Chapter 153 Reverse gift giving, entrusting the store to Taobao
“Master, I have a cousin who just returned to the city last month. He went to the countryside after graduating from middle school.”
“Yes. Isn’t it possible for him to join the factory? Even if he works as a temporary worker in the workshop, Chen Chenxing hesitated for a while after hearing the conversation between Jiang Hui and Hou Guoming. Speak out your thoughts.
Solving work problems is definitely a huge thing right now.
If Chen Chenxing can help with his cousin's job, his status in the family will rise a lot.
“When the new BJ212 is mass-produced later, we will definitely recruit more workers. At that time, I will find an opportunity to mention it to the factory and recruit a group of personnel for training in advance.”
Jiang Hui thought for a while. For a moment, I felt that this could be done.
According to his estimate, the output of the new BJ212 will at least double that of the current model.
In response to these demands, the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant not only needs to add some equipment, but also definitely needs to add more personnel.
As the project leader, it is not a big problem for him to arrange for a temporary worker to come in.
“Thank you, Master!”
Chen Chenxing smiled happily, feeling really happy in his heart.
Their family is not very short of money, but there are some things that money can hardly buy.
In this day and age, if you don’t have a serious job, it will be difficult to find a partner.
When he got home that night, Jiang Hui formally told Zhu Lin about his situation in the factory.
The couple was in a very good mood and had a fierce battle for an hour in the evening to celebrate.
"The recent translation manuscripts of the First Machinery Department were basically produced by Chen Chenxing and Hou Guoming based on the recordings. Although they have asked you about recruiting people this time, it is just a code. We still want to express our gratitude.”
“Yesterday, a colleague of mine bought a watch at a nearby commission store. I thought I might as well go take a look and buy two gifts for Chen. Morning Star and Hou Guoming.”
“It’s just the New Year, so it’s a New Year’s gift.”
Zhu Lin was more considerate.
She is not the kind of person who likes to take advantage.
During this period, Jiang Hui earned a huge income of several hundred yuan almost every week because of document translation.
It is absolutely appropriate to express it appropriately.
“Okay, it happens to be so cold that I can’t bear to go out to the park.”
Jiang Hui originally planned to prepare a gift for the two of them, but he was too busy recently and never implemented it.
Now that Zhu Lin thought about this matter, he was naturally very interested.
The entrusting shop himself has heard of the famous name. If he can find some good products in the past, it will be very worthwhile.
Anyway, there are no tickets for anything there, as long as you have money.
Because it is a second-hand product, the price is cheaper than first-hand.
If you come across something of good quality, it is definitely worth buying.
Of course, that is to say, the two of them are not short of money. If they are an ordinary family, even if they know that there are good things in the entrusted store, so what?
In the middle of winter, cooking requires washing dishes. The two of them had breakfast directly at Qingfeng Baozi Shop near the dormitory building, and then headed towards the Dongdan Commission Store in the cold wind.
Even though this store is very close to the dormitory building, Jiang Hui has never been there before.
After today, I gained a lot of experience.
"If you want to see new products, go to department stores and Xidan shopping malls. If you want to see used goods, go to consignment stores."
"The four most famous consignment stores in the capital area are Dongdan, Xisi, Beixinqiao and Caishikou."
“The Xisi entrusted store is quite famous. It is on the north side of the Xisi intersection. I heard from my colleagues that the store is not as bright as other stores. It is a bit dark and the lights are on even in broad daylight.”
"But it's a bit far for us to walk there. Just come to the Dongdan entrustment store and have a look first."
Zhu Lin is obviously more familiar with these places than Jiang Hui.
After following her into the Dongdan commission store, Jiang Hui gained a lot of experience.
The smell in the commission store is a bit strange. It smells like the musty smell of a woolen coat, and sometimes it smells like the clockwork of a clock.
The store sells everything, including watches, radios, furniture, bicycles, woolen clothing, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings... It can be said that everything is complete.
There are various reasons for selling things in entrusted stores.
I am short of money and want to exchange some cash for spending.
There are old items that cannot be disposed of after moving.
There are also people who sell old and buy new ones. For example, when you get married, you sell the old furniture for the money you entrusted it to the store, and then replace it with a set of trendy modular furniture...
"This There are quite a lot of things sold inside.”
Jiang Hui was really like Grandma Liu when she entered the Grand View Garden, looking around.
