After listening to Jian Xia's thoughts, Jian Xiaoxing did not comment.
This dance hall should still be within Scarface's lease period. He has only been in labor reform for half a year. What if he wants to go back to his old business after he gets out?
However, Jian Xia thought that since there was a transfer notice here, there was no need to worry about Scarface's problem. It would be better to go to the address posted and ask.
In order to make her give up, Jian Xiaoxing had to accompany her.
It’s only two blocks away, not too far.
The two walked hand in hand to an ordinary breakfast shop. Just as they were about to knock on the door, they heard a sharp cry from inside.
"I told you not to obey, and I'll beat you to death!"
Jian Xia and Jian Xiaoxing looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong, and quickly knocked on the door.
A woman in her forties opened the door and asked if they were here to inquire about renting a nightclub.
Jian Xia didn't answer her. Instead, she saw a crying teenage girl, walked over to protect her, and loudly scolded her: "What's wrong with you? If a child does something wrong, you can criticize and educate him. Why do you have to beat him?"
The woman was about to explain something when Jian Xia said again in a stern voice:
"No matter what the reason, you can't hit children. If you do this again, I will report you to the police."
At this time, a man came out of the kitchen. He was of average height, but extremely burly, with a big face and a thick beard.
"Who are you? Why are you causing trouble in my house?" The man's voice was as loud as thunder, and Jian Xia took two steps back in fright.
But she still held her head high, not afraid,
"Am I wrong? You're a grown man, but you don't have any skills. You only know how to beat children!"
Jian Xiaoxing was frightened and tugged at Jian Xia's clothes, asking her to be more restrained as this was someone else's territory.
Unexpectedly, the woman yelled at the man, and the man stopped eating without saying a word.
It turned out that the man was called Black Panther and was once a top gangster. Later, he met Cuihua, quit his gang and had a daughter named Narcissus.
A few years ago, they bought several nearby stores. They opened a breakfast shop in this store and lent the dance hall to their nephew Scarface.
Now that Scarface has been sent to labor camp, they naturally want to take back the store.
I just hit my daughter because she was really being unreasonable. She was about to graduate from high school and started getting very close to a boy, as if they were dating.
Black Panther had no choice but to use the broom to scare her, but he didn't use any force at all.
It's true that there's no friendship without fighting. When Cuihua heard that Jian Xia came for the nightclub, she immediately said that the price was negotiable.
"I heard that the rent for a storefront there is at least 500 yuan a year. If you're willing, I'll only charge 400 yuan."
When Jian Xia heard this, she almost jumped up with joy. The nightclub was decorated very luxuriously, and even the decoration fee was saved. Four hundred yuan was really a great deal.
"No problem. Once I have enough money, I will come and sign a contract with you."
Jian Xiaoxing didn't forget to ask, "If your nephew comes back, he won't cause trouble in the dance hall, right?"
Cuihua patted her chest and said:
"Don't worry, if he dares to cause you any trouble, I'll cut him!"
Jian Xiaoxing and Jian Xia smiled. Cuihua was really tough. She controlled Black Panther so well that even Scarface was afraid of her.
The two walked a long way out of the store, and behind them they heard a lot of discussions from the onlookers, "That girl is really amazing, she even dared to scold Black Panther."
Jian Xiaoxing also had to admire Jian Xia. She dared to speak up for others when they were hurt. Although it was a misunderstanding, she was still a heroine.
Since the two decided to rent a nightclub, the next step was to raise money.
Jian Xia had been doing business for two months and it was pretty good, earning three or four hundred yuan. Unfortunately, all the money was used to purchase goods, so he only had a little over a hundred yuan on hand. Jian Xiaoxing had received a bonus of a hundred yuan last time, and he had basically saved several months' salary, so he had more than two hundred yuan in savings.
If we pool our money together, four hundred yuan is about right.
But they wanted to convert the dance hall into a video hall, and they were short of money for subsequent decoration, purchasing equipment, hiring people, etc.
A 10-inch TV and a second-hand VCR would cost at least 700 or 800 yuan.
Jian Xiaoxing suggested that she borrow some from Jian Yang, but Jian Xia didn't want to ask him.
"Xiaoxing, you don't know, ever since Big Brother started dating, he hasn't given any money to the family. I'm afraid his current salary has long been handed over to He Xiang."
Jian Xiaoxing didn't believe it. "He Xiang doesn't seem like that kind of person! If she really wanted to climb up the social ladder, she wouldn't have left the steel mill. She's making quite a bit of money every month now!"
"Forget it. I still want him to hide the fact that I rented a nightclub from my parents. It's good enough that he doesn't ask me for hush money." Jian Xia stuck out her tongue.
The two discussed for a while and decided to rent the store first, and then each find a way to borrow money.
Jian Xiaoxing calculated that there was still more than half a year before the college entrance examination next year. After she became a regular employee, her salary would be 32 yuan, so it would be no problem for her to earn another 200 yuan.
So, she wrote a report to withdraw 200 yuan of salary in advance and went to find Shen Ze for approval.
Seeing Jian Xiaoxing come to him on his own initiative, Shen Ze felt complicated, but he asked calmly, "Are you short of money recently?"
"Well, Jian Xia wants to open a video store, but she's short of money." Jian Xiaoxing did not hide it.
The store is right next to Yuelai Hotel, he will find out sooner or later.
Chen Ze originally wanted to say that if they needed money, they could just ask him for it, but he was afraid that Jian Xiaoxing would think too much, so he signed it without hesitation.
Jian Xiaoxing took the report to the Finance Department, but was rejected by Li Weihong.
Within half a day, the Finance Department issued a new regulation that if you want to receive your salary in advance, the report must be signed by all senior executives.
As soon as the regulations came out, Jian Xiaoxing tore up the report on the spot.
After Shen Ze knew about it, he didn't say anything, but just asked her to go to his house after get off work.
Jian Xiaoxing didn't think much about it. After get off work, he came to Shen Ze's house as promised.
Shen's mother was in the store, and only Shen Ze was at home.
He took out a crimson wooden box, unlocked it, and took out a light red passbook from inside and handed it to her.
"There's still over 5,000 yuan in it. I transferred the money from the death deposit to the current account, and I didn't deposit any more. You can withdraw as much as you want!"
Jian Xiaoxing quickly declined, "No, I can't take your money."
"If my mother knew, she would make me do the same. We are already engaged." Shen Ze said firmly.
Jian Xiaoxing held the passbook in his hand, as if it weighed a thousand pounds, and said he didn't want it at all.
Chen Ze had no choice but to say awkwardly: "This is my compensation to you!"
Jian Xiaoxing was confused and asked herself, ever since she and Shen Ze agreed to get engaged, he had saved her several times and had never done anything to hurt her, so how could he ask for compensation?
Seeing Jian Xiaoxing's puzzled expression, Shen Ze had no choice but to tell her the results of the investigation into the emergency situation during the fire drill a few days ago.
It turned out that the firefighter was a distant relative arranged by Zhang Wei. On the day of the exercise, Zhang Wei instructed him to push Jian Xiaoxing and make her look bad in public. As for why Li Weimin let Jian Xiaoxing participate in the exercise, it was Li Weihong's suggestion.
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