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"Since we are acquaintances, then Zhou won't blame me for calling the police to have her arrested, right?"

"Haha, knowing each other doesn't mean we have a good relationship. I know a lot of people. It's impossible for everyone to have a good relationship with me. She and I are just former colleagues. Whether she was arrested or not has nothing to do with me. .”

Li Li skipped this topic and asked another thing.

"I inquired about the news today, and someone said that if Zhizhen Garden is closed, the entire Yellow River Road will be happy."

"Now that you know, why are you asking me?"

"Mr. Bao said that Zhizhen Garden can only be opened for three months. This is the first month and something like this has happened in Zhizhen Garden. If this continues, there will probably be more troubles in the future. I don't know, Mr. Zhou. Li Li would be very grateful if you could give me some advice."

"There is no free lunch in the world. If I give you advice, what benefit will I get?"

"You can ask for anything you want. As long as I have it, I will try my best to satisfy it." Li Li said firmly.

Zhou Chen didn't speak, just looked at her lightly. Such a gaze made Li Li feel very uncomfortable, because she found that Zhou Chen's look at her was too direct.

Just when she was about to break the silence, Zhou Chen spoke.

"You are so smart, you will definitely think of something wrong. Those boss ladies on Yellow River Road are nothing to me, but they are really a trouble to you. In a few days, you come to Fuxing Road and I will give them to you. You have one thing.”

Li Li was about to ask when the car stopped and the driver Wang Yuan whispered: "Sir, we have arrived at Taojiang Road."

Zhou Chen smiled slightly at Li Li and said, "We're here."

Li Li nodded silently, suppressed the questions in his heart, thanked Zhou Chen, and then got out of the car.

Until Zhou Chen's car left, she was still thinking about what Zhou Chen had just said. Obviously, Zhou Chen knew her current predicament well, knew the cause, and knew how to solve it.

But as Zhou Chen said, there is no free lunch in the world, so why should Zhou Chen help her?

Back in the apartment, she couldn't fall asleep no matter what. She kept thinking about today and what happened before today. Jingxiu's words touched her greatly.

Suddenly two things came to her mind. On the day of the official opening, Zhou Chen entered the Zhizhen Garden from the back kitchen, and a few days later, Mr. Bao also entered the Zhizhen Garden from the back kitchen.

Her eyes lit up and she couldn't hold it any longer. She got dressed, left the apartment, and took a car to Huanghe Road.

In the afternoon, Zhou Chen was lying on the deck chair on the balcony, enjoying the warm sunshine.

The nanny Zhu Mei walked over softly.

"gentlemen."

Zhou Chen continued to lie down without opening his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"

"A young lady came outside and said her name was Xiao Jiangxi and she wanted to see Mr. Jiangxi."

"Little Jiangxi?"

Zhou Chen opened his eyes and sat up from the recliner. Xiao Jiangxi suddenly came to him, which he did not expect.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "Take her to the living room, I will go down later."

"Yes, sir."

A few minutes later, Zhou Chen came down from upstairs and saw little Jiangxi restlessly sitting on the sofa.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 1309 A small bet, Li Li comes to the door

Little Jiangxi in the living room was really restless. He was helpless when he came to see Zhou Chen today.

Zhou Chen told her that the way to make a fortune was through stocks. Later, after she learned about stocks herself, she realized that this was not something that she, a waiter, could do because she had no capital at all.

With your monthly salary, it’s hard just to support yourself. How can you have enough money to invest in stocks?

So for more than a year, she still stayed at Jin Meilin as a waitress.

A few days ago, she was ordered by Lu Meilin to go to Zhizhenyuan to cut the wires. The reason why she did this was because Lu Meilin promised her that as long as she did so, she would be promoted to the head waiter.

But after she came out, she found that Lu Meilin had a hint of regret, which made her anxious. Although she did not want to be a waiter for the rest of her life, she was not willing to give up this opportunity to improve herself.

She thought about it and felt that the only person who could help her was Zhou Chen, because Zhou Chen was the most powerful, capable, and richest person she knew among all the people she knew.

So, she came to Zhou Chen's house and wanted to ask Zhou Chen for help.

