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The class reunion lasted jubilantly until after two in the morning, with dozens of classmates lingering at the hotel entrance, bidding each other fond farewells, promising to gather again when time allowed, and then departing in small groups.
Fang Bai stopped Hong Dabao and walked slowly with him along the sidewalk beside the street.
"Dabao, I'll have a word with that friend from just now. How about you open a franchise store in the city specializing in 'Beauty Company's' products?"
"Where would the money come from! For a decent location in the city, the annual rent for a shop is at least a hundred thousand, plus the cost of stock and all that, you're looking at two or three hundred thousand at least! I can't even borrow that kind of money, let alone find someone who would dare to lend it to me!"
