Chapter 160: Family Business
There are a total of seven properties left by Zhou Jianshen and his wife, as well as some shares and bonds, with a total asset of one billion, among which Zhengmao shopping mall is one of the most profitable industries.
This shopping mall is also the place where Zhou Jianshen and Mr. Zhou started independently after the blunt relationship, and it is the development of this big shopping mall from scratch that has grown on this foundation, so that it has the billion assets behind.
At that time, Zhou Ming was still young, and Zhou Zhixing had just been born, so it can be said that they grew up at the same time with the development of Zhengmao Shopping Mall, and there were memories of their childhood.
Especially Zhou's trip was even more impressive.
The last time they passed by Zhengmao Shopping Mall, Zhou Zhixing was particularly nostalgic.
"Crunch~"
The car stopped at the entrance of Zhengmao Shopping Mall.
As the leading shopping mall in Pearl City, Zhengmao Shopping Mall has a considerable flow of people, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a daily gold fight.
"We're back." Looking at the Zhengmao shopping mall in front of him, Zhou Zhixing was very excited.
Although Zhou Ming's face was calm, his heart was also fluctuating at this time, and it was difficult to completely calm down.
"Boss?" Huang Jianjiang parked the car and walked back quickly.
"Let's go up." Zhou Ming said.
In order to avoid touching the scene, they never came in again, and now Zhou Ming doesn't want to alarm Zhou, he wants to see first, what Zhengmao Shopping Mall has been like in the past six years.
Zhengmao shopping mall has two buildings in the north and south, which are connected by an air corridor in the middle, and Zhou Ming and they entered the south building.
There are five floors in the South Building, each of which is dedicated to a different merchant's products. Zhengmao shopping mall is rented out, itself is only to provide space and collect rent, the location here is good, business is prosperous, so the rent is also quite expensive.
As soon as he walked in here, Zhou Ming frowned.
After several years, Zhengmao shopping mall has undergone several changes and decorations; At this time, even their brothers didn't quite recognize the arrangement.
"Brother, I remember that there used to be a utility room there, and there was a time when I was playing hide and seek. I've even hid in it, but you can't find it, and I'm so anxious to die. And I'm stealing fun in it. Zhou Zhixing pointed to a corner and said, with a look of nostalgia on his face.
Zhou Ming followed his gaze and saw that there was a safety exit, and the green indicator light on it was on.
Hearing Zhou Zhixing say this, Zhou Ming also recalled.
"Yes, we were in a hurry, we almost called the police, that utility room is used to put some dirty things, and it smells very bad. Normally you wouldn't come near at all, and we didn't expect you to hide there. Zhou Ming smiled: "I thought you ran outside, but you went to the street to find it." ”
Zhou Zhixing's face darkened: "You all went out, and there were still some shouts, but gradually I couldn't hear them." It was also dark, and I hid alone in the utility room, cold and hungry, scared and anxious, and couldn't help crying out of me.
"I want to get out. As a result, I accidentally knocked over things, and they fell on my head, and just when I was most scared, you appeared, blocked the clutter, and always wanted to say to you, thank you. ”
"You are my younger brother, and it is natural for my brother to protect my younger brother." Zhou Ming smiled and touched Zhou Zhixing's head: "At that time, I came back to get something, because my parents were going to the police station to report the case, and I heard your crying." ”
Many years have passed, but when the two brothers look back, there is still a strong warmth in their hearts, and it really carries a lot of their memories.
The three of them walked around the mall at will, and they didn't go to buy anything, and soon finished shopping in the south building, the changes inside were very big, Zhou Ming and Zhou Zhixing were almost unrecognizable, and many years had passed, and the memories were a little blurred, although the situation here in the south building was not very satisfactory, but it was barely said in the past, which made Zhou Ming's face soothe slightly.
Along the air corridor, the three of them entered the north building again.
Different from the south building, the north building was built after the development of Zhengmao shopping mall, at that time the Zhou Ming brothers were also old, plus the business was good, so they didn't come here to play much, so the impression of the north building was not deep, even if compared with before, there were a lot of changes, there was nothing to sigh about.
From the corridor side, there is the third floor here, which is mainly a shop for various gold and silver jewelry, jade and other valuables.
