Chapter 170
After Han Lei and others selected the property address and signed the intention contract, several carriages came to the construction site sales office one after another. The visitor directly asked to purchase a private club for the third phase. Therefore, after Zhao Qi and others received it, five more units were sold.
"Dalang, there are only four sets left in the end. Why don't you sell them? Let's keep them for yourself!" Looking at the four spare positions in the sand table model, Manager Liu was a little reluctant.
"The heroes have similar views, and I have the same intention, so I won't sell the last four sets..."
"Little brother, it's not OK to sell it. The wheels of the car almost broke before they arrived!"
Before Zhao Qi finished speaking, a voice sounded at the door. When he turned around, he saw an old man in a long robe strode in.
"So it's Mr. Yao!" Zhao Qi and Manager Liu rushed forward to greet him.
"Haha, I heard that Dalang returned safely last night, and I was very happy and excited. I knew that there were many people in the harbor today, so I didn't come to join in the fun. But I just heard that someone talked about the third phase of private club, which made me feel itchy, so I rushed over. The two of them had to sell this private club to me no matter what!" Yao Sheng laughed and stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Qi's arm and shook it hard.
Zhao Qi smiled helplessly and said, "Old Yao wants to buy it, so we naturally welcome it. There are only the last four sets left now, so you can choose one. Please ask someone after you go back, you must say it's gone!"
"Natural, I will never talk nonsense!" Yao Sheng nodded and agreed, then went forward to look at the sand table, and quickly chose one set. The remaining three sets of shopkeeper Liu quickly asked someone to find a wooden sign to insert it, saying that all these were sold.
Just when Yao Sheng signed the contract, several businessmen came one after another. These were big bosses who operated restaurants or brothels near the harbor. After learning about this new model, they couldn't wait to come and take a look, but found that they were all sold out, and they all regretted and stamped.
Because Xiaolongwan Harbor is more than two miles away from Yanggong Town and is slightly remote, it will not be too good to invest in brothels and restaurants here, because the flow of people is far less than that of Yanggong Town Wharf. However, private places like private clubs do not require large flow of people. On the contrary, these people are all businessmen. As soon as they hear Zhao Qi's remarks, they can immediately analyze their advantages and characteristics. Private clubs must be private enough, and the surroundings must not be too lively, because those who treat guests to dinner are not ordinary people, and those who negotiate are not about family matters. Of course, the quieter the better, the fewer people around, the better, and of course the more beautiful the environment, the better, and the higher the other services, the better.
Private villa, garden, swimming pool, viewing balcony, famous chefs, fine wine, good tea, beautiful girls singing and dancing, and the surroundings are quiet. You can not only swim and watch the sea, but also drink banquets, music, tea and poetry. The most tempting thing is that you can also enjoy the essential oil massage of the pretty girl.
When all the conditions Zhao Qi mentioned were put together, it would inevitably be an unimaginable ultimate experience. I am afraid that the officials in the palace would not enjoy such luxurious treatment.
But now it’s one step late, and it’s just a mistake.
After the private sea view villa was sold out, this opportunity to make a fortune was in vain.
Zhao Qi could only give them sympathy for these businessmen who regretted and stamped their feet, and then watched them leave dejectedly.
Of course, if they have enough courage when they go back, they can find a place to rebuild the same private club, but whether they can succeed depends on their strength and luck.
At this time, the sun was already west, and the day was over in a busy life.
And this day was definitely the busiest day for Zhao Qi to travel to the Song Dynasty.
From the morning to the hour of You, I was almost busy and kept making a round trip. The results were naturally surprising. Nearly 120 contracts were signed for sale, most of which were delivered directly. These people were already eating weights and were determined to climb the boat on Xiaolongwan Harbor to make a fortune. They all came directly with a lot of silver and silver.
At this point, the sales department's task has been completed perfectly, but there is another department that is so busy that it is too busy to hand over.
The Finance Department has three accountants. A former accountant in his sixties arranged by Manager Liu to be responsible for the coordination. In addition, two accountants who are proficient in accounting processing were also hired. They are both around fifty years old. One is surnamed Chen and the other is Lu. They are responsible for the accounting and cashiers. On weekdays, the three of them are relatively idle. Especially after Lu Guangping began to deal with Xiaolongwan Harbor secretly, the Finance Department was even more idle. In addition to spending some money for food, drink, defecation and sensation every day, they just drink tea and chat. Otherwise, they wander around the construction site. Now the purchase of building materials at the construction site is almost stagnant. Not only the people in Dawan Village block the door and cause trouble to destroy the vehicles coming and going, but some businessmen in the town who supply building materials directly did not do business with Xiaolongwan, for fear of offending the Lu family.
However, today's hot situation suddenly made the three old accounts in the Finance Department almost lost their souls. Starting from sending Li Xiyun away, the formal contract signed was sent to the Finance Department one by one like flow of money. There were merchants who paid the down payment. These people carried a large amount of silver clubs and even silver. Although it was convenient to count them, they still had to check the authenticity one by one. This is a technical job. As long as you are careless, you might receive fake money.
Although making fake money in any era is a serious crime of beheading, in the prosperous Song Dynasty, counterfeiting and selling fakes can be said to be rampant. Buying a roast duck on the street may be adulterated. It is common to put stones in your belly. As for selling dog meat with sheep's head, everyone is used to it, and they can only buy it based on their own experience. They are too lazy to care about reporting to officials. There are so many things that they can't help but can't help it.
