Chapter 184: Supermarket Shopping

Early in the morning, Cao Yongxian was woken up by the sound of birds, and slowly opened his eyes, feeling a splitting headache.

He drank too much last night, and ended up unconscious, not knowing what happened next.

He sat up and found himself on top of a large kang. Next to him were four of his classmates, all asleep.

He put on his shoes and went to the floor, then put on his robe, cut his hair, and pushed open the door.

The sun outside was strong, and Cao Yongxian squinted his eyes and walked out.

As he walked slowly, he found that all around him were neat rows of wooden houses, and many people were hurrying around.

Cao Yongxian turned a few corners and saw a neatly manicured grass in front of him, on which several people were making slow movements.

He saw Zhao Zizhong, Wei Hongye, Cui Daoshu, Cui Xiaoniangzi, and a middle-aged woman and a young woman.

He observed for a while and found that Zhao Zizhong was teaching those people to make movements, which seemed to be a set of boxing techniques. However, this set of punches is very strange, the movements are slow, soft and weak, and I don't know what it does.

He watched for a while, and without going up to greet them, he returned to his lodgings.

When he entered the room, he found Liang Daguan sitting on a chair and several friends getting dressed.

"Uncle Liang Shi, you got up early."

Liang Daguan said with a smile: "I'll take you to breakfast, they are very busy, and I am an idler on the island." ”

After a few scholars washed up, Liang Daguan took them to the restaurant, ordered some porridge and side dishes, and everyone ate together.

After the meal, Liang Daguan took them out of the hotel and walked to the west of the camp.

After walking for a while, they saw a house made of red bricks, and the plaque was engraved with the words 'Seven Seas Bank'.

Liang Daguan entered the bank gate first, and several scholars followed.

A young man in a bank's blue uniform greeted him and asked with a smile, "Mr. Liang, welcome." What can I do for you? ”

"Xiao Wang, I want to withdraw some money."

Cao Yongxian saw Liang Daguan take out a small notebook and hand it to the young man.

The young man bowed down and took it with both hands, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Liang, I don't know how much you want to take?" ”

"Take a hundred."

"Please sit down for a while, and I'll handle it for you."

Liang Daguan sat on the sofa in the middle of the lobby and motioned for a few scholars to sit down as well.

Cao Yongxian found that the young man walked to the counter, handed the small notebook to a bookkeeper, and then said a few words. The bookkeeper looked through the notebook, then took up a pen and wrote a few words, took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer, counted them, and gave them to the young man along with the notebook.

The young man walked up to Liang Daguan, handed him a small notebook and a few pieces of paper, and then said, "Mr. Liang, please sign it." ”

Liang Daguan picked up the brush on the coffee table, dipped it in ink, and signed his name on the small notebook.

The young man gave Liang Daguan another slip and asked him to sign it. After the official Liang signed, the young man returned to the counter with the slip and handed it to the bookkeeper.

Liang Daguan gave each person two pieces of paper, and after Cao Yongxian took it, he saw an ink-style landscape painting printed on the paper, with the words 'Shiguan' printed in the upper right corner.

Cao Yongxian asked, "Uncle Liang Shi, what is this piece of paper for?" ”

"You see, it says 'Ten Pounds', and this piece of paper is worth ten pounds of copper coins. On Qishan Island, you can use this kind of banknote if you want to buy something. No one asks for gold, silver and copper coins here, they only accept paper money. ”

Several scholars were surprised and asked many questions.

Liang Daguan's head was a few laps bigger, "Stop, don't ask." Let me tell you, on Qishan Island, you can only use this kind of paper money if you want to spend money. ”

Cao Yongxian asked puzzledly: "Uncle Liang Shi, if someone only brings gold, silver and copper coins here, can't they spend money?" ”

"Big nephew, they stipulate that whoever wants to spend money will come to the bank to exchange gold, silver and copper coins for paper money, there is no other way."

Cao Yongxian didn't understand it very much, "Uncle Liang Shi, the rules here are too strange. A few pieces of paper can be used as money, but what if someone copies these banknotes? ”

Liang Daguan shook his head, "There are no such boring people, the people here are very busy, the salary is good, and there is no need to fake money." Whoever dares to counterfeit paper money will be immediately put to death, and no one has the guts to counterfeit money. ”

Cao Yongxian asked again: "Uncle Liang Shi, I see that you use that little book to take out the money, what does that little book do?" ”

Liang Daguan handed the small notebook to Cao Yongxian and motioned for him to open it.

Cao Yongxian saw the words 'passbook' written on the cover. When I opened the small notebook, I saw that there were some tables on it, which recorded the time and amount of money withdrawn in detail. The balance is recorded in the following columns. Liang Daguan's money balance is still 465 yuan.

