On November 7, 1992, the beginning of winter, Shanghai also ushered in the first wave of cooling in winter. The streets and alleys were filled with a light mist, like a layer of gauze.
The sun shines through the thin mist and casts sparkling light on the Huangpu River.
Qin Hao held Wang Mingzhu's little hand and walked on the streets of the Bund.
Today, Wang Mingzhu was wearing a burgundy coat, a turtleneck white sweater underneath, and thick velvet jeans. Her black leather shoes made a crisp friction sound when she stepped on the ground.
Neither of them spoke, enjoying the rare tender moment.
"Have you lost weight again recently?" Qin Hao asked with some distress.
Wang Mingzhu said with high spirits: "Oh, it's okay, isn't it that the day when my master will be transferred is getting closer? Recently, everyone is trying to improve their performance, but as long as A Bao's order is completed, I will definitely be the section chief."
of."
"Well, as long as you have confidence." Qin Hao smiled and encouraged her. He understood Wang Mingzhu's character. This girl seemed weak, but she was actually very strong. The less she was allowed to do it, the more motivated she became.
Moreover, Qin Hao has no idea of raising Wang Mingzhu at home as a canary. Such Wang Mingzhu is no longer Wang Mingzhu.
"By the way, there is a new restaurant opening on Huanghe Road tonight. You can go with me."
Wang Mingzhu asked doubtfully: "Is it the golden phoenix from before?"
"Um."
"There have been rumors outside that the landlady has great powers. I didn't expect it to be true. She could actually invite you here."
Qin Hao smiled: "It's a friend I met in Shenzhen. Anyway, we have nothing to do. Let's go and see it together?"
"Okay, do you need me to change into formal clothes?"
"No need, you look good in anything you wear."
"Eh, disgusting."
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As the sun sets, Huanghe Road is already filled with neon lights, bright lights, and an endless stream of customers and tourists. The streets with constant traffic are especially crowded today.
Li Li was wearing a black dress, with a mink velvet shawl draped over her fair and smooth shoulders. Above her flaming red lips was a pair of cold eyes, scrutinizing every waiter.
"It's about to open. I don't want to say more. Remember, your salary is based on the hotel's performance. How much bonus you can get depends on your performance."
After speaking, Li Li looked at Manager Pan, who assigned tasks to the waiters in an orderly manner.
At six o'clock sharp, Zhizhen Garden finally unveiled its mysterious veil. Not only was the decoration completely new from the inside out, but Li Li's unique temperament also attracted the attention of many members of the opposite sex.
Not long after, flower baskets of various colors were placed in front of the hotel, high-end cars parked in front of Zhizhenyuan, and well-dressed celebrities from all walks of life came in droves.
This scene also made the boss ladies on Huanghe Road feel the crisis.
"Meilin, I think the person who came here this time is evil. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with than that bitch Jin Fenghuang." The proprietress of Ri Ri Xian said sourly.
Lu Meilin spat at the ground: "Hmph, doing business on Huanghe Road doesn't rely on your looks to last a long time. It depends on your real ability."
"But, I heard that this backstage person is very tough. Look at the people she invited, they are all respectable people."
While he was talking, another car drove up, and reporters gathered around him.
"Ah, Wen Zhaolun, it's Wen Zhaolun!"
"Zhi Zhen Yuan is such a big deal, even Hong Kong celebrities came to celebrate their opening."
At this time, Wen Zhaolun was at the peak of his career. The TV series "Fire Rose" starring Wen Bixia caused a sensation as soon as it was broadcast in Hong Kong. At the same time, he also participated in Stephen Chow's version of The Deer and the Cauldron, playing Kangxi in it.
His appearance attracted a large number of customers to Zhizhen Garden, and some who could not afford the money also gathered outside to watch.
This scene also made Lu Meilin and other Huanghe Road proprietresses wary. In the 1990s, Hong Kong celebrities were still very popular in the mainland. They did not spend money to do anything. Without certain connections, it was difficult to invite people to participate in this event.
kind of activity.
When Vientiane Plaza opened before, the reason why Chow Yun-fat was willing to come was because of Qin Hao's face. If it were anyone else, he might not be able to invite him.
At the gate of Zhenyuan, after Li Li welcomed Wen Zhaolun in, he returned to the gate again, and his eyes happened to meet Lu Meilin and others opposite.
Lu Meilin snorted coldly and turned her head in disgust. On the one hand, Li Li Jiehu took away the store she was destined to win. On the other hand, she felt that Li Li, like Jin Fenghuang, was a bitch who relied on his good looks to attract customers.
