At noon the next day, Bailang went to meet his future shopkeeper, the famous Liu She and Liu Cungen.
how to say? Bai Lang has met many big shots in the knife shop. Liu Xu is one of them, he has even seen the most famous swordsman Tang Yan. But the most special one has to be the shopkeeper Liu She Liu.
Bailang had heard rumors about Liu She before. It's said that he doesn't look like a man from a knife studio, but more like a big businessman.
Only when Bai Lang saw it with his own eyes did he realize that the rumors were not only true, but even not enough. Liu She not only looks like a merchant, but also looks like a merchant who has been in the business world for many years. Especially when he smiles, he has a hearty yet philistine flavor.
Moreover, it was impossible to figure out how to talk to Liu She.
I stayed at Liu She's house for nearly an hour. The other party was polite, chatted about Qianfang, talked about some things that Bailang, the town hall, needed to do, and said a lot of good things. But in the end, when I thought about it carefully, I actually didn’t say anything.
Unlike Yu Ping, Liu She felt completely unpredictable to Bai Lang. Or maybe the other party doesn't care about him at all. It made no difference to Liu She whether he sat firmly or not.
After coming out of Liu She's house, Bai Lang didn't hesitate to think about Liu She. He understood a truth when he was a social animal: do what you should do, and think less about what you shouldn't.
Now in Qianfang, at least Bailang's reputation has been temporarily established. As for how to manage the business in the future, that is a matter for the future. Even if there are still disturbances, the worst thing is that they will just take advantage of the situation in the future.
After that, Bailang diverted to his newly purchased yard.
The debris in the house has been cleared. It's all done by fat dogs. He was very attentive from beginning to end, and it was obvious that he wanted to get closer to Bai Lang. He even found a carpentry shop, which was said to be owned by his relatives. The craftsmanship was good and Bailang could accept credit. I can wait until Bai Lang receives the monthly payment from the sword shop before cashing it in.
Bailang naturally wouldn't refuse such a good thing. And his requirements are not high. There are basic cabinets, beds, tables, chairs and benches in several rooms, as well as all the necessary configurations in the water room, as well as new things that need to be added to the kitchen. Don't pay attention to any gorgeous style, just the simplest and most solid one will do.
It had only been a few days, but the carpenters in the yard were already at work. The wood is pulled in and made immediately, which avoids the inconvenience of moving around and can be adjusted immediately if there are any problems with the size. This is basically how people doing carpentry business in Yongchuan City come from.
"Bai Zhentang is here!"
"Master Li, are you busy? Thank you for your hard work." Bai Lang also came over empty-handed. He had a jar of old wine in his hand, three and a half kilograms, and didn't cost much, but he still needed to have a sense of the world. Carpentry work involves hand weighing. The more careful the master is, the longer the work will last. There's no need to pick on this.
"Oh, why did Bai Zhentang spend so much money again! Are you really..." The carpenter is an honest man. The benefits he usually receives are only one or two meals. How can he be given a jar of wine? He was very embarrassed the previous time, and this time he was even more afraid to push it away.
"Take it." Bai Lang was speechless, his face was stern, and his voice was cold. He frightened the other party so much that he naturally didn't dare to fight with him.
So Master Li, who was once again forced to accept the benefits, could work harder. And he kept praising the good wood here in Bailang. He said it was the rare good wood he had encountered since he started working as a carpenter. He also said frankly that he could count on one hand the number of shops in Yongchuan City that could get such good wood. He also said that Bailang has a wide road. Ordinarily, some merchants' homes could not use this kind of wood, and most of them came from official sources.
"Haha, then it will be even more troublesome for Master Li to make the best use of everything."
Bailang didn't understand the wood at all, and he originally planned to order the wood directly from Master Li's carpenter's shop. Now it is a temporary decision to prepare our own wood. Because Zeng Fei, who used to be in the wood business, learned that Bai Lang had packaged the wood directly after making furniture. He said that he was debt-free now. Although he was no longer in the lumber business, he still had a business, so it would be no problem to get some scraps. He also refused to pay Bailang, saying that the scraps were free of charge.
Bailang had a few words with Zeng Fei when they were delivering the wood. Zeng Fei doesn't have a specific business plan yet, but he has already started to wander around the city according to the previous industrial park strategy. Not to mention the wood and charcoal trades that he is most familiar with, industries that he was not familiar with or even had no contact with before are all within the scope of his "traveling". Including carriage shops, markets, ironware shops, etc. He is already recording it and asking acquaintances from various walks of life to help him gain a deeper understanding.
Bailang understood that Zeng Fei was preparing for the finalization of the subsequent industrial park. If his skills are deep enough, Zeng Fei's preparations will be enough to put him in a very important position in the planning and construction of the subsequent industrial park.
Zeng Fei was also urging Bailang to say more about the industrial parks, especially the ideas about management within each park and the mutual coordination between the parks that Bailang had mentioned before. Zeng Fei was sensitive to the value of these two aspects. But Bailang never took it out. No matter how he asked, he always said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer."
You can’t just give good things if you ask for them.
In the past, Bailang used the concept of industrial park to lure Zeng Fei, not because he was philanthropic, but simply because he wanted to complete his promotion tasks and accumulate qualifications at the same time. Now that the task has been completed long ago, and it is also related to the city lord's mansion, it must have caught the eyes of the city lord Feng Mingyuan. Even if the goal is completely achieved.
Now that his goal was achieved, how could Bailang continue to give Zeng Fei benefits in vain? If you want something, you have to exchange it for something.
It is said that we have to wait, but only when the industrial park really starts to move and then encounters trouble, Bailang's last two supplementary strategies can reflect the real value.
As for now, it's still very early.
As soon as he came out of the house, Bai Lang heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw Ma Liu trotting over more than a dozen feet away, with two gangsters behind him and several black boxes knotted with red silk in his hands.
"Hoo hoo, Bai Zhentang! Congratulations! Oops, I've been so hungry these days that I can't even get out of bed at home. I missed the first time to celebrate Bai Zhentang. It's really damned! No, I heard that Zhentang It’s time to move into a new house, so I bought a few ornaments and brought them to the town hall to add a bit of joy to the town hall.”
Ma Liu panted slightly and ran to Bai Lang. Seeing Bai Lang greeting him with a smile, the smile on his face doubled. As he spoke, he motioned to the gangster behind him to open the gift box and show it to Bai Lang.
Bai Lang waved his hand and stopped Ma Liu from offering the treasure.
"I won't accept anything. It's not that I look down on you, Ma Liu, but that I won't be rewarded for nothing. I, Bailang, only take the benefits that I can get. Ma Liu, you and I should be more frank in our friendship. There is no need to go through these twists and turns. Yes. I will never be vague about the things I do. If I can’t do things or things that are too troublesome, nothing you can do will work.”
There is no need to be subtle when talking to gangsters, it is most appropriate to be straightforward.
Ma Liuyi didn't feel the loss of face and continued to smile: "Sure enough, Bai Zhentang is still upright!"
Then he leaned close to Bai Lang and whispered: "Bai Zhentang, I won't hide it from you. I want to ask you something. It's hard for me to ask if you don't accept it, right?"
"What kind of thing?"
"Industrial park matters."
"You or who is asking?"
"This... Madam wants to know."
Bailang smiled and pointed at the gift boxes and said, "Okay, you can cash these things directly. Do you still have some freshly killed sheep over there? Have a couple of drinks tonight?"
Ma Liu said happily: "Yes, yes! Whenever Bai Zhentang wants to eat sheep, I will have them over there at any time!"
