Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 241: Emperor Gaozu is a dissolute man

Guo Chaofan stood there without responding, looking embarrassed.

understand.

Neither he nor his younger sister Guo Chaojun has a good impression of Cao Yukun, it's just because their parents have no problem with Cao Yukun, and their elder sister Guo Chaoqiong has considerable authority over them and suppresses them severely, so people like Guo Chaofan don't deliberately provoke them anymore. Even now, little girl Guo Chaojun always glares at you and gives you a cold look when they meet - she's standing up for their elder sister!
However, just because he doesn't speak doesn't mean there is no information exchange.

Even a smart man like Cao Yukun could guess almost everything just by looking at his ugly appearance.

This kid is in trouble!

And the trouble he caused was neither big nor small, just right.

If it was too old, he wouldn't ask his sister for help, because he felt that his sister wouldn't be able to handle it. If it was too young, there was no need to ask his sister for help, he could handle it himself. So, if he got into trouble, not a big deal, and didn't want his parents to know for fear of being scolded, he would come to his sister - hey, who hasn't been young before!

Uh, that’s not right. I’m only nineteen years old this year!

In fact, Guo Chaofan was also born in 1973, the same age as me!

Grass!
"Afan, why are you so rude when calling someone?"

Although Guo Chaoqiong is really obedient and well-behaved in front of Cao Yukun, like dough being manipulated and extremely virtuous, in front of her brothers and sisters, and even when dealing with outsiders, she is indeed a person with decisiveness, character, ability and dignity.

Guo Chaofan was especially afraid of Sister Ah Jie, so he greeted her obediently, "Brother-in-law."

Cao Yukun smiled and didn't bother to care what trouble his brother-in-law had caused. He just agreed and went to sit down. As usual, Guo Chaoqiong had already brewed tea for him and it was even at the right temperature when he came back - he was indeed a little uneasy today because of Miss Xu Huiya.

But Pansy Kwok still habitually reports and talks to Cao Yukun.

Ah, sure enough.

This kid hit someone. It doesn't sound like he didn't hit them very hard, but his head and nose were broken. It's not a big deal, but the problem is that the other party threatened to call the police, so this kid got scared and agreed to compensate them. They probably knew that the Guo family was not short of money, so they asked for 300,000 yuan.

The two boys of the Guo family, Guo Chaoheng and Guo Chaofan, were strictly managed. The father-in-law, Guo Hongying, was actually the kind of person who was more harsh on his sons and more gentle on his daughters. If you were to talk about daily living expenses, Guo Chaofan would have no problem with a little money. He would have more money than the average child just by asking his sister for it. But when it comes to the figure of 300,000, he definitely doesn't have it.

So, help is coming.

Guo Chaoqiong would definitely not be reluctant to part with the three hundred thousand yuan, but the problem was that Guo Chaofan was clearly cheated, which made her very unhappy. She was unhappy that her brother was not only easily angered by others at the beginning, but also so easily admitted his guilt after beating people and showing off his power, and was so ignorant that he agreed to pay three hundred thousand yuan in compensation. "I heard from him that it is very likely that this was a trap set up against him! He is stupid and timid. When he was threatened, he didn't know what to do. He didn't want to go to jail! Really..."

Cao Yukun listened and looked at her without responding.

After Pansy Kwok finished speaking, she also looked at him.

Cao Yukun was helpless and spread her hands. "Then go and solve it! You are his sister! You can pay him money or go to jail, but why are you looking at me? Please, I don't run a kindergarten!"

It’s true... This morning, old man Xu Youjia just offered me a large sum of money to tempt me to help him discipline my son, but now that I’m home, do I have to take over my brother-in-law again?
Pansy Kwok laughed and turned to glare at her brother again, "You! You are so stupid!"

Guo Chaofan looked ashamed and said nothing.

But Guo Chaoqiong didn't seem to have any good solution. For some reason, she turned her head and looked at her man again.

Tsk...it's really not a good habit.

In fact, girls like Pansy Kwok, Huang Jiaying, Song Yuhua, and even Hu Zihong are all very opinionated girls. They are smart and resourceful. Even without Cao Yukun around, they can usually solve problems beautifully when they encounter them. But the amazing thing is that as long as Cao Yukun is around, no matter what happens, they almost subconsciously turn their heads to look at Cao Yukun, waiting for his advice.

