Chapter 594: Keeping an Appointment

Hearing what Wang Yan said, Ma Du nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Your experience is too legendary. They all admire you very much. Listen to me, you have unique insights into literature and are also my guide on the road to literature." , I know that I know you, so I want to meet you, listen to your advice, and inspire your words. "

"You, after so many years, your problem has not changed at all. You always praise me when you talk. If it weren't for my good concentration, I would have asked you to praise me to the sky." Wang Yan smiled and nodded at him with the hand holding the cigarette. He took a sip of tea and said, "Then let's meet. I have to show you some respect, right? Just look at the arrangements. Just call me directly when the time comes."

Ma Du chuckled: "Thank you, Prince, for the favor. Let's schedule it next Sunday to catch up with you when you are resting without delaying work. Wherever we go, I will look back to see if there are any good restaurants. There are many restaurants open now. There are all kinds of cuisines from the eight major cuisines in the north and south of the country. Find a delicious one. "

The broken man sighed and interjected: "Speaking of restaurants, Chunming, you have opened three restaurants for tea, drinks, and gatherings with friends. The admiral's wish will be fulfilled soon. When will we open it again when we return to the building? Ah? You’re not short of money now, are you?”

Han Chunming nodded: "This is not the time when I planned to open a restaurant before. The prince told me that the first three will be affordable restaurants, and the next high-end boutique restaurant will highlight the exquisite dishes, exquisite taste, and fine service, specializing in serving rich people. With this business, one meal can earn me the salary that ordinary people have worked hard for for several months. I think there is a way to do this. I am looking for a good place with high prices and good service, so I must have it. It's a great place. I'm thinking of buying a big house with an antique and unique flavor. That would be nice, right?

But it's really hard to find such a big house. I've been searching for a year and haven't found any big houses for sale. In addition, the master chef is also a problem. It is particularly difficult to find. I have to research carefully and wait. Master, you will definitely live a long life, and my disciple will definitely drive this place downstairs for you. From now on, we can go there and enjoy it. It will definitely be more comfortable than here. "

"What I can't see is the enjoyment of your high-end restaurant. If you ask me to set up a shed outside, get a plate of peanuts, blow in the cool breeze, and drink with people from morning to night, that would be comfortable. You want to open that restaurant, When I heard that, I was out of touch with the masses, and now is the time. If it were ten years ago, every one of us in this house would have to hang out with a sign on the street."

The old man laughed and scolded: "What are you talking about? Isn't this the right time? Now that you have money in your pocket, you can enjoy it. Popohou, if you ask me, you are just a piece of shit and can't get into the big banquet. Disciple, don't worry, It’s okay for you, Grand Admiral of the Nine Sects, to live another twenty years.”

Baolanhou laughed: "I just suffered the disadvantage of being born late. It was the Republic of China when I was born, and my family had already been defeated. The only thing that left me anything was because my father thought about me. Otherwise, I can still enjoy two good days, but I won’t be like dog meat.”

Everyone laughed for a while, and Wang Yan said: "Actually, there is no need to find a big house. You can find a building with elevated floors and work hard on decoration. If you are more powerful, you can even build a building and do some decoration on the roof. If that doesn't work, you can just find a place with good conditions in the suburbs and build a big yard yourself. If that doesn't work, you can buy several small yards connected to each other, knock down the walls, and just open the moon door. Is it over?"

"My lord, how can it be so easy? I don't have the strength to build a building. Building a yard is too far away and is not within our activity circle, so it would be boring. If you want to buy a house that is connected, you have to look for a single-family house. It's like our big courtyard. It's impossible to buy it. It's a lot of trouble. That means it always looks easy to you, oops..." Han Chunming reacted as he spoke and clapped his hands: "Look, it's dark under the lamp. "My lord, don't you always have a three-bedroom house to house your treasures? Why don't we discuss it?"

"It seems that you are thinking about me. That's because I owe you something, so you shouldn't talk nonsense." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Don't think twice about selling it to you. I'm still waiting for the appreciation in value and pass it to me in the future. What about the prodigal son? I will get all those things out for you in the next few days, and I will renovate the house again, using a lot of good materials, so don't let me cause trouble."

