The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 264 You call this small-scale business? (4k)

"Brothers!"

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year in advance!

Inside private room 777, everyone raised their glasses in celebration.

As the organizer of today's gathering, Wan Jiaze brought two people back, so naturally no one else had any objections, especially since Wan Jiakai was Wan Jiaze's cousin.

There were originally ten people in the private room, but after Wan Jiakai and Gu Heng arrived, although everyone sat more closely together, the atmosphere became even more lively.

Older people enjoy interacting with younger people.

Because the youthful energy they possess naturally influences them.

"Captain Wan, you're pretty good, bro."

"You can't find more than a handful of top students from public universities in the whole province every year."

Sun Ye, the deputy squadron leader of the squadron led by Wan Jiaze, said, "It would be a waste of your talents to go back to Beichun. If you ask me, you should go to a big city. The prospects and benefits are far better than what we can get here."

“Currently, the basic allocation policy of the public university is to repatriate students from their place of origin. Unless they can rank in the top 5% in their school’s police recruitment exam, they will have the opportunity to freely choose positions across the country. Otherwise, as students from Kyrgyzstan, they have to obediently return to Kyrgyzstan.”

At this point, Wan Jiaze glanced sideways at Wan Jiakai and said, "As for whether this kid has a chance to get into the top 5% of the school in the police recruitment exam, just ask him where he ranked in his class in this year's final exam, and you'll know whether he has a chance or not."

"Hey bro, where are you in line?"

Sitting directly opposite Wan Jiakai, Gao Wei, who was as strong as a calf, asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Forehead……"

"Ranked 42nd in the class."

Wan Jiakai scratched his head and responded with an embarrassed smile.

There are 44 students in their class.

"One of them joined the army, so there were actually 43 people who took the exam."

Wan Jiaze added.

"no?"

"Dude, so you're second to last?"

Sun Ye paused for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle as he spoke.

"Didn't perform well."

"I was nervous before the exam."

Wan Jiakai was a little embarrassed and explained in a low voice.

"okay."

"Brother, I'm not saying anything more."

"Let's meet at the Kuan District Precinct in three years."

Sun Ye raised his glass and smiled at Wan Jiakai.

Seeing this, Wan Jiakai quickly picked up his beer mug with both hands and clinked it with Sun Ye's.

"Where does this young man go to school?"

Gao Wei noticed that Gu Heng, who was standing next to Wan Jiakai, had barely spoken since entering the private room. Seeing that Gu Heng and Wan Jiakai were about the same age, Gao Wei took the initiative to greet him.

“I didn’t go to university, and I’m currently doing business in Beichun.”

Gu Heng smiled and responded quite frankly.

"Oh……"

"So that's it."

"Being independent at a young age is quite good."

When Gao Wei heard Gu Heng say this, he knew that Gu Heng had dropped out of school, and his expression became slightly embarrassed. He immediately tried to make amends.

"Thank you, Brother Gao."

Gu Heng raised his wine glass at the opportune moment, behaving very modestly and politely.

"Come!"

"have a drink!"

Gao Wei raised his glass, his smile hearty and generous.

With the Lunar New Year's Eve approaching, everyone was in high spirits.

They clinked glasses and exchanged toasts, their voices filled with laughter and joy.

In this atmosphere, time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it was nine o'clock.

At this moment, Wan Jiakai was getting restless and kept casting all sorts of glances at Gu Heng, but Gu Heng remained calm and went about his business as usual, without interacting with him at all.

However, Wan Jiakai did not notice that after nine o'clock, Wan Jiaze, Sun Ye, Gao Wei and others at the table were also exchanging glances silently, making the atmosphere at the table inexplicably strange.

"Cough cough!"

"I don't think Lao Niu and Lao Zhao are doing too well. How about we call it a day?"

Wan Jiaze suddenly coughed twice. After saying this, he turned to Wan Jiakai and Gu Heng and asked, "How are you two? If you haven't had enough to drink, I'll find another place and we can have some more drinks together?"

"You've had your drink!"

"If I drink any more, I'll have to throw up!"

"These wines are just right!"

Wan Jiakai was overjoyed. He had just been racking his brains trying to figure out how to get out of this mess, but Wan Jiaze's suggestion was exactly what he wanted.

"That's fine."

"That's enough for today."

"I'll find some time tomorrow or the day after to have another meal together."

Upon hearing this, Wan Jiaze readily agreed.

"okay!"

After a few words, everyone decided to call it a night.

After finishing their last glass of wine, everyone got up and walked out of the private room.

Wan Jiaze walked at the front, heading to the hotel cashier to pay the bill.

"what?"

"Free meal?"

When Wan Jiakai heard the cashier's reply, he was completely stunned.

"Yes."

"Sir, our boss personally gave the order."

The waiter nodded in response, "All expenses in your private room today are on the house."

Wan Jiaze was a little confused. Although he was promoted to captain of the criminal police squad at a young age and had some status in Beichun, it was not enough for him to get the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion, which was famous throughout Beichun, to give him a free meal. Moreover, he did not know the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion at all.