When Zhou Chen heard Xiao Jiangxi's request, his expression was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that Xiao Jiangxi would actually ask for his favor. I remember that Xiao Jiangxi in the plot did become Jin Meili's foreman. Could it be because of Jin Meilin's business? It's better than in the plot, so Lu Meilin's thoughts have also changed?

Or was there something else that happened that he didn't know about?

"Then you came to me, what do you want me to help you with?"

Xiao Jiangxi did not answer immediately, but his expression changed several times, and then he said firmly: "I want to ask you to invest in me."

"invest?"

Zhou Chen understood what she meant and asked, "Why should I invest in you? What do you have that is worth my investment?"

Although Xiao Jiangxi and he used to work in Jin Meilin, they didn't have much friendship after he time traveled over. He was an investor and could do good deeds, but that didn't mean that he would invest in anyone who asked him for help. Yes, if you do this, you are not investing in charity, but you are a fool.

It’s true that he has money, and it’s true that he doesn’t really care about money, but that doesn’t mean that he will throw money away randomly, especially to people who have nothing to do with him.

Xiao Jiangxi said eagerly: "I have worked at Jinmeilin for several years. I know how to open a restaurant and be the boss lady. As long as Mr. Zhou invests in me, lets me open a restaurant, and lets me be the boss lady, I will definitely give it to you." earn a lot of money."

For her, being a hotel proprietress is her biggest wish at the moment, and this is also the biggest reason why she came to Zhou Chen.

"Do you really think it's easy to be a restaurant proprietress? You have always been just a waiter. Do you know how to open a restaurant? Do you know how to purchase goods? Do you know how to maintain customers? Do you know how to find a chef... …”

Zhou Chen asked several questions in succession. Xiao Jiangxi listened very seriously, but his face gradually became a little unsightly.

"Some I know and can do, and some I don't know very well, but I can learn. No one is born a boss lady. Even those boss ladies on the Yellow River Road, they all learned it from scratch. I think I No worse than them, what Lu Meilin and the others can do, I can do too."

Zhou Chen said calmly: "It's a good thing to have confidence, but why should I believe that you can do it? Just based on these few words of yours? If I invest in you and you end up losing money and you have no money, then I Wouldn’t the money invested be wasted?”

Xiao Jiangxi also knew that he had nothing to seduce Zhou Chen, so he gritted his teeth.

"Mr. Zhou, as long as you are willing to help me, invest in me, and let me do anything, I will listen to you in everything."

"Can you do anything?"

"Yeah, anything is fine."

Looking at little Jiangxi with a firm expression and resolute tone, Zhou Chen saw strong ambition and desire in her eyes. This was a woman who was unwilling to be ordinary.

"Just to be the boss's wife, are you willing to promise me anything?"

"Correct."

Xiao Jiangxi replied without hesitation that she didn't know if she would have a chance in the future, but she knew that Zhou Chen might be the only opportunity she could seize now.

Zhou Chen stared at her for a while and nodded.

"Okay, come up with me."

He took little Jiangxi to his study, took out a few wads of money from the drawer, and placed them in front of little Jiangxi.

"Here is one hundred thousand, which is enough for you to open a medium-sized restaurant. I will give you one year. As long as you can make your restaurant profitable within one year, I can give you a larger investment." , at least I can let you open a big hotel on Huanghe Road no smaller than Jin Meilin."

When Xiao Jiangxi heard this, he suddenly showed ecstasy: "Thank you, Mr. Zhou, thank you, Mr. Zhou."

"Don't worry, thank you. I have conditions."

"Mr. Zhou, please tell me."

"If you can't make the hotel profitable within one year, you will have to work for me in the next ten years. You have to do whatever I ask you to do. If you can do it, this hundred thousand yuan will be Take it, and if you can’t do that, you can leave now.”

Not long after Zhou Chen finished speaking, Xiao Jiangxi picked up the one hundred thousand yuan without any hesitation.

"I promise."

"From scratch to profit is not as simple as you think, but since you agreed, you can take the money. Finally, I wish you success."

Amidst Zhou Chen's blessings, Xiao Jiangxi left the Zhou family with one hundred thousand yuan in her arms. She was extremely excited at this time and felt that she had made the right bet.

Although one hundred thousand yuan is not a lot, it is enough to open a small restaurant. The most important thing is that Zhou Chen said that within a year, as long as the hotel can make a profit, he will invest in her to open a large hotel no less than Jin Meilin. , this is what she desires most.

