Movie: Get Alpha Dog at the start

Chapter 808: Who is Li Li?
On November 1992, 11, the beginning of winter, Shanghai also welcomed the first wave of temperature drop in winter. A faint mist filled the streets and alleys, like a layer of gauze.

The sunlight shines through the thin mist and shines on the Huangpu River, making it sparkle.

Qin Hao held Wang Mingzhu's little hand and walked on the streets of the Bund.

Today, Wang Mingzhu was wearing a burgundy coat with a high-necked white sweater underneath, thick velvet jeans, and her black leather shoes made a crisp friction sound when she stepped on the ground.

Neither of them spoke, enjoying the rare tender moment.

"Have you lost weight again recently?" Qin Hao asked with some concern.

Wang Mingzhu said with high morale: "Oh, it's okay. My master's transfer date is getting closer and closer. Recently, everyone is striving to achieve higher performance. But as long as I can complete this order for Abao, the position of section chief will definitely be mine."

"Well, it's good that you have confidence." Qin Hao smiled and encouraged her. He knew Wang Mingzhu's character. This girl looked weak, but she was actually very strong-willed. The more she was forbidden to do something, the more motivated she became.

Moreover, Qin Hao had no intention of keeping Wang Mingzhu at home as a canary, because that would not be the case for Wang Mingzhu.

"By the way, there's a new restaurant opening on Huanghe Road tonight. Come with me."

Wang Mingzhu asked doubtfully: "Is it the Golden Phoenix from before?"

"Ah."

"It's been rumored that the lady boss has great powers. I didn't expect it to be true. She was able to invite you."

Qin Hao smiled and said, "It's a friend I met in Shenzhen. Since we have nothing to do, why don't we go and have a look together?"

"Okay, do you want me to change into formal clothes?"

"No need, you look good in anything."

"Eh, that's corny."

As the sun sets, Huanghe Road is already ablaze with neon lights, and there is a constant stream of customers and tourists coming and going. The street, with its constant flow of vehicles, is particularly crowded today.

Li Li was wearing a black dress with a mink shawl draped over her fair and smooth shoulders. Above her fiery red lips was a pair of cold eyes, examining every waiter.

"It will open soon. I don't want to say anything extra. Remember, your salary is based on the performance of the restaurant. How much bonus you can get depends on your performance."

After saying that, Li Li looked at Manager Pan, who was assigning tasks to the waiters in an orderly manner.

At exactly six o'clock, Zhizhen Garden finally unveiled its mysterious veil. Not only was the decoration from the inside out brand new, but Li Li's unique temperament also attracted the attention of many opposite sexes.

Soon, the front of the hotel was filled with colorful flower baskets, high-end cars were parked in front of Zhizhen Garden, and celebrities from all walks of life in fancy clothes came in one after another.

This scene also made the boss ladies on Huanghe Road feel the crisis.

"Meilin, I think this person has bad intentions this time. He may be more difficult to deal with than that bitch Jin Fenghuang." The proprietress of RiRiXian said sourly.

Lu Meilin spat on the ground and said, "Humph, doing business on Huanghe Road won't last long just by relying on your looks. You need real skills to succeed."

"But I heard that this person has a strong backing. Look at the people she invited, they are all well-known figures."

As they were talking, another car drove up and reporters gathered around.

"Ah, Deric Wan, it's Deric Wan!"

"Zhizhen Garden is such a big deal that even big Hong Kong stars came to celebrate their opening."

At this time, Deric Wan was at the peak of his career. The TV series "Fire Rose" starring him and Irene Wan caused a sensation in Hong Kong as soon as it was broadcast. He also participated in Stephen Chow's version of The Deer and the Cauldron, in which he played the role of Kangxi.

His appearance attracted a large number of customers to Zhizhen Garden, and some people who could not afford it were also watching outside.

This scene also made Lu Meilin and other proprietresses of Huanghe Road alert. In the 90s, Hong Kong stars were still very popular in the mainland. It was not that you could do anything with just money. Without certain connections, it was difficult to invite people to participate in such activities.

When MixC opened, Chow Yun-fat was willing to come because of Qin Hao's face. If it were someone else, they might not be able to invite him.

At the gate of Zhizhen Garden, after welcoming Deric Wan in, Li Li returned to the gate again, and her eyes happened to meet Lu Meilin and others opposite.

Lu Meilin snorted coldly and turned her head away in disgust. On the one hand, Li Li snatched away the store that she was determined to get, and on the other hand, she felt that Li Li was just like Jin Fenghuang, both of whom were bitches who relied on their good looks to attract customers.

