Lu Ming asked everyone to sit down and talk. Because it was a suite, there were sofas and coffee tables in both rooms, so even though there were many people, they all had places to sit. The living room outside was also big enough to put a large dining table for eating.
After a while, Liao Zhengwen personally led several waiters to deliver two iced watermelons and other fruits. One waiter carried a bucket of ice cubes, and two waiters carried a box of juice and beer.
"Hello ladies, I, Lao Liao, would like to say hello to all the ladies." Liao Zhengwen bowed as soon as he entered the room.
Liao Zhengwen was originally doing business in Shanghai, and was later sent by Du Yuesheng to take charge of the Jinling Hotel, so he knew Sheng Muyi and others.
"Old Liao, I heard that you have become more prosperous in the past two years, and you look more energetic than you were two years ago." Sheng Muyi said with a smile.
"Oh, my eldest lady, if others don't know it and you don't know it, I just work for the boss to make a living. Where can I get rich? One day, the eldest lady rewards me with something to do, and I, old Liao Zhen, will make a fortune.
Already." Liao Zhengwen's eloquence was perfected through practice.
"Okay, Lao Liao, we are all our own people. Who doesn't know who is who? You don't have to cry for poverty with us. Running between Shanghai and Nanjing is not in vain." Yuan Ziyuan said unceremoniously.
"Miss Yuan, I'm not crying for poverty, I'm really just a guy who works for others. Oh, isn't this Detective Zhang? I didn't see you just now, so I'd like to say hello to you." Liao Zhengwen bowed again.
Zhang Ziyang smiled and said: "Old Liao, don't cry about being poor with me. I am really poor. Haha."
"Are you kidding? You are Master Lu's brother. I can't let you be poor no matter what, right? I'm right, Master Lu." Liao Zhengwen chuckled.
"Okay, stop talking so much and hurry up and get us a table of delicious food. We haven't had lunch yet." Sheng Muyi waved her hand.
"You haven't had lunch yet? I'll be ready to go right away. Ladies, please order whatever you want, Inspector Zhang. I, Lao Liao, will treat you to today's meal." Liao Zhengwen said with a smile.
"Forget it, you don't need to treat me. If I ask you to treat me later, I will have to be reimbursed by Boss Du. We still owe Boss Du a favor." Sheng Muyi said.
"Old Liao, let me just order something first." Lu Ming said with a smile.
Lu Ming has been eating in different ways these days. Which dishes are cooked well by the master chef of Jinling Hotel and which dishes are average?
There are no gourmets among the people here, and they are not very particular about food. However, in the places where they usually eat, the chefs are hired at high prices and all have unique skills. Of course, their cooking skills are not bad.
"The salted duck at Jinling Hotel is a must-have. You can try it. There is no such delicious salted duck in Shanghai." Lu Ming said, licking his lips.
"Isn't it just a dish of salted duck? No matter who makes it, it tastes the same." Yuan Ziyuan didn't believe it.
"It's really different. I didn't know until I tasted it that the master chefs in Shanghai are good at making sweet dishes, but they are not as good at making savory dishes as in Nanjing." Lu Ming seemed to have a gourmet experience.
"Master Lu, with your words, the five hundred dollars a month I hired to hire a chef would have been wasted." Liao Zhengwen sighed as if he had met a close friend.
"Five hundred dollars a month? Such an expensive chef." Sheng Muyi said in surprise.
Liuyuan is also very particular about food and drink. The monthly salary paid to the chef is only 300 yuan, which is already considered a high price.
"Five hundred dollars is really worth it, just for his salted duck. Lao Liao, if you, the chef, want to go to Shanghai one day, give me a call." Lu Ming said.
"You also want to hire a chef?" Liao Zhengwen asked.
"Whether I have a family or not, I will hire a chef. I will introduce him to a good place and let him show off his salted duck in Shanghai." Lu Ming said with a smile.
Nanjing's salted duck is famous. Lu Ming didn't care about it before, but this time he really became addicted to it. Of course, other dishes are also good.
Lu Ming even felt that some of the dishes cooked by this chef were more delicious than those cooked by the Chinese restaurant of Shanghai Chinachem Hotel. He was getting married in the second half of the year and would have to hire a chef by then, so he might as well pay attention first.
"Okay, as long as he doesn't want to work with me anymore, I will definitely recommend him to you." Liao Zhengwen said.
