My 1978 Hotel

"Auntie."

Wu Tong, Qin Yue and Li Muchen presented Zuo Zhuanlan with some nutritional supplements, such as the Malaysian tribute blood swallow and Ha oil, in a very exquisite nanmu gift box paired with an ivory white stewing pot specially customized by the best inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of the Imperial Kiln.

The stewing pot alone costs over ten thousand yuan. A gift weighs about one kilogram, and the price is about 250,000 yuan. Li Feng's mouth twitched. This guy is worth over a million yuan, so this gift is not cheap.

"Go inside and sit down first."

Li Feng instructed Li Liang. "Put your things away, don't lose them."

"Brother, this gift is too expensive."

Li Liang was really shocked. He didn't know much about the price of the wine, but the gift for Li Jingjing was actually a set of gold bowls. He was afraid that it would cost more than 50,000 yuan. "How about returning this gold bowl?"

"Keep it for now. This golden bowl is probably the cheapest of these gifts."

Li Feng pointed at Wang Xiaohui, who was holding several bird's nest boxes. "I think the price of these boxes combined could buy a top-of-the-line BMW X6."

"Ah, isn't the top model worth millions?"

Li Liang shuddered and didn't dare to look at the gift box in Wang Xiaohui's hand. "Honey, be careful."

"What's wrong?"

Wang Xiaohui thought to herself, what is this guy doing? I'm not pregnant, so why should I be careful when bringing a few gift boxes? Really, why is this guy showing off his affection?

"No, honey, you are holding a million-dollar luxury car in your hand."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Wang Xiaohui rolled her eyes at Li Liang, who hurried to explain. Wang Xiaohui was stunned. "What are you talking about? These gift boxes cost millions, right?" Just kidding, Wang Xiaohui suddenly realized that the gift boxes seemed a bit heavy, and her arm was a little sore from being pulled.

"Are you kidding? Big brother just told me that."

Li Liang pulled out his phone. "Look for yourself! I just checked. I don't know if eating this bird's nest can make you immortal. It's so expensive! The stewing pot alone costs tens of thousands of yuan."

"This is too expensive."

Wang Xiaohui swallowed. "Who are these people? They gave me such expensive things."

"He's really Big Brother's friend. When did Big Brother have such a wealthy friend?"

Wang Xiaohui and Li Liang's minds were spinning. The value of these gifts was too shocking. It was a bit outrageous that a gold-digging bowl was the cheapest gift for a child. Li Fuan and Zuo Chuanlan didn't know about it yet. They just awkwardly invited Li Muchen, Wu Tong, and Qin Yue to come in and sit down.

The girls and boys in this city are really good-looking and well-dressed. When their wives came over early in the morning, they were not as well-dressed or good-looking as these children. They must be real old city people.

The couple has an indescribable feeling towards the city people of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The city people of today are completely different from the city people of that time.

"Sit down, there's nothing good to offer at home."

Li Feng smiled and poured tea for the three of them. He used the same tea leaves that were delivered last time. "How was the road? Was there any traffic?"

“No, it’s very easy to drive.”

Li Muchen saw Zuo Chuanlan coming in with some fruit and asked them to eat. "Auntie, we can do it ourselves. Please sit down."

"No, no need. You guys sit down."

“Auntie, we are good friends with Boss Li, so please don’t be polite with us.”

Wu Tong and Qin Yue hurriedly took the fruit and pulled Zuo Chuanlan to sit down.

"No, there's food cooking in the pot."

Where did Zuo Zhuan Lan go through this?

"Look at me, I almost forgot."

Li Feng quickly stood up and said to Li Liang, who was putting the gifts into the house. "Third brother, get a basin of water. Wash your hands first. I'll serve you some food. Today, try our specialty, iron pot chicken with pancakes."

"But I cooked it myself, so you can eat more later."

"Really? Boss Li's cooking is amazing! We should eat more." Wu Tong, Li Muchen, and Qin Yue said with a smile. "Let's not just sit there. Let's go help."

"You sit down, you sit down."

Zuo Chuanlan said hurriedly. "I'll do it, I'll do it."

"Auntie, you're being polite to us again."

"Yes, Auntie, we are good friends with Boss Li, so there is no need for such elaborate arrangements. We usually do things ourselves." Qin Yue said with a smile. Before, they might have thought that going there was at most interesting and it was okay to play there occasionally.

They have no other thoughts. They are not short of money, but now this guy can repair his body back and forth. This is simply a miracle. Who can guarantee that they will not get sick and can be cured if they are sick? Even if the family is rich, isn't Jobs richer than them?
But now, as long as you have a relationship with Li Feng, it will be an extra guarantee. Rich people are more afraid of death than poor people. After all, they have so much money that they can't spend it all. Who doesn't want to live a long life?

"Please sit down and don't scare my mother."

Li Feng waved his hand. "Mom, it's okay. These are all my friends. Just treat them as your juniors."

