Yu Fan hesitated for two seconds. It was obvious that she had this idea, but she denied it: "There are too many people selling clothes on this street. My location is remote and it's hard for me to sell well."
Li Hongjun disagreed: "How can it not sell well? Look at how well Haizhou and I sold it before."
Yu Fan laughed at him: "Your products are the kind that can't be found in the market, how can they not be popular? Besides, you and Xu Haizhou are both good at talking and handsome, so you don't need to shout much, customers will come on their own."
The most important thing is that these two people come up with a marketing campaign from time to time. Who can sell better than them?
"Hey, I don't like what you said. What do you mean Haizhou is handsome? Don't you think I am handsome too? Maybe many female comrades are here for me." Li Hongjun glanced at her.
He is handsome and elegant, but he can't stand with Xu Haizhou, otherwise he will be overshadowed.
As he spoke, he became proud: "Besides, the beauty in Haizhou is already taken, but I am still single. Do you understand what a golden bachelor is?"
Yu Fan mercilessly mocked him: "You are the only one who returns gold and iron."
Li Hongjun waved his hands and said in amazement: "What a lack of taste."
After laughing, Yu Fan became depressed again when he thought about the profits from his own shop.
"Hey, look at that Zhang Weiqiang... Before you two came, I could only sell one or two orders a day. After you came, I could at least have three or four orders a day. My goodness, after you two left, I couldn't sell any orders at all!"
Hahahaha——
"Is it true?" Li Hongjun stood up impatiently, looked towards the end of the alley, and slapped his thigh in a gloating manner: "Oh, it's true. Look, no one goes there! Hey, I saw that his business was pretty good before."
Yu Fan curled his lips in silence: "What's so good about it? It just occupies a good location. There are many people, but not many people buy. Look at what a mess his store is. Come here, I will tell you."
He beckoned Li Hongjun to come closer and whispered, "I heard that you guys who sell clothes have a kind of goods called blind goods, the kind that costs a dozen yuan to buy a big bag, do you know that?"
"You, uh, how do you know?" How could he admit that he had bought blind goods? That would be a disgrace to his reputation. "I don't know. I've heard about it, but we don't have any."
Even if they do, they cannot be admitted. The goods are so inferior that there are really few decent ones that can be sold.
Last time I bought two big bags, and at least one third of them were scrapped. The only reason I was able to sell the rest was because of Qiao Lu’s good craftsmanship!
Without her, everything would be ruined.
"I heard that stuff was from abroad... well, stolen, garbage, second-hand stuff worn by foreigners!"
"Second-hand?" Li Hongjun was surprised. He really didn't know that.
When I unpacked the goods, I just felt that they were dirty and messy. I thought they were outdated clothes that couldn't be sold. They had been stored in the warehouse for a long time and accumulated dust, so they looked dirty and messy. I didn't expect that they were second-hand goods worn by foreigners.
Damn it, this is so immoral!
"Yes, most of them are second-hand." Looking around, Yu Fan whispered: "One morning I came very early and saw him clearing out his stock. Half of the store was second-hand junk."
Second-hand goods are all cleaned, but I don’t know whether they are disinfected or not.
Some of them were probably taken from dead bodies. Even after disinfection, they were still disgusting.
“I really didn’t expect this.” Zhang Weiqiang looked quite stupid. How could he do such a thing… Did he really not understand or did he do it on purpose?
"Businessmen are most afraid of having no conscience."
Yu Fan smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's okay. I won't buy his clothes anyway."
"Okay, I'll stop chatting with you and entertain the guests."
Li Hongjun was lying leisurely on the chair in the last second, and was full of energy receiving customers in the next second.
Li Hongjun started to strike his broken gong again. The sound was so loud that it echoed through the sky. The surrounding merchants were disturbed and groaned in complaint.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Haizhou finally arrived.
"Why are you so late?" Upon seeing Xu Haizhou, Li Hongjun immediately behaved well and dropped the gong to greet him.
Xu Haizhou got out of the car and threw the sack to him: "I went to the market to buy some fabric for Qiao Lu."
Li Hongjun happily took it and quickly replenished the goods: "Hey, now there must be fifteen or sixteen people in the yard helping us make clothes, right?"
Xu Haizhou hummed: "Almost."
She wiped the sweat off her forehead with her handkerchief and glanced at him: "Don't knock on that broken gong anymore. It can be heard a mile away and it disturbs the people."
"Okay, I won't knock anymore." Li Hongjun asked him with a playful smile: "Hey, do you think our current scale can be considered a small factory?"
Xu Haizhou laughed at him: "What are you thinking? Do you think business can be this good every day? After this wave of enthusiasm passes, it's still uncertain what will happen next."
"As a person, you should have dreams." Li Hongjun started to dream again after a few words. "You say, if I work for another two years, maybe I can earn enough money to start a factory."
"Let's open a clothing factory. Tsk, I'll be the deputy director, you'll be the director, and my sister-in-law will be the accountant, the one who manages the money. Oh, no, that has to be handed over to the employees, and my sister-in-law will be the second deputy director."
So the planning started: "You said, should we have two deputy factory managers for one factory?"
Xu Haizhou snatched the sack from his hand and said, "Wake up, sell this batch of goods first."
As for opening a factory, Xu Haizhou does have this plan, but it is not just a dream that can be realized by fantasizing. He first needs to work hard to sell clothes well and become a leader in the industry before discussing whether to open a factory.
Xu Haizhou sorted the goods according to the matching method given by Qiao Lu. The space in the store was small and two people could not fit in a row, so Li Hongjun did not join in and just unfolded the folding bench and lay down on it.
"I'm going to take a nap first. I haven't taken a nap today. Call me if you need anything."
