Chen Xuan discussed with Wei Nian. Since Rong Yang had helped her before, she planned to send a bamboo basket of strawberries to Rong Yang every day. Chen Xuan would pay for the strawberries herself. Since Chen Xuan had no money now, she had to borrow from Wei Nian.
Wei Nian couldn't stand her any more, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you don't have to pay for it. I'll tell Dad."
Chen Xuan hesitated, "Isn't this a bad idea?"
"What's wrong with that? Besides, your dividend is already included in the strawberries. If you think it's not good enough, you can just deduct it from your dividend. There's no need to borrow money."
"I'll listen to Brother Nian." Chen Xuan had to admit that Wei Nian's mind worked faster than hers.
The next day, when Chen Xuan asked Shopkeeper Li to deliver strawberries to Rong Yang, she wrote a card in English and asked Shopkeeper Li to take it with him. Then, on the third day, when Shopkeeper Li delivered strawberries, he brought back the card from the second day. Chen Xuan carefully memorized the parts that Rong Yang corrected. Rong Yang had not been back in Beijing for long, but he worked part-time as Chen Xuan's grammar teacher. Wei Nian said, "We didn't lose out on the strawberries. Given Mr. Rong's status, even if we gave him a truckload of strawberries, he probably wouldn't be a grammar teacher for anyone."
"I'm just here for fun." Chen Xuan emphasized, "The book list Mr. Rong gave us earlier is full of good books. Mr. Rong put in a lot of effort, and this is Mr. Rong's good intention. Mr. Rong finally came to Beijing, and I want to let Mr. Rong know that his good intentions were not in vain. I will read every book on Mr. Rong's list carefully."
Wei Nian smiled and stopped talking about Rong Yang. He turned to ask Chen Xuan, "How are the preparations for the opening going?"
"Almost done. We have reserved three tables at Zhengyanglou. We have agreed with them to refund if there is more than the bill, and pay more if there is less than the bill. The shop has also been packed up." Chen Xuan's eyes were bright and soft. "We have also made dozens of hats with new patterns. We are just waiting to open."
Seeing that the aunt and sister-in-law had handled the matter well, Wei Nian did not interfere any further.
It was so lively when it opened that day.
Although the Wei family was just a small business family, and they were not well-known in Beijing, Old Master Wei had made a few good friends through his socializing over the years. Although the shop was opened by the women of the Wei family, when sending invitations to some relatively conservative families, such as the Zhao family, the family of Wei Jin's in-laws, Wei Yin specifically said, "We girls don't know how to run the business, and the business will still depend on the shop owner. Since my second sister-in-law and I opened the shop together, and we signed a separate contract, we must go on the first day of opening."
Therefore, there were many people coming. Basically, even if someone didn't come, they would ask the shopkeeper to come and give a plaque with the words "prosperity" or "prosperity in business". Those who gave plaques were all old-fashioned businessmen, while new-fashioned people would give flower baskets and put them at the door with a bunch of flowers.
Without being asked again, Wei Nian took the initiative to send a flower basket with a red ribbon on it, on which was written "Good luck in opening the business, great fortune and great success", and signed: Husband Wei Nian. Wei Yin wanted to laugh when he saw the signature on the flower basket sent by his second brother. Wei Shi also sent one to his sister, and the handwriting was similar. Wei Shi signed it as "Brother Wei Shi". Seeing that both sons had sent gifts, Old Master Wei did not send anything and just helped to greet the guests.
Ninety-nine percent of them were old friends of the Wei family. They knew that this was a shop opened by the women of the Wei family. Now that it was open, they naturally spoke well of it. The remaining 0.1% were Wei Nian's friends, including Wei Nian's good friend Cheng Su and business partner Smith. Cheng Su came with a camera. Wei Yin originally wanted to find a photo studio, but later Chen Xuan heard from Wei Nian that Cheng Su's newspaper office had a camera, so Chen Xuan asked Wei Nian to help ask, thus saving the cost of the photo studio.
Smith brought a bouquet of flowers to Chen Xuan, who took the flowers and thanked Smith in English very skillfully, speaking several words in a murmur. Wei Nian came over to greet Smith.
