In Mong Kok, there was a restaurant that had been open for over thirty years, filled with guests and praised by diners.
However, prosperity also hid a crisis: the owner was old with no succes...
Chapter 110 Do you have abdominal muscles?
Yue Ning listened to Qiao Junxian talking about the construction progress of the Pengcheng factory. She was originally worried that after Uncle Agen and the others came, Qiao Junxian would have to support them for a while.
Fortunately, Qiao Junxian said that in order to put the Pengcheng factory into use as soon as possible, he accepted the advice of his comrades from the Commerce Committee. When the local land was expropriated, the village primary school building was not demolished, so it could be used as a temporary factory for assembling fans.
The formal factory building is under construction. By then, all the machining equipment from the 1950s and 1960s in the Kwun Tong factory will be moved there, and new equipment made in Germany and Japan will be added here in Kwun Tong.
After Uncle Agen and the other three go there, they will first clean up the primary school building and wait for the assembly equipment to be delivered. They will then receive it and will not be free until at least before the New Year.
That's reassuring. Yue Ning raised his wrist and said, "It's five o'clock. Do you want to have dinner before leaving? What do you want to eat?"
Qiao Junxian seemed a little conflicted: "I won't eat it anymore."
"Not eating anymore? Are your grandparents waiting?" Yue Ning thought about it and realized that he had been out for a few days. He would probably come to her place as soon as he came back. "Go back quickly!"
Qiao Junxian nodded: "I'm leaving."
"Wait." Yue Ning remembered.
Qiao Junxian stopped, and Yue Ning said, "I'll go see how many durian cakes are left. You can take them back for your third aunt to try. She will definitely like them."
Yue Ning went to the kitchen and packed a box of durian cakes and handed it to Qiao Junxian.
After seeing Qiao Junxian off, Yue Ning turned around and went upstairs. The employees of the management company had all finished get off work and came downstairs one by one to greet her:
"Ningning, bye."
"Goodbye, Miss Yue."
Yue Ning waved to them.
After finishing their work in the evening, Yue Ning and A Ming patrolled the stage together. It was already half past nine when they walked out of the private room and saw Yue Baohua waiting in the lobby.
"Grandpa, I can go back by myself, why did you come to pick me up again?" Yue Ning said.
Yue Baohua rubbed her head and said, "Let's go!"
No matter how capable I am, I am still an eighteen-year-old child in my grandfather's eyes.
"Grandpa, when I have time, I will go and learn how to drive." This way, grandpa won't have to wait for her every day.
"No hurry." Yue Baohua drove the car. "You always told me to take care of myself and get more rest. There are more people. You arranged shifts for the cooks. You told Ajie to combine work and rest. What about you?"
"When you were young and started a business?"
In this life, she had experience, her grandfather's Baohua Building provided a foundation for her, and the relationship between her uncle and her grandmother gave her so many resources. In her previous life, she had to beg for every penny from investors. When she went public, she encountered internal backstabbing and the external environment was not good. At that time, she really wished there were 25 hours in a day.
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time. You should also take care of your body when you are young. It doesn't mean that running every morning, lifting dumbbells at home, and practicing handstands are exercising. You need to exercise, but also pay attention to rest." Yue Baohua talked to his granddaughter.
Yue Ning leaned back in his chair and said, "I know, I know."
"I'm old..."
Yue Ning was speechless. Her grandfather now knew her weakness, and she couldn't stand hearing him say "I'm old."
She said quickly, "Okay! You're not old, not at all. I'll schedule my own shifts, okay?"
"That's good to know."
When the grandparents and grandson returned home, Yue Ning left a message on the phone. In this day and age, message boards are quite useful.
Ye Yingyi's voice came: "Ningning, the durian pastry is so delicious. It's just that it's so late, it's a bit burdensome to eat it at this time."
Isn't it late? It's just past five, just right for dinner. Maybe my aunt is busy! I only eat after working overtime and get home. This is the way it is in the workplace.
