Little Jiangxi in the living room was really restless. When he came to see Zhou Chen today, he was helpless.
Zhou Chen told her that the way to make a fortune was through stocks. Later, after she learned about stocks herself, she realized that this was not something that she, a waiter, could do because she had no capital at all.
With your monthly salary, it’s hard just to support yourself. How can you have enough money to invest in stocks?
So for more than a year, she still stayed at Jin Meilin as a waitress.
A few days ago, she was ordered by Lu Meilin to go to Zhizhenyuan to cut the wires. The reason why she did this was because Lu Meilin promised her that as long as she did so, she would be promoted to the position of foreman.
But after she came out, she found that Lu Meilin had a hint of regret, which made her anxious. Although she did not want to be a waiter for the rest of her life, she was not willing to give up this opportunity to improve herself.
After much thought, she felt that the only person who could help her was Zhou Chen, because Zhou Chen was the most powerful, capable, and wealthy person among all the people she knew.
So, she came to Zhou Chen's house and wanted to ask Zhou Chen for help.
When Zhou Chen heard Xiao Jiangxi's request, his expression was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that Xiao Jiangxi would actually ask for his help. I remember that in the plot, Xiao Jiangxi did become Jin Meili's foreman. Could it be because of Jin Meilin's business?
It's better than in the plot, so Lu Meilin's thoughts have also changed?
Or did some other accident happen that he didn't know about?
"Then you came to me, what do you want me to help you with?"
Xiao Jiangxi did not answer immediately, but changed his expression several times, and then said firmly: "I want to ask you to invest in me."
"invest?"
Zhou Chen understood what she meant and asked, "Why should I invest in you? What else do you have that is worthy of my investment?"
Although Xiao Jiangxi and his former self both worked at Jin Meilin, they didn't have much friendship after he traveled across time. He was an investor and could do good deeds, but that didn't mean that he would invest in anyone who asked him for help.
Yes, if you do this, you are not investing in charity, but you are a fool.
It’s true that he has money, and it’s true that he doesn’t care much about money, but that doesn’t mean that he will throw money away randomly, especially to people who have nothing to do with him.
Xiao Jiangxi said eagerly: "I have worked at Jinmeilin for several years. I know how to open a restaurant and be the boss lady. As long as Mr. Zhou invests in me and lets me open a restaurant and be the boss lady, I will definitely give it to you."
earn a lot of money."
For her, being a hotel proprietress is her biggest wish at the moment, and this is also the biggest reason why she came to Zhou Chen.
"Do you really think it's easy to be a restaurant proprietress? You have always been just a waiter. Do you know how to open a restaurant? Do you know how to purchase goods? Do you know how to maintain customers? Do you know how to find a chef...
…”
Zhou Chen asked several questions in succession. Xiao Jiangxi listened very seriously, but his face gradually became a little unsightly.
"Some I know and can do, and some I don't know very well, but I can learn. No one is born a boss lady. Even those boss ladies on the Yellow River Road, they all learned it from scratch. I think I
I’m no worse than them, if Lu Meilin and the others can do it, I can do it too.”
Zhou Chen said lightly: "Having confidence is a good thing, but why should I believe that you can do it? Just based on these few words of yours? If I invest in you and you end up losing money and you have no money, then I
Wouldn’t the money invested be wasted?”
Little Jiangxi also knew that he had nothing to tempt Zhou Chen, so he gritted his teeth.
"Mr. Zhou, as long as you are willing to help me, invest in me, and let me do anything, I will listen to you in everything."
"Can you do anything?"
"Yes, anything is fine."
Looking at little Jiangxi with a firm expression and resolute tone, Zhou Chen saw strong ambition and desire in her eyes. She was a woman who was unwilling to be ordinary.
"Just to be the boss's wife, are you willing to promise me anything?"
"right."
Xiao Jiangxi replied without hesitation that she didn't know if she would have a chance in the future, but she knew that Zhou Chen might be the only opportunity she could seize now.
Zhou Chen stared at her for a while and nodded.
"Okay, come up with me."
He took little Jiangxi to his study, took out a few wads of money from the drawer, and placed them in front of little Jiangxi.
"Here is one hundred thousand, which is enough for you to open a medium-sized restaurant. I will give you one year. As long as you can make your restaurant profitable within one year, I can give you a larger investment."
, at least I can let you open a big hotel on Huanghe Road no smaller than Jin Meilin."
