Xia Shao still had two exams to take, and at the end of May, she finally walked out of the exam room smoothly. The results will be announced on the first Friday of July, which is still more than a month away. Although Xia Shao can leave Hong Kong and go home, the company's industry in Hong Kong still needs to be consolidated, so Xia Shao called home to tell her parents. , she would go back after the results were announced.
Xia Shao applied for many subjects, but she was the last to finish them. Zhan Ruonan had been impatient for a long time, and Xia Shao was pestered by her as soon as she left the examination room.
"Aran said he wanted to treat us to dinner, let's go!"
"Oh?" Xia Shao looked at Qu Ran with a smile.
Qu Ran smiled shyly, "I didn't invite you, it was my mother who wanted to invite me. She worries about it every day, but she is too busy before the exam, and now she finally has time. Xiaoshao, you...are you free tonight?"
Qu Ran knew how busy Xia Shao was, so he was afraid that the arranged time would be wrong and disrupt her affairs.
Xia Shao smiled and asked, "Go to the hotel or your home?"
Qu Ran's eyes lit up. Xia Shao said that she basically had time, "Of course you're going to my house! My mother and I will cook, and you can cook whatever you like!"
"Hey!" Zhan Ruonan frowned at the side, "What about me? Am I here by the way?"
Xia Shao smiled and raised her eyebrows, "What do you think?"
Zhan Ruonan immediately turned dark. Qu Ran looked at Xia Shao, then at Zhan Ruonan, and quickly reconciled, "No, no! The dishes are not ready yet. We have to pick out the ingredients first. Whatever Anan likes to eat, let's buy it together!"
Ever since Qu Ran rescued Zhan Ruohao, Zhan Ruonan wouldn't let Qu Ran call her Sister Nan and asked her to call her by her first name. Qu Ran was very uncomfortable at first, but when Zhan Ruonan frowned, she became afraid. She secretly thought that the temperament of the Zhan brothers and sisters was a bit scary, so she nodded in agreement.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go! I'm hungry!" Zhan Ruonan got on the motorcycle first, patted the back seat, and motioned for Xia Shao to get on. Xia Shao smiled and pressed up, jumping up lightly. Qu Ran got into the gambling girl's car, and a group of people drove motorcycles through the market, listening to Qu Ran's instructions to buy ingredients.
Xia Shao was indeed fine tonight. Originally, the master planned to celebrate her, but Xia Shao pushed him back. But she had just finished the exam, so she felt it was not too late to celebrate after the results were announced.
While going to buy ingredients, Xia Shao called her master, and then watched Zhan Ruonan lead her gang to search the vegetable market, carrying large and small bags to Qu Ran's house.
Qu's mother was already waiting at home. Seeing Xia Shao's arrival, she was extremely enthusiastic, "Miss Xia is here? Come in quickly!"
Xia Shao looked at Qu's mother's face and said with a smile, "Auntie's face looks much better. Is she feeling better?"
"Much better! I really want to thank Miss Xia. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known the root cause of my illness these years." Qu's mother said as she invited Xia Shao, Zhan Ruonan and others to sit down in the living room. Pour the tea.
"Xiao Ran and I are friends. Auntie just calls me by my name." Xia Shao stood up and took the tea and said with a smile.
"How can that be done? If Xiaoran hadn't met you, how would he be today?" Qu Ran looked at Xia Shao gratefully.
Xia Shao smiled and said: "If she had not met me, she would still be where she is today. It just takes a few years longer. She is gold, and she will always shine one day, but it is not all due to me."
"No matter what, you are a noble person in our family! Auntie must treat you well today!" Qu's mother stood up with a smile. Although she didn't say it directly, her title changed.
She went to the kitchen to help Qu Ran, but this time she refused to let Xia Shao go into the kitchen to help, and just told her to sit down and wait to eat.
Qu Ran worked quickly in the kitchen, and soon he served vegetable salad and fruit platter. Xia Shao, Zhan Ruonan and others were eating, but their expressions were different. Xia Shao remembered that the last time she had dinner at Qu Ran's house, she was still in Yongjia Community, and her senior brother was there at that time. She was learning how to cook in the kitchen, and when she came out, she had a plate of nuts and a glass of warm water in front of her. Today, I do everything myself.
Gambling girl, A Fang and A Min were fighting for something to eat. Zhan Ruonan was eating with his head down. He wondered if he thought that Ali was there when he had dinner at Qu Ran's house last time. Now, she is no longer in the Thorny Tou Gang.
