Chapter 370: The Joy of Treasure Hunting

Ji Lanxin nodded first, then shook her head and said, "It's a new store, but I don't plan to open a separate store."

"The cost of opening a new store alone is too high. This time I want to find someone to cooperate with. In the past few years, you have also seen that consumer groups are concentrating in business circles and stores. With more and more hypermarkets, one-stop services are getting better and better. As it grows wider and wider, independent store operations are no longer popular.

I want to find cooperation with a hypermarket, rent their counters, learn from other jewelry stores, and open special counters in supermarkets and stores. "

When Ji Lanxin said that, Ji Yuanzhong nodded in agreement.

The advantages of hypermarkets are becoming more and more obvious, which is obvious, and there are more and more jewelry counters in supermarkets.

In the past few years, it was fine. In the past two years, with the expansion of supermarkets and stores, it is even more difficult for their independent stores to survive.

This is also the helplessness of small and medium-sized jewelers. Those well-known jewelers actually don’t care. They open stores, but most of them open separate stores.

Why?

Because they have this reputation guarantee, no matter how far away your store is, they will trust your brand.

But Jinding Jewelry has not yet reached that point. In Pingchuan, Jinding Jewelry can only be said to be the jewelry store chosen by the middle and lower class civilians. The real high-end people rarely come to Jinding Jewelry.

And supermarkets and shopping malls are where the middle and lower class civilians gather. If they really want to open special counters, it would be a good way out.

Thinking of this, Ji Yuanzhong asked, "Have you thought about this long ago?"

"I had a general idea before, but what really made me make up my mind was a person I just met."

"who?"

"Li Dong!"

"Li Dong?" Ji Yuanzhong thought for a while, and then asked, "Li Dong from the distant supermarket?"

Ji Lanxin nodded and smiled again: "Dad, do you know where I met him?"

Ji Yuanzhong smiled and said, "Maybe it's still at our door."

Ji Lanxin looked at her father with admiration, and said with a smile: "Dad, it's really a loss for you not to be a fortune teller."

"what's the matter,

It really is? "

Ji Lanxin nodded, and then told about Li Dong's purchase of Villa No. 16.

Ji Yuanzhong was thoughtful, thought for a while, and then said: "Then when Li Dong moves here, you invite him to our house as a guest, and I will discuss with him about entering the mall."

Ji Lanxin said with a bit of a headache: "Actually, I have considered Yuanfang before, but it is not that simple. Dad, you probably don't know that Yuanfang has always been mainly engaged in supermarkets, and there are not many large shopping malls. I have never had anything to do with the jewelry industry before. Cooperation, I'm afraid Li Dong may not be able to agree."

Ji Yuanzhong shook his head with a smile and said: "Not necessarily. If we didn't do it before, it doesn't mean we won't do it now. Yuanfang has been expanding rapidly in the past two years, and there are more and more large shopping malls. Sooner or later, we will get involved in the jewelry industry. Cooperation is a win-win result, as long as the price can be negotiated, Li Dong will most likely agree."

Ji Lanxin thinks about it too, and it won't hurt to talk about it, so she thinks about finding an opportunity to invite Li Dong to dinner later.

...

Ji's father and daughter were discussing the matter of entering the mall, but Li Dong was also thinking about this issue after Ji Lanxin left.

In the past two years, there have been more and more stores in distant places, and there have been many large shopping malls.

Gold, silver and jewelry has always been the shortcoming of Yuanfang. It's not that Li Dong didn't want to do it. He originally planned to do it by himself. Later, he found that this business was too deep, and Li Dong didn't dare to get involved easily.

By now, Li Dong was too lazy to do it.

Eating alone is not necessarily a good thing, nor does it necessarily earn more than others. In this case, it is necessary to find one or several jewelers to cooperate with.

This is also Li Donggang's thought of Jinding Jewelry. In fact, Li Dong has always wanted to cooperate with those large jewelry companies.

Jinding's reputation is still a bit small. After leaving Pingchuan, knowing that there are not many Jinding jewelry, it is not of great help to Yuanfang.

However, if the cooperation is only in Pingchuan, Jinding is a good choice. Jinding Jewelry is still somewhat famous in the middle and lower jewelry market in Pingchuan, and it can also create a win-win situation with Yuanfang.

Of course, Li Dong would not bring this up by himself.

If Jinding Jewelry is interested, it will naturally talk to him. If it doesn't talk to Li Dong, then it doesn't matter. There are many middle-level jewelers in Jiangbei.

Yuanfang is now the leader of Jiangbei's retail industry. He has many choices, but jewelers like Jinding Jewelry don't have many choices.

Li Dong didn't run a philanthropic hall. Naturally, a jewelry store has to pay a sufficient price to settle in a distant place. Only when others come to you can you ask for a price.

Yuanfang has not yet reached the point of starvation, and it is not a top priority for jewelry stores to enter the shopping mall. Li Dong is not in a panic now.

Without thinking about Ji Lanxin any more, Li Dong walked around the community, and when he returned to the villa, the sanitation was almost cleaned.

Chen Rui used to come here often, and usually arranged for someone to clean the villa, so the villa wasn't too dirty.