When Xiao Jiangxi heard this, he immediately showed ecstasy: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou, thank you, Mr. Zhou."
"Don't worry, thank you. I have conditions."
"Mr. Zhou, please tell me."
"If you can't make the hotel profitable within one year, you have to work for me in the next ten years. You have to do whatever I ask you to do. If you can do it, this hundred thousand yuan will be
Take it away, and if you can't do that, you can leave now."
Not long after Zhou Chen finished speaking, Xiao Jiangxi picked up the one hundred thousand yuan without any hesitation.
"I promise."
"From scratch to profit is not as simple as you think, but since you agreed, you can take the money. Finally, I wish you success."
Amidst Zhou Chen's blessings, little Jiangxi left the Zhou family with one hundred thousand yuan in her arms. She was extremely excited at this time and felt that she had made the right bet.
Although one hundred thousand yuan is not a lot, it is enough to open a small restaurant. The most important thing is that Zhou Chen said that within a year, as long as the hotel can make a profit, he will invest in her to open a large hotel no less than Jin Meilin.
, this is what she desires most.
When leaving, the nanny Zhu Mei kindly gave little Jiangxi a bag to put money in.
As soon as Xiao Jiangxi left Zhou's house, he met an acquaintance at the door, the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan, Li Li.
She was full of joy at this time. Even when she saw Li Li, she just glanced at him and left without saying hello.
On the other hand, Li Li watched little Jiangxi leave happily with a puzzled expression, wondering why little Jiangxi came out of Zhou Chen's house.
As soon as Xiao Jiangxi was sent away, Zhou Chen picked up the book and read just two pages when Zhu Mei came again.
"Sir, there is a lady named Li Li outside who wants to see you."
"Bring her here."
What was interesting today was that Xiao Jiangxi and Li Li came to see him one after another.
Zhu Mei quickly brought Li Li to the study room, and then she left first.
Li Li walked into the study and saw Zhou Chen sitting behind the desk.
Zhou Chen pointed to the opposite side of the desk and said, "Miss Li, please sit down."
After Li Li sat down, he asked tentatively: "I just saw Jin Meilin's little Jiangxi. She looked very happy?"
Zhou Chen explained with a smile: "She came to me seeking investment and said she wanted to be a boss lady. I gave her a sum of money and made a bet with her. After getting the money, she naturally left happily.
."
"bet?"
"It's just a small bet. Humans have to find something interesting to do to pass the time."
Zhou Chen revealed the matter in two sentences, looked at Li Li and asked: "Did you come to me because of what I said to you that day?"
Li Li said: "Not entirely, but also to express my gratitude. If it weren't for your reminder, I wouldn't have discovered many problems in advance. Secondly, I want to ask you again, if Zhizhenyuan wants to continue on the Yellow River Road
Keep driving, is there anything else you should pay attention to?"
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"
"I have some speculation, but after all, I haven't been on Huanghe Road for a long time, so I still can't fully control the depth of it."
"I have said before that I really want Zhizhen Garden to keep opening, so you can just do what you want. I said I wanted to give you something. Since you are here, I will give it to you now.
Bar."
Zhou Chen opened the drawer and handed a folded IOU inside to Li Li.
Li Li took it curiously, and after looking at it for a few times, his expression suddenly became even more shocked.
"This is?"
"This is Lu Meilin's confidence. You can find out after you go back and inquire about it."
Li Li frowned slightly and asked: "We probably didn't know each other before, why do you want to help me?"
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Didn't I say that I am still very interested in beauties? Of course, this is only part of the reason. There is also the fact that Lu Meilin has used my name for a long time. Although it has caused no loss to me,
But I am not a clay figure, and I will have a temper if I am used like this."
His words caused Li Li's expression to change, but she quickly adjusted it.
"clear."
Putting away the IOU from Zhou Chen, she said, "I'll have the money sent to you."
"There is no need for the money. Just think of it as being deposited in Zhizhenyuan's account. I can use the money to pay for meals in the future."
Li Li said: "Even without this, Mr. Zhou only needs to go to Zhizhen Garden without spending a penny."
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "I don't like to regard politeness as blessing. It's natural to spend money on food, so you don't have to be so polite to me."
Li Li nodded silently and said, "Okay, just listen to Mr. Zhou."
After talking about the business, she looked around Zhou Chen's study, and suddenly her eyes fell on several paintings hanging nearby.
"Did you draw all of these?"
Zhou Chen followed her gaze and replied: "Only one painting was painted by me carefully, and the rest were painted casually."