Suddenly there was a commotion in front.
"Let's go, go over and have a look." Zhou Ming's expression moved, and he said.
The three of them walked over to the shop.
Two young men and women were arguing with the clerk, looking excited.
After listening to it for a while, I figured out what happened.
The young man and woman are lovers, and they are getting married, and they plan to buy a pair of wedding rings, because the family is not rich enough, and they heard that the things in Zhengmao Mall are cheap and affordable, so they plan to try their luck here.
They did take a fancy to a pair of rings, which were the ones the young woman was holding in her hand, and after paying the bill, the young man felt that something was wrong, and carefully identified where this was a diamond ring, which was obviously made of glass.
Save money, spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy the diamond ring turned into a glass fake, of course the two refused, immediately came back to the store to theorize, but I didn't expect the other party to turn his face and not recognize people, and completely refused to admit that the ring was their out.
"My boyfriend works in a jewelry store, and he can't be mistaken, this pair of rings is a fake." The young woman's face was full of anger: "Don't believe it, look here, look at this luster." ”
"So what?" The clerk sneered: "Your boyfriend is so capable, why don't you point it out on the spot, that's right, this pair of rings is a fake, but you left for a while before coming back, what evidence is there that this pair of rings is from our store, I also want to say that you spread rumors and slander and slander our store." ”
"If it weren't for your deliberately dimmed lights, how would I have looked away." The young man said angrily.
He is a jewelry store employee who has just entered the industry, and he has little experience, and because he is in a large company, he can't afford to buy jewelry there, so he will come here.
"The dim lighting is to reflect the beauty of the diamond. Rare and weird, look here. ”
The clerk pointed to the signboard on the side, rolled his eyelids and said impatiently: "Our rule here is that the goods leave the cabinet, and they are not responsible, you can only blame yourself, who knows if you have been deceived from elsewhere and want to come to us to blackmail." ”
"I've seen the styles of these rings. Only your store has it, and who else can it belong to if it's not yours. The young woman said loudly.
The ring in her hand is indeed relatively novel. It's different from the surrounding stores, and it's obviously from this storefront.
As soon as he said this, the clerk was suddenly a little short of words. "Who knows if you targeted our store and went out to get such a pair of rings to blackmail us." ”
It didn't make sense, and the faces of the young men and women were angry.
"Forget it, young man, little girl, and they can't tell clearly, they are here to pit newcomers who come to Zhengmao Mall for the first time." A customer couldn't help but persuade.
"People who come here often, who doesn't know that they have a lot of fakes, and what they sell has to be wide-eyed."
"It's a pity that there is a big shopping mall near here. Otherwise who would still be here. ”
"I remember that ten years ago, Zhengmao Shopping Mall was still based on integrity, but I didn't expect that after a few years, it would become like this, and the people's hearts are not ancient."
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A lot of people are talking about it. Obviously, they have suffered more or less losses, and a few older customers are even more emotional.
Zhengmao shopping mall is an old brand, not to mention in Pearl City, even in nearby cities have a good reputation, but at this time it is a little unworthy of the name.
"I'm. They are hateful. Zhou Zhixing gritted his teeth and said, he couldn't get used to this kind of thing the most, not to mention that it was Zhengmao's reputation that was ruined now: "Brother, you must teach them a good lesson." ”
"Wait." Zhou Ming said lightly, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Zhou Zhixing is young, Zhou Ming has a lot of knowledge about the history of Zhengmao shopping mall, Zhou Jianshen and his wife suffered a lot in the early years in order to develop Zhengmao shopping mall, but also adhere to the concept of honesty, never allow fakes to appear in the shopping mall, but also won a good reputation.
All this, Zhou Ming will never allow anyone to destroy.
The reason why he didn't go out immediately was because Zhou Ming wanted to know, how bad the situation was here, you must know that Zhengmao Shopping Mall has management, and without their approval, these stores dare to sell fake goods?
The young man and woman were young and vigorous, and they were really unwilling to accept the clerk's statement, and in a fit of anger, they called the management of the mall.
"What's going on?" A middle-aged man in a crisp suit appeared here: "I am the manager of the mall, surnamed Liu. ”
The young man and woman were quick to tell what had happened.
