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  For the next two days, Xiao Yu devoted all his time except for school to the opening of the new store.

  This time opening a new store is a challenge for him, the scale of the new store is more than five times larger than the old one, he invested all the funds in the store and even hired more staff. If the business of the new store doesn't work out, then he will lose everything.

  Xiao Dao was indeed a local snakehead on Tianlin Road, and people from all walks of life knew him to some extent. It didn't take long for them to find Shen Da Tou, who specialized in renovation business, at the vegetable market.

  Shen Da Tou has a big head that is different from ordinary people, and he is very talkative. He is from Hebei Province, and under him are seven or eight fellow villagers from Hebei who do decoration work. Usually they take on some scattered jobs separately, but when they encounter a large project, they form a team to tackle it together.

  Compared to regular decoration companies, their prices are naturally much cheaper. According to Xiao Dao, Shen Da Tou's work is not bad and he is a down-to-earth and honest person, with a good reputation in the vegetable market.

  Xiao Yu thought for a moment, and the changes he made to Huo Guo City's layout were not significant. The main project was to add a door in the middle of the second floor, which would serve as a partition between the staff dormitory and the outside space.

  Other changes, such as the fast take-out channel in the lobby and the partition of the dining area, are relatively simple and do not require much effort, so these decoration teams can handle it, so they adopted Xiao Dao's suggestion.

  After discussing with Shen Da Tou and holding his own design drawings, Xiao Yu felt that he was clear-headed, experienced, and had given him many good suggestions, which made Xiao Yu very satisfied.

  Both parties finally agreed on the price, with a total of 30,000 yuan for labor and materials. Xiao Yu paid 10,000 yuan as a deposit, another 10,000 yuan was paid mid-construction, and the remaining 10,000 yuan would be paid after acceptance.

  This price is already quite good. Xiao Yu also secretly asked a regular decoration company, and they quoted more than 50,000 yuan. Xiao Yu had no choice but to give up.

  Now with little money in hand, every penny must be pinched to the extreme, and this 10,000 yuan deposit was even taken from Old Zhang's savings account. Feeling guilty towards him, Xiao Yu secretly vowed that after earning more money, he would definitely double the amount and repay it.

  Shen Da Tou took the 10,000 yuan deposit from Xiao Yu and immediately gathered his workers to start working. For migrant workers like them, it's not easy to find such a big job, so they were very motivated and wanted to finish the project as soon as possible to get paid.

  Xiaoyu also made great progress in hiring staff.

  After Old Zhang and Li Damao exchanged greetings, this kid was overjoyed, wherever he went to mix and eat. The wholesale market often had people from the 'Heilonghui' coming to collect protection fees, he couldn't stay there any longer.

  Li Dama's four men wanted to come to Xiaoyu's store to work on the same day, but were driven away by Xiaoyu. The kitchen in the store is already crowded enough, where can they fit in? Let them wait until the beginning of next month and report directly to the new store.

  Zhou Xinye also made a phone call to her sisters in Hunan, and soon contacted five sisters who were willing to come to Shanghai to work. After handling their family affairs, they can come to Shanghai at the end of the month.

  According to Zhou Xin, these five sisters look good, work hard and are reliable, honest and trustworthy.

  Xiao Yu knew it wasn't easy for rural people to come out and work, so he took out 2,000 yuan and asked Zhou Xin to remit the money to them, telling them to use it to buy train tickets.

  Rushed through two days.

  Saturday afternoon.

  Xiao Yu was helping in the kitchen when he suddenly felt his phone vibrating in his pocket, so he quickly handed over the knife and ran outside to answer it.

  "Hello, is this Shen Datou?"

  These two days Shen Da Tou has started decorating the new store, Xiao Yu receives his many phone calls every day, so Xiao Yu instinctively thinks that this call must be from Shen Da Tou.

  "Senior, it's not good, right? My brain isn't that big, is it?" But on the other end of the phone came Shen Mengqi's voice, sounding obviously unhappy.

  Xiao Yu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, what a coincidence, both of them shared the same surname Shen.

  He secretly scolded himself for speaking blindly without looking at the phone number, but Shen Mengqi's phone number was not in his address book, and even if he had seen it, he wouldn't have known who the other person was.

  "This is Shen Mengqi, I wasn't talking to you just now."

  "Who are you talking to if not me? What's wrong with you?"

  Xiao Yu felt that his head had also grown bigger, knowing that he couldn't discuss anything with this little girl, so he quickly asked, "Miss Shen, what can I do for you?"

  On the other end of the phone, there was suddenly a moment of silence, and after a while, Shen Mengqi's extremely melancholic voice came through, "...Senior..."

  Xiao Yu's legs went weak and he almost sat on the ground, silently complaining in his heart. Can't this little girl speak properly? Listening to this kind of voice too much will give you osteoporosis.

  Fortunately, Shen Mengqi continued, "Today is someone's birthday, won't you forget?"

  "What's today?" Little Yu suddenly remembered, today is indeed Shen Mengqi's birthday.

  This is terrible, I haven't even prepared a birthday gift for Shen Mengqi yet.

