1990: Starting from Baojia Street

After Shen Yan and Li Hong left, Zhou Yan called his brother Zhou Hong again and told him what had just happened.

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Hong was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke, "I understand. You guys go to film first and don't worry about other things. When you get to Taipei, I'll send some people to stay with you to ensure your safety."

Zhou Yan originally wanted to say that there shouldn't be any problem in Taipei City, but after thinking about it, he decided not to refuse. He was too careless this time, which led to this kind of thing.

"it is good."

"Have you told Xu Feng about this?" Zhou Hong asked again.

"Not yet, but she should know about what happened this afternoon soon, because I asked Tomson to send a lawyer."

"It's okay. She'll know what happened in the afternoon. Don't tell her about the rest."

"Yeah." Zhou Yan nodded, and then asked, "What are you going to do about this? If it doesn't work, we can actually call the police."

"Don't ask anymore. Just focus on filming and return to Yanjing as soon as possible."

Although Zhou Yan was very curious about what his brother would do, since he was told not to ask, he did not ask any more questions.

……

Jiang Mengfei returned that night with his forearm in a cast.

The examination results showed that there was a fracture. Fortunately, it was just an ordinary partial fracture and no surgery was required. Conservative treatment would be enough.

Jiang Mengfei is still young, so it should be fine if he is taken care of for a few months.

For Jiang Mengfei, the fracture was a minor matter. The main problem was that he was angry because he was ambushed and hit so many times.

With his arm in a cast, he threatened to find the people he met in the bar today.

Compared to the people who rushed out at night, he hated those he met in the bar more. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that they were the masterminds behind the scenes.

"Damn it, he doesn't dare to do it openly and only knows how to play dirty." When he arrived at Zhou Yan's room, Jiang Mengfei was still indignant and hammered the sofa with his good hand.

This movement caused his left arm to shake, causing him to inhale in pain, "hiss~"

Zhou Yan smiled and poured him a glass of water, then sat down opposite him. "This injury is a blessing in disguise. The other party must have some concerns, otherwise he wouldn't have run away so quickly."

"If we hadn't been drunk and the incident hadn't happened suddenly, they wouldn't have been able to take advantage of us even if they had sticks." Jiang Mengfei was still not convinced.

Indeed, this was a very shameful thing, it happened so quickly, they failed to organize an effective counterattack, and let the other party get away.

Moreover, several of them were beaten, and only Jiang Mengfei had his arm broken, so he felt somewhat embarrassed.

Of course Zhou Yan could understand Jiang Mengfei's feelings, and it was also good for him to complain and vent.

He looked at Li Hong beside him and asked, "Have you notified everyone about the cancellation of the holiday?"

"Yes, everyone has been notified. I didn't tell them about the sneak attack. I just said that we should speed up the filming. Although everyone was a little surprised, they didn't say anything."

"It's better not to tell them, so they don't think too much." Zhou Yan nodded, and said to Jiang Mengfei, "Tomorrow our main force will rush to Taiwan Island. I will arrange for someone to take you back to Yanjing to recuperate."

When Jiang Mengfei heard Zhou Yan ask him to go back first, he immediately quit, "I'm fine, I still have an arm, I'll go to Taipei with the main force."

Zhou Yan's face darkened. "Nonsense! You still want us to take care of you like this? There is no room for negotiation. You must go back tomorrow."

After being scolded by Zhou Yan, Jiang Mengfei shrank his neck. Although he and Zhou Yan had a good relationship in private, he dared not touch Zhou Yan's authority.

"I understand. I'll go back tomorrow."

Seeing Jiang Mengfei agreed, Zhou Yan's tone softened again, "Go back and take good care of your injuries. Go to the hospital for regular checkups. The studio will reimburse you for all expenses, including nutrition expenses and the like."

Jiang Mengfei was a little embarrassed, "This is not a work-related injury."

"If I say it's a work-related injury, it's a work-related injury. You did a great job today. When you're out, you should know how to protect your companions, don't cause trouble, and don't be afraid of trouble." At this point, Zhou Yan looked at his watch and said, "Well, it's getting late, everyone go back and rest."

"Okay, Director Zhou, you should also go to bed early. You have stayed up until now for this matter." Li Hong stood up.

Jiang Mengfei opened his mouth to say something, but was pulled up by Li Hong, "Let's go, Mengfei, don't disturb Director Zhou's rest."

"okay."

……

The two of them left Zhou Yan's room, and Meng Fei pouted and said, "Old Li, why did you pull me?"

Li Hong turned around and looked at him, "Don't I know what you are going to say? You must be talking about revenge, right?"

"Of course, we can't let this loss go to waste, and I remember that Lao Zhou is not such a coward. So he's going to be a deserter now?"

