Reborn in 85: Starting with a family split and becoming the richest man, the ungrateful wretch regre

After Li Rongqing sat down, he couldn't wait to ask, "Your dad and your cousin didn't come looking for you, did they?"

Lu Yang said with a straight face, "They don't have time to look for me right now. My dad is in jail for human trafficking, and it seems he's still under investigation."

"My cousin ran away and his whereabouts are unknown, but he probably won't dare to show his face again anytime soon."

Li Rongqing's lips twitched; he felt that Lu Yang's actions were too swift.

He's not stupid; he just received a call from Lu Yang yesterday, and heard him introduce his brother and father like that.

These two got into trouble today, it must be related to Lu Yang, most likely he's the one who reported them.

But Li Rongqing didn't say that. After all, Lu Jianjun and Lu Yao weren't good people either, and reporting them was doing the people a favor.

Li Rongqing said with a smile, "I have an aunt who works at the Industry and Commerce Bureau. I'll take you there."

Lu Yang was more than happy to oblige. He and Li Rongqing quickly went out the door, and the bodyguard drove them straight to the Industry and Commerce Bureau.

Having connections makes things easier, so Lu Yang completed all the business registration procedures in just two days.

Li Rongqing then asked someone to help him complete the procedures at the Food Safety Bureau and the Health Bureau.

When Lu Yang returned to the store, all the employees had already been trained by Yao Lili, and Yao Lili had even asked her bodyguard to order a signboard.

Just like in Yangcheng, it has the words "Food and Drink Bar" in big letters above it, with a parenthesis next to it saying "Branch".

The two chose a suitable day to officially open the store, and business was better than expected.

On the first day of the opening, Li Rongqing brought his friends to support the business, and in less than half a month, the business became increasingly popular.

Lu Yang transferred two managers to manage the business, and he and Yao Lili immediately opened a second branch.

Li Rongqing looked on with envy: "Your business model is quite rare here. Some people have tried to imitate it, but none of them have succeeded. I don't know why."

Lu Yang was somewhat surprised: "There have been shops like this for a long time? Where is it? I'll go take a look."

Li Rongqing gave him an address, and Lu Yang immediately handed the business over to the manager. He and Yao Lili went to the restaurant that Li Rongqing had mentioned.

Li Rongqing seemed a bit curious and followed along.

After the three entered the restaurant, they ordered a table full of food. The waiter placed the food on the table and then quietly left.

Lu Yang turned on the stereo, played a few of his favorite songs, and ate his meal slowly.

After dinner, he sang karaoke with Yao Lili. The atmosphere was very relaxed, as if they were just there for a meal.

After the meal, the group left the restaurant together.

Sitting in the car, Yao Lili shook her head and said, "The food is too shoddy. The plates are small, but the price is higher than other restaurants."

"If it weren't for the sound system, which is a gimmick that allows it to be used as a karaoke bar, it probably would have gone out of business long ago."

"I really don't know what they're thinking. If they want to copy our business, why not just copy it completely? The food in our restaurant isn't that expensive."

Lu Yang gave a wry smile: "What else could it be? Of course, it's to make more money."

“They used to be the only ones running this kind of shop here, and they would never lose money no matter what.”

"But now that we've joined in, it won't be long before we steal all of this store's customers."

The shop owner must be worried. If he wants to keep his business running, he'll either have to learn from others or cause trouble. Who knows what he'll do?

Yao Lili frowned deeply, feeling extremely frustrated: "What should we do?"

"He's here to cause trouble, are we going to fight him again?"

“Didn’t you say you were going to open restaurants in the surrounding counties and cities? We don’t have that much time to deal with them.”

Lu Yang sighed and said, "I've already had someone buy surveillance cameras. The store has them, so even if they try to cause trouble, we can definitely produce evidence in time."

After thinking about it, Yao Lili decided that this was a prudent approach.

She turned to look at Li Rongqing and asked, "Do you know who owns that restaurant?"

Li Rongqing shook his head and said, "I only found out that the boss's surname is Li, and it seems that he is related to my family."

"It seems that Mr. Li has been to the South before. I don't know if he ate there before, which is why he suddenly decided to come back and open this restaurant."

Lu Yang seized upon one of his words and, on a whim, asked, "Is Mr. Li, the owner of this restaurant, very rich?"

After thinking carefully for a moment, Li Rongqing said, "This person cannot be described simply as having money or not. He has a political background and comes from a wealthy family."

“After graduating from university, he just wandered around and never had a proper job.”

"So after he opened this restaurant, his parents were quite happy, feeling that they had finally found something worthwhile to do, and the restaurant has been profitable ever since."

"But he hardly ever comes here, and he doesn't seem very satisfied with this shop. Recently, he seems to be making a fuss about opening a horse farm here to raise horses."

Lu Yang had some guesses in his mind, so he couldn't help but ask, "This guy doesn't seem to want to run the restaurant anymore, does he?"

Li Rongqing raised his hand and said, "How would I know? All I know is that this person only has a three-minute attention span for everything."

"How about we try to meet with him and ask him if he still plans to keep running this restaurant?"

Lu Yang quickly said, "Then could you please help me find out more? I'm actually thinking of taking over this store and turning it into a third branch."

“Perfect, all of this is readily available. If he can sell it, it will save us a lot of trouble.”

"If he doesn't sell, and the store continues to operate in this half-dead state, I have nothing to say."

"As long as he doesn't cause me any trouble, everything is fine."

Li Rongqing thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go to that horse farm and try my luck."

Lu Yang immediately lent him a bodyguard. Li Rongqing refused, but to no avail, so he had no choice but to leave with the bodyguard.

Two days later, Li Rongqing called Lu Yang and said, "I've arranged a time and place with Boss Li, so you'd better come over quickly."

Lu Yang immediately took Yao Lili and another bodyguard to the hot pot restaurant that Li Rongqing had mentioned.

When he arrived, he saw Li Rongqing eating and chatting with a man in his early twenties, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Lu Yang walked over and greeted Li Rongqing first. Li Rongqing immediately introduced the guy: "This is the Boss Li I was talking about, Li Rongguo. We are cousins, but very distant relatives."

Li Rongguo shook hands with Lu Yang, his expression somewhat excited: "I actually wanted to be a big businessman like you, but unfortunately I didn't succeed. That business left me barely surviving."

"I'm too lazy to deal with it. From what you're saying, you want to acquire it, which isn't impossible, but the price can't be low. I spent hundreds of thousands on the renovation."

Lu Yang could tell, of course, that the restaurant Li Rongguo owned was very well decorated; the decoration alone cost more than the house itself, and the sound system was also better than what he had bought.

Lu Yang immediately asked, "How about 100 million?"

This time, Li Rongqing and Li Rongguo were dumbfounded. They never expected Lu Yang to offer such a price so readily.