Chapter 8: Another step
My father is out of town, but he doesn't just come back.
The so-called penny is difficult to defeat heroes, the first to come to find Chen Kun were Heizi and Chen Changqing, it may be that Chen Kun came back in a police car that day gave the two of them inexplicable confidence, and pulled Chen Kun to look at the car several shops in a row.
It's just that Chen Kun is not so satisfied, either too small or too biased.
Looking back, Chen Kun can also understand, the two of them estimate that there is really not much money in their pockets, and Chen Kun thinks that the land has been cultivated, so he doesn't care about applying more fertilizer.
This time, when Chen Changqing took Chen Kun to see the location, Chen Kun took out the five thousand yuan he had taken out from his pocket, and said directly: "Brother Changqing, I told my family about opening the game machine room, and it is not good for me to directly put the shares like this, let's invest 5,000, isn't there a good location in Xinjiekou, just take that." ”
Chen Changqing's face flushed, knowing that Chen Kun saw his embarrassment, and was somewhat embarrassed.
Chen Kun then spoke: "Brother Qing, you see that I am not the material for studying, don't think too much, I can't be admitted to high school, I still have to come to you." So, let's either not open it, we have to open it in the best position, Brother Qing, doing business is a hit, and you don't think it's much fun to drive it half-dead. ”
"Let's go, let's go have a look at the street?" Chen Kun said.
Xinjiekou is actually a three-way intersection, several schools around it, the location must not be said, the location is the best, the rent is also the most expensive, Chen Kun is very satisfied with this storefront, the storefront of the store is also the face, this store is square, and there is no block pillar or anything inside.
The landlord is a woman in her fifties, and when she saw that she had quoted a monthly rent of 2,000, the bald man's hands trembled nervously, and he didn't light the cigarette a few times, and couldn't help but say disdainfully: "What kind of location is this? Look at the spicy hot guy next door? Before, this was a barber shop, water and electricity are ready-made, and the decoration has to save a lot of money, if it weren't for the shopkeeper to wash the hair of the guests and run away with the big money, the boss didn't have the heart to do where there was a vacant store. ”
Chen Kun patted Chen Changqing's shoulder and said, "Brother Qing, this will be a big shame." ”
Chen Kun looked at this shop, there are more than 60 square meters, the location is really good, the place is not too big, it is almost the same as putting more than 20 machines, it is better to open a new store to improve the utilization rate.
Two thousand yuan a month, in Chen Kun's opinion, I really don't think it's too expensive, after all, the input and output of this kind of location are proportional, and it is much better than a few hundred yuan in the alley and no one cares about it.
At that moment, I asked how to pay the rent.
The landlord said: "The rent is the same for everyone, pay three months and deposit for one month, how much electricity is used, it doesn't matter if the water is used, it doesn't matter if it doesn't count your money." ”
Chen Kun calculated psychologically, plus the deposit is only four months, and it is only 8,000 yuan, which is actually quite reasonable.
"You have to give me half a month for renovation, right?"
"That's not going to work, ten days at most. The landlord replied.
Chen Kun nodded, in fact, Chen Kun is satisfied in all aspects, but this clapper will definitely not be filmed by himself, investing in this video game store is to put it bluntly, it is investing in Chen Changqing and Heizi, if Chen Changqing and Heizi don't dare to do such a thing, then Chen Kun really has to consider whether these two people are worth investing.
At the moment, he said to the landlord: "I discussed with my brother, and I am looking for you." ”
The landlord pouted: "If you really want it, hurry up, there are a lot of people who ask these days." ”
Chen Kun believed this, and the entire row of streets was just such an empty position, and it was definitely impossible for no one to ask.
Pulling Chen Changqing away at the moment, in fact, if you really want to talk about the game hall, this thing is to open to the men's toilet has business, Chen Kun picked such a position because he also wanted to see the pattern of Chen Changqing and Heizi, so he instilled the concept of being the best all the way.
