After chatting with Lu Xu, Lu Yao returned to his room and called Tang Xi. He put on the made iron mask in a decent manner, then looked at Tang Xi and asked what he was doing.
This was the first time Lu Yao saw Tang Xi with such an expression. It was an expression of laughter.
"Sir, I never understand, why do you have to wear this mask to compete? Wouldn't it be better to let others know you? Are you worried that Fu Shaolong will recognize you?" Tangxi smiled while
while asking.
Lu Yao shook his head and said: "Don't you think that if you hide your identity at the beginning, there will be surprises when it is finally revealed? Furthermore, look at our house, we are now preparing for my wedding with Han Yunyu. If I just do this
Do you think Cao Yi can agree to it when he swaggers onto the stage to compete?"
After thinking about it, Tang Xi nodded, and then he also reacted and said: "Sir, according to what you mean, you not only want to compete in this arena, but you also want to win?"
"That's right, I can't let Cao Han marry that Fu Shaolong." Lu Yao said this, with countless thoughts in his mind. To say the least, even if Fu Shaolong is a gentleman, as Fu Bi's son, marrying
It was a good thing that he won Cao Han, as he was a good match. But according to historical records, this Fu Shaolong was a man who died young, so no matter what, Lu Yao had to win this competition.
"If that's the case, Young Master, how about I join the competition? If I had known that you had this winning mentality from the beginning, I wouldn't have found those five people. I should have found some guys with more powerful skills to help you.
." Tangxi took the initiative to ask for help.
Lu Yao smiled and waved his hand and said: "No, everyone has their own things to do. Your responsibility is to help me take care of these business and interpersonal relationships, so you don't have to worry about things in the arena. If you go to compete
Now, doesn’t it mean that you have returned to your previous job as an escort? How can this work?”
Seeing that Tang Xi was still a little worried, Lu Yao said: "Don't worry, didn't I send Zhang Mou to Hebei? As long as he can invite Jintai over, I think there should be no problem for me in this competition. What's more, you invited me
The five people in the group are not all ordinary people. That Fangzhuang is a master of kick-sticking kung fu. I will start learning from him tomorrow. I think that relying on our small group and the kung fu I have learned, we can deal with
Then Fu Shaolong is still okay."
Tang Xi nodded. He knew that Mr. Lu Yao always considered things very carefully, so he really didn't need to worry too much about him.
"Sir, as expected, you prefer Miss Cao Han. But if that's the case, why did you not object when Han Wenyuan came to you to discuss the wedding? Now the Han family and our family have begun preparations.
Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to participate in the competition to recruit a bride at this time..." Tang Xi didn't say any more. Sure enough, even a rough guy like him felt that Lu Yao's current approach was indeed inappropriate.
Lu Yao knew that Tang Xi was afraid that he would be gossiped about, so he did not blame him. Lu Yao said: "You are a few years older than me. You haven't married and had children yet. You need to change your concept. I will do it now."
Let me tell you, so that you don’t have to be very casual in this regard in the future. There is no right or wrong in love. Some people have spent a lifetime by your side, but if you think about it carefully, you actually have no feelings for her. But some people
When you see a person at first sight or come into contact with him a few times, you will feel that this person is the person you want to marry. I say this, you understand."
Tang Xi was a little confused when she heard this, and nodded vaguely in understanding. Lu Yao said with a smile: "You will know what I mean when you find the person you love. Speaking of which, after a while, I will ask my father to help
How about you find out which young lady from the family wants to get married and find a wife for you?"
As soon as Tangxi heard this, she immediately began to express her loyalty. She said everything she didn't want to leave the young master and had not yet considered it, making Lu Yao laugh.
While the two were chatting like this, Uncle Fu's voice came from outside the room, saying that it was Pan Wen, Zhe Kexing, and Chen Chen who came together to find Lu Yao.
"I haven't seen them for many days. They are probably busy with the new Cuju competition. Let's go and take them to Jiuzhongxian to eat hot pot." Lu Yao said as he told Tang Xi about the iron mask and participating in the competition to recruit a bride.
Things about the arena must be kept secret from these three people.
Later, Lu Yao met the three people and went directly to Jiuzhongxian with them. Since Lu Yao established this cooperative relationship with Zhao Hu's family, Zhao Hu knew that although the hot pot restaurant was located in the outer city, it was still there.
It is far away from Lu Yao's house, not to mention that Lu Yao's gatherings are usually either at Fan Tower or at Jiuzhongxian. Of these two places, Jiuzhongxian is Lu Yao's own territory, so Zhao Hu has calculated that Lu Yao should meet
From time to time, he would have hot pot at Jiu Zhongxian gatherings, so he set a rule with the shopkeeper of Jiu Zhongxian early in the morning. Whenever Lu Yao went, he would send someone to tell him, and he would basically set aside a portion every day.
