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 278 Qiao Junshen's Wedding
HTV broadcast two videos of Yue Ning after he started school.
In a video, the background is Yue Ning's calligraphy work, and the content is Li Qingzhao's "A Cut Plum".
Yue Ning, wearing a black mid-sleeved sweater and a dark purple brocade horse-faced skirt, sat down to play the pipa and sang this poem.
This song became very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan after being performed by a popular Taiwanese singer.
Yue Ning played this music on the pipa and sang this lyrics. Her voice was not as soft as honey like the original singer, but as clear as wind chimes. Her pronunciation was crisp and clear, and even the graceful lyrics like "lightly take off the silk dress, and go up the orchid boat alone" came out of her mouth with a touch of chivalry. But when it came to "one kind of lovesickness, two kinds of idle worries", her voice suddenly softened, and it sounded unexpectedly tender and lingering.
The fans of the two jumped up happily, and asked Qiao Junxian to come out and speak. Qiao Junxian said shyly: "I didn't know she could sing this song. The last time she sang it to me was "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon."
Well, the entertainment reporter came to Yue Ning again and told her that the sisters wanted to listen to "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon". Cai Zhiyuan called her and asked her if she wanted to hold a concert? The tickets will definitely sell well.
Yue Ning scolded Cai Zhiyuan for being "crazy". She just sang according to the mood of the lyrics. What was Qiao Junxian thinking? She pinched Qiao Junxian's arm and made a purple bruise. Fortunately, Qiao Junshen and Cui Huiyi's wedding, Qiao Junxian had to wear long sleeves, otherwise...
Another video clip shows Yue Ning giving an example of Qiao Junxian's Yimei Factory in his speech to freshmen. At that time, the factory was on the verge of bankruptcy, had a large backlog of inventory, and almost all the workers had left. Now the factory has grown to 257 people.
In most people's impressions, the eldest son of the Qiao family has been deeply involved in the family business at a young age. The young master of the Qiao family has been very handsome, gentle and polite since he was a child. He does not seem to be as decisive and courageous as his elder brother.
After finishing his studies, Qiao Junxian bought a factory and worked very hard. I heard that the business was pretty good. This was beyond everyone's expectations.
Seeing him with Yue Ning, who is particularly capable and appears in the news all day long, some people are still wondering whether the Qiao family thinks that their second son is not capable enough, so they find him a powerful wife?
Until I saw this news, the factory expanded from just a few people to more than 200 people in just one year?
Qiao Junxian's Yimei is not a listed company, so there is not much information available, but if people want to know, reporters will always find a way. Especially since Qiao Junxian's cousin is Cai Zhiyuan of HTV.
The reporter from HTV went to Yimei for an interview. When they entered the gate of Yimei, Dahei came over with the visitor registration book in his mouth, wagging his tail.
Yimei in Gangcheng now has more than 60 people, half of whom are design engineers and process engineers. There are also two sample and test production lines. The other 30-plus people, in addition to administrative and financial personnel, are logistics, inspection, trial production and warehouse personnel.
While they were interviewing, the warehouse was loading goods into containers.
Arriving at the Pengcheng factory, the scene was completely different. The factory gate was open, and several trucks loaded with goods were moving in and out in an orderly manner. In the open space at the gate, neatly packaged cartons were piled up, and workers were pulling trailers back and forth, loading boxes of electric fans and rice cookers onto the trucks.
Walking into the electric fan workshop, there are several huge chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, lighting up the entire workshop as bright as day. This group of workers are skillfully installing the blades of the electric fan, with screwdrivers spinning rapidly in their hands. The next group of workers are debugging the motor, carefully installing it on the fan base, then turning on the power and watching the fan blades spin rapidly. The back-end workers are doing the final assembly and inspection. On one side of the workshop, the assembled electric fans are neatly placed, waiting to be packaged and shipped.
