Hong Kong is a city where unchanging traditions and changing trends coexist harmoniously.

Here, there is the most conservative culture, and the vulgar atmosphere of the market surges in every corner.

Here, there are also the most avant-garde trends, sweeping through every street and alley along the ocean.

Among the detectives sitting in Rick's sharing class, there are the most conservative old policemen, who are wary of all new things. There are also young people with the word "energetic" written in every pore, who open their hearts and talk about new methods and scientific investigations.

These people sit in an interspersed manner, looking at Rick, taking notes, discussing and thinking in the same way.

As long as it is beneficial, everyone will absorb it.

After the class, Jiayi and other students communicated with Rick for a few words, and then left.

When Inspector Wagner and Uncle Nine went to the garage to pick up the car, Gary teased Liu Jiaming about the content of the class:

"Jiaming, judging from your face, you are 30 years old, right?"

"You poor boy! You are only 40!" Liu Jiaming immediately retorted.

The two of them kept fighting back and forth, which was quite lively.

Sanfu stood by and laughed for a while, then suddenly came to Jiayi and asked in a low voice: "How much money do you need?"

"Huh?" Jiayi raised her eyebrows, not understanding what he meant by this nonsense.

"Buying a shop must be expensive. How much money do you need? I will give you some, and you can just write me an IOU." Sanfu did not look at Jiayi, and his voice was very low, as if he was afraid of hurting her self-esteem and trying to act as natural as possible, but he looked weird.

Jiayi pursed her lips and said, "I'm not short of money. Thank you, Brother Sanfu."

"Don't be embarrassed. We all treat each other like brothers. Just tell me the amount." Sanfu frowned and glared at her. That expression seemed to say: Do you look down on your brother Sanfu?

Jiayi quickly put away her smile and said seriously, "It seems that I am not short of money for now. I checked the money with my eldest brother yesterday. I will go back and bargain with the landlady. Maybe it will be enough."

"...Oh, then you guys negotiate with the landlady first. If you need anything, call me at any time." Sanfu finished speaking, looked up and saw Xu Shaowei standing a few steps away and turning his head to look at him and Jiayi. He quickly cleared his throat, took two steps, and walked towards Uncle Jiu's parked car as if nothing had happened. He opened the door and got in without even looking back.

Jiayi scratched her head. Brother Sanfu's shameful look made it seem as if he had just confessed his love to her...

In fact, if she really needed money, she would ask him to borrow it. She was not that concerned about face, and there was no need to be so sneaky.

The group was divided into two teams, one team in Inspector Wagner's car, and the other team in Uncle Jiu's car.

After not being able to ride in Brother Yue's rocket jeep, everyone finally began to see the scenery outside the window clearly while driving.

Liu Jiaming couldn't help but sigh: "Ah, Hong Kong is like this."

Gary immediately made a gesture to keep a small account so that he could complain to Brother Yue when he returned from London.

They returned to the police station with laughter. Everyone got out of the car one after another. When they walked out of the garage, Liu Jiaming suddenly came to Jiayi's side, cleared his throat, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and whispered:

"I have 300,000 in savings. Is it enough?"

"Huh?" Jiayi was stunned. What kind of street code is this?

"To buy a shop. Didn't you say in the morning that you wanted to buy Yiji Shop with Brother Jiadong? That's our canteen. Do you and Brother Jiadong have enough money?" Liu Jiaming raised his eyebrows, stretched out one hand, and made a gesture of counting money.

"Brother will talk to the landlady first. If it's not enough, I will find Brother Jiaming." Jiayi replied with a smile.

"Okay, okay, no problem." Liu Jiaming nodded, turned around and saw Xu Shaowei and others followed one after another, and hurriedly pretended to say: "Rick's sharing class today is really wonderful. When we interview witnesses in the future, we can more accurately describe the suspect's appearance, age and many other external features."

"Yeah, yes." Jiayi responded with a smile.

Liu Jiaming quickly squeezed his eyes at her, jumped onto the stairs in two steps, and walked away first.

