Chapter 1297: Capture, return to the Yellow River Road
"Mr. Zhou!"
"Betty, long time no see. You haven't changed at all. You are still so beautiful."
Seeing Betty again, Zhou Chen praised with a smile on his face.
Being praised for her beauty, especially by a young and outstanding man like Zhou Chen, Betty was naturally happy.
"Mr. Zhou came to Hong Kong this time for work?"
Zhou Chen smiled slightly: "If I said I came to find you, would you believe it?"
Betty's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't control her expression. There were slight changes on her face, but she recovered quickly.
"Mr. Zhou is really good at joking. What would you like to eat?"
Zhou Chen randomly ordered a few dishes, and after the food was ready, he said to Betty: "Are you free tonight, and take me to visit the night market in Hong Kong?"
Betty hesitated for a moment and said, "If Mr. Zhou doesn't mind it, I will naturally be willing to help."
"You don't have to be so polite to me all the time. We are already friends, right? Just call me by my name."
"Well, I call you by your name when you're not working, but when you're working, I'll still call you that."
"good."
Zhou Chen understood what she meant. Personal friendships belong to personal friends, work belongs to work, and public and private matters should be kept separate.
After get off work, Betty put on a light yellow floral dress, and the bag she was carrying was the Cartier bag that Zhou Chen had given her before.
Zhou Chen smiled and praised: "You are in two different states when you are working and you are after get off work."
Betty smoothed the broken hair in front of her forehead and said softly: "You have to be more serious when you go to work, but you can be more casual when you get off work."
"makes sense."
"Where do you want to go tonight?"
"I heard from people that Mong Kok Night Market is good. Let's go there tonight."
Betty nodded and said, "Okay, but there will still be some chaos in Mong Kok occasionally, so it's best not to go shopping too late."
She has lived in Hong Kong for more than ten years, so she naturally understands the public security in Hong Kong. Although it is not very chaotic, when chaos occurs, it is common to kill people on the street, especially at night, when the streets are full of idlers.
person.
Zhou Chen naturally knew this situation, so he said: "Don't worry, you won't go shopping too late."
For several days in a row, after Betty got off work, Zhou Chen would invite her to go shopping together, so much so that rumors spread among the waiters at the Peninsula Hotel that Zhou Chen was pursuing Betty, and even Betty received some looks.
Betty naturally heard these rumors, but she didn't care. She was no longer an innocent girl in her teens or twenties. So many years of hard life had already tempered her tenacity and determination.
To survive in Hong Kong without relatives or friends, good endurance is very necessary.
On this day, the two of them visited Temple Street together. When they were about to go back, Zhou Chen suddenly asked Betty.
"Would you like to follow me back to the hotel later and sit in my room?"
Betty's expression changed slightly, and she looked directly into Zhou Chen's eyes. She was not angry because of Zhou Chen's straightforwardness, but just asked: "Do you want to pursue me, or do you want to keep me?"
"Are you asking so directly?"
"Aren't you just as direct?"
"Then do you think I want to pursue you, or do I want to keep you?"
"Nurture."
Betty gave the answer very simply, which surprised Zhou Chen.
"Why are you so sure?"
Betty's expression suddenly became very complicated, and she said in a faint tone: "Because I really can't think of any advantages in myself that are worthy of being pursued by a man like you, a divorced woman who is over thirty years old?"
"Don't say that, age is not necessarily a woman's shortcoming, and divorced women are not necessarily bad either."
"But compared with you, these are all flaws that cannot be covered up. You don't need to comfort me. I am still self-aware. Although I have not known you for a long time, I can be sure that you are the one I have come into contact with.
The finest and most charming man."
"You are different from those rich people. You will not look down on me just because I am a waiter. To be honest, I haven't had this feeling of being respected for a long time."
Zhou Chen remained silent, feeling Betty's distress. From the plot of the flowers, it can be seen that this is a woman who is unwilling to be ordinary. In order to live a better life, she decisively left her first love behind and went to Hong Kong.
It's a pity that her ability and luck are indeed much worse. It is not an exaggeration to say that her heart is as high as the sky and her life is as thin as paper.
She is a woman who is too realistic but loses to reality.
Betty suddenly showed a bitter smile: "It feels really good to be respected by others. To tell you the truth, I have lived in Hong Kong for more than ten years and have been to many places, but it has never been so easy to go shopping with you.
Pass."
"Isn't it good to be relaxed? As long as a person lives a relaxed life, he will be happy. Unfortunately, how many people in the world can truly relax?"
The two continued walking. After walking for a while, Betty suddenly stopped.
"Let's go."
Zhou Chen looked surprised and asked: "Go back to the hotel?"
"right."
Betty's tone was firm.
