Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 270 269 TV Station and Champion
Having a good meal turned into a friendly match in the end, and Chu Xiangqian was of course very happy.

After the wind and rain stopped, the two of them finished their dinner in peace.

He helped put the dishes and chopsticks into the kitchen, but when he was about to take action, Feifei pushed him out of the kitchen.

Chu Qianqian smiled and shook his head. He didn't expect that this little woman had the potential to be a good wife and mother, but he just hoped that she wouldn't do it to him.

Seeing that Feifei knew how to put on rubber gloves when washing dishes, Chu Qianqian smiled and secretly thought that this little girl also knew how to protect her hands.

He kissed Feifei on the face before going to the living room and turning on the TV.

After watching it for a while, I suddenly wondered out of boredom, would I have the opportunity to invest in TVB during this period?

Without thinking for a few seconds, he suddenly looked up at the TV, which was playing an English program from 'Li's' TV station.

I hurriedly got up and went to change the channel. After changing it a few times, I only received two channels, and they were all "Li". There were no wireless TV stations at all.

Chu Qianqian held back his excitement, walked to the kitchen, and asked as if nothing had happened, "Feifei, why are all the stations in English?"

Feifei, who was washing the dishes, was stunned for a moment, turned around in confusion and said, "Has there always been only an English channel?"

Chu Qianqian casually said "Oh" and asked, "You really don't want my help?" '

Feifei rolled her eyes at Chu Qianqian and said, "If you really have nothing to do, go to the convenience store downstairs to buy some drinks of your choice and save them."

How could Chu Qianqian do such a thing? Why would he need to go down in the elevator if he could just call him back?

And if you can buy good wine at a convenience store, you might as well wait until you have free time and go to a wine store to choose.

Back in the living room, he stood by the huge floor-to-ceiling window, lit a cigar, and silently thought about the memories in his mind.

Not long after, something suddenly clicked in my mind. If I remember correctly, the first TV station on Hong Kong Island was indeed the 'Lai Ying Sing' founded by a British guy.

And it's still 57 years.

It was a pay TV station at that time, costing HK$25 per month and only broadcasting 4 hours a day.

This was ridiculously expensive at the time.

After all, it is equivalent to one week’s salary of ordinary people, so when it was launched, there were only 640 users.

It was not until 63 that the Cantonese channel was launched, but it was warmly welcomed by residents as soon as it was launched, and the number of users of the TV station began to grow explosively.

As for TVB, in 65, the Hong Kong government intended to open a free TV station, but the license was finally acquired by a partnership between Lee and others.

It was not until the 80s that Uncle Shao Liu became the majority shareholder of TVB.

Before that, he had always been running the TV station.

Two years later, in 67, Wireless TV Station officially launched, and in a short period of time it stole a large number of Li's users.

In the future, wireless will basically be the first choice for new users.When the license of "Lide" expired in 73, it was changed to a free model after renewal, and the best development period had been missed.

Thinking of this, Chu Qianqian couldn't help but frown.

This means that it is basically impossible for him to enter the television field in the next few years.

Moreover, investing in 'Lide' at this time is not only unprofitable, but also faces years of losses.

But then I thought about it, now there are still 65 years until 5.

Giving yourself five years is equivalent to giving yourself more time to develop and grow, otherwise you may not be able to win the future TV station license.

Early the next morning, Feifei and Feifei got into the car driven by Zhang Tianzhi, and went to Youguangjian to have breakfast first and solve the breakfast problem on the way.

When they arrived at the place, more than a dozen waitresses looked at Feifei, who was holding hands with Chu Qianqian and looked a little nervous, feeling envious and unwilling in their hearts.

As a low-income person, Feifei couldn't tell that these beautiful waitresses had long been interested in her men.

I wanted to say that I didn't want to learn cooking here, but then I thought, the more these women miss their men, the more I should appear in front of them from time to time.

After hearing the report, Duan Hongchun hurriedly walked out of the kitchen, "Chu Sheng, are you having morning tea, or do you have something to give me?"

Chu Qianqian smiled and waved his hand, pointed at Feifei and said, "This is Zhao Feifei, my girlfriend. She wants to learn to cook, so I will bring her over to learn some home-cooked dishes from the master chef."