This house was the place where he had lived several times in the previous world. I happened to catch up with someone selling it again, so I simply bought it. The feeling of standing in the house at that time is indescribable to outsiders. But because of the scope of my life, I didn’t live there and used it to store the antiques.

Han Chunming smiled sheepishly and said: "Don't worry, your big house will be well protected. I really can't find a place. Doesn't this remind me that you are getting old? Do you need me to give you those things?" Are you looking for a place to hoard? I still have two vacant houses, but they are far away, which is not as convenient as yours."

"No, I'll go through the things in the courtyard later, and contact the Palace Museum to donate a batch first, so that I won't have to worry about it. It will be almost done by the end of this month, so be prepared."

"Sure, thank you in advance."

The old man said: "Don't mention it. Grandpa Jiumen Admiral hasn't finished reading those things, so he just donated them. Then where can I look at them in the future?"

"Hey, the Admiral is right. If you want to donate it, wait until we finish reading it. Let's discuss it? If you don't have room, I'll find a place for you." Shashahou also continued to dissuade him.

They all wanted to look at each item one by one. Judging from the performance in the drama, they were all real players. In fact, since 1981, after taking this group of people to look at the things he collected, they took the paintings and calligraphy that Wang Yan was interested in and exchanged them for some things they liked. At the same time, they would go to see them from time to time over the years. However, during their viewing process, new things were constantly collected, and they looked at them slowly, always holding them in their hands to observe them carefully. In this way, in the past four years, they didn’t see much at all. There were too many things.

Wang Yan smiled and waved his hands: "What's so difficult about this? We all like these things. We have been drinking for so many years, and our character is guaranteed. I will talk to the dean. I don't believe that I can't get you a pass after donating so many things? You can go in and see it directly, how great it would be.

There are more than one million things in that place. Except for some individual things that are difficult to handle, the rest can be seen at will. But if you accidentally break them, you will have to pay for them with the things yourself. In addition, if you are interested, you can be a part-time worker and help them sort out things when you have nothing to do. That's also a good thing."

Polan Hou nodded repeatedly: "Hey, this is a good idea. Admiral, what do you think?"

"If you say it's okay, it's okay. It's good to make use of your spare energy and help with things. I really didn't expect that there would be such a day for me, the Admiral of the Nine Gates. I have never done any work in my life. As a result, at this age, I still go out to work for nothing." Lao Guantou shook his head repeatedly while speaking, but his face was full of smiles. Obviously, this job is good and he likes it very much.

"Your Majesty, look at me..." Ma Du hurriedly followed up, afraid that he would forget himself.

"I'll get you one too, so you can go and have a look when you have time." Wang Yan said it generously, as if it was his own backyard. After all, he didn't ask for anything in return, and he donated tens of thousands of things, so he still got some treatment. And he also planned to mention the cultural and creative work of the Palace Museum to the director, so as to generate income for the Palace Museum and give more benefits to those staff members who can calm down and do their work.

Although it is not the Internet age now, the hype is the same. And this is also a great thing to promote traditional culture, which is considered work performance. Even if the income may not be very high, it will not lose money.

And all he needs to do is move his mouth, simply chat with people, and it's a good thing to do it casually, how good...

After talking and laughing for a while, Liu Jinyou, who had been listening for a long time and thinking for a long time, spoke: "Is opening a restaurant profitable?"

Taozi laughed and explained: "Uncle, you shouldn't ask this. The prince has spoken. Now is a good time. As long as you are not a fool and dare to do it, you can make money by doing anything yourself. For example, our current gathering of friends, after deducting various expenses, can make thousands or tens of thousands a month. This is the money that an ordinary family can earn for two or three years without eating or drinking. Do you think it is profitable?"

Liu Jinyou is in Hong Kong Island, where the catering industry is already very mature, so by comparison, although the profit is still not small, it is not so lucrative, so he asked this question.

In the past month, this old guy, in addition to playing with his children to feel the family affection, has been hanging out outside and going to government investment places to see what projects there are. The old man's ability is actually just average. After the divorce, he divided the family property. Now he has about two million in his hand. In Beijing, there are really limited things he can do. After all, it is different here. Even if there are many favorable policies, it is not something that he, who has only so much money in his entire fortune, can do. To get something for nothing, you need to have a certain size in advance. He is not qualified.

