Liu Chen came to the Starlight Bar and went to the underground warehouse to take a look, and found a very strange phenomenon, there were a lot of high-end liquor in the warehouse that had never been sold in the usual bars, and the packaging was obviously a new purchase. Liu Chen had a trace of doubt in his heart, this was not like Ji Linyuan's steady and steady style.

He came to his office chair and waited, and Ji Linyuan arrived half an hour later, Liu Chen's door was open, and he could see it at a glance.

Ji Linyuan also saw Liu Chen in the office, and greeted him quite unexpectedly: "Hey, why are you here so early today?"

Liu Chen hurriedly got up and walked to the door, pulled Ji Linyuan in and said, "I have something to do with you, come in and say." ”

Ji Linyuan was pulled into the office by Liu Chenqiang, and then closed the door, this action startled Ji Linyuan, and subconsciously broke free of Liu Chen's hand.

Liu Chen realized that he had lost his temper and hurriedly said that he was embarrassed, but he did not continue, but directly questioned Ji Linyuan: "Why don't you tell me when you encounter difficulties?"

Ji Linyuan didn't know who told Liu Chen, or if he saw something himself, but still denied it: "No, the bar is fine now, those suppliers have also resumed supply, and everything is going well." ”

Although Ji Linyuan said so, there was no joy on her face, Liu Chen knew that her duplicity was just because she didn't want to worry about herself, and she didn't want to cause trouble for herself.

But Liu Chen didn't think so, he was also a member of the Starlight Bar family, there was nothing troublesome or troublesome, but Ji Linyuan's approach made him a little disappointed. In the past, whenever she encountered any difficulties, the first thing she thought of must be herself, but now she would rather go to those relationships to help than find herself, it is true that this is her own freedom, but Liu Chen is still quite lost.

"Why don't you confess to me?" asked Liu Chen with a cold face.

"What?"

"Xiao Zhi told me, don't hide it. ”

Ji Linyuan lowered his head and didn't speak, and he didn't even dare to look at Liu Chen's expression.

Liu Chen saw Ji Linyuan's stubborn but aggrieved face, and the fire burning in his heart couldn't bear to burst out, sighed softly, and said: "I can solve this matter, don't look for those people, it's not the same as before, people can't wait for you all the time." ”

What Liu Chen said about them are the rich people or officials that Ji Linyuan met when he was the first lady in Jiangxia, most of these people are just for her appearance and exchange of interests, and they want them to generously give real money to help you, why? You are not their woman. Of course, there are some people who are okay and have given support to Ji Linyuan at the beginning of his business, but after so many years, are you still embarrassed to ask them?

Liu Chen couldn't figure it out the most, obviously he was in trouble, he didn't tell himself, the feeling of not being needed was the same as the feeling of being abandoned to him, uncomfortable, empty, fuck I can't compare to those Huahua Tai Sui?

Ji Linyuan was silent for a long time before he spoke: "You, you have a family, a girlfriend, and your own career, I don't want to trouble you again." ”

When he said this, Ji Linyuan's emotions were trembling, his brows frowned slightly, his teeth clenched, and he tried to control what was flashing in his eyes not to overflow.

"Those people also have families, women, and careers, how can you be embarrassed to trouble others. ”

Liu Chen's rebuttal made Ji Linyuan speechless, and he continued: "You just don't want to look for me, right?"

"No ......" Ji Linyuan reached back and brushed his hair, turning his face to the side, trying to hide his bad mood.

"What kind of temper are you doing? Like a child, sometimes I think you're not as sensible as your brother. Liu Chen knew that Ji Linyuan had slowly wavered, and said with a pretended resentment.

"You're just like a child!" Ji Linyuan muttered, revealing two shallow sweet dimples on his face.

When the temper tantrums are over, it's time to sit down and get down to business. Liu Chen didn't understand why Ji Linyuan bought so many high-end wines at first, but during the chat, he learned that she wanted to make up for the losses in the second half of the year through the high profit margins of high-end wine, and at the same time paved the way for the future development of Starlight Bar in advance.

For a long time, Starlight Bar has taken the route of popularization and civilianization, and the main consumer groups are salaried people and some students, and the price is easy for this group of people to accept. For the high-end market, this field is basically in a blank state. But if you want to compete with the jungle tribe for market share, you must open up the high-end market, after all, it is easy to go from the high-end to the low-end, but it is much more difficult to go from the low-end to the high-end.

Liu Chen's analysis hit the nail on the head and hit the nail on the head, which is also the direction that Starlight Bar needs to go in the new year.

Let's talk about the real problem in person, lack of money.

"By the way, is the money from the sale of the car still there?" Liu Chen remembered the money and asked casually.

Ji Linyuan shook his head and replied seriously: "We said okay, it was only a last resort to move, so I didn't move." ”

Liu Chen almost didn't slide off his seat, Ji Linyuan is really so honest, he doesn't spend money, and he tries his best to find others to help, of course he won't know Ji Linyuan's inner thoughts, Ji Linyuan takes Liu Chen's money very seriously.

