Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

The deformed newspaper that Luo Xiazhi was holding, finally remembered the "business" of looking for Luo Yunze in the morning just a moment before going downstairs.

"This is, are you going to work?"

As soon as he walked to the hall, Bai Fenghuang quickly stood up from the sofa.A pair of beautiful eyes filled with various emotions, and the hand holding Sipa trembled slightly.

"Ah, brother and I will take the same car to the department store later. There are some things to talk about."

He decided to first describe the outline of the plan to his eldest brother based on the current situation of the department store, and then issue a detailed plan.

The most important thing in doing business is to find the "air outlet". Once you find the air outlet, even a pig can go to the sky with the wind.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, businessmen all over China, will definitely act immediately if they realize the change in the situation in the next few months. He just wants to seize the opportunity before they realize it!

"Then you guys, be careful."

Bai Fenghuang lowered his head somewhat disappointed.

"Mommy!"

Rorschach took a step forward and embraced her in his arms.

"No matter what, Nong is my mother...will never change!"

"well!"

Bai Fenghuang buried his head on his son's shoulder and nodded with sobs.

The two got into the car driven by Lao Chen and drove to the department store, with A Le's car in the back.

"Brother, have you read the news this morning? I'm afraid there will be a 'big change' in Europe soon."

Luo Xiazhi handed the crumpled newspaper to Luo Yunze, who took the newspaper and read it, "I saw it this morning. What does the Austro-Hungarian Empire... have to do with our business? Our Luo family's import business, It has always cooperated with Britain and France."

Not to mention Luo Yunze, at this moment, even the emperor in Europe may not have realized what a series of changes will happen in the future.

"Brother, believe me. After Europe, there will inevitably be a large-scale war, spanning half of the world. At that time, shipping will be blocked, and foreigners will have no time to look around. First, we want to reduce our dependence on imported goods from Europe, and second... ..."

Before Luo Xiazhi finished speaking, he heard the sound of horns and whistles and shouts from outside.Their cars were also stuck in the middle of the road, and the surrounding pedestrians and bicycles exacerbated the congestion, and they didn't know what happened ahead.

"Old Chen, go down and see what's wrong?"

It is reasonable to say that it is almost noon, and it is not the morning rush hour where people and vehicles are fighting for the road, so how could it be such a mess.

Old Chen jumped out of the car, and within a few minutes, he stuck his head through the car window with a face full of panic.

"Eldest young master, third young master, it's not good, someone jumped off the building in front? It seems to have jumped off a building in a department store!"

"what?!"

Luo Xiazhi and Luo Yunze were taken aback when they heard the words, and at the same time they half-bent down, watching more and more people gathering in front of them, and the whistles of the patrolmen not far away.

"get off!"

Looking at the situation, Luo Yunze might not be able to drive in the car, so Luo Yunze immediately opened the car door, and led Luo Xiazhi towards the department store.

Lao Chen and A Le drove two cars and moved slowly, not knowing when they would arrive.

Luo Xiazhi first followed behind Luo Yunze, and after walking a few steps, he dragged his elder brother to speed up from the path on one side, and walked through small alleys towards the department store.

"Hurry up, hurry up, grab the headlines before other reporters arrive!"

Two reporters with cameras hanging around their necks also ran along the path towards the main road, and Rorschach grabbed one of them.

"What happened in front? Which department store killed someone?"

"Hey, what are you pulling me for? Didn't you see that I'm very busy!"

The reporter didn't recognize this person as Luo Sanshao from Shimai in a hurry. After pushing him away, he ran wildly and shouted, "It's Modern Department Store! Someone came from Modern Department Store. Jump up and down and commit suicide!"

Hearing this, the two brothers stopped in their tracks and looked at the surprised expressions in each other's eyes.

"Let's go, let's go, there's nothing to see. Except for the people in the patrol room, everyone backs off, backs off!"

The inspector of the Central Patrol Office with a few redheads and the police is cordoning off the scene, probably because there are British investment in the modern department store, and Luo Xiazhi saw that there are already people from the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, and several British inspectors also sneaked in cordon.

"Okay, the department store is closed today, everyone, don't get stuck here, there's nothing to see! OUT! OUT!"

The detective yelled at the onlookers with a loudspeaker, and finally even the English word for "pidgin" came out.

The two Luo Xiazhi brothers were stuck in the middle of the crowd, not moving forward or backward, completely unable to see what was going on in the shopping mall ahead.

In summer, the crowd smelled of sweat, and the whole road was bustling with life, making Luo Xiazhi almost think that all the boring Shanghai citizens who like to "squeeze and fight" are all here.

"Father Mao Mao, didn't you say that you would go to Modern Department Store to grab discounted fabrics early this morning? Did you see what happened inside?"

Just when the two brothers decided to go back to Shimai Department Store before making plans, the two people next to them chatted.

