Return to Singapore 1995

Brother Ming took a sip of beer and said, "Afan, if you want anything, just say it!"

"Brother Ming, you should be a Singaporean national, right?"

"Well, that's right. Except for my father and eldest brother, who are Indonesian nationals because they want to own the equity of the coal mine in Kalimantan, our other brothers and sisters are all Singaporean nationals!"

"Then have you bought a HDB flat?"

"HDB flat?" Brother Ming laughed when he heard this, "Because we have many brothers and sisters, my father used the money he earned from the coal mines in Kalimantan to buy several villas and private apartments in Singapore a few years ago. Now he has several They are all still vacant, do we still need to live in HDB flats?”

After Brother Ming took a puff of his cigar, he thought of something and asked: "Afan, by the way, if you want to live in our empty house, we can live in it for you for free, and you can save the money on renting a house! "

"Haha, thank you, Brother Ming. I appreciate it! The place I live in now is quite good. The townhouse I rent is close to the factory where I work. I have two beauties living with me. It's great!"

"Haha, Afan, you are so beautiful. The two mainland girls you brought here this afternoon seem to be quite nice and beautiful. You are like a fish in water!"

"Brother Ming, if your family doesn't buy a HDB flat, wouldn't such a good opportunity be wasted? It would be a pity!"

"Hey, how can we have time to think about these little things? We are so busy with our business at home!"

Li Xiaofan thought for a moment and said abruptly: "Brother Ming, can you give me this opportunity to buy a HDB flat?"

After hearing this, Tang Jiaming said doubtfully: "Afan, I heard you said that the WP permit you have now is not allowed to buy a HDB flat!"

"Yes, it is for this reason that I want to use your name to buy an investment flat in the market. I will bear all the expenses for purchasing the flat, but the flat must first be in your couple's name!"

"Afan, do you have so much money? How did you come up with the idea of ​​investing in HDB flats?" Tang Jiaming asked curiously.

"It's like this. Recently I was lucky enough to win a 10,000-word ticket. I have saved tens of thousands of Singapore dollars, and then I want to find a place to invest. The risks of stocks and foreign exchange securities are too great, and I don't understand it! So, look After looking at it, I finally chose to invest in a HDB flat. However, my current status cannot afford to buy a HDB flat, so I thought of you, brother, if your family doesn’t want to buy a HDB flat for the time being, can you lend me this right? "

"There's no problem with this at all. It's equivalent to us as husband and wife holding it for you, right? But, are you relieved that the house is in our names? What if one day I change my mind and want to take over your house?"

"Haha, Brother Ming, I still trust you as a human being! Or we can sign an investment agreement on behalf of you first..."

Tang Jiaming took a puff of his cigar and said: "Well, Affan, if you really trust me, this matter shouldn't be a big problem! But after all, we are buying a HDB flat in the name of our couple. I will discuss this with Irene when I get home." How about I give you a satisfactory reply after a while?”

"Okay, I'm not in a hurry!"

"OK, let's settle it for now. Come on, let's have a drink together, brothers!"

When the two of them were toasting, Tian Yu came back from the bathroom and said with a smile: "What a good thing, so happy!"

Tang Jiaming laughed and said: "Afan said that he will invite you to go out for supper with us later, and treat you to Musang King durian!"

"Wow, I like durian!" Tian Yu said happily.

Tang Jiaming looked at his watch. It was already past eleven o'clock, and said, "How about we set off for supper now?"

Hearing this, Tian Yu was a little unhappy again: "Brother Ming, you go ahead, I can only wait until next time. According to the regulations, I don't get off work until 2 o'clock. I haven't done enough work this month... "

At that time, Singapore's nightclubs were generally divided into three shows: the morning show was from 4 pm to 9 pm. Usually there were many henpecked white-collar workers and old men who came after get off work. After playing, they could pretend to be busy and come back from work. Home. The evening show is the peak time, from 9 pm to 2 am, the prime time period when tips are the most expensive. The third show is the evening show: from 2 am to 6 am.

According to the regulations of the Lido Palace, so-called "singing stars" from mainland China like Tian Yu must work at least 250 hours per month in order to receive a basic salary. An average of 8 hours a day.

"Hey, such a small thing!" Brother Ming raised his hand and waved to Shirley: "Shirley, come here!"

Shirley came over and said, "Brother Ming, what are your orders?"

Tang Jiaming whispered in her ear: "I will charge 50 hours to Xiao Yu'er today and put it on my account! Now Xiao Yu'er has to get off work first and go to have supper with us, is that okay?"

"Oh, Brother Ming, you are so generous! You have spoken, what other questions are there? There are no questions at all!"

"Shh, speak softly, don't let other girls hear it, or I won't be able to settle things!" Tang Jiaming was still rough and subtle.

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After leaving the Lido Palace, Ming Ge and Li Xiaofan, who went out to have supper together, were in a car together with A Ling and Tian Yu. There is also a car with Brother Peng and a few friends.

A Bin drank too much tonight, and Ming Ge asked his driver to take him home early.

"Brother Ming, where should we go for midnight snacks and durian?" Tian Yu asked in the car.

“Geylang!”

"Wow, isn't that a red light district?" Tian Yu was shocked when he heard this.

"Xiao Yu'er, you probably haven't been to Geylang, right?"

"No, but I heard my sisters often mention it, isn't that a red light district?"

"Hey, you are an outsider now. Geylang is half red-light district and half food district. Today we are not going to the red-light district, we are going to the food district!" Tang Jiaming laughed.

As they were talking, their car stopped near Geylang Lane 17.

After getting off the car, there were only a few durian shops open in Lane 17.

Tang Jiaming introduced to Li Xiaofan and Tianyu: "If you come here after June, the whole street here is full of durian, known as Singapore's Durian Street, very spectacular! But now March is not the best season to eat durian, we can only see if we can pick a few good durians..."

As a result, they went to the durian shop to ask, and now they are selling golden pillow durian from Thailand. Golden pillow durian is medium to large in size, and the skin is golden when ripe. Malaysian varieties such as Musang King are not yet mature and on the market. Generally, the Malaysian durian matures from June to December.

Tang Jiaming said that in Singapore, if Malaysian durian is on the market, people usually disdain to eat durian from Thailand, as they feel it is not of the same level.

But in this season, Tianyu feels very satisfied to be able to eat fresh durian.

After eating durian, Tang Jiaming brought Li Xiaofan and a group of people to Minghui Frog Porridge in Geylang Lane 19 for a midnight snack.

Minghui Frog Porridge, a time-honored shop at the entrance of Geylang Lane 19, is very famous. Before his rebirth, Li Xiaofan had seen a food article in which someone described this shop as the Hermes of Singapore Frog Porridge.