After a while, a middle-aged man with a round face entered the VIP room, introduced himself as the account manager, and after a few pleasantries, he took the watch for free appraisal, "Mr. Xu, your Patek Philippe 5970 is indeed genuine, and it is also authentic.
It is a rare model among Patek Philippe watches and has been well maintained. It is 80% new, but there are three areas of wear on the crown that are completely within the scope of our recycling.”
Wang Lidong asked, "What price can you give me?"
The account manager said, "Mr. Xu, have you brought the invoice, packaging box, manual, and warranty card for the watch with you?"
"Yes." Wang Lidong opened his briefcase and took out a small red wooden box. The account manager took the wooden box, opened it and checked it again. He found that everything was missing and said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, the original price of your watch is 920,000. We
I can give you 650,000 yuan.”
Wang Lidong took the watch and watch box back without saying a word.
The account manager was stunned and immediately asked, "Mr. Xu, are you dissatisfied with the price? I gave you 30% off the original price. Generally, the recycling price of watches will not exceed 50% off. You can ask outside for this.
The price is absolutely fair.”
Wang Lidong put the watch on his wrist and said, "My watch is the first watch launched by the current head of the Patek Philippe family after he took over the company. Because the craftsmanship is very complicated, a total of 2,800 watches were produced in one series.
The gold model I have is even rarer, with only more than 200 produced, and its current price on the market is around 1.1 million to 1.2 million.
I was introduced by a friend and said that the prices you offered were quite fair, but I didn’t expect you to be more shady than the guys on Jinpu Road.”
"Mr. Xu, you are not satisfied with the price, we can talk about it again." The account manager smiled and pulled Wang Lidong. At the beginning of last year, the second-hand watch market was favored by capital, and transactions became increasingly popular. In the first two months of this year, Patek Philippe was struggling.
The price increase trend of Lux and other famous watches is obvious, so second-hand watch dealers are actively stocking up. The watch in Wang Lidong’s hand is among the top 30 most popular Patek Philippe watches in the current second-hand trading market.
10. The current market price is around 1.25 million
Half an hour later, Wang Lidong saw an extra 950,000 yuan in his bank account and shook hands with the account manager.
"Mr. Xu, walk slowly."
"goodbye."
He has made a name for himself with brisk steps. He is still very satisfied with the price he can get. Although he should be able to get an extra 100,000 yuan at auction, it is too time-consuming. It will take more than a week at the least.
It's not worth it if there are some minor accidents in the middle.
Jiamei Fireworks Company
"Xiao Sun, I heard that the company is moving to another location." Xu Heng from the design department walked into the office, sat down in his seat and said to his colleagues across from him.
Sun Hao raised his head and asked, "Where to move to? Isn't it nice here?"
A colleague at the work station not far away asked, "Xiao Xu, who did you listen to?"
Xu Hengdao, "What the administrative boy said is still nearby. The company's big customer, Mr. Wan, can't sign the order. I heard that there is only one month's salary left in the financial account. The boss wants to reduce costs."
Someone said, "I also heard about the new office, which will be half the size of the current one."
"Shrink it by half? Then we'll have to squeeze it together in the future?"
"Such a small area? There's no room for a camp bed, how can we take a nap?"
"Mr. Xu, okay." Xu Qin at the front desk saw the boss and said hello with a smile.
"Hello." Wang Lidong nodded and walked into the office. Before he could sit firmly, the driver Chen Xu opened the door and entered, "Brother, you are back."
"Gu Jia is home?"
"Sister is already home. Brother, there are rumors in the company that the company is going to change the venue?"
"Hmm." Wang Lidong picked up the tea cup and took a few sips before saying, "The company has spread the word, what is everyone's reaction?"
Chen Xu whispered the reactions of his colleagues, "Everyone knows the situation in the company. Most of them just complain and worry about having no place to take a nap."
Wang Lidong said, "The new office space is half the size of this one, but the area of each person's workstation is not much smaller.
The current front desk area plus the reception area covers an area of more than 50 square meters, and we don't actually need that much. One conference room is enough, and we can save more than 20 square meters. In addition, all offices have shrunk by half, and the area is only 200 square meters.
