For several days, Chen Cheng was busy dealing with decoration and other matters, while I drove a second-hand van to the antique mall to pick up goods.
The underground storage room at the entrance of the hall is also used.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the dilapidated storefront had been renovated.
The patterned dark red carpet, antique shelves and various tables and chairs seemed to appear out of thin air inadvertently.
Although it is not as big as Hongjiang Antique Shop and has several rooms in the back hall, it is quite similar.
Chen Cheng even installed soundproof glass on the railing, but you need to open the door when passing the spiral staircase.
By the eighth day, the signboard of Feifan Antique Shop had been put up, and it looked very complete from the street.
These days, no one comes to harass or destroy, which surprises me.
"Shen Fan, I'm here!"
At this time, Li Mingming and two or three friends were already standing in front of the store.
"Boss Li!"
I smiled and went out to greet him.
"No, now I'm talking about Boss Shen!"
Li Mingming smiled and said, "These two are my friends. We just talked about you opening a restaurant in Dongxing Pedestrian Street. They also want to come and have a look."
Having said that, I could see the hidden meaning in Li Mingming's eyes.
It seems that he came here for other reasons.
"Welcome, the decoration is almost complete, and I plan to recruit more people later."
I greeted them while greeting them to come in.
Things haven't been put on the shelves yet, and now we can only see the layout inside the hall.
"Not bad, there are two more floors!"
Li Mingming's friend walked around while talking.
"Is this...soundproof glass above?"
When he reached the stairs, Li Mingming observed it carefully, then turned to his friend, "You guys and the guys will take a stroll downstairs while I chat with Boss Shen for a while."
As he said that, he took me upstairs. After closing the door, his eyes became serious.
"It's very dangerous to open a hall here."
"Little Luo and Xiao Chen told me."
Li Mingming frowned and spoke slowly, "Have you ever walked through Dongxing Pedestrian Street? There used to be many antique shops here, but they were all squeezed out."
"I am not afraid of slanting shadows if I am upright. Since I dare to drive here, I have confidence."
I smiled and patted Li Mingming on the shoulder, "Don't worry."
"Ok, I trust you."
Li Mingming nodded slightly, "Be careful not to switch the goods."
"I'll pay attention."
I thought, since I brought the goods from the market myself and kept them in the basement, unless someone sneaked in, there shouldn't be any big problem.
All surveillance systems are in use, but no one is monitoring them all the time.
At most, I go to the hall every day and fast forward to watch the video of the previous night.
I've been there for the past few days, and everything is fine. No one from the Ronghua Antique Shop has come over.
However, some strangers will point out and discuss my store.
Time flies very fast, and I see a lot of goods every day, so I can’t bring them all back in one car, but some of them are still reserved.
During the next few shipments, Chen Cheng followed me to move the goods because he didn't need to be busy with too many things.
This makes me feel more at ease.
Time passed day by day, and I finally solved the problem of opening in half a month.
I also talked with Li Mingming and I decided to open the business in three days.
But just the day before the opening, trouble finally came!
As usual, I came to the entrance of the hall during the day and entered the monitoring room on the third floor to check the monitoring situation.
Thinking it was business as usual, I fast forwarded.
But just as I was fast forwarding, I saw a figure flashing past the back door!
I went back and looked for myself.
The man was dressed entirely in black sportswear and had his head covered.
He stayed at the back door for a while.
He actually opened the back door directly!
I followed his footsteps and followed his footsteps with the monitor.
Looking along the surveillance camera, the man in black walked into the basement!
I realized something was wrong and immediately stopped monitoring and rushed to the basement.
Sure enough, the thing was stolen!
Are you starting to do these dirty things to me before you even open the business?
I took inventory of the goods, only two paintings were missing.
Those two authentic paintings of Tang Yin!
Of the more than 400,000 yuan worth of goods I brought over, only these two paintings cost me 100,000 yuan!
According to the market price, these two paintings can fetch at least three to five million.
Next work!
I frowned, returned to the monitoring room, and continued to confirm.
After the masked man took the things, he also locked the door for me!
He...he used a key?
I was a little stunned. Apart from me and Chen Cheng, who owns the key here, it’s also the landlord, right?
Could it be the landlord?
With this feeling, I found the landlord of this shop.
"The spare key has always been with you, right?"
I asked straight to the point.
"No, I'll just give you all the keys."
The landlord said directly, "When we signed the contract, I didn't show it to you. I asked for the key and the spare key for you."
Seeing my appearance, the landlord already had some suspicions.
"But……"
I frowned, lost in thought.
"Is something stolen?"
"That's right."
I nodded and found that he seemed not surprised by this matter, "Do you know anything more?"
"I have changed the lock on this door before, and it was still a security door."
The landlord said and sighed, "It turns out that the back door is an ordinary wooden door. Some people who opened antique shops used to do the same thing. Just before opening, the most important thing was lost."
"Is it the same if I change the door?"
I asked, "I remember, the last antique dealer was probably this security door, right?"
"Similarly, the last store owner here was the casual wear guy who transferred it to you. He also installed surveillance cameras specially to prevent it."
The landlord told me in detail what happened before.
Even though the previous store owner installed surveillance cameras, things were still stolen.
Just like what I saw, they seemed to have keys to randomly enter the antique shop.
"It was useless even if he reported the crime. After searching for a long time, he couldn't find any trace of the murderer."
The landlord sighed as he spoke, "After that, people stole things every once in a while..."
He told me how the previous uncle’s antique store collapsed.
After the things were stolen, he even asked people to help him watch the store at night, but those people seemed to know it and did not do anything for a few days while watching the store, or they lured the people watching the store away before taking action...
In the end, because no one was identified in the surveillance, all the stolen items were not recovered.
"Well, you can let the store go or not rent it. I have no objection. I can return the money to you intact."
The landlord said and sighed, "You'd better rent somewhere else."
"It's okay, I will find a way."
I nodded slightly, "I will continue to rent."
At this time a countermeasure emerged in my mind.