"Oh, don't mention it! When that man jumped from the top, I was standing at the cloth sales counter on the first floor. Really, I almost 'kicked' with him! Luckily! I was lucky enough to burn incense for Goddess Guanyin before I went out today, otherwise I would be dead!"

This "Maomao Daddy", who still had a bundle of colored cloth tied with kraft paper under his creaking nest, said "don't mention it" in his mouth, but after seeing the crowd all looking at him, he was very upset. He proudly puffed out his chest and began to describe it gesticulating.

"At six o'clock this morning, my mother-in-law asked me to take the earliest ferry boat to Puxi..."

"Father Mao Mao, don't listen to how you came here by boat from Pudong, just tell me how the guy inside jumped off!"

"That's right! Is it a man or a woman? Old or young? Oh, hurry up and tell me, I have to go to work after you agree!"

Well, this brother didn't even go to work to watch the excitement.

"A man, he looks quite 'cute', and he looks pretty good."

Daddy Mao Mao shook his head and said.

"Hey, I heard from the clerk who was kicked out inside that the man's head flew away from the fall, and his brains burst out. Can you still tell if he's 'pretty good'? Bragging is not a draft!"

A man next to him yelled.

"Nong, Nong knows what a fart! That man was wearing a suit, and the material was pretty good. When he jumped down from the seventh floor, I happened to take a piece of fabric and check whether it was tightly woven under the light. How about you ——I happened to see him looking down! Let me tell you, this man is about 30 years old, gentle and well-mannered, and he has read books at first glance. I don’t know why he suddenly couldn’t think about it, and ran to someone else’s department store to commit suicide. .”

"Do evil, do evil..."

The people mourned.

"Guess where he fell - on the jewelry counter on the first floor! This jewelry counter is made of glass, you didn't see it. It's really 'one day the world (a mess)'. The ground is full of glass scum There is also blood, splashed everywhere. Hey... a crime."

More than 30 years old, suit and leather shoes...

An ominous premonition rose in Luo Xiazhi's heart.

"Yeah, at this age, there are always old ones and young ones at the bottom, so there's nothing you can't think of about taking this step... tsk tsk..."

The crowd groaned.

"Master, I found out."

Ale passed through the crowd, and finally came to Luo Xiazhi's side.

Pointing to a dark alley behind, he said in a low voice, "I found a modern clerk who witnessed the whole situation... We all know the person who jumped off the building."

"Shh...don't disturb the reporter."

Luo Xiazhi twitched his index fingers, and pulled Luo Yunze to the dark alley.

"Third Young Master...Elder, Eldest Young Master?"

The person standing in the dark alley awkwardly grabbed the hem of his clothes with his fingers, and lowered his head in shame after seeing the two Luo family brothers.

"Ha... It really is an 'acquaintance'. Hey, you are still wearing the uniform of the modern department store. Isn't it very energetic?"

Luo Yunze "tsk tsk" twice, the person who said a word became more and more reserved and ashamed, wishing he could find a hole in the ground and go down.

This person was one of the employees who jumped to the third floor of Modern Department Store with Manager Jiang that day. Like Manager Jiang, this person was also an employee of Roche Firm at first, and at the instigation of Manager Jiang, he followed him. Department stores can be said to be the only ones that follow the lead of Manager Jiang.

"So the person who died...was really 'Manager Jiang'?"

Luo Xiazhi frowned, and said what he had guessed just now.

"Yes……"

The man nodded.

"Why did you jump off the building? Didn't you say that the two brothers of the Li family hired you with high salaries? At that time, not only will you be able to share dividends at the end of the year, but you will also be able to share stocks. What a good salary, I would be reluctant to die."

Luo Yunze sarcastically said, "Besides, the lawyers of the Luo family didn't kill them all. They just asked him to make up the full amount of the part of the money he has embezzled over the past few years and cooperated with the 'scalpers' for reselling. He shouldn't be ostentatious now." Do you work in the senior manager's office of a modern department store? What's the matter?"

"Young master, you really shamed us by saying that."

The man lowered his head, his eyes flushed, and Luo Xiazhi silently handed over the handkerchief.

"There is no such thing as twice the salary. After we arrived at Modern Department Store, the Li family brothers changed their appearance and only gave us half of the original negotiated salary. We wanted to argue, but we couldn't come up with a contract in black and white... At the beginning Manager Jiang helped us to negotiate the salary. He was arrested by the patrol room early in the morning, and he can't testify for us at all. "

The man wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

"Half the salary was decent. Who knew that within a month, the Li family would cut their salary three times in a row, saying that we are the first-year employees, so they should pay us the salary of apprentices. Master, the salary of apprentices! , not to mention supporting a family, food and drink alone was not enough for me. But at that time, everyone in Shanghai knew that we had abandoned our master’s family and moved to Modern. We also wanted to find jobs elsewhere, but everyone Some well-known foreign firms, trading companies, and retail stores in Shanghai will not want us, because they are afraid that the Li family and Luo family will be offended... We have no choice but to stay in Modern Department Store."

