Chapter 18 Building block man
City H is a well-known tourist city in China. Chen Yiran came to City H for a meeting and inspection this time for the next project of Huachuang Group to renovate the commercial street.
The once most famous commercial street in H City was built 20 years ago. Nowadays, it can’t meet the needs of tourists more and more, and some facilities and equipment are also aging. Huachuang Group has taken the land next to the commercial street and plans to expand and upgrade it to create a brand-new characteristic commercial street.
The sky gradually darkened, and Chen Yiran walked alone in the old street, looking at the shops on the side of the street. Many of these shops are time-honored brands, but their turnover has been declining because there has been no change in decades. Other newly built commercial street food courts have attracted many tourists in recent years.
When passing a handicraft shop, Chen Yiran accidentally saw a building block man in the window. With a glance, he opened the door and walked into the shop.
“Hello, welcome.” The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man who looked 30 or 40 years old. When he saw Chen Yiran, his movements were obviously paused.
Chen Yiran wore a high-profile suit, and he did not look like a tourist. I heard that a big boss came to inspect and discuss the transformation of the commercial street these days. Isn’t it this big boss?
When the store thought of this, Chen Yiran’s voice finally brought back his thoughts: “Is this for sale?”
Chen Yiran held the building block man in the shop window in his hand.
The store was stunned, and said with a smile to Chen Yiran: “This is a building block produced by Merlot. This series was discontinued and out of print more than ten years ago. I am an old antique.”
“I know.” Chen Yiran walked to the counter with the building blocks, and said to the boss, “Since you put it out, you should be looking for players who want to collect. You can make a price.”
The corners of the boss’s lips moved slightly, and he didn’t expect that the big boss would also collect Merlot’s toys. He didn’t speak for a while, as if thinking about a suitable price. Chen Yiran didn’t urge, but just stood there patiently and waited.
After a while, the boss said: “Although the price of this set of building blocks was not expensive at the beginning, the players who collect it all understand its value. I won’t give you a random offer. Someone asked for this series on the Internet before. I didn’t sell it for more than 20,000.”
“One hundred thousand.” Chen Yiran didn’t want to waste time bargaining with him, so he directly quoted a number.
“Huh?” The boss was stunned, deeply suspecting that he had misheard.
Chen Yiran repeated it again: “One hundred thousand, I want this one.”
The boss finally recovered from the impact of 100,000 yuan, both eyes were shining with excitement: “Well, well, I’ll wrap it up for you right away!”
As if afraid that he would go back, the boss quickly rummaged in the cabinet: “I still keep this set of boxes. I’ll find them out for you right away.”
He pulled out a squashed box from under the drawer, refolded it, and carefully put the building blocks that Chen Yiran wanted in it. Chen Yiran took the card out and handed it to the boss. While helping him swipe the card, the boss asked him graciously: “Do you want anything else? There are a few more blocks on my cabinet. Do you need it?”
Chen Yiran said, “No, I have all of you.”
“Oh…” The boss thought for a while, and then asked, “Which one do you still lack? I’ll collect it for you, and I will contact you if I receive it.”
Chen Yiran thought for a while, took out a business card and handed it to him: “Okay, if you receive it, just call the above number.”
The boss took the business card and looked down. Good guy, it really is the big boss of Huachuang Group.
“Okay, no problem. Which one are you short of?” The boss smiled more attentively than before, and his mouth was almost cracked behind his ears.
Chen Yiran said: “The princess pretends to be beautiful.”
“Ah…” The boss frowned and realized that it was not simple. “This is a hidden item at the beginning, it is very rare.”
Chen Yiran looked at him: “Have difficulties?”
“No!” At this moment, the boss is like an employee of the world’s top 500, and his spirit has changed. “I have a very wide network. I know that some people have this, but they are also collecting and not selling. But you can rest assured, I will help You receive!”
“Yeah.” Chen Yiran responded lightly, and left with the building blocks he had just received.
“You go slowly!” The boss took Chen Yiran out of the shop before exhaling a long breath.
That’s how it feels to be an elite in a big company.
It’s pretty enjoyable.
Chen Yiran walked out of the store and ran into Fu Oz, who was looking for him. Seeing Chen Yiran holding a small box in his hand, Fu Oz leaned forward curiously, wanting to see what the baby was: “What did you buy?”
“It’s none of your business.” Chen Yiran put the box in his briefcase without touching Fu Oz.
Fu Oz pulled the corners of his mouth and looked up at the sign of the shop where Chen Yiran had walked out: “This is not a love shop. Is it such a cover up?”
Chen Yiran raised his eyebrows slightly and ignored him: “How are you looking?”
Fu Oz touched his chin and began to report: “Not only is the facilities and equipment outdated, but many shopkeepers have also fallen behind in their business philosophy, especially some old brands. Now that it’s impossible to attract young people, just look at the people walking on this street. The two of us are the youngest.”
