Chapter 48 [48] Tang An could only afford steamed buns.
The two brothers insisted on searching everyone's luggage: "That jade pendant is an heirloom in my family. How am I going to explain to my dad if I lose it? Since you're the police, shouldn't you help us find the jade pendant first? We also have to search these people's luggage."
"No one is allowed to leave."
Li Mu: "There are so many people here, who knows who the thief is? Everyone's luggage has been searched. If a thief spots something and it's stolen, who will be responsible?"
The man said, "Whether you lose something or not is none of my business. My jade pendant is lost, and I have to find it back."
Li Mu: "Then what you lost has nothing to do with us. Just take responsibility for it."
The young conductor's head ached from the arguing. "Stop arguing, comrades. Please understand. He lost something, and as police officers, we do have to help find it. Everyone, please cooperate."
"I'll search for you. I'm sure you won't lose any of your finances."
Li Mu almost laughed out loud: "The people's police are for the people. How ridiculous! They don't take the side of the common people, but the side of the thieves. What's going on? Are they worried that the thieves can't steal, so they help them?"
The big man: "Who do you say is the thief?"
Li Mu: "You are a thief. You just want to steal money. Why are you pretending?"
Big man: "You are the fucking thief."
Li Mu: "I wish I were a thief, why am I still talking nonsense to you?"
Police officer: "Comrade, I'm just handling this case impartially. Please understand. Please place your luggage in the aisle so I can inspect it."
Tang Yuanyuan: "The police have notified you, shouldn't you check on these two people first?"
"Since they claim they lost the jade pendant, shouldn't they first reveal its color, texture, size, and pattern? Otherwise, if anyone here is wearing the jade pendant, they could falsely claim it as theirs."
"Also, what if they are thieves themselves, and there is no such thing as a jade pendant. They did this just to steal money. If everyone's money is lost and the police are notified, how much responsibility can you share? Shouldn't you give an explanation?"
"At the very least, shouldn't their identities and addresses be verified to confirm their identities?"
Someone followed suit and said, "That's right, what this little girl said makes sense. Who knows who they are?"
"Yeah, we should check them out first. They don't look like serious people."
The big man got anxious and said, "I'm a decent man from Liujia Village in Lianhua County. My name is Liu Dapang. My family is a butcher. Everyone in the area knows me."
"That jade pendant was left by my grandfather. Our whole family knows it. Police officer, if you don't believe me, just call our village and ask."
Tang Yuanyuan and Li Mu looked at each other and realized that these two people were not thieves.
The police started checking everyone's luggage.
Li Mu's face turned the color of liver with anger, and he lowered his voice: "Fuck, what should I do?"
If everyone saw such an expensive thing, who knows what would happen next.
After all, there are still more than ten hours of train ride.
Some thieves even jump off trains.
Tang Yuanyuan: "It's okay, I have a solution."
Soon, the police found Tang Yuanyuan and Li Mu's sacks and said, "Please open them."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Sorry, officer, we have something belonging to a dead person in here. We'd better go to the police station and open it for you to check."
Someone said in shock: "Damn, could it be a dead person's ashes?"
"It looks like there's a box inside the sack. Maybe it is."
“That’s too scary.”
"Fuck, seeing how closely these two were watching me, I thought it was some treasure, but it's so unlucky."
The conductor said: "You are really ridiculous! How can you bring a dead person's belongings on the train?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Sorry, there's really nothing I can do."
The conductor said with a stern face: "Come on, follow me to the conductor's room."
Along the way, everyone avoided Tang Yuanyuan and Li Mu.
The conductor checked and found that they were all valuable goods: "What's going on with you two?"
Tang Yuanyuan smiled and said, "The police informed us that we were reselling goods. These things are worth nearly 50,000 yuan. Just now, if these things were opened in public, what would happen next? Needless to say, you can't bear our losses, right?"
"Sorry to bother borrowing your space."
The conductor was helpless and gave them a serious lecture on setting fire on the train. Tang Yuanyuan paid the fine promptly and accepted the criticism from the police without any rebuttal.
As long as they could stay here and ensure the safety of the goods, she would be happy to pay the fine.
