Global Movie Emperor

"Hey...hey...thank you Master Meng, I'm going home first, bye!"

The suitcase was very heavy, but it didn't make much sound when it hit the snow. Lu Nan patted the straw on her windbreaker and thanked Grandpa Meng who was pulling her back from the village entrance in a donkey cart.

There was no one in the yard, only the geese were watching her quacking. She gently opened the yard door and walked to the door of the room, looking inside through the glass. In the kitchen, only Li Youmei was busy cooking, while her father was talking with a few people. The old people in the village play mahjong.

"Mom, I'm back. Where is my brother? Uncle Wang, how are you, second uncle?"

Lu Nan had long heard that Lu Ze had gone home. She was a little surprised why he didn't see him, so she asked Li Youmei.

She should have been on vacation more than ten days ago, but the last paper before the vacation tied her to school. She worked overtime in the library and only rushed back a few days before the New Year.

She was very concerned about Lu Ze's mental state. After all, after such a big thing happened, it was reasonable for Lu Ze to be depressed. Even if Lu Ze didn't need it, Lu Nan had to express her concern.

"Your brother went to the city and probably won't be back today. He came over to work and cut the pork."

"okay."

She didn't complain about working as soon as she got home. After all, she had been like this for so many years. The village was not like the city, where the boundaries between who was in charge and who was in charge had become blurred.

In the village, this boundary is still clearly defined. Men should earn money to support the family and sweat and bleed outside. Women should wash clothes, cook, take care of children, and arrange the home properly so that men have no worries.

And for someone like her who has not yet made any money... she cannot escape the work at home, so she should share the housework with her mother.

He picked up a broom and swept the snow off the suitcase, put the suitcase back into his bedroom, took off his windbreaker, put on old clothes at home, tied his long shawl hair into a ponytail, and walked into the kitchen to wash his hands.

Picking up an old-fashioned, heavy black kitchen knife, I wiped the blade with a rag, skillfully cut it twice at the mouth of the water tank, and cut it into the required size along the grain of the pork. It was just that the meat had just thawed, so I cut the pig. Pi Shi had some difficulty, and there was an obvious mark on the palm of his left hand that was pressing the back of the knife.

Add oil, add Pixian bean paste, dry chili, onion, ginger, garlic and other ingredients. After frying the red oil, add the pork, and the aroma will come out instantly. The mother and daughter don't communicate much, but they still maintain their boundaries in the kitchen. Quite a tacit understanding.

During the cooking process, Lu Nan always paid attention to her mother's expression. After all, if something happened to her brother, her parents would definitely get angry too. But what surprised Lu Nan was that Li Youmei did not frown with worry on her face, but looked at her. He felt a little happy, which made Lu Nan very confused.

"No more fun, close the stall, Weiguo, you guys can eat, let's go."

When the two poker friends saw that Lu Weiguo had reached dinner time, they stood up and left, leaving behind the more than 40 yuan they had lost.

No matter how Lu Weiguo and Li Youmei tried to persuade them, neither of them stayed to eat together. After all, Lu Nan had just come back, so it was really inappropriate to eat at this time.

While her mother was busy making the last dish, Lu Nan sneaked out first and saw Lu Weiguo putting mahjong into a box. He also walked over, picked up a red medium and put it in the mahjong box. He turned to look at Li Youmei and put his head next to Lu Weiguo. Kankan asked.

"Dad...what's wrong with my mother? Why are you so happy? Is there anything good? You put out the cigarette. You and the second uncle smoke so much, the house is all yellow."

When he was a child, he was controlled by his mother, when he became an adult, he was controlled by his wife, and when he was old, he was controlled by his daughter. It seemed that many men's lives were dominated by these three women. Lu Weiguo was no exception. He put out his cigarette with a helpless expression and fanned himself with his palm. Smoke, opened the window a little more.

"Your second master introduced someone to your brother."

"Ah? What about my brother? Did he agree? Is he going today?"

"No, he's going to the city to do some business. We've arranged to meet him on the eighth day of the lunar month."

"oh……"

To be honest, Lu Nan was quite disappointed, not because she had any morbid tendencies like brother control, but because she felt that people like Lu Ze should have found their own happiness on their own instead of going on a blind date.

Her understanding of blind dates is actually at a relatively rudimentary level, and she thinks that blind dates are just about randomly picking up people to live with for the rest of her life without encountering love.

In her opinion, Lu Ze's choice to go on a blind date was actually a disguised compromise and an attempt to integrate into the lives of ordinary people.

She felt that Lu Ze should not be like this, trying to become ordinary, but should maintain the radiance in her heart that she had transformed from hard work to someone who didn't know when.

She felt a little depressed while rubbing the last piece of mahjong that had not been put into the box. She filled the last gap in the box, closed the lid and put it away, then went into the kitchen and brought out plates of prepared dishes.

