After formally signing a series of cooperation agreements, Brahm, Garon Targaryen and others rushed back to Kanem; they registered a branch in China and took over the large ocean-going bulk carrier that was being negotiated. Guo Hongliang will lead the team.

Cao Mo, who personally saw Brahm and Garon Targaryen on the plane and decided to stay until after New Year's Day before leaving, received a call from Xie Sipeng asking for a meal on his way back to the city.

"Well, well, we are going to the city soon. You text me the address and I will grab Xiao Jun and ask Shen Ji to go there with you later."

Xie Sipeng followed Guo Hongliang back to Xinhai this time, eager to get involved in the Gulf of Guinea Shipping and Mining Company, but Cao Mo gave up the controlling stake in the Gulf of Guinea Shipping, and all subsequent capital-level operations were handed over to Qian Wenhan. There is really no investment space left to Xie Sipeng.

The relationship in Kanem has been good these years, and Cao Mo feels a little sorry for Xie Sipeng. Furthermore, Xie Sipeng has been developing in Africa these years, and rarely returns to Xinhai. He doesn't have many friends to sit down, drink, or chat with. Therefore, he would not be able to refuse any invitation from Xie Sipeng.

However, Qian Wenhan and Ge Jun invited him. Even if he did not chat or play cards at Jinhonghui in the second half after dinner, he would sit in a very stylish teahouse. Xie Sipeng returned to Xinhai but was much more bold and unrestrained, pulling Cao Mo, Shen Ji had dinner twice, and after drinking, he went directly to KTV and clubs.

So, Cao Mo told Song Yuqing and asked her to drive back directly with Zhou Han. He and Xiao Jun got out of the car on the side of the road, waited for the bodyguards to drive up, got in the Chevrolet SUV, and continued driving back to the city.

After a while, Xie Sipeng sent the address, and Cao Mo informed Shen Ji to rush over to meet him.

Xiao Jun has been overseas for nearly twenty months. He has become dark and thin. He has a crew cut like Cao Mo, but he is full of energy. This time, he has not seen his parents for so long, and he misses his son so much. After being urged repeatedly, I temporarily put aside the matters at hand and returned to China.

The place to eat is simple, even crude. It is located in an alley at the junction of Panyu Road and Xinhua Road. In the residential compound, a few rooms were built illegally and the walls were broken. The roofs are still simple color steel sheds. It's hard to find a simpler store than this one in the central area of ​​Xinhai City these days.

Cao Mo and Xiao Jun walked in and saw a few greasy small square tables in the shop; the recipes were written in chalk on a small blackboard hanging in the corner.

Cao Mo sat down with a smile and said, "We are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars in business every minute, but we thought we could give you another big meal!"

"..." Xie Sipeng dressed casually when he returned to China. He threw his coat aside on a chair, jeans and a woolen sweater. It was hard to tell that he was in his forties. He smiled and said, "When I first settled in Xinhai, I often Eating at this restaurant is very suitable to my taste. I haven’t been back very often in the past few years. I thought the owner had closed it long ago or moved to a bigger place. I didn’t expect that when I walked here in the afternoon, I saw this restaurant still there. I definitely want to come to Nostalgia for two meals, but eating and drinking alone is too boring, so I asked you to come over."

Xie Sipeng pointed at the fat man who stood up and took out a pack of Hongmei Fen cigarettes, and said: "Fat Zhou is the owner of this store. He has known me for fifteen years. His craftsmanship is really good, but he loves gambling. Until now. I still maintain such a shop, and I haven’t even set up a house..."

As soon as Cao Mo took over the red plums and lit them, Shen Ji rushed over.

In addition to the recipes on the blackboard, the fat boss also brought over a menu with the plastic wrapped around the edges. In winter, this store mainly specializes in roasted lamb, as well as fried lamb liver, roasted lamb blood, roasted lamb heart with chives, and water. Stir-fried vegetables such as roasted lamb loin with celery.

In addition to cutting a plate of cold mutton first, the store owner also brought two hot water bottles from the counter.

Xie Sipeng opened the cork of the bottle and poured hot yellow rice wine for everyone.

Rice wine has been added with shredded ginger and white sugar, and soaked in plums. It is sour and sweet in the mouth, and it is very soothing to the throat. The cold-cut mutton sauce is also specially prepared by this store, with minced garlic added, and Cao Mo sandwiched two pieces of meat into his mouth. , and praised: "This meat and wine are really good. You should find this shop two days early. I will invite Brahm, Gallon and others to come and have a meal."

While eating food, drinking and chatting, Cao Mo noticed that Xie Sipeng was somewhat absent-minded, as if he was waiting for someone to come over. The four of them drank two hot pots of rice wine and heard the roar of a heavy locomotive coming from far and near. Store entrance.

