Although Dou Zhengping was not a high-ranking official, he had connections in the court before his father retired, and he was familiar with many small details of the capital.

Take license plates for example. Everyone thinks that starting with a8 is cool, but that’s not true. Starting with a8 is very broad. It depends on the number after a8. Only the first few numbers represent privileged departments, and the numbers at the end are just for show.

Judging from the number range, Zhou Hao's license plate belongs to the State Administration of Civil Service. However, not all of these license plates are issued by the State Administration of Civil Service. The State Administration of Civil Service uses a part of it, and the rest are generally given to people with connections. These people with connections are not easily available. There are only a few real license plates from the bureau that can be issued outside.

Zhao Yuanshan was also a little surprised when she heard the National Administration Department, and subconsciously asked: "Is it probably borrowed? Isn't it a commercial vehicle?"

Dou Zhengping sighed: "This car, this brand, it's not ordinary to be able to borrow it."

Zhao Yuanshan smiled and said, "You forgot, the last time he treated us to a meal, we went to Xibo Restaurant, and he spent so much money and someone paid for him. He has a wide network of contacts."

Dou Zhengping also sighed, "Yes, this kid's Light of Hope is now cooperating with 211 and 985 universities across the country. It is said that the Ministry of Education's internal evaluation shows that Light of Hope is now the country's largest and most widely covered student aid program. Some people were jealous and wanted to use the national name to forcefully incorporate Light of Hope, but higher-ups directly said that no one is allowed to take over Light of Hope, and let it develop on its own. Look how much face he has."

Zhao Yuanshan asked curiously, "Higher? How high?"

Dou Zhengping smiled and said, "I don't know either, but it's definitely higher than the ministry level."

Zhao Yuanshan understood immediately, "I hope he can hold on. The Light of Hope is such a big stage. If nothing goes wrong, there will be a lot of benefits. But if he can't hold on..."

Dou Zhengping said: "You are talking about money, right?"

"Yes." Zhao Yuanshan said: "Light of Hope is like a snowball, it keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now it is doing business all over the country, and the platform's income is increasing. So much money is at his disposal. Can a 20-year-old boy like him control it? Although it's not illegal for him to touch the money of Light of Hope, the image he has worked so hard to build up will be gone."

Dou Zhengping nodded. "Your worry is unnecessary. If he wanted to make this money, he should have just announced that Light of Hope was not profitable when it was first established. All the profits would have been his."

……

Zhou Hao didn't know that Dou Zhengping was following him. He was driving and asking Dou Yun what she wanted to eat.

Dou Yun looked around curiously in the car, but when asked what to eat, she was clueless.

Zhao Yueying had been wondering since she got in the car, when did Zhou Hao change cars? She was surprised to see him driving such a car, but she didn't dare to ask since her sister was here.

Seeing that neither of them had a strong opinion, and considering that Dou Yun was in a bad mood, Zhou Hao thought of treating her to a big meal to make up for it.

After thinking about it, Zhou Hao thought of Xibo Restaurant, so he took out his mobile phone and called Xibo's owner Qiao Xi.

Since Shen Haoshun introduced him to him last time and he treated Zhao Yueying's aunt and uncle to a meal at Xibo, he hasn't contacted him. When Qiao Xi called him, he was also surprised: "Hey Zhou Hao, it's been a long time since we last met. I haven't seen you come to my place again."

Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Yes, I've been quite busy lately."

Qiao Xi said, "I know you are busy. Haobo Technology is making a lot of noise now. Even I, an outsider, hear people talking about it every day."

Zhou Hao said, "Just busying around." Then Zhou Hao said, "Do you have any seats left in your restaurant? I want to bring my friends over for dinner."

Qiao Xi immediately said, "Yes, no matter how good the business is at Xibo, I have a private plot of land reserved for my friends. You can just come over. I'll say hello to the manager, and you can just tell the receptionist when you arrive."

"Okay, I'll be right over."

Josh smiled and said, “Okay, come on.”

After Zhou Hao hung up the phone, Dou Yun couldn't help but ask where to go for dinner.

Zhou Hao said directly: "Xibo Restaurant."

"Xibo?" Dou Yun's eyes widened. "Is it the one where I invited my parents last time?"

Zhou Hao nodded, and Dou Yun said hurriedly: "I heard that eating there is very expensive, let's not go there."

Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Brother-in-law has money, so you don't have to worry about it, just eat."

Dou Yun couldn't help but laugh out loud and gave Zhou Hao a thumbs up: "Brother-in-law, you are awesome."

Zhou Hao didn't talk to Dou Yun about the art exam along the way. He just joked with her occasionally. It was obvious that she was in a much better mood than when she first got on the car, and Zhao Yueying beside her was also relieved.

After parking the car at the entrance of Xibo, Zhou Hao took the two girls to the main entrance of Xibo Restaurant. The greeter at the door came up and asked, "Sir, do you have a reservation?"

Zhou Hao nodded and said, "I called your boss."

The receptionist suddenly realized what was going on and asked enthusiastically, "Are you Mr. Zhou?"

"it's me."

The receptionist bowed slightly, then made a gesture of invitation, "Your seat has been reserved. It's on the second floor. Our boss said that you should order first when you arrive, and he will come over later."

Zhao Yueying had experienced this before, so she was not surprised. But Dou Yun was so shocked that she was speechless. She had heard from others before that Xibo Restaurant was the most high-end Western restaurant in Beijing. The average consumption per person started at several thousand yuan, and even if you had money, you couldn't eat there even if you went there directly, because the restaurant adopted a reservation system and did not accept customers who walked in. She was already surprised that Zhou Hao wanted to invite her to dinner here. She didn't expect that her brother-in-law was so respected here that the boss would come over when he came to have a meal.

There is a window seat with the best location and view on the second and third floors of Xibo Restaurant. Even regular customers cannot reserve these two seats because they are reserved by Josh himself. Only his friends can take these two seats if they ask him. He also requires that these two seats are not used by casual guests at any time. Even if there are many people, if no friends come, Josh will leave these two seats idle.

This time, Qiao Xi arranged a window seat for Zhou Hao on the second floor, which was the same table he sat at when he invited Aunt Zhao Yueying last time.

After they sat down, the waiter brought the menu. Zhou Hao asked Dou Yun to order first, but she didn't dare to speak after flipping through the menu because the prices were so expensive. She felt guilty about ordering anything, so she said to Zhou Hao, "Brother-in-law, you order first. I'll eat whatever you order."

Zhou Hao was helpless and looked at Zhao Yueying, "Why don't you give some to Dou Yun?"

Zhao Yueying nodded slightly and ordered some moderately priced meals.

Dou Yun hadn't eaten or drunk anything for the whole day. Now she was in a good mood and had an appetite. Besides, Xibo's Western food was really impeccable, so she ate very happily.

Halfway through the meal, Dou Yun couldn't help but ask Zhou Hao: "Brother-in-law, will you make movies in the future?"

Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Yes, but I won't be a director when it comes to making movies."

"Ah?" Dou Yun was quite happy after hearing the first half, but became depressed after hearing the second half. "Why don't you become a director? You are so talented..."

Zhou Hao said: "I am not professional. I am OK for micro films, but not for full-length films. So I don't want to be a director, but a producer."

After hearing this, Dou Yun regained hope: "The producer has a bigger job! If you are a producer, can you arrange a role for me in a new play? I don't want to apply to the Film Academy anymore. I want to study hard in the remaining two months and try to get into the University of Science and Technology. However, I have studied acting for so long and have not performed officially yet. I don't want to give up just like that..."

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