I'm back in 1990

Chapter 357: Can't You Be a Little More Confident?

The proprietress of Haibaofang greeted Ding Yi more warmly than if she were seeing a family member.

"My dear Mr. Ding! You've finally arrived! It's been so long since you last came! I've missed you so much!"

Seeing this, Huang Xiaochuan held back his laughter for a long time.

Ding Yi quickly pushed away the proprietress's outstretched hand and said, "Stop, don't think about me. I know you want my money, but I'm not paying tonight. You should find that young Mr. Huang; he's more suitable for you."

When Huang Xiaochuan saw that Ding Yi, that bastard, had actually shifted the blame to the east, he cursed Ding Yi's ancestors for eight generations in his mind. "Damn you, Ding Yi, don't you even look around when you're joking? My brother-in-law is right here!"

Sure enough, Yu Wei looked at Huang Xiaochuan with an unfriendly gaze.

Before the proprietress could speak, Huang Xiaochuan preemptively warned, "Proprietress, if you utter another word from now on, we won't come back."

This tactic was quite effective. The proprietress immediately covered her mouth. These were the biggest and most important people in the business, and she knew she couldn't afford to offend them. Only a fool would turn down money!

After Ding Yi had his assistant make arrangements for the bodyguards from Hong Kong and Zhou Wei and the others, he led Huang Xiaochuan and the others into a private room.

After the waiter brewed tea for them, he handed the menu to Ding Yi.

Ding handed the menu to Yu Wei without even looking at it: "Yu Wei, you're in charge of ordering tonight, and we'll just eat. There's only one request: don't try to save your brother-in-law money."

Yu Wei didn't take the menu, but pushed it back to Ding Yi: "Wait a minute! Old Ding, didn't you call me and say you were treating? How did it become his treat?"

Before Ding Yi could speak, Huang Xiaochuan interjected, "Consider this a welcome dinner for Old Ding. Yu Wei, you can order!"

Ding Yi gave Huang Xiaochuan a thumbs up: "After all, we're family. It's great to have a brother-in-law."

Huang Xiaochuan teased, "Envious? That's easy. Go and persuade Huan's parents to try their best to give you a brother-in-law. You can help raise him, and he'll definitely be close to you."

"Pfft!" Chen Zhe burst out laughing and spat out the mouthful of tea he had just put in his mouth.

Ding blinked for a while, unsure how to retaliate. After hesitating for a long time, she picked up the menu.

"Waiter, let's order!" Ding Yi knew he couldn't compete with Huang Xiaochuan in words, so he figured it was better to let Huang Xiaochuan spend more money tonight.

After ordering the food, this guy wasn't finished calculating yet; he asked the waiter, "What's your most expensive wine?"

"Rémy Martin XO, 4,888 yuan a bottle."

"Okay! That's the one!"

Huang Xiaochuan said to the waiter, "Hurry up and serve the food!"

Before the dishes were served, Ding Yi asked his assistant to bring over several tote bags.

Ding Yi distributed the bags to the group one by one: "Yu Wei, this is yours; Lao Chen, this is yours; Big Boss, don't worry, you'll get one too."

Huang Xiaochuan glanced at it and knew it must be a watch, because there are many watch shops in Hong Kong, and Ding Yi likes to buy watches. When he saw the tote bag, Huang Xiaochuan naturally guessed it. Sure enough, Yu Wei took out a green box from the bag.

Out of professional habit, Yu Wei casually asked, "Have you paid the customs duties yet?"

"The customs tax receipt is also in the bag, check it yourself!"

After seeing the markings on the box, Huang Xiaochuan said to Yu Wei, "Don't wear this watch to work."

This is a Breguet men's watch. Although we haven't seen what the watch looks like yet, based on Huang Xiaochuan's understanding of Ding Yi, this watch must be very valuable. Ding Yi made a comeback in the Hong Kong stock market and reaped considerable profits, so he will definitely vent his emotions by buying things on a whim. Moreover, this guy's habit is to only buy expensive things, not necessarily the right ones.

Upon hearing Huang Xiaochuan's words, Yu Wei immediately took out the receipts from the bag and glanced at them.

"Wow! That's so expensive?"

Yu Wei quickly put the tax bill and receipts back into the bag and returned them to Ding Yi.

Ding Yi glanced at him sideways, displeased, and asked, "What's wrong? You look down on me?"

"Old Ding, are you alright? You just casually offered me a watch worth over 400,000 Hong Kong dollars. You dare to give it to me, but I dare not accept it." Yu Wei waved his hand.

