I am many years in the courtyard

Chapter 406, Start a Business

The Rolls-Royce slowly drove into Villa No. 72 in Deep Water Bay.

As soon as they got off the bus, Bai Doufu and the others carried the dishes and went straight to the kitchen.

"Mom, dad was so brave and powerful just now."

The three children vividly recounted what they had just encountered at the vegetable market.

There is no embellishment, just stating the facts.

Even so, Qin Huairu and the others were still shocked and worried.

After all, I just arrived here today, and it is really unlucky to encounter something like this right away.

"Are you all right?"

Qin Huairu quickly checked on Bai Doufu and the others' physical conditions. After receiving a positive reply, she asked how their father was doing.

There is no doubt that the three children are talking about how their father fought off the two policemen.

As for whether their father was injured, it didn't exist at all.

At this time, many years also came in carrying dishes.

Regarding the matter of the two foreign policemen, I have planned to expand on it later during the meal.

It's more important to prepare dinner right now.

Next came the division of labor and cooperation. Qin Huairu, Xiaomei and Xu Xiaoqian prepared dinner and continued doing hygiene with the children.

The house is so big that cleaning it is a hassle.

Especially the master bedroom on the second floor, which is a large room of more than 100 square meters, is not too luxurious.

When cleaning the master bedroom, I can’t help but use the power of space for many years.

This is more efficient.

However, the little kids' rooms are not small, and there are six rooms in total, so cleaning them is quite difficult.

Only come slowly.

At 07:30, it’s dinner time.

While having dinner, I talked about many things about Hong Kong Island over the years.

It's still too chaotic outside, especially in places with few people, which is the most troublesome.

When he said this, Qin Huairu and the others were a little scared, and they quickly said:
"However, don't worry too much. Overall, it's not that rampant."

"Generally speaking, there are not many police inspections. Just cooperate actively."

"If the other party's demands are excessive or too arrogant, just fight back. Of course, you don't have such strength, so try not to fight back casually."

At this time in the 60s, the proliferation of guns was very normal.

As long as you don't shoot indiscriminately in public, you can basically legally possess guns and ammunition.

Of course, this does not mean that it is legal to hold. To be precise, it means that there is no relevant legislation prohibiting it.

Hong Kong Island’s Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance only existed in the 80s, and it was only after [-] that guns were officially banned.

Therefore, I have popularized this matter with Qin Huairu and the others for many years.

They didn't think anything of it.

After all, there were actually militia troops in the capital at this time, and many ordinary people had guns.

For example, Qin Huairu and her father Qin Jianguo had a gun. Although it was not a regular weapon such as a rifle or a pistol, it was still quite powerful.

"Dad, should we continue practicing martial arts?"

After many years of talking, the little boy couldn't wait to ask.

"Yes, we can't leave this behind." Duan Nian nodded and said:
"We cannot take the initiative to bully others, but others cannot bully us. We must have the ability to protect ourselves."

It is very necessary to establish a correct outlook on life for children.

After all, for many years I just wanted to live my own small life, but I didn't want to become a domineering local emperor.

Tonight's meal took almost two hours to finish.

On the first day after arriving in Hong Kong Island, the whole family was very excited and didn't go to bed until ten o'clock.

However, within 10 minutes of Xiaodoubao and his six children falling asleep, they all came to the master bedroom.

"Mom, Dad, we can't sleep!"

The couple looked at the six children in front of the bed with wide eyes, "It's almost 10:30, you haven't gone to bed yet? Why can't you fall asleep?"

"Dad, I'm afraid, the house is too big!"

Bai Doufu said pitifully, "I want to sleep with you. Your bed is big enough anyway."

Xiaodoubao and the others nodded repeatedly, all expressing that they wanted to sleep in the master bedroom.

The bed in the master bedroom is really big, even bigger than the bed in Beijing.

The agarwood dragon bed smells fragrant and makes you sleep comfortably.