"If I knew this earlier, why should it be in the first place."

Rorschach sighed slightly.

These people have brought the blame on themselves, and he is already morally noble if he doesn't make trouble.As for sympathy, they really don't deserve it.

"Where's Manager Jiang? Did he jump off the building because his salary was reduced? I remember that when he was in Shimai, he bought a small building in the suburbs, so he can live comfortably on the rent, right?"

After all, at this time, a large number of immigrants from other places had poured into Shanghai looking for work. A small building could be divided into several parts and rented to different families. Otherwise, how could there be the saying of "72 tenants".Even the stairwell and stove room can be rented out separately.

"I won't mention it... In order to help Manager Jiang plug the holes of the past few years, Mrs. Jiang sold everything that could be sold. In the end, in order to release him from the police house on bail, she even sold her natal dowry bed."

"Moden didn't score a single point?"

In the final analysis, it was also because Manager Jiang was encouraged by the brothers of the Li family that he broke away from Shimai.

"Not only can't tell, but also said that because Manager Jiang has been in a lawsuit and his resume is not clean, he is not even allowed to work as an ordinary employee!"

The man Tusihu said sadly, "Today, Manager Jiang came to 'discuss' with the two brothers of the Li family. He threatened that if Modern Department Store didn't give him a resettlement plan, he would jump off the seventh floor. The brothers of the Li family wouldn't do that at all. I believe that he, a well-mannered 'Kehler', would spare his life so much that he would beat him out if he called the red-headed ass..."

"Who knows, after being kicked out of the office, he really took the elevator to the seventh floor, and then jumped down to the atrium... Hey, it's too miserable, it's really too miserable. He died like this, what should my wife do? What about the child? The money is gone, and the life is gone..."

Seeing this person crying out of breath, the Luo brothers had mixed feelings, and then walked out of the dark alley one after the other.

The old saying is true--what a poor man, there must be something to hate.

From the moment they decided to leave Luo's Brothers Department Store, they had already decided on such a way back.

"This is Shanghai..."

Walking to the middle of the main road, the crowd of spectators had gradually dispersed.In order to support their families, people have devoted themselves to their own life tracks.

Manager Jiang's suicide case will change from the hottest news in Shanghai to a paper-based article within three days at most, and no more than five days. No one will care about it except his family members.

This is Shanghai, a ruthless Shanghai, a Shanghai full of flowers, a Shanghai where everyone is in danger, a Shanghai where the red dust is rolling...

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After Luo Xiazhi returned to the department store that day, two new regulations were issued: 1. Safety officers were set up next to the railings on the first to seventh floors, and the floor managers were personally in charge. 2. A safety net is installed next to the roof to prevent people from falling from the roof.

Many people in department stores have heard the news about someone jumping off a building in Hyundai, and they have 100 million support for Rorschach's policy. After all, no one wants to see blood splattered in the workplace every day.

On the other hand, it is said that many people who originally held a wait-and-see attitude and planned to change jobs to Modern Department Store have given up their original plans.

"Jump? What kind of jump? Jump off a building?! Jump your soul head!"

Xiao Feiyan imitated the tone of that employee, speaking vividly, which made Luo Xiazhi laugh.

Today's Xiao Feiyan is already the floor manager on the third floor, taking the place of Manager Jiang and becoming the manager of the "Shanghai Beach Gentleman's Salon", which made other managers who had been eyeing this position fall below their eyes.

It's not that no one has raised objections, but when Xiaofeiyan threw out the latest month's sales and customer evaluations, these people shut their mouths in displeasure.

"I don't know what they say about me in private."

Xiao Feiyan folded her hands on her chest, and smiled contemptuously, "It is said that I am a woman who comes out to do things, and I must go the 'lower three ways'. It is shameless to say that I am an actor, that I have seduced more than three young masters, and also seduced the eldest young master, and even seduced the young master. Said that those gentlemen who came to buy things at my counter were also seduced by me... Haha, master, am I that good?"

Luo Xiazhi smiled and shook his head, "This society has always been harsh on women, so don't take it to heart."

Not to mention now, a hundred years later, working women in the workplace will also suffer from all kinds of gossip and nonsense when working hard in society.

"Of course I don't care about it. What's wrong with being said a few words? Bonuses, red envelopes, what else... I have all the equity you mentioned, young master. The most 'beneficial' money is in my hand, young master. Did you say so?"

Rorschach couldn't help nodding.

"Don't worry, young master. I can't say anything about other people in the company. There is only one thing - the girls in the 'Xiantao Class' are all your confidantes, young master. We girls are absolutely absolute and will not betray you." Yours, young master!"

Xiao Feiyan pointed to the sky and swore.

The author has something to say: preview the next chapter "Investment in Chemical Industry".It's finally going to be big, gear up!But don't worry, the main plot is still based on department stores, and other industries are sideline businesses that make money.