On the afternoon of July 12, 1986, a Boeing 707-320C slowly stopped on the runway of Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.
After two stops for refueling and eighteen hours, Sun Dahai and Maniel finally crossed the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles in the United States to Xiangjiang.
The plane was rented. Sun Dahai and Maniel met two wealthy people. There were many people around them, so naturally they would not use civil aviation. The two simply split the cost equally and rented a plane to fly back.
Maniel was just joining in the fun. He wanted to go back to Dubai to go through the formalities of giving up his inheritance rights. In theory, he should start from the east of the United States, cross the Atlantic and Europe, and return to Dubai. This distance would be closer and more convenient.
As a result, the brother and sister discussed it and decided to go to the main store of No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong for an on-the-spot inspection before returning to Dubai, so they hooked up with Sun Dahai.
After getting off the plane, they separated for the time being. Sun Dahai returned to Bafu Garden first and reported to Chef Cao and his wife.
Maniel and the others got into the car sent by the Dubai Consulate in Hong Kong to pick them up and went to the hotel they had reserved. Sun Dahai had already made an appointment with them, and Sun Dahai would be the host for dinner and treat them to dinner at Cao Ji's private restaurant.
Qiao Hongwei personally came to the airport to pick him up. He brought two cars to pick him up. The company ordered two Rolls-Royce luxury edition extended Silver Spurs last year as special vehicles for entertaining VIPs. After a year of waiting, just now
Not long after the goods arrived, Sun Dahai finally caught up.
Chen Feng and Fang Ying stayed in the United States and continued to deal with the acquisition of several ranches, as well as investing in Ent Flight Service Company. They also took time to play around when they had free time.
Zhu Lihua returned to Xiangjiang with Sun Dahai this time, planning to go home to rest for a few days and solve the personnel problem at the racecourse.
She has been busy in the United States since the Spring Festival, and has been away from Hong Kong for another half a year.
Andrew also followed Sun Dahai. He was still a long time away from enrolling in school, so he was fooled by Sun Dahai and planned to visit the mainland again.
Hu Cheng, Battelle were naturally with Sun Dahai, Alayah also came with them, and only Sarah stayed in the United States.
Sitting on the hand-stitched rhinoceros leather seat, Sun Dahai stretched out. He had been in America for a month and was finally back.
Rolls-Royce's Silver Spur sedan is actually just that. Sun Dahai feels that this car is not much better than the new Crown 7. The price of the naked car is US$170,000, excluding the brand value of the double R
, it’s not much better than other luxury cars.
However, this series of cars can be regarded as the last pure-blooded product of Rolls-Royce. In another ten years, new Rolls-Royce models will already be regarded as products produced by BMW.
After two years, Chef Cao and his wife have not changed much. The two elders are now living a comfortable life, as if they are several years younger.
Nowadays, Duan is basically in charge of Cao Ji's private restaurant. Chef Cao will cook in person when he is occasionally interested, or entertain old friends, or develop new dishes, just for fun.
Today, Chef Cao returned to his old business, rolled up his sleeves, and started working since the morning.
The couple had not seen Sun Dahai for two years. Today, when Sun Dahai came to Xiangjiang, it was natural to prepare a table of delicious dishes to welcome him.
When the two cars arrived at Bafu Garden, Sun Dahai arranged for a car to take Zhu Lihua home and asked Battelle to take Hu Cheng, Andrew and Alaya to settle down in the apartment on the sixth floor.
After the management team moved out, this house became a temporary reception point for the company. No one lives in it now, and the three bedrooms can accommodate the four of them.
Sun Dahai returned upstairs and met Zheng Ziyun. The grandfather and grandson had a good chat for a while, and it was not until Zheng Ziyun was about to pick up Cao Shanshan from kindergarten that he let Sun Dahai go.
Sun Dahai went down to the fifth floor to look for Chef Cao at Cao Ji's Private Restaurant. He found that the place had changed a lot since he hadn't been there for two years.
There are three apartment buildings in Bafu Garden, with four units on each floor. The areas are slightly different, and they are all three-bedroom units and two living rooms.
Originally, Cao Ji Private Restaurant was only located in an apartment on the fifth floor, but now the entire fifth floor has become the territory of the restaurant.
After meeting Chef Cao, Sun Dahai learned that the restaurant's business had become more and more prosperous since it opened. It happened that a family on the fifth floor was about to change their house, so his house was bought by Chef Cao.
After buying it, Chef Cao simply asked Mr. Lin from the property management company to come forward and ask the other two homeowners on the fifth floor if they wanted to sell it, and he would pay a higher price to buy it.
A family agreed to Chef Cao's purchase and sold the house to Chef Cao for HK$2.3 million, 15% more than the market price.
Another family was unwilling to leave Bafu Garden, but with the coordination of Mr. Lin, they agreed to replace their house inside Bafu Garden.
Mr. Lin helped Chef Cao contact a house for sale on another floor. After Chef Cao bought it, he replaced it with the residents on the fifth floor. Of course, Chef Cao also paid the other party an additional 200,000 Hong Kong dollars for "relocation"
fee".
In this way, all four apartments on the fifth floor were bought by Chef Cao.
Chef Cao, Cao Yong, and Lisa did some research and decided to connect the two newly purchased adjacent apartments as a new location for the restaurant. The other apartment was given to Ah-Dai as a dividend from the restaurant in the past few years.
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The apartment where the restaurant was originally located is retained as a place to receive family and friends and is no longer open to the public.
Now this place is called the "Friends and Relatives Room" by Ren Kuei, Fa Ge and others. They finally have a relatively stable dining environment and don't have to make reservations three months in advance.
The food here is also prepared by Ah Dai in the kitchen next door, and it is the same as the food served in the private dining room over there that is open to the public.
The reputation of Cao Ji's private restaurant is getting bigger and bigger, and the reservation time is getting longer and longer. It turns out that the situation of three private rooms dominating the world has been criticized by diners for a long time.
Now Caoji Private Restaurant has doubled its business area, with a total of six private rooms. Unfortunately, the reservation time is not much shorter, and it is still difficult to get a meal.
Dui has great respect for Chef Cao. Now his cooking skills can be said to be better than his own, and Chef Cao is also very satisfied with him.
Starting from this year, Ah-Dai has obtained 10% of the shares of the restaurant, and can be regarded as the owner of the restaurant.
Chef Cao knows that Cao Yong will not take over the restaurant in the future, so he will hand over the restaurant to Ah-Dai in the future, and it will be enough for Cao Yong to retain part of the shares and receive dividends.
The restaurant's table reservation system has not changed, but the prices have changed. In response to strong requests from diners, the restaurant's lunch price per table remains unchanged at HKD 1,999, while dinner has added some hard dishes and has become HKD 2,999 per table.
Chef Dui made another change in the future. He was young and strong, and changed the original two-day off-week system to only one-day off on Tuesday. This alone increased the restaurant's annual profit by 20%.