Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 178: Reaching the Sky in One Step, Yuanfang Daily, Underground Commander

On the other side, the table of Long Chenghu.

The waiter quickly put a plate of dishes on the table:

"The ninth dish is here, please use it slowly."

Long Chenghu handed over a pair of chopsticks, stuffed them into Audrey's hands, and said hello:

"We have a good meal today, come and eat quickly."

Lemon chicken, saliva chicken, white-cut chicken, steamed fish with rice flour, stir-fried chicken

Nine dishes of dishes almost filled the table.

Although the color is rich and looks very appetizing, the nine dishes are enough for two people.

Audrey looked at the dishes on the table, her throat a little tight.

There were also curious looks from the diners around her, which made the thin-skinned girl feel a little embarrassed for a moment.

She subconsciously looked at Li An's table, wanting to invite Li An and the two of them to come over and eat together.

Unfortunately, food had already been served at Li An's table, so Audrey had to give up.

Long Chenghu didn't notice Audrey's embarrassed expression at all, and fumbled in his pocket for a moment.

"boom!"

His fist hit the table.

This sound attracted the attention of almost everyone in the store.

Seeing Audrey looking at him, Long Chenghu stretched out his fist in front of Audrey and spread his fingers.

A ring with a sapphire ring set in it fell on the table in front of Audrey.

Audrey was stunned: "This ring?"

"For you."

With a happy smile on his face, Long Chenghu picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth.

But Audrey's face turned red with embarrassment at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. While feeling happy inside, she looked around with evasive eyes.

When he saw the curious looks from the diners around him, he seemed even more embarrassed.

But in the end, the joy overcame the shyness.

Audrey moved her head forward and whispered:

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, I'm serious."

Long Chenghu nodded seriously.

"Well, for such a big thing as giving a ring, don't you think something is missing?"

Audrey hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to ask.

Then he looked expectantly at Long Chenghu.

Although she felt embarrassed giving the ring in front of everyone at the food stall, she would definitely agree as long as Long Chenghu said the proposal.

"This"

Long Chenghu scratched his head, not understanding what Audrey said.

Audrey, who was sitting opposite him, looked at Long Chenghu's dull look and couldn't help but feel anxious for him.

The two stared at each other.

After a while, suddenly Long Chenghu's eyes lit up:

"Oh I see."

Audrey finally breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face.

Biting his lower lip, he expected Long Chenghu to propose marriage, but unexpectedly, Long Chenghu raised his hand and called the waiter over.

"One more dish, man, thank you."

After saying that, he looked at Audrey and said with a smile:

"I missed it. Ten dishes are all perfect. That's a good thing. Eat more."

Li An, who was watching Long Chenghu's table from the corner of his eye, choked when he heard this and almost spit out the tea in his mouth.

He didn't expect that while having dinner with Huaman, he would happen to meet Long Chenghu proposing to Audrey.

This girl is thin-skinned. She was a little embarrassed when she was at the food stall in front of everyone.

And Audrey had studied abroad, so she naturally hoped that Long Chenghu would say something more romantic.

However, Long Chenghu was too simple and simple, so it was a bit difficult to order a large table of dishes for Audrey to eat more.

"Stop looking and let's eat."

Li An looked away, greeted Huaman in a low voice, put a piece of fish meat into her bowl.

Audrey's smile froze on her face, and she gritted her teeth and reminded:

"Giving a ring to propose, don't you think you should say something?"

"What else can you say?"

Long Chenghu looked puzzled.

Then he suddenly said:

"The ring is very valuable, please accept it quickly."

Audrey took a deep breath, her tall chest rising and falling.

Is it so difficult to propose by saying a word that expresses your feelings?

She pointed at Long Chenghu and gritted her silver teeth until they made a crunching sound.

"are you mad at me."

Long Chenghu was stunned: "Don't you want to?"

"There are so many dishes here, you can eat them alone, think about it slowly."

With a bang, Audrey slammed the table, stood up, turned around and left.

"Hey, you haven't eaten yet?"

"Eat slowly by yourself, think about it slowly, and then come to me when you have figured it out."

Audrey, whose face was red, rubbed her cheeks and ran away quickly, leaving Long Chenghu sitting in front of the table with blank eyes.

"Did I say something wrong?"

He muttered and put down his chopsticks.

"I have something to do, so I'll take the first step."

He turned around and said hello to Li An, got up and hurriedly chased after him.

Watching Long Chenghu leave, Hua Man said with a smile:

"Audrey has reminded her very clearly. Long Chenghu hasn't even understood it yet. Do you want to remind him?"

Li An swallowed the food in his mouth and took over the words with a smile:

"The two have been through so much, and outsiders can see that they are in love.

It's just that Audrey is thin-skinned and has read foreign books. For such a big deal as a proposal, Audrey naturally hopes that Long Chenghu will be more romantic and express her feelings. "

Hua Man said quietly: "Yes, women naturally like men to be more romantic."

