Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Cao Zhiqiang's eyes lit up because the kimchi taste in his mouth was really different.

How can I put it, it seems to have a unique taste in it, which is very stimulating to my taste buds.

Cao Zhiqiang has eaten a lot of pickles, but it seems that there has never been a pickle that can have such a small kimchi feeling.

It can be summed up in two words - delicious!

Seemingly seeing Cao Zhiqiang's expression change, Xu Huizhen, who had been staring closely at his face, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "Drink some more wine, believe me, kimchi with wine will become more and more delicious." !”

Cao Zhiqiang nodded and did not swallow the kimchi in his mouth. Instead, he picked up the small glass of wine and took a sip gently.

Not to mention, the mellow yet spicy white wine in your mouth, combined with the unique taste of kimchi, instantly combines into a more different taste.

If I have to say it, it is delicious and exciting!

After nodding again, Cao Zhiqiang swallowed the kimchi and white wine, ate two more chopsticks of kimchi, and took a sip of the wine.

It's true as Xu Huizhen said, it's getting more and more interesting, and I feel like I can't stop.

"How's it going? Not bad, right?" Xu Hui asked with a smile.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, nodded again, then put down his chopsticks, took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his mouth.

After casually putting down the silk handkerchief that he had wiped his mouth with, Cao Zhiqiang said to Xu Huizhen: "It tastes really good, very different."

Xu Huizhen chuckled: "Of course, this side dish is our family's unique secret recipe that cannot be found anywhere else.

The most important reason why our tavern is famous far and wide, and has so many customers, is this side dish.

A lot of repeat customers come for our side dishes. "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "It makes sense. It's really good to have a unique skill of your own. Is this a side dish only available in your tavern?"

"Of course." Xu Huizhen nodded, "This kimchi is only available in our tavern. It cannot be found anywhere else and cannot be eaten."

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang nodded thoughtfully again.

"How about it." Xu Huizhen said with a smile, "With this exclusive side dish, can we cooperate?"

Cao Zhiqiang sighed: "Auntie, to be honest, this side dish of yours is really good and delicious.

But this alone is not enough to impress me.

In fact, let me tell you, instead of hiding the recipe of this side dish, treat it as a unique specialty of your tavern.

Why don't you offer a price and sell me the secret recipe of this side dish, and then I'll open a pickle factory, give you some shares in the factory, and then mass-produce your pickles and sell them.

At that time, the profit earned by opening a factory to sell pickles was far less than that of ten taverns, a hundred, or even a thousand taverns combined. "

"This is a good idea!" Xu Jingli suddenly nodded and said subconsciously.

Xu Huizhen frowned, glared at Xu Jingli, and then smiled at Cao Zhiqiang: "Sorry, we don't sell our side dish recipes, and we won't run any factories."

"It's understandable." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Many traditional concepts will not change easily."

Xu Huizhen let out a breath, then looked at Cao Zhiqiang again, and said sternly: "Let's do this, if you are willing to partner with me, invest one million, and let me get the quota of the foreign-related hotel, then the shares of the hotel will be shared by the four of us. Six points, six for me, four for you.

At the same time, the management rights must belong to me, and the general manager must be me or one of my people. You can just sit back and wait for the dividends to ensure that you will not lose money.

But there is one thing. The shares in the hotel are not allowed to be sold to others within three years. Is that okay? "

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "You are so insincere."

"This is my bottom line!" Xu Huizhen said with a serious face, "If you don't agree, I would rather do it myself!"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and simply stood up and said: "In that case, I won't force it. I think today we will..."

Just as I said this, a girl with short hair suddenly walked in. As soon as she entered the door, she saw everyone, and then said in a daze: "Mom? Sister? You, why are you all here with me? Also, this person is Who?"

"Hey, Jingping?" Xu Huizhen looked at the new short-haired girl in surprise, "Didn't you go shopping in Dashilan with your classmates? Why are you back so soon?"

The girl who was called Jingping smiled, walked directly to Xu Huizhen and said, "Hey, it was a good time shopping at first, but then my classmate's boyfriend came over, and I felt that if I continued to stay, I would If you become a light bulb, just make an excuse and leave.”

"I understand." Xu Jingli smiled, "Your classmate asked you to go shopping because he was using you as a cover."

