Chapter 342 It’s not easy for parents
"Close the door. I'll treat you all to dinner at noon." Li Le said to shopkeeper Hu and two waiters.
"Okay boss."
"Thank you boss!"
Shopkeeper Hu locked the door, and Li Le took them out of the antique market.
I didn't pick any good place, so I just found a restaurant outside the market.
Li Le's visit to a random restaurant was a place that Shopkeeper Hu and the others were reluctant to visit.
Because I still had to work in the afternoon, I didn't order wine, but even so, the meal cost more than a thousand yuan.
The average cost per person is more than 300 yuan.
That night, as soon as Li Le arrived home, Nie Weiwei said to him: "Husband, I have your express delivery."
"My express delivery?" Li Le asked, pointing to his nose.
"Yes! It was delivered in the afternoon, courier in the same city."
"oh!"
Li Le went into the house and picked up the express delivery and looked at it. He found that it was sent by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. He quickly opened it and looked at it. It was really a business license.
Li Le kissed the business license and said, "Great, we can finally open for business."
"Husband, what is this?" Nie Weiwei came in from outside and asked.
"I just applied for a business license."
"Business license? Hasn't the store already applied for it?" Nie Weiwei asked doubtfully.
Her famous cigarette, wine and tea shop had obtained its business license twenty days ago, and also had a special tobacco monopoly license.
"This is not the business license for your store, but the business license for an antique store I got in Panjiayuan."
Hearing what Li Le said, Nie Weiwei nodded and said, "That's it."
"By the way, wifey, how's things going in your store?"
Nie Weiwei's shop has just been renovated and cannot be opened yet. At least the house must be ventilated.
The other thing is to remove the moisture. There is no other way. The house is like this just after decoration.
Fortunately, it was just a fresh coat of paint, and the ceiling was hung and the tiles were laid. If it had been completely renovated, I would probably not be able to enter the house for ten days and a half.
Now it was just a small outfit, so Li Le asked Nie Weiwei to buy two large oscillating fans, which were blown in the store 24 hours a day.
It is estimated that there will be no problem in two days at most.
"Shelves are already being installed. As for the smoke cabinets and counters, they will be delivered almost tomorrow."
"Are you following the shelves now? So the room is completely dry?" Li Le asked.
"Almost! The decoration master said there is no problem." Nie Weiwei said.
Li Le touched his chin and said: "Since the decoration master said there is no problem, then there should be no problem."
"Yeah! That's what I think too, but to be on the safe side, I'll let the shelf builder install the shelves first, as well as the counters, etc. This will take at least two days."
"Yes." Li Le nodded.
So Nie Weiwei's place will be open for business in a few days.
It’s not just that you can open the business once the shelves are ready, you still need to put the goods in!
Li Le asked Nie Weiwei to make high-end products and contact the tea shop directly. The tea purchased was also the most expensive.
Let’s put it this way! None of the tea sold in the store costs less than five thousand yuan per catty, and the more expensive ones cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands per catty.
Of course, this is just the selling price. As for the purchase price, this is a commercial secret.
The wine has also been stocked and can be delivered to the store at any time. Again, it is all good wine. The cheapest one is probably Jiannanchun.
To be honest, Li Le didn't want to buy Jiannanchun at first because the price was relatively low, but no matter how low it was, it was still a famous wine!
Don’t think that there aren’t a few kinds of wine. In fact, there are many. There are more than fifty kinds of wine in the store.
There is also the matter of cigarettes. Because it has a special tobacco monopoly license, the store does not carry cheap cigarettes. The cheapest cigarettes are Soft China.
There are not many kinds of cigarettes, there are eighty-seven kinds in total, and there are thirteen kinds of cigarettes that cost more than 10,000 yuan a piece.
They are 500,000 Chinese dragons each.
Two hundred and sixty thousand gold leaves, leaves of power.
One hundred and twenty thousand black and white pandas.
The 30,000-piece Yellow Crane Tower·Big Brick.
20,000 pieces of Liqun·Fuchun Mountain Residence.
Ten Thousand and Fourteen Ones, Harmony with the World, Respect.
Taishan Foguang tin cans costing more than fifteen thousand each.
The ten thousand ones include Noble Smoke·National Wine Fragrance 50, Yellow Crane Tower·Chinese Dream, Yunyan·Dachongjiu, Golden Leaf·Leaf of the Sky, Golden Sage·The Wisdom Sage Comes Out of the Mountain, and Yellow Crane Tower·Golden Years.