Yue Ning said good night to his grandfather, went back to his room, turned on the TV, took a shower, and watched the entertainment news while blowing his hair. The entertainment news in Hong Kong, as long as it was other people's news, was really funny.
Her own news is also funny, saying that she covered her eyes to avoid watching the chef messing around, etc!
A picture appeared on the screen, showing Qiao Junxian, wearing a white round-neck sweatshirt, lifting a barbell.
The title below is: "Good boy wants to become a tough guy, so he exercises to become stronger"
The host announced that Qiao Junxian was photographed working out in a gym in Central today.
The gym's advertisement "Style, make her irresistible" appeared on the screen.
Combining this advertising picture, you can know who Qiao Junxian is exercising for.
Yue Ning: ???
Hearing the phone ringing, Yue Ning ran out quickly. When he answered the phone, he knew it was him and heard him say sorry.
"What are you sorry for? Is going to the gym something shameful?"
Qiao Junxian exhaled: "Tomorrow, the paparazzi will probably not let you go."
"Am I still afraid of the paparazzi?" Yue Ning said, "Are you tired? Go to bed early. Leave it to me!"
Yue Ning hung up the phone. In her previous life, she was always a hot topic, and it is still the same in this life.
The next day, Yue Baohua had just sent Yue Ning to the entrance of Ningyan, and as soon as she got out of the car, she was surrounded by paparazzi.
The paparazzi asked her, "Ms. Yue, what do you think of Qiao Junxian's fitness training?"
"Isn't fitness for health? Qiao Junxian is also an idol. Isn't it his job to show a healthy and positive image to the public?" Yue Ning smiled at the camera, "I'll give him a call later and ask him when he'll go to the gym with me."
The paparazzi found that they couldn't keep up with Yue Ning's thoughts: "You guys are going together?"
"Yes! Many of my fans are his fans. They like Qiao Junxian and love him too. The older sisters are usually busy at home and neglect exercise. We two have to exercise together with the older sisters. This way we will live up to their love." Yue Ning asked with a smile, "Do you want to know if I have abdominal muscles?"
She either wears a Chinese shirt or a loose T-shirt, and no one has ever seen her waist.
"Wow!" The paparazzi really like Yue Ning. She can always create eye-catching news for them.
Yue Ning raised his watch and said, "Qiao Junxian should be on his way to the factory now. I'll make an appointment with him when he arrives. At 9:30, I'll have someone come to tell you the address?"
Yue Ning went upstairs and saw all of his colleagues looking like they wanted to laugh but couldn't.
Yue Ning didn't look kind to them: "Laugh if you want to. It's not good to hold it back and get hurt."
Yue Ning returned to the office and called Qiao Junxian, asking him to call the gym and tell them that they would go to work out at 2pm and let the paparazzi take pictures if they wanted.
I called Zhao Xiru again and asked her if she had any couple's sportswear. The women's version wanted a sports vest with an exposed waist.
Zhao Xiru's own brand does not produce sportswear. She is the agent of an Italian brand that produces sportswear. She had seen the news a long time ago, and when she heard Yue Ning say this, she was so happy that she almost jumped up.
When talking about delivering the clothes personally, Yue Ning told her that she had a meeting with Cui Huiyi in the morning and the three of them happened to have lunch together.
Just after hanging up the phone, Qiao Junxian called again. The owner of the gym was almost laughing crazy and agreed immediately.
Is that so? Yue Ning had just sat down when Miss Li reminded her, "Miss Cui is here."
Yue Ning left the office and saw Cui Huiyi laughing loudly. He walked over and whispered in her ear, "Qiao Junshen told me that Junxian was afraid that you would look at other people's abdominal muscles, so he went to exercise."
Yue Ning looked up, "Oh my God!" She thought Brother Jun Shen was the kind of scheming heir, but she didn't expect him to be a super Hachiko. She said she wanted to see the abdominal muscles of male stars, just to explain to Brother Zhiyuan that they were all golden toads.