"Who says it's not?" The short-haired girl smiled, "Hey, people nowadays are too complicated. In fact, she could have told me clearly that it doesn't have to be like this. Now that it's like this... forget it, let's not talk about it. "

Immediately afterwards, the short-haired girl looked at Cao Zhiqiang again: "This gentleman is..."

"Oh, I haven't introduced you yet." Xu Jingli pointed at Cao Zhiqiang with a smile and said, "Jingping, this is what I told you before, the president of our publishing house, Cao Zhiqiang, President Cao."

Upon hearing this, the short-haired girl was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly ran to Cao Zhiqiang with excitement on her face, staring at Cao Zhiqiang with bright eyes and said: "I know you! You are the great poet Qiangzi? Right?

"Journey to Jianghu" was written by you? Right?

"The Farthest Distance in the World" was also written by you, right? "

Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback and nodded subconsciously: "Yes, it's me. I wrote those all. I do have a pen name called Qiangzi."

"Wow!" The short-haired woman suddenly covered her mouth with excitement on her face, "I finally saw the Hadron himself! Finally, I finally saw it... It's not easy!"

Speaking of this, the short-haired woman actually started crying.

Seeing this situation, Xu Jingli next to him immediately said to Cao Zhiqiang with a slight embarrassment: "I'm sorry, President.

This is my sister, Xu Jingping.

She likes literature very much, especially the poems you wrote. She is a fan of your poetry.

She has always wanted to see you, but it never happened. "

"It's not all you!" Xu Jingping immediately looked at Xu Jingli with red eyes, "I asked you to introduce me to me a long time ago, but you just refused. What kind of sister are you?"

"You!" Xu Jingli glared at Xu Jingping, "It's my job. How can I bring people there without permission? Besides, I've told you before that the president went to Japan on business and has been away, so you can forget it. I won’t see you even if I go there.”

"Then why is he here now?" Xu Jingping asked immediately.

"Of course I'm back after my business trip." Xu Jingli said, "As for the president, he is here to talk about business. He wants to discuss cooperation business with our mother, so don't cause trouble!"

Speaking of this, Xu Jingli continued to look at Cao Zhiqiang and said with a smile: "President, you must not be as familiar with her, she, she is a little lunatic!"

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned. Just as he was about to say a few words, the system prompt suddenly appeared:

[Ding, a high-quality woman who meets the storage conditions has been detected within ten meters of you. 】

[Target locked—Xu Jingping! 】

[Excuse me, do you want to bind Xu Jingping to become your love angel reserve? 】

Seeing this, Cao Zhiqiang was stunned, and then subconsciously began to carefully look at the girl named Xu Jingping.

Then Cao Zhiqiang discovered that the girl named Xu Jingping by the system looked average at first glance, rather like an actress named Lee Young-ae from South Korea.

But if you take a closer look, you can see that it is different and has a special temperament.

In particular, she has the unique temperament of a literary young woman.

However, this is not what Cao Zhiqiang cares about most.

What really matters is that the system actually recognizes the other party.

You must know that the system is very picky. Not all women can be included in her candidate range, and not all women can be recognized and can be bound as Love Angel reserves.

If you want to be included in the love reserve category, in addition to factors such as appearance, accomplishment, reputation, etc., the other party must be qualified. There is also another important consideration, and that is the favorability of you.

Only those with a favorable impression of Cao Zhiqiang higher than 60 points can be included in the Love Angel Reserve.

The most typical example is Teresa Teng.

I remember when Cao Zhiqiang first met Teresa Teng, the system had no reaction at all and had no intention of accepting her. However, at this time, Teresa Teng's reputation and temperament are top-notch. In terms of overall strength, at least she will not lose to Akina Nakamori.

Initially, Cao Zhiqiang didn't think much about it, but later, the system actually responded again and could include Teresa Deng in the Love Angel Reserve.

At that time, Cao Zhiqiang felt very confused. Even if there was a lag, it would be too long.

Then he actually got a systematic answer, saying that no matter how high-quality a woman is, only if her favorability score exceeds 60 points can she meet the standard and be included in the candidate army of love angels.

Otherwise, even if this woman looks like a fairy and is famous all over the world, as long as her favorable opinion of him is less than 60 points, it will be in vain.

To put it bluntly, favorability is the most important measurement indicator.

