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Xian Qianzhi had a very sweet mouth, which coaxed Cai Jinman into taking out all the cakes and pastries he had brought back to treat her.

While she was sitting on the side eating, Cai Jinman and Xian Yuzhen discussed how to establish Finefood Company, how to build the dining hall, and what rules the cooking team should have.

"Sister-in-law, is Brother building the dining hall to entertain guests?"

"The master doesn't care about food and drink. Moreover, he not only wants to build a dining hall, but also set up a cooking team, order a gourmet boat called the Treasure Ship, buy an island in the South Seas and transform it into an island of beasts, and raise birds and beasts for food. How much money will all this cost?"

"Oh, one by one?"

"Well, let's build a dining hall and set up a cooking team first."

"How much budget did Big Brother give you?"

"20. The master only gave me half. The remaining half will be given in two months."

"So little? The building we have now costs more than 80,000 or nearly 90,000. The dining hall for entertaining guests must be bigger and more luxurious. Even 200,000 may not be enough."

"The land at home is ready, so there is no need to spend money to buy it. The area of ​​the dining hall can be larger, and only one or two floors are needed. We can save a little on each building material."

Xian Yuzhen chuckled, "I was thinking about something else. Buildings don't have to be tall and big. If they are built lower, the foundation can be dug shallower, and less cement and steel can be used. Well... 100,000 yuan is enough. As for decoration... Sister-in-law, decoration is very expensive. One of my classmates only spent more than 200,000 yuan to buy a building, but spent more than 500,000 yuan on decoration."

"The master said that the decoration style can be antique, spend a little money on the window frames and columns, and buy some cheap antiques and potted plants to fill the interior. It is both elegant and affordable."

The two discussed for a while and decided to use the Hui style for the dining hall, with only one floor, a little taller, a larger area, and a courtyard.

In this way, the interior decoration can be simple, embellished with antiques and green plants, and the furniture can be exchanged in the countryside. If it has been used for one or two hundred years and you are reluctant to throw it away, you can spend some money to buy it back and renovate it.

After talking about the dining hall, they discussed the cooking team, where to hire the cooks, how to accommodate them after they came back, etc., all in a very methodical and detailed manner.

Xian Qianzhi held the nine-layer cake in her hand, tore off a layer with her fingernails, put it into her mouth, and chewed lightly. She looked at Cai Jinman and then at Xian Yuzhen with her two little eyes, and listened with her ears perked up, listening very attentively and with relish.

"Sister-in-law, I heard from my classmates in Shanghai that there are many big restaurants in Shanghai, and there must be many skilled chefs. Sister-in-law Lizhen is in Shanghai now, so you can ask Sister Min to send her a message to help find one for you."

Cai Jinman hesitated and asked, "Is this okay?"

Xian Yuzhen knew what Cai Jinman was worried about, and comforted him, "It's nothing to worry about because of family matters."

"Okay, let's go find Amin later."

"Don't wait, just go now. Sister Min is very busy these days and may not be there later."

Xian Yuzhen dragged Cai Jinman downstairs to Building No. 1 without saying a word. Downstairs, they happened to see Wang Xiamin getting out of a car. She stopped and watched the car drive away.

The two of them moved closer.

"Sister Min."

Hearing the noise, Wang Xiamin hid the sadness on her face, turned around and said, "Madam, Miss."

Xian Yuzhen said, "Sister Min, did you just come back from outside?"

"No, a friend came over to talk about something." Wang Xiamin said perfunctorily: "Miss, you guys want to go out?"

"No, I want to send a message to Sister-in-law Lizhen."

Wang Xiamin glanced at her watch and said, "It's almost time for our appointment. I can still send short messages, but it's too late to send long messages."

Xian Yuzhen chuckled and said, "Just one sentence."

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Su Lizhen took out the Selected Works of Stalin and translated the digital text she had just copied, eliminating the useless words. Finally, she had one sentence left: "Three, already, hired several good cooks at high salaries and brought them back to Hong Kong."

Third, the next code book will adopt Plan No. 3; the matter of Lingnan Petroleum and Southern Trading Company has already been handed over; there is no need to say more about the rest, even the literal meaning is something she cannot understand. What is the point of asking her to find a chef in Shanghai and bring him back to Hong Kong?
It was hard to understand and it was not convenient to ask for the time being, so she could only do it first and ask for clarification when she returned to Hong Kong.

Fortunately, this matter was not troublesome. All the way from Bao'an, she had been reading the Liberation Daily and had gotten a grasp of the propaganda tone in the mainland.

Su Lizhen had just finished muttering, and immediately rejected this point.

