Chapter 457: Afraid of getting angry, drink Master Kong herbal tea

Saturday.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

In the luxury house at Wuyue Plaza, Xiao Dong'er is performing for his grandfather, father, mother and fourth uncle.

The instrument used for the performance was none other than the Guzheng, which she had studied for four years.

Four years ago, in order to cultivate the hobbies of his grandchildren, Deng Shirong hired professional tutors for the siblings. Since then, Xiao Dong'er has learned singing, dancing and guzheng from different teachers.

Dongzi, on the other hand, learned the drum set, which he was more interested in.

After four years of study, Xiao Dong'er's guzheng skills are not that high, but they are good enough to fool laymen with her performances.

Today, Xiao Dong'er is playing "Secretly Fascinated", a classic song released last year by superstar Andy Lau. The classicism of this song is beyond doubt. Although Xiao Dong'er's guzheng skills still need to be improved, she can already play this song quite well.

The song is over.

"Good, you play it really beautifully." Deng Shirong was the first to lead the applause and praise.

Deng Yunhua also smiled and praised: "Xiao Dong'er is really amazing, the song is so beautiful."

Deng Yuntai was also grinning from ear to ear at this time, nodding repeatedly and saying, "It really sounds great."

Zhang Xiuping also gave her daughter a thumbs up with a smile on her face.

Xiao Dong'er was very happy to receive unanimous praise from the elders. She smiled and asked, "Grandpa, what other songs do you want to hear? I'll play another one for you."

Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Then let's sing another song, 'Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies' by Wong Ka Kui!"

Xiao Dong'er smiled and replied, "Okay, then it's 'Boundless Oceans and Vast Skies'."

After a little preparation, Xiao Dong'er began to play "Boundless Sea, Vast Sky".

I have to say that interest is really the best teacher. Among so many musical instruments, Xiao Dong'er has a special liking for the guzheng. Although she has only studied it for four years, she has already acquired a certain level of guzheng skills. She played the song "Boundless Sea, Vast Sky" quite beautifully.

Anyway, to amateurs like Deng Shirong, the guzheng was played quite well.

Deng Shirong smiled and praised: "Not bad, no wonder your instrument teacher always praises your talent in front of us."

"Yes, Xiao Dong'er, you play "Boundless Oceans and Vast Skies" really beautifully."

After praising him, Deng Yunhua sighed with some sadness: "Among so many singers, my favorite is Huang Jiaju. He is a singer of amazing talent. He wrote so many classic songs when he was just over 30 years old. It's a pity that he died in Japan last year. It's really a great loss to the music industry!"

Deng Yuntai continued, "It's a pity indeed. If he had been given another 30 years, his achievements in music would probably be unmatched by many."

Deng Shirong also sighed. Although he liked listening to songs, he liked the songs themselves and didn't care who composed the songs or who sang them. It was just like there were so many novels in later generations that it was impossible to finish reading them all. Many readers were too lazy to care who wrote the novel. They just enjoyed reading it.

He remembered that Huang Jiaju died in Japan in his previous life, but he couldn't remember which year.

After I was reborn, I didn’t pay much attention to the music scene and forgot about this incident.

It was only when the news of Wong Ka Kui's death came out last year that he remembered this matter, but it was too late.

Although Xiao Dong'er is only in the sixth grade of primary school, she is learning to sing with her teacher. She has heard from her teacher about some people and things in the current music scene in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland, including the news of Huang Jiaju's unfortunate death last year, which she also knows.

"Fourth Uncle, you don't have to be sad."

Xiao Dong'er put the guzheng away and comforted her, "Just like what the poem says: Some people are dead while they are alive; some people are still alive while they are dead. The singers like Huang Jiaju will always remember him, and his classic songs will be passed down from generation to generation."

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "Our little Dong'er has learned how to comfort people."

Deng Shirong looked at Dongzi who was eager to try and asked, "Dongzi, how is your drum learning going? Can you also perform for us?"

"Of course!"

Dongzi excitedly sat down in front of the drum set, picked up two drumsticks, and asked, "Grandpa, what song do you want to listen to?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Then let's perform your best song!"

Dongzi nodded and said in a serious tone: "I'll give you a song called "Childhood".

Then, he began his performance.

I have to say, among so many musical instruments, this drum set is really cool to play.

The drum set is the instrument that Dongzi is most interested in. After four years of study, he has finally gotten the hang of it. In addition, the song "Childhood" is indeed one of his best pieces, so the performance is really worth watching.

Soon, Dongzi finished his performance. He asked expectantly, "Grandpa, how was my performance?"

Deng Shirong smiled and praised: "Very good, keep studying hard, when you go to college in the future, you will be able to charm many female classmates when you perform on stage at the school party."