Cao Mo saw Xie Sipeng looking out the door. He turned around and saw a young man walking in with a girl with smooth white legs exposed under a down jacket and smoky makeup.

At first glance, Cao Mo looked at the young man who was about the same age as them. His face was similar to Xie Sipeng's and he was fair. He thought it was his son who came over for dinner with his girlfriend who looked like a little girl.

The girl wore very strong and weird makeup, with thick and black eyeliner and bright purple eyeshadow. She looked like a character from a comic book. She must be younger in actual age, but she walked straight to Xie Sipeng. He said impatiently: "Are you annoyed? You couldn't make a few calls in a year before, but now you have to make so many calls a day when you go back to China. It's like a ghost. Is it because the domestic telecommunications industry is developing so well that the phone bill is too cheap for you?" If you have anything to do, just tell me quickly, I have a show at the bar tonight!"

"Xinxin, don't talk to dad like that." The young man tugged on the girl's clothes and said.

"Then how can I talk to him? I haven't seen anyone for several years. When I come back, I just care about this and that. Who owes him?" The girl shook off the young man's hand and choked as if she had eaten gunpowder.

"I don't want to care about you, but the way you are now, the changes are a bit too big. You are still in school, and you look like this now? Are those messy bars a place you can go?" Xie Sipeng said.

"When you went to a hotel to sleep with a 18 or 19-year-old girl in a messier place, did you ever think that she might still be in school?" the girl asked, staring at Xie Sipeng.

"Pfft!" Cao Mo wanted to pretend to drink and not care about Xie Sipeng's family affairs. Hearing the girl yelling at Xie Sipeng, he couldn't help but spit out the wine in his mouth.

Xie Sipeng's old face turned the color of pig liver.

Shen Ji and Xiao Jun immediately disliked the dish and added wine to Cao Mo's saliva. They asked the boss to move away and make a new dish.

"My son Xie Anchen will graduate from China Normal University at the beginning of next year. I thought he is about the same age as you and should have a common language, so I made an appointment to meet him. I originally wanted to take him to Africa, but his mother disagreed. Although I There is nothing that can help him in the country, but fortunately he works hard, so I don’t need to worry about him..." Xie Sipeng’s expression soon returned to normal, and he asked the young man to come forward and introduce him to Cao Mo, Shen Ji and the others.

"Ah, how old are you, Lao Xie?" Shen Ji glanced at the young man in surprise, seeing that he was really no younger than Cao Mo and Xiao Jun.

"My hometown is in the rural area of ​​northern Jiangsu. In our era, it was normal to get married at the age of eighteen or nineteen. I became a father at the age of twenty-two. In our era, it was considered too late. Unlike you now, you don't even get married under the age of thirty. I want to find a permanent girlfriend," Xie Sipeng said. He wanted to pull the girl over, but in the end he retracted his hand and simply said, "This is my daughter Xie Xinxin. She makes me worry a little. I'm not around all year round. In China, my wife couldn’t control her, so she found the best elementary school and middle school for her, but after finishing her studies, she ended up giving me a higher vocational exam, ugh..."

Xie Sipeng probably knew that his daughter couldn't listen to him, so he asked the young man to pull up a chair and sit down: "Xie Anchen, Mr. Shen, Mr. Cao, Mr. Xiao, they are all friends of dad. If you decide to stay in Xinhai in the future, you will have to rely on their care. …”

"What kind of friends are you? You've always been serving food to people and inviting people to eat at this shabby restaurant. These friends shouldn't be that good either." The girl carelessly pulled up a chair and sat down. She said to Xie Sipeng first, Then he took off his down jacket, revealing that he was wearing a low-cut leather jacket. A pair of small white breasts were squeezed out. The leather skirt was also short enough to expose his thighs. He looked at Cao Mo and the others with a very social look. He looked over and said, "What school did you all go to? Let me see what level of people you are, and you were brought to this wretched place to eat?"

I have to say that the girl is young and quite sexy, but she is too embarrassed to look at her in front of Xie Sipeng.

"I have a bachelor's degree from Xinhai University and a graduate from Oxford University's Said Business School. This graduate from Dalian University of Technology is also a prestigious 985 university. We really feel that the quality of your father's meal is a bit low." Shen Ji joked.

"What about you? You can't just pretend that you graduated from a prestigious school, right? Then I'm really mistaken." Xie Xinxin raised her chin and glanced at Cao Mo and asked.

"I dropped out of high school, and my level was just high enough for this restaurant. No matter how high it was, I couldn't stand it.

Get up!" Cao Mo said with a smile.

"I'm just telling you, how could this old guy change his character?" Xie Xinxin said.

"Xie Anchen, take your sister back, don't let her make people crazy." Xie Sipeng couldn't stand his daughter's rebelliousness and wanted them to leave as soon as possible.

