the longest dream

Chapter 299 Awake in the World
"Wow! Qingzi, didn't you say you want to live at my house? My room is ready!"

As soon as she entered the door, Yan Ruomei yelled.

Sun Kuohai was overjoyed: "Amei, you are one step too late!"

Zhang Qing said helplessly: "If I don't come here, Big Brother Kuo Hai and Big Brother Liu Biao will pay me for my meal."

Sun Haorong asked in surprise: "What the hell is the food money?"

Zhang Qing smiled and said, "They ate at my house yesterday."

"Wow! Kuo Hai, you are so despicable!"

Sun Haorong stretched out his hand to pinch Sun Kuohai's face, and said contemptuously.

The friendship between the two is not shallow, and Sun Kuohai is not angry, but laughs proudly.

Zhang Qing introduced Qi Juan to everyone, Yan Ruomei looked at Qi Juan and said in surprise: "So beautiful!!"

Sun Haorong also boasted: "It's really beautiful, Qingzi is so lucky!"

Qi Juan smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, I think so too."

A group of people laughed, Yan Ruomei gave a thumbs up and praised: "Good character, good friend! Can you play mahjong?"

Qi Juan smiled and said, "Not too familiar."

Yan Ruomei laughed and said, "That means he is very familiar! Let's go, let's beat him eight or sixty-one times tonight!"

Zhang Qing laughed and said, "Sister Mei, eighty-eighty-sixty-four."

Yan Ruomei turned her face: "Don't talk to me, I don't know you, from now on I will only know Ajuan!"

Sun Haorong echoed: "Yes! We will only recognize Ajuan from now on, go fool around with Kuo Hai!"

Sun Kuohai slapped the table and stood up: "Good idea!!"

"I'll go to you!"

Zhang Qing regretted it with a smile.

Ming Zai, Zhang Qian and other big girls are very happy to watch.

Zhang Lan said: "I'm going to take Juanzi and Dalan to visit my eighth uncle's house in a while. It's the first time I'm here, so I can't afford the courtesy."

Sun Haorong understood, and said: "You guys set up the poker table first, and we'll talk about it after playing a few rounds. Sister Meijiao is also a low hand, let's go together."

Zhang Qing smiled and said: "Of course, you are the host, and you have to take the order... Sister Meijiao, the baked lobster in sauce at Fuxiang Restaurant is a must, please order fourteen."

Li Meijiao scolded: "Damn it! Rong Zai, what is he doing? Fourteen?!"

Qiao Beiyan smiled gently: "Okay. Nothing else? Qingzi, those big girls are shy, he will help you."

Duan Si smiled and said: "I'll order you a roasted goose emperor, honey sauce barbecued pork... and a stewed abalone with soft-boiled heart will be fine."

Seeing Li Meijiao thumping her chest, a group of people burst into laughter, Sun Haorong smiled and raised her little finger and said: "Okay! Qingzi is ashamed to be Qingzi, so proud!"

Duan Siguang said again: "The security inside, the driver, you ask someone to bring two tables over."

Zhang Lan was more serious and said, "Sister-in-law, thank you very little."

Duan Siguang would also joke: "Thank you, he is Zhang Qing's godfather, and he is polite to you."

A group of people were surprised, Sun Haorong said: "Qing Zai is only in primary one, and he is Zhang Qing's godfather?!"

Duan Siguang hooked the bun around the ears with his hands, and said with a smile: "My ability is so small, who cares about my age? In the past, Zhang Qing was not half as capable as my godfather. You have to burn incense every day, and you will be a vegetarian for the rest of your life." .”

Zhang Lan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, it's too much, you're still studying."

He asked Li Meijiao again: "Brother, I will lend you two cars. You can go to Bashu's place and come back in the evening."

Li Meijiao still spoke, Sun Haorong said: "Take your car, it's inside."

Zhang Landao: "You have a Hong Kong Island driver's license, and his sports car is ready to drive."

Li Meijiao had asked someone to prepare the car, and told her: "You must come back tonight. You asked other friends to come over, and Bamao will definitely come, so let's forget about others. Xiaojia's own people, have a good day."

Before Zhang Lan nodded in agreement, she went out with Qi Juan and Ming Zai, and seven bodyguards including Li Tie got out of another car.

Li Meijiao's Rolls-Royce separated from the front and back, and the driver raised the fender before getting out of the car, and ensured that the conversation in the front would be transmitted to the back.