Duan Hongchun looked at Feifei in surprise and secretly thought that this little girl was really serious.

Knowing that if you want to catch a man, you must first catch his stomach.

Look carefully, this girl is indeed very beautiful.

"No problem. Don't worry, Chu Sheng and Miss Zhao. I'll ask my wife to come over and teach Miss Zhao how to cook, make soup and pastries. Miss Zhao will be inseparable from taking care of Chu Sheng from now on."

Feifei was overjoyed. It was okay to learn cooking from the master chef, after all, he was usually in his 50s or [-]s.

But the kitchen is a man's territory after all, so it would be somewhat inappropriate.

With Duan Hongchun's wife taking action, he could even invite people home directly, and he would have an extra friend to talk to.

During breakfast, Duan Hongchun personally brought over five or six Western-style pastries.

"Chu Sheng, this is a new plate that I have recently tested with several master chefs. Please try the taste and give me some suggestions."

Chu glanced forward a few times and nodded with satisfaction.At least it looks more exquisite than before. It is specially catered to foreign tourists, local foreigners and fake foreign devils. It should be very popular.

As for the taste, it's basically the same as before, except that the two are more sour and sweet.

Feifei and Zhang Tianzhi were a little uncomfortable eating it, but Chu Xiangqian knew that Americans and British people at this time basically liked this taste.

Otherwise, the Panda Restaurant will not open two to three thousand fast food restaurants in the United States in the future, let alone go public.

As for England, in the next three to forty years, Chinese food will also taste more sour and sweet.

This is also the successful experience that countless Chinese people have slowly summed up when opening restaurants overseas.

Chu Qianqian ate a few pieces of pastry and asked Duan Hongchun with a smile, "Chinese people may not be used to it. Have you asked some ghost guys to come over and try the taste?"

Duan Hongchun shook his head, "In the past half month, I have been learning Western food plating. When I invited a Western food chef to come over to teach, he was very sure that foreigners like this taste.

In other words, 5 out of [-] are adapted to this taste. "

Chu nodded forward, looked at Zhang Tianzhi and said, "Brother Zhi, call the Yau Ma Tei Police Station and tell Charles's secretary that I will invite him, Assistant Director Blair and Superintendent Hahn to have a meal at Spine tonight.

If Director Ge Bai is free, please invite Charles. "

Zhang Tianzhi quickly put down his chopsticks and went to make a phone call.

Chu Qianqian said to the nervous and excited Duan Hongchun, "In addition to preparing the restaurant's special dishes of braised deer belly and fried deer liver, we will also prepare pineapple sweet and sour pork, kung pao chicken, and mapo tofu." .The main dishes are fried rice and fried dumplings.

As for dessert, can you make lotus cake and almond tofu? "

"Yes, yes", Duan Hongchun knew that tonight might be the second turning point in his life.

After Chu nodded forward, he looked at the hall and continued, "No business is allowed on the second floor today, and the place will be cleared tonight.

Then prepare a long table and Western-style tableware. Maybe we can become an instant hit tonight. "

Duan Hongchun nodded hurriedly again, but he didn't know that Chu Xiangqian was already thinking about inviting Margaret over.

If we can get her recommendation, then not only the branches on Hong Kong Island but also the British people will definitely like it in the future, and it will be much easier to open a branch in London.

Chu Xiangqian even thought about cooperating with Ge Bai and others to open a branch.

After all, although this kind of restaurant makes money, there is a limit to the restaurant's turnover.

All in all, the money you make in a year is probably not as much as you would make by selling a bloody horse.

It is better to recruit people to join the company and turn one company into five companies. Although a lot of shares are given away, in general, the money earned is more.

We can also take the opportunity to get closer to Ge Bai and others, and even open to London in the future. The more branches there are, the higher the market value will naturally be.

After breakfast, Chu Xiangqian drove Feifei to the newspaper office, and then crossed the sea to Happy Valley Racecourse to watch the Guardian Knight's game today.

When they entered the private room, not only Norton and Margaret had already arrived, but also Ge ​​Bai, Chief Secretary Hader, and Jockey Club's executive director Bridge.

He bowed to Margaret who was very happy, and Chu Xiangqiang just greeted Ge Bai, Hader and Bridge.