Xie Xinxin refused to come after being urged several times before, but now she wanted to drive people away, but Xie Xinxin refused to leave. She rubbed her stomach and complained that she was hungry, so she ran to the counter to get the dishes and sat down.

The old face who took care of Xie Sipeng, Cao Mo, Shen Ji, and Xiao Jun ignored the little sister Xie Xinxin and kept chatting with Xie Anchen.

Xie Anchen is still quite a cheerful and talkative young man. He also inherited Xie Sipeng's good genes. He is tall, handsome and has a good personality. He followed Xie Sipeng's advice when he entered university and studied in postgraduate studies, majoring in foreign languages ​​and economics.

Xie Sipeng also wanted to take him abroad for training when he was successful in his studies. However, his wife, who stayed behind and stayed in the empty house, didn't care about his promiscuity outside, but she didn't agree with her son to cross the ocean and go to a place where he didn't even have basic skills. Wandering in a place where security cannot be guaranteed.

His parents had serious disagreements, and Xie Anchen was caught in the middle, so he considered going abroad with his girlfriend to find a university to continue studying.

Xie Sipeng believes that after graduating with a master's degree, academic qualifications and knowledge are enough, and further studies will be a waste of life. The father and son also have conflicts on this point, but it is much better than the father-daughter relationship with Xie Sipeng who cannot be reconciled at all.

Xie Sipeng invited Cao Mo and Shen Ji to come out today because he thought of a compromise, which was to find a way to persuade his son to join Dongsheng or Tianyue. This way he could enter a large domestic company and not fall out with his wife immediately, but In fact, he still wants to save the country through a curve and arrange for his son to participate in overseas business after entering Dongsheng or Tianyue.

Tianyue's overseas business basically implements localized management. Xie Anchen couldn't directly enter the senior management when he joined the company, but it was Dongsheng's business in Kanem. The middle and lower-level management also used a large number of dispatched employees and hired local employees. Our employees implement two salary systems and can arrange people to enter.

Of course, as long as Xie Sipeng can reach an agreement with his wife and Xie Anchen joins the overseas investment division, Shen Ji's friendship for so many years will not be denied.

"It's easy to say that Xie Anchen joined Dongsheng, and Shen Ji just said a word, but it's too reluctant to just invite us to this meal. Mercure Central Asia, you invited us at least three times in a row, and each time you had to arrange two young and beautiful girls for each of us." Little girl, only then can this be considered complete!" Cao Mo said deliberately trying to push Xie Sipeng.

Xie Xinxin was rude to her father, but when she heard that Cao Mo was pushing against her father, she immediately became dissatisfied. She stood up and said to Xie Sipeng: "Look at the kind of virtuous friends you have made. Brother, he can't find a job by himself. What kind of career do you need?" Work in a messy company?”

"If we don't go to Grand Mercure Central Asia, where can we find a place to have fun after we've had a drink?" Cao Mohun casually handed a cigarette to Xie Sipeng, looked at Xie Xinxin and asked, "Where did you just say you were going to perform? Is there any place in Xinhai that offers erotic dancing now?"

The little girl's pink face turned pale with anger, and she stared at Cao Mo fiercely with her pretty eyes. She almost said to Cao Mo, "Your whole family is the one who dances." She put on her down jacket, picked up the car keys that her brother had left on the corner of the table, and followed her. The helmet needs to go out.

"You don't even have a driver's license. I'll take you to Tianlan later!" Xie Anchen grabbed Xie Xinxin and snatched the car keys. He then explained to Cao Mo and the others with a smile, "My sister signed a contract with Tianlan Bar. The artist's agent agreed that in addition to regular performances every week, he also had to participate in music courses in cooperation between the bar and the art school, and also participated in the bar's song selection, song arrangement, rehearsal, etc. It was quite formal..."

"Does resident singers in domestic bars now have to sign artist contracts?" Cao Mo asked curiously.

In middle school, he took Cheng Xi to several gatherings of music enthusiasts and music bars. He once had a false dream of becoming a resident singer, but everything changed in the early summer of 2000.

He previously knew that resident singers signed resident singing contracts with bars in order to maintain long-term cooperation, but after seven or eight years, he didn't know that Xinhai's music bars had developed to the stage of signing artist management contracts with resident singers. .

"Aren't you local? Now Tianlan Bar is very famous in Xinhai. There are several chain stores. Not only do they sign resident singers with management contracts, they also imitate foreign talent shows some time ago. I feel very good. There should be more variety show channels in China now. Learn this..." Shen Ji explained to Cao Mo, and then curiously asked Xie Xinxin, "Which store are you performing at later, so we can all go there to see it?"

Shen Ji felt much more polite to Xie Xinxin, but Xie Xinxin refused to pay attention to him; Xie Anchen said: "Jinxi Road Store. Let's have a good meal and go there together."

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After having enough wine and food, everyone walked out of the restaurant.

