The film and television city starts from the courtyard

Seeing that Vivian didn't seem very interested, Zhao Shucheng had no choice but to shift the focus from business to music. After all, the reason she was able to attend the opening ceremony was because he had lured her there with a song.

Perhaps sensing Zhao Shucheng's thoughtfulness, or perhaps because they were talking about a topic she was interested in, Vivian was noticeably more natural than before, and her attitude was much better.

Seeing this, Zhao Shucheng naturally knew what to continue the conversation, so the two talked about music, painting, and literature.

Vivian originally thought Zhao Shucheng was already very successful in stock trading and business, but she didn't expect him to also have unique insights into literature and painting. Perhaps if Zhao Shucheng didn't go into business, he could have quickly made a name for himself based on his artistic talents.

In the afternoon, after Vivian finished performing her second song, Zhao Shucheng invited her to dinner, choosing Zhizhenyuan Restaurant on Huanghe Road.

However, when Zhao Shucheng and Vivian arrived at Zhizhen Garden, they saw the proprietress Li Li standing at the shop entrance, and A Bao also got out of the car. The two were chatting, and A Bao even took a foam box out of the trunk and gave it to Li Li.

Vivian asked curiously, "Zhao Sheng, is this also one of your confidantes?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Then you've guessed wrong. This is Li Li, the proprietress of Zhizhen Garden, and that's Bao, a prominent figure on Huanghe Road!"

"By the way, Zhizhen Garden is currently focusing on Hong Kong-style Cantonese cuisine. Vivian should definitely try it and see if the food is authentic."

"Okay, then I'll definitely give it a good try!"

Vivian smiled and agreed. The two chatted about music and literature while they ate.

After spending the day together, Zhao Shucheng knew that Vivian wanted to relax, so he suggested that she stay in Shanghai and explore the surrounding area.

Vivian was also very interested in the history of Shanghai, so she agreed, but she is currently staying in a hotel, which is somewhat inconvenient.

Just then, after Zhao Shucheng returned with the money he had made, he not only bought a shop on Nanjing Road, but also a three-story old villa on Fuxing Road. The renovation had just been completed, and he hadn't moved in yet, so he simply lent it to Vivian to live in.

Vivian was surprised that Zhao Shucheng owned such a luxurious house. She knew that in Hong Kong, only the heads of large corporations could afford villas, and even those were much smaller and larger. Most people's houses were measured in square feet; converted to square meters, their thousand-square-foot mansions were probably only equivalent to a two-bedroom apartment in mainland China.

Vivian was initially a little embarrassed to occupy such a nice house as Zhao Shucheng's, but when she heard Zhao Shucheng say that he had just bought it and asked her to add some liveliness to his house, and that he would need her as the spokesperson for the supermarket in the future, she simply agreed.

While Zhao Shucheng was busy accompanying Vivian on her trip to Shanghai, his supermarket had become the most popular company in the city recently.

After Zhao Shucheng's extensive advertising campaign over the past few days, everyone was curious about this new type of department store. In addition, Zhao Shucheng's goods were cheaper than those in ordinary stores, so it was naturally a great success.

The businesses located on Nanjing Road initially resented Zhao Shucheng for taking away their customers, but after a few days, they began to think that it might not be such a bad thing after all.

After all, Zhao Shucheng's supermarket has limited capacity, and not all brands are available in Zhao Shucheng's stores. Customers who come to Nanjing Road and can't find what they want in the supermarket, or who don't have the patience to wait in line, simply go to the surrounding stores, which brings them a lot of customers.

Nanjing Road is the most famous commercial street in Shanghai. Any product that can be listed here will gain the trust of Shanghai residents, and many companies even use it as a key point in their external publicity.

Although Zhao Shucheng's supermarket mainly sells different products than many shopping malls on Nanjing Road, it has made many daily necessities brands more popular and boosted sales.

Zhao Shucheng knew that after next year, many well-known local brands would face being acquired by foreign companies or even being shelved.

In order to maintain a stable supply of goods, or to preserve the products that people once remembered, Zhao Shucheng signed a contract with all the manufacturers whose products were sold in IKEA supermarkets, a contract that seemed like a pipe dream at the time.

Zhao Shucheng directly signed supply contracts with these manufacturers for up to fifty years, stipulating that as long as the other party guarantees the quality and quantity, and maintains the current quality, IKEA will continue to order from them, and will even continue to expand its cooperation with them in the future.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng knew that doing this might not prevent these brands from being acquired, but the tens of millions of yuan in breach of contract fees could prevent these brands' products from completely disappearing, and could allow the foreign companies that acquired these brands to retain one or two production lines, so that they would not be shelved or dismantled, thus giving these brands a chance to be reborn.

