Lu Changhua signed a shop lease contract with Bac Ninh No. 1 Department Store, and the items that should be noted are clearly written.

Secretary Wang also promised to assist him in applying for a business license in a few days.

Director Huang made an appointment with Lu Changhua to give the store a month to transport the goods in the warehouse, and then Lu Changhua would enter the site for decoration.

Lao Lu has been confused until now.

He originally wanted to go to the city with his wife and open a small restaurant, as long as he could make money.

Who would have thought that his son would make such an earth-shattering thing.

He was very weak-hearted.

Will this work?!

This time when he entered the city, Lao Lu carried ten stacks of banknotes, but this time it was gone, and he grinned in distress.

The money is spent faster than the water flows.

In his impression, opening a small restaurant is only three or two thousand top heavens.

Who knows, the rent went to ten thousand.

"Son, the money is not spent, let's keep our hands tight."

"Dad, we still have to spend the money that should be spent, and if we are reluctant to spend this 10,000, there will be no 100,000 behind. You wait, and earn it back soon. ”

Seeing that his son was full of confidence, Lao Lu thought, what if he fails?! The heart is even more empty.

"Dad, now such a big piece belongs to our family, what's the matter?"

"Gee, it's a little confusing all of a sudden."

Lao Lu really didn't expect it.

This more than 1,000 square meters of space and more than 20 warehouses of all sizes are under their own management.

I didn't know where to start for a while.

"Dad, let the others go first, let's talk about the hotel first."

The two of them stood on Liudao Street and looked at the three shops facing the street.

"This hotel, that's what I think, Dad, you don't think it's okay."

"Tell me about it."

"These three rooms have been converted into a vestibule, with eight square tables for four people, and two more private rooms and a kitchen at the back of the house. What do you think? ”

Lu Changhua came in from the door with his father, pointed to the ground behind the shop and said, "Dad, this is the location of the kitchen and the private room." ”

Old Lu nodded.

"Let's do it small in the early stage, and if the market accepts our fish house, we will expand it."

"There's a sewer dug here, connected directly to the sewer on the street, and the water and electricity are taken from the department store."

He pointed to the spacious empty space and said, "This is the parking lot, but it won't be used that much now, let's take our time." ”

"Dad, those eighteen warehouses will be useful in the future, so let's take out one of them as a hotel warehouse first."

Lu Changhua pointed to the warehouses on the east and north sides and said.

"Well, that's going to cost a lot of money!"

Lao Lu muttered in his heart, spending so much money to rent such a big place, only to use such a little, he felt extremely uncomfortable, he felt that his family had suffered a big loss!

Lu Changhua saw his father's unhappy face and knew that he was a little puzzled.

"Dad, our family will not suffer, and it will slowly expand in the future, this is our development space, and we can use it in the future."

"Alas! Anyway, your money, you have the final say! ”

As soon as he heard this, Lu Changhua smiled, "Dad, you have to believe in your own craftsmanship, and you also have to believe in your son's vision!" ”

He relieved his father for a while, and Lao Lu reluctantly accepted.

"Alas, you're going to get sick when you go back!"

The two of them are going to go out and look for the construction person to understand the market.

The old man in the guard room saw that the Lu family would go in and out for a while, so he took the initiative to inquire about the news.

I was surprised to learn that they had rented a shop.

"You're going to open a hotel here?"

When the old man heard this, his brows furrowed.

"Oh, then the cost of your transformation is not small!"

Lu Changhua hurriedly handed over the cigarette roll and said with a smile: "It's not small!" ”

Lu Changhua struck a match for the old man and lit the cigarette.

Lao Lu was told by the old guard, and he also took out the cigarette in his pocket, popped one out, held the cigarette case to his mouth, and held it in his mouth.

Lu Changhua hurriedly struck another match and lit a cigarette for his father.

The two old men spat at the clouds.

"Do you want to renovate and renovate? My son can do the job! ”

The old man said as he spat out a smoke ring.

"What a coincidence!"

Lu Changhua asked about the situation.

The two sides exchanged names.

The old man's surname is Xing, and his son is a worker in the construction company of Bac Ninh, and the unit is in a recession, so he is worried that he has no work to do.

"Lao Xing, why does the construction company have nothing to do? I guess he's busy! ”

Lao Lu felt that this Lao Xing, who was watching the door, was not telling the truth.

"Hey, isn't their unit engaged in some kind of contracting, my son took the lead in contracting a construction team, but there was no work, and I also worried about him every day."

When Lu Changhua heard it, this is right.

It is also normal to have a window period after contracting, and the climax of the development of the construction industry is about to come.

"Old Lu, you will leave this job to him."

"It's okay to give it to him, how is the technique?"

"No problem, he has already been out of the division, they are a whole construction team, and ordinary small projects are no problem at all."

"Okay, you let him come to us."

Lao Lu clapped the board and made an appointment to meet in the guard room after dinner.

"Son, I can't go back today, let's stay, this construction and renovation must be implemented in advance, and it will take time to prepare materials."

"Okay, Dad, listen to you."

The two of them found a hostel on Liudao Street diagonally opposite this freight yard.

This hostel is not small.

There is a wooden horizontal sign hanging on the gate, and the four big characters of "Red Flag Hotel" are square.

A couplet was a little damaged by the wind, but it was still clear to see.

Shanglian "business is prosperous and leads to the four seas", and the next link is "rich financial resources up to Sanjiang"

Horizontal criticism of "the God of Wealth is coming".

Hey, this pair is a bit awesome to write.

Such a horizontal criticism, who sees it, I don't want to be a god of wealth!

