Life 1984

Chapter 230 The affection of socks [Please subscribe]

Guo Wanhua still obeyed Li Yunhai and slowly took off her stockings.

The black glass stockings were slowly rolled up along her jade-white hands.

Sections of snow-white skin appeared in front of Li Yunhai.

Her skin is whiter than the crystal lamp above her head!

Guo Wanhua's legs are slender and round, as if carved from white jade, delicate and smooth, giving people a sense of warmth.

When the stockings were removed, a pair of slender, moist and well-proportioned legs were revealed in front of Li Yunhai.

He looked at her feet. There were no blisters, but the soles were a little red.

Guo Wanhua usually has a car to travel when she goes out, but today she walked with Li Yunhai all day long. The skin on the soles of her feet is too delicate, and it is natural for her to turn red after walking so many steps.

"You have to take a good rest." Li Yunhai said with a smile, "It seems like the skin is about to break."

"Am I too squeamish?"

"It's not squeamishness, it's because we walked too much today. The stockings are too thin, why don't you try a pair of soft and thick socks?"

"I've never worn thick socks, and I haven't bought any."

"I'll buy it for you tomorrow."

"Yunhai, which shopping mall do you think is suitable?"

"I think they are all good. Of course the best one is Huacheng Department Store."

"Well, I also think that location is the best, but the rent of 100 million, more than 8 a month, is it too expensive?"

"But the department store has a lot of traffic. So many people come into the store every day. If we sell a few more machines every month, we can earn rent."

"So, you still want to rent the first floor of Guangbai?"

"Let's take a look first! The price can be negotiated. If it can be reduced to 40 or [-], then we can consider it. I will look for it tomorrow. It would be great if there are shops for sale. I will spend money to buy two rows of shops. .”

"Otherwise, we can talk to the landlords of those shops. As long as they are willing to sell, we can buy them for a little more money. With so many shops on Beijin Road, there is always someone who wants to sell them, right?"

"So, there is always a way. Just put your stockings on so you don't catch a cold."

"It's not cold." Seeing him staring at her legs, Guo Wanhua knew that her legs were very attractive, and she smiled sweetly, "Comparing my legs or Lin Zhi's, who looks better?"

"They all look good." Li Yunhai laughed.

It was late at night, Guo Wanhua stood up and said, "I'm going home. They are still waiting in the car outside."

"Okay. Don't go there tomorrow. I'll go look for you again."

"It's okay, just buy a pair of thicker socks for me to wear."

Li Yunhai sent her to the car and closed the door tightly.

He turned back and saw the stockings in the corner of the sofa.

Guo Wanhua didn't remember taking it away.

Li Yunhai picked them up and found that Guo Wanhua's body fragrance still seemed to remain on the stockings.

He put the stockings in the washing machine along with the clothes he changed into.

The phone rang suddenly.

Li Yunhai answered the phone.

Lin Zhi's gentle voice came: "Yunhai, you're back. I called before, but no one answered."

"Sister Guo and I went shopping outside for a day and just returned home not long ago."

"Have you found the right store?"

"No, we want to cooperate with department stores, but the rents they offer are scary."

"How expensive is it?"

"300 square meters, 100 million a year."

"That's indeed expensive! I can complete the personnel filing work tomorrow. Should I still come over to see you?"

"If you don't mind the hard work of going back and forth, then you can come!"

"Yunhai, how many days will it take for you to come back?"

"I don't know now. Since I'm here, I have to arrange things here before I can go home."

"Okay, then you go to bed early."

"Are you bored at home alone?"

"I'm not alone! I called Lin Xin to come over and accompany me."

"You're smart! Okay then, good night."

"Good night, Yunhai."

Li Yunhai put down the phone and came to the second floor to rest.

The next day, Li Yunhai did not invite Guo Wanhua, but came to Beijin Road early alone.

He selected a few storefronts, and then looked for store owners through the tenants of the storefronts.