Another one, it wouldn't be much fun to tie Chen Changqing and Heizi to his boat without showing a little ability, and he really hid in the alley like others to open one, and it was really boring to collect a melon every month.
Seeing Chen Changqing smoking in silence, Chen Kun smiled and said: "Brother Qing, I think this position is really good, go back and pull Brother Heizi over to take a look, or don't play, let's play bigger, I still have classes in the afternoon, so let's go first." ”
Pull it out for Chen Changqing at noon, and it is less than one o'clock to see the time at this time, Chen Kun really doesn't want to go to school when he thinks about it.
On the way back, I will pass by an antique market, when I went to school, Chen Kun often likes to go shopping, I used to have no money in my pocket, I didn't buy it just to see it, but now I have money in my pocket, I really haven't been to go shopping after being reborn, and I want to go over to see it now.
It is said that it is an antique market, in fact, it is just an antique street, most of these markets are generally around some ancient buildings, and this small antique market is the same, just in a small alley opposite the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River.
In fact, there are not many shops, but there are a lot of stalls on both sides, and the things sold are messy, such as hand-rolled cigarettes, ancient money, jade, porcelain tiles, porcelain, prints, and even old watches and some calligraphy and paintings.
This place is really happier for Chen Kun than going to the playground, and there are no less than a dozen kinds of porcelain plate paintings and statues in different colors, which is really eye-opening.
It's still early, Chen Kun is really not in a hurry, it's really a stall by stall at the moment, it's just noon, and there are not many people in the whole market.
Sometimes pick up the hand-rolled paper cigarette and smell it, light a tasting, this year and month set up a stall and confiscate taxes, there are not many people who play antiques in the country, this year has a little vision and a little spare money, hoarding some things have become huge wealth after many years.
The stall where Chen Kun is squatting is a bit interesting, the one who practices the stall is different from the thirty or forty-year-old stall owners around him, he is a girl of eighteen or nineteen, with a big braid and hanging down to his chest. Dressed relatively plainly, the jacket and pants are cotton, the collar of the shirt is thin, and the pair of black cloth shoes on the feet are also washed and faded.
The things spread on the white cloth in front of him are pitiful compared to the surrounding ones, and there are some small jade pendants, Chen Kun has studied a whole piece before, in fact, it is not bad in terms of the color of the water head, but the carving is really not good, most of them are Guanyin Jade Buddha, and there are also a few Pixiu kinds.
Chen Kun picked up a Pixiu and looked at it, the water head is really good, and he didn't dare to compliment it, Chen Kun estimated that these should be carved by the stall owner himself, and this kind of craftsmanship is really not as good as selling raw materials.
Picking up a piece of jade the size of a thumb, he asked, "Girl, how much is this?"
In fact, from the time Chen Kun came over and squatted on the stall, the female stall owner maintained a posture of looking up at the sky, obviously feeling distracted.
Seeing people coming, he didn't open his mouth to recommend, and he didn't have a trace of expression, Chen Kun really suspected that he ran away with the piece of jade, and he didn't know if she could find it.
At this time, seeing Chen Kun asking the price, it seemed that the girl had just come back to her senses: "Five hundred yuan." The voice was quite pleasant, just saying this, there was no follow-up, just looking at Chen Kun with his eyes.
Chen Kun was very skeptical that he could sell things in this business, so he shook his head with the jade and said, "Who carved this? ”
"My uncle. The girl replied, and there was no more.
The more cold this girl became, the more Chen Kun wanted to do some business with her.
At that moment, Chen Kun picked up a pair of jade pendants, which was also the only pair of jade on the stall, a bit similar to the pattern of Tai Chi, both pieces were semicircles, and together they were exactly a circle.
If you look closely, this pair of jade pendants has no carving, but it looks simple, and the texture is also good, so I really like it.
Seeing that the girl was really stunned, she looked at the jade pendant in Chen Kun's hand, and couldn't help asking, "How much is this?"
The stall owner was stunned for a while and said, "A set of six hundred, not just selling." ”
Chen Kun asked again, "Is it jade?"
