After seeing off the HSBC representatives, Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu were both somewhat unhappy. They hadn't been able to buy the land they wanted, but they had spent half of Song Ziqing's savings on other land.
Manager Zhang left with a wide smile on his face.
After all, Song Ziqing only had his eye on the land today; he hadn't found a house yet. He planned to personally drive over tomorrow to pick the two of them up to go see the house.
After the others left, Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu called a hotel car to take them to the mall. Song Ziqing planned to help them buy some household items, but as for other things, they planned to buy them after the house was purchased.
The two of them had only a few sets of clothes and daily necessities from the mainland in their suitcases. After arriving in bustling Hong Kong, Song Ziqing wanted to buy some good skincare products, but she felt that the skincare products from Shanghai were not quite suitable for her.
Upon arriving at the mall, Song Ziqing discovered that all the cosmetic brands were foreign, which annoyed her. She directly asked the butler assigned to serve the two of them by the Peninsula Hotel, "Ms. Wang, do you know where nearby there are any high-end Hong Kong or Asian brands? The cosmetics here are all designed for European and American skin, which I don't like."
Ms. Wang was surprised when she heard Song Ziqing's words. She thought that people from the mainland would be very welcoming of foreign products, but she did not expect that Song Ziqing was so knowledgeable that he knew that the skin of Easterners and Westerners were two different concepts.
Now that they realized this wealthy young woman from the mainland was no ordinary person, she was incredibly knowledgeable, and they became much more cautious when speaking to her: "I know there are several cosmetic brands in Hong Kong that target Asian skin, including two that have been passed down from the Republican era and are very popular among Hong Kong socialites. I'll take you to see them now."
"A cosmetics brand from the Republican era? Could it be Xie Fuchun or Kong Fengchun?"
In Song Ziqing's memory, only these two cosmetic brands from the Republican era left the deepest impression. These brands won silver medals at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, which was a very authoritative affirmation.
Ms. Wang looked embarrassed when she heard Song Ziqing mention the brands. "There are no such brands in Hong Kong. However, even I, who have lived in Hong Kong since childhood, have heard of their cosmetics. I heard that these two brands have declined and are now obsolete. It's so sad!"
"We Chinese have lost too many good things to pass down, it's a pity that we can't save them all. We can only live in the present and cherish the good things that exist!"
Song Ziqing loves beauty. Following Miss Wang's advice, she took Lin Chengyu to an old cosmetics brand store in Hong Kong to look at the cosmetics and even tried them for a while. Song Ziqing reluctantly bought a set.
Back at the hotel, she said to Lin Chengyu, "These cosmetic brands don't use very natural ingredients. Just by looking at the ingredients, you can tell there are a lot of chemicals. I wonder how harmful these chemicals are to the skin!"
"Then I'll help you open a cosmetics company that's perfect for you, producing everything you need from head to toe, including cosmetics and daily necessities!"
Back in Shanghai, I dealt with scrap metal yards every day and found quite a few good books, including several imperial cosmetic formulas. After our lives stabilized, I bought some raw materials to test the quality of the finished products.
Lin Chengyu had made up his mind. After his life stabilized, he would apply to university in Hong Kong while also starting a business. He didn't have much capital right now, and cosmetics was a really suitable industry for him to enter. After all, there were many rich people in Hong Kong, and rich women loved to spend money.
He has formulas and manufacturing methods for many cosmetic brands. He started by making some basic products, especially whitening, anti-spot, and anti-wrinkle cosmetics. As long as they are effective, his business will take off immediately.
"Are you serious? The cosmetics industry is promising, but it also requires a high level of expertise. You only graduated from high school. Do you have the ability to develop cosmetics on your own?"
Song Ziqing thought that this guy would go straight into the most lucrative real estate industry in Hong Kong as soon as he arrived, but she didn't expect that he would enter the cosmetics industry for her sake because of her dislike of cosmetics. Just thinking about it made her feel a little happy.
Lin Chengyu suddenly realized that his efforts to please Song Ziqing had backfired spectacularly!
Having no other choice, he honestly confessed that his soul had lived in Shanghai for decades.
Upon hearing this, Song Ziqing's gaze towards him changed once again, filled with both sympathy and anger!
"Xiaoyu, you actually hid such a big thing from me! I'm angry!"
Song Ziqing is actually just a paper tiger. She can be ruthless to outsiders, but when it comes to her boyfriend Lin Chengyu, whom she has already included among her own, she can't say anything harsh.
Seeing her expression, Lin Chengyu knew she wasn't angry, so he quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "Ziqing, the reason I hid this was because I was worried you would say I was an old cow eating young grass. After all, I lived forty years before I died in my previous life, and my soul lived for another forty or fifty years, so I'm over eighty years old in total!"
After hearing his explanation, Song Ziqing no longer doubted him. After all, she understood his concerns. However, as a modern person who had read many novels about time travel, rebirth, and cultivation, she didn't mind that his soul was decades older than hers.
After all, his current body is a year younger than hers, and just thinking about the two of them being together would make it a relationship between an older woman and a younger man.
However, considering that this guy changed his age by two years when he reapplied for his ID card last night, he is now one year older than her.
Thinking of this, she became unhappy again. "Xiaoyu, why did you change your age to be two years older last night?! I wanted to have a legitimate relationship with you, even though we're older women!"
"Even if my age doesn't change, our relationship is still just a brother-sister relationship, not a sister-brother relationship!"
As a man, even if he's living off a woman, he's still resistant to relationships with older women.
After all, he didn't want to be her gigolo, especially not in the eyes of outsiders—he really disliked that kind of look.
He was willing to be her submissive husband in private, but didn't want to be one in front of others.
She wanted to be a queen, and he supported her, but he also wanted to be a king. If he couldn't be the king of the country, he would be the king of business.
When commerce develops to a certain stage, it is no less powerful than that of a king of a small country.
"You... never mind, I'm a magnanimous person and won't hold it against you! Let's go find some dinner instead. I heard the night view of Hong Kong is quite nice, shall we go out and take a look?"
Looking at the city ablaze with lights, Song Ziqing was overjoyed and wanted to go out and find a night market or something similar, as these places are always bustling with people.
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