Era: Life's Big Winner

Chapter 116 Sophora japonica: I'm not kidding
"Are you crazy?" Liu Hongchang's eyes widened in surprise.

"You have too much money to spend? Doing something so thankless? If you want to buy a yard, you have to buy one with clear title!"

Lou Xiao'e smiled and replied, "During the time since I came back, I may have found myself nostalgic because I'm getting older, so I thought about buying a yard."

"Oh, that's not surprising. Have you been back there?" Liu Hongchang suddenly realized.

Lou Xiao'e pursed her lips and shook her head.

Liu Hongchang asked again: "Are you still thinking about Xu Damao? Or are you still thinking about Sha Zhu?"

"I hate Xu Damao to death. Sha Zhu has become a thing of the past since the moment I changed my child's name." Lou Xiao'e said.

Liu Hongchang frowned and said, "What's wrong with you? I'm not saying anything, but the people at the Red Star Courtyard know you want to buy the courtyard, so even if they agree to sell it, they'll ask for a lot. Do you want to be a sucker?"

"I know, that's why I asked you if there is any covert way to conduct the transaction normally." Lou Xiao'e said with a smile.

Liu Hongchang was speechless and said, "I suggest you buy a yard with clear property rights. Although the price has increased a lot now, it is still easy to buy. Do you want me to help you find out?"

Lou Xiao'e shook her head and replied, "That's meaningless. I might as well buy a villa instead of another yard."

"Well, just pretend I didn't say anything. If you really want to buy the Red Star Courtyard, I can't help you much," Liu Hongchang replied.

Lou Xiao'e looked at him a few times and sighed, knowing that Liu Hongchang did not help her, but did not want to help her.

Feeling a little depressed, he waved, hailed a taxi and left.

Liu Hongchang watched the taxi go away, somewhat confused about what Lou Xiao'e was thinking. She said she wanted to rekindle her old relationship with Sha Zhu, but she didn't take the child directly to find Sha Zhu like in the original drama.

She said she had no other ideas and she wanted to buy the courtyard house.

In fact, with Lou Xiao'e's financial strength, it would be easy for her to buy a yard. Even if those beasts asked for too much, how could they possibly get what they wanted?
The key point is that there are a lot of things going on here, and Liu Hongchang doesn't have the energy to get involved in this matter, nor will he use his favors to let others secretly buy them in exchange for Lou Xiaoe's favor.

Liu Hongchang shook his head, smiled, and rode his bike home.

……

The next day was Mid-Autumn Festival, and we had a day off.

After breakfast, the whole family went out to climb the Great Wall.

We went to a private restaurant at noon, and Houdunzi, Gao Junling and their two children also came.

It’s a rare dinner together, and the box is particularly lively with constant laughter.

The food would be served in a while, so Liu Hongchang, Liu Yunchang and Houdunzi came to the yard to smoke and chat.

"Your business is really booming." Houdunzi exclaimed with a smile as he looked at the endless stream of customers.

Liu Yunchang said with envy: "How much money do you make in a day? Hongchang, how about you give me a chef, I'll invest some money, find a store, and open a restaurant?"

"I don't care, but you have to discuss it with mom and sister-in-law first. Don't get impulsive and start arguing." Liu Hongchang said with a smile.

In recent years, the steel rolling mill was restructured, but Liu Yunchang finally stayed. After all, he was a fitter. If he continued working like this, it would be impossible for him to become rich, but he could still have enough food and clothing.

So when he wanted to quit his job and start his own business, he faced much greater resistance than Liu Hongchang did.

When Liu Hongchang resigned, his family did not object because he could earn a lot of money by taking private jobs.

Wang Cuilan talked about this for a long time in private.

Hou Dunzi continued, "There is no such thing as a 100% profitable business. In the same business, or even in the same store, some people make money while others lose money. This is nothing new."

Liu Yunchang smiled and said, "I was just joking. I know I'm not cut out for business. If I really want to do business, I won't be able to do it if I'm afraid of this and that."

