Siheyuan: Living in the People's Community, with a Heart for the Red Star

The two talked for more than half an hour and basically understood the history and current situation of the Fang and Deng families. The Fang family first moved here in the early Qing Dynasty. The family history records that Fang De brought his wife and children to avoid being hunted by the Qing soldiers. Deng Yunzhi, a member of the Boxers, a branch of the Hongmen in the late Qing Dynasty, fled here with the remnants and joined the Fang family, a branch of the Tiandihui (Tiandihui is also Hongmen, but some branches of Hongmen do not recognize Hongmen as Tiandihui). The two parties joined together to form Shenghetang. In the early 20th century, people from the Hongmen in the mainland reorganized the various halls of the Hongmen and changed them to "He Zi", which is now Heshenghe. The Fang family is engaged in white business, and the Deng family is the leader of the underworld and leads Heshenghe.

The Fang family's business is mainly in grain, coal, and shipping, which is in the upper middle level in Hong Kong. Because they belong to the Hongmen faction, they have been suppressed by the official foreigners. The head of the Fang family is Fang Jiangzhen's father Fang Chengjing. Fang Jiangzhen has two older brothers and one older sister. The two older brothers are managing the family company, and the older sister Fang Haihong is an inspector at the Yuen Long Police Station in the New Territories.

As the leader of the elders' council of Heshenghe, the Deng family has always controlled most of the He-character-headed halls. The current head of the Deng family is Deng Xu, nicknamed Huaji, who is the head of the five elders of Heshenghe. The one who manages Heshenghe is Deng Yuanyi, the second son of Deng Xu, and the eldest brother of Deng Liping, who is also known as "Uncle Deng" in the movie. Deng Liping also has three older brothers, three older sisters, and two younger brothers, who are the more prosperous branch of the family.

Since the older generation had wives and concubines, and the age gap between their children was relatively large, Deng Liping and Fang Jiangzhen were close in age and could play together. Deng Junlai was younger and more outgoing, and could listen to his two elder sisters and get along well with them, so he always followed the two of them in fooling around. The family also deliberately asked him to keep an eye on the two women to prevent them from being provoked by anyone.

Old Yang is very confident about tomorrow's meeting. From ancient times to the present, people have always emphasized matching of family backgrounds. With Old Yang's current financial resources, he is estimated to crush the Fang and Deng families. As for strength, victory and complete victory, they are not enough.

Old Yang took Deng Junlai back to the living room and called the front desk to book a luxurious private room. They ordered a seafood set meal, which specified the lobster to be 1 feet, the abalone to be double-headed, the yellow croaker to be wild fish over 5 kilograms, and a dragon turtle to make soup. Old Yang had almost arranged everything, so he asked Curry to take a few bodyguards to the restaurant downstairs for dinner.

At 6:30, the restaurant notified us that everything was ready and could be served at any time. They notified the kitchen to wait for the guests to arrive before serving. Old Yang led Deng Jun to the booth in the lobby downstairs to wait for President Huang to arrive.

Lao Yang and Deng Junlai had not finished their cup of coffee when President Huang and two others came in from the main door. Lao Yang stood up and called Deng Junlai to meet President Huang. He welcomed them, "Welcome, Mr. Huang."

President Huang heard the voice and walked over quickly with the two of them, saying, "Thank you for waiting, Brother Li."

"Brother Huang, you are too polite. We just arrived and haven't finished our coffee yet. I have already booked a private room. Let's go in and eat while we chat."

"Okay, let's listen to Brother Li."

Old Yang noticed that among the two people brought by President Huang, one of them was a young man carrying two boxes of wine. Without the outer packaging, it was hard to tell what brand it was. But the weight seemed quite heavy, and the young man was having a hard time carrying it.

Old Yang told Deng Junlai, "Junlai, help this young man carry a box of wine. It looks heavy."

Deng Junlai immediately stepped forward and took the box of wine from the young man. Everyone walked to the elevator, took the elevator to the restaurant on the 5th floor, and entered the reserved luxury private room. Old Yang did not hesitate to sit in the main seat, let President Huang sit in the guest seat next to him, and the others sat next to the two of them.

Old Yang started by introducing the other party. “Brother Huang, this is my brother-in-law, Deng Junlai. He helps me run my business. I asked him to come here today to meet you. If I’m not around, you can contact Junlai.”

Deng Junlai immediately stood up, shook hands with President Huang and said, "Please take care of me, please take care of me."

President Huang also stood up and said, "Brother Deng, you are too kind. From now on, we are a family. We must take care of each other and share what we have."

President Huang then introduced the middle-aged man next to him and said, "This is our Vice President Zhang Kai, who is mainly responsible for the administrative management and personnel relations of our bank. Don't underestimate our brother Zhang. He was a sharpshooter during the Anti-Japanese War and killed many Japanese invaders. You should get closer to him in the future."

Old Yang immediately stood up, shook the other person's hand and said, "Excuse me, excuse me, President Zhang is a role model for our generation. You have worked hard and overcome difficulties for China's rise. It is you who have made China stand tall in the world. We must visit each other more often in the future."

Zhang Kai was also very excited, and said to Lao Yang: "Patriotic compatriots like Mr. Li have always been the strength of our unity. Only when we Chinese people hold each other tightly can the world face us, respect us, and admire us! I will definitely visit elites like Mr. Li often in the future to exchange information."

President Wang then introduced: "Brother Li, this is our Vice President Li Donglai. Comrade Donglai is young, promising, calm and capable. When I return to China to report on my work in a while, President Li will take over my job. If you have any questions, just go to him directly, just like me!"

Li Donglai immediately stood up and shook hands with Lao Yang enthusiastically, saying, "Please take care of me in the future."

Lao Yang said: "You're welcome, help each other, support each other, and develop together."

After the introduction, they all sat down. Old Yang rang the bell and the waiters started serving the dishes. Seeing the exquisite dishes being served to the table, President Huang and his party swallowed their saliva. Although President Huang and his party had no worries about food and drink in Hong Kong, they had never eaten such a feast, especially the 1-foot-long lobster. They had only heard of it but had never seen it. They really envied these rich people who could eat whatever they wanted.

Seeing that the dishes were almost ready, Lao Yang said to President Huang, "Brother Huang, I noticed that you brought some good wine. What are these two boxes of wine? Please introduce them to me."

President Huang immediately came to his senses and said to Lao Yang, "I am so careless, so careless. Don't be offended, brother Li. Although we seem to be very glorious outside, we have never had such a big meal today. I am a little out of control."

Old Yang replied, "Brother, you don't have to say that. I know a little bit about the situation in our country. Working here at least means you don't have to worry about food and drink. There's no need to compare. These big meals are only eaten occasionally, for example, when entertaining people like President Huang. Good wine from Hong Kong is not common. I wonder what wine you brought today?"

President Huang immediately said, "Brother Li, you don't know that these two boxes of wine have their origins. One box is the Lai Mao in the inventory of Maotai Distillery, which is the tribute wine for our banquet hall. This was specially approved by the head when I took office. This box has two bottles and is used to entertain big customers like you. This box is the 2-proof liquor specially made by Hengshui Laobai Gan, which is also specially used for foreign guests. This is only available this time. If it were in China, leaders would not drink it very often. This time, it is also thanks to you that I can drink such fine wine. Xiao Li, go open a bottle of Lai Mao and let's taste it together."

Li Donglai immediately stood up and took out a bottle of Lai Mao, opened it carefully, then poured a full glass for Lao Yang, President Huang, Zhang Kai, and Deng Junlai, and half a glass for himself.