Chapter 41 Someone is protecting me
A beauty in red walked down from the passenger seat of the red Prancing Horse. She also had big wavy hair and big red lips. She looked very charming, sexy, and a bit pure.
This is Lui Ming Ming, who is known as the dream goddess of all men in Hong Kong.
The person who got off the driver's seat was Cai Zhiyuan, the son of the entertainment tycoon Cai family, who made all the men in Hong Kong jealous. Most of the stars in Hong Kong were signed to the film and television companies under the Cai family, and the girlfriends of this young man were all stunning beauties.
After Cai Zhiyuan got out of the car, he put his hand on Lu Mingming's waist.
The man who got out of the Lamborghini was Liu Jiayao, a popular young man who could make all the housewives on the street scream. In the same car with him was Zhao Xiru, the third daughter of the Zhao family, a brand designer selected for the French Fashion Week and the king of fabrics and clothing.
In another car, wearing black dresses were Zhou Mingling, the female action star who appeared on the screen with a dashing image, and Qiao Junshen, the eldest son of the Qiao family.
Qiao Junxian and Cui Huiyi stood together and accompanied the guests inside.
The young men and ladies from Hong Kong City would occasionally visit their place, but with so many young men and ladies coming together, shouldn't this kind of scene be seen more at country clubs and horse racing clubs?
The uncle who was originally having a clearance sale stopped shouting when he saw this scene and watched the four beauties with different styles walk by.
The housewives don’t know whether to focus their attention on their idols or look at these young men from wealthy families.
After Doujihui was discovered, he went to find Gao Laocheng with a swollen face. Doujihui told Gao Laocheng what Yue Ning said. At first, they didn't quite understand, but after seeing the young master of the Cai family, they understood everything instantly.
Who doesn't know what the background of the financial and entertainment tycoon Cai family is? In their eyes, the stacker in Macau is like a cockroach that can be stepped on and killed at any time, and the two of them are probably not even as good as cockroaches.
What was wrong with that woman to let them provoke these people? Did she really want them to be fed to the fish?
Doujihui looked at Yue Ning, who had just made him unable to move, from afar. She was standing at the door welcoming guests.
Yue Ning looked at the people coming towards her. She could tell who was in the entertainment industry and who was in the business world at a glance. Although Huiyi's friend Zhao Xiru was not as stunning as the two big stars, she was also a beautiful woman with temperament.
Among the several unfamiliar men, Liu Jiayao looked so much like a celebrity that Yue Ning guessed his identity at a glance.
The two brothers of the Qiao family and Cai Zhiyuan are cousins. Yue Ning only knows Qiao Junxian. The other two look somewhat similar and are of similar age. Yue Ning cannot tell which one is Qiao Junshen and which one is Cai Zhiyuan.
Who cares! Cai Zhiyuan asked her to call him brother on the phone. Qiao Junshen was her grandmother's nephew, so he was also her brother. It wouldn't be wrong to call him brother!
Yue Ning went to meet them, and one of the men smiled and said, "Ningning, guess, am I your brother Zhiyuan or your brother Junshen?"
Yue Ning knew what was going on by the voice and tone on the phone. She said, "No need to guess. The lively and amiable one must be Brother Zhiyuan."
Cai Zhiyuan showed his big white teeth: "Ningning really understands me."
Cui Huiyi rolled her eyes at Cai Zhiyuan and said, "Ningning, just tell me straight out that the showy one is Cai Zhiyuan, isn't that enough?"
Another man smiled and said, "Cai Zhiyuan, if you didn't say anything, Ningning wouldn't have guessed it, but once you opened your mouth, you'd be exposed."
"Hello, Brother Jun Shen." Yue Ning greeted.
"good."
Yue Ning greeted everyone else one by one. Seeing this, the onlookers asked, "Why is Uncle Hua's granddaughter so close to the young masters of the Qiao and Cai families?"
Cai Zhiyuan heard it and said, "Want to know? Tune in tonight's "Hong Kong City Outlook"."
"Hong Kong City Outlook" is an interview program of HTV that focuses on the economic and social development of Hong Kong and invites Hong Kong celebrities to attend. What does Yue Ning, a shepherdess from the mainland and the granddaughter of a cook, have to do with this program?
There was originally only one question, but now it has become two questions.
Qiao Junshen couldn't stand Cai Zhiyuan advertising for their TV station all the time. Does a successful TV station still need him to advertise?