The ingredients are specially supplied to Lu Yao's Jiuzhongxian. Whenever Lu Yao wants to have hot pot at a party, he will send someone to deliver it to Lu Yao in a car. Naturally, if Lu Yao does not have a party that day, Zhao Hu will come the next day.
Give these ingredients to Yang Tao. There is no need to say what Yang Tao does with these things. Naturally, he is treating guests to dinner, and he also needs to collect more customer reviews. Zhao Hu does this to ensure that when Lu Yao wants to eat hot pot,
After eating the freshest ingredients, Lu Yao didn't stop him after knowing about it. After all, Yang Tao's dinner basically cost the diners no money, and even if the ingredients were stored overnight, there would be no problem if they were stored properly.
, modern hot pot restaurants all use frozen meat that has been frozen for several days, let alone now.
Lu Yao took his three friends to Jiuzhongxian, and went directly to the private room to start drinking and chatting. As for Tangxi, Lu Yao sent him out to deliver manuscripts, which were of course novels written for Han Yunyu and Cao Han respectively.
After the last incident, Tangxi never missed delivering any manuscripts. In addition, regarding Yang Tao's house, Yang Tao had told Lu Yao before that he wanted to rent a place near a hot pot restaurant to facilitate work. Lu Yao was concerned about this.
This matter is very important. After all, in addition to Yang Tao, there are many other clerks. It is best to arrange them together. This matter is more to make them work for him wholeheartedly, so Lu Yao is very willing to spend money.
Qian. He asked Tangxi to go directly to the street where the hot pot restaurant is located to see if there are any suitable houses for sale. If there are any, he will buy them at a fixed price. If you can bargain, just bargain. If you can't negotiate, just make a decision. As for the craftsmen,
Just find the group who built the Bird's Nest Stadium before, and the money will be withdrawn directly from the bank. After Tangxi sent the manuscript, he also made appointments with several house owners to discuss the purchase of houses. Tangxi made an appointment with them
We went to Fan Lou, and the time was tonight. So Tang Xi did not come with Lu Yao and the others tonight. Lu Yao greatly appreciated Tang Xi’s choice of the negotiation venue in Fan Lou. It can be said that it was chosen as one of the best restaurants.
Not only does it improve Tangxi's own status, but it can also show the identity of the owners of the houses, which makes it easier for Tangxi to negotiate prices.
"How was the result of today's game?" Lu Yao asked as the first thing he said after sitting down.
Then, the three friends told Lu Yao the result of the Wenyuan team's easy 3-0 win. Lu Yao nodded slightly and said that the result was not unexpected to him at all, so he didn't go to see it today.
"Fortunately, you didn't watch it. This was a boring game." Pan Wen, as the leader after watching the whole game, was very disappointed with today's game. Indeed, whether it was from a visual or technical perspective, today's game was very disappointing.
There was not much talk about the game. It was obviously a game in which a strong team beat a weak team, and the weak team had no ability to counterattack. Lu Yao couldn't help but think of the current situation in Chinese football. It should be said that it is very different from the Wangcai team.
similar.
Zhe Kexing looked at Chen Chen and said, "You can rest in the next game. Su Shi and Su Che will be the two of us to provide commentary."
Chen Chen did not shirk. He originally thought that the commentators would be much less tiring than the players, but after commenting on two games in a row, Chen Chen felt that smoke was coming out of his throat. This suggestion that the commentators needed to be rotated was absolutely right.
Lu Yao signaled Chen Chen to stop talking. In addition, Chen Chen and Zhe Kexing were not allowed to eat the spicy pot bottom in today's hot pot. Pan Wen was gloating on the sidelines. This guy has always been a fan of spicy food.
"That guy Zhang Maocai, please don't include him in the commentary team." At this time, the ingredients were coming together and everyone was eating, Lu Yao said.
Pan Wen snorted coldly and said: "He, he is busy making money for his inn, how can he have time to care about this."
"How are his team members doing?" Lu Yao asked.
Zhe Kexing said that Zhang Maocai did not dismiss them, but arranged for them to work in several of his inns.
"Among them, is there anyone who is smarter, has commanding ability on the field, and has better skills?" Lu Yao asked.
Pan Wen thought for a while and said: "That should be the person who takes the lead among the more than ten of them."
"Well, captain, right? I'll talk to Zhang Maocai another day and ask him to go to my hot pot restaurant to help me."
Zhe Kexing and Pan Wen looked at each other and thought that Lu Yao was obviously poaching people. But thinking about it carefully, Zhang Maocai also had a share in the hot pot restaurant, so it was not considered poaching. After all, more capable people would still have to come.
