Leaving the restaurant.
Tang Qing didn't go ho.
Instead, he went for a walk in People's Park across the street.
The weather was quite hot, so Tang Qing bought an ice cream to nibble on as he walked.
He had completed half the System Task.
The contract was reclaid and filed by the system.
This was one of the system's small features. Any contract related to system loans could be kept in the system for easy retrieval when needed later.
It was very convenient.
As for the Risk Assessnt Report,
The system required a hard copy.
He planned to write it when he got back ho at night. There was no rush as its completion won't lead to any level up. In the anti, he contemplated on how to pay off the outstanding loan and earn money.
The first idea that ca to his mind was starting a business.
But what kind of business?
He hadn't even considered options like an internet cafe or a supermarket.
Five years ago, he could have started such a business, but now, the return would be too low. Moreover, he still had school, and didn't have ti to manage it. For the mont, he couldn't find anyone reliable to help him out.
After several laps around the park,
Tang Qing still hadn't co up with a solution.
Just as he was getting ready to head ho, he suddenly stopped in his tracks when he saw Chuanyu Restaurant, where he had lunch.
Right.
He could open a restaurant!
He didn't know how.
But soone else knew!
He rembered his good buddy from his previous life -- Li Kai. His family made their fortune from the restaurant business. He vividly rembered Li Kai's father opening a Sichuan-style restaurant in South City's Clearwater Road a month from now.
That area was the city's largest gathering place for migrant workers,
With many factories and civilian residences nearby.
Given the quality of Li Kai's father's cooking and the restaurant's excellent location, the business was booming and had recouped its investnt within half a year. This was despite the fact that they had purchased the shop space. You can imagine how profitable it was.
In the end,
In 2009,
With the city expansion, the restaurant was demolished resulting in a compensation of a few houses.
Later on,
In 2010,
Li Kai's father sold all the houses he had amassed over the years.
He cashed out over ten million RMB, bought a huge shop in a new building complex next to Red Flag Market. Spanning almost a thousand square ters over three floors, he opened a seafood restaurant.
The business scaled up over ti.
Eventually, it even beca a chain.
Before he was reborn,
Li Kai's family had assets worth nearly one billion RMB.
Later, Li Kai's father beca a mber of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Qingyan City. Li Kai himself, enjoyed the life of a rich second generation child, always treating Tang Qing to extravagant als whenever he ca back ho. However, after starting work, Tang Qing visited less frequently.
Li Kai was a good person.
The two of them had always been good friends.
Li Kai had even invited Tang Qing to join their company several tis, but Tang Qing knew that mixing friendship with a superior-subordinate relationship could make things complicated. He also had faith in his future prospects, so he declined every ti.
But that wasn't the point.
The main point was that he heard that Li Kai's family was short of funds at the mont.
The more Tang Qing thought about it, the more he felt it was feasible.
Not only could he complete the task, but his money could also appreciate in value in the restaurant. He didn't have much free ti. It wasn't so much that he wanted to earn a lot of money, he just didn't want to let his money sit idle.
Moreover, it wouldn't take up his own ti.
Once he had decided, he had to act fast.
There wasn't much ti left.
Imdiately,
Tang Qing hurriedly took a taxi ho.
He went in search of Li Kai's phone number among his textbooks.
Eventually, he found it on the last page of his first-year Chinese textbook.
...
At Li Kai's ho,
Li Jianguo, with a face full of worry, was smoking cigarette after cigarette in his bedroom.
Ever since his wife fell ill and passed away last year, he had been staying at ho looking after his son. He had so savings from previously running a restaurant in another province, so there was no urgency for him to earn money for the family.
However, he couldn't remain idle forever.
He had a son to take care of.
So, he decided to go back to his old profession and open a restaurant.
But after investigating potential locations for over half a month, he faced a difficult choice. One location was excellent but too expensive, while another was within his budget but not as desirable.
"Hello, who is this?"
Li Kai, who was watching TV, picked up the phone from the tea table.
"Li Kai?"
"Yes, it's . Who's calling?" asked Li Kai suspiciously.
He had never seen this strange number before.
Especially because it was a mobile number. Although mobile phones were more common now, they were still not cheap, and the people who generally contacted him used their ho landlines.
I heard this is indeed Li Kai's ho.
Tang Qing also let out a sigh of relief.
Glad they haven't changed their phone number.
"I am Tang Qing, is your father at ho?"
"Oh, it's Old Tang! It's the holiday season, shouldn't you be hanging out with your childhood sweetheart rather than dropping a call here. Speaking about it, my dad is at ho. What's up?" Li Kai teased.
The whole class knew about Tang Qing's childhood sweetheart.
