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Chapter 657 The post box is in hand, and the career starts

In the courtyard, Wu Jingui handed the huanghuali post box to Zhou Chen.

"I checked it carefully according to what you said. The box is the same as what you said. It is yellowish in color and has a little fragrance. There is a wooden sticker on the bottom box inside. It's the Qianlong inscription and postscript you mentioned."

"But I'm a layman after all. I still need you to confirm whether it is true or not. If it is false, I will go back and find them."

Zhou Chen took his time and took the huanghuali post box carefully.

"Even if it's fake, it doesn't matter. The trade in the antique industry is based on your wishes. It depends on a pair of eyes. It's a common thing to get eyes."

At the same time, the system suddenly had a reminder. Zhou Chen opened the system panel and looked, and found that another number had been added to the column of antiques from the Qing Dynasty.

So he pretended to open the huanghuali post box, and looked at it carefully for a while.

"Yes, that's it, it's true."

"Sure?"

Wu Jingui was still a little worried and asked. After all, he bought this thing, and it cost 3000 yuan. He grew up so big, and he didn't see [-] yuan at one time.

If he bought a fake, even if Zhou Chen didn't blame him, he would feel ashamed to see Zhou Chen.

Seeing Wu Jingui's expression, Zhou Chen knew what he was thinking, so he smiled and comforted him: "I'm sure, it's true, and you don't have to worry about it."

Only then did Wu Jingui heave a sigh of relief, and his expression became relaxed.

Then he looked at the huanghuali post box very puzzled, and asked, "Zhou Chen, I really don't understand, even if it's an antique, is it really worth that much? 3000 yuan, Maybe you can buy a house in this area.”

Although he also studies history, he has no research on antiques at all, and the main reason is that the era of antiques has not yet come.

In the eyes of the absolute majority of people, things like antiques are not worth much at all. Only in the eyes of those who play in this industry, antiques are really valuable.

But the value is also very limited, after all, there are not many rich people playing antiques now.

Zhou Chen explained: "You can't say that. There is a saying that it is hard to buy a good heart with money. In the eyes of others, this thing is worthless at all, but in my eyes, it is a treasure, just like some People like houses, some people like cars, and some people like beautiful women."

Wu Jingui was speechless immediately: "Is there any analogy like this?"

Zhou Chen smiled, closed the post box, took out a stack of money from the drawer next to him, and placed it in front of Wu Jingui.

"Here, here is your commission."

Wu Jingui was startled when he saw it, and quickly refused: "If you give me ten and twenty yuan, I can still accept it. I don't dare to accept so much, so quickly put it away."

"1000 yuan is indeed a lot, but this is what I promised before."

Zhou Chen didn't take the money back, but said: "This money is not only for your commission, but also for you to settle in Yanjing. I said before that asking you to collect things for me won't be the only one. Once, I am often inconvenient to come out, so I have to find someone to help."

Wu Jingui said: "If you want to help, I'm sure I have no objection, but this money is really too much."

Zhou Chen said: "I asked you to do things for me, how could you not give me money, you take this money, rent a house in Yanjing now, and then go back and take over your wife and children."

"This."

These words reached Wu Jingui's heart, he dreamed of bringing his wife and children to the city.

"Staying in Yanjing, I can rely on my own efforts, Zhou Chen, I really can't accept your kindness, it is too heavy."

Zhou Chen: "If you feel heavy, there will be opportunities to repay in the future. When everyone is in trouble, I have helped you now, and you can repay me in the future."

"But..." Wu Jingui was still hesitating.

"Old Wu, we have such a good relationship, I'll just say something straight, it may not sound good, but it's for your own good."

"It's true that men have self-esteem and arrogance, but compared to making their wives and children live better, I think a normal person will know how to choose."

"What's more, what is the relationship between us? Do you really think that accepting my help will make you lose your dignity? If this is the case, then I really misunderstood you. You underestimate the relationship between us. Friendship."

Seeing that Wu Jingui's expression was heavy, Zhou Chen sighed again, and said, "Old Wu, you can think about it this way. In fact, according to economics, if I give you money, I'm investing in you, because you can give me money. Bring great rewards."

Wu Jingui, who was silent for a while, suddenly put his hand on the pile of money, and said to Zhou Chen with a serious expression, "Thank you."

Only then did Zhou Chen show a smile, and then he said: "You will be graduating soon, hurry up and go back and pick up your sister-in-law and the others. As for work, do you remember the library I told you about before? I can Let me introduce you, you are a student of Peking University, you will definitely get a good job."

Since they all accepted Zhou Chen's money, he would naturally not refuse the job Zhou Chen offered him.

