money player

Without waiting for the woman to respond, Xian Yaowen walked out of the shower, came to the bathtub, sat on the edge, reached out to take off the woman's glasses, and saw a pair of eyes that were distracted and slightly dull. Immediately, the woman subconsciously squinted to reduce the aperture of her pupils and refocused to see his face clearly.

The woman is truly nearsighted, she is not wearing glasses to follow fashion.

In the early years, Lin Huiyin and Bing Xin either simply showed off or received advertising endorsement fees, and their images wearing glasses appeared in pictorials and newspapers. Lin Huiyin was just a simple photo, and Bing Xin probably knew that her appearance was not good enough, so she attached a slogan, "Put on glasses, and you will feel that the world of words is clearer."

In the 1920s and 1930s, under the bombardment of Zeiss lenses and advertisements in department stores and optician shops, wearing glasses became a very fashionable thing for women, which was euphemistically called "the vision of the new era" or "modern is smart."

Xian Yaowen's mind flashed with the images of the actresses from Friendship Company, and he selected from them those who were suitable for wearing glasses. With glasses, they were intellectual beauties, while without glasses, they were charming or decisive. Such a contrast could easily become the characteristic of an actress, and she could become famous by shooting a spy film or a killer film.

Maybe you can also open an eyewear store and imitate the operation of Zeiss's "Lin Huiyin's same style" lenses and launch the same styles as celebrities.

Fitting lenses is a bit troublesome, and he didn’t think of integrating the eyewear business into the celebrity peripheral store.

The thought flashed through his mind in a flash, and he returned to the present situation, facing the woman's tilted head, squinting eyes, and her obvious condescending gaze.

The natural blurriness might have served as a protective color. He did not detect any shyness on the woman's face, but when the woman felt the heat of his gaze, she tilted her head to one side and her eyes fled away guiltily.

Xian Yaowen chuckled, "Because coincidence has made our first meeting the most ideal, I think there is no need for me to introduce myself. You must know who I am, but I don't know who you are, which seems a bit disadvantageous."

The woman turned her head and squinted at Xian Yaowen, her eyelashes trembling, and her body sank down, leaving only half of her neck floating on the water.

After a long while, he lowered his head and whispered, "Aisin-Gioro Yunyan."

"Oh." Xian Yaowen said in a long and meaningful tone, "You should have another name, Miss Jin? Miss Luo? Or Miss Zhao?"

"Jin Jingyan."

Jin Jingyan raised her head and looked at Xian Yaowen, but without squinting, she only saw a blurry face, with the rest of the body blurred.

"A branch?"

"Yes."

Xian Yaowen stood up and said, "I'll treat you to afternoon tea tomorrow. Oh, Tang Yiying will come too."

Tang Yiying actually had a better way to "grandly" introduce Jin Jingyan, but she chose the "beauty emerging from the bath" method. It's easy to guess what she was planning. This old hand is very aware of her shortcomings. This is to silently belittle Jin Jingyan's status so as to form a "1+1" bundle and avoid herself becoming a matchmaker thrown over the wall.

"One of this woman's ancestors might have been imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, otherwise she wouldn't have offended the Aisin-Gioro family time and time again."

Xian Yaowen went back to the shower, showered for a while, dried his body, and walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel.

When I walked into the bedroom, I saw my clothes neatly laid out on the bed. Tang Yiying was sitting at the end of the bed with a long cigarette holder in her hand.

Hearing the noise, she turned to look at Xian Yaowen.

"So fast?"

"What else?" Xian Yaowen took off the bath towel and threw it on Tang Yiying's head.

Tang Yiying took off the bath towel and said calmly, "I thought you and Yunyan were going to play in the water together."

Xian Yaowen quickly put on his shorts and trousers, fastened his belt, came to Tang Yiying, grabbed her chin, and said jokingly: "If you don't know me yet, don't make any rash moves. This time, I appreciate your kindness. If there is a next time, please let me know in advance."

Tang Yiying smiled brightly, "Do you want a third one?"

Xian Yaowen leaned over and kissed Tang Yiying on the cheek, "Don't think of yourself as a pimp. Get up and help me put on my clothes."

"Oh."

After getting dressed, Xian Yaowen brought Tang Yiying to the Ritz Garden.

As soon as he sat down in the office, Zhang Li knocked on the door and came in.

"gentlemen."

"Where did you go yesterday? I didn't see you."

"I went out for something urgent."

"Oh, it's arranged?"

"It's arranged." Zhang Li placed a roster on the table, opened it and said, "Lily, a new trainee dancer at the nightclub, has not officially started work yet."

Xian Yaowen looked at the photo in the upper right corner of the roster and said "Huh" in his heart. The woman in the photo looked very familiar, as if she was a lover in his previous life, an old lover, a friend of his father, and also a family partner. The two parties had a cooperative hotel in Macau.