After thinking about it, Liu Jinyou asked: "Wang Yan, what do you think about me opening a restaurant?"

Wang Yan didn't expect that the old man could still get involved in the restaurant. After all, he has a nephew-in-law like him now. With more than two million Hong Kong dollars in cash, he can still do the restaurant business.

But it is normal to think from another angle. This old man may not be very good, but he is great for the old Su family. In the original drama, the villa worth tens of millions was bought by the old man for the old Su family. So considering the weak position of the old Su family in front of him, it is normal that the old man is afraid of opinions and dare not trouble him. After all, he has plenty of money and a high position now. The old guy has no children, so why should he consider his future?

Of course, it is good that the old guy is sensible, and he should be sensible. How can he really not help at all, otherwise he would not bring this old guy here. Apart from anything else, Su Meng pouted, that is a matter.

In the original drama, this old fat guy got together with Hou Su'e, the daughter of the ragtag Hou, because of the restaurant. Now that the old guy mentioned it again, he might as well go back. At present, the old guy is quite sensible, so he doesn't mind fulfilling it. It's also good to have a companion to fool around with.

He immediately nodded with a smile: "Of course you can, but I suggest that you buy the place where you open a restaurant if you can, and try not to rent it. The restaurant opened by Chunming and Taozi, all the places are theirs. I am also optimistic about the future situation. This is a long-term investment with great room for appreciation. But this will put some pressure on your funds. A small building with two or three floors will cost hundreds of thousands. I think it is better for you to work in partnership with others, and use the remaining money to do other business. Lord, didn't you say before that you can't live off your savings? Why don't you partner with my uncle?"

"Okay, I trust you if you say so. You can go by yourself later, and we will study it together." Polan Hou shook his head and sighed: "You slapped me in the face so quickly. Before, you said that I, Polan Hou, lived in a shabby house, ate sour rice, and drank bad wine. I always ate and drank with you guys. Hey, my mouth has become picky. It's not fun to drink with peanuts at home. As expected, the land of gentleness is the tomb of heroes..."

In fact, it's not just his mouth that's picky, but also Hou Su'e who always makes him make money every day. At this point, Hou Su'e's husband had died, not long after he died. Hou Su'e has begun to accept the new life, without any sadness, because her man has suffered many disasters, always suffering from illness and pain, and now it's all over, and they are all relieved...

"I have never seen a satisfied person in all these years. They all have a lot and want more." Liu Jinyou laughed and looked at the others: "Who of you is short of money for business? After the money for opening the restaurant, there is still more than one million. Money speaks, count me as a share."

He is not a fool. After all, he has already told Wang Yan the truth, and then Wang Yan brought him to this place where cultural people talk about the past and the present, instead of other dinners with this boss or that director. This shows that his strength is about the same as the people in this room, or even worse.

So he was more straightforward and showed his bottom line directly. Anyway, Wang Yan is such a powerful nephew-in-law here, he is not afraid of losing money at all, who dares to ask him to pay? Maybe even if the business really loses money, people will return his money to him in full. This feeling, tsk tsk…

Han Chunming spoke first: "How about you give me the money? I have to sell a batch of cars next month. Your money is in Hong Kong dollars, which can be directly converted into Dao Le. The return time is three to four months. I guarantee that you can earn half of it. It's just right. During this period of time, you can also study carefully and think about what to do in the future."

"You came from Qiongnan, right? I heard..." Halfway through, seeing Wang Yan nod, Liu Jinyou paused, and then nodded: "Do it, we will talk about it in detail later."

The matter was settled happily, and they talked and laughed for a while. Today's gathering ended perfectly. Liu Jinyou left with Hou Polan and Han Chunming to talk about the specific matters, and Wang Yan returned home.

Su's father and mother went out for a walk to see the scenery, and Su Meng went shopping with her friends. The little kid who was already nine years old and would be in the third grade when school started, because of the growth of his body and brain, his courage became even bigger. Now she no longer plays in the alleys near her home, but runs around the second ring road of Beijing with a group of friends.

So only Mrs. Su stays at home. She is old and doesn't want to move much. She lies on a recliner under a decades-old tree in the yard. Not far away, there is a standing electric fan, shaking its head to send coolness. The old lady is half asleep and half awake, swaying, and is about to die.