The stall owner nodded: "It's jadeite, brought from Myanmar." ”
It seems that this stall owner is really not very good at talking, Chen Kun is holding a jade pendant, and the more he looks at it, the more he likes it, to be honest, six hundred yuan is not cheap, and it is not expensive, Chen Kun saw that this girl spoke with some accents, and felt that she should have been in the YN frontier, although she was a little curious, but she didn't plan to ask more, but it was certain that this girl was wearing clothes and lacked money, and jade could not be eaten as a meal, and it had to be sold at a price.
At the moment, he didn't bargain, he took out six hundred and gave it to the girl, and he didn't ask the girl to hand her the newspaper that was wrapped for her, put the jade pendant in his pocket, turned around and went shopping.
didn't notice that the girl's eyes behind her were staring at Chen Kun's pocket with a jade pendant, full of reluctance.
Bought two jade pendants, Chen Kun was actually quite happy, he made money easily, and he didn't feel distressed, and after shopping for a while, he found a special decoration, took these two jade pendants and put two tassel pendants, took them back and compared them on the one-shoulder schoolbag he was carrying, he felt that it was really beautiful, and he planned to say: "Send a piece to my little girlfriend Li Qian, it looks good to hang one by one." ”
I was satisfied at the moment, and I saw that it was not too early to see that I went to school.
Rushing into the classroom with the bell, the front foot entered the door, and the back foot teacher arrived, Chen Kun took out the book and started the class seriously.
Time always flows so fast, today it is Li Qian's turn to be on duty to do hygiene, Chen Kun doesn't leave after class, he helps to clean, it's funny, he hasn't had Chen Kun's turn to clean since he was in the third year of junior high school, and every time it's his turn to skip over, it seems that the classmates in his group don't have any opinions.
This time, I helped Li Qian clean Chen Kun before I remembered it, and I also thought it was more interesting.
After packing up, just left with Li Qian, the two were side by side, naturally they didn't dare to hold hands at school, and when they arrived outside the school, Chen Kun proposed to eat something together.
Li Qian didn't object, the two came to the food stalls around the school, there were really a lot of these snacks outside the school that year, there happened to be an empty table when they came, arranged for Li Qian to sit down, Chen Kun got up and ordered some snacks, and asked Li Qian again: "Can you eat spicy waves." ”
Li Qian nodded and whispered, "Yes, I have money, I'll invite you." ”
Li Qian stretched out her hand, holding a fifty yuan ticket in her small hand.
Chen Kun smiled, holding the dishes and chopsticks in his left hand, and directly held Li Qian's little hand with his right hand, patted it gently, and advised: "Next time, you invite me, this time I will please, put the money away, don't lose it." ”
Li Qian's face was red, facing Chen Kun, a wolf in sheep's clothing, her moves against little boys were all not good, and she was always in a state of being accused between her gestures.
Soon the table was filled with plates of snacks, cold lotus root slices, intestinal knots, kelp, and a cup of herbal tea for two people.
Seeing these snacks, Chen Kun was really happy, and ordered two bowls of rice noodles, and after shopping for so long at noon, he was really hungry.
Eating is the best way to see the cultivation of one, Chen Kun eats with a mouth full of chili peppers, look at Li Qian holding chopsticks and holding lotus root slices are all shallowly eating, there is no soy sauce chili on his lips, and he looks very ladylike.
Chen Kun couldn't help but feel that it was indeed a little beautiful and delicious.
At this time, Li Qian saw that Chen Kun had been looking at her, and her face turned red again.
Chen Kun smiled, and he was full, and then he said with chopsticks: "Miss Qian, which school do you plan to take in the high school entrance examination?"
Li Qian also put down her chopsticks and wiped the corners of her mouth with a tissue on the table.
"Attached to the middle school, my mother is over there, where do you want me to take the test. What about you?" Li Qian said softly.
Chen Kun smiled bitterly: "Then I can't pass the exam, it seems that I have to work hard, the third middle school, at least closer to you." ”
Chen Kun said it bluntly, and Li Qian's face turned even redder.
