a business deal? And this matter also involves Guo Zhenhua and others. Sir, we can sit down and chat first.
If you feel it's inappropriate, just treat it as small talk, how about that? "
Fu Jie was moved. During the past few days since he came to Hong Kong Island, he had a good impression of Guo Zhenhua, the last cousin who appeared in his wife's mother-in-law's family.
Besides, Chu Xiangqian is also a celebrity, and he took the initiative to express that he just wanted to talk first.
He looked back at his father, Fu Xiangsen.
Mr. Fu was actually a little unhappy when he heard it. After all, today was a banquet with his in-laws, so the timing was a bit wrong.
But looking at his son's expectant eyes, he secretly thought that he should also let his child see the world.
Otherwise, no matter how outstanding you are in school, you will inevitably have some unrealistic idealistic ideas in society.
"Then we'll sit down and drink tea later to discuss it in detail."
Chu Xiangqian smiled. If he wanted to get involved in the film industry, he would definitely get involved in the theater industry.
Cinemas are also an ideal project for hoarding real estate.
After seven or eight theater chains are built on Hong Kong Island, in the end we will still have to focus on the overseas box office.
If you want to follow Uncle Liu's example and build your own theater chain in Nanyang, you can, but it will only cost twice as much.
But if there is a famous family in Nanyang to cooperate, things will be much easier.
Just as he was talking, he heard the accountant shout loudly, "Chief Superintendent Charles and his wife have arrived."
The people from the Fu family and the Gao family hurriedly nodded to Chu Qianqian and turned to greet the ghost Charles.
Chu Qianqian simply didn't leave in a hurry, but stood in the hall and waited.
Sure enough, after Charles shook hands with his host and said hello, he soon saw Chu Qianqian, who was tall and tall.
Busily walking over with his wife, he even reached out his hand and said, "Chu, I didn't expect you to come to today's banquet."
After Chu Qianqian shook hands with the other party, he smiled and nodded to Charles's wife, and then said, "Mr. Guo and I are friends. He sent me an invitation, so of course I have to come."
Charles looked back at Guo Zhenhua in surprise, and Guo Zhenhua, Yang Luming, the Fu family and his son were also shocked by Charles' attitude.
Gui Lao has always been arrogant, especially Ying Guo Lao.
Seeing Guo Zhenhua stunned, Charles could not help but express some contempt in his heart. He turned to Chu Qianqian and smiled brightly again, "Sir Norton sent me a telegram at noon yesterday saying that he had arrived at Broadland Manor safely.
He also said that there has been progress in what he promised you.
If nothing else, there should be a plane flying from Hampton to Hong Kong Island today. "
When Chu Qianqian heard this, he felt relieved.
If Norton doesn't keep his word, I really can't do anything to him for the time being.
I can only think about when I will trouble him again in the future.
Of course, even if there is a loss, it is just the 20,000 Hong Kong dollars handed to him at the racecourse.
Chu looked forward to Chief Superintendent Charles and said, "If the plane lands, please let me know."
"No problem." Charles also wanted to know what kind of deal Norton and Chu Xiangqian were doing.
If possible, I might be able to get involved.
And Chu Xiangqian was eager to drag Charles into the water.
Don't think that British people are very patriotic. In the face of interests, patriotism is often the last choice for capitalists.
To put it bluntly, these days the British people have long been infiltrated by red polar bears. Moscow sometimes understands England better than Downing Street does.
After entering the banquet hall, Charles's wife winked at Chu Qianqian, then separated from Charles with a smile and went to chat with other ladies.
And the old guy Charles had been chatting with Chu Qianqian, but he secretly tried to trick him several times.
It's a pity that Chu Xiangqian is not a young boy. Not only did he say some specious things, but he also learned from Charles that there have been cargo thefts at the port recently.
Moreover, the chatting and laughing between Chu Xiangqian and Charles had long been noticed by more than a dozen Inspector Hua and some celebrities.
At around nine o'clock in the evening, several young English inspectors walked quickly to Charles and whispered a few words, and then saw Charles's expression change.
He said "Sorry" to Chu Qianqian and left the banquet hall with the others.
Chu Xiangqian's hearing was already excellent, so he naturally heard the conversation just now.
With a slight smile on his lips and his eyes on Titmouse, he saw Wallace's car deeply embedded in a big tree on the side of the road.
However, Wallace was a lucky guy. In such a serious car accident, he only had his head smashed and his left hand broken.
Sitting in the back of an ambulance, a doctor cleaned and bandaged him.
Fei Bo and several of his plainclothes men, covered in sweat, were lying next to the car inspecting the vehicle.
It seemed that Wallace had determined that someone had tampered with his car.
Chu Qianqian said regretfully and stopped caring about that.
Walking to Baifanyu, "Uncle, congratulations."
Baifanyu looked back, hurriedly took Chu Qianqian's arm, pointed at a few middle-aged and elderly people and said, "Everyone, who is Master Chu? I don't need to introduce him anymore, right?"
Everyone nodded. These people were not gang bosses, but real local celebrities.
Baifanyu was able to invite them because he had taken advantage of Lei Luo. Otherwise, even if he had begun to transform in recent years, he would not have been able to invite these people to such a banquet.
After chatting until past 10 o'clock, many guests had already left. Baifanyu then took Chu Xiangqian into a study room and formally signed the transfer contract for the Lichi Ballroom with Guo Zhenhua.