Although he is about to graduate from Peking University, he also knows very well that in Yanjing, it doesn't mean that if you have a high diploma, you will definitely be able to find a good job.

It is really difficult for a student like him who came from a rural area without money and background to find a good job.

In fact, the best choice is to stay at Peking University as a counselor assistant, but the problem is that the competition for this kind of position is fierce, and he can't get it at all.

When Wu Jingui left, his steps were brisk. Although he didn't want to accept Zhou Chen's help before, but now that he accepts it calmly, he feels much more at ease.

After sending Wu Jingui away, Zhou Chen began to study the Huanghuali post box again, especially the Qianlong inscription and postscript at the bottom, which he read over and over again.

This thing finally lived up to his expectations. He waited for four years. If it fails to meet the requirements of the system, it will be called cheating.

Zhou Chen was very happy that there was another antique that met the system requirements. Although it was still far from fifty, it was not bad.

Now he has six antiques that meet the requirements of the system, and he can get six pieces in seven years. If calculated at this speed, he can successfully complete the task in eight seven years, which is 20 years before he turns [-], so he There is still time.

Of course, this is just Zhou Chen's own optimistic thoughts. In fact, he knows in his heart that those precious antiques will become rarer in the end.

What's more, the system requires ten different types of antiques. That is to say, the types of antiques he collects now will not be counted even if he gets similar ones in the future. In this way, the speed and difficulty of his collection will increase again. Several grades.

However, Zhou Chen also has his own plan. At that time, it will be difficult for him to collect by himself, and he can ask others to help him. At this time, it will reflect the role of superpowers.

Because the reform and opening up had not yet started, and he was in college, he didn't start to make money.

Now he is about to graduate soon, and the spring breeze of reform and opening up has blown, and now it is time for him to flex his muscles.

But in order to consume less energy, Zhou Chen didn't plan to devote himself wholeheartedly, but prepared to invest slowly.

Han Chunming is one of his investment targets, and other business-minded friends like Yang Huajian, Mao Tutu, etc. are also his leeks, no, they are targets.

Rather than working hard to start a business by yourself, it is better to invest in these people, and then occupy the shares by yourself, and lie down and make money easily.

As for whether these people can make money, he is not worried at all. Without him in the TV series, these people can succeed. Now that there is another him with richer experience and broader vision, he will only become better, not worse.

While Zhou Chen was calculating the Huanghuali Qianlong Inscription and Postscript Box, Han Chunming was also busy.

Recently, he was busy with the goods. He borrowed a large sum of money. As a result, he just bought the goods and before he could sell them, Su Meng's father fell ill.

This made him anxious, wishing he could sell the goods now, get the money, and lend it to Su Meng's father for medical treatment.

It's a pity that there is no such good thing in the world. Although this time he is looking for an acquaintance who is willing to accept his goods, but the other party does not have the money to pay in one lump sum, but plans to pay in several installments.

So it was useless for him to be anxious, he could only get the first batch of money first, but it was still far from thirty thousand, so he had to find someone to borrow from everywhere.

Originally, the first thing he thought of was Zhou Chen, but he thought that he had just taken [-] from Zhou Chen not long ago, and it would be difficult to borrow it if he went again.

So he had to change his goal and found his master, Mr. Guan.

He knew that his master was not usually showy, but he was definitely an expert. Even if he had no money, he would definitely be able to find a way to get it.

Mr. Guan agreed to him, but he also taught him a lesson, telling him that money can be borrowed, but it must not be reckless, nor should you rush to borrow, but borrow at the right time.

Han Chunming is such a smart person. He understood the meaning of the master as soon as he heard it, and he also knew that he was impatient and lost his sense. Waiting for Su Meng to come to borrow is the best choice.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for graduation defense. Zhou Chen finished his graduation thesis very easily, and just waited to get his graduation certificate. The past four years can be regarded as a consummation of merit.

In fact, the universities of this era are really not as interesting as the universities of later generations.

Because they are the first batch of students who have just resumed the college entrance examination, so the management in the school is very strict, and men and women are not allowed to communicate too closely. As for falling in love in school, they are not allowed. Once caught, they will definitely be severely punished. .

Although many people are also secretly in love in private, but no one dares to make it public. After all, these days, students in universities still have to face.

After finishing their graduation thesis, everyone began to prepare to go their separate ways. Many of them were planning to return to their hometowns. With Zhou Chen's help, Huang Feilong and Wu Jingui decided to stay in Yanjing.

The Zhou's Small Commodity Store has been almost furnished, and has begun to purchase goods. It won't be long before it will be officially opened.

Huang Feilong was very busy during this time, and he was entrusted with contacting manufacturers and purchasing goods. Now he just drives back and forth in the surrounding cities and counties all day long.

