Chapter 514

In my country, whether they are professional or amateur chefs, they all have a common habit, that is, when they eat alone, they basically try to make do with what they can, making it as simple as possible, and if they have the conditions, they will just eat out as they are too lazy to cook at home.

There is no doubt that Deng Shirong is also such a person.

Before, whether in Nanning or in his hometown, there were always a lot of people eating out, so Deng Shirong naturally cooked often.

But now his children are busy with their own careers, and he is alone at home, so naturally he has no interest in cooking.

Feeling a bit craving for hotpot today, Deng Shirong headed towards his own Lychee Hill.

Home was not far from Litchi Mountain, only a few minutes' walk away. So Deng Shirong did not drive the motorcycle, but walked towards Litchi Mountain with his hands behind his back.

When passing by the old house and seeing the villa of his eldest brother, Deng Shirong couldn't help but sigh.

When my eldest brother was in Taiwan, his health was already very poor. According to the doctor, the best condition for him was to last only two or three years. However, no miracle happened. Three years ago, my eldest brother died of old age.

My eldest sister-in-law was originally in good health and should have had no problem living another ten or eight years. But after my eldest brother passed away, she missed him so much that she became sick and passed away within two years.

Also, the old clan leader Deng Shian also passed away last year.

Today, in the entire Naye Deng family, Deng Shirong is the only surviving one among the Shi generation.

"Jiu Gong, have you eaten yet?"

"Jiu Gong, come to my house and have something to eat."

"Uncle Jiu, let me have a drink with you."

“…”

It's dinner time now. When he passes by other houses, people keep calling him to eat, but he naturally refuses them all.

When they arrived at Litchi Mountain, they found that it was unprecedentedly lively today. They kept hearing people shouting "Emperor Father", "Fifth Prince", and "Sir Ji". Deng Shirong guessed what had happened without even having to go up.

Sure enough, when he walked up Litchi Hill, Deng Shirong saw the crew members of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" picking and eating lychees.

Although there have been many film crews appearing in Naye Film and Television City in recent years, and people are not as excited as before to see big stars, there are still few opportunities to get in such close contact with big stars. In addition, Zhang Tielin, Zhang Guoli and Su Youpeng were all very famous at that time.

There is no need to say much about Zhang Guoli. He has starred in popular TV series such as "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" and "The Secret History of Kangxi", which has made him a household name. Who here has not watched his TV series?

Zhang Tielin has also starred in hit dramas such as "My Fair Princess" and "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan". Putting aside his acting skills as the emperor, his popularity is unquestionable, and it is not surprising that he is recognized by everyone.

Su Youpeng was also a rising star. He was already very famous during the Little Tigers period. After the two hit dramas "My Fair Princess" and "My Fair Princess", his popularity is needless to say.

As for the female protagonists, their fame was much less than that of the male protagonists. Even Alyssa Chia and Gao Yuanyuan were not very famous at that time. But they all had a very big advantage, which was that they were very beautiful.

Deng Shirong is naturally familiar with these actors. Before he had smartphones in his previous life, TV dramas were the best tool to kill time. Therefore, he has basically watched all the TV dramas that were popular before 2010.

He can basically name all the actors who became popular during this period.

However, he doesn't know many of the actors who became popular after 2010.

Deng Shirong had no intention of disturbing others, so he picked two bunches of lychees and went to the top of the mountain to eat hotpot.

It was the peak meal time. If someone else came, they would have to wait for a while before they could eat the hot pot. But Deng Shirong didn't have to wait. When he came to eat hot pot, no matter how busy the kitchen was, he would be served the soup base and side dishes as soon as possible.

Therefore, by the time he finished eating the two bunches of lychees he picked, the hot pot could be started.

After the hotpot meal, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

At this time, it was already dark and the landscape lights of Litchi Mountain had been turned on.

Under the illumination of the landscape lights, the bunches of lychees hanging on the trees are mouth-watering. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the whole orchard is colorful and very beautiful. Looking further into the distance, the lights are dazzling, like a city that never sleeps.

Seeing such a beautiful scene, outsiders only think that the film and television city is beautiful and don’t feel much about anything else.

However, all the locals who see it can't help but sigh with emotion. After all, they all know what this place looked like more than ten years ago. Now there have been such great changes, which many people would never have dared to dream of before.

When Deng Shirong finished eating and walked out, the crew members of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" also finished eating and walked out.

Seeing the attractive bunches of Guiwei lychees, Jia Jingwen covered her stomach and said, "Oh, the boss is so annoying. These lychees are delicious to begin with, and now they are even more delicious under the landscape lights. But now my stomach is full again, this is really annoying!"

Gao Yuanyuan laughed and said, "Luckily I left some food in my stomach. I'll pick another bunch to try. Princess, don't be too envious!"

Alec Su smiled and said, "Princess, I see you didn't eat much of the hot pot. It shouldn't be stressful to eat some fruit after the meal, right?"