They often joked about it.
Even the teacher had specifically called Tang Qing's uncle to school to urge him to focus on his studies and not to be involved in a premature love relationship.
"That's great, that's great." Tang Qing let out a sigh of relief, "Tell your dad that I need to talk to him about sothing. We can discuss the details later. You should first tell your ho address as I don't even know where you live."
Seeing that Tang Qing clearly had so urgent matter.
Li Kai then inford him of his ho address.
He hung up the phone.
Just at that mont.
Li Jianguo ca out from the bedroom.
"Kai Zi, who was that call from?"
"It was my classmate, Tang Qing. He said he needed to talk to you about sothing. He asked for you to wait at ho for him. But he didn't ntion what it was about." Li Kai replied.
He, who had already started his senior year, did not fancy the nickna 'Kai Zi'.
But who can he bla? The person who nicknad him was his own father.
So, he just put up with it.
"Did you do anything wrong?" Li Jianguo asked.
Usually, when parents are sought after, it typically involves complaints.
Li Kai innocently looked at his father, "How can that be? If I did sothing wrong, would I let him co to our house?" As a child, he often had classmates who complained about him at their doorstep, but as he grew up, he lost interest in bullying others.
"As long as you haven't done anything wrong, that's good." Li Jianguo nodded.
Then suddenly, he rembered sothing.
"Tang Qing? Is he the one who you said has a childhood sweetheart?"
Li Jianguo had heard that his son has a classmate who has a childhood sweetheart, which was why he could recall who Tang Qing was.
"Right, it looks like he's quite anxious, he was quite worked up." Li Kai replied.
...
Not long after.
A taxi stopped in a small alley outside Li Kai's ho.
Tang Qing looked at Li Kai's sowhat dilapidated old house and knocked on the main gate.
The door was opened very quickly.
The person who greeted Tang Qing was Li Kai himself.
Li Kai was not tall, just 1.6 ters tall. Tang Qing, who knew what would happen in the future, was aware that this guy would continue growing taller in the next few years, eventually reaching almost 1.9 ters tall, becoming a lot more handso.
Young, rich, and tall.
Handso Li Kai.
Later, he got involved in a lot of romantic debts.
As he didn't go out today and the weather was hot, Li Kai wore a pair of shorts and sandals and was bare-chested.
He looked at Tang Qing in surprise.
He found it strange that in just a few days, this guy seed to have beco whiter and was dressed in a set of clothes that didn't look cheap. Such a transformation was a bit overwhelming when compared to the Tang Qing who used to wear school uniforms.
However, he could still confirm that this was Tang Qing.
So, he walked forward and patted on Tang Qing's shoulder, "Gosh, Old Tang, you're becoming handsor by the day. You got a little whiter too. You don't look like our Tang Qing after a makeover."
"Yeah, I am just a bit more handso, a tad whiter, a bit taller, and only slightly better in studies compared to so people."
Tang Qing, who was well aware of Li Kai's personality, retorted imdiately.
"Alright, co in quickly. It's deadly hot outside." Li Kai jokingly complained.
He didn't respond to Tang Qing's comnt.
Because what Tang Qing said was true.
If they were really going to compete on who was better, they would end up comparing their private parts, which would be truly embarrassing.
Upon entering the courtyard.
Li Kai's ho wasn't large.
But the courtyard was quite spacious.
A patch of land in the yard was planted with seasonal vegetables, which looked rather good.
Entering the room.
Tang Qing t with Li Jianguo.
"You must be Tang Qing, do co, have so fruit. I have heard from Li Kai about you, his good buddy. So Li Kai has ntioned that you wanted to see ?" Li Jianguo warmly greeted Tang Qing with a smile.
"Yes, I heard from Li Kai that you are planning to open a restaurant, Uncle?" Tang Qing got straight to the point.
"Yes, I do have that plan. What's up?" Li Jianguo asked curiously.
"The thing is, Uncle, I am wondering if you might need an investor?"
Tang Qing sipped on the tea that Li Kai had made for him.
"Why didn't your parents co?" Li Jianguo imdiately brightened up upon hearing the word "investnt".
"This is my own business. I plan on gaining so experience. I wonder how much you are short of, Uncle?" Tang Qing said seriously.
"Yourself?" Li Jianguo was shocked.
How loaded must a family be?
To provide such an enormous amount of money to their child studying in his senior year for so practice. They wouldn't be trying to trick him, would they? But based on Tang Qing's outfit and how he's his son's classmate, he wouldn't likely trick him about such a thing.
"Yes, I can fully decide on my own. My family won't be involved. Let's first talk about your plan."
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