Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Seeing that Lou Xiao'e suddenly became silent, Cao Zhiqiang stopped being aggressive and just poured tea and drank tea.

In fact, the answer is not important, he just doesn't like Lou Xiao'e's attitude of elders lecturing younger ones.

Yes, from a practical point of view, Lou Xiao'e is indeed Cao Zhiqiang's elder, but in any case, it has nothing to do with him. At most, he is just an aunt he knows.

An aunt whom I knew used a condescending attitude to teach Cao Zhiqiang a lesson as a junior and told him to do this or that. This was really uncomfortable.

Maybe others think it's okay, but Cao Zhiqiang doesn't like it.

However, it would not be good to retaliate directly, so Cao Zhiqiang used this method to change the topic and respond to Lou Xiao'e.

At least, Cao Zhiqiang should let the other party understand that the two parties are now in an equal cooperative relationship, not one between elders and juniors.

If Lou Xiao'e still can't figure out the positions of both parties, then Cao Zhiqiang may have to choose another partner.

Anyway, Cao Zhiqiang didn't have to find Lou Xiao'e to cooperate.

I found Lou Xiaoe just because I had cooperated with him in the past, so it was relatively convenient.

But in fact, without Lou Xiaoe, Cao Zhiqiang could still find a partner and just spend money.

As for whether it's reliable or not, it doesn't really matter.

As long as you hide it well and make good contracts, there is basically no problem.

Take the relationship between Cao Zhiqiang and Zhu Lin, for example. As long as both parties don't talk about it, who can know that Zhu Lin's child is his before a paternity test is done?

Therefore, for Cao Zhiqiang now, Lou Xiao'e is important, but not that important yet.

If Lou Xiao'e thought that with that little friendship, she could teach Cao Zhiqiang any lesson and teach him how to do things, she would be totally wrong.

However, considering that Lou Xiao'e had no ill intentions and had really helped him a lot, Cao Zhiqiang did not slap him directly in the face, but counterattacked with Silly Zhu's incident.

At least, talking about Silly Zhu's matter can make Lou Xiaoe upset, and then stop entangled with him and Zhu Lin.

Just when Cao Zhiqiang started to drink his third cup of tea, Lou Xiao'e, who had been silent, finally raised his head and spoke.

"Zhiqiang, it seems you know a lot about me. Have you investigated me?"

Cao Zhiqiang immediately laughed: "Aunt Lou, you are overthinking. How can I have the time and energy to investigate you? I am purely making reasonable assumptions based on the existing situation."

Well, what Cao Zhiqiang said is a lie.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang, as a person born in the [-]s in his previous life, does not understand many things of this era at all.

The reason why he knows so much is purely from the process of working backwards from the results.

In other words, someone first investigated Lou Xiao'e's situation and learned about her business situation, and then based on this situation, they got an overview of the current domestic import and export situation.

However, the person investigating this matter was not Cao Zhiqiang himself, but Uncle Lin.

Strictly speaking, since Cao Zhiqiang had contact with Lou Xiao'e and had a transaction, Uncle Lin began to pay close attention to Lou Xiao'e and launched a detailed and secret investigation into Lou Xiao'e.

Although China is still relatively poor and its overall secret service force has little international presence, it is still a national system after all.

It is still very easy to use the national power area to investigate the situation of a Xiangjiang person.

That's right, it was Uncle Lin's people who investigated Lou Xiao'e in detail and quietly told Cao Zhiqiang through Xu Chun. Only then did Cao Zhiqiang know what Lou Xiao'e's specific business was.

It can be seen from this that the domestic high-level officials should be well aware of the situation of certain "parallel import transactions" in the south of the country, and they are not ignorant at all.

However, maybe due to various considerations, I turned a blind eye temporarily.

Of course, it's possible that I didn't know about it before, but through investigating Lou Xiao'e and following the clues, I learned about this situation.

Cao Zhiqiang didn't know exactly what happened.

Anyway, what Cao Zhiqiang knew was that although the business Lou Xiaoe was doing was not illegal, it was not compliant.

Because from a legal perspective, Lou Xiaoe only received goods in Xiangjiang and did not directly participate in inland transactions.

As for the inland transactions, those who shipped the goods to Lou Xiaoe were all inland people, and they were the ones who bore the main risks and illegal operations.

In this way, on the surface, Lou Xiao'e is not breaking the law in the mainland. After all, she is just a recipient.

At most, Lou Xiao'e's receipt of the goods was irregular, but that could only be handled by the Xiangjiang government.

As long as the Xiangjiang government thinks there is no problem, then Lou Xiaoe will have no problem.

But no matter what, this is also an act of taking advantage of a loophole, and it is definitely wrong.

It's no wonder that Lou Xiao'e always runs to the capital. The reason is that she wants to know the latest news here, especially the first-hand news about import and export controls, so as to avoid her own losses.