Ding Yi tossed the handbag back into Yu Wei's arms with a disdainful look.

"Look at you, not even showing up. Look at your brother-in-law, he accepted it without even looking at it."

Yu Wei still refused to accept it: "He is him and I am me. This gift is too precious."

The two argued for a long time, but Yu Wei refused to take it no matter what. Ding Yi was at a loss and had originally hoped that Huang Xiaochuan would help persuade him, but Huang Xiaochuan just didn't say a word.

Like Yu Wei, Chen Zhe quietly placed the bag next to Ding Yi.

This gift is really too much to bear. This watch, including customs duties, costs more than 500,000 yuan. With that money, you could buy a commercial apartment of more than 100 square meters in Shanghai. Since the average price of commercial apartments in Shanghai this year is around 3,000 yuan, it means that wearing this watch is equivalent to carrying a house with you everywhere you go.

Seeing that neither of them would accept the gifts, Ding Yi felt embarrassed and yelled at Huang Xiaochuan, "Big shot, why don't you say something to help us out!"

Huang Xiaochuan then got up, walked to Ding Yi's side, and picked up the two small handbags.

He first said to Chen Zhe, "Old Chen, Old Ding has already bought it. If you don't want it, he can't wear it all by himself! I think you should do this: Old Ding is going to give you a bonus at the end of the year, so you can just give him the money for the watch then. It's a nice watch; it can appreciate in value as a collectible."

After hearing Huang Xiaochuan's words, Chen Zhe thought it was a good idea and accepted the watch.

Then Huang Xiaochuan said to Ding Yi, "I'll transfer the money for these two watches to your account tomorrow."

Seeing that Ding Yi wanted to object, Huang Xiaochuan said in an unquestionable tone, "It's settled then!"

He then handed the bag to Yu Wei: "I've bought this watch. Keep it safe. Like I said, don't wear it to work. It's best to keep it at home as a collectible."

Yu Wei thought for a moment before taking the bag.

Then the waiter started serving the dishes.

Huang Xiaochuan laughed and said, "All done, let's eat!"

After downing two glasses of wine, Ding Yi realized what was happening: "Damn it, because of what you did, I've become a livestreamer! I didn't earn a single penny and even had to pay for my travel expenses. You've also ruined my reputation. You damn rich bastard!"

Huang Xiaochuan slowly put a spoonful of shark fin into his mouth, swallowed it, and then said, "You! You're really biting the hand that feeds you. How about this, we'll give the watch back to you?"

Ding Yi immediately picked up his glass: "Let's drink! Let's drink!"

After the four finished their late-night snack and went home, Huang Xiaochuan took Yu Wei home.

The four of us drank one and a half bottles of XO tonight. One bottle wasn't enough, and we couldn't finish two, so we left the remaining half bottle at the Haibao Boat.

Yu Wei and Ding Yi drank the most. After getting in the car, he slumped in the back seat, but he was still quite lucid.

"What's up with Old Ding today? He just snapped up a watch worth hundreds of thousands of yuan out of the blue, even though it's not a holiday. Did he find a gold mine?"

During the late-night snack, Ding Yi didn't mention anything about what happened in Hong Kong, so Yu Wei didn't know what had happened. All he knew was that Ding Yi was trading Hong Kong stocks.

Huang Xiaochuan didn't want Yu Wei to know about these things, so he casually said, "He made some money in Hong Kong stocks. You know him, he likes to show off when he has money."

Yu Wei knew that Ding Yi was good at securities trading, so he had no doubt that Ding Yi had made some gains in the Hong Kong stock market.

"Then could you ask Lao Ding for me? I have some spare cash on hand now, all of which Lao Ding helped me earn in the Shanghai stock market before. I'd like to ask him to help me with Hong Kong stocks."

Huang Xiaochuan supported Yu Wei's idea.

"You can just tell him directly, so I don't have to relay the message."

"I'm afraid he'll reject me. People outside say that Lao Ding is hard to talk to, especially when it comes to stocks."

"Just call him tomorrow, I guarantee he'll agree. I told you you're getting worse with age. Aren't you and Lao Ding getting along really well?"

"That's because Old Ding is nice to me out of respect for you. Do you think I can't see that?"

"You've really misunderstood Lao Ding. He won't treat you well just because you're close to me. The reason he's nice to you is because he thinks you're compatible with his personality."

"Okay! I'll call him tomorrow."