In the Peninsula Hotel's super deluxe sea view suite, the endless sounds echoed in the spacious bedroom. For Betty, this night was a night to release herself. She turned all her emotions into motivation and enjoyed herself to the fullest.
Stretch your body...
The first half was Betty's home court, but she had limited physical strength after all. In the second half, it naturally became Zhou Chen's home court.
It has been almost two years since Zhou Chen came to this world, and he has never indulged himself, but tonight, Betty's reaction made him energetic.
The next day, Betty had to call and ask for leave because it was really hard for her to even get up. As for work, she couldn't even think about it.
The exhaustion of her body reminded her of last night. She had never expected that Zhou Chen was so strong that she could not resist at all. Even after a night, her body still seemed to fall apart.
On the other hand, Zhou Chen, when the sun came in early in the morning, he could easily carry himself to the balcony to bask in the sun, and then... he was so energetic that she could not believe it.
Sweat soaked her hair, but she didn't care and hugged Zhou Chen tightly.
Zhou Chen gently pushed her hair behind her ears and asked softly: "Why did you decide last night?"
Betty panted slightly and pressed her forehead against Zhou Chen's face.
"Because I am just a tacky woman and I can't resist your charm. For a man like you who is mature and wealthy, gentle and understanding of emotions, and who also knows how to respect women, there may be some women who can resist it, but that doesn't include me."
"Thank you for your compliment, but there is nothing wrong with tacky women, because I am also a tacky man. I like beautiful and temperamental women, young and cute girls, and mature and charming women."
Betty touched Zhou Chen's cheek with her mouth and nose: "You are really honest and don't hide it at all."
"Honesty is the most valuable quality of a person. If you don't lie to me, I certainly won't lie to you."
"Then how do you want to support me?"
Betty put her hands around Zhou Chen's neck, propped up her body, and looked at Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen gently stroked her white cheek and said softly: "Don't say it so harshly, we can also have a cooperative relationship."
"cooperate?"
"Yes, you gave yourself to me, but you haven't mentioned any conditions until now."
"Because I know that even if I don't mention it, you will repay me. I still have some perspective."
Zhou Chen immediately laughed: "You are right, I have always felt that pie will not fall in the sky. If you want to get something, you have to pay something. If you follow me, I will naturally not treat you badly. Waiter of Peninsula Hotel
How about I stop working?"
"good."
Betty agreed without any hesitation. She didn't ask any questions and still stared at Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen continued: "The cooperative relationship I just mentioned is not a lie to you. I asked you to resign from your job here and can provide you with another job. I just don't know what you will choose, whether you want to continue working or...
…”
"I don't have to choose. I don't want to be a canary trapped in a cage, so I still want to work."
Although she has accepted in her heart that she will follow Zhou Chen in the future, she does not want to become the kind of woman who does nothing.
"No problem, but there is no need to work part-time. You can choose a career by yourself, be your own boss, and I will invest in you."
Betty's expression changed slightly, she said that being her own boss was something she had always wanted to do before, but she had failed before, and now she had another opportunity in front of her.
"There's one thing I want to tell you. In fact, my name is not Betty. It's just my English name. My original name is Xuezhi."
"To me, Xuezhi and Beidi are both you. There is no difference. Let's talk about what you want to do. I can provide you with up to five million Hong Kong dollars in funds."
Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't take it seriously, Xuezhi was relieved. But when she heard that Zhou Chen was willing to provide her with five million in funds, she was immediately stunned, with a look of astonishment on her face.
"five million?"
"Yes, it's five million, so think about what to do."
Betty's mind was very confused, because the impact was really too big. She originally thought that it would be good if Zhou Chen could provide her with one hundred and two hundred thousand yuan to open a store, but Zhou Chen's sentence of "five million" immediately confused her.
Circled.
Zhou Chen ran his fingers across her snow-white skin and said softly: "It's okay, don't be in a hurry, you can think about it slowly."
Betty showed a sweet smile and looked at Zhou Chen with watery eyes.
"Can a woman like me really be worth five million?"
"It depends on whose eyes it is. Anyway, in my eyes, I can give up five million at will, but you, now I can't bear to give up. Five million has no comparison with you."
Betty saw the sincerity in Zhou Chen's eyes, which made her heart throb. Someone would actually think that she was more important than five million, and that she was such an outstanding man as Zhou Chen.
At this moment, a fire seemed to explode in her heart. Regardless of her tired body, she hugged Zhou Chen's head tightly and kissed him hard, all the way down.
After a while, Zhou Chen suddenly took a breath of cold air...
After a long time, Xuezhi lay next to Zhou Chen, her face slightly red and satisfied.
"I have opened a company before, making clothing, but it didn't run well and it went bankrupt soon."
