Chapter 6 6. Behind-the-scenes control

Vancouver, Canada, at 5:40 in the morning, the sky is not yet bright. Sha Mingxiang and Xiefu stood in front of the door. Mingxiang was wearing a snow-white wavy pattern loose-fitting cold shirt and black jeans; Xiefu was wearing a white shirt with a black soft leather jacket outside. The weather in Vancouver is cool in the morning and evening. At 5:50, the tour guide Marco arrived in his small coffee-colored station wagon. Shef put a pair of travel bags on it, and then boarded the car with Ming Xiang. "Waiting for a long time?" Marco asked. "In a while, the air here is good in the morning." Ming Xiang leaned on Xie Fu, got up early, and lacked sleep.

"I'll take you to Mingyuan for breakfast first." Mingyuan is like a small tea house in Hong Kong, not luxurious, but its business is surprisingly good. There are many Chinese faces, and of course there are foreigners, but not many. They went up to the second floor. Marco parked the car. Parking here is not difficult to find and is not expensive, but you can't park on the street. “The porridge and fried noodles here are famous!” So Marco ordered chicken porridge, char siu rice rolls, fried rice, and ox meat enzymes. "It's delicious! It's delicious! Especially the rice rolls wrapped in fried noodles, which are smooth and crispy." Ming Xiang was full of praise.

"You can only eat French snails and sky nine wings at the Feather Fountain!" Xie Fu laughed at her. In a hurry, I rushed to the journey after eating in a hurry, and I still went to many places today. Marco kept his true nature as a tour guide, and said while driving: "Summer and winter in Canada are very different. In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. The sun begins to rise at 5:30, so you saw so many people eating breakfast just now. At 9:00 p.m. The sun sets at about thirty minutes. Today we have plenty of time because the atmosphere is good. In winter, it doesn’t dawn until seven or eight o’clock, but there is no sun at four o’clock, and it’s time to turn on the lights after get off work from nine to five…”

"Vancouver's Chinatown is the second most famous in the world. There are about 60,000 to 70,000 Chinese people living there. Look, there are Chinese streets with Chinese street names. Have you seen the words Pianda East Street..." "That's the C.C.C. Chinese Mandarin Center. The Vancouver government provided the land, and the Chinese were responsible for raising funds to build it. There are Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and performance halls, most of which are Cantonese operas. Look, there are also trams here..." "Vancouver is surrounded by the sea on three sides. This is the town of Gastown. The first person who came to this town was called Gastown, so the name of the town was named after him. This is where fishermen from all over the world live, and it has a very European flavor. Yes or no?"

"This is the only steam clock in the world. Now we are going to the largest park in North America. It covers an area of ​​1,000 acres. It is called Stanley Park, also known as Downtown Park. Why is it called Downtown Park? Because it is in Vancouver The center, not the suburbs." "We want to take some pictures and send them home." "This place is big, but there is nothing worth photographing. Do you see a tall yellow hotel over there? It's called BAYSHORETNN. When the world's richest man, Hou Huo Xiaoshi, used to live on the entire top floor for half a year. The daily rent is 1,000 US dollars. Now the top floor has become a VIP room, and rich people from all over the world often take private jets for vacation.”

"My father also came to live here." Ming Xiang said. "Oh! Does he fly a private jet too?" "Go! After my mother passed away, he was very depressed. He came here to see my third brother. One day he went to fly a plane, and the plane crashed on the runway. Since then, my father's legs have been numb." "What a pity!" He apologized, "We have entered Stanley Park, and the trees on both sides can't see the sky, isn't it? White Rabbit..." "Hey! Did you see that?" Mingxiang called happily: "I saw a squirrel coming out, it was so small, tsk! It went into the woods."

"What's that big green, grayish, white piece? Duck?" Shef asked. "It's a Canadian goose, which is different from ordinary geese. Canada treats geese very well, and the government has built a Canadian goose garden for them. There is a playground in the park for those exotic and wild geese to play. There is a swan in North Vancouver. Lake, there is a fountain in the middle of the lake, the lake freezes in winter, citizens can skate on the lake.” "Are you going today?" "No, the route is different. We are already in the park, and the area is large, so we can only go around once. Does that statue look like a Danish bronze mermaid statue? Actually, it commemorates the Japanese pearl girl. After that, it is made of wood. The statue of the empress, that is the head of the Japanese empress ship. It is a tennis court, and the borrowing of the court is free, but the golf course requires membership."

"We have left the sea of ​​trees, and the sea is on the right, right? See those boats dragging rafts across the sea? Timber production ranks first in Canada." "Strange, there are no beautiful flowers in such a big park." "Canada is famous for its many flowers, but Stanley Park has a lot of trees. People here, when the holidays come, the family comes to have a picnic. The place is big and the weather is good, so let the children run. I want to stop for you to take pictures. Here is the place. It's the main entrance of the park." "What are those red and green things?"

"That is the famous totem in Canada. In ancient times, the chiefs or kings of the red tribes carved their own portraits and the protection gods of the clan, such as eagles or various animals, on the best wood, and then painted them with paint. You Look, the October posts, each one is different, colorful and traditional..." Ming Xiang immediately stood beside the totem: "Xiefu, take some more photos for me. Dad always says I don't send photos." Xie Fu has taken out the camera equipment from the travel bag and packed it up, and took seven or eight pictures for Mingxiang in a row.

