Chapter 8: Starting from scratch

With Liu Yi coming forward to help with the loan, the bank quickly agreed to the application, after all, Liu Yi was also a person from the Imperial Capital Famous Academy, and his credit record was much better than that of Lao Wu and Shangguan Qi.

Shangguanqi quickly negotiated the transfer of the repair shop, and after the two parties signed the contract, the repair shop officially became jointly owned by Shangguanqi and Liu Yi.

According to Shangguanqi's proposal, Liu Yi contributed most of the funds, so it should be Liu Yi as the major shareholder and chairman, and Shangguanqi himself as the general manager.

Liu Yi had planned to leave Yaqiu, so he didn't care about how to run the repair shop, as long as Shangguanqi could repay the bank loan on time.

On the opening day, Lao Wu's tavern was closed for a day, and together with Liu Yi, he followed Shangguanqi to the repair shop, which was regarded as celebrating the official opening of the repair shop.

After a visit, Liu Yi and Lao Wu still admired Shangguanqi, although the scale of this repair shop is not very large, but it looks well organized, and the workers seem to be very professional, as long as it is normal to make money, it should not be a problem.

"Shangguan, you can do a good job, and then invite us when you make money." Liu Yi patted Shangguan Qi on the shoulder and encouraged.

"Why are you so polite, if I make money, don't you make money too? Don't forget, you're the majority shareholder here. Shangguanqi said with a smile.

A few people talked and laughed, and played around in the repair shop for a day, and the next day Liu Yi still stayed in the tavern to help, and the affairs of the repair shop were all taken care of by Shangguan Qi, and Liu Yi no longer asked.

Seeing that the time to leave was getting closer and closer, Liu Yi began to prepare his luggage, because he had lost his suitcase before, many things Liu Yi had to reorganize, otherwise the journey of nearly two months on the interstellar mail ship would be very inconvenient.

Although the interstellar mail ship is similar to a city, everything can be bought, but the price is much more expensive than usual, how can Liu Yi, who has always been thrifty, suffer such a loss.

On this day, Liu Yi finished his work in the tavern, turned on his portable computer, and prepared to book tickets for the interstellar mail ship. However, no matter what he tried, it always ended in failure, and in the end Liu Yi had to ask customer service for help.

After an investigation by the customer service, he finally got a reply, because Liu Yi applied for a loan from the bank, he will not be able to buy interstellar tickets for at least three months, which is the safeguard measures taken by the bank to prevent fraud.

"That's! How can there be such a rule, can't I go anywhere for these three months? Liu Yi yelled at the customer service staff in the video.

However, the customer service of artificial intelligence did not accept this set, and still said with a spring breeze on his face: "This is a measure taken by the bank, if you have any questions, please consult the bank, is there anything else that can help you?" ”

"Help!" Liu Yi was so angry that he scolded and punched the interactive interface of the holographic projection.

"What's the use of you hitting the air?" Lao Wu on the side persuaded: "Since you can't leave for the time being, you can stay for another three months with peace of mind, anyway, time will pass quickly." ”

"Alas...... I don't have a job or a home now, and I've been wasting my time here, and if I drag it out for a few more months, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave. Liu Yi said dejectedly.

Lao Wu knew that Liu Yi must be worried about money, and said: "Don't worry, if the money is not enough, I can lend it to you, you can live with confidence, I have been a lot easier recently with your help." ”

"But I've been causing you trouble, I'm really sorry......" Liu Yi said with both gratitude and embarrassment.

"Why should we be so polite to each other?" Lao Wu said: "Liu Yi, it's not me talking about you, you are sometimes too polite, this is actually not very good, especially the friends who are sincere with you, the more polite you are, the more you will see the outside, and after a long time, there may be a gap." ”

Liu Yi looked at Lao Wu blankly, he didn't expect him to suddenly say such in-depth words, which really made Liu Yi feel impressed.

"Lao Wu, you should be a teacher, I didn't expect you to be so good at talking." Liu Yi exclaimed.

"Don't be kidding, how can I be a teacher at my level, it's just a few heartfelt words."

With Lao Wu's explanation, Liu Yi was in a slightly better mood, and now he could only continue to stay in Yaqiu, and he could not leave until the bank lifted his restrictions three months later.

While the two were talking, Shangguan Qi suddenly ran into the tavern in a hurry, covered in sweat and looking very anxious.

It wasn't the first time Liu Yi and Lao Wu had seen him like this, so they didn't care much, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong with you?" Don't look like you're in a hurry every time, okay? ”

However, Shangguan Qi's face sank, and he came to Liu Yi, opened his portable computer, and sent a document to Liu Yi's mailbox.

Shangguanqi said: "Look at this, we were fooled. ”

"What?" Liu Yi was startled when he heard Shangguan Qi's words, and hurriedly opened the file and looked at it.

"Isn't this the account of the repair shop? What's wrong? Liu Yi asked as he looked.

"You'll find out if you look down." Shangguanqi said as he tried to suppress his anger.

"Isn't that good? That's a lot of business lately. Liu Yi said.

