Mr. Huo sighed, he had seen too many such poor people these days.
Especially after the rents in the surrounding area skyrocketed, many people were kicked out by unscrupulous landlords and lived on the streets.
When he was poor, he was like them. Not to mention a place to live, he didn't even have food! Not to mention roasting chestnuts with sugar, he couldn't even afford the rock sugar used to roast chestnuts! Often a piece of rock sugar would be broken into pieces.
Everyone in the family only had a little bit, so he pressed a little bit of rock sugar under his tongue and slowly melted it, tasting the sweetness.
Later, he went to sea to make a living. After landing, he ate sugar-roasted chestnuts for the first time, and then he realized that such delicious food existed in the world.
So he bought a large bag of roasted chestnuts with sugar and wrapped them in a handkerchief with the first money he earned from the sea. He was reluctant to eat them and ran home to share with his wife.
It was dusk, and he and his wife were cuddling together, sitting on the beach, looking at the sunset, eating roasted chestnuts with sugar, and talking about their longing for the future.
At that time, he said to his wife, "I must be prosperous! I want you to eat well and live well! I want you to be a rich wife and no longer suffer in your life!"
Now, he did it!
"Sir, would you like some sugar-roasted chestnuts?" The stall owner couldn't help but ask when he saw Mr. Huo staring at his roasted chestnuts for a long time.
"Yes! Give me the biggest portion!" Mr. Huo said with his hands behind his back, giving orders!
When the chestnut roasting boss saw that he looked like he had a lot of money, he smiled happily and said, "Great!"
Soon, a large bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts was wrapped. The boss held it in both hands and handed it to Mr. Huo: "Chenghui! Five yuan!"
"Oh!" Mr. Huo took the chestnuts, took out the money from his body, and then——
He was stunned!
Ever since he became rich, he never takes any money with him when he goes out! To be precise, he has a driver or a servant to help pay for it!
But immediately he had an idea, took out the three million check given to him by Shi Zhijian, and handed it to the boss: "Here is a three million Citigroup check, change!"
"Huh?" The boss was confused!
Three million, change?
This person is crazy!
Mr. Huo was about to pinch a sugar-roasted chestnut and throw it into his mouth, when he saw the boss snatching the sugar-roasted chestnut away and said, "Boss, I'm running a small business, don't play with me anymore! I
If I could get three million from you, why would I have to work from dawn to dusk to do this?"
Mr. Huo was startled for a moment and then understood: "Then I owe you first! Then I will have someone bring the money to pay you back! Uh, I'll pay you double! Is that okay?"
"Tch! I didn't expect there to be people like you! You can tell any lie just to eat sweets and roasted chestnuts! If you don't have money, you have no money! What are you bragging about?"
"Hey, why are you like this?" Mr. Huo pointed at the other person's nose and became angry.
At this time, "I helped pay for him!" Shi Zhijian appeared in front of the stall with a smile and handed over a five-dollar bill in his hand.
The boss took the money and handed the roasted chestnuts to Shi Zhijian.
Shi Zhijian gave Mr. Huo another roasted chestnut and said, "Get in the car!"
Boss Huo glared at him and snorted: "You brat! Didn't you leave? Why are you back?"
"I'm afraid that someone won't have money to buy sugar and roasted chestnuts!" Shi Zhijian smiled slightly, "I'm even more afraid that Mr. Huo will seek revenge from me and accuse me of leaving his father alone on the road!"
"You know how to be afraid? You know what I said, our family Zhenting is very powerful and has practiced Western boxing! Then I will break your head!" Mr. Huo waved his fist and showed off his power.
"Then why don't you get in the car?" Shi Zhijian walked over and opened the door and asked with a smile.
"Of course! I'll give you a chance to atone for your sins! Also, I won't pay back the money for roasting chestnuts with candied sugar. It was you who bought me some!" After saying this, Mr. Huo raised his neck and stepped into the car.
But before he stepped into the car, he seemed to remember something, turned around and walked towards the dirty little girl, opened his package of candied roasted chestnuts, grabbed a handful and stuffed them over and said: "Nanny, grandpa, please
Eat chestnuts!”
The little girl's eyes widened with disbelief.
Mr. Huo directly put the chestnuts into her little hands: "Get it!"
The little girl woke up from a dream and hurriedly said to Mr. Huo: "Thank you, grandpa!"
"You're welcome!" Mr. Huo stuffed the whole bag of chestnuts very generously and said cheerfully: "Your call me grandpa makes me happy! Invite your family to eat too!"
The little girl was so happy that she ran back holding the chestnuts and handed them to her parents who were squatting next to the trash can.
Seeing this, the couple hurriedly stood up and bowed to Mr. Huo from a distance to thank them.