“…” Chen Yiran said, “It is true that they can no longer hold on to their disability. I know they like to talk about their feelings and persistence, but they will close the door sooner or later if they continue like this. If you don’t change or make progress, you will be eliminated.”
“Who can say no? The landscape here has to be redesigned. Now the young people come here to take pictures and check in.”
“Mr. Chen, Mr. Fu.” Assistant Wu carried a large bag of things in his hand and caught up with them from behind. “Mr. Chen, these are some special pastries you asked me to buy. They are the signature pastries of every store. .”
“Try it.” Chen Yiran said to Fu Oz and picked up a pastry that he couldn’t even name.
“President Chen, let me take your bag for you.” Assistant Wu took the briefcase in Chen Yiran’s hand. Fu Oz also picked up a pastry, and said to Assistant Wu: “Be careful, he can hold baby in his bag.”
“Huh?” Assistant Wu was a little dazed, “What baby?”
“I don’t know, he won’t let me see.”
“You can’t stop your mouth with food?” Chen Yiran glanced sideways at Fu Oz and took a bite of the pastry in his hand.
“How is it?” Assistant Wu asked him curiously.
Chen Yiran took a closer look and commented: “It can’t be said that it is not good, but it may not meet the tastes of young people nowadays.”
Assistant Wu said: “When I went to buy pastries, I also found that most of the residents around were buying them. There were no young people. But the boss said that this is a recipe uploaded by their ancestors, and they have done this for generations.”
“These things cannot be set in stone. Just like foreign fast food, taste adjustments will be made in China. If you want to develop, you must adjust the formula appropriately.”
Assistant Wu nodded after hearing what he said.
“You taste it too.”
“Good President Chen.”
“By the way, I heard that Li Linlin has also come to H city.” Fu Oz finished the pastry in his mouth and patted the residue on his hands. Chen Yiran looked at him with an inquiring look: “You care about her?”
“I…” Fu Oz laughed helplessly. “Their crew has such a big trouble and has been on so many hot searches. Why, don’t you know?”
Chen Yiran frowned and asked him aloud, “What happened to the crew?”
“It’s okay. After the show was broadcast, didn’t the role that Lin Lin played was popular? The heroine stopped doing it, and the screenwriter and sister Lin Lin were torn apart.”
After listening to Chen Yiran, his brows frowned again: “Should she not reflect on herself first?”
“…” If everyone has your consciousness, there will be less and more melons in this world.
“Assistant Wu, go and find out about the situation.” Chen Yiran turned his head and ordered.
“Okay.” Assistant Wu nodded holding a bunch of snacks, “Ms. Chen, do you want to eat more?”
“No, you can take it back.”
Fu Oz and Chen Yiran suggested: “Why don’t you take it for sister Linlin to taste?”
Chen Yiran considered it for a while and said, “There is still a meeting tonight, there is no time.”
After speaking, he looked at Fu Oz with a blank face: “Also, how many times have I said it? That is my sister, not your sister.”
Fu Oz: “…”
I don’t think you think you are your sister?
Li Linlin was in H City for two days, basically playing with Shangci’s opponent. After Ou Jiaxu killed someone, the police have been investigating the matter. Xiao Yiren, the policeman played by Shang Ci, suspected that the matter was related to O Jiaxu, so he stared at her very closely.
Lin Zhen and Zheng Yang came here the next day, with the screenwriter still with them. The atmosphere of the crew has eased a little bit from the previous two days, but everyone still barely speaks in private. Li Linlin is not so sensitive to these things, and doesn’t care, but now everyone has to change the script at every turn, which makes her work longer.
“Lin Lin, look at that man over there, is it someone next to Mr. Chen?” Wu Hui caught a glimpse of a young man coming to the crew, and the director and the producer had both gone to greet him, very diligent.
Li Linlin looked in the direction she said, and she saw a familiar figure: “Ah, he was there on the day of the charity party.”
Xiaoxi and Xiaoxiao both came from Shengteng and recognized Fu Oz. “That’s Fu Oz. Fu is the person next to Chen.”
“No wonder.” Wu Huiruo realized, “He came to see Shangci?”
“Maybe.”
Shangci is from Shengteng, and Shengteng is invested by Huachuang Group. Looking at Shangci by Fu Oz, there is nothing wrong with this logic.
The director also thought he was here to visit Ban Shangci, and was still thinking that Shangci’s so great face would be able to start Mr. Fu to see him in person. Fu Oz smiled and listened to what he said about Shangci, and asked: “I heard that the ending of this novel, Ou Jiaxu’s end is miserable?”
The director was stunned for a moment, but some did not switch over: “Ogaxu? Oh, it’s like this in the novel.”
In the original book, the author arranged for Ogaxu to be sexually assaulted when she was down, in order to reflect how miserable the ending was. However, Wang Xin didn’t like this kind of plot, so he modified everything involved.
Fu Oz asked the director: “Is it still acting like this in the play?”