Later, the two stayed in the police cabin all the way. Although there was no place to lie down, they could relax and sleep for a whole night by lying on the table. The two of them felt much more relaxed.
We returned to Yucheng safely.
Zhou Wei and Li Mu had the same expression, and both of them stuttered: "Yuanyuan, this, this, is too expensive!"
Even if I sell her, I still can't afford to buy a new one.
Faced with the sky-high priced clothes, she held them carefully, fearing that they would be bumped or damaged.
Tang Yuanyuan found it funny.
Tang Yuanyuan first called the customer who had ordered cosmetics, and then called the factory director's wife's home, the Burberry in the Shanghai Grand Department Store, and the finest pearls the size of a thumb.
The factory manager's wife arrived at the store with three friends less than half an hour later.
Just then, several customers who came to pick up cosmetics also arrived.
Tang Yuanyuan was very formal, wearing white gloves and laying a white cloth on the table before opening the jewelry.
The thumb-sized pearls sparkled with a dazzling luster under the light, lighting up both the heart and the eyes.
The elegance of jewelry, worn around the neck and the gazes of others, is enough to drive people crazy.
Add to that the Burberry in Shanghai's major shopping malls, and no one in Jade City, with a population of two million, has worn it.
This sense of superiority is above everyone else.
So the factory director's wife asked for two pieces of Burberry jewelry. In fact, she loved both pieces of jewelry and wanted them both, but another good friend also liked them, so she could only buy one set and asked for a rhinestone hairpin.
"Xiao Tang, you need to do the math on these."
Tang Yuanyuan quickly quoted a price: "Forty-six thousand."
Zhou Wei sucked in a breath of cold air, her heart in her throat. She stared at the factory director's wife's mouth, afraid that she would utter the word "expensive".
The factory director's wife smiled faintly and said, "I'll go back and get a passbook. Do you want me to withdraw cash or deposit it directly at the bank?"
Of course Tang Yuanyuan wanted to save it. It would be unsafe to carry so much money on herself.
Two other rhinestone hairpins were also collected.
A female customer who came to pick up cosmetics hugged Tang Yuanyuan with a painful look on her face. "Girl, your store is magical. When will you go to Shanghai again? Do you have any pearls that are a little cheaper?"
"If you have anything good, bring it to me and give me a call!"
She wants it!
Tang Yuanyuan won't be able to go to Shanghai in the near future as she will be starting military training in a few days.
"Let's wait for National Day. I will go there on National Day."
"Well, it's a deal!" The customer hugged Tang Yuanyuan's arm and said, "You must go. When I go back tonight, I will definitely dream of giant pearls."
Everyone was amused, and the factory director's wife raised her neck even higher.
Tang Yuanyuan immediately told the factory director's wife to return home with her clothes and jewelry. Zhou Wei kept looking at the door, "She won't regret it, will she?"
"That's forty-six thousand!"
"What if I regret it?"
"Yuanyuan, I can't do your business in my lifetime. If I take such expensive goods, I won't be able to sleep. I will have to worry all the time."
Tang Yuanyuan was amused by her and said, "How about I promote you to store manager and find you a clerk so you can experience being a leader?"
Zhou Wei: "If you add more people, shouldn't you get a bigger share of the salary? I can handle it."
Tang Yuanyuan: "We can't save this money. When the weather gets cooler, I'm afraid more people will come to get their makeup done."
While Zhou Wei was worried, the factory director's wife's car finally arrived.
The four seats were all full, and since the bank was just ahead, Tang Yuanyuan rode her bike there by herself.
Soon, the money of the four people was transferred, and the deposit that Tang Yuanyuan had been holding back increased again, becoming 63,000 yuan.
There are also cosmetics worth more than 10,000 yuan in the store.
Tang Yuanyuan took the passbook and went to Xu Xiaofeng: "Aunt Xu, I want to buy a house. How should I go about it?"
Teresa Teng said "Oh my God" five times in a row.
Which child can earn so much money!
She, as an adult, feels ashamed of herself.
But she also knew that although Tang Yuanyuan made money at an incredible speed, no one had the hard work and courage to do it.
He put on his small leather bag and took Tang Yuanyuan to the sales office.