There are forty-three types ranging from less than 10,000 to more than 1,000.
There are thirty-one types under one thousand, and among these thirty-one types, Soft China is the cheapest.
It can be said that many cigarettes are rarely seen on the market. When it opens in a few days, you can see them everywhere in Nie Weiwei's store.
And these cigarettes have been delivered, of course from the Tobacco Bureau, because the tobacco certificate has been issued and you can order cigarettes at any time.
From now on, I will have to smoke once a week, but because it is a special tobacco monopoly license, there is no limit.
"Husband, when will your antique shop open?" Nie Weiwei asked.
"Just these two days!"
Li Le's store is different from Nie Weiwei's. Nie Weiwei's store is a new store, but the antique store is not because it used to be an antique store.
"So fast?" Nie Weiwei asked in surprise.
"Yeah! This is an old store, it just reopened."
"That's it!"
The two chatted for a while. Nie Weiwei went to cook, but Li Le came to the east wing.
He wants to pick out some antiques and deliver them to the store tomorrow. If he picks them out tomorrow morning, it will probably be a little late before he picks them up.
It’s better to pick it up and put it in the car first, so you can go directly there tomorrow morning.
After more than half an hour, Li Le picked out a total of 60 antiques, including six treasures and 54 exquisite ones.
There are also six calligraphy and paintings, all by famous artists, and they are all ancient paintings.
After Li Le installed all these things, Nie Weiwei happened to also prepare the food.
The two started to eat.
Since we had something to do tomorrow, the two of us went back to the bedroom to rest after dinner.
A night of silence.
Li Le got up early in the morning. When he got up, Nie Weiwei had already made breakfast.
After breakfast, the two people drove out separately, Li Le went to Panjiayuan, and Nie Weiwei went to the front door.
More than forty minutes later, Li Le arrived at Panjiayuan because he came earlier and it was not yet the opening time.
I told the security guard and drove in directly. There was no way, there were so many things, it was impossible to move them in!
When Li Le came to the store, shopkeeper Hu and two waiters had already arrived.
This is what we agreed on yesterday to come here early today as the store will be stocking the goods.
With the help of shopkeeper Hu and two guys, the antiques were quickly moved in, and then Li Le drove the car out.
If you wait until the market opens, it will be troublesome to drive out. You must know that not all markets sell things in the store, and there are many stalls outside. This is also allowed by the market.
When Li Le parked the car and came back, shopkeeper Hu and two assistants were arranging antiques.
It took less than an hour to arrange all sixty antiques. On the innermost ancient shelf, there were only six pieces, those six treasures.
The remaining fifty or so items are placed on four other ancient shelves.
As for the six calligraphy and paintings, they are also hung on the wall.
Now the only difference is the price, which needs to be sorted out by Li Le.
Li Le is no longer a novice. After selling so many antiques, calligraphy and paintings, Li Le now has his own standards for the prices of antiques.
Because the price is clearly marked, the price is naturally higher.
You can also bargain, but there is a reserve price here. If it is lower than the reserve price, it must not be sold.
"Let's go have tea." Li Le clapped his hands and said.
"Okay boss."
The four of them came to Chahai. Li Le took the main seat, while shopkeeper Hu and the two waiters sat opposite him.
Not to mention, Li Le really picked the right chairs for these four official hats. No, they were just big enough for the four of them to sit on.
Of course, this is only now, it will not be the case when it opens.
At the main seat, if Li Le was there, that would be where he would sit because he had to receive customers.
If he is not here, Shopkeeper Hu will take the lead.
As for the two waiters, they can sit down and drink some tea unless there is no one in the store. They cannot sit here when there are people.
The tea used in the shop was brought by Li Le from home. Li Le's family will not be short of tea in the future.
"Good tea." Shopkeeper Hu said as soon as he took a sip.
The two waiters also drank, but they looked at Shopkeeper Hu with blank faces, not understanding what was so good about this tea.
Obviously they don't understand tea. Also, they are too young and rarely drink tea. Of course, they don't know the quality of tea.
"I'll bring you some if you like." Li Le poured another glass for Shopkeeper Hu and said.
"I can't do it, I can't do it. This tea is too expensive and I can't afford it." Shopkeeper Hu shook his head and said.
Although Shopkeeper Hu's salary is not low, and now that he is working with Li Le, his salary has increased a lot, but he is still reluctant to drink this tea.