Hader took the initiative and asked, "Chu, we just heard from Director Ge Bai that you are inviting him and several senior police officers to dinner tonight?"

Chu Qianqian immediately understood what the other party meant and said with a smile, "Gentlemen, if you have time in the evening, please try the new dishes of my restaurant."

Hader and Bridge were naturally fine, but after agreeing, they still looked at Margaret from time to time.

Naturally, Chu Qianqian would not forget to invite her and Norton, and Margaret immediately agreed with a smile on her face.

Holding Chu's forward arm, he said, "Dear Chu, my sister has agreed to my request. There should be a plane transporting the two gifts this afternoon. By the way, Uncle Mountbatten also has a gift that he wants. Given to you to thank you for taking care of Norton."

Ge Bai, Hader and Bridge's pupils shrank, and the way they looked at Chu forward was suddenly different.

I thought Margaret was just fooling around, so she had an undue liking for this handsome oriental young man.

Unexpectedly, the people in London not only knew about it early, but the two big shots also gave Chu Xiangqian gifts and even flew them over.

This is interesting.

For a time, the atmosphere in the box became more harmonious and lively.

But Chu Xiangqian knew that it was no secret that the royal family wanted to win the horse racing championship.

It's a pity that not to mention the Triple Crown events, even the second and third level events rarely win championships.

To this end, the Queen deliberately put aside official duties and went to the United States and Austria in a private capacity to visit the operations of the two most highly rated horse farms at the time.

After returning to London, he also began to reform his horse farm.

Unfortunately, horse racing is not a sport that can achieve results in a short period of time.

But years of persistence and hard work have indeed yielded many results.From the time he started breeding racehorses in 57 to more than 60 years later, he has received almost 1 million pounds in prize money.

Just the money invested in horse racing is definitely several times the prize money.

And basically it takes 30 to [-] years before results start to show.

It can be said that as long as he gets a championship horse for the royal family or Mountbatten, the royal family will definitely acquiesce in his relationship with Margaret.

Of course, marriage is definitely not an option.Because the royal family actually has no control over this matter.

The biggest opponent will definitely be the Anglican Church of England, followed by the media and ordinary people.
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At 10 o'clock in the morning, the radio began to announce that today's 1600-meter race was about to start. Margaret hurriedly pulled Chu Qianqian out of the private room and stood on the terrace to watch the 'Guardian Knight' with binoculars.

Naturally, Chu Xiangqian could see everything clearly without a telescope.

Soon I saw Lindsay riding on a horse, and I also saw a ghost guy in his 60s or [-]s accompanying her, constantly reminding her of something.

Chu moved forward and looked back at Norton, "Who is the person next to Lindsay?"

Norton looked through the binoculars and said with a smile, "Master, because you didn't appoint a horse trainer, and the time is too tight. From last night to now, it only lasted more than ten hours. Let alone training, it is necessary to cultivate the tacit understanding between the horse and the rider." Disaster.

Therefore, Ms. Lindsay's father, Old Wood, took the initiative to request to temporarily serve as the guardian knight's horse trainer and Lindsay's coach. "

Chu Qianqian felt relieved, and then secretly thought, no wonder this woman has been able to support her dream for so long in a world full of male riders.

It turns out that there is a horse trainer dad who is behind it.

"What about the old man's qualifications and abilities?"

Norton laughed and said, "Master, horse trainers and riders who can come to Hong Kong Island to find jobs will not have any impressive results.

However, Mr. Wood has been in the industry for 20 years and has good qualifications. "

After speaking, Norton took a piece of information from his bodyguard Ward, and while reading it, he talked about which ranch the father and daughter had worked on.

Which arena has he worked in, and the Wood family is not poor.

Old Wood himself owns an 1800-acre ranch in Texas and raises 1400 cattle.

Just because of his obsession with horse racing, the ranch has long been taken care of by his two sons, but there is news that the business situation is not very good. "

Chu Xiangqian was not interested in the Wood family's ranch. As long as he had money, there were many ranches to choose from in the United States.

And there is absolutely no need to go to Texas, the most discriminatory state, to buy a ranch.

These days, Chinese people go to Texas to run ranches, which is troublesome when you think about it.