Only when Lu Yao's subordinates do things can they be effective.
"We are here today because I haven't seen you for so many days. You ran away after watching the last game halfway. Then I heard that you went to Fanlou for dinner?" Pan Wen asked.
Lu Yao didn't care much about the news that he went to Fan Lou to eat. After all, Pan Wen was the only one who knew about it, and the shopkeeper definitely couldn't tell him about his other purpose of eating in Fan Lou. As for the consequences, he should
Very clear.
Therefore, Lu Yao first told Pan Wen that he must not tell anyone about his meal at Fanlou, and then said that he actually had other things to be busy with these days.
Pan Wen knew that Lu Yao told him this matter very seriously, which meant that it was very important, so he nodded repeatedly.
Later, these three friends expressed that they wanted to hear Lu Yao's views on the last game.
Lu Yaoxin said, as expected, everyone is now focusing on the new Cuju competition. This is normal. After all, this is the most important event in Bianliang City in recent days. If nothing else, before the competition this morning,
The emperor sent people to the Lu Mansion to find Lu Yao and inquire about football lottery-related matters. The meaning of this could not be clearer. Zhao Zhen was very greedy after seeing the huge profits of football lottery, although the big boss of the football lottery management rights had already agreed.
To the team that wins the game in the end, but now, who has made the most money from football lottery, it is naturally Lu Geng. At the beginning, Zhao Zhen was not very interested in this football lottery. After all, the lottery has made him earn a lot of money.
A lot more. So at that time, Zhao Zhen said that the football lottery was in the experimental stage anyway, and he thought that he would not make much money, so he did not plan to take too much share from Lu Geng. Obviously, the subsequent results made Zhao
Zhen regretted it extremely. Lu Geng had made a lot of money through football lottery, so now Zhao Zhen wanted to ask Lu Yao. He wanted to increase the draw ratio. What would be a good ratio?
This was obviously going back on his word, but there was no other way. He was the emperor and was now the most powerful person in the world. As long as he gave the order, the football lottery might not be possible. Therefore, Lu Yao could only give his own advice.
He suggested that since it is in the experimental stage, it is best for Zhao Zhen to extract 30% of the profit at most, and this 30% cannot be increased after the official football lottery operation, otherwise the operator will definitely be unhappy and simply give up in the end.
If you don't do it, the royal family can't do this job. As soon as Zhao Zhen's people left after receiving the reply, Lu Yao wrote a brief letter and asked someone to send it to Lu Geng.
Although Lu Geng should also know that he is working for the royal family, there is no chance that this guy will quarrel with the other party because of the huge profits. There will be no good outcome if he goes against the royal people.
,So, Lu Yao’s letter is to solve this problem.
Back to the present, Lu Yao looked at Zhe Kexing, Chen Chen and Pan Wen, and said: "The Lions are playing against the Goshawks. You have all seen the strength of the Lions. As for the Goshawks, I think the strength is not the same."
Weak, after all, they are all soldiers."
Zhe Kexing nodded and said, "Yes, I don't know what kind of tactics Gu Liang will use."
"I think it won't be a problem for Cao You to win this game. Their opponents don't even have a leader." Pan Wen was full of confidence in Cao You.
"It's not that it's not there, it's that it's not here." Chen Chen said from the side.
Lu Yao said with a smile: "That's true. What Han Qi wants to do, there is no comparison between this new Cuju competition and the border affairs. I hope everything goes well for him."
"Tomorrow is the training day for the Lions and Goshawks. Lu Yao, do you want to go and have a look?"
Obviously, Pan Wen is very interested in the Lions now. Before this, he could be said to have stayed away from Cao Yu. But now that everyone has participated in this new Cuju competition at the same time, Pan Wen naturally has to study himself carefully.
Even if it is the Lions team that they will only meet in the finals, Pan Wen has to do his homework in advance. The reason why he asked Lu Yao was naturally because he wanted Lu Yao to watch it with him and then give him some suggestions.
.
However, this time Lu Yao rejected Pan Wen's request. After all, Cao You had a pretty good relationship with him. Since Pan Wen and Cao You were both his friends, they should each rely on their abilities when it came to the competition. What's more,
, if Pan Wen wants to meet Cao You, he must first pass Wang Da.
Although Lu Yao has made up his mind, on the surface Lu Yao still excuses himself by saying that he has something to do, so he can't go with everyone to watch. However, Lu Yao is very excited about the game between the Lions and the Goshawks.