After some thought, she decided to directly post the recruitment notice in the newspaper and look for a nearby neighborhood committee that seemed to have a wide range of functions. In this way, it should not be difficult to recruit a few good cooks.

"That's right, how many do you want?"

She thought that such nonsense could never come from her husband's mouth. Who among Wang Xiamin, Cai Jinman and Zhou Ruoyun ordered her to do things?

Wang Xiamin can be ruled out. She is her husband's absolute confidant and knows more than her, his bedmate. She also has the same working style as her husband. If she needs to recruit a cook in Shanghai, she would have made arrangements before leaving. It is impossible for her to be notified in this way. It can only be the latter two.

Zhou Ruoyun could probably be ruled out as she was busy going to the hospital, buying land, and building a garden, and had little presence at home. Moreover, this woman came from a wealthy family and had seen household fights, so they would not ask her for help with such matters, let alone through such a confidential channel at home.

Zhou Ruoyun probably didn't know that her family had such a channel. She only knew about it after Wang Xiamin told her. On the contrary, Cai Jinman, who didn't spend the New Year at home and hurried to Singapore, might know about it.

After a long time, seeing that her husband found one woman after another, she slowly figured out that every woman her husband found, including herself, was capable, or had an extraordinary family background like Zhou Ruoyun.

The only thing she couldn't quite understand was Cai Jinman. She was not as beautiful as a fairy, nor did she have an extraordinary family background. She was just a Nyonya who was brought up to be a virtuous wife. Her husband never paid much attention to whether his women could enter the kitchen, but paid more attention to their ability to be independent and handle affairs of their own. So why would he accept Cai Jinman?

She thought back to the time when she was fighting with Cen Peipei. Mr. Mingming was more greedy for her body, but she was always at a disadvantage. Wasn't it because Cen Peipei was better at doing things than her?

"Cai Jinman, how dare you order me to do things?"

After thinking it over, Su Lizhen still felt that Cai Jinman did not have the confidence to let her do anything unless there was a prerequisite for what she wanted to do, and the source came from her husband's instructions to do it.

"You're ordering me around. I'll come back and settle the score with you."

Among the women in the family, she was only afraid of Cen Peipei, who was sent by her husband to take charge of a family business in the United States. This was a huge trust. She could not compare with her. The others were nothing but useless.

After finishing her thought, Su Lizhen destroyed the note, sat in front of the dressing table, combed her hair into a bun, and put some lipstick on her lips.

In Guangzhou, she found that her original dress was unnecessary and she only needed to be simple and elegant, not look like a big capitalist's wife. The braids and plain clothes were not so much a result of ideological requirements as they were due to the bleak reality of insufficient textile supply.

"The capitalists ran away, and the workers formed their own union to organize factory production. In a short period of time, the factory turned losses into profits, repaid the loans, and made up for the overdue wages. The workers were very happy and full of energy."

This kind of story is only suitable to appear in newspapers for the purpose of propaganda. The mainland is in short supply of everything now, so everything that is produced can be sold naturally. When competition arises in the market, this kind of factory will definitely not be able to compete with the factories where capitalists are in charge.

Not everyone can do business well. Since she started her business and came into contact with the owners of plastic factories, those who dared to open a factory and were able to run the factory were all outstanding people.

Even bosses whose businesses are on track and who have no worries about food and drink still often have a lot of worries, not to mention those bosses who are just starting out, who have to work from dawn to dusk, and when they can't make ends meet, they get sore at the corners of their mouths.

There is no such thing as a guaranteed success in business. She has been running the business smoothly all the time because her husband supports her. Her husband is a rare talent, but how hard does he work?

Either I go out to socialize, or I read a few newspapers on the way to socialize. When reading books or newspapers, I cannot count by volume or sheet, so I can only weigh them on a scale. The amount I read every day ranges from a few kilograms to dozens of kilograms. When I eat at the stalls, I always want to dig out some business tips from the vendors.

It is the result of every bit of hard work and dedication that has brought together the Xian family's wealth. The Xian family's money did not fall from the sky.

After getting dressed, she rubbed her face. Her face felt a little sore and numb from imitating Mr. Wang and making too many fake expressions in the past two days.

While she was rubbing her hair, Dong Chuning came to her side and said, "Madam, Wu Hongan is here."

"Let him sit in the living room for a while. I'll change my clothes and come over."

"Yes."

After Dong Chuning left, Su Lizhen took a few minutes to change her clothes and came to the living room.

Wu Hongan saw it, stood up and said, "Mrs. Xian."

"Mr. Wu, please sit down." Su Lizhen pressed his hand and sat down on the sofa diagonally opposite Wu Hongan. "Have you made any progress on what I asked you to do yesterday?"

