The development of land in Shanghai must be a matter of next year.
So Li Jin and his party did not stay in Shanghai for long.
Regarding the Yan family's assets, Li Jianshe will follow up, and Li Jin only has to wait to receive the money.
So after having lunch in Shanghai, the group returned to Southeast Province.
Although the crisis at the supermarket has been resolved, Su Dongsheng still needs to be in charge of various matters after the storm, so Su Dongsheng went back to the provincial capital directly.
Li Jin was called back to his hometown of Tianfeng City by a phone call from his mother Liu Xiufang.
Returning to the villa in Tianfeng City, Li Jin found that his mother Liu Xiufang and his father Li Chengzhao were sitting in the living room waiting for him.
"What's the matter with calling me back in such a hurry?" Li Jin asked.
Liu Xiufang turned to look at Li Chengzhao, only to see her wife staring at her with wide eyes. Liu Xiufang suddenly said unhappily: "You have to handle the matter, but you are embarrassed to tell your son, and you want me to do it.
"
Li Jin sat down on the sofa, picked up the water glass and drank several sips, then smiled and said: "Dad, Mom, just tell me what you want, why are you hesitating with me?"
Liu Xiufang then said: "Actually, it's not a big deal. Do you still remember your cousin? He is your cousin, Li Dongliang's father."
Li Jin thought for a moment and found that among the few relatives in his family, there was indeed such a person.
But whether it was his past life or this life, he and his relatives didn't move much.
Needless to say, in his past life, he himself behaved like shit. People may look down on you if you don't say it, but behind your back, it must be a source of conversation and jokes for others.
In short, everyone is living their own lives, and nothing good or bad happens. They are as indifferent as water.
"Remember, what happened?" Li Jin asked.
Li Xiufang said: "In the afternoon, your cousin and your cousin's family came to visit. They said they had some things to discuss. I thought they might be here to see you, so I asked you if you are free. Please come back as soon as possible.
"
Li Jin frowned.
If you are poor in the busy city, no one knows you, but if you are rich and hidden deep in the mountains, you will have relatives and friends.
In his previous life, he was a standard trash, and his relatives would naturally not be fawning over him.
But in this life, the fact that he brought his parents to live in the villa has already spread among his relatives.
Someone came to the door in the name of a relative and wanted to curry favor with him. This was something Li Jin had prepared for a long time ago.
But when things came to pass, Li Jin was still quite disgusted with these things and said, "Since I'm back, I'll invite them to my house for a meal and see what's going on."
"Let me say it first, no matter whether I have money or not, or where my career is, relatives have no special bonus for me."
"If they are really in trouble and come to borrow money, I can borrow some at my discretion. But if they see that I am rich now and have the mentality of coming to take advantage of the rich, I will not serve them."
Li Chengzhao, who had been keeping his head silent, frowned and said: "If this is the case, I won't agree to it, but since we are relatives and have come so far away, if we don't treat you well, it means we don't know the etiquette."
Li Xiufang said dissatisfiedly: "You two really didn't say anything and just guarded against others. Are there any relatives like this?"
"When people come here, please give me a better attitude, otherwise it will spread that our family looks down on poor relatives just because we are rich. Isn't this just a stab in our spine?"
Li Xiufang said and got up to make a phone call.
The other party's family had obviously arrived in Tianfeng City early, and they had arrived at the door of their house in just over half an hour.
A family of three came, and Li Dongliang, whom Li Jin still had some impression of, also came with them.
As soon as her cousin and the others arrived, Li Xiufang immediately came forward to greet them warmly.
It can be seen that the family of three were very reserved and nervous standing in the splendid villa, and they did not dare to speak too loudly.
The three of them, in particular, kept peeking at Li Jin, as if they had something to say but were hesitant to say.
"Hey, I heard before that A Jin is now prosperous and has made a lot of money, which can be regarded as a blessing to our old Li family. I didn't expect to come over and take a look. It's really better than we imagined. This villa costs a lot of money, right?
"
Qian Lan, Li Dongliang's mother and Li Jin's cousin, said with envy.
Li Xiufang sat next to her, her smile full of uncontrollable pride. As long as others praised Li Jin, she would be happier than praising herself.
"Hey, this kid A Jin has gone through a lot of hardships to have such a small family fortune today."
"Actually, what is money without money? If you ask me, it's enough. If you make so much money, you can spend as much as you can."
Cousin Li Dongliang sat next to Li Jin and took out a box of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, a brand new and unopened hard-shell Zhonghua.
Obviously, they went all the way to buy it.
"Cousin, smoke." Li Dongliang respectfully brought the cigarette to Li Jin and said a little shyly.
Li Jin knew how to smoke, but seldom smoked. Seeing Li Dongliang's respectful and cautious look, Li Jin still took it and said with a smile: "What is Dongliang doing now?"
Li Dongliang hurriedly replied: "After graduating from college, I worked as a temporary worker in a county government department for two years and resigned in the second half of the year."
Li Jin nodded and was about to speak when Qian Lan interrupted and said, "A Jin, your cousin is a restless person who only wants to do business."
"Some time ago, I said I was interested in a store in the county and wanted to open a hot pot restaurant. You said that hot pot restaurant can be opened by ordinary people. This kid doesn't understand anything, but he has such a stubborn temper that he won't tell anyone.
He just resigned and said that he would not survive if he didn't open a store for him."
Li Dongliang insisted, "You don't understand, the hot pot restaurant I want to open is not an ordinary hot pot restaurant."
Li Jin became interested and asked: "Oh? What kind of hot pot restaurant do you want to open?"
Seeing Li Jin ask this question, Li Dongliang's eyes lit up. He had been prepared for a long time. He took out a stack of photos and handed them to Li Jin. He said, "This is what I saw when I went to a big city when I was in college. Look.
,Are these hot pot restaurants very different?"
Li Jin took the photo and took a look at it, and immediately knew something about it.
Although the hot pot restaurants in the photo are not as unified and standardized as later generations, we can already see the prototype of the first domestic hot pot brand.
It is Hai Lao hot pot.
A brand that truly brings the concept of service first into the catering industry.
"You want to open this hot pot restaurant? As far as I know, it doesn't accept franchises, right?" Li Jin asked with interest.
If nothing else, Li Dongliang is now very fond of Hai Lao Hot Pot, which proves that he has a business vision.
Li Dongliang said in surprise: "You also know this hot pot restaurant? It has four stores in the ancient capital city. Have you been there?"
"I've never been there, I heard it from my friends."
Li Jin said with a smile.
"Tell me first, how do you plan to drive it? Are you going to copy it exactly according to its pattern?"