Chapter 118
After Lei Tingjun settled in with A-Qiang, he would help him unload and load goods when he was busy.
Ah Qiang's store looks unremarkable, but it's actually quite spacious.
Moreover, it was a shop in the front and a residence in the back. The empty storefront in front was hollowed out and connected to the outside, forming a half-open space that bordered the street, creating a storage area for goods.
Inside the dam area, there is another branch store used to store old and recycled goods that cannot be exposed to rain or sun.
Examples include waste paper, plastic bottles, wood, textiles, etc.
Inside the house, there were two rooms: one for sleeping and the other for the kitchen and toilet.
Anyway, Qiang is a single man who lives a very simple life and doesn't care much about food or lodging.
After Lei Tingjun arrived, A-Qiang laid out a straw mat on the ground, and the two of them each slept on a bed, so they didn't feel cramped.
Summer is hot enough, and sleeping on a mat on the floor is cool, but there are a lot of mosquitoes.
Ah-Qiang's scrap metal recycling station was left to him by his father.
A-Qiang's father died in a car accident a few years ago while delivering goods; he couldn't be saved.
The old man kicked the bucket, leaving behind little money, only this half-dead scrap metal recycling station, which ended up in A-Qiang's hands.
The young man is hardworking and diligent, and in the past two years he has gradually made a name for himself.
A-Qiang is a few years younger than Lei Tingjun, and he only completed junior high school before dropping out of school.
He wasn't very educated, but he was incredibly strong.
That evening, the two brothers grabbed something to eat in the open space and made do with a simple meal.
Lei Tingjun brought a bucket of cold water from behind to the dam, took off his shirt and rinsed it over himself, which counted as taking a bath.
A-Qiang casually picked up Lei Tingjun's two dirty clothes and washed them together.
While washing his clothes, A-Qiang found a business card in Lei Tingjun's jeans. He went out and asked, "Brother Lei, what's this?"
Lei Tingjun took it and looked at it before he remembered.
This was given to him by the owner of the purse when he caught the pickpocket on the train.
The man also told Lei Tingjun to call the number on the business card if he needed anything.
At the time, Lei Tingjun didn't take the matter to heart; he simply stuffed the business card into his pocket and forgot about it.
Now, Lei Tingjun held the business card and, in the dim light of the night lamp, saw a line of large, gold-embossed characters printed on it: [Pingdong City Fangyuan Construction Co., Ltd.]
The following is the name of the deputy manager: Zhao Yingda.
Lei Tingjun looked at the business card, seemingly lost in thought.
"Brother Lei, whose business card is this?" A-Qiang asked.
Lei Tingjun put the business card away: "Someone I met on the train before."
“It says here that he’s still a deputy manager,” Ah Qiang said with a laugh.
Lei Tingjun gave a faint smile and said, "Envious? Why don't you put a company name on your recycling station and you'll be the chairman."
Ah-Qiang chuckled and scratched his head: "I'm the chairman of the board, but I'm also the employee. People would laugh at me if they told them."
I slept on a makeshift bed on the floor that night. After turning off the lights, I took out the photo that Lei Tingjun always kept close to his body and looked at it.
Right next to him was Ah Qiang's deafening snoring, but Lei Tingjun was wide awake.
A few rays of cool moonlight shone through the window.
Lei Tingjun gently stroked Ji Wanmei's cheek in the photo.
***
The next day, Ji Wanmei went to the store again and worked with Luo Chunyan to stock the shelves.
The goal of opening the new store for the first time is to make it a resounding success.
Therefore, Ji Wanmei was determined to ensure that it proceeded entirely according to her plan, without making the slightest mistake.
Starting yesterday, goods delivered by logistics companies gradually filled their storefront.
We need to unpack all the goods and put them in the container quickly, otherwise the small warehouse inside won't be able to hold the goods that arrive later.
Around noon, Ji Xingguo also took some time to come and take a look.
In fact, although Ji Wanmei's shop was fully invested in by Ji Xingguo, he has never actually come to see it properly, from the initial storefront negotiations to the decoration and the current merchandise display.
It's not that Ji Xingguo doesn't care about his daughter's business.
Instead, Ji Xingguo wanted to give his daughter more room to develop herself.
He has already paid for it. If people come to the store and start pointing fingers, what's the difference between this store and the one he, Ji Xingguo, owns?
Moreover, after this incident, Ji Xingguo discovered that his daughter actually had a great talent for business management.
In many things, his daughter could understand them immediately with just a few words of guidance, without him having to worry about anything.
Ji Xingguo's only worry was that his daughter might get too tired, or that she might be scammed when she went out, or that she might devote too much attention to this and neglect her studies.
As a doting father, Ji Xingguo was not concerned about whether he could earn back his initial investment of one thousand yuan.
Even if it's a waste of money for his daughter, as long as she gains experience, Ji Xingguo believes it's worth it.
Now, when I came to my daughter's shop, I saw...
Ji Xingguo was quite surprised to find that his daughter managed the shop better than he had imagined.
How to describe it? It's similar to the shops Ji Xingguo saw on the streets every time he went to Shanghai or Beijing on business trips.
It's very avant-garde and fashionable, and the decor is very stylish, giving it a high-class feel.
Ji Xingguo was a little surprised.
In his original imagination, it was just a general store. At most, it would be a place where you could bring in all sorts of daily necessities, put them in the store, get a business license, and start selling them.
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