Chapter 931: Expanding Business
Time flies and it is 1992.
This year, Song Yuanchao's community in Tianlin was successfully completed. Except for a part of the residents of the previous alleys in the urban area who paid the price difference and stayed, most of them moved to the newly built community.
A few people who originally wanted to drag it out to negotiate terms with the real estate company ultimately couldn't outlast the company. Soon after most of the residents moved happily, they could no longer withstand the pressure and signed the agreement one after another.
The reconstruction of the alley has not yet been completed, because this reconstruction is much more difficult than building a new community, and Song Yuanchao has very high requirements, so the reconstruction work has only been half completed so far.
But even so, everyone has great expectations for the renovated alley, because from the current progress and design, it can be seen that this renovation has taken a lot of effort. Coupled with the reasonable layout and new facilities, after the renovation is completed, this place will not only have a brand new look, but will also be much better than before.
The commercial building in Lujiazui is almost completed. This building is the first high-rise commercial building after the opening of Jiangdong.
In July last year, the world-renowned Oriental Pearl TV Tower was completed. This tallest TV tower can be seen from far away on the west bank of the Yangtze River. Now, not far from the Oriental Pearl, the new Shenghua Building is rising day by day at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In early 1992, stock subscription certificates were issued.
Just like in the previous life, when the subscription certificates priced at 30 yuan each were issued, no one bought them. On the contrary, the banks, credit unions, securities companies, etc. that sold the certificates tried hard to sell them to people in order to complete their sales tasks, but the sales were still unsatisfactory.
Song Yuanchao did buy some himself. In fact, with his current financial resources, he didn't need to buy subscription certificates to make this money. After all, even if he bought dozens or hundreds of subscription certificates, such a profit was nothing to Song Yuanchao. The reason why he bought some subscription certificates was actually the same as the first day of the opening of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, as a sentiment, to participate in history again.
Speaking of the stock market, Nandu's shareholding reform has been completed. Thanks to the support and cooperation of the local government, Nandu's shareholding reform went very smoothly.
After the share restructuring was completed, Nandu issued a batch of internal shares and entered the listing preparation process.
If nothing unexpected happens, the official listing is expected to be around the end of 1992. Song Chaoyuan is still very satisfied with this time period because there will be a stock market crash in May 1992. This crash is the first crash since the recovery of the domestic stock market and lasted for a full five months.
Avoiding this period of sharp decline and listing in the period of rising again later is not bad for Nandu. Of course, not long after this sharp decline, the stock market will continue to fall sharply , but at that time it will have no impact on Nandu.
Maomao and Yangyang are both in the third grade of primary school. The two little guys are in the same school and the same class, which is just what they want.
The academic performance of the two little guys is neither good nor bad, it can only be said to be mediocre. However, they are good at making troubles. From the first grade to now, they have caused a lot of trouble. Song Yuanchao and his wife, including Luo Lin, have been summoned to school by teachers many times. Lin Yuhang, on the other hand, rarely went to school for training under the pretext of being busy with work, thus escaping the opportunity of being criticized by teachers.
However, compared with academic performance, Song Yuanchao values children's nature and healthy growth more. In this regard, both Maomao and Yangyang have done well, which is also gratifying to Song Yuanchao.
In the blink of an eye, my daughter is in the last year of kindergarten. Next year, she will enter elementary school and follow in the footsteps of her older brothers and sisters to become a glorious "primary school student."
Qin Zhengguo and Ying Annie have two children. The older one, Nini, is already twelve years old and is about to go to junior high school. The younger one, Wenwen, has also started school this year. However, they are all studying in Hong Kong, and they can only get together to play during the summer and winter vacations.
Li Daqi and Zheng Li's children, Luo Yang and Li Xiaoyun's children, and Gu Jie and Sun Yaoliang's children are all still young, but not that young when you really think about it, and they will all go to school in two years.
In the blink of an eye, time flies. It seems like Yangyang was just born right in front of my eyes, but now he is already a third-grade elementary school student.
Boss Qiang's small restaurant has now been upgraded. Just this year, Boss Qiang boldly spent a huge amount of money to buy an old house next to the original restaurant, and then converted the old house into a brand new restaurant, thus starting his legend in the Shanghai catering industry.
The new restaurant is much larger than the original small restaurant, and its decoration is also very thoughtful. In addition, the several special dishes that Boss Qiang has introduced in the past two years are very popular, and the prices of the restaurant are also very affordable, so it quickly became famous.
In the past two years, Song Yuanchao and his wife, including Luo Lin and Luo Yang, and Li Xiaoyun and others, have often gone to Boss Qiang's restaurant to show their support. Over time, everyone became familiar with each other and became good friends in private.
Song Yuanchao naturally wanted to go to support Boss Qiang's new restaurant when it opened. Qin Zhengguo and Li Daqi happened to be in Shanghai as well, so he simply called and booked a private room so that he could go to support the restaurant while tasting Boss Qiang's new dishes and have a little gathering together.
"Congratulations!" When they arrived, Song Chaoyuan strode towards Boss Qiang who was entertaining guests at the door, followed by Li Daqi and others, holding several flower baskets in their hands.
Their appearance immediately attracted a lot of people's attention, after all, they drove here together.
