Since people have left the land of right and wrong, they no longer need to worry about right and wrong.
Of course, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko would not know what happened in Paris after they left.
On June 2, when they flew to the capital, they naturally gained a new perspective and began to pay attention to the changes in the city in front of them.
When you get off the plane, the most obvious feeling is heat.
This year, Beijing was much hotter than Paris. It was only the beginning of June and the temperature was already over 30 degrees.
Moreover, Beijing is still the kind of dry and hot place where the smog and smoke are combined with the sun. People can easily get sunburned as long as they stay in the sun.
In addition, the terminal equipment of the Capital Airport is relatively backward, so fans are still used at this time.
In comparison, Paris and Tokyo, which have central air conditioning, are definitely more comfortable than the experience at the airport.
But the good news is that Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao, who came to pick them up, had already changed their minds.
They didn't come in that "big-headed shoe" this time, but an imported silver Mercedes-Benz.
Not only is this car very eye-catching on the road, but the air-conditioning is turned on and the breeze blows, and the leather seats are soft and cool, making the passengers feel particularly comfortable.
Shen Cun, the cheap cousin who dared to fall in love with Ning Weimin, was very shrewd and he also knew how to do as the Romans do.
After taking over the fast food chain and completing the business registration change procedures, the first thing he did was to take advantage.
Buy duty-free imported cars according to preferential policies.
First, because it is convenient to use, of course you cannot do without a car if you want to do big business.
Second, domestically imported cars are rare commodities that can be bought and sold. Anyone who can buy an imported car is equivalent to making money.
Third, everyone in China has the same problem now.
Whether it's an official or a businessman, they judge a person's strength by looking at the car he drives.
It seems that what class of car you drive is the most important criterion for measuring a person's wealth.
So this eldest cousin was extraordinary as soon as he started.
He used all the quotas for imported cars and the funds in the joint venture to purchase duty-free imported cars.
The money in the public account was not enough, so I added hundreds of thousands of dollars to it.
A total of four imported cars, one refrigerated truck and three cars were purchased.
Then he resold two imported cars at high prices.
In this way, it means that not a penny has been spent, and the fast food chain company has lost a refrigerated truck and an imported Mercedes-Benz.
In addition, when Shen Cun took it over from Zou Guodong, Pierre Cardon Company had already allocated two Daihatsu vans to this subsidiary company for hauling goods.
So looking at it this way, whether it is recruiting goods or recruiting people, the basic logistics conditions for fast food chain companies have been established.
And you must know that such hardware conditions are already considered developed and advanced in Beijing at this time.
Even Yili Fast Food, the first fast food restaurant in Beijing, a joint venture between Beijing and Hong Kong, does not have such a logistics configuration.
All in all, I have to say that Shen Cun did a pretty good job in this matter.
This shows that he has adapted well in his homeland and has not changed direction in the mainland because of living in the United States, losing the flexibility of Chinese people.
For this reason, Ning Weimin was quite satisfied.
I felt a little more happy before I met the person, and planned to praise him when I met him.
Of course, although according to what Master Pierre Cardon said in Paris, France, this kind of Mercedes-Benz is the most vulgar high-end car, and its poor style is despised by the "old money" in Europe.
But why does Ning Weimin care about this?
As long as it's comfortable, practical, and doesn't irritate himself and his wife, that's enough.
What's more, this eliminates tariffs and saves the company half of the money.
He is a person from a poor background, and to take advantage of such a huge advantage, he is really a bit forgetful of his roots and a bit pretentious when it comes to being picky about the brand of car.
Secondly, the street scene in Beijing has also undergone significant changes.
On the road leading from the Capital Airport to the city, Ning Weimin noticed at a glance that the white police uniforms had turned green, and there were obviously more commercial activities on the roadside, with more and more people doing business.
Especially when the car drove to the vicinity of Sanyuan Bridge, there were actually many vendors selling fruits and agricultural products gathered here, and it had become quite large.
Ning Weimin saw someone selling cherries and mulberries, which were in season, so he asked Luo Guangliang to park the car on the side of the road.
He went down to take a look and tasted the freshness. He asked the price, but it was only 350 cents per catty, so he bought ten catties of cherries and five catties of mulberries, intending to take them back and share them so that everyone could try them.
The buyer was also kind. Seeing Ning Weimin getting out of the car, he bought so much at once.
He was so happy that he gave Ning Weimin a few more cantaloupes as a gift.