"...This is the Lions Gate Bridge. Is it similar in appearance to the Golden Gate Bridge in the United States? But the Golden Gate Bridge in the United States is red, and this bridge is mainly green and white. "This is the English bay, Canada's national day is July 1st, it's also a sea festival, there will be fireworks, and there will be different bathtubs as boat races. "This is a planetarium, with an ordinary appearance, but an 18-foot giant crab outside is very dazzling. Since Canada's National Day is in July, it belongs to Cancer, so Cancer is also Canada's patron saint. The Cancer is made of stainless steel, very bright ,air."

"Sev, get out of the car and take a picture." "Shakespeare's plays are often performed in the museum, and there are also exhibitions. There are many imitations of antiques. Do you want to go and see them?" "No," Ming Xiang said after taking a photo, "I'm hungry." "What do you like to eat? Like clams?" "No! I just ate it last night; however, the clam here is finally cheap, only five dollars a piece." "More is cheaper. Canada is the first country to discover dud clam. How about eating Chinese dim sum instead? Or go to an ice cream restaurant for an ice cream meal?" "There is also an ice cream restaurant here?" "Yes! I have already. All ice cream is served, from appetizers to desserts. There are also ice cream casual meals, you can order." "Ice cream dinner tonight, now go eat Chinese dim sum." There are as many people as there are at the Diamond Restaurant, where there are all kinds of snacks and takeaways.Ming Xiang likes to eat mille-feuille cakes, powdered fruits, and sesame rolls.Instead of using sesame powder, they use raw sesame seeds, which are very fragrant. After eating dim sum and noodles, the three of them went shopping to buy fruit to eat. "What is this? Honeydew melon? It's only one Canadian dollar." Mingxiang was delighted to see so many fruits. "No, the skin is like a honeydew melon, and the inside is orange flesh, which is very sweet. In Canada, starting from July 1, 1983, a 7% surcharge will be added to the price. But food and baby products are not added, and eating is the cheapest. " Ming Xiang and Xie Fu bought a lot of fresh red bayberries, grapes, plums and the "big orange". "Miss Sha likes to look at flowers. Now we will go to the Queen's Park with many flowers, also known as Hill Park. The upper floor is Quarry Park. This park commemorates Queen Elizabeth I. You can take a lot of photos. " Mingxiang went in and screamed and jumped, wow!Many, many beautiful and colorful small flowers, there are dozens of kinds of purple flowers alone: ​​carnations, violets, forget-me-nots, lilacs.Cardamom... There are other famous flowers that are so bright and colorful. The flower racks are hung with large indigo flowers everywhere, and the flowers are all over the top and bottom.There are also small waterfalls, small stone bridges, delicate green willows and maple trees of various colors. "It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful, Xie Fu, take a picture quickly, take a picture quickly." Ming Xiang bouncing around. "It's a beautiful picture to look up at Quarry Park!" Mingxiang ran up the steps, and in Quarry Park, he could see the whole of Vancouver because of the high terrain. Mingxiang bought ice cream and walked around while eating: "What is this? It's shining like gold, like our Hong Kong space museum." "That is a giant greenhouse given to Queen's Park by King Polo. It is made of fiberglass and stainless steel. Although it is huge, there are not many strange flowers inside..." "This is the world's largest B.C. Sports Hall, and the World Expo will be held here in 1986. When Queen Elizabeth II came to Canada, she wiped out the last touchstone." "Now we're going to the famous ski resort...Gaoshi Mountain," Marco said after parking the car, "We're going to take the aerial cable car to the foot of Gaoshi Mountain." Marco went to buy a ticket, and then queued up to board a red and white cable car. The cable car can accommodate a hundred people, and a female controller along the way explained in English.When I reached the foot of the mountain, I looked down: Wow!Ming Xiang immediately hugged Xie Fu——his feet were weak. Going down the mountain, Marco said: "This Gaoshi mountain is 3,700 feet high and 1,103 meters long. This mountain is for beginner skiers, and the other side is for skilled and daring people. To ski, you have to go up these aerial iron chairlifts. There is no snow in summer now, but look over there, there is a vast expanse of whiteness, that is the snow mountain in North Vancouver, covered with snow all year round, and there is a racecourse on the left, full of ponies." After leaving Gaoshi Mountain, we went to walk the rope-wood suspension bridge between Galano Canyon.This suspension bridge is 450 feet long, and the valley is 230 feet deep. Walking on the bridge, it is swaying, and looking down, there is a 230-foot deep valley below.Mingxiang croaked, but on the return journey, she was able to run and jump without the handrails, which was very