The specific contract has actually been read by a lawyer, but Guo Zhenhua probably thought that his niece studied law.
He hurriedly asked Uncle Hai to call Gao Xinxin in and see if there was any problem with the contract.
Chu Qianqian smoked his cigar in boredom for a while, before Gao Xinxin nodded, but still whispered in Guo Zhenhua's ear, "Cousin, there is no problem with the contract, but it seems that the business of the Lichi Ballroom is not bad.
Why are you in such a hurry to sell? "
Guo Zhenhua didn't know how to explain it to Gao Xinxin, so he could only smile awkwardly and said, "Business matters won't be clear for a while. You just need to know that my cousin didn't suffer a loss this time."
Gao Xinxin looked back at her future cousin Yang Luming, and felt relieved when she saw that she nodded to him.
Seeing this, Bai Fanyu couldn't help laughing, "Guo Sheng is so lucky to have a niece who cares about you so much and understands the law."
Guo Zhenhua showed an awkward smile again and quickly changed the subject, "Boss Bai, you can sign now. But I hope you can keep your promise and treat my brothers well."
Baifanyu patted his chest and said, "I, Baifanyu, have been living in Hong Kong for more than 20 years. Who doesn't know that I always do what I say?
Besides, today I specially invited Master Chu to come over as a witness, so you can rest assured. "
Guo Zhenhua and Yang Luming didn't understand the meaning of these words, but Uncle Hai looked at Chu Xiangqian thoughtfully.
Judging from this, this Master Chu should have other identities besides being a great martial artist.
Moreover, this identity can make Baifanyu and even the thunder tiger behind him worry.
Thinking of this, Uncle Hai couldn't help but have more thoughts in his mind.
After signing and paying, Lichi is yours.
"Achu, if nothing happens, how about having a drink with uncle?"
Chu waved his hand forward, pointed at Guo Zhenhua and said, "Uncle, Guo Sheng, I, and Mr. Fu also have a business to discuss."
Baifanyu was stunned and secretly thought that if Chu Xiangqian was so confident, could he easily convince Guo Zhenhua to join him?
"Do you want uncle to help?" Bai Fanyu said this, but actually he wanted to stay and hear what the business was.
Chu Xiangqian shook his head indifferently, still thinking about his investment in cinemas in Nanyang. The more people who bought shares, the better.
One is to save money, and the other is that I actually don’t have much thought on real estate in Nanyang.
But Baifanyu and even Lei Luo are different.
In their eyes, there is not much investment in Hong Kong Island. Since their family's money is piled up, they naturally want to find a project to invest in.
"Uncle, if you are interested, sit down and listen."
Bai Fanyu nodded hurriedly. He may not have confidence in Chu Xiangqian's vision, but he was very confident in his power.
Chu Xiangqian's previous actions, words, and performance all proved that he indeed had strong connections in the mainland.
If the drought in the mainland is alleviated, we can make a lot of money every year just from the grain business.
After all, at least 20 to 30% of the food for the three to four million people on Hong Kong Island is imported from the mainland.
If it could account for one-tenth of this imported food, it would also involve food rations for hundreds of thousands of people.
Even if everyone only earns 10 cents, it is more than 10,000 yuan a day, and 3 to 4 million yuan a year.
Moreover, as long as we maintain good relations with the mainland, this business can last for ten or twenty years.
Not long after, the Fu family father and son, Mrs. Gao and Uncle Biao also entered the study.
It looked like all the guests had left.
After serving tea and coffee and chatting for a while, Mr. Fu became less and less confident in his business when he saw that the white rice fish never left.
Chu Xiangqian suddenly felt that it didn't matter whether there was a Fu family or not.
It can be said that even the rich and aristocratic families in the traditional sense have to give Baifanyu and Lei Luo face in Hong Kong Island at this time.
And Hong Kong Island is a market that Chinese people throughout Southeast Asia want to enter.
Those Nanyang businessmen who have already invested in Hong Kong Island are naturally willing to cooperate with Baifanyu to open a movie theater for Lei Luo's sake.
"Mr. Fu, if I spend 1 million Hong Kong dollars to open movie theaters in several places where Chinese people gather in Nanyang, how many movie theaters can I open with this money?"
Fu Xiangsen and Fu Jie were startled. Their first thought was that Chu Qianqian was talking nonsense.
Even Baifanyu was surprised. At the end of 1957, Lei Luo took the position of detective for only 800,000 Hong Kong dollars.
At that time, this 800,000 yuan was already more than 10 times the normal price.
If you spend 800,000 yuan this year, you can at least buy a 2,000-square-meter mansion in Taipingshan.
Or in Causeway Bay, buy 20 buildings of 1,000 square feet, or 93 square meters.
And 20 units is almost a whole building.
Chu Qianqian smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I can raise this money within a month. If you are lucky, 5 million will be no problem."
And even if I am bragging, Mr. Fu is just talking and doing some preliminary research, which does not cost much money and energy. "
Fu Xiangsen couldn't help but change his attitude when he saw that Chu Xiangqian said so firmly and as if 5 million was just a small amount of money that could be easily obtained.
Baifanyu rolled his eyes and secretly thought that it was just like what Chu Qianqian said. Before he saw the money or collateral that was enough to reassure him, he asked to help. In fact, it was just a talk.
In this case, helping Chu forward at this time is equivalent to earning a favor as an adult.
"Qianqian, if you want to open a theater chain in Nanyang, come to me."
(End of chapter)