Because Lou Xiaoe also knows very well that this nearly unsupervised situation in China will not last long, and sooner or later it will be under control again.

Once supervision is tightened again, Lou Xiaoe will no longer be able to continue to do this kind of business smoothly. She will definitely have to transform early or find another way to avoid losses.

Of course, this does not mean that after domestic supervision was tightened, some people would continue to do this kind of parallel import business, but if they were still doing it at that time, it would be against the domestic government and it was a proper criminal act.

Lou Xiao'e is just a businessman. She may take advantage of loopholes, but if she is asked to directly break the law, she still can't do it.

"Okay, I'll just treat it as speculation." Lou Xiao'e nodded.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Aunt Lou, I'm not blaming you, after all, what you did is not strictly illegal, at least not for now.

I'm surprised that now is the time when you are most anxious to make money and need cash flow the most.

In that case, why do you still want to spend money to buy my restaurant and then partner with Uncle Sha?

Don't tell me that stupid uncle is valuable.

No matter how valuable he is, he is only as valuable as a good cook.

But whether a restaurant's business is good or not depends not only on the quality of the cook.

Even for cooks, there are many good cooks in the capital, and some are stronger and better than Uncle Silly.

Therefore, what you did in the capital was probably a drunkard's intention.

The reason why you do that is not to make money, but to win people's hearts, right? "

Lou Xiao'e smiled faintly and shook her head. She picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. Then she smashed it and said, "This tea is cold, so the taste is a bit worse."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and picked up the teapot: "Then let me give you a cup?"

"Okay." Lou Xiao'e put down the tea cup and smiled at Cao Zhiqiang.

When Cao Zhiqiang poured another cup of tea for Lou Xiao'e, Lou Xiao'e picked it up and took a sip, then nodded and said: "This is much better, hot tea is better."

Cao Zhiqiang also smiled: "As long as you like it."

"Of course I like it." Lou Xiao'e put down her tea cup and smiled at Cao Zhiqiang, "After all, it is an authentic Dahongpao!"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled again and then did not answer.

Because he knew that Lou Xiaoe was just using this method to ease the atmosphere between them, and then took the opportunity to readjust his thoughts and think about what to say next.

In this case, of course he must cooperate well.

After taking a deep breath, Lou Xiao'e did not look at Cao Zhiqiang, but looked to the side and said as if she was lost in memories:
"Yes, I admit that it was indeed my selfish intention to take my son to see Silly Zhu last time.

And I bought your restaurant not entirely out of commercial interests, but more out of emotion. "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "For the sake of relationship, I can understand. After all, you have just divorced and your relationship is in a gap period. It makes sense that you want to find a relationship to make up for it.

But what I can’t understand is that it’s been so long, you and your ex-husband still had a child, why are you still looking for Uncle Silly? Don't you know that your current life is completely different from Uncle Silly's?

Uncle Silly is still the same Uncle Silly, but you are no longer the same Aunt Lou.

Whether it's knowledge or living habits, you and Uncle Sha are completely different.

Not to mention that Uncle Silly is not divorced yet and is still responsible for Aunt Qin.

Let's just say that Uncle Silly is really willing to be a heartless man, and is really willing to divorce Aunt Qin, and then come back to you and be with you.

In that case, do you think it is really good?

Do you think the three views of today’s stupid uncle and your current self can still be the same?

Do you really think you can still get used to Uncle Silly's living habits?
Don't rush to answer yet.

Anyway, in the eyes of me, an onlooker, you and the silly uncle now are completely different from each other.

Uncle Silly is still the same little worker who walks around the streets, loves to fight, and just gets by.

But you are now a charming Hong Kong lady and a shrewd and capable businessman.

One day, one place, you are forced to be together. Apart from making up for the regrets you had in the past, what else can you do?

I believe that the reason why you still miss Uncle Sha now is that you are alone now, your relationship is in a window period, and you are a little lonely and cold.

What's more, you had regrets for him back then, but now that you are stronger, you want to make up for the regrets.

But I would like to advise you not to do this.

After doing this, you will only destroy Uncle Silly and Aunt Qin's family, and then you will live an uneasy life yourself.

Don't tell me that you and Uncle Silly have a son.

It's nothing.

What's more, you don't just have the son with Uncle Silly, you also have children with other people.

Therefore, if you and Uncle Sha are reunited, they will be a half-way couple with many problems.

With the temperament of you and Uncle Silly, if you really get together, it will be better at the beginning. After all, you still have the same affection as before, and there is still a little freshness.

But as time goes by, conflicts between the two of you will inevitably break out, and then it will be a fight and you will separate again.

When that time comes, what do you get?
You get nothing but resentment from others and anger from yourself.

In this case, why do you continue to hang Uncle Silly on this tree?

