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.Chapter 6.

The next day was Sunday, and the temperature was still low, but the sky was blue.

A few days ago, with the continuous wind blowing, the red leaves of Xiangshan fell sparsely a week in advance. Now I must see only people's heads but not a piece of red.The scenery at Yanshan Mountain is majestic and majestic, but there are only some wind holes, and climbing the Great Wall is really a pain.So Ruan Jinwen finally decided to take Shi Shaoqing around only in Beijing.

It is said that it is a turn, but it is really driving the car in a circle, and it does not go far, just drive along the second ring road.The person from this door or that building occasionally mentioned something to Shi Shaoqing.

Shi Shaoqing is not from Beijing, he was admitted to Beijing when he was in university, and studied at Peking University.Later, he achieved outstanding grades in school, and was sent to the United States as an exchange student. After completing his undergraduate studies in the United States, he went to graduate school and stayed there.

He didn't stay in Beijing for a long time, only two and a half years in total. At that time, he felt that he didn't have enough time just to study. How could he have the leisure time to learn about Beijing's scenery and folk customs?So when he came back this time, he really counted his trip to Beijing as a trip.It's the real kind of people who need to buy a ticket to go down and walk around, not the current car tour in Beijing.

"Are you going to let me ride the car all day today?" After walking around the second ring road for the second time, Shi Shaoqing couldn't help asking.

"What else? Where do you want to go?"

Ruan Jinwen really didn't know where to go. He originally thought that Shi Shaoqing's casual shopping was just going to a few business districts for a meal, and meeting a group of people to drink and go to nightclubs at night. Shaoqing asked him to take him to the scenic spots.

To say that he has been to all these scenic spots in Beijing, but those are all with the school spring and autumn outings before the age of 16.You let him take it now, he is really not very happy, he feels that this is very stupid, not high-end, and loses his position.The main reason is that these scenic spots are full of people, and once you enter the Forbidden City, you have to go through security checks.who is he?Mr. Ruan, the young master who always pays attention to decency, let him stretch out his hands like other tourists and let them take a photo with a detector. No wonder he would be happy.

"It's fine if you don't take me to the Forbidden City, anyway, let's get out of the car and go for a walk!" Shi Shaoqing more or less guessed that the young master was starting to commit a public illness, so he proposed directly.

"It's strangely cold outside. Beijing's climate is dry. When the wind blows, wrinkles will appear on the face." Ruan Jinwen tried to persuade Shi Shaoqing while driving, "I'll transfer you to the Olympic Sports for a walk later."

After speaking, he turned the steering wheel, made a sudden change from the straight road and turned into the right turn lane, and then prepared to drive north.

Shi Shaoqing's eyelids twitched, and after a few seconds of silence, he took out the phone, "Hey, it's me, Shaoqing, come out for a stroll in the afternoon, I haven't played much in Beijing, let's walk together."

"Who are you calling?"

"Jane Bai."

"..."

Half an hour later, Qianmen Street.

This place used to be one of the most famous commercial streets in Beijing, with time-honored shops lined up side by side.The streets are full of people all day long, very busy.The first Yongmei store in the country was on this street. It started from a small supplier with a single storefront, and later turned into the largest electrical retail department store in the country, which is very legendary.

Today's Qianmen Street is also famous and lively, but it is more of a scenery and a scenic spot.There are few local people who come to visit, and most of them are people like Shi Shaoqing and Jian Bai who come to Beijing for tourism and business from all over the world.

The northernmost end of the avenue is Zhengyangmen, with a masonry barrier and a double-eave Xieshan top, which looks majestic and majestic, like a guard guarding the Forbidden City.However, this building has been renovated, and the outside is surrounded by iron fences. It is usually open irregularly, and the lights are only turned on at night, so during the day it only shows gray and non-gray tones, but it is still spectacular. A solemn sense of royal power.

Shi Shaoqing had been in the United States for a long time, and he also had that kind of lively life sentiment. In order to match the current situation, he took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from somewhere, and gave one to Jian Bai, and another to Ruan Jinwen.

The strange thing is that Jian Bai, who had never smoked before, collected it very quickly this time, but Ruan Jinwen looked at the outer casing of the cigarette with disgust on his face, and he didn't even bother to lift his hand, and directly refused.

Shi Shaoqing smiled at Jian Bai, and teased, "This man is sick again, ignore him." He took the lighter and lit a cigarette for Jian Bai as he said.

Jian Bai didn't make a sound, holding a cigarette and waiting for Shi Shaoqing to light it for himself.The flame danced between his fingers for a few seconds with the wind, and he took a deep breath in conjunction with it, and slowly exhaled a circle of smoke.Then he turned his head to the side and looked at Ruan Jinwen with the corner of his mouth slightly raised.This glance made Ruan Jinwen's blood boil and his heart surged.

