Chapter 164 Scent
Liu Qiyu and Yi Zhenghao are wealthy people from Hong Kong. When they came to the developing Shenzhen City, they felt like noble people stepping into humble territory and feeling superior.
Facing the uniform greetings from the waiters of his own hotel, Liu Qiyu nodded perfunctorily and motioned the two bodyguards who had been standing beside him to clear the way.
The bodyguard was muscular, wearing a short black training suit. He stretched out his hand and rudely pushed the attentive waiter who was blocking the door: "Get out of the way!"
The waiters at Lanyu Hotel were all rural migrant workers who came to Shenzhen. At the beginning, they knew nothing and were simple and naive. The supervisors who came from Hong Kong City gave them strict training, teaching them how to draw eyebrows, apply lipstick, do their hair, and bow to greet others. They forced the idea of "the customer is God" into their heads, and they gradually learned to bow to the powerful.
This was not the first or second time that the waiter had been driven away by the bodyguards. He quickly stepped back and stood respectfully one meter away, with his hands folded behind his abdomen, slightly bowed, still with a sweet smile on his face, waiting for the other party's instructions.
Seeing this situation, Tao Nanfeng felt a little compassion in his heart.
Perhaps, in the eyes of these wealthy Hong Kong people, money makes you the boss, and you can boss around and show off after spending money?
Yi Zhenghao put his left hand behind his back and twisted eighteen golden nanmu Buddhist beads with his right hand, with an unfathomable look on his face. He suddenly seemed to sense something, his expression became solemn, his nostrils flared, and he looked across the lobby, searching the crowd.
Liu Qiyu asked excitedly: "Master, are you looking for Zuo?"
Yi Zhenghao brought his left hand in front of his eyes, moved his fingertips slightly, and pondered for a moment: "Your true love has appeared, I smell a strong fragrance."
When Liu Qiyu heard this, his eyes lit up. He glanced at the two rows of pretty waitresses standing in front of him. His chubby chin trembled slightly, and he shouted at the bodyguard: "Step back, you are disturbing us."
Then he forced a fat smile and said to the waiter in broken Mandarin: "Don't panic, you are very good."
The waitresses didn't know why their boss suddenly became so kind. They looked at each other and stood there stupidly, not daring to move.
Tao Nanfeng and Xiang Bei also saw this excitement and found it interesting. They whispered to Jiang Qizhu, "What are they doing? Is this the emperor's selection of concubines?"
As a state cadre trained by the Party for many years, Jiang Qizhuo is quite upright. Although he plans to cooperate with Hong Kong businessmen in building houses, he will never go along with the corrupt officials.
He looked at Liu Qiyu with contempt. "Although this man is rich, he has a bad reputation. He has a wife in Hong Kong, but he finds women one after another in Shenzhen. He doesn't look at women's faces, figures, or family backgrounds when choosing women. It's all decided by Yi Tianhao, that bastard. I don't know what they are doing."
Hearing this, Xiangbei took a step forward, and his tall figure protected Tao Nanfeng firmly, blocking Yi Tianhao's searching gaze.
Jiang Qizhu looked at Xiangbei approvingly and thought to himself that he should be careful. If Liu Qiyu saw such a beautiful wife, he would definitely be so shocked that he would do everything he could to get her. That kind of person has low morals and treats women as playthings. He is not a good person.
Liu Qiyu looked at Yi Tianhao expectantly: "Master, what do you think? Is it in here?"
Yi Tianhao showed hesitation, with hooks in his eyes. He examined the faces of the eight waiters in the two rows in front of him one by one, shaking his head as he looked: "Not really..."
He frowned, walked forward, passed the eight waiters, leaned close to their cheeks and sniffed deeply.
This action was too frivolous. The waiters were so angry that their faces turned red and they all backed away.
A brave girl plucked up the courage to say, "Master Yi, what are you doing!" They are all innocent girls who earn money with their own hands. Even if they have to bow their heads temporarily for work, they should not bully others like this.
Yi Tianhao's face darkened: "You don't know how to appreciate my kindness!"
Liu Qiyu is a businessman after all, and he believes in making money through harmony. He took out a wad of money from his waist pocket, and the brand new big unity notes sparkled under the reflection of the crystal chandelier.