Wu Jingui rented a house near the library. He originally wanted to rent a courtyard house, but the people in the courtyard house are complicated now. After thinking about it, he decided to rent a new-style building. Room and hall.

Although there are three children in his family, the three children are not very old, and the youngest is only over two years old. They can sleep with them, and it is no problem for the other two to share one room.

It was Zhou Chen who personally greeted Zhao Lijie when he joined the library. Coupled with his background in Peking University, the employment process was naturally smooth.

But before entering the job, he decided to go back to his hometown first, take over his wife and children, and then start to work.

Su Meng's father successfully completed the operation. As for the operation fee, it was borrowed by Han Chunming. In the end, it was Han Chunming who was taken advantage of.

In the evening, Han Chunming came to Zhou Chen's house with wine and vegetables.

After a few drinks, Zhou Chen took the initiative to ask about something.

"Chunming, the business you mentioned last time, it's been a long time, and the money should have been paid back, so what about my money?"

Han Chunming laughed a few times: "No, how can it be so fast? They pay in several installments, and I just received the first payment. Don't worry, as long as I receive the full payment, I promise to give you the money as soon as possible." send over."

"Heh, why do I not believe what you said?"

"I can still lie to you. Besides, you don't need to use money now. Put the money in my hands, and money can make money."

Zhou Chen sneered and said, "I don't need money? You already know the store I opened for my sister. Does such a big store need money?"

Han Chunming smiled apologetically: "Zhou Chen, brother, brother-in-law, you are giving me a period of time. I promise to send the money to you before the end of the year, how about it?"

Zhou Chen didn't answer, but asked suddenly: "I heard that you opened a restaurant in partnership with someone?"

Han Chunming was startled and asked, "How do you know? Cai Xiaoli, Taozi and I jointly opened a restaurant, but it hasn't opened yet."

Zhou Chen said: "Chunming, sometimes I really don't know how to say hello. As far as your relationship with Cai Xiaoli is concerned, you actually partnered with her to do business. Are you not afraid that you two will break up?"

"How is it possible? I have such a good relationship with Cai Xiaoli, it is impossible to break up. You can rest assured about this."

Han Chunming was very confident. In fact, he had thought about getting Zhou Chen into the group before, but he didn't bring it up because he didn't have a close relationship with Tao Zi and Cai Xiaoli.

"Zhou Chen, on the day of our hotel's ribbon-cutting, you have to pay a visit."

"It depends on the situation. If I am free, I will go and have a look."

Zhou Chen responded casually, he knew that Han Chunming and Cai Xiaoli would break up soon after the restaurant opened.

Although Han Chunming has a business mind, but because he places too much emphasis on friendship, he often does wrong things.

In business, you can find someone to partner with, but it's best not to find a good brother, and cooperate with a woman who likes you but doesn't like you.

But Han Chunming is lucky, he not only partnered with his good brother Taozi, but also added Cai Xiaoli, so he would set himself on fire.

Although Zhou Chen knew the result, he didn't persuade him too much. He knew that no matter what he said at this time, Han Chunming would not believe it. Only after he experienced it himself would he know how unreliable such things are.

Zhou's Small Commodity Store opened soon. Under Zhou Chen's arrangement, seven days before the opening, the entire store sold [-] cents.

When this publicity appeared, it immediately aroused the curiosity of countless people. These people walked into the store with curiosity, and they were shocked when they saw the rows of products in the store.

Daily necessities, study stationery, children's toys, fresh flowers and artificial flowers, everything...

In just one day, Zhou's Small Commodity Store attracted countless people and sold a lot of goods.

It's just that a lot of things were sold, but they didn't actually make any money. On the contrary, they also posted a lot of money.

Because many of these products cost more than [-] cents, but they just opened, Zhou Chen will reduce the price in order to attract customers. After the popularity of some items will gradually return to normal prices.

Of course, most of the products in the store, even after seven days, the price will only be [-] cents.

For seven days in a row, the number of customers in the shop was increasing day by day, and Zhou Chen and Zhou Yi were also busy with a few employees.

After seven days, although the flow of customers has decreased a lot, the business is still very good, especially after some products returned to normal prices, the store started to make a profit.

After the small commodity store was on the right track, Zhou Chen finally felt relieved. From now on, he didn't need to go to the store every day, and he only needed to come forward to solve problems when he encountered problems.

The full management of the store is Zhou Yi, but Zhou Chen helped Zhou Yi find a deputy, a female college student, so he is not afraid of his sister being bullied.

On this day, Zhou Chen accepted Han Chunming's invitation and was going to attend the ribbon-cutting opening of the restaurant he co-owned. For this, he also prepared a big red envelope.