Six people cleaned, and in less than two hours, the entire villa was tidied up.

The people from the housekeeping company used a small truck to take away all the things Li Dong didn't want, and Li Dong didn't look at it much. There was nothing of his in the villa, so he didn't care about taking anything away.

After all the housekeeping staff had left, Li Dong went into the underground garage.

Turn on the lights, and the garage is much brighter than before. The housekeeping staff should have cleaned the garage too. The inside is clean and well ventilated.

The garage was almost empty, and at first glance, there was nothing special about it.

If there is a special place, those housekeeping staff will not fail to find it.

Li Dong was not surprised at all. He walked around the garage, stopped and walked, and knocked on the wall or the ground from time to time.

Turning around half a circle, Li Dong couldn't help but frowned, did he guess wrong?

The reason why the lights in the garage are so dim is because Chen Rui has different personal preferences?

Or is it hidden too deep, and I didn't find it?

Li Dong didn't know whether he should keep searching, but even if he did find something, it wouldn't be of great help to Li Dong.

No matter how greedy the Chen family's father and son are, they will not be greedy for hundreds of millions or billions. It is not so easy to deceive people with so much money.

If there is no such thing after looking around, or if it is just tens of millions, it is really not worth wasting too much time on it for Li Dong.

However, this kind of treasure hunting feels a little exciting, and the most important thing is whether you have more money or less money.

Anyway, I wasted a lot of time. It's getting dark now, and I have nothing to do when I go back, so I might as well keep looking.

Thinking of this, Li Dong continued to squat down and search for it. After a while, the voices of Tan Yong and others came from outside the garage.

"President Li, are you there?"

"President Li?"

Li Dong stayed in the garage for more than an hour and did not go out. Tan Yong and the others were already in a hurry.

Seeing that it was getting dark and Li Dong hadn't come out yet, Tan Yong finally couldn't hold back anymore and went to the garage to look for it.

Hearing Tan Yong's shout, Li Dong twisted his stiff neck and shouted to the outside: "Old Tan, I'm here. You go to the tool room and look for it, bring a hammer here."

Although he didn't know why Li Dong wanted the hammer, Tan Yong didn't ask too much, as long as Li Dong was fine.

After a while, Tan Yong entered the garage with a small hammer.

Li Dong signaled him to close the door, and then said to Tan Yong: "Old Tan, help me find out if there is any empty floor or underground dark room in the garage."

"Underground dark room?"

Tan Yong looked at Li Dong suspiciously, the boss must be confused, right?

The villa I just bought, even if there is an underground darkroom, I can’t tell if there is anything in it. You, a big boss, leave the company alone and don’t go home, so what kind of darkroom are you looking for here?

Thinking about it, Tan Yong didn't make a sound. Since Li Dong ordered, he just followed suit.

With the help of Tan Yong, the new force, the two of them were much faster, and soon they looked at all the places that Li Dong hadn't seen.

But it's a pity that nothing was found. Seeing that Li Dong seemed a little disappointed, Tan Yong couldn't help asking: "Mr. Li, what are you looking for?"

Li Dong shook his head and sighed: "At first, I thought I could find something exciting, to see if there is a treasure of a corrupt official here, but now it seems that I guessed wrong."

After speaking, Li Dong stretched his waist, and said to Tan Yong: "Forget it, don't look for it, just play it for fun, if you don't have it, forget it."

Tan Yong nodded, and Li Dong said as he walked out: "Go back, you wasted all afternoon. By the way, later, you can find some people to help me fix the pillars in the hall. The golden ones are too dazzling..."

Speaking of this, Li Dong suddenly stopped, and looked back at the garage.

After watching for a while, Li Dong suddenly said: "Old Tan, do you think the garage needs so many load-bearing columns?"

Tan Yong is not a fool, he immediately counted, and then said: "It seems that there is no need, there are a total of eight load-bearing columns here, six of which seem to have been there before, and the other two seem to have no effect at first glance. You really need to look carefully. It’s a bit redundant, and it’s a little too close to the pillars next to it.”

Li Dong laughed loudly and said: "I'll just say, it's a bit interesting, these guys are really talented, with this skill, it's great to be on the right track."

After laughing, Li Dong said to Tan Yong: "Bring the hammer, smash it to see."

Tan Yong hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, go out and rest first, I'll just smash it."

Li Dong waved his hand and said, "I'll do it myself, what are you afraid of, if it's really a load-bearing pillar, we won't be able to knock it down even with a few hammers."

Tan Yong thought about it, so he didn't persuade Li Dong any more.

Li Dong is actually very curious, what exactly is Chen Rui hiding in the villa?

money? jewelry? or something else?

The two pillars, if they all hide money, it doesn't seem to be much, but now Li Dong doesn't care, it feels so good to find the treasure after going through all kinds of hardships.

He wanted to see with his own eyes right now what it was that he found only now.

Why did that guy Chen Rui sell the villa to himself?

Also, since Chen Rui left something here, is he going to come back and get it?

But even if two pillars of this size were torn down, there would still be a lot of noise. Can Chen Rui ensure that he can take them back?

All these doubts are waiting to be revealed by myself.

(To be continued.)