Jian Bai is wearing a thin black cashmere sweater with a half-high collar today, and a camel-colored overcoat that is also cashmere. Her hair is combed back, revealing her full and clean forehead. She looks like a mature ascetic pretty boy.In fact, from the moment Jian Bai received the cigarette just now, Ruan Jinwen was a little stunned, and the same sentence, how could his Bai'er be so handsome and unreasonable!

"You've been to this place, take a photo with brother Shaoqing." Jian Bai said something to Ruan Jinwen, and then handed him his mobile phone.

When Ruan Jinwen heard the group photo, he didn't bring himself with him, and he didn't pick up his phone. Instead, he turned on his phone and asked a passerby to help him take a photo.He jumped up between the two men in two or three steps, raised his arm and put it on Jian Bai's shoulder, and said, "It's rare for the three of us to meet each other, and it's been almost five years since the last time, so we have to come together. "

The three of them are all in good shape, their temperament, appearance, and height are the top-notch type of people standing on the street. It took only a few photos, and some young girls stopped to watch, and whispered while watching. , I think everyone is discussing the appearance of the three people.

Jian Bai and Shi Shaoqing didn't care much about these things, only Ruan Jinwen cared about his own image in the eyes of others, and when he saw a lot of people, he was still excited, standing there with a straight face and playing handsome in various ways.

Leaving Zhengyangmen, the three of them walked southward for a long time.Just found a piece of food court.In the past, there were many delicacies on Qianmen Street. During the Chinese New Year, there are often temple fairs here, and there are countless delicious and interesting foods.At that time, they sold authentic Beijing snacks and snacks, not like now, a hodgepodge is served in one pot, and there are many shops, but there are only a few things that change. .

Ruan Jinwen got excited when he thought of something, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat the best lamb."

This season is the season to start nourishing. The weather is cold, and eating a bite of mutton can warm the whole body.Beijingers used to have the habit of eating roasted mutton in winter. Unfortunately, the process of making roasted mutton is complicated, and the sauce is specially prepared, so there are not many restaurants left that can taste authentic.

There is Yueshengzhai in Qianmen, with a history of more than 200 years. It is a veritable old shop. It is best at roasted lamb and sauced beef, especially the crispy meat made from roasted lamb. It has no smell at all.Wipe the door, and the diners can smell the aroma of the sauce.

That's the one Ruan Jinwen wanted to take them to.

The three asked for a private room on the second floor, and Ruan Jinwen ordered another table of signature dishes.While waiting for the waiter to serve the dishes, Shi Shaoqing found a topic to start a conversation.

"Jin Wen, last time I heard you said that there is a business worth tens of billions, let's hear it."

Ruan Jinwen mixed a bowl of noodle tea for each of them, and when the tea melted, put it in front of the two of them so that they could drink it while it was hot, and then replied according to Shi Shaoqing's words: "If you want to know what to do with these things, what are you doing? Any transaction may be on the order of tens of billions, and I am nothing to worry about."

Maybe it suddenly occurred to Jian Bai that he was still by his side. He wanted Jian Bai to see his own changes and his ability. After drinking some tea, he answered his own words, "It's a commercial real estate project. , Zhengyang is going to open a flagship store in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and I want to cooperate with them. They have invested a lot this time, and the calculation of several places is only tens of billions."

After finishing speaking, he kept glancing at Jian Bai.

Jian Bai is holding a teacup and drinking tea intently. Let alone looking at him now, even the expression on his face has not changed in the slightest. Coupled with his originally cold temperament, he can be ignored at the moment It counts.

Ruan Jinwen suddenly felt cold, and he stopped talking, and he didn't have the interest to continue talking, so he just stared at Jian Bai, feeling very uncomfortable.

"We, Jin Wen, have changed? Suddenly, we feel mature and responsible." It was Shi Shaoqing who broke the deadlock and began to compliment the young master there. In fact, those of them who knew Ruan Jinwen were all familiar with him. I like to smooth hair and listen to good words.

It's just that people like to listen to good things, so it's not a problem, but Ruan Jinwen is too clear. In the past, if you say anything bad about him in front of him, he can bite you to death with ten sentences. But that person did not include Jian Bai.

The waiter knocked on the door and came in. Plates of dishes were placed on the table in front of them, and they opened the bottle of hot wine for them, poured them into glasses, and then backed out.

This time, Jian Bai got up with a wine glass first, and said to Shi Shaoqing, "He used to be very ambitious, but he was suppressed by his family. In fact, I still think he is more capable than us."

Ruan Jinwen was not mentioned from the beginning to the end of this statement, but there were only three people in the room, and everyone knew who Jian Bai was talking about.

