Time flies. Ruan Qiqi and his friends have been in Hong Kong for almost two months. It is the New Year's Eve of 1974. The streets and alleys in the city are full of the festive atmosphere. According to the traditional customs of the Chinese people, no matter how rich or poor one is, everyone has to celebrate the New Year with their family.

Originally, they were only given two months and had to go back to report on their work before the end of the year. However, since they exceeded their foreign exchange target of more than 10 million US dollars, their superiors were very satisfied and tacitly allowed them to stay in Hong Kong for a longer time.

It just so happened that the issues concerning Qiu, Xu and Zhu's families had not been resolved yet, so Ruan Qiqi decided to stay in Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year and experience the New Year customs here.

February 2nd is New Year's Eve, and there is still more than half a month before the Chinese New Year. Qiu, Xu, and Zhu's families sent messages saying that they wanted to spend one last year together with their families, and Ruan Qiqi agreed.

She was not afraid of these three families playing tricks on her. No matter where they escaped to, she would be able to find them.

Some time ago, Ruan Qiqi bought a villa in Mid-Levels. The previous landlord was an American and a senior government official. He suddenly resigned and left Hong Kong without even saying goodbye. The house he left behind was sold by his lover.

The young lover took the money from selling the house and ran away with her new macho lover.

Ruan Qiqi was quite satisfied with the house, and it did not require any major modifications. She could move in after some minor changes. The most important thing was that the price was very cheap. The lover was eager to sell it, so he asked for a price far below the market price.

The reason why other people didn't dare to buy it was that they were afraid that the senior US official would come back and take the house back, so even if it was sold at a very low price, no one dared to take it over, otherwise it would not be Ruan Qiqi's turn.

She asked Gan Defa to call some craftsmen to make some minor modifications to the villa, replace the bed and sofa, and hire someone to clean the entire house so that they could move in.

Ruan Qiqi also advised Xia Tao to buy some real estate and shops, but she was not happy about it.

“What’s the point of buying a big house? When you die, you’ll just be a small box.”

Xia Tao is very open-minded. She lives for the moment. When she has money, she spends it. When she has no money, she goes to rich people to borrow money. Anyway, she will never be short of money.

"You're still alive now, you can't live in a small box, right?"

Ruan Qiqi advised in a gentle voice.

"Maybe he'll die someday."

Xia Tao shrugged her shoulders. She had long since become indifferent to life and death, and continued to compile her school rules.

Ruan Qiqi rolled her eyes and was too lazy to persuade her anymore. She went over to see what the school rules were like.

This crazy woman's handwriting is very beautiful, with at least ten years of practice in regular script. She saw the first one -

"If your parents love you, you must respect and be filial to them. If your parents don't love you, please tell the school!"

"Tell the school what?"

Ruan Qiqi asked curiously. She was really a little surprised that Xia Tao would make this the first rule of the school.

"I'll help them get custody, and the school will be in charge from now on!"

Xia Tao spoke murderously, saying that some parents were not worthy of being parents at all, and she would not let these people harm her children.

If you surrender custody obediently, you may be spared. If you refuse, you will die.

"You are overstepping your authority by doing this. Those children may not be grateful to you, and may even resent you!" Ruan Qiqi advised.

Household affairs are the most difficult to manage. If Xia Tao does this, it is very likely that the gains will outweigh the losses and she will also receive a lot of complaints. She is not afraid that Xia Tao will be hurt, but she is mainly afraid that this crazy woman will be too stimulated and become even more crazy.

"I don't care whether they hate me or not, as long as I am happy!"

Xia Tao snorted coldly. She didn't think about asking those children to be grateful or repay her. She was just doing something that made herself happy.

Ruan Qiqi stopped trying to persuade him and continued to read the second one -

"No sleeping before the age of 18, no matter whether male or female, female or male. The first time you violate the ban, you will be caned 20 times in public by the whole school. The second time, you will be caned 50 times in public by the whole school. The third time, you will be expelled!"

