Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1 Negotiation ()

It was almost noon when Lu Shaohua arrived at the fruit shop, and it was past midnight when he received the call. After hanging up the phone, the first thing he did was to go to Weng Wende's restaurant and have a big meal. Man is iron and food is steel, so you have to eat. Moreover, Lu Shaohua had not eaten for two meals yesterday, and only had a little breakfast in the morning, which had been almost digested by now.

If they were going to have a meal, they would naturally bring Li Shangkui and others with them. A group of five people (plus two bodyguards, Yang Yang and Li Wusheng) headed towards Weng Wende's restaurant. For some reason, as soon as they entered Weng Wende's restaurant, a strange waiter came over and asked, "Mr. Lu, do you want to have lunch?"

Lu Shaohua felt a little strange. His memory told him that he didn't know this waiter and had never seen him before, but why did this waiter know his last name, Lu? Lu Shaohua couldn't be blamed for not knowing. Since the last time a waiter asked Lu Shaohua for money after he had dinner, Weng Wende wanted to avoid such a situation from happening again. The first thing he did when recruiting new waiters was to show them Lu Shaohua's photo so that they would remember what Lu Shaohua looked like.

On the surface, this matter seems a bit strange and outrageous, but it is normal for Weng Wende. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the smuggling project that Lu Shaohua gave him, he wouldn't have the wealth he has today. It can be said that his wealth was created by the clear path that Lu Shaohua pointed out. Moreover, the two families are old friends, and he can't always let a brother of an old friend let his employees collect money.

Although Lu Shaohua didn't know the waiter, he didn't ask further questions. He just looked at the waiter and reported the dishes he often ate, and then asked Li Shangkui and the others what they wanted to eat. The latter four shook their heads and said that they would eat whatever Lu Shaohua ate.

Since the four of them said so, Lu Shaohua didn't say much and directly asked the waiter to inform the kitchen to cook. "Oh! By the way, is your boss here?" Just as the waiter walked towards the kitchen, Lu Shaohua's voice rang out again.

"Yes, in the office." The waiter nodded in response.

"Then go and ask him to come down." Lu Shaohua waved his hand. When he came to Weng Wende's restaurant, he had to meet this "lively treasure" anyway. It would be a bit unreasonable not to meet him.

The waiter didn't say anything, but nodded with a smile, then turned and walked towards the kitchen, as if he wanted to inform the kitchen first before calling Weng Wende down.

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The voice arrives before the person arrives. This is a character that Weng Wende has developed over a long period of time. He is like this every time he sees Lu Shaohua. "Xiaohua, you came and didn't come to the office to see me first, but just sat here waiting for dinner."

Lu Shaohua rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "If I wait until I get to your office and then come down to eat, I'll probably starve to death."

"Wow! Is it that exaggerated?" Weng Wende didn't care. He glanced at Li Shangkui and Zhang Qingyun and nodded as a greeting. But when he saw Yang Yang and Li Wusheng, he stopped and stared at them for a long time. He didn't know why, but these two people gave him a familiar feeling. He desperately searched for memories in his mind, and after a long time, he asked in an uncertain tone. "Are you two Yang Yang and Li Wusheng?"

"Hello, Brother Wende." Yang Yang and Li Wusheng shouted in unison.

Before Yang Yang and Li Wusheng went to the Soviet Union, they had eaten at Weng Wende's restaurant many times, so they naturally knew their boss, who was also Lu Shaohua's old friend. Weng Wende asked in an uncertain tone just now because he hadn't seen them for more than three years and was not sure at the moment.

"Hehe! Just call me by my name. I'm only one year older than you." Weng Wende didn't seem to mind that they added the word "brother" after "Wende".

“Haha! One year older is still older!” At this time, Li Shangkui, who usually rarely speaks, interrupted.

"Hey, Shangkui, don't get involved in this." Weng Wende was depressed. He and Li Shangkui were the same age, so they called each other by their first names. But it was obvious that Weng Wende didn't want to continue this topic, so he changed the subject. "Have you ordered?"

"Oh! If you haven't ordered any food for so long after coming in, the cucumber dish will have gotten cold." Lu Shaohua said sarcastically.

Weng Wende rolled his eyes at Lu Shaohua, turned around and said to Li Shangkui and the other three, "Hehe! We finally get together, how can we not have a couple of drinks!" After saying that, he was about to turn around and call the waiter to bring some wine, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Shangkui.

"Wende, don't order any more wine. We still have things to do after dinner." Li Shangkui knew that Lu Shaohua was going to meet an important person at two o'clock.

"Oh?" Weng Wende looked at Li Shangkui with a questioning look on his face, then turned to Lu Shaohua and asked, "Do you really have something to do this afternoon?"

Lu Shaohua didn't say anything, but just nodded to indicate that he really had something to do, and then he stopped talking about Weng Wende.

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After a delicious lunch, it was already half past one. Lu Shaohua was not in the mood to go to Weng Wende's office. He just said that he would talk again in the evening and left the restaurant with the support of Li Shangkui and the other four.