It's just that Chen Kun said that he couldn't pass the exam, and it is indeed the truth that the attached middle school is really the key point in the key point, and it is not too much to say that it is the best middle school in the province.
In comparison, although the third middle school that Chen Kun wants to take is also a key point, it is still a little insufficient.
Li Qian smiled: "It will definitely work, I believe you can do it, you have made so much progress recently, come on." ”
After speaking, he made a cheering gesture.
Chen Kun also laughed, even though he knew that his grades were a problem in the third grade, he couldn't help laughing.
picked up the schoolbag, pointed to the jade pendant hanging on it with a long tassel, and said to Li Qian, "It's good-looking, right?"
Li Qian nodded: "Hmm." ”
"Give me the bag. Chen Kun said.
Li Qian handed over the schoolbag without knowing why, Chen Kun took out another jade pendant from his pocket, hung it up carefully, straightened the long tassel again, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Look at how beautiful, now it's a pair." ”
Li Qian took the schoolbag and looked at it, but she liked it very much.
I wanted to open my mouth to refuse, but I was afraid of hurting Chen Kun, so I stopped talking, and finally said, "Thank you, I like it too." ”
"Let's go, I'll send you back. ”
Chen Kun got up, took Li Qian's hand as usual, walked around, and sent Li Qian to the tram stop.
The two waved goodbye, and when they turned around, Chen Kun found that Chen Changqing was standing not far away with a sunspot, looking at Chen Kun with a smile on his face.
As soon as I looked at Chen Kun, I understood that Chen Changqing and Heizi were waiting at the school gate in the afternoon, probably because they saw Chen Kun and Li Qian together, and they were embarrassed to come forward to say hello.
At that moment, Chen Kun walked over and greeted: "Brother Changqing, it's really a coincidence, where is this going?"
Chen Changqing smiled: "It's not a coincidence, Heizi and I have been waiting for you at the door for a long time, take a look at this." ”
He said that he handed Chen Kun a few pieces of white paper with words written on them.
Chen Kun took it in his hand and was about to take a closer look, Chen Changqing had already explained: "In the afternoon, Heizi and I went to the street to take a look, and we felt that you were right, if we want to do it, we will do something different, and sign the contract directly, you see." ”
Chen Kun took a closer look, and it was really written in black and white, the lease period was three years, the rent would not rise within three years, the rent was paid for three, and the rent had already been paid, and there were also signatures and drawings of Chen Changqing and the landlord, and they were all stamped with handprints, and some details of all aspects were also listed in it.
At that moment, Chen Kun smiled: "Brother Changqing has the courage, think of a name, you can start a simple decoration tomorrow, I will go to my uncle tomorrow to set down the game console, it is estimated that it will take some time to ship from Guangzhou, let's do it well, and strive to open it as soon as possible." ”
As he spoke, he handed the contract in his hand to Chen Changqing and said, "The contract is still kept by Brother Changqing, have you thought of the name?"
Chen Changqing didn't see it and took the contract, after all, as the manager of the game hall, the contract was more convenient by his side.
Chen Changqing smiled and said, "Heizi and I came up with a name called Zongheng, what do you think?"
"Zongheng?" Chen Kun read: "Okay, this name is atmospheric, it's called Zongheng, let's hurry up." ”
At that moment, the three discussed some details, and then they broke up.
Chen Kun pondered as he walked: "It's just tomorrow Saturday, and when I get up in the morning, I have to go to the electronic market, find my uncle who doesn't exist, and get the game console thing done." ”
I also think that the electronic market is not far from my grandmother's house, and I haven't been there for a long time, so I'm going to see it tomorrow.
Seeing that it was not early, I hurriedly went home, since Chen Kun won the lottery, my mother Li Qin rarely left the house with open money, mahjong was no longer played, and I didn't have the heart to cook, and once I actually put MSG as salt.
Chen Kun couldn't help but look forward to his father's return soon.