Fang Ming returned to the room and really took a nap. When he woke up, it was already dark.
"Brother, wake up. Mom has work obligations, so she needs to leave here first."
Fang Yu'er was sitting boredly in the lobby of Li's house watching TV, and beside her, Li Chengshun was constantly telling Fang Yu'er about the fun places in Xiangjiang, while his sister Li Weiwei was sitting on the side, playing with her mobile phone.
"Brother Fang is awake. The elders have things to do and have left first. But my dad has told me that I must accompany Brother Fang well. Brother Fang, I will take you to a very famous restaurant in our Xiangjiang to try our Xiangjiang cuisine."
gourmet food."
Hearing Li Chengshun mention Xiangjiang food, Fang Ming's expression changed. Xiangjiang, as a national metropolis, has the world's top restaurants, but the key is that Xiangjiang food really doesn't suit his appetite.
Or to be precise, Xiangjiang cuisine is not used to people from many provinces in the mainland.
Light, sweet...
This is a characteristic of Xiangjiang cuisine. Looking at the only provinces in China that have this kind of taste, the only provinces in China that have this kind of taste are Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Guangdong. For people like Fang Ming who like spicy food, Xiangjiang’s food is not as refreshing as a bottle of Laoganma.
.
But now that Li Chengshun had spoken, Fang Ming would not refuse. He nodded immediately. When he saw Fang Ming agreeing, Li Chengshun showed a happy look on his face and hurriedly went to the garage to drive the car out.
There are many luxury cars in the garage of the Li family villa, ranging from sports cars to RVs. Li Chengshun drives a Bentley. This car does not have Bentley's usual calm style, but the lines are still smooth. It is obviously a new model launched by Bentley for the young market.
Car model.
Siblings Li Chengshun and Li Weiwei sat in the front row and the driver's seat, while Fang Ming and Fang Yu'er sat in the back row. The car soon drove down Guanyin Mountain and headed towards Victoria Harbour.
Victoria Harbor, as a famous scenic spot in Hong Kong, especially the gorgeous night view created by countless lights, attracts countless tourists. There are also several commercial buildings next to Victoria Harbor. The lowest floors are luxury shopping malls, and the last
The upper floors are famous restaurants from all over the world.
Of course, in such an area, the consumption here is naturally expensive. One meal may be the monthly income of an ordinary family, but for the Li family siblings, this amount of money is naturally nothing.
The world's top Australian freshwater crayfish, almes caviar from Iran, Japanese Kobe beef, bluefin tuna, foie gras...
These top-quality ingredients were put on the table one after another. Although Fang Ming didn't know much about the prices of these ingredients, he also knew that they must be expensive.
For Li Chengshun, eating in this kind of restaurant is not just to show off, because as the third-generation eldest grandson of the Li family, such a meal is nothing at all. He just wants to entertain guests with the best food.
"Here, try this. This is the top part of bluefin tuna. It tastes very good."
Fang Ming glanced at the dishes introduced by Li Chengshun and shook his head slightly. There were several lettuce dishes on the table, such as the raw shrimp and the bluefin tuna, spread on crushed ice. The style was very nice, but he didn't like it.
Deep down, Fang Ming considers himself to be a person who is conquered by Chinese cuisine. He is not used to these foreign delicacies at all, especially many raw ingredients, and he is not sensitive to them.
Therefore, the braised mandarin fish on the table has become his favorite.
Fang Ming was like this, and Fang Yu'er was about the same. They only tasted a few mouthfuls of caviar and touched the lettuce politely.
Seeing the actions of Fang Ming and Fang Yu'er, Li Weiwei curled her lips without leaving any trace, saying that these two siblings were recently found by Aunt Ling, which seemed to be the truth.
It can be seen that the two brothers and sisters did not live a wealthy life before. They did not eat these most precious delicacies, but chose to eat a few very ordinary dishes. Of course, this so-called ordinary is just for those who were born in a family like Li Weiwei's.
For people.
"Brother Fang, let's go watch a horse race later. There happens to be a horse race today."
For people in Xiangjiang, watching horse racing is a normal thing, especially some of the top richest people who personally raise horses and then send these horses to competitions. If you win, you will not only get generous bonuses, but the most important thing is to win
Save face.
Just imagine, everyone is a top-notch rich person, and there is no point in comparing oneself to luxury homes, luxury cars, etc. As for more money and less money, at that level, is there a big difference between 100 billion and 111 billion?
It is no longer useful to compare money and ordinary material things, so raising and racing horses has become a way to compete for power.
From the initial competition of eyesight to see whose chosen horse ranks higher, to later raising horses to compete in the competition, the wealthy people in Xiangjiang already have a mature comparison system.
The Li family naturally raises horses, and there are several horses.
