Since the person they were meeting was a billionaire, the two poor guys naturally had to primp and wear the same white shirt and black pants.
Qiao Wen is needless to say, these days eat well and sleep well, pale face rare more blood color, simply peach cheeks pink face like beautiful.
As for Chen Canaan, the injury on his face has been good for a thorough, a handsome face back to normal, rare to wear this white shirt and black pants, lined with a thin waist and long legs, quite a few people touching the dog, if not speak, the material who would not have thought that he is a walled city gangs of the four nine children, but also thought it was the upper class came out of the broad young masters.
Using aromatic head oil, he smoothed his short, dark hair into a scuffed, shiny little parting, and, very pleased with his masterpiece in the mirror, said, "Little Joe, your Nan is pretty today, isn't he?"
Qiaowen looked at his smug look, nodded facetiously, and laughed, "Pretty Nan lives up to his name."
Chen Canaan got a compliment, smilingly turned his head, looked him up and down, and politely said, "Xiao Qiao, why do you think you look so good? If you were a woman, all those actresses in the pictorials would have to step aside and go for Miss Hong Kong City, absolutely first place."
As a man, compliments on his appearance didn't make Jovian feel like much of a proud thing. But he did have to admit that the original body could indeed be described as pretty, and thankfully it wasn't girly, just standard pretty boy.
He shook his head in amusement, "Nan, I'm a man, don't always compare me to women."
Chen Canaan laughed out loud, "Okay, no comparison."
To do the show naturally to do a full set, only five or six days from the injury, Chen Canaan went out still limping with a cane. Occasionally encountered the people of the Hohsing Society, is bound to sigh and say that he is still seriously injured.
Jovian thought the man was quite the drama queen.
Lin Zhaoming had just experienced the assassination incident, so he was extremely careful. The place of the appointment was a presidential suite in his hotel.
When the two men entered the door, they were also searched all over by a few big men in black to make sure they didn't have any murder weapons on them before they were let in.
Lin Zhaoming, who was dressed in a suit, sat on the sofa in the living room, and when he saw the people coming in, although he did not get up to greet them, he took the initiative to greet them with an amiable face, "The two little brothers are here!"
Qiao Wen doesn't really know much about the man, as the original book begins with his funeral, and all the descriptions of him are just Lin Zi Hui's memories.
To Lin Zihui, he was a good father. Before this good father passed away, although Lin Zi Hui was an illegitimate child raised outside, he did have a good life, so much so that he was a rather naive and simple nature. It wasn't until Lin Zhaoming passed away and suffered a succession of changes that he, the eldest male lead, slowly changed his nature.
But a good father doesn't mean a good person.
Lin Zhaoming grassroots origin, borrowed his wife's family and made a fortune, doing a clean business, but the means is not very clean, and therefore it is natural to make countless enemies.
You can't take it lightly when dealing with such an old fox.
The two walked over and greeted each other politely.
"Sit sit sit!" Lin Zhaoming smiled and pointed to the seat next to him, not moving to survey the two beautiful young men, and then smiled again and said to Chen Canaan, "Little brother has shaved his beard, I almost didn't recognize you. Last time, I wanted to properly thank little brother for saving my life, but I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, you people disappeared."
Chen Canaan said, "It was chaotic at the time, and my brother was not well, so I took him to leave first."
Lin Zhaoming looked at Qiao Wen, thin and pale, indeed a sickly-looking man, he smiled and nodded, saying, "I shouldn't need much of an introduction, but I still don't know how to address the two of you?"
Chen Canaan: "My name is Chen Canaan, and my ayi's name is Qiao Wen."
Lin Zhaoming asked again, "Which neighborhood do the two little brothers live in?"
Chen Canaan returned, "We live in the Kowloon Walled City."
Lin Zhaoming heard the word "Nine Dragons Walled City" four words, his eyebrows are clearly a micro-unusual knit down, obviously not too much to see. However, for the life-saving benefactor, face work or have to do enough, he nodded, slowly sip tea, smiled: "You said on the phone, there is something you want to ask me to help, what do you need to open up".
Chen Canaan turned his head to look at Qiao Wen, revealing a tangled and difficult expression, "To be honest, I only saved Mr. Lin in a crooked way, and originally didn't think to ask Mr. Lin to thank me for anything. If I didn't happen to run into a bit of trouble, I wouldn't have come to the door to bother a big shot like you."
I have to say, he's usually such a jerk, but when he's serious, it's hard to tell he's a loser.
Lin Zhaoming smiled and waved his hand, "It's a fact that you saved me, I definitely have to return this favor."