The director said: “Definitely not, and the trial is not easy. Now it is arranged that Ou Jiaxu is chased by Xiao Yiren to Sanqin Bay and jumped into the sea by himself.”
“Jump into the sea?” Fu Oz’s eyebrows moved, “Is this really jumping?”
“Mr. Fu, you really know how to joke, we use computer special effects.”
“Oh…” Fu Oz nodded, “When we are filming, the most important thing is safety.”
“Yes, yes.” You are Jin. The main father, you can say anything.
“By the way, I heard that the crew had some unpleasant disturbances in the past two days.”
The director felt a little bit of a sigh, did all this get in front of Mr. Fu? “There are some internal conflicts, but we have resolved them.”
“That’s good.” Fu Oz said with a smile, “Linlin and Mr. Chen’s sister are good friends, and it is also Mr. Chen’s half sister. I will go see her.
The eyes of the director and the producer moved, daring to love Mr. Fu who came over today, is it aimed at Li Linlin?
“He’s here, he’s here!” Wu Hui’s voice became tense when she spoke, “Lin Lin Lin Lin!”
“I saw it!” Li Linlin broke Wu Hui’s fingers one by one and rubbed her arm. She thought Wu Hui was only afraid of Chen Yiran, but she didn’t expect that she was even afraid of Fu Oz?
“Sister Linlin, do you remember me?” Fu Oz stood opposite Li Linlin, smiling amiably, “I am Fu Oz.”
“I know.” Li Linlin yelled deliberately, “Ms. Fu, what can you do with me?”
Fu Oz said: “I’m here to spread the word for President Chen, and he will invite you to dinner tonight.”
“Really?” Li Linlin’s eyes lit up suddenly, “but I’m not sure what time to end today.”
“It doesn’t matter, we will send a car to pick you up in advance.”
Li Linlin nodded and looked at Fu Oz. “This kind of thing can be done by my brother just calling me. Why do you want to go there in person?”
“Hurt.” Fu Oz sighed. “Isn’t he afraid that you will be bullied in the crew? I must come personally.”
Li Linlin blinked: “No one in the crew bullied me, everyone treated me very well.”
Especially Lin Zhen.
“That’s good.” Fu Oz smiled at her, and said to her, “I have a job, so I will leave first. By the way, don’t call me Mr. Fu, you can call me Brother Oz like Mr. Chen. .”
Li Linlin: “…”
After Fu Oz left, the crew quickly started work again. The filming went smoothly today. Li Linlin stopped work before dark, but the male and female lead continued to film.
The car sent by Chen Yiran was already waiting outside the set, but Li Linlin got in without taking anyone else. It was Assistant Wu who drove, and after seeing Li Linlin, she invited her to eat pastries.
That’s right, the ones he bought the day before, he really can’t finish eating them alone.
“Are these pastries delicious?” Assistant Wu asked her.
Li Linlin nodded again and again: “It’s delicious!”
Assistant Wu smiled and said: “These were taken to Mr. Chen yesterday, Mr. Chen and Mr. Fu both gave a lot of opinions.”
“That’s it.” Li Linlin looked at him, “In this case, these are actually not that delicious.”
Assistant Wu laughed, and then listened to Li Linlin said: “It’s a bit too tired, you can change it a little bit.”
“Well, Mr. Chen said the same.”
Assistant Wu drove the car to a private restaurant. It was getting dark, Assistant Wu led her into the lit courtyard, crossed the pontoon, and walked to the terrace outside the restaurant.
“Wow, Assistant Wu, the landscape here is so beautiful, Xixi must like it very much.” Li Linlin admired the surrounding Chinese-style courtyard scenery. Chen Xi likes this style the most, so let’s take a few pictures of her later. .
Assistant Wu said: “This is a new store invested by Mr. Chen, and it has not officially opened yet.”
“Oh oh.” Li Linlin nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, “Yiran, brother’s business is very extensive.”
The waiter inside helped them open the door, and Li Linlin was led in by the waiter alone, but Assistant Wu did not follow.
Chen Yiran was sitting in the private room and had already ordered food. Li Linlin was led to the door by the waiter and looked inside curiously.
“What are you looking at?” Chen Yiran saw her probing look, and couldn’t help curling her lips. “Come in.”
“Hehe.” Li Linlin laughed twice and walked in. The waiter helped her close the door behind her and stood outside waiting for the food to be served.
Li Linlin sat down next to Chen Yiran and couldn’t help but look around. This private room is not closed. There is a plum blossom window that just happens to be able to see the plum blossom trees planted outside. The private room door is facing the direction, and there is a two-open wooden door, which is closed now, but Li Linlin guesses that it can lead to the small outside. hospital.
“Brother Yiran, this is your new investment store? It’s well repaired and stylish!” Li Linlin liked the environment and atmosphere very much.
Chen Yiran mixed the cup in front of her with tea, and said, “Well, it’s still in trial operation. Please come and try the dishes first.”