Sometimes Cao Yukun even wonders if he is born with an aura of reduced intelligence.

Specially designed to lower women's IQ.

But...well, not speaking doesn't seem to be a good idea.

Sighing, Cao Yukun subconsciously reached out and touched his chest, then realized that his suit had been taken off, so he pointed and said, "Go get the checkbook in my suit pocket! And the pen!"

Guo Chaoqiong was stunned for a moment, but still responded and went to get it.

Although writing a check directly was not in line with Cao Yukun's style, she would just do it out of inertia. As long as Cao Yukun was willing to take over, she would feel at ease.

Taking the checkbook and pen, Cao Yukun quickly filled in 600,000 yuan, threw down the pen, tore off the check, showed it to Guo Chaofan, and said, "This check is for 600,000 yuan! If you want it, it's very simple. Beat up whoever you hit just now. Don't use weapons, don't use knives or sticks, and don't really hurt anyone. Just punch and kick him, hit him hard, make him scream, and then throw the check in his face. Is that okay?"

Guo Chaofan was stunned.

Pansy Kwok was also a little confused.

How can you handle things like this? How can you manage children like this?

Guo Chaofan turned to look at his sister, but Guo Chaoqiong turned to look at her man.

Seeing that neither of them responded or made any movement, Cao Yukun helplessly spread his hands and said to Guo Chaoqiong, "Look, you saw it, it's not like I don't care. As your brother-in-law, I want to care. You think my method is inappropriate!"

After he finished speaking, he tore up the check with a swish sound and clapped his hands, "Now, it's gone! If you didn't have the courage to take it the first time, it's gone."

Guo Chaofan opened his mouth and suddenly got angry, as if he felt that he was fooled by the so-called brother-in-law whom he looked down upon. He said directly, "If you don't want to give it, then don't give it. Why are you pretending!"

After hearing this, Guo Chaoqiong's face changed immediately, but before she could say anything, the next moment, Cao Yukun suddenly stood up - he was tall and had a strong aura. Even when he stood there motionless, you would feel that he was a very imposing person, with an indescribable powerful aura about him. What's more, he suddenly stood up at this time - Guo Chaofan was so scared by him that he quickly took two steps back.

However, Cao Yukun actually stood up and walked over until they were face to face and forehead to forehead. Then he stretched out his hand and pressed hard against his chest, "For a man, there are only three most important things in his life."

"Pick up girls, make money, and fight."

Guo Chaofan was directly intimidated by his momentum. He shrank his shoulders back in fear, but he didn't dare to hide.

So he had no choice but to listen to Cao Yukun's teaching him, "Picking up girls is to continue the offspring, pass on genes, and also to pass on power and authority. So your brother-in-law and I pick up girls, the more the better. And you, a coward, can't even handle a yellow-haired girl in school!"

"You make money because money is a universal commodity. With money, you can have more than 99% of the things you want in this world. You can keep the girls you pick up and have them give birth to your children. I'm nineteen years old, and you're nineteen too. I started from scratch and have assets worth one hundred million dollars. What do you have?"

"We fight because humans are animals by nature. As long as we are animals, it is impossible for the social nature of humans to determine everything. Cats and dogs can understand human speech, and we call them human nature. When humans do bad things, such as killing and robbing, it is called animal nature. Humans are a combination of sociality and animality. For thousands of years, we humans have tried to cultivate sociality so that everyone can live in harmony. But for thousands of years, have humans ever lived in harmony? Have wars ever ended? What should you do when someone doesn't want to live in harmony with you? Beat him! Beat him hard! Beat him until he is willing to sit down and talk with you calmly!"

"Around this time last year, I was also detained in a detention center for several days... It's like being in prison in the mainland! I was a small driver in the county at the time. Who did I beat? In Hongkong, I was just a street assistant policeman. I beat the director of the Hong Kong government's Information Bureau. I beat him hard and made him look for teeth on the ground! But so what? As long as I don't die, the director of the Information Bureau will be afraid of me for the rest of his life! Everyone who sees me has to be afraid of me! And when I had money and a very prosperous business, why didn't others dare to easily take over my business? Why didn't anyone dare to rob my business? Because they all knew that I would beat people!"

Guo Chaofan opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter a single word.

Just looking at Cao Yukun's eyes, some changes occurred unconsciously.

