Chapter 1607
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Collan saw the man smile at him and then turn to leave.
Collan was all too familiar with that smile.
He'd seen it twice already.
This was the third time!
Collan quickened his pace and chased after him.
Collan saw Chen Zhao turn into an alley.
Colan followed at once.
But as soon as he turned the corner.
A punch greeted him.
"Wah …" Collan clutched his stomach and fell to the ground. "You … you … you're so despicable …"
Chen Zhao glanced at Collan. "Who has time to waste with you? You always come to provoke me. I'm already merciful enough not to cripple you."
With that, Chen Zhao swaggered away.
Colan was filled with grief and indignation.
He'd thought that now that he'd improved greatly, he could definitely take revenge on Chen Zhao.
So, when he saw Chen Zhao again, he was overjoyed.
But in the end, he'd been tricked.
He hadn't even used his ultimate move and was tricked.
Collan was furious.
He was clearly stronger, but why couldn't he beat Chen Zhao?
Chen Zhao didn't care about Collan's frustration.
He'd come to Alex's law firm to take a look.
Alex had moved her law firm to Los Angeles.
Chen Zhao made a few calls and confirmed the address.
Then, he walked around the area.
Finally, he found Alex's law firm.
Chen Zhao entered Alex's office. "It's really hard to find here."
Chen Zhao looked at Alex's office. It wasn't very big.
But it was in a good location. This area was a financial district, surrounded by tall buildings.
But after Alex moved in, it seemed to be the same as before and hadn't been renovated.
"Why don't you renovate? Your law firm is a famous one in San Francisco. Now that you're in Los Angeles, it'll affect your firm's reputation. "
"If you can pay me more, I'll be happy to renovate," Alex said, unconcerned.
"I have to pay your law firm at least five million dollars a year, and you're telling me you don't have the money to renovate?"
"It's not a one-off payment. Plus, the real profit of five million is less than two million."
Alex pretended to be poor before Chen Zhao, but Chen Zhao didn't believe a single word.
"If you are really short of money, I can lend it to you."
Chen Zhao would never say something like "I'm sponsoring you."
With Alex's personality.
Even if it was just a polite greeting, she would take advantage of it.
"No need. If you really want to help me, then sponsor me."
As expected, Chen Zhao rolled his eyes.
"Shall we go out for lunch?"
"Let's go to your restaurant. I heard that it's really expensive." Alex looked at him brightly.
Even if he couldn't scam Chen Zhao out of money, he could at least scam him out of a meal.
"Fine." Chen Zhao shrugged. "Seriously, do you really need money?"
"Do you know how much a year's rent for this one thousand square meter floor is? I'm starting to regret listening to you and moving the business to Los Angeles. "
Chen Zhao was stunned. Then he remembered.
Alex moved her law firm to Los Angeles.
Then her old contacts, clients, and business in San Francisco would be gone.
Apart from the business he had given her, she was basically penniless in Los Angeles. All her connections, clients, and business had to start all over again.
Chen Zhao wrote a check and handed it to Alex.
"I'm borrowing it."
To start her business again, she would need a lot of money.
Alex probably didn't lack money.
She just didn't want to use it on renovation.
But without a beautiful facade, what would clients think?
It was fine if it was an ordinary customer.
But rich clients wouldn't give their business to Alex's law firm if they didn't have a good first impression.
Alex glanced at the number on the check.
"When are you returning it?"
"Up to you." Chen Zhao pursed his lips.
Suddenly, Alex tightened her collar. "You're not trying to do something to me, are you?"
"Give me back the check," Chen Zhao said with a dark expression.
"Okay, I'm free today. I'll get off work early. Let's go to your restaurant."
"You're the boss. Why are you pretending to get off work?"
Alex and Chen Zhao went to Marina's Restaurant.
She was a bit jealous of Chen Zhao's restaurant.
She told Chen Zhao many times to remember her if he needed investments.
Marina's business was really good.
It was noon and the restaurant was almost full.
At night, there were more than a hundred people waiting in line.
The restaurant served the nameless wine every day.
It was limited, though.
Ever since Chen Zhao got all the shares of Marina's Restaurant.
He provided the nameless wine and some special ingredients to Marina's Restaurant.
This caused Marina's business to be even better than before.
Marina's Restaurant's daily turnover could reach a million dollars.
Sometimes, it was a few hundred thousand dollars.
Last month, it had reached eighteen million dollars.
Just the restaurant's net income alone was tens of millions of dollars.
No one would doubt that Marina's Restaurant was the most profitable restaurant in LA.
Also, Steven often came here too.
He would do live promotions for Chen Zhao's restaurant.
There were also many celebrities who came to Marina's Restaurant to spend money every few days just to have a chance encounter with Steven.
Of course, most of the customers were attracted by the recipes and wine provided by Marina Restaurant.
To be honest, Marina's Restaurant's income was comparable to a mid-sized company.
The two of them sat by the window.
Alex didn't know how to save money for Chen Zhao at all. A table of dishes would probably cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Chen Zhao had never been so extravagant.
"Chen, doesn't your restaurant have a Michelin rating?"
"Yes," Chen Zhao said nonchalantly. "A while ago, the Michelin Guide wanted to give Marina's Restaurant a one-star rating, but I didn't accept it."
"Why?"
"Do I need a tire seller to judge my restaurant? Plus, I'm only a one-star. I don't care. "
"The Michelin Guide never gives a new restaurant a three-star rating. It's always upgraded one star at a time."
"That's why I don't need it," Chen Zhao said calmly. "My restaurant's business is already good enough," Chen Zhao said calmly. "Even if I have a Michelin star rating, it won't bring me more income. Why should I care about that tire seller's attitude?"
The Michelin star rating was just a western standard.
If the tire seller could really bring him income, Chen Zhao wouldn't mind putting a Michelin star in his restaurant.
But with Marina's Restaurant's current business, he had to increase his income.
The only way was to increase the price and not the Michelin star rating.
Moreover, a one-star rating might lower his business.
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