The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

The roof of Lou's tenement house.

Lou Xiao'e concentrated on making tea for Li Ming, just the two of them.

"Xiao'e, do you prefer to stay in the port city or the capital city?"

"Why do you ask that?"

Li Ming crossed his legs and said, "Our previous plan was for you to stay with your family for a few days and then return to the capital."

"If you like staying here, then I'll change my plan."

Lou Xiao'e thought for a moment and said, "Living in the capital, you worry all the time that I will be troubled."

"The people here speak vernacular, and I can't understand them. They are not as friendly as in the capital."

Li Ming asked with a smile: "Both parties are not satisfied, right?"

"That's it!"

Li Ming said casually: "Here in Hong Kong City, if you don't come into contact with the middle and lower classes, it doesn't matter if you don't understand or speak the vernacular."

"After I went out and interacted more, I realized that there are still many people who speak Mandarin in Hong Kong City."

Many of the gangsters he has come into contact with recently can speak Mandarin.

This is actually quite normal.

The most popular songs are Mandarin songs.

At this time, the world of movies was also dominated by Mandarin films, and there were only a few in Cantonese.

'If you have money and education, read English, if you have money but no education, read Mandarin, and if you have no money and no education, read Cantonese. '

Famous figures, such as Jin Yong, seem to be able to understand the vernacular but can only speak a few sentences.

Lou Xiao'e is very skilled at making tea, and she doesn't look flustered when she speaks, "Do you want me to stay in Hong Kong City?"

"That's not to say, it's up to you to do whatever you want."

"Can I go both ways?"

Li Ming gave a thumbs up and praised the aroma of the tea she made, "That's okay. I'll change the plan a little. We'll rent an office here in Central as our headquarters, so that you don't have to rush to Kowloon when you stay in Hong Kong City. "

Because there is no bridge or tunnel connecting Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, it is inconvenient to have two separate offices to handle business.

Lou Xiao'e asked strangely: "Didn't you say before that there's no rush here in Central?"

"I got an unexpected fortune, and I won't feel comfortable if I don't spend it."

Lou Xiao'e didn't ask him much about how he got the money, "Okay, I'll ask my dad to find someone to ask."

"Huang Fuyi is only familiar with Kowloon. He can't help here on Hong Kong Island. I don't have time to look for it, and it's impossible for you to look for it. This matter really has to trouble your dad."

Li Ming added: "And ask your elder brother to help us go to Riben and help us purchase two types of machinery and equipment back to the port city."

Lou Xiao'e asked in confusion: "What equipment can I buy if I have to go to Japan?"

Li Ming said of the new plans, “One is machinery and equipment for making instant noodles, and the other is equipment for making fish sausages.”

"We will first set up an instant noodle factory and a ham sausage factory in Hong Kong City."

"Xiao Riben's machine is more suitable for people in the Dongya area than Ou Mei's."

Lou Xiao'e heard her man talk about ham sausage, "What are instant noodles?"

Li Ming explained simply: "It is a kind of noodles that can be eaten after being soaked in boiling water for two to three minutes."

"There is a broken rule in Hong Kong City. Tea restaurants are not allowed to open the fire for cooking. Instant noodles can be supplied to tea restaurants. They have a stable market and can also be sold to those who have no time to cook."

Lou Xiao'e reminded: "My eldest brother and the others are busy working at the plastic toy factory, and they are competing for performance recently. I guess it won't do any good and he won't want to go."

Li Ming didn't take it seriously, saying, "Give him 2 yuan as a favor. He will definitely go."

"Why give so much?"

"If you want someone to work, you have to pay enough. You should tell your elder brother clearly that if he dares to get kickbacks or something, if you don't call him when there is a good thing in the future, none of our relatives will do anything with him."

"Yeah. I'll tell him."

Li Ming looked at his watch and said, "There is still time, so I'll save money first. Only letters of credit and checks issued by big banks like Standard Chartered and HSBC are easy to use at Riben."

The financial industry in Hong Kong City is developed, and places like Central are full of banks.

There are 86 licensed banks in Hong Kong, 215 branches, and 301 offices of foreign banks in Hong Kong.

Most of these institutions are near Central.

Lou Xiao'e asked: "Did you go back to the capital after saving the money?"

Li Ming asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"The office in Kowloon is still vacant, and another one is opening in Central. Should we recruit people?"

"You are responsible for this matter, and your father will take care of it. I will ask Huang Fuyi to assist you, and Lawyer Liang will prepare the contract documents."

"Okay. If you don't recruit well, don't blame me."