The temperature in April is perfect for sleeping in the sun; it’s cozy but not too hot.
I closed my eyes and lay down for a while. Just a few seconds before falling asleep, the bright golden sunlight in front of my eyes suddenly dimmed as if it was blocked by someone.
Li Hongjun thought it was Xu Haizhou and muttered, "Haizhou, make way, don't block my sun."
After four or five seconds of no response, he closed his eyes and said, "Haizhou, let..."
The consciousness under the eyelids opened a tiny gap, and the fleas crawling on the body woke up in surprise, "Hey mom, sir, comrade from the public security?"
He was talking with his eyes closed just now and thought it was Xu Haizhou who blocked his sunlight, but when he opened his eyes, there were two male police officers in olive green uniforms standing in front of him?
He was completely awake and quickly got up from his chair.
"Public Security Comrades, what are you doing here?" He quickly recalled what he had done recently, and it didn't seem like he had broken any law!
Hearing this, Xu Haizhou, who was sorting out the goods, turned around and noticed the situation outside.
"It's nothing special. Are you the owner of this store?" the short policeman asked with a frown on his face, looking unhappy.
"Uh... yes, sort of. Oh, that's me."
"Let me ask you, are your clothes from the capital?" the tall policeman asked again.
Why are you asking this?
Li Hongjun was shocked: "Ah? Capital... Capital city, my family... Uh, it seems... Not really, it's just..."
He stuttered, as if he was frightened.
Xu Haizhou frowned and took two steps forward. Before he could speak, the old man selling tea next door noticed the situation and poked his head out, saying gloatingly:
"Comrade Public Security, all their clothes come from the capital! They keep beating the gong and shouting every day! I've been listening to them, and my ears are ringing!"
Li Hongjun glared at him fiercely and was about to say something when the police officer suddenly showed his ID and took the man away.
"Come with us."
"Hey - what are you doing? What's wrong with me? What have I done wrong?" Li Hongjun was taken away by two policemen, and his throat was broken with fear. "Haizhou - Haizhou -"
Nowadays, being taken away by the police is scary enough even if you are innocent. How could Li Hongjun not be afraid?
Xu Haizhou reacted quickly, and quickly came up to stop the man: "Public Security Comrade, may I ask what crime he has committed?"
The two police officers looked him up and down with sharp eyes and asked sternly: "Are you also an accomplice?"
"Partner? We are doing business together..." Xu Haizhou said anxiously.
The two police officers looked at each other and snorted, "Okay, since we are accomplices, let's go together."
Xu Haizhou: “???”
So Xu Haizhou was also taken away.
"Hey, hey, hey - what are you doing? Public Security Comrade, we are both good citizens! Good citizens!"
"No, we are just selling clothes. What have we done wrong?"
"Comrades, can you please tell me what crime I have committed?"
"I am innocent——"
"Shut up." Finally, the short police officer couldn't stand it anymore. He glared at Li Hongjun and said impatiently, "If you keep talking, I'll lock you up!"
Li Hongjun: "..."
He nodded and nodded, not daring to say a word.
…
Here, Baiyun Street is in an uproar.
The vendors around stopped doing business and ran to Xu Haizhou's stall to eat watermelons. Fortunately, today was a weekday, 3:30 in the afternoon, when there were the fewest customers.
"What did these two do wrong?"
"Could it be that someone is not used to them making so much money and reported them?"
"What are you reporting? Speculation? Then won't we all be arrested?"
"That's definitely not the case. We are doing it legally. That kid must have done something sneaky."
"It's his due! Let him run wild. I've been fed up with him for a long time. He'll behave himself after being arrested and put in jail for a few days."
Yu Fan noticed the commotion and ran over in a hurry, but he was still a step too late. He watched Li Hongjun and several others being taken away by the police. He asked the owner of the stall next door, but he knew nothing.
I vaguely remember Li Hongjun saying that he lived in a large compound on Ziyuan Street. Since these two men were running a business together, they should live in the same place, right?
I can’t care less!
He paid two yuan and asked the owner of the socks stall opposite to help look after Xu Haizhou's stall, then rode his bicycle and disappeared like the wind.
"Zhang Weiqiang! Help me watch the stall, I'm going to go out for a while!"
"Hey - where are you going! Hurry up, I still have business to do!"
When Yu Fan rode his bike to the big compound on Ziyuan Street, Qiao Lu was preparing to take her son to the grocery store to buy noodles. They had canned luncheon meat at home, which they would eat with the noodles in the evening.
"What, Haizhou was arrested?"
Upon hearing the news that her father had been arrested, Qiao An burst into tears. The two women were caught off guard and looked confused.
The little crybaby hadn’t been so sad for a long time. He wiped his tears with his little hands and sobbed, “My dad is a good man. Why did the police arrest my dad——”
She grabbed Yu Fan's clothes, her face full of urgency: "Sister, what did Dad do wrong? Why are you arresting my Dad? Dad is a good man, not a bad man!"
Yu Fan had never coaxed a child before, so she hurriedly wiped his tears: "It's okay, it's okay, it must be a misunderstanding. I'll take your mother to check it out and we'll know."
There was no time to lose. Qiao Lu went back to her room, put her pager in her pocket and left: "An An, wait for me at home. Mommy will go to the police station to check on the situation."
"Wuwuwu——" The little guy's eyes were filled with tears. He ran after her with his short legs and hugged her: "Mom! I want to go too. Let's save Dad together!"
Puff——
Qiao Lu really didn't know whether to cry or laugh, so she took out her handkerchief and wiped his tears:
"Silly son, what do you mean by saving Dad? Do you also want to rob the prison?"
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