"Stop laughing, the meeting is about to start!"
Can't these Hong Kong people laugh a little harder? Is this funny?
In this atmosphere, people from the two companies discussed future cooperation in a private room of Ningyan.
Cui Huiyi certainly had no objection to such a mutually beneficial cooperation, and she took the initiative to propose that the restaurant chain Lide pay more money and take a smaller stake. Cui Huiyi believed that Ning Xiaochu's line would help Yuanzai Noodles get rid of the situation of following Qingzai Noodles and let Yuanzai Noodles embark on a road with its own characteristics. Her concessions and what she got were not worth mentioning.
After the two sides finished talking, Yue Ning asked Cui Huiyi to stay and wait for Zhao Xiru to come and have dinner together.
Cui Huiyi followed Yue Ning to the office, and looked at the already cramped office area.
This office area is spacious for a restaurant, but it is too small for the headquarters of a catering company.
"Ningning, you can rent a floor of the office building. You need a decent conference room." Cui Huiyi said as they walked.
"I'm considering it! I'm thinking, should I put it in Central or just rent a floor upstairs? The daily rent of office buildings in Central is expensive, but the location is good and it's convenient for everyone to go to work. The scenery here is good, and the rent upstairs in this building is cheap, but it's not very convenient for work."
It is convenient for me to go to work, but most of my colleagues live in Kowloon, Sai Wan and North Point, which lengthens the commuting time.
"Upstairs, upstairs! We don't want to be away from Ning Yan." said the new assistant in the office.
Yue Ning smiled: "There are not many people now, so I will let you try the new products together. But if the company really has hundreds or even thousands of people, who will eat the new products I make? The daily commuting time is there, don't you think?"
The young lady stuck out her tongue, and Miss Zou came over: "I also think that we should rent the upstairs temporarily. Ningyan and Baohualou will not open only this one store. Sooner or later, Ningyan will open a new store in Central, and then choose a site together with the new store. Residential buildings here are expensive, and office rents are only half of those in Central. Save this money if you can!"
"I understand. I will discuss it with you and Sister Sophie then."
Yue Ning and Cui Huiyi entered the office, and Yue Ning asked, "Tea or coffee?"
"Tea. You and Qiao Junshen have inspired me to drink tea, too."
"Sister, have you been getting close to brother Jun Shen recently?"
"We can't help it. We have to be partners, right? There have been a lot of things going on in our family recently, and he helped a lot. Fortunately, it has finally come to an end." Cui Huiyi shrugged and said, "By the way, Yu Wanmei needs to change her defense lawyer."
"What?" Yue Ning didn't understand.
"We have always used Xincheng Law Firm, and they have also been used for Yu Wanmei's lawsuit."
Xincheng is a law firm founded by Cai Zhiyuan's great uncle. At that time, there were two brothers in the Cai family, one was a big shot in the business world, and the other was a big shot in the legal field. Xincheng is one of the top and oldest Chinese law firms in Hong Kong.
After their management company was established, Baohualou immediately signed an agreement with Xincheng, and Yue Ning also handed over her and her grandfather's legal affairs to Xincheng.
Yue Ning took a sip of tea and said, "Her case is not complicated, but under the influence of public opinion, it is very unfavorable to her. At this time, the defense lawyer is very important. The lawyers of Xincheng at least have professional standards and professional ethics. If she changes lawyers hastily at this time, I am afraid that the more she changes, the worse the lawyer will be."
"Yes! But she thinks everyone wants to harm her." Cui Huiyi leaned on the sofa, smiled and spread her hands, "What should we do then?"
"Then we can only watch her do it!" Yue Ning smiled happily.
"You little rascal, you really scared her to death."
Yue Ning sighed quietly: "How can I not hate you? It's just that the law and morality restrict me."
The two were chatting when Zhao Xiru appeared at the door of her office with a bag in her hand: "Baby, I'm here!"