The temperature in the south is hot all year round. Even in March, shortly after the beginning of spring, the temperature is still a bit hot. It was also because of the hot weather that there were not many people on the street, which caused the Mercedes-Benz that Lu Shaohua was sitting in to move very fast.

There was no way. Lu Shaohua had not expected that a meal would take more than an hour. When he saw the time was half past one, his first words were to ask Zhang Qingyun to drive faster. He was not a man who broke his promise, and he was not an ordinary person. He had to be sincere when negotiating with others. Being late would make others feel that you were not sincere.

They sped along Shennan Avenue and finally stopped the car steadily at Zeng Aimin's house at 1:56. He no longer cared whether Li Shangkui got out of the car to open the door for him. He opened the door himself, straightened his clothes, and said in a not-so-loud tone, "Brother Shangkui, just come in with us."

The meaning of this statement was very clear, that is, Lu Shaohua only allowed Li Shangkui to follow in, and everyone else stayed where they were.

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"Ding Dong, Ding Dong."

Lu Shaohua pressed the doorbell twice, then took a step back and waited for the door to open.

Soon, the door opened as expected. Lu Shaohua recognized the person who opened the door. It was the cold man who followed Zeng Jianguo last time. When the cold man saw Lu Shaohua, there was no expression on his face. He nodded lightly, and then moved his eyes to Li Shangkui behind Lu Shaohua. His expression became serious, and his whole body exuded an invisible aura, an extremely vigilant aura.

The cold man's whole body was tense and full of vigilance. Li Shangkui was the same. No matter who it was, as long as they posed a threat to Lu Shaohua's personal safety, he would be alert. This was another instinctive reaction.

Seeing the two of them like this, Lu Shaohua shook his head and smiled bitterly, pointing at Li Shangkui and said, "He is a retired soldier, there is no need to be so nervous."

Lu Shaohua had already guessed that the cold-blooded man was a special forces soldier, and Li Shangkui was a former soldier, and soldiers are one family. Lu Shaohua said this to tell the cold-blooded man that Li Shangkui was not a dangerous person and he could relax.

Sure enough, after hearing Lu Shaohua's words, the cold man relaxed, but he still did not let his guard down. His eyes never left Li Shangkui. He opened the door completely and stepped aside to let Lu Shaohua in.

Li Shangkui was different. He didn't care whether the other party was a soldier or not. He cared about Lu Shaohua's personal safety. In his heart, Chen Guobang was his superior, and he had to resolutely execute the tasks assigned to him by Chen Guobang without any negligence.

Zeng Jianguo was sitting on the right side of the chair when he entered the hall. Next to him sat an old man wearing a Zhongshan suit, with a square face, half-white hair, sharp eyes and a determined face. He was about the same age as Zeng Jianguo. On the other side of the sofa sat two elderly people wearing glasses, with wrinkles on their faces and wisdom in their eyes. Lu Shaohua knew without any guessing that these two were experts, and the one sitting with Zeng Jianguo should be the top leader of a certain army.

Seeing Lu Shaohua and Li Shangkui coming in, everyone who was chatting stopped talking. Zeng Jianguo smiled and nodded at Lu Shaohua, then motioned for Lu Shaohua to sit on a separate sofa.

The old man sitting with Zeng Jianguo glanced at Lu Shaohua and then stared meaningfully at Li Shangkui who was standing behind Lu Shaohua. As a man who had lived in the army for many years, how could he not see that Li Shangkui had the temperament of a soldier, and at that, the temperament of a special forces soldier.

Lu Shaohua's current identity is different, and his mentality has changed a lot. Even if he meets a senior figure, he will not be timid, because he does not need to be afraid. He has the strength and does not need to be afraid. Moreover, he is the one who took the initiative today, so he does not need to be timid at all. Lu Shaohua calmly sat down on a separate sofa, and Li Shangkui quickly stood behind him, with his muscles tensed, ready to deal with unexpected situations that may occur at any time.

After Lu Shaohua sat down, Zeng Jianguo, the middleman and owner of the house, spoke first. "Xiaohua, you have already guessed the identity of this old man without my introduction. I won't say more, let's get straight to the point."

Don't forget that Zeng Jianguo had fought in wars before, and was a thorough soldier. When it came to serious matters, his military character was fully revealed. He didn't drag his words out, nor did he introduce the identities of both parties, and went straight to the point.

What Lu Shaohua cares about is not knowing the other party, but whether the deal can be successful. Since Zeng Jianguo said to get straight to the point, Lu Shaohua did not object and said, "Well, let's get straight to the point, but we have to wait a while."

After saying that, Lu Shaohua turned around, waved his hand to signal Li Shangkui to pull his ear over, and whispered a few words in his ear. Then Li Shangkui nodded, turned around and walked out the door.

No one knew what Lu Shaohua meant by this, including Zeng Jianguo. He also couldn't understand what Lu Shaohua meant, but they didn't say anything and waited quietly for Lu Shaohua's next words.

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