Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

Just as Gu Hanlin expected, the old man of the Liang family left without surviving the spring.

The Liang family's ancestral home was outside the Northeast Pass, and the coffin of Gu Yongmei, who died a few years ago, was also buried in the Liang family's ancestral grave outside the pass.So not long after the funeral, Liang Shaolong helped the spirit go back to his hometown.

Without Young Master Liang, Shanghai Beach would not be less lively.

After the death of Master Liang, there was no leader in the "Qinglongtang", and Liang Shaolong had no idea of ​​continuing the water transport business.Except for a few loyal disciples, they are willing to continue to follow Liang Shaolong back to the Northeast.The remaining people are differentiated and differentiated, and those who are merged into other halls are merged into other halls.

The huge "Qinglong Hall" fell apart within more than a month, and Shanghai Bund lost a legend.

"What's the point of washing? What's there to wash?"

Leaving his legs high on the table, Liang Shaolong said nonchalantly, "Just disband immediately."

Flipping through the drawings he brought, Luo Xiazhi and Gu Hanlin looked at each other with helplessness.

"My father told me before he died, don't let the brothers live a life of knife-edge blood. Besides, the country is in a mess now, and it is a good time for our generation of heroes to rise. He asked me to take my brothers to Join the army, or go into business with you, Rorschach, in short, you have to do something big."

"Thanks to Mr. Liang for looking up to me."

Rorschach sighed.

Speaking of which, he and Master Liang have never met each other.

"The main reason is that my cousin often mentions you in front of him. My father trusts my cousin much more than he trusts me, his own son."

Everyone in Shanghai thought that he had not returned from the Northeast, and no one knew that he had quietly returned to Shanghai by water, ready to show his strength.

"This is the blueprint of the machine I got from an American. This American who lost all his fortune in a casino said he was still a... engineer? Anyway, he is a technical person. He said he could help me get the machine, and management technology."

Liang Shaolong pointed to the foreigner sitting on the side with his toes, who was as good as a little daughter-in-law.

"Hi Mistro, my name is Richard, and I have known you for a long time."

The American spoke fluent Mandarin. According to him, he was a senior engineer at a certain American textile company's factory in China. Because of his gambling, he had to form an "indissoluble bond" with Young Master Liang.

"You work with Liang Shaolong, so American companies don't mind? Also, when will your work visa expire? Have you committed any crimes in the United States? Do you have any family members in China?"

Luo Xiazhi couldn't read the blueprints of the machine, but he knew that foreigners who came to Shanghai to pan for gold in this era, except those who were stationed by the company and had to bring their families with them, were particularly courageous and even had cases on their backs. Blind flow".

Greater Shanghai has always been a paradise for adventurers. Adventurers, regardless of their nationality, only see if they have the ability and dare to venture there.

In his view, if this Richard is not the latter, he is somewhere in between.

"I have already asked my disciples to check the origin of this person. He is not a good person, but he has no major faults. He came to Shanghai to 'digg for gold'."

Liang Shaolong said.

"There is a teacher in our school who graduated from a university of science and technology, and he also studies mechanics. Tomorrow, I will ask him to help check the authenticity."

Putting the drawings into the briefcase, Gu Hanlin looked at the smiling and flattering Richard and said.

"Tomorrow, you will go to school with me. Whether it is true or not, you will know after checking."

"Okay okay."

Richard rubbed his hands and smiled.

When the master of the casino personally caught cheating, the Yankee thought he was going to die on the other side of the ocean.Who knows that the power of the Virgin Mary is far-reaching, so that he encountered such a good thing.

If it is really like what this heroic young master Liang said, he needs to use his technology and knowledge to start a textile factory, then he can earn more than an ordinary engineer in a factory!

There is a Chinese saying, I heard "Namowen" in the factory say it before - misfortune is where blessings lie, blessings are where misfortune lies - this is not what he said these days what?

Chinese people are really wise!

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Just like what Richard said, a month later, through Shatong's foreign company, a whole set of the latest spinning machines disembarked from Shiliupu Pier.

