Chapter five hundred and nineteenth old classmates meet
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Chapter 519: Meeting old classmates
..."Okay!" More than ten seconds later, Gu Liang's voice reached Liu Dong's ears again. +◆
"What were you doing just now? It sounded like you were still chewing on a book?" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"I'm in our school library!"
"Library, you didn't go home during the holiday?" Liu Dong asked in surprise.
"No, isn't it time to graduate as a senior? I'm going to work harder and get admitted to our school's graduate school!" Gu Liang said.
"Guzi, you are still working as hard as you were in high school!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"That's right, I'm not as smart as you, so the stupid bird flies first!"
When he was in high school, especially after he was promoted to the third year of high school, Gu Liang's grades were always second in the class, second only to the school beauty Mei Xue. However, when Liu Dong pursued Mei Xue like a bull in heat, he learned
His grades actually skyrocketed. In less than half a year, Liu Dong, who was originally ranked around 10th, became number one in the entire grade! It caused a sensation in the class and also hit Gu Liang, who originally had high self-esteem, but
The two of them are in the same dormitory and have a close relationship. There is no jealousy between them! High school students are not as playful as adults!
"Okay, stop mocking me. You are now the proud son of heaven in the ivory tower, and I am just an ordinary young man in a materialistic society! What happened in high school has long been a thing of the past! ... Yes
Now, since you are at school, come to your school gate. I will wait for you here!" Liu Dong said.
"In front of our school? Are you in our school now?" Gu Liang said in surprise.
"Of course. I happened to come to the island city for some business, so I heard from Chang Fangtao and others that you were going to school here, so I stopped by to see you! What? You're not welcome?"
"How could it be that you are not welcome and it's too late for me to be happy? ...Okay, just wait a moment, I'll be there right away!" After saying that, Gu Liang hung up the phone.
However, Liu Dong obviously missed a very important thing. Gu Liang also forgot to ask because of his excitement. You must know that there is more than one gate in a huge university campus!
However, there is only one main entrance, so Gu Liang, who was riding over excitedly, happened to bump into Liu Dong who was waiting here!
After the two met, they gave each other a bear hug, then let go and looked at each other!
"You are still the same as you were in high school, except you have grown a lot taller!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"Yes, but you have changed too much. You are in a suit and tie. I almost didn't recognize you when you came here just now!" Gu Liang said with a smile after lightly punching Liu Dong on the chest.
"Let's go, it's too cold outside. Let's find a place to sit down and have a casual meal. I'll treat you. It happens to be almost noon!" Liu Dong said.
"Hey, when we get here, how can I ask you to invite me? Besides, I'm half a landlord, so I should do everything I can as a landlord. Besides, I'm familiar with the delicious restaurants around here, so it's better for me to invite you!" After finishing speaking,
Finally, Gu Liang refused to allow Liu Dong to say anything, pushed the cart with one hand, took his arm and left!
Seeing him like this, Liu Dong did not refuse anymore, and the small restaurant on the roadside was more conducive to the communication between the two! Otherwise, the taste would be different in a five-star hotel!
"This is the one, their seafood is the best near our school! And the price is not expensive, let's go!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong raised his head and looked at the small restaurant called "Seafood Restaurant" in front of him, then followed Gu Liang and walked in!
In fact, this restaurant is not small in size, but the lobby is only 200 square meters, and there are private rooms on the second floor, which are well decorated. However, they only have two people, so there is no need to have private rooms outside.
After finding a table in the room, the two of them sat down!
"Here, take whatever you want to eat!"
Compared with Liu Dong's family's initial embarrassment, Gu Liang's family, as an only child, is undoubtedly much richer. Therefore, when he was in high school, Gu Liang often gave Liu Dong food brought by his family. When he was in college, every month
The living expenses are generous enough!
"Okay, you better order! I'm not picky about food, I can eat anything! Besides, you are a regular customer here, so you know better than me what is delicious!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
Like most poor people, Liu Dong, who has had a big belly since he was a child, has not been picky about food, because he has not been able to eat much since he was a child! Except for the food he hunts and during festivals, he rarely sees anything at home throughout the year.
It's meaty. So eating meat is happiness. Even now, Liu Dong has money in his hands, but this habit has not changed.
