Ji Lanxin nodded, then shook her head. "I'm opening a new store, but I'm not planning to open a stand-alone store."
"The cost of opening a new store is too high. This time, I want to find someone to cooperate with. You've seen it for the past few years. The consumer groups are concentrating on shopping malls and shopping malls. With the increasing number of shopping malls and one-stop services, stand-alone stores are no longer popular. I want to find a shopping mall to cooperate with, rent their counters, and learn from other jewelry stores to open counters in supermarkets and shopping malls. "
Ji Yuanzhong nodded in agreement with Ji Lanxin's words.
The advantages of shopping malls were becoming more and more obvious. There were also more and more jewelry counters in supermarkets.
It was fine in the past few years, but with the expansion of supermarkets and shopping malls, stand-alone stores like theirs were even more difficult to survive.
This was also the helplessness of small and medium-sized jewelry merchants. It didn't matter to those well-known jewelry merchants. They opened stores, but most of them opened stand-alone stores.
Why?
Because they had the protection of reputation. No matter how far your store was, people would trust your brand.
But Golden Cauldron Jewelry had not reached that point. In Pingchuan, Golden Cauldron Jewelry could only be said to be a jewelry store for the middle and lower classes. The real high-end consumers rarely came to Golden Cauldron Jewelry.
Supermarkets and shopping malls were where the middle and lower classes gathered. If they really opened counters, it would be a good way out.
Thinking of this, Ji Yuanzhong asked, "Have you thought about this for a long time?"
"I had a rough idea before, but what really made me make up my mind was a person I met just now."
"Who?"
"Li Dong!"
"Li Dong?" Ji Yuanzhong thought for a moment, then asked, "Faraway Supermarket's Li Dong?"
Ji Lanxin nodded and smiled. "Dad, do you know where I met him?"
Ji Yuanzhong smiled. "Don't tell me it's in front of our house."
Ji Lanxin looked at her father with admiration and smiled. "Dad, it's a pity you don't become a fortune teller."
"Why, really?"
Ji Lanxin nodded, then told him about Li Dong buying Villa No. 16.
Ji Yuanzhong thought for a while and said, "Then when Li Dong moves in, invite him to our house as a guest. I'll discuss with him about moving into the mall."
Ji Lanxin felt a headache coming on. "Actually, I've considered Far Away before, but this matter isn't that simple. Dad, you probably don't know this. So far away, we've mainly been doing lifestyle supermarkets. There aren't many large shopping malls. We've never cooperated with the jewelry industry before. I'm afraid that Li Dong might not agree. "
Ji Yuanzhong smiled and shook his head. "That's not necessarily true. He didn't do it before, but that didn't mean he wouldn't do it now. So far away, they have been expanding very fast in the past two years, and there are more and more large shopping malls. Sooner or later, they will be involved in the jewelry industry. Cooperating with us is a win-win situation. As long as the price can be negotiated, Li Dong will most likely agree. "
Ji Lanxin thought about it and agreed. She wouldn't lose anything if they talked. She thought about finding an opportunity to treat Li Dong to a meal later.
…
The Ji father and daughter were discussing the matter of moving into the mall. In fact, Li Dong was also thinking about this problem after Ji Lanxin left.
So far away had more and more stores in the past two years, and there were many more large shopping malls.
So far away had always been a shortcoming in the jewelry industry. It wasn't that Li Dong didn't want to do it. Originally, he was going to do it himself. Later, he found that this industry was too complicated, and Li Dong didn't dare to get involved easily.
Now, Li Dong was too lazy to do it.
It wasn't necessarily a good thing to monopolize, and it didn't mean that he could earn more than others. In that case, it was necessary to find one or a few jewelry companies to cooperate with.
Golden Cauldron Jewelry was also something that Li Dong had just thought of. In fact, Li Dong had always wanted to cooperate with several large jewelry companies.
Golden Cauldron's reputation was still a little small. Outside of Pingchuan, not many people knew about Golden Cauldron Jewelry. So far away wasn't much help.
However, if it was only in Pingchuan, Golden Cauldron was a good choice. Golden Cauldron Jewelry was still somewhat famous in the middle and lower jewelry market in Pingchuan. It could also create a win-win situation with So far away.
Of course, Li Dong wouldn't mention this kind of thing himself.
If Golden Cauldron Jewelry was interested, they would naturally talk to him. If they didn't talk to Li Dong, it didn't matter. There were many middle-level jewelry companies in Jiangbei.
So far away was now the leader of the retail industry in Jiangbei. He had many choices, but Golden Cauldron Jewelry and other jewelry companies didn't have many choices.
Li Dong wasn't running a charity. So far away naturally had to pay a sufficient price to enter a jewelry store. If others looked for you, you would be able to offer a price. If you rushed to look for others, it would be others' turn to pick on you.
So far away hadn't reached the point where they couldn't be choosy. It wasn't urgent for the jewelry store to enter a shopping mall. Li Dong wasn't in a hurry now.
Not thinking about Ji Lanxin anymore, Li Dong walked around the neighborhood. When he returned to the villa, the cleaning was almost done.
Chen Rui used to live here often. He usually arranged for people to clean the villa, so the villa wasn't too dirty.