The most famous person is Mr. Rong Yangrong, who even Chen Xuan didn't expect to give him so much face.
Seeing Rong Yang getting off the car, Chen Xuan and Wei Nian hurried forward to greet him. Rong Yang was still dressed in Chinese style, but he did not wear the elegant bamboo green robe that day, but changed into a very clean and elegant ivory white long gown. Such an ordinary color, when worn by Rong Yang, made him look more noble for no reason. Wei Nian greeted him, and Chen Xuan was very happy. She said innocently, "Mr. Rong, oh, I didn't expect you to really come! Mr. Rong, please come in."
Wei Nian felt that it was a miracle that Chen Xuan could do business. You invited her, and she came over and said such things.
Mr. Rong obviously didn't mind. He brought a very exquisite large flower basket and said in a clear voice, "I wish Mrs. Wei and Miss Wei a prosperous business and good fortune all year round." Such vulgar words sounded particularly nice when they came out of Mr. Rong's mouth.
"Thank you, thank you. I've been looking forward to what Mr. Ying Rong would say." Chen Xuan is now heavily in debt, and she wishes she could start a business right away so that she can pay back Wei Nian's money.
Wei Nian was very knowledgeable about social etiquette. He exchanged a few polite words with Mr. Rong, led him into the shop to talk, and introduced Old Master Wei and Wei Shi to Rong Yang. Rong Yang was very polite, calling them Old Master Wei and Young Master Wei. The arrival of a person like Rong Yang directly raised the level of this small opening ceremony.
Chen Xuan said, "Mr. Rong, let's take a photo together and then go to Zhengyanglou for dinner. I heard that the food at Zhengyanglou is especially delicious."
Rong Yang nodded in agreement.
So, Cheng Su handed the camera to his colleague, and everyone stood together and took a dense opening photo.
Then, they each got on their own car and went to Zhengyang Tower. The old school people all took rickshaws, but Mr. Rong always traveled by car. With many years of experience, even though it was the first time they met, Old Master Wei could tell at a glance that Rong Yang was of extraordinary status, and he was very happy that his son knew such a person. The key point was that he was willing to support such a small hat shop for the women in his family. This was a great honor. Old Master Wei winked at his second son, meaning that Wei Nian and Mr. Rong should ride together. In this way, on the one hand, he thanked Mr. Rong for coming to support him, and on the other hand, Mr. Rong would definitely go to Zhengyang Tower first when he took the car, so it would not be impolite to have a member of the Wei family accompany him.
Although Wei Nian and Mr. Rong were not very familiar with each other, they were both good at socializing, and they were not at a loss for words even when they were traveling together. They did have a lot of common topics, for example, when Chen Xuan used Mr. Rong as her grammar teacher every day, Wei Nian said, "Mr. Rong should teach my wife again. My wife said that when she surpasses me, she will definitely laugh at me."
Mr. Rong smiled and said, "Mrs. Wei is also half of my student. I'm not exaggerating, but it's only a matter of time before you surpass Mr. Wei."
Originally, according to Chen Xuan's status and qualifications, being able to be a half-student of Mr. Rong was beyond her reach. Wei Nian, who was so smooth-talking, refused to continue the conversation. After a moment of silence, he said to Rong Yang, "You really know how to take advantage of me." Although it was a new era, the saying that teachers and students were like fathers and sons was not just talk.
Mr. Rong did not expect this. After Wei Nian's words, he finally reacted and couldn't help laughing softly.
Wei Nian also laughed.
The two talked about Beijing's scenery and soon arrived at Zhengyang Tower.
As soon as Mr. Rong arrived at Zhengyanglou, the owner of Zhengyanglou came out to greet him. Mr. Rong said, "I am here to eat with my friends. Please don't disturb others."
The shopkeeper responded respectfully, "Yes."
Wei Nian also recognized the shopkeeper of Zhengyang Tower and said to him, "The private room I reserved earlier."
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Gentlemen, please go upstairs. Everything has been prepared for you."