The rice cooker production workshop is also very busy. Workers are operating various machines to press the inner pot of the rice cooker. The huge stamping machine makes a "clang clang" sound, and pieces of metal plates are pressed into neatly shaped inner pots in the mold. In the assembly area, workers assemble the inner pot, outer shell, control panel and other parts. They skillfully connect wires and install buttons. On the wall of the workshop, there are slogans such as "Quality first, efficiency first" and "Unite and work hard to create brilliance together".
The reporter asked Qiao Junxian with great interest: "Mr. Qiao, do you also put up this kind of slogan?"
"Yes. When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
Finally, Qiao Junxian was interviewed in the office. Qiao Junxian introduced that their factory had achieved sales of more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars as of last month.
He also specifically explained that because the peak season for fan sales has passed and the production of rice cookers has not yet increased, sales will not be high in the next few months.
When the reporter asked him how much profit he made, he smiled and said, "The wages of mainland workers are generally between 50 and 80. Everyone knows the wages in Hong Kong. Is it the right time, right place and right people? It happened to be the economic crisis and global inflation. My family has sales channels. Last year, I went back to find Ningning. It happened that Pengcheng was going to open a development zone. We were the third company to move in. The land for the factory was free. How much is the daily rent of several industrial zones in Hong Kong? I won't disclose the details. We haven't planned to go public yet."
This amount of sales is insignificant compared to the Qiao family's main business, but for a young person just starting out, it is definitely a brilliant achievement.
This young couple, one makes money in a well-known way, while the other makes a fortune in silence.
Those big bosses used to just say hello when they saw this nephew and give some caring encouragement as elders. But now it is different. They don’t leave after saying hello, but ask him carefully for his opinion. Moreover, they tell their children and grandchildren one by one that they must spend more time with Qiao Junxian at Qiao Junshen’s wedding.
All the uncles and aunts in Hong Kong are optimistic about Qiao Junxian, but Qiao Junxian is disliked by his brother.
Qiao Junshen is about to get married, and he gets crazy, saying that Yue Ning is his sister, and won't let Yue Ning be Cui Huiyi's bridesmaid.
Cui Huiyi was unhappy. When she met Yue Ning, did Qiao Junshen know that he had this sister?
Everyone thought Qiao Junshen was inexplicable. Qiao Junxian even advised his brother to stop making trouble, saying that his sister-in-law and Ningning had a very good relationship, and Ningning must be a member of his sister-in-law's sister group.
Qiao Junshen looked at his brother: "When the time comes, Ningning will block the door. She is the only one standing guard. What can you do to her? Can you move her?"
This? It seems that he does... Qiao Junxian looked at Yue Ning.
Cui Huiyi rolled her eyes: "I'll ask Zhao Xiru to block the door."
The night before the wedding, Cui Huiyi moved back to the Cui family mansion.
She struggled for a long time about whether to marry out of the Cui family mansion, but thinking that her mother died in the Cui family mansion, she wanted her mother to watch her get married.
Cui Jiachang recovered very well, but he could only stand for a while and walk a few steps with the help of crutches. He could not last more than ten minutes.
It was a great joy for him that his youngest daughter Ken married out of the Cui family mansion.
Even though he could not do anything, he asked the servants to change him into a long gown and jacket early in the morning and sat in the dining room to eat breakfast.
Seeing her daughter coming down from upstairs, she hurriedly asked, "Hui Yi, did you sleep well last night?"
"Very good." Cui Huiyi sat down and the servant brought her breakfast, which was egg noodles made with Ning Xiaochu's bone soup noodles.
Seeing that she didn't eat, Cui Jiachang asked, "What's wrong?"
Cui Jiachang fell in love with Lide's products. Seeing that he liked them, the servants added an egg, luncheon meat and some seafood to the instant noodles, which was the most convenient to make, so they made these every morning.
After she and Qiao Junshen registered, they have been living in the Qiao family mansion. Her grandmother has made her a picky eater.
My mother is from Suzhou, and I have been used to Suzhou flavors since I was a child. Since my mother passed away, it is difficult to taste those flavors in Hong Kong. When I went to Qiao's house, my grandmother saw that she liked Suzhou cakes and Suzhou noodle soup. She was so happy that she tried different ways to make them for her.