Of course he knew that his father, mother, sister, and even close relatives like Uncle Xu and Auntie, all particularly valued Cao Yukun. However, Guo Chaofan always felt that this guy, apart from being taller and more handsome than himself, had no other outstanding qualities. He even loved to play and pick up girls like himself, and even tried to snatch the girls he wanted to pick up - of course he would not accept him!
Of course, she felt that there was no way a scoundrel like him could be worthy of her elder sister.

However, in the past few minutes, the fierce aura that suddenly erupted from Cao Yukun frightened him at once.

It doesn’t matter what he said or how much truth he had. What matters is that he was so ruthless that even boys could not help but be intimidated and afraid of him.

"Go to jail, so be it. Isn't it so embarrassing? Since you have decided to hit someone, you have to bear the consequences yourself. Go to jail if you deserve it, and pay the money if you deserve it! After I've served my time in jail and paid the money, I'll beat you up again when you're discharged from the hospital! Don't you want to cheat me and extort money from me? I'll pay you for the medical expenses, lost wages, and psychological compensation! I'll pay you for every beating I've given you! But I'm going to beat you harder and harder each time. I'll beat you until you're afraid of being hospitalized, and I'll beat you until you hide when you see me!"

"Why is your sister mad at you? Is it because of the three hundred thousand? She needs three hundred thousand to buy a necklace! How could she be reluctant to give it to her brother? She is mad because you are such a fucking coward!"

"He showed off his power and hit someone, causing trouble. He didn't dare to bear the consequences, and was frightened by a few words. He ran to a woman and cried and asked for money to settle the matter!" "Don't forget, you are a fucking man!"

After saying the last sentence in a heavy voice, Cao Yukun turned around and saw cigarettes and a lighter on the coffee table. He relaxed a little and walked back to get cigarettes and light them. He glanced inadvertently and saw that the three maids were standing at the kitchen door, and none of them dared to breathe loudly, as if they were frightened.

As for Pansy Kwok... this girl has always been like this, and she has done this countless times. Many times, even Cao Yukun didn't know why, she just liked to look at him like this.

A face full of fascination, admiration and worship.

Surprisingly, at this moment, Cao Yukun had just turned around and lit a cigarette, when Guo Chaofan actually spoke, "Then...brother-in-law, what should I do now?"

Cao Yukun looked back at him in surprise, "You're asking me?"

He nodded.

Cao Yukun took a puff of cigarette and asked, "Is dinner ready? If it's ready, let's eat together. You haven't eaten here before, right? Let's eat together. After dinner, I'll take you to the police station and go to jail!"

Since someone was beaten up, the matter is not a big deal or a small one. Just turn yourself in voluntarily. Put him in jail if necessary. Don't accept extortion or mediation. Pay the hospitalization fee if necessary!

At worst, I can even pay for the other party's psychological compensation, which is only a few tens of thousands of yuan at most, right?

The other party proposed a private settlement of 300,000 yuan in compensation, which essentially meant they were certain that Guo Chaofan, a rich young man, would definitely not want to go to jail and suffer - this was blackmail.

Moreover, based on Cao Yukun's observations during his six months in Hong Kong, this kind of trap set up against the second and third generations of the rich is not uncommon in Hong Kong - they deliberately provoke you, trick you into hitting them, and then blackmail you after the beating!
Then go to jail.

If you go to jail and accept the punishment of the law, at least the other party can't blackmail you!
Guo Chaofan suddenly acted very obedient. He really went over and sat down to have dinner with his sister and brother-in-law. But when he saw Cao Yukun eating bowl after bowl, he couldn't help but stare at him - he had seen Cao Yukun's appetite more than once or twice. When he went to the Guo's house for dinner, Cao Yukun never concealed the fact that he had a big appetite. Even Guo Hongying and Xu Youjia liked it very much!
man!
A man is one who can eat, grass, make money, fight, run, and bow his head!

Like Miss Guo Chaoqiong, she has always been fascinated by this kind of energy in Cao Yukun.

After dinner, Cao Yukun really took his brother-in-law downstairs and went straight to the police station.

Guo Chaoqiong sent them both out in silence. After closing the door, she couldn't help but stand at the door in a daze for a long time. Then she turned around, sat on the sofa and started to make a phone call.

She called her father and spent more than ten to twenty minutes explaining the whole process in detail, especially the part where Cao Yukun had just taught Guo Chaofan a lesson, which she described with great excitement.

He even learned some swear words.