Qiao Junshen said, "Let's go, go in."
After everyone went in, the familiar neighbors secretly asked Sister Hua, but Sister Hua also looked confused. How would she know?
Yue Ning led everyone to the private room on the second floor, where seven cold dishes were already placed on the table. Qiao Junxian looked around and asked Yue Ning, "Where is the gathering of heroes?"
Yue Ning turned a white porcelain square plate in front of him. Inside the crispy shells shaped like egg tarts were colorful filaments dotted with caviar.
Yue Ning asked: "The radish meeting is here. I'll sell it to you for 180 yuan. It's not expensive at all, right?"
Cai Zhiyuan stared at the large rooster-shaped platter and asked, "Is this a marinated platter?"
"Yes!" Yue Ning replied.
At this time, the waiter brought a cold dish, with smoothie as the base, carrots carved into a broken bridge, cucumbers carved into a small boat, and twisted cucumber shreds arranged into ripples. A small branch was inserted on the side, and plum blossoms were pinched out of pink flour on the branch, sprinkled with icing sugar as fine snow, and the main character was an ice cube frozen into a bowl shape, and the ice bowl contained cold sea sausage and scallops.
Yue Ning brought the dish to the table: "Snow on the Broken Bridge."
Cai Zhiyuan looked at the cold dishes and said, "Why don't you open a restaurant that sells radishes for 180 yuan a plate for meetings? We will all invest in it."
"Yes, we will invest." Cui Huiyi was afraid of falling behind.
"Brother! I'm the only one who can cook. I can only serve one table of dishes a day. Even if I sell 180 yuan, I can't make back my investment! Let me train some people first." Yue Ning asked them to sit down. "Brothers and sisters, you guys start the meal. I'm going to cook."
Cui Huiyi pinched her face and said, "Go!"
Yue Ning went downstairs and walked out of the private room. The three tables downstairs were the dining tables of Baohua Building’s own people. Two of them were already occupied, and the other table was reserved for their cooks and waiters.
The presentation was average but the portions on the plate were generous.
Sister Hua pulled Yue Ning and said, "Ningning, we also want to eat beautiful dishes."
"We need everyone's cooperation!" She put her hand on the shoulder of a young man who was cooking, "Once they learn how to arrange the dishes like this, everyone can do it this way. Otherwise, I have to do the cutting, cooking, and cooking all by myself. Wouldn't I be exhausted?"
"A Zhong, did you hear that? Ningning will teach you." Sister Hua said.
"I'll learn, I'll learn." Asong's apprentice A Zhong's eyes were wide open just now.
Yue Ning said cheerfully: "If you are willing to learn, I will do my best to teach you."
She told everyone: "Today, everyone eat and drink well. Baohualou has walked out of the quagmire of being dragged down by the other side. After tomorrow, it will be a new journey."
"No one is worried about Baohua Building closing down anymore, right?" asked Sister Hua.
Ah Zhong said: "I am now concerned about when Shenghua Building will close?"
When Yue Ning saw the roast meat platter being served, he said, "I told you, the restaurant across the street is not worthy of being our opponent. Instead of worrying about this, why not eat two more pieces of roast duck and then tell me what needs to be improved."
“Why is the duck skin so crispy?”
“So crispy!”
"It's very crispy and fragrant." Ah Zhong said, "No need to change it, I want to learn."
"Then you should eat and drink well today, and start learning well tomorrow. The craftsmanship will not let the craftsman down." Yue Ning smiled, turned around, and went back to the kitchen to continue cooking.
At around six o'clock in the evening, the port city was at its evening rush hour.
The incident caused by the granddaughter of Baohualou owner Yue Baohua's return at noon today has been reported on the radio news: "Yue Baohua's shepherdess granddaughter arrived in Hong Kong and rewarded the dairy cow for five yuan."
The radio host first mentioned that Yue Ning carried Ding Shengqiang around in circles, and joked that when she was in the northwest, she must have practiced ballet while carrying a sheep. He also said that if she finds a boyfriend in the future, she will have to carry her boyfriend into the room.
Then, in his usual vulgar style, the host gossiped about Zhang Lili's nickname in the entertainment industry back then, "Cow Li", and teased Yue Ning, a mainland shepherdess who didn't understand the market, saying that this might be the lowest expense Cow Li had ever received in her life.
Along with the traffic after work, this news aroused some interest among men and women who had worked all day. Even if only a small number of people wanted to come and find out what was going on, it was enough to make this narrow street suddenly crowded. What's more, there were several cars with very recognizable models and license plates parked outside the street.