The most frequently replaced people in the hotel are not the waiters or waiters, but the chefs.
A chef has his own temperament, and it is very important whether a restaurant matches his temperament. If it matches his temperament, his skills will get better and better. If not, his skills will decline, and he will have to leave.
After Liao Zhengwen left, everyone started to cut the watermelon and eat it.
Eating chilled watermelon is simply the most beautiful enjoyment in this kind of weather, and the juices served are also chilled.
Jinling Hotel does not use a refrigerator to freeze these fruit beers in summer. Instead, it uses a deep well to put the wine and fruits in a large basket, and then hangs it into the cold well water to freeze. This kind of cooling effect is better than
It's better if it's frozen in the refrigerator.
As the most luxurious hotel in Nanjing, Jinling Hotel of course also has a refrigerator, and the ice cubes served are made by imported special ice machines.
"Lu Ming, I didn't expect that Lao Liao would be so prosperous now. Thinking about how others followed you around when you first came back from abroad, I really didn't expect him to be what he is today," Zhang Ziyang said.
"This is how people's fortunes turn out. Opportunities come when they come, but if they don't come, you may not be able to wait for them in your lifetime." Lu Ming shook his head and said with a bitter smile.
It's embarrassing to say that when he first came back from abroad, Liao Zhengwen tried his best to flatter him and wanted to make a fortune through him. Unfortunately, Lu Ming was not interested in money at all, so Liao Zhengwen followed him just to eat and drink.
Later, by chance, I ran errands for Du Yuesheng and the work went well. From then on, I followed Mr. Du and became famous in less than two years.
Sheng Muyi was as thoughtful as a silk thread. She had been observing Lu Ming since she entered the house. She was still worried about Lu Ming. If Lu Ming didn't return to Shanghai for a day, the matter would not be over.
Of all the people, she was the only one who knew the origin and outcome of the hijacking of the arsenal. Sheng Youde was also kept in the dark.
Sheng Muyi didn't know whether Lu Ming's aftermath was done flawlessly, nor did she know the specific circumstances of how Lu Ming was brought to Nanjing.
The key is how much information Nanjing has, and whether Jin Jiu can keep the secret. These are what Sheng Muyi is worried about. As long as one part is penetrated, Lu Ming will encounter something unexpected.
Sheng Youde told her every day that Lu Ming would not be in any danger, but why did Mr. Jiang hold him captive and not let him go?
She was originally worried that food and salt would bring great risks, but Dai Li personally went to Shanghai to check with the Sheng family and found nothing.
She still didn't fully understand how Lu Ming operated in this arms case. Lu Ming had not told her in detail beforehand, but when she learned about this arms case, she completely understood.
The nature of arms cases is the same as transporting grain and salt. They are all providing the most critical help to the Communist Party.
Of course, she just knew it and didn't tell anyone. She didn't even mention it to Guo Songtao, who talked about everything.
She came here to take the opportunity to talk to Lu Ming about this matter, otherwise she would really not be able to feel at ease.
Everyone was eating watermelon and drinking juice, and Zhang Ziyang and Lu Ming were drinking cold beer.
Everyone casually talked about some of the things that happened in Shanghai in the past ten days. They were just small things. If there were really any big things, Lu Ming had already learned about them in the newspaper.
"By the way, Lu Ming, I heard a top-secret news. It seems to be the case you solved last time, that is, the people from the underground party and municipal working committee who were expelled from Shanghai have returned to Shanghai." Zhang Ziyang pretended to be mysterious.
typical.
"They returned to Shanghai again? When did it happen?" Lu Mingzhen was really shocked by this sentence.
"In the past two days, the person must have arrived in Shanghai. We have received a tip-off, but we don't know where the stronghold is exactly." Zhang Ziyang thought that this matter had something to do with Lu Ming, so he paid attention to it.
Not only Lu Ming, but Sheng Muyi was also shocked.
Sheng Muyi also knew about the last case of the Shanghai Underground Party Municipal Working Committee. She just didn't know that those people had been notified by Lu Ming in advance and all evacuated safely.
Both of them felt uneasy. It was too dangerous for the Shanghai Underground Party Municipal Working Committee to return to Shanghai now.
In addition, will An Yi be unable to hold on any longer and run out to meet with people from the underground Party City Working Committee? If An Yi is arrested, his risk factor in Nanjing will immediately increase.
Thinking of this, Lu Ming really couldn't sit still.