The one who was said was only a second, his tail was up to the sky, and at the same time he picked up a cup and said, "Ben still understands me, I was unreliable before, I was suppressed there and couldn't show my talents. Does Sun Wukong know? He was crushed under the Five Fingers Mountain because he was too capable."

Ruan Jinwen praised himself as the Monkey King, and he beamed with joy. Before Shaoqing could take the wine glass, he drank the first glass.

The two men looked at each other and smiled, and looked back at the Monkey King who fell into the mortal world together, waiting to see what else he could say.

He drank three cups in a row, and began to talk about the deeds of his battle against the Ruan family and the group of old people.In fact, there is no need for Ruan Jinwen to prove anything. They are all classmates and alumni in the university, and they all know his true strength.

When I was in the United States, Chinese students had their own circles, and those with money and power formed another circle.Everyone in the circle knows Ruan Jinwen, not because he is playful, but because of his ability to control capital.He is courageous, quick-witted, and accurate in his shots. Money in his hands can often generate more money. Therefore, they all asked him to help manage their finances.

This kind of financial acumen actually requires a bit of talent, and it doesn't take a little effort to become a prophet.Ruan Jinwen can do it. Others don’t talk about his skills. Shi Shaoqing knows best. He was an intern on Wall Street and Lehman Brothers fell overnight. He gambled that the index would plummet, how could he have achieved today's results later on.

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The mutton was served with rice wine, which has a strong stamina. Ruan Jinwen drank several cups one after another, and began to speak incoherently.Pulling Shi Shaoqing's elbow, he lifted his sleeve.

"Are you still wearing it?" He murmured, "You have earned so much, why are you still wearing the broken watch I gave you?"

Shi Shaoqing pulled his hand back, rolled up his sleeves, still covered his wrist, and kept laughing there.

Seeing this, Jian Bai leaned over, "Hey, are you still wearing it? I just thought I was seeing it wrong."

"Didn't Jin Wen always say that Rolex is a hard currency? I wear self-defense. Not to mention, the global stock market has fluctuated several times. I have stepped on what I should buy and run."

"Are you so goddamn amazing?" This time it was Ruan Jinwen who spoke, and he picked up a piece of sauced beef for himself, and another piece for Jian Bai and Shi Shaoqing, and asked casually there.

Shi Shaoqing nodded with a very serious expression.

"Then I will wear it next time."

Ruan Jinwen once bought a Rolex for the two and himself with the first pot of gold he earned when he was studying, and the number of the movement he picked deliberately matched the student number of the three of them.I didn’t think too much about it when I bought it. I heard that Rolex is a hard currency. In some areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America, it is far more famous than those top brands. .

He didn't know where he heard it, but he could believe it.In addition, he used to like being a local tyrant when he was young, and he felt that wearing a big gold chain was very arrogant, so the things he bought were all related to "local tyrants".You can't blame him either. In fact, this child's education at home is completely aristocratic. He is rebellious and wants to confront his family.Fortunately, he came back later, otherwise it would be impossible for a person like Jian Bai who pays attention to taste to become friends with him.

The three of them couldn't stop talking about the topic back then, so it took a long time to eat a meal.

Later, I don’t know why they mentioned the Ruan family again. Ruan Jinwen took advantage of the wine to invite Jian Bai to help him. Maybe everyone chatted this time, and I was a little emotional. Jian Bai didn’t say the rejection, but it was Tell him that you can't help him full-time.

But that's okay, as long as Jian Bai doesn't refuse, even if he just reads a report, Ruan Jinwen will be happy for a long time.

Because he drank while leaving, Ruan Jinwen called the driver at home to pick him up.

Jian Bai packed another roasted mutton from Yueshengzhai.Considering that he had already moved to Yu Guang's, and he didn't want others to know about it, Jian Bai greeted Shi Shaoqing and left first.

When Ruan Jinwen came to pick him up again, all he saw was Shi Shaoqing standing under the gold-lettered signboard of Yueshengzhai.

The author has something to say: In the transitional chapter, the three met and recalled the past.Ruan Jinwen is so good at pretending, I admire him

When I was writing this chapter, I suddenly remembered that I went to Beijing many years ago, ten degrees below zero, and was with a girlfriend. She just broke up. She was a little bored. She followed me on a business trip. I also have a buddy who is also on a business trip in Beijing. We went to the Temple of Heaven together and also went to the front gate.I bought candied haws with red snails for my girlfriend at the front door, and that buddy treated us to a time-honored donkey meat fire. At that time, your author was really carefree.Now everyone is going their separate ways, each has its own life and its own troubles.The delicious donkey meat was also demolished and could no longer be seen.Thinking about it, I was quite emotional for a while.

I lament the time and miss that period of time.

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