"We have figured it out. Dakang Western Medicine Store has employees such as Dong Yuan, Wang Zufan, Ma Weishan, and technician Xia Yalun." Wu Hongan handed Su Lizhen a piece of paper, "It contains a list of names and addresses."

Su Lizhen took the paper, read it quickly, and then looked up and asked, "Whose family has the most difficult life?"

"Except for technician Xia Yalun, everyone else's life is not very good."

"The market for Western medicine is so good now, can't you make money working in a Western medicine store?"

Wu Hongan's face changed slightly, he opened his mouth but didn't dare to speak.

After yesterday's detailed investigation, he already knew that Dakang Pharmacy was not as simple as he initially thought. He was also responsible for the last investigation. It seemed that something went wrong, and it was very likely a serious problem, otherwise Mrs. Xian would not have come.

He was worried that he was going to be in big trouble.

Su Lizhen saw Wu Hongan's expression and said in a friendly manner, "Mr. Wu, you don't need to put unnecessary burdens on yourself. The matter of Dakang Western Medicine is not your job. You are just helping. It is not your responsibility if there is any problem. If there is any new situation, please speak up."

Hearing this, Wu Hongan's heart was relieved and his expression eased. After calming down, he said, "Mrs. Xian, I re-investigated the situation of Dakang Western Medicine Store yesterday and found that it was very different from what I had learned before."

"Then tell me about the reinvestigation."

"Okay, Mrs. Xian." Wu Hongan nodded and said, "Wang Kangnian was born in Hangzhou in 1924. He grew up in a well-off family and was spoiled by his family. When he was 17, his father introduced him to Daya Radio Station as a radio reporter. This is a commercial radio station. The content of the reports is basically commodity prices and commodity advertisements. Naturally, he has learned a lot of business skills.

Soon, Wang Kangnian got married. His father-in-law was originally a patrolman in the International Settlement. With his help, he rented a living room in Shengjili on XZ Road to open a Dakanghang store, doing small department store broker business.

Later, as sales of domestically produced western medicines in Shanghai improved due to a shortage of imported medicines, he moved to Jingxingli, No. 434, Beiping West Road, opened the Dakang Western Medicine Store, and started a western medicine business.

But at that time, the products of major pharmaceutical companies such as New Asia and Syngenta were hot-selling, and cash payment was required for drug purchases. Wang Kangnian was like a man carrying rice in an empty sack, and could only play the trick of getting something for nothing.

As the civil war after the Anti-Japanese War led to increasingly turbulent economy, the price of western medicine soared. Dakang Western Medicine Store moved to Room 456, No. 308 Sanma Road, Laozha District, but business did not improve.

The key is that Wang Kangnian was unwilling to do business honestly and was keen on speculative trading; secondly, he had no funds and no normal purchasing ability, so he relied on short selling to get customers' deposits, which made him notorious, and he was heavily in debt and was sued in court. "

As he spoke, Wu Hongan took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to him. "I asked someone who knows the situation. Yan Guangjun, the owner of Zhiye Xinyao, sued Wang Kangnian in court on May 1949, 5. The subject of the lawsuit was 3 million yuan."

Su Lizhen opened the paper and saw a copy of the complaint. The case was "for a judgment to return inventory." The complaint stated: "The defendant should return 2015 Xinyi Xiaozhilong tablets, each with 20 tablets, and 450 boxes of Shengluci Xinzhen... This judgment is granted provisional execution after the plaintiff provides a guarantee, and the litigation costs shall be borne by the plaintiff."

The plaintiff stated in the statement of claim: "Since November last year, the plaintiff has successively deposited various Western medicines in the Dakang Western Medicine Store opened by the defendant. The plaintiff holds the inventory list provided by the pharmacy, from November 11, 11 to April 2, 4, a total of ten sheets, the number of deposited Western medicines is as stated in the statement of claim. Unexpectedly, at the end of April this year, the defendant suddenly commissioned a lawyer to declare the Dakang Western Medicine Store liquidated, and the plaintiff avoided meeting with them, and the deposited items could not be retrieved...

For this reason, I have filed a lawsuit according to law and request a judgment as stated in the lawsuit. In addition, the ten sheets of evidence in this case are now in the Laozha Police Branch. I request permission to transfer the case to the bureau for evidence. Respectfully submit. The total value of the subject matter of this case is 19800 million yuan, and it is hereby set at 2 million yuan. "

"Yan Guangjun won the lawsuit, but his luck was not good. Before the court could find Wang Kangnian to execute the case, the flag on the city wall was changed." Wu Hongan said. (End of this chapter)