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Chapter 1074: All grass and trees are soldiers
Suning didn't expect that Jinhua from the Foreign Trade Building No. 27 would ask to meet him. You know, the two of them had almost no intersection. He couldn't imagine that Jinhua had reached the point of "seeing enemies everywhere".

Su Ning, who was having dinner at Wang's house that night, looked at Wang Mingzhu with a puzzled look on his face and asked, "Mingzhu, your section chief and I have never had any contact. Our foreign trade company has never conducted any export business since it was affiliated with your company, No. 27. What could your section chief want me to do?"

Wang Mingzhu herself wasn't entirely clear on the specifics of the situation, but offered a guess. "I don't know the details either! But my master asked about the origins of the knitting equipment, and I suspect customs officials have already raised some concerns."

"That's impossible! If Customs had any objections, they would have informed us directly long ago. You're such an unpredictable master."

Wang Mingzhu, who had no patience at all, was annoyed by the questions. "Hey! Number 27 isn't some devil's den. I told you to go there tomorrow, so why don't you just go and take a look?"

"That's right! I want to see what's in this golden gourd."

"Humph! You are judging a gentleman by your own mean standards."

At this time, Zhou Jietou, who was standing by, also said casually with a smile, "Suning, don't worry too much. I guess the recent large amount of equipment introduced may have alerted the Jinhua section chief."

"Being alert? Not really! That's too much of a stretch. We have nothing to do with her at all. Even if something goes wrong, the blame won't fall on her."

"Humph! That's because you don't know Jinhua's character. You also forgot that Mingzhu is her apprentice. Things within the system are sometimes hard to explain."

At this time, Suning naturally found it difficult to understand what Zhoukoutou said, but he also knew that it was meaningless to say anything now. Anyway, everything would be clear when he went to Zhoukoutou tomorrow on the 27th.

Suning doesn't know much about this golden flower. Every time she appears on the court, she behaves as if she is as still as a mountain. She is far from being comparable to the young Karamis like Wang Mingzhu and Mei Ping.

That's why Suning thought that Wang Mingzhu had no chance of becoming the Section Chief of Section 27, because she simply didn't have the qualities that a Section Chief should have.

In the original drama, Wang Mingzhu couldn't even understand the tricks of Mr. Fan, the general manager of Huxi Knitting Factory. It was a miracle that she could hold on for so long in the Foreign Trade Building No. 27.

The next morning, Suning and Zhou Litou came to the Foreign Trade Building at No. 27 The Bund together, and then went straight to the Textile Department on the third floor of the Foreign Trade Building. The scene here was still bustling with activity.

However, Suning was naturally dazzled by the beauties in Room 27. There were so many beautiful and elegant girls here.

Wang Mingzhu first pouted and looked at her father and senior brother, then gently knocked on the door of Section Chief Jinhua's office.

Jinhua's voice soon came from inside the office, "Come in."

Wang Mingzhu pushed the door open and explained to Jinhua with a smile on her face, "Master, my dad and Suning are here."

The busy Jinhua said without looking up, "Just let them in directly, and give them two cups of tea."

"Yes! Master."

When Su Ning followed Zhoutou into the simple office, he ran up to Jin Hua with a broad smile and shook her right hand. "Hello, Chief Jin! I'm Su Ning, the president of Ningyang Foreign Trade Company."

At this time, Jinhua was undoubtedly shocked by Suning's enthusiasm. Even Zhouqitou next to her was confused and couldn't understand what Suning was doing today.

Jinhua suddenly felt a little embarrassed because Suning had been holding her hand tightly. She wanted to pull back her right hand, but found that it was being held very tightly.

Jinhua glanced helplessly at Zhou Xingtou, who gave her a helpless look. "Huh? Hello, Mr. Su! I didn't expect you to be so young."

"Chief Jin, I've actually always wanted to come visit you, but I was a little worried that you'd be busy, so I never dared to come and disturb you."

"Mr. Su, you're welcome! Please take a seat."

Then Suning let go of Jinhua's right hand with a look of reluctance on his face, and sat down in front of the desk with Zhou Jietou, who looked confused. At this time, Wang Mingzhu also brought over the tea.

Everyone sat down, but Jinhua, who had been freed, had her right hand trembling, and she tried to remain calm on her face. The feeling just now made Jinhua feel very strange.

Especially when Suning looked at him, there was no flattery or hypocrisy in his eyes. It felt as if he really regarded himself as his good friend. He couldn't help but look at Suning with a meaningful look on his face.

However, Su Ning still smiled innocently and said, "Section Chief Jin, I always thought you were an old lady. I didn't expect you to be so young. Judging from your appearance, you should be less than 40 years old, right?"

Even the usually serious Jinhua couldn't help but laugh. What woman wouldn't want to be told how young she is? "Haha, President Su is really good at talking. I'm already over 50 years old."