Song Chaoyuan and his wife were in one car, Luo Lin, Luo Yang and Li Xiaoyun were in one car, Li Daqi and Qin Zhengguo were in one car, Gu Jie and his wife were in one car, and Zhang Jianguo and his wife were in another car.
Five luxury cars suddenly stopped in front of the restaurant. This kind of scene is rare.
"Hey, Boss Song, you're finally here." Upon seeing Song Yuanchao and the others arrive, Boss Qiang's face lit up with a smile and he hurried forward to greet them and shake hands.
"Sorry, I'm a little late."
"Not too late, not too late, just right. You coming here is a favor to me, Boss Qiang. Please, come in. The room is reserved for you. You must eat and drink well today." Boss Qiang greeted everyone warmly and asked the waiter next to him to take the flower baskets sent by Song Yuanchao and others, and then placed them one by one in a conspicuous place at the door.
Everyone came forward to congratulate Boss Qiang, but because today was the restaurant's opening day, Boss Qiang was too busy, so they didn't chat for too long. But we agreed that when Boss Qiang was free later, we must sit together and have a drink or something.
Boss Qiang personally led them inside. After entering, Song Yuanchao looked around. First there was a corridor with several small square tables on one side of the corridor. Because the corridor was not spacious, these small square tables were placed wherever possible for customers to dine alone or in pairs.
After walking through the corridor, the room suddenly opened up to a large hall. On the side was an escalator leading upstairs. Going up the escalator, the private room was above.
Because this house was converted from an old house into a restaurant, except for a slight change in the layout of the downstairs, the layout of the upstairs remains mostly the same, except that the original living room, bedrooms, etc. have all been converted into private rooms of varying sizes.
Song Chaoyuan's private room was the best one, located on the third floor, where the master bedroom of the house was originally. Entering the private room, there was a large round table in the middle, with a half-circle sofa placed on the side, and a coat rack and the like. Above the round table was a crystal chandelier, the lighting was very beautiful, and the decoration inside also had the flavor of old Shanghai, very stylish.
"This place is nice!" Zhang Jianguo couldn't help nodding . The decoration here was very much to his taste, and eating here made him feel at home.
"Yes, Boss Qiang has put a lot of thought into the decoration." Luo Yang's vision is much better than Zhang Jianguo's. After all, he is now a member of the entertainment industry, and he has followed many crews in recent years and filmed many movies and TV series. He has more say in the decoration here.
After everyone came in, they all nodded slightly, saying that the decoration style here was beyond their expectations. Everyone was a family, and no one brought their children today, so there was no need for formalities. They chatted and laughed while finding their seats and sitting down.
The waiter was new. Previously, Boss Qiang opened a small restaurant. At the beginning, Boss Qiang and his wife were in charge of the kitchen and serving the dishes. When it was busy, Boss Qiang's son, who was still in elementary school, would help serve the dishes. Later, because the business was so good, Boss Qiang hired two foreign girls as waiters.
Now the two foreign girls have been promoted to foremen. The new restaurant is much bigger than the old one. How can the old people handle the work? Naturally, they have to recruit new people.
Knowing that the guests in this private room were all friends of the boss, the waiter first served a pot of tea and brought hot towels for everyone to wipe their faces and hands, and then asked how to order.
Song Yuanchao was very familiar with this place. After asking about the new menu, he understood it clearly. He ordered some dishes directly, then asked everyone what they wanted to drink, and then ordered wine and drinks.
The food was served quickly, and soon after the order was placed, it came out one after another. Although the business has grown, Boss Qiang no longer cooks as much as before, but the two apprentices he brought in are good at cooking, and the special dishes are still the same as before, and they are still affordable and delicious.
"Fried eel paste, this dish is just prepared by our boss himself." After a while, the waiter brought in a plate of new dish and said this specially after putting it down.
"Oh, this is made by Boss Qiang himself. You have to try it." Song Yuanchao greeted everyone with a smile. He first scooped a spoonful of food into Lin Yan's bowl, then picked it up with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. After tasting it, she nodded repeatedly and praised it for being really well cooked.
"Enjoy your meal, everyone. Our boss said to let us know if you need anything. He simply cannot spare the time to come over now, but he will come and accompany you when he is not busy." The waiter said with a smile.
"It's okay, thank your boss for me." Song Chaoyuan nodded. After the waiter left, he took a few more bites of the dish and said with satisfaction that it still tasted the same as before.
Qin Zhengguo was the only one who had not been to Boss Qiang's restaurant. The others had all eaten there before. It was the first time for Qin Zhengguo to eat here. Although he was a little unaccustomed to the sweet taste of Shanghai cuisine, he still enjoyed the food very much, especially the other special dishes.
"It lives up to its reputation. No wonder you guys insisted on coming here. It's really good." Qin Zhengguo said as he ate. He looked up at the private room and said with emotion, "When I came here, Daqi told me that this was just a small fly restaurant before, but now it's turned into a restaurant. The boss is not simple. I heard that this building was bought? It's not cheap. It's really profitable to run a restaurant."
"What's wrong? Are you jealous of others making money? Are you planning to open a restaurant too?" Li Daqi asked with a smile.
"I'm just talking. How can I have so much energy to do this? Besides, I only know how to eat but not how to cook. If I open a restaurant myself, even the dog at home won't eat the food I cook. It would be strange if I don't lose all my money."
"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter when they heard him say that.