The dishes were served very quickly. Within half an hour, Qu Mu was already bringing out the dishes one after another. Qu Ran made eighteen soup dishes and set up a big table! After Qu's mother brought all the dishes, Qu Ran put the snacks in the oven in the kitchen and then came out.
There is no way to finish these dishes. Xia Shao never likes to waste, but today there is also the mother and daughter of the Qu family. They are so grand, naturally because they are grateful to her. If they are not allowed to present what they consider to be the grandest entertainment tonight, they will probably feel that they owe her a long time to come.
The gambling girl and others were drooling as they stared at the dishes on the table that were comparable to those of a hotel chef. Qu's mother sat down, glanced at Xia Shao, and said with a smile: "I don't know how to host a dinner party, just treat it like eating at home! Xiao Ran After doing so much, I must eat and drink enough tonight!"
"Did you hear that? Auntie asked us to eat and drink enough. No food left over from Sister Ran's cooking is allowed!" Zhan Ruonan said.
The gambling girl nodded and responded first, "I even licked the plate!"
"Pfft!" Amin couldn't hold it back and almost spit out his drink.
Qu's mother and Qu Ran were stunned for a moment, but they soon laughed. Next, Qu's mother invited Xia Shao, Zhan Ruonan and others to eat. Xia Shao's dishes were piled with dishes and she couldn't finish them all, but Qu Ran had no intention of eating all the time. She had to stare at the snacks in the oven.
But even so, the atmosphere at dinner was lively. With a few girls from the Thorny Tou Gang here, there will be no silence at all. It was not the first time for Qu's mother to see them, so she was not surprised by their noisiness. Instead, she watched these girls rushing to eat, and she smiled and watched, thinking that they were at home alone on weekdays, and Qu Ran only came here on weekends. When I came back, the house hadn’t been so lively for a long time.
Everyone ate lively for a while. After Qu Ran went to the kitchen to take out the prepared snacks, he came back and formally sat down to eat with Xia Shao and others.
Xia Shao looked at Qu Ran and joked with a smile, "This table tonight will cost a lot. If we go to a hotel, this table will also cost a lot."
"How can it be so expensive to make it yourself?" Qu Ran smiled sheepishly, and then seemed to hesitate.
Xia Shao raised her eyebrows slightly, "What's wrong?"
Qu Ran glanced at his mother, then put down his chopsticks, straightened up and bit his lip, "Xiao Shao, there's something I want to ask for your opinion on."
Qu Ran seemed a little nervous, but finally said it, "That's it. Didn't you pay me some salary during this period of time when I was filming the show? It was quite a lot of money, and my mother and I both felt it was enough." Just use it. Instead of depositing the rest in the bank, it is better to do something. I have always dreamed of opening a restaurant. It doesn’t need to be big, but it needs to be unique. I want to travel to many places in the future and bring back all the delicious food I discover. Let more people taste it! But... the results haven't been announced yet, and I haven't started college yet, so my mother doesn't agree with it. You see... should I wait until I graduate from college?"
"Why do you have to wait until you graduate from college?" Zhan Ruonan raised his head and slapped the table, "Open! I'll take someone there for you!"
Xia Shao also smiled, "When I founded Fu Ruixiang, I had not yet finished high school. If I had waited until I graduated from college, there would be no Huaxia Group today."
Qu Ran and Qu's mother were both stunned when they heard this.
Qu's mother smiled and said: "Can it be the same? I, a mother, don't know Xiaoran's temperament yet? She is quite successful in the kitchen. I am really afraid of her when opening a restaurant... "
"Auntie, Xiaoran is only nineteen years old this year. She is still young and has a lot of room for growth. It is rare for her to have such ambition, why not help her?" Xia Shao asked with a smile.
"This..." Qu's mother looked at her daughter, still a little worried.
"Xiao Ran's face is associated with wealth. The corners of her mouth are raised, her face is plump and round, she has a slight double chin, and her eyebrows are soft. From the perspective of physiognomy, these are all signs of good fortune, a sincere temperament, and wealth. I believe She will succeed, just let her do it. Although she will definitely encounter some difficulties, this is the joy of life, isn't it?" Xia Shao said with a smile.
Qu's mother was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then showed a somewhat reassuring expression. Seeing this, Xia Shao couldn't help but shake her head and smile. After all, this sentence turned out to be the most effective
"Mom, do you agree?" Qu Ran's face was pink with excitement.