Li Hong rolled his eyes at Jiang Mengfei. "Mengfei, you have been with Director Zhou longer than any of us, so you should know Director Zhou better than any of us. Director Zhou is certainly not someone who is afraid of trouble, but he is not a young boy who only knows how to fight. Now that so many of our crew are in Hong Kong, Director Zhou, as the first person in charge, has the primary task of ensuring the safety of all of us, and the second is to shoot the show well."

"I just feel a little bit helpless." Jiang Mengfei muttered.

Of course he knew that what Li Hong said made sense, but he just couldn't swallow it.

"Okay, I know you're angry. When we get back to Beijing, we'll have a drink with you."

Jiang Mengfei rolled his eyes and raised his injured arm. "I won't be able to drink for a while."

"It's okay, we'll drink, you can just sit next to us and watch."

"Old Li, are you still a human being when you say this?"

"How about I give you the bottle of 82 Wuliangye liquor I have at home?"

Jiang Mengfei licked his lips and looked Li Hong up and down, "Not bad, now you look like a human being."

"Go to hell."

……

The next day, the crew of "Time Traveler" split into two groups, one heading to Taiwan Island and the other rushing back to Yanjing.

The team returning to Yanjing was led by deputy director Xiao Can, who happened to have gone back early to prepare for the post-production of the film.

Except for a few parties involved, basically no one else in the crew knew what happened yesterday. Many people were very surprised to see Jiang Mengfei's arm in a cast, but Jiang Mengfei announced to the public that he accidentally fell while moving props.

In fact, considering the sudden suspension of the crew's vacation and Jiang Mengfei's injury, many people felt that something was wrong and felt that something had happened, but they had not heard any news and could only guess in their hearts.

The mood of most people was not affected. The filming was coming to an end and they were going to Taiwan, so they were all in a relatively relaxed mood.

Many people have never been to Taiwan and are very curious about it.

……

In an apartment building in Kowloon, after listening to the report from his henchmen, Chen Zhaoji smiled contemptuously, "They are smart and know that it is useless even if they call the police."

Chen Zhaoji went to a bar with his friends yesterday. When he saw a pretty girl, he wanted to approach her, but the girl refused to give him face.

Later, the two sides had a verbal conflict, and finally they relied on their large numbers to surround those people.

They originally wanted to force the other party to surrender, but who knew that the other party would not be moved by any soft or hard tactics. In the end, one of them took the first step and wanted to slap the other party, and the fight began.

Originally Chen Zhaoji thought that since there were more than ten people on his side and only a few men on the other side, they would not suffer any loss. However, when the fight really broke out, they had no ability to fight back at all.

Especially the tall guy on the opposite side, who knocked down two or three people on their side with just a few moves, using both punches and kicks.

Later, the matter was brought to the police station. Chen Zhaoji felt that he had been wronged and demanded an apology from the other party. However, his father later sent someone over to ask him to calm down the matter.

Their family is a peripheral member of the organization, and they have made a lot of money over the years by relying on the gang.

Next year is 97, and everyone is busy trying to clear their name, including his family. At such a critical time, his father certainly doesn't want any complications to arise, because if things get out of hand, it won't be good for them.

Although Chen Zhaoji was unwilling, he still obeyed and chose to back down.

However, after leaving the police station, Chen Zhaoji arranged for people to follow him, and finally ambushed him on the way back to the hotel after dinner.

He originally wanted to have his men carry knives, but thinking of his father's words, he decided not to do so and only asked them to carry baseball bats.

They have done this many times and have become very skilled at it. The other party is not prepared and it is impossible to find them.

Even if the other party can think of it as someone he hired to do it, without evidence, there is nothing they can do.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhaoji leaned back on the sofa with a look of satisfaction on his face. He had finally gotten rid of the anger he had felt yesterday afternoon.

It's a pity that no one recorded the video, otherwise it would be great to watch the video of the other person being beaten while sipping red wine.

Another pity is that I didn't get to hook up with that beautiful lady.

Chen Zhaoji has also seen many beautiful women, but the one he met yesterday ranked top among all the women he had seen.

Although the girl was dressed casually and had no makeup on, she looked no less like a star.

Chen Zhaoji felt regretful when he thought about such a beautiful woman slipping away from his hands. If the current situation was different from before, he would have had other means.

"Mr. Chen, do you want to find someone to ambush them again?" asked his subordinate.

Chen Zhaoji was a little tempted, but he finally shook his head, "Forget it, after last night, they should be on guard and not so easy to ambush, let them go this time."

"clear."

"How is the business of the two new restaurants that opened recently? Is there any improvement?" Chen Zhaoji asked about the business again.

Their family’s main business is catering. They have opened many restaurants in Hong Kong, but none of them are large in scale.

Now that Chen Zhaoji has gradually started to take charge of his own business, his family has opened two restaurants for him to manage.

It's just that he had been used to living a life of idleness since he was young, and was not very proficient in business matters, so the business of the two restaurants was not going well, and the losses were getting bigger and bigger.