Li Li accepted the scrutiny of the boss ladies with a calm face, but she was not as calm as she appeared, because one of her most important guests was not here tonight.
Glancing at his watch, it was already seven o'clock and the sky had completely darkened. Mr. An finally got out of the hotel.
"Isn't Mr. Qin here yet?"
Li Li shook his head, with a little disappointment in his eyes.
Upon seeing this, Mr. An comforted him: "Actually, today's opening is already very grand, and the business in the future will not be too bad."
"I know, but it's not shocking enough after all." Li Li was talking when he suddenly heard a commotion in the distance.
Lu Meilin, who was on the opposite side, saw a Cadillac approaching and subconsciously rushed towards it.
The boss ladies on the side naturally recognized that it was Qin Hao's car and couldn't help but gloat about it.
"Huh, what's the use of inviting so many people? Mr. Qin can take care of them all."
"Just watch. When Mr. Qin walks into Jin Meilin, the number of people opposite him will be less than half."
"Oh, to be honest, Mr. Qin and I have known each other for a long time. The food is not bad. I don't know why Mr. Qin always goes to Jin Meilin for dinner."
At the same time, Li Li and Mr. An at the gate of Zhizhen Garden also recognized Qin Hao's car, and they quickly walked over.
Lu Meilin stared at Li Li and sneered in her heart. You are really capable. As long as Mr. Qin enters my hotel, your opening ceremony today will be ruined.
The first person to get out of the car was Wang Mingzhu. As soon as she got off the car, before she could stand still, Lu Meilin enthusiastically followed her.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Oh, Miss Wang, you haven't been here for a long time, are you still following the same rules? I have reserved the box for you."
Wang Mingzhu blinked and subconsciously looked at Qin Hao, who got off the car from the other side.
Qin Hao didn't say anything, but just made a come over gesture towards Wang Mingzhu.
Wang Mingzhu ran forward and took Qin Hao's arm. Qin Hao then said to Lu Meilin.
"I have something to do today, let's do it another day."
Li Li and Mr. An also walked over arm in arm.
"Sorry, I'm a little late." Qin Hao smiled at the two of them.
The two looked at each other and smiled: "It's not too late, we are already very happy to be able to invite Mr. Qin."
"Then Mr. Qin, Miss Wang, let's go in first."
"Um."
The scene of Qin Hao holding Wang Mingzhu's arm, and Mr. An holding Li Li's arm walking into Zhizhen Garden one after another was witnessed by everyone present, and immediately caused a sensation in the entire Yellow River Road.
There was even more noise than Wen Zhaolun's appearance just now.
"What's the origin of this Zhizhen Garden? Why did you actually invite Mr. Qin here?"
"It seems that Mr. Qin is very familiar with the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan?"
"I just said that it's not like a dragon can't cross the river. This Zhenyuan is so great. If you invite Mr. Qin here quietly, will Zhizhenyuan's business explode in the future?"
"Tsk, tsk, there's something good to watch now."
Lu Meilin watched Qin Hao walk into Zhizhen Garden with dull eyes, and her whole body froze in place.
A group of shop ladies on Huanghe Road walked up to Lu Meilin.
"Sister Lu, what's going on? Why did Mr. Qin go in too?"
"What is the background of this Li Li? Even Mr. Qin betrays her face?"
Although these boss ladies usually call each other "sister", they are actually very jealous of Qin Hao who often eats at Jin Meilin. Now it's better. Qin Hao was abducted by Li Li from Zhizhenyuan, and everyone is back on the same starting line.
Up.
As the saying goes, those who work with peers are naked hatred. This is true for Zhizhenyuan, and it is also true for Jin Meilin.
Although Lu Meilin has a straight personality, she is not stupid, so she naturally understands that these boss ladies are instigating a conflict between her and Li Liqi.
In fact, what she is most worried about now is the relationship between Qin Hao and Li Li. Judging from the fact that Qin Hao brought Wang Mingzhu to the opening ceremony of Zhizhen Garden, he and Li Li are definitely not as simple as a chance meeting.
However, judging from the fact that Qin Hao brought Wang Mingzhu to the banquet, the relationship with Li Li was not the kind of relationship between a man and a woman.
There were so many thoughts at the moment, but they seemed like a mess. She was so worried that Lu Meilin even forgot to compete with Li Li.
At the same time, Qin Hao's appearance also pushed the atmosphere in Zizhenyuan Hall to a climax.
"Madam boss, you are really good. You can even invite Mr. Qin. I think you will have the final say on the Yellow River Road from now on."
"Yes, boss lady, fortunately I have reserved a seat in advance. I will make sure to let you know in advance next time."