"Nothing." Cui Huiyi picked up the chopsticks and ate noodles.
She was eating noodles when Cui Huiwen and his wife arrived first.
"Sister, brother-in-law, you came too early. Didn't we prepare everything last night?"
Last night, her sister combed her hair and sang "Ten Combing Songs" before leaving. She was gone for just a few hours and now she's back again.
"There are always some things that are not well thought out. I'll take a look again."
Now that her younger sister is getting married and her mother is gone, of course she has to come back to look after them, especially since her father is still dreaming that his children can reconcile with each other. Not only did he call the third wife and her daughter back to attend Huiyi's wedding, he even called Cui Huishu back. Yu Wanmei's house had been sold, and Cui Huishu lived here.
When Cui Huiwen got married, Cui Jiachang asked Cui Huishu to be her uncle when she got married. Because of this, Cui Huiwen had a big fight with her father on her wedding day.
This time her father didn't say that. She still didn't want Cui Hui to cause any trouble.
Cui Huiwen took her husband to the hospital for a checkup. Cui Huishu happened to come down from upstairs and called out to them, "Good morning, elder sister and brother-in-law."
Cui Huiwen saw that he looked listless and replied, "Good morning."
Cui Huishu entered the restaurant and saw Cui Huiyi, who was dressed in red, and called out, "Good morning, second sister."
"morning."
The servant brought Cui Huishu a Western breakfast.
Cui Huiyi had finished eating. When she heard the sound of a sports car at the door, she stood up and walked out. Zhao Xiru stopped the car and Yue Ning got out from the passenger seat.
Zhao Xiru said, "The makeup artist will be here soon. Ningning urged me early in the morning, so we'll come first."
Yue Ning came over and hooked Cui Huiyi, and walked in together. Just as he was about to say hello to Cui Huiwen, he heard Cui Jiachang's furious voice: "You came back yesterday, and you're leaving today?"
"Dad, I can't stay in Gangcheng for another day. Please, let me go." Cui Huishu said in a pleading voice.
"Just one day, at least wait until your sister's wedding is over before you leave." Cui Jiachang also softened his tone.
"Dad, every time I closed my eyes last night, I dreamed of my mom. She was wearing ragged clothes and pestering me to give her money. I didn't dare to close my eyes at all. It was too scary!"
"Bullshit, I live here every day, why has she never come to see me? Your sister also stayed here last night. Ask your second sister if she was dreaming?" Cui Jiachang looked at Cui Huiyi.
Cui Huiyi laughed: "This place has always been where my mother lives. Why is she here?"
Cui Jiachang immediately said to Cui Huishu when he heard it: "Yes! Your mother has only been to the mansion, but she has never lived in it."
Cui Huishu shook her head: "I don't care, I'm leaving."
Cui Huiyi was annoyed by the father and son and said, "Then let's go! My wedding is not your wedding."
Cui Jiachang looked at his son, who was really helpless. It had been a year, and he just hoped that time could dilute some things. He hoped that before he died, this immature thing could have some connection with his two daughters, so that if his son really couldn't make it in the future, his daughters could help him. Now it seemed that he was really daydreaming.
What made him even more heartbroken was that when his son dreamed that his mother had no money, instead of going to the temple to ask the gods and then burning paper for his mother, he actually thought of running away. That woman, Yu Wanmei, was sorry to everyone except this son. How could he still make plans for such a heartless and cowardly person?
Cui Jiachang propped himself up on the table and said, "Get lost!"
Yue Ning watched Cui Huishu go upstairs to get the suitcase, then quickly came downstairs and said to his father, "Dad, I'm leaving."
Choi Hui-su carried the box and ran out of the Choi mansion without even saying goodbye to the Choi sisters.
Yue Ning watched Cui Huishu disappear from the scene, and recalled the dream he had in Yuecheng, where Cui Yuwanmei was dressed in rags. Could Cui Yuwanmei really be that poor over there?