"Yes, Auntie, don't be polite to me as we are juniors."

Several people echoed this, and Li Liang, who had just come in with water, became even more puzzled. These young men and women from the city seemed to be fawning over his eldest brother. It wasn't just a seeming thing, it was certain. "What on earth has the boss done lately? This is incredible."

Not only did he rush to deliver valuable gifts, but his attitude was also so nice that you could even say he was trying to curry favor with his boss.

"Mom, please sit down. I'll go help my eldest brother."

Li Liang smiled at Li Muchen and the others. "Everyone, please sit down."

"Yes, yes, sit down."

Zuo Chuanlan hurriedly greeted them, and Li Muchen, Wu Tong, and Qin Yue finally sat down. Li Feng and Li Liang went to put the chicken into the soup bowl and the steamed buns into the basin. "It smells good." The eldest brother really knows how to cook.

Li Liang muttered to himself that if there weren't guests, he would definitely have tried it.

"coming."

Several stir-fried dishes have been laid out, including, of course, northern Anhui cold dishes, slapped melon, preserved eggs, ham sausage, braised beef, pickled pig ears, and peanuts. Six cold dishes are considered high-end.

Usually I make two or four, but today I managed to make six. As for eight, we don’t have that much food at home at the moment.

"Try it while it's hot."

Although it was summer, babamo was still best eaten hot. Li Feng asked everyone to sit down. "Uncle, aunt."

"You sit down, you sit down."

Who would have thought that after a long while of apologies from Wu Tong and the others, they finally sat down and picked up the steamed buns without further ado. "It's delicious. Boss Li's cooking skills are getting better and better."

"Try this stewed chicken, raised with our own grain."

Li Feng greeted a few people. As for the wine, he opened a bottle of Wuliangye and some drinks. Li Feng and Li Muchen accompanied Li Fuan to drink a few glasses, but they didn't drink much. After drinking a little wine and eating, Li Feng waited for a break and made a pot of tea. Everyone drank tea while chatting.

"Wang Wang Wang."

"Someone's coming?" The dog at home barked loudly. Li Feng looked up and saw that Secretary Chen Cheng had arrived with the accountant, the Lijiazhuang production team leader, and several members of the village committee. "Secretary Chen, why are you here? Come in and sit down."

How could Chen Cheng not come? He just received a call saying that several luxury cars had arrived at Li Feng's house, and they were worth three or five million. Chen Cheng was really confused. His old classmate might have become really rich. He had also guessed that the luxury cars he drove before were rented.

After asking around, he realized that temporary license plates were generally hard to find. Now that so many luxury cars were arriving, he was worried they'd made a killing and were considering attracting investment. He was a bit skeptical, but then he saw Li Muchen, Wu Tong, and Qin Yue—all of them clearly from wealthy families.

"Secretary Chen, why are you bringing things with you?"

"A few watermelons, freshly picked for you to eat."

After saying that, he asked someone to put the watermelon on the ground. He saw several boxes of wine at the foot of the house. Wow, he was a little stunned. This was not Moutai aged wine. You know, even he, the brigade secretary, usually drank Moutai and Wuliangye at most.

He had only seen this kind of aged wine a few times. It was fifty years old and cost more than thirty thousand yuan a bottle. This guy had several bottles and just put them aside so casually. It really seemed that his old classmate had made a fortune.

"Too polite."

The watermelon wasn't worth much, so Li Feng didn't care much. He invited everyone to have tea. Li Liang and Wang Xiaohui had already washed and cut the watermelon and brought it over. "Come on, have a piece of watermelon."

"Secretary, eat watermelon."

Fortunately, the watermelon was not small, otherwise one might not be enough for a circle. Li Muchen and others mainly gave face to Li Feng, otherwise they would really look down on this small village secretary.

"Since you are here, we should entertain you. Do you have time tonight?"

Before Cheng Cheng could finish, Wu Tong interrupted, "I'm giving you face, but you can't be so shameless." "Sorry, we're going to a friend's place tonight."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay."

Chen Cheng originally wanted to use Li Feng's position to get close to these young masters and young ladies from the city who looked extraordinary, but he didn't expect that they would not give him any face at all.

"Why are you leaving right after arriving?"

Zuo Chuanlan, who was carrying a freshly cut watermelon, asked hurriedly, "Let's have dinner at home. There's ready-made dishes."

"Auntie, we agreed before we came."

Wu Tong said with a smile. "He's my aunt's brother. He works in the city. He heard we were coming, so he came to say hello."

"Boss Li, let's go over there later and I'll introduce you to each other."

Wu Tong said this, so it seemed that this cousin of his aunt's family was no simple matter. After this introduction, he realized that this cousin in his thirties or forties was really no simple matter. Although the deputy director was not an executive member, he was a member of the party group and would be listed as a standing committee member by the end of the year.

Damn, Wu Tong seemed to say this deliberately for Chen Cheng to hear, "Deputy Chief", this is a bit scary, which made everyone look at Wu Tong with different eyes. He has money and power, and the rural people are afraid of him, and they were even more afraid of officials at that time.