And Gu Liang, who was a high school classmate for three years and had a deep understanding of some of Liu Dong’s living habits, smiled and didn’t refuse!
I took the menu and ordered 8 meat dishes. The portion for four people was obviously prepared for Liu Dong!
"By the way, Liu Dong! How have you been in these years? Why haven't you attended the class reunion for three years?" Gu Liang asked after ordering.
"It's okay. It wasn't very satisfactory at the beginning, but it's much better now! ... By the way, how are you?" Liu Dong didn't want to talk more about himself!
Because he doesn’t want money to become a barrier between the two of them, Liu Dong, who has never attended elementary school, junior high school, or university, cherishes the friendship between his classmates in high school!
"What else can I do? Just go to college, it's just a boring four-year college career!"
"Don't pretend to be stupid. You haven't had a girlfriend in four years of college?" Liu Dong scolded with a smile.
"Haha, her hometown is in Shanxi, and she has gone home during the winter vacation!" After saying this, Gu Liang's face showed a hint of tenderness! It was obvious that he had a good relationship with his girlfriend!
"Hey, do you have any photos? Show them to me!"
"Liu Dong, when did you become so nosy? Okay, I didn't bring it with me, I left it in the dormitory!" Gu Liang said with a smile.
"What a disappointment!" At this moment, Liu Dong, facing an old classmate he hadn't seen for many years, also shed his usual maturity and poise, revealing the out-of-the-box nature of a young man of his age!
"Hey, I'm done, what about you? You're not going to be single now, are you?"
Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled. He had no intention of telling Wang Qiang and Yan Qingqing because they were both too beautiful and the topic was too heavy!
"What's wrong with the bachelor? How free it is to be alone and relaxed!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"Relaxed? Free? I think you haven't forgotten Mei Xue!" Anyone who is a classmate of Liu Dong knows about the relationship between Liu Dong and Mei Xue. You must know that in high school, students were severely punished for falling in love with each other.
Liu Dong and Mei Xue are the only student lovers who have not been affected!
The reason is that the two of them have excellent grades, one is first in grade, and the other is second in grade. They are both top teachers. So a few simple words of education should not affect learning, and it has indeed not caused a decline in grades, and even an upward trend.
, the teachers just turned a blind eye! In addition, Mei Xue was the school beauty, so they were the envy of the entire school students at that time!
After listening to Gu Liang's words, Liu Dong smiled and did not continue on this topic. Instead, he asked: "Gu Zi. I heard from Chang Fangtao that You Qiang is also in Qingdao. Have you seen him in the past few years?
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"You Qiang? I've seen him before. But now he has become a sailor and goes to sea for several months. So although we are both in the island city, we can't see each other more than a few times a year!" Gu Liang shook his head.
"You Qiang became a sailor?" Liu Dong asked in surprise. He remembered that his old classmate was obviously a landlubber!
"Well, his second uncle serves as the second mate on a freighter of an ocean-going company in Qingdao, so he was also included!"
"Yeah?"……
What followed were interesting stories about the two of them in high school, their current situation, and occasional future prospects. It took more than two hours to finish the meal. Of course, the bill was settled while Liu Dong was in the bathroom!
Originally, Gu Liang wanted the two of them to go back to his hometown together, but Liu Dong had to go back to Quancheng first, so he had to give up this proposal with regret!
In the afternoon, the two walked around the campus of Hainan University together, allowing Liu Dong, who regretted missing the ivory tower, to experience the atmosphere of the university. They did not leave until about four o'clock in the afternoon.
By the time he returned to the Chenxiang Pavilion branch, the crowd in the morning had long dispersed, and in the middle of winter, the sun was almost setting at four or five o'clock, so the antique stalls and pedestrians on the street became increasingly sparse, and Ma Liang was leading
The logistics staff are packing up the many flower baskets left over from the opening of the store!
According to Mr. Tang, it would be a pity to throw away these flower baskets. If you continue to sell them to flower shops, you can still make some money!
Of course, Liu Dong agreed with Mr. Tang's frugality. Any behavior that could increase the profits of Chenxiangge Daocheng Branch would be recognized by him! And this is also a necessary condition for a qualified businessman!
"Accountant Liu, how much did the store bring in today?" After Liu Dong entered the door, he looked at the young man who was pressing the calculator on the counter and asked.