"Brother Wan, what's wrong?"

Gao Wei and the others who were walking behind also arrived at the cashier. When they saw Wan Jiaze frowning, they took the initiative to go up and ask him.

"When I came to pay the bill, the waiter said that the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion personally instructed that all expenses for our private room be waived. Does anyone know what's going on? Or does anyone know the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion?"

Wan Jiaze asked Gao Wei and the others in a low voice.

"do not know."

"do not know."

Gao Wei and the others all shook their heads, their faces full of blank expressions.

"Forehead……"

That's our boss.

Just as Wan Jiaze and the others were completely confused, the cashier standing in front of the counter pointed in a certain direction.

Upon hearing this, Wan Jiaze and the others all looked in the direction the waiter was pointing.

The owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion, whom the waiter had mentioned, was now sitting respectfully beside Gu Heng, appearing to be very polite.

"what's the situation?"

"Your cousin's childhood friend knows the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion?"

"Could it be that the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion gave us a free meal because of your cousin and childhood friend?"

Upon seeing this, Sun Ye looked slightly shocked: "Brother Wan, could it be that your cousin or childhood friend is the son of some high-ranking official?"

"No."

Wan Jiaze was no less shocked than Sun Ye and the others; in fact, he was even more shocked. Sun Ye and the others didn't know Gu Heng's background, but he did, which is why he was so shocked.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, Gu Heng and Wan Jiakai, who had been walking behind, also arrived at the cashier.

"Big brother, what are you all doing standing here?"

Wan Jiakai was somewhat confused and asked Wan Jiaze.

Wan Jiaze ignored Wan Jiakai and turned his gaze to Gu Heng. Due to the occasion, he didn't say or ask anything, but simply said with a slightly helpless expression, "Aheng, the boss gave us a free meal."

Upon hearing this, Gu Heng turned to look at Fan Sheng, the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion, who was standing beside him.

“Mr. Gu, you’ve condescended to come to my humble shop. This is a great honor for me, Fan Sheng. How could I possibly accept your money?”

When Fan Sheng saw Gu Heng looking at him, he immediately smiled and said this.

When Wan Jiaze, Sun Ye, and the others heard the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion address Gu Heng, who was decades younger than them, with such respectful formality, their expressions subtly changed once again.

“Mr. Fan, the profit margin in the catering industry is low, and your business is on a small scale.”

"If you do this, I won't come again."

Gu Heng shook his head as he spoke, while his left thumb gently pressed the silver ring on his right index finger.

This silver ring may appear to be an ornament, but it actually contains a miniature sensor. Its signal terminal is located in the Zhaode Heritage Security Department, where it is monitored 24 hours a day.

Pressing the button once represents a routine call.

Pressing the button three times represents an emergency call.

Frequent, continuous pressing indicates a high-risk call.

In the first scenario, it could be Gu Heng's personal bodyguard.

The second scenario involves all the professional bodyguards who normally remain hidden around Gu Heng needing to immediately assemble around him.

As for the third scenario, all professional bodyguards of Zhaode Heritage Security Department would be mobilized, and the entire Zhaode Heritage would activate its emergency response mechanism, mobilizing all social resources from top to bottom to protect Gu Heng.

At this moment, Sun Ye, Gao Wei, and the others standing in front of Gu Heng and Fan Sheng all subconsciously looked around at the crowded dining hall after hearing Gu Heng's words.

No?

What did you just say, bro?
You call this a small business?

The daily profit of this one store is probably more than their annual salary. Can this be considered a small business?
But looking at the expression on the owner of Zhuangyuan Pavilion, it seemed that after Gu Heng finished speaking, the other party did not seem to have any intention of refuting him at all.

"No, no, no!"

"Mr. Gu, I just wanted to express my gratitude!"

Upon hearing Gu Heng's words, Fan Sheng immediately waved his hands repeatedly.

Just as the two were talking, Xiang Ling Shuang, who had just received Gu Heng's call signal, quickly walked in from outside the Zhuangyuan Pavilion.

Wearing a black stand-up collar wool coat, he looked capable and efficient.

"Give me the handbag."

Gu Heng looked at Xiang Ling Shuang, who walked straight up to him, and whispered his instructions.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Ling Shuang immediately handed her handbag to Gu Heng. After receiving the handbag, Gu Heng unzipped it, took out a bundle of cash, and gently placed it on the cash register.

"I'll top up my card with the extra money and come back next time."

Gu Heng said this to Fan Sheng.

"This……"

Fan Sheng wanted to decline, but when he saw Gu Heng's seemingly unyielding gaze, he had to swallow his words back: "Then let's do as Mr. Gu wishes. Thank you for your patronage."

"polite."

Gu Heng smiled, then looked at Wan Jiaze and the others who were staring at each other, and said, "Brother Ze, let's go."

"Whoa whoa……"

"Let's go."

Wan Jiaze barely came to his senses and subconsciously echoed her words.

With Fan Sheng personally seeing them off, the group walked out of the restaurant.

