The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen drove for more than three hours on the more than 100-kilometer road from Hangzhou to Shanghai. After entering the city, he drove for another two hours, but still could not find Xiaoli and the others.

Lao Wan told Zhang Chen on the phone how to go. Zhang Chen felt a map appeared in his mind and quickly said he knew it. As soon as he started the car, he still felt dizzy. He hit Lao Wan again, and Lao Wan started talking to him again. He asked how to go, Zhang Chen said okay, now I know, thank you Lao Wan.

Lao Wan stayed by the phone in the office of Sanbao Factory for several hours. He told Zhao Zhigang and He Hongmei that if I had known this, I would have sent him there, and now they are back. The two of them laughed.

"The phone bill has even caught up with the gas bill." Zhao Zhigang said, and He Hongmei laughed again.

Zhang Chen was anxious when his big brother rang loudly. It was Xiaoli. Xiaoli said to him, please find a place to pull over first. I will call you in ten minutes, Mr. Zhang.

Zhang Chen said okay.

Zhang Chen drove to the door of a building in front, parked the car, got out of the car, and stood on the side of the road. Only then did he feel the pain in his back.

The phone in his hand rang, and he quickly picked it up. It was Xiaoli again. Xiaoli asked, Mr. Zhang, have you parked the car?

Parked.

Look at the side and see if there are any obvious signs. I'll come and pick you up.

It seemed that this was the only way to go. Zhang Chen looked at the building next to him and said to Xiaoli. Before he finished speaking, Xiaoli shouted, "Okay, Mr. Zhang, I understand. You are right there. I will come right away." .

Zhang Chen stood behind the car and looked in the direction of the car on the road to see which taxi would stop in front of him. Xiaoli was sitting in the car.

"Dingling bells" a string of bicycle bells rang. Zhang Chen turned his head and looked in the other direction of the road. He was startled when he saw Xiaoli riding on a bicycle, heading towards him in the opposite direction.

Xiaoli stopped the car and looked at Zhang Chen who couldn't help laughing. Zhang Chen cursed, "You are still laughing, I have been driving around here for more than an hour."

Xiaoli continued to smile, walked around, got in the car, and would be there soon.

Zhang Chen got on the car, started it, and followed Xiao Li. Xiao Li rode forward for four or five minutes and jumped out of the car. Zhang Chen looked and saw that, sure enough, inside the gate on the roadside was the warehouse they rented.

Zhang Chen drove the car into the gate and parked it. He scratched his head and told Xiaoli that I seemed to have passed by this gate.

Xiaoli scolded, "It's not like that, I saw you driving over, I chased you and called you, but you didn't stop and drove away again."

Zhang Chen chuckled, and I looked ahead. I didn't have time to look at the rearview mirror.

Zhang Chen asked Xiaoli if she had found the store. Xiaoli said that there was a house on Sichuan Middle Road, which Xiaomi and I thought was good.

Xiaomi is a native of Shanghai, an employee in their Shanghai warehouse, and Xiaoli's assistant.

Zhang Chen shook his head and said, don't go to Sichuan Middle Road. I think Huaihai Middle Road is better.

Xiaoli and Xiaomi were both surprised. Xiaomi shouted, Mr. Zhang, the house on Huaihai Middle Road is very expensive.

Zhang Chen said that being expensive means that the place has high commercial value and a large flow of people. We are doing business and we need to go to places with the largest flow of people. As long as the business is done, no matter how expensive the rent is, it will be cost-effective. Otherwise, if you open in a street In the alley, it's no use renting anything. You can't even make back a salesperson's salary in a month.

Xiaoli and Xiaomi, it seems to make sense.

Zhang Chen asked them if they knew about the Esprit store on Huaihai Road?

Both of them said they knew. Zhang Chen and Xiao Li said let's go and see if there are any houses nearby. Xiaomi, look at the warehouse.

Xiaomi said yes, but Xiaoli pulled her up and told Zhang Chen, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. If Xiaomi wants to go together, just close the warehouse door."