exciting and nervous. "Now we go to British Columbia, the Cleveland Dam, and visit the salmon farm." Walk in and see salmon specimens and breeding pictures first. There are small dams and big dams inside. There are many small fish in the small dams, and the water in the big dams is very fast and the sound of the water is loud. "Salmon are artificially mated into small fish the size of tadpoles. They are raised in freshwater dams until they are about a foot long. After they are picked up and marked, they are placed in saltwater seas and allowed to grow freely. Those that have grown Salmon are black and red, you see, they don't go down the current, but leap up against the current. Look, what a big tail! Do you see it?" "I can't see any big fish flying in!" Mingxiang walked around, took off the white sweater and stuffed it to Shef, and it was refreshing to wear a short-sleeved T-shirt. "Let's go look indoors!" Walking into the room, you can see even the bottom of the water through the large glass.Sure enough, within forty or thirty seconds, a salmon jumped up the stream. "What are they working so hard to do up the river?" "Be a big fool and be slaughtered. The above is a factory, the staff catch them, the fish meat is refrigerated and sold, and the fish eggs are used for artificial mating." "It's so pitiful!" Ming Xiang shook his head. "Don't eat ice cream tonight, how about salmon?" Shef teased her. "Don't!" Ming Xiang thumped him: "You are good or bad!" "The flesh of the salmon is pink-orange, tender and delicious, and actually very delicious." The three walked out of the fish farm: "There are salmon fishing competitions held every year. The highest record is that one person caught an 800-pound salmon , became a long-time champion." "So big!" Ming Xiang leaned into Xie Fu's ear and said, "Is there any more exaggeration?" Shef sticks out his tongue and shrugs. "The Lions Gate Bridge connects North Vancouver. Is Miss Sha going to Swan Lake?" the tour guide asked. "I'm not going! I took a lot of photos today and put on a lot of ladies. I'm exhausted. Next time! Next time I will go to Butcher Garden in Victoria." Mingxiang sat in the car, his body in Xie Fu's arms inside. Marco is driving to get ready for dinner. "Your sister-in-law said that she will be very busy in the future, and she won't be able to come back within a year. What is she busy with?" "Study, hotel management. Dad might buy a hotel!" "She's so busy and even flies to see you!" "She accompanied eldest brother to see third brother, so she came here to have a look! It hurts her heart not to see third brother for a year!" "I didn't expect people like them to have family affection." "Brothers love deeply, and my sister-in-law almost watched my third brother grow up since childhood. In short, my third brother has a good life!" "Strange! We've been here for so long, and we haven't seen your third brother. We made an appointment to have dinner together last night, and suddenly your third brother has something important to do." "It's called 'no fate to meet, no chance to meet again'! I have no fate with the three of them. Xie Fu, my father is so anxious to see me. He is afraid that I will not be able to eat well if no one takes care of me. He has been worried that I will lose weight." "Have dinner. Tonight stay overnight in the dark room, and make sure all the photos will come out tomorrow!" In the big office of the tsar, there is a lounge in the dark, which is used for the tsar's nap at noon. A pair of the latest computer was placed in the lounge, which was ordered by the Tsar from Germany for Shanshan's exclusive use, and Shanshan has been learning how to use this computer. She is operating in the break room. At half past three she invited the Tsar into the drawing room. Today, the Tsar sacrifices even a nap. "How? Can the hotel be acquired?" "Yes!" Shanshan kept her hands on her hands: "Please see the data supply, analysis, answers and illustrations on the screen." "Is it complicated?" "It was originally complicated, but I have simplified it. Uncle Sha can understand it at a glance: Shahai Hotel, with a four-star appearance, five-star equipment, four-star service, and three-star charges. No matter how the appearance is decorated, it is difficult to achieve five-star hotel Star rating, but the service can be improved, and the three-star charge should be the biggest attraction. This hotel cannot make money because it fails to attract foreign tourists, and the rooms often only have 40 to 50% of the tenants..." "I just said that during the peak tourist season, the situation in the off-season is even worse. Restaurants, nightclubs... business is getting colder, and the bands, singers, and performances in nightclubs are too ordinary. They need to innovate in all aspects." "Uncle Sha, it's better to change the name of the new hotel to the Tsar Hotel: first, it's stylish enough; second, isn't Uncle Sha the Tsar? It fits perfectly." "It's my nickname. How can I use a nickname to name the hotel?" The Tsar smiled. "It was given by others to show respect for everyone. It