Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

"So it's Shopkeeper Tong!" Lin Hongfei put down his gun and said with a smile.

Tong Fengquan was taken aback: "Master, do you know me?"

"I don't know you, but I have heard of your reputation. In the antique shop, your shopkeeper Tong's eyesight and craftsmanship are second to none!" Lin Hongfei said.

Tong Fengquan said with a wry smile: "What's the use of good eyesight, isn't it still reduced to this point!"

Tong Fengquan originally opened an antique shop in Liulichang, and he was also a well-dressed shopkeeper with a lot of money.

It's a pity that Tong Fengquan was framed by his colleagues, and there were military figures who bought and sold by force, and the shop assistants took the opportunity to steal away the money and valuables in the shop.

After going back and forth, Tong Fengquan had nothing left. In the end, he closed the shop and began to walk around the streets with his baggage wrapped around him, hoping to catch a leak so that he could make a comeback.

This time he was besieged by his peers, mainly because Tong Fengquan violated an industry taboo. Originally, these peers had their eyes on a big family and planned to use some tricks to buy the family's good things at a low price.

It's just that Tong Fengquan happened to have an old relationship with this family, so he pointed out the tricks of the hawkers, which led to the siege of his colleagues.

Lin Hongfei looked at Tong Fengquan with a downcast face, and he had an idea in his heart. This is also a rare talent.

Compared with Lu Mengshi, who is currently in charge of Fujude, Tong Fengquan has outstanding personal abilities, but his personality is a bit weak, and he doesn't have any bad intentions.

"This person is easy to control. If you support this person and open an antique shop, with this person's ability, you will be able to run the antique shop well."

"Moreover, the reason why this person went bankrupt before was not because of his personal ability, but because he had no backer behind him, which attracted the coveted and plotted by outsiders."

Thinking of this, Lin Hongfei smiled meaningfully, then looked at Tong Fengquan and said, "Shopkeeper Tong, if everything is fine, may I treat you to a bowl of tea?"

Tong Fengquan actually wanted to refuse in his heart, but looking at the gun in Lin Hongfei's hand, he couldn't say the word 'no' anyway.

"Okay, I'm sure I'll go if you're doing me some favors!" Tong Fengquan said with a wry smile.

"Let's go then!"

After saying that, Lin Hongfei and Tong Fengquan walked out of the alley, found a teahouse nearby, and asked for a private room.

After the two sat down, Tong Fengquan arched his hands and asked, "My lord, do you dare to ask your name?"

Lin Hongfei directly took out the name card and threw it on the table. Tong Fengquan picked it up and looked at it, his eyes were straight at that moment!

"You, you are Director Lin?" Tong Fengquan said in shock.

"Why, you've heard of me?" Lin Hongfei smiled.

Tong Fengquan nodded again and again: "That's natural. Who in this capital city doesn't know that you are young and promising, and you are in the high position of deputy director at a young age, and you have a thunderous method. Within a few days, you will eradicate the Four Seas Gang."

Lin Hongfei waved his hand: "Okay, okay, don't say such polite words."

Tong Fengquan closed his mouth, and then asked curiously: "Director Lin, what is the purpose of bringing me here?"

Lin Hongfei was straightforward, and said straightforwardly: "I have some spare money on hand, and I also know a little about antiques, so I want to open an antique shop."

"However, there has been no candidate for the position of the shopkeeper. The idlers either have poor skills and eyesight, or their character is not good enough."

At this moment, Lin Hongfei stared at Tong Fengquan and said, "Fortunately, I ran into you today, shopkeeper Tong. It's not a good feeling to walk around the streets. Are you interested in coming to my store to be the shopkeeper?"

Tong Fengquan looked at Lin Hongfei in astonishment. He didn't expect that the famous director Lin would open an antique shop with him.

However, Tong Fengquan did not give an answer right away. He is not a straightforward character, and he has a lot of entanglements in his heart. After the expression on his face changed, Tong Fengquan felt a little embarrassed:

"Director Lin, I didn't have any mental preparations beforehand. I'm a little confused when you suddenly say that. Can you allow me to think about it?"

Lin Hongfei didn't force Tong Fengquan, just nodded and said: "Okay, I figured it out, and you can go to the police station to find me with your name card at any time."

"but··"

Lin Hongfei's voice was a bit bewitching: "Shopkeeper Tong, it is said that you will gain wisdom by eating a pit. I think you should be very clear about how you fell down in the first place."

"Although I am a small deputy director, there are people above me."

"If you partner with me to open an antique shop in the future, you won't have to worry about anyone daring to make up your mind behind the scenes."

"If there is, you can rest assured that if he thinks about it today, I can tie him up tomorrow and let him kowtow to you and admit his mistake."

With that said, Lin Hongfei stood up, walked to Tong Fengquan's side and patted him on the shoulder: "I won't say anything extra, but what to do, you have to figure it out before telling me."

"in addition···"

Lin Hongfei stretched out his hand to Tong Fengquan's bag, and took out a copper incense burner from it. After glancing at it twice, Lin Hongfei dismissed it and said:

"The Xuande stove imitated during the Daoguang period, do you want this broken thing?"

"You were a shopkeeper when you were younger, but now you're all mixed up in the business of buying and selling."

"The bastard in the pot, you really are living and twitching!"

After all, Lin Hongfei said nothing, and left the teahouse with his hands behind his back.

Tong Fengquan is a person with a tangled personality. For such a person, he should be soft and hard. On the one hand, tell him to cooperate with him, and he will have another backer.

On the other hand, he deliberately used words to provoke him, making him realize how messed up he is now compared to the past.

With both approaches, Lin Hongfei doesn't believe that Tong Fengquan won't take the bait.

Sure enough, after Lin Hongfei left, Tong Fengquan's face was flushed, and what Lin Hongfei said just now had completely hurt his heart.

Since the shop closed, Tong Fengquan even though he smiled at everyone on the surface, he still claimed to be the shopkeeper of 'Baobaozhai'.

But in the middle of the night, in the dead of night, Tong Fengquan was tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night. When he closed his eyes, the scenery of when he was the shopkeeper appeared in front of his eyes.

But when I opened my eyes, I saw a dilapidated room in a large courtyard. The bedding on the kang was dirty and hadn't been washed for more than half a year. There was still half a leftover steamed bun on the table opposite the door.

How did I get into this?

Tong Fengquan hoped that he could catch a leak and make a comeback, but Lin Hongfei's words woke him up again.

So what if they make a comeback, what if they are tricked again?

These days, if there is no backer behind him, how can this business go on smoothly.

At this time, Tong Fengquan stared at the imitation Xuande stove on the table, and his heart was turbulent.

"I was also a treasurer back then!"

"But now it's all messed up!"

"I can't just bury all my abilities!"

"I want to make a comeback!"

Immediately, Tong Fengquan drank the tea in the bowl, repacked the Xuande stove, and left the teahouse with the bag.

After stopping a foreign car, Tong Fengquan said to the driver: "Go to the police station!"

"Okay, sit still!"

The coachman pulled the rickshaw and left quickly!