The salesperson came forward with a smile on his face: "Sister, are you looking for a house? What kind of house do you want to buy?"
Xu Xiaofeng whispered, "This little classmate bought it."
"?"
The salesperson's face was full of questions. After all, Tang Yuanyuan looked unattractive and a bit dark.
This kid is clearly still at school age, are you kidding me?
This must be a joke.
"Sister, you're joking. Are you planning to buy this for your daughter?"
Xu Xiaofeng hugged Tang Yuanyuan and laughed, she wished she had a daughter.
This is a gold nugget.
Tang Yuanyuan knew nothing about buildings. After the salesperson quoted the prices of the floors, she subconsciously wanted to choose the cheapest top floor.
Xu Xiaofeng told her that commercial housing is good in the third and fourth quarters, warm in winter and cool in summer, but she should not buy the top-floor attic no matter how cheap it is because it is hot.
The kind that makes people unable to sleep at night due to the heat.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't give up and went to the top floor to feel it. Oh, it was too hot!
Why not choose the first floor? It’s cooler.
Xu Xiaofeng said, "My child, a house is a lifelong thing. You should choose the second floor. It's annoying to have no sunlight in the winter. Don't settle for a house that is comfortable. Living in the sun in the winter will make a difference."
Tang Yuanyuan was persuaded by the last sentence and bought the second floor. However, the two-bedroom unit was no longer available, leaving only the large three-bedroom unit, with a total price of 22,000 yuan, so she went to the bank again.
The salesperson was still confused until the accountant received the money, wondering how a child could buy a house!
This parent is really generous.
Nowadays, cement floors in houses are all good. Those who are particular will decorate them, while those who are not so particular may just live in unfinished houses, with toilets and other facilities already installed.
If Tang Yuanyuan had not seen the beautiful houses in Shanghai, she would be very satisfied with this unfinished house, but after she saw them, she wanted her own house to be beautiful.
furnish!
The craftsman who decorated his own shop had decent skills and was not a cunning person, so Tang Yuanyuan hired him to work.
This time the construction period will be three months, and Tang Yuanyuan will be living on campus soon anyway, so she can afford to wait.
Compared with later generations, the decoration process nowadays is of course still simple, which can be regarded as the simple decoration of later generations, that is, plumbing, laying floors, scraping walls and painting. But in this era, people still live in brick houses, and this kind of decorated house is considered a very beautiful mansion. The master and two apprentices work together, and it can be completed in 40 days, and the total cost is 2,000 yuan.
Tang Yuanyuan had already paid the accommodation fee and would be living on campus for the time being, so she was not in a hurry and paid the money readily.
Tang Yuanyuan also chose Zhou Wei's cousin from her uncle's family to be a clerk. Zhou Li is a few years older than Zhou Wei. She got married two years ago and has a daughter who is being raised by her mother-in-law.
She has never had a formal job.
The reason why Zhou Li was chosen was because the Zhou family had a good family tradition, the previous generation was not confused and handled things fairly, and the relationship between the several branches was good. Zhou Li's father, Tang Yuanyuan, also knew that her words carried a lot of weight in their area.
The family of the son-in-law chosen by the family is also reliable. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along well, and the husband is motivated. Zhou Li herself is also a smart person. She knows that Tang Yuanyuan pays a high salary and the job is easy. She will not rely on her age to fight for firewood. She is also very serious in learning makeup and inventory.
Tang Yuanyuan's prediction was correct. Her high-end cosmetics did increase the popularity of her store. As expected, her friends brought their friends, all of whom were rich people, including businessmen, civil servants, and mistresses of rich men.
People are coming to buy the 20 sets of expensive goods that Tang Yuanyuan added later. She suspects that they will be sold out before National Day.
Li Mu's situation was completely different from hers. It had been two days since he came back, and his watch was still broken. He had clearly posted a sign in the store saying that watches were in stock, and had also tried to sell it to customers who came to buy clothes, but to no avail. He was so anxious that he couldn't sleep much the whole night before.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Don't worry, as long as the sales channels at the front are opened up, the roads behind will naturally become wider and wider."