Li Li always had a calm smile on his face. He looked at Qin Hao, who was surrounded by many bosses, and nodded slightly: "Don't praise me, Mr. Qin is busy with affairs. I can't just invite him.
Isn’t it just a coincidence that I’m free tonight?”
But the more she said this, the more others thought she was incomprehensible.
Qin Hao had two drinks with the bosses present, and then took Wang Mingzhu upstairs. Although these bosses were still unfinished, Qin Hao had already given him enough face, and if he stopped him any more, it would be shameless.
In the private room on the top floor of Zhizhen Garden, Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu had just sat down when Li Li and Mr. An came.
"Mr. Qin, please come here once in a while to try our dishes and give us some advice."
Li Li did not say words like thanks, but said in a very natural tone. Qin Hao nodded secretly, saying that adversity makes people tough. Compared with Mr. An before his accident, Li Li was obviously much more mature.
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"Okay." Qin Hao said and handed the menu to Wang Mingzhu: "Let's see what you want to eat."
Wang Mingzhu took the menu and ordered a few dishes. She was actually quite delicious. Ever since she tasted Qin Hao's cooking, she would take the time to ask Qin Hao to make some dishes for her from time to time.
"The opening must be very busy today. You should go greet other customers. We are old friends, so there is no need to be so polite." Qin Hao said with a smile.
Mr. An said to Li Li: "Well, Mr. Qin is right. You go and greet the guests first. I will drink two drinks with Mr. Qin and Miss Wang."
"Okay, I'll go there first."
After Li Li left, Qin Hao joked to Mr. An: "It seems that good things are coming soon. I will have to give you a glass of wedding wine when the wedding is held."
"It's still early, at least we have to wait until Zhenyuan stabilizes. Speaking of which, your wedding reception with Miss Wang should be ahead of us, right?"
Faced with Qin Hao's teasing, Mr. An directly changed the topic to Wang Mingzhu.
Wang Mingzhu's pretty face turned slightly red and she gave Qin Hao a white look.
Soon the food and drinks were served. After Mr. An toasted Qin Hao with a few glasses of wine, he left in a wise manner.
Only Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu were left in the box. Without any outsiders, Wang Mingzhu immediately started the sweep mode.
"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you." Qin Hao was amused for a while.
Wang Mingzhu swallowed the food in her mouth and drank another glass of orange juice.
“How is the food here?”
Wang Mingzhu shook her head: "It's not as delicious as yours, but it still tastes good. It just feels like it's very different from other restaurants and has no special features."
After a while, Li Li came to the box and offered three glasses of wine.
Qin Hao joked: "Just for these three glasses of wine, I have an opinion that I really need to give you."
"I'm all ears." Li Li said seriously.
"The food tastes good, but not unique enough. Although the customers on Huanghe Road value not the food and wine, but the business opportunities behind it, there are so many restaurants on Huanghe Road. Whose restaurant should I go to? Why would they want to come to Zhizhenyuan?"
?Just because you decorate it more luxuriously?"
"No matter what business you are doing, there are only two ways to make money, either make money that others can't make, or make money that others don't want to make."
"On Huanghe Road, even if you sell a dish for 10,000 yuan, as long as you can tell the truth, there will still be customers paying the bill."
"A dish is an opportunity. It depends on whether you can convince others to pay for it."
After hearing this, Li Li stayed there for more than ten seconds, and suddenly bowed deeply to Qin Hao: "Thank you, Mr. Qin, for your advice."
Qin Hao did not answer, but looked at Wang Mingzhu: "Have you eaten yet?"
"Um."
"Pay the bill."
Just when Li Li was about to say something, Qin Hao took out his credit card: "Open the door to do business. You can get discounts and deliver food. You still have to buy orders. Without rules, there is no rule."
"Give Mr. Qin a 20% discount." Li Li whispered to the waiter.
"yes."
Li Li and Mr. An took Qin Hao and Qin Hao to the door. The doorman had already driven the car to the door.
Watching the Cadillac's taillights disappear from sight, Li Li said to Mr. An with a serious face: "Go to Hong Kong as soon as possible."
Mr. An looked at her confused, and Li Li repeated what Qin Hao said.
"Well, what Mr. Qin said makes sense. Since we want to be number one on Huanghe Road, the dishes must have our own characteristics." Mr. An nodded.
"Okay, I'll go to Hong Kong tomorrow to see if I can recruit a team of chefs from the Hong Kong Hotel."
Li Li crossed his arms in front of his chest: "Mr. Qin's words reminded me that a dish is an opportunity. Maybe Zhizhenyuan can sell more than just wine and food."