Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 42: Average people are close to you, superior people are equal to you

Although the national legal holiday for the Spring Festival is only three days, this period is valid for enterprises and institutions.

Generally, factories close for holidays early, and the rush to return home begins around the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month.

However, New Era Audio and Video has been very busy recently, and almost everyone is working overtime.

Yang Yuying's album was a big hit, and everyone in the company wanted to have a good year.

But in the company, apart from the boss Li Qiang, the fattest person this year is Cao Jian.

Because they were from other places, Cao Jian and Yang Yuying took leave on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month and no longer went to the company.

Before leaving, Cao Jian asked Li Qiang to take away another two million.

The reason why the boss was so generous was that Mao Ning showed Li Qiang the three songs "Wine on September 9th", "Big-Headed Leather Shoes" and "The Waves Remain".

When the boss saw the three songs written by Cao Jian, he had to be generous.

Mao Ning also followed Cao Jian's advice, releasing an album first to make himself famous, and then participating in the Spring Festival Gala with "The Waves Remain".

Li Qiang naturally had no objection to this.

At the same time, he once again saw Cao Jian's potential, and changed from disliking him to trying to please him, and gave him the two million share without hesitation.

"Go shopping, buy more things for my mother-in-law and sister-in-law."

Cao Jian now has nearly four million in the bank, and he exudes confidence and heroism.

Money is a man's courage, and having money gives you confidence.

More than three million is not a huge sum of money in this era.

But Cao Jian is not satisfied. What he wants is to be on par with others and yet be superior to them. He still has a long way to go.

While shopping, they also gave red envelopes to the workers who were decorating the clothing store.

Although the clothing store, which is over 200 square meters, is not located in the most prosperous area of ​​Tianhe Stadium, it is not far away.

However, compared to other clothing stores where you see all kinds of clothes racks at the entrance, the decoration here was designed by Cao Jian according to the style of the 21st century.

Spotlights, rest area, changing area, simple and elegant.

The rest area not only provides a place for guests to sit and rest, but also has a small table where they can put some tea or other things.

Cao Jian is a man and knows the hardships men go through when shopping.

The rest area is men’s favorite place. As long as the service is attentive, they won’t feel bad about paying.

As long as the licenses and brands are registered, the business can be opened in mid-March.

However, I haven’t found a place to open a KTV yet.

"After the New Year, I'll try to invite my mother-in-law over, and then hire a few pretty girls, and then we can open the business."

Cao Jian looked around and felt it was okay.

"Why do you want a pretty girl?

"Are you jealous too?"

Cao Jian gently pinched Yang Yuying, the jealous little girl, and said with a smile: "No matter how beautiful she is, she is not as beautiful as the boss lady."

"Hehe. Men all like to cheat."

"I don't eat secretly, and if I do eat, I eat openly."

"you dare!"

Besides being beautiful, the best thing about Yang Yuying is that she knows how to act coquettishly.

Most men like this the most, including Cao Jian.

After locking the door, the two continued shopping and unknowingly arrived at the Yiyuan Ballroom where they first met.

Cao Jian glanced at the familiar door and asked, "Want to go in and take a look?"

It was evening now and the dance hall had just opened, so there weren't many people inside.

"Ah."

Yang Yuying also wanted to go in and take a look at the place where they met, so they walked into the dance hall hand in hand.

They hadn't even held hands since they left last time.

Now, we live together.

Fate is so strange.

"I was wondering why the magpies in the tree outside the door kept chirping today. Turns out two big stars were coming."

As soon as Cao Jian and his companion entered the dance hall, the manager Li Hongtao came running to greet them.

They were all acquaintances. Cao Jian took out a cigarette and said, "Manager Li, long time no see. How's business?"

"After you left, we lost a lot of customers, and with the Lunar New Year coming up soon, there's almost no business."

Li Hongtao sighed and was about to reach for a match when Cao Jian handed him a lighter. This made the former manager Li a little flattered.

At that time, Cao Jian was just a resident singer. Now he has become famous, and he actually lit a cigarette for himself?
"You are an old leader, why are you being polite?"

Seeing the other party's cautious look, Cao Jian smiled and asked, "Manager Li, you are familiar with the area. Are there any dance halls that are doing poorly and can't continue to operate? Or are there any larger stores?"

"You want to open a dance hall?"