But no matter how big it is, sleeping eight people is a bit exaggerated. After all, this is not a three-front bed, but only one side is against the wall, and the other three sides are not against the wall.

"Dad, we can lay the floor"

After Brother Jing finished speaking, he was going back to his own house to move mattresses and other things.

Many years and Qin Huairu couldn't stop him, and the little kids quickly came over with quilts in their arms.

Even though they are still young, they are still very fast when moving mattresses.

The strength is really not small.

Fortunately, the master bedroom is spacious enough for six children to sleep on the floor, no problem at all.

However, is it inappropriate for the children to sleep in the same room with their parents when they are so old?
Forget it, today is the first day in the new home, so it is expected that the little brats would react like this.

As a result, their family returned to their previous state again.

Turning around, when I got up in the morning, I found that I had two more children in my arms.

Last night, Bai Doufu and Xiao Dou Dian were the first to climb into bed, and later Xiao Dou Bao and the other four children also all went to bed to sleep together.

As a result, the whole family ended up laying beds on the floor.

So I fell asleep, not holding my wife in my arms for many years, but instead holding my two children.

She gently pushed the child away, and watched Qin Huairu and Xiaodoubao rolling to the ground with dumbfounded laughter for many years, not afraid of catching cold.

This is not a wooden floor, but an ordinary tile floor, just made of better tiles.

The mother and daughter were covered not with mattresses but with quilts.

Even if it is a quilt, if you just lie down and sleep for a long time, something will happen to your body.

So, he quickly picked up the mother and daughter and carried them to the dragon bed.

"What a deep sleep!"

After carrying them to the bed, they both didn't react at all and still slept soundly.

As for Hot Wheels and their children, they have been carrying them back to the mattress for many years, letting them sleep well.

Going downstairs to the courtyard outside, the sky lit up slightly and the seaside was in the distance.

The sun slowly rose from the sea level, and a few white clouds were dyed into the morning glow, which was extremely beautiful.

But the morning glow is also fleeting and will soon disappear.

A few rounds of boxing in the yard over the years before stopping to contemplate the path ahead.

On the China Resources side, there was no rush to report it. After all, he had just moved and had a lot going on.

The most important thing right now is to acquire publishing houses and newspapers, and the second is to find a good school and arrange for Xiaodoubao and the others to transfer to another school.

But it's useless to be anxious. He still has to take Qin Huairu and the others to get more familiar with the situation on Hong Kong Island before talking about anything else.

So, in the next two days, Xiannian drove Qin Huairu and her children to play nearby.

His master Zhang Mingde likes to visit the traditional Chinese medicine market, and he can go there by himself.

Of course, for many years, he would not let him go by himself, but let Xiaomei drive to help pick him up.

The rest of the time, he and Xiaomei acted as drivers, taking Qin Huairu, Xu Xiaoqian, Xiaodou Bao and others shopping in bustling areas such as Central and Tsim Sha Tsui.

How can you not go shopping when you come to Hong Kong Island?
Taking advantage of my shopping breaks, I found an agent for many years to help collect information from newspapers, periodicals and publishing houses.

The objects he needs to acquire are small companies that are not very profitable or are even about to go bankrupt.

The publishing companies and newspaper business in Hong Kong Island are extremely developed.

There are currently at least more than 400 newspapers on Hong Kong Island, including the Hong Kong Island Gazette, South China Morning Post, Overseas Chinese Daily, Sing Pao, Ming Pao, Sing Tao Evening News, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, etc.

Starting from the 60s, Hong Kong Evening News' "Star Evening" and "New Evening" were the most popular among readers, and almost everyone had a copy after get off work.

At this time, there was no undersea tunnel, and crossing the sea required ferries.The sun was setting in the west, scattered in the sky, and almost everyone on the ferry had two newspapers in hand.

The boat sails, I read the newspaper, I dock, I pick up the supplement, stuff it into my hip pocket, and go home to read it carefully.

When I was traveling for many years, I often drove my car and took the ferry between Tsim Sha Tsui and Central, and I could often see situations like this.

