Chapter 46 Changing the Competition Location
Yue Ning negotiated a time with the TV station. This program was a live broadcast, and the two hosts were both celebrities in Hong Kong. They would not accept the script arrangement at all, nor would they give face to the Cai family. This would test the guests' on-the-spot reactions.
In the past, there have been several cases where guests have failed to perform well and were scolded by Hong Kong television, radio stations, newspapers and magazines.
The program director had to say a few more words to Yue Ning, as she was the youngest guest on the show. But Yue Ning could bet that in her two lifetimes, no other guest had more live broadcast experience than her.
In her previous life, she was on a live show, and the director answered a call from her parents without her consent. Her parents cursed her on the show, calling her unfilial and having the nerve to pretend to be a righteous person, saying that she had become rich without any help from her family, but she was calmly peeling off her wealth bit by bit. Not only did she not fall into disrepute, but she also made everyone sympathize with her, and her sarcastic expression was even made into an emoticon.
"Okay, okay, send a car to pick me up at 8pm. The host can ask any questions."
Yue Ning hung up the phone, and Sister Hua came in from outside, mumbling something. Yue Ning asked, "Aunt Hua, who offended you?"
"It's Ding Shengqiang and Zhang Lili! Shameless, really shameless. Last night, the two rolled on the ground and fought, and now they are standing side by side at the door, like a good couple, soliciting customers at the door. Other couples quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed, what are they doing?"
Yue Ning walked outside. Their roast meat stall had already sold out, but the flow of people still did not decrease. It was even more terrifying than the customer flow of those large supermarkets in Pengcheng during public holidays in the port city in his previous life.
"If you haven't had Baohualou's roast duck, you can come to our place. Our roast duck is just as delicious as Baohualou's."
These are the words I shouted to Zhang Lili using a loudspeaker yesterday. Zhang Lili had learned them and was shouting at the top of her voice, regardless of the bruises on her face.
Someone asked: "I want to eat Baohualou Yue Ning's glass crispy roast duck, do you have it?"
"Not yet, but I believe there will be in the future," Ding Shengqiang said confidently.
"Will there be one in the future? You are no longer the chef of Baohualou. Where did you come from? Did you come to steal the recipe?"
The feud between Baohua Building and Shenghua Building had long been clearly explained in newspapers and on television.
Seeing Yue Ning looking over here, Ding Shengqiang simply said, "Ning Ning said this herself yesterday. She said she would teach everyone how to make fish soup. She said that teaching and learning should benefit each other, and she certainly wouldn't keep the recipe for the glass-crusted roast duck a secret."
Ding Shengqiang, with several red scratches on his face, walked towards Yue Ning. When he stood in front of her, he smiled and asked, "Ningning, you said that teaching and learning can benefit each other. So you won't keep it a secret. You will teach me, and then we can compete in the glass crispy roast duck. Right?"
"It's fine if you don't care about your face, but do you have any concept of intellectual property? Why don't you let Coca-Cola publish the formula? I'm willing to teach, I'm willing to publish, that's my business. What's the big deal about you telling me this?" Yue Ning sneered.
Ding Shengqiang stood up straight: "So you are just talking nicely?"
"A wealthy man said he wanted to give back to society and donated 10 million. Now you ask him why he didn't donate all his wealth since he donated 10 million? Do you think it's reasonable?"
Ding Shengqiang said nonchalantly: "If you don't want to make it public, then don't make it public. I don't care."
"You think you care about other people's things?" The onlookers couldn't stand this logic.
"When people learn from a master, they should respect him as if he were their own father. It's not enough for you to gnaw on your master's flesh and drink his blood, you also have to squeeze oil out of his old bones."
"People like this, if they can't get it, they'll just steal it."
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Although business was good, it was uncomfortable to be criticized in person. Ding Shengqiang turned to leave, but Yue Ning said, "I want to discuss something with you."
"What?"
"I don't think we can hold the fish soup demolition competition tomorrow morning on this street. There are too many people, and this street is too small. Besides, we have to set up a makeshift stove with an open flame. If there is a stampede, the stove may collapse." She looked to both sides. "Both sides and even the adjacent blocks are all tenement buildings. I'm afraid it will cause a disaster."
