Those years when I raised bosses

After seeing off Wang Xuan, Tong Tong took He Xiaolu out to investigate after seeing that it was not too late.Tomorrow is the day when we make an appointment to meet Qin Xue. Tong Tong has already selected two shop targets, so he will rush there at noon today to observe the flow of people.The customers of the fashion store are mostly fashionable young women who are office workers, and the main traffic peaks are at noon and evening. Tong Tong chose a place close to office buildings and a place close to several mature large communities.

Although there are more white-collar workers in the office building at noon and night, the business will be worse on Saturdays and Sundays.This shop near a mature community looks relatively deserted during the day, but the flow of people after get off work and on weekends has been very large and stable.And because it is not in a commercial area, the rent of the house is cheap and the house is also large.This shop used to be in the clothing business, so basically the shop doesn't need to be completely redecorated, only some small changes are needed, and the initial cost investment is relatively low.

Tong Tong rushed to the shop next to the office building at noon, took He Xiaolu to eat a 15 yuan business set meal, taught He Xiaolu to draw orthographic characters with a pen and paper, and silently counted the women who passed by the target shop. .After the lunch break, the flow of people suddenly freezes. Even during the lunch break, everyone rushes to the place to eat first, and few people can stop at the entrance of cosmetics, clothing and other shops.

While waiting for get off work, it was a scorchingly hot afternoon. Tong Tong and He Xiaolu went to the shopping mall to enjoy the air-conditioning. By the way, they also taught He Xiaolu to recognize famous foreign brands and broaden their horizons.

When it was time to get off work, Tong Tong went back to look at the shop door, but she was still not very satisfied with the result. Most of the professional women who had been busy all day were in a hurry to go home. Companions go to more prosperous business districts to consume nightlife, and no one wants to eat near the workplace at noon and night.

Generally speaking, the data near the office building is lower than the traffic flow of the store next to the large community observed yesterday.It's still a working day. If it's Saturday or Sunday, there are few surrounding residential communities, and the traffic can't be driven. From the side of the mouth of the operators of these restaurants, the best business time in this area is just the meal at noon. The above inference can be confirmed sideways.

The next day, Qin Xue drove a private car early in the morning to pick up He Liantian and his son at the village in the city.

Tong Tong discovered that He Liantian actually had a B2 driver's license and was able to drive large trucks, heavy and medium-sized trucks, and large, heavy and medium-sized special operation vehicles.It is estimated that He Liantian used to work a lot on construction sites, so having this driver's license is much more popular than not having one. The B license can be backward compatible with the C license, so it is no problem to drive a private car properly.

Although Tong Tong doesn't know how to drive large trucks and those professional work vehicles, but he was also a car owner back then, and it's no problem to drive Qin Xue, a small Jetta with a manual transmission.Taking He Liantian's driver's license, Tong Tong offered to be the driver.

Qin Xue actually doesn't like driving very much, especially in the imperial capital where there are many cars and the roads are complicated. In the era without intelligent navigation, if she goes the wrong way or something goes wrong on the road, she always finds it troublesome as a weak woman.Back then, if he hadn't been so bored and learned his driver's license, the benefactor gave him another car, and he had the idea of ​​opening a shop, so he only opened it for a while.Since the shop closed down and broke up with the benefactor, the car has rarely been moved.

Tong Tong's spatial memory is very good, and he never gets lost in the imperial capital where the streets are horizontal and vertical, and the houses are mainly north and south.The two shops recommended this time were both mentioned by Tong Tong. He drove Qin Xue with him and was familiar with the road.

Qin Xue was happy to be at leisure, holding He Xiaolu in the back seat to watch the scenery.

He Xiaolu was a little shy at the beginning, so it was difficult for his beautiful aunt to hold him, but his father said that he was too young to sit alone, and there was no safety seat in the car, so he had to be held by an adult to avoid danger.

"Xiao Lu is really good, just a little thin, and I don't feel tired at all when I hold her." Qin Xue took out the yogurt and biscuits that she bought by the way before going out, and happily coaxed her baby, "Xiao He, you will drive when you go out in the future, and I will help you." Are you holding the baby?"

"No!" He Xiaolu frowned, "Dad said that Lu Lu will grow taller soon, and he will be able to sit in an independent seat by himself. When Lu Lu is 18, he will also take the driver's license test, earn money to buy a car for Dad, and go out later. Lulu will drive for Dad."

"Your son is so filial, he knows how to share the work for you at such a young age." Qin Xue praised sincerely.

He Xiaolu raised his small face, and proudly took out the small book to show off. On it was the crooked orthographic characters drawn by him. He explained solemnly: "Aunt Qin, look at these records. I can now help Dad to investigate together. This It is called the flow of people statistics, and our target stores have been observed and compared. Dad will take us to the store with the best flow of people now."

Qin Xue nodded and praised He Xiaolu, not to be outdone by a child, let's talk about the appointments with various manufacturers in the past few days, and she will also provide all the materials for opening a shop Put it in a briefcase, and wait for the shop to choose and sign the lease contract. With all the materials, you can apply for a license.

With a serious business place and a formal license, it will be more confident to negotiate with those manufacturers.

After seeing the two locations, Qin Xue also prefers the shop in the mature community.Not only is there a lot of people, the rent is relatively cheap, and part of the decoration is saved, but she has also taken a fancy to a nearby neighborhood with a good environment and plans to rent a house there.In this way, it is most suitable to look at the store nearby and walk to and from get off work.

After negotiating with the store, one deposit and three payments are made. Since there is no intermediary, they took the initiative to come to the door and saved the intermediary fee.