"Dad, read this newspaper quickly. Is this a novel you wrote?"

This morning, the family was shopping in Central. They had just bought a few newspapers from the newsstand. Before they had walked a few steps, Xiaodou Bao pointed to the Calabash Brothers above and said.

The illustrations were very obvious. They had seen those little bean bags from Calabash Brothers countless times, so they recognized them immediately.

However, the writer's name above is not his pen name from many years ago.

"Yes, this is a novel written by dad."

After glancing at it and seeing that it was Cheng Bao, many years ago, he immediately smiled.

This was half a month ago, when he was teaching Xiaomei how to drive, he took the time to find the newspaper Chengbao and published the book Calabash Brothers.

A copy of "Calabash Brothers" does not yield much royalties.

But at least it can provide some reputation, and it can also silence Sun Guohua and Yu Guangyuan.

After all, the two of them knew that they had published a novel in the capital many years ago, and it was this Calabash Brothers.

"Wow, Dad, how much royalties do you have?"

The little kids were immediately proud of You and started asking excitedly.

Not to mention these little brats, Qin Huairu, Xiaomei and Xu Xiaoqian all cast curious glances.

They also have a dark eye on what the novel market on Hong Kong Island is like.

Although Xiaomei has been in Hong Kong Island for more than a month, she has not published a novel so far.

So she doesn't know how much royalties she can get.

She heard her brother mention that Ming Pao and several other newspapers were powerful companies, but Ming Pao was extremely stingy in their novel manuscript fees.

If you want to make money, you still need to find other newspapers and periodicals.

"It's not a lot, just over 3 yuan."

He said helplessly for many years that he really looked down upon more than 3 yuan.

A Mercedes-Benz car is already 60 million yuan. How many books does he have to write to earn this money?

Therefore, he had to earn 500 million before Sun Guohua and the others knew that he had a villa and car.

On the surface, he must be qualified to earn 500 million. Otherwise, once Sun Guohua and others find out that his family lives at No. 72 Deep Water Bay, something will definitely happen.

Of course, Xiaomei doesn't work at China Resources anymore, and he also told Qin Huairu and the others not to talk about villas and cars when meeting former acquaintances.

Even if it is Xu Qianqian, don't reveal this for the time being. Anyway, in a while, the Lou family will arrive in Hong Kong Island, and Xu Qianqian will probably leave his job by then.

After all, according to Lou Bancheng's thoughts, he definitely hopes to start a business again on Hong Kong Island.

With the chef Xu Qianqian here, and Tan Fuying, the heir apparent of Tan family cuisine, it would definitely be unreasonable not to open a large restaurant.

But these have nothing to do with many years, and he doesn't need to worry about them.

They are just relatives anyway. We can only chat a few words when we meet, and nothing else.

"Hiss, so high?"

Qin Huairu and the others took a breath of cold air, and the little kids were already jumping up and down.

Many years ago he quickly grabbed them and signaled that this was the street and they should be calmer.

"Uncle Wu, can I also get this much royalties?"

For a moment, Xu Xiaoqian, who couldn't hold it back, couldn't help but speak.

When she was in the Mainland, she also published a book. Although she only received a royalties of more than 400 yuan, this is Hong Kong Island, so the royalties must be higher, right?
"Hehe, not necessarily."

In this regard, I did not directly tell her those cruel things for many years.

Xiaomei also quickly expressed that she wanted to publish the book she had previously published in the mainland on Hong Kong Island.

Many years ago, he asked them to wait a little longer and talk about it in two days.

The two said they didn't understand, but didn't ask any more questions. They must have believed it for many years.

In the evening, when I got home, there were three more aunts at home.

These three aunts all live in ordinary families in the slums of Central. They have old people and children at home. Their men all have jobs but low wages.

Therefore, it took many years to go through an agency, and after two days of interviews, he finally found someone who matched his heart.

The three aunts can cook, Li Jinlian who cooks home-cooked Sichuan cuisine, Kong Hua who can cook Shandong cuisine, and Zhou Chunyan who is good at Cantonese cuisine.