Just as he was about to say something, Zhang Tianzhi, who had been paying attention to his surroundings, suddenly came over and whispered, "Boss, Boss Bai and Lei Hu are on the balcony of the private room facing two o'clock."

Chu Qianqian looked sideways and saw that on the balcony of the private room two floors below his own, not only Bai Fanyu and Lei Luo were there, but Bai Yuechang and a young woman in her 20s were also watching the track.

Chu Qianqian smiled. Needless to say, he should be here to find himself.

And that young woman is most likely Bai Yue'e, Baifanyu's cousin's daughter.

I heard that this woman was having so much fun that she was still not married even at the age of 24 or five.

It is basically impossible for any local celebrity from a good family to let such a woman in.

Back then, her cousin Bai Yuechang also liked to mess around and have fun, but she only went to dance and eat Western food.

Still very conservative at heart.

But Bai Yue'e is different.

Hearing from Fei Bo, this girl had made friends with several ghost guys, and she knew she was a banana at first glance, so Chu Xiangqian immediately lost interest.

Otherwise, since you see Baifanyu and Lei Luo, you should go over and say hello.

After all, in name, when he first entered the ring to fight Tornado, Lei Luo mobilized a large number of people to help him solve all the uncertain factors outside the ring.

Moreover, Baifanyu fell to the ground because he was an older man. It would be rude for him to call him over.

He turned to Zhang Tianzhi and Ward and said, "Send me a bottle of red wine, and then tell Boss Bai and Lei Hu that I have distinguished guests here and it's not convenient for me to go there."

Zhang Tianzhi nodded. As for how to choose red wine, just ask Ward for help.

Now that Ward was facing Chu Qianqian, he had long lost his sense of superiority. He nodded hurriedly and left the private room with Zhang Tianzhi.

At 10:15, all the horses entered the track and prepared to enter the starting fence. The attention of Chu Qianqian and others was instantly attracted.

"You must win."

Chu Qianqian, who was staring at the track, looked at Ge Bai in surprise, and saw the old guy staring at the track nervously, muttering, "I bought 1 pounds to bet that the Guardian Knight would win alone."

Chu Qianqian immediately rolled his eyes. As a horse owner, not only could he not buy his own horse, he could not buy other horses on the track either.

Otherwise, Chu Xiangqian will buy it for [-] or [-] yuan and make a fortune.

Of course, today the Jockey Club unexpectedly set the winning rate of the Guardian Knight at 70%, which means that if you buy it, you will win alone, and the odds are 1 to 1.43.

This made all the customers who like to bet on horses surprised and curious, so much so that the guardian knight became famous in the racecourse for the first time on the track.

But not many people actually buy Guardian Knights.

After a while, the countdown bell started, the starting barrier suddenly opened, and the guardian knight was the first to rush out.

Everyone in the private room immediately cheered.

It was only a dozen meters away, and its super explosive power put the Guardian Knight in first place easily.

When approaching the corner, Chu Qianqian looked at Lindsay commanding the horse to enter the corner first, and he was basically relieved.

Sure enough, the advantage of the Guardian Knight became more and more obvious at the curve. After exiting the curve, it was already three lengths ahead of the second horse.

And when entering the straight again, the speed is getting faster and faster.

It felt like it was definitely the rider's fault, causing the horse to consume a lot of energy too early.

After just one lap, the Guardian Knight's speed showed no signs of slowing down.

After rushing out of the last corner, Lindsay didn't need to remind the guardian knight. The horse became excited on its own, gasping for air and completely letting go of the speed and running wildly.

The old guy Ge Bai became more and more excited as he shouted. If he wins, he will earn 4300 pounds.

等于68800港币，比楚向前拿到的冠军奖励的4万港币都高2万8千8。

A few seconds later, the guardian knight was the first to cross the finish line, 2 positions ahead of No. 11.

There was an uproar at the scene. When the display screen showed 1 minute, 34 seconds and 57 seconds, it not only broke the record, but also exceeded 1 second and 10 milliseconds.

The audience exploded immediately.

Then most people cursed and threw their betting tickets into the sky.

It can be said that the Jockey Club will make a lot of money in this game.

Seeing the Guardian Knight crossing the line first, Margaret was so excited that she wanted to hug Chu and move forward.

(End of this chapter)