is basically the cause of the Sha family. The name of the Tsar is prestigious, aristocratic, and high-end. It is the best!" "The matter of changing the name, take a step, I am having a headache, who will be sent to take over the hotel." "Big young lady!" "Sister-in-law? How can she do it? She doesn't understand at all, so I might as well send you there!" "She understands, but I don't understand. After a detailed investigation, the young lady is already taking a hotel management course!" "Studying? Haven't graduated yet, and don't have a certificate, so you're not a professional at all." "I am not a professional, and I only know the surface of economics." "But you're smart, you're smart, and you're faithful!" "It's best for the young lady to learn while doing it, combining theory with practice. Just like we study medicine and go to the laboratory, it's useless to just study. The young lady is competitive and wants to save face. A woman is careful, and she will do well. !" "It may be good, but you are young and don't understand at all. My sister-in-law is ambitious and greedy. She will eat my hotel, no! I can't hand it over to them!" "It's not easy to go from losing money to making money. If she can eat, let her eat it!" "What?" The Tsar raised his voice: "Are you here to help me, or are they one of them?" "I'm a member of Uncle Sha, and I've made plans for Uncle Sha in advance. However, the young master and young mistress are always Uncle Sha's son and daughter-in-law, and it's impossible to give them nothing in the future. It's a good thing that they can manage the hotel." "In the future! But I'm not dead yet!" "So, the hotel can only be managed by her, and she can't let her eat. We will make her a deputy general manager, and a general manager will be placed above her. It is best to use Uncle Sha's old courtier." “They don't understand hotel management!” "You don't need to understand! Anyway, the young lady will worry about everything. He just needs to be diligent, responsible, absolutely loyal, and take care of her every minute." "I have such a person!" "However, if you want the young lady to put her whole body into the hotel and work hard with all her heart, you can't tell the truth. When you hand over the job to her, you must be skillful in speaking, otherwise, she will never work for you!" "You are smart and have your own ideas. You can teach me what to do and how to say..." "Sister, sister," the young lady held Shanshan back: "How is my business going? The hotel has been re-registered as the Tsar Hotel." "Sister-in-law, Uncle Sha is really prejudiced against you and the young master. I've said everything for you, and I really tried my best." Shanshan breathed out: "You know, Uncle Sha is very assertive, and Not at the mercy of anyone, I don't know if he'll take my advice." "It's enough for you to do your best." The eldest young lady no longer has bad feelings towards Shanshan: "If you succeed in the future, I must thank you very much!" "Let's talk about it if it succeeds! I've been meeting every day recently, and I'm so tired!" "Go back to the room and rest, I have to do my homework!" "You really have to work hard. Uncle Sha thinks you are not a hotel management graduate. I promise you will study hard and do it with all your heart!" "Don't worry! I won't embarrass you, the old man will definitely look at me differently." The eldest young lady said: "You can see, I will study as soon as I get off work." Sha Ming was wearing a morning coat, pacing up and down. Finally couldn't bear it anymore, walked over, put both hands on Fangzi's shoulders: "Madam..." "What's the matter?" The eldest young mistress shook her body and impatiently got rid of her husband's hand. "It's getting late, let's rest!" "Sleep if you want to rest, and don't want you to knock on the watch," the eldest young lady murmured, "I don't know why!" "But I think..." "What are you thinking? Don't dream," the eldest young lady glared at him fiercely: "Your fate is bad, and the old man has nothing to do with you. You don't live up to it, and you can't do anything. Okay! You have no skills, I have, I Come and fight for it. I worked hard to fight for power and profit for you. People in their 30s and 40s are still studying; Will make plans on me, bah!" Sha Ming was going out with his head down, he didn't even dare to hum! I have been afraid of my wife not since today.His wife is in good condition, she is actually smarter than him.The temper is fierce, but the couple has always been loving each other for ten years. During holidays and weekends, I accompany my wife back to my natal home, visit companies, eat, watch theaters, and go to nightclubs to watch performances. We usually go home from get off work together, watch TV together after dinner, and then both of us go to bed to rest, talking and laughing, very affectionate. What now?Still work and commute together, but as soon as she comes home, she has a snack and takes a shower, and picks up a book after changing clothes.After dinner, I don't watch TV, and I don't say a word, I'm busy with