According to the original plan, these machines will continue from the waterway to the newly opened factory in Huzhou.But no one expected that the cargo ship disappeared on the third day after entering the Yangtze River.

The American business owners immediately called the police, and the patrols in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were coordinated with the police, but they could not find the whereabouts of these machines.The huge machine and tens of thousands of tons of goods seemed to have disappeared.

In the end, the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry came forward to settle the case, saying that after the disbandment of the "Qinglongtang", wild bandits ran rampant on the Yangtze River waterway, and no one could come forward to make a decision. The machine was hijacked by water bandits.Besides, before the goods depart from the United States, they must have bought insurance. Instead of entangled here, it is better to go to the insurance company to claim compensation.

The American business owner was so angry that he had nothing to say, and the loss was too great, so he had to close the factory and go back to China.

"This is robbery, Master Liang!"

Holding the latest issue of "Declaration" and pointing to the report on the front page, Luo Xiazhi never imagined that Master Liang would make such a move.

"Didn't you say that you want to 'reform evil' and become a law-abiding businessman?! What, what are these..."

"Hey, what can I do, these machines have owners, and these dead things are not like Richard, they will automatically come to me if you give me some money..."

"Then you just rob it?"

"Otherwise? My Liang family was originally from water transportation, so this can be regarded as the 'last vote'!"

Liang Shaolong said it as a matter of course.

Luo Xiazhi almost fainted when he heard it.

"Okay, okay, this is the end of the matter, the sufferer has returned to the country, so don't pursue it anymore."

Gu Hanlin smoothed things over.

"I think you already know!"

Luo Xiazhi stared at him with wide eyes and cursed, "You two are like dogs."

Gu Hanlin raised his hands in surrender.

"He's not a 'good guy' in the first place, did you just know that?"

I already knew that.

Luo Xiazhi secretly rolled his eyes.

Young Master Liang laughed, "Thief is so funny", "Besides, Master Luo, this is the 'Big Shanghai'! Anything can happen! The Yankee came to China to pan for gold after all, not for charity. What is he worried about?"

When Luo Xiazhi heard the words, he was at a loss for words.

Yes, this is the "Magic City of Shanghai" in the Republic of China era!Why do I use the thinking of modern people to ask the characters of this era? !

Young Master Liang's new factory is located in the outskirts of Suzhou. Since the machines were robbed and the engineers lost money from gambling, it is a bit disgraceful (although Young Master Liang himself does not think so).

Therefore, the factory was opened quietly, not to mention the newspapers and media, if it hadn't been for the posting of the recruitment notice, even the local celebrities and gentry in Suzhou would not have known that such a modern factory opened at their doorstep.This made Liang Shaolong deeply regretful, and according to his temperament, he had to hold a three-day and three-night celebration.

So on the Shanghai Bund side, in order to fight for the control of water transportation, several halls continued to fight to the death.In Suzhou, however, Young Master Liang launched vigorous production activities and devoted himself to development.

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a year and a half later

One month before the Dragon Boat Festival, Young Master Liang personally escorted the first batch of woven finished fabrics back to Shanghai Beach. These brightly colored, reliable quality fabrics, the key is that the outer packaging said "boutique domestic products" to Shimai Department store warehouse.

In the previous year, Nanjing had already dispatched regular troops to clean up the "banditry" in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in a grand manner, and regained control of the waterway in one fell swoop. .

"Fortunately, I listened to my cousin and got out early, otherwise I might be the one who was 'cleared' at this time, and I will be in prison for the New Year."

Returning to Shanghai after a long absence, Liang Shaolong said with emotion.

The three sat in Charlie's coffee shop, looking at the crowd outside who were preparing for the festival, they all sighed.

This difference has actually been nearly two years.

"What is the construction site opposite here? It seems that there is a big battle. It seems that it is almost completed."

Liang Shaolong is no longer a frivolous dandy wearing a pink gown with a fan on his back.

Now, as an industrialist, he also put on a suit and tie in a dignified manner, wearing a suit and leather shoes like a gentleman.

He also considered whether to imitate Luo Xiazhi and put a pair of glasses on his nose - Luo Xiazhi told him in private that his glasses had no prescription, and he wore them purely because he wanted to have a steady look.