Those companies were unaware of Zhao Shucheng's intentions; they simply saw the potential for profit and the availability of stable sales channels, making them naturally willing to sign such a contract.

While Zhao Shucheng was busy, A Bao was unsettled by Li Li's antics. He was already worried that Li Li was a leading figure in the Shenzhen gang, but the trouble Li Li brought only made A Bao more uneasy.

He found Li Li and asked her about the meaning of catfish. He learned that catfish are carnivorous, and even the catfish effect was explained to A Bao by Li Li.

Abao pretended not to understand, and even when Lili asked him to join him in entering the stock market, he advised Lili to give up as soon as possible.

To this end, Abao also told Lili about the stock market of the fourth young master of the Sheng family. He was once a tycoon in Shanghai, but he lost his entire Huanghe Road store because of a gambling.

Li Li told A Bao that she wasn't simply gambling, and that if A Bao was worried that she would frame him like Jin Fenghuang, he didn't need to worry at all.

But Abao used the same answer Li Li had given him before, saying that he had never known Golden Phoenix.

Li Li understood that A Bao had given her that answer because she had said she didn't know Mr. A last time.

After the meal, Abao escorted Lili back to Zhizhen Garden. The two walked back one after the other without saying a word.

As they parted, Li Li looked at A Bao and said, "Boss Bao, I believe you'll come looking for me one day!"

However, neither of them noticed that they were being observed while walking.

Mei Ping originally came to Huanghe Road for dinner with Fan Xinhua. He felt guilty because Mei Ping had met him first, but chose Ms. Wang because she wanted to do business with Boss Bao. So he introduced Mei Ping to a few clients.

Mei Ping looked down on the clients introduced by Fan Xinhua. After all, their orders were too small. Compared with Fan Xinhua's 800,000 pieces or future export targets, they were far inferior.

She never expected to see this scene when she came out. After hurriedly saying goodbye to Fan Xinhua, she told Wang Mingzhu what she had seen, exaggerating the story, and advised Wang Mingzhu not to miss out on A Bao.

"Xiao Wang, Boss Bao and the owner of Zhizhen Garden are holding hands. You need to make a decision right now: whether to choose your career or love."

Wang Mingzhu said, "Career!" Mei Ping replied, "How much is a career worth? How much is being Mr. Bao's wife worth? Becoming Mr. Bao's wife is truly getting both wealth and a woman."

Wang Mingzhu said, "Why do I have to be Mrs. Bao? Staying at No. 27 is simply wonderful; the leaders are good, the colleagues are good, and the clients are good. Why do I have to leave No. 27?"

"So you mean your career is more important than Mr. Bao's?"

"Of course!"

"I don't believe you would be indifferent to the fact that Mr. Bao and Li are getting along well."

"I've heard this kind of thing from so many people, would I believe it?"

"You're just saying it!"

Wang Mingzhu turned around and said, "Am I the kind of person who says one thing and means another?"

Mei Ping watched Wang Mingzhu leave, a smug smile on her face. Her seemingly well-intentioned reminder was actually malicious. After all, A Bao was in the foreign trade business, while Wang Mingzhu was an employee of Bund 27. If they really got together, either A Bao would have to quit his foreign trade business, or Wang Mingzhu would have to leave Bund 27 altogether.

However, she didn't believe that Abao would give up his foreign trade business just so that Wang Mingzhu could stay. Coincidentally, this was the time when Jinhua was about to retire. With Wang Mingzhu gone, there were few people who could compete with her, and she was certain that she would eventually succeed in taking over.

Although Wang Mingzhu didn't quite believe that Ah Bao and Li Li had anything going on, she had gotten used to having Ah Bao around over the years and felt that they were a match made in heaven, so she naturally couldn't accept Ah Bao's infidelity.

Although she knew that Ah Bao also had a Ling Zi, and even specially booked a night in Tokyo for Ling Zi, Wang Mingzhu never felt that she would be a threat to her. After all, the reason Ah Bao acted this way was entirely because she was grateful for Ling Zi's help back then.

However, Wang Mingzhu still wanted to confront Ah Bao, but the arrival of Uncle made her too embarrassed to continue asking questions.

The key point is that Uncle also told her about Fan Xinhua. When she learned that Fan Xinhua was planning to abandon A Bao and find distributors on his own, she didn't care about anything else and went directly to confront Fan Xinhua.