Li Mu: "How can I not be anxious? I have invested all my money in it. I can't help but be anxious."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Well, why don't you try setting up a stall in front of the grinding wheel factory? Your goods are cheaper than those sold in the department store, so there's no reason why they won't sell. You'll definitely be able to open today."
Li Mu rode his bicycle to the factory gate to set up a stall and did not return until it was completely dark.
People feel even more depressed.
Not a single one was sold.
He even went to the wholesale market.
How come Tang Yuanyuan's cosmetics that cost over a thousand yuan are so popular, but he can't sell a watch that costs a hundred and fifty yuan!
"Tell me, am I selling it too high? How about I reduce the price by 20 yuan tomorrow? No, I'll reduce it by 50 yuan. That will definitely sell it, right?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Then how much money do you make?"
Li Mu: "I don't even want to make money now. I'll be happy if I can sell it and get my money back. It seems like I'm not destined to sell expensive goods."
"I'd better just earn cheap money honestly."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Hold on, try again tomorrow, and I'll help you think of a solution."
Li Mu: "Tang Yuanyuan, if you can help me sell it, I will really respect you. I will treat you to a lion's head meal at the state-owned restaurant."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't understand this logic: "Your watch is a good product, why doesn't anyone buy it? Do you have the watch on display?"
The cheapest watch in the department store costs 200 yuan, there is no reason why it wouldn’t sell.
Li Mu grabbed his hair and said, "It's on display. To make it look nice, I even brought a table over and covered it with a cloth. I didn't do anything sloppy. Many people came to see it, but none of them bought anything because they were worried it would break and be hard to repair."
"I told you, I'll repair this watch within a year, but no one buys it anyway."
Tang Yuanyuan thought about it and realized that the department store was indeed undergoing maintenance.
She unconsciously brought the customer in. A worker only earns two or three hundred yuan a month, and a watch is half a month's salary. This is a precious item. If she buys it at a stall, she may also worry about the problem of repairs later. She will also weigh the cost of the 50 yuan saving to see whether it is worth it.
Tang Yuanyuan got up and walked around Li Mu's store. The shelves on both sides were full of clothes. She went out and looked at the door sign, which also said "Boss Service".
The watch was placed on a long table with the box half-open. Compared to the glass table... it did not look as high-end.
"Li Mu, change your shop sign, and then go to the glass shop and order the glass tables like those used in department stores."
Li Mu: "I only have 1,000 yuan left. To buy these, I'll have to spend another 200 yuan. Besides, those people come to my store every day."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Think about it, you've already invested 5,000 yuan in the goods. Do you want to get your money back?"
Li Mu certainly thought that even if the watches didn't sell, he would still have to continue investing. He was worried: "I'm afraid that if I get them and still can't sell them, I'll lose more money."
This death happened again.
Tang Yuanyuan: "When you're fighting, you're not afraid of men stronger than you. How come you're always afraid of this and that when you're doing business?"
Li Mu: "What's there to be afraid of in a fight? At worst, you'll risk your life. But money is different. Once you lose it, you can't earn it back."
Tang Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at him: "Money is more important than your life?"
Li Mu didn't hesitate at all: "Of course."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Li Mu, no one can guarantee you will make money in business. I only know that if I want to sell goods, I will do everything I can to sell them. If you always think like this, then you are not suitable for business."
Li Mu grabbed the hem of Tang Yuanyuan's clothes and said, "I'll go. Is it not okay for me to go?"
"Don't ignore me."
Tang Yuanyuan couldn't help but examine her own store. Her current business was not only clothes, but also cosmetics. Why not show them off together? She should also change the storefront.
Also, you should customize a makeup mirror and create a proper place to put on makeup.
Tang Yuanyuan went with Li Mu to customize the door head, and he went to Longfeng Furniture City to look at dressing tables. It was a European-style white dressing table with a small lion head on the drawer and a large round mirror. When it was placed in the store, the store felt brighter.
This old house is large enough in both depth and width. Tang Yuanyuan walked around the store a few times, moved the clothing shelves to the front, placed the dressing table against the wall, and then moved the sofa over. The white walls were still not beautiful enough, so she went to the place where curtains were customized. The back wall was customized with floor-length cloth, which gave people the feeling of a beautiful princess room.
