Seeing Zhou Zichen's agreement, Mr. Guan directly talked about matters related to the antique city: "I have already chosen the address of the antique city. It is just over Cuijing Road in the city center. It is a three-story small shopping mall with a thousand dollars per floor.
Many squares.”
Although Zhou Zichen is exposed to antiques, when it comes to doing business, the professionals hired by Mr. Guan must be more professional. There should be no problems with the location and venue selection.
The first floor has more than a thousand square meters, and the third floor has three to four thousand square meters. If divided into three grades: high, medium and low, each grade has an exhibition hall of more than a thousand square meters.
How many antiques should be placed in a thousand square meters? An antique is only so small. Even if it is a porcelain that is more than a person tall, thousands of them can be placed, not to mention that most of the antiques are relatively small.
Zhou Zichen was very aware of the investment in this antique city. The location was located on Cuijing Road, the most prosperous area in the city. Compared with ordinary antique stores that only have a few hundred square meters, the area is already very large.
"Old man, just tell me directly that you want me to do something. As for these professional things, it's better to leave them to professionals."
Mr. Guan said "hmm" and said: "We run the antique city together, but you are mainly responsible for receiving the goods, handling the purchase, pricing of antiques, and business guidance. As for the specific matters, I will arrange for someone else to manage it."
Zhou Zichen asked: "Are there any other conditions? For example, I can only get eye surgery a few times a month."
Mr. Guan smiled and shook his head: "I believe you! In addition, during the early construction, we will have someone to professionally design all the display racks and layouts. You are also a professional, help to look at them, and if there is anything that needs to be changed,
Yes, you can discuss it directly with the designer to decide whether to make changes."
If one day, Zhou Zichen wants to clean up the Guan family and deliberately collects fake antiques on a large scale, the Guan family will suffer heavy losses. As long as Zhou Zichen does it cleverly, the Guan family will not find out at all in the first place.
An antique can cost as little as tens of thousands or as much as tens of millions. If Zhou Zichen receives dozens of high-priced fake antiques, the Guan family will lose hundreds of millions.
Therefore, Zhou Zichen was also a little confused as to why Mr. Guan was so reassured about him.
But if the old man didn't say anything, Zhou Zichen couldn't ask directly.
Everything was almost discussed. Zhou Zichen said that he would arrange for two people to go to the antique city to look after the master. Mr. Guan didn't even ask who it was, and he agreed directly.
After everything was discussed, Zhou Zichen left the Guan family, called Cheng Ye and Wang Qida, and asked them to wait for him at the detective agency.
When Zhou Zichen rushed to the detective agency, the two people were already waiting.
"Zi Chen, why are you calling us in such a hurry?" Cheng Ye asked when he saw Zhou Zichen come in. Zhou Zichen rarely came to discuss matters with them. If something happened, Zhou Zichen would solve it himself.
Zhou asked this time: "How are you two doing with your eyesight?"
Speaking of this, Cheng Ye was slightly proud: "A few days ago, I wanted to be an all-rounder like you, but then Qida and I thought about it. I specialize in jade, calligraphy and painting, and pottery; Qida specializes in calligraphy, painting, and porcelain.
Coins, at least within the scope of our specialization, our eyesight has improved significantly, even my father and Uncle Wang praised us."
In fact, in the antique world, there are really not many all-around masters. Most of them have their own specialization. After all, there are many types of antiques. It is still very difficult for one person to understand all the types.
Zhou Zichen is very happy that the two of them have chosen their "majors". He does not expect the two of them to become all-round talents. Even if they really want to develop in the direction of all-round talents, they can do so slowly in the future.
Learn and develop.
"Then do you have the confidence now to be a master of a shop in your professional field?" Zhou Zichen asked.
Wang Qida was young and vigorous, and immediately patted his chest and said: "Of course there is no problem with this. As long as it is within the scope of calligraphy, painting, porcelain, and coins, I dare not say that I am 100% sure. I am sure that there will be no problem."
Cheng Ye's eyesight has improved greatly these days, and he is very confident in his own strength: "There is no problem with this at all."
Zhou Zichen nodded secretly. It seems that the two of them have really spent a lot of time on antiques these days: "Okay, the Guan family will partner with me to open an antique city. When the time comes, you two will go in and take care of it.
When you're not sure, just call me."
"Guan family? Which Guan family?" Wang Qida is obviously who you are thinking of, but you are not sure. After all, the Guan family is a big family.
Cheng Ye had more confidence in Zhou Zichen. After being surprised, he said excitedly: "Zichen, you have actually partnered with the Guan family. It's amazing. How many shares do you hold?"
"Twenty percent, they pay, we just need to keep an eye on it. If there is something you can't see right, just contact me directly. I will go to the antique city for two hours every day." Zhou Zichen had already thought about it.
Well, now that I am opening an antique city by myself, my background is still too weak. I just can’t get out the tens of thousands of antiques by myself. Partnering with the Guan family can train the eyesight of Cheng Ye and Wang Qida, and they can also understand the antique city better.
If you want to open an antique city alone in the future, you will have enough experience.
Both Wang Qida and Cheng Ye are in the antique business at home, and they know very well how much money is needed to open an antique city. Just opening an antique store of a few hundred square meters, if it is to be long-term and high-quality, it will cost at least several million.
With a capital of tens of millions at most, an antique city would need at least several hundred million.
The Guan family was able to give Zhou Zichen 20% of the shares, giving him almost tens of millions.
Of course, this also requires Zhou Zichen's ability. He controls the inspection and inspection of an antique city, and almost controls the lifeblood of the antique city.