"First find two clerks in Jiulong, and you will have them to help with the work. For people in other positions, wait until your elder brother buys the equipment."

Lou Xiao'e asked again: "After buying the equipment, we don't have a factory building? You said that it is difficult to rent a factory building now."

Li Ming said dotingly: "You little fool, don't I have two warehouses for short-term rent? Before the machines and equipment are installed, I can use them as an excuse to store them there. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can always rent a factory."

"Hmph, you are the smartest."

"I'm leaving first. Talk to your elder brother."

"I know." Lou Xiao'e also stood up and walked him downstairs.

A deposit of 100 million is a welcome guest at a big bank like Standard Chartered.

Li Ming quickly settled the matter of saving money.

Lou Xiao'e also easily convinced her eldest brother.

Within a few days, 2 yuan in labor fees were received, and Lou Xiaoe's eldest brother Le Dian Dian agreed to go to Japan.

The money in the family is not his own even when his father is still alive, and it has to be divided among several people.

The money given by my little sister can be put into my trouser pocket.

The one who helped was the little girl that daddy loved.

After a dozen abacus beads, Brother Lou Xiaoe knew what to choose even with his eyes closed.

Beijing.

The north wind blew, bitingly cold.

People in the capital also have ideas about Shanghi's payment of subsidies, wages, and allowances to people.

Not only cities like Beijing, but also rural areas closer to Shanghai such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi have also seen movement.

For this reason, the superiors sent a congratulatory message to Shanghai today, confirming their actions on January 1.

They were praised for issuing an "Emergency Notice" on January 1 to stop the random distribution of money.

'1. We must resolutely implement the instructions of 'grasping lives and promoting production' and actively participate in it. At the same time, we must stick to our production positions and become a model of 'grasping lives and promoting production'. '

'2. Call for action, persuade and mobilize Shanghai workers, government officials, enterprise staff, artist apprentices, etc. in various places to return to Shanghai immediately to do a good job in their units and overfulfill this year's production plan. '

'4. Except for necessary production funds, salary expenses, publicity funds, office funds and other legitimate funds, the working capital of all agencies, groups, enterprises and institutions will be frozen from now on, and will be supervised by financial agencies at all levels. , to ensure that the national economy does not suffer losses (except for people’s deposits in banks). '

'5. In order to avoid diverting the general direction of ××, in principle, salary adjustments, salary repayments, welfare benefits, etc. will be left to the later stages of the movement. '

'10. The above-mentioned articles are ordered to be implemented by the municipal government and the Public Security Bureau. Anyone who violates the above-mentioned articles will be investigated and punished immediately for destruction. '

Director Li Huaide of the steel rolling mill naturally followed the pace.

Li Ming returned to the capital to attend a meeting held specifically for this purpose in the factory.

Since the New Year, he has been away from the factory for more than a week. He has taken a lot of leave. He often fails to attend meetings. Some people have opinions and say weird things.

Although there was an excuse to give birth to pigs in the factory, Deputy Director Nie still reminded him to pay attention to the impact.

Li Ming also came back to deal with it.

It was not in vain, I heard some inside stories.

It is not completely unreasonable for Shanghi to provide back wages.When there was a food shortage, some people went to rural areas to participate in agricultural production in the name of "supporting the countryside."

Now, someone is bringing up the matter of settling old scores.

Some people returned to the city to report the problem.

Even if it is carefully verified that only those who went to the countryside were given out, there were tens of millions of people who went to the countryside back then. There were so many people. How could they get so much money?

Moreover, a large number of workers were suddenly recruited into the city and returned to their hometowns to farm.

It’s a mess that’s even harder to sort out now, years later.

Many unreasonable things can happen, and there are some reasonable reasons for them.

The last time he heard the news in the Purchasing Section [-], Li Ming was confused and didn't understand why. This time he finally understood the reason.

Today's meeting was not in vain.

After the meeting, it was time to get off work again.

Li Ming did not wait at the gate today, but went directly to the small courtyard in the west of the city to have dinner.

He did not inform the people in the small courtyard in the west of the city that he could go to Hong Kong City.

The excuse for Lou Xiao'e's absence was that he was on a secret mission and would be back in a few days.

Uncle Fu and others were quite worried and puzzled that a young lady like Lou Xiao'e seemed incapable of carrying out secret missions.

But I have experience working in a big family, so I know not to ask too many questions.

Li Ming is also very worry-free.

No. 95 Siheyuan.

Yan Bugui probably waited for him for a long time, and came out when he heard the movement of his bicycle.

"Xiao Ming is back."

Li Ming greeted: "Third uncle, you haven't rested yet."