Zhang Lan had something to say, but Qi Juan asked before getting out of the car and closing the door: "Why does he think we treat him so well?"

Duan Si rushed to answer: "Because your brother is a good man!"

Zhang Lan said with a smile: "Thank you for reminding you, you understand it in your heart. Yes, but also too clear. The world is confused, but life is actually very tiring."

The original intention of those people to associate with Zhang Lan is naturally a word of profit.

It was Zhang Lan who, with her talent and ability, brought me down to that level before we regarded me as a friend.

What Qi Juan means is that Zhang Lan will never have the status and wealth he has today, and if I will become mediocre one day, the prosperity of today will be a passing cloud.

But that rule is not valid only on Hong Kong Island, in fact, it is the same in the whole society.

If so, how can there be no feeling of "the rich have no distant relatives in the mountains, and the poor are asked in the downtown"?

So small things must be studied deeply.

Qi Juan sighed and said, "That kind of temptation is really too hard to resist. When I go to college or middle school, I only have a vague concept of the feasting and feasting of capitalism. I know a little bit when I come here, but there are exaggerations like what I saw today. "

Zhang Lan said: "Their family doesn't have a villa in the United States, nor does it have a villa in Shanghai. He and Zhou Yang can go fishing in Longquan Mountain. What's the matter today?"

Qi Juan said with a smile: "He has seen the villas in the United States before, and they are no different from the seven-story farm buildings? The villas in Shanghai are like this. He has also been to Longquan Mountain. This rumored mystery, but in reality It’s also quieter. Look at today’s villas in Deep Water Bay, which are extremely luxuriously furnished and have their own indoor swimming pool. The meals are all crayfish and top-quality abalone, and a group of superstars are playing mahjong around... That kind of life is illusory and unreal. It’s true. Is there anyone who can create good works in that kind of living environment.”

You are indeed worried about Duan Si, the temptation of that kind of life, even you are tempted... You know, there is still beauty, but besides that kind of entertainment, what more can you get? !

Zhang Lan held your hand with a smile, and said: "You know, he makes you indulge in this every day, and you can do it. Speaking of it, you hate the Qihe courtyard in Pingjing even more, it is peaceful and quiet. The devil Whether it is an old bungalow in the capital, you can taste the vicissitudes of the years in peace. You drink a cup of tea, he drinks a cup of coffee, chat, and read a good book, that is what you want. As for the kind of life in front of you, or called Socializing, it's kind of repulsive."

Ming Tsai always feels that you are redundant and transparent outside the car.

Sure enough, Qi Juan saw you and asked, "Why?"

Zhang Lan said: "You want to see how small the world is, and how many kinds of life there are. But he is worried, it's just a taste of it."

Qi Juan said with a smile: "It's just a joke, you know. Later, you talk to Qiao Beiyan, and you have little experience in that aspect."

Duan Siguang, Xiaoyi must have suffered.

In the Hong Kong Island film industry, there are very few people who dare to call themselves Chinese all the time, and Li Meijiao is one of them.

There is only one Chinese who wears Tang suits less than Western suits in the country.

But in private, how should I put it...

The men I have slept with have never been a thousand or four hundred.

It is accurate to commit a crime that women will commit, and it has become an exclusive famous saying...

Zhang Lan said with a smile: "He looks down on you too much. Brother Kuohai is such a god, you can be compared."

Qi Juan laughed.

In a blink of an eye, they arrived at Qiao's Villa in Repulse Bay. Before the driver informed, Zhang Lan brought Qi Juan and Ming Zai to the door.

Li Fangjie hasn't gone to work yet, unexpectedly there is only Yan Ruomei outside the house, and there are few servants.

Seeing Zhang Lan's arrival, Yan Ruomei was obviously very unhappy, and when Duan Si introduced Qi Juan and Ming Zai, the old man was even more happy.

While instructing the servant to call the cable and tell Li Fangjie to come back, he ordered tea and fruit snacks.

Duan Si moved a chair and sat behind Yan Ruomei, looked at me and said with concern: "It's still a few days before we see each other next time, why is your complexion not bad? Uncle Ba, where are you comfortable?"

Yan Ruomei patted my hand and said with a smile: "It's okay to be worried. I slept a little late in the next two days and caught a little cold. The family doctor has already seen it. It's important... eat fruit, eat fruit. "The first two sentences are for Qi Juan and Ming Zai.