This calligraphy is also good.

The two stood at the door and watched for a long time before they walked in.

As soon as I inquired at the front desk of the hostel, the emotional hostel was also contracted.

Lu Changhua pondered, if it was originally state-run, who would have written such a couplet?

Now you are in the market.

The couple opened a two-person room, they are a fourth-class hotel, charging 3.5 yuan per person per bed.

Nice room.

Clean and hygienic.

There are two beds with snow-white sheets.

It's just that there is no bathroom and no TV in the room.

This row of eight rooms, at the end of the corridor is the toilet and washroom.

Lao Lu was very satisfied with the room, but he still grinned at the price.

He had never stayed in such an expensive hotel.

The best hotel he stayed in was a five-person room for 1.5 yuan per bed.

After looking at the room and finding the toilet, the two put water and washed their hands out.

"Dad, our family is here to open a hotel, from today on, as long as we are in the city, we have to go to other hotels to find out the situation, this is a work need, we have to spend the money."

"I know that."

The two of them picked it up and walked out of the hotel along Liudao Street.

I found a restaurant with a decent face and walked in.

Since it was a store visit, I ordered a few special dishes.

The two of them began to study.

From the aspects of color, flavor and shape.

The meal took more than an hour.

Old Lu also drank some wine.

Walking out of the hotel, Lao Lu sighed with emotion: "Tsk, general." "Let's not talk about it anymore.

Lu Changhua also knew that the one they ate just now was a small restaurant, and it was okay to look at the door, but the actual chef was a master of cooking big pot dishes, not a serious chef.

The two of them walked back, passing by the inn and not entering, but went to the freight yard.

In the guard's room, Lao Xingtou's son was already waiting.

The son of the Xing family in his early thirties, with a square face, looks very honest, but his nose is a little big.

Lao Xingtou saw that the Lu family's father and son were coming, so he hurriedly introduced.

"Old Lu, this is my son, Xing Wenbin."

Xing Wenbin held Lao Lu's hand and grinned.

"Boss Lu, thank you for giving us this opportunity!"

"Oh, what kind of boss am I! Don't say that! ”

Lao Lu was furious when Xing Wenbin called him.

At this time, the Northeast is not interested in calling people bosses, and I don't know where Xing Wenbin learned it.

"Captain Xing, may I tell you what we think?"

Lu Changhua said with a smile.

"Okay, okay."

Xing Wenbin hurriedly took out a cigarette and handed it to Lao Lu first, and Lao Lu was not polite.

When he gave it to Lu Changhua, he waved his hand, "I won't." ”

Then he handed it to his father.

Old Xing Tou shook his head and took out his cigarette.

After he lit the fire for Lao Lu, Lu Changhua began to introduce the situation.

I also took him to check them out one by one.

Lu Changhua carefully said his thoughts.

This Xing Wenbin not only listened carefully, nodded vigorously, but also took out a pen and paper to record it, and his attitude was very serious.

Lu Changhua knew at first sight that he was a practical person.

Xing Wenbin not only recorded, but also drew sketches.

"Boss Lu, I will follow your idea, go back and draw the drawings, and make a budget, I'm afraid I will have to wait a few days."

"Okay, you can go to room 106 of the Hongqi Hotel opposite, where we live."

It was completely dark.

The northwest wind was blowing and it couldn't stand on the streets.

Fortunately, the hostel was not far away, and the two staggered back to the hostel.

As soon as I entered, the white gas sprayed in my mouth instantly poured out a lot.

When the couple returned to their room, the hostel's earthen boiler was already heating.

The room is no longer angry.

The radiator was still warm to the touch, but it wasn't warm in the room.

Lu Changhua carried the thermos bottle to the bathroom to turn on the water, and brought it back to burn his father's feet.

Dad was hot, so he went to work on his own.

After pouring the water for washing their feet, the two of them got into the bed.

Lying on the bed, Lao Lu felt that this day was not real at all.

He thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow we have to go to the market and see the price of raw materials." ”

"Okay. We focus on fishing, and we won't do anything else for the time being. ”

"Well, I know it."

Early the next morning, the two of them had breakfast and went to the nearby market.

The vegetable market is just behind the Hongqi Hostel, more than 100 meters away.

Old Lu was very satisfied with this distance.

It will be much more convenient to purchase in the future.

One into the market.

It's bustling inside.

Many of the stalls sell warm vegetables.

That is, vegetables stored in the warm cellar.

Many vegetables are picked in autumn, and after a certain amount of processing, they are stored in underground cellars and sold around the Spring Festival.

These warm dishes are expensive, there are many people who watch the excitement, and there are few people who really buy them, and they can't afford to eat them!

Lao Lu also went up to ask the price and check the freshness.

This kind of warm vegetables is still too far behind the out-of-season vegetables in the greenhouses that prevailed later.

Neither freshness nor taste is good.

The two of them looked at the dry goods stall again.

Those who sell these will have a fixed face.

Lao Lu also asked if there were any chili peppers.

There are very few people who eat chili peppers in the Northeast at this time, and there is only one company in the entire market that sells a small amount of chili peppers, which is not what Lao Lu wants, and it is not spicy at all.

It looks like you have to go to a few more markets.

For three days in a row, the two of them walked to several or four markets, inquired about chili peppers everywhere, and found a few but were not satisfied.

At noon and in the evening, I went to a few decent restaurants, but the results were all home-cooked food, no special features, and the dishes were average.

Lu Changhua took Lao Lu to Hongbin Building on Badao Street.

Only then did Lao Lu find some feeling.

"Did Dad see that? Our hotel will be even stronger than here in the future. ”