"Why?" Zhang Chen was confused.

"Shanghai people, Mr. Zhang, you don't know. He can understand everything you say to him. In fact, he can also speak Mandarin. But when they speak, they all speak Shanghainese. They refuse to speak Mandarin. Can you understand Shanghai?" words?" Xiaoli asked.

"A little bit." Zhang Chen said.

"Little by little, little by little, people have ignored you for a long time. You are a native, a rural person." Xiaoli said, while Xiaomi laughed wildly beside her.

Zhang Chen said yes, then Xiaomi will go with us.

The three people locked the warehouse door, and Zhang Chen was about to walk out. Xiao Li shouted: "Mr. Zhang, what are you going to do? You don't want to drive, why do you want to walk?"

Zhang Chen cringed a little and said, let's take a taxi.

"No, no, the boss is here in Shanghai, why don't you drive us to have fun?" Xiaoli shouted.

Zhang Chen laughed: "If you are not afraid of pulling the wind out, you will not be able to come back?"

"How stupid. We are in the car. We are giving you directions in the car. After driving for two days, aren't you familiar with all the roads in Shanghai?"

Zhang Chen thought it made sense, so he let the two of them get in the car, and Xiaomi sat in the passenger seat.

With Xiaomi guiding the way, it turned out to be a smooth journey. They drove for half an hour and arrived at Huaihai Middle Road. Xiaomi was very familiar with this area. She pointed Zhang Chen where to park the car. , I saw the Esprit store on the roadside, drove over and parked the car, and the three of them got out of the car and walked back.

It was evening now, the time when business was probably the quietest. They walked to Esprit's store, where there were still many people.

Zhang Chen stood at the entrance of the Esprit store and looked to the left and right. There was no suitable store on either side. Looking across the way, Zhang Chen saw a store of more than 300 square meters diagonally opposite, with two floors on the first floor and the bottom. On the door was written The signboard is "Shanghai Chaoyang Underwear Factory Sales Department".

Zhang Chen said let’s go there and have a look.

The three people walked into the store. It was deserted inside, with a glass counter all around. Four or five salesmen stood chatting inside. The walls inside the counter were dotted with pieces of underwear and bras hanging on them. Chen seemed to have immediately spotted a Qunying clothing factory again. He saw that most of the underwear and bras inside were of old styles, many of which were probably from more than ten years ago.

This part of underwear has probably never been taken off since it was put on the wall as a sample. It was covered with a fine layer of dust. Fortunately, the light in the store was dim, making it less conspicuous.

There is a staircase leading to the second floor, but the staircase entrance is nailed shut by two horizontal wooden bars. It seems that not to mention the guests, they themselves are not prepared to go up.

Zhang Chen exited the store, stood at the door and looked at the Esprit store diagonally opposite. They were both selling clothing, but they were completely different.

But he thought this place was good.

Xiaoli and Xiaomi said, go and ask if they rent it out here.

Xiaomi returned to the store. After a while, he came out with a piece of paper in his hand and told them that they didn't know whether to rent it or not. He asked us to ask the factory, but the factory was now closed.

Xiaomi shook the paper in his hand and told them that I asked for the address of the factory.

Zhang Chen said okay, then we will go there tomorrow morning.

"Mr. Zhang, have we completed our task today?" Xiao Li asked.

Zhang Chen said it right and it was successfully completed.

"Is that going to reward us?"

Zhang Chen knew what Xiaoli wanted to say, so he said yes, you guys didn't even have a break during the Spring Festival. You have worked so hard. You can eat whatever you want. Just say it boldly. You can eat whatever you want.

"Is the Peace Hotel available?" Xiaoli asked.

"Okay." Zhang Chen said.

The two girls screamed, startling passers-by.

The next day, they met again in the warehouse.

