Chapter 657: Get the note box and start your career
In the courtyard, Wu Jingui handed the huanghuali post box to Zhou Chen.
"I checked it carefully according to what you said. The box is the same as you said. It is yellowish in color and has a little fragrance. There is a wooden post on the bottom box inside, with an article written by Ailian on it, which should be
It’s the Qianlong inscription and postscript you mentioned.”
"But I am a layman after all. I still need to confirm whether it is true or not. If it is false, I will go back to find them."
Zhou Chen, however, took the box of huanghuali stickers carefully and calmly.
"It doesn't matter even if it's fake. Trading in the antique business is originally a matter of love between you and me. It relies on a pair of eyes. It's a common thing to see."
At the same time, the system suddenly gave a prompt. Zhou Chen opened the system panel and took a look and found that another number had been added to the Qing Dynasty antiques column.
So he pretended to open the huanghuali post box, looked at it carefully for a while.
"Yes, that's it, it's true."
"Sure?"
Wu Jingui still asked a little worriedly. After all, he bought this thing for three thousand yuan. He has never seen as much money as three thousand yuan at a time.
If he buys fake goods, even if Zhou Chen doesn't blame him, he himself will feel ashamed to see Zhou Chen.
As soon as Zhou Chen saw Wu Jingui's expression, he knew what he was thinking, so he smiled and comforted: "I'm sure, even if it's true, you don't have to worry."
Wu Jingui breathed a sigh of relief and his expression became relaxed.
Then he looked at the huanghuali note box in confusion and asked, "Zhou Chen, I really don't understand. Even if this is an antique, is it really worth that much? Three thousand yuan.
, maybe you can buy a house in this area."
Although he also studied history, he had no research on antiques at all, and the main reason was that the era of antiques had not yet come.
In the eyes of the absolute majority of people, things like antiques are not valuable at all. Only in the eyes of people who play in this industry, antiques are truly valuable.
But the value is also very limited. After all, there are not many rich people who play antiques nowadays.
Zhou Chen explained: "You can't say that. There is a saying that it is difficult to buy something you like with money. In the eyes of others, this thing is worthless at all, but in my eyes, it is a treasure, just like some
People like houses, some people like cars, and some people like beautiful women."
Wu Jingui was speechless for a moment: "Have you ever made a metaphor like this?"
Zhou Chen smiled, closed the box, then took out a wad of money from the drawer next to him and placed it in front of Wu Jingui.
"Here, here's your commission."
When Wu Jingui saw it, he was immediately shocked and quickly refused: "If you give me ten or twenty dollars, I can still accept it. I dare not accept it if it's so much. Please accept it quickly."
"One thousand yuan is indeed a lot, but this is what I promised before."
Zhou Chen did not take the money back, but said: "This money is not only a commission for you, but also money for you to settle down in Yanjing. I said before that if you help me collect things, this will not be the only thing."
Once, it was not convenient for me to come forward many times, so I had to find someone to help."
Wu Jingui said: "I definitely have no problem with helping you, but this money is really too much."
Zhou Chen said: "I asked you to do something for me, how could I not give you money? Take this money, rent a house in Yanjing now, and then go back to pick up your wife and children."
"this."
These words touched Wu Jingui's heart, and he dreamed of bringing his wife and children to the city.
"If I stay in Yanjing, I can rely on my own efforts. Zhou Chen, I really can't accept your kindness. It's too heavy."
Zhou Chen: "If you feel heavy, there will be many opportunities to repay you in the future. Everyone has difficulties. Now that I have helped you, you can repay me in the future."
"But..." Wu Jingui was still hesitating.
"Old Wu, we have such a good relationship, I will say some things directly. It may not sound good, but it is also for your own good."
"It's true that a man has self-esteem and pride, but compared to making his wife and children live a better life, I think a normal person will know how to choose."
"What's more, what is our relationship? Do you really think that accepting my help will make you lose your dignity? If this is the case, then I have really misjudged you. You underestimate the relationship between us too much.
Let’s make friends.”
Seeing that Wu Jingui's face was heavy after what he said, Zhou Chen sighed again and said: "Old Wu, you can think of it this way. In fact, according to economics, when I give you money, I am investing in you, because you can give me
Bringing huge returns.”
Wu Jingui, who had been silent for a while, suddenly put his hand on the stack of money and said to Zhou Chen with a serious expression: "Thank you."
Zhou Chen then showed a smile, and then said: "I will graduate soon, hurry up and go back to pick up my sister-in-law and the others. As for work issues, do you still remember the library I told you about before? I can do it
I'll introduce you, you are a student of Peking University, you will definitely get a good position."
Since he accepted Zhou Chen's money, he would naturally not refuse the job Zhou Chen found for him.