Li Hongtao was puzzled when he heard this.

You're already a star, why do you want to open a dance hall?

Cao Jian naturally couldn't say he wanted to open a KTV. He smiled and said, "Do you remember my cousin Cao Wei? I want to build one for him."

"That's it."

Li Hongtao naturally remembered Cao Jian, the third brother who was very ruthless in fighting. He felt that Cao Jian was really good to his younger brother. No wonder his cousin would fight for his brother.

He invited Cao Jian and Yang Yuying to the booth and ordered a few bottles of good wine.

Just as he opened the wine, Li Hongtao suddenly said, "I heard from a friend that there's a store they want to sell, but because the place is too big, they can't find anyone to take it over. Do you want to go take a look?"

"My buddy, my friend, haha."

Cao Jian didn't think it was such a coincidence, nor did he point out that "a buddy" was himself. He smiled and said, "How old is he?"

"It's over 500 square meters."

"five hundred."

Cao Jian felt that it was a bit insufficient. Five hundred square meters was enough for a dance hall, but if he opened a KTV, he wouldn't be able to separate it into a few private rooms.

Although there is no such thing as a public area now, a luxurious private room requires more than ten to twenty square meters, and five hundred square meters is simply not enough. If there are too few private rooms, it will look a bit shabby for a luxury KTV.

Li Hongtao saw Cao Jian frowning, thinking he thought it was too big, and said quickly: "It's because the area is too large, and there is a large dance floor, so you can't get out without turning around."

Cao Jian tapped the table with his finger and said softly, "I think it's too small and not enough."

Yang Yuying, who had been listening to their conversation, asked curiously, "Honey, what are you looking for such a big place for?"

"Honey???"

When Li Hongtao heard this name, he looked at Yang Yuying in surprise.

How long has it been since you two left, and you're already together, and you call each other so intimately?
This guy is awesome, he's really fast.

Besides, is 500 square meters still too small? It's big enough to open a dance hall.

However, since Cao Jian said it wasn't enough, he probably had his own ideas, so he said, "If you think 500 square meters is too small, they have two floors upstairs. If you rent them all, the price might be even cheaper."

"Is it far from here? Can we go and take a look?"

Hearing that there were two floors upstairs, Cao Jian decided to go and take a look first.

If the first floor is 500 square meters, then the third floor would be 1,500 square meters, which is definitely enough.

I didn't expect that this dance hall would be my paradise.

When I have money in the future, I will buy this place.
Or, dig Li Hongtao over here.

This person is not very old, only about 28 or 29 years old, but he is flexible in handling things and has some connections here. It would be nice to recruit him to work with the third brother.

"It's not far, I'll take you there."

Seeing Cao Jian so eager to see it, Li Hongtao was delighted: "If Cao Jian likes it, I can make a small profit. He's a star now, he has plenty of money!"

Yang Yuying was still confused. Her boyfriend rented such a big place. Was he really going to open a dance hall?
Do you start spending money recklessly just because you have money?
But it’s better this way. No matter what he does, as long as he has the business here, my boyfriend will naturally come back to see me often.

Since there was no one in the store anyway, Li Hongtao gave a few instructions to his subordinates and took Cao Jian to look for a place.

The dance hall he mentioned was indeed not far away, and it was only about three or four hundred meters away.

"nice."

Cao Jian stood in front of the three-story building, very satisfied.

Although it only has three floors, the flashing neon lights around it make it clear that this is an entertainment street.

There is a dance hall on the first floor with the lights on, but there are almost no cars at the door and the security guards look drowsy. It is obvious that business is not good.

There are some shops and restaurants on both sides, but this dance hall has the largest facade.

What surprised Cao Jian even more was that the dance troupe downstairs was about 500 to 600 square meters, and it looked even bigger upstairs, with each floor at least 1,000 square meters.

The upstairs seemed to be rented out as well, but there was no light on, so it looked like it was either used as a warehouse or a dormitory. There was also a hotel that used several rooms.

What Cao Jian likes most is that there is a large open space at the door that can be used as a parking lot.

This is so important.

A place like this would be most suitable to be used as a KTV if it is well decorated.

It would be best if we could rent out the entire building and turn it into the most luxurious nightclub in Guangzhou, and even in the south, comparable to the So-and-So Night Club in Yanjing!

However, this requires good relations with the higher-ups.
(End of this chapter)