"Business has been doing well recently, thanks to the robbers' raids some time ago, there are now a lot of vehicles and machinery that need to be repaired in the city, and we can't work overtime every day."

"Isn't that a good thing, what else could be wrong?" Liu Yi still didn't understand what Shangguanqi meant by being fooled.

"But look at the cost! Our costs are too high, and the more we build, the more we lose! Shangguan Qi said in a hurry.

At this time, Liu Yi also saw that the accounts showed that the cost of various spare parts used in the repair shop remained high, and the better the business, the more the repair shop would lose a lot.

Liu Yi was very puzzled after reading it, and asked, "What's going on?" Didn't the original boss run quite well? Why did it turn into a loss when it came to us? ”

Shangguan Qi snorted coldly and replied: "The boss didn't tell the truth, I found the problem when I checked the accounts in the past two days, and then asked the people below, guess what, it turns out that the real profit of this repair shop depends on privately repairing smuggled military mechas, and by the way, it also does some reselling business, only in this way can it maintain profitability!" ”

"So that's the case, no wonder this repair shop sells so cheaply, and there are so many doorways in it." Liu Yi was stunned.

"Humph! This old boy is such a slippery head, we were all deceived by him! Shangguan Qi was so angry that he slammed his fist on the bar of the tavern, shaking the wine glasses and jumping up.

"Gentle, don't get angry with my bar and glasses." Lao Wu said distressedly.

"So what are we going to do now?" Liu Yi asked.

Shangguan Qi's eyes showed a fierce light, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I must kill this guy!" ”

Liu Yi hurriedly said: "Now is not the time to seek revenge, let's think about how to deal with the matter of the repair shop first, otherwise our money will be wasted." ”

Shangguan Qi said angrily: "I will definitely not let this guy go!" ”

"Okay, you dissipate your anger first, we have to find a way to get through the difficulties in front of us." Liu Yi persuaded: "How long can the repair shop support it now?" ”

Shangguan Qi stroked his hair, calmed himself down a little, and said, "I can probably last a month, if I continue to operate." ”

"You mean it's closed?" Liu Yi asked.

"Now I can only think of this way, otherwise we will lose more."

Liu Yi shook his head and said: "This method doesn't work, it's a loss to close down now, we have to find a way to turn losses into profits first, don't forget, we still owe a loan from the bank, and once it closes, the bank will immediately close down the repair shop." ”

"So what do you say you should do?" Kamikanzaki asked uncontrollably.

Liu Yi pondered for a moment and said: "Now we are afraid that we can only be like the original boss, at least we must plug the financial hole first, otherwise you and I will lose all our money." ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go." Shangguanqi sighed and said: "I didn't expect someone to dare to lie to me, I'm really angry!" ”

After speaking, Shangguan Qi crossed his hands on his waist and paced back and forth in the room angrily.

"Do you know how to repair military mechs?" Liu Yi asked with some concern.

"You can rest assured of this, I've played a lot with military mechas, and repairing them won't be a problem." Shangguan Qi suddenly became proud, looking confident.

"Alright, let's take some work to repair the mech first. Can such a job be found? ”

"Actually, if you want to find it, you can find it, I just didn't want to do these illegal transactions, but I didn't expect to have to do these shady businesses in the end." Shangguanqi sighed.

Liu Yi also sighed in his heart, and said in his heart: "I didn't expect that I would have to do these illegal businesses, as the old saying goes, it's really good that a penny can stump a hero......"

Lao Wu listened to the conversation between the two on the side, and reminded: "You have to be careful when you do this work, don't leak the news, it will cause big trouble at that time." ”

Liu Yi nodded and said: "That's right, military mecha officials strictly prohibit it from entering the civilian population, if they are caught, they will be imprisoned at the least, and they will be ...... at worst."

Shangguan Qi didn't care much, pouted and said: "Over the years, there has been corruption in the army, and many of the eliminated mecha have flowed into the civilian population, but the operating system and power core have been removed, and many places have turned a blind eye." ”

"That being said, but we still have to be careful, in case we really get into trouble, I'm afraid it won't be easy to clean up then." Liu Yi said.

"Don't worry, I'll pay attention, I'll only let people in the repair shop do this." Shangguanqi said solemnly.

For the next few days, Shangguanqi stayed in the repair shop, and Liu Yi talked to him a few times, and Shangguanqi told Liu Yi that things were going well, and he had found a few jobs to repair smuggled mechas, and the remuneration was quite generous, and the financial crisis could be dealt with.

However, Shangguanqi also told Liu Yi that there is a problem that is difficult at present, and he hopes that Liu Yi can help think of a solution.

It turned out that when Shangguanqi was repairing the mecha, he found that these mecha that had been eliminated by the army lacked a suitable operating system, which caused a lot of trouble for repair, and it would be nice if Liu Yi could help solve it.

Liu Yi didn't want to worry about the repair shop, but now that he and Shangguanqi are grasshoppers on a rope, in order to survive the current difficulties, he can't stay out of it no matter what.