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Chapter 45 What a wonderful era

Cao Jian originally wanted to bring his third son Cao Wei. After all, his father was right: it takes brothers to fight a tiger.

Although they are not blood brothers, they are cousins ​​as well.

But it is not so easy to go to Hong Kong. My own identity is already troublesome, and it will be even more troublesome to apply for one for my third child. I can only wait until I have established myself in the future and see if I can do it.

Cao Jian also understood that his father was worried about him.

But going to Hong Kong to develop in the 1990s was definitely faster than developing in the mainland.

Otherwise, how can we achieve being close to the people?
He put the money in his father's hand and said with a smile, "When there's a chance, I'll think of a way to get the third child to go to Hong Kong as well."

"alright."

This was Cao Yongan's most helpless advice to his son: "Don't cause trouble, and don't learn bad things."

The father could also see that his son was a man of his own ideas, otherwise he would not have given up college and gone into singing.

"It's okay if you don't learn bad things and don't cause trouble, but it's best if you don't cause trouble for me."

Cao Jian said this quietly in his heart.

When Cao Jian got home, it was already the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The Spring Festival is still full of festive atmosphere, especially in rural areas.

On the 29th, fry meatballs and make steamed bowls; on the 30th, post couplets and door gods.

On New Year's Eve, the house was even more lively, and the neighbors all came to Cao Jian's house to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

It’s lively when there are more people, and there’s plenty of good cigarettes, good wine and good food.

This year's Spring Festival Gala is the first time that Ni Ping has hosted the gala.

This woman is not only Heitu's dream lover, but also the object of dreams for young men like Cao Jian.

It was also from this year that she started dating the famous director Chen Kaige. Unfortunately, she met the wrong person and her lover was eventually snatched away by someone else.

Yang Yuying had not yet become famous, so she was not on the stage of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

However, a song called "Lubinghua" by Hong Kong singer Jenny Tseng became popular in China in the following years.

I don’t know how many years Tan Yonglin’s “Flower in Water” has been popular.

Uncle Benshan's sketch "Xiao Jiu Lao Le" is not the most outstanding among his many sketches, and is not as good as "Blind Date" from the previous year.

However, Chen Xiaoer's "Police and Thief" made the audience laugh.

However, we have to wait two years for his most classic "The Protagonist and the Supporting Actor".

Now "Unforgettable Tonight" is not a must-sing song at the end of the party. The party ends with the "Da Yangge" program.

What a great era...

There are no blessing messages, but this also makes the Spring Festival seem more lively.

We start visiting relatives on the second day of the Chinese New Year and don’t finish until the seventh day.

Because Cao Wei had spread the news that Cao Jian had a girlfriend, although there were many guests during the New Year, fortunately, no one was trying to act as a matchmaker.

This saved Cao Jian a lot of worry.

Although in rural areas, the Chinese New Year is not truly over until after the Lantern Festival, Cao Jian still had many things to deal with. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, he and Cao Wei flew to Nanchang and Guangzhou respectively.

In the first month of the year, you can’t go empty-handed.

Cao Jian, panting, carried a lot of bags on his back and took a taxi to Yang Yuying's house.

Before returning home, Yang Yuying had been living with Cao Jian. After not seeing him for two weeks, she had already missed her boyfriend.

Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything wrong at home. Just one day after Cao Jian arrived, she said goodbye to her mother and set off for Guangzhou with Cao Jian.

Before leaving, Mother Yang also reminded Cao Jian to take good care of her daughter.

"What is my mother-in-law's impression of her son-in-law?"

On the way, Cao Jian and Yang Yuying chatted while they were traveling.

At first, Yang Yuying didn't understand the relationship that Cao Jian mentioned.

Who is your mother-in-law?

When he realized what was happening, he said a little embarrassedly, "That's fine. I just asked when we can finalize our relationship."

"Isn't it settled now?" Cao Jian said with a smile, "How long have we been living together?"

"Hate it, my mom said engagement"

Yang Yuying hit Cao Jian, which was her usual action.

"Engagement."

Cao Jian began to play dumb: "We are still young. I am only nineteen years old. I am not yet an adult."

Although he liked Yang Yuying, and although many people got married early nowadays, he didn't want to get married so early.

"You did that to me before I even reached adulthood."

Yang Yuying said dissatisfiedly: "My mother and relatives are all satisfied with you. Why don't we wait for two years for our business to pick up and then get married?"

"Well, it's up to you."

At this time, even if you don’t want to get married early, you can’t refuse.

I can only follow the girl's wishes as to when to get married.
It is definitely impossible within three to five years.