Although he will graduate from Peking University soon, he also knows very well that in Yanjing, it does not mean that you will be able to find a good job if you have a high diploma.
It is really difficult for a student like him who comes from a rural area without money or background to find a good job.
In fact, the best choice is to stay at Peking University as a counselor and teaching assistant, but the problem is that the competition for this kind of position is fierce, and it is impossible for him to get his turn.
Wu Jingui walked briskly when he left. Although he didn't want to accept Zhou Chen's help before, now that he accepted it calmly, he felt much more comfortable.
After sending Wu Jingui away, Zhou Chen began to study the huanghuali calligraphy box again, especially the Qianlong inscriptions and postscripts at the bottom, which he read over and over again.
This thing finally lived up to his expectations. He had been waiting for four years. If it failed to meet the system's requirements, it would be a scam.
Zhou Chen was very happy to have another antique that met the system requirements. Although it was still far from fifty, it was still pretty good.
Now he already has six antiques that meet the system requirements. He can get six of them in seven years. At this rate, eight can successfully complete the task in seven years. This is still twenty years before he reaches one hundred years old, so
He still has plenty of time.
Of course, this is just Zhou Chen's own optimistic thinking. In fact, he knows in his heart that the closer to the end, the more rare those precious antiques become.
What's more, the system requires ten different types of antiques. In other words, the types of antiques he collects now will not be counted even if he gets similar ones in the future. In this way, the speed and difficulty of his collection will increase.
Several levels.
However, Zhou Chen also has his own plan. When the time comes that it will be difficult for him to collect it alone, he can ask others to help him. At this time, the role of super powers will be reflected.
Because reform and opening up had not yet taken off, and he was in college, he did not start making money.
Now he is about to graduate, and the spring breeze of reform and opening up has begun to blow. Now it is time for him to show his talents.
But in order to consume less of his own energy, Zhou Chen was not prepared to devote himself wholeheartedly, but was prepared to invest slowly.
Han Chunming is one of his investment targets, and other business-savvy friends like Yang Huajian, Mao Tutu, etc. are also his leeks, no, targets.
Instead of working hard to start a business, it is better to invest in these people, then occupy the shares yourself, and make money easily.
As for whether these people can make money, he is not worried at all. Without him in the TV series, these people can succeed. Now that he has more experience and a broader vision, he will only get better.
worse.
While Zhou Chen was planning the box of Huanghuali Qianlong inscriptions and postscripts, Han Chunming was also busy.
Recently, he was busy with goods. He borrowed a large amount of money. As a result, just after he bought the goods, but before he could sell them, Su Meng's father fell ill.
This made him anxious. He wished he could sell the goods now, get the money, and lend it to Su Meng's father for medical treatment.
It's a pity that there is no such good thing in the world. Although this time he is looking for an acquaintance, and they are willing to accept his goods, but the other party does not have the money to pay in one lump sum, but is prepared to pay in several installments.
So it was useless for him to worry. He could only get the first batch of funds, but it was still far from 30,000, so he had to look for people to borrow money from everywhere.
Originally, the first thing he thought of was Zhou Chen, but he thought that he had just taken 10,000 yuan from Zhou Chen not long ago, and it would be difficult to borrow it again.
So he had to change his goal and found his master, Mr. Guan.
He knew that his master was usually quiet, but he was definitely a master. Even if he had no money, he would definitely find a way to get it.
Mr. Guan agreed to him, but also taught him a lesson, telling him that you can borrow money, but you must not be reckless, and you cannot borrow money in a hurry, but you must borrow it at the right time.
Han Chunming is such a smart person. He understood what the master meant as soon as he heard it, and also knew that he was impatient and lost his sense of proportion. The best choice was to wait for Su Meng to come to borrow it.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for graduation defense. Zhou Chen completed his graduation thesis very easily and was just waiting to get his diploma. These four years can be considered a complete success.
In fact, the universities of this era are really not as interesting as the universities of later generations.
Because they are the first batch of students who have just resumed the college entrance examination, the management in the school is very strict. Men and women are not allowed to interact closely. As for falling in love in school, that is not allowed. Once caught, they will be severely punished.
.
Although many people are secretly in love in private, no one dares to bring it to the public. After all, these days, students in universities still need to be proud.
After completing their graduation thesis, everyone began to prepare to go their separate ways. Many people were preparing to return to their hometowns. Huang Feilong and Wu Jingui both decided to stay in Yanjing with Zhou Chen's help.
Zhou's small commodity store has been almost decorated and has begun to purchase goods. It won't be long before it can be officially opened.
Huang Feilong has been very busy during this period, and all the matters of contacting manufacturers and purchasing goods have been left to him. Now he travels back and forth to the surrounding cities and counties by car all day long.