The door of Baohua Building was open, but there was a poster and a sign saying "Temporarily closed". People were toasting at two tables in the lobby, and when I looked up, I saw a private room upstairs with lights on. It was said that the owners of the cars outside the street corner and several popular movie stars were inside.
The last time there was such a huge crowd was when Ding Shengqiang pushed Yue Baohua down and Yue Baohua was taken to the hospital.
At that time, newspapers, television and radio stations all over Hong Kong were scolding Ding Shengqiang for being heartless, but what did it matter? Shenghua Building still made a lot of money.
There are so many customers today, and the radio station mentioned "Yan Niu Li". Compared with real money, what does this kind of ridicule mean? People, for the sake of making money, there is no shame.
Zhang Lili simply changed into a sexier dress and stood at the door to greet guests.
Watching the guests walking towards their restaurant, Zhang Lili couldn't stop smiling.
At this time, two people, one tall and one short, followed the flow of customers to Shenghua Building. Zhang Lili saw the two people and thought they were here to tell her who the girl's guest was today. They really couldn't afford to offend these people.
She walked over and said, "Forget it, you guys go back first, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Bah! Bitchy bitch!" Doujihui raised his hand and slapped her.
The two men saw with their own eyes that the girl from Baohua Tower called the young masters of the Qiao and Cai families "brother". Only then did they understand why the girl knew who they were as soon as she arrived in Hong Kong today.
Just based on false accusations against Baohualou and beating Zhu Yousong, they would be put on the King of Hell's Book of Life and Death. Yet Zhang Lili asked them to beat up that girl's guest. Did she think the Black and White Impermanence were not coming fast enough?
Zhang Lili was completely unprepared. She was wearing high heels, and her foot twisted and she fell to the ground. Before she could react, Gao Laocheng picked her up again and slapped her again: "You bitch, you asked us to put tape in the food at Baohualou last time, to make a big fuss, and to beat up Zhu Yousong at Baohualou. I did everything for you, and you didn't even give me money."
"Give me money!" Doujihui kicked him, and his face still hurts.
Even though Zhang Lili screamed in pain, no one dared to come forward to help. One of the two men had a blue dragon tattooed on his arm, and the other had a white tiger tattooed on his arm. They looked like gangsters. Who would dare to provoke such a person?
Zhang Lili curled up, and Gao Laocheng grabbed her hair and dragged her to the sidewalk. He was afraid that the girl across the street didn't know they were beating someone up, so he slapped Zhang Lili again.
"Gossip girl, I put tape on you at Baohua Building, and beat someone up for you, and you still refuse to pay." Doujihui spat on Zhang Lili's head.
At this time, paparazzi chasing celebrities and reporters covering social news had already heard the news and came. Just now they had pointed their cameras at Baohua Building, but now all the cameras turned to this place.
After all, Hong Kong is a small city, and a quarrel between two aunties in any neighborhood may be reported on TV as news.
The girl didn't come out to see, Doujihui and Gao Laocheng were scared. Seeing so many reporters present, Doujihui thought about going on TV, at least to leave evidence. He pointed at Zhang Lili in front of the camera and said, "Will you give me money?"
At this time, Zhang Lili had no time to think. Besides, with her brain, she might not be able to come up with any countermeasures. She was in so much pain that tears and snot were streaming down her face: "I paid it! I paid it all. I paid 2,000 as a deposit first, and then 3,000. Don't cheat me!"
Originally, Yue Baohua accused Shenghualou of falsely accusing Baohualou of having adhesive tape in their dishes, and everyone had believed it long ago, but there was no solid evidence. Now Zhang Lili has admitted it herself, and the evidence is now solid.
"Stinky bitch." Gao Laocheng was still not satisfied, so he slapped Zhang Lili again and said to Doujihui, "Let's go."
The two men walked away in a swagger. Zhang Lili was beaten so hard that her whole body was in pain and she struggled to stand up.
When the people from Shenghua Building saw that the two thugs had finally left, they hurried over to help Zhang Lili.
Zhang Lili was beaten for no apparent reason. She was in so much pain that tears kept falling from her face and body. Before she could even stand, a microphone was put to her lips: "You just admitted that you spent 5,000 yuan to hire someone to frame Baohualou and beat up the people there?"
Only then did Zhang Lili realize that what she had said had caused a big disaster, and she forced herself to turn around and go back.
