Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

Although Luo Zhenhua left, the custom of the Luo family having breakfast together was still carried on, but the priority of the seats changed quietly.

The chief seat facing south has naturally belonged to Luo Yunze, the new head of the Luo family.As his "brother" Luo Xiazhi was brought up to his right hand, smiling beside him.As Luo Zhenhua's eighth concubine, Bai Fenghuang sat on Luo Yunze's left side, followed by He Lan, the seventh concubine who came from the temple meeting not long ago.

The hard life in the temple for more than half a month, the return of the two right-hand daughters to her husband's house, and the news that Axiang and his wife both ate their meals in prison obviously shocked the concubine a lot. Regarding this unreasonable arrangement, she But he didn't say a word of gossip.After eating simple porridge and rice every day, I went back to her room to pray to Buddha.

"Brother, after thinking about it, I'd better delay my admission. I want to see what else I can do besides studying."

After He Lan went upstairs, Luo Xiazhi finally presented the results of the past few days' consideration.

If he didn't know the "mystery of life experience" of this body, he also felt that it would be a good thing to be able to study in this institution of higher learning that will be famous a hundred years later.Maybe you can get acquainted with those famous masters of the Republic of China.

But after experiencing so many things in just a few days, and thinking of the two upcoming world wars, he couldn't help but want to do something for the world.

He wants to be part of the world, not just an outsider.

"Okay. Then I'll contact the university right now. Now that the funeral is over, don't keep yourself confined at home. Take a look at what you want to do by the way."

Putting down the milk cup, Luo Yunze and Bai Fenghuang looked at each other, then turned to Luo Xiazhi and said gently, "No matter what you want to do, big brother will support you."

"Mom too."

"Thank you...thank you, brother. Thank you, Mom."

So embarrassing.

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With the enthusiastic Ah Le, Luo Xiazhi decided to go to see the north-south goods firm he inherited on the main road first.

Xiaoxiao wanted to go out with him at first, but because she was completely crazy, Luo Yunze decided to lock her in the room and preview the newly issued textbooks to wait for the arrival of the new semester.

The main road is also the famous "China's first street" Nanjing Road in later generations, which is the essence of "Ten Mile Foreign Market".Historically, there are major commercial firms, department stores, restaurants, dance halls and hotels lined up on both sides of the street, and there are countless love and hatred that only belong to Shanghai.

Sitting in the back seat of the car, Luo Xiazhi, a native of Shanghai, was also extremely happy, and couldn't wait to see what this street looked like a hundred years ago.

The Luo mansion was originally located in the public concession, and the car only took two turns to arrive at the corner of the famous main road.

Luo Xiazhi lowered the windows on both sides, looked to the left, then to the right.

The left side is bustling. A row of three or four-story buildings meanders out. There are only a few gray western-style buildings mixed with several Chinese-style buildings with cornices and brackets. All kinds of advertising slogans in the west, because there is no relationship between neon, it seems quite nondescript.

To the right... Looking from him, all I can see is a cloud of dust.

What about the "Ten Miles Foreign Market"?What about the four major department stores?What about Ye Shanghai, where the promised money is drunk and the music is played every night?Not to mention the big Shanghai Nanjing Road in his impression, Chedun Film and Television City is even more grand than this.

Luo Xiazhi lay down by the car window dejectedly, and knocked on his head vigorously——among the four major department stores, Xian Shi Department Store, which opened the earliest, will not be completed for many years.Not to mention that the final formation of the International Expo complex on the Bund and the deformed and bustling night Shanghai were all in the 19s and 20s of the 30th century after the end of the First World War - there are still many years "before now", what did he take for granted!

Ah Le didn't see his young master's appearance like a deflated ball at all, and he pointed out excitedly since he hadn't come to the city center for a long time.

"Master, look over there, there is a new dog running parlor next to the racetrack. It is said that it is very lively. Shall we go and have a look?"

"Little red man, why are you saying 'people are crazy'? You know 'Bai Xiang', what kind of racetrack, dog running hall, are these places where good people go? Don't let the third young master be spoiled!"

Before the words were finished, the driver, Old Chen, retorted at the front, and Ah Le stuck out his tongue in fright, and he was no longer "crazy", and sat obediently in the passenger seat and did not speak again.

It turns out that the place where the loess is flying is the famous racetrack...

In Luo Xiazhi's impression, in the future a hundred years later, that place will be a quiet People's Park in the middle of the hustle and bustle. In summer, the osmanthus is in full bloom, and in autumn, the osmanthus is fragrant. It is one of the famous places in Shanghai.Naturally, Luo Xiazhi had been there before, and had snacks at the Huxin Pavilion inside.

Here Luo Xiazhi is still lamenting that there are two mistakes in personnel and affairs, and the car has already parked in front of a store.Shopkeeper Hu, who was over half a century old, stood at the door with a dozen of his assistants. When they saw Luo Xiazhi stepping out of the car, they all bowed respectfully.

With a civilized hat in hand, I walked into this spacious, but definitely not modern, wooden-structured main room.Smelling the air that is unique to southern and northern goods, mixed with cured meat and dry goods, Luo Xiazhi narrowed his eyes, and met the shopkeeper's expectant gaze with a somewhat inexplicable expression.