Zhang Lan asked Qi Juan for apples and knives, began to peel the apples, and persuaded: "Be careful to rest, you are young, and maintenance is more important than taking medicine."

Qi Juan watched enthusiastically, and found that Duan Siguang was really relieved. He was not comforted, but was amused and curious in his heart.

With the shrewdness of Yan Ruomei I, how could she fall into that trap?
Of course, you also understand that the old man is really lonely...

Yan Ruomei looked at Duan Si patiently peeling an apple, and started to get down to business: "You have taken back the seven leading theaters, and you have finished repairing the equipment, and they will be able to open after April. In addition, I want to buy a few more buildings , a medium-sized theater. What does he think?"

Zhang Lan shook her head and said: "Now is definitely a good time to buy a property. Thailand is already on the verge of collapse. Once it explodes to a certain point, it will definitely form a chain reaction. The financial crisis will form on April [-], and the property market may drop slightly by then. At that time, buying is like renting, and renting can also be long-term rented. What do you mean, wait for the next two years before buying."

Yan Ruomei smiled and said, "Alright, let's do as he wants. When the time comes, he will contribute half of the capital to Qiao's Cinemas."

Hearing this, Zhang Lan hesitated and said, "Uncle Ba, it's a little one, right? Is that clearly taking advantage of you?"

Yan Ruomei smiled intentionally, and said, "What kind of advantage is that? It's asking for money. It's a good thing that "Huang Feihong" was sold, but it also sent him to the forefront. Island, in Xiaolu, there will definitely be small winds and small waves, can it withstand it?"

Duan Si smiled and said: "What's wrong with you? It's because the people you know outside your boyfriend's house are relatively weak and have helped you very little. Your parents have been helping you since you were eight."

Yan Ruomei smiled and said, "It can be regarded as knowing people with discerning eyes."

Qi Juan said with a smile: "Maybe, anyway, your mother looks at me now more kindly than she looks at you, and always praises me."

Yan Ruomei said: "Beautiful talent and beautiful jade are rare in the world. But the exclusive co-production right, Qingzi, he wants to hold on for too long, it should be more than seven years, preferably eight years. Money touches people's hearts, and troubles come out of trouble. Bright guns are easy to come by." Hidden, hidden arrows are hard to guard against. Within eight years, if the theater chain can be laid in place, whether there is an exclusive co-production right or not, the relationship is small."

Zhang Lan nodded and said, "You know, once the eight-year period comes, you will let go."

Yan Ruomei nodded in relief, it was really rare to see the slightest arrogance beneath Zhang Lan at that step.

Duan Si said again: "Uncle Ba, Du Juan's application to the cultural department for the construction of movie theaters has been approved. It follows Golden Harvest's example, but with a lot of discounts. There are also restrictions on locations in seven or ten cities. There is only one request, Hong Kong capital It can exceed [-]%. You applied for the joint construction in the name of Hong Kong Island Joe's, and it was paid for by Eighth Uncle."

Yan Ruomei nodded and said: "Yu Shixun and we are all investing in Xiaolu in small amounts. It can be seen that Xiaolu's economy is about to collapse as the West hoped. In the situation last year, Xiaolu's economic growth rate was not as high as One point, the first quarter of this year is also a positive growth. It’s starting, it’s really starting. After that period of time, I’m afraid the double-digit growth rate will resume. When the economy starts to rise, the people’s pockets will be out of cash. , I’m willing to go to the movies. So the theater business is a good business. When you’re young, you’re getting a share. If you’re short of money, you can borrow some from him. Yes, you heard Ah Zhong talking about him In the layout of Nanyang, before the network is closed, I am afraid that there will be another shortage of money."

Zhang Lan said with a smile: "After the landing is safe, everything is right. Yes, without the vote for "Once Upon a Time", even if the subsequent ones lose money, it will hurt your vitality. Do everything you need to do." If you do it, you will be happy if you get it, and there is nothing to lose it. Uncle Ba, before returning last month, what if he wants to go to the mainland? Does he still want to visit Xijiang? January is just right, you and Juanzi will accompany him Go with my eighth aunt. I originally said to go in July, but he and my eighth aunt went to the United States to get married."

Yan Ruomei was slightly moved when she heard the words, and said, "You can think about it and see if time has passed..."

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(End of this chapter)