Chen Zihan said with a smile: "Brother Aniu, our princess wants to maintain her figure, how can she eat too much!"

Several young people were joking and laughing. Although Alyssa Chia was complaining, how could she just refuse to eat these free Guiwei lychees? No matter how full she was, she had to pick a few more to try. Not to mention that she actually left some food in her stomach when she was eating the hotpot just now.

I can’t say how much I can eat, but it should be fine if I can eat more than ten lychees.

As for the other members of the crew, they did not hold back and walked up to the lychee trees one by one, picking and eating lychees. The experience could be described in one word - absolutely amazing.

This kind of experience will never come again. They only have a few days left to shoot at Naye Film and Television City. After leaving here, if they want to eat lychees, they can only buy them outside. It is really hard to come by the opportunity to pick and eat them right on the mountain like now.

Deng Shirong also went over to pick a bunch of lychees, and while eating, he said to Jia Jingwen and the others, "Girls, if you want to eat, you can come and pick them anytime. Anyway, the place where you are filming is very close to here, and it only takes two or three minutes to drive there, so it won't take much time.

If you don’t want to eat the fruits right after they are picked, then it’s even simpler. You can just send someone to pick them and take them back.”

Jia Jingwen blinked her big eyes and said, "Uncle, I heard that the lychees here are not for sale, but only for the guests who come to eat hot pot to pick and eat. If we don't come to eat hot pot, how can we have the nerve to come here to pick other people's lychees to eat!

Not to mention sending people to pick them and take them back!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "You are right. The lychees here are not for sale. They are indeed left for the hotpot customers to pick and eat. However, you are public figures and can help promote our Naye Film and Television City. Your treatment is naturally different from that of ordinary people. If you want to eat lychees, you can come and pick them anytime, or send someone to pick them. It's all fine."

Gao Yuanyuan was surprised and asked, "Uncle, are you from the film and television city? Are these orchards and hot pot restaurants also owned by the film and television city?"

"I am indeed from the film and television city."

Deng Shirong nodded first, then shook his head and said, "However, this orchard and hot pot restaurant are not the property of the film and television city. The orchard is mine, and this hot pot restaurant is opened by my youngest daughter. You can pick more lychees now and take them home to eat slowly tomorrow. I'll get you a bag."

Jia Jingwen quickly said, "Uncle, how can this be so embarrassing!"

"It's okay, it's just some lychees, not worth much."

After saying that, Deng Shirong went back to the hot pot restaurant and brought plastic bags to the crew members, telling them not to be polite and to pick whatever they wanted.

The leading actors and behind-the-scenes staff of the crew could not refuse, so they took the plastic bags and happily started picking lychees.

Soon, everyone picked a bag of litchi.

Jia Jingwen walked up to Deng Shirong carrying lychees and thanked him with a smile, "Thank you, uncle. Your lychees are very sweet and delicious."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "If you like to eat them, you are welcome to pick them anytime. Little girl, I know you are a Taiwanese compatriot. My eldest brother and his family also went to Taiwan in 1949 and did not come back until a few years ago. My nephews and nieces also grew up in Taiwan.

The two sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family. I hope that you, the compatriots living in Taiwan, will never forget our motherland. You are welcome to come back at any time."

Jia Jingwen showed a surprised expression when she heard this, then nodded solemnly and said, "Thank you for the reminder, uncle. I will not forget my motherland."

Afterwards, the other leading actors and behind-the-scenes staff of the crew also thanked Deng Shirong, and then each carried a large bag of lychees they had picked and returned to the hotel where they were staying.

Nowadays, with more and more projects in Naye Film and Television City, the number of film crews attracted is also increasing, which has long exceeded the reception capacity of Bu Dafang's hotel. Therefore, she invested in building a second hotel.

At the same time, the film and television city also invested in building a five-star hotel, which is naturally prepared for those crews that are not short of money.

No matter how well an ordinary hotel is built, its upper limit is there and it certainly cannot be compared with a five-star hotel.

Originally, considering the popularity of the crew of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" and the status of the leading actors, they should have stayed in a five-star hotel.

Unfortunately, although the cast of this crew is strong, the total investment of this version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" is only 20 million. If the IP of this drama was not so powerful, this little investment would not be enough to pay the salaries of these big-name actors.

Therefore, in this production crew with limited funds, they have always lived frugally. In terms of accommodation, the main actors can only stay in ordinary hotels because they are reluctant to spend money to stay in five-star hotels.

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The crew only occasionally holds dinner parties like today's.

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One day in June 2002, a far-reaching incident occurred in an Internet cafe in Beijing.

After the incident broke out, it caused an uproar in an instant.

The Internet cafe industry, which has grown wildly for several years, has also ushered in the most severe rectification, causing countless Internet cafe owners across the country to wail.

