The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 306 The Posture of a Rich Lady

The Spring Festival of 1984 soon arrived, and Jiang Cheng stopped what he was doing. The Spring Festival was calculated according to the lunar calendar, but in fact it was already 1985 according to the solar calendar, and the tone of complete opening up in China had already taken shape.

Jiang Cheng went to negotiate water resource contracting and factory construction, and everything went very smoothly because there were places with good water resources, basically mountain spring water, which meant that they were not in the urban area.

Some remote towns have built factories and recruited workers. Everyone is welcoming this, as it provides some employment opportunities in towns and rural areas.

Another option is to open a restaurant. It is easy to open a restaurant, as you mainly need a driver from the station to take the passengers there.

Because Jiang Cheng was the first one to do this, in addition to the stations that Jiang Cheng contacted on his own initiative, some drivers from other stations also knew about this and contacted the hotel in order to get free meals.

So Jiang Cheng opened a dozen more restaurants before the end of the year. He could easily recover his investment by investing only a few thousand yuan in a restaurant.

But to be honest, because such restaurants are located in remote areas, apart from the business of passengers, there is really no other business nearby. It can make money, but now many people still bring food on the bus. Not many people are willing to eat in restaurants, and the profit is limited.

To Jiang Cheng, earning this kind of money was really not a proper job. The only good thing was that when he drove from Changcheng to Shenzhen, he could go in and eat directly at the restaurant he passed by.

However, opening a restaurant is not without other benefits. In this era, people in China have begun to pay attention to eating delicacies from land and sea. Many restaurants sell mountain products and various game animals.

Jiang Cheng also asked the restaurant to collect everything, whether it was flying in the sky, crawling on the ground, or swimming in the water. As long as it was alive, Jiang Cheng would take it. Of course, he would also take dead things, if he could get a leopard or a tiger, he would take them even if they were killed.

In the past, when the system was collective, people who went into the mountains to hunt had to be controlled. Even the prey was considered collective, and hunting had to be done secretly. Now, many places have started to hunt freely again.

Moreover, many people do not understand what animal protection means, and they just catch any animal.

This is a good deal for Jiang Cheng. Even if many animals are listed as protected in the future, no one will say anything to him if he takes them abroad to eat.

In many mountain streams with good water quality, there are giant salamanders, which have fresh meat and delicious taste. There are also pangolins, bear paws, deer tendons, monkeys, snakes and so on.

There are many snakes in Jiang Cheng's space, all of which he caught when he saw them while hunting. In the past, there were restaurants specializing in snakes in Hong Kong, and now there are also restaurants in Shenzhen.

This thing is indeed scary for many people, but snake soup tastes really delicious.

In fact, in Hong Kong, Jiang Cheng has also been collecting some good seafood. Although the ocean is big enough, you can still buy all kinds of seafood in the future.

But for those who came later, the island countries and the United States have discharged pollutants such as nuclear power. Although the ocean is large enough to decompose the density of some things.

But no matter what, seafood is not as clean and hygienic as it is now. Many seafoods in this era can be eaten as sashimi, but many of them in later generations are no longer suitable.

In the final analysis, all that Jiang Cheng was doing was to ensure that he and his family would have good food, clothing, shelter and transportation in the future. Drinking clean water and eating clean food, others could only do their part.

There are more TV programs during this year's Spring Festival.

Jiang Cheng had always known that there was a 1986 version of Journey to the West, but he didn't know much about it. He didn't expect it to be released this year, but only two episodes, "The Conquest of Pigsy" and "The Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon".

The two episodes here are not each lasting dozens of minutes, but one episode for each story, and one episode is broadcast in several time periods.

Moreover, this year's Spring Festival Gala had more programs, unlike the first Spring Festival Gala, where one person often had to perform several programs. During the gala, Jiang Cheng actually saw You Benchang, the actor of "Ji Gong", perform a pantomime skit.

In addition, the king of skits of this era also appeared, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao performed the skit "Eating Noodles". Crosstalk is still very interesting, mainly because crosstalk and skits of this era dare to satirize some things, which makes people enjoy watching.

Even Jiang Cheng, who had traveled through time, watched many programs with great interest.

With TV to watch, it is easy to stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve and then set off firecrackers.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Cheng went back to his hometown to pay New Year's greetings. He also saw his nephew Jiang Lin. He went to see the chickens he raised. It was cold, so the chickens were not laying eggs. But when he first bought the chickens, they laid eggs for a while.

Although he hadn't made much money yet, many people in the village praised Jiang Lin, which made him a little arrogant. During the Chinese New Year, he even pretended to be a bit arrogant.

But in Jiang Cheng's eyes, his little adult's behavior was just funny.

Jiang Lin's mother helped take care of the chickens, and Zhao Yuxia and Jiang Changhe also went to look after them sometimes. Jiang Lin still ate and used what was available at home. He sold a few eggs laid by the chickens before the New Year, but they were not as much as what he could earn from working in Shenzhen for a month.

