Ever since Zhong Xingguo has been helping to keep an eye on the clothing store, the employees have felt more at ease going to and from get off work every day. Not only that, Zhong Xingguo also caught two petty thieves.
"Brother Zhong, thank you for your hard work."
Liu Meiyun was doing accounting in the store that day and waiting for Lu Changzheng.
When she was leaving the house in the morning, Lu Changzheng suddenly said that he wanted to go to the movies in the evening and would pick her up at the store. However, there was a movie theater near their home, but this man insisted on going far away.
"It's not hard at all, I just have too much free time." Zhong Xingguo said honestly. He was so idle that he was embarrassed to receive such a high salary.
Suddenly, a few car horns honked at the door of the clothing store. Liu Meiyun looked over and saw Lu Changzheng getting off the jeep and asking her, "Are you ready?"
"Right away." Liu Meiyu put the account book in her pocket and said a few words to a few salesmen before getting in the car.
The salespeople in the store all knew that Liu Meiyu was a military wife. They had seen her husband pick her up from get off work before, but this was the first time they saw Lu Changzheng in a neat military uniform. He looked resolute and upright, full of righteousness, and standing next to their boss Liu, they looked a perfect match.
Liu Meiyu got in the car, said hello to the young soldier who was driving, saw Lu Changzheng and Zhong Xingguo talking downstairs, and got back in the car after a while.
"Captain Lu, what's wrong with you today? Why did you come here without changing your clothes?"
Liu Meiyu felt that it was a bit abnormal for the man to be so high-profile today.
"I came here directly after a meeting somewhere else today. I haven't gone home yet." Lu Changzheng unbuttoned his clothes, changed his coat in the car, and explained casually.
Liu Meiyun didn't argue with him, she just helped him straighten his collar and asked, "Why did you suddenly want to go to the movies?"
"Dabao and his friends have watched Shaolin Temple almost ten times, but I haven't watched it once. I'd like to go see if it's really that good."
Lu Changzheng has recently heard his three sons talking about this movie at home. The second son even asked for his son to go to Shaolin Temple to learn Kung Fu next summer vacation. Even Dabao, who loves learning so much, has hidden several tickets in his drawer. After hearing so much about it, he also wants to see it.
"Captain, it's really good!" The little warrior driving the car couldn't help but say, "I've watched it twice, too. I heard that our group will show movies during the New Year. It would be great if they show this one."
"You're dreaming." Lu Changzheng put on airs and gave the little soldier a shot of defense just in case: "I'm taking your sister-in-law to see a movie. You drive the car back to the group later. Don't even think about joining us."
"How can I do that?" The young warrior chuckled, thinking that Lu Tuan was really overthinking. How could he not have the foresight to dare to be a light bulb for Lu Tuan?
Everyone in the group knows that Lu Tuan is famous for being sticky to his wife.
The cinema put up several posters of "Shaolin Temple" and there were many people queuing up to buy tickets. It is said that 160 million movie tickets were sold at one cent each, creating a box office miracle in history.
Liu Meiyu had watched it on the computer before, and since Lu Changzheng wanted to watch it, she accompanied him to watch it again.
After watching the movie, she saw a man with a cloth bag secretly selling Jet Li postcards at the door. They were eight cents each. Thinking that her triplets would like them, Liu Meiyun bought more than ten at once.
Lu Changzheng saw this and couldn't help but feel jealous: "They are so lucky to have you as their son. We went out on a date and you didn't even buy me anything."
Liu Meiyu was speechless. She threw two postcards at him and said to him as if he were a fool: "You talk as if they are not your sons."
"It must be my son." Lu Changzheng held his wife's hand and said honestly, "But Comrade Liu Meiyun, the three of them have grown up. You should put the focus of your life back on your man. Think about it, when we didn't have kids, you would always buy me a pair of insoles when you went shopping. Now you can't even see when my shoes are worn out."
"What's broken?" Liu Meiyu lowered her head. The Liberation shoes were in good condition, with no cracks or holes.
"My base is not feeling well." Lu Changzheng scratched the ground twice with a natural expression.
Liu Meiyun raised her head, thought for a few seconds, and directly exposed the man's little thoughts: "You want to buy new shoes to wear when you sit in the audience of the Spring Festival Gala?"
"No, I just feel uncomfortable." Lu Changzheng refused to admit it.
"You're so weird just buying a pair of shoes." Liu Meiyu rolled her eyes at the man and dragged him directly to the department store: "If you keep wasting time, the store will close. Lu Changzheng, I find that you are really..."
"What's wrong with me?" Lu Changzheng asked.
Liu Meiyun was blunt: "The older you get, the more childish you become."
"Comrade Liu Meiyun, please speak with conscience." Lu Changzheng's face was dark, and he wanted to drag his wife home immediately. "You can say I'm childish, but don't say I'm old!"
"You're old and you don't want people to say anything?" Liu Meiyu was not used to him. "Rounding off, you're almost forty."
“…”
"Liu Meiyu, let's go home." Lu Changzheng was angry. He didn't want to buy shoes, he just wanted to go home and prove himself.
