Li Tao smiled: "Do you know this pawnshop shopkeeper?" ”

"I don't know!"

"Do you have a guarantor?"

"Nope!"

Li Tao sighed and said: "You don't know the shopkeeper, and you don't have a guarantor, and you open your mouth to be 8,000 yuan, who dares to lend you money?" ”

Cheng Guoyu also sighed: "I can't help it, I can only give it a try!" ”

Li Tao and the other four entered the pawnshop with Cheng Guoyu.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop politely rejected Cheng Guoyu.

Cheng Guoyu sighed and said goodbye with a red face.

At this time, the rain was heavier, and I saw Cheng Guoyu unwrap his baggage, take out a long shirt and a pair of old mille-feuille shoes from inside, and take off the gorgeous clothes and satin square shoes, and replace them one by one.

When the shopkeeper saw it, he sneered: "The guest officer is afraid of soiling his good clothes, so he is quite good at living!" ”

Cheng Guoyu's face turned even redder: "Just ...... I borrowed this dress from a friend. If it gets dirty, how do you explain it to someone? ”

As he spoke, he carefully wrapped the garment into his baggage.

Li Tao grabbed Cheng Guoyu and said: "Shopkeeper Cheng walks slowly, and has a drink of two glasses at will, maybe I have a way to help you!" ”

After that, he came to Yonghe Building and prepared a table of sumptuous wine and food. Li Bai didn't know why, and he was also taken away by Li Tao.

Li Tao and Cheng Guoyu pushed the cup, the south and the north of the world, talking while drinking, and they had the meaning of seeing each other and hating each other.

After a while, Li Bai hurried over and whispered to Li Tao, who nodded frequently.

Satiated. Cheng Guoyu wants to leave.

Li Tao said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Cheng, I decided to take your 'Nine Flavors' and still hand it over to you to manage." Not only 'Jiuwei Zhai', but also the seventeen restaurants, including this 'Yonghe Building', are all run by you. I don't know what you think? ”

After speaking, Li Tao pointed at Fan Changfeng and said: "His name is Fan Changfeng, and he will be your big shopkeeper in the future!" ”

Cheng Guoyu was stunned, and it took a long time to wake up.

"Don't worry, today's 'Jiuwei Zhai' can be completed today. Tomorrow you can be the shopkeeper! ”

After Cheng Guoyu left, Fan Changfeng was puzzled: "Ah Tao, I let you see the pawnshop shopkeeper." Why don't you use the pawnshop shopkeeper, but use this Cheng Guoyu? “

Li Tao said with a smile: "Knowing people is more important than knowing products, Cheng Guoyu thinks of the old master and cherishes the reputation of the store." It's already admirable; He borrowed a suit of clothes and loved and cared for them. If we value our credibility so much, how can we not know how to cherish him? During the banquet, I seemed to be talking to him, but in fact, I tested him and found that he did have a belly of business experience, and I secretly sent Li Bai to Dongxian Bridge 'Jiuwei Zhai' to investigate, and confirmed that his words were indeed true, so I decided to use him! ”

Fan Changfeng opened his mouth: "Ah Tao." You've never been in business, how do you know so much? ”

Li Tao smiled and asked, "Then do you know why I don't use the pawnshop shopkeeper?" ”

Fan Changfeng pouted and said, "Of course I know." How can a businessman take on a big responsibility if he can't even see the customer? ”

Li Tao stretched out his thumb to Fan Changfeng: "There is progress, and I am becoming more and more like a big shopkeeper!" ”

Fan Changfeng didn't answer, as if he was thinking about something.

Li Bai saw it clearly from the side, Li Tao was obviously deliberately training Fan Changfeng, and he couldn't understand why Li Tao understood so much at the same age as himself.