He stuffed twenty yuan into each of the eight waiters' hands and said with a smile: "Let's get rich together. Let the master read your fortune. Don't be shy~"
The salary of a hotel waiter is not high, only 30 yuan a month, but compared to the girls working on factory assembly lines, it is relatively easy, and the food and accommodation conditions are also good. Therefore, people from the mainland who come to Shenzhen to work all want to work here.
Most of these waiters come from rural areas, have many brothers and sisters at home, and live in difficult conditions. They usually live frugally and send home any money they earn, so they don't have much money in their hands.
Suddenly I had twenty more dollars in my hand, which is a huge sum of money. They exchanged glances, put the money away, suppressed their discomfort, and allowed Yi Zhenghao to come closer to them and examine them carefully.
Yi Zhenghao sniffed at the eight girls like a dog, with a wretched look on his face. Seeing this, Tao Nanfeng became furious. He pouted and cursed quietly, "How shameless!"
Xiangbei didn't want her to see such an embarrassing scene, so he pulled everyone to the western restaurant next door and said to Jiang Qizhu, "Mr. Jiang, do you have a plot map? If you do, let Nanfeng take a look first."
Jiang Qizhu smiled and took out a blueprint from his pocket: "Xiangbei, you know me. I always carry this blueprint with me. Come on, come on..."
As soon as Tao Nanfeng saw the drawings, he forgot everything else. She took out a pencil and a ruler from her bag, sat down, looked at it and drew lines. She had to roughly calculate how many houses could be built in these two communities.
Seeing Tao Nanfeng immersed in the world of architecture, Xiangbei breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that the upright Nanfeng would not be able to bear to see those girls being bullied and would speak out for them.
Over there, Yi Zhenghao's selection of concubines was finally over. He frowned and pulled a girl with delicate features and a slightly plump figure out of the team. He said to Liu Qiyu, "This one is barely acceptable. It's strange. I clearly smelled a strange fragrance just now, but now I smell nothing after a long time."
He pointed at the girl who was chosen and said, "This is a suitable face for a man. You can try. But... your fate is like this. If you are not the one destined for you, it will be very difficult."
Liu Qiyu glanced at the girl.
The girl was from the countryside and had never experienced such a scene before. She also did not understand the other party's Cantonese. She thought Yi Zhenghao pulled her out to punish her. She was so scared that tears came out and she kept begging for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong, don't fire me."
In her haste, she completely forgot the Hong Kong-style Mandarin spoken by the head teacher, and her hometown accent came out instead.
When Liu Qiyu saw her plain appearance and rude manners, and heard Yi Zhenghao say that she was not his true love, he immediately lost interest and waved his hand timidly: "You all go."
The eight waiters who lined up to welcome them in the lobby felt relieved and returned to their respective jobs. Liu Qiyu then walked towards the stairs with Yi Zhenghao, chatting as they walked.
"Master, what should I do with my desperate life?"
"Your horoscope is all Yang, with three punishments. You will have a lot of money, but you will be childless. You can only have children if you find a pure Yin woman."
"Master, you must help me find such a person. I am willing to pay any amount of money! Otherwise, what is the use of having too much money? If I have no children, who will inherit my wealth?"
Yi Zhenghao folded his hands around the Buddhist beads, narrowed his triangular eyes, and shook his head, saying, "A pure Yin body is rare. The strange fragrance just now was quite interesting, but it's a pity..."
wrong! Yi Zhenghao stopped suddenly.
He was born with a keen sense of smell and could smell some special scents. Because of this extraordinary talent, he was accepted as an outer disciple by the master of metaphysics Yi Tiancheng when he was wandering and begging on the streets. He was taught several geomancy techniques and allowed to travel the world.
Earlier, he smelled a strange fragrance, which was similar to the body fragrance of the pure yin woman his master had taken into the room, clear, cold, fragrant and elegant. Yi Zhenghao thought that one of the waiters had a pure Yin constitution, but after smelling for a long time, he found that none of them was.
Now this fragrance appeared again, and the further we walked, the stronger the cold fragrance, like melting ice and snow, became. Since the scent is still there, that person must be in the lobby.
Moreover, this fragrance was colder, more lingering, and more elegant than any pure feminine female body fragrance he had ever smelled. It was like wintersweets blooming in the snow, or night-blooming cereus blooming in the dark night.
Could it be... a body of pure spirit?
My heart was beating rapidly.
