"Hit someone?! What I'm beating is a dog!" Mr. Xia's momentum is not diminishing, and he is very interested in beating shopkeeper An together. "Don't think about Wu Niang's matter!"
When Chen Lin saw the dispute, he couldn't go out for a while, so he stopped and waited for the situation to subside.
A wealthy family bullies others with power, and slapping a few clerks is really nothing. The clerks in the store will be angry first. From the time they were apprentices, being beaten, scolded, and bullied is commonplace. No matter how they are bullied, insulted, or even beaten,
Everyone is greeted with a smile.
Although Shopkeeper An was born as a young merchant, he also learned business when he was young. When opening a shop to do business, it is common to encounter unreasonable customers. In business, people pay attention to being friendly and making money. When encountering such customers, they always give good advice.
He endured a small loss and did not conflict with the guests. But today's incident was too much to deceive others. He sneered:
"Wu Niang is not from my family. She has long legs and can go wherever she wants. Who do you want when you come to my place? Mr. Xia should go out to find someone quickly. Don't waste time here and miss your home."
It’s my business!”
Mr. Xia was furious and yelled: "You old bastard! You think I don't know! Without that slut of yours seducing and kidnapping, Wu Niang would run away? If you don't have an explanation today, you can't even think about this shop."
Keep driving!"
When Shopkeeper An heard the word "slut," he looked angry and snorted coldly, saying: "This is not the land of the Ming Dynasty. It's not your turn to run wild! Eighteen, blow the whistle!"
The waiter responded and immediately ran to the street. After a while, a sharp whistle came from outside.
Mr. Xia's expression suddenly changed, and he turned around to go out. Shopkeeper An turned aside to block the door and sneered: "Mr. Xia! The whistle was blown, and the police came soon, so I closed the shop and went to the police station to discuss
The right and wrong! Let’s see if my shop can be opened! These two slaps are not in vain!”
Mr. Xia pushed and shoved him and wanted to leave, but shopkeeper An refused to let him go. He became anxious and shouted: "Hurry up!"
The servant slapped the head of his pocket, beating shopkeeper An to pieces and falling to the ground. Mr. Xia found this opportunity and rushed out of the door. The servant also jumped out and fled.
When Chen Lin saw this, he ran out quickly, helped Shopkeeper An up, and said with concern: "Shopkeeper An! Don't be anxious, right?"
Shopkeeper An shook his head, blinked twice, and when he saw it was Chen Lin, he said, "It doesn't matter to me, thank you very much, brother..."
At this time, the clerk Shi Shi also came back, and the two of them helped Shopkeeper An up. Shi Shi said: "The patrol will be here soon..."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of running iron-clawed leather shoes could be heard outside. Two patrol policemen came in from the door of the store and asked: "What's going on?!"
Shopkeeper An immediately gave a brief summary of what happened. The police officer in charge said, "He ran away?"
"Yes, but I know who he is..."
"In this case, you go to the police station first to make a record. We will summon the person tomorrow and then deal with it." The policeman looked at the situation in the store and asked, "Who was beaten? Is it him?" He said with his chin.
One pointed at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin hurriedly said: "It's not me."
Shopkeeper An hurriedly said: "He is a guest, coming to see the goods. This matter has nothing to do with him. The one who was beaten was a clerk in the store who was resting in the back. He was knocked unconscious and could not get up."
"Send the person to the health center, ask the doctor to take a look, and issue a diagnosis. Bring it to the police station tomorrow."
Chen Lin has met many Australian police officers in Guangzhou, but this is the first time he has directly watched the police handle a case. It is quite new. He only saw two police officers working in an orderly manner. They first inspected the scene, then questioned the people present one by one, and took notes. This was just what they did.
The policeman who took the notes was really not very clever. He often asked shopkeeper An how to write a certain word.
After taking notes on the people in the store, the police called Chen Lin for questioning. Shopkeeper An said: "He was a passing customer. He was talking to me in the counter just now and didn't come out. He didn't see anything..."
Chen Lin knew that this was Shopkeeper An's good intentions and didn't want him to get into trouble. But in today's incident, the man named Xia really went too far. Chen Lin claimed that he was a "guest of the elders" and knew a little bit about Australian police affairs.
He said with emotion: "I saw it all at the door just now. I just want to be a circumstantial witness." Then he told everything about the past and made a mark on the record.
"I'll hear the news tomorrow." The police officer put the documents into the bag. "Come to the police station to handle it then. You, this..."
"My surname is Chen."
"You live in the Jasmine Hotel, right? If nothing happens, I won't look for you. I will send you a notice if you want to go to court - you have been in Lingao recently, right?"
"I'll definitely be there within three to five days." Chen Lin didn't know that such a matter would have to be "heard in court," so he was a little nervous, "I'll definitely be there if I'm greeted."
The patrolman left. When Chen Lin saw that it was getting late, he quickly left. Shopkeeper An felt a little guilty: "...the disagreement brought you into it."