On the other end of the phone, her father, the king of the Red Sky Ship, Guo Hongying, listened to her without saying a word, and then remained silent for a moment, and finally said: "A Kun is right!"

After a pause, he sighed and said, "What your Uncle Xu said makes sense. He is better at managing people than us!"

Holding the phone in her hand, Pansy Kwok pursed her lips and smiled silently.

What a smug, smug expression.

"Just do it this way, leave it to him! When it's over and Afan comes out, you can all go home and have a meal together. That's it!"

…………

After hanging up the phone, Guo Hongying remained silent for a long time, with a cigar in his mouth.

Suddenly, at some point, he stood up, walked to his bookshelf and began looking for a book. In just half a minute, he found it. He pulled out a volume from a complete set of "Records of the Grand Historian" and flipped through it. Sure enough, "The Annals of Emperor Gaozu" was in this volume. He had no feeling before he was forty years old, but after he was in charge of the family business alone, Guo Hongying began to love reading, and he especially read history books.

Among the Twenty-Four Histories, he particularly liked the first four.

Among the first four histories, he loved "Records of the Grand Historian" the most.

Among the "Records of the Grand Historian", his favorite is "The Annals of Emperor Gaozu".

I always feel very helpful when reading it together with the "Records of Emperor Gaozu" in the "Book of the Former Han Dynasty" and the "Zizhi Tongjian". If I read it together with the biographies of other people of the same era, the taste is even richer and it is simply endless aftertaste - it's just a pity, but it's just admiration. The current Hongkong business world is no longer as turbulent as the ten years at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty. Now it can even be said to be the period of Empress Lü's dictatorship.

When I opened it, the first sentence was, "The great ancestor was from Zhongyangli, Peifeng, and his surname was Liu."

Before I knew it, I had read it for the umpteenth time, and by the time I finished reading this chapter, my cigar had gone out without me noticing.

Guo Hongying sighed, put the book down and rubbed his eyes.

For some reason, I couldn't help but sigh, "Although Emperor Gaozu was a dissolute man, he could win the support of others!"

He pondered for a long time, and never lit up the remaining half of his beloved cigar. Suddenly, at a certain moment, he picked up the phone and dialed. When the number was dialed and the other party picked up, he said, "Ajia, you are right. Then I will also invest another share, and we will go to the mainland to try it together!"

On the other end of the phone, Xu Youjia was stunned for a moment before he couldn't help laughing, "Have you thought about it?"

Guo Hongying smiled bitterly, "When it comes to judging people, I'm not as good as you!"

Xu Youjia laughed triumphantly.

But after laughing, he was about to ask his old friend why he suddenly changed his mind, but before he could finish his words, he suddenly heard Guo Hongying say: "Also, you seemed to have mentioned before that you wanted to sell Uncle Xiang's house, the glass house, right? Ah Qiong is looking for a house recently, and I think Uncle Xiang's house is good! You know Uncle Xiang better than I do, so help me get a price, and I will buy it and give it to Ah Kun and the others!"

"Wow, so generous? It must be at least 300 or 400 million!"

"Hahaha, as a human being, you have to be generous once in your life. If I'm not generous now, when I die, it won't be my turn to be generous!"

"Hey, he's not that kind of person! He's a bit like Liu Xuande, with a heroic spirit."

"No, he looks more like Liu Xuande's ancestor, Emperor Gaozu of the Former Han Dynasty!"

"Uh……"

"But you and my son are not even as good as Ying Bu! You are also far from Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi!"

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

But soon, Xu Youjia smiled and said, "You think too much! If our children and grandchildren are useless, it is not just our family's problem. Talented people emerge in every generation! There will always be a few useless people in rich and powerful families to make room and opportunities for others to emerge! Guarding the family business, with someone by your side to protect and look after it, at least it will not go astray, and a few more generations of wealth and prosperity can still be guaranteed!"

"um, yes."

"It just so happens that I have something to tell you."

"You speak."

"Anan likes him too. She went crazy today. She was in my office... Oh, she was crying like she was dying! I can't control her! Let's let the young people solve it themselves! Oh... There's nothing we can do. She's a stupid girl!... What do you think?"

"..."

"Hey, your goddaughter is here! Otherwise... I'll pay for half of the glass house for you!"

"I'm gonna give you a lung, Xu Youjia!"

"Hahahaha! Damn it! I'll hit your lungs!"

(End of this chapter)