homework. On Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, I don't go back to my natal home, don't go shopping, and don't accompany my husband to do anything.Sometimes I even asked the driver to take her to major hotels to observe other people's work. You can watch the ceiling of a lobby for half a day. The husband began to be left out in the cold. Never tried it in the past ten years. Sha Ming was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, maybe there was someone missing beside him, maybe... But he didn't dare to blame his wife, he knew that his wife worked hard to fight for their rights and interests, and for their future, the husband should support her. On this day, the young lady received a call from Miss Cao in the office, saying that the Tsar was going to see her soon. She knew everything in her heart, and she was really surprised and delighted that the Tsar had never summoned her.Although she eats at the same table at home, she is just a small employee in the company. She straightened her suit skirt and combed her hair, regretting that she didn't wear that new cheongsam today.When she entered the president's office, she couldn't help walking, and she was not in the mood to look at Shanshan's fiberglass office; however, Zha Zha had already gone to computer class. "Master," she stood respectfully. The tsar did not ask her to sit down, and of course she dared not sit casually.The Tsar leaned on the imposing high-backed executive leather chair, and took a look at Rong Fangzi. "Shanshan said that you used your spare time to study hotel management. How was your grade?" "Master, very good!" "I want to see but not hear." "I'll present it as soon as I get home tonight." "Ming University!" The Tsar said, "I bought the Shahai Hotel and it has been renamed the Tsar Hotel. I am going to send you to be the deputy general manager of the hotel." "Thank you sir! Thank you!" "I asked Mo Yongrong to be the general manager. Because, first, you have no experience in running a hotel, and an elder suggested something; second, I don't want to put a load of pressure on you all at once. I mean it out of good intentions. " "Yes, thank you sir!" "And the most important point is that Mo Yongrong has a certain status and reputation in society. I specially invited him to suppress it. You are not well-known in society. Although you are my eldest daughter-in-law, you yourself It's a little manager. To do things in the society, you must have a wide range of people and be well-known. Everyone is willing to give you face. You can't keep talking about who my family is. Do you understand what I mean?" "I understand, my lord. With a small person like me, I really can't control a big hotel, and people don't have confidence in the hotel." "Well! Work hard, do everything by yourself, you can't rely on Mo Yongrong, if you always rely on him, you won't make progress, you won't get ahead, and you will always be a deputy general manager." "My lord means..." "You have done a good job and have the independent ability to live in the hotel, so you don't need to rely on Mo Yongrong. I will consider letting you take care of the entire hotel. At that time, you will be the general manager!" "Master, I will definitely do my best, and I will definitely not disappoint your old man's gift." The young lady burst into tears: "I am very grateful to you, I...I will do my best to repay you!" "From tomorrow, you're going back to the Tsar Hotel. There's a lot of work waiting for you there, and you have to start from the beginning. You'll keep a room for yourself in the hotel, and you'll be working as a hotel, day and night; besides, you won't have a minute to spare during this time." !" "I know, I understand, and I will try to do it!" "Do you want to go back and discuss it with Mingzheng?" "Why do you need to discuss it with him?" "You married in to be my son's wife, not to manage the hotel as the deputy general manager." "Ah!" The young lady smiled and nodded: "Mingzheng and I have made an agreement, we have no children for the time being, and we all work hard to serve the Sha family." "But you can't completely neglect your husband just because of the hotel." The Tsar said, "You didn't have a good relationship with Ming Xiang in the past, but you were good with Shanshan..." "My lord, I don't... I don't..." "If you treat Shanshan badly, how can she always mention your benefits? If she doesn't mention it, I don't know that you are studying hotel management; if she doesn't mention it, I can't think of it being possible for you to take care of it. If you treat Mingxiang like Shanshan, I am happy." The young lady smiled sincerely: "Shanshan is a very likable girl, she is kind to people, and has a cute personality. I regard her as my younger sister. What about Mingxiang? I regard her as my own sister, and I am very grateful." She brought Shanshan in so she can take care of the master and have a companion." "Amiable, thoughtful, considerate, and always smiling are the minimum conditions for a hotel." The tsar nodded and said, "You go to see Miss Cao, she has