Houdunzi smiled and said, "That's true. You need courage to do business. Hongchang is very good in this aspect. He is bold and daring."

"I'm just lucky, that's all," Liu Hongchang said modestly. As he was speaking, he saw a group of people from the Jia, Liu, Yan, Xu, and Yi Zhonghai families from the Red Star Courtyard rushing into the courtyard, looking around and curiously observing the surroundings.

When they saw Liu Hongchang, they all came forward to greet him.

"Director Liu, we have agreed to come and take care of your business today. Can you give us a discount?" Yan Bugui asked with a smile.

Liu Hongchang smiled and said, "Huaihua joked at the beginning of the year that we would book a few private rooms for the Mid-Autumn Festival. I didn't expect you to do it for real!"

"I'm not kidding." Huaihua took Qin Huairu's arm and said with a smile, "It's you, boss, who thinks I'm kidding."

Yu Li came over and said, "No wonder Liu Chang's restaurant is so popular. It must have cost a lot of money to decorate it, right?"

Liu Hongchang smiled and said, "Haha, not bad, how's your restaurant business going?"

Yu Li hesitated for a moment and replied, "It's closed. At first, we hired Sha Zhu to be the chef, and the business was pretty good. Later..."

Liu Hongchang smiled and understood the situation. At first, Sha Zhu was the chef with a salary of 2,000 yuan, and he brought a fat apprentice with him with a salary of 500 yuan.

The cost is not small.

Just a few days after opening, Sha Zhu couldn't change his bad habit of taking leftovers back home, and Yan Jiecheng couldn't stand it, so a conflict arose between the two sides.

Later, in order to save costs, Yu Li dismissed Sha Zhu and left the fat apprentice in charge of cooking.

But the fat man was good at flattering people but failed to do his job. In a few days, he bankrupted Yu Li's restaurant.

I heard that later Yu Li tried every means to invite Sha Zhu back, but he failed to come back to life.

A few days ago, Liu Hongchang heard from Huaihua that the Yan family, big and small, had invested a lot of money in Xu Damao to do some foreign trade business.

Needless to say, that business was actually a scam by Li Huaide and would probably be exposed soon.

After some greetings, Liu Hongchang personally escorted them to the private room and gave them some drinks, but there was no discount on the food.

It's not that we are unkind, but many of the customers who come here are acquaintances. If we really want to give them discounts casually, then we can forget about making money.

"No matter how favorable the offer is, as long as you collect money, others will think you have made money. Otherwise, you shouldn't charge a penny," Liu Hongchang said to Liu Yunchang.

Hou Dunzi continued, "Haha, that's true. If my friend opened a restaurant and charged me two dollars for a bowl of noodles for three dollars, I would also think he was making money."

"That's right. So just giving them a few bottles of soda or something will be enough." Liu Hongchang said with a smile.

Back in the box, the food was served and everyone started eating and drinking.

After three rounds of drinking.

Houdunzi said, "Hongchang, to be honest, Nanyi's craftsmanship is not as good as yours."

"Haha, I haven't cooked in the kitchen myself for a few years." Liu Hongchang said with a smile.

At this time, Xu Damao came in with a bottle of wine in one hand and a glass in the other, and said happily: "Director Liu, I'll toast you a glass."

“You’re welcome!” Liu Hongchang raised his glass and said with a smile.

Xu Damao took a look and asked with a smile: "I thought Liu Chang drank medicinal wine. As such a big boss, he is reluctant to drink something good?"

He had no interest in doing anything, so he came here just to try some medicinal wine, but he didn't expect that Liu Hongchang was drinking ordinary wine.

Medicinal wine is too expensive, and its price changes every year. Now it has risen to 990 yuan per jar. Most people are reluctant to spend the money to buy it.

Xu Damao and his friends had pooled their money to come here for dinner, so naturally they wouldn't order such expensive wine.

"Haha, I have a family to support, so naturally I have to be frugal." Liu Hongchang said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)