As expected, Wang Mingzhu, who was about to turn around and leave, cursed in a low voice with a depressed look on her face, "Bah! Flatterer."

Meanwhile, Suning pretended not to hear and went about his business. "Hey! Chief Jin, I opened two restaurants on Huanghe Road, 'Begonia' and 'Happy Club.' Do you have time tonight to come over and give us your feedback?"

Jinhua was suddenly surprised to find that Suning had completely disrupted the rhythm of the game, and surprisingly, it had given her a sense of physical and mental well-being. "We'll discuss this later. Let's talk about the foreign trade company first."

At this moment, Su Ning immediately exchanged glances with Zhou Qitou, then, still smiling, looked at Jin Hua and asked, "Chief Jin, please speak."

"Boss Su, Zhou Tou, as far as I know, your Ningyang Foreign Trade Company has recently imported a lot of knitting machinery and equipment?"

"Yes! I have connections in Japan and was able to buy equipment that didn't require foreign exchange, so I bought it at a low price and imported it into the mainland. This was mainly to help the contract manufacturers for Perilla Clothing improve their efficiency and production capacity."

"Well, Mr. Su, your Ningyang Foreign Trade Company has good intentions, but not marking the country of origin is a violation. Plus, the quantity you import is quite large, so the customs officials are starting to have some issues."

However, Su Ning knew that it was Jin Hua who had objections, so he looked directly at Jin Hua and asked, "Chief Jin, what do you mean?"

Meeting Suning's gaze, she suddenly felt a sense of dominance, a dominance that could not be concealed by the "enthusiasm" just now, so Jinhua responded with a somewhat evasive response, "Enough is enough."

"Okay! I've already heard about this. Ningyang Foreign Trade Company will immediately stop importing."

"Thank you, Mr. Su, for your support! Actually, I'm mainly worried that if this gets out of hand, it will affect Xiao Wang. After all, she's my only disciple in Foreign Trade Building No. 27." Jinhua naturally looked at Su Ning in front of her to express her gratitude, and then looked at Zhou Litou beside her with a meaningful expression. "Zhou Litou, I don't think you want to see this happen, do you?"

Sure enough, Zhou Tou smiled as if he had seen through everything and said, "Chief Jin, our Mingzhu has caused you trouble."

"You are too polite, Master Zhou! Why would you trouble your own disciple?"

Then, Suning continued the invitation and openly stated his thoughts, "Chief Jin, Qiu Hai Tang on Huanghe Road specializes in global cuisine. If you have time, why don't you go and experience it yourself? It can actually be your designated reception restaurant on the 27th."

Sure enough, Suning's repeated invitation and explanation surprised Jinhua. "Global cuisine?"

"Great! Not only does it cover cuisines and classic delicacies from all over China, but it can also make foreign dishes like Southeast Asian cuisine and French cuisine. It can definitely satisfy the taste buds of customers from all over the world to the greatest extent."

"Huh? Mr. Su is exaggerating, right?"

Suning took out a membership card and a business card for ordering food and handed them to Jinhua. "Chief Jin, this is our Begonia membership card and order number. You can come to Begonia anytime you have time to enjoy the food."

Jinhua nodded after receiving the membership card and the business card for ordering food. However, she still looked at Su Ning with a defensive look on her face and asked, "Okay! I'll definitely go check it out when I get a chance. But this membership card doesn't include meal money, right?"

"No! I know you, Section Chief Jin, are always honest and upright, so there would definitely be no such thing as a gift."

Section Chief Jin looked at Su Ning in astonishment. For some reason, he had the mentality of "reciprocating a favor" and took out a conference pass. He said, "Mr. Su, this is a service trade pass for this autumn's Canton Fair. I think your company, Zisu Clothing, should try going to the Canton Fair."

After receiving the attendance pass, Su Ning said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Section Chief Jin. We at Zisu Clothing were worried about participating in the Canton Fair. We couldn't find it, and just when we were about to doze off, you, Section Chief Jin, sent us a pillow."

"Mr. Su, you're too polite! I have other work to do here, so I won't see you two off."

"Chief Jin, we'll take our leave now."

After watching Su Ning and Zhou Litou leave the office, Jinhua finally felt relaxed. She had indeed been nervous about Su Ning's "enthusiasm" earlier. Although Su Ning's "enthusiasm" seemed like flattery, Jinhua understood that it wasn't flattery, but rather a confidence based on understanding herself.

Jinhua suddenly muttered to herself meaningfully, "Suning? Interesting."

……

It feels like 1988 has passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it is already July and Shanghai has entered the midsummer season.

"Begonia" and "Xilehui", which have been open for more than four months, are still extremely popular. After all, at that time, Huanghe Road had not yet become the food street it later became.

There are only twenty or thirty restaurants on the 755-meter-long street, and the only one that makes "Begonia" and "Happy Club" take notice is the Red Heron.

