Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 197: Stuffing straw into the embroidered pillow!

Hongkong, mountaintop villa area.

Guo's house.

Before five o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Yukun's car stopped outside the car door. Without waiting for the driver to come and open the door, Cao Yukun opened the door and got out of the car by himself - he was already familiar with this place.

Not to mention their private relationship, just the ones that are on the surface, at the age of 19, he had only known Guo Hongying, the head of the Guo family's generation, for two or three months, but they already had a sense of friendship regardless of age difference. Moreover, Guo Hongying seemed to like Cao Yukun particularly. In addition to the time they met at his birthday dinner, Cao Yukun was specially invited to visit their home twice more afterwards.

Of course, Cao Yukun had been to Guo Hongying's office many times.

In relationships, frequent movement is the foundation of everything.

No matter how good a relationship is, no matter how much appreciation there is, if there is no regular interaction and involvement, it will cool down sooner or later.

Another important reason why Cao Yukun is so likable is that he is neither aloof nor lazy in this regard, and is very willing to engage in daily interactions and maintain relationships - he even has a good relationship with other people in the Guo family.

Of course, Guo Chaofan is an exception.

This cheap brother-in-law had his goddess seduced away by Cao Yukun in front of him, and he has been holding a grudge against her ever since.

"Mr. Cao, please come in!"

"Thank you!"

The gate to the courtyard was open, and there were servants waiting for guests inside. A family like the Guo family already had a housekeeper in the usual sense, and this housekeeper was also very familiar.

When they arrived at the door of the villa, the eldest lady Guo Chaoqiong and her brother-in-law Guo Chaofan were already standing there to greet them. When they gave the eldest lady a gift, they just exchanged a few simple glances and she couldn't help but smile with her eyes slightly narrowed. But when she turned her head to look at her brother-in-law, her face was of course full of impatience.

Tsk, the brother and sister are actually not very good at acting.

Joy and disgust were all on his face.

"Thank you, Mr. Cao! Please come in!"

Guo Chaoqiong was acting like a real person, pretending that they were not at a negative distance, but Cao Yukun did not move. Instead, he turned his head and stared at Guo Chaofan, "Hey, I'm a guest, do you want me to say hello?"

Guo Chaofan was helpless, but he didn't dare to say anything in front of his sister, so he had to behave politely but impatiently said: "Thank you Mr. Cao for coming to the banquet!"

Cao Yukun was immediately satisfied, but Guo Chaoqiong couldn't help laughing and glared at her brother.

Today is the Guo family’s family dinner.

This is quite surprising. Cao Yukun is a mainlander who is looked down upon by Hongkong people. He has only been here for a few months. The Guo family has been a wealthy family in Hongkong for decades and has been passed down to the second generation. Considering the short history of Hongkong, which has only been prosperous for a few decades, they can already be called a family of nobles.

However, Cao Yukun was invited to the Guo family's family dinner.

If he and Pansy Kwok had already made their relationship public, it wouldn't be surprising, since they are the son-in-law. But now, nothing is public at all. Cao Yukun and Pansy Kwok are purely in an underground relationship.

There was no way, Cao Yukun and Mr. Guo Hongying hit it off at first sight.

So, even though today's dinner was actually a family gathering of the two wealthy families, the Guo family and the Xu family, Cao Yukun was still invited as an outsider - the only outsider.

This is not an isolated case.

Of course, there is also the good brother Jin Zhijian - he and Guo Hongying are basically the two highest-level bosses that Cao Yukun has met since he came to Hongkong and made his fortune, and it turned out that they all like him very much.

After entering the house, I met Guo's mother. I couldn't joke about it. In private, I could call her mother "sister-in-law" as I pleased, but when I was in person, I had to be serious and call her "Aunt".

Aunt Guo also liked Cao Yukun very much. She held his hand and asked a few questions, then raised her hand and pointed upwards, "Go up to the study. Your uncle said that you should go up directly when you come!"

Cao Yukun agreed and went upstairs, but when he turned back, the Guo siblings were still.

Guo Chaoqiong pursed her lips, shrugged her shoulders, and signaled with her eyes, "My dad didn't ask me to go up!" - There were several strangers in the hall of the Guo family villa, they must be people from the Xu family.

Come to think of it, they also had to entertain guests downstairs - there were two young girls, one of whom Cao Yukun knew, named Guo Chaojun. He had met her once and he remembered that she seemed to be three years younger than him. Guo Hongying had two sons and two daughters. Guo Chaoqiong was the eldest sister, and Guo Chaojun was the youngest sister.

I don’t know the other one, I just saw her from a distance and thought she was pretty - but that’s not the point.