After all, although the current charging standards of Internet cafes are much lower than when Internet cafes first started to develop a few years ago, the price of computers has also dropped a lot. Coupled with the booming business, the income of Internet cafes makes the owners smile every day.

Now, the Internet cafes have to suspend business for rectification, and all the losses are money!

The bosses who are well aware of the reasons for the rectification of Internet cafes are all gnashing their teeth at the arsonists. If it weren't for these cruel beasts who set the fire, their Internet cafes would be making huge profits every day. Why would they have to suspend business for rectification?

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents.

If it weren't for the rule of law in today's society, those little scumbags would probably have been drowned by the angry Internet cafe owner to feed the fish.

However, not all Internet cafe owners are so unlucky. There are also Internet cafe owners who are not affected by this industry rectification at all. Their Internet cafes are open for business as usual. While other competitors are ordered to suspend operations for rectification, their business is even more booming than before.

The owners of these Internet cafes are none other than Deng Shirong’s children and nephews and nieces.

As a reborn person, Deng Shirong had long been aware of the fate of the Internet cafe industry, so when his children entered the industry, he put forward several regulations.

The most important regulations are that all possible certificates must be obtained, and fire protection must be done to the utmost. In addition, each Internet cafe must be equipped with a certain number of security personnel to ensure the personal safety of customers.

Doing these will definitely increase the operating costs of the Internet cafe, but Deng Shirong sternly warned his children that these are indispensable things and they must complete them without fail.

Deng Shirong's children had no objection to this and ran the Internet cafe according to his requirements.

Although the cost has increased, fortunately Deng Shirong's children were the first Internet cafe owners in the country. They all opened large-scale Internet cafes. Since the brothers and sisters combined, their computer installation capacity became extremely large, which greatly reduced the cost.

Therefore, even though it has invested heavily in fire protection and security compared to other Internet cafes, it can still make a lot of money.

Today, the initial investment regardless of cost has finally paid off.

Except for those illegal Internet cafes operating secretly, most Internet cafes across the country were forced to suspend operations for rectification. However, the Internet cafes opened by Deng Shirong's children and nephews and nieces all had complete certificates and passed fire protection regulations. Naturally, they were not affected and could still operate normally.

"Dad has a long-term vision. All the things he told us to do are now useful."

"There's no need to say much about Dad's vision. Some Internet cafe owners used to say behind our backs that we were stupid for spending so much money on useless things. Now they should know who is stupid!"

"I don't know how long this Internet cafe suspension will last. If it doesn't take long, it won't be a big deal and there won't be much loss. But if it takes a long time, those Internet cafe owners will probably regret it."

"This is too big a deal. Now the whole society is focusing on the Internet cafe industry. It's not easy for those Internet cafes that need to be closed for rectification to reopen before new regulations come out!"

"We have the best timing and location now. Let's take advantage of this opportunity to expand the scale of the Internet cafe. Otherwise, we won't be able to accommodate so many customers."

"Well, we need to continue to expand..."

“…”

Deng Yunzhu, Deng Yunhua, Deng Yunhua, and Deng Yunshou, several siblings, all called each other, and they even called their father (Uncle Man) one by one to tell Deng Shirong about this sudden incident that had a major impact on the Internet cafe industry.

Deng Shirong listened to them and then said: "This incident has a very bad impact. The country will definitely vigorously rectify the Internet cafe industry. In the future, the country will definitely strictly control the number of Internet cafes. It will not be easy to apply for an Internet cafe license.

Before, I asked you to apply for more Internet cafe certificates. Now these certificates come in handy.

If things go as expected, the transfer price of the next Internet cafe license will definitely rise wildly. You brothers and sisters should discuss and make a deal. When the price of the Internet cafe license reaches its highest point, you can transfer the extra Internet cafe licenses and you will definitely make a lot of money. "

After hearing what their father (Uncle Man) said, what else could Deng Yunzhu and the others say? They were all in awe.

The development of Internet cafes has always been within Deng Shirong's expectations. He did not pay too much attention to it. What he cares most about now is the new jobs of his third son and daughter-in-law.

Soon, it was the end of June and Deng Shirong received a call from his third daughter-in-law.

As soon as the phone was connected, the joyful voice of the third daughter-in-law Pei Qinghua came over: "Dad, my new job and Brother Song's are confirmed."

Deng Shirong was delighted and asked, "All promoted?"

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "They've all been promoted!"

Deng Shirong laughed happily and said, "Great, great, it's a double blessing. I will prepare sacrifices for Grandpa tomorrow and tell the good news to the ancestors of our Deng family. Let the ancestors protect your business and create greater glory."

Pei Qinghua asked with a smile: "Dad, do you want me and Brother Song to go back?"

"Don't bother with that. Just work hard and leave it to me."

"Okay, I got it!"

Next, the father-in-law and daughter-in-law talked about Lele’s (Deng Changding) study problems before hanging up the phone.

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PS: This chapter has been edited, you know what I mean.

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