It was almost the end of the year. If his family found out that he had lost a lot of money when he settled the accounts, he would be in big trouble.

"There's nothing wrong with our restaurant, but the restaurant next door is always causing trouble. Yue Hai Chao recently held an event where old customers could get a 40% discount if they brought new customers."

"40% off?" Chen Zhaoji raised his eyebrows. "Can we still make money with such a discount?"

"I don't know whether they can make money or not, but they are doing very well right now, while our restaurant's business is getting worse and worse."

"Md, you don't know how to appreciate this. Send someone over tonight to take a look."

"Want to cause them some trouble?"

"Let's take a look at the situation first and then talk about it later."

"clear."

They are not good at doing business, but they have many ways to deal with competitors. It is easiest to deal with restaurants like this. Sending people to report hygiene problems a few times is enough to give their boss a headache.

If all else fails, just put some cockroaches or something, at least it will disgust the customers in the store.

If it succeeds, not only will it affect the other party's business, but it may also be possible to extort compensation.

If he fails to do it, it doesn't matter. The worst that can happen is that his men will be arrested and jailed for two days. For his men, being arrested is no different from going home.

If I do well, I might be able to take over the store opposite.

They have many stores, and that's how I bought it.

As for those restaurants, they did not kill them all and gave them some money.

According to Chen Zhaoji's father, if he didn't pay, it would be illegal.

……

After Zhou Yan and his team arrived in Taiwan, they did not rest but went straight to the location to prepare for filming.

There weren't many scenes in Taiwan, and including preparation and filming, we finished all the shots in Taiwan in just one and a half days.

In fact, there was no need to shoot the scenes on Taiwan Island. It was Zhou Yan who felt that adding Taiwan Island had extraordinary significance, so he added these shots deliberately.

After the filming was completed, Zhou Yan asked the crew to rest for a day and then return directly.

He will stay in Taiwan for a few days. In addition to some work matters, he also has some personal matters to attend to.

I said last time that I would visit Joey Wong’s house, and I can’t miss it this time, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

As for the wrap-up banquet, Zhou Yan did not hold it and directly announced that it would be held in Yanjing.

The next day after the filming was completed, Zhou Yan returned home with Joey Wong.

The Wang family now lives in a high-end residential complex next to Tianmu Park in Shilin District, in a three-story villa with a garden.

This villa was bought by Joey Wong for her family to live in. Even the property title is written in her parents' names, and she had been living in it before.

Joey Wong likes to buy houses, but she bought other houses for investment and appreciation. But she obviously didn’t think that much when buying this house, because she spent several million Taiwan dollars on decoration alone, and including the house price, she spent more than 10 million Taiwan dollars.

The decoration, which cost several million Taiwan dollars, is indeed very nice, but the overall decoration style is not very clear.

When you push open the garden door and go in, at first glance you will think that this is a typical Western-style villa, but when you walk in you will find that it is mixed with many Chinese elements.

The Persian carpet on the living room floor creates a strange cultural conflict with the traditional four-piece set in the central hall.

The Wang family attached great importance to Zhou Yan's arrival, and all eleven people from four generations were present.

Except for Wang's mother and second brother Wang Zuan, Zhou Yan met everyone else for the first time.

Joey Wong introduced them one by one, and Zhou Yan greeted them one by one.

After asking everyone how they were, Zhou Yan took out the gifts and started giving them away.

Among these gifts, the gifts for peers and younger generations were all chosen by Joey Wong, while the gifts for the four elders were chosen by Zhou Yan himself.

The brooch chosen for Wang's mother was a golden flowing brooch, which Zhou Yan specially asked someone to design and make. Wang Zuxian said that her mother liked butterflies, so the brooch designed was a butterfly.

Mother Wang couldn't put the brooch down and couldn't help but praise it, "This craftsmanship is really good. The butterfly is lifelike. Zhou Yan, thank you for your money."

"Auntie, I'm glad you like it. Liu Yongxing, who made this brooch, is a famous master in Yanjing. He doesn't produce many every year. I was lucky to have an appointment with him."

"Have a heart."

What Zhou Yan prepared for Wang's father was a fountain pen. It was not an international brand like Parker, but an old Chinese brand called Hero.

Father Wang was a little surprised when he saw the fountain pen. “This pen looks quite old.”

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Uncle, you have a good eye. This pen is from the first batch of 'Hero 1962 Gold Pens' redesigned by Huafu in 100. There is a string of numbers on the pen barrel, which is the production date and the serial number of this pen."

"Oh, let me see, the number on the back is 66."

"Well, it's the sixty-sixth Hero 100 gold pen. The first one hundred were numbered. This pen has been kept and has never been opened or used."

After listening to Zhou Yan's introduction to the origin of this pen, everyone present was a little surprised. They didn't expect that a seemingly ordinary pen could have such a meaning.

This pen basically has no practical value, because no one would use it to write. It is more of a collection. (End of this chapter)