Li Li accepted the scrutiny of the proprietresses with a calm face, but she was not as calm as she seemed, because her most important guest had not arrived tonight.

He glanced at his watch. It was already seven o'clock and it was completely dark. Mr. An finally got around to walking out of the hotel.

"Is Mr. Qin not here yet?"

Li Li shook his head, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

Mr. An comforted them by saying, "Today's opening is already a grand one. Business won't be too bad in the future."

"I know, but it's not shocking enough." Li Lizheng was saying this when he suddenly heard a commotion in the distance.

Lu Meilin on the opposite side saw a Cadillac approaching and subconsciously went to meet it.

The proprietresses nearby naturally recognized that it was Qin Hao's car, and couldn't help but discuss it with gloating.

"Humph, what's the point of inviting so many people? Boss Qin alone can take on all of them."

"Just wait and see. When Boss Qin walks into Jin Meilin, there will be more than half as many people on the other side as before."

"Oh, to be honest, I have known Mr. Qin for quite a long time, and the dishes are not bad. I don't know why Mr. Qin always goes to Jin Meilin for meals."

At the same time, Mr. Li and Mr. An at the gate of Zhizhen Garden also recognized Qin Hao's car, and they hurried over.

Lu Meilin stared at Li Li and sneered in her heart, "Even if you have great ability, as long as President Qin enters my restaurant, your opening ceremony today will be ruined."

The first person to get off the car was Wang Mingzhu. As soon as she got off and hadn't even stood firmly, Lu Meilin approached her enthusiastically.

"Oh, Miss Wang, you haven't been here for a long time. Is it still the same as before? I have reserved a box for you."

Wang Mingzhu blinked and subconsciously looked at Qin Hao who got out of the car from the other door.

Qin Hao didn't say anything, but just gestured to Wang Mingzhu to come over.

Wang Mingzhu trotted forward and took Qin Hao's arm, and Qin Hao then said to Lu Meilin.

"I have something to do today, let's do it another day."

Li Li and Mr. An also walked over arm in arm.

"Sorry, I'm a little late." Qin Hao smiled at the two of them.

The two smiled at each other: "It's not too late. We are already very happy to have Mr. Qin here."

"Then Mr. Qin, Miss Wang, let's go in first."

"Ah."

The scene of Qin Hao walking into Zhizhen Garden with Wang Mingzhu's arm and Mr. An walking into Zhizhen Garden with Li Li's arm was seen by everyone present and immediately caused a sensation on the entire Huanghe Road.

It was even louder than the appearance of Deric Wan just now.

"What is the origin of this Zhizhen Garden? Why did they invite Mr. Qin?"

"It seems that Mr. Qin is very familiar with the proprietress of Zhizhen Garden?"

"I've always said that a fierce dragon can't cross the river. This Zhizhen Garden is incredible. They invited Boss Qin here without making any noise. Won't Zhizhen Garden's business explode in the future?"

"Tsk tsk, this is going to be a good show."

Lu Meilin looked at Qin Hao with a dull look as he walked into Zhizhen Garden, her whole body frozen in place.

A group of proprietresses from Huanghe Road walked up to Lu Meilin.

"Sister Lu, what's going on? Why did Boss Qin go in as well?"

"What kind of background does this Li Li have? Even Boss Qin is giving her face?"

Although these proprietresses usually call Qin Hao "sister", they are actually very jealous of the fact that Qin Hao often eats at Jin Meilin. Now that Qin Hao has been abducted by Li Li from Zhizhenyuan, everyone is back to the same starting line.

As the saying goes, naked hatred exists among competitors, and this is true for Zhizhenyuan and Jin Meilin as well.

Although Lu Meilin has a straightforward personality, she is not stupid. She naturally understands that these boss ladies are instigating her to have a conflict with Li Li.

In fact, what she is most worried about now is the relationship between Qin Hao and Li Li. Judging from the fact that Qin Hao brought Wang Mingzhu to attend the opening ceremony of Zhizhen Garden, he and Li Li are definitely not just a chance acquaintance.

However, judging from the fact that Qin Hao brought Wang Mingzhu to the banquet, he and Li Li were not in a relationship of a man and a woman.

There were so many thoughts in her mind at once, but they were all like a tangled mess. Lu Meilin was so worried that she even forgot to compete with Li Li.

At the same time, Qin Hao's appearance also brought the atmosphere in the hall of Zhizhen Garden to a climax.

"Boss lady, you are really amazing. You can even invite Mr. Qin. I think you will have the final say on Huanghe Road in the future."

"Yes, Madam Boss, luckily I made a reservation in advance. Next time, please let me know in advance."