Ding Shengqiang looked at her, not knowing what she was thinking. Finally, he laughed out loud: "Brother Rong is here. I told you about my abilities, right? Are you scared now? You found a scare excuse like worrying about fire and stampede. If you really don't have the courage to compete, then don't compete."
Anyway, he had been scolded from the beginning to the end. Unlike his master and the little girl in front of him, who only cared about face, he only wanted customers and money. No matter what, he couldn't let her cancel this competition.
"No, what I mean is, let's change the time and place, and make sure we have security, and then compete again. If you insist on staying here, I will just admit defeat. I can't sacrifice everyone's safety to fulfill the bet between you and me. If you agree to change the place, I will contact and find a place and a professional team to take over, how about that?" Yue Ning said.
"Okay! I don't care." What he wanted was the current flow of customers brought by this little girl. As long as it was not cancelled, anything was fine.
"good!"
Yue Ning turned around and went back to Baohua Building, ran upstairs to find the phone book, found the phone number, and went to Yue Baohua's office to call Cai Zhiyuan.
Seeing that his granddaughter had not returned for a long time, Yue Baohua came downstairs to check on her. He then saw her running very quickly into his office, so he followed her in worriedly.
Cai Zhiyuan's voice rang out, and Yue Ning called out, "Brother Zhiyuan, this is what happened..."
She described her worries: "Brother, I'm really afraid. With the heat now, if there's a stampede or a fire, the consequences will be disastrous. I've just arrived in Hong Kong City and I've become a sinner."
Cai Zhiyuan on the other end of the phone comforted her: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll find the producer right away, give me an hour, we are organizing a concert for a big-name singer, what are you worried about? Don't worry. I will make sure you can compete on time and safely, strike while the iron is hot, and I can't bear to let you go. If I can't handle it, I..."
Hearing his confidence, Yue Ning laughed out loud: "Brother, show me how to wash my hair while standing upside down."
"Is there anyone who embarrasses his brother like you?"
"It won't happen anyway, brother will definitely be able to do it. It's over. I looked up at brother at a 45-degree angle. Brother is the best."
Amid Yue Ning's flattery, Cai Zhiyuan hung up the phone and looked at Qiao Junxian who was sitting in his office: "My sister Ningning said that she should look up at me at a 45-degree angle."
Qiao Junxian rolled his eyes at him and didn't want to talk.
Cai Zhiyuan pressed the phone: "Please connect me to Miss Su."
He hung up the phone and looked at Qiao Junxian: "Where did this little girl get the experience to foresee an accident? This kind of safety accident is usually like a pig beforehand, and Zhuge Liang afterward."
"I told you, she's very smart and thinks things through carefully."
A beautiful lady in a suit knocked on the door: "Mr. Cai is looking for me?"
"Sophie, Baohualou will hold a fish soup demolition competition with Shenghualou tomorrow. It was originally a competition between two restaurants on the same street. You have also seen the popularity of Yue Ning from Baohualou. Yue Ning is worried that tomorrow's competition will attract a crowd and cause a stampede or even a fire. So he hopes that our TV station will undertake this event. You can contact them."
"Tomorrow? Isn't time too tight?" The lady was a little annoyed by the prince's constant thoughts.
"Can't you do it? If you can't do it, then when do you say you want it?" Cai Zhiyuan said this, but his eyes were full of provocation.
Miss Su looked at him for a moment and asked, "What about the budget? We don't sell tickets and have no income. How are we going to do this?"
Qiao Junxian said: "Just do it first, if there is any loss, I will..."
The phone rang, and Cai Zhiyuan answered it. It was Cui Huiyi on the other end. He said, "OK, that's it."
Cai Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Li De Food will provide 500,000 Hong Kong dollars for the title sponsorship of Yuan Zai Noodles. Is that ok? The scenery and other things are relatively simple, so there shouldn't be too much extra expenses."
"OK, I'll arrange it right away and report to you after it's finalized," said Ms. Su.
Cai Zhiyuan watched his capable assistant leave. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Qiao Junxian: "How come this little girl is so familiar with business operations? She hung up my phone and immediately went to find Cui Huiyi."
"I don't know, but it seems to be innate." Qiao Junxian sighed, "I just don't know, she..."
"You! You are so anxious because you have no experience in love." Cai Zhiyuan hooked his arm around Qiao Junxian's shoulder, "I told you to date more girls before. The more you get along with ordinary girls, the easier it will be to get along with such a complicated girl after you have gained experience."