He stared at the photo for a while, then his eyes swept over the name column: Lan Qiongying, that's right.

He quickly scanned the information and looked up and said, "Lan Qiongying was in Ciro's last year? How come I never saw her?"

"She is not a dancer in a ballroom, she is playing the piano in a teahouse."

"I was wondering, why did you come to our company to be a dancer again?"

"She applied to the Lai Ze Middle School this year, but was rejected because of her refugee status. She had no choice but to study bookkeeping at the Yau Ma Tei Workers' Children's Night School..." Zhang Li paused for a moment, then continued, "My girlfriend also went to school there. I ran into her by chance and I fell in love with her at first sight, so I invited her to Lai Chi Garden."

Xian Yaowen chuckled and said, "You are such a fool. You actually invited a student girl to join the adult entertainment industry. This is not good."

"Sir." Zhang Li hurriedly explained, "There is one thing I haven't reported to you. I plan to add more dancers in nightclubs and karaoke bars who only dance with people and do not provide other services. Lan Qiongying is a dancer."

Xian Yaowen tapped his fingers on the table a few times. "I originally wanted you to arrange someone who is willing to go out, but Lan Qiongying is pretty good. Let's pick her. Tell Manli later and arrange for two people to go to the box."

"Okay." Zhang Li breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't be nervous. The company has been handed over to you. You don't need to report to me for any minor adjustments." Xian Yaowen leaned back in his chair and said slowly, "Yesterday I took a look around the swimming pool, roller skating rink, and billiard room. The adjustments you made were very good, but they were a little lacking in details.

People who can come to our shop to spend money have all seen a certain amount of the world. Some things should not be revealed too directly, just like a lotus emerging from the water. You need to know the scale, only showing it for a moment, and then immediately covering it with your hands. It is more attractive to leave people wanting more. "

"I'll tell them later."

Xian Yaowen nodded, "How many bets are there in a week now?"

"Last week it was almost 42, with a dividend of 125. I played a 'special' game and got a dividend of 764."

"Wow, this is an outrageous handicap. So nearly 170 million was bet last month?"

"It was about the same as last month. The company's dividend was 49 yuan, and Mr. Liu's was a little less. The winning rate is quite high, and each lottery returns more than 8% to nearly % of the prize money."

"We take 30%, return 50% of the prize, and consider the cost as 50%, so there is still 15% left, which is not a small amount. The higher the winning rate, the bigger the odds will be. It's too ugly to eat. It won't be long before there are only a few bad gamblers left, and there will be no point in doing it.

The frequency of match manipulation should not be too high. Once in a while, give the staff more bonuses and make everyone happy together."

Zhang Li nodded, "That's how I arranged it."

"Great. Are scalper tickets still in demand?"

"It's very popular. Front-row seats can go for ten dollars during an intense competition."

"Not bad." Xian Yaowen nodded in satisfaction. "However, no matter how much money you make from the octagonal cage, you can't ignore other businesses. The more money you make, the more you attract attention. You never know when you will no longer be able to do it. You have to be aware of this."

"Sir, I know it clearly."

"Well, has Michelle been here?"

"Miss Morgan came here at the end of last month and gave similar explanations to sir."

"Michelle has always been so smart." Xian Yaowen chuckled, "You go first, and ask Lan Qiongying to come over in twenty minutes."

"Ok."

Tang Yiying, who had been sitting on the sofa and paying attention to Xian Yaowen, saw Zhang Li leave and immediately walked to the big chair and leaned on the back of it, "Are you the dealer of the octagon cage outside?"

"If you have such sharp ears, why do you only hear a little bit and not the whole thing? Obviously there is someone else who is the banker."

"Everyone knows the odds opened by Dongfuhe. I mean the dealer behind the scenes."

Xian Yaowen put his arm around Tang Yiying's waist and pulled her into his arms. "You are quite curious. I am also quite curious. Tell me how many treasures did you and Lu Xiaojia take away from Prince Chun's mansion?"

Tang Yiying said coyly, "Not much."

"It doesn't matter how little you have. I heard that you have emptied Prince Chun's mansion."

"That's nonsense in the newspapers. We only took some antiques, calligraphy and jewelry." Tang Yiying showed a trace of resentment on her face. "Lu Xiaojia has no sense of responsibility as a man. As soon as he heard the news, he abandoned me and ran to Tianjin to live with his father, leaving me alone in Peking."

"Just laugh secretly. Luckily, Pu Jie is a kind man. If it were someone else, you would have been beaten to death or thrown into the Eight Great Hutongs."

"I feel really sorry for him. The past is gone, and what can I do now? Regret will not help."

"You are quite good at comforting yourself." Xian Yaowen chuckled and said, "Listen carefully, I don't care what you did in the past, but now that you are following me, you should behave yourself, and I will give you whatever I tell you to. If you take it without asking, I will use what I told you yesterday on you.