Li An coughed.

"Eat quickly, otherwise it will be afternoon before we go to Tsim Sha Tsui."

The next day, Li An rarely got up early.

After breakfast, he briefly stretched his muscles, said hello to Huaman, and then left the walled city with Long Chenghu.

By the time the two took the ferry to Sheung Wan, the sky was already bright.

It was around seven o'clock in the morning and the sun was rising.

Li An couldn't help but squint his eyes under the golden sunlight.

Triangle Pier is still a busy scene.

Along the way, the shouts of vendors ebbed and flowed, and pedestrians crowded around each other on the road. Most of them were dark-skinned coolies wearing short cardigans with open chests and sweat towels around their necks.

From time to time, you can see a cart full of goods, and a voice says, "Brother, make way." ' At the reminder, I squeezed through the crowd and headed towards the pier.

Before the filing at Pier 3, Li An stopped and looked at the filing.

The finished newspapers were neatly placed on the wooden table in front of the stall.

Prominent headlines were revealed. At the front were some daily newspapers and magazines, followed by some tabloids and magazines such as Jade Girl's Classic and Mohua.

The cigarette box is also placed in a conspicuous position on the right hand side.

Cartons of soda were piled on top of each other on the floor.

From time to time, customers come forward to buy a newspaper or a pack or two of rations.

"Your cigarettes."

The man in a short shirt took the money, threw the coins into the money box, and looked at the next customer.

"Sir, what can I buy? Boss!"

As soon as the boy finished speaking, he saw it was Li An and quickly changed the subject.

Li An smiled back and stepped aside.

"boss."

Inside the newspaper stall, under the incandescent light, another clerk who was sitting on a low stool sorting newspapers also stood up.

"you busy."

Li An waved his hand and picked up a newspaper.

"Where's Asin?"

"Brother Xin will patrol every newspaper stall every morning and evening. He should be here soon."

It was the waiter who spoke.

He observed the expression on Li An's face and asked tentatively:

"Boss, do you want me to inform my new brother?" "No, bring me a stool. I'll just read the newspaper and wait for him."

Li An smiled easily and took the stool.

Looking at Long Chenghu aside:

"Whatever newspaper you want to read, get it yourself."

Long Chenghu shook his head.

Li An did not force himself and sat in the shade of the newspaper stall.

As soon as I opened the newspaper, my attention was attracted by the prominent headline above.

"Inspector Lei Luo of Dustpan Bay, became Sir Zhou's son-in-law and rose to the top in one step?!"

"According to this newspaper, at noon yesterday at the Peninsula Hotel on Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Sir Zhou announced at the banquet that his son-in-law was a Chinese detective named Lei Luo from Fen Kei Wan."

“It’s really a step to the top.”

Li An chuckled.

Sir Zhou lives on the top of the mountain and is jokingly called a 'high-class Chinese' by ghost guys. He is one of the richest businessmen and owns dozens of companies, not to mention Chinese capital and banks under his control.

There is also a knight whose title can be regarded as a wealthy family with great hands and eyes in the political and business circles.

Previously, Lei Luo was ostracized and was in a difficult situation because he offended Yan Tong, the detective in the oil and water area.

But compared to Sir Zhou, a mere detective from an oil-and-water area is far different and not on the same level at all.

It is said that marrying a rich woman can save you thirty years of hard work.

Now that Lei Luo is in love with Sir Zhou's daughter, it's not just a matter of thirty years, it can be said that he has reached the sky in one step.

As soon as Zhang Jiaxin came to the newspaper stall on a bicycle, the clerk came up and whispered:

"Brother Xin, the boss is here."

"boss?"

Because Li An hadn't been to the dock for nearly half a month, Zhang Jiaxin didn't react at first.

When he came back to his senses, he looked around and asked:

"Brother An is here, where are we?"

The guy pointed to the right side:

"I'm reading the newspaper at the back of the newspaper file."

"Oh."

Zhang Jiaxin nodded, holding the handbag in his right hand, turned around and walked to the right side of the newspaper stall.

Li An leaned against the gray waterproof awning and sat on a stool reading the newspaper.

Next to him was a man with a silent expression.

"Brother An."

Zhang Jiaxin shouted and walked over quickly.

Li An raised his head and looked at Zhang Jiaxin's face.

"Axin, I haven't seen you for a while. I feel quite energetic."

Compared to the past, that young man looked young and a little shy.

Now Zhang Jiaxin stands straight and his clothes are neat. It can be clearly seen that his face is much more confident.

Coupled with his young age, he also appears to be more agile.

"No, it's almost the same as before."

Zhang Jiaxin scratched his head in embarrassment.

Li An closed the newspaper and asked in a gentle tone:

"A Xin, how has the newspaper developed during my absence?"

