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Chapter 479 Dowry!

Lou Zhenhua looked at Zhang Shenfei curiously and asked with great interest, "Shenfei, your entertainment city sounds like it must have a lot of investment, right?"

According to Zhang Shenfei, their entertainment city combines massage, bathing and nightclub in one, so the investment cannot be a small amount no matter how you calculate it.

The Lou family brought a lot of money from Sijiu City. At present, they have already conducted an investigation and are preparing to build a tire factory.

He thought that if Zhang Shenfei's project needed money, maybe he could talk to him about it, and their Lou family could also invest some money and get a share.

Lou Zhenhua has been engaged in business for many years and has a keen sense of whether a business can make money.

He had a strong premonition that once the large entertainment city that Zhang Shenfei mentioned opened for business, it would become popular throughout the entire port city.

Of course, in order to open such a club, in addition to a large amount of capital, you also need the support of both the black and white worlds.

The Lou family itself does not have this ability, but Zhang Shenfei does.

Therefore, it would be best to follow Zhang Shenfei, invest some money and get some shares.

Lou Xiaogao and Lou Xiaojun had obviously guessed what their father was thinking. Upon hearing this, they immediately looked at Zhang Shenfei with some excitement.

Since liberation, they followed their mothers to Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and have been living off their savings ever since.

Both of them wanted to realize their ambitions, but they had no chance.

This time I came to Hong Kong with the intention of doing something big. When there was a good opportunity, I naturally wanted to get involved.

Everyone in the Lou family was quick-witted and looked at Zhang Shenfei, with eyes similar to those of the God of Wealth.

Lou Zhenhua didn't say it explicitly, but everyone could hear the implication of his words.

Lou Xiao'e frowned, not knowing what she was thinking.

Chen Xueru stood aside, stretching out her hand to admire her newly done manicure, but her ears perked up, listening to the noise.

Compared to them, Zhang Shenfei seemed much calmer.

He ignored the looks of the Lou family, picked up a piece of stir-fried beef and gave it to his son Zhang Handong, then looked at Lou Zhenhua: "The investment is indeed not small, but Xueru has sufficient funds, and it has been negotiated before. Several old friends of mine in Gangcheng will also invest, and the investment ratio has been negotiated.

So overall, there won’t be any financial difficulties.”

This means that they are not agreeing to let the Lou family participate in the shares... Lou Xiaojun and Lou Xiaogao both had expressions of disappointment that they could not hide on their faces.

Lou Zhenhua was much calmer than them. Upon hearing this, he turned his head and looked at Lou Xiaoe: "Shen Fei's entertainment city has a large investment and is luxurious in scale.

If your restaurant wants to form a strategic partnership with them, it must be of the same standard. In my opinion, it must be on par with the Wenhua Restaurant."

Mandarin Restaurant is one of the most famous luxury restaurants in Hong Kong.

Those who are received are all well-known figures or wealthy people with great wealth.

Lou Xiao'e's face wrinkled into a bitter gourd: "That's too difficult, the money I have is not enough for a Wenhua Restaurant of that scale.

How about I make something similar first, and then renovate it later when I make some money?"

Lou Zhenhua interrupted her immediately: "The most taboo thing in doing business is not to have a successful start. The positioning when you first open your business should be consistent with the future.

If you fail at the beginning, even if you change it later, it won’t change the impression your restaurant has in the minds of the public at the beginning.”

What's more, Lou Xiao'e's restaurant was originally designed as a supporting facility for a large entertainment city.

"The Grand Entertainment City is positioned as the first and most luxurious entertainment city in Hong Kong. How can its supporting facilities be low-end?" he asked in return.

In other words, if a restaurant that is not upscale enough opens next to a large entertainment city, it will also lower the grade of the large entertainment city, right? ?
Lou Xiaogao on the side also said: "If the two sides cannot be evenly matched, other restaurants will naturally take advantage of the situation.

The customers that your restaurant cannot attract will naturally go to other restaurants to spend money. When the customers become regular customers in their restaurants, you will have nowhere to cry."

Lou Zhenhua nodded, and Chen Xueru beside him also nodded.

Lou Xiao'e pouted, feeling a little embarrassed.

If it was in the past, she could naturally ask Zhang Shenfei for help. But now it was obvious that Zhang Shenfei was going to invest all his money in the big entertainment city.

If she asked him to borrow money at this time, she really couldn't open her mouth.

Looking for Chen Xueru? ? Faced with the same situation.