Qiao Junxian looked at him sideways: "Ningning is a very simple-minded girl. She is honest and kind, and willing to help others. She is not complicated at all."
Cai Zhiyuan looked at his cousin. This kid is hopeless. He just complained that he couldn't guess what Yue Ning was thinking. Didn't he just say something along his lines? He said that she was simple-minded.
From the time I talked to Yue Ning on the phone, is this a young girl? In addition to having a nice voice and looking young and beautiful, her mind is that of an old fox in the business world.
"Okay, go and do your own thing. She has only been in Hong Kong for 24 hours and she has already become so famous. In a few years, she will be able to sit and drink tea with your father and give you advice on business. By then, you probably won't even dare to have a dream about her." Cai Zhiyuan waved his hand to tell his cousin to leave quickly.
Qiao Junxian felt a blockage in his heart, and he stood up and said, "I'm leaving."
Cai Zhiyuan watched his cousin leave his office and took out a cigar. He couldn't understand why Qiao Junxian, a child who grew up following the template of a good boy in his mother's mind, would like someone like Yue Ning?
What kind of person is Yue Ning? Cai Zhiyuan couldn't define it for a moment. Should he say she's a wild girl? After getting to know her, he found that her background is much stronger than his. But there's no way to associate her with a lady from a rich family, right?
The phone rang, and Cai Zhiyuan went to answer it. Sophie had already settled the matter so quickly. This kind of woman is the most elite in the workplace.
He called Baohua Building and Yue Ning answered the call immediately.
Yue Ning just received a call from the TV station, telling her that a location had been found, a gymnasium not far from their restaurant. The other party emphasized to her that a specialized company would handle the security. When Shenghualou heard that there would be a live TV broadcast, they agreed quickly.
Now that Cai Zhiyuan called her, she called him "Brother" twice in a flattering manner.
Cai Zhiyuan said on the other end of the phone: "Tonight's "Let Down Your Guard" didn't set a new viewership record, so don't come to see me."
"Tsk!" After the problem was solved, Yue Ning straightened his back again, "I won't see you if I don't see you, as long as you can resist not coming to Baohualou for dinner."
Cai Zhiyuan scolded her, "You have no conscience."
"Yeah! Little Heartless is going out with Sister Huiyi. Brother, bye!"
"Bye-Bye!"
Yue Ning hung up the phone, went back to his room and took a shower to wash off the smell of oil smoke on his body.
The upper body is a sky-blue Hangzhou silk double-breasted blouse, and the lower body is a pair of white double-pleated trousers.
Leather shoes in the mainland are simple in style and a bit bulky, but at the Friendship Store in Yuecheng, this pair of lake green satin embroidered slippers with auspicious cloud patterns, made in Southeast Asian style, are simply works of art.
Yue Ning looked at her empty wrists, feeling a little regretful. If only she had the jade beads from her previous life, she would have been able to wear them around her neck or on her hands, and the charm would have come out.
Yue Ning took her handbag, went downstairs and said hello to her grandfather and Uncle Rong.
Li Xinrong saw Yue Ning was slightly stunned. The Macau casino industry was famous all over the world, and he had seen many high-rollers who gambled and lost tens of millions in one night. Ning Ning, who had changed out of her chef uniform, actually had the aura of a customer.
"Grandpa, Uncle Rong, I have an appointment with a friend to get a haircut. You guys chat slowly!"
Yue Baohua saw that the child was dressed beautifully, and the pink room that she and Sister Hua had decorated for the child looked tacky. The child had none of the jewelry that young girls wore, and the bag in her hand was too old-fashioned. Today, she went to Miss Zhao's place again, which was a famous fashion designer.
"Grandpa's eyesight is old and he doesn't know what looks good. Ask Miss Zhao and Miss Cui for some advice. Buy more clothes and bags! Buy some more jewelry." Yue Baohua said to her.
"Got it." As soon as she arrived, her grandfather gave her a credit card with a limit of 100,000 yuan, fearing that she would not dare to spend money.
Yue Ning went downstairs and heard Zhang Lili shouting on the loud speaker across the street: "Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, our chef Ding Shengqiang will be at the Gangcheng Stadium to compete with Miss Yue from Baohualou in making fish soup. Everyone is welcome to come and watch."
That's a relief. Yue Ning let out a breath and felt relaxed.
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