Qu's mother was angry and neither smiled nor looked at her daughter. "Don't get carried away. Miss Xia said that opening a restaurant will not be smooth sailing. When the time comes, if you go to college, you must not miss your homework."
"I know that! Thank you, Mom!" Qu Ran nodded and smiled excitedly.
Xia Shao was smiling at the side, and her smile was a little deep. Running a restaurant will inevitably encounter various difficulties, and Qu Ran's temperament is not suitable for business. Moreover, besides doing business, she will also encounter other problems.
Xia Shao could see all this from Qu Ran's face, but she didn't tell them. Because the theme restaurant is a very good idea, and there is nothing wrong with Qu Ran's cooking skills. It would be a pity not to do it. And... She hopes that she will encounter some problems earlier, which will also be good for her.
The second half of that day's dinner was all about Qu Ran opening a restaurant. There was a big discussion from choosing the location to the name of the restaurant. Xia Shao said that she would find a good location for the restaurant based on Feng Shui, while Zhan Ruonan and others had a devastating discussion on the name of the restaurant.
"Isn't it just a name? What's there to discuss? Just be more impressive! Jinbi! Xiangfu! Four joys! Eight joys!" Zhan Ruonan grabbed a lobster and his mouth was full of oil. The thorn-headed gang nodded aside, feeling that Sister Nan was mighty and domineering. Sister Nan's name was a good one!
Xia Shao held back her laughter and held her forehead.
Qu Ran smiled shyly and said, "I've thought of a name. I want to make the restaurant more unique. Can I call it 'Past Times'? At the beginning, I'm afraid I won't be able to travel around. The dishes I know now are all My dad taught me it himself. The dishes I cook have the taste of old Hong Kong, and I think many people will think of that memory when they taste it. This is also my memory of my dad... Do you think it's good?"
"The Past Restaurant?" Zhan Ruonan's face wrinkled, "Why does it sound so boring?"
"It's not boring!" Xia Shao smiled and shook her head, pinching her fingertips - she was doing arithmetic.
Naming is also a science. Not only do some people like to use homophonic sounds to bring good intentions, but they can also deduce good or bad luck from arithmetic.
Seeing Xia Shao's action, everyone at the table couldn't help but turn their heads to look at her.
After Xia Shao calculated, he smiled and said: "That's right! The word 'going' means elegance and talent, although it requires a lot of hard work, it will be prosperous. The word 'shi' also means sadness, but it means good luck in the evening. Both words are good. It is auspicious. From a mathematical point of view, although it involves hard work, it will bring fame and wealth, win public support, and achieve great success! This is a good name!"
"Really?" Qu Ran asked happily.
Qu's mother heard her daughter thinking about this name at first, but her eyes were red, thinking of her husband. But she didn't expect that this name was actually quite good
Zhan Ruonan had a weird look on his face, "Why don't we just give it a name? That's not the end of it!"
"Of course. Metaphysics and Yili have always paid attention to these things. Haven't you heard the ancients say? It is better to teach a child a skill than to give a child a thousand pieces of gold; to teach a child a skill, it is better to give a child a good name. Naming is a science, and it is also a very complicated process. Not only is it necessary Combining the "Book of Changes", the horoscopes of birth dates, and the geographical true sun, avoid the god of taboos and choose the god of joy, and then based on the pronunciation, meaning, and the principles of melody, come up with a name that is grand, nice, and easy to pronounce. Don't Not to mention, there are a lot of things to pay attention to just in terms of grandeur. The name should not be too big, otherwise the child's luck will not be able to bear it. It cannot be too small, too small, and the luck will be restricted. Even if you give your child a nickname, There are also many things to pay attention to. The baby name is the first and last name of a child, and it must be chosen by the parents. Because no matter how many times the name is changed, the baby name will follow the whole life and will not change. Moreover, a very interesting thing is that from the perspective of probability It is said that whoever gives the child a nickname will be kissed by the child."
Xia Shao smiled and said, "These are just the rules for naming people. There are also rules for naming a company."
People at the table were stunned for a while.
Qu's mother glanced at her daughter and nodded with emotion: "Yes! This child's nickname was given by her father. She has been close to her father since she was a child."
Qu Ran lowered his head and his eyes were red, obviously remembering what happened when his father was still alive.
Zhan Ruonan muttered, "There are so many things to pay attention to."
