"First, let's talk about the history of this shop. Fenglin Pavilion was founded during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, so it has a history of about 500 years. And now this shop is considered a cultural relic..."
Du Chen briefly introduced the history and characteristics of Fenglin Pavilion. Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao nodded, having learned some interesting little knowledge.
"Hey, I don't know much. I just know that the shaomai here are delicious, and the quality is high and the environment is great. I think it's worth it even if it's a little more expensive."
Li Dewen’s idea is very “simple”. Now that I have money, why can’t I eat and drink good food to show off?
"Come on, Du Bin, Miao Miao, try the steamed buns here. Eat them while they're hot!"
As they were talking, the dishes they ordered were served on the table one after another. Li Dewen asked them to pick up their chopsticks, and he himself couldn't wait to pick up the steamed buns and start eating.
By the time everyone finished dinner, it was already past eight o'clock and the sky was getting brighter. They spent the rest of the morning browsing the wholesale market, buying some fruit and dried goods. Then they followed Xiami to the tobacco shop, where they bought some more alcohol and cigarettes.
After purchasing the New Year's goods, it was already past twelve o'clock, and Li Dewen invited everyone to dinner again.
"Brother Li, just eat something at noon. I haven't digested the steamed buns I ate this morning yet."
Du Chen dissuaded Li Dewen from going to a big restaurant. These days, big restaurants are busy at noon and at night. There might not be a seat and you might have to queue up. It would be better to just have a bite nearby as he still has things to do in the afternoon.
After lunch, several people came to the People's Department Store. As soon as they arrived at the door of the video game arcade, they were shocked because the video game arcade was full of people, and there were a lot of young ladies. Li Dewen couldn't help grinning when he saw so many people. In his opinion, these were not people at all, they were clearly small coins, especially the rustling sound of game coins, which was purely the sound of a money counting machine counting money.
"Chenchen, is this place usually this popular?"
Du Bin looked at the bustling crowd in front of him and asked Du Chen in surprise, "This business is too booming!" Thinking about the small, shabby shop in Beijing, Du Bin felt very depressed.
"There aren't usually so many people here, right? If I were this busy, I'd have made a fortune long ago."
Du Chen had underestimated the current lack of entertainment, especially for women. Now that there was a clean, safe, and fun place to spend money, how could women not flock to it? With a bit of luck, you could buy a coin for a dollar and snag a cute doll, especially that cheesy bunny, a girl's absolute favorite.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t like catching dolls. You can go to the dance machine and dance. You can have fun and lose weight at the same time. Especially around the Chinese New Year, when you have money and time in your pocket, there are a lot of people in the arcade today. There are queues for several popular projects. With so many girls, there will naturally be a lot of boys with overflowing hormones in winter. They are like bees surrounding flowers, hoping to get the favor of girls.
"Boss, Brother Chen, you guys are coming over here!"
At this time, the manager of the video game arcade saw Li Dewen, Du Chen and his group, and immediately squeezed next to them.
"We just came over to take a look. Why are there so many people here today?"
Seeing that Du Chen didn't say anything, Li Dewen asked the store manager in front of him.
"Boss, there have been so many people every day in the past week!"
The store manager happily reported the recent situation to Li Dewen.
"Brother Li, let's go to the office first. There are too many people here. Brother, Sister Miaomiao, do you want to go to the office with us, or play here for a while?"
Du Chen looked at so many people in the store and thought it would be better to go to the office where it would be quieter and more convenient to discuss things, so he made the suggestion directly to Li Dewen.
"Let's go to the office too. It's hard to have fun if there are too many people. Besides, it won't affect your ability to make money today."
Ding Miaomiao said to Du Chen with a smile that she was not particularly interested in the first place, and she could come and play anytime, there was no need to waste time today.
"Okay, Boss Chen, let's go to the office first!"
After the store manager finished speaking, he took a few people to the office.
The office is just a small cubicle, and it doesn't look very big. Du Chen and his colleagues, along with the store manager's office, all seem a bit cramped.
"Isn't your office very big? I remember it wasn't small when it was being renovated."
As soon as he sat down, Li Dewen asked the store manager.
"Boss, it was quite big at first, but it was useless to me and it was troublesome to clean. I just wandered around the store when I had nothing to do. I can't stay in the office for long, so I partitioned off most of the office and used the other half as a warehouse. It's full of prepared dolls. Boss, Brother Chen, do you want to take a look?"
The store manager explained to everyone and pointed to the compartment next to them. Du Chen and the others turned around and looked to the side, and saw a door on the wall with a big lock on it.
"Come, open it and let me see how many more dolls can be put in here."
Li Dewen said curiously, it’s such a big spot, there’s no need to save this little bit of space.
After hearing Li Dewen's arrangement, the store manager took a key from his belt and unlocked the door. Everyone looked at this "small warehouse" curiously, wanting to see how many dolls were stored inside.
“I’ll go…”
Du Chen was shocked at first, because this was the second underground floor, so the entire floor was raised five or six meters, and the small warehouse inside was converted into a small second floor. It was full of shelves, and on the shelves were large cardboard boxes, and in the boxes were various small dolls. In a corner of the warehouse, there were unopened game coins and some machine accessories.
"How come you have so many dolls?"
Li Dewen asked the store manager in surprise.
"Boss, our store has promotions every few days, and we adjust the machine's success rate after a while, so the dolls are consumed quickly. Sometimes we can't ship them in time, so I took the initiative to stock up on some more dolls."
The store manager said to Li Dewen a little nervously.
"It's okay. As long as you think it's convenient and beneficial to the business, I can't take care of it here. If there's an emergency, you won't be able to contact me for a while. It's up to you to decide. You've done a great job."
Li Dewen comforted the store manager. He thought the other party was doing a good job, much better than when he first opened the store. Back then, he would only find ways to solve problems when they arose. Now, what the other party did made him very satisfied.
The store manager breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but then he looked at Du Chen again. He knew that Du Chen was his boss's boss, and he wondered if Du Chen would have any objections.
"It's okay, don't look at me, you're doing pretty well, just do what you want, after all, you're in the store every day."
Du Chen also praised the other party. He also understood that sometimes psychological satisfaction can make people feel more accomplished than material satisfaction. Of course, the premise is that there is no lack of material things.
"Why are there so many people these days? I just passed by the game room on the basement floor, and I didn't see so many people there."
Li Dewen continued to test the other party.
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