Chapter 331: Small gathering
Dashilan.
Xiao Qiao was sitting in the shop counting the bills. On his left was the soldier, who was holding a teacup and drinking from it in big gulps. He had been busy all morning and his throat was sore from talking to customers. He had just taken a break.
"Where is the Monkey King?" The soldier drank half a teacup of water in one breath, put down the teacup, wiped his mouth, looked around and asked.
"Brother Sun went to the warehouse in the back. Isn't the stock coming in soon? He needs to check the inventory and do some cleaning first. He has been doing this for the past two days." Xiao Qiao replied without looking up while pressing the calculator.
The soldier then remembered that it was time to purchase goods. It was already early autumn, and the weather in the north of Yanjing could get cold easily. In another month and a half, it might snow. Winter clothes would be on the market soon, and people like them who were in the clothing business had to prepare the goods at least a month in advance.
After pressing the last button on the calculator, Xiao Qiao checked the numbers displayed on the calculator and the numbers in the account book and nodded.
"Okay, the accounts are fine. We're just waiting for the inventory results from Brother Sun." Xiao Qiao put away the account book and calculator.
"Has the supply channel been arranged?" asked the soldier.
Xiao Qiao nodded and said, "It's all arranged. Brother Yang told me when he came back from Yangcheng. This time, they will be shipped directly from Pengcheng. They are all new models from the new factory. I guarantee they will sell very well."
"Brother Yang, what a fool! Why not just continue doing this job? Why do you have to cover up everything like this?" Speaking of Luo Yang, the soldier couldn't help but blame Luo Yang for his decision to quit directly at that time. In his opinion, it would be enough to just quit on the surface. Why make it so formal?
Now Luo Yang doesn't even come to Dazhalan on weekdays, and the brothers have to find another place to meet. Thinking of the time when the four of them were doing black market business together and when Dazhalan just opened, Dabing missed it very much.
"Brother Yang, there's nothing we can do. The old man at home is keeping a close eye on us. Besides, there are a few spies watching this side." Xiao Qiao said so, and raised his hand to point in a direction outside the door. The soldier's expression changed slightly, and there was a hint of anger in his look. He couldn't help but greet the other party's relatives.
"Old Bear has become more and more arrogant these days, even walking like a crab. And your cousin, wow, he's very arrogant now, driving in and out in his car and looking at people with his nose." The soldier said with a sneer.
"Don't think you are having fun today, be careful or you may be put on the list in the future..." Xiao Qiao said leisurely a famous line from "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and at the same time gave the soldier a look that you know.
"What? Is it that...?" The soldier was stunned at first, then he suddenly became excited, and leaned close to Xiao Qiao's ear and asked impatiently.
Xiao Qiao gave the soldier another warning look, and the soldier realized that the inn was not a good place to talk about this. Although a group of customers had just left, it was a public place with many people and eyes, and it would be bad if someone heard something.
The soldier nodded in understanding and said nothing more. Just at this moment, the soldier at the door brought in a few merchants. The soldier quickly stood up and put on a smile to greet them.
As early as last year, Dashilar reduced its market retail business and switched to focusing on wholesale. Especially since the beginning of this year, with the increasing number of retail stores nearby, Xiao Qiao and his colleagues completely stopped their retail business more than two months ago and only engaged in wholesale.
The store is still open, but it is only used for display and negotiation. In addition, Lao Xiong is unscrupulously snatching customers and disrupting the market. Xiao Qiao and his team have further compressed the wholesale channels. Except for some trusted old customers, there are not many other customers.
Because of this, the time they spend doing business on weekdays is much shorter than before.
When business in Dazhalan first started, the store would open at 8 a.m. every day and close at 8 p.m.
Sometimes when business is good, it is not uncommon to work until nine or even ten o'clock in the evening. Not to mention Xiao Qiao and the others, even Luo Yang at that time had to sleep in the store because he worked too late and had no time to go home.
At six o'clock in the evening, after seeing off the last customer, Dabing and Junzi closed the store.
After closing the door, Dabing, Junzi, Xiaoqiao and the other two rode their bicycles out of Dazhalan. Sun Yaoliang did not go with them, but returned to school first.
Although Sun Yaoliang had already become a member of the Dazhalan group, considering Sun Yaoliang's status as a college student and some other concerns, Luo Yang did not tell Sun Yaoliang everything.
It's not that they don't trust Sun Yaoliang. In fact, in Luo Yang and the others' hearts, Sun Yaoliang has long been one of their own. But Luo Yang feels that it is not appropriate for Sun Yaoliang to get involved in some things, because if something happens, it will be bad for Sun Yaoliang. After all, as a college student, Sun Yaoliang is different from Xiao Qiao and the others.
In fact, Sun Yaoliang understood it. Although he never said it or asked, it didn't mean that he didn't know it in his heart.
Sun Yaoliang has been working in Dazhalan for so many years, and has been with Xiao Qiao and the others day and night. It is impossible for Xiao Qiao to hide some things from him in private. With Sun Yaoliang's intelligence, he would have guessed some things over time.
