Chapter 264 Returning to Beijing, Focusing on Making Money
Lin Siqiao wanted to, but it was impossible because Lu Jianchuan was an active military officer, and cadres of his level were not allowed to go abroad unless they had a special mission.
Things have come to this point, and there is nothing Lu Jianchuan can do even if he is worried.
Finally, according to Lin Siqiao's request, he bought two train tickets, one going north and one going south.
Starting from Jinling, you actually take an express train, but Shanghai is the starting station, and the departure time from Jinling Station is 3:37 tomorrow afternoon.
Lu Jianchuan will stay in Jinling for a few more days, and his train ticket is for two days later.
After buying the tickets, the two found a state-owned guesthouse near the train station.
There were no suites left in the guesthouse at this time, so Lu Jianchuan paid for two ordinary rooms.
I don’t know if it’s because of my period, but Lin Siqiao feels exhausted all over.
She had clearly slept for several hours on the boat, but she fell asleep soon after returning to her room and lying on the bed.
When he woke up the next day, it was already ten o'clock. After a night's rest, Lin Siqiao was obviously in much better condition today.
In the morning, the two of them took some time to walk around the area, and at noon they went to eat Jinling roast duck.
The way to eat Nanjing roast duck is different from that of Beijing's wraps. In Jinling, the roast duck is cut into small pieces and eaten directly with the marinade at the bottom of the bowl.
The marinade is sweet and fresh, very much to Lin Siqiao's liking.
If it weren’t for the fact that this must be freshly baked to be delicious, Lin Siqiao would have wanted to pack a few to take back to Beijing.
After the meal, Lin Siqiao found a state-owned store and bought some Jinling specialties.
These are not expensive, and are suitable for keeping for yourself or giving as gifts.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Jianchuan carried Lin Siqiao's luggage and sent her to the car.
Knowing that she would be very busy after returning to Beijing this time, Lu Jianchuan didn't say much else and just asked her to take care of herself.
He will be back in about ten days at most.
Lin Siqiao nodded and asked him to take care of himself.
Soon the train started moving. Looking at the figure on the platform getting farther and farther away, Lin Siqiao waved his hand. Such short separations would only become more frequent in the future, so there was nothing to be sad about.
The train arrived at Beijing Railway Station on time at nine o'clock the next morning. Lin Siqiao first went to the post office to report safety to everyone, and then called his senior brother.
Minister Wu felt relieved when he learned that Lin Siqiao had returned to Beijing.
Let her go back and rest first and come over tomorrow morning.
Lin Siqiao responded, but she couldn't rest for long as she had to pack up when she got home.
It's really strange. I clearly locked the doors and windows when I left, but when I came back the house was still covered with a layer of dust.
After washing and wiping, Lin Siqiao changed all the sheets and quilt covers on the bed.
After finishing all these, it was already time for dinner. Lin Siqiao hadn't eaten since getting on the bus yesterday, and his stomach was already growling with hunger.
It was winter and she was too lazy to go out, so she went straight to the shelves in the space to get some ingredients that she had stockpiled for some time.
It's just that she lives alone, and occasionally needs to go out to buy some supplies to make ends meet, so the things stocked on the shelves are basically not moved.
At first, we only thought about the convenience of storage and retrieval, but did not consider that these shelves actually take up a lot of space.
Now that I am using it, I realize that although two hundred square meters seems not small, it is actually not enough.
Lin Siqiao plans to only eat from the inventory for now, and then remove the shelves, which can save about 100 to 80 square meters.
It's a pity that these shelves can't be stacked.
otherwise……
At the moment when she was talking to herself, Lin Siqiao suddenly reacted and she quickly looked up.
Before, she only thought about the space covering 200 square meters, but Lin Siqiao forgot the most important thing.
The area above my head is not a real roof, but a thick cloud.
What's behind the clouds?
Thinking of this, Lin Siqiao didn't have time to eat. After the thought came to his mind, more than 20 shelves in the space were stacked together like a pyramid.