Because the finances of a Chenxiangge store are not complicated, the requirements for accounting skills are not too high. Therefore, Liu Qing, who had just graduated from college less than four years ago but also had work experience, became the accountant of Chenxiangge!
From now on, he will be in charge of all the accounts of the store, while Mr. Tang is only responsible for the specific operations!
"Boss, today we sold a total of 18 pieces of antiques and earned 2.3858 million yuan. The flower baskets and firecracker ceremony were prepared to make 23,000 yuan!"
After listening, Liu Dong nodded, "Where is the old shopkeeper?"
"It's on the second floor!"
"Are there any guests on the second floor?" Liu Dong asked doubtfully.
"No more, the old shopkeeper is packing up the antiques in the showroom!" Upon hearing what Liu Qing said, Liu Dong understood!
Antiques are undoubtedly the most valuable things in Chenxiang Pavilion, and security cannot be relaxed. Therefore, at the end of each day, Mr. Tang must personally put the collection in the glass cabinet into a safe for preservation, and the key and safe password are only
Mr. Tang alone knows.
By the time Liu Dong came up, the old man had almost finished his work! After Liu Dong helped put away the last and most precious antique of the Yatang, the 'Wanli Colorful Flower Goblet', the two of them went to the tea room next to it!
"Mr. Tang, now that Chenxiang Pavilion is open for business, I feel relieved to have you at the helm, so I'm going to Quancheng tomorrow!"
"Back to Quan City? I won't stay for a few more days. After you left in the morning, many shopkeepers still want to get to know you!" Old Tang said.
"No, there are a lot of things waiting for me to do when I get back over there! ...By the way, Mr. Tang, you are a veteran in the antique industry in Daocheng and have deep connections. If there are calligraphers and painters with potential for development around you, you can be a seal carver."
Choose to sign in to our store!" Liu Dong said quickly.
"Calligraphy, painting, and seal cutting? Do you want them to go to Chenxiang Pavilion to hang the writing list?" As an old man in the industry, as soon as Liu Dong finished speaking, Mr. Tang guessed his purpose!
Liu Dong nodded and said: "Although antiques are highly profitable, they are in the minority after all, and counterfeiting will affect the reputation of Chenxiang Pavilion and is not conducive to our development, so we must develop new profit channels within the scope of antiques!
The hanging pen list is just one of them. In the future, we can consider consignment sales of high-quality ceramics by contemporary famous artists. Others include silk embroidery, hair embroidery, and even high-quality copperware, etc. We can also consider these things! Moreover, these things are also related to ancient culture and are beneficial to
Enhance the brand and influence of our Chenxiang Pavilion!" Liu Dongdao.
"According to what you say, wouldn't Chenxiang Pavilion become a cultural relics store in the future?" Tang Lao said.
"As long as you make money legally, it doesn't matter whether Chenxiang Pavilion is an antique shop or a cultural relics store!" Liu Dong chose to expand Chenxiang Pavilion. One way is to use this network to collect collections for himself, and the other is more.
If you make a lot of money, what can you do to rebuild the Old Summer Palace if you don’t have money?
"Okay, you are the boss. Since you said so, I will do as you say! But it is not easy to get orders. We didn't have much influence at the beginning, so I'm afraid we won't make much money!"
"It doesn't matter, nothing can be accomplished overnight, let's just take it slow!" Liu Dong said.
"Okay, I understand!" Mr. Tang nodded. It just so happened that the commercial area of Chenxiangge Daocheng branch was nearly 800 square meters. If you only deal in antiques and pens, inks, papers and inkstones, it would not be so large. Mr. Tang was still thinking about how to deal with it.
Avoid waste, now there is no extra thought!
In the evening, as the boss, Liu Dong celebrated the successful opening of the Chenxiangge Daocheng branch, so he naturally invited all the store employees to have dinner, and then distributed 1,000 yuan red treasures to everyone before everyone left happily.
After having dinner and sleeping one night in the sea-view villa at the Badaguan given by Wei Fei, we flew back to Quancheng early the next morning!
When he came back this time, he also started to prepare to go home for the New Year, because the Spring Festival is only 13 days away. Liu Dong has missed it three times before. In the future, especially this time, he doesn't want to miss it again, but before going back, he still has
A lot of things need to be arranged in advance!
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