Chen Canaan said, "To be honest, it's because one of my uncles owed a gambling debt and didn't have the money to pay it back, and the people from the casino wanted to drag her daughter to the nightclub to cover the debt. This sister-in-law of mine is only sixteen years old, I really can't bear it, and there's no way to get that much money together, so I can only find you to help."
Whether the story was true or not, Lin Zhaoming wasn't surprised as he smiled, "How much do you need?"
"Twenty thousand."
Lin Zhaoming nodded and didn't ask any more questions, directly pulling out a checkbook from his chest, signing a check and handing it to him, "This is thirty thousand, consider it my reward. You take it to save your sister, and you and your Ah Di keep the rest to spend."
Chen Canaan didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and after a moment of consternation, he hurriedly accepted the check with joy, not forgetting to thank him repeatedly, and then grinned at Qiao Wen, who was as good as God at anticipating things.
Jovian clenched his fist against his lips and coughed softly.
He immediately reacted and turned his head to Lin Zhaoming, "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we won't take this money for nothing, do you see anything we can do for you? We'll definitely do our best as a repayment to you."
Lin Zhaoming waved his hand and said in amusement, "This is my thanks for saving your life, how do I need you guys to repay me."
Chen Canaan: "To be to be, although we are the children of poor families, but also know the truth of no merit, no reward. That day at the teahouse, in your opinion it was me who saved you, but to me, I actually did nothing, but it was just a mistake. So I definitely can't take this money for nothing."
"Oh?" Lin Zhaoming originally thought that the two poor boys want to mooch some oil from his point, he is not willing to owe people favors, although it is a mistake, but also saved himself, can use 30,000 yuan to pay back, naturally, it is no better, which know that this afterbirth boy is quite a bit of backbone, he squinted at him, to determine the other side is sincere, pondered for a moment, asked with a smile, "What do you think can be done What do you think you can do?"
Chen Canaan looked at Qiao Wen again, and the other nodded gently.
"Mr. Lin, it's like this, I think you've just encountered an assassination, you must be looking for who's behind it, I don't know if you've found out yet?"
Lin Zhaoming laughed, "It's inevitable to make enemies in the business world, there are many people who want to kill me, I'm still investigating."
Chen Canaan said, "That means you haven't checked yet?"
Lin Zhaoming smiled and nodded.
Chen Canaan said, "The day you don't find out, that's the day you're in the light and the other side is in the dark, which is not only dangerous but also very inconvenient."
Lin Zhaoming heard his meaning and laughed, "What? You guys want to help me check?"
Although it was a question, the tone was clearly with a bit of flirtation, obviously not believing that the two slumdog boys in front of them had this ability.
Chen Canaan nodded, "We do have this intention, after all, when we think about it, only this matter is worth thirty thousand dollars."
Lin Zhaoming froze, then laughed aloud, "Late-born boy, my people have been investigating for a few days, and they are all clueless, you guys only know my identity, and you know nothing about my life, so I'm afraid it's only a fool's errand to try to find out who it was that killed me." After a pause, he added, "You guys have this heart that doesn't want to take advantage of the situation, you've already impressed me, but the latter boy still don't just talk big. This amount of money is nothing to me, you guys don't worry to take it, I owe little brother's favor will be returned."
"Five days." Qiao Wen suddenly spoke out, "Mr. Lin, give us five days, we'll help you find the mastermind behind this."
Only then did Lin Zhaoming look squarely at the teenager next to Chen Jiannan who had not said a word.
It was clear that he was still a milky child, but when he met those beautiful eyes, he was suddenly struck by the calmness beyond his age in them, not just calmness, but as if there was a certainty that he knew everything.
Rao is he read countless people, also slightly stunned, and then lightly laughed, said even his own also a little surprised words: "OK, then I give you five days time, if you can help me find the mastermind behind the scenes, I also have heavy thanks."
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Chen Canaan didn't expect it to go so smoothly, after coming out of the hotel, he raised the check in his hand in the air and shone it against the sunlight: "Xiao Qiao, what about 30,000 yuan!"
He lived nineteen years, the first time to see a check, or 30,000 yuan of checks, living into the Grand View Garden of the Liu Lou Lou, a novelty.
This really can't blame him, he followed Zhao Ah Si to manage two small gambling stalls, and occasionally pour a little colorful magazines to sell to the young people in the walled city, can earn a thousand or eight hundred dollars a month. This income is already considered good, the small stalls in the walled city, after being exploited by the Wo Hing Society, many of them only earn a few hundred dollars a month.
Thirty thousand dollars is enough to keep the average family in the Walled City for five or six years.