The key point is that there was a strange middle-aged woman sitting in the living room. Ever since Cao Yukun appeared, the woman couldn't help but stare at him, making Cao Yukun vaguely feel that something was wrong.

After going upstairs, he soon met his friend of different ages, Guo Hongying, in the study. Then he personally introduced him to another well-known tycoon in Hongkong, Xu Youjia.

The Xu family is also the second generation. They also engaged in shipping in the past, and on a large scale, but they were not as successful as the Bao family and the Guo family. Later in the 1970s, the Xu family once invested in the electronics industry, and they were also engaged in industry, but there was basically no growth. In the 1980s, the king of charter ships abandoned his ships and landed, and the Hong Kong shipping industry was greatly shaken. The Xu family was not as determined as the Guo family. Following the Bao family's style, they also began to invest in the real estate industry on a small scale, but they chose another compromise path. The Bao family was engaged in large-scale mergers and acquisitions, and played with commercial properties, while the Xu family bought buildings one by one, rented out the upstairs as offices, or rented out real estate, and opened supermarkets downstairs.

It is said that his focus is not on commercial real estate operations, self-ownership, or rent collection, but rather on supermarkets.

Of course, it was a good idea to follow the trend this time, as we reaped the benefits of the soaring housing prices in Hong Kong during the 1980s.

His chain supermarket is currently among the top three in Hongkong.

So if we really talk about it, the assets managed by his family are more than those of the Guo family. Moreover, according to those rich rankings, Xu Youjia's ranking is several places higher than Guo Hongying. The Xu family's family assets are estimated to be 300 to 400 million more than that of the Guo family. However, in terms of status in the world, the Guo family is already a level ahead of theirs.

The reason is that the Guo family's enterprises belong to the Guo family and only listen to Guo Hongying, but the Xu family's enterprises are mostly scattered. The Xu family is only the largest shareholder in the asset plate and has poor control. Moreover... the three generations of the Xu family are very lame.

"Hello, Brother Quanheng!"

Guo Hongying introduced it personally, so Cao Yukun took it very seriously.

Be respectful to the older generation and polite and courteous to the younger generation, and extend your hand proactively.

His name is Xu Quanheng, and Miss Guo has mentioned him many, many, many times. Theoretically speaking, he has long been tacitly accepted by both the Guo and Xu families as Guo Chaoqiong's future husband.

Even though Pansy Kwok never wanted to pay attention to him.

And this guy is not very ambitious. It is obvious that his father insisted on forming an alliance with the Guo family and wanted him to marry Guo Chaoqiong, the eldest daughter of the Guo family. In essence, his father saw that Guo Chaoqiong was capable and believed that once married, she would be able to take over the banner of the Xu family and continue the prosperity of the family. On the other hand, it actually means that he has no confidence in the ability of the heir!

But he personally does not seem to agree with this conclusion.

It is said that he is not too opposed to marrying Pansy Kwok, but he also does not seem to take it seriously - he is having a great time!
Back in September, when Cao Yukun was busy acquiring Aijia Electric Appliances, the whole of Hong Kong was hyping, reporting and discussing the gossip about his affair with Li Jiaxin - playing with women was not a big deal, to be honest, it was not a big deal, especially in Hong Kong, which was both a colony and deeply influenced by traditional Chinese things. Even taking concubines was abolished only a few years ago. For the young master of a wealthy family, playing with an actress, how big a deal could it be?

No matter how beautiful Li Jiaxin is, she is nothing more than an actress. With the wealth of your Xu family, your family will most likely not agree to marry her. But having a relationship for two years is nothing.

But unfortunately, he fell into trouble with Li Jiaxin - when the news broke out, Li Jiaxin's original rumored boyfriend, the famous lecherous devil Liu Luanxiong in the red sky, immediately stood up and let the media take pictures of him hugging Li Jiaxin to show his possession. Later, the paparazzi blocked Li Jiaxin, and Li Jiaxin also said that she loved Liu Luanxiong, and she and Xu Quanheng were just ordinary friends, and the pictures taken were just the two of them having dinner together.

The people at Hongkong have been watching this kind of entertainment gossip for more than a decade and are very experienced. There is no need for off-site commentary, as everyone can interpret the message here - Xu Quanheng is just a spare tire.

You know, although Liu Luanxiong has been very capable in recent years and can be said to be able to call the wind and rain, his foundation is still shallow and his background is insufficient. His wealth is also not on the same level. Moreover, he does not know how to behave. He has offended many big men in Hong Kong and Macau. So no matter how you look at it, he cannot be compared with Xu Quanheng, the eldest son and grandson of the Xu family and the future third-generation heir - what's more, Liu Luanxiong is 40 years old and has a wife and children at home. Moreover, his wife has publicly stood up more than once to scold Li Jiaxin as a vixen who destroys other people's families, while Xu Quanheng is the eldest son of a wealthy family, from a famous and upright family, young and handsome, unmarried and childless!
This is all lost!

