Chapter 48 . Tattoo parlors
"Who doesn't know what to do." Liu De said, "If you are caught driving without a license, you will be fined a lot of money." Cousin, you don't know, yesterday an old classmate of mine came back from Hong Kong and invited us to dinner as a class. The buffet at Caesar's Palace, that luxury, if you usually go by yourself, the cheapest is 388 per person. My old classmate, there are more than 30 people at a time, this can't be tens of thousands of yuan? After eating, he took us to sing, rented a big room, and went crazy until this morning, I drank too much and just woke up. ”
"No wonder you didn't show up all day." Huang Wenbin got angry when he talked about this, if Liu De hadn't released his pigeons, how could he take Xiao Lei to the garden party, how could he let Xiao Lei take his car, how could he let Xiao Lei understand the impermanence of life, wouldn't it be able to drag it down vaguely...... There is nothing to do, and after earning points, he also scored money to Liu De.
"I'm really starving, I searched for a long time to find such instant noodles." Liu De said, "Why don't you prepare more instant noodles at home for the New Year, what should I do if I'm hungry." ”
This is the only box of instant noodles left in the house! Huang Wenbin's parents don't like this unhealthy thing and never buy it. This fish that slipped through the net is still a gift given by the supermarket when it is promoted, and it is not necessary to get it back without money. "Well, I'm going to cook, it's unhealthy to eat this kind of thing." Huang Wenbin rummaged through the kitchen, "You see so many dishes for the Chinese New Year, just heat it up." ”
In fact, Huang Wenbin himself also wants to eat instant noodles, and the aroma of carbohydrates soaked in the hot soup is really irresistible. This Liu De must be a mouse, and this can be turned out. However, there is no microwave oven at home, and hot meals are very troublesome.
Lighting the fire and setting up the steamer, Huang Wenbin poured half a bowl of rice into the basin, and then pulled some leftovers casually and put them in the steamer, and the aroma came out after a while. Before Huang Wenbin could do anything, Liu De picked up a piece of sausage and ate it, "It's hot outside, it's still cold inside, you have to steam it for a while." ”
"Nonsense, it's only been steaming for so long." Huang Wenbin said.
"Cousin, that classmate of mine is really rich, I heard that he made a fortune in Hong Kong." Liu De said.
"What does it matter to you when people get rich? Could it be that your classmates want to take care of you? Huang Wenbin had never heard of this kind of thing in his previous life, "What kind of classmate is that?" Didn't you stop reading until junior high school? ”
"It's an elementary school classmate." Liu De said, "He studied less than me, and went to Hong Kong after graduating from primary school." I didn't continue to go to school there, so I went straight to work. But Hong Kong, it is full of gold, people started from a working boy, worked for ten years, and finally survived until the boss died, he married the boss and made a fortune. Now he's a billionaire! ”
This story is too deceitful, it's not exciting at all. "Why haven't I heard of it before?" Huang Wenbin asked.
"How much do you know about me?" Liu De said, "My classmate is also old now, and I want to return to my roots......
"Isn't that right? No matter how old your classmate is, at most two or three years older than you, and now he is in his thirties, why is he so old that he wants to return to his roots? The more Huang Wenbin listened, the more wrong he became.
"People like it, can you manage it?" Liu De said, "Wei Xiaobao retired as a teenager, don't you say it?" Don't interrupt me all the time, let me finish. ”
Wei Xiaobao: That's a character in a novel, or a martial arts novel, can you use it as an example? Not to mention retiring in the rivers and lakes in your teens, how can you kill the prince of the dragon at what age, why don't you go to study? But Liu Dedu said so, and Huang Wenbin didn't interrupt him.
"He plans to come back and buy a villa, invest in a business, and bring me in." Liu De said, "He is in Hong Kong, he is a restaurant, and he also wants to come back to make a high-end Cantonese restaurant, and now it is in the preparation stage." As long as you pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan, you can participate in the training course and become a manager when you come back. ”
Pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan to participate in the training class? "That doesn't sound like a good idea." Huang Wenbin said.
"Reliable, very reliable, everyone knows my classmates, how can it not be reliable? Besides, as soon as they came, they spent tens of thousands of dollars to invite a group of our classmates to dinner and sing K, how could a liar spend such a big money? The training is very formal, in addition to taking classes here, I have to go to Hong Kong for internship at the end. Liu De said, "If you travel to Hong Kong, you have to pay thousands of yuan, right?" It's only 10,000 people in full set. ”
Traveling to Hong Kong is worth thousands, and going to Hong Kong to work is profitable. People made it clear that they asked Liu De to go for an internship, and when the time came, Liu De was sold to a restaurant to do hard labor, and he collected money at both ends, and Liu De still had nowhere to redress.
I don't hear much about this kind of thing in Hong Kong, but there are many people who go to Japan. Huang Wenbin, a college classmate, was deceived by an intermediary into going to Japan to do a graduate student, but in fact he was a temporary worker, paid a large amount of intermediary fees, and worked as a coolie on a Japanese construction site for several years. However, he lost weight successfully, lost dozens of pounds, and his appearance was much more handsome, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
"I'm hesitating what this tattoo parlor will do if I become a restaurant manager. If you stay at the tattoo parlor, it's a high-end restaurant, isn't it a waste? What do you think I should do? Liu De continued.
