Chapter eight hundred and eighty seventh birthday gift
In the afternoon, Xue Chen helped Du Tao move daily utensils and luggage from the rented place.
"Oh, Xue Chen, you are hurting me." After finishing his work, Du Tao sat comfortably on the sofa, drank some water, and said.
"How do you say this?" Xue Chen asked with a smile.
"Haven't you heard a saying? It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go back from luxury to frugality. If you move to Jingjia No. 6 now, you won't be able to live there for a lifetime. When you move to other places, you won't be able to live there. It's a habit, am I right?" Du Tao shook his head.
"That's true. It's easy to handle. Now you can move back. I don't want to hurt you." Xue Chen replied.
"That's not possible. You want to drive me out. There's no way. I'm just staying here. I'm going to tidy up the room." Du Tao stood up and walked away with a smile.
After staying in the house he just bought for just one night, Xue Chen left Du Tao behind and flew back to Haicheng alone. Counting the time, there were still five days left before Uncle Shen's fifty-eighth birthday.
After he returned home, he called Shen Zixi: "Zixi, Uncle Shen's birthday is coming soon. What are you going to do?"
"I knew you remembered my dad's birthday and was planning to call you to talk to you. He specifically told me to just be casual and set up two tables at Ziyun Hotel and invite a few people around. "Shen Zixi said with a smile.
"That's fine, Uncle Shen doesn't like making noise very much, so he likes to be quiet." Xue Chen thought for a while and said.
"Well, Xue Chen, you should have prepared a gift, right? What is it?" Shen Zixi asked with a smile.
"Well, we can't talk about it now. In a few days, you won't be able to see it with your own eyes." Xue Chen pretended to be mysterious.
"You can't even tell me?" Shen Zixi asked coquettishly.
Hearing the light voice coming from the phone with a hint of coquettishness, Xue Chen felt a little warm in his heart. In fact, the impression Shen Zixi gave him had always been more dignified and elegant, and she seemed much more mature and more mature than girls of the same age. Not to mention acting coquettishly, I have never seen it before.
"If you really want to know, I can't tell you, but you have to keep it a secret for me." Xue Chen calmed down and said.
"Forget it, if I find out that the gift you prepared is too good, then I, as a daughter, will feel uncomfortable. It's better not to tell me. If there is nothing else, I will hang up."
After hanging up the phone, Xue Chen went back into the underground storage room and began to think about what to bring to the capital.
After he secured the store, Zhuge Yi and Li Lingchun told him about opening a store in Liulichang.
Liulichang has a special geographical location, and there are many differences between opening a store in other places. The customer source is very different. How many cities across the country have antique streets with as large a customer base as Liulichang? No! There are tens of millions of tourists every year.
This means that the customer base for Liulichang stores is divided into two parts, one part is tourists and the other part is locals, and the consumption goals of the two parts of the customer sources are also different.
The tourist base is large, but the purchasing power of a single tourist is average. Their consumption goals are imitations and handicrafts worth a thousand yuan, which are purchased entirely as tourist souvenirs. Although the individual profit is not large, the base is there, so the profit is very objective.
And local customers need "hard goods" to attract them, which is the batch of antiques he plans to bring, so that he can prop up the store.
"No, it's still too little."
Xue Chen muttered to himself.
Now, the fourth branch has been opened. In the early stage, with some strong publicity and a good batch of goods, the store quickly opened up the market. However, after a period of time, it became difficult to sustain.
The essence of the antique store business is to buy low and sell high. As the old saying goes, if you don't open for three years, you will have to wait for three years if you open. Although this is a bit exaggerated, it is exactly the truth.
As for Joyo's four branches, even the first one in Haicheng has only been open for one year. The time is really short. Normally, a branch that has only been open for one year is just starting out.
Although the three branches are now in a good profit stage, there are always short-term worries. Now the three branches have the same worries, that is, the foundation is too weak and the channels are too few!
The so-called channel is the channel to get antiques!
Just like Yan Ruxing's Wanrui Antique Shop, which has been in business for almost 20 years, its channels are naturally very powerful. There are many pawn shops and debt companies that cooperate with it. Once a pawn shop cooperates with it, there will be dead antiques, and the debt company will
The antiques obtained to pay off the debt will be sent to Wanrui Antique Store, which may be sold on consignment or directly traded.
Therefore, Wanrui Antique Store naturally has an endless supply of good products, attracting customers to come and choose, and the business becomes more and more prosperous.
These channels are exactly what he does not have. Now, apart from the occasional resale of goods collected from customers, the biggest channel for Zhuoyue Store is himself. He takes out some goods that he accidentally obtained but does not like.
Take it to the store and sell it.
But after all, this is not a long-term solution, and it is also very unstable, so he said that there are still many antiques needed.