The chickens have to hatch hundreds of them in the spring, and then they are half-fed and half-free-range. They are fed with small fish and shrimps from the field ditches, as well as insects, so that they can grow fast and lay eggs early.

In that case, it's barely the same as working in Shenzhen. If you want to earn more, you have to have a plan, like building a chicken farm.

By 1985, time was merciless, and Zhou Lingying was already 30. But she was lucky, having married Jiang Cheng for more than ten years, and apart from taking care of the children at home, she had not suffered too much fatigue.

Without being exposed to the wind and sun outside, people will naturally become fairer and look younger.

March 16, 1985, Hong Kong, The Peak Villa, Kowloon District.

"Brother Cheng, everyone has left, what are you still looking at?" Shen Li said at the door of the villa, holding Jiang Cheng's arm.

"This woman is quite elegant." Jiang Cheng said with a smile.

"Brother Cheng, you are not attracted to her, are you? She is not good enough." Shen Li said with a frown.

"What are you talking about? Why would I wait until now to find a woman?" Jiang Cheng replied, but he wanted to pull Shen Li back to the room in the villa in broad daylight.

Shen Li now likes to invite some Hong Kong artists to her home, mainly because her film company is a shell company, and it is not interesting to bring them to the company. And this villa is worth nearly 100 million in Hong Kong, which is not something that ordinary actors and stars can afford in this era.

To be honest, Jiang Cheng had some impulses when he saw the person who just left. Not only was she beautiful, but she also had a very good temperament, which might be related to the school she attended.

She studied at Maryknoll Convent School, a famous girls' school in Hong Kong, so her temperament is a little more unique than that of ordinary people.

But now she is not very famous, but even so, with her current age and appearance, it is easy to marry a rich man in Hong Kong, Jiang Cheng was a little moved when he saw her.

This person is the Thirteenth Aunt in later generations. She was born in 1962 and got married at the age of 20. However, her first husband often spent his time drinking and having affairs, and they divorced after more than half a year of marriage.

But because Thirteenth Aunt's first husband had promiscuous relationships with both men and women, Jiang Cheng felt that she would be influenced by him, so even though she looks pure and pretty, you never know~

Anyway, the golf ball incident happened later. If Jiang Cheng saw her now, it would be abnormal if he didn't have any bad thoughts at all.

Another point also shows that Jiang Cheng is a scumbag. In the past few years, he warned himself not to mess around in relationships between men and women. But among the three women, the youngest, Shen Li, is already 27 years old.

Although they were all very young, they were not immature. To be honest, in 1972, Jiang Cheng was a man in his thirties when he was with Zhou Lingying and Shen Li.

At that time, Jiang Cheng was four years older than Zhou Lingying, but his heart was more than four years older. When Jiang Cheng was with Zhou Lingying, he was so impatient, not only because Zhou Lingying was beautiful, but also because she looked very young in Jiang Cheng's eyes. When they were together, Jiang Cheng, the old driver, wanted to lick Zhou Lingying from head to toe.

After all these years, maybe because of his young body, Jiang Cheng was still okay with men and women. But now when facing Zhou Lingying and Shen Li, he no longer felt like an old cow eating young grass.

"Brother Cheng, something's wrong with you. You're not really into Guan Zhizhi, are you?"

"No, I just want to make out with you."

Shen Li turned over and looked at Jiang Cheng with a look of disbelief.

Although Shen Li could accept Jiang Cheng having other women, she would not be happy if Jiang Cheng really found other women.

"Brother Cheng, I'm not trying to stop you from finding a woman, but she really can't. She's currently dating a real estate tycoon. If you really can't help but want to find one, I'll help you find a simpler one later."

As soon as Guan Zhizhi left, Shen Li was dragged into Jiang Cheng's room to take off her clothes. How could she believe Jiang Cheng's words that he had no bad intentions? But if Jiang Cheng really wanted to find a woman, Shen Li would not let some scheming bitch take over.

Jiang Cheng didn't know how to explain it to Shen Li.

Three stable women is Jiang Cheng's limit. There are so many beautiful women in Hong Kong. You can't just sleep with them when you see them. Sometimes it's nice to make friends with them.

"I won't touch any woman in this circle. What if something goes wrong and the news gets back to China?"

Jiang Cheng said, but in fact he didn't say anything definite, he just said he would not touch the circle. Because the love history of many female stars in Hong Kong will be exposed, Jiang Cheng has hidden his identity for so many years, and he doesn't want to be exposed because of an artist.

Shen Li didn't say anything else, and worked with Jiang Cheng to complete some of the shots in the animal world. Then she found a photo and showed it to Jiang Cheng. It was a newcomer she met in the wireless training class. He was very good-looking. Hong Kong movies with handsome men and beautiful women are easy to attract people.

Jiang Cheng looked at the photos and felt that it would be better for him to stay in Hong Kong less. Although there are many beauties in later generations, they all look a bit the same. The beauties of this era really have their own characteristics. Everyone has their own unique appearance, with various looks.

