Gao Sheng and I were squeezed into the crowd, and our ears were filled with the sounds of shouting and selling, and some were shouting sales directly with loudspeakers.
This scene reminds me of going to the town market with my mother when I was a child. It's exactly the same feeling.
There is one selling fake medicinal wine, with several large pythons placed in front of the stall; there is also a Xinjiang shop selling mutton kebabs, with two large speakers beside the stall, attracting customers.
There are fortune tellers, doctors, beggars, and all kinds of charlatans.
It was really difficult for us to move in the crowd because there were so many people. It was much more crowded than in big business districts like Chunxi Road and Taikoo Li.
Gao Sheng led me forward while looking around, as if he was looking for something.
"With so many people, can they be found?" I couldn't help but ask Gao Sheng.
"What did you say? Louder, I can't hear you."
It was true that the environment was too noisy, so I had no choice but to lean into Gao Sheng’s ear and say loudly: “I said, with so many people here, can you find the person who lied to you about the phone protector yesterday?”
"I don't know, let's go and look in front." The noise was so loud that Gao Sheng could only yell and talk to me.
We continued to walk forward, but the flow of people did not decrease. I couldn’t even imagine how lively it would be here at night.
Originally there was only a hundred or so meters away, but Gao Sheng and I squeezed into the crowd and squeezed for ten minutes before we finally reached the cell phone film booth.
Gao Sheng said to me: "I was deceived here yesterday."
"Where are the people?" I looked at the several film stalls in front of me and asked Gao Sheng.
Gao Sheng frowned and said, "I'm no longer here. This guy probably just took a shot and moved to another place."
"Why don't you go ask those people who put on the stickers?"
Gao Sheng nodded and walked towards the people wearing stickers in front of him.
I waited for him for a while, and when he came back, I asked him, "How are you? Did you ask anything?"
Gao Sheng shook his head with a disappointed look on his face and said, "I asked, and they said I didn't know him. They didn't communicate with each other."
As he spoke, he said to me with a disappointed look on his face: "What a pity, this guy is really talented. If he could be used by us, we wouldn't have to worry about not being able to sell him."
I believe that someone who can be favored by Gao Sheng is not bad, and I would also like to meet someone who can even deceive him.
But the problem now is that for such a charlatan, I don’t believe that he deceived someone here and then ran away.
The market here is not small! If it just ran away, how much would the loss be?
"I think if we wait and see, he may not be here yet."
Gao Sheng raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "That's right, it was already 6:30 pm when I came here yesterday, and it's only 4 pm now."
"Well, let's wait a little longer, but it's too noisy here. Let's go and have a cigarette."
Gao Sheng followed me out of this neighborhood, and his ears finally felt a little clearer.
I took out a cigarette and handed one to Gao Sheng, and we squatted on the roadside, smoking and waiting.
It is quite strange to say that I am the chairman of Yuanfeng Group after all, and Gao Sheng is also the deputy general manager of the group.
The two of us just squatted on the roadside without any image, smoking cigarettes and waiting for a charlatan.
But if that kid is really a talent, I would be willing to wait here even for a day.
Our group is really short of fresh blood, and we also need a particularly capable person to carry the sales banner.
It used to be Gao Sheng, but now Gao Sheng can't spare his time to go into sales, and Cheng Xiaohu can't reach that level.
So, I really want to meet that guy who cheated Gao Sheng.
I finished the cigarette quickly, and Gao Sheng said to me: "It would be a pity if I can't find him. That guy is really interesting. I was really fooled by him yesterday."
"How old is the boy you're talking about?" I asked.
"Not too old, he looks about 20 years old, quite young, but he speaks in a very mature tone."
Gao Sheng seemed to be particularly excited. After he finished speaking, he paused and added: "Boss, I'm not bragging to you. If we add one another, we probably won't be able to match him. What I mean is the verbal skills."
The more Gao Sheng talked, the more mysterious he became, and the more I wanted to meet that kid.
As time passed, the flow of people in this neighborhood hardly decreased, but instead became more and more lively as time went by.
Many stalls took out loudspeakers, as if they were competing to see whose voice was louder.
Although we have been waiting for a long time, Gao Sheng and I are not impatient at all because we both want to meet that talent.
Gradually, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon.
Gao Sheng said to me: "Boss, just wait here. I'll go over and take a look to see if he's here?"
I nodded, and Gao Sheng walked to the film stall in the neighborhood. I continued to wait where I was.
Just as Gao Sheng left, a voice came from beside me.
"Boss, do you need a professional to clear the sewer?"
I turned my head and looked at the sound. Standing next to me was a young man who was about twenty-five or sixty-six years old. His skin was a little dark, but he looked quite energetic. He was the kind of person who looked very smart.
When I was looking at him, she said to me again: "Drilling, land reclamation, masonry are also acceptable. Does the boss need it?"
I smiled and said, "Young people know a lot."
He smiled coquettishly and said, "I'm just making a living. Boss, you're the big boss at first glance. This is my business card. If you need anything, you can contact me."
As he spoke, he took out a crumpled business card from his jeans pocket and handed it to me.
Hey guys, here's a business card too.
I took a look at the business card. It was probably handwritten by him. It just contained a name and contact information.
I thought this person was quite funny, and I was willing to talk to him a few more words: "It's done very professionally, it looks like that."
"It's necessary. Boss, I am a professional. I have everything you want here."
"Really?" I looked at him in disbelief.
"It has to be!" As he said this, he carefully looked around and then approached me to unzip his jacket.
I was instantly shocked. His shirt was filled with mobile phones of various models and brands, densely packed together with transparent tape. It was estimated that there were ten or twenty mobile phones.
"Do you want a mobile phone? I have everything from Apple, Huawei, and Xiaomi here. The prices are affordable and you are safe." He leaned close to my ear and whispered in my ear.
I was really shocked. Could this guy be the charlatan Gao Sheng mentioned?
This was my first reaction at the time, but I guess it wasn't that coincidental, and Gao Sheng said that guy didn't apply the film?
Or are all the people doing business in this neighborhood so eloquent?
I looked at him in disbelief, shook my head and said, "What else do you have?"
"That's a lot. Boss, what do you need?"
"I"
As soon as I opened my mouth, Gao Sheng's voice came over: "Boss, it's this kid!"
Before I could react, the guy who was talking to me turned his head and glanced at Gao Sheng, then ran away.