Because Han Chunming is only one of the partners, and he is not the main responsible person, so this time Han Chunming did not make it public. Among relatives and friends, he only called Zhou Chen and a few close friends.

"Tea stop building."

Zhou Chen looked at the restaurant in front of him. The size of the restaurant was very ordinary, and the appearance was also very ordinary. However, the name reminded Zhou Chen of something.

He remembered that the name of this restaurant corresponded to the four wine glasses mentioned by Mr. Guan, but he didn't know that the four wine glasses did not meet the requirements of the system.

"Zhou Chen."

A familiar voice came from behind, Zhou Chen turned around and saw Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu walking over with smiles.

"You two are coming too."

Yang Huajian smiled and said, "Han Chunming created a restaurant without knowing it. We didn't plan to come, but he said you're coming too, so we followed him to take a look."

Zhou Chen said: "Don't let him hear this, or he will think that you are not giving him face."

"I've heard it."

I saw Han Chunming coming out of the restaurant, followed by a person, came to the three of them, first punched Yang Huajian, and then said with a displeased face: "Yang Huajian, I can't pretend that I didn't hear what you just said , and at least three cups will be fined later."

"Okay, three cups will be three cups." Yang Huajian readily agreed.

Han Chunming pulled the man behind him and introduced Zhou Chen and the others: "This is my brother Taozi and Li Chengtao. This restaurant is owned by me, him, and Cai Xiaoli."

"Taozi, this is Zhou Chen, Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu. The three of them are all capable college students. In the future, our restaurant will rely on them to take care of business."

Li Chengtao immediately bowed his waist to greet the three of Zhou Chen.

"Hello, nice to meet you, you can just call me Taozi."

The three of Zhou Chen greeted Li Chengtao, and then walked into the restaurant.

Under Han Chunming's arrangement, Zhou Chen and the others sat down at a table.

After sitting down, Zhou Chen looked around and found that the space inside the restaurant was not very large. There were only about seven or eight tables in the lobby on the first floor, and there were some private rooms upstairs.

But looking at the decoration and environment, in this day and age, it is already considered good.

At this time, there were already some people in the restaurant, and Zhou Chen and the others had no intention of getting to know each other, so the three of them sat together and chatted.

"Zhou Chen, your small commodity store is very popular now, and it's almost well-known in Yanjing City."

Yang Huajian talked about Zhou's Small Commodities Store. Since the store opened, it has indeed spread like a virus in Yanjing City. Many people have heard of it even if they haven't been there.

"It's okay, it's just too hot right now, it won't work after a while, and this kind of store can't make much money."

Hearing Zhou Chen's words, Mao Tutu couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Yang Huajian, did you hear that? Hearing his current tone, he still can't make much money? Be humble with us. If you don't make money, you will So much fanfare?"

Yang Huajian said: "Zhou Chen, to be honest, I am quite interested in your store. This is a new model, and I think it will definitely become popular."

Zhou Chen said: "I really didn't expect it to make a lot of money. In fact, it was more to find something for my sister to do."

Not wanting to talk too much on this topic, Zhou Chen asked instead: "You two have also graduated, have you thought about your future path? Are you going to a government agency, or what do you say?"

Yang Huajian sighed: "I have been arranged by my old man to work in a government agency. To be honest, I don't want to go. I still think it is more promising to do business with you. Look at that kid Han Chunming." , and now he is riding a motorcycle and owning a restaurant, which is better than the few of us college students."

Mao Tutu also agreed: "Yang Huajian is right. Originally, I also wanted to go to the government agency, but now I have changed my mind. Now that the reform and opening up have been implemented, it may not be the best way to be an official. I want to go to the sea to do it. I also have some experience in business.”

"It's good that you can have your own ideas. Whether it's going to an agency or going to sea, it's actually very promising."

Zhou Chen didn't rashly give them any advice. Sometimes it's not what he thinks is good, but it must be good for others. Everyone has their own ideas and fate.

Mao Tutu rolled his eyes and said, "Zhou Chen, why don't I partner with you. No matter what you do, I will obey you."

Whether it was the supply and marketing cooperative business they did back then, or the small commodity store opened by Zhou Chen this time, he had seen Zhou Chen's business acumen.

He felt that if he partnered with Zhou Chen, it would definitely be much better than working alone.

Zhou Chen did not answer directly, but said: "Let's not talk about this now, we are here to participate in the banquet, are you ready for the red envelope?"

Mao Tutu understood what Zhou Chen meant, so he didn't continue this topic.

"Everyone is here, the red envelope must be ready."

"Then let's give the red envelope to Han Chunming later."

"OK, no problem."

(End of this chapter)