As for other indicators, such as appearance, education, accomplishments, fame, or other indicators, they are all additional measurement indicators.

Only if the favorability reaches the standard, other indicators will take effect.

The situation just now just verified this truth.

At the beginning, the girl named Xu Jingping had no idea who Cao Zhiqiang was, so naturally she had no so-called favorable impression.

But once she knew that Cao Zhiqiang was the "Poet Qiangzi", her attitude immediately changed drastically, and her favorability score increased steadily, and it must have exceeded 60 points.

This just meets the storage standard of the Love Angel Reserve, and then the storage program is activated.

【Bind? 】

The system started urging.

What else is there to say?

If there is any, let’s bind it first.

Anyway, even if you are a reserve, you still have money to spend.

As the saying goes, it doesn't matter whether you can succeed or not. What matters is that you can take the opportunity to make money.

As long as the binding is successful, a certain love fund will be given to you, and when you use this love fund to consume the other party, you can get one-tenth of the profit in return.

Why not do such a good thing?

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang immediately chose to bind.

As soon as it was bound, the system immediately gave new information:

[Name: Xu Jingping]

[Comprehensive score: 92.5 points]

[Favorability: 79 points]

[Total love fund: 198 billion US dollars]

Seeing this, Cao Zhiqiang raised his eyebrows subconsciously.

Hehe, the initial favorability level is so high, it’s as high as 79 points?

It's even higher than Zhu Lin's initial favorability.

And the amount of the love fund is also quite large, reaching 198 billion US dollars.

This number is quite a lot.

I never expected that even if I came over out of curiosity, I would get such a surprise.

Not bad, not bad, really good.

Encountering such a good seedling, this wave is not a loss, I came at the right time.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang, who looked at Xu Jingping, couldn't help but smile with joy on his face.

"I'm sorry." Xu Jingping seemed to realize that he had just been cheating, and quickly lowered his head to apologize to Cao Zhiqiang.

"Sorry, Qiang, no, President Cao, I was rude just now. You don't remember the faults of villains, so don't mind."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled gently: "It doesn't matter. In fact, I am very happy to meet people who like my poetry here."

Having said this, Cao Zhiqiang raised his head with a melancholy look, sighed deeply and said:

"You may not believe it, but actually I don't like money or a career.

My initial wish was just to quietly be a writer and express my thoughts in words.

However, due to the pressure of life, especially since I still have two little sisters to support at home, I can only publish some of my random thoughts to see if I can get some royalties and improve my family situation.

Who knows, since then, my life has changed drastically, and I will never be able to return to the quiet and peaceful time before. "

"Really?" Xu Jingping asked subconsciously, "Did you really think so at the beginning?"

"Of course." Cao Zhiqiang looked at the other party again and smiled slightly.

“As the saying goes, songs are meant to express one’s ambitions, and so are poems.

Since you like my poems, you must be able to see to some extent the thoughts and feelings I place in my poems. "

Xu Jingping nodded subconsciously: "Indeed, although your poetry style is very changeable, your first poem was "Seeing and Not Seeing", right?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded: "Then what?"

Xu Jingping frowned slightly and said thoughtfully: "I heard that a person's first poem often represents the person's initial state, his true style, and his original philosophy.

Your first poem, "Seeing and Not Seeing", many people say it is a love poem.

But I don't think so.

I think this is a kind of strong emotional sustenance and a psychological state of great enlightenment.

Only someone who has seen life and death can write something like this.

Sure enough, I heard my sister tell me later that before you wrote that poem, your mother had just passed away, and you had just attempted suicide, and then you just went to work in a factory.

That makes sense.

Only those who have experienced real separation, only experienced real life and death, only those who have experienced not being able to die but having to live can write such poems.

So I think the you at that time was the real you, and the you later was just another you wrapped in a thick shell.

The world only sees your success and fame.

But I saw the sadness and sadness in your heart.

Maybe, deep in your heart.

You don't think there's anything to be happy about being rich or famous.

What you really want is to be with your beloved mother.

It's a pity that people can't be resurrected after death, and their children want to support them but they don't.

What you want most can never be obtained.

On the contrary, the fame and fortune that you discarded like a pair of shoes are readily available.

So, you are both a success and a failure.

The real you is a complex of contradictions, a poor person who looks bright on the outside but scarred on the inside.

Do you think what I said is right? "