many documents and items about the hotel... to you. You now Just go out and look at the documents, you won't be enough for one night." "Thank you master, thank you master!" As soon as the young lady got home, she went to look for Shanshan. Shanshan had just had snacks with the Tsar, and sent him back to his room to be served by Ah Ju. "What's up?" "Come to my room!" "To your room again?" "Aren't you afraid of your big brother again? He still dares to humiliate you? This dead man doesn't distinguish between black and white, good and bad. I want him to look good later." "He didn't hum me anymore, but he's a man and I'm a woman. We didn't even have a chance to say a word, and there's nothing to say." When we arrived at the young lady's room, the young lady threw down her handbag and hugged Shanshan: "Good girl! I'm so happy, so happy. I just now know that you are my noble and benefactor. I'm so touched." "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Shanshan gently pushed her away embarrassingly. "I want to tell you some good news. The master asked me to manage the Tsar Hotel." The young mistress turned around happily, and then turned around and shook Shanshan's hand: "I know that everything is due to you. Without you, the hotel would not Never let me touch it, I really don't know how to repay you!" "Have you become the general manager?" "No, deputy general manager." "Pfft!" Shanshan withdrew her hand, "I have been begging for favors with Uncle Sha for a few weeks, and it turns out that I am just a deputy general manager." "Don't be angry, the master also has his reasons. For example: People ask who is in charge of the Tsar Hotel? Rong Fangzi, who is Rong Fangzi? Tell me, how bad is this? Mo Yongrong is different, Mo Yongrong Rong has a lot of friends, and the master wants to take me with him. But don't worry, the hotel will be mine sooner or later, and I will work hard, and I will never make you worry about it." "Hmm!" Shanshan nodded helplessly, "You must work hard, I want you to be the general manager!" "I swear to you, I will be the general manager if I die." "Alright! At least you can attend the summit meeting now." "I'm no longer a clerk, I'm a senior executive." The young lady picked up Shanshan again: "Great! Great!" "You will have to work hard in the future!" "I like hard work, there is a price, and it's worth it." The young lady opened her handbag: "Shanshan, I bought you a pin after get off work!" "Wow! This butterfly is so beautiful." "Of course! Look at the name of the jewelry company. Also, the diamond in the butterfly's stomach weighs almost two carats, and there are ninety-eight diamonds beside it, including rubies, sapphires, and emeralds." "It must be a lot of money!" "Not a lot, and diamonds are not all over the United States. Besides, our family is a family friend with this jewelry store. If you sell it to me, it will cost 80,000 yuan. You can buy it for 100,000 yuan!" "Wow! Wow! I don't want such an expensive ornament." Shanshan threw it back to the young lady. "Accept it! It's not a good gift, it's just my kindness. It costs 38,000 yuan for you to give Mingxiang a gold watch." The young lady stuffed the brooch into Shanshan's hand: "You don't want to look down on me. When I become the general manager, I will give you more money..." "Would you like to give me a house?" "If you can't find a house, I will give you a brand-name sports car. Do you accept the pin? If you don't accept it, don't call me sister-in-law in the future." "Okay! You've already given me a lot of things, don't give me any more in the future." Shanshan asked, "How does this pin match my cheongsam? I haven't shown you my new cheongsam yet." "Shanshan, a long time ago, I wanted to tell you that this kind of cheongsam is not suitable for your age." The young lady also cared about Shanshan: "There is no beauty at all!" "What should I wear?" "You can wear a cheongsam, but you have to wear a close-fitting one. If it's too much, it's too wide, and if it's too little, it's too narrow." "Sister-in-law, I can't wear that kind of cheongsam!" Shanshan whispered something in her ear. The young lady laughed loudly: "You are such a stupid child, no one is more stupid than you. I laughed to death, people wish for it, have such good measurements, wearing a cheongsam kills men, you say I look good in a cheongsam, you are really It's beautiful!" "But, it seems too..." "Isn't it coquettish? No, you are young, naive and naive, definitely not the kind of coquettish and evil woman. People will only think you are beautiful and plump." "I'm afraid Uncle Sha will be unhappy!" "He is not happy with the cheongsam you are wearing now. The master has a high aesthetic vision. You can tell from my two aunts that they are both beauties. My aunt and Mingxiang's mother also like to wear cheongsam." The young lady thought for a while : "From tomorrow onwards, I don't have to go back to the head office. I will be very busy. We will have lunch together tomorrow. I will take you to sew cheongsams. The shop is full of Shanghainese, and the workmanship is