You may not understand, but I never joke when I'm serious. I always do what I say. Don't blame me for not reminding you when something goes wrong."

"How could you be like this? I was young and ignorant at that time..."

"No need to explain. I told you, I don't mind how you were in the past. I'll just have to wait and see in the future."

Tang Yiying grabbed Xian Yaowen's neck and said with a wronged look on her face, "You don't believe me?"

"I believe it." Xian Yaowen stroked Tang Yiying's face and tapped her temple. "You only think that antiques and jewelry are valuable, but you don't know that the recipe you use is the most valuable. If the recipe falls into my hands, it will make you spend money like water until you die.

You don't have to tell me now, and I won't ask you. Wait until we truly trust each other, then you can tell me. However, you should tell me first how many people know the recipe. If many people know it, the value of the recipe will be greatly reduced."

"Except for me, no one else should know this. I found this recipe by accident in the palace. It was used by Empress Xiaoxian back then and was never passed down. Is it really valuable?"

Xian Yaowen pinched Tang Yiying's chin and turned her face left and right. "That depends on whether the recipe played a big role in your current appearance. If you are a natural talent, the recipe is worthless."

Tang Yiying thought for a moment and said, "I think the recipe must have worked. When I first arrived in Hong Kong, I didn't use it for a while and found wrinkles on my face. After using it for a few days, the wrinkles disappeared."

"If it's really that effective, it would be a miracle drug, but I don't think that's possible." Xian Yaowen touched the corners of Tang Yiying's face that were prone to wrinkles, and he didn't feel any roughness at all. "I guess your body is different from others. Maybe you are more valuable for research than the prescription. I'll arrange for you to have a check-up in a few days."

"What kind of tests are you doing?"

“Examine what makes you different from others.”

"What's the difference? They're all the same."

"No, you're more coquettish."

"Nonsense."

"Ah."

The two of them flirted, and before they knew it, twenty minutes had passed. There was a knock on the office door, and after a while, a tall girl walked in.

She looks to be 170cm tall, but with high heels on, her height is estimated to be 163cm, which is considered tall at that time.

If her face had a bit of mixed blood, she would be almost 80% similar to the lover in his memory, except that the girl was more heroic, and there was a hint of hostility between her brows. Combined with the rumors that the girl was ruthless in her previous life, it basically fits the saying that appearance reflects the heart.

The girl came to the big class table and bowed slightly to Xian Yaowen, "Mr. Xian, I'm Lily."

Xian Yaowen looked at Lan Qiongying and smiled faintly, "About an hour and a half ago, I met a man on the ferry. His name is Lan Qiongying, which is very similar to your name. Are you relatives?"

Lan Qiongying asked in surprise: "He is my brother. Did Mr. Xian meet him?"

"Your brother is with a friend of mine." Xian Yaowen changed the subject, "I will have dinner with a big shot from Macau later, and I would like you to be my companion. Listen carefully, we are just drinking and eating."

Lan Qiongying bowed again and said, "I will follow Mr. Xian's instructions."

Xian Yaowen waved his hand and said, "Go sit on the sofa, we will go to Dexing Hall later."

"Ok."

Lan Qiongying sat down on the sofa and glanced at the man and woman on the big chair. She saw that the two of them were hugging and kissing each other as if she didn't exist. It seemed that Xian Yaowen was as lustful as the rumors said.

She lived in the Blue House on Fuk Wing Street in Sham Shui Po, not far from the Sin family. In Sham Shui Po, the Sin family was the most talked-about topic among the neighbors after dinner. People talked about them a lot, such as Tseng Pei-pei's kind heart and Sin Yiu-man's lust. Every time a building was built, he had another concubine. The Sin family had a total of 17 buildings, including those under construction. Everyone speculated that Sin Yiu-man had at least 12 or 13 concubines.

Every time she heard the discussions, she felt uncomfortable. While other people lived in a building by themselves, she and her family were squeezed in a tin house on the top floor. The house was already extremely hot and stuffy at this time of year, and she couldn't fall asleep until the second half of the night.

More than a year ago, her family was still a wealthy family. Her grandfather had been a major general and retired to Hong Kong early to run a silk shop. He had a five-story mansion.

My father was a top student who graduated from Yangcheng University. He was admitted to the 7th Engineering Corps of the Whampoa Military Academy. He was wounded in the Burma Campaign. After the war, he served as a staff officer in the Yangcheng Garrison. Two years ago, our family came to Hong Kong to help my grandfather run a silk shop.

Who knew that her father was too aggressive in business, not only losing the silk shop, but also her grandfather's mansion. The family could only live in a tin house, and she, a grown lady, was reduced to playing the piano in a teahouse, and then worked as a dancer in a nightclub.