Business people are extremely shrewd. When he heard that he wanted to find a landlord to prevent someone from driving him away through malicious bidding, he said that the landlord was not in Huacheng.

Some shops hire people to do the work, but they don't know anything about it.

The blocks near Beijin Road are all arcade-style buildings.

The arcade is mainly composed of three sections: the roof, the body of the building and the bottom of the building. People live on the upper floor, which is moisture-proof and waterproof; the corridor on the first floor also protects pedestrians from rain and sun, so they can walk without sweating in the summer and without getting wet when walking in the rain.

Huacheng used to have the famous Thirteen Banks, a tooth shop specializing in foreign trade. It was a monopoly institution designated by the Qing government to specialize in foreign trade.

Tens of thousands of workshops and hundreds of thousands of workers gathered around Thirteenth Bank, producing many wealthy merchants who were as famous as Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants.In the past few decades, there have been two former world's richest men, among whom Wu Bingjian is also the adoptive father of Forbes.

The property rights of arcades are complicated, including private houses, public houses, and overseas Chinese houses.

Li Yunhai walked into a shop again. This time he followed suit and went in with his briefcase under his arm. He asked in a tone of voice, "Is your landlord here?"

This store sells affordable clothing and has a relatively large area, probably more than 200 square meters.

There were several clerks in the store, all of them young girls. One of the young women glanced at him and asked, "What are you doing with the landlord?"

Li Yunhai said: "I'm from the Municipal Affairs Bureau and I'm here to inspect the work."

Seeing his arrogance and leadership, the young woman believed him and said, "The landlord is an overseas Chinese. He does not live in the country."

Li Yunhai asked her if she had the landlord’s contact number?I also emphasized that what I have to do is very important. The arcade here needs to be recognized as a cultural relic, and I need to contact the landlord.

The young woman actually had the landlord's contact information, so she took out a phone book and turned to one of the pages.

Li Yunhai took a pen and paper and copied it down.

While copying, he asked: "Who is the owner of your store?"

The young woman smiled and said, "I am the boss!"

"Oh, you are the boss, how long until the lease of the shop expires?"

"There are still more than two months!"

"When you renew the lease, will the landlord come back?"

"He entrusted relatives in China to handle the matter."

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation."

Li Yunhai got the information he wanted, went out and found a public phone, and first asked his boss if he could make international long distance calls?How much does 1 minute cost?

The boss said that international long distance calls are available for 25 yuan per minute.

Li Yunhai thought to himself, the phone bill here is really expensive. It only costs 18 yuan per minute in Xizhou.

But he didn't care about the money, so he called the phone number he just copied.

This is a Singapore phone number.

Singapore and my country both belong to the East Eighth District, and there is basically no time difference.

After the call was connected, a woman's voice came from the other side: "Hello?"

Li Yunhai first greeted him in English and asked if the other party was the owner of a building with a certain house number on Beijin Road, Huacheng.

When the other party heard that they were from China, they switched to Mandarin and asked, "Who are you?"

Li Yunhai said that he wanted to buy her arcade.

The woman said this was handed down from her ancestors and I couldn't sell it.

Li Yunhai said that you are all abroad and you have to manage domestic real estate. It is very inconvenient. How about you offer a suitable price?
The woman thought for a moment and said, "Can you afford $100 million?"

Li Yunhai thought to himself, I'm afraid you won't make an offer, but if you make an offer, there will be a solution.

One million U.S. dollars, even according to the official exchange rate, was almost 100 million yuan, which was definitely a lot of money in the country at that time.

Even abroad, millionaires are considered wealthy.

In 1982, the first Forbes 400 Richest Americans list was released. The amount on the list was US$1 million, equivalent to 2.8 million yuan. At that time, the richest man in the United States only had US$20 billion.

By 1985, the No. 1 on the Forbes list of the richest Americans was Sam, with a fortune of US$500 billion.In the same year, Xiangjiang's shipping king had a fortune of 400 billion.