Li Li stood up and walked over, looked between several paintings for a moment, pointed to the only figure painting among them, and said, "It should be this one, right?"
Zhou Chen nodded and said: "Yes, that's it."
Li Li stared at the painting for a long time and suddenly asked: "Is this based on a real person?"
Zhou Chen said: "The person in the portrait does not belong to this world, she only exists in my memory."
The person in this painting is none other than his wife from the previous world, Wang Ying. He painted her based on his own memory.
They have been together for more than 20 years, and he is extremely familiar with Wang Ying. The Wang Ying he drew with great care is absolutely lifelike and very real.
Li Li looked at the woman in the portrait and found it strange that Zhou Chen could paint a non-existent woman so well, even better than the painting Zhou Chen gave her.
"It's so beautiful."
"Yes, she is indeed beautiful."
Time can slowly erase people's memories, but Zhou Chen's mental power has long exceeded the limits of ordinary people, so his memory is also very good. He will never forget those people in his memory.
Near noon, Zhou Chen invited Li Li to stay and have lunch with him, but Li Li refused because he was busy at the hotel.
The power outage incident in Zhizhenyuan was just the first warning and threat given to Li Li by the landlady of Huanghe Road headed by Lu Meilin. However, it was obvious that Li Li was not easy to bully and had no intention of compromising, so Lu Meilin and others
The landlady is about to start the second step of the plan.
The first step was to cut off the power, and the second step was to run out of supplies. They went directly to Guling Road and used money or threats to stop everyone on Guling Road from providing seafood to Zhizhen Garden.
…………
Zhou Chen came to Guichengxuan for dinner today. As the popularity of the venture capital fair slowly waned, Guichengxuan's business was no longer as popular as it was at the beginning.
Even though it is not as good as before, because the foundation has been laid, and with Zhou Chen's relationship, Guichengxuan's business is still very good. At least a few private rooms are not empty, and the lobby is constantly filled with customers.
The restaurant with the best business on Jinxian Road is even better than most restaurants on Huanghe Road.
For Huang Degui, who doesn't have much ambition, he is already satisfied. He is full of energy every day and his life is getting better and better.
After lunch, Zhou Chen stayed in the hotel and chatted with his uncle for a long time. When he was about to leave, he met Tao Tao who was delivering goods.
"Mr. Zhou, I see you again, you smoke."
Tao Tao was very enthusiastic and immediately offered Zhou Chen some smoke, but Zhou Chen pushed him back.
"I've quit smoking. I won't smoke anymore."
"It's better not to smoke. It's better not to smoke. Cigarettes are not a good thing in the first place."
Tao Taocan smiled and put away the cigarette. If Zhou Chen didn't smoke, he would naturally not smoke in front of Zhou Chen.
After chatting with Zhou Chen for a few words, he suddenly said cautiously: "Mr. Zhou, did you know that the proprietresses on the Yellow River Road seem to have united and are preparing to attack Zhizhen Garden."
"Yeah?"
"Of course, they have already told all the aquatic products and seafood shops on Guling Road that they are not allowed to supply seafood to Zhizhen Garden for the next period of time. Even our family has been told. Mr. Zhou, what do you think?
In my opinion, these people have gone too far. So many people are bullying someone who comes to open a restaurant from out of town. It is really too bullying."
Tao Tao's face was filled with righteous indignation. Zhou Chen knew who he was. He was an authentic compassionate person. He couldn't bear to see Lu Meilin and the others bullying Li Li, but he didn't dare to help. In other words, he was just venting his anger.
So he smiled and said: "If Mr. Tao really can't stand it, you can help Zhizhenyuan in private."
Tao Tao suddenly laughed dryly. He would not dare to offend Lu Meilin and her gang of proprietresses for Zhizhenyuan, unless he no longer wanted to do business on Huanghe Road.
"Mr. Zhou is joking. I don't have that much ability. If it were you, Mr. Zhou, you would be fine."
Zhou Chen just smiled. Based on the situation, it seemed that most of the people on the Yellow River Road knew that Lu Meilin and the others were going to deal with Li Li of Zhizhenyuan.
Although Zhizhenyuan has become popular during this period, and Li Li has made many friends, to be honest, there are not many people who can really support her, otherwise someone would have warned her long ago.
Now it is estimated that most people are sitting and waiting to see Li Li, Lu Meilin and their gang of boss ladies fighting each other, waiting to watch the fun.