Cao Yongxian exclaimed: "This passbook is so good, it is very convenient to withdraw money, if there is such a money bank in Jinling, it will definitely be in the market." Uncle Liang Shi, what do you say? ”

"Yes, this bank is very convenient for us businessmen. Who has nothing to do with a lot of dead copper coins to go to business? Keep the money in the bank and take out the banknotes when you use them, and it's so easy to get around. ”

A scholar named Wang Jiuqing said: "If this bank was opened in Jinling, it would be very popular." ”

Liang Daguan shook his head and said: "It is not feasible to open a bank in Jinling now, and there is no way to prevent counterfeiting of paper money. ”

Several scholars fell into deep thought, all silently thinking about the anti-counterfeiting of banknotes, and no one spoke.

After a while, Liang Daguan said: "Don't think about it, you need strong strength to support it to open a bank." At present, the conditions for opening a bank in Jinling are not at all in place. I'm going to take you to a nice place to open your eyes. ”

Liang Daguan took five people out of the bank and walked to the supermarket opposite.

Cao Yongxian saw a huge wooden building, and there was a large wooden sign standing at the door, which was engraved with the words "Seven Seas Supermarket".

At the entrance of the supermarket stood two girls in their twenties, wearing aqua blue cheongsams designed by Na Zhe, showing off the curves of their bodies perfectly.

Several scholars were a little stunned, they had never seen such clothes, which was simply too immoral. But when worn on a girl's body, it really looks good.

The two girls bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Welcome, a few people are please." ”

Liang Daguan nodded, and Shi Shiran walked in. Several scholars hurriedly followed, and some of them turned back from time to time, looking at the two girls reluctantly.

"Let's go, don't be ashamed." Cao Yongxian pulled Li Heng inside.

Liang Daguan took them to wander around the supermarket at will, and a few scholars looked around curiously like hillbillies entering the city, feeling very new here.

There are a lot of goods in the supermarket, which are divided into food area, clothing area, daily use area, cosmetics area, and many things they have never seen.

Several people were very interested in new products such as perfumes, soaps, candles, whale skin bags, etc., and wanted to buy some back.

They quickly spent the twenty guan given by Liang Daguan, and Jiao Wei took Wang Jiuqing and Fang Hui out of the supermarket in a hurry and went straight to the bank.

After entering the bank, they walked to the counter, took out the gold, silver and copper coins they had brought with them, and exchanged them for paper money. Then I went back to the supermarket and started shopping on a big spree.

Liang Daguan shook his head, "A group of turtles, I really haven't seen the world, and I'm a shame for the people of Jinling!" ”

Cao Yongxian asked, "Uncle Liang Shi, you should have been the same as them when you first came, right?" ”

Liang Daguan thought about it and couldn't help but smile, "What the eldest nephew said is right, when I first arrived here, I also watched everything. Makes you laugh. ”

After more than an hour, several scholars finished their shopping and bought a lot of things.

The supermarket sent two guys to push a small cart, put everything on the cart, and send them back.

Cao Yongxian asked as he walked, "Uncle Liang Shi, what does 'supermarket' mean?" ”

"Big nephew, 'supermarket' means supermarket, saying that you can buy everything here, Cui Dao said that this is called 'one-stop shopping', so you don't have to go from store to store."

Cao Yongxian said excitedly: "Uncle Liang Shi, if you find a big shop in Jinling and open a supermarket, you will definitely make a lot of money." ”

"Big nephew, your pattern is not big enough. Cui Daoshu is already planning to open dozens of supermarket chains in some big cities, and you have to learn from others. ”

Cao Yongxian was a little puzzled, "What is a supermarket chain?" ”

Liang Daguan explained: "A supermarket chain is to open many branches in various cities, with unified signboards, unified personnel clothing, unified goods, unified prices, and unified services. Only by operating on a large scale and standardizing services can we make a lot of money. ”

Cao Yongxian was a little dumbfounded, Cui Daoshu really had a gully in his chest! With such a large-scale operation, the quantity of goods purchased will be very large, and the price will be very low. How much manpower, material and financial resources are needed to support this!

Liang Daguan said: "Big nephew, Cui Daoshu is already talking with your father about cooperating in the business of running a supermarket chain, and Wang Mingjun and I are also involved." You just follow Cui Daoshu and study hard, you will definitely gain a lot. ”

Cao Yongxian was convinced, "Uncle Liang Shi, I am convinced, Cui Daoshu is indeed a genius in business, no wonder he is famous in Jiangnan, he does have something extraordinary." I'll ask him for advice. Now that I understand my father's intentions, and their brothers are all great talents, I will humbly learn from them. ”

Liang Daguan said with relief: "You can teach, you have good qualifications, but you lack experience." Your father doesn't want you to die studying and going to test for fame. It was the right decision, and there are a lot of novelties to keep you going for a while. ”

Cao Yongxian nodded, "Uncle Liang Shi, I now kind of understand why you settled on Qishan Island, this place is indeed very different from Jinling, I can't tell you what it feels like." ”