Saved."
Chen Xu thought for a moment. If some of the unnecessary decorations were removed, the area of everyone's workstations might be at least two or three square meters. "Brother, if there's nothing else, I'll go out first."
After Chen Xu went out, Wang Lidong picked up the phone and called Finance Xu Sheng and asked him to issue a loan contract. The lender was himself and the borrower was the company, and the amount was 900,000.
Xu Sheng on the other end of the phone was extremely surprised. He didn't expect the boss to get the money so quickly. He hurriedly said, "Okay, Mr. Xu, I'll draft it right away."
After a while, the company's financial officer Xu Sheng entered the office and put the loan contract on his desk. After Wang Lidong picked it up and looked at it, he picked up his mobile phone and operated it, "Xu Sheng, I have already transferred the money. The company's card and my card are the same."
Bank, the money will arrive today."
Xu Sheng smiled and nodded, "Okay, Mr. Xu. If there's nothing else, I'll go out first."
"good."
After Xu Sheng left the room, Wang Lidong picked up the phone again and called the sales manager, "Manager Zhao, come to my office."
After a while, Zhao Zhisheng from the sales department entered the office, and Wang Lidong got straight to the point, "Manager Zhao, it's already June. How many new customers has the sales department attracted to the company in the past six months? What was the company's sales from January to May?"
"
Zhao Zhisheng said somewhat sarcastically, "Mr. Xu, we added a new customer in the first half of the year. Sales from January to May were 4.89 million."
Wang Lidong's face turned cold.
The sales department has the largest number of people in the entire company, with a total of 8 people, but he and Gu Jia are responsible for 70% of the company's business. They spent a lot of money, but they have a bunch of fishermen.
"Manager Zhao, the company is not a nursing home or a welfare home. If the company's sales do not reach 14 million by the end of the year, you will not be here next year."
Looking at Zhao Zhisheng with an ugly expression, he continued, "If you meet the target at the end of the year, 0.7% of the total sales will be counted as your bonus. The sales commission rate for salespersons will also be increased to 15."
Zhao Zhisheng perked up and did some mental calculations. If he completed the target, he could get a bonus of about 100,000 yuan. Suddenly a question came to his mind and he hurriedly asked, "Mr. Xu, the total sales you mentioned do not include you and Mr. Gu."
customer of?"
Wang Lidong nodded and said, "Including."
Grand Hyatt Binjiang
"A group of children are playing eagle and catching chickens. One person is playing the role of an eagle and another is playing the role of an old wooden chicken. How many children are there in the next three groups?" After Gu Jia finished reading the test questions, he looked at his son and Xu Ziyan scratched his little head.
After adding, subtracting and subtracting with a pencil, he said, "Mom, there are 40 children in total. Right?"
Gu Jia smiled and kissed her son, "Ziyan is so smart. We have two glasses of juice for the next question, and the baby drank it."
"Ding ding ding ding" Gu Jia put down the book and picked up the phone. The caller ID read "Finance Xu Sheng", "Hello, Manager Xu."
Xu Sheng said on the other end of the phone, "Mr. Gu, I have something to report to you."
"What's up?"
"Mr. Xu loaned 900,000 yuan to the company for emergency purposes, and it has been credited to the company's account."
Gu Jia was taken aback, but she said, "I know." After hanging up the phone, she turned to the number of 'Xu Huanshan' and clicked to dial. After three rings, the other end of the phone rang.
A familiar voice said, "Hey, wife, what's going on?"
Gu Jia hesitated for a moment and then said, "Husband, you go home early today. I have prepared a lot of dishes to celebrate our move to a new home."
Wang Lidong checked the time, it was almost four o'clock, and said, "Okay, I'll get off work later." After hanging up the phone, he thought for a moment and almost forgot one thing, then picked up the phone again and dialed his friend Shen Shen.
Jay's phone number
"Hey, Huan Shan."
Wang Lidong asked, "When are you free this week?"
Shen Jie said, "What's the matter?"
"I haven't played football for a long time."
"Football? How about Sunday?"
"Okay, we agreed, Sunday, same time, same place."