The trust store can either purchase the customer's items or entrust the items for sale in the store at a price agreed upon with the customer.
When someone buys these items, the trust store will notify the customer to withdraw the money, and they will deduct the corresponding handling fee.
Of course, if there is something for sale, there is also something to buy. In these days, some people have a special hobby of visiting commissioned stores, and they even enjoy it, not to buy, but just to browse.
Some people with sharp eyes and good luck can often find "treasures" from trust stores.
Like Jiang Hui, he wants to come to Taobao today.
“That’s right, trust shops are deeply trusted and loved by the people of the old capital because they deal fairly and agree with customers on the price of consignment or sale based on the true value of the items.”
"It's definitely not like the hawkers in the old days who went around the streets to buy old things, desperately lowering the prices and making the goods worthless."
Zhu Lin and Jiang Hui walked around the store first, and then I just started thinking about what to buy.
“There seem to be more watches sold here than in Wangfujing Department Store?”
Finally, Zhu Lin and I will stop at the watch buying area.
Although both of them have watches, Jiang Hui remembers that Chen Chenxing didn’t have one. Hou Guoming seemed to have had one before, but he didn’t know why he stopped wearing it recently.
It would be a good idea to give them both a watch.
“Because these are all consigned or sold to trust shops by others, naturally there are watches of all kinds and ages.”
“Some watches may be of several generations. Ten years ago. "
When Zhu Lin said this, Jiang Hui became even more interested.
If watches from decades ago or even earlier could be found in commissioned stores, then the possibility of buying legendary foreign luxury brand watches at low prices would be very high.
It is absolutely interesting to buy those watches for hundreds of dollars now and sell them for hundreds of thousands or even millions in a few decades.
Even if Jiang Hui is not short of those millions a few decades later, the feeling will be different.
He walked directly to the counter and stared at the watch inside.
Not to mention, Rolex, Longines, Cartier, several familiar watches were seen.
The maintenance condition is good or bad. There is a price directly on it. The cheap one is 70 to 80 yuan, and the expensive one is more than 200 yuan. It is a Rolex. It is probably relatively well-known in China. The price is listed on it. Not low.
"Comrade, can this watch move normally?"
Jiang Hui pointed to a Cartier watch. Although he didn't know what model it was, the Cartier watch with a price tag of 98 yuan was definitely a bargain as long as it could move normally. Value for money.
“What do you mean by that?”
“All watches sold in our southeast entrusted store can move normally.”
The salesperson is very He rolled his eyes at Jiang Hui unhappily, with a rather unkind tone.
"Then open an invoice for me. I want this watch."
Jiang Hui didn't mind the salesman's attitude and directly chose to issue an invoice and pay the bill.
This surprised the other party.
The price of 98 yuan is considered a big item in this era. Unexpectedly, Jiang Hui didn't hesitate at all and just issued the invoice and paid the money.
However, as a salesperson in a commissioned store, I can be considered well-informed. I just took a stack of bills, put a piece of copy paper in it, and then started writing on it.
After writing, he took out the copy paper, tore off the two tickets and handed them to Jiang Hui.
While she was writing the tickets, Jiang Hui continued to stare at the counter.
In the corner, I unexpectedly found a Patek Philippe watch.
The stainless steel watch strap is not as flamboyant as the gold-plated one, but it still looks quite grand.
It is estimated that the selling price is relatively good, and the price is 134 yuan, which is already higher than the price of new watches branded in Shanghai.
No wonder no one buys it in the corner.
“Comrade, I also want this watch. Please help me issue another ticket.”
“Then I also want these two Shanghai brand watches.”
Whether it is Cartier or Patek Philippe, it is definitely not very suitable to give to Chen Chenxing and Hou Guoming.
Good things must be given to people who know the goods, otherwise they will be hidden.
Jiang Hui plans to keep both watches for his own use, and just wear them occasionally.
As for gifts to Chen Chenxing and Hou Guomin, let’s choose the Shanghai brand watch that costs about 80 yuan a piece.
"You buy four yuan for each person?"
The salesman looked at Jiang Hui suspiciously, and his scrutinizing eyes made people think that Jiang Hui was doing something illegal or criminal.
"What? Does your entrusted store have a rule that one person cannot buy four watches?"
Before Jiang Hui could say anything, Zhu Lin snarled.
