Super Zoo

This ice house is called Kowloon Ice House. It has an old-fashioned decoration from the 1970s. There are several old ceiling fans that are spinning lazily. There are posters in traditional Chinese characters on the wall. The numbers with a sense of age seem to pull people back to the past. The checkered floor tiles embedded on the ground are particularly colorful under the warm yellow light.

A few scattered customers leaned in the booths, leisurely drinking coffee and chatting about horses.

In fact, this is a Starbucks, but it is perfectly combined with the traditional ice house in Hong Kong. It is a quiet and comfortable place for friends to chat.

This place was introduced by policewoman Ho Po-man when I came to Hong Kong last time. That day in the coffee shop, Ho Po-man and Su Ming talked about the famous snack shops in Hong Kong. Ho Po-man introduced many of them like a treasure, but the one that impressed Su Ming the most was Kowloon Ice House.

The reason is very simple. A movie about Young and Dangerous was shot here, and the name was Kowloon Ice House.

People of his age grew up watching Young and Dangerous movies when they were young. Although the people he deals with now are all real Young and Dangerous bosses, which is completely different from the world seen in the movies, he still has some feelings.

Hou Longtao took out his mobile phone in a daze and handed it to Su Ming, which contained several voice clips. After pressing the play button, Song Lulu's voice sounded in his ears.

A cliché, but very realistic passage. Song Lulu felt that after being with Hou Longtao for two years, Hou Longtao made her feel that she could not see the future. A woman's youth is limited, and she didn't want to waste her youth on Hou Longtao.

The word "waste" was Song Lulu's original words.

Su Ming frowned slightly. There are many ways to say things, and there are many ways to break up. This person who thinks he speaks directly chose a word that does not take into account Hou Longtao's feelings as a man.

There were many voice messages. Song Lulu was quite "considerate". She found many reasons for breaking up and elaborated on her "difficulties". She even brought out what her mother said to her. In her words, she couldn't blame her for the breakup. It was all because Hou Longtao had no future.

In fact, from the perspective of ordinary people, Hou Longtao's "future" is not too bad. He has a free job and a small private cinema. Even if he pays the rent seriously, he can earn less than 10,000 yuan every month. He has a relatively free job. In Yangchuan, a second-tier city, many people envy him.

"She mentioned it several times, asking me to change my job and work in a big company. The income was a little lower at the beginning, but she said that working in a big company would be prestigious..." Hou Longtao had drunk a lot of wine before he came. He was drunk and spoke incoherently.

Su Ming twisted his mouth but didn't say anything. Song Lulu initially fell in love with Hou Longtao because of his slightly unruly literary temperament. For Song Lulu, who had never seen much of the world and moved to the city from the urban-rural fringe outside the North Third Ring Road, this kind of literary and artistic atmosphere of the only child in the city was very lethal at first.

To put it bluntly, Song Lulu was not short of money, but she lacked the sense of identity of the city. Finding Hou Longtao made her feel like a city dweller.

Over time, the attraction of this literary temperament was gradually replaced by very secular things, especially her mother, who was particularly dissatisfied with Hou Longtao and felt that he was a grown man who was not doing his job properly. When people asked her where her future son-in-law worked, she was embarrassed to ask, and kept urging Hou Longtao to find a job in a well-known company. Song Lulu and Hou Longtao had quarreled over this matter more than once.

Su Ming ate ice and fire pineapple buns and drank ice lemon tea while listening to a story, absent-minded.

Lin Mu, who was standing opposite him, kicked him under the table and glared at him. He meant that the monkey was so sad, why don't you say something to persuade him? You are still watching the show. Do you have any heart?

To be honest, Su Ming did not feel the same way. He was even a little glad that Hou Longtao and Song Lulu broke up.

There is a kind of woman who looks good, does not cheat, can manage the housework, and knows how to live. It is far from being a beauty. But there is only one thing. This kind of woman does not understand or even despises her boyfriend's career. If it is slightly different from the so-called public around, she thinks it is not doing her job properly.

Such a person will trap and drag a man to death. Song Lulu is such a person. She wants ready-made results. If Hou Longtao is now the manager of a well-known cinema, goes to work and goes to get off work on time every day, occasionally goes to social events like all the bosses, and earns an annual salary of more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, Su Ming believes that she will follow Hou Longtao wholeheartedly.

The more Hou Longtao talked, the more depressed he became. He was absent-minded and couldn't help crying.

"What the hell are you crying about? I'm closing a business worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a second. I'm here to hear you cry!" Su Ming rubbed Hou Longtao's hair vigorously: "It's just a breakup. Are you afraid that you can't find someone with your conditions?"

"But I have nothing now. I can't even pay the full price for a house..." Hou Longtao said.

Su Ming could probably guess the reason why Hou Longtao was sad.