"Okay. I'm busy, so I won't talk to you anymore. I'll see you then."
He hung up the phone, turned off the computer, picked up his briefcase, left the office, asked the driver Chen Xu to drive to a supermarket near the entrance of the community.
Less than half an hour later, the car arrived near the river beach. After the car stopped, Chen Xu looked at the rearview mirror on the right and said, "Brother, you can get out of the car."
Wang Lidong opened the car door and said, "Don't go back to the company, just get off work."
"Okay brother, walk slowly."
After Wang Lidong got out of the car, he looked around the surrounding shops and found the 'Huangdi Boutique Supermarket'. After walking around inside, he paid the bill with half a dozen towels.
After leaving the supermarket and walking for more than two hundred meters along Xidaming Road, a somewhat familiar sign caught his eye, ‘l’,
"Thank you for coming, please go slowly." Salesman Zuo Yin bowed and saw off his old customer. When he got up, he found a man in his thirties standing not far away, looking at their store.
After looking at the men's clothes and shoes, it was estimated that there were four to five thousand men in total. He was carrying a briefcase and a vest bag. The bag had the words 'Huangdi Boutique Supermarket' printed on it, and it should contain towels.
, then the first result should be the residents living nearby, who came forward and greeted politely, "Hello, sir."
"Hello." Wang Lidong said hello and took a look at the girl. She has short hair, big eyes, and a good figure, but she is a bit short, about 160cm.
"Sir, we are a Misia specialty store. You can come in and have a look."
Wang Lidong nodded, walked into Misia, looked around, and discovered that one of the heroines, Wang Manni, was selling something to a female customer. She looked very much like Jiang Shuying.
"Sir, the men's clothing is on the second floor, please come with me." Salesman Zuo Yin made an inviting gesture.
"Are there any casual ones?" Wang Lidong stepped up the steps to the second floor.
"Please come over here." Zuo Yin led him to the casual men's clothing area, pointed to seven or eight hangers and said, "Sir, these are all casual styles. You can take a look at them as you like."
Wang Lidong casually picked up a blue T-shirt and touched the fabric.
"Sir, this is the new product of this season. This color sells very well and the fabric is very comfortable to wear."
Wang Lidong looked at the label and saw that it was really not cheap!
With the remaining balance in his card, he was able to buy five or six pieces. His goal was achieved. After looking at two more clothes, he left the Misia store.
"Thank you for coming, please go slowly." Salesman Zuo Yin bowed, and salesman Mas stepped forward and said, "Zuo Yin, this person's total outfit costs more than five thousand yuan. He will definitely not buy clothes from our store.
, you are so enthusiastic, it is a waste of time and expression."
Zuo Yin glanced at Mas and hummed, "The vest bag this man is carrying is from a nearby supermarket, which means he lives here." As she spoke, she saw Wang Lidong turn right, "Did you see that?
Just live in Junyue Mansion”
Mas said sternly, "If you enter the Grand Hyatt Mansion, you may not necessarily be living there, but you may be a security guard working at the Grand Hyatt Mansion."
Zuo Yin rolled his eyes, too lazy to argue with this sissy
"Honey, I'm back." Gu Jia heard the sound of the door opening and walked out of the kitchen. She saw Wang Lidong opening the door and entering the house. She saw that he was holding a plastic bag in his hand, "What did you buy?"
"towel."
"Husband, why did you buy towels?"
"Wash your face." He took off his shoes, put on his slippers, put his briefcase in the study room, then took out a towel and went to the bathroom. Gu Jia followed him in, "Husband, don't we always use cotton towels to wash our faces?"
"I'm not used to using small pieces of cloth." Wang Lidong curled his lips and said that towels are full of bacteria, and disposable towels are the safest and most reliable, and are a good IQ tax.
Twenty years ago, he might have fallen for it. Just like the chicken essence scam, in order to seize the huge market for MSG, chicken essence has been promoting its original flavor, more nutrition and health.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Various negative news about MSG are also popping up on the market, such as eating too much will cause IQ to drop, giving rise to cancer, etc. It doesn’t matter how scary it is.