Wang Qida quickly asked: "When will the Antique City open? Has the Guan family agreed for the two of us to go to Zhangyan?"
Cheng Ye was also a little worried about this problem. Although the two of them could barely be said to be an "antiquities family", they were not well-known in the antique world. Only people on the antique street knew about them. In such a large antique city, it was difficult to find them.
The masters of Palm Eye are all looking for the kind of masters who will become famous, but they are really not up to the mark.
"Don't worry, I've already said hello to Mr. Guan, and he has agreed. I will take you to the antique city tomorrow." Zhou Zichen naturally had to be confident before he could talk about this matter with the two of them.
, I won’t talk about things I’m not sure about.
The next day, Zhou Zichen took Wang Qida and Cheng Ye to the antique city which was still under renovation.
The planning of the antique city has already been completed. The first floor is for ordinary antiques, worth hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands; the second floor is for some small boutiques, ranging from hundreds of thousands to more than a million;
The buildings are the best among the best, with the cheapest ones starting at a million, and the expensive ones tens of millions, or even tens of millions.
Zhou Zichen also got the planning document. In the plan, the entire antique city is planned to have about 3,000 pieces of antiques, and the value of the antiques alone has reached more than 600 million.
All decorations are made of solid wood, full of antique flavor, simple yet meaningful, giving people a very charming feeling.
Zhou Zichen is not very interested in the decoration of the Antique City. He occasionally goes to see Wang Qida and Cheng Ye. They have been very excited these two days. They are also the masters of the Antique City. Who treats them both politely?
To put it mildly, the two of them were young, strong, and worthless. They were neither too dirty nor too tired to help wherever they saw them. Instead, they thrived in the antique city.
Zhou Zichen went to Mr. Cheng's shop as usual to help with his eyesight when he had time. Because Cheng Ye had to go to the antique city, Mr. Cheng stayed at the shop by himself every day.
Mr. Cheng was very happy that Cheng Ye had such a change, and he did not want to keep him in the shop. Instead, he was more willing to let him go to the antique city to hang out. In such a place, he could come into contact with more antiques and people.
"Zi Chen, it's all thanks to you that Cheng Ye has changed like this these days!" Mr. Cheng and Zhou Zichen were sitting at the tea table drinking tea and chatting.
Zhou Zichen still has great respect for Mr. Cheng: "Mr. Cheng, this only requires Brother Cheng to be willing to change. I haven't done anything."
Mr. Cheng shook his head repeatedly: "He is a few years older than you. He is quite a big man. Before he met you, he never thought about what he would do in the future. I forced him to learn to look at antiques. He knew it all day long.
Go out drinking and racing.”
"I'm ready to let him chew me up, but luckily I have you!"
Mr. Cheng said so politely that Zhou Zichen felt a little embarrassed. Zhou Zichen felt that he had not done much, but Mr. Cheng spoke so highly of himself: "Mr. Cheng, you are so grateful. Brother Cheng is actually still
He is very motivated, but he may not show it when he is around you."
Mr. Cheng added some tea to Zhou Zichen: "Don't be so modest. It's all thanks to you. You will also be in charge of the Guan family in the future. You are not as diligent as you are here. I plan to find a master to help with the collection."
Goods, come here if you are busy."
"The other thing about us two guys is that every month's dividends are given to you, but we saved a lot of money in our hands and didn't make much money. They were all piled up as antiques in the shop. Let's
If I give you so much money now, I can’t come up with it, so we won’t be considered partners, just a partnership! The store will give you 30% of the shares, and these antiques will belong to the store, what do you think?”
When Mr. Cheng said this, he had obviously considered it. Zhou Zichen had only invested one million in the store as payment for antiques, but Mr. Cheng invested nearly ten million in this store, and now he has given it to
With 30% of his shares, it can be said that he has made a lot of money.
Moreover, all the money Zhou Zichen originally invested has been paid back through dividends, and he has also made a lot of money.
"Mr. Cheng, I can't take back these 30% of the shares. I took advantage of you by working with you."
Mr. Cheng had already made his decision and said without question: "Zichen, I have selfish motives for giving you 30% of the shares. I am older now. I can still work for seven or eight years at most and live for more than ten years."
Twenty years.”
"I don't know how far you guys can go, but I believe in you. You are not something that Jiangdong City can keep. I want to stay in this store. This is my hard work! I don't worry about leaving Cheng Ye alone.
, so I want you to help look after it. I gave you 30% of the shares. In fact, I still took advantage of you. I tied you up to look after this shop for the rest of your life. Now, 30% of the shares of this shop are worth several million. It may take three to five years.
, these 30% shares are already beyond your reach."
Zhou Zichen didn't know what to say in response to what Mr. Cheng said. It wasn't about agreeing, nor was it about not agreeing.
When Mr. Cheng saw that Zhou Zichen was silent, he picked up the cup and looked at Zhou Zichen expectantly: "Zi Chen, if you agree, let's have tea instead of wine. Let's take a sip. If you don't agree, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Zhou Zichen saw the expectation in Mr. Cheng's eyes. Zhou Zichen knew that Mr. Cheng no longer cares about these millions at his age. Moreover, Mr. Cheng also has his own savings. What he cares about is whether this store can continue.
Zhou Zichen secretly made up his mind to never move the 30% of the shares. He picked up the cup and touched it with Mr. Cheng: "Thank you Mr. Cheng for your love."
When Mr. Cheng saw Zhou Zichen clinking glasses with himself, he immediately smiled with relief and drank all the tea in the cup in one gulp.