Li Li always had a calm smile on his face. He looked at Qin Hao who was surrounded by many bosses and nodded slightly: "Please don't flatter me. Mr. Qin is very busy. I can't invite him just by asking. It just happened that he is free tonight."

But the more she said this, the more people found her unfathomable.

Qin Hao drank two glasses with the bosses present, then took Wang Mingzhu upstairs. Although these bosses were still reluctant to leave, Qin Hao had already given them enough face, and to stop them would be shameless.

In the private room on the top floor of Zhizhen Garden, Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu had just sat down when Li Li and Mr. An arrived.

"Boss Qin, it's a rare visit for you. Please try our dishes and give us some suggestions."

Li Li did not say words like thank you all the time, but spoke in a very natural tone. Qin Hao nodded secretly. It is said that adversity trains people. Compared with before Mr. An's accident, Li Li was obviously much more mature.

"Okay." Qin Hao handed the menu to Wang Mingzhu, "See if there's anything you want to eat."

Wang Mingzhu took the menu and ordered a few dishes. She was actually quite fond of food. Ever since she had tasted Qin Hao's cooking, she would occasionally take time out to ask Qin Hao to cook some dishes for her to satisfy her hunger.

"It must be very busy today because of the opening. You should go and greet other customers. We are old friends, so there is no need to be so polite." Qin Hao said with a smile.

Mr. An said to Li Li, "Well, Mr. Qin is right. You go and greet the guests first. I will have a couple of drinks with Mr. Qin and Miss Wang."

"Okay, I'll go there first."

After Li Li left, Qin Hao teased Mr. An, "It looks like good things are coming soon. When the wedding is held, I'll have to get a drink from you."

"It's still early. We have to wait until Zhizhen Garden stabilizes. To be honest, your wedding with Miss Wang should be before ours, right?"

In response to Qin Hao's teasing, Mr. An directly shifted the topic to Wang Mingzhu.

Wang Mingzhu's pretty face turned slightly red and she gave Qin Hao a cold look.

The food and wine came up soon. After Mr. An toasted Qin Hao with a few glasses of wine, he left tactfully.

Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu were the only ones left in the box. With no outsiders around, Wang Mingzhu immediately started the sweep mode.

"Eat slowly, no one is trying to snatch the food from you." Qin Hao laughed.

Wang Mingzhu swallowed the food in her mouth and drank a glass of orange juice to suppress it.

“How’s the food here?”

Wang Mingzhu shook her head: "It's not as good as yours, but it still tastes good. It's just that it feels similar to other restaurants, without any special features."

Not long after, Li Li came to the box and toasted three glasses of wine.

Qin Hao teased, "Just because of your three glasses of wine, I really have something to give you."

"I'm all ears." Li Li said seriously.

"The food tastes good, but it's not special enough. Although the customers on Huanghe Road don't care about the food and drinks, but the business opportunities behind them, there are so many restaurants on Huanghe Road, and everyone can eat at any one of them. Why should people come to your Zhizhen Garden? Is it just because your decoration is more luxurious?"

“No matter what business you do, there are only two ways to make money: either make money that others can’t make, or make money that others don’t want to make.”

"On Huanghe Road, even if you sell a dish for 10,000 yuan, as long as you can explain the trick, customers will still pay for it."

"A dish is an opportunity. It all depends on whether you can convince others to pay for it."

Li Li stayed there for more than ten seconds after hearing this, and suddenly bowed deeply to Qin Hao: "Thank you, Mr. Qin, for your guidance."

Qin Hao did not respond, but looked at Wang Mingzhu: "Have you finished eating?"

"Ah."

"Pay the bill."

Li Li was about to say something when Qin Hao took out his credit card and said, "Open the door to do business, you can give discounts, you can also give away food, but you still have to pay. There is no order without rules."

"Give Mr. Qin a 20% discount." Li Li whispered to the waiter.

"Yes."

Li Li and Mr. An accompanied Qin Hao and his companion to the door. The doorman had already driven the car there.

Watching the Cadillac's taillights disappear from view, Li Li said to Mr. An with a serious face: "You should go to Hong Kong as soon as possible."

Mr. An looked at her in confusion, and Li Li repeated what Qin Hao had said.

"Well, Mr. Qin is right. Since we want to be the best on Huanghe Road, our dishes must have their own characteristics." Mr. An nodded.

"Okay, I'll go to Hong Kong tomorrow and see if I can poach a chef team from the Hong Kong Hotel."

Li Li crossed her arms over her chest and said, "Boss Qin's words reminded me that a dish is an opportunity. Perhaps Zhizhen Garden can sell more than just food and wine."

"You mean"

(End of this chapter)