To Kou Ji's surprise, although the number of gold, silver and bronze ware collected by Lu Ming was not large, they looked very valuable.
This thing can't be considered a ragged jacket, right
Lu Ming aggrieved: "It's all dead..."
Kou Ji suddenly realized.
You make money for dead things, but it's far less profitable than living things.
These things were bought back by the pawn shop for 80% of the money.
It seems that there is a 20% benefit, but most of these things are nowadays, and they are not antiquities. If the pawn shop wants to sell it, it has to be refurbished. There will be losses in the middle, plus the cost of the shop, etc., calculate it carefully. Only 10% can make money.
"It's all these things that the green-skin gangsters under Master Liu took over."
When Lu Ming said this, he seemed even more aggrieved.
Kou Ji smiled and comforted: "It's not bad if you have something to earn, you can't be greedy. How did the Donglai pawnshop fall? It just fell on greed."
Lu Ming nodded heavily when he heard the words.
Kou Ji said again: "I haven't seen Liu Heng looking for me recently. Has he come here?"
Lu Ming was taken aback, nodded and said, "Master Liu came once and said that you committed a crime in the palace. He was implicated and he is probably going to be restrained. He asked the villain to tell you that you should not worry about him. After the ban is lifted in a few days, I will go to you."
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
At this moment, there was a shout outside the door.
"Is Brother Kou here?"
That was Zhang Cheng's voice.
Kou Ji hurried out of the warehouse and saw that Zhang Cheng had arrived in front of the warehouse.
Zhang Cheng saw Kou Ji and smiled heartily: "I was outside just now. I didn't see Lu Ming, and I didn't see his things on his desk. I guessed you were here. Only you, this little guy. It will be collected so early."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Brother Zhang Cheng is polite..."
Zhang Cheng said with emotion: "If you want to give a gift, I should give you a gift. If it weren't for your help, my brother wouldn't be able to have a shop in this Zhouqiao Street. Now the profit of the shop for one day is about to catch up with the profit of the previous four days. ."
Kou Ji waved his hand and smiled: "I'm not giving you a shop for nothing, you want to pay."
Zhang Cheng gave a wry smile and said nothing more.
What Kou Ji said before, what did he believe in.
But he now knows that the shop on the two acres of land on Zhouqiao Street is far more than the price Kou Ji had quoted him before.
Of course, the gap between them is not very big, otherwise Zhang Cheng will insist on leaving.
"Go home to eat..."
Zhang Cheng invited.
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "Let’s find a place to talk..."
Zhang Cheng was taken aback, and said: "Then go home, I will let your sister-in-law warm a pot of wine and cut a few catties of cooked meat. Let's talk while eating?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "No, let's just stay here, find a place to sit, sit down and talk."
Zhang Cheng hesitated and nodded.
"it is good… "
Kou Ji invited Lu Ming, and Lu Ming took the key and opened the door of Kou Ji's bedroom.
Kou Ji invited Zhang Cheng in and sit down.
After sitting down, Kou Ji smiled and said: "I came here today specifically to ask Brother Zhang Cheng for help."
Zhang Cheng was taken aback, and immediately said, "Just tell me if you have something, I will definitely help."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "I want to invite Brother Zhang Cheng over to help me manage the shop."
Zhang Cheng was stunned, and said with a dry smile: "Are you taking me out?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said frankly: "Brother Zhang Cheng, I am now in official status, and Liu Heng is destined to have official status in the future. The affairs of officialdom are enough for us to be busy, so how can we do business
But we want to make our lives more comfortable, so the meager salary is naturally not enough.
I am not willing to corrupt the law and harm the people.
So this business still has to be done.
So I want to ask Zhang Cheng's brother to come and help me. "
Zhang Cheng hesitated.
Kou Ji continued: "In the Qinchuan cloth shop, there is a sister-in-law guarding, I believe there will be no problems. The two shops are so close, even if something goes wrong, you can take care of it."
Zhang Cheng was taken aback, pondered for a moment, and looked at Lu Ming.
"Let me take care of this shop, what about Lu Ming?"
Lu Ming looked at Kou Ji nervously.
He was worried that Koj would give him away.
When not in charge, he doesn't care.
He also knew in his heart that he was too young to be in charge and could not hold down people or residents.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "He is still young and can't manage the shop. Even if I let him take care of things, his future achievements will be limited. I will let Erbao live in in a few days, and then I will invite two more gentlemen to teach them how to deal with each other. Bo'er reads to read.
I have already destroyed Erbao and Lu Ming's deed.
I asked someone to get them a good book.
In the future, if they are successful in their studies, it will be regarded as a good story.
If you fail to study, come back and help me manage the shop, that's not bad.
A shopkeeper who has read and learned is much better than a shopkeeper who has never read. "
Lu Ming let go of his hanging heart, and at the same time was full of gratitude to Kou Ji.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cheng stared at Kou Ji for a long time.
Kou Ji's approach surprised Zhang Cheng.
These days, there are only a handful of people who are willing to give to the servants of the family and Fang Liang.
There are very few people who are willing to support the servants and family members of the family to study.
"I promise to help you..."
After a long time, Zhang Cheng agreed to Kou Ji.
Although Kou Ji's approach made him feel surprised, but it was in line with his wishes.
Lu Ming has been in contact with him for dozens of days, and he can see that Lu Ming is a good boy.
He also knew about Kou Ji's tearing up of Lu Ming's sales contract.
He also worried about Lu Ming for a long time, worried that Lu Ming would be arrested as a black man.
Now it seems that when Kou Ji tore up Lu Ming's sales contract, he had already figured out a future for him.
More importantly, Kou Ji said that if he invites Mr. over, he will not only teach Erbao and Lu Ming to study, but also teach him Jiabao. For Zhang Cheng, there is no way to refuse.
A few days ago, Zhang Cheng and his wife had a long chat about this matter.
They talked for a long time, and they didn't discuss whether to put their son in that private school to study.
There is no private school in the inner city, only family school.
Famous and talented gentlemen are all in the official residences.
Zhang Cheng naturally couldn't send his son to other people's school.
There are a few nice gentlemen in the outer city, but the distance is too far, and the daily shuttle is troublesome.
If they leave their son to go to school alone, they are afraid that his son will be abducted by Pahuazi.
Seeing that their son had reached the age of enrollment, they were also anxious.
Kou Ji asked Mr. Kou to come to the door, which was regarded as helping them solve their serious problems.
Zhang Cheng believes that as Kou Ji, the gentleman invited is definitely knowledgeable.
Seeing Zhang Cheng nodded, Kou Ji asked Lu Ming to hand over the key from the pawn shop to Zhang Cheng on the spot.
Zhang Cheng took the key and said to Kou Ji: "Since Brother Kou wants to open a pawn shop, have you thought about the name of the pawn shop?"
Kou Ji was taken aback, pondered for a long time, and said, "Just call the Pawnshop of Vientiane, which means it is all-encompassing..."