Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 922 Li Wen Views a House

Chen Hui thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "Then how about we give the hotel and office building different names? The hotel can be called Rose, and what should we call the office building?"

Xiao Wei said, "Just call it Rose. Why have two names? Rose Hotel, Rose Office Building, isn't that better? It makes it sound more prestigious. And hotels aren't afraid of becoming famous."

Even if hotels and shopping malls become famous, they don't give off the same feeling as commercial plazas. It's just a business transaction; think about it, isn't that true? Look at Marriott and Sheraton, they both have office buildings, right? Five-star standard.

Chen Hui said, "That's true, I was suddenly stunned. Okay, let's put the hotel and office building together, and just name this plaza whatever we want. Actually, if we don't want anything else, 'Golden Star' or 'Silver Star' would be fine, but 'Striving Forever' would be too much."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "Xingcheng was acquired from the military, so how about we name it 'Glory' and make it a red five-pointed star as its symbol? Ice City can be called Venus Square, and Xidu can be called Silver Star Square. What do you think?"

Chen Hui said, "What about Fengtian? Tongxing? Tiexing? And the Andong Dalian? Aren't they going to build one here too?"

Xiao Wei clicked his tongue: "Choosing a name is so damn hard. Just thinking about having to keep coming up with new ones gives me a headache. Aren't you going to Kyoto next year? And Tianjing too."

Wang Jiwei said, "Boss, you don't actually have to name it like that. Just use the local place name where it's built; it'll be easier to remember. The one in Harbin could be called Harbin Commercial Plaza, Xidu Commercial Plaza, Andong Commercial Plaza, or Longcheng Commercial Plaza. Wouldn't that work?"

Chen Hui said, "Some places are okay, but some places have already been taken. There's one in Harbin, one in Kyoto and one in Tianjing, and even one in Longcheng. Isn't that the Longcheng Building over there?"

Hou Qiang said, "We can be flexible. Look at the hotel we're staying at, Yandu, doesn't it sound nice? Isn't it grand? And the Shengjing Guesthouse on Zhongjie Street, isn't that where Fengtian used to be called Shengjing?"

Xiao Wei nodded and said, "Historically, Longcheng was the capital of the Later Yan dynasty. It is correct that Yan was the capital, and it also emphasizes the historical significance."

Chen Hui said, "What if there's no history? What would we call Bingcheng and Dalian? Maoziying? Xidu Mandu?"

Xiao Wei kicked him aside: "Get lost."

Wang Jiwei said, "Except for Fengtian, most places in Northeast China do have a rather thin history. Moreover, the original names of most places are unpleasant to hear, like 'tuozi quanzi la' (meaning 'lumb' or 'cliff').

Hou Qiang said, "Ice City is a good name. I remember there's a place in Wuchang called Shouyi, the first shot fired in the new China. Ice City was our first liberated city, so it could be called Qiming or something like that. Dalian was our country's first modern military port, so it could be called Qihang."

Several people walked into the old building of the school. Liu Shangyue and Li Gengsheng were still there, preparing to hand over the work to the Labor Bureau. Some personnel and accounting matters from the early stages needed to be sorted out, and there was also a group of chefs and pastry trainees here. The work would not be truly finished until these trainees graduated.

Xiao Wei said, "I think Hou Ge's point is valid. What do you think, Xiao Hui?"

Chen Hui said, "So, we should use the old place names and titles that we can, and if we can't, we should just follow this line of thinking?"

Wang Jiwei said, "Actually, we can send people down. There are so many people in the company, let everyone pick one, and then they can choose."

Xiao Wei and Chen Hui exchanged a glance, and Chen Hui laughed a few times. How embarrassing! Both of them froze.

Liu Shangyue looked lonely in her office, while Li Gengsheng, who was also alone in his office, didn't seem to feel that way. It just goes to show how incredible aura can be.

After talking with the two people for a while, and with everything arranged and nothing overlooked, the two of them were just waiting to finish here before heading to work in Fengtian.

There wasn't much to see at the construction site. As the weather turned cold, they were preparing to stop work, and the equipment, materials, tools, and workers were all being put away.

Xiao Wei and Chen Hui met with the person in charge of the construction company, smoked a cigarette and talked for a while, and he went over the issues of quality and safety.

After having lunch with Liu Shangyue and Li Gengsheng, Xiaowei and Chen Hui took a walk around the restaurant. All the windows and doors on the first floor were broken, the tables and chairs inside were overturned, and the kitchen shelves were knocked over. There was nothing else wrong, so they didn't go upstairs.

Later, Sister Shang led the workers to produce goods at the old grain store. The space was a bit cramped, but since the biscuits and other items had been moved to Fengtian, it was enough. Two new trainees were hired to work at the cake shop, taking turns working and selling. This is the standard setup here now, even though the shop is small.

Li Wen is not here.

I paged her, and she said she was at the station, talking about a shop.

"Go ahead." The two drove back to the station.

At that time, the best locations facing the street were all factories and businesses. The house that Li Wen had her eye on was a factory building, located on the main street opposite the train station. It was a building facing the street with a courtyard in the back. It wasn't very big, about a hundred square meters larger than the one at the food factory. The building was quite old and didn't look like it had been maintained regularly.

The gate was dilapidated, and the sign was gone, so it was impossible to tell what kind of factory it was.

When the two arrived at the location, they parked the car at the dilapidated entrance. Everyone got out of the car, and Xiao Wei looked around the building. It was six stories high, with a street nearly fifty meters wide. The main entrance was on the right side of the building, inside which was an empty courtyard with a flower bed in the middle. There were three single-story houses at the far end, but he didn't know what they were used for. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds.

When Li Wen saw Xiao Wei, she called out and jumped over—she really jumped over. Xiao Wei let her jump around, holding one of his arms, and said, "Which house are you looking at? How did you find it?"

Li Wen said, "Am I good? Can I do it?" Her face and eyes were full of praise for me.

Xiao Wei said, "Sure, where is this house located?"

Li Wen said, "The Housing Bureau. This factory went bankrupt a long time ago. Only a few cadres are left, just coasting along, living off government subsidies from selling goods."

Chen Hui reached out and patted Li Wen's head: "How did you find out?"

Li Wen said, "I asked my mom to inquire. I just came to take a look around and see what's inside. What brings you all here?"

Xiao Wei said, "Didn't you know our restaurant was vandalized?"

Li Wen's mouth formed a small circle, and her eyes widened: "The restaurant was... vandalized? Who did it? Is he tired of living? Have they caught him?"

Chen Hui said, "Now that we've caught them, do you think we'll let the people who messed with us get away with it? You better watch your step when you're out there, you hear me?"

Li Wen nodded and asked, "Did anything get broken? Did anyone get hurt?"

Chen Hui's phone rang. He answered it, said "uh-huh" a few times, and then hung up, saying, "They want us to go to the hospital. Du Su and Jin Jian's families have all gone to the hospital."

(End of this chapter)