So, until noon when the group went to Yi Ji for lunch, except for Xu Shaowei and Wagner in Group B, almost everyone else found an opportunity to talk to Jiayi alone and asked her if she had enough money.

Everyone was sneaky, wanting to lend her money but afraid of hurting her face.

When they arrived at Yi Kee, they happened to meet Team A who also came for lunch.

Yu Shazhan actually came up to Jiayi and asked loudly if Yi Kee had any new dishes recently. Without waiting for Jiayi to answer, he whispered, "Are you short of money?"

Yu Zhaohua was originally a burly man with a rough appearance. With that expression, he looked like a bad uncle who was ready to lure underage girls astray!

Jiayi scratched her head and couldn't help thinking, no wonder Inspector Qiu Susan's transfer to O Ji was kept secret until the end. Madam simply knew that Team B was not careful with their mouths!

Jiayi was about to open her mouth to repeat what she had said many times, but at this time Liu Jiaming popped his head and asked Jiayi to help order food.

Yu Zhaohua saw that the timing was not good, so he waved his hand at Jiayi, indicating that she should not rush to talk about this.

As he walked past her quickly into the main hall, he turned back and gestured the number 3 to her, and mouthed the counting unit of "one hundred thousand", and then nodded vigorously.

Jiayi received this secret signal, which should mean that Sir You has 300,000 Hong Kong dollars to lend to her for turnover.

"I want to eat chicken hot pot, the kind with coconut milk in the soup base!" Jiayi ordered loudly while walking into the main hall.

After finding a seat and sneaking into the back kitchen, she turned her head again. Group B and Group A sat next to each other, and everyone turned back from time to time to chat, talk about their own cases, or which dishes are delicious...

After six months in the industry, fighting with these people day and night on the front line of fighting wits and courage with criminals, walking side by side, Jiayi gradually learned two words, called "loyalty".

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helped her elder brother to serve the dishes to the table, and helped to make milk tea. After running back and forth for a few rounds, Cra snatched the rag in Jiayi's hand.

"You sit down and eat, I'll do it." Cra put his hand on Jiayi's shoulder and pushed her back to the table of Group B.

She tried to make more roast ducks a while ago, running around to make more money, but she often encountered weather problems or unstable customers. She either made too much and couldn't sell it, or made too little and couldn't supply it.

Pushing the mobile stall around was too tiring, and it was also a pain in the wind and rain. Yi Jiadong helped her set up a place in front of Yi Ji and asked Cra to come and sell it at any time.

During meal time, the flow of people in front of Yi Ji is still quite good. Setting up a stall here is not only sheltered from the wind and rain, but also has good sales.

Cra has also figured it out these two days. Instead of considering the big money that may not be earned, it is better to make these few ducks every day. If there are too many, she will eat them with the Yi family. If there are too few, she will ask the guests to come another day.

So she listened to the advice of Brother Yi and came to Yi Ji regularly.

Although Yi Jiadong asked her not to be embarrassed, she didn't have to help wait in the hall.

But Cra is a straightforward woman. She will not allow anyone to bully her, and she will never accept the kindness of others in vain. At this time, she ran around to help, and even took on the work of keeping accounts and making change.

Cra is not a woman who thinks too much after all. She is open and honest, so she is not afraid of being envied by others for passing money around.

She really helped Yi Jiadong a lot. Originally, after Sun Xin left, he was really too busy at noon. With Cra doing all the work, including mopping the floor and wiping the table, Yi Ji's business at noon seemed to be more orderly than before.

Jiayi sat down, clapped her hands, and joined everyone's conversation.

Coconut chicken was served, and each person had a plate of sand ginger sauce. They put down their chopsticks and prepared to enjoy the meal. Yi Jiadong brought a few small bowls, sprinkled them with chopped coriander and green onions, and asked everyone to drink the soup first.

Jiu Shu took the bowl and asked, "How is it? Have you talked to the landlady?"

Yi Jiadong was stunned, and a hint of hesitation flashed across his face.