  When I received that card, I thought of this matter, but recently there have been too many things, and the preparation for birthday gifts has long been forgotten.

  However, let's put this matter aside for now and deal with Shen Mengqi first. Xiao Yu immediately replied, "How could I forget? I was just about to change clothes and go out when you called."

  On the other end of the phone, Shen Mengqi laughed. She was worried and called to remind Xiao Yu. Fortunately, he didn't forget. Then she said to Xiao Yu, "Uncle Zhao just called and said he's arrived. We can set off now! See you later!"

  Xiaoyu hung up Shen Mengqi's phone and felt a great sense of urgency in his heart.

  I took a look at the time, it's already 3:50, the driver is waiting for me, now going to buy birthday gifts will definitely not make it, oh well, can only go empty-handed.

  Xiao Yu hastily went upstairs, changed into a clean set of clothes, and walked out of the store.

  Turning a corner, I arrived at where I got off last time. As expected, the Audi A8 was parked steadily there.

  The driver of the Shen family, Zhao Shu, who had met once before, was leaning against the car smoking.

  Xiao Yu walked up and greeted him very politely, "Uncle Zhao, sorry about that, I've kept you waiting for a long time!"

  At this time, Uncle Zhao also saw Little Yu, his eyes lit up, and he immediately extinguished the cigarette butt. He smiled slightly at Little Yu and said, "Nothing, I just arrived too. Get on the bus, Little Yu!"

  After the two got on the bus, Xiaoyu had nothing to do and started chatting with Uncle Zhao.

  "Uncle Zhao, you're also skilled in martial arts, right?" Little Yu asked tentatively.

  Uncle Zhao drove familiarly and chuckled, "I used to be a special forces soldier for several years, and my kung fu was taught by our team leader."

  Xiao Yu had long suspected that the other party was a former soldier, but he didn't expect him to be a special forces soldier. It seems that his captain's skills must be even more formidable. However, Zhao Shu is not young anymore, right? Did he achieve nothing after retiring from the army? How could he end up driving for others?

  Uncle Zhao seemed to have noticed the doubts in Xiao Yu's mind and said, "After retiring from the army, our small team didn't want to disband. The captain wanted to start a business, so we all helped him together. Once his business stabilized, since we had nothing else to do, we all stayed at his place. I was the best driver, so I took on the job of driving. And that's how it's been for ten years!"

  "Ten years?" Xiao Yu took a deep breath, somewhat puzzled. Was the captain's charm really that great? Could he make his subordinates willingly risk their lives for him?

  "Hehe, Xiao Yu, we are all sworn brothers, and the captain has even saved my life. Even if I were to be his driver for ten years, or a lifetime, I would do it willingly. The captain is very good to us, he gave each of us 2% shares, just from dividends alone, it's enough for me to live on for a lifetime."

  "Is it that serious?" Little Yu secretly licked his tongue, suddenly remembering that the captain should be Shen Mengqi's father. Could his business have grown so big?

  "Xiao Yu, I heard from Qiqi that your kung fu is quite good? It's said to be the leader of some sect?" Zhao Shu asked with a strange expression.

  Xiao Yu's face turned red, last time on the bus he was forced by Shen Mengqi and Zhou Zhihao to have no way out, nonsense, saying that he was the master of a secret door in the Song Dynasty, surrounded by enemies and died, then reincarnated and reborn.

  Now that I think about it, those words must have been heard by Uncle Zhao at the time, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He quickly explained, "Uncle Zhao, last time was because they forced me to have no choice, so I just talked nonsense. Don't laugh at me, my kung fu is good enough to teach those little hooligans, where can it be said that it's very good? You don't have to make fun of me."

  Uncle Zhao burst out laughing heartily, he thought that Little Yu was humble and honest, which suited his temper.

  The two of them chatted on and off, and their relationship became much more familiar.

  The car drove for a full 40 minutes, crossing the Shanghai city, and stopped in front of a large restaurant in Pudong.

  Xiao Yu got off the car first and waited at the entrance for Uncle Zhao to park the car.

  He looked around and couldn't help but feel secretly shocked - this restaurant's scale was really too big!

  There are nearly a hundred cars parked in the parking lot at the entrance of the restaurant. The restaurant is divided into five floors, with the top floor adopting the design of Chinese palace-style architecture, which looks antique and luxurious.

  A huge neon sign was placed in the most conspicuous position, with three big words written on it - Jiangnan Spring.

  Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, in Shanghai, the reputation of 'Jiangnan Spring' is well-known to all, and there are chain stores in almost every district, which is a giant in the catering industry.

  It's said that the dishes here are all cooked by famous chefs, and they're extremely expensive. Even a plate of stir-fried greens costs 80 yuan. This is a place where rich people come to eat, how can ordinary folks afford it?

  Shen Mengqi's family is really rich, they actually held the birthday party here, it would cost at least 4,000 to 5,000 yuan to hold a table here.

  "Xiao Yu, Qiqi just called again to urge us, this kid is really impatient. Let's go in quickly!" Zhao Shu hurried over from the parking lot with his phone in hand.

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