Go check it out if you're interested. After all, Lu Yao doesn't know much about the Lions since the warm-up match. This team is likely to be the strongest team in the lower half. Although the Han family's Wenyuan team is also
The strength is good, but this is a football game after all, not a basketball game. There are five people in a team on the basketball court, so there are often twin stars, three giants, tridents, or even single-core leading the team to win the championship.
But on this football field, there are eleven people in a team, and even if there are really two or three outstanding guys among them, the improvement in the strength of the entire team is not that obvious. Moreover, on the contrary, because these guys are too strong
Being so powerful sometimes causes other players to be unable to keep up with their pace, which in turn reduces the strength of his own team in a different way. This is the main reason why Lu Yao feels that the Wenyuan team is not as strong as the Lions.
Even with the existence of the core trio headed by Xu Chang, Lu Yao felt that Cao Yu was still better in terms of overall coordination and tactics. And from the previous conversation between Lu Yao and Han Wenyuan, we can know that the current
As before, the Wenyuan team still uses the tactic of dual coaches on and off the field. This tactic has advantages and disadvantages. Compared with Cao You, the Lions team as one is still more powerful.
Of course, this is just what Lu Yao thinks. If Cao You can defeat the Goshawks this time, the game Lu Yao is most looking forward to is coming, that is, the Wenyuan team and the Lions will meet again in the second round of the main game.
Thinking of this, Lu Yao was very lucky. Whether it was his wedding to Han Yunyu or the Cao family's martial arts competition, they were all held before the second round of the competition. If he had to communicate with the two families at that time, it would be because of the Cuju competition.
, Lu Yao estimated that this matter would definitely not be possible.
"What do you have to do?" Pan Wen was a little dissatisfied with Lu Yao's attitude. After all, as the actual person in charge of this event, Lu Yao had already missed two games.
Lu Yao said with a smile: "Didn't you all see it when you came to my house? Han Wenyuan came a while ago to discuss marriage with me. The date has been set, and now we are preparing for the wedding."
When the three friends heard this, they immediately toasted and congratulated Lu Yao on getting married soon. Coincidentally, none of the three friends had ever met Han Yunyu. They all only knew that she was the eldest lady of the Han family. For the others,
Don't understand it at all.
Pan Wen knew better. He knew that the Lu family and the Han family had a marriage contract before, but later they had a misunderstanding, broke up the marriage, and finally re-entered it. Therefore, in Pan Wen's opinion, Lu Yao should be
I like Han Yunyu very much. In addition, as a man, Pan Wen intuitively tells Pan Wen that Han Yunyu must be as beautiful as a flower, otherwise Lu Yao would not resume the engagement after breaking it.
"It seems that we are going to prepare red envelopes this time," Zhe Kexing said with a smile after asking Lu Yao about his day.
Lu Yao quickly waved his hand and said: "I don't dare to accept your money. I will just show off to you when the time comes. Of course, if you want to give me money, I won't refuse, haha!"
The four of them laughed heartily, and the meal ended very late. The four of them have not been together like this since the start of the new Cuju competition. Lu Yao was also very happy, after all, with the things he had to worry about
More and more, no matter what, he still feels more comforted by having so many people available to help him at any time.
After drinking and eating, they naturally went back to their respective homes. When Lu Yao left Jiuzhongxian, Tangxi was already waiting outside. Lu Yao walked to Tangxi, smelled it, and said, "Did you drink? So big
If you smell of alcohol, stop driving."
Tangxi helped Lu Yao and said, "Sir, what you smell should be your own alcohol."
Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and smelled the smell on his body. He had indeed drank a little too much today. Not only Lu Yao, Pan Wen, Chen Chen Zhe Kexing, they all drank to their heart's content today. Fortunately, Tangxi had a good morning
With the foresight, after he was finished with Fan Lou's affairs, he first returned to the Lu Mansion, and then called for a servant and a carriage. He asked the coachman to bring Pan Wen, Chen Chen, and Zhe Kexing back safely.
residence, and he was responsible for escorting Lu Yao back to the Lu Mansion.
On the way, although Lu Yao was a little drunk, he still didn't forget to ask Tangxi how the discussion with the homeowners was going. Tangxi said that he had found the most suitable one among the three homeowners who went to Fanlou.
The house is only a few minutes' walk from the hot pot restaurant, which makes Lu Yao very satisfied. Lu Yao said that it is not too late to wait until tomorrow, and Jiu asked Tangxi to find the craftsmen and transform the place into a staff house.
Of course, you don’t have to save money, you have to build the infrastructure so that these people can be more dedicated to doing things with you.
When he returned to his house, Lu Yao didn't want to do anything else. He went directly back to his room and fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning. Lu Yao had a headache. It must be because he was drunk yesterday. He started to plan what he would do today.