Uncle Jiu caught this expression, nodded and encouraged: "Come on, talk about it, everyone comes here to eat almost every day, and they care about the situation here more than the Yi family does."

"Yes, yes." Liu Jiaming put down his bowl and raised his head to respond.

"The real estate agency listed it for sale at 1.6 million, and the landlady has been listing it for years but she never sold it. But when I went to ask her, she said that the shop has a good location and that many people wanted to buy it recently. Plus, with Mr. Cai Lan helping with the promotion, the shop has become more popular, so of course the price is higher." Yi Jiadong sighed, "If they want to sell it, they'll have to sell it for 1.8 million, and when our one-year lease is up, they'll even raise the rent significantly."

"What! Mr. Cai Lan is helping with the promotion because Yi Ji Food is delicious? What does this have to do with her shop?" San Fu glared and instantly got angry.

"You want to buy someone's shop, but there's nothing we can do about it. It's whatever she says it's worth." Yi Jiadong smiled and waved his hand, saying, "We'll talk to the landlady later. It's okay. Don't worry. Let's drink the delicious soup first. It's very fresh."

Uncle Jiu poured himself a bowl of soup, blew away the oil, took a sip, and felt that the coconut milk was sweet and the chicken soup was fragrant. The two were a perfect match.

So he blew hard to cool it down, and then took a big sip of the soup.

After finishing a bowl of soup, Uncle Jiu saw Jiayi sitting opposite him with her eyes downcast in thought, as if she was worried about buying a shop.

Gary was heard to comfort her, "The landlady is just being shameless. She knows you are sincere in buying, so she raised the price on purpose to take advantage of you."

"Did you become greedy because you saw that Eleventh Sister is now successful and think that there is money to be made from the Yi family? You are such a troublemaker!" You Zhaohua also turned around to vent his dissatisfaction.

Everyone thought that if Jiayi didn't have enough money, they would lend Jiayi some.

Now that the landlady wanted to cheat Jiayi of her money, everyone immediately felt the same way and felt that the landlady was simply greedy for their money.

How could this be possible!

Uncle Jiu pursed his lips, and when Yi Jiadong brought snacks to the table again, he took the lead and said to Jiadong and Jiayi, brother and sister:

"Don't worry about the landlady. Leave it to me."

"What is Uncle Jiu going to do?" Jiayi sat up straight in an instant and looked at Uncle Jiu nervously.

"Don't worry, it's absolutely legal."

After dinner, Lin Wangjiu took out one of his unused vacation days, applied to Inspector Wagner, and drove away alone.

Although she felt that Uncle Jiu was always reliable, Jiayi was still a little nervous.

When she returned home that night, everything was normal. There was no landlady crying and saying that the police were using force to oppress others, nor was there any news like "the landlady died under the car and left only a will to transfer the Yi Kee shop to the Yi family."

The next day, Uncle Jiu went to work as usual. Jiayi was curious and wanted to find out what Uncle Jiu had done.

But Uncle Jiu just smiled mysteriously and told Jiayi and her family that they only needed to stay put and all problems would be solved.

As for what he had done, he did not answer.

In the past, Jiayi would just smile knowingly, and others would curiously ask for the answer.

Now the situation has really changed, Jiayi had to suppress her curiosity and wait patiently.

On the third day, the landlady suddenly came to ask Yi Jiadong if he still wanted to buy the shop.

Yi Jiadong followed Uncle Jiu's instructions and answered, "I will buy it, but I want to wait and see the market, maybe I will wait and see." When the landlady heard this, she immediately smiled and said that the price was negotiable.

Yi Jiadong just smiled and said that he would discuss it with his family, and did not say anything.

Another day later, the landlady pretended to come to dinner and asked again.

This time, Yi Jiadong said that his family did not support him buying it now, but he did want to buy it. When the landlady heard that there was a chance, she immediately advised him that the market was good now and it was a good time to buy a shop. If he didn't buy it later, he might not be able to buy it or afford it.