"Of course! If your name is correct, your words will be correct, if your words are correct, your luck will be smooth, and if your luck is good, your success will be successful!" Xia Shao said with a smile.
The name of the restaurant has just been decided. Anyway, there is still more than a month before the results are announced. The restaurant is really open as soon as it is announced!
During this period, Xia Shao found a store for Qu Ran. During this period, Zhan Ruonan mostly took help from others.
Xia Shao asked about the situation when she had time, and focused most of her energy on the company's affairs.
Before going to the capital, Xia Shao wanted to stabilize the company's big moves in the Hong Kong industry, so this month, there was really a lot of news for the people of Hong Kong.
The first major event was that Xia Shaoqian claimed that he would acquire all of Century Real Estate in June, and his promise came true! Qu Tao actually signed a share transfer agreement, and Century Real Estate was acquired and annexed by Huaxia Group and renamed Aida Real Estate! Aida Real Estate has officially become one of the three giants in Hong Kong's real estate industry! Moreover, Huaxia Group held a press conference and stated that Aida Real Estate will be headquartered in Hong Kong and will move into a new real estate building in August!
The second major event is that Hong Kong Media Weekly declared bankruptcy! The boss of Hong Kong Media Weekly, who has dominated the Hong Kong media industry for nearly ten years, announced that he could no longer maintain his position and that his Jiufen Weekly and three publishing houses were bankrupt and liquidated! As soon as Hong Kong Media Weekly collapsed, many media outlets were eyeing it and wanted to buy it at a low price. But no one moved, because everyone's eyes were turned to Liu Banwang. His grievances with Qi He are well known. Now that Qihe is bankrupt, he is following the same path as he did back then. Qihe swallowed his weekly magazine back then, would he also swallow Qihe now? If Liu Banwang had this plan, no one would dare to compete with Liu Banwang when Huaxia Group was facing great fortune in developing online media.
No one wanted Hong Kong Media Weekly, so Qi He was in debt and had no choice but to find Liu Banwang. The former enemies and rivals have had their identities reversed today!
Finally, China Group announced that it would acquire Hong Kong Media Weekly at a low price and merge it into China Entertainment Media Company!
As soon as the news was released, China Entertainment Media Company's ten weekly magazines and three publishing houses immediately became the leaders in Hong Kong's traditional media industry and online media industry!
A giant in the real estate industry and a leader in the media industry! This is Xia Shao’s achievement in less than a year after arriving in Hong Kong.
All walks of life paid attention to it. At this time, the third thing happened.
The third thing is also a big thing - the results of the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination are announced!
This is naturally a big deal for many candidates and their parents. When it comes to candidates, their results have always been the focus of public attention in July and August every year.
And this year, Hong Kong produced two top students!
What is the concept of six eugenics? The top scorer in the college entrance examination!
For the advanced level exam, the highest score is A and the lowest is F. Six excellent grades means all A's in six subjects!
Of the more than 37,000 candidates, only more than 16,000 obtained the minimum qualifications to enter the university. Among them, there are only two top six students, which shows the probability.
As soon as the results were released, social attention turned to the two top scorers in the college entrance examination. It didn't matter at this sight, public opinion immediately became boiling! Among the two top picks, one is a female student! Moreover, this female student has become a household name in Hong Kong. She is none other than Xia Shao, the chairman of Huaxia Group and the Feng Shui master of the Old Feng Shui Hall!
Xia Shao started from scratch and established a business empire while still a student. Such achievements are already impressive. Now her results are so amazing, it has to be staggering. There is nothing but admiration.
Six prestigious universities in Hong Kong extended an olive branch to Xia Shao, but Xia Shao did not accept many of the good conditions proposed by the school. She only claimed that she already had a target university. This news made many schools sigh and wonder what kind of school Xia Shao wanted to apply for. Xia Shao didn't say much about this - there were some things that she couldn't say too early before she applied for Beijing University and was admitted.
Although the principal, Li Boshu, had called to congratulate Xia Shao and claimed that the school would prepare a recommendation letter for her, there would be no problem with her admission to Beijing University. But Xia Shao's temperament is that she is often unwilling to boast before things are settled. After all, she is not the only candidate with good grades, and Capital University also has its own admission system. It would be too arrogant to boast before the notice is issued. If it leads to some outside speculation about the school's admissions system, a good thing will turn into a bad thing.
In this case, Xia Shao was not in a hurry. Anyway, once the admission notice is received, the outside world will naturally know about it, and then it will be justified.