However, channels are not so easy to establish. Nowadays, many channels have been stabilized. The two parties have cooperated for many years. It is difficult for Zhuoyue to get involved, and it is not elegant to do so.
"Take a step and take a look."
Regarding the issue of channels, he really didn't have any good solutions.
Unknowingly, it was Uncle Shen's birthday. The night before, Xue Chen received a call from Uncle Shen. He informed him with a smile and specifically said that he would take Fatty Wang with him.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, Xue Chen came to the store and saw that Wang Dong was fully dressed and had applied gel to his hair coquettishly. He looked like an errand broker in a Hong Kong drama in the 1980s.
"Let's go, let's go. I didn't eat in the morning, so I'm still hungry." Wang Dong said.
"Are you still planning to get back the money from the gifts? I'm optimistic about you, come on, it's best to get my share too." Xue Chen glanced at Wang Dong.
"Eat it back? There's no way you can even stretch me to death. Although the thing I gave you is not a rare thing, it still costs 18,000. You can only eat it back if you eat a Manchu-Han banquet, but Ziyun Restaurant doesn't know how to do it. As for you
That would take a year and a half to eat Manchu banquet every day." Wang Dong shook his head.
The two of them did not go directly to Ziyun Hotel, but Daxing arrived first. They would entertain guests at Daxing, drink tea and chat, and then take the bus there together when they arrived at the hotel.
As soon as the two of them entered the Daxing store, they saw a big longevity sign posted in a conspicuous place.
At this time, the second floor was already full of guests. More than ten people were all old friends of Shen Wanjun. There were not two young ones, and they were all familiar faces. They were all from the Haicheng City antique circle.
"Uncle Shen, I wish you live younger and younger."
"Hey, Lao Xue, what you said is wrong. Boss Shen looks like he is only in his early thirties now. It would be outrageous to be any younger."
As soon as Xue Chen wished Shen Wanjun a happy birthday, Wang Dong picked up the conversation from the side, making everyone in the room laugh.
"You are really good at talking. You are in your early thirties, haha." Cai Yuanming laughed and laughed.
"No one can compare to Fatty Wang if you tell lies with your eyes open." Hao Jun smiled and shook his head.
"Fat Wang, you are the only one who knows how to talk, but don't think that just because you can talk, you come here to eat for nothing without bringing a birthday gift? Old Shen agrees, but I don't agree."
Of course Yan Ruxing knew that Wang Dong always called himself Yan Laoji in private. Although he was not angry, he was not happy either. Naturally, he didn't mind setting Fatty Wang on the fire to roast him from time to time.
"Boss Yan, look at what you said. If you celebrate your birthday, I will definitely go empty-handed. But today, of course I brought a birthday gift."
Wang Dong took out two gift boxes, one for him and one for Xue Chen, and walked forward and placed them on the tea table next to Shen Wanjun.
"Which one is you? Let me see for Old Shen what you gave me. Is it enough to pay for a meal for a big-bellied man like you?" Yan Ruxing hummed.
Wang Dong's eyes widened: "Isn't it the blue box above?"
"That's it? I'm off duty today. Open it and take a look." Yan Ruxing picked up the box and already thought about it in his mind. No matter what birthday gift Wang Dong gave, he would have to find something wrong and teach this kid a lesson.
Xue Chen, who had just found a seat to sit down, glanced at Wang Dong, dumbfounded.
"Drink water, Xue Chen." Shen Zixi came over with a cup of tea in her hand.
"Well, thank you." Xue Chen took the tea cup.
The packaging is very simple, just a blue wooden box with a light velvet outer cover. There is a metal buckle on the box. Just open it and the box will open.
Yan Ruxing pried open the opening and lifted the lid of the box. Because the gift was placed inside the box, the people around him couldn't see what it was unless they stood up.
Looking at the gift in the box, Yan Ruxing was slightly stunned and muttered: "This is..." He reached out and carefully took it out.
Naturally everyone else saw it too.
Shen Wanjun on the side also looked at him with a faint smile, but after just one glance, his expression suddenly changed.
"Old Shen, is this the Twelve Flower God Cup?" Yan Ruxing said with some uncertainty.
Shen Wanjun directly reached out and took it, holding it in his hand. He lowered his head and looked at it carefully. Gradually, his hands began to shake slightly.
"Xue Chen, you helped me find the June Flower God Cup? That's great!" He saw that what he was holding was the June Lotus God Cup among Kangxi's December Flower God Cups, and it was from the official kiln. He was missing it. One of the two, Shen Wanjun, was so excited that his words even trembled.
"Old Shen, the other thing you lack is October." Yan Ruxing already had another cup in his hand.
"What?!"
Shen Wanjun thought there was only one cup, which already surprised him. When Yan Ruxing took out another cup, he froze. (To be continued)