Needless to say, there is no woman who doesn’t like fruits.
Especially Keiko, as a Japanese, felt even more happy and satisfied when she saw that Chinese fruits were so cheap.
As soon as I sat in the car, I couldn't help but taste a few cherries and stuffed a few mulberries. I said it was sweet and smiled even sweeter.
It can be seen that whether it is a Japanese girl or a Chinese girl, some preferences are the same.
There is one thing, mulberries are black, and if you eat them, they will become discolored and you have to touch up your makeup.
Not only that, when the car continued to move forward, Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao took the initiative to inform Ning Weimin of the news.
It is said that the zoo already has the second five-star hotel in Beijing, which just opened on May Day.
They also said they had already gone to find out where.
It seems that the hardware conditions are better than those of the Great Wall Hotel, and there is also a Japanese restaurant called Nishimura there that sells Japanese food.
According to their thinking, the bungalows in Beijing are too hot in the summer and there is no air conditioning.
If Matsumoto Keiko can't get used to living and eating, she might as well move there.
Or it would be good to rent a few rooms to receive her Japanese relatives during the wedding period.
But... they couldn't remember the name of the hotel, and they couldn't even pronounce it.
It seems to be some lira, I don’t know if it has anything to do with Italy...
Just like that, I listened to these two brothers talking endlessly, as if they were talking about cross talk.
Matsumoto Keiko, whose Chinese proficiency has improved a lot and can understand most words, kept thanking her.
Although Ning Weimin dared to move, he did not say a word.
Not for anything else, mainly because he kept suppressing his laughter.
These two warm-hearted brothers actually connected Shangri-La with the Italian currency. They are also geniuses.
However, compared with this incident, the changes in the family were even greater and the excitement was even more lively, which was far beyond Ning Weimin's expectation.
To be honest, due to the special purpose of this trip back to the capital, they felt not only the sense of relaxation of going home, but also the sense of mission of holding a Chinese wedding, and the resulting pressure and tension.
In fact, whether it is Ning Weimin or Matsumoto Keiko, the young couple each know it very well.
Whether judging from Ning Weimin’s social connections in the capital, or judging from the attraction of the big star Keiko Matsumoto to the Chinese and Japanese media, or considering the caring hearts of the two elders, Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun.
All these factors destined that their upcoming wedding in the capital would not be a simple matter.
The effort to mobilize troops and mobilize the masses may not be less than that of Japan.
Therefore, after having experienced the "torture" of the wedding for a while, they all felt a little overwhelmed and couldn't help but feel sad.
But even so, even though they had already made preparations in their hearts, they never expected that the Ma Family Garden would actually go into massive construction work, and the level of mobilization of troops and people would be far beyond their imagination.
According to Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao, since it was so dark during the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year, even fire prevention was afraid of falling into a ditch.
Since Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko left this time, his American cousin Shen Cun immediately surveyed and mapped the location of the street lights in Majia Garden according to his wishes.
In March and April, we hired people to dig trenches, lay wiring, string lights, and press the gates, and everything was done.
In total, it cost the old man almost fifty to sixty thousand yuan.
Of course, Shen Cun wanted to pay for it, but Kang Shude didn't give in.
And this was not over yet. In May, Jiang Nianyun, the fourth aunt of the Jiang family, was afraid of summer rain and the heat.
I was urged to carry out year-round repairs on the house and build a shed in the yard.
To say that annual repairs are easy to do, it is just asking two people from the ancient construction team to inspect the roof.
The grass was pulled out and the broken bricks and tiles were replaced.
Then wipe the top and brush it with cleaning water or something.
Within a week, the entire garden was tidied up.
But building a greenhouse is a difficult matter.
Because this business was in the past before liberation.
Nowadays, let alone anyone doing this, there are not many people who even know about this business.
Think about it, there is no need for people, no materials, and even the big teahouse where employers and shedmen used to talk about work is gone. How can we do this?
So Kang Shude told Jiang Nianyun that it couldn't be done.
If she is really afraid of the heat, get her an ice basin or buy a fan.
According to Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao's knowledge and understanding, this is very interesting for the old man.
Nowadays, even the bureau chiefs in Beijing, few people can enjoy such treatment at home.
Who doesn’t sit shirtless and lean on a cattail fan in the summer?
On really hot days, there are more people sleeping outside.
But it happened that the fourth aunt of the Jiang family was angry because of this.