She got married in Hong Kong more than ten years ago, and later got divorced. After receiving some property, she thought about starting her own company.
Unfortunately, the company was opened, but the good times did not last long and it soon went bankrupt. In the end, in order to survive, she had to work as a waitress at the Peninsula Hotel.
"That was before, but it's different now. You have me, and I can help you. Even if you don't do it well this time and lose your money, you can try again in the future."
"Thanks."
Xuezhi didn't know what to say, so she could only try her best to please Zhou Chen and show her gratitude.
Xuezhi's resignation went smoothly. In the next few days, she went out with Zhou Chen during the day and stayed in a hotel with Zhou Chen at night.
That night, after everything was done, Xuezhi expressed her thoughts.
"In the past few years, I have been working as a waiter at the Peninsula Hotel and have been studying. So if I want to have a career, I want to do catering."
"Dining? What kind of hotel, Chinese restaurant, Western restaurant, or coffee shop?"
Xuezhi hesitated and said: "I just have this idea and tendency, but I haven't fully considered the specific one yet. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Zhou Chen said: "If you want to open a big hotel, a small one is not necessary. A large one with five million cannot be opened. For Chinese and Western restaurants, you need to find a suitable chef, have a good decoration, a good environment, and good service; tea restaurants and
As for a coffee shop, it is relatively simple and easy to open, but it requires a good location, but it is not that easy to make money."
"So my suggestion is, if you want to open a restaurant, it's best to have something unique."
"feature?"
"Yes, in Shanghai dialect, it's a gimmick."
"But what gimmick should I look for?"
Zhou Chen already had an idea in his mind, but he was not sure whether it would come true.
"Do you know the cultural differences between Hong Kong and the Mainland?"
"That's a lot. After all, this place has been praised by British culture for a long time, and it is still very different from the mainland."
"Yes, in addition to these, Hong Kong has also inherited the Feng Shui metaphysics that is rarely seen in the mainland of our country. If you have lived in Hong Kong for more than ten years, you should know that the people here believe in Feng Shui."
"That's true, but does it have anything to do with the restaurant?"
Zhou Chen said: "Since people here believe in Feng Shui, we will find a way to integrate Feng Shui into the restaurant and open a restaurant with the metaphysical characteristics of Feng Shui."
Xuezhi didn't understand Zhou Chen's unfashionable ideas: "What is a restaurant with Feng Shui metaphysical characteristics? I know nothing about these and there is no way to integrate into it."
"You don't understand, I understand."
Zhou Chen is very confident. He has traveled through the ancient world many times. When he was in the Langya Bang world, he learned a lot of miscellaneous knowledge from his master, Lao Pavilion Master Lin, including Feng Shui metaphysics. Although he was very proficient, he was not
In this urban world, it's okay to be a half-baked master.
He is a master architect himself. He is very confident in integrating Feng Shui into the restaurant and using Yin Yang, Five Elements, Heaven and Earth Bagua, and Feng Shui metaphysics to decorate a restaurant.
"Give it a try, it doesn't matter even if all five million is wasted."
Zhou Chen is very interested. There are really not many things that can make him interested in this kind of thing now. Feng Shui restaurant might really be able to establish a foothold in Hong Kong.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't get a foothold, it's just five million, if you lose, you lose.
"Tomorrow we will go find the store."
Seeing Zhou Chen's excited look, Xuezhi smiled. Since Zhou Chen didn't care about five million anymore, what else could she say? Moreover, she was also looking forward to what the Feng Shui restaurant Zhou Chen mentioned would be like.
"Just when we were looking for a storefront, we also needed to find a place to stay. After all, a hotel is just a hotel, not a home."
"Home?"
"Yes, it belongs to our home."
A simple sentence made Xuezhi's eyes become moist. It belongs to our home. She has not had her own home for a long time.
In the next few days, Zhou Chen took Xuezhi to search for suitable storefronts and housing near Hong Kong Island, and finally found a two-story shop with more than 280 square meters below and a slightly smaller top.
Zhou Chen has negotiated a rent agreement with the landlord, starting from three years. The rent will be paid once a year, and the rent will be deposited for three months. The rent will not be increased within three years.
Although the price is not low, the location is good and the area is sufficient. He also looked around and found that it was more in line with his design direction.
After agreeing on the facade, Zhou Chen began to retreat and draw design drawings, while Xuezhi went to find a house to live in.
It took three days for Zhou Chen to draw the design drawings of the upper and lower floors, all of which were designed in the direction of Feng Shui metaphysics.
From the large-scale two-story style layout to the small details of what can and cannot be placed in each location, he has carefully carved out it. Even where the cashier should be placed, he has arranged it well, and every table has
They are all exquisite, and each private room contains instructions on the Five Elements Feng Shui.