But in Hong Kong, who else do I know besides them?
Seeing Lou Xiao'e's embarrassment, Lou Zhenhua took a sip of tea and said, "Xiao'e, don't worry about the money.

You can investigate during this period, and after synthesizing all the information, submit a budget. I will pay for the shortfall."

Seeing that they couldn't get the shares of the big entertainment city, they were planning to take over the restaurant! ! Chen Xueru stroked her hair and finally confirmed it.

She looked at Zhang Shenfei, then at Lou Xiaoe, and smiled.

The Lou family is indeed interesting, which is consistent with the profit-seeking nature of businessmen.

But she knew Zhang Shenfei.

If it was the day before yesterday, before the Lou family wanted to offer Lou Xiao'e, and asked for a share of the pie, she was sure that Zhang Shenfei would not say anything.

After all, the two have been together for so many years, and she knows that the other person is not a stingy person.

But what happened cannot be treated as if it never happened. Even if the Lou family’s previous ideas were not implemented, it cannot change the facts.

His own woman was almost given away by his family to someone else, which man can tolerate this???

At this time, Chen Xueru was certain that Zhang Shenfei would not let them profit from the big entertainment city and restaurant.

She looked at Zhang Shenfei again, wanting to see how the other party would handle the matter with an attitude of watching a good show.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Shenfei didn't say a word, didn't even look at the people from the Lou family, but instead served Zhang Handong another bowl of soup.

"You are growing up now, so drink more bone soup."

"Thank you, Dad." Zhang Handong looked at Zhang Shenfei and smiled sweetly.

"Good boy." Zhang Shenfei rubbed his head and gave him another half bowl of rice.

Yo??

Is this throwing the problem to Lou Xiao'e? ? Aren't you afraid that this little girl will be soft-hearted and agree to the Lou family's investment? ?
Chen Xueru turned her head with a playful look and looked at Lou Xiaoe again. The other people in the Lou family also looked at Lou Xiaoe, expecting her answer.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lou Xiao'e could no longer eat. She put down her chopsticks, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and then said:

"Dad, I'm grateful that you can lend me the money.

This way, I won't be using your money in vain, I will pay you interest according to the Citibank loan rate." Lou Zhenhua looked unhappy, and just as he was about to say something, Lou Xiao'e said again: "Da Fei proposed to me last night, and we will get married soon.

I want to use the restaurant as my dowry, and at the same time, learn from Sister Xueru and have my own independent business."

Everyone in Hong Kong knows that Chen Xueru's silk shop is solely owned by her.

Lou Xiao'e's implication was that her restaurant would not have any other shareholders, not even her own brother or father.

hiss! ! !
A glimmer of praise flashed in Chen Xueru's eyes.

Sure enough, she is the woman Zhang Shenfei likes. She is not confused at the critical moment and she doesn't let down her guard! !

She even specifically proposed to use this restaurant as a dowry and marry into the Zhang family. Okay, okay, I know who I should be close to.

"Ezi, did you misunderstand? Dad didn't mean to lend you money." Lou Xiaojun frowned and couldn't help but say.

"We are all family, can't we make money together?"

He really couldn't understand what Lou Xiao'e was thinking. If she didn't want to make money for her family, would she give it to outsiders?
Lou Xiao'e just smiled at him: "Didn't Second Brother say before that the Lou family only needs you and Third Brother? For a daughter like me, as long as I obey and marry, that's enough... I can't be relied on at home."

These words were spoken to her personally by Lou Xiaogao and Lou Xiaojun when they forced her to submit to Zhao Dadia that day.

Looking at her bright eyes, Lou Xiaojun suddenly felt guilty. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Compared to him, Lou Xiaogao was obviously more justified: "Little sister, it was my fault and my second brother's fault for saying that last time.

But the situation was special at the time, and Zhao Dadiao was watching us covetously from behind... We couldn't just watch everything in the Lou family be destroyed.

The situation is different now. Zhao Da Diao is dead, and the Xixing Gang will no longer target our family...

Before, my second brother and I were sorry for you. If you are still angry about my and my second brother’s behavior at that time, then my third brother apologizes to you!!”

After saying this, he raised his glass and drank the wine in it.

Then, he turned the wine glass upside down and looked at Lou Xiao'e.

Lou Xiao'e still smiled brightly, as if before, she still had affection and awe for the two brothers whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

After this period of pressure, she had become full of disdain for these two people.

Everything that happened the night before yesterday was still fresh in his mind. His predicament was only resolved after Zhang Shenfei came to Hong Kong.