With six people cleaning, the whole villa was tidied up in less than two hours.
The housekeeping company's people used a small truck to take away all the things that Li Dong didn't want. Li Dong didn't look much. There was nothing in the villa that belonged to him. He wouldn't care if they took anything away.
After all the housekeeping staff had left, Li Dong entered the underground garage.
He turned on the lights. The garage was much brighter than before. The housekeeping staff should have also cleaned the garage. It was very clean and well-ventilated.
The garage was almost empty. At first glance, there was nothing special about it.
If there was something special, the housekeeping staff wouldn't have missed it.
Li Dong wasn't surprised at all. He walked around the garage. Then he walked and stopped. From time to time, he would knock on the wall or the ground a few times.
After half a circle, Li Dong couldn't help but frown. Could it be that he guessed wrong?
The reason why the garage's lights were so dim was because of Chen Rui's personal preferences?
Or was it hidden so deeply that he didn't find it?
Li Dong didn't know if he should continue to search. In fact, even if he really found something, it wouldn't be of much help to Li Dong.
Even if the father and son of the Chen family were greedy, they wouldn't be greedy for hundreds of millions or billions. It wasn't easy to hide so much money.
If there was no such thing after searching, or if it was just a few million, it wasn't really worth it for Li Dong to waste too much time on it.
However, the feeling of treasure hunting was a bit exciting. The amount of money wasn't the most important thing.
Anyway, he had wasted a lot of time. Now that the sky was getting dark, he had nothing to do when he went back. He might as well continue to search.
Thinking of this, Li Dong continued to squat down and search. After a while, the voices of Tan Yong and the others came from outside the garage.
"General Manager Li, are you there?"
"General Manager Li?"
Li Dong stayed in the garage for more than an hour. Tan Yong and the others were already a little anxious.
Seeing that the sky was dark and Li Dong hadn't come out yet, Tan Yong finally couldn't hold it anymore and went to the garage to search.
Hearing Tan Yong's shout, Li Dong twisted his stiff neck and shouted outside, "Old Tan, I'm here. Go to the tool room and bring a hammer over. "
Although he didn't know what Li Dong wanted a hammer for, Tan Yong didn't ask much. It was good that Li Dong was fine.
After a while, Tan Yong entered the garage with a small hammer.
Li Dong motioned for him to close the door and then said to Tan Yong, "Old Tan, help me look around. Is there any empty floor or underground darkroom in the garage?"
"Underground darkroom?"
Tan Yong looked at Li Dong suspiciously. Could the boss be muddle-headed?
He just bought a villa. Even if there is an underground darkroom, it is uncertain if there is anything in it. You are a big boss. You don't care about the company and don't go back home. Why are you looking for a darkroom here?
Tan Yong didn't say anything. Since Li Dong had instructed him, he would follow.
With the help of Tan Yong, the two of them were a lot faster. Soon, they looked through all the places that Li Dong hadn't looked at.
However, it was a pity that nothing was found. Seeing that Li Dong seemed a little disappointed, Tan Yong couldn't help but ask, "General Manager Li, what are you looking for?"
Li Dong shook his head and sighed. "I thought I could find something exciting to see if there is a collection of the corrupt official here. Now it seems that I guessed wrong."
After that, Li Dong stretched and said to Tan Yong, "Forget it. I'm not looking for it. It's just for fun. If there is nothing, forget it."
Tan Yong nodded. Li Dong said as he walked out, "Let's go back. We wasted the whole afternoon. Right, find a few people to help me fix the pillars in the hall. The gold is too dazzling … "
Speaking of this, Li Dong suddenly stopped and looked back at the garage.
After looking for a while, Li Dong suddenly said, "Old Tan, do you think there are so many load-bearing pillars in the garage?"
Tan Yong was not a fool. He immediately counted and then said, "It seems that there is no need. There are a total of eight load-bearing pillars here. Six of them seem to be there originally. The other two don't seem to affect it at first glance. If you really look carefully, it is a little redundant. It is a little too close to the pillars next to it."
Li Dong laughed and said, "I said it. It's a little interesting. They are really talented. If they have this skill, it would be better to spend it on the right path."
After laughing, Li Dong said to Tan Yong, "Give me the hammer. Let's see if we can smash it."
Tan Yong quickly said, "General Manager Li, you go out and rest first. I will smash it."
Li Dong waved his hand and said, "I will do it myself. What are you afraid of? If it is really a load-bearing pillar, we won't be able to smash it with a few hammers."
Tan Yong thought about it and agreed, so he did not try to persuade Li Dong again.
Li Dong was actually very curious. What was Chen Rui hiding in the villa?
Money? Jewelry? Or something else?
Two pillars. If they were hiding money, it did not seem to be much. But now, Li Dong did not care. This feeling of finding treasure after going through so much trouble was really great.
Right now, he wanted to see with his own eyes what this thing that he had only just found was.
Why did Chen Rui sell the villa to him?
Also, since Chen Rui had left something here, was he going to come back later to get it?
But two such large pillars, even if they were torn down, it would cause quite a commotion. Could Chen Rui be sure that he could take it back himself?
All these doubts were waiting for him to unravel.
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