Some locations are suitable for marriage, some are suitable for business, etc...
After finishing all this, Xuezhi asked Xuezhi to find a decoration company. Zhou Chen found several but was not satisfied. Finally, he found a decoration company with a relatively large brand at a relatively high price and contracted the decoration to them.
Xuezhi also rented a house, a three-bedroom apartment not far from the restaurant.
Zhou Chen stayed in Hong Kong for a few more days and told Xuezhi a lot of things, especially the decoration of the restaurant. Then he was ready to return to Shanghai, because it was only a few months before the plot started.
Before leaving, it was natural to have some comfort with Xuezhi.
This time when he returned to Shanghai, Zhou Chen returned to his newly bought home, a three-story garden house on Fuxing Road. In order to buy it as soon as possible, he paid a little more money and had it renovated.
one time.
He stayed in Hong Kong for almost two months and just moved in after returning.
When he came back, he saw the newly renovated house. Zhou Chen was quite satisfied. About 90% of the decorations were in accordance with his design and it looked more modern.
RV, RV, now that you have bought a house, you need a car for transportation.
Before going to Hong Kong, he found someone to order an imported Crown, and he went directly to pick up the new car the next day.
Among his previous cars was this Crown. The 1992 Crown was considered a luxury car in China today.
October 26th, sunny, around 5pm.
In front of the floor-length full-length mirror, Zhou Chen adjusted his black casual suit, took a look in the mirror, and after feeling satisfied, turned around and left the room.
"Sister Meizi, I won't be back tonight, so you don't have to cook for me."
"I heard you, sir."
After moving to Fuxing Road, it was naturally impossible for Zhou Chen to live alone in such a big old bungalow.
Originally, he wanted Huang Degui and Huang Youcheng to move here, but Huang Youcheng was already in his third year of high school and they all lived on campus and had no time to come. Huang Degui thought it was far away and was unwilling to come here. Zhou Chen had no choice but to go with him.
He did.
So he recruited a couple to come over. The man was his driver, and the woman was the nanny, who was responsible for cleaning and lived in the bedroom on the first floor.
As soon as Zhou Chen came downstairs and came to the car, the driver Wang Yuan was already standing there.
"Sir, where are you going?"
"Yellow River Road."
After Zhou Chen got in the car, he told the destination of his trip.
Wang Yuan stopped talking nonsense and started the car directly.
Fuxing Road is not far from Huanghe Road. Wang Yuan drove not fast, but he was very steady and soon arrived at Huanghe Road.
"Stop at the cigarette paper shop over there."
"Okay, sir."
In the cigarette paper shop, Jingxiu was chatting with the hotel waiter who came out to help customers buy cigarettes. Suddenly he saw a Crown stopped in front of his shop. He was about to say that he couldn't park here when he saw the driver quickly walking to the back of the car.
When he opened the door, he saw someone who surprised him.
After Zhou Chen got off the car, he smoothed his clothes and walked to the cigarette paper shop.
"Long time no see, Jingxiu. I haven't seen you for more than a year, but you're still the same."
A bright smile suddenly appeared on Jingxiu's face: "I only bought cigarettes. How can it change? But you have changed so much. Ah Chen, no, you should call me Mr. Zhou now. It's amazing. Let's do it."
You've got a crown and a driver, so it seems like you've really made it."
Faced with Jing Xiu's teasing, Zhou Chen chuckled and said, "You are the messenger on the Yellow River Road. Don't you still know whether I have sent my hair or not?"
"Of course you have made it. Although you haven't been to Huanghe Road for more than a year, I know that you made it last year. Not only did you buy your uncle a Rolex worth more than 50,000 yuan, but you also opened a restaurant for him on Jinxian Road.
, now, even the Crown driver is equipped, so it must be free of charge."
Zhou Chen was not well-known on Huanghe Road before, but he was deeply impressed by Zhou Chen. Coupled with the fact that Huang Degui later opened a restaurant, he was sure that Zhou Chen must have become famous.
It's just that he didn't know how successful Zhou Chen was. When he met him today, he found that Zhou Chen had changed his skills. He had become a travel crown and a driver. Even his whole image and temperament had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Looking at the Zhou Chen in front of him who was wearing a fitted casual suit, he looked no worse than Mr. Bao on the Yellow River Road, and he also felt that the temperament exuded by Zhou Chen seemed to be more noble than Mr. Bao.
"It doesn't matter whether I pay or not. What's important is that I'm still me. Here are two packets of Huazi. There's no need to look for them." Zhou Chen handed over a banknote.
Jingxiu took the cigarette skillfully and asked strangely: "Didn't I hear you tell me to quit smoking last year?"
Zhou Chen replied: "I won't smoke anymore, but I can't live without it. If you have time, I'll treat you to a meal."