Wei Nian and Mr. Rong came first in a car, followed by Chen Xuan and Smith. Smith was a foreigner who could not speak Chinese. According to Smith himself, he had been learning Chinese for three years but still could not get the hang of it. Smith came by taxi. Wei Nian was the one in the Wei family who could speak foreign languages. He accompanied Mr. Rong to go first, leaving Chen Xuan and Wei Yin. They could speak foreign languages. After all, Old Master Wei was an old-fashioned man, and he would never let Wei Yin, an unmarried girl, ride in the same car with foreigners. After all, Chen Xuan was a married woman. Looking at her appearance, she seemed to be able to get along well with Smith, so Chen Xuan and Smith rode in the same car.
After Chen Xuan arrived, Wei Nian said goodbye to Mr. Rong and Smith, and went to the entrance of Zhengyang Building to wait for the guests. Chen Xuan, Mr. Rong, and Smith talked in foreign languages, just talking about eating and drinking. But in the eyes of others, it seemed that this was very high-class. Especially in the eyes of some old friends, they all felt that this old Wei's family was extraordinary, whether it was his daughter, son, or wife, they all spoke in foreign accents. How could old Wei go ahead of us without saying anything
Mr. Rong, with his status, naturally sat in the first seat. However, he did not stay for long. He drank a glass of wine and then stood up to leave. In the time it took to drink this glass of wine, the owner of Zhengyang Tower arrived. The owner brought a jar of ten-year-old wine and toasted Mr. Rong. Mr. Rong just touched his lips lightly. Wei Nian and Chen Xuan went out to see him off. When they went downstairs, Mr. Rong took out a small plain card from his wallet and handed it to Chen Xuan. The light fragrance came from his jade-like hands, "My phone number is on it."
Chen Xuan quickly took it and asked Rong Yang, "Is Mr. Rong going back to Shanghai?"
Rong Yang smiled, said goodbye and left.
Chen Xuan found that Mr. Rong's arrival was very stimulating to Wei Nian's study, and Wei Nian obviously studied harder. However, Chen Xuan regretted that Mr. Rong's influence on Wei Nian was limited to academic progress, and his character was not influenced at all. Now, he even asked Chen Xuan for a birthday present.
Do you know what a birthday present is
It’s a birthday gift.
Now it has a new foreign name, called birthday gift.
Chen Xuan muttered, "Isn't it that only Grandpa celebrates his birthday in the family?"
"Nowadays, everyone can celebrate their birthday. I only have one birthday a year. I used to celebrate it myself, but now that I have you, you should celebrate it for me. I was too busy last year and forgot about it, so I don't need to make up for last year's. I just need to prepare for this year's."
Because the hat shop's business was not as good as expected, Chen Xuan felt that she might go bankrupt. She was worried about the hat shop's business all day long, so how could she have the mood to prepare a birthday gift for Wei Nian. However, if she didn't prepare it, Wei Nian would definitely be unhappy. Well, although the business was not good, Wei Nian was still very good to her. Moreover, seeing that Wei Nian was so looking forward to it, Chen Xuan couldn't help but prepare it for him. So, on June 28th, Wei Nian received a small box of business cards.
Wei Nian was so shocked that he was stunned. He stared at the box of business cards for a long time before he moved his attention from the business cards to Chen Xuan's smiling face. He pointed at the business cards and asked her, "What is this?"
"Business card." Chen Xuan introduced to Wei Nian with a clever look on her face, "When Mr. Rong left, he gave me that little card. Brother Nian, didn't you tell me that this is called a business card? You also said that only people of very high status have this. I think this is very good and very high-end, so I specially spent money to print it for you, Brother Nian. I also gave you a foreign name, Alan, so your foreign name from now on will be Alan Wei. It's a business card in both Chinese and English. How good and high-end it is. Brother Nian, you can carry it with you when you go out and give one to strangers." Then, Chen Xuan imitated the way Rong Yang gave her a business card. She picked up one and handed it to Wei Nian with both hands, pretending to say, "This is my business card."
Wei Nian took the business card, and smiled sincerely, wishing he could bite Chen Xuan, "Thank you so much for your birthday present." Oh my God, what wife would give her husband a stack of business cards for his birthday!
The author has something to say: ps: The third update is here, a long review by Meimeiyu_1976~~~~~~Good afternoon everyone, do you know what the troubles are for a writer of ancient Chinese literature writing about the Republic of China
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