Zhang Lili was helped in limping.
Zhang Lili didn't even have time to tidy up before she went into the office to call the man. The man's wife answered the phone and said, "Originally, you spent some money on him to open a restaurant for you, and I wouldn't say much. But now you keep making trouble like this, do you want him to have no chance to make it in the underworld? Don't look for him anymore. I'll give you the money!"
The call was hung up, and Zhang Lili continued to dial. She didn't believe that the man would just ignore her, so she dialed several times and finally the man answered the phone. The man didn't even listen to what she said, and yelled on the other end of the phone: "Can you please stop causing trouble for me? Do you know who is protecting Yue Baohua's granddaughter?"
She was stunned: "Who?"
"Watch HTV One!"
An HTV? The phone was hung up, and she forced herself to go up to the third floor. She had turned the third floor into a mahjong room, where she would usually invite some mahjong friends to play mahjong. There was a TV inside.
She turned on the TV and didn't need to tune to HTV 1, as other channels were also reporting on the background of Yue Baohua's granddaughter.
The host brought up the topic by combining Yue Ning's incident at noon with the latest news sent back by reporters in the evening about five sports cars appearing in Mong Kok, Liu Jiayao, Lu Mingming, Zhou Mingling and several young masters and ladies patronizing Baohua Building, and Yue Baohua's granddaughter calling Qiao Junshen and Cai Zhiyuan "brother". He also reported the announcement by Qiao Qiming in "Hong Kong City Outlook" that Qiao's Fonda will fully invest in the mainland market, and has already made a first version of the plan, and he will personally supervise the implementation of the plan.
In "Hong Kong City Outlook", Qiao Qiming was asked why he returned to the mainland in such a high-profile manner when his brother died in those years?
"Hope. For more than a hundred years, the Qiao family has moved from Ningbo to Shanghai and then to Hong Kong City, accompanied by turmoil and displacement. We have been looking forward to the dawn of this country. For this reason, I returned to Shanghai when my country was broken, chased by artillery fire, from Shanghai to Wuhan, Wuhan to Chongqing, Chongqing to Baoji..."
During the conversation, Qiao Qiming mentioned a junior he met this time, an expert in ship design, and talked about her experiences over the years. He said that if her husband had not been helped by a father and daughter in the northwest, he might not have been able to return to Shanghai alive. When the ordeal was over, the couple devoted themselves to building new ships. This time, Fangda placed an order for a 60,000-ton bulk carrier in the mainland.
Based on what Qiao Qiming said about her younger husband being in the northwest, the host began to dig deep into the intricate relationships among Hong Kong's wealthy families, starting with the Nanyang Ye and Yu families and Hong Kong's traditional wealthy families, the Cai and Qiao families. These families are in-laws and have been good friends for many years.
At that time, the Ye family took in an orphan. At that time, these wealthy families did their best to support the War of Resistance. In order to protect the women and children in their families from danger, they sent the elderly and children to the United States to escape the disaster. The Ye family's adopted daughter was also sent out. She grew up with the middle generation of these families and they were as close as siblings.
The adopted daughter of the Ye family was a genius in shipbuilding. She returned to China in the 1950s and married a descendant of the Mo family who also returned from the United States. Speaking of the Mo family, we have to look up a thick family tree, and then involve several other celebrities in Hong Kong.
The husband of the adopted daughter of the Ye family was sent to the northwest in recent years and lived with Yue Baohua's son and granddaughter. Yue Baohua's son took care of the son-in-law of the Ye family, and the son-in-law of the Ye family also regarded Yue Baohua's granddaughter as his own daughter.
How could such a complicated relationship be revealed from just one sentence from Qiao Qiming? Who would believe it! It was obvious that the Qiao family had intentionally leaked the information and the Tsai family's HTV released the news. Otherwise, given the Tsai family's status, they would not reveal a single word on TV or radio about things they did not want people to know.
Zhang Lili sat down like a deflated ball. Not to mention her, her man was just an ant in the eyes of big families like the Qiao and Cai families.
Ding Shengqiang, who had been in the kitchen, finally realized that something big had happened. He thought that no matter how stupid Zhang Lili was, she would not owe the two hooligans money, right? Then he thought again, since she had admitted to framing Baohualou herself, she might really owe money.