Mr. Huo nodded with his hands behind his back and smiled brightly. Then his smile faded and he turned around and said to Shi Zhijian: "Young man named Shi, buy me another one!"
…
At the same time, Jiahe Cinema.
Xu Sanshao and Huo Dashao came out of Jiahe Cinema.
Xu Sanshao yawned and looked at the lively crowd around him.
People are talking about how good tonight's "Chu Liuxiang" is and how good the acting skills of Zheng Shaoqiu and Zhao Yazhi are.
"What a handsome man! Zheng Shaoqiu only knows how to pretend to be cool, and Zhao Yazhi is just a vase! These audiences are so ignorant!"
"It's almost Chinese New Year, let's all have some fun!"
"Really?" Xu Sanshao glanced around, then pointed at the homeless people on the roadside and said, "Then does this mean that the wealthy family stinks of wine and meat, and the roads are frozen to death?"
Mr. Huo was startled for a moment. Compared with the middle class people watching movies in the cinema and the ordinary people who had a surplus of food at home, there was a sharp contrast between the homeless poor who were singing and laughing here and sleeping rough on the streets.
A couple who had just watched a movie walked past them. The girl seemed dissatisfied with the egg tart her boyfriend had just bought for her. She took a bite and threw it to the side of the road, "It's too greasy!"
The boyfriend hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, Xiaoli! Next time I go to Macau to buy you something delicious!"
"It depends on your performance!"
The girl took the boy's arm and left.
As soon as the couple left, four or five homeless people immediately came over and started robbing them!
"This is mine!"
"I saw it first!"
For them, this greasy and discarded egg tart is a delicacy that fills their stomachs!
Mr. Huo looked at these poor people and couldn't help but sigh: "Isn't this the fault of Hong Kong's real estate? There are so many real estate developers trying to make money, and these people can only sleep on the road and become beggars!"
Xu Sanshao: "So from the moment I took over Xu's construction, I swore that I would rather make less money than be evil-minded!"
Mr. Huo glanced at him, suddenly gave a thumbs up and said, "You know, I admire you just based on these words!"
Xu Sanshao shrugged and said helplessly: "In fact, I can only talk about it! Xu's Construction is not mine alone. Even if I am not willing to ask for money, other shareholders are not willing to do it!"
Mr. Huo nodded, "Yes! Our Huo's Real Estate was very prestigious at first, but because we were close to the mainland, we were sanctioned by the British Hong Kong government and refused to grant land! After the land was approved, it was not allowed to be built! There were all kinds of things when building it.
Looking for trouble! It’s so hard! In the end, when those shareholders saw that there was no money to be made, they ran away one after another and withdrew their shares from our Huo Corporation!”
After a pause, Mr. Huo continued: "Now my father looks very impressive on the surface and is still the president of the Hong Kong Real Estate Development Association! But everyone knows that his name is not worthy of the name. Huo's Real Estate has been weak for many years and has become stronger.
It’s not as good as before, like Li Zhaoji, Guo Desheng, and Feng Jingqi among the three real estate tycoons, who can surpass our Huo family! By the way, there is also Li Jiacheng, his real estate company is also very powerful! He has recently developed several real estate projects and can’t find them.
Less money!”
"What about A Jian? Do you think he will also become a real estate tycoon in the future?" Xu Sanshao suddenly asked, "I don't know why I always have the illusion that A Jian seems to control the entire development trend of Hong Kong, just like making a bet.
He guesses it right every time!"
Mr. Huo couldn't help but touched his chin and nodded: "You and I have the same idea as a hero! I always have the same feeling, Ah Jian is so cunning! Just like this time when he won the Wharf, in my opinion, it was his march.
A signal for the real estate industry!”
"How to say it?"
"Have you forgotten that a new port will be built after the Wharf is relocated? The port area will soon become a prime location. As long as department buildings, shopping malls, and various port supporting facilities are built next to the port, it will be prosperous!
"
"I believe this! But where does his money come from?" Xu Sanshao spread his hands, "Don't forget that he still owes us the Xu family, the Huo family and the Bao family, a total of fifteen million! At the very least, the development of the port must be paid.
Ten million, that’s three to ten million—what do you want him to do? Are you going to sell it?"
Shaoguai Huo laughed: "It's a good idea to go out and sell it! Ajian is so handsome, and I don't know how many wealthy women in Hong Kong are coveting him! When the time comes, we will arrange for him to be on the Kowloon Flower Boat. You can help him attract customers, and I will
Responsible for collecting money, a grudge woman charges 10,000 yuan. If A Jian wants to raise 30 million yuan, he has to accept at least 3,000 grudge women. It’s so miserable!”