I also looked for customized shelves, where lipsticks and eyebrow pencils were placed on the shelves, which looked much better than taking them out of bags.
After completing these tasks, Tang Yuanyuan started to think about attracting customers.
My store is now famous because of cosmetics, so how do you target the consumer group for watches?
She couldn't think of anything for a moment, so she went to the department store to have a look. Coincidentally, a mother and son were buying watches.
My child is going to college soon, how can he do without a watch?
Tang Yuanyuan's thoughts suddenly opened up.
After all, compared to department stores, too few people know about their store, and some people don't even pay attention to it.
business card!
Businessmen in Shanghai would give them their business cards. Could she also give her business cards to ordinary people?
Compared to those working in factories, people who live in buildings in the city are the wealthier people.
They have a fixed mindset. Since there are many people in the factory, they always run over there.
These people who live in high-rise buildings are a larger consumer group.
Computers were not yet popular in that era, and there were no advertising companies everywhere. Tang Yuanyuan took Li Mu to a printing factory to customize business cards, and they did it on an expedited basis, customizing one thousand business cards.
The next evening, the two of them got the business cards and went to distribute them in various communities!
If no one is there, just insert it into the crack of the door.
The store address is written on the business card. Tang Yuanyuan's slogan is to use makeup as a gimmick. Do you want to have the same makeup as Yang Yuying? Lancao Clothing and Makeup.
On Li Mu's side, students can get a 10 yuan discount when buying watches with their student ID cards.
The next day, people came one after another with business cards.
Li Mu's after-sales watch repair tools and other equipment are all on display, which makes it look reliable. The watches are also exquisitely displayed in glass cabinets.
There were clothes to choose from in front of the shop, and by the end of the day, 15 watches had been sold. Not to mention the clothes that came with them, the sales had tripled.
Li Mu laughed so hard that his mouth was wide open: "Tang Yuanyuan, you still have a trick!"
"Let's go to the state-owned restaurant. I'll treat you to a big meal."
It would be a waste not to eat it, so of course Tang Yuanyuan went.
She now offers makeup for 3 yuan in her store. A lot of people are putting on makeup today. Mascara and foundation, which didn't sell well in the factory before, are now selling out. Summer clothes are also selling a lot. The three of them are so busy today that their hands and legs are numb.
Tang Yuanyuan also invited Zhou Wei and Zhou Ya to go together. She had to go to school later, and the work of these two people would probably not be easy.
Li Mu called Aunt Huang over as well, and the five of them filled up the table.
Aunt Huang's face was full of surprise: "Oh my god, this job is so happy. I can talk to people and eat at state-owned restaurants."
Lion's head is delicious!
Zhou Wei and Zhou Li also laughed. Yes, the salary was high, they could talk, put on makeup, and eat in state-owned restaurants.
Very satisfied!
Li Mu picked up another lion head for Aunt Huang and said, "Aunt Huang, we have to start learning how to repair watches. I will learn from the book first and teach you when I have learned it."
Aunt Huang: “…”
Oh my god, she is the worst at studying!
Of course, Li Mu didn't expect Aunt Huang to learn how to repair watches. At least simple problems had to be handled, otherwise he wouldn't be able to stay in the watch business for long.
After returning home from dinner, Li Mu did not watch TV for the first time. Instead, he opened the repair book given by the watch wholesaler, disassembled the watch, and learned.
Tang Yuanyuan was still reading as usual.
So, the next day, both of them went to No. 1 Middle School to report for military training.
For many people, military training is a very hard thing. Tang Yuanyuan spent the entire summer vacation making money, either running around on the train or setting up stalls in front of various factories. Military training was not hard for her.
To her surprise, Tang An was assigned to the same class as her, but Li Mu, who came in later, was assigned to the next class.
However, the two of them ignored each other and treated each other as air.
After standing in the sun for two hours, Tang An suddenly fainted.
The instructor was speechless. All 29 girls in the class were fine, but a tall and thin boy fainted. If it weren't for his pale face, the coach would have suspected that he was pretending.
"Tang An, are you feeling unwell?"
"Sorry, instructor, it might be anemia."
The instructor waved his hand and asked Tang An to rest under a tree and exempted him from military training. Then the whole class knew that Tang An had anemia and was not in good health.
