Seeing that Huang Wanzhen had already made arrangements, Dong Ruixin stopped being polite, nodded, and went home to report the news.
The day after seeing off Dong Yuzhuo and his family, Huang Wanzhen went to find Song Wenyin.
"What? You want to go to Shanghai to expand your business?"
"Well, I think Beijing has been operating for such a long time that its customer base has stabilized and there won't be any major breakthroughs. Didn't you say before that Shanghai is more prosperous than Beijing? Then the market must be even bigger than Beijing."
Song Wenyin's eyes lit up in vain. "Yes! That place is even better than Beijing. My aunt lives in the International Settlement. But the most beautiful place is the French Concession. The rows of small Western-style buildings near Xiafei Road are so beautiful, and there are tall French plane trees. But that's the foreigners' territory. We are unfamiliar with the place. Will they make things difficult for us?"
Huang Wanzhen smiled and said, "I heard that the public security in the concession is much better than that in the Chinese area. The order is relatively stable, the crime rate will be low, and people will feel more secure in their lives."
"I'm just going there to test the waters. If it's good, I'll rent a small shop first. When I make some money, I can move to a bigger shop. If it doesn't make any money, the small shop won't lose much money, so we won't feel bad about it."
"Okay, I'll go with you. We can stay at my aunt's house!" Song Wenyin clapped her hands and looked at Huang Wanzhen with shining eyes.
Huang Wanzhen also wanted Song Wenyin to go. After all, she had relatives there, and she would have someone to look after her. "If we both leave, what will happen to the shop in Beijing? If something happens, we won't have a solution."
Song Wenyin curled her lips. Huang Wanzhen had previously suggested that they find a few more classmates to start the business together, but she didn't agree because she didn't want to dilute the shares. Now that they want to expand into the Shanghai market, it seems that they don't have enough manpower.
"How about we recruit Lanshan?"
Huang Wanzhen looked at Song Wenyin with amusement and said, "You are so unreasonable. The business in Shanghai hasn't even started yet, and you want to distribute the profits. You are so stupid." Huang Wanzhen always felt that He Lanshan was too pampered and could not bear the hardships of a career.
"But I want to go too!" Song Wenyin, a 1.7-meter-tall girl, actually pulled Huang Wanzhen's sleeve and acted coquettishly, making Huang Wanzhen a little amused and helpless. "I'll go first this time, and you go next time!"
After the matter was settled, Huang Wanzhen started to get busy, and Song Wenyin followed suit. Huang Wanzhen was busy holding a meeting, asking employees to vote on whether to follow Huang Wanzhen to Shanghai to develop the market. Song Wenyin was seizing the time to recruit a senior manager, thinking of finding someone who could take charge of the shop even if she and Huang Wanzhen were not there.
Although Huang Wanzhen felt it was unreliable, she didn't say anything and just followed Song Wenyin's lead.
On Huang Wanzhen's side, only Chen Hanfeng signed up, as the other employees did not want to leave Beijing and work elsewhere.
Huang Wanzhen looked at the bags packed by Mrs. Huang and Zhenzhen learning to walk on the ground, then turned around and went to the shop to find Haili. After impressing Haili with double salary, Huang Wanzhen found Zhao Dahua and persuaded her with some inspirational words. She then ordered Xiuzhu to pack her luggage within three days.
After much piecing together, we decided to have eight people for the Shanghai trip.
After the personnel were decided, Huang Wanzhen went to inquire about train tickets to Shanghai. She found out that there were three price levels, divided into first-class, second-class and third-class carriages, and tickets could not be bought in advance. Huang Wanzhen had to go to school to ask for leave first.
Miss Green advised her, "The final exams are less than a month away. Why not go to Shanghai during the summer vacation?"
Huang Wanzhen shook her head. "I have something urgent to do. Don't worry, I'll bring all my books with me and won't fall behind in my studies. When I get back soon, I'll come over to take the make-up exam right away. Is that okay with you?"
Miss Green sighed helplessly, "Okay, go early and come back early."
After taking leave, Huang Wanzhen did not stay in school to attend classes, but returned to the backyard of Pigeon Hutong to pack her luggage. Although she did not plan to live in Shanghai permanently, her visit would not be too short, so she still had to bring some clothes with her.
It was past nine o'clock in the evening. Huang Wanzhen prepared to rest because she had to leave the next day and queue up to buy tickets early in the morning.
"Wanzhen, Wanzhen..."
Huang Wanzhen, who had just finished washing up, didn't know if she was hallucinating or what, but she always felt that someone was calling her. After a while, there was no sound. Huang Wanzhen thought she had heard it wrong, so she pulled back the quilt and was about to lie down.
“Dongdongdong——”
"Miss, Chairman Song wants to see you."
Xiuzhu's voice was heard outside the door. Huang Wanzhen hurriedly got out of bed, put on her slippers, walked to the door and opened it.
"Wanzhen!" Song Wenyin was wearing a white gauze dress, followed by Wei Zi, who was carrying two suitcases in her hands.
"What are you doing so late at night?" Huang Wanzhen stared with her eyes wide open, her gaze fixed on the suitcase.
"Let's talk inside!" Wen Yin pushed Huang Wanzhen into the house, turned around and instructed Xiuqing, "Help Wei Zi find a place to sleep." After that, she closed the door directly.
"Wanzhen, I can go to Shanghai with you tomorrow! Are you happy? Are you surprised?" Song Wenyin jumped and danced excitedly.
Huang Wanzhen pulled the corner of her mouth, "It's quite unexpected. We're both gone, and something happened in the shop. What should we do?"
"It's okay! My mom said she'd come and help look after the shop for us. Doesn't Linglong Pavilion have their own chess and card room? Starting tomorrow, my mom will come over to play mahjong and look after the shop at the same time."
"With Xiuqing and Xiulan in charge, nothing can go wrong. If anyone dares to cause trouble, my mom and her poker friends will make sure they never come back! How's that? Is that okay?"
Huang Wanzhen looked at her puzzledly, "Why would Aunt Song want to come over and help us look after the shop? Didn't you promise her something?"
Song Wenyin waved her hand. "Oh! It's nothing. I called my aunt and asked her to find me some suitable young talents. My aunt agreed without hesitation. As my mother, how could she not support me?"
Huang Wanzhen was instantly at a loss for words. "You really want to go to Shanghai? You can even use this important matter for your life so casually?!"
"It's not that I want to go to Shanghai, it's that I want to go to Shanghai with you! You don't know how beautiful the concession is at night. Nanjing Road and Xiafei Road are all neon lights. You can buy all kinds of domestic and foreign goods there. It would be so fun for us to go shopping together!" Song Wenyin thought of something and took Huang Wanzhen's hand. "There's also a ball. You must go and see it. The Shanghai socialites are all dressed very fashionably!"
"Okay, okay," Huang Wanzhen interrupted her, "We have to get up early tomorrow, let's go to bed early."
They had agreed to set off at 5:30, but it was still dark when there was movement outside. Huang Wanzhen turned on the light and looked at her pocket watch. It was just past 3 o'clock. She turned off the light and slept for more than an hour.
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