False making and selling can be said to be an undefeated chronic disease after the prosperity of business. It will be the same in any era, and even the means will become more and more sophisticated with the development of civilization.
As the most important currency in commercial circulation, it is naturally the most passionate object of all counterfeiters. The silver contains all kinds of copper, iron, lead and tin, and has the means to melt and recast silver and lead and tin into silver ingots. Before all these methods are not accurately weighed, they can basically be judged by experience, touching, falling, and biting three teeth.
This is also the reason why silver looked bumpy in ancient times, because biting with teeth was almost the easiest standard for judging silver. If it tastes good and soft, it can leave a clear silver tooth mark. That is true. If the taste is not good and you bite it and knock it on your teeth, it is fake or impure.
Of course, these methods are only suitable for small transactions. For a meal, three cents of silver, and a small piece of broken silver covered with tooth marks, the taste is fine, weigh it with a děng (děng) and then check out.
But facing today's silver that was brought in boxes, the three unshaven accounting offices of the Finance Department were about to collapse. Although they had worked in the pawn shop for many years and had experienced old accounting offices, they suddenly had millions of stakes in the money that suddenly came in, and their blood was rustling all over their body. Whether it was the Silver Club or these cash silvers, they needed to carefully distinguish and judge the authenticity one by one. As long as one negligence was neglect, it might cause dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver to lose.
When Zhao Qi and Manager Liu came to the Finance Department, more than a dozen merchants waiting to pay the money were drinking tea and chatting in the reception room outside, while the three old men were busy inside, their eyes were red.
Zhao Qi walked into the office and saw three gray-bearded accounts inspecting a box of silver ingots. It was not enough to just weigh it with your hands. He had to bite it gently with his teeth. Looking at the saliva and tooth marks left on each piece of silver, Zhao Qi was so amused and crying.
"The two shopkeepers are here!" When the three accountants saw the two incoming, they quickly bowed and said hello. Maybe they had bitten too much silver and their lips were shaking slightly.
"Thank you three gentlemen today, I'll give you bonuses after you finish your work!" Zhao Qi said with a smile and comforted him.
"Thank you, the shopkeeper, it's not hard. It's just that there is not enough manpower and there is too much money to be busy!" Liu Chanfang said with a wry smile and pulling his beard.
"Well, but this situation is only this time. After finishing the work, I calmed down and slowly got it done. Tonight we arranged for the security guard to be on duty overnight. We asked someone to go to the cafeteria to say he would send it over. How much has been counted and put in the warehouse now?"
"There are only more than a dozen merchants outside. The amount received is more than 900,000 guan, and all of them are almost 1.2 million guan. By the way, the two shopkeepers, and today three merchants have used some gold to pay the bill, with a total of more than 1,000 guan. How should these be recorded!" An accountant asked.
"Gold!" Zhao Qi became interested, and Manager Liu was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. He said with a smile on his beard, "Although the government stipulates that gold cannot be used as money, it is the most convenient way to trade in business. This thing cannot be fake, and it is better than silver. Unfortunately, it is too little and difficult to make. I have been doing business for more than 20 years, but I have only made more than a hundred taels of gold. I am hiding in the cellar like a treasure. I didn't expect someone to buy a house. This is a real rich man!"
"Where is the gold? Take it out and take a look?" Zhao Qi asked. Chen's accountant opened the three thick wooden boxes on the ground, and indeed exposed the yellow gold. The golds were slender strips, round gold cakes, and gold leaves folded together like paper. There were seals and handwriting on them. Most of them were bumpy and even missing corners and blocks. The shapes looked messy, but they were indeed real gold.
Zhao Qi picked up a few pieces and weighed them a few times. The heavy feeling and yellow color almost made him saliva stay.
This gold made him truly feel the smell of gold, silver and treasures.
Just like Ermazi and others drooled when they saw copper coins, for money, whether it is copper coins or silver, it is not as attractive as gold, which can represent wealth.
"Good thing!" Manager Liu also had a urge to drool. No one would think that valuables such as gold were missing.
"The two shopkeepers, golden is rare on weekdays, and it is not cost-effective to use it to pay the goods after the account is recorded, so it is better to ask the two shopkeepers to deal with it themselves!" Liu Jianfang also reminded with joy on his face.
"Gold is rare, and it is a pity to spend it. Manager Liu, anyway, almost all the contracts have been signed, and the funds for the construction of Xiaolong Bay Harbor are already very sufficient. How about we distribute these golds as dividends and bonuses?" Zhao Qi turned to look at Manager Liu.
"Haha, it's just my wish. This Huang Chengcheng thing drools when you look at it. They take it home and hide it. They can also create some jewelry for their family. This is a good start for our Xiaolongwan Harbor!" Manager Liu smiled so hard that he couldn't stop.
Soon the two of them decided to take out the more than 1,000 taels of gold and divide it into two parts, of which 800 taels were distributed by shareholders in proportion, and there were more than 200 taels left to middle and lower-level managers in several departments, each of which could be divided into about 3,500 taels or 7,800 taels. After all, these are all gold and absolutely hard currency. Even if they are not spent, they can be kept as a family heirloom. Therefore, when the news spread, they immediately screamed happily.
In order to demonstrate fairness, the Finance Department took out another thousand taels of silver as a bonus to reward all the formal employees of the Xiaolongwan construction site. Almost all the people in Maowan Village were divided into more or less. Even the group of children who just arrived today were divided into three taels. With these heavy white silver, a group of children gathered around the leading girl like crazy and cheered, stuffing the silver into her arms for her to keep.
Chapter completed!