Even in the Republic of China, Nanjing Middle Road is the most prosperous place in Shanghai, where every inch of land is valuable, and Shanghai's four major department stores, Sincere Department Store, Yongan Department Store, Xinxin Department Store and Daxin Department Store, are gathered in this short street.

In particular, Yongan Department Store and Sincere Department Store are separated by a Nanjing Road from north to south, and while carrying out-for-tat business competition, they have also brought huge popularity and passenger flow.

After Lin Jiangbei got off the bus at the door of Yongan Department Store, they soon found the old drunkard's tailor shop not far from the building of Yongan Department Store. Although the façade of the tailor house is not large, the gilded signboards of the White Russian International Tailor Company are conspicuous even if they are placed in these shops on Nanjing Middle Road. Although it can't be compared with the Yongan Department Store behind Lin Jiangbei and the Sincere Department Store opposite, it is slightly better than a few ordinary merchants next to it.

"Boss Cheng, this place is expensive, and the rent of the store is definitely not cheap!" Zhang Shixue pointed to the bustling crowd on the street and said to Lin Jiangbei: "Although the old drunkard is skilled, after all, he doesn't have his own clothing brand, and the cost of opening a tailor shop here will be too high?" ”

Lin Jiangbei nodded, knowing that Zhang Shixue was hindered by Gu Dabiao following aside, so it was not easy to speak too thoroughly.

Indeed, if it is just a tailor's business, there is really no need for the old drunkard to open his shop in this section of Nanjing Middle Road. Otherwise, just because of the cost of store rent, it will eat up a large part of his profits.

Of course, Lin Jiangbei also knows that the top Belarusian female fashion designer Garnet opened a store even more exaggeratedly, directly opening the clothing store in the most upscale place in Shanghai, that is, the top floor of the Bund landmark Sassoon Building at the intersection of Nanjing. The rent of the shop there is estimated to be more than ten times that of the old drunkard's shop on Nanjing Road.

But the problem is that Garnett, as the world's top fashion design master, has not only cultivated his own brand, but also has reached the point where he can find fault with customers at will, no matter how big the other party is, Garnett can delete what he doesn't like in the customer list without mercy, and even does not allow customers to express their expectations for styles and materials, as long as they explain what occasion the clothing is used for and then leave immediately.

Compared with Garnet, the old drunkard is not only two or three grades behind, and it is impossible to take Garnet's route, so he spent such a big price to open a tailor's shop here, I am afraid there is another purpose.

Thinking of this, Lin Jiangbei turned his head and asked Gu Dabiao: "Xiao Gu, do you know that when the old drunkard first arrived in Shanghai, where was the tailor shop opened?" ”

"When he first came to Shanghai, where was there any tailor?" Gu Dabiao laughed and said, "Just push a flatbed cart with a sewing machine on it, and set up a stall on the side of the road in the French Concession to pick up work." Later, I heard that he didn't know how to get a big business, and the business slowly became bigger, and he set up a shop on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, and I didn't know much about the rest of it. If I hadn't gone to Hongkou Park with you to find him today, I wouldn't have thought that his tailor line would have opened on Nanjing Middle Road! ”

Lin Jiangbei nodded, pointed to the old drunkard's tailor line, and said, "Let's go, since we have arrived at the place, let's go in and have a look!" ”

Saying that, Lin Jiangbei took the first step, stretched out his hand and was about to push open the door of the tailor's shop, when he suddenly stopped again, because he smelled a familiar smell on the end of his nose.

The figure of a woman in red immediately flashed in Lin Jiangbei's mind, yes, this is exactly the smell of Ogawa Xiangli. When Lin Jiangbei was in Dai Zhenwu's Yuantong Deji Company, he not only had close contact with Ogawa Xiangli, but also stayed in the same taxi space with Ogawa Xiangli for nearly half an hour, and he was extremely familiar with the smell of Ogawa Xiangli. At this time, when you smell this smell, you will naturally not admit it.

Lin Jiangbei was surprised and happy at this time.

Happily, Ogawa Kari appeared in the old drunkard's tailoring shop, further proving his previous speculation about the old drunkard's true identity.

Surprisingly, Ogawa Xiangli was the second person he didn't want to see in Shanghai at this time. The first one I don't want to see is naturally Iya Toyama. And seeing Kari Ogawa means that Iya Toyama, an old rival, may also appear at any time.

It seems that I can't go in at this time!

Lin Jiangbei thought in his heart, and was about to withdraw his hand from the doorknob, when a voice suddenly came from behind him, "Boss Cheng, why did you delay for so long?" I thought you'd come to my tailor's shop and measure me! ”

Lin Jiangbei turned his head to look over, and it was the old drunkard who was walking towards him with a huge rosacea on his face.

"Oh, Leonovsky, you just came back?" Lin Jiangbei secretly scolded in his heart that it was not the right time for the old drunkard to come back, but he said with a smile on his face, "The taxi at the gate of Hongkou Park is more difficult to wait, and it has been delayed for a little time, so I rushed over now!" ”

"The delay was just right." Since the old drunkard knew that Lin Jiangbei was the little boss of Ma Hong's semicolon, he didn't dare to offend Lin Jiangbei easily in words, "It just so happens that I can personally measure the size for you!" ”

While speaking, the old drunkard pushed the door open, and then made a gesture at Lin Jiangbei: "Boss Cheng, please come inside!" ”

At this time, a woman in red who was sitting on the sofa in the reception area saw the door being pushed open, so she raised her eyes and looked at the gate, and happened to meet Lin Jiangbei's sight, it was Ogawa Xiangli.

So she stood up in surprise and greeted Lin Jiangbei with a smile: "Boss Xu, it's such a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here!" ”

"Boss Xu?" The old drunkard listened to Xiaochuan Xiangli's words, his face suddenly changed, and his cloudy eyes became sharp in an instant, and he looked directly at Lin Jiangbei's eyes like a blade......

Lin Jiangbei's head also buzzed, the pseudonym he used in Dai Zhenwu was Xu Bingcheng, but when he went to see Zhu Xuemo, he used the pseudonym Cheng Weilan at Hangcheng Station. Because he didn't want Gu Dabiao to be suspicious, Lin Jiangbei didn't specifically explain Gu Dabiao, so after Gu Dabiao saw the old drunkard, he introduced him as the boss.

But Lin Jiangbei did a lot of calculations, but he didn't calculate that he would bump into Ogawa Xiangli here from the old drunkard!

The old drunkard reached into his pocket with one hand, held the palm thunder that Yokoyama Qiuma gave him for self-defense, and shouted to Lin Jiangbei and asked, "Who are you?" Why is the surname Cheng and the surname Xu for a while? ”

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