"Don't say anything to outsiders. We are all members of the same family. There is no way for them to bully us! Besides, this is under the rule of Australians, and we cannot allow them to undermine our master's authority!"
Shopkeeper An smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I didn't expect that even though I came from the mainland, my ideas are very new! It's true that a hero comes from a young age! Please come to the store to talk about it when you have time."
Delayed by this incident, Chen Lin did not dare to stroll around anymore and went straight to the Friendship Department Store along the street.
This Friendship Department Store is one of the two major department stores in Lingao. Follow the map and follow the road, and soon you will arrive near Bobu Bay. Suddenly, you will see a circular square in front of you, which is completely paved with bricks and stones. It is very
It was flat, with a statue standing in the center, but it was a leaping statue of a general on horseback and in military uniform. Chen Lin was secretly curious, who was this person? Could it be a famous general from the Song Dynasty. When he walked over and saw the inscription below, he knew it was
Statue of Ma Yuan, General Fubo of the Han Dynasty.
By the way, the Australian army is the Fubo Army. This Qiongzhou Prefecture was first converted by Ma Yuan who crossed the sea. This is also the origin of the Australians' statue of him.
This department store is located in the southeast corner of the square. From a distance, there are crowds of people in front of the building, which is obviously a booming business. The main building is only three stories high. From the architectural style to the volume, it is roughly the same as the county department store in the 1970s. However,
In the eyes of most people in this time and space, this is already a "giant villa". Standing on the top of the building is a line of huge Song fonts: "Develop production and prosper the market." The huge fonts, which are as tall as a person, and the red color are far away
It gives people a strong visual impact from a distance.
The positioning of the Friendship Department Store is "popular", which according to Li Mei, is the positioning of the "township gang" business. Because the store is located in the middle of the county and close to the sea, most of the business travelers who come to Gao from other counties and the mainland are here.
The transfer of cars and ships. A large number of people flow and gather, which naturally creates unlimited business opportunities.
Since we want to position our business as a "rural gang", we can't pay too much attention to "taste". It must have a shocking feeling that "this is a big city", but it must also not be too luxurious and modern, making people think, "This is not the place I should go in."
Therefore, Li Mei rejected various lofty design plans in the planning stage and chose the simplest rectangular building with three floors. Various structures favored by the Senate’s public buildings, such as
The high-ceilinged atrium, walking-horse building, roof garden, and curved staircase are all not used. Except for some decorations with broken glass sandblasting patterns on the walls, the whole building is plain and unpretentious. This makes people experience the big world and dragons.
Chen Lin from Howe Bay Hotel was somewhat disappointed - it was too ordinary.
He strolled leisurely inside the building. The layout here is different from that of Guangzhou World. Guangzhou World is actually more similar to the shopping mall of the old times or the lower-end "market street". The Friendship Department Store still has a traditional counter.
The first floor of the store is the tallest and brightest, with a floor height of nearly 5 meters. Although there are large gas chandeliers installed here, due to the large crowds of people, it is necessary to minimize safety risks, so large glass windows are used on the first floor. They are made up of countless grids.
Each of the large floor-to-ceiling glass windows is nearly ten square meters, bringing in as much natural light as possible and reducing dependence on artificial lighting.
However, this also brings side effects. Due to engineering considerations, a considerable part of the lattice of these huge windows cannot be opened. Therefore, in summer, a large amount of scorching sunlight will enter the room, and the amount of ventilation is not enough to lower the indoor temperature.
Given the huge size of the department store, the various air-conditioning systems available to the Senate are far from adequate. Therefore, in most seasons of the year, awnings must be supported outside the windows.
Only in this season, the sunlight shining through the huge windows makes people feel comfortable.
The first floor of the department store sells high-frequency consumer goods. Chen Lin doesn't know what "fast-moving consumer goods" are, but from the counter layout and corresponding signboards, he can roughly see that the first floor sells food, alcohol, tobacco, and candies.
, toiletries, small hardware and daily necessities. Although there are many varieties, it can be said to be a dazzling array, but there are some "Australian products" that are familiar to Guangzhou people, such as "Guo Shi Wushuang", "Nan Hai Cigar", "Li Mu Shan Oolong"... and so on.
There are no traces of high-end consumer goods. Most of the products sold on the counter are mid- to low-end products.
Even so, Chen Lin was still "shocked" by the wide variety of products here. Needless to say, there are more than ten different varieties of fermented bean curd sold at the food counter here. There are the simplest fermented bean curd and vegetable leaves.
Wrapped, made with distiller's grains, with chili peppers, fragrant, spicy, smelly, sweet... there are all kinds. And it's very convenient to buy. You don't need to bring your own container for retail. There is a special bamboo basket in the store.
Small oil paper baskets. There are also special gift packages. You can put a delicate box outside the basket, which can be made of paper, wood, or bamboo. It looks beautiful, but the price also goes up.
This Australian really puts a lot of effort into doing business and spends every penny.