However, the Honglu Restaurant has always adhered to the principle of "the quietest is the best", so it gets along very well with Suning's two restaurants, and there is no such mess and nonsensical fighting as in the original drama.

Betty also successfully advanced to a social influencer on the Yellow River Road with the platform of "Begonia". In addition, the high-end positioning of "Begonia" also made her famous overnight. So now Betty has become the most dazzling star on the Yellow River Road.

At this moment, the ambitious Betty suddenly remembered her ex-boyfriend, and then unexpectedly made an appointment with Abao to come to "Hong Shunxing" in Caojiadu. "Abao, long time no see."

However, Abao looked at Betty in astonishment and asked, "Xuezhi, when did you return to Shanghai?"

“I came back last year.”

"Are you... okay now?"

"It's pretty good! I'm now the manager of the Begonia restaurant on Huanghe Road. I get a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, a year-end bonus of a certain amount at the end of the year, and most importantly, dividends from Begonia's shares."

"What? 'Begonia'? Is your boss called Suning?"

"Yes! Suning is my boyfriend now."

"What? Xuezhi, you're not..."

"I got divorced last year, and then I met Suning in Hong Kong. I followed him back to Shanghai and felt like I had finally found the love that belonged to me."

"Then...then why didn't you come to see me?"

"I'm worried that Suning will misunderstand."

"..." Betty's words were undoubtedly a 100 million point critical hit to Po.

"Abao, although some things seem very cruel, I still want to remind you that you were no match for my ex-husband seven or eight years ago, and you are still no match for my current boyfriend now."

A Bao looked at his first love with a bitter face and asked, "Xuezhi, did you ask me out this time just to humiliate me?"

"Of course not! I just want to tell you that the world is really big. Never lock yourself in a small circle of comfort."

"Oh! Should I still say thank you to you?"

"No need! I hope you can show me a different Po."

"..."

At this moment, Abao was undoubtedly feeling extremely painful. He did not expect that his first love, whom he had been thinking about all the time, was so decisive. Even after more than ten years, it still affected his mood.

However, at this time, Abao also hated Suning very much. He didn't believe that the powerful Suning would not know about his relationship with Betty. He guessed that Suning deliberately broke into his life to torture him.

……

The business of "Begonia" is still very popular now. Ever since Jinhua came to "Begonia" out of curiosity, she immediately decided to list "Begonia" as their designated reception restaurant for the 27th.

However, no matter how busy the business of "Begonia" was, the top-level box Beijing Hall had never been open to the public, because it had long been Suning's exclusive box.

The manager of "Xi Le Hui" took advantage of the time when the restaurant was not busy and came to the Beijing Hall of "Qiu Hai Tang". "Mr. Su, there is something I am not sure if I should tell you."

"What?" Su Ning naturally looked at the woman in front of him with surprise.

"I...I..." However, Manager Pan began to stammer at this time.

"Manager Pan, maybe you haven't spent much time with me, so you don't know that I really dislike people who hesitate. If you have something to say, just tell me directly."

"Boss Su, I know I might seem nosy by saying this, but I still want to advise you to pay more attention to Sister Betty."

"Betty, what happened to her?" Sure enough, Manager Pan's incoherent words aroused Suning's interest.

"she……"

"Oh! Manager Pan, your hesitancy really makes me angry. If you have something to say, why don't you just say it directly?"

"Boss Su, Sister Betty went to Caojiadu with her ex-boyfriend today. I'm worried..."

"Oh? Is that all?" However, Suning acted completely indifferent.

"Huh? Mr. Su, do you know about this?" Manager Pan looked at Su Ning in front of him with surprise and asked back.

"Of course I don't know what happened today! But I know Betty has an ex-boyfriend, and I know her ex-boyfriend, Abao."

"I'm sorry! Mr. Su, I did misunderstand."

Looking at the tall and slender Manager Pan in front of him, Su Ning suddenly had a brilliant idea. "Manager Pan, thank you for your concern about my and Betty's private affairs, but it's obvious that you don't know the true relationship between Betty and me. But do you want to hear about our story?"

"Ah I……"

"I remember you have tomorrow off. If you're interested, come find me on the top floor of Delin Apartments."

"I……"

"Manager Pan, I'll be waiting for you at Delin Apartments at 1:00 PM tomorrow."

"Okay! Mr. Su, I will go to Delin Apartment on time."

When Suning saw Manager Pan turning and leaving, he suddenly decided that Manager Pan was no different from a professional model. It just so happened that he had designed a few sets of clothes when he was bored recently, so he could let Manager Pan be his exclusive clothing model.

In the original drama, Manager Pan was called "Thousand-Armed Guanyin". The most interesting thing was that she sent an opening invitation to Mr. Fan of Huxi Knitting Factory. Her pose and smile at that time almost made Su Ning burst out laughing, so Su Ning suddenly wanted to know more about this woman.

……

(End of this chapter)