Chapter 1423

The person who arrived was Jiang Yuhai. He never dreamed that Zhou Andong would come to his restaurant to eat, and with a beautiful woman at that.

"It's not a coincidence, this is my shop."

Jiang Yuhai's tone was very flat, but the expression on his face was very proud.

"Oh my!" Zhou Andong exclaimed in feigned surprise: "You're no longer a bureau director, why have you gone into business?

You've taken the wrong path, big director; you were majestic wherever you went, and now you've become a peddler, aren't people laughing at you?"

Jiang Yuhai relied on the connections he once had in the government, plus his father's connections in the banking system, and the restaurant's business was incredibly hot.

This filled his heart with ambition, and he was already preparing to open a branch, thinking that one day his restaurant would open all over the country.

He just wanted to prove to that dead girl Jiang Yuyue, who ate inside and out, that he, as an older brother, could suppress Zhou Andong in the officialdom, and in business, he wouldn't be worse than Zhou Andong either.

The truth was, when he first said he wanted to do business, the mocking face of that dead girl Jiang Yuyue hurt him deeply as a brother; he had no dignity at all.

What made him even more unbearable was that while that dead girl mocked and belittled him, she held Zhou Andong so high, especially that look of admiration, which made his heart tremble with anger.

Now, the weight he held in that dead girl's heart was probably not even half as much as Zhou Andong's.

After finishing his work this noon, he called Jiang Yuyue because he wanted to open a branch and wanted his sister to endorse the restaurant.

In his mind, such a small matter was just a lift of a finger for Jiang Yuyue. She didn't even have to run back and forth; she could just take a few photos when she came home for the New Year.

But he never dreamed that his own brother would beg her, and she would ask for a 500,000 yuan endorsement fee per year right off the bat.

She even said that because he was her own brother, the endorsement fee was already halved. It angered him so much that he hung up the phone directly.

He sulked in his office for a long time, smoked half a pack of cigarettes, and then thought about coming out for some air, only to see Zhou Andong.

He originally wanted to show off in front of Zhou Andong, but he didn't expect to be called a "small business" and a "peddler" by Zhou Andong, which almost broke his defense.

"Zhou Andong, I admit you have some ability in doing business.

But you don't have to be so arrogant, looking down on this and that.

If it weren't for your good luck in taking over the distillery, could you have today?

This restaurant is small in scale and can't compare to the Yugong Group, but I started this from scratch, how can you compare with me?"

Zhou Andong sighed helplessly: "I say, Comrade Jiang Yuhai, I really feel sorry for you. Doing business is not as good as being an official; you've put the cart before the horse."

Jiang Yuhai gritted his teeth and said: "Don't you know why I went into business?"

"I know!" Zhou Andong said with great dissatisfaction: "Speaking of this matter, you should say thank you to me, but I haven't received it until now.

I always thought you were a bit arrogant and looked down on people. But after all, you were a big director, so that was normal.

But now I've discovered that you are a bit lacking in upbringing; this is definitely because my former father-in-law didn't educate you well."

"Bullshit!" Jiang Yuhai cursed angrily: "Who are you saying lacks upbringing? Why should I thank you?"

"You've always had a hard mouth." Zhou Andong shook his head: "If you were thrown into Taishang Laojun's alchemy furnace, everything would be refined, but your mouth would still remain."

"Less nonsense." Jiang Yuhai suppressed his anger: "Today, if you don't make it clear, I'm not finished with you."

"Say what? Huh?" Zhou Andong widened his eyes: "Do you know about the loan Zhao Jianlong took from your father?"

Before Jiang Yuhai could answer, Zhou Andong continued: "If I hadn't covered the bottom, the Zhao Jianlong loan incident would have exploded, and millions in loans wouldn't have been recovered. Could my former father-in-law still sit securely in the bank president's position?"

Jiang Yuhai opened his mouth; he really couldn't refute this matter, Zhou Andong had indeed helped a lot.

If Zhou Andong hadn't acquired Zhao Jianlong's real estate company and that piece of land, the bank couldn't have recovered that money.

Especially since Zhao Jianlong committed loan fraud involving three banks; if not handled well, the old man would definitely have big trouble.

Seeing Jiang Yuhai speechless, Zhou Andong laughed.

"As for you, Zhao Jianlong dared to cheat even your father. Think about it, would he cheat you for money?"

If it were before, he would never believe that Zhao Jianlong would cheat him, but now he didn't dare to say such things.

"Let's not talk about this first; after all, the person has already been executed, so it's useless to talk about it.

Just say my former father-in-law stepped down because of the loan incident; your restaurant's business must have been reduced by half, right?"

Sun Xiaohui had been saying this restaurant had good business. When Jiang Yuhai said he opened the restaurant, Zhou Andong understood why the business was good.

In this era, public-funded eating and drinking were very serious. Those with connections, even if they could pull relationships with township-level governments, could make a lot of money, let alone someone of Jiang Yuhai's level.

Jiang Yuhai's face was uncertain, and finally, he turned and left in anger and shame.

"Look." Zhou Andong mocked: "I said you have no quality, and you still don't accept it."

Jiang Yuhai paused, his face burning, but he still didn't look back; instead, he quickened his pace, pushed the door open, and walked out.

Sun Xiaohui whispered: "Your former brother-in-law is very unfriendly to you. Didn't you divorce because his sister wanted to go abroad?

Why does it feel like you were the one who was fickle? Could the rumors be true? Because you had another woman, your ex-wife chose to go abroad."

"..."

Zhou Andong looked at Sun Xiaohui speechlessly.

Sun Xiaohui chuckled: "I'm joking, don't look at me like that, I'll be embarrassed."

Zhou Andong rolled his eyes at her, then explained: "When I married my ex-wife, her family opposed it; except for my sister-in-law, no one looked up to me."

"So that's it." Sun Xiaohui nodded: "It seems your married life wasn't very easy either."

"Let's not talk about this." Zhou Andong waved his hand: "In these years, have you seen any other classmates..."

The two talked about the past, thinking of their student days, and kept smiles on their faces.

Talking about reality, most of their former classmates had lost contact. Some had even gone to another world, and while sighing, they also felt a faint sadness.

The two talked for a long time until it was dark outside before leaving, exchanging phone numbers and agreeing to keep in touch.

And Jiang Yuhai and his wife also returned to their parents' home to hold a family meeting to denounce Jiang Yuyue, who ate inside and out.