It's a serious amount of money.
Jovian looked over and shook his head in amusement at his excited little form.
"Fuck!" Chen Canaan was happy for a while, but when he thought that two-thirds of this huge sum of money would have to be given to Uncle Ming to pay off his gambling debts, he couldn't help but sprout a bellyful of fire again, and he indignantly said, "Xiao Qiao, if you hadn't come up with this idea, this time, Baolian really couldn't be preserved."
Qiao Wen laughed, "Actually, it's not that I have a solution, but thanks to you saving Lin Zhaoming by mistake that day."
Chen Canaan was unimpressed, "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have thought to look for him. Moreover, that day at the teahouse, if you hadn't shown up, I might have already made a move to kill him. Speaking of which, it's still because of you."
He was a disposition that didn't take credit, and Qiao Wen smiled and said, "Even though we have the money in hand, we still have to do what needs to be done."
Especially since Lin Zhaoming said that if he found the murderer, there would be another big thank you.
He was looking forward to the heavy thanks.
Two major events in a row in the past few days had been resolved by Qiao Wen in a way. Chen Canaan was already completely impressed with him. He thought about it, Qiao Wen did grow up smart, excellent in schoolwork since childhood, but in the past so many years, his smartness was only used in schoolwork, he was almost incapable of dealing with the world, like a delicate flower that needed to be protected, he simply didn't have any ability to face the winds and rains, and he was so timid that when he saw the people from the Wo Hing Society, he would be scared to take a detour.
However, the current Jovian has clearly used his intelligence to deal with the situation.
Chen Canaan didn't know why Qiao Wen would have such a big transformation, thinking about it, about it could only be attributed to growing up.
His delicate flower of a brother, growing up.
He joyfully wrapped his arms around Qiao Wen's shoulders and reached out to touch the other man's soft hair, "With Xiao Qiao's clever brain, I'm sure we'll be able to find it within five days."
Jovian found another great strength in the man - a heartless optimist.
The two went to the bank to withdraw the money, for the heavenly fortune, Chen Canaan first thought is to go to the mall with Qiao Wen, to buy new clothes and new shoes for all the people in the family, but also intends to buy and then go to Causeway Bay upscale Western-style restaurant to have a big meal.
He was of the nature to drink today and had no long term plans.
But Qiaowen rejected his plan in its entirety, only allowing him to buy two fish eggs on the street, one for each of them to eat, and then grabbing the man to the stock exchange.
Chen Canaan on the stock is a know-nothing, only heard that the gambling money no two, nervous and grasping Qiao Wen said: "Xiao Qiao, the stock this thing can not just touch, I have heard that some people play the stock to play with the blood of the money to lose all their money, and gambling money no two."
Qiao Wen laughed, "Of course the stock market has risks, but it's still a different thing from gambling. Securities trading is a discipline that is now offered as a course in universities. Those who lost their money either didn't do their homework or were greedy. This money of ours, although it's pie in the sky, if we just casually spend it like this, we might as well not have it. Don't worry, I have studied stocks and am confident that money makes money."
Chen Canaan see his tone of certainty, also no longer doubt, anyway, this money is not earned, if really lose money, also not heartache, so a wave of the hand, pulling him to the window queue.
Securities trading in this era, is still very primitive, can only be purchased on the stock exchange, give money to get stock certificates, similar to saving money.
When Qiao Wen took a course on securities investment, he had some knowledge of the stock market in various periods. Before the 1970s, the Hang Seng Index was mainly held by the British, and from the 1970s onwards, Hong Kong enterprises emerged, especially those of the several major families, which were listed one after another, and became the target of capital pursuit.
This year, three Hong Kong enterprises have just been listed, and the capital has already been killed, but many ordinary shareholders are still in a wait-and-see state, waiting for the share price to climb up, a large number of ordinary shareholders to pour in. However, the stock market is a place where leeks are cut. Small shareholders just let go of their hands and feet to drill into it, and the capital which has made a lot of money will withdraw, and a stock market crash will follow, and the hard-earned money of the general public will all go into the pockets of the capitalists.
Chen Canaan took a few pathetic stock certificates, thinking that it was ten thousand dollars in exchange, for a moment only felt his heart dripping blood: "This can really earn back?"
Qiao Wen laughed, "Of course, you keep it well, don't lose it, maybe in half a year ten thousand dollars will become one hundred thousand dollars."
Chen Canaan's eyes widened incredulously, and he hurriedly stuffed the stock certificates carefully into his money clip.
A hundred thousand dollars!
How many meals of fish eggs and beef mince must be enough!