In other words, if Zhang Shenfei had not arrived and taken care of Zhao Datiao and the Xixing Gang, the two brothers would probably have shown a different face in front of him.

She couldn't understand how her two brothers could have the audacity to ask her to do business with them after only one night.

Did they think that Lou Xiao'e was a pushover? Or did they think she was a goldfish with a memory of only seven seconds?
Thinking of everything that happened last night, Lou Xiao'e had no intention of making peace with Lou Xiaogao. She turned her head and looked at her father:
"Dad, I'm not on guard against anyone.

The reason why I want to own all the shares is that I hope that when the previous situation happens again in the future, I will be able to protect myself.

Instead of being accused of enjoying everything the Lou family has given me, I must abandon my self-esteem and love to repay everyone when the Lou family needs me.

I just want to be an independent person, do what I want to do and say no to what I don’t want to do.”

"If you are willing to lend me the money, that would be great. If you are not willing to lend me the money, that's fine. I will find a way to handle it myself."

Lou Zhenhua didn't seem to expect Lou Xiao'e to say that. He was a little surprised at first, but then he seemed to think of something and sighed.

Sometimes, silence does not mean neutrality but compromise...

He didn't want to think about how much indulgence he had shown in his long silence last night when he saw his two sons forcing their daughter to marry Zhao Dadiao as a concubine.

And do you have any intention to play the good cop and the bad cop with them?

But what he understood very clearly now was that there was finally a gap between him and this little daughter whom he had always kept by his side and doted on...

But who can blame this?
In the end, I lost my patience and underestimated Zhang Shenfei and my own daughter. I wanted to see the relationship between them more.

Now, it's time to bear the consequences yourself.

After a long silence, he sighed and said, "Let's do as you say. But we are a family after all, so the interest rate will be half of that of Citibank."

Seeing that Lou Xiao'e was about to refuse again, he hurriedly said, "It may not be that our father-daughter relationship is not even worth half the interest?"

Once we have investigated thoroughly, tell me the amount and I will transfer the money directly to you."

Lou Xiao'e said nothing and tacitly agreed to his proposal.

After the banquet, Zhang Shenfei took Lou Xiaoe and Chen Xueru to see the Lou family off.

Zhang Shenfei was greeting the father and son of the Lou family, while Tan Yali was holding Lou Xiao'e and whispering something non-stop.

Song Xiaofei looked at Zhang Shenfei and wanted to go up and talk to him, but she knew she had no position to do so and could only feel sad in secret.

After the greetings, Chen Xueru watched the Lou family leave. She leaned on Zhang Shenfei's shoulder and smiled at Lou Xiaoe, "Sister, you are great. I thought you were a little too naive before, but now it seems that I was shortsighted."

Lou Xiao'e knew what she was talking about and replied, "Every failure makes one wiser. I want to have my own business, and I got the inspiration from you, Sister Xueru."

"That's right! My mother has always told me since I was a kid that men are unreliable. Only silver and gold are our women's eternal friends!" Chen Xueru patted her shoulder, "In the future, roll up your sleeves and work hard, make more money, save more money, and we will have a good life!"

"Well, what's a man? How can it be more important than making money?" Lou Xiao'e also laughed.

Zhang Shenfei pulled Zhang Handong and held the little second child aside, speechless: "No, have you forgotten that there are three men here?"

Chen Xueru rolled her eyes at him: "I didn't say anything about you, don't take it personally. Come on, sister, let's go upstairs to the study and continue our discussion."

After saying that, he twisted his butt and pulled Lou Xiao'e towards the second floor.

Zhang Shenfei looked at his two sons with a gloomy face and said, "Now that they are gone, what are we three going to do?"

The little one blew a few bubbles at him, and Zhang Handong said he wanted to go for a walk.

"Walking along the hillside? With your brother?" Zhang Shenfei was surprised.

"Yeah, my mom said I'm growing up, and taking a walk after dinner is good for my health." Although Zhang Handong has been in Hong Kong for some time, he still has a faint Beijing accent when talking to Zhang Shenfei.

"Okay, then let us men go for a walk and let the women stay at home by ourselves!" After Zhang Shenfei said this, he put the second child in the stroller and took them out of the house.

Facing the sunset, the father and son pushed the stroller and strolled along the mountain road.

"Dad, I have something to tell you. Can you please not tell Mom?" Zhang Handong suddenly said just a few steps after they walked out of the Zhang family villa.

(End of this chapter)