As the first person to follow Ang Lee in managing newspaper filings, Zhang Jiaxin, despite his young age, is quick-witted and quick-witted.

So before going to the Walled City, Li An handed over all the filing matters to Zhang Jiaxin.

With abundant funds and the care of He Yi, Li An also hoped that after this period of training, Zhang Jiaxin would be able to handle the filing alone.

Instead of just doing what he tells you to do.

Now that he came to the dock, Li An was going to find out about the filing situation first.

Zhang Jiaxin glanced at Li An and considered how to reply.

He understands Li An's expectations of him, so he is unwilling to betray this trust.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Jiaxin slowly spoke:

“During this period, the business conditions of the nine newspaper stalls at the Pier, North-Southbound and Rumsey Street are similar to those half a month ago.

The three stalls at the pier have a daily turnover of about 350 to 400 yuan. Excluding the payment, each stall has a gross profit of about 100 yuan.

The North-South Express stalls have a large flow of people, and the sales volume of soda and cigarettes is higher. The average turnover of each stall can be about 400 to 500, with a gross profit of about 130.

The three newspaper stalls on Rumsey Street are about the same as those on the pier, and the total daily gross profit of the nine newspaper stalls is about 1,100 yuan. "

Li An nodded, looked at Zhang Jiaxin, and asked with a smile:

"What I told you before, half a month has passed, and you still won't just give me nine filings, right?"

"No, how could I forget what Brother An told me."

Zhang Jiaxin shook his head repeatedly.

After a pause, he said hesitantly:

"In the past half month, I have successively opened five newspaper stalls on Wing Lee Street, Staircase Street, and Shing Huang Street in Sheung Wan, but the business is slightly lower than the original stall."

Li An's expression didn't change much, but his tone remained the same:

"Talk about it."

Zhang Jiaxin observed the expression on Li An's face, feeling uneasy:

"In addition to the two newspaper stalls on Chenghuang Street that have a daily sales of about 300 yuan, the three newspaper stalls on Wing Lee Street and Staircase Street only have a sales of just over 200 yuan."

"It's not bad, just over three hundred yuan, a gross profit of more than eighty yuan a day, twenty-four hundred yuan a month.

Two hundred yuan is still fifty or sixty, and after deducting labor, water and electricity, it is still a bit of a profit.

You’re not losing money, so what are you worried about? "

Li An said with a smile.

Zhang Jiaxin finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li An was not angry.

Although the five stalls I found one after another were profitable, the turnover was so different from that of the stalls on the pier. The stalls on Wing Lee Street and Staircase Street were only half of those on the north-south line.

There was such a big gap, and he was worried that Li An would blame him.

"Excluding the expenses for opening five stalls, in the past half month, these stalls have made 36,000 yuan. I deposited it in the savings bank in Sheung Wan. This is a passbook."

As he spoke, he opened his handbag and took out a red passbook.

Li An waved his hand.

"You should keep it for now. It will cost money to continue to expand the file. If there is no shortage of money, then speed up the progress."

"I know, Brother An."

Zhang Jiaxin nodded and took back his passbook.

"Let's go."

Li An also took the stool and walked to the newspaper stall.

The three of them came to the newspaper stall, and Li An handed the stool to the waiter inside.

"Axin, please sort out the filing ledger first. I'll go to the pier to look around and then take a look."

I basically understood the filing situation, and after informing Zhang Jiaxin, I took Long Chenghu to the dock.

"Brother An, wait a moment."

As if Zhang Jiaxin thought of something, he quickly called out to Li An.

Li An stopped and turned around.

"What else?"

Zhang Jiaxin rummaged through the newspapers in the newspaper stall for a while, took a newspaper and ran over quickly.

"Brother An, the Yuanfang Daily that you asked me to pay attention to started publishing the word flower information ten days ago."

Li An suddenly became interested and took the newspaper.

He had not forgotten the conditions on which he let the Ma brothers go when they came to the dock.

The Ma brothers are both civilized and military.

The younger brother Ma Shihao is impulsive and irritable.

My elder brother, Ma Shaolin, is white and fat. He looks honest and honest, but he is very wise and foolish.

Taking advantage of Yuanfang Daily's financial crisis, Ma Shaolin donated money generously without any interest, thereby taking over Yuanfang Daily and becoming the largest shareholder of Yuanfang Daily.

Later, Yuanfang Daily became the largest-selling newspaper in Hong Kong. As a shareholder, Ma Shaolin was elected as the chairman of the newspaper union, which became a stepping stone for him to join the upper class.

He also made friends with congressmen and used official power to defeat his opponents.

In one fell swoop, he became one of the four major families, and at his peak, he was even known as the underground commander.

Not to mention, after the establishment of the ICAC, assets were transferred and the government retreated.

While being wanted, his younger brother Ma Shihao was fished out, and the two brothers died in old age.

This condition is now useful.

That is the shares they hold in Yuanfang Daily.

(End of this chapter)