Shen Li showed Jiang Cheng a photo of Zhou Zhiruo, who was less than 20 years old and looked very young.

In recent years, there are also many beauties who have made their debut in Hong Kong, such as Maggie Cheung and Hong Jie.

It is worth mentioning that this year, Liu Lao Da was hidden because of contract issues. Because when he became one of the Five Tigers, Shen Li went to make friends with them.

Shen Li wanted to help him out, but her company was a shell company, and even if she helped him pay the penalty, she didn't have the resources to support the artist.

But he promised Liu that when his contract expired in one year, he would be the spokesperson for Jiangdonglai's products. Now that Liu was under contract, he could not skip TVB and take on movies and commercial performances on his own.

With Shen Li's words, even though Boss Liu is now in the cold, he feels more confident.

Jiang Cheng also didn't expect that his concubine actually had a good relationship with the king of later generations. After Liu Lao Da rose to power a few years later, she took him to fool domestic coal bosses. That way, he could easily make millions by making a bad movie.

Anyway, Boss Liu has made a lot of bad movies, so it doesn’t matter if there is one more or one less.

In Hong Kong, Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue are now attending private elementary schools, with bilingual teaching, and the tuition is not cheap. This September, Jiang Fei will go to junior high school, still in a private school, and in this era, the tuition for one semester is tens of thousands.

Jiang Fan also went to kindergarten. Kindergartens are all bilingual. In this era, just being able to speak English is enough to get by in China. But being bilingual is just the basics for many children in Hong Kong.

At about 4:30, the driver went to the school to pick up the two daughters. In fact, the school has a special shuttle bus to take students home. The service is very good and the money is not wasted.

There were no poor children there at all, and there was no such thing as the plots in later short plays where rich girls met various types of "beggars" in school.

The nanny's daughter pretends to be a young lady, the driver's son pretends to be the richest man's son, and a group of people flatter themselves when they are invited to a meal.

This type of skit is not something you can watch with high IQ.

The school that Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue attended was not affordable for ordinary white-collar families. They were either high-ranking corporate elites or businessmen with an annual income of around one million.

"Aunt Liu, I want to eat lobster tonight."

"Aunt Liu, I want to eat braised abalone with rice."

"Got it, Miss, Miss."

As soon as they entered the house, Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue gave instructions to the nanny. They called her Aunt Liu because she had stayed in the Jiang family for a long time, and Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue were raised by Aunt Liu.

Jiang Fei and Jiang Yue, although young, live in such an environment. This rich lady is very imposing, not that she is unruly, but she is used to ordering the servants to do many things.

Moreover, when eating at the Jiang family now, there is no such thing as whether the taste is suitable or not. The taste of each person in the Jiang family must be mastered by the private chef. If no one orders it, a menu will be produced for the diners to see.

There will never be a table full of food in the kitchen, and no one will complain that their parents are partial, only caring about what one person likes to eat and not taking care of the other.

If parents do not require their children not to be picky about food, it is entirely possible for some people to eat steak while others eat pasta during a meal.

Jiang Cheng didn't know if he had spoiled his two daughters. They would call the driver whenever they went out. At home, they would call the maid to get something and were unwilling to go up and down the stairs by themselves.

But when you see them, you won’t feel that they are annoying when they order people around like this. The tone of their voices gives people a feeling that this is how it should be.

If the Jiang family went bankrupt and they lost their driver, nanny, cook, etc., Jiang Chengdu didn't know how his two daughters would live.

But one thing I have to say is that although this school costs a lot of money, it really provides a good education. At such a young age, they have their own way of thinking when communicating with others. They also speak fluent English. As long as they continue to be trained like this, after graduating from college, even if their families go bankrupt, at least they will be talents.

If someone who grew up in such a family wants to start a business, they may not be very good at doing things themselves, but they are definitely good at telling others what to do, and they are also good at negotiating business with others, and their thinking and communication skills are also strong.

In addition, if your family is wealthy and you often go abroad to broaden your horizons, you will also be able to discover business opportunities.

"Mommy." Jiang Fei gave Shen Li a hug after seeing her, then ran to Jiang Cheng with a smile and hugged him and said, "Daddy, tomorrow is a holiday, let's go out to the sea to play."

Jiang Yue did basically the same thing. She first called Shen Li her mommy, then stuck to Jiang Cheng, kissed him on the initiative, and asked him coquettishly if her braids looked good.

Going out to sea means going out on a cruise ship. In the 1980s, private cruise ships in Hong Kong were not expensive. You could buy one for a few hundred thousand yuan and take a few people to go fishing at sea.

But if you want to have a party on a cruise ship, with a kitchen and a lounge, it will cost at least several million. As for a large cruise ship that can hold events, it will cost tens of millions.

How could Jiang Cheng not have such a thing? He even bought several sets of diving equipment just to fish for things in the sea. He did this just to dive to the bottom of the sea and fish things out using space.

(End of this chapter)