When I heard that the shops were going to be divided into different shops, no one could sit down.
Zheng Xiu'e was the first to wave her hand, "We, the two of us, are only in charge of three trading houses. How can we give more to my little sister?"
Zhou Gui also said: "I have worked hard for more than ten years to manage the rules of five trading houses. How can I just divide them?"
Everyone's eyes unknowingly focused on Zhou Pu. Everyone knew that Sanfang and his son owned ten trading houses.
Zhou Pu kept a straight face and said nothing, obviously unwilling.
However, Zhou Tianci stood up and saluted Zhou Yazhao: "It's not my nephew's fault. My sister, you were born with a mouth disease. You have never been out of the cabinet since you joined the Zhou family. I guess you don't even know how to do the abacus, right?"
Zhou Yazhao wanted to get up, but Shen Wenjun pushed him back.
"Cousin is one-sided," Song Che said with a smile: "Those who have lost their feet can walk with both hands, and those who are blind can hear and argue. My aunt has hands and feet, and she is young. As the saying goes, 'Live and learn', no If you understand, just ask, if you don’t know, just learn, and with the help of Wenjun and I, it won’t be difficult at all.”
Zhou Tianci looked disdainfully, but still had a smile on his face, and asked: "How can a mute girl not have difficulty?"
Song Che said loudly: "Abacus is not difficult, doing business is not difficult, and winning the palm seal is not difficult either."
All the relatives thought it was a joke.
"Third brother, you own ten shops, so be generous and give one to your sister." The old lady advised.
Zhou Pu snorted softly, "Since my mother has spoken, why don't you follow me? There happened to be a shop in Shuangqu in the southwest of the city that I had no time to manage, so I gave it to my little sister."
Song Che winked at Shen Wenjun and Zhou Yazhao and said loudly: "My nephew thanked my third uncle for my aunt!"
"Okay." The old lady stood up, "The rules of the Pearl Convention are still the same as before. I don't care about foreign businessmen, but our own family can compete, and we must not kill each other, let alone do anything that is harmful to nature... Okay, today's family The banquet is over, you all can go down and get ready."
A whole house of children and grandchildren resigned one after another.
Zhou Yazhao dragged Song Che and Shen Wenjun all the way back to Wutong Garden. He stopped using sign language and directly took a pen and paper and wrote a line: "What do you want to do!"
"Oh, don't worry, Yazhao, Song Che and I are here to help you," Shen Wenjun pushed Zhou Yazhao to sit down, "No one in this house dares to bully you, don't you want to fight for it?"
There was stubbornness on Zhou Yazhao's face, but more of it was worry. She wrote another greeting: "Do you know what the Pearl Conference is?"
"Wouldn't it be clearer if you ask someone?" Song Che called out, "Xiao Huan."
The little maid came in and said, "My slave is here."
"Do you know about the Pearl Conference?" Song Che asked.
The little maid's eyes lit up, "Of course I know this."
Song Che moved a bench to sit down and said with a smile: "Tell me in detail quickly."
Xiaohuan said excitedly: "Speaking of the Pearl Convention, that is... but... I don't know how to describe it. It is so grand and beautiful. The major jewelers in Hangzhou will select the largest and most beautiful one from their own shops. Bright, the most expensive treasure of the store is used to attend the meeting;
At the same time, singers and dancers will be invited to hold orbs, sing poems, and perform dances. Finally, all the dignitaries in the city will vote. Whoever has the brightest orbs and performs wonderfully will come out on top at the conference! "
After hearing this, Shen Wenjun said: "It seems that this Pearl Convention must not only have jewelry, but also poems, attendants, songs, and dances... It must cost a lot."
Xiao Huan nodded: "Well, I heard from people that just for a one-night conference, each merchant will have to spend at least one thousand taels!"
Song Che asked: "Who has won the first place in the past Pearl Conference?"
Xiaohuan said: "Of course it's the Third Master. Everyone in the Zhou family knows that the Third Master is the strongest and strives to be first in everything. Every year at the Pearl Convention, the Third Master hires all the top geishas from Ziwei Pavilion to perform songs. Dance, coupled with the fact that the Third Young Master is knowledgeable and talented, and writes poems and poems himself, looking at the whole city of Hangzhou, who can compare with him?"
The more she heard this, the more Zhou Yazhao lost her thoughts. She pulled Shen Wenjun's sleeves and shook her head.
Shen Wenjun sighed: "Third uncle is indeed a big mountain among jewelers. It is probably not easy to get the top spot from him."
Silver, geisha, poetry, and jewelry are all small problems in Song Che's opinion. What worries him most is that the children and grandchildren of the Zhou family will do anything to seize the palm seal.
"Soldiers will block it, water will block it and earth will cover it. Let's see who is more skilled!"
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Early the next morning, Song Che drove himself, taking Shen Wenjun, Zhou Yazhao, and two maids, Xiaohuan and Xiaotong, to Shuangqu Street in the southwest of the city to take over the shops.
Every prosperous city has run-down neighborhoods, and Shuangqu Street is one of them. They are all old-fashioned houses, and all the people walking around are civilians. No wonder the third uncle would be so willing to give them to shops. Selling jewelry in a slum, how can there be sales?
All this was expected by Song Che.
The carriage stopped in front of "Zhou's Jewelry Store", but unexpectedly there was a copper lock on the store door.
Shen Wenjun was vaguely angry, "We clearly agreed to transfer the store, but even if we don't send someone to deliver the key, we should still send someone to wait. How long are we going to have to wait?"
Song Che jumped off the carriage, strode to the door of the store, raised his leg and kicked the door open. I can kick the door as much as I want in my own store. How can a copper lock block the way?
"Come in, a lock can lock the door, and it won't stop anyone."
The shop was completely moved, not even a vase was left. This was not a transfer, it was clearly an empty shop.
"I'm going to talk to Third Uncle!" Shen Wenjun turned around and was about to leave, but Song Che pulled her back and said, "You can't take advantage of someone's short hand and soft mouth."
Shen Wenjun said: "But what can be sold in this empty shop! We still have to find suppliers, negotiate prices, purchase, decorate, and decorate. Even the clerks are only us... Half a month later It’s the Pearl Conference, how can we open a store in fifteen days?”
Song Che said: "It's definitely too late to rebuild the store, but we can provide a 'distributed takeout' service."
"Takeaway?" Shen Wenjun and Zhou Yazhao were both confused.
Song Che said: "To put it simply, the buyer places an order and we deliver it to their door. This sales model has been widely used in Yunshuifang - there is no need to go to the store to purchase takeaways, just treat the store as a workshop .”
"Jewelry is different from cloth. It is expensive and does not sell in large quantities. Can you afford takeout?" Shen Wenjun was worried.
Song Che smiled and said, "Who said you have to make luxury jewelry?"
Shen Wenjun was confused, "You don't sell jewelry? The title is wrong. Besides, the Pearl Convention also needs orbs. Do we have to spend money to buy a rare treasure? That thing is a bottomless pit... I have no money."
"It's hard to explain this to you for a while, but I already thought of a good plan last night. Your task today is to clean up the store again, replace what needs to be replaced, and buy what needs to be purchased."
Song Che pointed to the door lintel again and said: "This plaque must be replaced. From now on, the name of our new store will be called Zhou Dafa Jewelry!"