Dongzi smiled happily after receiving the compliment from his grandfather and said, "I will definitely study hard."

After that, Dongzi performed several songs in succession and received praise from everyone. He was so happy that he had never been praised like this by his family. At this moment, he decided to study drums more seriously in the future.

If for no other reason, just to make his grandpa, dad and mom look at him with higher regard and praise him more.

As for performing on stage at university parties in the future and charming the female classmates, that was just a side effect.

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Two o'clock in the afternoon.

The mother and her two sons of the Fan family are busy making sour ingredients at home. Some of the sour ingredients are made and eaten immediately, but some of them need to be processed and pickled in advance.

Although Fan Yuesheng and Fan Yueqiang were not good at studying, they were relatively obedient brothers. After dropping out of school, they stayed at home to help their mother, unlike other children of their age who spent all day in the game room.

This is also related to the fact that they lost their father at a young age. Their father passed away when they were very young, and then their mother worked hard from dawn to dusk to support the three siblings and to pay for their studies. Most of the children who grew up in such a family are more sensible.

While working, Fan Yuesheng said, "Mom, our acid business is really good now. During the peak period in the evening, we, mother and son, can't handle it alone. How about we hire one or two employees to help?"

Qin Fengzhen shook her head and said, "If we hire two employees to help, we will have to earn at least 100 or 200 yuan more a month. How much acid material do we have to sell to make it back? I would rather work harder than paying my employees so much."

Fan Yuesheng said, "Mom, this is not a question of whether it's hard or not. If we are too busy at night, the diners won't wait for us. After all, we are not the only one selling sour food in the snack street now."

Qin Fengzhen also understood this truth and sighed, "Okay, I'll ask your cousin later to see if she's willing to come work in our sour food shop."

Suddenly, Fan Yueqiang pointed at the door and said, "Mom, brother, look, my brother-in-law is here!"

Qin Fengzhen and her eldest son looked towards the door when they heard the words, and saw a familiar car driving towards their house and slowly stopping at their door.

Seeing this, the mother and her two children stood up at the same time and went out to greet him together.

As soon as Deng Yunhua opened the car door and got out of the car with the prepared gifts, he saw his future mother-in-law and two brothers-in-law coming up to him enthusiastically. He smiled and greeted them, "Auntie, Yuesheng, Yueqiang."

"Xiaohua!"

“Brother-in-law!”

The mother and son of the Fan family also greeted them.

When Deng Yunhua heard the title of brother-in-law, his eyes narrowed with smile. These two brothers-in-law had a promising future, so it seemed that he had to help them.

He smiled and handed the gift over, saying, "Auntie, this is squid from the North Sea. It has thick meat and tastes very good."

Qin Fengzhen said something polite before taking the squid with a smile.

Fan Yueqiang diligently brought a stool for his brother-in-law, Fan Yuesheng boiled water to make tea for his brother-in-law, Qin Fengzhen put the squid away and cut a plate of sour food over.

Deng Yunhua ate the sour food with a bamboo stick and asked, "Auntie, how is the sour food business recently?"

Qin Fengzhen said with a smile on her face: "Business is several times better than before. When Yuemei was at home, the family of four could barely handle it. Now there are only three of us, mother and son, and we are completely overwhelmed."

Deng Yunhua said: "If you are too busy, just hire someone else. Ask two employees to come back and share the work. It will be much easier."

Fan Yueqiang smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, we were just talking about asking someone to help!"

“It’s best to ask someone to help.”

Deng Yunhua poked a carrot with a bamboo stick and asked, "Yuesheng, Yueqiang, do you have any idea of ​​starting your own business?"

Fan Yuesheng was moved when he heard this: "Brother-in-law, what do you mean?"

Deng Yunhua said: "It's good for you to help make sour sauce at home, but no matter how good the sour sauce business is, you can only make a little money, not a lot of money. Besides, this sour sauce shop doesn't need you. You can just hire a few more employees to come back and help Auntie.

If you really want to make a lot of money, you have to start your own business."

Fan Yuesheng sighed and said, "Brother-in-law, you are right. I have also thought about starting my own business, but after thinking about it, I have no idea what to do. Besides, our family conditions were not good before. Even if there was any business that could be done, it would not be our turn to do it. We don't have the capital."

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "Yuesheng, Yueqiang, you are Yuemei's brothers, and naturally you are also my brothers. If you have any business ideas in mind, then tell us and we can discuss it together. If you think it is feasible, then your brother-in-law will invest in you."

The Fan brothers' eyes lit up when they heard this, and then they all looked at their mother.

Their mother had emphasized to them before that they were not allowed to ask their brother-in-law for help, but if their brother-in-law took the initiative to help them, they could accept it.