“Hmph!”
The salesman glanced at Zhu Lin, then at Jiang Hui, snorted coldly, and said nothing more.
Soon, Jiang Hui took the ticket and went to the cashier next to him to pay.
Cartier was 98 yuan, Patek Philippe was 134 yuan, and the two Shanghai brand watches were 85 yuan and 79 yuan respectively, totaling 396 yuan.
For ordinary families, they basically don’t have 396 yuan in savings for a year.
But for Jiang Hui, it was just one week’s translation remuneration.
Soon, all the money and goods were cleared, and Jiang Hui had four more watches in his bag.
“These two watches look very old. Why did you buy them back?”
When he was at the counter, Zhu Lin didn't say anything and completely let Jiang Hui make the decision.
Now that everything was bought, she finally couldn't help but ask.
“Those two watches are from Patek Philippe and Cartier. These two brands are very famous in Europe and are not cheap.”
“Although they look like antiques from the Republic of China period, But for these watches, they may become more valuable as they get older.”
“I will keep them as collections, and they can be used with me anyway.”
Jiang Hui explained briefly.
Whether it is Cartier or Patek Philippe, they are still too unfamiliar to Chinese people in this era.
Even in later generations, although many people have heard of Patek Philippe, few actually recognize it when they actually put a Patek Philippe watch in front of them.
“As long as you like it!”
Zhu Lin shrugged and didn’t dwell on it anymore.
Anyway, the young couple is not short of money, as long as Jiang Hui likes them.
Next, the two of them walked around the commission store and bought a mechanical alarm clock, which may come in handy sometimes.
When he finally left, Jiang Hui bought another hair dryer.
The full metallic look will definitely be difficult to find in future generations.
“Why buy a hair dryer? Not many people use this thing.”
Seeing Jiang Hui asking the salesman to place an order again, Zhu Lin couldn't help but complain about the hair dryer in front of him.
“It doesn’t matter in the summer, but it’s different in the winter.”
“If you don’t blow dry your hair after washing it, it’s easy to catch a cold.”
“Especially Your hair is longer and you need it more.”
Anyway, you don’t need to vote. If you have needs, just buy it.
However, this hair dryer was slightly larger, so the two of them went back after buying it.
There was still time today, so the two simply went to a nearby bathroom to take a shower.
Jiang Hui has never been used to the large public bathhouses in the north. He would not go if he could.
But it feels uncomfortable not to take a shower for a long time, so I can only accept it slowly.
After taking a bath for a long time, I felt that my whole body had lost two pounds.
After I returned home with my head wrapped, I tried the hair dryer. Although it was bulky, it worked very well.
Zhu Lin never said this thing was useless anymore.
The next day, when Jiang Hui returned to the factory, he took out two Shanghai brand watches.
"Waiting, Chenxing, you have been helping copy manuscripts every day during this period. Are your hands sore?"
"These are two watches I bought yesterday when I visited the commissioned store. , given to you, wishing you a happy Spring Festival in advance.”
Jiang Hui's reverse gift-giving operation immediately made Hou Guoming and Chen Chenxing a little uncomfortable.
In their view, copying and translating manuscripts are basically done during working hours.
Occasionally I do it at home.
In this case, they definitely cannot accept the money from Jiang Hui, which is why they refused Jiang Hui to give them part of the royalties.
Now Jiang Hui directly changed the method and changed it to giving gifts.
A watch, even a second-hand one, is definitely not cheap.
The average worker has to save money for several months before he can afford one.
Even engineers like Hou Guoming have relatively high incomes, but they have to support various relatives and cannot actually save much money every month.
"Master, this..."
Chen Chenxing didn't know how to refuse.
He definitely wanted this watch, but he was a little embarrassed to accept it as a gift from his master.
“Take it, don’t be polite to me!”
“If you don’t take it, I will assume that you are not willing to help me copy translations in the future.”
When Jiang Hui said this, the tangled expressions on Chen Chenxing and Hou Guoming's faces disappeared instantly.
“Master, we will definitely not be unwilling.”
"It's just... I'm just a little embarrassed!"
Chen Chenxing explained a little shyly.
"Okay, you two don't have to worry about it, just take it!"
Jiang Hui directly put the watch in the other person's hand, "Wear it and see if it fits!"< br>
(End of this chapter)