The Pentium Era - South to North

Mr. Xia and the three of them entered the door. The space inside was not large, only a dozen square meters. In addition to the glass cabinets connected to the roof on both sides, there was also a table, a couch, and a few stools in the shop. , there were already five people inside, and with the three of them coming in, the store seemed a bit crowded. Fortunately, the air conditioner was turned on fully, so it didn't feel stuffy.

The person sitting behind the table seemed to be the boss. He leaned back on the swivel chair, facing the table sideways, with his legs crossed, and the index finger of his left hand kept fiddling with a loud lighter on the table.

Hearing the noise, he turned around and faced the table. Through the two heads sitting in front of the table, he saw that it was Mr. Xia and the others who came in. He grinned and said, "Here?"

Mr. Xia said he was here.

The boss waved his hands to the left and right like shooing away flies, telling the two people sitting in front of the table to go away and sit on the sofa. The two people quickly got up and walked away. Mr. Xia walked over and sat on one of the stools. Lao Bao and Jin Lili put down the duffel bag, and Lao Bao asked Jin Lili to sit on another stool while he stood by himself.

The boss handed a list to Mr. Xia, who handed it to Jin Lili and said to Jin Lili, "Check it."

There were two lists, each with two pages. When Jin Lili saw it, they all read "Louis XIII", "Remy Martin XO", "Hennessy XO" and other product names that looked like wines, as well as "San Wu". ", "Jianpai", "Marlboro" and other cigarette names, followed by unit price, quantity and subtotal.

The boss pushed a calculator in front of Jin Lili, and Jin Lili asked: "Do you have an abacus?"

The boss pulled out an abacus from under the table. Jin Lili looked at the list with her eyes. The fingers of her left hand moved down one item on the list, and her right hand clicked on the abacus.

"The little girl's abacus is good." The boss said to Mr. Xia, and Mr. Xia smiled.

The two lists were quickly completed. Jin Lili moved the total on the right side of the abacus to the left side of the abacus, returned the beads on the right side, and typed them again from the beginning. The numbers on the left and right sides of the abacus were the same. Jin Lili looked at the list again. The total written on it, 1,410,980 yuan, was the same as the number on the abacus. Jin Lili and Mr. Xia said that it was correct.

Lao Bao opened the duffel bag, took out the money in bundles one by one, and handed it to Jin Lili. Jin Lili gave it to the boss and gave him fourteen bundles. He cut the last bundle with scissors and took out a knife worth ten thousand yuan. yuan and handed it to the boss. When she was about to pull out nine yuan from another knife, Lao Bao touched her from behind. The boss smiled and said:

"Is this the first time the little girl has come out?"

"Yes, this is the first time." Mr. Xia smiled, and he and Jin Lili said, "That's all."

Jin Lili understood that the nine hundred and eighty yuan was a discount. She put the remaining nine dollars and ten thousand dollars back into the duffel bag and handed the bag to Lao Bao.

The boss took the other two lists to Jin Lili. Jin Lili looked at them and found that the product names and quantities on this list were the same as the original two, but there was no unit price and amount.

Mr. Xia stood up and shook hands with the boss. Jin Lili also stood up. The boss told the two people next to him, "You go with Mr. Xia."

The five people came out and returned to their car. Lao Bao opened the door and told the two people, "You guys have a rest in the car for a while." The two people got into the car. Lao Bao started the car, turned on the air conditioner, and returned to the car. Down.

Lao Bao brought the brick-like big brother to Mr. Xia. Mr. Xia made a call and told the other party where he was.

Ten minutes later, a Lexus car with Guangdong A license plate stopped in front of them. Three people got out of the car. The leader smiled and greeted Mr. Xia. After greeting each other, the leader said: "Shall we get in the car?"

Mr. Xia said yes.

The leader opened the door and got into the passenger seat. Mr. Xia and Jin Lili sat in the back seat. Mr. Xia said to give him the list. Jin Lili took out the list without unit price without thinking. Mr. Xia He glanced at her and nodded approvingly.

Jin Lili handed the list to the other party. The other party took a brief look at it and put it away. He opened a bag under his feet and handed over the bundles of money. Mr. Xia told Jin Lili to put it in the bag.