Xie Anchen drove a 1999 Honda CB400, which is exactly the model that Cao Mo has played a lot in the test center recently.

Compared with the previous model of Honda's series of street cars, the CB400 has a black body that gives it a very heavy feel. The engine has been changed to a VTEC type, and the overall performance has been upgraded. It can be said to be a benchmark model for Japanese street cars with relatively powerful performance in all aspects; The controllability is also very flexible, the power is strong, the roar when refueling is very pleasant, and the weight of the vehicle is relatively moderate at less than 200 kilograms, making it an entry-level model for many novices.

"Your bare legs are exposed. How can you ride in this car in such a cold weather without fear of freezing?" Xie Sipeng thought about controlling his temper, but at this time he still couldn't help but hold his daughter to prevent her from being naked. Get on the motorcycle with your legs.

It's the end of December, the temperature in Xinhai is close to zero, and the weather is humid. Cao Mo and the others have drunk too much, so they don't feel cold even if they wear jeans. However, Xie Xinxin wears a down jacket over her short skirt performance clothes, including her knees and her calves. Being exposed to the cold air made Cao Mo feel biting to the bone just thinking about it.

The Chevrolet drove over, and Xie Xinxin was reluctantly pulled into the car by Xie Sipeng. Shen Ji knew that he was going to drink, so he took a taxi and rushed here. At this time, he, Cao Mo and Xiao Jun squeezed into the Chevrolet and headed for Jinxi Road. Rush to Tianlan Bar.

When Cao Mo returned to China in the past few years, he accompanied Cheng Xi either to sing at a mass-market KTV or to sit in a quiet bar. The only music bar he went to was in Chonghai some time ago, but that time he was shocked by the loud music.

Tianlan Bar is a chain store that has been established in Xinhai in the past two years. This is a new store on Jinxi Road. There are many exquisitely decorated bars and Western restaurants on the left and right. It is after eight o'clock when people come and go, and it is very lively.

The bar has not yet had time for the resident singer to perform officially. The music is quite soft, but there are many customers. Xie Xinxin goes to the workshop behind the counter to prepare. Xie Anchen has been to the bar several times as a flower protector for his sister. I was quite familiar with it, so I asked for a booth near the stage.

After drinking rice wine, Cao Mo didn't want to drink any more hard liquor, and he didn't like mixing whiskey with Sprite. When the waiter came over with the drink list, he ordered two dozen Heinekens.

The waiter looked at Xie Anchen in embarrassment.

"The minimum consumption for your booth is 2,800. Do you think this is the same shabby restaurant where you just ate?" Xie Xinxin, who took off her down jacket and dressed in a cool outfit, quickly came over and called the waiter a weird English Name, told him to ignore Cao Mo, an old hater, and directly ordered two sets of Blue Fang packages.

After a while, Cao Mo saw the waiter bringing two blue cubes, a bunch of cans of Sprite, and a bucket of ice cubes. He jokingly asked Xie Sipeng: "I think this place is quite formal. I guess there is no one to accompany you to drink. Do you want some?" How many girls can you order from Mercure Central Asia?"

"There is such a Gestapo in my family. I can't handle it anymore. Just get around me!" Xie Sipeng begged for mercy.

The resident performance started at half past eight. There was no band today, but Xie Xinxin had learned the keyboard and stood on the stage to play and sing by herself. She sang four jazz-style songs that Cao Mo was not very familiar with.

At this time, there were already a lot of customers in the store, but apart from the first two songs, there were still some sparsely mastered ones, and then there were the customers who brought girls to the bar, brought brothers over to brag about their prowess, or simply went to the bar to hunt for girls. Everyone was doing their own thing, and few people were still paying attention to listening to the music.

Xie Xinxin has a pure face and dresses deliberately in a sexy style. There are many people in the bar staring at her thighs.

Tianlan Bar looks high-class, but when there are more customers, some people talk loudly, and everyone raises their voices unconsciously. The noisy voices are mixed together, and it is impossible to tell the quality of Xie Xinxin's voice and singing skills.

Xie Sipeng will definitely not treat her children badly, and Xie Xinxin will not come to sing for financial reasons, but in this environment, I really don't know what benefit it will have in developing her hobbies.

Cao Mo looked at Xie Sipeng and frowned worriedly the whole time.

Each resident singer has to sing three nights a night, four to six nights each night

There was no waiting for songs. After Xie Xinxin finished singing the first four songs, she didn't mean to interact with the guests and just sat back in the booth.

"Why are they here?" Shen Ji looked outside curiously.

Cao Mo looked back and saw Lu Yan, Cao Li, Zhang Jin and a few unfamiliar young people sitting down in a reserved booth diagonally opposite.

Lu Yan and the others also noticed this at this time, and were slightly stunned for a moment, but then they looked over with deep resentment hidden in their eyes.
To be continued...