As the dazzling headlights of the Maybach GLS600 parked at the main entrance lit up, Wan Jiaze and the others all subconsciously looked at Gu Heng.

"Brothers, Kai and I will be leaving now."

Gu Heng turned to Wan Jiaze and the others, and said with a smile, "Let's get together often in the future."

"and many more!"

"Ah Heng, how much did our meal cost?"

Wan Jiaze's mind was a bit muddled. When he heard Gu Heng say he was leaving, he belatedly realized, "With so many of us having dinner together, how can we let you pay the bill in the end!"

“Brother Jiaze, Ah Kai and I are not blood brothers, but we are closer than blood brothers.”

Gu Heng smiled at Wan Jiaze: "It's just a meal. You can treat me again next time. There's no need to make such a big deal out of it."

Looking into Gu Heng's clear and sincere eyes, Wan Jiaze didn't know what kind of life experiences Gu Heng had gone through that caused his originally gloomy life to undergo such a dramatic reversal. But he knew that Gu Heng and Wan Jiakai were definitely not together with any malice. Their feelings were as pure and flawless as diamonds.

"Ok."

Wan Jiaze hesitated for a moment, then stopped making polite excuses to Gu Heng: "Then let's make another appointment next time, and I'll treat you then."

"it is good."

Gu Heng smiled and nodded, then led the seemingly deep-thinking Wan Jiakai into the back of the Maybach GLS600. With someone already in the driver's seat, the car quickly drove away from Zhuangyuan Pavilion.

Wan Jiaze watched the Maybach GLS600 drive away, and then he felt all the eyes of his brothers around him focused on him.

"Don't look at me."

"I do not know anything."

"They really don't know anything."

Wan Jiaze shrugged, his expression slightly helpless.

"Captain Wan, your cousin's childhood friend has quite an unusual background."

Gao Wei sighed with a hint of emotion: "That female bodyguard in the black stand-up collar wool coat just now, don't let her being a woman fool you, I feel that if I were to fight her hand-to-hand, I probably wouldn't last five seconds against her."

"true and false?"

Someone looked at him suspiciously: "You spend all your free time at the gym and have built up a muscular physique. How can you not even beat a woman?"

"Gao Wei might not be joking."

"That woman just now, if she were unarmed and without using any police equipment, unless we all rushed at her at once, we would most likely have been taken down by her."

"If the other party has a weapon, even if we have police equipment, the final result may be even worse than if we face her unarmed."

Just as some people were having doubts, Sun Ye, a former soldier, slowly spoke up, his expression slightly serious, showing no sign of joking.

"So fierce?"

When everyone saw that Sun Ye had said this, they no longer had any doubts and were all dumbfounded.

It's important to know that they are all criminal police officers who specialize in fighting crime. Compared to ordinary police officers who are based at the grassroots level, they have strong arrest capabilities and combat skills. Especially when they are deployed in groups, their tacit cooperation means that even the most vicious thugs will have to surrender.

Even so, Sun Ye said that even with their bare hands, they couldn't even take down a single woman when all of them were mobilized. How could this not shock them?

"It's obvious that the woman just now was a professional bodyguard, and judging from her appearance, she was probably a top-level professional bodyguard. Someone of that level probably earns more than a million a year."

Everyone was secretly amazed when they heard Sun Ye's analysis.

One bodyguard alone earns a million-dollar annual salary!

How rich is Gu Heng?
OK!
It's simply unimaginable!

"okay."

"They've already gone far away, so let's stop guessing."

Wan Jiaze took a deep breath: "Don't you always nag me to bleed money? Tonight, I'll arrange the Perkins meeting. Same rules as always, tip on your own, drinks on me!"

"Fuck!"

"Perkins?"

"So high-end?"

"With so many of us, how much will that cost?"

Gao Wei couldn't help but swear, his eyes widening instantly.

"Anyway, it only happens once a year."

Wan Jiaze said with a smile, "Since we're going to make arrangements, let's be open and transparent."

As one of the most high-end music and business reception rooms in Beichun, the Platinum Club is frequented by wealthy business owners. It's only because Wan Jiaze's family has some resources that it's worth it. If an ordinary wage earner were to host a banquet there and have a slightly extravagant time, they could probably spend half a year's salary on it.

"The Real Perkins Club?"

"Let me check if I have enough savings for the tip."

As Sun Ye spoke, he took out his phone and glanced at his savings: "I still have over two thousand left, that's enough."

"Hurry, hurry!"

Looking at his brothers who were all excited about going to Perkins later, Wan Jiaze smiled and urged, "It's already 9:30. If we go any later, there probably won't be anyone left!"

"Let's go!"

"Team Wan is awesome!"

"Airplane mode activated, my wife will ask me 100 times tomorrow, I'm so drunk I blacked out and left my phone at the hotel!"

……

The group chatted and laughed as they walked to the roadside. The four of them boarded a taxi and quickly left Zhuangyuan Pavilion, heading towards Perkin Club...

(End of this chapter)