When leaving, the nanny Zhu Mei kindly gave little Jiangxi a bag to put money in.

As soon as Xiao Jiangxi left Zhou's house, he met an acquaintance at the door, the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan, Li Li.

She was full of joy at this time. Even when she saw Li Li, she just glanced at him and left without saying hello.

On the other hand, Li Li watched little Jiangxi leave happily with a puzzled expression, wondering why little Jiangxi came out of Zhou Chen's house.

As soon as Xiao Jiangxi was sent away, Zhou Chen picked up the book and read just two pages when Zhu Mei came again.

"Sir, there is a lady named Li Li outside who wants to see you."

"Bring her here."

Today was interesting, Xiao Jiangxi and Li Li actually came to see him one after another.

Zhu Mei quickly brought Li Li to the study room, and then she left first.

Li Li walked into the study and saw Zhou Chen sitting behind the desk.

Zhou Chen pointed to the opposite side of the desk and said, "Miss Li, please sit down."

After Li Li sat down, he asked tentatively: "I just saw Jin Meilin's little Jiangxi. She looked very happy?"

Zhou Chen explained with a smile: "She came to me for investment and said she wanted to be a boss lady. I gave her a sum of money and made a bet with her. After getting the money, she naturally left happily. .”

"bet?"

"It's just a small bet. People have to find something interesting to do to pass the time."

Zhou Chen revealed the matter in two sentences, looked at Li Li and asked, "Are you here to see me because of what I said to you that day?"

Li Li said, "Not entirely. I also came here to express my gratitude. If it weren't for your reminder, I wouldn't have discovered many problems in advance. Secondly, I want to ask you again, if Zhizhen Garden wants to continue to operate on Huanghe Road, is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"

"I have some speculation, but after all, I haven't been on Yellow River Road for a long time, so I still can't fully control the depth of it."

"I said before, I very much want Zhizhen Garden to keep opening, so you can just do what you want. I said I wanted to give you something. Since you are here, I will give it to you now. Bar."

Zhou Chen opened the drawer and handed a folded IOU inside to Li Li.

Li Li took it curiously, and after taking a few glances, his expression suddenly became even more shocked.

"This is?"

"This is Lu Meilin's confidence. You can find out when you go back and inquire about it."

Li Li frowned slightly and asked, "We probably didn't know each other before. Why do you want to help me?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Didn't I tell you that I am still very interested in beauties? Of course, this is only part of the reason. There is also the fact that Lu Meilin has used my name for a long time. Although it has caused no loss to me, But I am not a clay figure, and I will have a temper if I am used like this."

His words caused Li Li's expression to change, but she quickly adjusted it.

"clear."

After putting away the IOU from Zhou Chen, she said, "I'll have the money sent to you."

"There is no need for the money. Just think of it as being deposited in Zhizhenyuan's account. I can use the money to pay for meals in the future."

Li Li said: "Even without this, Mr. Zhou only needs to go to Zhizhen Garden without spending a penny."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "I don't like to regard politeness as blessing. It's only natural to spend money on food, so you don't have to be so polite to me."

Li Li nodded silently and said, "Okay, just listen to Mr. Zhou."

After talking about the business, she looked around Zhou Chen's study, and suddenly her eyes fell on several paintings hanging nearby.

"Did you draw all of these?"

Zhou Chen followed her gaze and replied: "Only one painting was painted by me carefully, and the rest were painted casually."

Li Li stood up and walked over, looked between several paintings for a moment, pointed to the only figure painting among them, and said, "It should be this one, right?"

Zhou Chen nodded and said: "Yes, that's it."

Li Li stared at the painting for a long time and suddenly asked: "Is this based on a real person?"

Zhou Chen said: "The person in the portrait does not belong to this world, she only exists in my memory."

The person in this painting is none other than his wife from the previous world, Wang Ying. He painted her based on his own memory.

They have been together for more than 20 years, and he is extremely familiar with Wang Ying. The Wang Ying he drew with great care is absolutely lifelike and very real.

Li Li looked at the woman in the portrait and found it strange that Zhou Chen could paint such a non-existent woman so well, even better than the painting Zhou Chen gave her.

"It's so beautiful."

"Yes, she is indeed beautiful."