"You, now is the last resort, when don't you need to use it now? Take it all out, this is your money, that is, the money from Starlight Bar, you don't need to say hello to me when you move this money. Also, I will have 500,000 coming in these days, and I will bring them all to you when the time comes. ”

Ji Linyuan politely refused: "No, the money from the sale of the car must be enough." ”

Liu Chen didn't think so, and he was very excited: "Since you want to play, you can have fun, and we can't let those people from the jungle tribe look down on us." ”

Liu Chen suggested that these high-end wines should be sold at a discount, or bundled sales, and sold together with those ordinary wines, so as to digest these high-end wine stocks as soon as possible.

Ji Linyuan didn't understand: "Are you crazy? High-end wine is sold at a low price? Although the profit margin of high-end wine is large, and it will not lose money if it is sold at a discount, the profit will be much less all of a sudden, and it may not be able to fully make up for the loss in the second half of the year." ”

Liu Chen laughed: " We are now just going to promote our high-end wine, but now the guests of our bar are basically ordinary people, high-end wine they may not accept, if we discount promotion or bundle sales, they can spend a small amount of money to taste the usual difficult to consume high-end wine, according to the general psychology of consumers, they will buy in large quantities, our inventory will soon be discounted, and at the same time can play a word-of-mouth, for our new strategy next year to lay the foundation, you don't see that we make less, our losses, next year will double the earnings。 ”

"High-end wine is sold at a low price, will they think it's fake wine?" Ji Linyuan's concern is not unreasonable, people often have a relatively fixed understanding of common consumer goods, that is, value determines price, a LV bag is only sold for a few hundred yuan, any normal person will think that it is a fake, even if you are genuine, this is the same for high-end wine.

"This is easy to do, as long as we invite an authoritative expert to stand up for us and certify it face-to-face, they will believe it, and consumers trust authoritative experts the most. Liu Chen said confidently.

This discussion quickly solved the dilemma of Starlight Bar, and also cleared the fog that was entwined in Ji Linyuan's heart. Seeing the Starlight Bar full of vitality again, Liu Chen was very pleased, he drove slowly on the bustling central street, but did not feel the ease after solving the problem, but inexplicably felt the pressure on his body. Now my life is much more nourishing than before, I don't need to face the test of life and death every day, and I don't need to worry about whether I can see the sun tomorrow, but why do I still feel tired?

"Dididi!" There was a rapid horn sound behind him, Liu Chen looked up and saw that it was already a green light, and he passed through the intersection with a hard throttle.

Liu Chen contacted the first number on the note, and the person who answered the phone was a middle-aged man, he picked up the phone and knew Liu Chen's purpose, and told Liu Chen when and where he met in a rough accent.

In the evening, Liu Chen changed his outfit and came to the No. 3 pier by the river. The passenger traffic of this pier is relatively small, and there are only a few lights hanging on the sparse bow at this point at night, and there is a terrifying feeling when the cold wind blows. Liu Chen unconsciously raised his collar, looked around with his hands in his pockets, and walked on the dark dock.

Suddenly, someone behind him walked towards him, and the alert Liu Chen turned around and was about to attack, but the man quickly raised his hands and surrendered: "Don't hit me!"

Liu Chen listened to the voice and knew that it was the person he had contacted on the phone before, so he stopped attacking, let go of the arm he was grabbing, and educated: "Don't be so sneaky, you will be beaten." ”

The rugged middle-aged man nodded again and again, and then took out a bag in his hand and gave it to Liu Chen. Liu Chen took the bag, reached in and touched it, and asked with some dissatisfaction: "Why is there only 100,000?"

The man was afraid of being beaten, so he hurriedly explained: "I am only responsible for giving you the 100,000 yuan, and I don't know anything else." ”

"Damn, this Liang Shaoxi is still playing this one. Liu Chen scolded angrily, saw the man standing there tremblingly, waved his hand and said, "It's none of your business, you can go." This middle-aged man looked very rough, but he was a very timid person, and with Liu Chen's permission, he immediately turned around and ran away.

Liu Chen continued to contact the second number, and at this time the voice of an immature teenager came.

"Where?" Liu Chen asked directly.

"Now?...... Riverside Pier No. 2, what?"

"See you in ten minutes. Liu Chen couldn't tolerate the other party's refusal, hung up the phone and rushed to the second pier.

Pier 2 is about 15 kilometers away from Pier 3, located in the center of the city, is the largest passenger terminal in Jiangxia, the daily passenger traffic has reached the standard of second-tier cities, and it is also the only terminal in Shuangjiang Province that can carry out international trade, known as the head of Jiangxia.

Liu Chen's car did not stop for a moment along the way, and rushed to the second pier in one go.

Compared to Pier 3, Pier 2 is brightly lit and busy as day. Liu Chen walked towards the depths of the dock, and after a while, he saw a boy who looked like a student in his twenties, waiting for someone, Liu Chen stepped forward and patted him on the back, thinking that he would be startled, but he turned around very calmly and said, "You have arrived." ”

"Well, what about things?" Liu Chen didn't talk too much nonsense, and asked the other party for the money.

The boy took out a black bag from the schoolbag he was carrying, which contained only 200,000 yuan, and Liu Chen didn't ask much, knowing that the rest of the money must be in the hands of another person, but he asked another question: "What about the plan of action?"

"I don't have a course of action. The boy replied with a wink as he grabbed the strap of his school bag with both hands.

"Okay, I see, goodbye. Liu Chen took the black bag and returned to the way he came, picking up his mobile phone as he walked and dialing the third number.