1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Seeing that Zhou Yan didn't want his car, Zhou Hong said, "We have a lot of cars in Pengcheng. If you and Xiaoxian need a car, you can pick one anytime. Also, the conditions in Jiaochangwei are average. I have prepared a house for you in Yijing Garden, right next to the house I live in. You can live there for the time being."

Zhou Yan didn't know much about Pengcheng, and didn't know where Yijing Garden was, so he asked, "Is Yijing Garden far from Jiaochangwei?"

“There’s a little distance.”

Joey Wong laughed and said, "That's not a short distance. Yijing Garden is in Guangming District, and it should be farther from Jiaochangwei than from Victoria Harbour."

"So far!" Zhou Yan was surprised, and then looked at Wang Zuxian, "You also know this Yijing Garden."

"Of course, I research houses every day for a reason. Yijing Garden is quite famous in Pengcheng, and the house prices are quite high."

Pengcheng is adjacent to the Hong Kong River and is very close. Guangming District is a little further away. If you are in Futian, it is only more than 20 kilometers to Victoria Harbour.

Joey Wong has always been paying attention to the housing market, so naturally she also paid attention to Pengcheng.

Anyone who pays a little attention to the real estate market in Shenzhen would have heard of places like Yijing Garden.

Zhou Hong said with a smile, "Yijing Garden is okay to live in now, but its investment potential is average. Xiaoxian, if you really want to buy a house, I will recommend a few places to you later. Although my family has little involvement in the real estate industry, we still have some information."

"Thank you, second brother."

Joey Wong never asked Zhou Yan what industries his family had. At the beginning, she thought that the Zhou family only had some medium-sized businesses that could earn hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

But gradually, she discovered that the Zhou family's business was not as simple as she thought.

The total value of the cars owned by second brother Zhou Hong alone is tens of millions. These are the ones she has seen, and there are others she has not seen.

She had seen many wealthy people, but there were not many who were as grand as Zhou Hong.

Although the size of the display may not be able to judge the amount of assets, after all, there are differences in personality among the rich. Some rich people are rich but unwilling to lavishly spend.

But no matter what, if you want to show off, you must have the strength.

Zhou Hong's ostentation is not something he can pretend to be, he has real money.

In fact, even if she asked Zhou Yan, Zhou Yan would not be able to answer her, because Zhou Yan himself did not know the scale of his family's business.

Sometimes Zhou Hong wanted to talk to him actively, but he was not very willing to chat.

The main reason is that Zhou Yan has always felt that the family business has little to do with him. After all, he left the Zhou family with his mother when he was a child, and the Zhou family business was later built up by his father and second brother, and he has never contributed a bit.

Now that he is pursuing a career in the arts and making a lot of money, there is no need for him to worry about the family business.

To be frank, based on his current development, in a few years, the Zhou family's assets may not be as much as the money he earns personally.

Since he doesn't need the Zhou family's assets, he doesn't want to end up in a fight between brothers because of these things.

The human heart is unpredictable and cannot be questioned. Although Zhou Hong has always wanted him to actively participate in the family business, no one knows what will happen next.

Earlier, Zhou Yan had heard them mention that the Zhou family's clothing factory in Pengcheng had a monthly sales volume of seven million, but that factory was only a part of the Zhou family's business empire.

Moreover, after a few years, the Zhou family's business should be bigger than before.

Zhou Yan had also heard from Zhou Hong before that their family had been thinking about transformation.

Originally, the largest share of their family's business was in the clothing industry, but Zhou Hong believed that the electronics industry had greater prospects, so they have been transforming towards the electronics industry in recent years.

Zhou Yan didn’t know how the transformation had gone in the past two years.

The distance from the airport to Yijing Garden was not far and the traffic was smooth, so they arrived in less than half an hour.

Yijing Garden is an old residential area, having been built for more than ten years. It is also the earliest high-end residential area in Pengcheng.

The villa where Zhou Hong lives is one of the top buildings in Yijing Garden, and the people living next to him are either rich or noble.

Although Zhou Hong loves ostentation, he employs relatively few people at home. There are only five people living in the entire villa. In addition to himself, there is a nanny, a driver, and two assistants.

The two assistants were more like bodyguards. On their way back from the airport, the two assistants drove two cars respectively, one in front and one behind, protecting the Silver Thor they were riding in the middle.