Are there really pure spiritual bodies in this world? Master said that once the spiritual world collapses, it will be difficult to find pure spiritual bodies in the world. If it really exists, it is the top-level cauldron for men, which is more than one level higher than that of pure yin people. Marrying her will not only help your husband's luck and make it easier for him to have children, but will also help him live longer and prosper in his career.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Yi Tianhao's nose twitched involuntarily and his eyes darted around, looking like a wild dog running around looking for food.
The lobby on the first floor of Lanyu Hotel is very large. In addition to the reception and lounge, there is an open restaurant with more than a dozen Western-style tables under a row of floor-to-ceiling windows in the southeast corner.
There were only two men checking in at the reception desk, and a few people were sitting on the sofa in the lounge, talking. The only woman was about sixty years old, and it was impossible for her to have such a strong scent.
Green plants such as Phoenix bamboo, green ivy and banana separate the restaurant from the hall, making it difficult to see what's going on inside the restaurant. All that could be heard was the gentle clinking of cutlery and the soft whispers of conversation.
The only possibility is people eating in the restaurant.
Yi Zhenghao turned around, walked up three steps and walked into the western restaurant.
It was dinner time and there were quite a few people sitting here. There were seven or eight women wearing cool clothes, especially a foreign girl wearing suspenders and hot pants. Just looking at her back made people excited.
Liu Qiyu didn't understand what was going on and didn't dare to ask for fear of disturbing the master, so he had to follow him into the restaurant.
The waiter came over quickly and said, "Boss, Master, would you like to eat? Please sit here."
Liu Qiyu waved his hand and immediately saw Jiang Qizhuo sitting by the window.
His eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly, with his hands outstretched, and said politely, "Boss Jiang, Boss Jiang, why didn't you say hello to Lan Yu in advance?"
Liu Qiyu glanced at the table and told the waiter, "Bring three cups of coffee, some snacks, and the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall stew. Bring them all up, quickly!"
All businessmen in Hong Kong know that no matter how big a businessman is, he cannot beat the government, so when Liu Qiyu came to Shenzhen this time, he deliberately made friends with politicians at all levels in Shenzhen.
After building the hotel, Liu Qiyu was thinking about how to apply the Hongcheng real estate model to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The real estate company opened by Jiang Qizhuo was a subordinate unit of the Housing Authority, so Jiang Qizhuo became a nobleman that Liu Qiyu had to curry favor with.
Land in Hong Kong is very expensive, living conditions are poor, and the valuable land is basically monopolized by the government and a few oligarchs. Even if Liu Qiyu wanted to get involved in the real estate industry, he couldn't.
Who doesn’t know that real estate can make money quickly? Li, the largest real estate developer in Hong Kong, not only invented the floor area and common area, selling a 50-square-meter house for a total price of 70 square meters; he also engaged in early sales of pre-sale properties, starting to sell houses according to the blueprints before the houses were even built.
Shenzhen is only separated from Hong Kong by a river. If Jiang Qizhu's real estate company dares to build houses, people in Hong Kong will not be able to grab them all.
Why? Land in Shenzhen is cheap!
The government allocated the land without asking for a penny. How much will the construction cost? The construction cost of a brick-concrete structure house is only one hundred yuan per unit, and if it is sold to people in Gangcheng, it can be sold for two thousand yuan. Even at this price, it is more than half cheaper than the housing prices in Hong Kong cities and is in complete shortage of supply.
What is the profit? After deducting all the miscellaneous costs, you can earn more than ten times the money.
As soon as Liu Qiyu saw Jiang Qizhuo, he felt like he was seeing a golden money tree. He came up to greet everyone warmly and directed the waiter to bring various kinds of food.
Although Jiang Qizhuo did not appreciate Liu Qiyu's character, he was short of money to build a house, so he planned to deal with it for the sake of money.
"Boss Liu is a very busy person. I am only here to discuss the issue of the cadres' dormitory with the architect I invited. There is no need to be so polite."
"Yes, yes. You are all busy people. It's rare for you to come to my hotel, so I have to host you. Who is the architect? How do you plan to build the house? Do you want me to invest some money?"
As he asked a series of questions, Tao Nanfeng, who was immersed in the drawings, thought he was too noisy, so he raised his head and frowned slightly.
Liu Qiyu felt his eyes light up and he opened his mouth for a long time without saying anything.
With skin whiter than snow and a face like jade, the coldness and purity between Tao Nanfeng's eyebrows made Liu Qiyu feel ashamed and he didn't dare to say a word.
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