Lu Ze didn't know Lu Nan's complicated emotions, and he didn't even know that she had arrived home. He was busy with his own affairs now...

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"Hello, are you looking for franchise stores here?"

Not counting the courses in the system space, Lu Ze himself had no entrepreneurial experience, and the funds on hand were not much, but not small for small business.

More than one million yuan can do a lot of business, but the risk of setting out on his own is too high. After thinking about it, Lu Ze decided that he might as well join a well-known store, so that he would not be blind when he first entered the industry. Don't even understand.

After training, the goods are also delivered, which can save a lot of worry.

The store he is entering now makes griddle pot. He tried it just now and it tastes really good. The brand has been seen in other cities before, and it is obviously not a small one. However, Lu Hua only has this store. If he opens another one, Lu Hua's market won't be unable to sustain itself.

This was obviously a very good choice for Lu Ze, but what the waiter said next made Lu Ze a little disappointed.

"I'm sorry, our stores are all invested by the head office and belong to the company's own stores. We do not accept franchises."

"Oh, that's it. Thank you. Please give me another beer."

There is still some disappointment, but Lu Ze is not limited to this one. He has also considered opening a capsule hotel near the station, but the investment amount is much larger than that of a dry pot restaurant.

I opened a beer and poured a glass. Anyway, there was no car driving now. I picked up a lotus root slice from the bottom of the pot and stuffed it into my mouth. I picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

It’s been a long time since I drank this kind of big green beer. Typical industrial beer basically has the same taste. After getting used to drinking craft beer, drinking industrial beer is a bit boring.

Craft beer…

Suddenly, Lu Ze had some ideas. He hurriedly opened the map on his mobile phone and looked up Lu Hua's beer shop. Then he grinned.

In larger first- and second-tier cities, as people's awareness of wine culture gradually increases, they no longer pursue alcohol content for the sake of getting drunk, but pursue changes in taste, resulting in a surge in the number of craft beer shops. .

But Luhua is a small city after all. Lu Ze just checked the beer shops and found that there are only 7 in Luhua. Moreover, Lu Ze just used the takeout software to find a nearby beer shop, and the sales were really good.

The price of a single bottle of beer... Lu Ze was a little stunned. This was really a price he dared to ask for. It was basically 30% higher than the price of craft beer shops in first-tier cities. I guess many people still like Lu Hua. Craft beer is regarded as a rare thing. It may also be because of the inland cities. The transportation cost is too high. In short, it is definitely expensive.

This made Lu Ze think a little. When it comes to things like tea ceremony and coffee, Lu Ze can only be regarded as arty and follow the rich people, but Lu Ze really understands beer.

From stouts, sour beers, to triple and quadruple turbid fever-grade IPAs, Lu Ze has tasted no less than a thousand kinds of beers, and he can tell a lot about the taste and even the production process.

The most important thing is that he has high-quality purchasing channels. His brother Song Guiyuan is one of the largest brewers in the country.

Lu Ze had met him several times. He had brought him the beer Lu Ze drank before. Not to mention the common beers, the dates must be the latest. Even the customs did not allow imports, so people had to carry them on their backs. , a person can only bring one bottle of wine on the plane, but it can also end up in Lu Ze's hands.

This had nothing to do with Lu Ze's status at the time. It was purely because Old Song and Lu Ze were buddies, and this kind of thing couldn't be simpler for him.

Instead of thinking slowly, it would be better to act now. Lu Ze picked up the phone and dialed Song Guiyuan's number.

"Hello? Do you still know how to call me? Let me ask you, tell the truth, Lu Ze, have you been short of money recently? Don't be embarrassed to say it. I still have some here, not much, but it is enough for emergencies. You Take it first.”

Before Lu Ze could open his mouth, Song Guiyuan said a lot of things, which made Lu Ze smile bitterly, shake his head, and pour another glass of beer to drink.

"I still have some money, enough to spend... I just want to ask you, how much does it cost to open a craft beer shop?"

"What? Want to start your own business?"

"Well...you have to find something to do for yourself."

Both of them were silent for a long time. Maybe Song Guiyuan had the same idea as Lu Nan and was a little sad about the choice Lu Ze made. Until Lu Ze heard a sigh, and then the old man came. Song's words.

"Throw aside the rent and decoration, and just talk about the goods, it depends on how big you are. You can do it with hundreds of thousands, but even millions are not enough. It depends on you. If you want to open a bigger one, I still say the same thing. , how close is it to find me, you don’t have to worry about the goods, it’s just a matter of words.”

"Okay, then I'll look for a house after the Chinese New Year. Are you ready?"

"Wait a minute... forget it, it's nothing. I'll go to Lu Hua to see you in a while. Take care..."

"Okay, I'll entertain you."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ze put on his hat, paid the bill and left the dry pot restaurant, leaving only two waiters behind him whispering.

"That person just now... looked like Lu Ze..."

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