Qiao Wen is unaware of Chen Canaan holding a pile of newspapers home, cut out the photos with his own, and then despite the strong protests of Howie, will be taped to the bedside of the hot starlets all torn off, replaced by a pile of newspaper clippings - he has long had a problem with the wall of the big boobs, and this time he finally found an opportunity to cut off the roots of the roots, and now look at a wall of Qiao Wen in a suit to cut a ribbon-cutting Now looking at a wall of photos of Qiaowen in a suit cutting the ribbon, he felt refreshed and a wave of pride came out.
And poor Howie's spiritual food was discarded by him, looking at the pictures on the wall, crying without tears. Thinking of the future when mom and dad are not at home to do something bad, a look up is Joe Wen, then what else can do?
Towards the end of the year, it is the peak season of the retail industry, with a good start of the opening ceremony, Mengzhen brand in the Hong Kong Island quickly made a name for themselves, and then entered the mall counter one after another. Because the cut and texture are very fine, cost-effective far higher than foreign brands, a time to become the emerging white-collar and middle-class these business people's favorite. Especially for the young people who have just entered the society, almost become their first piece of business formal wear preferred.
One of the endeavors that Qiao Wen had undertaken in this world was going quite well, though he attributed it to Lin Zi Hui's male lead aura.
At the same time, Chen Canaan's career as a gangster is in full swing, because of Qiao Wen's relationship, he fell in love with wearing a suit, every day, white shirt and black suit, well-dressed with the horsemen to go outside the walled city to collect money to steal the territory.
In addition to being more dashing and handsome, wearing formal clothes did not affect the speed of his punches, and the name of the suit thug gradually spread.
The only fortunate thing is that Zhao Shanhai does not know what kind of consideration, in addition to the collection of accounts and land grabbing, did not let him do other unseemly hooks. Qiao Wen also did not worry much for a while, and even secretly hope, can so stay up until the year after next, when the police into the city fortress sweep, Zhao Shanhai gang knocked down, then Chen Canaan can naturally get out of the Hexing Society, they should also have enough ability to pave the way for him.
At the end of the year, a not-so-small event took place in the city; Lin Zhaoming's Lin Group and his wife's family's Zhong Group merged to form the new Lin Group, with Lin Zhaoming as the chairman and Kevin Zhong as a director, only the day after the public announcement, Kevin Zhong traveled to England.
The outside world didn't know what had happened, but Qiao Wen knew that it must have something to do with the assassination in the first place. No one knew what Lin Zhaoming had done in these six months, but it was clear that he had won big in this family infighting.
The superficially calm Lin family is undoubtedly a place of wrongdoing, and Lin Zi Hui naturally knows this, and under Qiao Wen's advice, he completely separated the Dream True brand from the Mingyue Factory, making it his own business through and through, only waiting for the New Year to move into the new factory.
The year is coming to an end, Qiao Wen according to the contract of ten percent of the profit, got a few tens of thousands of dollars in dividends, is considered to be his real first bucket of gold in this world.
Although the ready-made garment industry was promising, it was not where his interest lay, and he could not follow Lin Zi Hui all the way. As long as one lives in this world, one must have a career that truly belongs to oneself.
And to be self-sustaining, you need enough money. This point of dividends plus the tens of millions in the stock market, although it also seems to have been a huge number, but to do some business is still far from enough.
Fortunately, this is an easy to create wealth myth of the big time, the stock market crash and the housing market, the housing market depression and gold crude oil. He is not an investment genius, just lucky to have a little bit of a head start.
Half a month before the stock market closed a year ago, he and Chen Canaan went to the stock exchange with all the stock certificates.
The stock market is rising, and now has reached a new peak, many stockholders killed red-eye, not only bet on all the family but also debt to kill the stock market, the temptation to get rich without hard work and overnight wealth is indeed too attractive.
When he walked into the stock exchange, he saw the stockholders who crowded the hall densely and frantically buying stocks, Chen Canaan was startled and said, "So many people's, do we really have to sell all of them now? Not leave a little?"
Qiao Wen said, "A stock god said a famous investment quote, others are greedy and I am afraid, others are afraid and I am greedy. The fact that so many people are frantically pouring into the stock market means that it's time to quit. Go line up to clear it all out."
Chen Canaan nodded plausibly and took the stock to the line.
Followed him behind the Qiao Wen, looked around the swarm of people, silently sighed, the first half of next year, the stock market crash, I do not know how many people will lose their homes and wives, and even the family broke.
In the game of capital, most ordinary people are cannon fodder and the only ones who profit are always the capitalists.
Waiting for the transaction to be processed out, the canvas bag in Chen Canaan's hand became bulging, it was the more than two million dollars that the two had gotten from selling their stocks. He these days, because of the collection of accounts and debt lending, quickly into the nineteen years of the highest income period, a month can earn a few thousand it.
At this time carrying more than two million, simply like sleepwalking, kept pulling Qiao Wen said: "Xiao Qiao, we really made so much money? How do I feel so unreal?" While saying so, he also pulled a little zipper from time to time to see if the money inside was still there.
Qiao Wen laughed, "Of course the money is real, as real as that gunshot hole in your stomach. You traded half your life for the principal, how can it be worthwhile if you don't make three or four times as much?"