Lin Siqiao immediately placed an order for another 20 shelves on the platform.
Soon, the shelves were stacked up again.
Lin Siqiao was so surprised that she forgot to blink. Why did she feel that this space seemed to have no upper limit?
No matter whether it is true or not, as long as it can be stacked, there will be no problem of having no place to put it.
In this way, the big stone hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground.
Lin Siqiao was afraid that if she went abroad, she wouldn’t be able to bring back a bunch of good things. She would be so sick!
After a celebratory meal, we took a nap for an hour.
Lin Siqiao went to the Friendship Store first in the afternoon.
Director Hu had just finished a meeting with everyone. When he saw Lin Siqiao knocking on the door and coming in, he was stunned for a while.
"Xiao Lin? When did you come back? Didn't you say you wanted to spend the Lantern Festival in your hometown?"
"I just arrived today. My senior brother said he had something to do, so I came back early."
Director Hu knew something about the selection process at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but he didn't ask about things he shouldn't have asked.
"Sit down."
Director Hu asked her to sit down and talk. He was organizing last year's performance report and had no time to free his hands.
"Whatever tea you want, make it yourself."
"Thank you, Director."
Lin Siqiao smiled. After spending the past few months together, the two had already become close friends regardless of age.
Lin Siqiao didn't bother to be polite with him. After putting the prepared things on the desk, she directly picked out the most expensive Dahongpao.
You know what, the quality of Director Hu’s tea is much better than the ones sold outside.
"What's this?"
Director Hu took a look at the things Lin Siqiao brought over, and thinking of the candied golden dates from last time, he thought that this little girl had found something good for him again.
Having said that, this year's candied dates are selling really well.
The food restaurant downstairs also uses candied dates in their dishes.
When Director Hu was tasting the dishes himself, his brows were so furrowed that a fly could be pinched to death. However, what he said didn't count. The key point was that the foreign guests ate one bite at a time!
As soon as Lin Siqiao saw Director Hu's eyes shining, he knew he had misunderstood.
"Director, this is a specialty of Jinling."
"This is your first time coming here in the new year, and I thought it would be bad to come empty-handed, so I brought some for you."
"Take it back and try it for yourself. Don't be disgusted."
Lin Siqiao's words were joking but true. As the head of the Friendship Store, Director Hu must have seen all kinds of good things, so it's enough as long as the intention is there.
Director Hu did not refuse after hearing this. After the two chatted about family matters for a while, he started talking about business.
The first thing is that during the time when Lin Siqiao was away, the clothing department had a lot of backlog of orders.
Those who can come here to consume are not ordinary people. Director Hu meant to ask her to take some time to make up for the designs that are owed.
Otherwise, these ladies would come to urge them every now and then, which would be a headache for them.
The second thing is about the restaurants in the embassy district.
Ever since Lin Siqiao proposed the idea of coffee art, there have been so many foreign guests coming here every day to drink coffee.
The restaurant was totally overwhelmed.
Director Hu was thinking, why not rent out the empty house next door so that he could earn more money every month.
Lin Siqiao did have the idea of expanding, but not expanding the coffee shop.
A cup of coffee costs at most one or two yuan.
But if you rent out the house next door, you can specifically host private banquets and major party events.
If you can also provide them with one-stop services such as creative layout and meals, you can make a lot of money.
You know, foreigners can come up with all kinds of weird reasons to get together.
Like birthday parties, wedding parties, retirement parties, housewarming parties, promotion parties, surprise parties, makeup parties, pajama parties, bachelor parties, coming-of-age parties...
Even those who break up or get divorced have parties.
Oh, and if a cat or dog dies at home, they might even hold a farewell party.
Of course, this is just Lin Siqiao’s preliminary idea. A detailed plan will be needed for the specific things to happen next.
Now that the restaurant is open, they can do a poll in advance.
Director Hu's head was buzzing after hearing this, but he learned his lesson this time.
Why are you questioning? Just leave it to her to handle it.
He likes this kind of employees, who are positive and energetic every day and are focused on making money for the company!
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