Chapter 0344: It's a Hard Wait
After saying goodbye to Colonel Price, Lin Jiangbei first went to the Hengdeli watch store on Nanjing Road, not far from the old drunkard's residence, to buy a Longines women's watch. Then he hailed a taxi, changed cars a few more times, and made sure that no one was following him, before returning to his accommodation on Rafay Road.
Coming to the room on the third floor, Lin Jiangbei used a special solution to remove the camouflage on his face, restored it to his original appearance, and then changed into another set of clothes, walked out of the courtyard gate, and walked towards the small building of Du Yuexi's fourth aunt, Yao Guanglan, who was more than a hundred meters away from him.
When Lin Jiangbei was a forensic doctor in his previous life, he had done special research on the history of human hair dyeing. Putting aside the history of using natural animal and plant products to dye hair, the first synthetic non-toxic hair dye in human history was developed by a French chemical pharmacist named Schulaire in 1907.
Two years later, Schulaire raised 800 francs to set up the "French Harmless Hair Dye Company" in his apartment on the banks of the Seine, which was the forerunner of L'OrΓ©al, the famous international cosmetics brand that would become famous in later life.
Under the impetus of Schulaire, the hair dyes produced by the "French Harmless Hair Dye Company" have swept the European and American worlds. By 1920, the company's sales had reached 3.6 million francs.
But in today's Shanghai, even though it has been nearly two decades since Schulaire developed the first harmless hair dye, dyeing hair with hair dye is still a luxury that only appears among the upper class, so it can be inferred that the number of barbershops that can provide hair dye services in the whole of Shanghai is very limited, and it should be concentrated in the most luxurious barbershops in Shanghai.
Yao Guanglan, as Du Yuexiao's fourth aunt, has very close contact with the celebrities in the Shanghai fashion circle, and she also pays great attention to dressing up and maintenance.
The reason why Lin Jiangbei took off his camouflage and restored his face was because when he went to Yao Guanglan's small building to meet Du Yuexiao before, he appeared in his true form. If he visits Yao Guanglan's residence in the face of a criminal investigation expert of the US military, I am afraid that he will not even see Yao Guanglan's face.
came to Yao Guanglan's three-story building, Lin Jiangbei reached out and rang the doorbell.
Soon, a maid appeared at the gate of the courtyard, looking at Lin Jiangbei vigilantly through the courtyard gate.
"Eldest sister," Lin Jiangbei said with a smile, "I am a friend of Mr. Du, and I came here to visit Mr. Du some time ago, and it was also the eldest sister who opened the door for me at that time!" β
When the maid heard Lin Jiangbei say this, she looked at Lin Jiangbei carefully, and then remembered that the young man in front of her was indeed the young guest that Mr. Du came to receive some time ago. Listening to the fourth aunt, Mr. Du also gave this young man a sandalwood gold flake!
For a while, her attitude couldn't help but become polite, and she nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, I did open the door for you last time." Then he asked, "Did you come here this time to make an appointment with Mr. Du to meet here?" β
Lin Jiangbei shook his head and said, "I didn't come to visit Mr. Du this time, but I wanted to meet Mrs. Du and ask a few questions!" β
When the maid heard that Lin Jiangbei did not make an appointment with Mr. Du in advance, but came to see the fourth aunt, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed for a while. Because Mr. Du has a lot of rules, it doesn't matter if it's a female guest, just meet the fourth aunt.
But the problem is that Lin Jiangbei is a handsome young man, if he lets him into the door to meet the fourth aunt, even if this young man has rarely received the special treatment of sandalwood gold tablets presented by Mr. Du, he does not dare to guarantee that Mr. Du will not be angry because of this.
After hesitating for a moment, the maid said to Lin Jiangbei: "Then I'm afraid I will have to wait a while." I don't want to do this, and I have to go back and ask my wife to see what she means. β
"Understood, understood!" Lin Jiangbei naturally didn't blame the maid for thinking too much, a subordinate must be a self-preservation stomach medicine, so he nodded at her and smiled: "Then please ask Mrs. Du for advice, eldest sister!" β
The maid smiled apologetically at Lin Jiangbei, turned around and went back to the building to ask Yao Guanglan.
Lin Jiangbei was not worried that Yao Guanglan would not see him. As Du Yuexiao's fourth aunt, Yao Guanglan will definitely know the importance of Du Yuexiao's sandalwood gold piece than the people around her.