Tang Yuanyuan just lives her own life. She does military training during the day and goes to the store at noon and in the evening. Business has been good these days and clothes are selling well.
Li Mu's watches are also being sold at a rate of more than ten per day. At this rate, his watches will be sold out before National Day.
In a blink of an eye, seven days of military training were over, Tang Yuanyuan finally took off his military training uniform and officially started school!
The day before school started, she went to the department store and bought herself a new outfit.
I replaced my 28-inch bicycle and bought a beautiful women's Giant bicycle, a school bag, square-toed leather shoes, and white lace princess socks.
The next morning, she got up early, looked in the mirror, braided her hair beautifully, put on a rhinestone hairpin, put on a ladies watch on her wrist and a pearl bracelet on the other hand, and she looked very fashionable.
Although she is still a little dark, her facial features are pretty, especially her big eyes. At that time, no one was particularly white, and no one particularly pursued the concept of whiteness, so it was not a disadvantage. So she still looks very beautiful. It is true that clothes make the man.
Li Mu: "I almost didn't recognize you."
"You still look so quiet."
“…” I really want to kick him.
Li Mu circled Giant three times and said, "So rich! He looks like a boss."
Tang Yuanyuan ignored Li Mu's teasing.
She dressed like this, partly to look good, and partly, of course, for her own shop.
There are many girls' skirts in her store. There are many rich girls in No. 1 Middle School, so this is also a way to attract business for herself.
Tang Yuanyuan arrived early, received her books, and chose a seat in the front row. Sure enough, a girl asked about her skirt.
I have never seen this style before. Most people's skirts have just one edge on the neckline, but the collar of her dress hangs down on her back like a towel with a blue edge. The pleats on the hem of the skirt are also beautiful, and it matches the socks and leather shoes on her feet.
It's so fashionable.
Tang Yuanyuan handed her a business card: "These are clothes from this store."
It's next to the department store, and the school is only a 5-minute bike ride away. I must go and have a look. Several classmates like it very much. When school is about to end, they pester their mother to take them to buy it.
The first day was mainly spent on trivial matters such as collecting books and assigning boarding students to dormitories. Everyone mainly talked and chatted. Tang Yuanyuan was well dressed and didn't wear many fancy clothes, but when she spoke, she made people feel comfortable and gave people a very stable feeling. Therefore, many girls naturally thought that she came from a good family and liked to talk to her. She was very popular among both girls and boys.
Tang An, on the other hand, still wore tattered clothes and cloth shoes. Even though he had high grades and was one of only five free students in the class, he still didn't cause much trouble because his clothes really reduced his points.
Not as good as those male classmates in the city, who wore Warrior shoes, fitted jerseys and shorts, and dribbled basketballs in their hands. They looked full of energy and cheerful.
However, Tang Yuanyuan met an old acquaintance, Yu Fangfang. However, her score was not high enough, so she was bought in by the factory director's wife, and her student number was the last in the class.
Yu Fangfang was very happy to see an acquaintance here, so she sat at the same table with Tang Yuanyuan.
Yu Fangfang does not live on campus, but Tang Yuanyuan does. They put the bedding they brought with them into the dormitory and made the arrangements. Their new life as a freshman in high school began.
The accommodation conditions at that time were not very good. There were eight bunk beds in a dormitory, which accommodated 16 people. At lunch time, Tang Yuanyuan followed the crowd and went to the cafeteria to eat with his classmates.
She is rich now and doesn't treat herself badly. She buys vegetables like steamed eggs and scrambled eggs with leeks to supplement her nutrition.
Tang An only ordered two steamed buns and a free bowl of soup.
There are few children with such family conditions in No. 1 Middle School, so he naturally attracted everyone's attention.
"That Tang An fainted during military training. Turns out his family is poor and can't afford food."
"Don't the parents of this family care about him? No wonder he dresses so poorly and even eats so poorly."
Tang Yuanyuan lowered his head to eat, pretending not to hear anything, but someone didn't let him go.
"Tang Yuanyuan, you eat well, dress well, and make so much money, but you don't even care about your brother's life or death?"
There are many of Tang An’s friends.
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