When Mei Ping was looking for Wang Mingzhu in Jin Hua, she used the matter of A Bao and Li Li to imply that Wang Mingzhu was blurring the lines between public and private matters and was neglecting public duties for private ones.

Jin Hua, naturally aware of Mei Ping's ulterior motives, said, "Boss Bao has helped Xiao Wang a lot; you could say that without Boss Bao, there would be no Xiao Wang today. Of course, without Miss Wang, there would be no Boss Bao today. Boss Bao hasn't done anything to wrong Xiao Wang. When she returns, you should give her a good talking to."

However, after Mei Ping heard Jin Hua tell Wang Mingzhu to come back to the Organization Department, she learned that Wang Mingzhu was going to be promoted to section chief. Mei Ping used the excuse of reminding Wang Mingzhu, but in reality, she was complaining to Jin Hua that Wang Mingzhu had accepted a very expensive pair of earrings from A Bao.

Jin Hua crossed her arms and looked at Mei Ping, saying, "Discipline is our red line."

"Section Chief Jin, I'm only doing this for Xiao Wang's own good. I just wanted to remind her, I didn't mean anything else."

Jin Hua looked at Mei Ping meaningfully and said, "I know about what you're talking about."

Wang Mingzhu was unaware that someone was stabbing her in the back. She went directly to Fan Xinhua and berated him for being ungrateful.

Fan Xinhua naturally couldn't admit it, so he made various excuses, expressing his grievances and gratitude to A Bao and Wang Mingzhu.

Wang Mingzhu said, "Listen to me carefully, I've already secured the export quota for the next batch of Sanyang. The reason I'm willing to take this risk and fight for Sanyang is because I trust Mr. Bao's abilities. No matter what happens, he can guarantee the safety of this famous Shanghai brand. I don't trust anyone else when it comes to Sanyang."

Fan Xinhua said, "What are you saying? I produced the three sheep!"

Without saying a word, Wang Mingzhu stood up and was about to leave, which frightened Fan Xinhua so much that he apologized repeatedly.

Feeling upset, Wang Mingzhu went to Jingxiu's tobacco and sundry shop. While she was sulking, she unexpectedly overheard gossip about herself.

Lu Meilin and the others talked at length about the love triangle between themselves, A Bao, and Li Li, the proprietress of Zhizhen Garden. Although Wei Hongqing spoke up for her, Wang Mingzhu knew from their conversation that with rumors flying around, she also needed to confirm A Bao's feelings.

She went to a shop that she and Abao used to frequent, and ate the pork ribs and rice cakes they used to eat together, but she ate the pork ribs while Abao ate the rice cakes.

Ah Bao received a reminder from her uncle, telling her to treat Wang Mingzhu kindly, not to hurt Wang Mingzhu's feelings, and even more importantly, not to offend Wang Mingzhu.

Ah Bao didn't care at all. In his opinion, number 27 was number 27 and Miss Wang was Miss Wang. Their friendship was unwavering and there was no conflict between them.

So when he arrived at the hotel, he and Wang Mingzhu acted as usual.

However, when Wang Mingzhu pressed him relentlessly about his relationship with Li Li, even revealing that she had left No. 27 to go with A Bao to buy tea eggs in order to make him sever his relationship with Li Li, A Bao did not give any answer.

Ah Bao said, "I won't sell tea eggs, and I won't let you sell tea eggs either."

Wang Mingzhu stood up and left, saying, "Whether I dare to sell tea eggs or not, you'll find out tomorrow!"

She already had a bad feeling. After all, her affair with A Bao was no secret on Huanghe Road. Now that Li Li had joined the fray, rumors were flying everywhere, and she was sure to face many challenges on the 27th.

Moreover, she also wanted to defend her love, so she went straight back to number 27, reminiscing about everything she had been there, and began to think about leaving number 27.

Uncle had been keeping a close eye on Wang Mingzhu's movements. When he learned that Wang Mingzhu was planning to resign, he woke up Ah Bao, who was still sleeping, early the next morning and asked him to stop Wang Mingzhu.

Unfortunately, he was too late. When Abao called, Meiping told him that Wang Mingzhu had already gone to find Jinhua.

Wang Mingzhu went to Jin Hua to submit her resignation letter, and Jin Hua naturally advised Wang Mingzhu not to rush and to think things through before making a decision. But just then, a phone call came in, and Wang Mingzhu was summoned to the Organization Department for questioning.

Jin Hua couldn't help but glance at Mei Ping outside. She knew very well that although Wang Mingzhu was somewhat impatient, she always adhered to her principles. The only potential problem was the pearl earrings that Mei Ping had mentioned earlier. (End of Chapter)