As a result, his family didn't dare to use MSG, so they used chicken essence instead. Only after the Internet developed, did they realize that half of the ingredients in the chicken essence that was used to deceive people were MSG.
He washed a new towel with sulfur soap. Thinking that his predecessor could last for several years, he would have exploded every time he used a soft cotton towel the size of glasses cloth to wash his face.
What a love!
Gu Jia frowned and said, "Hubby, the bathroom is full of water vapor, which is caused by bacteria and mites." She and Wang Lidong spent several minutes explaining the disadvantages of washing your face with a towel.
"According to scientific statistics, a person has to breathe more than 20 cubic meters of air a day. In urban office buildings, residential buildings, hotels and other rooms, the bacterial content in the air is as high as more than 150,000 per cubic meter. Based on this calculation, each of us
300,000 bacteria are inhaled every day. According to your thinking, we should stop breathing!"
After rinsing the towel, he washed his face with the towel. The thick cotton felt was called face washing, and it was so comfortable! "As long as the towel is left to dry in the sun for 6 hours, it can achieve the disinfection effect. Let's use it in the future."
Sister Chen can just take it to the balcony and bask in the sun for half a day every day."
There was a burning smell coming from the tip of his nose, and he said, "Honey, what's burning in the kitchen?"
"Oh, my broccoli." Gu Jia hurriedly ran back to the kitchen and turned off the fire, turned on the exhaust, and after the smoke dissipated, she opened the lid of the pot and saw a dark mess.
At nightfall, a family of three sat at the dining table. Gu Jia raised the wine glass in front of him and said, "Here, let's have a drink."
"Cheers, to celebrate moving into a new home." Wang Lidong took a sip of red wine and smacked his lips. It tasted weird. He had never been used to drinking this stuff. He picked up Kuaizi and sandwiched the pan-fried beef. The taste was okay, but a bit old.
Gu Jia saw that Wang Lidong's left wrist was empty, "Husband, where is your watch?"
"Done."
Sure enough, Gu Jia said with a steady expression, "Why didn't you tell me about such a big matter about my husband in advance?"
Wang Lidong stroked little Xu Ziyan and said, "Let's not talk about this now. Let's have a good meal."
Gu Jia glanced at his son and nodded.
"Son, let's toast your mother and thank her for preparing such a delicious meal." Wang Lidong raised his glass and Xu Ziyan hurriedly picked up the juice cup and said, "Mom, thank you."
"Cheers." Gu Jia smiled and clinked glasses with her husband and son, took a sip and said, "Husband, don't forget the interview tomorrow."
"Remember." Wang Lidong suddenly remembered a plot in the TV series, looked at his son and said, "Zi Yan, tell dad, where is the capital?"
Xu Ziyan blurted out, "On the arm."
Gu Jia thought her son didn't hear clearly and repeated, "Zi Yan, dad asked where the capital is."
The child glanced at his mother and said hesitantly, "It's on the arm."
Gu Jia frowned and said, "Zi Yan, what is mom talking about is where is the capital of our Sihai Kingdom?"
Seeing his son looking at him with aggrieved expression, Wang Lidong stroked the little guy's head and said, "Zi Yan, daddy said capital, not hands," he said, spreading his palms, "this is called hands." After that, he took out his hand.
I took out my mobile phone, found the map of Sihai, and spread some geographical knowledge about Sihai to my son.
Five minutes later, Gu Jia asked, "Ziyan, which city are we in now?"
Child Xu Ziyan looked at the map on his phone, pointed at the Pearl and said, "Here."
"Exactly. Ziyan is great. Then tell mom, where is the capital?"
Child Xu Ziyan pointed to the capital and said, "Here."
Gu Jia picked up her son, kissed him twice, and said with a smile, "Zi Yan is so smart."
After finishing their meal and letting their son play on the slide, Wang Lidong and Gu Jia entered the study.
Seeing Gu Jia staring at him, he said, "How much money do we have from the two bank cards combined?"
Gu Jia did the math and said, "It should be more than 200,000,"
Wang Lidong said, "Let me settle the score with you.
July is only ten days away, and the mortgage loan is NT$. If my son passes the interview, he will have to pay 120,000 tuition fees immediately. The company's three-month rent is 390,000. Just add one dollar to this and it will cost 620,000. The company's current account only has money.