Ruan Qiqi twitched her lips and continued to read the third one -

"Students can get their earrings pierced, dye their hair, and wear makeup, but they must maintain their grades, otherwise they will be shaved in public!"

Article 4

"Don't waste food. If you see someone throwing food around, you must pick it up and eat it no matter where it is thrown!"

Ruan Qiqi looked at a few of them, which were basically about regulations on student character, such as being filial to parents, keeping oneself clean, being diligent and thrifty, etc. Although the school rules formulated by Xia Tao were a bit murderous, they were still very practical.

"Director Xia, take your time to edit it!"

Ruan Qiqi patted her shoulder gently and left with a smile.

Xia Tao bit the tip of her pen and continued to rack her brains to think about the school rules.

The phone rang, and it was Gan Defa who called: "Mrs. Ruan, the sanitation of your new house has been completed, and the furniture has been moved in. You can move in anytime."

"Thanks!"

Ruan Qiqi thanked him and said that the decoration and cleaning of the house were all done by Gan Defa.

"You're welcome. I have one more thing to tell you. The second season of the movie is very popular at the box office, even better than the first season. The overseas broadcasting rights have also been sold. Together with the dividends from the first movie, you have a total of 900,000. I'll send it to you later?"

"Okay, thank you for your hard work!"

“It’s not hard.”

Gan Defa spoke sincerely. The movie did well at the box office and their Glory Gang also made a lot of money, which solved the gang's financial difficulties. He was particularly grateful to Mrs. Ruan.

An hour later, Gan Defa came over with a few cups of milk tea and a dozen skewers of fish balls, all coated with thick spicy sauce. Just looking at them made me salivate.

"My mother asked me to bring this, along with this pork trotter with ginger. My mother specially stewed it for Madam Ruan and Miss Xia. She said that this is very nutritious for women."

Gan Defa took a lot of things and placed them on the table one by one.

Xia Tao, who smelled the fragrance, rushed out quickly and took the fish balls and started to eat them without hesitation.

She liked the food cooked by Gan's mother the most. She liked every kind of it. She also liked Gan's father's open-mindedness and humor. She even wanted to take over Gan's family, kick Gan Defa out, and live in Gan's house.

"This is nine hundred thousand."

Gan Defa did not take cash this time, but wrote a check.

Ruan Qiqi accepted it.

"The audience's response is very enthusiastic, and they are urging for a third film. I think after Scar Liu recovers from his injury, I will have him and Chen Mei'er film together. It should be a big selling point."

Gan Defa embarrassedly expressed his thoughts. Chen Meir was the male lead in both the first and second films, and he was worried that the audience would get tired of it, so he wanted to add some fresh flavors.

"How long will it take for Scar Liu's injury to heal?" Ruan Qiqi asked.

"It will take another half a month, until after the New Year."

"Don't worry, give it a stage name first, and then shoot after the New Year!"

Ruan Qiqi gave the task of choosing a stage name to Gan Defa, who had a talent for naming.

"How is Liu Jiaqi?"

Gan Defa was well prepared. Scar Liu's original name was Liu Jiawang, but he changed his name to Liu Jiaqi.

"Okay, that's the name."

Ruan Qiqi had no objection. The name was not important. The key was the actors. Scar Liu and Chen Xiong, the two former gang leaders, had transformed into porn stars and would definitely attract the audience's attention.

"How is the school going?"

Xia Tao was chewing on a pig's trotter while urging the school to make progress.

"It has been demolished. We didn't even take a break during the Chinese New Year. We worked overtime to rush the work. It will probably be finished in the spring, and we will be able to enroll students in the second half of the year."

Gan Defa reported the progress. There were already many men in his gang who had worked on the construction site before. Besides, since it was a school being built for their own children, these men volunteered to supervise the construction, so there was no need to worry about the quality and progress.