Whenever Yi Jiadong hesitated, the landlady would raise her voice and persuade him even harder.

Cra said, "Brother Yi, don't listen to what the landlady says. I heard that the shops are getting cheaper recently. It seems that some capitalists are going to build a building recently, and there will be a lot of shops. Let's see when the time comes. Maybe we can choose a better location."

There have indeed been reports recently that the government is going to develop the eastern part of Kowloon, build a film and television base, and build a building. When the time comes, the business district will shift to the right and north, and everyone will go there to do business and buy shops. The development of the west will stagnate, and it will be hard to say what the economic situation in Sham Shui Po will be.

Although these reports are likely to be leaked by the capital crocodiles who bought the land in the east of Kowloon to guide investment, ordinary people can't tell the difference.

The landlady turned around and scolded Cra. Cra was not intimidated and pinched his waist to start scolding. Yi Jiadong smiled and tried to stop them, bringing the topic back to the sale. The landlady

said that the market was good now, and Yi Jiadong said that he was short of money.

The landlady said that although many people wanted to buy the shop, she had cooperated with the Yi family for many years and had developed feelings for it. In her heart, she wanted to sell it to the Yi family. Yi Jiadong replied that he wanted to buy it, but it was too expensive and his sister and brother did not agree...

The two of them pushed and pulled each other in Tai Chi for a long time, and Cra was tired of listening. The landlady finally gave in and offered a price of "1.4 million".

Yi Jiadong was embarrassed and said he would think about it before negotiating. The landlady had to go home in disappointment.

The next day, she came again and after half an hour of negotiation, the price dropped to 1.35 million. Yi Jiadong seemed a little tempted, but he also said he would discuss it with his family.

The landlady came again the next day and pushed and pulled for another half an hour. It was even more intense than the negotiation between the in-laws. When they parted, the price had dropped to 1.31 million.

It was really unbearable. Jiayi called Uncle Jiu that night and kept asking for the reason. Uncle Jiu smiled and spoke.

It turned out that on the afternoon of the leave, Uncle Jiu used his connections at the Sham Shui Po Police Station to find out various information about the landlady's family situation, living habits, etc.

It was learned that the landlady's family was well-off and she had 4 shops in Sham Shui Po.

Recently, not many people have come to buy shops. It was just that the real estate agent saw Cai Lan's report and recommendation of Yi Ji and suggested that the landlady raise the price.

And because Yi Jiadong happened to show his willingness to buy a shop at this time, the landlady immediately agreed to the real estate agent's suggestion. After raising the price, she would make more money from selling the shop, and the real estate agent would also make more commissions.

After learning about the landlady's background, Uncle Jiu then formulated a simple and direct plan. He called some old policemen and arranged for one of them to play mahjong with the landlady every day.

While playing mahjong, they chatted about gossip and said things like "the recent paving market is sluggish and the future investment market is not optimistic." Combining real events, fanning the flames, and talking about some "real" events such as relatives' shops not being sold, or people around them going to the mainland to buy shops to run businesses.

At the same time, people arranged by Jiushu were spreading favorable trends of selling shops to buy houses and selling shops to buy stocks. The landlady wanted to sell the old shop in Yiji and buy a shop in Kowloon Tong, a newly planned wealthy new community in Kowloon. After hearing these news, she became even more worried and couldn't sit still.

Jiushu also found a few friends in Sham Shui Po who were doing shop inspections, and caught some small handles on real estate agents, ordering them not to violate discipline by raising shop prices and house prices, or falsely reporting or misreporting housing sources.

Several real estate agencies immediately reorganized their operations, lowered the prices of those inflated shop floors and buildings to reasonable levels, reprinted promotional leaflets, and reposted them.

When the landlady came to the real estate agency to talk to the real estate manager again, she saw that all the shop floors had suddenly lowered their prices, and she believed in the words arranged by Uncle Jiu even more.

Then she thought that Yi Jiadong was very sincere in buying a shop, and she felt that the opportunity should not be missed.

This is how the current situation developed.