Xia Shao immediately told her parents in Dongshi about the good news. Xia Zhiyuan and Li Juan were so happy that they urged Xia Shao to come back. As soon as we get together, we go home.
Tang Zongbo wanted to celebrate Xia Shao and had to choose a hotel. Xia Shao suggested that it be at Qu Ran's newly opened restaurant!
Qu Ranxin opened a restaurant, and this matter has been hotly discussed in the society for some time. Although the incident is a bit insignificant compared to the first three major incidents, the protagonist of the incident is also an Internet celebrity in recent months.
Qu Ran, a girl from an ordinary family a few months ago, was also a student. Because of her amazing cooking skills and the popularity she gained from a food show, she opened her own theme restaurant so quickly. - Past Restaurant.
The restaurant has only two floors and is not large in area, but the atmosphere is very good. The decoration is very old Hong Kong, and the restaurant has soft tunes, all of which are old songs from the 1960s and 1970s. Let those who hear it taste the taste of old Cantonese food and remember the past.
Within a few days of its trial opening, the restaurant received such comments - a young female chef, the taste of old Hong Kong, and the inheritance of the true taste of Cantonese cuisine in the hands of the new generation.
Qu Ran is currently recording desserts on the show. People who have never tasted her dishes are flocking to the restaurant during the trial opening due to her fame. After trying it, it attracted many middle-aged and elderly diners in Hong Kong. They were amazed and wondered how Qu Ran could make such an authentic old taste! Young people prefer Qu Ran’s desserts and the restaurant’s new dishes.
In the Past Restaurant, what is evocative is not only the old taste, but also the new recipes carefully developed by the young girl chef.
In just a few days of trial operation, Past Times Restaurant has received rave reviews.
The official opening day is July 10th, which is the first day of June in the Renwu Wood Year of the lunar calendar. It is a good time to pray for blessings, enroll in school, open the market, and sell clothes! Nine stars are worth three jade - Xuanyuan star, which calms the mind and brings wealth!
It was a good day for the opening, and it was Xia Shao's calculation that it was a good day.
On the opening day of the Past Restaurant, there was also a huge flow of customers, and many celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong came to congratulate the restaurant. Because on this day, all the Feng Shui masters from Lao Feng Shui Hall are here to celebrate Xia Shao’s college entrance examination results!
However, the Hong Kong celebrities who came only cut the ribbon and congratulated each other, shook hands with Tang Zongbo, Zhang Zhongxian and Xia Shao who were present and said a few words. They wanted to go in for dinner, but there was no place.
The Past Restaurant only has two floors, with private rooms on the second floor. And the private rooms are all booked today!
The restaurant is not large, with only eight private rooms on the second floor. The Xuanmen disciples occupied two rooms. Zhan Ruonan brought people to support Qu Ran and also occupied one room. The remaining five rooms were booked during the trial opening.
Not to mention the private rooms, even the seats on the first floor are not accessible to everyone. The excitement of the packed house was evident.
In such a scene, the happiest person is Qu Ran. But when she saw a black Bentley parked in front of the store, her expression changed.
In the car, brother and sister Zhan Ruohao and Zhan Ruonan got off the car. Gambling sister and others did not ride motorcycles today, but came with Zhan Ruohao's car.
As soon as Zhan Ruohao got out of the car, the celebrities gathered at the door of the restaurant fell silent, and some young girls dining in the restaurant on the first floor looked at the door.
Zhan Ruohao was wearing a neat suit and a serious expression on his handsome face. As soon as he got out of the car, his eyes fell precisely on Qu Ran.
Although Qu Ran is a chef at the restaurant, but it opened today, she was wearing a formal dress when she cut the ribbon at the entrance of the store to welcome guests. The pink knee-length dress has half-exposed shoulders and a simple style that complements the girl's clean temperament. The small mole on the corner of her raised lips looks particularly cute in the sun.
Zhan Ruohao's eyes showed a rare surprise. Qu Ran didn't look too fat in this dress - she was thinner than when he saw her a few months ago. She's not much thinner, she still feels rounded, but this roundness is not ugly, but rather fleshy, a little... cute.
But the moment Qu Ran saw Zhan Ruohao, the smile on his face turned a little sad, and he went to Xia Shao secretly, "Xiao Shao, Anan's brother is here, today will not be like that day, nothing will happen." Is it something?"
Xia Shao chuckled and looked at Zhan Ruohao with interest.