Chapter 134: Open a store, but don't sell it
There is no shortage of work in Lugang Town, and the workers will not grind foreign workers and delay the construction period.
Anyway, they were busy before the snow fell.
The construction progress in Lugang Town is fast, the place may not be large, and there are not as many people as the state capital, but everyone Edward Shawan can see is in a hurry.
He walked on a section of stone road that had been paved and sighed: "Zhao, Lugang Town is the most prosperous place except for the concessions of the three eastern provinces. Zhao, don't you have words? ”
Because seeing that this person was still sincere, Zhao Chuanxin told him his real name.
He felt that he got his real name when they met for the first time, and this foreign devil could definitely be proud.
word, he didn't. Nowadays, people have a trade name, and it has been the case all the way to the Republic of China.
"I don't have a word, the white stripe in the waves, the mixed yuan thunderbolt, the invincible archmage, a little red outside the gate, a sword without blood, these are my names, if you have something, you can report it, and it will save you some trouble in the northeast."
Edward Shawan couldn't help laughing: "Zhao, are you a hero of the green forest?" ”
The words "Green Forest Heroes" came out of the mouth of this foreign devil, which was very awkward.
"Not really." Zhao Chuanxin said: "The people love me, the green forest gives me face, the government scolds me, the foreigners are afraid of me, I am not a certain group, I am invincible in all groups." Hey, invincible, really lonely! ”
A passing member of the insurance team said to his companion: "Grass, the salary is being forced again." ”
Coming to a shop, Edward Shawan looked up.
The heavy solid wood plaque is engraved with five big characters of "Lugang Boutique".
Other people's plaques are all engraved in yin, but only in his house are engraved in yang......
The front of the store is a floor-to-ceiling window, and the glass separated by small lattices occupies the entire protruding wall.
Through the glass, you can see a brand-new bicycle clinging to the glass wall, next to a French Hatch Chase heavy machine gun, next to which is a model of a house made of bullet casings.
In broad daylight, the inside is brightly lit.
Walking up the stairs and stepping inside, Edward Shawan saw a beautiful frame on the wall, made of birch bark, and the brown bear in it was vivid.
In addition to the birch bark paintings and utensils of the Oroqen people, there are also fish skin clothes of the Hezhe people and horned roe deer hats of Inner Mongolia.
In addition, there are all kinds of weapons, recurve bows, horn knives, goose feather knives, long swords, Cossack cavalry knives, daggers......
In the glass display case next to it, there are carved wood and walnuts on both sides, and in the middle are rows of drinks.
The upper cover is a yellow cloud satin jacket, and the porcelain vase below is delicately patterned lotus wine and chrysanthemum wine. There are also Shaoxing daughter red in jars, as well as two pot heads and burning knives and ordinary sorghum wine......
On the other side, there is a wide variety of foreign wines.
Silver dollars from various countries, various bone carvings, and some sketches and pen drawings are displayed.
Walking further inside, a man in a suit and leather shoes said to Edward Shawan with a smile on his face, "Welcome to Lugang Boutique." ”
The small shop opened by Zhao Chuanxin opened as quickly as possible, but it was very low-key and did not set off firecrackers or anything, because he felt that it might become the laughing stock of Lugang Town.
Because he didn't plan to make money from this at all, and he probably won't be able to make money.
Who made a fortune in Lugang Town? A member of the insurance team who was born in a farmer's household, Zhu Jianye, a foreman with a wrinkled face...... They won't spend a lot of money on things that they can't eat or wear.
He also didn't hire security guards or anything, Lugang Town is very safe, and this is Captain Zhao's shop, relying on the three words "Captain Zhao" is enough to deter Xiaoxiao.
So, there's just a hired guy in the store.
Walking inside, Edward Shawan saw the bar and several small tables.
"Zhao, your shop has been an eye-opener for me, and the decoration is even more beautiful than the best shops in France."
He was not without purpose, and the wooden planks on the walls here could not find the slightest flaw. Don't look at the wooden board decoration, but the background wall is different from the ordinary wall, the background wall has edges and three-dimensional reliefs, and the ordinary wall also uses small mirrors to build half of the wall piece by piece, so that the space in the house looks doubled.
Many decoration ideas are simply not what people in this era can think of.
Edward Shawan continued: "Zhao, do you mind if I take a picture? ”
Zhao Chuanxin stretched out his hand: "Please!" ”
The little old man still has a hand in taking pictures. The buildings and scenery he photographed were cleverly composed and angled, and they were by no means comparable to other glamorous and cheap goods.
After taking the photo, I invited the little old man to drink a few more glasses.
Edward Shawan exclaimed, "It's worth the trip. I would never have imagined that in such a remote place as Tohoku, you could see such a store with both fashion and ethnic weight. Zhao, do you sell anything here? ”
Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Which one? ”
"This sword, for example, is good."
"Oh, this, this Longquan Sword is not for sale."
"What about this painting made of birch bark?"
"Oh, this, this is not for sale!"
I asked several questions in a row, and the answer I got was: not for sale!
The guy's face suddenly fell.
Edward Shawan was also confused: What does it mean that you open a store and don't sell anything?
He asked, "So what is sold?" ”
Zhao Chuanxin came to the upside, pointing to a row of foreign wine and liquor: "These are all sold, and these foreign goods are also sold." In addition, several pen drawings and drawings are sold here, as well as these bone carvings, wood carvings, and nuclear carvings......"
Those that are not sold are not reproducible or he intends to keep them as souvenirs, and those that are sold are those that he has in hand and have a lot of them, or simply carved things that he painted himself and can be mass-produced.
Foreign goods, Edward Shawan naturally does not need. It's like Chinese go abroad to fulfill, but they eat Chinese food all the way, stay in a seven-day hotel, and take a crowded bus, so it's better to walk around at home.
But some of the gadgets that Zhao Chuanxin made up by himself, Edward Shawan was also very interested.
"Huh? Is the title of this painting "Woman Washing by the River" your name? Ah, this "Spring in Lugang Town" is also your title, wow, it is all your work, you are really a talented young man......"
Zhao Chuanxin: "Hey, sometimes I'm also very distressed, and it's not what I want to be rich." ”
The corners of the guy's mouth twitched.
He admires Captain Zhao and his boss, but the boss's words and deeds are really ...... It's hard to put into words!
The money for two paintings and a few bone carvings is the entire turnover of Liu Jianyu, the shopkeeper today.
The boss said that there is a commission for selling things.
But today is the first time I have sold something......
His works were sold for the first time in this era, and Zhao Chuanxin was very happy.
He urged his first patron to dinner.
Seeing Zhao Chuanxin's home, Edward Shawan was not so surprised.
But when he saw the dry rice, he was a little interested.
"Zhao, this dog is very, very smart, and I think there is a human soul living in its dog's body."
Dry rice: "Wangwang ......"
Zhao Chuanxin's face changed, and he said to Ganfan: "Scolding is not a good habit!" ”
Edward Shawan: "......"