Liang Shaolong's heart moved, but after trying on a few pairs of glasses, Master Liang couldn't stand the weight on his nose.

Besides, with his own glasses, didn't he become what he called "little four eyes"?Immediately dismissed the idea.

Holding the "Stick (civilization stick)" in his hand and pointing across the road, Liang Shaolong turned around and asked.

"It's a department store that is about to open on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival."

Rorschach said lightly.

"puff……"

Young Master Liang, who was pretending to be taking a sip from his coffee cup, almost spit the coffee on the face of Gu Hanlin who was sitting opposite him.

The latter picked up the menu on the table and calmly blocked the sudden "attack".

"Brother Liang is a civilized businessman now, why is he still not used to drinking coffee? Whether you like it or not, you have to get used to this 'foreign traditional Chinese medicine' sooner or later, otherwise how will you discuss business with people in the cafe in the future? New-school businessmen are not happy to discuss business in teahouses."

Thinking of Liang Shaolong's disgusted look when he called coffee "foreign Chinese medicine" in the office of Shimai Department Store, Luo Xiazhi laughed and teased.

"Laugh, thank you for being able to laugh!"

Liang Shaolong simply stopped pretending to be "civilized" and smashed the coffee cup on the table with a "clang", startling the surrounding crowd.

"Look at this construction site, it's only a few meters away from your department store...Looking at the height, it's about the same height as your building, right?"

"It is said that in order to win against me, the bell tower on the rooftop was specially built higher, ten centimeters higher than mine, haha!"

Rorschach has paid close attention to this new department store building from the first day it was built.

It is said that the Li family from Guangdong specially hired the construction company he hired when he built the building in order to "get away from him", and published the news in the newspaper early: the new building will be bigger than Shimai Department Store. Bigger, taller and more luxurious!

And this Li's department store has also learned from Luo Xiazhi's practice in the past. The building has not yet been capped, and the opening promotion information is published in various big newspapers and tabloids every three days. The prices of some things make Luo Xiazhi feel excited .

"Don't worry about it, people have already called to the door."

After all, Young Master Liang had been pretending to be a "civilized person" for quite a long time, and somewhat worn out his original savagery, swallowing back the words "It's really the emperor who is in no hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry to die" that had been sprayed down his throat.

"The avenue is so big, no one has stipulated that I, Luo Xiazhi, can only open a department store."

Looking at the busy construction site, Luo Xiazhi said calmly, "Besides, why don't you have any competitors? It's about time."

Not to mention that after a hundred years, the entire Nanjing Road and even the whole of Shanghai will be full of department stores and shopping centers. On this main road, in theory, there should be several department stores competing for splendor in the past ten or twenty years.

Luo Xiazhi took advantage of the advantages of "modern people", introduced the business philosophy of modern department stores in advance, and won for himself a superior environment that is basically uncompetitive for more than three years.

He had known for a long time that such smooth sailing days would not last long, so when he heard the news that a new department store was under construction, he acted the most calm.

"You have quite the style of a general."

Liang Shaolong clicked his tongue twice.

The author has something to say: Namowen: It is the transliteration of NO.1, which means foreman.In the British spinning mills in Shanghai, the number one foreman was called "Namowen". Foreigners used the foreman to manage other ordinary workers.My grandmother worked in the Rong family's spinning mill before Liberation, and said that it hurts Namowen to beat people.

Namowen also means little tadpole in Shanghai dialect, and it is used to scold Indian Ah San, because Ah San has an onion wrapped around his head, and the whole person looks like a tadpole

Well, a year and a half later, our first competitor appeared.

After that, it will be the second phase of the construction of the shopping mall while the business war is in progress, and there will be the story of opening a factory and starting a business.

感谢在2020-09-2721:20:43~2020-09-2916:43:19期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: Mo Ke Ke Ke 1;

Thanks to the little angels for the irrigation nutrient solution: 20 bottles of grilled fish sauce and Sierra; 10 bottles of Reina; 1 bottle of wood wine;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!