Qiao Wen turned around: "Sir, what's the matter?"
Guan Zhenbao came out alone, walked up to him with a grin and said with a smile: "Thank you very much for ordering Bai Fangfang's song tonight, so that I can give me a ride and enjoy my ears."
Qiao Wen laughed and said, "I like Bai Fangfang's songs very much, and tonight I'm here just for the songs I can hear."
Guan Zhenbao suddenly showed an expression of resentment for seeing each other late, and excitedly held his hand and said, "My brother, most of the guests who come to the Rose Palace are for the singer Ye Weilan, my first... It’s the first time I met someone like me who was dedicated to Bai Fangfang. I know how to appreciate it! It’s tasteful!”
Chen Jianan, who was carrying half a bottle of wine beside him, looked at his hands holding Qiao Wen, frowned in displeasure, stretched out his hand to forcibly separate his hands, and said coldly: "Speak." Talk, what are you doing with your hands and feet?"
Guan Zhenbao deserves to be a fool who was cheated out of most of his wealth, he didn't show his hostility at all, and smiled enthusiastically: "Since my little brother and I hit it off so much, it's still early. How about I go to the izakaya across the street and have a drink together, so I can make friends."
Qiao Wen raised his brows calmly, smiled softly, and nodded: "Okay!"
Compared with the bustling Rose Palace, this izakaya is much quieter, only a few Japanese exiles are drinking wine in silence.
The three of them asked for a box.
Although Guan Zhenbao has been confused for more than 20 years, he is an enthusiastic person. He took the initiative to pour a glass of sake for a new friend, and after introducing each other's names, he began to chat. Talking about how beautiful Bai Fangfang's singing is, how vulgar the world is to appreciate it.
Qiao Wen was very cooperative and nodded, but he couldn't help but add a few sentences to satisfy his desire to talk that no one understood.
When it came to the end, Guan Zhenbao sighed heavily: "When I get the money for selling the leather, I will definitely hold a special show and give you a new record."
Qiao Wen gasped: "Master Guan, do you have any skins to sell?"
Guan Zhenbao was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, but was very frank and honest: "It's ashamed to say, although everyone calls me "Young Master Guan, I really don't treat you as a young master very decently, I have neither the ability to make money nor the technical expertise, but fortunately my parents left some property to me before they passed away, and these years I have relied on selling the property to survive, so that I will not be poor."
Qiao Wen pretended to remember something, and said: "Young Master Guan said that, but I remembered something. Did you sell a six-story building in Kwun Tong the year before last?"
Guan Zhenbao nodded hastily: "Yes, yes."
Qiao Wen said with a smile: "Young Master Guan is really too modest. The building alone is worth more than three million yuan. It's not a trivial matter to hire Ms. Bai Fangfang."
Guan Zhenbao waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, no, it's all rumors from the outside world. That building was built in the first phase of the Republic of China. It has been more than 30 years old. It is worthless and sold for more than a hundred Ten thousand. These few years are almost spent, and there is no need to sell it if you don’t have it.”
Qiao Wen pretended to be surprised and said, "Why can't it? The boss Zhang who bought your building is a distant relative of mine. I have accepted his contract. It really cost more than three million yuan at that time." He said, He probed again, "Master Guan, you were tricked by the real estate agent, right?"
Guan Zhenbao is really a fool, when it comes to this, he has no doubts at all, he just smiled: "Not only, these things are taken care of by my housekeeper, and the contract is also handed over to me , At that time, many people were selling their properties, and it would be good if they could sell for more than one million yuan.”
"Is that so?" Qiao Wen pondered for a moment, and then said, "That's not right, my distant relative went to the bank to borrow money back then. Don't worry, I think it's better for Young Master Guan to figure it out, I'll give you the phone number of Boss Zhang, and when you arrive, you can call and ask yourself, anyway, it won't be troublesome."
He took out a card that had been transferred in advance and handed it to him.
Guan Zhenbao took it casually, nodded and said indifferently, "Okay, I'll ask tomorrow."
Qiao Wen smiled again and said, "By the way, Young Master Guan said he wanted to sell it. What's it like? What's the price?"
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Guan Zhenbao said: "There is 20 acres of land on the hillside near the sea near Qingshui Bay. The situation is not very good. Uncle Wang, it's because my housekeeper has inquired about the market conditions. It should only be sold. To more than 700,000. If Brother Qiao is interested, I will ask Uncle Wang to take you to . We hit it off so well, the price is easy to negotiate."
Qiao Wen was not surprised when he heard the price he revealed. After all, a house worth more than 3 million yuan can be eaten up half of the money. I saw that this is really a muddleheaded shopkeeper. Guessing that Uncle Wang got him a fake contract to fool him, he wouldn't even notice it, so he let the old housekeeper act like a moth without any scruples.