Jiayi was deeply impressed by Uncle Jiu's arrangement of such a big plan.

Uncle Jiu chuckled twice, sighed:

"Everyone has a common desire to follow the crowd. They are afraid that they will be left behind when others are greedy for profit, but they also instinctively seek profit and avoid harm, and they are afraid that they will be taken away when others suffer losses. The landlady has always wanted to sell the old shop for a new one, and make more money by changing hands. When she meets you guys who are sincere about buying the shop, of course she will be ruthless.

"The fact that she offered such a high price just shows that she doesn't want to sell it, but that she really wants to sell it.

"Old things still need old things to restrain themselves. We won't bully her, but we just don't want to be bullied by her.

"I recently learned about the price of the shop over there. 1.28 million is the most fair price. You should also make it clear to your eldest brother and wait for the landlady to offer this price."

"Thank you, Uncle Jiu. "Jia Yi held the phone, feeling warm in her heart.

It was really reassuring to have someone to rely on and someone to protect her.

"It should be, I will go to Yi Ji more often in the future, and ask your elder brother to give you two more pieces of meat and two more bowls of soup." Uncle Jiu laughed.

"Of course! In the future, when Uncle Jiu comes to Yi Ji for dinner, he won't charge you." Jia Yi hurriedly expressed her position.

But before Uncle Jiu could answer, Sister Jiu on the other side of the microphone was already impatient and said:

"How can that be? You were wronged at the beginning, and the young people ran around for you, otherwise you might not get your retirement benefits. How can you take advantage of them? You must pay, you must pay when you go to dinner."

"I know, I know, just keep your voice down..." Uncle Jiu hurriedly covered the microphone and complained, "Am I the kind of person who would take advantage of young people? "What are you in such a hurry for? Soak your feet!"

Jiayi couldn't help laughing when she heard it. When Uncle Jiu turned around and talked to her, she said "thank you" twice.

Uncle Jiu thought it was too corny, and said hastily "see you at the police station tomorrow" and hung up the phone.

Jiayi sat on the sofa, tilted her head, and savored the warm and noisy human touch.

Just when she wanted to convey Uncle Jiu's words to her eldest brother, the phone rang again.

After picking up the phone and hearing the other party's voice, she said without hesitation: "Brother Yue~"

Fang Zhenyue said "um", without any greetings or politeness, and asked directly: "Send me your card number and I will transfer some money to you. "

He did not reveal the specific amount of money he was going to transfer, but from his tone, one could tell it was not a small amount.

Jiayi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She held the phone for a long time before she said, "Brother Yue, I have enough money, really! Really enough."

What's going on... How come Brother Yue, who is on the other side of the ocean, could immediately know that she wanted to buy a shop?

"Really not?" Fang Zhenyue's voice was full of doubt, "Haven't you spent the bounty you got before? Does your eldest brother have a lot of savings? After buying a shop, you have to renovate it, right? Considering the expansion of the business, the investment after buying the shop will not be small. Have you taken all this money into consideration? Is it really enough? "

Jiayi scratched her head, "Well... we'll talk about it then."

"..." Fang Zhenyue was silent for a while, said "hmm", and then said: "I will return to Hong Kong in 5 days." "

Really! Let me see! It's the weekend, then we will go to pick up Brother Yue together! Then you can have a rest, and we will welcome you the next day!" Yi Jiayi stood up immediately.

Fang Zhenyue, who was far away on the other end of the phone line, seemed to have seen her eyes wide open and her high spirits. The wrinkles between her eyebrows were ironed out, and her eyes became gentle in an instant.

His mood was relieved, and he spoke softly, and the dissatisfaction of "being the last to know that she wanted to buy a shop" finally dissipated, and he said in a calm tone:

"All will be arranged by Yi Shazhan. "

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Three days later, the Yi family signed the contract with the landlady, transferred the accounts, submitted all other formalities, and paid all taxes.

The Yi family finally got the deed to the Yi Ji shop on Ivy Street.

From that day on, they had their own shop.