When Li Yunhai heard that the other party offered a price of US$100 million, he said boldly: "Okay, can you come back to sign the real estate transfer procedures?"

The other party was obviously startled.

She had just made an offer of $100 million, but she just said it casually. In her opinion, the voice on the phone sounded like a young man, and there was no way she would pay $100 million to buy an old house.

Although she does not live in China, she also knows that the highest house price in Huacheng is less than 1000 yuan per square meter. Her house only has three floors, each floor is 230 square meters, totaling 690 square meters. Even if it is sold for 1000 yuan Each square meter only costs RMB 69.

And the price she offered was obviously several times the actual value!
"Who are you? Are you serious or joking?" The woman obviously didn't believe what Li Yunhai said.

"My name is Li Yunhai. I have taken a fancy to your house. Could you please take the time to come back and go through the transfer procedures?"

"$100 million? Are you sure?"

"I'd be happy if you had a little less."

"Ha! I won't sell it without it!"

"So, I bought it for 100 million U.S. dollars. If you want it in U.S. dollars or RMB, I can give it to you."

"Oh? Who are you? I have to make sure you are not playing tricks on me."

"I am the boss of Xizhou Sihai Group. If you pay attention to current affairs in China, you must have heard of our company. If you haven't heard of it, you can ask your relatives and friends in China."

"Sihai Group? Well, let's see. I happen to be going back to China to worship my ancestors, so let's make an appointment to meet?"

"anytime."

"Okay, I'll book a flight for tomorrow. I'll contact you when I get to Huacheng. What's your phone number?"

Li Yunhai left Huacheng's phone number and address with her, and also left Guo Wanhua's home phone number with her.

"OK, goodbye then."

Li Yunhai hung up the phone and calculated the phone bill, which turned out to be more than 100.

The reason why he likes this arcade is that it retains its original period features and looks well maintained.Moreover, the first floor has a very large facade, which can be used to open a shop. The second and third floors can be tidied up and used as a branch office.

Other shops are either too small or particularly dilapidated above the second floor.

To buy a small shop, he needs to buy two or three terraced arcades at the same time, which is not unusually difficult.

Li Yunhai paid the phone bill and used the same method to go to several other larger stores, asked for the landlord's contact information, and then contacted them.

He didn't know who would actually sell the properties, so he had to cast a wide net.

Even if they were all willing to sell, he could still afford it.

To his disappointment, except for the overseas Chinese, the other landlords were either absent, owned public housing, or were unwilling to sell.

After a busy day of running around, he found a restaurant nearby for dinner.

After eating, he walked back. When he passed a shopping mall, he thought of something and walked in.

He went straight to the sock counter. "Comrade, would you like to buy socks?" The waiter here was very enthusiastic.

"Yeah, let me take a look at the style."

"Comrade, the men's socks are over there. The women's socks are here."

"I just want to buy women's socks. Are there any better ones?"

"Yes. These are the most fashionable styles. Pure cotton is breathable and soft."

The salesperson took out several types of socks and handed them to Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai shook his socks and asked if there was anything better?Price is not an issue.

The salesperson took out another type of socks and said they were the most expensive socks in the store, costing five yuan a pair.

A woman next to her was also choosing socks. When she heard the price, she tsk-tsked: "A pair of socks costs five yuan? Isn't this a money grab?"

The salesperson smiled and said: "Comrade, you can't say that. Some clothes cost thousands of dollars a piece, and some cost a few yuan a piece. It depends on what you want to buy? It also depends on how rich your wallet is. dont you agree?"

Li Yunhai compared several types of socks and said, "These are five yuan a pair. Get me a pair of each color."

These socks come in a total of six colors, and they also have different embroideries, which are very beautiful.

The female customer next to her exclaimed: "Someone really buys such expensive socks! Six pairs at a time! It costs 30 yuan! How expensive are those feet?"