They not only cook, they are also responsible for cleaning the inside and outside of the home.

Qin Huairu, Xiaomei and Xu Xiaoqian will all stay at home often, especially Xiaomei and Xu Xiaoqian. In the next one or two years, they will definitely stay at home.

Therefore, there is no fear that Li Jinlian and the others will be lazy.

Anyway, with Qin Huairu and the others supervising me, I have been able to worry about the family affairs for many years.

As for going shopping for groceries, I bought a cheap car many years ago and asked Li Jinlian and the others to take turns shopping for groceries.

Basically, the daily food cost is fixed. If you occasionally have a big meal or something, you will be given more money.

Accounting is still needed, and Qin Huairu is an accountant, so there is very little profit margin left for Li Jinlian and the others to get kickbacks.

Of course, giving them a monthly salary of 300 yuan for many years is not low.

This salary level is already higher than that of many white-collar workers.

It can be said that this salary is similar to the high salary to support integrity in the future ICAC era.

Li Jinlian and the other three are really powerful. They can do many heavy jobs that men do.

The physical fitness is really great.

On the fourth day after arriving in Hong Kong Island, Xiaodoubao and the others began to resume their daily routine and study habits back in the capital after many years.

Everything is starting to get back on track, and we can't just play around anymore.

After leaving the family affairs to Qin Huairu, and after many years of driving his master to the traditional Chinese medicine market, he went to do things by himself.

His master has been busy with Chinese medicine these days.

The types of Chinese medicine on Hong Kong Island are richer than those in the capital. He has seen many Chinese medicines, and they even have similar effects to some medicines in the north.

But these are new drugs after all, and many of them he has never heard of.

Even here on Hong Kong Island, there are many Chinese medicines that are directly used to make medicinal meals or cook soups.

There are many types, and for Zhang Mingde, this is a novel subject.

Therefore, he needs money and time to study these.

In addition, he also needs more medicine. After studying it thoroughly, he will teach Xiaodoubao and the others.

Therefore, he spent these days in the Chinese medicine wholesale market on Hong Kong Island, studying these medicines every day.

It took many years to find an agency, and it took the other party several days to finally finalize five companies.

Two of them are pure newspapers and periodicals, and the other three are newspapers and periodicals with publishing operations and printing plants.

The prices quoted by the first two pure newspapers were not high, but they were not low either. Over the years, I only chose one of them and only spent 5 yuan to win it.

The remaining three newspapers and periodicals have printing operations, as well as their own publishing channels and editors. It took 68 yuan over many years to win one of them.

After the acquisition, the two newspapers were renamed over the years.

One is New Economic Daily, and the other is renamed Zhongyong Daily.

The former will be more interested in economic and political history, while the latter will be more interested in newspapers and periodicals that focus on the market and novels.

The direction between the two is roughly like this, but it's not exactly like this.

After all, there is not that much news in Hong Kong Island now.

Moreover, both newspapers and periodicals are still very small, and there are still very few ways to obtain news.

After completing the acquisition and rectification, it took about a week or so to reinvest 200 million for many years, allowing the two editors and managers to recruit and re-inject vitality into the two newspapers.

Shu Ming, editor-in-chief of New Economic Daily, looked at the boss in front of him and felt that he was following the right person.

An investment of 50 can completely buy ten previous newspapers and periodicals.

“Boss, we’re afraid we won’t be able to use up all this money.”

Andy, the manager of Shanhai Publishing House, couldn't help but say.

If an investment of 100 million is given to the publishing house, how can it be fully spent?
Huang Sicheng, the editor-in-chief of Zhongyong Daily next to him, smiled directly and said, "Andy, if you can't spend it all, you can transfer some shares to me, and we can definitely spend it all."

Andy is a British man. When he heard this, he said in fluent Cantonese: "No way, this 100 million was given by the boss, and I definitely can't give it to you."

(End of this chapter)