However, that is what happens after my sister actually marries my brother-in-law. Although my sister and my brother-in-law have set a wedding date, they haven't really gotten married yet. Whether they can accept the help offered by my brother-in-law at this time depends on my mother's opinion.

Qin Fengzhen naturally saw the desire in her two sons' eyes. She looked at her future son-in-law and said, "Xiaohua, I know you want to help them, but they are not well educated and don't have much business sense. If you invest in them, I'm afraid it will be like throwing meat buns at a dog, and it will never come back!"

Deng Yunhua swallowed the hot and sour radish in his mouth and said with a smile: "Auntie, we are a family from now on. It is only right for us to help Yuesheng and Yueqiang. If others lose money in business and put their capital into it, they may not be able to recover for ten or twenty years.

But for me, it doesn't matter even if Yuesheng and Yueqiang make losses. The worst that can happen is that we can switch to another business and start over. If we fail once, we can try twice. If we fail twice, we can try three times. In the words of my father, we have the capital for trial and error. If we try a few more times, we will always succeed.

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Anyway, I don’t have much else, but I have a lot of money.”

After hearing these boastful words, the mother and son of the Fan family looked at each other in bewilderment.

Qin Fengzhen said hesitantly: "Xiaohua, how about we wait until Yuemei graduates and comes back?"

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "We can wait until Yuemei comes back before making a decision. It won't be long anyway. Yuesheng and Yueqiang, you can tell us what business you want to do first, and we can discuss it today."

Seeing that his brother-in-law really wanted to help them, Fan Yueqiang spoke freely: "Brother-in-law, speaking of doing business, I do have an idea. I heard from a friend that the game hall business is very hot now. It is said that there are countless people lining up to play games every day. If you can invest in opening a game hall, you will definitely make money."

Fan Yuesheng echoed, "I've also heard from my friends about the popularity of the arcade. My friend even took me there once. The popularity there is really terrifying. The boss is making money every minute and every second. It's hard not to make a fortune by opening such an arcade."

Qin Fengzhen frowned and said, "This game hall is not a good place. I've also heard from the neighbors that their children often skip school to play in the game hall. They get very angry when the game hall is mentioned. If I open a business like this, I'm afraid I'll be scolded to death."

Deng Yunhua said: "Yuesheng and Yueqiang are right. Game halls are indeed very profitable, but Auntie is also right. Game halls are like a scourge in the eyes of parents. No matter which game hall owner, I'm afraid he will be scolded.

Moreover, this game hall is the favorite place for bad boys. It is a mixed crowd and is prone to crime.

In general, if you just want to make money, this is indeed a good business, but we should think twice before we make this kind of money. "

Qin Fengzhen directly refused on behalf of her son: "We don't want to make this dirty money."

Fan Yueqiang blinked and said, "If the game hall doesn't work, then the billiard hall seems to be good. My friends and I went there to play billiards a few times. There are two ways of charging. One is to charge by the hour, which costs two or three yuan per hour. The other is to charge by the game, which costs fifty cents per game.

Business is also very hot, and there is always a queue every time I go.

However, the income from this billiard hall is probably not as good as that from the game hall."

Qin Fengzhen frowned again and said, "This billiard hall doesn't seem to be a good place."

Deng Yunhua had heard about the billiard hall from his father, and he had been there before, so he said, "Auntie, this billiard hall is not as messy as the game hall. The main customers of the game hall are teenagers, and although the billiard hall also attracts many teenagers, its main customers should be adults."

Seeing that his brother-in-law supported him, Fan Yueqiang instantly became energetic and said, "This billiard hall is also very profitable. The billiard hall I went to had five tables. I calculated it when I was free. It is no problem to make 30 yuan a day from one table. Five tables can make at least 150 yuan a day.

After deducting rent, utilities and other expenses, I can earn at least three to four thousand yuan a month.”

Qin Fengzhen was stunned when she heard this and exclaimed, "Is this billiard hall so profitable?"

You know, her family's sour food shop's business is now many times better than before, and they have added higher-profit foods such as pickled chicken feet and pickled duck feet to barely achieve this profit, and this is on the premise that they don't have to pay rent.

In order to earn this money, the mother and her two sons are busy every day, and it can be said that the money they earn is hard-earned.

In this billiard hall, with five billiard tables, one person only needs to be assigned to collect the money and one can easily make three to four thousand dollars a day. This completely overturned her three views.

Fan Yueqiang nodded and said, "Billiard halls are indeed very profitable. If you don't believe me, you can go to a billiard hall and take a look. You only need to watch for an hour or two and calculate their income for an hour or two, and you can basically calculate their income for a day."

Qin Fengzhen was very shocked. If even the billiard hall was making so much money, wouldn't the game halls be making money every day? No wonder the owners of those game halls refused to kick out those students who sneaked out to play no matter how others scolded them. With such a high income, who would care about the bad reputation?

