Li Ya was busy investigating the ghosts, Yu Zecheng was busy planting false accusations, and only Wang Xu was the most idle.

Three days later, a shop called Wangjia Antiques opened on Shengli Avenue outside the French Concession.

There were no full guests, no competition for pursuit, a string of forty firecrackers lit up, Wang Xu's first foundation in the Republic of China, officially ended here.

On the street, passers-by came and went, just curiously looking at the meeting, and then they went their own way.

Wang Xu was not angry, holding a teapot, wearing an old-fashioned gown, leaning against the door and blowing a small song.

The buying and selling of antique shops, not to talk about the excitement, is not open for three years, and it is common to open for three years.

After all, ordinary people can't eat enough, there will be no antiques, and there are few high-quality products.

In the bottom of his heart, Wang Xu didn't plan to take the mass line, why did he open the antique shop opposite the French Concession, because the rich merchants in the French Concession, as well as the officials and gentlemen in the north of the city, are his food and clothing parents.

"Detached from the mass line, my thinking is very dangerous!" Wang Xu held the spout of the teapot in his mouth, like a landlord and an old man, looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street.

Because of its proximity to the French Concession, prosperity and poverty coexist,

Here, you can see foreigners dressed in Western clothes and luxurious, and you can also see porters in ragged clothes carrying luggage for foreigners.

From time to time, there are also Japanese gendarmerie passing through, holding plaster flags, looking at the French Concession with fierce eyes, as if the French Concession is a piece of cake, eager to swallow it in the stomach.

"Sir, sit on a chair and rest." Seeing Wang Xu standing outside, he hadn't come in for a long time, and a sensible guy moved out of the chair.

Wang Xu didn't squeak, nodded quietly, and sat on the chair.

Today, in his antique shop, there are four men, a shopkeeper, and a cook lady.

These are all people Yu Zecheng is looking for, none of them are underground parties, and they are all dug up from other antique shops.

Gadgets, guys come forward, and you can watch eight or nine without leaving ten.

If not, there is also the presence of the shopkeeper, who doesn't care about anything but the accounts.

The shopkeeper in the store, known as the three-handed Liu, is not the kind of thief who has three hands, but others have two hands when they look at antiques, and he has one more hand than others.

Just digging this person, Wang Xu spent two gold bars, if it weren't for the son of the third-hand Liu, who was clamoring to move to Shanghai and needed a lot of money, the third-hand Liu might not have agreed.

"I heard that no, the Spencer Hotel in the French Concession had a murder case. When I heard that the dead man was in the bathtub with a piece of clothing on it, it was terrible when I found it! ”

"Hey, I've heard that the guy who took my car last time was the chef of the restaurant. I heard him say that half a month ago, someone smelled a strange smell, but the ghost manager didn't agree to open the door, so it was delayed. ”

The two porters pulling the rickshaw ran in front of Wang Xu while whispering and talking.

Wang Xu's action of drinking tea stopped, his eyes narrowed slightly, and it took a while to recover.

It seems that Xie Ruolin's body has been found.

That's right, it's been more than a month, and my rent has expired, and it's strange that no one has found out.

Wang Xu took a sip of tea, thought about it carefully, and didn't feel too scared.

The French Concession is the French Concession, and Tianjin City is Tianjin City.

Just like the Japanese, who did not tear their faces and rush into the French Concession, the patrols of the French Concession will not go outside to make trouble.

Not to mention that more than a month has passed, the ghost manager still doesn't recognize him.

Even if he knew him, he was standing on Victory Street, and the patrol of the French Concession dared to arrest him.

"Master, how dusty it is outside, you see that your shoes are dirty." The voice in his ears pulled Wang Xu back to reality.

Looking down, the newcomer Li Si was kneeling on the ground, shining his shoes with his sleeve.

The corners of Wang Xu's mouth showed a playful smile, Li Si had the lowest ability among several guys, but he was the most good at sycophancy.

The other guys all looked disdainful in the store, and even Liu Yishou shook his head slightly.

But this Li Si doesn't care about anything, if he lets people who don't know see it, he thinks that this person is shining shoes in front of the antique store.

"Li Si, how many people are in your family?" Wang Xu sat on the chair and didn't move, someone is willing to be a cow and a horse, can you still stop him.

"Master, there are seven people in my family, in addition to my father and mother, I have three younger brothers and one younger sister." Li Si didn't look up as he spoke, and carefully polished his shoes.

Wang Xu nodded slightly, put the teapot in his hand, and sighed: "With your cleverness, being a guy in an antique shop is a bit condescending." If I were your father, I would send you to the police station, or a place like the Political Security Bureau, and I would be cheeky at you, and your life would be bad. ”

"That place, where can I go, I was sent by my father and mother to be an apprentice in an antique shop since I was a child, and I have been doing it for almost 20 years, and I am used to it." While polishing his shoes, Li Si peeked at Wang Xu's expression, and whispered: "My biggest wish in this life is to be a shopkeeper, and it would be better if the store was bigger." ”

"Did you hear anything?"

Wang Xu looked down at him and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, tell the truth." ”

Li Si smiled all over his face, and said flatteringly: "I heard the master say, boss, you are a person who does great things, and a store is only temporary, and it will continue to expand in the future." At that time, I knew that following a person like the boss you could not be wrong in my life, so I was ready to follow you with my heart. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu just smiled and didn't say anything.

Liu Yishou is the shopkeeper, and there are some plans, and Wang Xu can't hide them from him.

This store in Tianjin City is the first, and it will not be the last.

When Wang Xu invited Liu Yishou, he said frankly that he wanted to open the Wang family's antique store as big as possible, and the more the better.

Li Si is a caring person, and Wang Xu doesn't feel strange that he can know something in advance from his master Liu Yishou.

"Li Si, among this batch of apprentices, you are the worst in ability, but you are also the most clever. What I commanded, master, you can do it well, and I can't treat you badly. Wang Xu opened his mouth to draw a flatbread, as for what he thought in his heart, only God knows.

However, the antique shop of the branch was opened somewhere else, and Wang Xu would not let Li Si be the shopkeeper.

A person like Li Si is suitable for use by his side, and he is really in charge of a store, and when the emperor is far away, it is difficult to say whether the surname of the store is Wang or Li.

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely do it for you." Li Si didn't know that he had been crossed in Wang Xu's heart, and he was still enjoying himself.

Wang Xu didn't break it, put the teapot in his hand aside, and said: "I appreciate your cleverness, don't say it, I really have a task for you here." Now in Tianjin, there are no less than 30 antique shops of all sizes. The task I gave you is very simple, within a month, I want to hear that the reputation of the Wang family's antique store is the best among the thirty, can you do it? ”

"Yes, it can be done." Li Si didn't want to open his mouth, knowing that this was his first task, and he definitely couldn't smash it in his hands.

Wang Xu nodded with satisfaction, patted Li Si's shoulder, and whispered: "Find Shopkeeper Liu to support twenty oceans, and then let me see how beautiful you are." ”

"Yes, yes..."Li Sigao left happily, not noticing the playfulness in Wang Xu's eyes.