Of course, Li Yunhai didn't know her as well, so he took out the money and paid.

There were several bundles of money in his briefcase. He took out one bundle and pulled out three large unity cards.

When the female customer saw that he had so much money, she stuck out her tongue and stopped saying expensive words.

Li Yunhai paid the bill and put the socks in his briefcase.

When he walked out of the mall, he saw someone selling candied haws on a stick next to him, so he bought two bunches, wrapped them in paper, and put them in his briefcase.

It was already past seven o'clock in the evening when I got home.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard the phone ringing non-stop.

He put down his briefcase and picked up the phone.

Guo Wanhua's slightly resentful voice came: "Yunhai, where have you been this day? I have looked for you several times, but you are not at home."

"Sister Guo, I went to Beijin Road to look at the storefront."

"Why don't you call me too?"

"Your feet hurt, let me rest for a day."

"Alas! I know you are heartbroken, sister, but I also have to do something, so I can't be like a canary, right? How are you doing with your search?"

"I contacted an overseas Chinese, but I don't know if I can close a deal."

"Did you have meal?"

"Ate."

"What's the plan for tonight?"

"Watch TV and sleep."

"Come to my house. I have videos to watch. They are all films brought from Xiangjiang."

In 1985, "big-half" video cameras and video recorders began to enter wealthy families in my country. It was fashionable for families to have cameras accompanying them on weddings, birthdays, and even outings.

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go there later."

"Well, I'll wait for you." Guo Wanhua's voice was sweet and greasy, as if too much sugar had been added.

Li Yunhai ended the call and called Lin Zhi.

When he was negotiating with several department stores yesterday, he left the phone numbers of Xizhou and Huacheng.

But he was not at home all day, and even if someone called, he couldn't answer it.

So he wanted to ask Lin Zhi if she had a phone call for him.

Lin Zhi said that he did not have his phone number, and reported to him the company's situation in the past two days.

"Yunhai, I feel that the current company is still fragmented. There is no cohesion and everyone is not united."

"That's for sure. The company has just been established and the employees are not familiar with each other. It needs a running-in period."

"How do you think about how to solve this problem? This is a big deal for the company."

"Let's talk about it after I finish the things here!"

"Yunhai, I miss you. I want to find you, but for such a big company, it would be bad if we all leave. I'm here to keep an eye on you, so they don't dare to be lazy."

"If a company needs the boss lady to keep an eye on it in order to function, it can be dissolved."

"what?"

"Now that the company has just been established, there are many problems, and you can keep an eye on them. In the future, I will improve the company's articles of association and system so that everyone can perform their duties and the company can operate smoothly."

The two chatted for half an hour before hanging up.

Li Yunhai packed up and came to Guo Wanhua's house.

The servant opened the door and invited him in. He smiled and said, "Madam has long asked me to wait for Sir at the door, but Sir has just arrived. Madam has asked me more than a dozen times inside."

Li Yunhai laughed dumbly.

Guo Wanhua had no shoes on and was sitting barefoot on the sofa. When she saw him walking into the living room, she said coquettishly: "I thought you weren't coming!"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Lin Zhi and I talked on the phone for a long time."

Guo Wanhua pursed her lips and smiled, put on her slippers and came to the TV cabinet, pushed her long hair behind her ears, opened the glass cabinet door, and said, "Come here and choose a video to watch!"

Li Yunhai came over, squatted next to her, looked at the video tape inside, and said, "Blood Hibiscus? I haven't seen this movie, so I'll just watch this one."

"This is an old movie, from 78."

"Have you read it? How about changing it?"

"I didn't watch it either. Mei Lin brought these videos here. She was bored when she was playing here. How can I usually have time to watch videos with her?"

"Then watch this."

Guo Wanhua took out the video tape and put it into the video camera.

Although this movie is an old movie, it is a very classic martial arts movie, from beginning to end.