first-class. However, I will only accompany you once. In the future, you can sew cheongsams by yourself." go." "Sister-in-law, don't talk to me if you don't have time!" "How can I ignore you? Wrap up all the good ones, and you will choose a good husband to marry in the future. And your hair, this kind of braided bun is ugly, change it together!" Sha Ming met Shanshan on the landing, his eyes lit up. Sha Mingzheng couldn't help but take a few more glances at the old aunt and the old native. Shanshan is wearing a lavender cheongsam. She has plump breasts, a small and round waist, and round buttocks. Her measurements are probably thirty-five, twenty-two, thirty-five. Seeing how graceful she is, I can't help but look again and again. Comparing the figure of the young lady with her: how can it be compared? While eating, look at her face, even the appearance has changed. Although, she still combed a bun, but it is no longer an old-fashioned braided bun, but a rather delicate bun, which is also beautiful. The only downside is the glasses.If she didn't have a pair of short-sighted eyes, she should be more beautiful. Returning to the room after dinner, the eldest and youngest mistress buried her head in her head again, a bed of documents and pieces of paper were scattered on the carpet. "Mrs!" The young lady ignored him and went about her own business. "Madam! Let me tell you something about Yu Shanshan, I guarantee you are interested." Sha Ming was trying to tease his wife and approached her, they hadn't made out for a long time. As soon as Shanshan was mentioned, the words came: "Are you putting on airs in front of her again?" "What kind of airs are you putting on? Everyone has nothing to do with each other, nothing to talk about, and they have nothing to do with each other." "I didn't say anything." The young lady murmured and went to pick up a document. "Then Yu Shanshan's fox tail is finally exposed!" The young master said what his wife liked to hear. The young lady rolled her eyes to look at him. "So she was pretending!" "Which part of her is pretending?" The eldest young mistress thought differently from her husband's. "It's all a pretense. In the past, she was very old-fashioned, like an old aunt, but now she has changed!" "What changed?" "Clothes! The cheongsam she is wearing now is different from before. It turns out that she has a good figure!" "Simply top-notch." "She changed her hairstyle again." "How about it? Good? Or bad?" "She is no longer earthy or like an old aunt." "Do you think she changed her clothes, hairstyle, is she pretty?" The eldest young master is not stupid, he knows that his wife's words are testing her: "Of course she is not one-tenth as good as you, but she is indeed prettier than before!" "Are you nervous and glowing? I am twice as old as her, her skin is a hundred times better than mine, and her figure is ten times better! There is no need to compare other things. She is young and beautiful, and everything is good. You are really presbyopic!" "Hee! In fact, each has its own merits. Let's get back to the point, she changed it back and forth, there is really a conspiracy. Madam, you must be careful, don't be deceived by her sweet talk." "What conspiracy does she have? How can she see it?" "She didn't look ugly at first, but when she first came here she was dressed as a dirtbag, because she was afraid that we would be more vigilant. Now that she has stood her ground, she will show herself and carry out her plan." "What's her plan?" "Seduce father, want to be father's stepmother, the old man likes her figure the most!" "Is she refitting to seduce your father? Your old man is great because he has some money? Tell you, Shanshan is not interested in the old man." "Madam, you..." The wife got angry. "I took her to sew the cheongsam, and I took her to the hair salon to have her hair done. She has no conspiracy, because she herself has no intention of improving her old-fashioned look. Huh! I thought you would appreciate my elaborate masterpiece After a while, who knows that you just don’t appreciate it, and insult others? It’s simply unreasonable.” The eldest young master really flattered the wrong ass, he never thought that his wife would defend outsiders. "Shanshan is one of ours now, so don't talk! What is that? In the future, you have to take the initiative to make friends with her. Husband and wife disagree, I treat her well, but you are against her, no wonder she is afraid of you!" "Madam, I understand now! From now on, when I see her from afar, I greet her first to show my friendliness." The young master hugged his wife's waist: "You are busy every day, can you stop for a while? Humans are not machines!" "Don't bother me! I still have a lot of work to do." The young lady pushed her husband absent-mindedly. "Madam, I'm so lonely, you stay with me!" "I'm busy! Didn't you see it?" The young lady became impatient: "Where's the list of waiters?" "Madam, I'll pack everything for you and I'll do it tomorrow." The young master enthusiastically refused to let go. "Then what are you doing tonight?" The