Wu Jingui rented a house near the library. He originally wanted to rent a quadrangle, but now the quadrangle has a complicated population. After thinking about it, he decided to rent a new-style building with a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor.
One room and one living room.
Although there are three children in his family, they are not very old. The youngest is only over two years old, so he can sleep with them. The other two can live in the same room.
Zhou Chen personally greeted Zhao Lijie when he joined the library, and since he was from Peking University, the employment process was naturally smooth.
But before joining the job, he decided to go back to his hometown to pick up his wife and children before starting work.
Su Meng's father still completed the operation successfully. As for the operation fee, Han Chunming borrowed it. In the end, it was Han Chunming who was taken advantage of.
In the evening, Han Chunming came to Zhou Chen's house carrying wine and vegetables.
After just a few drinks, Zhou Chen took the initiative to ask about something.
"Chunming, the business you mentioned last time has been going on for so long, so it should have been paid back. What about my money?"
Han Chunming laughed a few times: "No, it's not that fast. They pay in several installments, and I just received the first payment. Don't worry, as long as I receive the full payment, I guarantee to give you the money as soon as possible."
send over."
"Oh, why don't I believe what you are saying?"
"Can I still deceive you? Besides, you don't need money now. Put the money in my hands and you can still make money."
Zhou Chen sneered: "I don't need money? You also know the store I opened for my sister. How can such a big store not need money?"
Han Chunming smiled apologetically and said, "Zhou Chen, brother, brother-in-law, please give me some grace. I promise to deliver the money to you before the end of the year. How about that?"
Zhou Chen did not answer, but suddenly asked: "I heard that you opened a restaurant in partnership with someone?"
Han Chunming was suddenly shocked and asked: "How do you know? I opened a restaurant in partnership with Cai Xiaoli and Tao Zi, but it hasn't started business yet."
Zhou Chen said: "Chunming, sometimes I really don't know how to say good things to you. As far as your relationship with Cai Xiaoli is concerned, you actually do business with her in partnership. Aren't you afraid that you two will fall out?"
"How is it possible? My relationship with Cai Xiaoli is so good that there is no way we will break up. You can rest assured about this."
Han Chunming was very confident. In fact, he had thought about recruiting Zhou Chen to join the team before, but he thought that Zhou Chen was not familiar with Tao Zi and Cai Xiaoli, so he didn't bring it up.
"Zhou Chen, when the day comes for our hotel to cut the ribbon, you have to go and see me."
"It depends on the situation. If I'm free, I'll go over and take a look."
Zhou Chen responded casually, knowing that after this restaurant opened, Han Chunming and Cai Xiaoli would fall out soon.
Although Han Chunming has business acumen, he places too much emphasis on friendship, so he often does wrong things.
When it comes to doing business, you can find someone to partner with, but it's best not to find a good brother, but to cooperate with a woman who likes you but doesn't like you.
But Han Chunming is not only a partner with his good brother Taozi, but also Cai Xiaoli. This will set him on fire.
Although Zhou Chen knew the result, he didn't try to persuade him. He knew that no matter what he said at this time, Han Chunming would not believe it. Only when he experienced it himself would he know how unreliable this kind of thing was.
Zhou's small commodity store opened quickly. Under Zhou Chen's arrangement, seven days before the opening, all the goods were sold for 20 cents.
When this promotion appeared, it immediately aroused the curiosity of countless people. These people walked into the store with curiosity. When they saw the rows of products in the store, they were very shocked.
Daily necessities, school stationery, children's toys, flowers and artificial flowers, everything...
In just one day, Zhou's small commodity store attracted countless people and sold a large amount of goods.
It's just that a lot of things were sold, but they didn't actually make any money. On the contrary, they paid a lot of money back.
Because many of these products cost more than 20 cents, but just after opening, Zhou Chen would lower the prices in order to attract customers. When the popularity increases, some items will slowly return to normal prices.
Of course, most of the goods in the store will only cost 20 cents even after seven days.
For seven consecutive days, the store had more and more customers day by day, and Zhou Chen and Zhou Yi were extremely busy with several employees.
After seven days, although the flow of customers was much less, the business was still very good. Especially after some products returned to normal prices, the store began to make profits.
After getting the small commodity store on track, Zhou Chen finally felt relaxed. From now on, he doesn't need to go to the store every day. He only needs to come forward to solve problems when he encounters them.
The full management of the store is Zhou Yi, but Zhou Chen helped Zhou Yi find a deputy, who was also a female college student, so he was not afraid that his sister would be deceived.
On this day, Zhou Chen accepted Han Chunming's invitation and was going to attend the ribbon-cutting opening of the restaurant he co-owned. For this reason, he also prepared a big red envelope.