If I can make enough money to pay next month's salary, I don't want to pawn my watch."
Gu Jia's face froze, she walked to him, took his arm and said, "Husband, I didn't think well. I shouldn't have changed my house in such a hurry. I should have waited until the company's business reached a higher level before changing, but my son will change immediately."
He's going to kindergarten, and I just want to give him the best education. I'm sorry!"
Wang Lidong said insincerely, "Honey, we decided to change the house together. I should be the one to apologize. If the company can earn 3 million a year, then everything will be solved. Wife, let's discuss this with you."
Gu Jiadao, "What's the matter?"
Wang Lidong hesitated for a while and then said, "The company's annual profit in the past few years has been about two million, but by the end of the year, we didn't have any money on the card.
After Mr. Wan's order is gone, our company's annual profit will be around one million.
After the company changed its venue, we were able to save about 1 million yuan in rent a year. Originally, I wanted to fill the gap in mortgage loans so that our family's quality of life would not decline, but now the situation has reduced our family expenses by half."
Gu Jia took two deep breaths, looked at Wang Lidong's left wrist and nodded.
Wang Lidong said, "In the afternoon, I roughly calculated our family's expenses in the past few years.
My average monthly expenses are about 150,000, Ziyan's is 250,000 per month, you are 70,000 per month, Sister Chen is 150,000 per month, food, water, electricity, various entertainment and other miscellaneous expenses at home are almost 40,000 plus one yuan.
My plan is to halve my living expenses. Ziyan is about to go to kindergarten. All kinds of interest classes have been stopped. I can save 10,000. Wife, you have stopped taking more than a dozen courses such as flower arrangement and appreciation.
She can save 250,000 yuan a month. Sister Chen’s salary cannot be reduced. The family expenses.” He pointed to the various decorative lights in the study room that set off the atmosphere. “These are usually turned off. There are also various entertainments. It’s not important for us.”
I won’t participate, and the biannual tour will be changed to once a year.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He took the computer and added, subtracted and subtracted. The annual expenses would be almost 1.4 million. Gu Jia looked at the calculation results and said, "Husband, my living expenses are also
Cut it in half”
After waiting for a long time, you finally spoke!
Wang Lidong hugged Gu Jia and said with a look of shame on his face, "I'm sorry, my wife, I'm useless and I made you suffer with me. But don't worry, this is only temporary. After the company's business resumes, our family's life will be different
You can get back to your old self.”
"Husband, I believe you can do it." Gu Jia said, raising his right fist, "Come on!"
Wang Lidong raised his fist and said, "Let's work hard together!"
The next morning, Wang Lidong and his family went to the kindergarten for an interview, and the process went very smoothly. After leaving the school, he hailed a taxi and said, "Honey, then I'm going to the company."
"Goodbye, dad." Gu Jia waved goodbye to his son, and after the car drove away, the two got into the car, "Chen Xu, please take us home."
"Okay, sister. Sit tight." Chen Xu turned on the turn signal, lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the car started slowly. "Sister, did your interview go well today?"
"It went very well. It passed. Ziyan can go to school next week." Gu Jia asked, "Chen Xu, do your colleagues have any opinions about the company's change of venue?"
Chen Xu looked at the rearview mirror and said, "I understand it all. Without Mr. Wan's order, the company will be in trouble.
Moreover, the new venue this time is located near the company, so most of the time I just complained."
Five minutes later, the car entered the community. Gu Jia saw her friend Zhong Xiaoqin through the car window. She quickly told Chen Xu to stop the car and pressed the window, "Xiaoqin."
Zhong Xiaoqin stopped, looked at the sound, and saw that it was her best friend. She walked to the car and said happily, "Gu Gu, didn't you take Zi Yan to the interview today?" She also said hello to her brother-in-law Chen Xu.
Gu Jia opened the car door and got out of the car with her son, "I have passed the interview. Are you free now?"
Zhong Xiaoqin picked up her godson, kissed him, and said, "I'm not busy, what's wrong?"
Gu Jia said, "Let's go to my house. I have something to ask you."