A playboy played a trick on me!
There are all kinds of rumors - some say he is impotent and cannot satisfy Li Jiaxin, some say he is easy to bully, and a smart and coquettish woman like Li Jiaxin must think he is easy to manipulate and coax, and there is no danger if she really offends him, so she chooses to offend him in public and dares not offend Liu. Some people say he is stupid and that Li Jiaxin never let him get started at all, and was simply taking advantage of him and tricking him into buying things for her.

In short, Xu Quanheng can be said to be a disgrace to the children of the wealthy families in Hongkong as he can play an actor in such a shameful way.

This incident even affected the share prices of many companies under the Xu family, which have been falling for more than half a month - they are not optimistic about the future heir! The stock market is very sensitive to such things!

And any of the possibilities that people in Hongkong are discussing privately, no matter which one, is not a big problem for a third-generation rich man who is just eating and waiting to die, but for the successor of a huge corporate group, they are all fatal!

You can be extremely lustful, you can be a heavy drinker, you can even love gambling, but you just can't be bullied!

But he was tricked by Li Jiaxin...

In fact, judging from his appearance alone, Xu Quanheng, who was about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, was indeed a very upright and handsome man.

His father Xu Youjia was somewhat short in stature, and now he was a little fat due to old age. He looked unimpressive, and seemed like just a fat rich man. However, he was already nearly 1.8 meters tall and had a handsome appearance. He was indeed a man of talent.

Unfortunately, his fiancée Ms. Pansy Kwok also didn’t have a very good opinion of him.

Say he is like an embroidered pillow filled with straw!
It means that the outside is golden and the inside is rotten!

"Hello, Mr. Cao!"

He did not have much of the airs of a third-generation rich man. He shook hands with Cao Yukun with a smile on his face. He was very humble, even a little gentle and warm, and he even addressed him respectfully as "Mr. Cao". In Hongkong, the word "Mr. Cao" as a surname suffix is ​​not used casually. It is generally used to address elders respectfully. Later, it was derived and evolved, and is mainly used to address those who have ability, status, financial resources and whom he respects very much.

"Sit, sit, everyone sit!"

After introducing everyone to each other, Guo Hongying took the initiative to ask everyone to sit down.

In the study room on the second floor of the Guo family villa, the two old people and two young people sat down quickly. Guo Hongying liked cigars, so when all the guests arrived, he personally took charge and asked everyone to choose cigars.

When he called, he specifically told Cao Yukun to come at five o'clock, and that they could sit down together, smoke cigars and chat. He wanted to introduce two friends to Cao Yukun.

During this time of small talk, the cigar was quickly lit and after a few puffs, Guo Hongying looked at Cao Yukun. Although she had a smile on her face, she seemed to be a little worried. She asked, "Ah Kun, you have made a lot of moves since you took over Aijia Electric Appliances. How are your plans for the future?"

Cao Yukun spread his hands, looking very young and a little arrogant, "Don't worry, Uncle Guo! It's the same this time, I want to eat a big fat man in one bite!"

Guo Hongying laughed out loud.

After laughing, he pointed at Cao Yukun and said to Xu Youjia: "I just like Ah Kun's 'I can do it' look! That's right, when doing business, either don't make a move, or if you do, you must figure out how to win in advance!"

Hearing this, Xu Youjia nodded slowly and smiled, but his eyes almost never left Cao Yukun. At this time, he didn't even turn back to look at his old friend. Instead, after he caught Cao Yukun's gaze, he looked at him and said with a smile: "He is indeed a good young man!"

Then he said more cordially: "Ah Kun, don't look at Quanheng, he is a few years older than you, he seems to have received a very good education, alas, it is far worse than you! You are close in age, so you should communicate with each other more in the future!"

"No way, Uncle Xu! Brother Quanheng probably just likes to play! He is not like me, who is crazy about being poor and afraid of being poor, so he has to work hard to make money and find a wife in the future. Brother Quanheng... has been blessed with a golden house and a beautiful woman since he was born!"

This is nonsense, what are we communicating about?
Let’s talk about your fiancée, who has always been unwilling to date you and looked down on you. Has she been slept with by me?

And have you done it over and over again countless times?
Xu Youjia laughed helplessly when he heard this, while Guo Hongying laughed again.

Xu Quanheng, on the other hand, seemed to be very pleased with Cao Yukun's compliment. The elegant and warm look on his face just now faded a lot, and he immediately revealed some arrogance and pride.

(End of this chapter)