Chapter 1576

It was the Double Ninth Festival. Cao Weiguo followed the leadership to the south to inspect the Huangpu Shipyard. As soon as they arrived at the Huangpu factory, they were warmly welcomed by the workers. They greeted Cao Weiguo warmly in Mandarin with a local flavor. Although these workers were covered in oil stains and sweat, their eyes were full of enthusiasm for life and seriousness about their work. They treated Cao Weiguo and his party like family and enthusiastically introduced the various situations of the shipyard to him.

Cao Weiguo was very moved by their enthusiasm. He saw the workers' skilled operations, their passion for work, and their love for the motherland, feeling that this was a collective full of fighting spirit. Their mental outlook made Cao Weiguo full of confidence in China's industrial development.

After the inspection, Cao Weiguo drove alone to a coastal fishing village, where he met Li Kuiyong and Jin Peng's party. After handing over 5 heavy password cases to Li Kuiyong and the others, Cao Weiguo took a handbag from the trunk.

"Zi-la!"

After the zipper of the handbag was pulled open, Li Kuiyong and Jin Peng's eyes widened. Inside were a pile of pitch-black, shining, and heart-stopping "gadgets."

Cao Weiguo distributed the gadgets to everyone: "Each of you carry one for self-defense. Once you arrive in Tuen Mun, you must obey all arrangements of Director Lou. Remember, no unauthorized actions."

Li Kuiyong said steadily: "Understood."

Jin Peng said excitedly: "Don't worry, Brother-in-law."

At the agreed time, the Lou family's ship arrived on time. Under the cover of night, Li Kuiyong, Jin Peng, and their party boarded the ship to Xiangjiang. After drifting on the ocean for several days, they finally reached their destination. In this prosperous city of Xiangjiang, they began a new life.

Newly arrived, they faced various challenges—unfamiliar languages, unaccustomed local customs, and concepts they couldn't understand. All of these brought them trouble.

Fortunately, they had the Lou family as their towering tree. Under Lou Xiaoe's arrangement, they entered the Lou family's shipping company to work, becoming white-collar elites. They didn't have much work but could receive generous salaries, lived in apartments, drove cars, and lived a life they hadn't even dared to think of before.

In an elegant villa, Lou Xiaoe opened the password case again. Inside were neatly arranged gold bars and several precious gold, stone, and jade artifacts.

Compared to those gold bars and antiques, Lou Xiaoe cared more about Cao Weiguo's letter: "Buy land, buy ships, acquire Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa, Electric Lighting Group, Sun Hung Kai stocks... This hateful guy only knows how to order people around, and doesn't even know how to come see me and his son."

With the help of the gold and antiques that Cao Weiguo had secretly transported over the past few years, Lou Xiaoe successively founded real estate companies, shipping companies, opened gold shops, ran newspapers, built garment factories, shoe factories, plastic factories, food factories, and electronic factories... Relying on sufficient funds, she quickly became a figure of Xiangjiang, a respected strong woman, and a wealthy woman with countless assets.

But compared to the achievements and fame she had gained in business, she cared more about that person far away in Jingcheng. She thought day and night about returning to her hometown with her son, returning to that person's side.

"Dong dong dong!"

"Come in!"

A middle-aged woman in a suit pushed the door and entered, saying softly: "Director Lou, Chairman Huo sent someone to deliver an invitation, inviting you to attend the cocktail party held at the Peninsula Hotel the day after tomorrow."

Lou Xiaoe said with a plain expression: "Understood. Accept the invitation and adjust the schedule."

The middle-aged woman whispered: "Yes, Director Lou. The general manager of the Tuen Mun Great Wall Hotel called, saying that the punks of Hung Hing have caused trouble at the hotel for the third time, asking for your handling opinion."

Lou Xiaoe frowned: "You have to ask me about such a small matter? The company pays to hire this manager, is he just eating for free? Let him make his own decision. I don't care what method he uses to solve the problem; I only look at the results. If it affects the hotel's business, then let him pack his bags and leave. The Lou family doesn't spend money to raise waste."

The middle-aged woman exited the bedroom, walked to the first floor, and dialed the number of the Tuen Mun Great Wall Hotel: "Qinghua, Director Lou said to let you make your own decision. No matter what method you use to solve it, you must not affect the hotel's business, otherwise, you will be unemployed."

The general manager of the Tuen Mun Hotel, Chen Qinghua, said with a bitter face: "Sister Xia Jing, you say, why am I so unlucky? I was bullied by local gangs at an Italian restaurant, and after finally returning to Xiangjiang, I was harassed by the punks here. What kind of world is this?"

Xia Jing comforted gently: "Qinghua, isn't it just a bunch of punks? It's nothing. You have Director Lou behind you, and the Great Wall Group. Director Lou told you to make your own decision, so just go ahead and do it. Do you want me to introduce you to Director Liu of Dong Sheng?"

Chen Qinghua shook her head hurriedly: "Forget it. I've heard rumors about Director Liu; I don't want to get involved in a murder case."

Xia Jing asked: "Then how do you want to solve those punks?"

Chen Qinghua hesitated: "I have a friend who is quite good at fighting. I want to invite him to Xiangjiang to serve as the hotel's security manager."

Xia Jing: "Since you have a way, then that's fine. Remember to pay attention to safety. Those punks can do anything if they get desperate."

After ending the call, Xia Jing put down the phone and returned to the office, burying her head in dealing with the mountain of documents. As Director Lou's secretary, she managed everything from astronomy and geography to trivial matters, and the work was endless.

However, Xia Jing didn't feel annoyed by the heavy work, but treated these tasks as medicine. The endless work became the medicine for her to shift her emotions and relieve her pain.

Because she had endless work on hand, she didn't have time to recall the past in Paris that made her regret so much.

On the other side, Chen Qinghua left the hotel, drove to the countryside, and found her friend who was catching fish by the river. From far away, she waved and shouted: "Ah Long!"

Chen Qinghua used to run a restaurant in Rome. Because she was threatened by a business group that forced her to sell the restaurant's land and often sent thugs to cause trouble, the restaurant's business went from bad to worse. Helpless, she asked for help.

Tang Long came to Rome at the request of his uncle to protect Chen Qinghua. At first, because Tang Long was not used to the customs of Rome, Chen Qinghua and the restaurant staff felt resentful.

One day, the gangsters came to cause trouble again. Tang Long struck out in anger, knocking down the gangsters with sharp leg techniques, which made Chen Qinghua and the restaurant staff look at him with new eyes. Later, the business group retaliated repeatedly, but Tang Long defeated the enemies one by one with his high martial arts and tenacious fighting spirit, and wiped out the gangster group in one fell swoop.

Although the group was destroyed by Tang Long, Chen Qinghua, who was in a foreign land, ultimately couldn't keep the restaurant. Facing constant pressure, she could only sell the restaurant at market price and returned to Xiangjiang with the money. After several twists and turns, she entered the Great Wall Group and became the general manager of the Tuen Mun Great Wall Hotel. ===== CHAPTER 1578 =====