With your current net worth and your temperament, what kind of talent can't you find?

Even if you don't find a man, you will still have a good life.

Others may not understand these things, but I think you, Aunt Lou, must have understood them a long time ago.

Otherwise, I would not have come to the mainland so long ago, but have not been looking for Uncle Silly for a long time.

Now that you can understand it, why bother with Uncle Sha’s family?

Could it be that it was just out of revenge?

But if you want to take revenge, you shouldn’t take revenge on Uncle Silly either?
After all, it was Uncle Fool who saved your family back then.

Now that you've come back to take revenge on Uncle Silly, aren't you being dishonest? "

Lou Xiao'e was speechless for a moment when asked by Cao Zhiqiang.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang has been holding these words in his heart for a long time. He has wanted to say them for a long time, but he just got the chance to say them out today.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang really wanted to take advantage of Sha Zhu's relationship with Lou Xiao'e earlier. After all, he looked down on Qin Huairu at that time and hated Bangge even more.

In the midst of hatred, Cao Zhiqiang decided to break up Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu and let Sha Zhu and Lou Xiao'e get along.

As for whether Sha Zhu and Lou Xiao'e will be together for a long time and whether they will be happy, that's none of his business.

However, as time goes by, as Cao Zhiqiang's net worth increases, and of course as his vision becomes broader and broader, and there are more and more women around him, Cao Zhiqiang's mentality gradually changes. .

To put it simply, Cao Zhiqiang's current perspective is no longer in that courtyard, so he has long disliked the various aspects of the courtyard.

In this kind of mentality, Cao Zhiqiang has long since lost his thoughts, or in other words, he has long since stopped caring, whether he was a stick figure or Qin Huairu.

Strictly speaking, this is a sublimated separation.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Zhiqiang asked himself and felt that he should be nicer to Silly Zhu.

After all, no matter what, if it weren't for Silly Zhu's help, he wouldn't have been able to get on the line with the big boss so early.

If he hadn't gotten in touch with Uncle Xu early and gained his favor and support, Cao Zhiqiang would not have known Uncle Wang and Uncle Lin, two truly important ministers of the country, and Secretary Dong and Director Li in the factory, He won't be so supportive of himself either.

If it weren't for the support of these big figures, it would have been impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to contract the publishing house, nor would he have had the opportunities he had later, let alone go abroad.

After all, in this period, personal power is limited and many things are restricted. It does not mean that you can do whatever you want if you are talented.

But precisely because he had the support of big shots, and he just caught up with the spring breeze of reopening and corporate rectification, Cao Zhiqiang was able to ride on the wind and start multiple companies and expand multiple businesses.

In less than a year, Cao Zhiqiang has used the money of Hongguang Machinery Factory to start his own publishing houses, magazines, audiovisual studios, movie studios, department stores, transportation companies, etc.

The businesses Cao Zhiqiang engaged in not only saved Hongguang Machinery Factory, which was on the verge of collapse, but also made him the richest man in China.

Yes, although there has not been a specific investigation, judging from the current situation, if only private wealth is counted, I am afraid that Cao Zhiqiang is indeed worthy of the reputation as the richest man in China.

After all, no one in the country can have such an opportunity as Cao Zhiqiang and as much personal wealth as Cao Zhiqiang.

Although Cao Zhiqiang will be able to get these things sooner or later based on his ability, it is undeniable that Cao Zhiqiang got these things earlier because of Sha Zhu's help.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang slowly thought about it and felt that it was better not to disturb Shazhu's life.

Regardless of whether Qin Huairu was a vampire or not, it was enough for Shazhu to enjoy it.

Others think that Shazhu suffered a loss, but who knows whether Shazhu really suffered a loss?
Silly Zhu is not really stupid, he is smarter than anyone else.

Now it seems that Shazhu actually liked Qin Huairu from the beginning, but in the early days, he could not be with her due to various factors.

Later, by chance, Shazhu finally got together with Lou Xiao'e, and they lived a beautiful life without any unhappiness.

Lou Xiao'e is the only threat between Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu.

If Lou Xiao'e is really determined to break them up, I'm afraid things will be quite difficult.

Therefore, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to take this opportunity to ask Lou Xiao'e's sincerity and find out what Lou Xiao'e wanted to do.

This is not only for the good of Silly Zhu, but also for himself.

After all, it is impossible for Cao Zhiqiang to cooperate with a person who puts feelings before career.

This kind of person who is more emotional than rational may look good, but in fact he is a time bomb that will explode at some point.

If you really want to find someone to cooperate with, it would be better to have someone who is completely controlled by reason.

This is why when Cao Zhiqiang develops his own people, his first choice is Zhu Lin, not other women.

The reason is that Zhu Lin is a truly rational ruler. With such a person, Cao Zhiqiang feels more at ease! (End of chapter)