Chapter Forty-Eight: Pulling the Tiger's Skin
Sanjiangshui, who was not far away, saw Ah Xin hurriedly running to the dock, explained to the planner next to him, and walked over.
"Something?"
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that a military uniform has come to the dock to collect the fees, I'll go over and take a look."
Ang Lee responded.
Then he handed over the bill in his hand.
"It's troublesome for the senior brother to keep an eye on the things on the dock, I'll come when I go."
"No problem."
Sanjiangshui nodded.
After taking the bill, seeing that the two were about to leave, he reminded:
"If those military uniforms embarrass you, you don't need to be angry, just mention Li Zhengtao's name directly."
Li An looked at him suspiciously: "Li Zhengtao? ”
"It's the Li sir who came to the dock yesterday. At dinner last night, I mentioned to him about your filing. ”
"Okay."
Li An gave his senior brother a reassuring look.
When the two came to the newspaper file, they saw two military uniforms standing in front of the wanton stall next to the newspaper file.
One of them was urging the busy stall owner with an impatient look.
"Hey, old man. You're wasting our time by grinding like this. ”
"Here we are!"
The stall owner in his fifties hurriedly replied.
As soon as he put the wonton noodles in his hand on the table in front of the guests, he trotted over quickly.
"I'm sorry, Sir."
The stall owner laughed with him, and his face was wrinkled.
As he spoke, he took a two-dollar coin from the money box under the stall and put it in the hat that came from the military uniform.
With a hint of flattery:
"It's hard work, two sirs, it's been a busy day, why don't you have two bowls of wonton noodles to fill your stomach?"
The military uniform weighed the coin from his hat and looked at his companion next to him.
"Brother Yi?"
Seeing him shake his head, he immediately said:
"Forget it, I'm still in a hurry to call it a day."
"Sir walks slowly."
The stall owner shouted at the two uniforms who turned to leave.
"A new report?"
When the two came to the newspaper file, they saw Li An standing in front of the newspaper file at a glance.
"You're the boss?"
"yes."
Li An nodded.
The younger military uniform was just about to speak, but was interrupted by the military uniform he called Yi Ge.
The uniform, who looked to be in his thirties, took a closer look at the report.
Meaningfully smiled and said:
"I remember that a few days ago, there should not be enough place for such a large newspaper near the entrance of the pier. Wow, now that you've taken this place, the other stalls have moved to the back. ”
He has been on a bad job for seven or eight years, although he hasn't taken off this military uniform, but he also belongs to the old fritters, and his eyes are naturally old and spicy.
This newspaper can occupy such a good position, and it is obvious that there are people.
Even if they don't care about these errand boys, those who set up stalls can't easily agree.
You must know that on weekdays, these stall owners can dare to fight for a little position, and they do not hesitate to use knives.
Often engage in their errand headaches.
"Sir, you're laughing at what you said."
Ang Lee took two bottles of soda and handed them to the two.
"I really don't know about this, but my brother helped me get the vendor license. I'm just going for business. ”
Brother Yi took the soda handed over by Ang Lee, and handed another bottle to his companion on the side.
Looking at the two, Li An seemed to think of something, and said enthusiastically:
"By the way, my brother is also on an errand, but he works in civilian clothes in Kowloon, if you really want to talk about it, you are also colleagues, and you can be regarded as your own people.
Oh, and Li sir from Sheung Wan Chakan. ”
"Which Li sir?"
"Li Zhengtao." Li An pulled the tiger skin and opened his mouth.
Although I don't like these military uniforms with a single skin.
Li An has always felt that these military uniforms with hats and fees are like beggars.
A beggar who is clearly robbed!
But the reality is, a lot of times you have to deal with these people.
This has been the case since ancient times.
Even in his previous life, as a rural person, in some rural areas and townships, this kind of thing is not uncommon, but it has converged a lot and changed its name.
Of course, this kind of thing can't be delved into, everyone who understands it understands.
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Hearing Li An mention Li Zhengtao, the two military uniforms glanced at each other, and the smiles on their faces were a lot more enthusiastic.
Also belonging to the Sheung Wan errand hall, they dare not offend the plainclothes in these military uniforms.
As for whether Ang Lee will bluff them.
As long as the two of them return to the mission hall and inquire a little, they will naturally be clear.
"In this way, I really have my own people."
Brother Yi smiled and said politely:
"However, rules are rules, and you still have to pay fees, but you can pay less."
As if worried that Ang Lee would misunderstand, he added:
"If you make more money from the file, the fee will be more than that paid by these small stalls, not to mention that you also sell cigarettes and soda here."
"I know the rules."
Li An nodded lightly and spoke at the right time:
"Sir, how many?"
"Five."
Hearing the amount the other party said, Li An understood that it was indeed as the other party said, and he had paid a lot less.
These uniforms come from time to time, not every day.
According to the calculation of paying five yuan each time, it will be more than 100 yuan in a month.
You must know that Ah Xin used to be a newsboy, and he had to pay about 60 yuan a month, not to mention his newspaper.
"Ah Xin, take five yuan to Ah Sir."
Li An shouted in a low voice to Ah Xin.
Then he took out two packs of cigarettes from the cigarette cabinet and handed them over.
"In the future, please ask the two sirs to take care of the file."
"It's all trifles."
Seeing that Li Ang did not oppress people with power, Brother Yi took out a cigarette and agreed.
After receiving the money and cigarettes, two uniforms stood in front of the newspaper stall and drank sodas.
After chatting with this Yi brother for a while, Li Ang said:
"Ah sir, I'm going to open two more reports at Pier 5 and Pier 10, see if you can help arrange the location of the stall."
"My brother is on an errand in Kowloon, and you know that it is not easy to cross the sea when you come to Sheung Wan from Kowloon."
"As for Sir Li, wow, yesterday I caught more than 30 rotten boys who came to the dock to make trouble, and I will be busy for the next period of time."
"Don't worry, I know the rules, and I won't lose any money I should give. Of course, there is also the matter of licenses, and it would be better if Sir had time. ”
Speaking of this, Ang Lee stepped forward and whispered:
"The benefit fee for a fixed license, instead of cheapening the Department of Health, this money is better to invite your own people to have supper, Ah sir, right?"
Regarding the fixed license, Li An was embarrassed to trouble Zhou Sheng all the time, after all, he really didn't have the money to deal with it before.
I planned to find time to apply for a license in the next two days.
Now he happened to meet these two military uniforms, but it gave him an idea.
Giving the benefits of applying for licenses to these two military uniforms not only saves him a trip, but also allows two military uniforms to accept his favors.
That's a lot.
After all, two newspaper licenses have to pay five or six hundred yuan, and the benefit fee is quite a lot.
When Brother Yi heard this, his eyes lit up:
"Of course that's fine."
After the two drank the soda, Ah Xin stepped forward to take the empty bottle.
Brother Yi looked at Li An and said with a smile:
"Or, let's take a look and choose the location of the stall."
"Okay." Li An agreed.