It's just that Luo Yang didn't say anything and Sun Yaoliang pretended not to know, because he understood that Luo Yang did it with good intentions, but in Sun Yaoliang's heart, if something really happened, he would definitely not stay out of it.
After riding their bicycles for half an hour, Xiao Qiao and his friends arrived at an alley. Deep in the alley was a courtyard house.
This courtyard is larger than the small courtyard where they often gathered in the past, and the house is better preserved. It is said that this courtyard was the residence of a fifth-rank official in the Qing Dynasty, so it has some history.
Luo Yang bought the courtyard half a year ago. Song Yuanchao had reminded Luo Yang several times before that he should stock up on a few courtyards while he had money. Because he trusted Song Yuanchao, Luo Yang finally bought this courtyard. In fact, he got it from Yue Laoer, the broker who helped Song Yuanchao find the courtyard.
In addition to Luo Yang, Xiao Qiao and the others have also followed Luo Yang to buy a courtyard each in the past few months. Although the courtyards they bought are far inferior to Mu Zhang'a's villa that Song Yuanchao bought, and even the courtyard where the Lin family lives now is slightly inferior, the problem is that the location and area are good, and they are courtyards with independent entrances and exits. Even if they cannot be preserved in the future and have to be demolished, they will still be a considerable fortune.
In addition, Sun Yaoliang was also moved when he saw them buy yards one by one. Originally, Sun Yaoliang did not plan to buy a house in Yanjing because he was not sure whether he could stay in Yanjing after graduating from university. But now seeing them buy houses one by one, Sun Yaoliang could not help but feel warm, and he asked Yue Laoer to help him look for houses these days.
As I pushed my bike into the door, I smelled a fragrance coming from the kitchen.
"Brother Yang! Brother Yang! What are you doing? Why does it smell so good?" Junzi couldn't help but ask in a hoarse voice.
"Are you here? Go sit inside for a while. I'll heat up the stewed pork and donkey meat and then I'll come. By the way, you guys should prepare all the cooked food on the table first. There's also the wine. It's all in the house." Luo Yang's voice came from the kitchen. It's not that Luo Yang can't cook. How can someone who has been an educated youth not be able to cook? But Luo Yang doesn't have so much free time to buy vegetables and cook. After all, they are his brothers. Isn't it good to heat up some ready-made food?
Everyone came into the house laughing and opened the several oil paper packages that Luo Yang had placed on the table one by one. Some took bowls and chopsticks, some put plates on the table. By the time Luo Yang came in with a large pot of braised meat and several roasted donkey meat dishes, the wine glass had already been filled for him.
The soldier picked up the chopsticks and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of the stewed food and put it in his mouth. The stewed food, which had just been heated, was very hot. The soldier gasped and exclaimed vaguely, "It tasted absolutely amazing."
"Come on, brothers. We haven't gathered together for a while. Let's have a drink first!" Luo Yang sat down with a smile and suggested raising the glass in front of him.
"Brother Yang, cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses together, clinked them together, and drank them all in one go.
Putting down the wine glass, Xiao Qiao beside him helped to fill it up. Luo Yang asked everyone to eat first, chatting while eating. After they were half full, Luo Yang smoked a lot and then got down to business.
"There's news from over there. You guys should keep a close eye on it these days. Tell me immediately if there's any movement. By the way, remember not to show your hand."
"Brother Yang, why is it so soon? Didn't you say to wait until Sister Lin's wedding is over before taking action?" Junzi couldn't help asking. Although he had been thinking about this day for a long time, more than a month ago Luo Yang told them that there was no rush and it wouldn't be too late to take action after National Day. But now there is still half a month away from National Day, why did it suddenly happen earlier?
"Plans cannot keep up with changes. It doesn't matter whether it's sooner or later." Luo Yang said with a smile while smoking. He was in a good mood today. For one thing, Rowling's song recording had been completed. Speaking of the song recording, it took several days to complete. Luo Yang originally thought that he would just need to enter the recording studio and sing from the beginning to the end according to the song list, but who would have thought that real song recording was not like this at all.
Luo Lin did not enter the recording studio immediately, but found a suitable room inside the recording studio. The teacher asked Luo Lin to sing the same song over and over again. She was even stopped after singing just a few sentences. The teacher who came with He Zhili corrected Luo Lin's mistakes in awkward Mandarin, and reminded Luo Lin that she should not only put her emotions into singing, but also be careful not to be influenced by habit.
Rowling has been in the art troupe for so many years that she has already developed many singing habits. In addition, Rowling has only received semi-professional training. To put it bluntly, compared with singers who graduated from professional colleges, she is just a dabbler.
Although a half-baked person is better than an ordinary person, it is difficult to correct some bad habits. In addition, the singing style of pop songs is very different from Rowling's previous singing habits, so problems are inevitable.
In order to solve this problem, the teacher could only correct Rowling's problems step by step while demonstrating at the same time. This naturally took a long time, and it took a long time to finish one song. On the first day, she didn't record a single song at all, as she was just focusing on this.