The eldest lady had a bad temper. She told Kang Shude that others who didn't build a shed were probably reluctant to spend money. Everyone knows the difference between building a shed in summer and not building a shed. Don't treat me like this. Could it be that this is a large courtyard?
She also said that Kang Shude didn't act like a master at all, knowing that his apprentice was getting married and had to return to the capital for business.
As a result, nothing was done, the theater was not repaired, the theater was not repaired, and the shed builders were not found. They were completely careless.
Is it possible that in order to save worry and effort, just find two cooks to set up a few tables in the garden and call it a day?
This is too confusing and embarrassing.
Not to mention, the fourth young lady of the Jiang family actually asked her own son to go out and inquire about it, and claimed that she would pay for someone to build a tent and build a theater.
I guarantee that the wedding banquet prepared for Ning Weimin will be graceful and dignified.
This is a slap in the face.
As a result, the old man was cornered and had no choice but to comply with the young lady's wishes and take care of the matter outside.
Not to mention, the old man really didn't beat around the bush, and he actually found out as soon as he inquired about it.
Because Zhang Shihui knew that Ning Weimin had used shed makers and color craftsmen for the Spring Festival temple fair prepared for the Temple of Heaven.
After hearing what the old man said about this matter, he quickly found someone who could do this through his acquaintances at the Temple of Heaven Park Management Office.
But the problem is that building a greenhouse and building a theater are two different things, and the prices are also different.
I don’t know whether Kang Shude was afraid of spending money or trouble. Anyway, he was only willing to pay 3,000 yuan to build a roof for the small courtyard where Jiang Nianyun lived, not even his own courtyard.
As for the construction of the theater, this old man is firmly opposed to it.
His reasoning was that this was a bad idea.
Now that we have been liberated and entered a new era, the capital has long stopped organizing red events and has to go home to call gatherings.
It requires too much manpower and material resources. This is not only wasteful and expensive, but also eye-catching.
If you don't do it right, you will be labeled as a remnant of feudalism and cause unnecessary trouble.
And the key is that we are not pressed for time.
Such a big and good theater requires very high craftsmanship, and even if it was repaired, it would be too late. It would take a year and a half to repair it until it was in perfect condition.
But of course Jiang Nianyun wouldn't listen to him.
The fourth young lady of the Jiang family was tit-for-tat, extremely insistent, and let loose.
"I haven't heard that opera singers will not be allowed after liberation. I just want to make some noise at home, which is much more subtle than beating gongs and drums outside. Shouldn't it be a happy event for us to close the door and enjoy it with our own family?
Is it illegal to be happy?"
"I don't believe it. I clearly spent money in vain and invited them politely. What else did I break by letting a few people come to my house to perform?"
"As for the theater building, although it is dilapidated, the frame structure is good. If you really want to repair it, it is easy, but you need to spend some time to repair the structure and clean it up. When the time comes, you can also let the shed builders and painters decorate the facade.
.It doesn’t cost a lot of money at all, and it can be done for you in just three to five days.”
In this way, from the beginning of May to the middle of May, Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun maintained their own opinions on these matters and were at a stalemate. They argued over and over again, and no one could convince the other.
The final factor that changed this situation, no one expected, was the wedding held in Japan by Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko.
After Shen Cun, who dared to attend the wedding, came back, he showed Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun the photos he took at the wedding scene.
He also said that the two weddings were really grand, and there were many celebrities as guests. The weddings were all financed by the woman, and the money spent was probably lost.
As a result, the two old men were stunned by these photos and Shen Cun's description.
After reading it, he felt better this time, and without anyone to persuade him, Kang Shude took the initiative to find Jiang Nianyun to make plans.
They probably wanted to create a scene of comparable quality, but if the gap between the two parties was too great, the old man would care about his face.
So soon the entire Majia Garden was busy.
Those building buildings and those building sheds are busy and non-stop every day. It seems to be a big construction site.
Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao both hoped that Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko would also be mentally prepared, saying that Ma's Garden is now full of building materials and full of workers during the day. If they can't stand it, they might as well go to the West Third Ring Road to live there.
go.
Needless to say, after hearing these words, Ning Weimin was more surprised than anyone else - his marriage actually caused the old man to lose money!
Keiko Matsumoto is okay, after all, there are some things she still doesn't understand.
But Ning Weimin had already gathered enough information in his mind. He really didn't expect that so many things had happened in Ma's garden in the past few months.
It sounds like he feels sorry for the old man's "hemorrhage".
