"Aunt Wang, I can go to the school to get a letter of introduction. Can you see the house first?"
He didn't have a letter of introduction, so he could only do the next best thing and look at the house first.
Once the truth is revealed, it is still very simple to go back to the school and open a letter of introduction.
His two masters, one is the vice dean of Central Academy of Fine Arts and the other is the head of the Department of Sculpture. It is not easy to write a letter of introduction.
"Okay! Just wait a moment, I'll get the key!
Who is that...Xiao Lizi, bring the key to No. 198!" Aunt Wang was also happy, turned around and shouted to a young man.
It can be seen that Aunt Wang still has some status in the neighborhood committee.
"Aunt Wang, does anyone want to rent that house?"
This property belongs to the facade house of Wangfujing Neighborhood Committee. Due to various historical reasons and unspeakable reasons, it has been idle for a long time.
Although their neighborhood committee relies on financial allocations, whether they can rent it out will not affect their income.
But it’s always bad to leave it empty.
There are rumors recently that the higher-ups want to take back the property rights of the house.
Although they are all national, but...
It's like if your parents give you something, and then you take it back and give it to someone else because you don't need it, you will definitely be unhappy, even if you don't need the thing.
This is the selfish side of human nature.
"Yes! This Xiao Zhang is a college student from Central America and wants to do a work-study program!
We are going to rent our house and open a furniture store!
Let me tell you, Xiao Zhang’s craftsmanship is beyond compare!
If you are planning to buy furniture, please hurry up and book with Xiao Zhang!”
“Opening a furniture store? That’s a great feeling!
My boy is getting married. These four important things are easy to talk about, but these forty-eight legs really stump me!
Xiao Zhang, right?
When will your furniture store open? I'll order a set of fifty-six legs, and let's unite the fifty-six ethnic groups!" A fat aunt about the same age as Aunt Wang said proudly.
Thirty-six legs were a furniture set in the 1960s and 1970s. Now in the 1980s, many families have upgraded to 48-legs.
As for the fifty-six legs, as mentioned before, this is a luxury set.
The fat aunt is definitely not short of money. Not only is she not short of money, she is also short of tickets.
It's not difficult to open your mouth and do the four major things.
The four major events are also divided into periods. The four major events in the 1960s and 1970s are also called three turns and one ring.
Three rings refer to bicycles, watches, and sewing machines, and one ring refers to radios.
After the 1980s, especially in big cities like Beijing, the four major items became televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, and radios.
"Auntie, it will take more than a month for me to open!
You are welcome to buy furniture then, and I will give you a preferential price!" Zhang Junping said to the fat aunt with a smile.
"Oh, there's a discount! That's such a great feeling!" the fat aunt said happily.
Chinese aunties love words like discounts and offers.
"Then do we have any discounts?" A young man in his twenties asked.
"Yes, yes!
It is not easy for our comrades in the neighborhood committee to fight on the front line of serving the people.
As long as comrades from the neighborhood committee buy furniture, they will get discounts!" Zhang Junping promised loudly.
"As expected of a college student, he speaks well!"
"When your furniture store opens, we will go together to support you!"
Zhang Junping's words aroused the good impression of everyone in the neighborhood committee, and they all expressed their support for Zhang Junping's furniture store.
In fact, they are all polite words.
Are you afraid of losing business when opening a furniture store these days?
However, with the support of the neighborhood committee, a lot of trouble can be avoided.
"Let's go, Xiao Zhang, I'll take you to see the house!" At this time, Aunt Wang finally got the key.
Wang Bin handed Zhang Junping to his mother, said goodbye, and rushed back to work.
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"This is that house! Speaking of which, this house and you, Xiao Zhang, are really destined!
This house was used for carpentry business before the founding of the People's Republic of China!
What's it called...Yes! Fu Ju Cheng!
Listen to this name, how lucky it is!
Later, after liberation, Fu Jucheng cooperated with the state, and then because of...
It has been abandoned until now!" Aunt Wang was very familiar with this store and introduced it to Zhang Junping while opening the door.
When Zhang Junping heard this, he felt secretly happy.
What a fate!
He had actually heard of this blessing.
This Fujucheng is a mahogany and silver-inlaid lacquerware shop opened in Beijing by fellow villagers from Yuandu City during the Republic of China.
Fujucheng was very famous at that time, and it was recorded in the county annals of Yuandu!
I once made a 100-year-old staff for Mr. Zhongshan. His exquisite craftsmanship and wonderful design were praised and admired endlessly.
Rosewood inlaid with silver is an intangible cultural heritage of Yuandu. It was founded during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty and developed during the Republic of China.
The craftsmen of Yuandu sold the mahogany wood inlaid with silver to Beijing and abroad.
When it was most popular, there were seven or eight mahogany silver-inlaid lacquerware shops opened by Yuandu people in Beijing alone.
It can be said that the mahogany inlaid with silver is the pride of Yuandu people and a business card of Yuandu.
"Xiao Zhang, these furniture are all left over from the original store!
If you rent it, if you can use the furniture, I'll leave it all for you!" Aunt Wang pointed at some of the remaining furniture in the store.
Zhang Junping followed Aunt Wang and looked around.
Not to mention the previous history of this store, Zhang Junping fell in love with the layout and area at first sight.
The two-story shop outside has two floors, upper and lower, with an area of about 100 square meters on each floor.
There is a huge yard in the backyard, seven houses, and a side entrance.
A shed built in the yard can be used as a furniture production workshop.
The house can be lived in.
The furniture is sold out front, it's perfect!
"Auntie, please leave it for me. I will go to the school to find a teacher to write a letter of introduction!
Do you think I still need to pay a deposit?"
"No! What deposit do you need?
Don't worry! As long as I'm here, no one can take this house away!" Aunt Wang promised boldly.
Aunt Wang is really not talking nonsense. Unless her superiors take it away directly, she will mess with anyone who comes to rent the house.
"Then I'd like to thank Aunt Wang first!" Zhang Junping hurriedly thanked her.
"Why are you so polite with Auntie!
I still count on you, Xiao Zhang, for my second son’s furniture!” Aunt Wang said with a hearty smile.
After coming out of the shop, Zhang Junping looked at the surrounding environment again.
"Aunt Wang, what's going on over there?" Zhang Junping asked, pointing to a ruined building.
"There! There is also a shop under the name of our neighborhood committee!
Later, it fell into disrepair and collapsed due to a heavy rain the year before last. The neighborhood committee had no money to repair it, so it had to leave it alone."
"Auntie, will our neighborhood committee sell the collapsed shop?" Zhang Junping asked tentatively.
"Why do you want to buy it?" Aunt Wang looked at Zhang Junping in surprise.
"Yes! There will always be a place to stay in the future!
I can't afford this shop, so I can only buy the collapsed house, and then I can repair it myself!
You can count as having a home in Beijing!" Zhang Junping said with a fake smile.