The owner's family property is almost being eaten away.
He nodded and said with a smile: "That's great, Young Master Guan left a phone number for me, so that I can contact you in the future."
Compared to his calmness, Chen Jianan couldn't help but be shocked. He opened his eyes wide, and he also realized that this Guan Zhenbao is really a little precious, and he was not deceived so that he didn't have any pants left. It was all because of his family background. thick enough. But if it goes on like this, it's probably about the same.
He almost looked at people with sympathetic eyes.
Originally, his attitude was always cold, but suddenly became softer, Guan Zhenbao actually felt it, but he didn't realize that the other party was sympathizing with him, and thought it was a show of favor, so he took out his He handed his own phone card to the two, showing a big and sincere smile, and said: "Oh, I really hit it off with you, if you are free, you might as well come to my house for a cup of tea , Let's listen to Bai Fangfang's record."
Qiao Wen nodded: "Okay."
This meal of sake at the izakaya was naturally paid by Qiao Wen. When Guan Zhenbao was away from home, he was always taken advantage of by the one who paid the bill. It was rare for him to be invited back as a guest. Although it didn't cost much, he was very happy.
When I got into the taxi, I almost waved happily.
Waiting for people to leave, Chen Jianan, who held back for a long time, finally couldn't help it and said: "I am, this young master Guan is really an idiot!"
Qiao Wen smiled and said, "It's not true that I'm not sure how confused it is, maybe it's just pretending to be confused."
Chen Jianan didn't understand, so he asked, "What do you mean?"
Qiao Wen shook his head, sighed and said, "Everyone has their own hardships in life, and some people can only live well by pretending to be confused."
Chen Jianan still didn't understand, and turned to ask: "Are we really going to Master Guan's house tomorrow? Why don't you just tell him that the housekeeper cheated on him?"
Qiao Wen said: "How old has he been? How many years has he known the housekeeper? It's not an exaggeration to say that he is a relative. How long have we only known him? Do you think he will believe it directly?"
"That's true." Chen Jianan sighed, "This young master has neither father nor mother, and the most trusted housekeeper cheated him so much, thinking about it, it's really pitiful."
At first, Qiao Wen just wanted to get the piece cheaper, and didn't really want to be nosy, but after seeing this Guan Zhenbao, he felt that the other party was somewhat different from what he expected.
He didn't know how to describe it accurately, probably he could only use the word "pity" like Chen Jianan. It's not that I only pity him for being cheated, but I only pity that he may know that he is cheated but still chooses to be cheated.
The next afternoon, Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan arrived at Guan Zhenbao's house as agreed in advance.
The Guan family is an old-fashioned garden house, not too big, and the location is not superior. I can see that this house is not the home of the Guan family in its heyday.
Guan Zhenbao opened the door himself.
Qiao Wen glanced at the room, only to see a maid in white clothes and black trousers, and asked casually, "Is your housekeeper here?"
Guan Zhenbao enthusiastically said: "Uncle Wang has gone out to do some errands, come on, let's go upstairs to the study and chat slowly."
Although the layout of this room is far from being luxurious, it is indeed a mansion for a boy from a slum, especially Chen Jianan, who has never seen the world much. Showing a look of envy, he completely put away his sympathy for the fool Guan last night.
Such a stupid guy can still live in such a good house, no matter how many times he is cheated, it doesn't matter.
Qiao Wen didn't understand the reason for his hatred of the rich, so he just followed Guan Zhenbao to the study room. After entering, he found the books in the room, he couldn't help showing envy, and said with a smile: " Master Lai Guan is a scholar! Disrespect and disrespect."
Guan Zhenbao also laughed: "It's better to study at home than to go out and spend money, but I'm always cheated."
Chen Jianan twitched the corner of his mouth, saying that you still know that you have been cheated.
Guan Zhenbao said again: "You can call me by my name, you can call me Young Master now, and I will also call you Awen Anan."
Qiao Wen nodded: "Okay, it's a real treasure." He casually flipped through a book spread out on the table, it was Oscar Wilde's play, on which he carefully marked a lot with a pen, and saw this room 's books are not for arty decoration. Guan Zhenbao is a real scholar.
His eyes fell on a piece of paper inadvertently again, on which were a few lines of drama fragments, the handwriting was unexpectedly elegant and handsome, and he asked casually: "Zhenbao, do you create drama yourself?"
Guan Zhenbao, who was loading vinyl records into the gramophone, turned his head and walked over quickly when he heard the words, grabbed the pieces of paper on the table and stuffed them randomly into the drawer, and said shyly, "Writing casually will not be on the table."