"I have a little something to ask you."

"It's cold outside, why don't you come into my room and talk?"

"Alright."

The two of them entered the warm east wing one after another.

Yan Bugui praised: "It's still warm in your room."

Li Ming entered the house and looked for a hot water bottle. "The addition of a suspended ceiling still has some effect."

"I just said that your house is warmer than other houses with stoves. It seems that the only thing they are missing is the ceiling."

"Third uncle, your family can also burn the kang and the stove next year."

"My family still has two and a half children to spend, so we have to make some calculations."

Yan Bugui took the tea cup filled with hot water and talked about the business tonight.

"What I want to tell you is about the greenhouse."

"Xu Damao said last time that he would help sell vegetables. I heard that he specifically sold to related households. Will it affect us?"

Li Ming himself was holding a teacup.

"Are you trying to say that if someone pulls someone out of his relationship, and then denounces Xu Damao during the examination, he will eventually be implicated in our hospital?"

Yan Bugui smiled and praised: "If you weren't very capable, you would have figured out all the key points just after I started talking."

"Where did you hear this? I've been a little busy recently and haven't paid attention to Xu Damao. I don't know who he sold to."

In fact, Li Ming's security officer had reported this matter early, and he wanted to find out who was causing trouble for Xu Damao.

Yan Bugui is not from the steel rolling mill, so he doesn't know how Xu Damao sold it.

Someone must have told Yan Bugui and took advantage of Yan Bugui's timidity to come to Li Ming to complain.

"Si Zhu said he heard it from someone in the factory."

As expected, Li Ming smiled and said: "As long as I'm here, there won't be big problems inside the factory. Outside the factory, such as the film distribution station, it's hard to say. You have to take care of Xu Damao."

"Is Xu Damao back? While it's still early, let's go over and remind him now."

"It seems he hasn't come back yet." Yan Bugui couldn't say that he kept staring at the people coming in and out of the front yard.

"I still have something to go out for, and I don't have time to wait for Xu Damao at home."

Li Ming decided: "Let's do this. He came back early today. You tell the second uncle to tell him. If he comes back late, we will talk to him tomorrow."

With the support of the people talking in the hospital, Yan Bugui felt confident.

"Then I will do as you say. You have to go out again, and you are really busy all day long."

"You also know about this. The Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office recently issued an anti-fraud guide, and the cause was the beating case in our factory. The Jiaodaokou Police Station still has a few things to do, so I'll go there."

Yan Bugui suddenly said: "So that's what happened! I heard from Director Liu of the street office that someone in the city seems to be talking about eradicating old ideas and customs."

It was a bit far, so Li Ming asked curiously: "How to clear it up? In the future, the people you talk to will also talk about diligence and frugality?"

"This seems to be the way it is. No food or drinks allowed."

"We are not allowed to give gifts. We spend most of our time studying and making progress together ideologically."

Yan Bugui walked out as he spoke.

People have to go out for something, so it’s not good to waste their time.

Li Ming just made a random excuse. He was going to Zhou Xiaobai's house.

It gets dark early in the capital, so everyone eats dinner early, and because of the cold weather, they also go to bed early.

He climbed over the wall earlier.

in bed.

"Xiaobai, you don't have enough physical strength."

"I will work hard!" Zhou Xiaobai said with some lack of confidence.

Li Ming hugged her from behind, small and exquisite, "Then how are you going to work hard?"

"I don't know either. You know better. Can you give me some advice?"

"Use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. I suggest you practice dancing to develop your flexibility."

"Dancing?"

Li Ming emphasized: "It's not about ballroom dancing, it's about learning the basic movements of dance, the kind that exercises the body. You are not allowed to learn the kind of hugging."

Certain dances are essentially courtship behaviors in the animal world.

People are people and animals are animals.

The boundaries that should exist are broken for so-called artistic reasons.

If others are willing, Li Ming will not object, since she is not his woman anyway.

Some people even like to be cuckolds, but it won't hinder Li Ming from doing anything.

But Li Ming's own women, he doesn't want them to engage in this kind of so-called art.

'If you are willing to let your wife play with me, I will be happy to do so.No one else is allowed to touch my own! '

He has such double standards.

Our country's traditional "Wanfu" gift is quite good.

The manner is elegant, elegant and polite.

No contact, no contact, no viruses and bacteria that may or may not be transmitted.

Zhou Xiaobai was quite satisfied with his request.

"I don't want to learn that dance of hugging and hugging."

"Not only does my dad not like it, but even my mother doesn't like it very much." (End of Chapter)