Life in poverty was too hard. She was unwilling to accept it and did not want to live in poverty. In order to live a good life, she would rather be someone's concubine, and then slowly squeeze out the main wife and take her place.

Her eyes flickered to Xian Yaowen's face again, and she thought to herself what a pity, this man was so handsome, but he was not her true love. She did not have Zhou Ruoyun's family background, and she probably could not compete with Cen Peipei and Su Lizhen. Entering the Xian family might not have a good result.

"Probably" she was just trying to save face for herself. Zhou Ruoyun only became famous on the wedding day, and no one heard about her at other times. She had seen Su Lizhen chatting and laughing with some wealthy people on Beihe Street, and those wealthy people followed her lead. She had not seen Chen Peipei's sharp performance, but it was Chen Peipei who represented the Xian family outside. Why?
This woman, Cen Peipei, must have something extraordinary to be able to surpass Zhou Ruoyun and Su Lizhen. Her grandfather once said that truly powerful people do not show off their abilities. Before you even notice the clues, their powerful force is already pressing down on you.

She believed in her grandfather's wisdom. She asked herself if she might be a match for Su Lizhen, let alone Cen Peipei, and there was also Xian Yaowen, who could subdue two women. So, it was just a pity.

On King's Road, Stanley Lai was driving towards Ritz Garden.

He attached great importance to this meeting. From the moment his not-so-familiar female classmate Eileen Chang wrote to him and said she wanted to introduce someone to him, to when he confirmed that the person he wanted to meet was Xian Yaowen, he had been looking forward to this meeting for a long time.

Xian Yaowen suddenly appeared, and in less than two years, he has come a longer way than he had walked in fifteen years. He is neither black nor white, yet both black and white. People in the smuggling business say that Jinji Trading Company belongs to Xian Yaowen, but they have no real evidence. No one has ever seen Xian Yaowen have anything to do with smuggling. This is a smart approach.

Unlike him, he doesn't need to do it himself. Everyone knows that he is smuggling, and this experience may become a source of worry for him in the future.

Xian Yaowen wanted to meet his father, but several women showed up. Fang Jingyin, a famous singer, everyone knew that she was Xian Yaowen's person. The woman on the Vietnamese side was Long Xuemei, and a little inquiry revealed that she was Xian Yaowen's secretary. The two trusted women had already solved the issue of "getting to know his father". Xian Yaowen also wanted to invite him to dinner, probably not to talk about this, so what would they talk about?
He had many guesses, but he was not sure about any of them. Only after meeting Xian Yaowen would he know the real answer.

I put a little more force on the accelerator and the car's speed increased slightly.

Haw!

After giving Tang Yiying a kiss on the cheek, Xian Yaowen pulled his hand out of the V-neckline of her dress and said, "It's almost time. Go to the bathroom and fix your makeup."

"Ah."

Xian Yaowen felt a lightness on his thigh. He opened the drawer and rummaged through it, taking out a few red envelopes and putting them into his briefcase. It was not enough to just have envelopes with him, because if he encountered the same situation as on the ferry again next time, he would be able to deal with it more easily.

After a while, Tang Yiying came back from the bathroom, and Xian Yaowen took her and Lan Qiongying to Dexing Hall.

In Dexing Hall, Li Funan was looking forward to it.

Soon after the octagonal cage opened, the customer flow of Ritz Garden increased significantly. The number of people eating at Dexing Pavilion naturally increased. Coupled with the breakfast, the turnover almost doubled compared to before. With so much money, Li Funan was both worried and happy, for he was afraid that Ritz Garden would not renew his contract with him.

Knowing that Xian Yaowen was coming to dinner, he had to take the opportunity to show off his abilities.

As soon as Xian Yaowen appeared at the door, Li Funan came up to him, patting the folds on his chubby face as if to say, "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome."

"Mr. Xian, you haven't been here for a long time."

Xian Yaowen patted Li Funan's arm and laughed, "Boss Li, I haven't seen you for two months. You have gained weight again. No need to ask, the business of the store must be very good."

Li Funan smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Mr. Xian. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am today. I'll keep the best box for you. I'll take you there."

"We are one family, no need to be so polite. I know where the private room is, just go there. You go to the kitchen and do your work, and serve my dishes with more snacks."

"Don't worry, Mr. Xian, I will definitely make you satisfied." Li Funan said, patting his chest.

"Okay, okay, go ahead and get busy."

After sitting in the box for a while, a waiter led Li Hongshen into the box.

Li Hongshen's eyes lingered on Xian Yaowen's face for a moment, then glanced at Tang Yiying. His heart trembled slightly, but he did not show it on his face. Then he glanced at Lan Qiongying and exclaimed in his heart, "This woman is so beautiful, Xian Yaowen is so lucky."

Xian Yaowen came to Li Hongshen, took his wrist, and made a gesture of invitation with his other hand, "Mr. Li, please sit over there." (End of this chapter)