"In Zhengmao Shopping Mall, customers always come first." The middle-aged man looked impartial and won the trust of young men and women, but Zhou Ming shook his head secretly.
After this man came, he had a few hidden eye contacts with the clerk of the shop, and expecting him to handle the matter fairly was tantamount to a fool's dream.
"But......" The middle-aged man smiled, and suddenly changed his words: "This matter, it's really not easy to do, you don't have enough evidence to prove that the fake is really bought from this store, and the style is not enough to say everything." ”
"Do you have an invoice?"
"Yes, yes." The young man and woman hurriedly took out the invoice, and they had also taken it out when they had quarreled with the clerk before, but the other party simply admitted that their invoice was also forged.
"It's not very clear here." The middle-aged man lowered his head, as if he didn't see clearly, and walked a few steps to the side.
"It's a ring, indeed." The middle-aged man nodded.
Just when the young man and woman showed their joy, they suddenly became serious, pointed to the invoice and said: "Wait, the biller here is Julie, if I remember correctly, she should be surnamed Du, and the style is not right, the ring is one, it doesn't match at all, that is, your invoice is fake." ”
"What are your intentions in making trouble with fake invoices?" The middle-aged man's attitude took a 180-degree turn and said sharply.
"How is that possible, you are talking nonsense." The young men and women didn't believe what he said at all, it was obviously a pair of rings, and the style was also written, and when the biller was the biller, they had seen the clerk's badge, and it was also confirmed, how it got to his mouth, it was completely different.
"If you don't believe it, take it and see it." The middle-aged man was righteous and awe-inspiring, and threw the invoice back.
The young man and woman hurriedly took it, and when they looked closely, they suddenly even exploded their lungs.
"It's not our invoice at all." The young man said angrily.
"It's not yours, it's anyone." The middle-aged man's face was full of disdain: "Extortion, you dare to blackmail us in Zhengmao shopping mall, it's really bold, the most disgusting thing is that customers like you, Zhengmao shopping mall doesn't welcome you." ”
As soon as he said this, the people around him would also be suspicious, it is true that there are shops selling fake goods, which is deeply hated, but not all of them are like this, otherwise who would dare to come to Zhengmao Shopping Mall.
"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it."
"People have clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but they do such shameless things."
The suspicious and disdainful gazes of the people around made the faces of the young men and women extremely difficult to see, and their chests rose and fell violently, which was angry.
"Brother?" Zhou Zhixing shouted with some uncertainty, and he was also confused.
"Look." Zhou Ming said lightly.
"Give me back my invoice." The surrounding disdain made the young man unable to stand it at all, and his blood rushed to his head, regardless of the fact that he was going to arrest the middle-aged man, but before he could touch the other party, he was stopped by two big men with five big and three thick, it was the security guard in the Zhengmao shopping mall.
When the middle-aged man came over, he seemed to be afraid of losing money, and even the security guard called him.
"If you want to be rude, throw it out for me, and then call the police." The middle-aged man said coldly.
The young man went crazy and struggled desperately, but where was the opponent of the two strong men, one of them punched him in the stomach, which immediately made him curl up in pain.
The middle-aged man exchanged glances with the clerk, both triumphant.
"Shame on you."
At that moment, a cold voice burst into their ears.
Then, a man emerged from the crowd, a flying leg swept away one of the security guards, and before the other could react, he punched him in the stomach, sending him in the footsteps of the young man.
"Abin, Abin." The young woman hurriedly hugged her lover, kept calling, and shed tears in distress.
The person who did it was naturally Huang Jianjiang.
The boss has spoken, of course he has to behave well, and after overturning the two security guards, Huang Jianjiang forced the middle-aged man and easily subdued him.
"What are you doing, what do you want to do, this is a crime, do you understand the crime, don't let me go soon." The middle-aged man screamed loudly, and was slapped in the face by Huang Jianjiang, and suddenly swelled up in a large area, and he couldn't even speak clearly.
"Boss." Huang Jianjiang dragged the middle-aged man over and threw him in front of Zhou Ming like a dead dog.
Zhou Ming bent down, pulled out the copywriting in the middle-aged man's hand, flipped it up, and saw his movements, the middle-aged man's face suddenly changed greatly, and he wanted to say something, but it leaked badly.