"Leave me alone and keep doing business."

After all, Luo Xiazhi is a "reserve of human resources" who studies human resources management, and he can guess the mind of the shopkeeper - a lucky young master who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. !

Luo Xiazhi ordered Ale to bring a chair and put it behind the counter.After sitting down, he took a small sip of the tea offered by the waiter.

Shopkeeper Hu and the big guys at the cabinet looked at each other, unable to guess what the owner wanted to do.In the end, the shopkeeper waved his hand, and everyone went back to work.

They came just in the afternoon, and it was obviously not a new year or a festival, but there were quite a lot of customers in the shop, which surprised Luo Xiazhi a little.

Luo Xiazhi took the opportunity to look at the layout of the store and the flow of people.

The location of this shop is very good, it is close to the patrol house in the public concession, so there is no problem in terms of safety.There is a crossroads when you go out, and there is a lot of people coming and going, and five or six out of ten of them will come into the store to have a look.

In addition to selling food from the north and the south, this shop also sells some high-quality silk handkerchiefs from Yangzhou, Suzhou, and nylon wool from the north.It is said that the commercial firms at this time still accept private customized shipments, which is the so-called "purchasing agent" in later generations.

He sat and watched for about an hour. Those guys were a little restrained at first, but they got used to it later, and they went about their business freely.

How did they know how surprised Luo Xiazhi was as a modern person—since he sat down and saw that he had done seven or eight deals in an hour, it was not bad.But every business can be called "time-consuming"!On average, each business deal takes more than 10 minutes to discuss.Sometimes three or four guys are serving customers at the same time, and the whole store seems to be arguing.

He has seen people bargaining in business, but he has never seen people bargaining for every transaction, and it is obviously the same goods, the final transaction price is different, even the asking price is different.The eyes of the shopkeeper and the guys seemed to be equipped with X-rays. As long as the customer stepped into the store, they could figure him out, and then there was a wild asking price and paying back the money on the spot.

As for the two-liang package of Hangzhou Longjing, three customers actually sold it at three different prices.

"Ale, do you always buy things like this?"

Luo Xiazhi pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, pulled A Le and asked softly.

"Yeah, that's what shopping is all about."

Ale said logically.

"Is there no shop that sells 'buy it now' items?"

"'Buy it now'? How is that possible? This deal was negotiated."

Luo Xiazhi pinched the hat in his hand, feeling a little excited for some reason.

Although it is still unclear, he feels that this is a breakthrough, an opportunity that may allow him to make a difference in this world.

Just when he was smug, there was a commotion in the store, and when he looked up, all the shopkeepers and associates flocked to the person who made the noise, and several customers who were picking goods left one after another.

Luo Xiazhi stood on tiptoe, only to see a young man in his twenties wearing a dark green silk shirt with his arms around a young woman in a cheongsam entering the shop, and then he started to make a noise, he wanted to take a few steps forward to listen

Understand, but was held back by Ah Le.

"Master, don't go, that's the young master of the Liang family. Shopkeeper Hu and the others will settle it, let's go."

Ale called a guy over and sent Luo Xiazhi out through the back door.

When I came to the door, I could vaguely hear words such as "Why is it cheap" and "Looking down on people".

The two went back to the main road, and Luo Xiazhi wandered around the shops in the courtyard.

This road deserves to be praised as the "perfect road". Not only are there many shops on both sides, but also interspersed with Huayang.The road itself is also extremely wide. On the railway tracks, ding-ding cars pass slowly, bringing a new style of civilization to the city.It is said that when the road was paved, the asphalt was covered with mahogany, so there was a folk song about the dust in Beijing, the fog in London, and the mahogany paved road on Nanjing Road.

Walking to a western department store and looking at the stationery displayed in the glass window, Luo Xiazhi decided to buy a pen for Xiaoxiao who was about to usher in a new semester.

The doorman of "Xiluo Department Store" was a red-headed assan, who respectfully led him to the counter.

All the goods are locked in mahogany cabinets, and there are all kinds of candy and tea on the counter.A male salesperson with a Western appearance greeted them in very standard Shanghainese, and after hearing that Luo Xiazhi wanted to buy pens, he turned around and found a few pens from the shelves, and carefully placed them on a blue velvet tray. Put it in front of Lu Xiazhi.

Luo Xiazhi picked one and asked the price.

"Dear sir, you have a good eye. This pen is imported from Germany and is worth [-] yuan."

The salesperson said respectfully.

"ten bucks."

Ale's eyes almost fell off when he heard this.

Luo Xiazhi said with a smile, "I'm a student of St. John's University, and I will introduce all my classmates to visit."

"Okay...you are a top student, we look forward to seeing you and your classmates."

The foreign salesperson showed a slightly troubled expression, then quickly wrapped the pen and handed it to Luo Xiazhi.

"I didn't expect this foreigner's department store to operate like this, but it's 'do as the Romans do'."

Walking out of the store, Luo Xiazhi looked up at the sky already filled with colorful clouds, and was immediately filled with pride.

He thought he knew what he was going to do.