Li Tao thought that Fan Changfeng was discouraged, so he deliberately eased the atmosphere and said: "Good luck today, I picked a Cheng Guoyu for nothing, it's better to strike while the iron is hot and then go and see the next person you recommend!" ”

Fan Changfeng said: "Ah Tao, this second person is called Dong Shaoqing, I haven't seen it, it was recommended to me by Zhao Feng, the shopkeeper of Yonghe Building, I listened to this person's affairs, and I wrote it down." ”

"Oh? You go and call Shopkeeper Zhao to me and ask! Li Tao said.

After a while, Zhao Feng came.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, please come here to inquire about something!" Li Tao was straightforward.

"Li Xiaolangjun, I don't know what it is, I know everything below!"

"Do you know Dong Shaoqing?"

"I don't know!"

"Then why did you recommend this guy?" Li Tao asked curiously.

"An old friend of mine told me about Dong Shaoqing, and I wrote it down. Two days ago, Fan Dongjia asked me if I knew someone who was good at business, and I recommended this person to Dongjia. ”

Li Tao said: "Shopkeeper Zhao, can you tell me about this person again!" ”

Zhao Feng nodded and said: "My old friend's name is Du Jiabin, he came to Chang'an a few days ago to do business, and he lived with me, and what he said about Dong Shaoqing was his personal experience......

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Longxiang rice is the largest grain store in the old town of Yingzhou, Longxiang's shopkeeper Du Jiabin is over 40 years old, and he is a famous old fritter in the grain industry. Every year in the summer, the autumn rice is not ripe, Du Jiabin takes his buddies to order rice in Sili and Eight Townships, he is generous, and the price of grain is about two percent higher than that of other rice merchants, so don't look at the rice is still standing in the paddy field, in fact, the landlord has already received his deposit, just wait for the rice to mature, and the Longxiang rice number will open a warehouse to collect rice.

That year, a new rice number was opened in the old city, and the shopkeeper of the rice number was called Dong Shaoqing, a young man in his early twenties, who was not good-looking, but he was orderly and rational in doing business, and treated customers sincerely on weekdays. Du Jiabin saw that Dong Shaoqing had robbed him of a lot of business, and he was holding back the fire in his heart, and planned to give Dong Shaoqing some color when he harvested the autumn grain.

Unexpectedly, when the autumn grain was harvested, Du Jiabin's Longxiang rice number raised the price of rice to a very high level, and Dong Shaoqing's rice number still had many rice farmers come to sell rice every day.

Afterwards, he sent someone to inquire, and only then did he learn that Dong Shaoqing had already given a deposit to the rice farmer when he was plowing the field and planting seedlings, several months earlier than him.

Du Jiabin was defeated for a while, and only then did he know that Dong Shaoqing was not simple.

Once, an acquaintance of Du Jiabinto Chang'an inquired that the imperial court was going to fight with Tibet. Du Jiabin was secretly happy in his heart, as long as the imperial court fights, the price of grain will definitely rise. So he hurriedly asked his men to vacate the rice hoard secretly, and then took people to the countryside to buy and hoard a batch of rice grain, waiting for a windfall.

But what he didn't expect was that the grain and rice were all collected by a shopkeeper surnamed Dong, and when he inquired again, this Dong shopkeeper was Dong Shaoqing. Du Jiabin's nose was almost crooked, this time he not only didn't receive a grain of rice, but also lost face, and hated Dong Shaoqing so much in his heart.

This year, as soon as the summer began, Du Jiabin geared up and decided to have a good fight with Dong Shaoqing. As soon as the rice was tasseled, Du Jiabin quietly rushed to Chenping County in the starry night.

When I walked to the ferry halfway through, it was getting late, and there was only one ferry boat left at the ferry.

Du Jiabin hurriedly shouted: "Boatman, stop and cross the river for me." ”

The boat boss smiled and said, "I'm sorry for you, my boat has been chartered, so you should wait for other ferries." ”

Du Jiabin saw that the sky was dark and there were no boats around, so he had to beg bitterly.

The boss was very embarrassed, so he went to ask the guests of the chartered boat. (To be continued......)