Jin Lili wanted to open it and take a look, but Mr. Xia said not to read it. Mr. Zhan was always an old friend.

Jin Lili put the bundles of money away and said to Mr. Xia, one hundred and sixty?

Mr. Xia nodded.

The three of them opened the car door and got out of the car. Mr. Xia and Mr. Zhan said, "Mr. Zhan, do you have a late night snack?"

Mr. Zhan quickly waved his hand: "If you don't want to eat, don't eat. Let's go on our way."

Lao Bao opened his car door and told the two people inside, "Come on down." The two people got out of the car, and Lao Bao told them to take them to the parking lot.

The two people got into Mr. Zhan's car. Mr. Zhan rolled down the window, waved to Mr. Xia and the others, and the car drove away.

Mr. Xia said: "Let's go and go back to the company first."

"Is this the end?" Jin Lili asked as she sat in the car.

"It's over." Mr. Xia said.

"Business done?" Jin Lili asked doubtfully.

"Didn't you see it was done?" Mr. Xia said with a smile.

Jin Lili: "1.6 million minus 1.41 million, we made a profit of 190,000?"

Mr. Xia: "Yes."

"This is wrong!" Jin Lili shouted.

"What's wrong?" Mr. Xia was surprised.

Jin Lili said: "We have more than a hundred people in our factory, who have worked hard for half a year and still can't earn more than 190,000. This time, just this time..."

Mr. Xia and Lao Bao both laughed.

"By the way, who were those two people in the car just now?" Jin Lili asked.

"The truck driver, the goods and the car are all in the parking lot, and they follow the owner of the goods." Mr. Xia and Jin Lili said.

"But we handed over the money without even looking at the goods." Jin Lili said, "I have never seen anyone doing business like this."

"How many business people have you seen?" Lao Bao said with a smile, "What do you think, the three of us are going to move two truckloads of goods, one box at a time, count them, and then move them back one box at a time?"

"Xiao Jin, you are right. For some businesses, we not only need to look at them, but also count and spot check them. This is not necessary." Mr. Xia and Jin Lili said.

"Why?" Jin Lili asked.

"First of all, everyone is an old acquaintance and trust each other. Secondly, the person you see is the boss, but it is not the boss who can decide this business. There is someone else. You will gradually understand this in the future."

Jin Lili felt that the more she listened, the more confused she became.

They returned to the company and locked the cash in the safe. Mr. Xia said that after a busy night, let's go and have a midnight snack at the Lion House.

The Lion House is also on Haixiu Road, not far from the Nanzhuang Hotel. As soon as they turned around on the Nandaqiao, they saw a huge neon sign. The six big red characters of "Lion House Night Food City" were dazzling, and there were different patterns all around. Constantly changing.

The Night Food City is on the roof of the second floor of the hotel. It covers an area of ​​nearly 2,000 square meters and has more than 200 tables, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people for dining. It was known as "the largest food stall in Southeast Asia" at the time. On both sides of the ceiling, hanging More than 80,000 stars form two light waterfalls dozens of meters wide. Being here makes you feel like you are in the Crystal Palace.

When Jin Lili and the others arrived, the place was already full, and they had to wait for more than ten minutes before they took their turn to be seated.

The waiter brought the menu, and Mr. Xia and Jin Lili said, "You performed well today. Just order whatever you want."

Jin Lili pointed around and told the two of them that it was so scary here. I was almost scared out of my mind and didn't know what to eat.

"I'll do it." Lao Bao took the menu over. When the waiter saw this, he moved behind Lao Bao.

"It's okay. We are all our own now. It doesn't matter if you don't close your mouth." Mr. Xia looked at Jin Lili's surprised and excited expression and smiled.

"I'm still thinking about what happened before." Jin Lili said.

"Is there anything else you don't understand?" Mr. Xia asked.

Jin Lili looked at the waiter alertly and shook her head. Mr. Xia said it was okay. Just say it, we are not afraid of others knowing about our affairs.

Jin Lili lowered her voice and asked, "Are those foreign cigarettes and alcohol smuggled in?"

Of course Jin Lili didn't know about the car smuggling incidents in Hainan in the past few years, but she was still aware of the smuggling of electronic watches, lighters and Teresa Teng's tapes in Wenzhou in the past few years. She heard people from the theater troupe talk about it more than once.