Yes, not only shopkeeper Hu, but also the two clerks. Li Le gave her and them a salary increase, and it was an increase of 50% on the original salary.
The main reason why Li Le gives such a high salary is that he is relatively profitable here.
Others need capital to do antique business, but he does not need it because the antiques he sells are all brought back from the past.
It would be wrong to say that he had no capital at all, because in the time-travel world, he also spent money to buy these antiques.
It's just that the money was earned while traveling across the world. In the real world, he really didn't spend a penny.
In this case, it is equivalent to saying that he earns one by selling one. Since he has made money, of course he must pay more wages to his employees.
Others dare not be like him, because others need to control costs. It takes money to collect antiques and then sell them. How much profit is there in the process.
"No money, just some tea." Li Le said nonchalantly.
"Boss, this is not possible. You paid for this tea, so I can't have it." Shopkeeper Hu shook his head and said.
"It's okay, my wife is in the tea business, and there is no shortage of tea at home."
"Ah! Does the lady boss specialize in tea business?" Shopkeeper Hu asked in surprise.
Li Le shook his head and said, "It's not like she specializes in this. She opened a famous cigarette, wine and tea shop right by the front door."
Hearing what Li Le said, shopkeeper Hu nodded and said, "So that's it! That's good."
"It's pretty good." Li Le put down the teapot, took out a cigarette from his pocket, took one out and handed it to Shopkeeper Hu.
Then he took one himself.
Shopkeeper Hu had the discernment to order it for Li Le quickly.
"Boss, is this the new Chinese cigarette?" Shopkeeper Hu asked, looking at the cigarette Li Le threw on the sea of tea.
"No, this smoke is called Chinese Dragon, which is completely different from China."
"That's right!" Shopkeeper Hu nodded and asked, "Then these cigarettes aren't cheap, are they?"
Li Le is rich! Shopkeeper Hu knows this very well. The car he drives is a Brabus worth more than 10 million yuan.
Moreover, it cost 200 million to buy this store, and now so many antiques have been sent to me.
It is conceivable that Li Leduo is rich.
"It's okay, fifty thousand a bag."
"What... what the hell? This... these cigarettes cost 50,000 yuan a pack?" Shopkeeper Hu asked stammeringly.
He was frightened by the price. This pack of cigarettes was more than his monthly salary.
Although Li Le has now increased his salary, it is only 30,000 yuan a month. If it was before, he would only have a salary of 20,000 yuan a month.
He knew that Li Le was rich, but he didn't expect to be so rich. A pack of cigarettes costs 50,000 yuan, and how much does it cost to smoke in a moonlight.
Assuming one pack a day, this monthly smoking would cost 1.5 million.
What is this concept? Many people may not make so much money in their lifetime, and this is just Li Le's monthly cigarette money.
This made Shopkeeper Hu not know what to say.
The most shocking thing was not shopkeeper Hu, but the waiters. Their monthly salary was less than the boss's two cigarettes.
In the past, when they worked as shop assistants, they only earned 3,000 yuan a month. Now it has increased by 50%, and they earn 4,500 yuan a month.
To be honest, this salary is not low. At least as a clerk here in Panjiayuan, their salary is the highest.
Because here in Panjiayuan, if you work as a clerk in a store, your salary is basically 3,000.
Don’t think it’s less, but know that food and accommodation are included.
Many people earn very high wages, but after excluding food and housing, how much do they have left over in a month?
"Boss, are these cigarettes so expensive?" said a waiter.
The two of them didn't smoke, so Li Le didn't give it to them just now. Looking at their appearance, Li Le picked up a cigarette and gave it to them.
You can also play with it without smoking.
"Thank you, boss."
"You're welcome. If you work hard in the store from now on, I'll give you a salary increase and a bonus."
"Don't worry, boss, we will do a good job."
"Well! Although you are not old, you are not young either. You will be looking for a girlfriend in two years. Don't spend your money frivolously."
"I know, boss!"
"Yeah!" Li Le nodded.
The two guys came to the imperial capital from other places to work. They were both from rural areas and came out without going to college.
"Actually, like you, I come from the countryside. It's not easy for my parents to save money for us to find a wife. So if you earn money, you should send it to your parents to help them relieve their pressure."
"I know, boss, but boss, are you really from the countryside?" The two waiters obviously didn't believe it.
"Of course, my hometown is in the countryside of a county under Dayu Province."
PS: Love is always there across thousands of rivers and mountains, can you give me a monthly pass? Thanks!
(End of this chapter)