Li Yunhai and Guo Wanhua sat down to watch a movie.

"Sister Guo, are your feet feeling better?"

"Much better. Look."

Guo Wanhua stretched out her smooth feet to him.

Those white and red feet are clearly attractive.

Li Yunhai groaned.

He opened his briefcase, took out the six newly bought pairs of socks, and the pair of stockings Guo Wanhua left at his house last night, and handed them to Guo Wanhua.

"I've washed the stockings."

Guo Wanhua took it and said with a sweet smile: "You are so thoughtful that you actually bought me socks! These socks are very comfortable to touch! The soles are also very thick. The flowers on them are also beautiful, I like them very much. Thank you you."

There is no need to thank Li Yunhai for talking about a few pairs of socks.

The two of them discussed the plot while watching.

Li Yunhai asked: "How is the box office situation of Xiangjiang's theaters this year?"

"Ok?"

"How are the box office results of the movies produced by Yicheng Pictures?"

"I don't pay much attention to it. It doesn't seem to be very good. The movies with the highest box office are all produced by Golden Harvest Company."

"That's right. As I told you, Yicheng Pictures has gone downhill."

Guo Wanhua was stunned and said, "What you said makes sense."

She picked up the phone next to her and dialed a number.

The call was connected, and Guo Wanhua said: "Sister, I'm looking for Wan Zhao. I have something very important to talk to him about. Please let him answer the phone!"

A very impatient voice came from the other side: "How many times have I told you that my master is not in good health and needs more bed rest. Don't bother him if you have nothing to do!"

"Sister, let me just say a few words! I am his real wife!"

"Ha! I'm still his first wife! You are already the fifth child!"

After speaking, it was convenient to hang up the phone.

Guo Wanhua bit her lips and said to Li Yunhai: "Look, that eldest lady hung up on me again. Since she brought her children back home, I no longer have the right to talk to the old man."

Li Yunhai didn't know what to say, so he asked, "Then do you want to go back?"

"What are you going back for? Are you angry with them? Huh! The old man lies in bed every day now, and there are two dedicated nurses to take care of him. Even activities at home must be approved by the eldest lady!"

"Isn't it that the eldest lady put you under house arrest?"

"Absolutely!" Guo Wanhua said, "I'll call again tomorrow! Meilin will go home tomorrow, so I'll call her."

The doorbell rang outside.

After checking, the servant came in and reported: "Madam, Mr. Xu Baoxiang is here."

Guo Wanhua waved her hand: "No."

The servant agreed and went out to reply to Xu Baoxiang.

Li Yunhai smiled and said: "He is obsessed with you."

"He has no good intentions." Guo Wanhua smiled helplessly.

The servant came in again, holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand and said, "Mr. Xu gave this to Madam."

Guo Wanhua said: "Just throw it away!"

The servant said: "There is also a card inside. He said, madam, please read the contents on the card."

Guo Wanhua wanted to say that she didn't need to look at it, but after thinking about it, she asked the servant to hand it over.

She took the card and couldn't help but blush when she saw the words written on it.

"Yunhai, look at this." She handed the card to Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai took it and saw it written in traditional Chinese:

"Mrs. Chen, see you at Panxi Restaurant at seven o'clock tomorrow night."

"It's nothing! He just wants to date you, can't you just not go?"

"Look at the next one."

Li Yunhai looked at the signature below, which read: "Yinghua Girls' School Fourth Form".

"What does this mean?" Li Yunhai asked puzzledly.

"Meilin attended Yinghua Girls' School in Xiangjiang, and she is currently in Form Four."

"Oh? Then what is Xu Baoxiang's intention in writing such a sentence?"

"He threatened me with Mei Lin yesterday."

"Then this is a blatant attempt to threaten you into submission?"

"Yes, Yunhai, what do you think I should do?"

"Tomorrow night, I will accompany you!"

　First, ask for a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)