"Forget it, I won't go."

Li Feng didn't care because he had the relationship between Uncle Wu and Aunt Wang.

Wow, Chen Cheng thought to himself, old classmate, this is the deputy director, and judging from his accent, he seems not very old. Maybe he can be promoted to the provincial level in the future. This guy is a big shot, why don’t you give him a hug?

"Come along, Boss Li, it's a good opportunity to talk about our cooperation."

"cooperate?"

Li Liang's hands trembled and he almost spilled the tea. He was trembling with fear when he heard the news in the morning. Fifty million? Could it be the girl in front of him? That's impossible. But when he thought about the car he was driving and the value of the gift he had given.

This is very likely. Chen Cheng, who was sitting there, immediately became excited when he heard about cooperation. Although it was a bit inappropriate to say it now, if he missed this opportunity, he would regret it in the future.

"Old classmate, our village has good transportation now. If you have any good projects, you must give priority to our village."

Li Feng looked at Chen Cheng, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and gestured to Li Muchen and the others with a smile. "You have misunderstood. I am not an investor."

"That's it."

He was so happy for nothing, thinking that Li Feng was soliciting investment. This meant that these people were the ones who paid the money. Chen Cheng was a little confused. But he saw clearly a moment ago that these people were just trying to curry favor with Li Feng.

It's almost the same as following him, so why tell him that the investors are these young masters and young ladies? This is weird. The investors are trying to curry favor with the invested ones. This is not a joke.

"Don't you know what project it is?"

"I'm opening a small B&B."

Li Feng said with a smile. "We're currently developing something, so I'd like to help out."

"Boss Li, you're joking. It's you who should be helping us."

This was indeed true. Qin Yue and Li Muchen nodded after hearing what Wu Tong said. "Yes, Boss Li, we will be relying on you more from now on."

"What does that say?"

The Space-Time Hotel is now relying on the number of people to upgrade. From now on, it’s hard to say who will rely on whom. As for recruiting people, Li Feng really plans to call Wu Tong and others. They have many friends, so if they can recruit one, it will be a win. They all have money.

The registration fee is easy to deal with. Most people would probably back off when faced with a registration fee of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. However, the Time and Space Hotel has strict regulations, and it is not easy for Li Feng to pay for it himself. It is okay to pay for it occasionally, but it is a bit too much for him to pay for it every time.

"B&B?"

Chen Cheng muttered about the B&B. The investment amount must not be that much. Could it be that all these luxury cars are just for show?

“What is the scale and how much investment is expected?”

Chen Cheng was not polite at all. Li Feng glanced at the young secretary and thought he was thick-skinned. He smiled and thought that it would be a bit rude for ordinary people to ask such a question.

"It's okay, a small project not worth mentioning."

"You are such a humble kid."

As a member of the village committee and Li Feng's uncle, his words sounded a bit like an elder's, so Li Feng didn't know what to say.

"Uncle, no, my small business is really nothing."

Li Feng didn't want the matter to be known to everyone. The two companies invested hundreds of millions of yuan. If this guy let the people in front of him know about it, the whole town would know about it in a few days. By then, he would be in trouble.

"Hey everyone, are you interested in investing in our village? We have convenient water conservancy and transportation, and we're only seven or eight miles from the highway entrance and high-speed rail station," Chen Cheng said. "Plus, we have a considerable amount of land, especially over a thousand acres of standard farmland..."

Good man, he was pulling his own investor in front of him. Li Feng didn't know what to say. He really wanted to kick him out. Forget it. He wasn't afraid of offending people, but his parents still had their lives to live. Although he wasn't afraid of any action from him, it was at least a little less troublesome.

Besides, the old secretary and the secretary had been good to my family before. It was the secretary who helped me to issue a certificate when I was a poor student.

"One thousand acres is a little short."

Li Muchen's family runs a hotel business, and in recent years has been developing their own agricultural base to supply the hotel, particularly organic farming. This place is really nice, with convenient transportation. It's only an hour away from Feicheng, not far from Jinling, Shanghai, and Suzhou, and the entire Yangtze River Delta can be reached in a day.

One thousand acres is still too small. Chen Cheng suddenly became excited and looked at Li Muchen. This is a big business. Li Feng was quite surprised. "Brother, don't be because..."

"Old classmate..."

"Boss Li, this is what our family is doing. We plan to develop our own supply chain, especially in the catering sector, and have been building a supply base..." Although Li Muchen is not like Li Muxiao, he still knows a little bit.

"At least two thousand acres."

It's too small to be worth the group's investment. Although 2,000 acres isn't much, it can only serve as a small to medium-sized supply base. Of course, it's more of a face-saving measure for Li Feng. After all, this is Li Feng's hometown. Once this supply base is built, Li Feng's brother and parents can be hired as consultants or something. (End of this chapter)