Sure enough, the maid quickly went and returned, opened the courtyard door, and said to Lin Jiangbei with a smile: "I'm tired of waiting for a long time!" My wife happens to be free at this time, let me invite you in! β
"Thank you, big sister!" Lin Jiangbei nodded at the maid with a smile and followed her into the living room on the first floor.
Seeing Yao Guanglan standing in the living room in a fashionable cheongsam, Lin Jiangbei hurriedly sent the Longines women's watch that he bought in Hengdeli Watch Store not long ago to Yao Guanglan, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Mrs. Du, I came in a hurry and didn't prepare any expensive gifts, so I bought a watch at Hengdeli Watch Store to talk about my heart!" β
Yao Guanglan glanced at Lin Jiangbei's hand, and saw that it was a women's Longines gold watch, and couldn't help but secretly praise the young man in front of him for being sensible, and complained that Du Yuexiao praised him in front of him after meeting him!
Thinking in her heart, Yao Guanglan said with a smile in her mouth: "Mr. Lin, you are a good friend of my husband, you will come here, and what gifts to prepare, it is really too out-of-sight!" β
Lin Jiangbei saw that Yao Guanglan was embarrassed to accept it, so he put the watch on the table of the Eight Immortals, and said with a smile: "It's just a little gadget, what is there to see and not see!" β
"Hey, Mr. Lin, aren't you bent on letting my husband scold me?" Yao Guanglan shook her head helplessly, stretched out her hand to invite Lin Jiangbei to sit down, and asked the maid to make a cup of tea for Lin Jiangbei, and then asked again: "Mr. Lin, I heard Sister Zhang say that you came here this time to ask me about something?" β
"Yes!" The time was urgent, Lin Jiangbei didn't go around the bend with Yao Guanglan, and said directly: "I'll ask Mrs. Du, in Shanghai, which barber shops can provide hair dyeing services." β
"Dye your hair?" Yao Guanglan subconsciously glanced at Lin Jiangbei.
Lin Jiangbei hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not that I want to dye my hair, but because of a special situation, I need to know about this information." β
"Oh, I see!" Yao Guanglan nodded and said, "In our Shanghai, as far as I know, I'm afraid that only the Nanjing Hair Salon at the three-fork intersection of Nanjing West Road and Shimen Road can provide this service. β
"Is Nanjing Hair Salon the only barber shop that can provide hair coloring services?" Lin Jiangbei couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard this. Although he knew that dyeing his hair was a very rare luxury for Shanghai at this time, and there should not be many people in Shanghai who could afford this kind of service, but in the huge Shanghai Tang, only a barber shop in Nanjing Hair Salon could provide such a service, which was still greatly unexpected to him.
Yao Guanglan smiled and said, "What's so strange about this? In our Shanghai, it only costs 10 oceans to perm your hair, but to dye your hair once, it costs 20 oceans to start, and the price is so expensive that even my heart trembles! What's more, compared to perms, the demand for hair dye is already small, and the price of hair dye medicine is extremely expensive. If nothing else, we can't afford to waste money alone. What's more, there is an expiration date for hair color, and it will be invalid after the expiration date. Therefore, the vast majority of barbershops in Shanghai do not dare to touch this business. β
"Only Nanjing Hair Salon, the top barber shop in Shanghai, relies on the four wealthy families of Shanghai, dignitaries and movie stars as regular customers, will carry out the business of dyeing hair. However, as far as I know, this business is also a loss for Nanjing hair salon, mainly to maintain its image as the top hair salon in Shanghai, but it actually does not make any money! β
Listening to Yao Guanglan tell about the twists and turns in the middle, Lin Jiangbei secretly sighed that it was definitely the most correct decision for him to come to Yao Guanglan to ask this question this time. If it were someone else, you wouldn't necessarily know so much of the inside story.
With Yao Guanglan's status, since he is sure that only one barber shop in Nanjing Hair Salon can provide hair dyeing services, there must be nothing wrong with that. This situation is also the most ideal situation, as long as you go to the barber shop in Nanjing Hair Hall to find out the situation, you should be able to find the owner of the short blonde hair!
Lin Jiangbei didn't delay any longer, and after thanking Yao Guanglan, he got up to say goodbye, and prepared to go back to let Chen Zui take advantage of the head snake and contact the person in charge of the Nanjing hairdressing hall to understand the situation.
In addition to Yao Guanglan's small building, Lin Jiangbei walked about seventy or eighty meters in the direction of his residence, and as long as he turned another corner, he could see his small building.
But just as he stepped around the corner, he saw Ogawa Xiangli hiding in the corner, pointing a pistol at him, and said with a smile: "Boss Cheng, let's meet again, you really made me wait so hard!" β