Ding Shengqiang hurried upstairs to look for Zhang Lili, but found that she was not in the office. Later, he heard that Zhang Lili was in the mahjong room on the third floor, so he went upstairs. He saw Zhang Lili with messy hair, torn clothes, and no shoes, sitting on the sofa in a daze, watching TV.
There was a commercial on TV, and he asked, "Sister Li, what's going on?"
Zhang Lili looked up at him and said, "Aqiang, we have offended the wrong people. We are done for."
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Lili said tremblingly: "That girl...that girl..."
She was so frightened that she trembled all over and burst into tears.
Ding Shengqiang was very anxious because he didn't know the whole story. Fortunately, the gossip was explosive enough and the TV station was particularly fond of rehashing old news, so the news started to replay it.
Ding Shengqiang looked at the background of the report on TV. Isn’t this coincidence too much of a coincidence?
He sat on the sofa and thought carefully. Based on his understanding of Yue Baohua, Yue Baohua did have many friends, but he was unwilling to trouble others and would not use that kind of means.
The Qiao and Cai families released such news, obviously to support that stinky girl.
"Sister Li, we can't rely on Brother Kun now. Do you still want to continue running Shenghualou?" Ding Shengqiang has already boarded this ship. He can't just watch Shenghualou go bankrupt. He has a whole family to support!
Zhang Lili looked up and asked, "What should we do then?"
"Admit everything and say you did it all. Don't show up at Shenghua Building again."
Zhang Lili reacted immediately. After so many years in the entertainment industry, she could give up anything except money.
She gritted her teeth and asked, "What do you want to do? Shenghua Building is my investment."
"Indeed, you hold the majority of the shares, and I will not covet your shares. When you take responsibility for all these things, I will go to ask Yue Baohua for help. Based on my understanding of Yue Baohua, he will not be ruthless. But with that girl's attitude today, we are all unsure, right? While there are so many people here and there are reporters, I will go and ask Yue Baohua to promise not to do anything to us. He is a man who will definitely do what he promised. Even if he and that girl have different ideas, he will stop her. It is important for us to keep Shenghua Building first!" Ding Shengqiang said to Zhang Lili.
"I'll take it all, but how do I know they won't deal with me?" asked Zhang Lili.
"What I mean is that you should stay out of the spotlight first and don't show up in front of them. You can go to Taiwan or Thailand to relax and avoid the limelight. When we are at peace with them, you can return to Hong Kong City." Ding Shengqiang thought for a moment and then said, "If you still don't trust me, I will let my wife and two children go on a trip with you, how about that?"
A man may not care about his wife, but the child is his after all. Zhang Lili heard him say that and agreed: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Go wash your face first. I'm going to Baohua Building across the street."
"good."
Ding Shengqiang came out of the mahjong room with a smile on his face. This woman is a little stupid, but sometimes stupidity has its advantages. Crisis is crisis, and there are always opportunities in crisis. So what if Zhang Lili holds a large stake? As long as that stacker stops caring about this stupid woman, even if she holds a large stake, she will have plenty of ways to make this restaurant her own.
At this time, Shenghualou was noisy and chaotic. On the one hand, the customer flow was indeed very large; on the other hand, the proprietress admitted to framing Baohualou after being beaten, which attracted many people to watch the fun.
When the waiter at Shenghualou saw Ding Shengqiang coming downstairs, he hurried forward and said, "Brother Qiang, the kitchen is running out of food now..."
Ding Shengqiang waved his hand and said, "Go find Lou Jiafu and find a solution."
He walked out of Shenghua Building. It was already dark and there was a lot of noise outside. Many people were standing outside Baohua Building, looking up at the lighted private room on the second floor.
The door of Baohua Building was open. For so long, everyone insisted on staying because of Uncle Hua. Recalling that after Uncle Hua came back from the northwest, he kept talking about how capable his granddaughter was and how she could take over Baohua Building. At that time, everyone was even influenced by Ding Shengqiang and suspected that Uncle Hua was confused.
But now that they have seen and tasted the dishes cooked by Yue Ning with their own eyes, everyone feels that Uncle Hua needs to change his introverted personality. Ning Ning is much more capable than he described.
Yue Baohua was on the phone when his eldest apprentice saw the TV report in Macao and called to ask about it. Yue Baohua smiled and said, "Arong, you guys should come back early tomorrow. Ningning and I will cook for Axia and the children."
Everyone was eating and drinking happily when Ding Shengqiang suddenly appeared at the entrance of Baohua Building and knelt down at the gate: "Master..."
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