young master said something in English next to her ear. The eldest young lady glared at him and slapped him: "You bastard, you don't think of anything good all day long. I didn't eat enough after eating all night, and you still want me to make you happy? Why don't you grab a hotel if you have the ability? Come back? Useless!" The young master was almost pushed to the ground.The young lady packed up everything and went out, closing the door with a "snap". The young master stood by the bed, empty, lonely, damaged, wronged and disgusted.This old wife is vicious, fierce and ruthless! Sha Ming was sitting in the living room, it was almost dinner time. Not long after, Shanshan came in, saw Mingzheng and said, "Eldest young master, it's time to eat!" "Where's Dad? Why don't you see him?" "Uncle Sha doesn't eat, he eats too much snacks for afternoon tea!" Shanshan asked the servant to set up the tableware. "Fangzi isn't coming back for dinner?" "The hotel held its first meeting today. After the meeting, my sister-in-law will have a meal with everyone to make friends!" The young master was eating his meal silently. Suddenly he was very impressed. In the past, although he and his wife had no reputation, status or money in the family, the couple lived lovingly and happily.Now, his wife is in charge of a hotel, and her normal monthly income has increased several times; however, he is left out in the cold all day long, and Rong Fangzi goes out to fight for power and profit.Fame and fortune are actually not so good. Sha Ming was shoveling rice that looked like sand into his mouth. "Master, eat some fruit!" Shanshan sent a plate of watermelon that had been peeled, cored, and cut into cubes. Sha Ming was looking at the plate of watermelon. It was well cut and beautiful, with table salt sprinkled on it. How would she know that he likes to put salt in watermelon? "Thank you! It's really troublesome for you!" Sha Ming said hurriedly. "You're welcome, my sister-in-law is not here today, so I'll do it for you. Take it easy, I have to go and see Uncle Sha." When she went out, Sha Ming was watching: her back is so beautiful. 大嫂不在，代劳。大嫂在，他才没一顿好吃。最近不是她忙着扒饭不说话，便是忽然来两句冷言冷语。 大少奶是从来不侍候丈夫的，反过来还要沙明正来侍候她。为他把西瓜切好、还洒上食盐？真是做梦。 沙明正吃过晚饭，回到房间，一个人踱来踱去，很无聊。 到楼下，看见姗姗坐在客厅上看电视，便走过去搭讪。 “你也喜欢看电视？” “在家里，不看电视还有什么可消遣的？又不是婴儿，总不能八、九点便上床睡觉。”姗姗说：“我每晚都在这儿看电视，大少爷和大嫂在外找节目，没留意吧？” “我们也不是常常出外，我们多数吃过饭便回房间看电视。芳姿不在，一个人看电视没意思，便下来走走！” “大家一起看，做个伴。”姗姗笑盈盈的邀请，沙明正马上坐下来。 寂寞得要死，有个人陪伴，还是美女，当然求之不得。 边看边有说有笑，时间过得快，一会便十二时，大家一起上楼梯，各自回房睡觉。 自此之后，沙明正常和姗姗结伴看电视。 星期六下午，大少奶又要留在酒店里，她为酒店全部的侍应生开了个速成服务班，一定要各侍应生做到服务一流。 沙明正一个人在家闷闷的，睡也不是，坐也不是，他走出露台，向下望，看见姗姗穿了沙滩外套往泳池那边走。 他抬头看看天上的太阳，阳光猛，天气热，这时候游泳最好，更何况，他还可以和姗姗做个伴？ 他马上换了泳裤，便往楼下跑。 姗姗刚由水上上来，她身上的银蓝一件头泳衣，水淋淋的，把姗姗的身材表露无遗。 上次他看差了，其实，姗姗的三围尺码，应该是三十六、二十三、三十五。 姗姗看见他：“大少爷，你也来游泳？” “对呀！在楼上看见你，心想，有伴了！便连忙下来。” 两个人游了好一会儿，姗姗先上泳池，穿上银蓝沙滩衣。用大毛巾抹干头发，连忙用橡皮圈束起，又戴上太阳眼镜坐在太阳椅休息。 不一会儿，沙明正也上来了。 姗姗连忙递了一条大毛巾给他。 “谢谢！”沙明正接过大毛巾擦擦身，在姗姗旁边的太阳椅坐下。 姗姗把餐车推过来，拿了杯冻提子汁放在沙明正手里：“口渴了吧！” 她自己要了杯杨梅奶昔。 “奇怪！”沙明正喝口提子汁感到很舒服：“我喜欢什么，你都好像知道得一清二楚。是谁告诉你的？” “没有人告诉我。不过，多关心别人自然会多了解！” “多关心别人，这句话说得真好。只要你多关心一个人或一件事，便自然会知道得很多！”还有些话，沙明正没说出口，听见姗姗说关心他，心里甜丝丝！ 他实在需要别人关心，尤其在最近——当他身心空虚的时候。 “你不用陪爸爸？” “我星期六下午和星期日全日休息；而且，沙伯伯不用上班，便在家里午睡两小时，睡醒还要个人静坐沉思。一个下午沙伯伯把自己关在房里起码四个小时。” “既然放假，为什么不出去玩？” “一个人，有什么好玩？” “男朋友陪你，有伴就好玩。” “我没有男朋友！” 沙明正看到姗姗一双腿：晶莹、洁白、幼嫩、修长而又浑圆……好迷人的一双玉腿：“你那么漂亮会没有男朋友？谁会相信？” “以前有，现在没有。”姗姗呼口气：“大嫂都知道的！” “你年轻貌美，想嫁白马王子都可以。”沙明正说过她像二十五、六岁，但接近看清楚她的皮肤就发觉自己错了：“你很年轻，你和明湘哪一个大？” “我们同年，我比明湘大月，应该是我大了。” “也只不过是月份，但你比明湘懂事得多。除了美貌，你温柔、关心别人、心地善良。” “明湘好心肠，也关心别人，只是你不了解她。”姗姗望着蓝天白云：“今天的天气，最适宜游泳了。” “我们多玩一会儿……” 吃过晚饭，姗姗送沙皇到楼上书房，因为他要看一叠文件。 姗姗到楼下客厅，明正已在坐，他一手递给她一杯饮品，一面拍了拍身边椅子。 “洋梅奶昔！”姗姗坐下，享受了一口饮品：“你也知道我的爱好！” “多关心别人，便了解。” “学得好快啊！”姗姗靠在椅上：“星期六和星期日没有什么好节目，看看明珠台有没有旧好片播影。” 沙明正转台。 “这电影不好，很闷的。” “看体育节目，八四洛杉矶奥运会。” “你喜欢看？” “男人都喜欢看奥运节目。” “好！我陪你看。” 沙明正高兴：“芳姿是绝对不会陪我看体育节目。” “女性百分之八十不喜欢体育节目，你不能怪她。” “但是，你也肯陪我看，我也不会要求天天看，偶然陪我看一次总行吧？对不对？”沙明正开始诉苦。 “她现在这样忙，怎能陪你？” “我不是说今届，我们由认识到现在，有过三届奥运会，今年是第四届。她前三次，都没陪我看过一次跳水或自由体操。” “也许她没有兴趣？兴趣是不能勉强的！” “你对世运会的项目有兴趣？” “没什么兴趣！” “可是，你现在不是正陪我欣赏吗？” “每一个人都不相同，你不能……” “所以，我讨了一个不体贴不关心丈夫的太太。”沙明正开始有怨言。 姗姗不再说下去，喝饮品，眼睛对住萤光幕。 突然一阵汽车声，姗姗道：“大嫂回来了，你快出去迎接。” 沙明正眼睛仍望萤光幕，慢慢地走出去，一点儿都不着急，也不热情。 “太太，”直至看见客芳姿：“你回来了！” “问得真多余！” “你一定很疲倦，我为你按摩一下。”沙明正替她捏捏肩膊。 “哎唷！”大少奶突然叫起来：“你想谋杀，那么大力！” 沙明正只好把手放轻。 “别烦了！拿着！”大少奶把手里的东西往丈夫怀里一塞，大概睡眠不足，火气很盛。 进客厅，姗姗站起来：“大嫂！忙了一天，一定很辛苦了！” “对嘛！事事亲力亲为。我今天很疲倦，改天再跟你聊。” “大嫂，洗个热水澡，好好睡一觉。啊！我把红枣汤放在你房间，应该还热的，别忘了喝。” “你真乖，我全靠你这么一个好妹妹。”大少奶推了推丈夫说：“你还不向姗姗道晚安？哑了一样。” “大少爷大嫂晚安！” "Good night!" 回卧室，容芳姿马上去洗澡。 沙明正替妻子把东西放好，自己上了床，等候着。 容芳姿洗过澡出来，喝了红枣汤，便很满意地上床睡觉。 刚睡好，沙明正双手一把抱住她。 "what are you doing?" “芳姿，我好想你！”沙明正吻着妻子，他们一向是恩爱夫妻。 “想我？想那回事吧？”容芳姿用手指戳着他的额头。 “我们是夫妻啊！” “哼，还提权利，姗姗是外人也知道我辛苦，叫我好好休息；你这禽兽，却不管我死活，你配做我丈夫吗？” “我们以前一直很恩爱。” “以前！以前你赌马亏空公款；现在你只不过是小超级市场主管，赚那一元几角。以前！” “你这是看不起我？” “看不起你便看不起你，以前我是个家庭主妇，现在就主理一间酒店。”容芳姿推他：“你年纪也不小，该收收心！” 容芳姿那么一闹，沙明正的热情都冷却了。 容芳姿一翻身便睡觉，她实在太累，穿双高跟鞋由酒店房间到大堂，由大堂到夜总会，还有餐厅和咖啡座，俱乐部还没有看呢！由早到晚，根本没有停过。 沙明正一拉被子也睡觉，但感触可就大了，每天早上起床，看见妻子匆匆更衣打扮，连早安也没听她说一句。大家到楼下吃早餐，也是默默无语，大少奶若开口必是对沙皇或姗姗…… 早上容芳姿不用丈夫送她上班，其实她通常不吃早餐便上班，或前一晚根本不回家。沙皇派了一部劳斯莱斯给她，姗姗又为她请了司机。下班就更不用提，一来容芳姿自己有车；二来容芳姿每天下班时间都不相同，所以，两夫妻根本不可能一同下班。 沙明正下了班，一个人孤伶伶地回家，吃点心、洗澡、逛逛花园。吃过晚饭更无聊，现在还可以和姗姗一起看电视，但十二点回到房间，仍是很空虚。