"Yes, that requires great perseverance! As long as you work hard enough, an iron rod can be ground into a needle!" Mr. Xu said with a wicked look on his face.
The two imagined Shi Zhijian sitting on the Kowloon flower boat with makeup and makeup, as delicate and delicate as those singing girls.
"Let him sing when the time comes! Doesn't he like to brag about how talented he is and how he knows how to compose "The Wind Keeps Blowing" and "Secretly Obsessed"? Let him sing these songs then! If he sings well, those resentful women will give it to him
Give him a reward, give him a slap if he doesn't sing well!" Xu Sanshao continued to fantasize.
Mr. Huo blinked: "Isn't it bad for us to do this? After all, A Jian is also our friend! How can we watch A Jian being beaten by those old women and remain indifferent?"
Xu Sanshao also deeply blamed himself, "You are right! We have to do something! Otherwise, we applaud from the side?"
"Okay!" Mr. Huo clapped his hands and laughed, "Ajian gets slapped, let's applaud together! This can be regarded as a spur and encouragement to him!"
"Yes, there are too few friends like us now!"
"That's right, I'm almost moved by myself! Even if the world is full of misunderstandings about us, we still have to train A Jian to become a talent!"
Just when the two guys, Xu Shao and Huo Shao, were thinking about their money, bang bang bang! The sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded next to them, which startled these two guys.
"What's going on?"
"Who's shooting?"
The two of them felt guilty and followed the sound, only to see a little boy nearby who had bought a string of "two kicks" from nowhere and was having fun with a group of friends.
"Not bad!" Mr. Xu and Mr. Huo looked at each other and each shed a cold sweat.
"I didn't know that someone unlucky enough to be cheated by A Jian tonight?!"
"Yeah, I want to know too!"
The two of them hurriedly changed the subject, fearing that the bad things they had said before would be overheard.
"It's almost the Chinese New Year. That unlucky guy must not be able to have a good New Year's Eve!"
"So sorry for him!"
Bang bang bang!
Another burst of firecrackers!
Xu and Huo jumped away, annoying firecrackers! Annoying children! They are getting older, and what they hate most now is the Chinese New Year!
In the past, you could collect New Year's money during the Chinese New Year, but now they hand out New Year's money!
I used to look forward to growing up, but now I am afraid of growing old!
…
Bang bang bang!
A string of firecrackers jumped on the ground and exploded into a ball of red confetti!
In the open space in front of the villa, Li Jiacheng's eight-year-old son Ah Ju was setting off firecrackers with a long torch. Uncle Zhong, the old housekeeper, was afraid that something might happen to him, so he carefully guarded him.
"Uncle Zhong, give me another bunch!"
"No, young master! Setting off firecrackers is very dangerous. You might blow yourself up!"
"The other children are not afraid, and some even dare to set off firecrackers!" Ah Ju tilted his little head and said unhappily, "My father said that I am a little man. If I don't even dare to set off firecrackers, how can I be a man?"
?”
Uncle Zhong had no choice but to take out another string of safer firecrackers and said: "Then you can set off this string. The lead is long and will not be easily injured!"
Ah Ju shook his little head into a rattle, "I kept these firecrackers to play with Bao'er! We can't let them go now!"
"Is there a treasure next to you?"
"It's Jiang Meibao! We are good friends!" Ah Ju said proudly, "Bao'er is so beautiful, like a doll! Many boys like to play with her!"
Uncle Zhong remembered, isn’t the person named Jiang Meibao the daughter of Shi Zhijian? I remember last year or the year before last, Boss Li’s factory held a tea party, and the little girl went with her mother, and Ah Ju hid with her under the table.
It also caused a big accident!
"Ah Ju, you know what I'm telling you. You'd better not play with that person named Jiang Meibao in the future!"
"Why?" Ah Ju raised his little head and asked in confusion.
"Because your father will be unhappy."
"Why is my father unhappy?"
"Because Jiang Meibao's uncle, the one named Shi Zhijian, is a business rival with your father! They often fight back and forth!" Uncle Zhong felt that he had explained too much to the child, and he might not understand either.
Ah Ju smiled: "Then my father must have lost."
"Uh, what do you mean?"
"If my father wins, he will definitely not ban me from playing with Bao'er! Because we are big winners and we must convince others with virtue! We must be magnanimous! But if my father loses, he will feel shameless
, he’s too embarrassed to let me play with Bao’er, because he’s afraid of being mentioned about his loss and being laughed at!”
Uncle Zhong was stunned and looked at Ah Ju in surprise. This was really a dragon giving birth to a dragon and a phoenix. A son born from a mouse could dig holes!