Chen Canaan touched the scar left by the gunshot wound on his stomach and nodded, "It's true." Seeing that Qiao Wen was leading him not back to the fortress, he strangely asked, "Xiao Qiao, where are we going now?"
Jovian said, "Go buy a house."
Chen Canaan was surprised, "Buy a house?"
Qiao Wen turned his head to look at him and laughed, ''Then what are you going to do with a million dollars? Eat beef stroganoff? That's enough for you to eat for several lifetimes."
"I ......" Chen Canaan of course thought of living in a bright and spacious apartment one day, but only thought about it, after all, as a child of the slums, outside the high-rise buildings of the house, for him is too far away, do not know whether seven or eight years can afford to buy. At this moment, holding more than a million dollars, listening to Qiao Wen reminded, only then reacted, he actually can afford to buy a house, which also means that you can let your dad uncle aunt Howie live in an apartment with running water and gas, just think about it is exciting.
He responded and asked again, "Where are you looking at the house?"
Qiao Wen said, "Kowloon Bay near Yau Ma Tei that piece just built a batch of new high-rise apartments, I have read the advertisement in the newspaper, the price and other things are quite reasonable, mainly because it is very close to the city walled city, your aunt and uncle and Howie are all working in the city walled city, even if they moved, it is impossible to go to do other jobs for a while. Even if we move, we won't be able to go to another job for a while. My grandma, too, I can afford to support her, but she won't want to stay at home and enjoy her life now. So our first new home can't be too far away from the city fortress."
Chen Canaan nodded his head vigorously, "It's still you who's considerate, I'm still in the Hexing Society as well, it's really inconvenient to live too far away."
Nowadays, real estate in Hong Kong City is booming, and a large number of high-rise buildings have risen. Qiao Wen fancy this property has just been launched, and most of the city's household type, the same area is not large, but in the supporting facilities, convenient transportation.
The apartment is only simply decorated, but Chen Canaan is like Liu Lou Lou into the Grand View Garden, touching the east and west, running to the kitchen for a while and then leaping to the bathroom.
"Little Joe, there are several faucets. We'll never have to carry water again."
"Yes."
"The room is also big enough to fit two beds, so I don't have to squeeze into one with Howie."
"Exactly."
"When the time comes, we'll buy a big couch and put the TV right in front of it. The electricity should be stable here, it won't be like in the Walled City where it can be cut off three times a day."
"That's for sure, it's electricity supplied by the regular power company."
To be honest, Qiao Wen used to be someone who lived in a mansion, and this kind of seventies apartment, although it was a heaven and a hell compared to the city walled tenement building, actually didn't quite make him look at it in the eyes, and he was just trying to transition a little bit.
Yet still, he was impressed by Chen Canaan's unabashed excitement like this; only someone without great ambitions and desires would be so easily satisfied.
Chen Canaan visited the inside, and again and again pulled him to the balcony, looking down from a high place, the city of traffic in full view, no longer dark and ugly alleys.
"Can we see airplanes here too, like at the Citadel?" He was so excited he couldn't help but look up into the sky and ask, and Jovian laughed, "It should be possible too, but without the noise of motors again."
The two men always mentioned the Walled City, and there was only one Kowloon Walled City in the whole of Hong Kong called the Walled City, so Mr. Salesman had other ideas when he heard it in his ears.
Although Qiao Wen and Chen Canaan were still wearing suits today, after all, they were only eighteen or nineteen year old teenagers, and with the word "Walled City" in their mouths, it would be hard to believe that they could afford a new apartment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Seeing that the two kept pulling like they were talking in their sleep, Mr. Sales couldn't help himself in the end and walked up to interrupt the two's vision of the future, asking with a smile on his face, "Have you two gentlemen looked at it yet? Recently there are a lot of people looking at houses, I still need to entertain the next wave of guests."
Qiao Wen was also infected by Chen Canaan and forgot about the main event, and only now did he remember after hearing Mr. Salesman's reminder, so he turned back and said politely, "I'm sorry, it's because we've been chatting too much. We'll take this apartment and the smaller one next door that we just looked at."
The man froze slightly and said, "The total price of these two apartments combined is one million two hundred thousand dollars, are you two sure you want it?"
Jovian nodded, "OK."
The man added, "If we are sure, we are required to pay a deposit right away, is that convenient for you?"
Jovian still nodded with a smile on his face, "It's no problem."
He and Chen Canaan two young people, just now and a look of not seen the world, was suspected of not having purchasing power is not surprising. Qiao Wen is a good temper, but Chen Canaan is a serious temper, especially out of the fortress, that is not willing to look at the face, at the moment to see this person seems to be some look at him and Xiao Qiao. He is not a good person, but he is not a good person, he is not a good person.
He was on fire. Unzipping the canvas bag and throwing it to the ground, he angrily said, "What? Think we can't afford it? Go take us to sign the contract now!"
The man's gaze fell on the large bag of banknotes on the ground and he sucked in his breath, and when combined with Chen Canaan's fierce expression, he very much suspected that this was money that had just been robbed from the bank. However, when he saw Qiao Wen's beautiful face and gentle demeanor, he felt that it was difficult for him to establish this conjecture.
Finally, under Chen Canaan's anger, the man wiped a head of sweat and took the two to sign the contract.