Because Han Chunming was only one of the partners, and he was not the main responsible person, Han Chunming did not make any publicity this time. Among relatives and friends, he only called Zhou Chen and a few other close friends.
"Tea is over."
Zhou Chen looked at the restaurant in front of him. The size of the restaurant was very average, and the appearance was also very average. However, the name reminded Zhou Chen of something.
He remembered that the name of this restaurant corresponded to the four wine glasses that Mr. Guan mentioned, but he didn't know that the four wine glass symbols did not meet the requirements of the system.
"Zhou Chen."
A familiar voice came from behind. Zhou Chen turned around and saw Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu walking over with smiles.
"You two are here too."
Yang Huajian said with a smile: "This guy Han Chunming opened a restaurant without knowing it. We weren't planning to come, but he said you were here too, so we followed him to have a look."
Zhou Chen said: "Don't let him hear this, otherwise he will think that you don't give him face."
"I've heard it."
I saw Han Chunming walking out of the restaurant, followed by a person. He came to the three of them, punched Yang Huajian first, and then said with an unhappy face: "Yang Huajian, I can't pretend that I didn't hear what you just said."
, I will be fined at least three cups later."
"Okay, three cups will be three cups." Yang Huajian readily agreed.
Han Chunming pulled the man behind him and introduced Zhou Chen and the others: "These are my brothers Taozi and Li Chengtao. This restaurant is opened by me, him, and Cai Xiaoli."
"Taozi, these are Zhou Chen, Yang Huajian and Mao Tutu. The three of them are all capable college students. Our restaurant will have to rely on them to take care of the business in the future."
Li Chengtao immediately bowed his waist and greeted Zhou Chen and the others.
"Hello everyone, nice to meet you, just call me Taozi."
Zhou Chen and the others said hello to Li Chengtao and then walked into the restaurant.
Zhou Chen and the others sat down at a table under Han Chunming's arrangement.
After sitting down, Zhou Chen looked around and found that the space inside the restaurant was not very large. There were only about seven or eight tables in the lobby on the first floor, and there were some private rooms upstairs.
But looking at the decoration and environment, it's pretty good for this era.
At this time, there were already some people in the restaurant, and Zhou Chen and the others had no intention of getting to know each other. The three of them just sat together and chatted.
"Zhou Chen, your small commodity store is very popular now. It is almost known to everyone in Yanjing City."
Yang Huajian talked about Zhou's small commodity store. Since the store opened, it has indeed spread like a virus in Yanjing City. Many people have heard about it even if they have never been there.
"It's okay. It's very popular right now, but it won't be okay after a while. This kind of store can't make much money."
Hearing Zhou Chen's words, Mao Tutu couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Yang Huajian, did you hear it? Listen to the tone he is talking about now, how much money can he still make? You are more humble than us. If you don't make money, what will you do?
So much fanfare?"
Yang Huajian said: "Zhou Chen, to be honest, I am quite interested in your store. It is a new model and I think it will definitely become popular."
Zhou Chen said: "I really don't expect much money from it. In fact, it's more about finding something for my sister to do."
Not wanting to talk more about this topic, Zhou Chen asked instead: "You two have graduated, have you thought about your future path? Are you going to a government agency, or what do you say?"
Yang Huajian sighed: "I have been arranged by my old man to work in a government agency. To be honest, I don't want to go. I still think it is more promising to do business with you. Look at that guy Han Chunming.
, now he rides a motorcycle and owns a restaurant, and he is doing better than us college students."
Mao Tutu also agreed: "Yang Huajian is right. Originally, I wanted to go to a government agency, but now I have changed my mind. Now that we have reformed and opened up, taking an official career may not be the best way. I want to work in the sea.
I also have some experience in business."
"It's good if you can have your own ideas. Whether you go to a government agency or go to sea, there is actually a bright future."
Zhou Chen did not give them any advice rashly. Sometimes it was not good for him, but it must be good for others. Everyone has their own ideas and fate.
Mao Tutu rolled his eyes and said: "Zhou Chen, how about I partner with you? No matter what you do, I will listen to you."
Whether it was their business as a supply and marketing cooperative or the small commodity store Zhou Chen opened this time, he saw Zhou Chen's business acumen.
He felt that if he partnered with Zhou Chen, it would definitely be much better than working alone.
Zhou Chen did not answer directly, but said: "Let's not talk about it now. We are here to attend the banquet. Are you ready for the red envelope?"
Mao Tutu understood what Zhou Chen meant, so he stopped continuing the topic.
"Everyone is here, so the red envelopes must be prepared."
"Then let's give the red envelope to Han Chunming together later."