"Brother Fang, our family also has a horse participating in the Jockey Club this time. It is my father's pet. Whenever I am at home, I have to feed it myself and brush it. I don't even want to ride it on weekdays."
After listening to Li Chengshun's words, Fang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly because he found that Li Chengshun seemed to be a little too attentive. Even if he had instructions from his elders, he shouldn't be so enthusiastic.
Seeing that Li Chengshun was not looking at his sister again, Fang Ming suddenly understood that Li Chengshun must have taken a liking to his sister.
Thinking that this guy in front of him dared to covet his sister, Fang Ming wanted to slap her down. In the heart of a brother, his sister is naturally the best, how could she be harmed by other boys.
"You can go and watch the horse racing. Brother, what do you think?"
Fang Ming originally wanted to refuse, but after hearing his sister's words, he could only nod in the end. He and his sister had just met each other not long ago, and he usually didn't spend much time with his sister. Since her sister was going to visit
Horse racing, then just go with me.
The ultimate racecourse!
It has a very vulgar name, but it is one of the three major racecourses in Hong Kong. However, this Jockey Club is not open to ordinary Hong Kong citizens. Instead, it adopts a membership system. Only Jockey Club members can participate and watch.
When brother and sister Fang Ming and Fang Yuer followed Li Chengshun to the venue, there were already many people gathered here. Li Chengshun took Fang Ming and his sister directly to the stands.
The stand is similar to a stadium, but the stand where Li Chengshun is located is the best for viewing. It has parasols, luxurious European-style sofas, and various fruits.
"Brother Fang, have you seen those navy blue horses? It belongs to me. My dad searched for this horse for a long time before he found it. It has already won two Jockey Club championships, and this time it will also be the same.
It won’t be bad.”
Following the direction of Li Chengshun's finger, Fang Ming saw a navy blue horse. It was indeed majestic. The most important thing was that there were many photographers surrounding the horse taking pictures.
Of course, in addition to this horse, there are more than a dozen horses, and these horses also belong to other big families in Xiangjiang. It is no exaggeration to say that the value of every horse here is no less than a luxury car.
, the cost of training each horse is even more staggering.
"Li Chengshun, your family is sending you here today."
Just as Li Chengshun was introducing the horses, a carefree young man came over. The man first looked at Fang Ming and Fang Yu'er and asked curiously: "These two look very familiar."
"Huo Laosan, Brother Fang and his sister are friends of our Li family and are from the mainland."
Li Chengshun obviously had a good relationship with Huo Laosan, and he did not conceal Fang Ming's identity. Huo Laosan's eyes lit up slightly when he heard that Fang Ming was from the mainland.
More than ten years ago, Hong Kong's wealthy people generally had a kind of discrimination against mainlanders. Even those mainland rich people were considered bumpkins and nouveau riche in their eyes. However, with the decline of Hong Kong's economy in the past decade, the mainland market has continued to rise and has become more and more popular.
More and more people in Hong Kong want to open up the mainland market, but there are only a few companies that can really do it.
"It turns out to be Brother Fang, whom I have admired for a long time."
Huo Laosan was talking about admiration for a long time, but in his mind he was searching for a big family with the surname Fang in the mainland, because he knew that someone who could be on good terms with the Li family was naturally not an ordinary family, and must belong to an upper-class family in the mainland, otherwise
If so, Li’s parents and grandchildren would not be required to accompany him.
However, he tried all the famous families in the mainland in his mind, but he did not find any family named Fang, at least there was no Fang family that he knew that could be on equal footing with the Li family.
Of course, Huo Laosan's smile on his face did not change, but his attitude became a bit colder.
"The competition is about to start, how much will the pressure be this year?"
"Just the same, one million."
Li Chengshun answered Huo Laosan's words, but Huo Laosan shook his head and said: "This year is the game of the Zheng family. The rules have changed. They said that if you bet on the first place, you can bet 100 million, and they will be the banker."
"What's the meaning?"
"The Zheng family recently got a horse and they are very confident. If anyone dares to bet on a horse other than their own, the Zheng family will accept a bet of 100 million, and the odds are ten times that.
"
"One hundred million, ten times the odds, are the Zheng family crazy?"
Li Chengshun opened his mouth slightly, and the pretty face of Li Weiwei beside him also had a look of shock. Although his family was not short of money, one hundred million was nothing, but betting one billion on a horse race was already a huge bet.
Don't believe what is said on the Internet. Anyone who loses hundreds of millions in a certain casino has done so over many years, and not many people actually gamble with so much cash. Most of them rely on their wealth to gamble in the casino.
Exchange for a certain amount of chips.
If you lose, you owe money to the casino, and you don’t have to pay it back all at once.
Casinos really make money not by these top tycoons, but by bosses with hundreds of millions or tens of millions, so it was the first time that Li Chengshun encountered a billion-dollar gambling, and it was on horse racing.