Chapter 224: The Years of Escape (Part II)
In order to break this embarrassing atmosphere, Zhu Quan asked with a smile: "Brother Wang, how was your performance on your first day as a shoeshiner?" ”
Wang Mai proudly stretched out the five fingers of his left hand, took the last puff of cigarettes, and said, "After I started work, I earned fifty yuan on the first day." ”
That's $50 in 2000, not $50 in 2020!
That's still quite a lot of money!
Zhu Quan opened his mouth and praised: "It's amazing! ”
Wang Mai smiled shyly, waved his hand and said, "It's all good luck, the reason for good luck, just in time to catch up with the outlet." ”
Wang Mai said that he wanted to do 'shoe-shine' as a business countless times, but unfortunately he couldn't apply for a business license, so he could only carry a shoe-shine box all over the street to find work.
Speaking of shoeshine, Wang Mai was very proud, he said that all the shoes shiners have no skills and brains as good as him.
"Brother Wang, you've got a shoe-shine experience!"
Zhu Quan echoed with a smile.
"That's, Little Brother Zhu, didn't I brag to you, if I had a business license, then I would be able to live in a rental house like that for so many years?"
The rental house in Wang Mai's mouth refers to the house where he lives.
"At least we have to find a better place!"
"Brother Wang, I believe this, you opened a ramen shop in Xinjiang at that time, didn't you also do a great job?" Zhu Quan replied and asked, "Brother Wang, do you have any special skills?" ”
"Little Brother Zhu, this business depends on whether you have the eyesight, especially in the service industry." Wang Mai passed on his experience and said, "I have a total of two boxes, a shoeshine box in my left hand and a 'lockbox' in my right hand. ”
"Lockbox?"
Zhu Quan asked in surprise.
A shoe-shiner with a lockbox?
It's unimaginable!
The shoeshine carrying the lockbox?!
What ideas?!
It's like... Belch... No way to find a metaphor.
Looking at the puzzled eyes of several people led by Zhu Quan, Wang Mai smiled proudly and explained: "This shoe-shine box is filled with ordinary goods, and the lockbox is placed in it..."
"High-end goods?"
Wu Jinfei guessed.
"You see, I haven't finished speaking, you have already guessed the result!"
Wang Mai replied with a smile.
"So, if you put ordinary shoe polish and high-grade shoe polish, to whom, according to their wear, recommend different shoe polish?"
Wu Jinfei added.
"Yes and no!"
Wang Mai paused, but still spoke.
"What do you mean by 'yes and no'?"
Wu Jinfei asked.
"It's the high-end goods placed in the lockbox, but it's actually just ordinary goods!"
Wang Mai looked at Zhang Peng beside him with some weakness.
"So, you're cheating consumers?"
Wu Jinfei directly inserted another "crime" against Wang Mai.
"I don't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense. I've never said that the lockbox is high-end! ”
Wang Mai decisively refused the three times.
Zhang Peng snorted coldly at Wu Jinfei, who wanted to speak, and said, "This, you didn't advertise the high-end shoe polish in your lockbox at that time, so it's not illegal!" ”
Zhu Quan also played a round and said: "Hey, isn't this equivalent to the difference between the current 'Duoduo Fight' and 'Baotao'?" One advertises itself as cheap, but it is all fake; One advertises its own quality, but it's not much better. ”
No longer entangled in this matter, Wang Mai continued to explain: "Everyone, imagine that I have a shoeshine box in my left hand and a "lockbox" in my right hand, so when I serve customers, do I give the other party two choices? ”
"When he meets a person with high-end clothing, he will take the initiative to recommend the high-end goods in the lockbox, ordinary shoeshine is one dollar at a time, and high-end goods are shoe shine for 5 yuan at a time."
"In fact, the materials are almost the same, and it's just a psychological effect."
Under the cover of the shoeshine box, Wang Mai went to many cities in the northeast, and finally settled here.
"Hey, actually, my favorite is Yunnan." Wang Mai said: "Not only is the climate good, but the people are also very good. ”
"Brother Wang, how do you know that Yunnan has a good climate and good people?"
Zhu Quan finally discovered a strange point.
"When I was in Mohe in Northeast China, I met a Yunnan girl." "At that time, I often went to a snack bar to eat egg fried rice. Although the north is dominated by noodles, the eldest sister of scrambled egg fried rice looks like her eldest sister, so she thinks that egg fried rice is also very fragrant. ”
"That eldest sister is a Yunnan girl?"
Zhu Quan continued to ask.
Wang Mai shook his head and said, "No, that Bai girl from Yunnan is also a diner there, and she often goes to eat, and she knows each other when she comes and goes!" ”
"You mean, you also know a Bai girl?"
The crowd was taken aback.
Wang Mai nodded and said, "This time I fell madly in love with each other and moved the idea of getting married. ”
"And then?"
"I have been married once in my life, and we registered with the local civil affairs bureau to get a certificate, and this marriage is real."
Wang Mai explained to everyone very seriously.
Belch...
This marriage is real!
However, you, Wang Mai, are using the fake ID card of 'Jin Zhaoyan'.
Don't you think that's ironic?
Zhu Quan couldn't deny this, and continued to listen to Wang Mai's narration.
"When I got married, I wanted to have a lively wedding reception, and I wanted my family to come. But I can't do that! ”
When he said this, a look of frustration appeared on Wang Mai's face.
Obviously, this is the pain and regret of his life, and he will never forget it until now.
And the reason why Wang Mai can't invite relatives and friends to participate is very simple, because as soon as his relatives and friends come, won't the fake "Jin Zhaoyan" identity be a goof?
The fake identity of "Jin Zhaoyan" is not the worst consequence, the worst consequence is that his identity as a fugitive is exposed, and what awaits him is imprisonment!
Wang Mai shook his head helplessly, and said: "I was very painful in my heart at the time, I felt that this person would marry like this once in his life, but he could only hide, and he didn't dare to let any relatives and friends know." ”
"Then this marriage without a wedding banquet and a lively wedding, Brother Wang, your wife will be very unhappy!"
Zhu Quan asked.
"She feels very wronged, and I feel sorry for her." Wang Mai sighed: "But I have no choice, I can only do this." ”
Wang Mai continued: "I was already used to my identity as 'Jin Zhaoyan' at that time, but this time I am no longer used to it, because my wife has always regarded me as 'Jin Zhaoyan', and she doesn't know that I am Wang Mai, let alone that I am a murder fugitive!" ”
When he said this, Wang Mai sobbed "whining".