They greeted the two men in broken Mandarin and had a brief conversation with them.
I don’t know how long they have been here, but they speak Chinese quite fluently.
The waiter opened the red wine first, and then slowly served the dishes.
Three people came to the Friendship Store, one compatriot and two foreigners.
Hu Zhaoguang and another compatriot knew English, and they communicated in English for some complex conversations. Hu Lin and Yang Qing were like accessories on the side.
It was Yang Qing's first time to come to such a high-end place, and they were speaking words he couldn't understand, which made him feel very restrained sitting there.
I was afraid of bringing shame to Hu Lin.
Hu Lin understood what was said and knew that Hu Zhaoguang was speaking well of them. The two foreigners were easy to get along with.
She was just wondering whether she should communicate in English when the waiter came and served two dishes: steak and eight-treasure duck and fish and rice with pine nuts.
The four of them politely said they were going to have dinner, so she stopped thinking about it.
The butter-baked lobster at the back was brought over by the waiter on a silver cart and cut on the spot.
Then there are the Taxi pork knuckles, French baked snails, braised bamboo shoots, and drunken chicken with braised mushrooms.
The four of them ate and chatted at the same time. Hu Lin and Yang Qing were just responsible for eating quietly, while the socializing was left to Hu Zhaoguang and another compatriot.
After the main course was served, two more desserts were served when they were halfway through their meal.
Crab roe soup dumplings and chestnut cakes.
The last thing served was the dessert, glutinous rice balls with fermented glutinous rice wine.
After finishing their meal, they were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they admired the night view of the Bund and continued chatting.
Hu Lin thought that the work of the brand store would be entirely handed over to Chen Zixiang, so he did not communicate in English.
The meal cost nearly three hundred yuan in foreign exchange coupons.
Both the host and the guests had a great time, but her wallet was a little hurt.
The foreign exchange coupons converted into RMB would cost several hundred yuan!
Fortunately, the matter was done.
The next day, Hu Zhaoguang told her that they could start decorating.
With his help, the shop we got was not only in a prime location, but also quite large, covering more than 80 square meters.
You know, clothing, shoes and hats only take up 200 square meters of the Friendship Store.
The previous owner of this shop also sold clothes, and there were two damaged plaster models left in the store.
The plaster model reminded Hu Lin.
Every era has its own sales models, plaster models, and their clothing can also be used.
Now that the shop has been completed, all that’s left is the decoration.
It was difficult for Hu Lin and Yang Qing to find someone in this area.
Half a month later, I finally found a decorator who met the requirements.
Hu Lin drafted a drawing and gave it to the decorators as a reference.
However, she is not a professional, so verbal explanations and daily supervision are still needed.
November has passed and the store decoration has just begun.
Considering that Chen Zixiang would live here permanently in the future, Hu Lin bought a house through some channels.
In Huangpu, it’s 120 yuan per square meter.
It’s being auctioned by the court, but you need a Shanghai household registration to bid.
She asked Hu Zhaoguang to help a little and took it down.
At the beginning of December, Hu Lin sent a letter to the garment factory.
Ask Chen Zixiang to come to Shanghai at the end of this month, and send the brand name, logo, and clothes along with them.
By the end of the month, more than half of the decoration inside the store was completed, and the first batch of customized plaster statues were also completed.
There were twenty styles of clothing in this batch, and she ordered twenty plaster statues.
There is no place to put it at the moment, so it is placed in the stone carving factory. It will be transported to the store after the store decoration is completed.
On the last day of December, the truck driver delivered the goods, and Chen Zixiang also came in the truck.
Several people worked together to put 400 pieces of clothing in the house she bought, taking up an entire room.
Remembering what Huang Guohui had mentioned, that Chen Zixiang was going to get married during the Chinese New Year, Hu Lin asked him about the date of his wedding.
Upon learning that it was on the tenth day of the first lunar month, Hu Lin told him somewhat embarrassedly that he would not only have to live in Shanghai and look after the brand store, but the store would also have to open on the first day of the new year.
If he wanted to rush back to get married, he could only leave three days after the store opened.
Then he asked Guandong to help him look after the store, and after the wedding, he had to rush back immediately.
When you first open a store, there will be a lot of things to do.
When Chen Zixiang heard the news, he was silent for a long time before he said he would send a letter to his wife to explain the situation, and also notify his family.
It just so happened that Yang Qing wasn't going back either, so the two of them wrote a letter together.
After dealing with personal matters, Hu Lin and Yang Qing explained the current situation of the store, including who he could contact if something went wrong.
Then comes the recruitment of in-store salespeople.
Chen Zixiang has grown a lot during this period of time following Guandong's side. When it comes to recruiting, Hu Lin asked Chen Zixiang to take the lead while she followed behind.
While recruiting employees, Hu Lin also found an opportunity to bring Chen Zixiang to show up in front of Hu Zhaoguang.
Of course, we had dinner at Dexing Restaurant.
Chen Zixiang had no idea about the subsequent employee training.
(End of this chapter)
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