The owner of the shop used to run a clothing store by himself in the early years, but recently he planned to immigrate. He kept the domestic real estate for the time being and did not plan to buy it, so he sublet it to others.When people saw He Liantian and Qin Xue, handsome men and beautiful women with a sensible child, driving a car to rent a shop, of course they were happy.He thought he was a family, and seeing that He Liantian talked elegantly, and he talked clearly about the upcoming business project, he liked him even more.Take the initiative to reduce the deposit to one month.Otherwise, this kind of shop with mature decoration usually pays three for three.

The owner of the shop heard from Qin Xue that he wanted to rent a house in the nearby community. Coincidentally, his family had a vacant two-bedroom apartment in that community, and he rented it to Qin Xue by the way.Although the rent is not cheap, the environment of the community is good.Qin Xueyuan thought about renting a single room to save costs, but later saw that the shop owner lowered the price again and again, it was nothing more than to watch them close their eyes and save it for the shop to look at the house, so that they could be managed by one party B.Both of them agreed, so they accepted the favor.

In the high-end commercial housing complex on the second ring road, the monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment of more than 80 square meters is only 1500 yuan, and the rent will remain unchanged for five years once the contract is signed.Tong Tong is secretly happy, even if the contract clearly states that the rent will increase by 5%~10% after five years, it will make a lot of money. The monthly rent of a two-bedroom apartment in this area will be seven to eight thousand after the Olympic Games. Good thing, hurriedly urged Qin Xue to sign.

Of course, Qin Xue didn't have Tong Tong's foresight. She thought that if the two younger sisters defected to her in the future, they would always have a house to live in.What's more, at present, you can also find a friend to sublet the room you don't need to live in, which is always supportable.Maybe the business in the store is good, and she still needs to hire someone to run the store. When the time comes, the house will be ample enough to accommodate the staff.

Having made an appointment to visit the factory the next day, Tong Tong originally planned to drive Qin Xue back to her previous apartment and then take He Xiaolu home by bus.Qin Xue didn't want to bother He Liantian with driving anymore, so she took the initiative to ask where He Liantian and his son were going at night.

Tong Tong suddenly remembered the invitation from the child's uncle, so he sent a text message to ask if he was free tonight.After all, relatives should see each other, and they will leave the imperial capital in two days, and there may be other entertainments in the last few days.It's a little earlier, and everyone is happy.

Wang Xuan had been looking forward to He Liantian's initiative to write a letter, and immediately replied when he saw the text message, saying that he was free in the evening and asked his lover to cook and entertain him at home.

Although they are now near the East Second Ring Road, it is a suitable time to go straight to Xicheng District through Chang'an Street.Qin Xue's small apartment was between the West Second Ring Road and the Third Ring Road, so he happened to take them along the way.

On the road, Tong Tong briefly said that Chen Ying's twin brother came to the door, but did not explain much about Wang Xuan's background.It is only said that the child's uncle is a soldier and will be transferred to the south in two days.

"They live in Lili Hutong?" Qin Xue was a little surprised, "That's near Fuyou Street. I heard that the rich and powerful gather here."

"Maybe it's their unit's house, let's live there temporarily." Tong Tong didn't take it seriously, who hasn't met a few wealthy people in the imperial capital?There are indeed many government agencies and units in the second ring road on the west side of the city, as well as their family buildings and family homes. In the next ten years or so, the school district housing will be booming, and rich people will like to gather there to buy properties.No

However, it is very difficult to rent the dormitory buildings of the current units, especially the military-related or central production units, to people outside the system.In addition, although Lili Hutong is not too far from the Forbidden City, compared with the surrounding area of ​​Shichahai in Beihai, or the area around Qianmen Dazhalan where the old courtyard houses gather and the imperial capital has a strong cultural atmosphere, it is easier to go out and look up at various government offices. Seeing all kinds of new high-rise buildings in Financial Street is not the scope of Tong Tong's consideration when looking for a homestay, so he pays less attention.

After arriving at the place, I realized that the address Wang Xuan gave was not a family compound, but a courtyard with two entrances?Although the exterior looks old and grass has grown on the roof, the overall size of the yard is not small.Tong Tong didn't think it was strange. In the second ring road, the office space of many units was also this kind of courtyard. In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the original owners of these courtyards either ran away with their families, or stayed to build the motherland and went to other places. It is also possible to settle down and donate or lease the old residences of the original imperial capital to the government.

After all, Qin Xue was not related to Chen Ying, and she was a little inferior to her past career, so she only sent He Liantian and his son to the place, and drove away on the grounds that she had other things to do.

On the southeast corner of the courtyard, a door was opened and the house number was hung. The door was ajar, and the old mottled door leaf and carved stone walls could be clearly seen by the street lamps.Tong Tong thought that Wang Xuan would be transferred to the south in the future, so he might not come here again, so he didn't look too carefully.Hold He Xiaolu and push the door in, bypass the screen wall, and then pass through the vertical flower gate, without looking left and right all the way to the main courtyard, and go directly to the only main room with lights in the courtyard.

This is the first time for He Xiaolu to visit such a formal courtyard house. He followed his father to Houhai a few days ago. Most of them are shops that open along the gables of the alleys. When entering the courtyard, there are also all kinds of low and small houses. , it no longer has the appearance of the original courtyard.The layout here is square. After passing through the vertical flower gate, the first entrance is the main room with three rooms and the left and right side rooms. There are also three rooms in the east and west rooms. Along the south wall is a row of inverted seats. There should be a row of rear-covered houses in the yard.

If it is really a large courtyard, it can accommodate a dozen families.Maybe it used to be the office of some unit, but now it's gone after get off work, it's dark, or maybe this area will be demolished and vacated?The only place with lights on should be Wang Xuan's house.

Tong Tong gave He Xiaolu a brief introduction to the layout of the courtyard, and saw that the door of the main room was opened, and Wang Xuan and his wife came out to welcome him.