How could Liu Meiyun let him do whatever he wanted? She went straight to the department store and said, "If you don't want to buy it, forget it. I'll buy my son a new pair of sneakers to wear when watching the show."
“…”
As the night fell, a few people squatted in the corner of the alley to discuss something.
"Third brother, why don't we change to another one? The husband of this boss lady seems to be a military officer. I saw her getting into a jeep today. She must have an impressive background. We don't need to risk our lives for a little money."
The man tried to persuade her earnestly.
Forget about the previous clothing store. The owner sent my third brother's younger brother to jail, where he spent three years in prison and was left in debt. All his relatives and friends turned against him. His mother was sick and had no money to see a doctor, so she went blind. My third brother was so angry that he burned down the store.
But now they just want to make some quick money and go south, there is really no need to take such a big risk.
The man called Third Brother also hesitated. He stared at several nearby stores and estimated that the Huamei Clothing Store had the largest daily turnover. The store closed at 7 pm, and they went to the post office to deposit money the next day. It was the end of the year, so there should be at least two or three thousand in cash in the drawer.
Previously, they made nearly a thousand dollars at Xinting Clothing Store.
Seeing that the third brother was hesitant, the man urged him urgently, "And I think there seems to be someone watching near their store. We can't afford to offend someone with a background, third brother. If you go in, you might not be able to get out!"
"How could I not know?" The man frowned impatiently, "We don't know how much it will cost to go to the south this time. Can you find a shop that makes more money than theirs?"
“…”
Liu Meiyu's store did have a turnover of two to three thousand in the past two days. Yao Shunliu collected all the money the next day and deposited it at the post office or directly kept it at home.
Some people may be concerned about it, but it is too risky to go against someone in military uniform and riding a jeep for two or three thousand dollars.
"They really changed their target and set their sights on another restaurant."
Zhong Xingguo reported the situation to Lu Changzheng.
In fact, Lu Changzheng had been worried about Liu Meiyun since Xinting Clothing Store was set on fire. The daily turnover of the clothing store was astonishing, and it was inevitable that the gang would set their sights on Huamei after tasting the sweetness.
Zhong Xingguo and his men took a close look and indeed found a few dishonest ones.
Lu Changzheng didn't want Liu Meiyu to worry, so he didn't say anything and just came over and took a walk around the store.
The restaurant that the gang abandoned after abandoning Huamei and instead targeted was doing pretty good business and had a great location for arresting people, as it was surrounded by dead ends.
Lu Changzheng contacted the police and waited for three to five days, until he was captured in the middle of the night one day.
When Liu Meiyu saw the news of the arsonist being arrested in the newspaper, she did not think it had anything to do with Lu Changzheng. She had no idea that behind this smiling man, he was carefully and calmly taking care of everything for her.
Anyway, everything went smoothly since she opened her shop. Apart from the occasional petty theft, there had never been any trouble from thugs or hooligans. Even the street patrol officers would deliberately make a few more turns around their shop. Liu Meiyu was very confident that this was the benefit of her ability to maintain interpersonal relationships and be good at dealing with people.
In the days approaching the end of the year, Liu Meiyu asked Zhong Xingguo to return to Lijia Village.
1983 was a crackdown year, and serious offenders would not just be sentenced to jail. Her shops were all located in downtown areas, and the number of patrols and security personnel increased significantly. There probably weren't many fearless people who would risk their lives for that little bit of money.
On the other hand, Yao Shunliu was also contacting the newspaper during the two days of the New Year to do New Year promotions.
However, this time it was not a year-end or spring sales promotion, but a franchise promotion. He talked to not only newspapers but also radio stations.
It took several days of running around before we finally came to an agreement.
Yao Shunliu didn't understand what a franchise agent was at first. But after hearing Liu Meiyu say that they collected franchise fees and let agents open Huamei branches all over the country, and they were responsible for the supply of goods, he began to understand a little.
But he had never seen this model before, and he didn't know if it would work. Moreover, the franchise fee that Liu Meiyu mentioned shocked Yao Shunliu.
80,000 yuan franchise fee, decoration is extra!
He rented a store to open a clothing store, and the starting capital, including the storage of goods, was controlled at around 30,000 yuan. If he joined Huamei, he could open three clothing stores!
Even Yao Shunliu, as the second largest shareholder of Huamei, found this price unacceptable, and others might find it even more difficult.
But Yao Shunliu, who always gets slapped in the face for his ignorance, made the same choice this time. He listened to Liu Meiyu and just did it!
As for Liu Meiyun, if she had not previously negotiated the Spring Festival Gala costume sponsorship, she would have set the franchise fee at 50,000 yuan. But not long ago, when she took the samples to find the relevant person in charge and negotiated the Spring Festival Gala costume sponsorship, her capitalist nature was revealed, and she directly raised the franchise fee to 80,000 yuan.
Even if it was as she expected, the person in charge of the Spring Festival Gala program could only agree that all the hosts and stars on that day could freely choose gorgeous clothes, but could not provide them with advertising space.
Even though there is no advertising space, Liu Meiyun is very satisfied.
You should know that during the Spring Festival Gala that year, both the hosts and the stars wore their own clothes on stage, and after the Spring Festival Gala ended, many similar popular styles appeared on the market.
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