Chapter 384: Returning the Favor
Since Shi Lei's men entered the mountains, the passage between Chang'an and Yizhou is no longer so fearful. The hardships of the pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info moat still can't be changed, but what has changed is those bandits.
It's rare for these guys to become real thieves, and every time it's basically just to intimidate everyone, as long as you obediently pay the toll in proportion, there will be no bloodshed, and it can be regarded as a civilized division, a division of peace, although the loss of some tolls is distressing, but it's much better than losing your life.
The integration of the mountain people has almost been completed, and several different forces have gradually been formed by source and region, and some foreign lone travelers have been mixed in, which can be regarded as entering a relatively stable situation, and there is no offense with the outside world, and everyone is happy and peaceful.
Shi Lei's newly developed members of the special forces are also mixed in, in the vast mountains, continuing their own cultivation, they are all "dead people", they have nothing to worry about, the only thing they need to do is to keep getting stronger. When necessary, it will become Shi Lei's sharpest sword, piercing the chests of all enemies.
The others, who are either incarnated as dart masters or mixed with the hidden piles of the horse gang, are also developing steadily, gradually weaving a huge network, so that Shi Lei has more choices when retreating, and those people in Chang'an City are also moving forward steadily.
The combination of all this has given Shi Lei confidence that even if the worst happens, he already has a certain ability to ensure that these people closest to him can go to a safe place safe and sound.
That's why he had the courage to stand by Li Chengqian's side. Otherwise, how dare a family lover like him, who cares so much about the people around him, casually gamble on what he cares about most.
Shi Lei also explained to Chen Mo that with such a powerful source of information, it is very beneficial to his own development.
However, the same source is too broad, and these beggars don't have too good intelligence analysis skills, so they can only use a bunch of useless things, and concentrate them on their gang leader Hong Sangong, which will cause a waste of resources in many cases.
This is also why Shi Lei wants to pull Chen Mo to Chang'an's side, he is an expert in intelligence analysis, and if he wants to establish an intelligence distribution point with Chang'an as the center, he must have such a person to sit in charge.
Originally, Uncle Fan was supported here, but what he is better at is figuring out people's hearts, as well as grasping all kinds of twists and turns, and playing a conspiracy is also what he is good at.
If he can go deep into the scene and find more clues, it will not be a problem for Uncle Fan, but it will be a little difficult for him to just see more things on paper.
In the past, when there was little information, he could also deal with it, but now there are too many sources of intelligence, including the beggar gang, the one who broke into the dock, the group of people who were mixed in the city fox society, and those who were simply sent from the enemy, and the hidden lines of the occasional enemy who have been rebelled, can also provide a part.
In this way, it makes Uncle Fan a little anxious. Besides, it would be a bit of a waste of his talent to tie him to this matter.
Chen Mo's arrival is just enough to liberate him, the current situation in Yizhou is relatively stable, and there are also capable people trained by Chen Mo, plus Uncle Wei is not good at stubble, so he can deal with it.
Let Chen Mo continue to take on the burden of the person in charge of the intelligence center in Chang'an, not only can give full play to his strengths, but also let Uncle Fan, who has freed up his hands, find some fun for the two rivals, and also benefit his own villagers, such a good thing in one fell swoop, Shi Lei is still happy to do.
After communicating with Chen Mo, he took over this job very happily, he has been doing this job recently, he has a little fun in it, it will obviously be more challenging to come to Chang'an, and he is also happy to try it.
And among his students, there are also a few candidates who he wants to cultivate in this area, and this time he just took them into the industry together.
After placing Chen Mo and a group of students, even if the year has really come to an end, the busy year has also entered the final sprint stage.
Every household wants to stock up enough supplies for the New Year before the store closes, which is to cope with the next spring, but it can't be sloppy, and this is also the last carnival of the year for each store.
The elites of the Shi family, led by the shopkeeper of Yang Da, inevitably gained a lot in this wave of carnival, busy and happy.
After all the shops hung out the New Year's sign, and after the official holiday, these shopkeepers, under the leadership of Uncle Yang, gathered at Shi Lei's house again to participate in the annual host reception banquet at the same time, and also reported the business situation of the year one by one.
This is a rare opportunity to show merit in front of everyone, usually pay attention to personal wealth and do not show it, naturally how bleak how to say, so these shopkeepers cherish this party, and they don't want to be compared with others, all of them show their best appearance, so they praise themselves.
Uncle Yang, as the chief shopkeeper, was naturally the first to speak, and the others followed at one time. For the development of this year, Shi Lei and they are also obvious to all, but it is better to talk about it like this, it is more intuitive.
The development of most of the stores is relatively smooth, with the abundance of various raw materials, the supply has become larger, plus all the stores of Shi Lei's family, there are relatively similar logos, this reputation has a superimposed effect, mutual promotion, this year's development momentum is relatively strong, the branches have opened a few more, and the flow of the store is rolling up.
But if you talk about the rapid expansion of the scale, it is still a "unique taste", which has developed into an out-and-out food chain, covering almost all kinds of common food categories, and it has opened all over Chang'an and the surrounding states and counties, and the scale has multiplied geometrically.
However, this catering industry, although the profits are not low, it is certainly not comparable to the lucrative luxury industry, and it is mainly better than a trickle.
Of course, this so-called fine water is only in comparison, compared to other restaurants, it can be regarded as a monstrous flood, and this flowing water and gross profit are also very amazing.
One of the biggest breakthroughs this year is mainly in the luxury industry, especially in the fur products, driven by Shi Lei's press conference, the whole piece has ushered in a period of rapid growth, coupled with the previous word-of-mouth accumulation, it has exploded beyond everyone's imagination, and the profit accounts for the majority of the family's income.
However, for Shi Lei, a more gratifying change is that it has overturned the related industries of the eldest grandson Wuji's family and made a beautiful turnaround, and Shi Lei has also contributed a lot, and the current situation can be said to come from several dazzling proposals from Shi Lei.
Therefore, these big shopkeepers are also crazy about Shi Lei. Although he has been trying to maintain restraint and reserve, in fact, Shi Lei is happy both in his heart and on his face.
The family has expanded its territory in the field of fur products and has become the leader of the fashion, and the poor eldest grandson family not only failed to grab too many benefits from this area, but almost lost the brand image that their family had managed so hard.
Now it can only rely on the reputation that has been accumulated, and barely occupy a little share from the low-end market of fur, and almost become a complete supplier of raw materials.
Whenever he thinks of the eldest grandson Wuji's face as black as the bottom of a pot, Shi Lei laughs extraordinarily happily.
Since it has been proven to be effective, it is natural that such a good way of publicity as the press conference should be retained.
Next year, the output of special silk can be further expanded, because the field won from the eldest grandson's family next to the horse farm has become a mulberry forest, and with sufficient raw materials, the number of mulberry silkworms can naturally be expanded.
It is just relying on these fist products that there will be another wave of spring and summer fashion conferences, so that they can further expand their share in the luxury sector, and also squeeze out more shares of the eldest grandson's family, which makes people happy to think about it.
And the models for the press conference have already been found, and they are still the little lovers of Lao Tang, and the girls of the Qinglou who take care of them. This time, they took the initiative to come to the door, and even chose to help for free, just to consolidate their status as a top green building, and to make the value of the red-card aunts in their building higher.
Of course, this is also a kind of reciprocation, they haven't forgotten their status today, how they came about. (To be continued.) )