After entering the villa, the three of them sat down in the living room. The nanny came over with a few cups of tea and said with a smile, "Third Young Master, Third Young Madam, you must be tired after a long journey. Have some tea to relieve your fatigue."

Wang Zuxian felt a little embarrassed to be called "Madam San Shao". She took the teacup and said politely, "Thank you."

Zhou Hong introduced with a smile, "This is Aunt Wu, she is also from Jinling and has been working in our family for quite a while."

"Hello, Auntie Wu." Zhou Yan and Joey Wong called out at the same time.

Wu Ma said with a smile, "Third Young Master, Third Young Master's Madam, you are too polite. What would you like to eat tonight? I will prepare it for you."

"Just eat something." Zhou Yan said.

"He likes braised pork, let's make a shrimp dish." Zhou Hong looked at Wang Zuxian again: "Xiaoxian, what do you want to eat?"

"I also can."

"Let's steam some crabs. The crabs delivered recently are of good quality."

Joey Wong was a little surprised and turned to look at Zhou Yan. She thought it was Zhou Yan who told her second brother that she liked to eat crabs.

In fact, Zhou Yan never told Zhou Hong about this. It was just that when Wang Zuxian visited their house before, she mentioned crabs casually, and Zhou Hong remembered it.

Zhou Hong didn't deliberately remember what Wang Zuxian liked to eat, but he was a very observant person and always noticed these details.

When many people first deal with Zhou Hong, they are deceived by his wooden face and think he is an honest man. In fact, he is more meticulous than ordinary people.

After serving the tea, Auntie Wu went to prepare dinner.

Zhou Hong smiled and said, "Are you really not considering living here? Aunt Wu is a very good cook. If you live here, at least you don't have to worry about food."

"Brother, I'm here to work, not for vacation. And if I really want to go on vacation, the environment in Jiaochangwei is not bad." "The environment in Jiaochangwei is good, but the supporting facilities are much worse. However, in two years, the situation will be much better. The government attaches great importance to the development of tourism in Jiaochangwei, and our family has invested a lot this time."

"Are our family responsible for the renovation of Jiaochangwei?" Zhou Yan asked curiously.

"That's not the case. Several companies are doing this together, and we only do a part of it. Doing exclusive business is very hated."

Zhou Yan nodded to show his understanding.

The business world is a world of relationships. There are many development opportunities in Pengcheng. If everyone helps each other, we can divide the cake together. There is no need to offend others because of a business.

Everyone knows that monopoly business makes money and it’s nice to have the most benefits, but if someone keeps thinking about having the most benefits in the business world, he is not far from destruction.

Moreover, the Jiaochangwei project is quite special, and Zhou Hong doesn't particularly want to make money from this project, at least he has never thought about making quick money from this project.

Zhou Hong took a sip of the teacup and continued, "In fact, the reason we let you film in Jiaochangwei this time is not because you benefit from our business, but because our business benefits from you. Jiaochangwei needs to transform and develop its tourism industry. The transformation of hardware facilities is the foundation, but if we want to attract tourists, publicity is indispensable. Compared with ordinary publicity methods, letting a movie take the scene is obviously more effective."

"Do you want me to focus on the scenery at the end of the field in the movie?"

"You don't have to show off." Zhou Hong waved his hand, "Just follow your own ideas. I don't want these things to affect the filming of your movie."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Originally, the scenery of the filming location would be shown in the movie."

"That would be the best." Zhou Hong nodded, and then said, "Why don't you go to Zhou Entertainment when you have time? After all, you have shares in this company. Since its establishment, you, the boss, have never visited it once."

"Sure, I should have some time before the filming starts, I'll go take a look then."

In fact, there is nothing good to see about Zhou Entertainment. Entertainment companies are different from physical companies. They mainly rely on contracted artists. The office space does not need to be very large. A few capable employees can support it.

Besides, Zhou's company is not very big now, and their office is still located on a floor that Zhou Hong had allocated before. They have not moved until now because they have not used up even that floor.

But since Zhou Hong brought it up, Zhou Yan agreed.

Seeing Zhou Yan's agreement, Zhou Hong also smiled with satisfaction. He said that asking Zhou Yan to go and see Zhou's Entertainment was fake, and the real thing was that he wanted him to see the Zhou family's industry in Pengcheng.