Even Qin Fengzhen, who originally disliked game halls as smoky and dirty places, had the urge to open one.

Of course, she was just thinking about it and would definitely not put it into practice.

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "Nowadays, more and more people like to play billiards. Opening a billiard hall can really make money. Yuesheng and Yueqiang, if you two brothers are interested in this, then I, your brother-in-law, will invest in you and let you open a larger billiard hall."

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

The Fan brothers thanked excitedly, their hearts were filled with excitement. A billiard hall with only five pool tables could make a profit of three to four thousand a month. If they opened a large-scale billiard hall, how much money could they make in a month?

Deng Yunhua said with a smile: "We are all family, you are welcome, next you have time to go and look for a shop, you should find one with a larger area, whether it is the first floor, the second floor or the third floor, it doesn't matter.

There are also considerations regarding the location of the shop, so you brothers should discuss this together.

When you find a good shop, tell me."

Fan Yueqiang nodded and said, "Okay, brother-in-law, I'll tell you when we find a shop."

Qin Fengzhen wanted to say something but stopped herself. In the end, she did not stop him. She could only accept the kindness of her son-in-law and wait for her daughter to graduate and come back to talk to her and ask her to repay her son-in-law. As for how to repay her, that was not something that could be told to outsiders.

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In 1994, there is a classic martial arts TV series that must be mentioned, that is the famous "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Zhou Haimei's version of Zhou Zhiruo has really charmed countless people.

In comparison, it is really hard to bear to see Maggie Cheung, who became famous last year for her role in The Legend of the New White Snake, playing Zhao Min.

Zhao Min in the original novel was the most beautiful woman in Mongolia, extremely beautiful. However, they chose Maggie Cheung to play Zhao Min. In the end, the male lead chose Maggie Cheung instead of Charmaine Sheh. Any audience with normal aesthetic taste would curse out loud.

It is also the childhood nightmare of countless people born in the 1980s!

The author was still a primary school student at that time. Because he had to attend evening self-study classes, he would run back home at the speed of a 100-meter sprint every night after school to watch "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber". As a result, the character Zhang Wuji chose Maggie Cheung instead of the beautiful Zhou Haimei, which really disgusted the author.

Therefore, although the 1994 version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" can also be called a classic, in the minds of many viewers, it is still not as good as the 2003 version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber". The reason is that the 2003 version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" is full of beauties.

Zhou Zhiruo played by Gao Yuanyuan is already very beautiful, but Zhao Min played by Alyssa Chia is even more amazing. Her every frown and smile is so beautiful to the extreme. Among the many Zhao Mins, probably only Zhang Min can compete with her.

It is undeniable that the scene where Zhang Min looks back and smiles in the film is truly a classic.

Of course, Gigi Lai’s version is also very good and more in line with the original novel. Some viewers who like her even said: “After Gigi Lai, there is no more Zhao Min.”

The drama was first aired in Taiwan in March this year, causing a huge sensation, and was then introduced to the mainland for broadcast.

Deng Shirong naturally would not miss the opportunity to sponsor such a classic TV series. Last year, Liquan Beer sponsored "The Legend of the New White Snake" and achieved great success, becoming the best-selling beer in China.

This year's "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" is sponsored by Master Kong Herbal Tea.

At the same time, the classic advertising slogan that Deng Shirong had hidden for many years was also used - If you are afraid of getting a sore throat, drink Master Kong herbal tea.

After the TV series was broadcast, the sales of Master Kong herbal tea exploded immediately. For people in Guangdong and Guangxi, the combination of getting a sore throat and herbal tea is really too damaging, so the sales of Master Kong herbal tea exploded first in the Guangdong and Guangxi markets.

People in the north don’t have to worry about getting a sore throat, so they really don’t understand the importance of herbal tea to people in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Let me put it this way, if someone in the countryside makes herbal tea, people who know about it will come and drink a bowl even if they don’t have a sore throat, let alone if they do have a sore throat.

In cities, people like to drink herbal tea as tea.

Therefore, who can resist the sweet taste of Master Kong herbal tea, which can be used as a drink, and is delicious and can reduce internal heat? In addition to the Guangdong and Guangxi markets, other southern provinces, although not as exaggerated as Guangdong and Guangxi, also contributed a lot of sales. After all, the advertising effect of this era is really awesome. No matter what kind of garbage it is, as long as the advertisement is on TV, many viewers are willing to pay for it.

This actually means that the people trust the country. In their view, advertisements on TV mean that they are good things recognized by the country, so of course they will buy them.

The result is really hard to describe. I don’t know how some fraudulent advertisements passed the TV review…

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