Xiaoli and Xiaomi handed over the goods to be delivered today to the delivery workers. They delivered the goods in Shanghai on a human-powered tricycle. The tricycle is very cheap, only costing more than 200, but the red and white license plate on the car is very valuable. , it was only obtained through connections. With this license plate, tricycles can travel unimpeded in the streets and alleys of Shanghai.

Several people piled the goods into the car, tied them up, watched the tricycle go out, then locked the warehouse door and drove away.

Xiaomi directed Zhang Chen to Sinan Road. Sinan Road was the French Concession before liberation. On both sides of the road were French plane trees and garden houses. When they were about to reach Ruijin Hospital, Xiaomi asked Zhang Chen to turn left into Jiande Road. , drive straight ahead, and when you approach the intersection of Ruijin 2nd Road, turn right into an alley.

As soon as Zhang Chen turned around, Xiaomi shouted again, "Get out, get out quickly."

Zhang Chen looked at her puzzled and Xiaomi said, I'm afraid we can't park inside.

Zhang Chen looked at the reversing mirror and felt that from yesterday to today, in Shanghai, although he was dizzy and drove for several hours, he felt that his driving skills had improved a lot, so he backed up confidently and backed the car back to the building. On De Road, pull over and park.

The three people got off the car and walked towards the alley for about 20 meters. Inside was a vegetable market. At the entrance of the vegetable market, there was only a small open space. The open space was full of bicycles and tricycles. Fortunately, they did not drive in, otherwise It's dead.

However, Zhang Chen was wondering, could there be a factory in this damn place?

Xiaomi walked to the door of the market and asked a man sitting there with a red sleeve band on his arm. The man held a cigarette in one hand and pointed behind him. They saw that there was a horizontal alley going deep towards the Direction to Ruijin Hospital.

They walked along the alley to the end. They found a door covered with iron and covered with doornails. It was open. Inside was an abandoned old church. They didn't know whether it was Catholic or Christian. There was a white and black plaque hanging on the side of the door. The sign with Chinese characters reads: "Local State-owned Shanghai Chaoyang Underwear Factory". It seems that we have come to the right place.

They walked into the church hall, and Zhang Chen saw the scene of Qunying Garment Factory again. There were sixty or seventy old-fashioned household sewing machines inside. The business seemed to be better than that of Qunying Garment Factory. There were people sitting behind each sewing machine. There were baskets of semi-finished products piled high on the floor. As soon as they walked in, someone called out to come over.

Xiaomi quickly told him that we are here to see your factory director.

Back to back, back to back. The man pointed outward and to the side.

They walked in from the open space next to the church. At the end was a newly built tile-roofed house in the back, but it was about ten or twenty years old. The room was not big, about forty square meters, and there were more than a dozen tables inside. It was very crowded. All the administrative, sales, logistics and financial personnel of Chaoyang Underwear Factory are concentrated in this office.

Xiaomi walked in and asked a person near the door if the factory director was there. The man called out, "Lao Cao!"

Behind an old-fashioned desk at the end of the office, a man about fifty years old with a smooth face raised his head.

"That's it." The man said to Xiaomi.

The three people walked over, and the man looked at them and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xiaomi told him in Shanghainese, "We would like to ask, do you want to rent the store on Huaihai Middle Road?"

The man stared at Xiaomi, then looked at Zhang Chen and Xiaoli, then stared at Xiaomi again, and asked, "Is your brain crazy?"

"Non..." Xiaomi was so angry that Zhang Chen quickly pulled her.

The man picked up a pair of reading glasses on the table, put them on, took a copy of Xinmin Evening News and looked at them, and ignored them.

What else did Xiaomi want to say? Zhang Chen whispered to the two of them, "Let's go."

Xiaoli and Xiaomi looked at him, Zhang Chen smiled and nodded.

The three people walked out of the office, Xiaomi angrily scolded Ah Quexi, "Thirteen o'clock!"

Xiaoli asked Zhang Chen, just forget it? Don't want to rent anymore?

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Of course you have to rent it, but this guy doesn't work for us. Let's go and find someone to talk to him."

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