He knew that Zhou Yan didn't want to have anything to do with the Zhou family's business, but he always believed that the Zhou family's business would belong to the two brothers in the future, so he would give it to his younger brother whether he wanted it or not.

Every year when he went back to burn incense for his mother, he always told his mother in his heart that he would never treat his younger brother badly and asked his mother in heaven to rest assured.

Since Zhou Entertainment happened to be mentioned, they took the opportunity to talk about it.

Zhou Entertainment has been quite active this year. Not only did it help Wu Bai release albums and hold concerts, it also signed Mayday and Wang Lihong. Compared to last year, their scale is much larger.

Although Zhou Hong entered the entertainment industry relatively late, he knows a lot about it.

Speaking of poaching Wang Lihong, he also laughed and said, "You went to poach Zhang Gengyu's people, which is actually a bit offensive. Zhang Gengyu is a second-generation man with high ambitions and a narrow mind. But I know that since you asked Huanyin to poach people, it means that you are very optimistic about Wang Lihong."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, I am indeed optimistic about him. The young man has potential, and his ability to write scripts is the talent that Huanyin needs. Huanyin is developing in the entertainment industry, and it is inevitable to offend people. It doesn't matter if you offend people early or late."

"That's right. No matter what you do, you must be brave enough to offend people and not be timid. I support you in this matter. Besides, Huanyin and Fumao Records have a good relationship now, mainly because they don't pay that much attention to Wang Lihong. In addition, I heard that you gave Kelly Chen a song?"

"It's not for her, but to let her sing the theme song of the new movie."

"Well, Kelly Chen's father, Chen Chongwei, runs a jewelry business in Hong Kong. He's doing pretty well. I've met him a few times."

"Does our family also have a jewelry business?"

"Not really, it's just that we're both in the shopping malls, and I go to Hong Kong quite frequently, so it's inevitable that we'll run into each other. And although I don't have much interest in jewelry, there are people who like it, so we also have demand for it." At this point, he laughed again, "When you get married, I'll get some good quality jewelry to give to you. When are you planning to get married?"

Zhou Yan coughed lightly, "I am waiting for you, right? There is order of seniority."

"Don't waste time on this matter. Just make a decision when the time is right. It's not easy for me to be at home if you keep dragging it out."

"Whether I get married or not, it won't affect your grandma and the others' complaints when you go home." Zhou Yan looked around the huge living room and joked, "You always live alone in such a big house, don't you feel lonely? Do you want me to introduce you to someone?"

"When did you start acting as a matchmaker? But from the sound of you, it seems that there are a lot of girls around you." As he said this, Zhou Hong glanced at Joey Wong.

Seeing that he was trying to please him, Zhou Yan immediately said seriously, "I also asked someone to introduce it to you."

Zhou Hong smiled and said, "Then you don't need to worry about it."

……

Zhou Yan and Joey Wong stayed at Zhou Hong's house until after nine o'clock in the evening. As it was getting late, they did not go to Jiaochangwei, but went to the villa next door that Zhou Hong had prepared for them to rest.

This villa was also bought from someone else, but all the home appliances inside were replaced, even the curtains were replaced with new ones.

The most outrageous thing is that this villa also has a special piano room, which contains many musical instruments, including a grand piano. These musical instruments alone cost one or two million yuan.

I have to say that Zhou Hong is really good at spending money.

Seeing this piano room, Wang Zuxian thought of the small house she bought in Taipei City, and couldn't help but sigh, "Compared with the house that my second brother prepared for you, the house I bought in Taipei City is really a pigeon nest."

"Don't be fooled by the size of this house. Buying breakfast here is not as convenient as your house."

"When you buy a house, you need to consider whether it is convenient to buy breakfast there."

"That is definitely a necessary condition. A good breakfast shop can greatly enhance happiness."

"Just try to comfort me." Wang Zuxian smiled and leaned against the bedroom window to look out. "Although this villa is very good, I am more looking forward to going to Jiaochangwei. The scenery at the seaside is very good."

Zhou Yan came over, hugged her, and whispered in her ear, "Although Jiaochangwei is good, it is not convenient to do things."

"Doing business?" Joey Wong didn't react for a moment.

Zhou Yan picked her up and carried her to the bed. "Of course, we are here to do business." (End of this chapter)