Cao Jian felt that he needed to play for two more years. Hearing Cao Jian's agreement, Yang Yuying was really happy: "Anyway, I will follow you for the rest of my life."

"hey-hey."

Cao Jian just smiled and asked, "When will my mother-in-law go to Guangzhou? I plan to open our store at the end of March."

"After the Lantern Festival, she's actually reluctant to resign. Although the salary at the textile factory isn't high, it's very stable."

"Don't worry, by then your mother will definitely not be able to count the money."

"boast!"

When Yang Yuying said this, she suddenly pouted: "Honey, if my mother comes, I can't live with you anymore, what should I do?"

"What? Can't you sleep without me holding you?"

"That's annoying! Don't hug me anymore!"

"You have to hold me!"

Cao Jian smiled and said, "However, this is indeed a problem. I need to think about it. Otherwise, we should buy a house first."

After two days of delay on the road, the two arrived in Guangzhou on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

As soon as Cao Jian arrived at his residence, he saw Cao Wei and Li Hongtao sitting in the living room smoking.

"Manager Li, Happy New Year. When did you arrive?"

Cao Jian put down his luggage and wondered if the deal had been reached.
Li Hongtao stood up immediately when he saw Cao Jian: "Boss Cao Cao, just call me Hongtao. I have already resigned from Yiyuan Ballroom."

"Oh?"

This news surprised Cao Jianzhen.

Do you really want to do it with me?

With the third brother included, the Dragon and the Phoenix are complete.

Asking Yang Yuying to make the bed, he took out a cigarette and said, "Even if you resign, you are still Manager Li."

Li Hongtao immediately understood what this meant, which was that once Cao Jian opened his place, he would still be the manager.

The previous judgment was indeed correct.

But he also knew that the stepping stone was that place.

"Then I'll call you boss in advance."

Li Hongtao has also been in society for ten years. He said with a smile: "Boss, I talked to the owner of the dance hall that was about to be transferred before the New Year. He originally wanted to insist on 200,000.

Later, I asked a few of my brothers to use some tricks, and since there was no business during the New Year holidays, he was willing to lower the price to 150,000 yuan."

Cao Jian asked curiously, "What little trick?"

“A bit murky”

Li Hongtao was a little embarrassed to say it.

"Go ahead."

"In fact, during my years in Guangzhou, I also had some brothers who, upon hearing that Boss Cao wanted this store, secretly punctured the customers' tires, causing them to make trouble every day."

Li Hongtao said, and then chuckled, "These brothers are all rough guys, they only know these little tricks, but the effect is okay."

"One hundred and fifty thousand"

Although the price was lowered, Cao Jian was still not satisfied.

The transfer fee is not a big deal, but the later decoration is a bottomless pit of money, so save as much as you can now.

At the same time, let’s also look at Li Hongtao’s abilities.

He asked, "How is your relationship with the higher-ups?"

"The police station has some connections, and some smaller leaders in the fire department and the industrial and commercial departments can also have a say."

Li Hongtao probably guessed what Cao Jian was going to do, but to build relationships with these people, he definitely needed money.

Hearing that he could talk to the young leader, Cao Jian took out three thousand yuan without hesitation and said, "Take the third brother with you. Use the money to buy some good cigarettes and alcohol. Go and make arrangements. Have someone check the fire department and other things. Give you half a month and get the price down by at least another twenty or thirty thousand yuan."

"I understand."

Li Hongtao suddenly felt that Cao Jian was even worse than himself.

However, this is quite to my liking, especially since it costs three thousand yuan, which seems like he is really willing to spend money on it.

When Cao Wei heard his cousin specifically ask him to take him with him, he was a little puzzled at first, thinking that he wanted him to supervise whether the 3,000 yuan was spent carelessly.

But I quickly realized that my cousin probably wouldn't care about this.

He was trying to get in touch with these people more and start building relationships with them.

"Go ahead, get this done before the Lantern Festival. Also, contact the landlord to see how much he can sell the building for. We need to open the store as soon as possible."

Cao Jian was pressed for time and didn't want to wait any longer, so he explained the situation and kicked the two out.

As soon as Cao Wei and the others left, Cao Jian immediately ran into the bedroom: "Dear, come quickly, it's been a long time since we last had sex."

Cao Jian drove the two people away not only for business reasons, but also because he didn't want to be disturbed while being intimate with his girlfriend.

It was the 1990s, and those shabby hotels on the street didn't allow men and women to stay together without a marriage certificate.

Really annoying!
Now that he's finally back, why not fight till late into the night?

(End of this chapter)