His expression was not modest, but he was really ashamed of himself for doing this.
But Qiao Wen didn't think so, at least the few lines he just glanced at were enough to show that this down-and-out young master was a talented person.
He didn't dwell on the matter any more, and just asked casually, "What books do you usually like?"
Guan Zhenbao: "Shakespeare and Wilde also like ancient chivalrous tales." He said with a smile, "I most envy those heroes who are not afraid of being chivalrous."
Chen Jianan said: "Hey, I like it too, but I don't like books, I just listen to stories."
Guan Zhenbao: "I also like storytelling." He waved his hands and said, "You all stand and sit, the servant is going to prepare tea, and it will be delivered later."
Chen Jianan sat down on the fabric sofa, looked around at the books on the walls all around, curled his lips and said, "Facing so many books, it's strange that you can't lose at cards."
Qiao Wen: "..."
In Zhang Jiaming's information, it was indeed written that Guan Zhenbao would lose every gamble, but luckily he only gambled for fun.
He sat down, closed his eyes and shut Zhenbao, and asked casually, "By the way, did you call Boss Zhang?"
Guan Zhenbao was slightly stunned, a slight unease flashed across his face, and then he immediately recovered his calm expression: "Not yet, I'll play again later. I'll play Bai Fangfang's record."
Qiao Wen took a look at him trying to cover up, and then he got down, and confirmed what he thought last night. He didn't press him again immediately, and started to enjoy Bai Fangfang's wonderful singing voice with him.
After listening to the three songs, the servant clicked to deliver them.
Guan Zhenbao stopped the music, sat on the sofa and greeted everyone: "Eat, try my servant's handicraft."
In view of the fact that there is a young teahouse owner, Qiao Wen has been fed too many delicious snacks by Lin Shuhui, and the refreshments of the Guan family are not that outstanding. He ate a few things symbolically, and then said in a roundabout way: "Zhenbao, you said that you were always deceived by others before, and we hit it off quite well. We will be friends in the future. I just don't want to see you being deceived by others again." Cheated."
Guan Zhenbao didn't take it seriously and waved his hands: "It's really not a big deal, everyone says that suffering is a blessing."
Qiao Wen smiled, and said abruptly: "Is it a blessing to be deceived by the closest person?"
Guan Zhenbao was slightly taken aback, with a look of fear on his face.
Chen Jianan was not as patient as Qiao Wen. At this moment, he simply followed Qiao Wen's words and cut straight to the point: "Young Master, do you know who you have been deceived the most? It's your old butler Wang. If you don't believe me, take out the contracts you used to sell houses and sell houses, and check them carefully to see if these contracts are true or not, and is the money you get the same as the money you got from the sale?"
Guan Zhenbao's expression became a little bit bad, and he wanted to stop them from talking, but his character flaws made him afraid to do it again.
Qiao Wen said softly: "You know the truth, don't you? It's just that you dare not face it. But Zhenbao, you can't just escape reality all the time."
Guan Zhenbao buried his face in the palms of his hands, and said in a broken voice, "You said it, why did you say this to me? Wouldn't it be good to keep me in the dark? Why did you even deceive me to the last layer? The paper on the window is torn. I am such a relative, what will you do after asking me?"
Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan looked at each other and sighed slightly.
"True treasure," Qiao Wen stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "To tell you the truth, I met your butler a few times, and he offered a price of 1.2 million for that piece of leather, which is the price you said. Even if you think about the deal, the contract he gave you is just a fake contract worth 700,000 yuan. His son who drives is wearing a Patek Philippe worth tens of thousands of yuan. You treat him as a relative, but maybe He just regards you as a silly young master who just cheats casually."
Guan Zhenbao finally couldn't help crying out loud, choked up and said: "My parents are gone, I don't know anything, someone came to make friends with me, I am very happy, because someone plays with me, I am not lonely Yes, it’s just that they are just trying to cheat me out of money. I got married and married a wife, and I thought it was a good idea, so I just wanted my money, and then eloped with someone. Now, you have even broken my last support, what should I do in the future?"
Qiao Wen said: "Zhenbao, you are too self-deprecating. You have written so many books, the handwriting is so beautiful, and you can also write articles and dramas. Why can't you know anything? If you don't believe me, you can write what you wrote. If you go to submit a manuscript, you can keep it and publish it.”
In fact, Qiao Wen found in the information given by Zhang Jiaming, saying that Guan Zhenbao did not gamble much, drank some alcohol but did not take drugs, and that the singing girl was the tepid Bai Fangfang from the Rose Palace. I probably guessed that this person is not the rumored rich man.
After entering his study today, I am even more sure that this is just a poor person with low self-esteem and insecurity due to the early death of his parents, and a pleasing personality.