Huang Wenbin thinks that in fact, it is nothing, the tattoo parlor has no future at all, and if you don't do it, you won't do it. That restaurant is not reliable or anything, if you don't need money, you can try it, if you want money, forget it. Liu De should find an ordinary job, honestly make money with his own hands, and don't keep dreaming of making a windfall. However, Huang Wenbin himself is also thinking about making a windfall, and he doesn't seem to be qualified to say this.
"I think it's not easy for your family to make some money, and if you can save it, you can save it." Huang Wenbin said.
"yes, that's what I thought, too." Liu De slapped his thigh excitedly, "My family doesn't have much money, wouldn't it be a pity if I didn't seize such a big opportunity?" But on the tattoo parlor side, a lot of money has been invested, of course, to save some. Why don't you do this, I have a 50% stake in the tattoo parlor, and I sell you 10% for 10,000 yuan, and then you help me look at the tattoo parlor, and I go to the restaurant to get training. ”
Does such a proposal still need to be considered, Huang Wenbin immediately refused: "I'm not interested in tattoo parlors." ”
"What kind of interest do you have to make money," Liu De persuaded him, "10%, at least seven or eight thousand a month in the future, you can collect money while sitting at home, which is much more cost-effective than you go to work." As long as you invest 10,000 yuan, as long as 10,000 yuan! ”
"Needless to say. I'm just not interested. Huang Wenbi said, "There is also that restaurant training class, I advise you to also have more eyes, since he is so rich, or your primary school classmates, why do you need to charge 10,000 yuan for the training fee?" Where professional training is paid for by the company, how can it be possible to let employees pay? When the time comes, you pay 10,000 yuan, and people use you as a coolie, and when you run out, they say that you failed the training and kick it off. ”
"How can it be like this, I'm his elementary school classmate." Liu De said, "You don't have to worry about the restaurant, I have my own measure." Let's talk about the tattoo parlor, which is about to open, and I sincerely invite you to check it out. After reading it, you will have confidence in our tattoo parlor. ”
No matter how you look at it, you won't be confident, Huang Wenbin is very confident in this. But he couldn't resist Liu De's entanglement, so he had to promise him, "Okay, okay, I'll go when I'm free." ”
This was originally an excuse, but Liu De lived in Huang Wenbin's house, and Liu De knew very well when he was free. Early the next morning, as soon as Huang Wenbin opened his eyes, he saw Liu De smiling in front of the bed. After eating breakfast, I saw Liu De smiling at the table. Wanting to go shopping, Liu De immediately took his clothes and asked if he was going to a tattoo parlor.
I wanted to calm down and plan this year's roadmap, think about what kind of money-making opportunities there are, and think about how to deal with Xiao Lei's affairs, but when I saw Liu De's face, I was so annoyed that I couldn't think of anything. I couldn't take a nap after eating at noon, so I had no choice but to say, "Go quickly, hurry up and come back when you're done!" ”
"Okay, let's go." Liu De immediately pulled Huang Wenbin out of the door.
His tattoo parlor is opposite Huang Wenbin's house on Chunfeng Road, and it is also a street shop, every time he comes over, in fact, Huang Wenbin can see it. The house is strangely decorated, and there is a black plaque posted in front of the door, with blood-red words on it, saying Ruyue Tattoo Parlor.
The windows are all sealed, and the walls are pasted with large and small photos, which at first glance look like a murder scene, but when you look closely, you find that it turns out to be a tattoo in a dark room, and customers are lying on the bed, some are red and swollen, some are bruised, and some are even bleeding.
"I said your promotional photos are too scary." Huang Wenbin said, "Who dares to come to the door when they see it." ”
"Cousin, you don't understand this." Liu De said, "That's what the tattoo looks like. If you're scared, you don't really want to get a tattoo. At most, it is an impulse to join in the fun, this kind of person is the most troublesome, holding all kinds of unrealistic movie and television screenshots and asking for the same tattoo, and I don't know how expensive the tattoo is, and I don't know how much time it takes. Once, a guy came with a picture of Shi Gaofei who escaped from prison, asked for a tattoo as it was, and said that a thousand yuan was not enough. How is this possible! The pattern is so complicated that 10,000 is not enough. ”
"Prison break?" Huang Wenbin doesn't remember when this American TV was launched, but he remembers that it was popular for a while.
"yes, cousin, you didn't see it? It's very good-looking, and if you don't look at it, it's out. Liu De said, "Look at that tattoo, how handsome, I want to get a tattoo when I see it." ”
"Then you don't post a few photos of Dead Goofy as publicity, post these?" Huang Wenbin asked.
"That's different, the tattoo of Die Goofy is not realistic at all. My photos are different, the layman can't see anything, the insider looks at it, and he knows that our master here is skilled, careful and considerate, and he will come back to patronize it immediately. Liu De is full of confidence in this.
Skilled and thoughtful? Huang Wenbin had to admit that he was a layman, and he couldn't see it at all. "In any industry, there are more laymen than insiders, and there are more light users than core users. If you don't catch the layman, don't catch the light users, and the business will not be big. ”