No. 15 Huangpu Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai, built in 1846, in front of the gate of China's first Western merchant hotel, Licha Hotel (Pujiang Hotel)!
Deng Xin looked up at the six-story hotel and said with surprise: "No, Brother Cheng, you really want to treat me to a big dinner, it's really expensive here!"
Cheng Shi smiled and said: "I keep my word, hurry up and go in!"
Deng Xin said doubtfully: "Brother Cheng, you just took out 200 oceans, how can you have the money to invite me here? You'd better use it in a useful way!"
Cheng Shi said with a smile: "I made a little fortune a few days ago, and I have made an appointment with Lishan. He will be there in a minute!"
"Is it possible that a new shoe polish has been developed?!" Deng Xin asked.
Cheng Shi nodded and replied: "Yes, the research and development has been successful. He is stepping up production. This time we are discussing how to implement it!"
Deng Xin said with some disappointment: "So that's it, I really thought you were going to treat me to a big dinner!"
Cheng Shi said angrily: "That's what I asked you to do. Of course, I will take the opportunity to show him my courage and financial resources, so that he can stop using his brain!"
Deng Xin nodded in understanding, and then walked into the largest and most luxurious hotel in Shanghai with Cheng Shi!
When the two walked into Licha Hotel, a waiter came up to ask questions. Cheng Shi said directly: "I want the most expensive private room here!"
The waiter looked at the two of them, nodded and said, "Okay, sir, please come in!"
Under the guidance of the waiter, the two of them arrived at the private room of the hotel. The waiter pushed open the two heavy wooden doors of the private room!
In front of their eyes, a luxurious private room was displayed, with gorgeous European tables and chairs, and even the walls exuded an aristocratic atmosphere.
After Deng Xin saw the situation in the private room, she said in surprise: "Brother Cheng, this is too luxurious. It seems that you are really going to bleed this time!"
Cheng Shi smiled and said to the waiter: "Mr. Li is coming in a moment. Please invite him here and we will order again!"
After Cheng Shi finished speaking, he took the lead and walked over, asked Deng Xin to sit down with him, then picked up the menu on the table and started studying the menu!
Not long after, the waiter led Li Shan in. After Li Shan came in, he looked at this luxurious private room with a look of surprise.
Cheng Shi immediately stood up, waved and said with a smile: "Brother Li, you are finally here, please take a seat!"
Li Shan said politely, sat down, and said with some embarrassment: "Brother Cheng, all my money has been invested in the company, I can't afford this meal!"
Cheng Shi smiled and said: "I invited this meal, and both of you helped me a lot. In order to save money, I invited them both together!"
When Li Shan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Although he still had funds in his hand, they were the company's operating funds and could not be touched!
And he personally really has no money, and this place is so high-end, it must not be cheap, so he has to say that he has no money to treat!
After hearing this, Deng Xin felt a little disgusted. The other party was too direct. Although he knew it was expensive here, he couldn't afford a meal!
Deng Xin's family is very rich, so naturally he doesn't understand Lishan's difficulties, so when he sees Lishan being so stingy, he dislikes Lishan less and less!
Cheng Shi saw something was wrong in the atmosphere, and quickly said: "Brother Li is here too, let's order first, and we'll talk while we eat!"
Cheng Shi called the waiter in, ordered a few dishes that he had already liked, and ordered another bottle of red wine!
After the waiter remembered it, he left the private room!
Cheng Shi was the first to speak: "Brother Li, how are things going in the company?!"
Li Shan said excitedly: "Last night, the new shoe polish was successfully developed, so I have stepped up to produce a lot of it!
I had already asked my men to find many teenage children from relatives, and let them learn the shoe-shining technique for a few days!
We also found a lot of newsboys and distributed waistcoats with our company’s name on them, and now everything is ready!”
When Cheng Shi heard this, he pondered for a while, and then said: "We still need to find a shipper who is familiar with each store!"
Li Shan asked: "Why?!"
Cheng Shi replied: "Our advertising strategy is fine, but after the advertising ends, we need to disappear for a few days!
At this time, we cannot take the initiative to go to the store to sell, because they will lower the price. What we need to do is to let the store come to us to buy!
After customers use it, they will discover the benefits of the new shoe polish, and after the free shoe polisher disappears, they must use shoe polish again!
Therefore, users of new shoe polish will naturally choose to use our new shoe polish and then go to the store to buy it. More people will ask!
The store will try to find a way to purchase the goods, but they can’t find the source of the goods. Their curiosity is enough!
At this time, another shipping company they were familiar with came out and said he could get this shoe polish!
We are not afraid of running out of sales for our shoe polish, so this shipper must find someone reliable!
It would not be good if he and the store were driving up prices, but there are still more than half a month left, so you can look for someone carefully!"
After listening to this, Li Shan nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Cheng is smart. This plan is perfect!"
Cheng Shi continued: "Brother Li won the award, and we can officially advertise tomorrow!"
Lishan nodded to express his understanding, and soon the waiter brought exquisite dishes to the table.
When Cheng Shi saw the food being served, he said, "Okay, now that we've finished talking, we can start eating and drinking!"
Cheng Shi poured the wine into three glasses and stood up to pick up the glasses. Li Shan and Li Shan also stood up and clinked their glasses with him.
Cheng Shi said with a smile: "Okay, this cup will wish our shoe polish will sell well and make money every day!"
When Deng Xinlishan heard this, he also laughed. The three of them drank all the wine in their glasses and sat down to eat!
This table of food made Deng Xin and Li Shan feel bloated, but Cheng Shi didn't eat much!
It's not that Cheng Shi is pretending to be a gentleman, but he doesn't like these meals!
After talking about the matter and eating and drinking, Cheng Shi and the other three were about to leave. Cheng Shi walked to the front desk of the hotel to settle accounts!
The waiter gave the answer: "Sir, you spent a total of one hundred and fifteen silver dollars!"
Li Shan, who was beside Cheng Shi, was secretly stunned after hearing this. This meal actually cost someone else several months' salary. What a luxury!
When Li Shan looked at Cheng Shi who was paying the bill, he found that Cheng Shi was very calm and didn't react at all. He sighed in his heart, he is indeed a person who does big things!
Cheng Shi then paid the one hundred and twenty silver dollar exchange coupon and said, "No need to look for it, the rest is a tip for you!"
The waiter at the counter bowed and said: "Thank you, sir!"
A few days ago, Cheng Shi exchanged one of the gold bids in his hand for a 350 silver dollar exchange coupon, and put the remaining six gold bids away for emergencies!
In Shanghai in 1920, silver dollar trading was still very strong, not as unstable as after 1930!
What Cheng Shi received as a gift was the gold standard commonly used in Shanghai, which was two gold bars from 10 cities in the shape of a long bar!
It is about four inches long and five minutes wide, resembling a small brick, and is mainly circulated in the Shanghai gold market.
Cheng Shi also had no intention of making money by buying land. At this time, the land in the French Concession in Shanghai was worth 10,286 taels per square meter!
Although he will increase it by about five times in 10 years, he feels that it is still too slow, and it is not possible to buy in large quantities if you have money!


Chapter completed!