Wang Yan has seen Mrs. Su's body. She is not sick, but simply aging of her body functions. He also gave her some warm tonic medicine to regulate her body. But according to the current situation, she can only live for another seven or eight years at most. This is not as good as the old Guandu. In the original play, she still had cerebral thrombosis, but she survived until the new millennium. Being able to live is also a skill.

Without disturbing Old Lady Su, Wang Yan went to his big study, splashed ink and painted a picture of summer coolness. The picture was of an old man who was about to die lying under a tree. He did not face the haze of death, but was indifferent and free and easy in his past life...

After he finished painting a big painting, the people who went out returned home. Su Meng was fiddling with the clothes and shoes she bought. There were all the clothes for the family, just like buying goods. The clothes for the family were all bought by her over the years. She was taking them out one by one in the living room and showing them to everyone.

Just at this time, the kid who ran wildly outside returned home on time. He had experience. If he couldn't make it in time for dinner, his mother would nag him to death...

So, after a group of people cleaned up, they sat at the round table in the west wing to eat.

Su Meng was still mumbling about what she had bought. After talking for a while, she sighed and asked, "Uncle, didn't you go to the bureau they organized with Wang Yan? How was it? Did you negotiate any business?"

"Yes, I opened a restaurant with that broken Hou, and also invested in the car business with Han Chunming. Except for some money left for decoration and emergency use, I spent all the money I had."

"Okay, my Beetle was bought by Han Chunming and his team."

Liu Jinyou asked, "Aren't they all smuggled in? Is it really okay?"

No need for Wang Yan Su Meng explained, "Uncle, don't you think about it? Can you do big business without connections? Not to mention cars, from what I heard, there are still many people dealing with permits, and one permit costs tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, which is just a drop in the bucket. Don't worry, they will definitely be able to complete the formalities, otherwise how would I get the car? And I've inquired recently, Han Chunming and his people are all small-scale businesses. After all, a car costs a lot of money, and there are much bigger ones than them. If they are unlucky, they will be the last to be unlucky, because there is a taller person in front of them. Besides, don't we have Wang Yan?"

"No." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "This is a gray business after all. It means that domestic cars cannot make good cars now, and the import volume of foreign cars is not that large, and whether we build it ourselves or Those imported from abroad are very expensive. Rich people are not fools. They will definitely pick up the bargains and make no big difference. But if the business develops step by step in the future, you will not be able to do it this time. , just make some money. If you are really unlucky, you will not be affected. I will make up for the money you lose. During this time, you can just finish the restaurant and look into other things. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.”

He's not short of money, so he can solve no problems with money. It saves worry and trouble, and he can also make the whole family happy, which is a good thing.

"There's no need. Even if I lose money, that's because I'm unlucky and I'm not destined to get rich. I can live a good life just staying in the restaurant, and I won't have to worry about it in the future. If I have nothing to do, I can just go out for a walk and lose weight. "

Su Meng said: "Hey, that's right. Uncle, it's not me who said you are too fat. Once this person gets fat, he will be sick everywhere. You really need to pay attention."

…

On Sunday, near noon, Wang Yan took a taxi to the door of a Sichuan restaurant. He came to attend the appointment to give Ma Du face. Speaking of which, this is the first time in the past ten years that Ma Du wants to lead someone to him, which shows the power of destiny.

Madu is still an editor, but at the same time, he is also a rich man with a net worth of several million. As for Wang Shuo, he is just a newcomer who has made his debut in the literary world. In this way, the two of them can still play together, and we can also think of Wang Shuo's charm. Of course, all this is still based on the fact that Madu is relatively free and easy-going, loves to play, and does not hold back.

Maybe it was because of the influence of Wang Yan. After all, by now, Ma Du already knew the history of his family. He also knew that when they met in the alley in Shichahai, Wang Yan was already A man with a net worth of hundreds of thousands. There is still three years difference between them, and that's it, they are still playing with the horses.

In addition, of course, there are also reasons why he is low-key and approachable. People like to imitate the strong. Ma Du was still a bit shy in his early years. After all, facing the improvement of his status and the accumulation of wealth, it is difficult to maintain a normal mind. Even if Ma Du No matter how mature they are, they are still young people after all.

Playing with him for many years, as Ma Du said, I learned a lot in a low-key manner...

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