In addition to the years of love, there was also a sense of frustration.

His career and pursuit were completely denied by the woman he loved the most, especially Song Lulu's words, which made Hou Longtao feel worthless.

How could a young man bear this? Song Lulu was telling him directly that someone like you was not worthy of finding a girlfriend and was not qualified to get married.

Su Ming couldn't understand it. After all, they had been in a relationship for several years. If they broke up, they broke up. How could Song Lulu say such hurtful words and say it with confidence?

Isn't the heart made of flesh?

"Her logic is flawed." Su Ming rolled his eyes and asked back: "There are so many people with lower incomes than you, working for 3,000 or 4,000 yuan a month, and buying houses with mortgages. Aren't they all living the same? No one in that family has died..."

The words were a bit harsh, and Lin Mu shook his head at Su Ming. Su Ming ignored him and continued to say to Hou Longtao: "Material conditions are the foundation, that's true, but your material conditions are enough to live. Speaking of houses, her family is not without houses. No matter how hard you work, you may not be able to have more houses than hers. After all, her house was demolished and it was too easy to get it. She didn't go through the stage of struggle, so she is still spiritually poor and insecure. If you stay with such a person, you will be exhausted to death for the rest of your life. It's better to break up."

"Ah?" Hou Longtao looked at Su Ming with wide eyes, and Lin Mu rolled his eyes. When they broke up, he persuaded them with just one sentence: It's better to break up?

This is to ruin the scene.

"Lao Su, you said that." Lin Mu laughed strangely, "Actually, I also think they are not suitable, Song Lulu..."

"Don't mention the name, it's painful to hear." Hou Longtao said depressedly.

When people are sad, sometimes, if you accompany him to be sad, his mood will improve. In other cases, if you turn around and curse him, and say that the things and people he thinks are worth being sad about are worthless, it can have unexpected effects.

At least Hou Longtao seems to be less sad now, and more confused.

Lin Mu coughed and said, "Okay, okay, I also think you are not suitable, it's better to break up. But Lao Su, if they really break up, Monkey's cinema must not continue to open in Song Lulu's house, you have to find a way."

Lin Mu and Su Ming sang the same tune, and Hou Longtao was even more confused. Originally, maybe if he tried to save the relationship, there was still hope of reconciliation. It can even be said that now he and Song Lulu are just having a temper.

But these two old men just said a few words and completely confirmed that they had broken up, and even cut off their way back.

"Monkey, what do you say?" Su Ming looked at Hou Longtao, picked up his mobile phone and shook it: "Whether she really broke up or used the excuse of breaking up to make trouble with you, you heard what she said, and you must know what kind of person she is. If you are willing to continue to toss with her, we will let you do whatever you want. If you want to break up, don't worry about the financial situation, I support you."

Hou Longtao thought for a moment and gritted his teeth: "Okay, break up!"

"Okay! After returning to Yangchuan City, I will find a place for you and we will open a small cinema by ourselves." Su Ming also gritted his teeth.

The three of them chatted in the ice room until more than eleven o'clock in the evening. When they walked out of the door, the cool breeze outside made Hou Longtao sober up a lot, "Wait a minute, why do I feel that I was actually tricked into breaking up by you two guys?"

"Yes!" Lin Mu nodded seriously: "I have long seen that you two are not suitable, but I just haven't had the opportunity."

"Fuck..." Hou Longtao said speechlessly.

"You've thought it through. It's not too late to regret it now." Su Ming said with a smile.

"Damn it, I don't regret it! I've had enough. I've been begging for mercy like a grandson every day. I've never heard a good word from her. Her family looks at me like I'm begging for food." Hou Longtao said bitterly.

Su Ming laughed, and then he smiled bitterly in his heart.

Damn it, when I don't need the money, it doesn't come. I don't know what to do with more than 100 million in the bank. Rosa calls me every day to introduce various financial services, as if the money can't be used at all;

When I need the money, everything comes at once. I've invested hundreds of millions in making a movie, and I don't have anything left. Now I agree to help Hou Longtao open a cinema. Even if it's a small cinema, it will take tens of millions of funds to acquire a state-owned enterprise that is about to go bankrupt.

"How about renting a venue directly? Yangchuan City has several state-owned cinemas that are not doing well and usually don't show movies." Su Ming's mind quickly turned. That way, he could spend less money. Even if his funds were tight, it would be easier to open a million-dollar cinema.

Fortunately, opening a small cinema is not a top priority. It's not too late to think about it after returning to the mainland.

After a week, the contract with Long Wu has been negotiated, and the next is free time.

Back to the original topic of coming to Hong Kong: horse racing.

I don't know how lucky I will be this time. I will make a little money, at least I have to solve the problem of Hou Longtao Cinema.