Confessions of a Salesman

I nodded and said, "That's no problem, I'm not a difficult person to get along with either!"

The old Yuetou nodded and said: "That's good! The property fee we charge is also to ensure the safety of this place. You also know that this is a market, and the flow of people is very large. There are all kinds of people. When encountering transactions that cannot be disturbed, there are also colleagues. For those who are jealous of us, we have to have security guards to maintain order. When we encounter petty theft, we can deal with it ourselves, and we don’t bother the people’s police. All of these need to be paid! In addition, there is a lot of garbage produced here every day. A lot of cleaners are also needed, so the security guards and cleaners of the market in the community, plus the wages of our property management companies and the staff of the market supervision department, all have to be paid from your property management fee. Can you accept it? "

I groaned, and asked indifferently, "Then how much is it a month?"

Lao Yuetou took out a charging standard and handed it to me and said, "Look for yourself! At present, our 1 square meter is 2.5 yuan/month, which is calculated as your usable area, and the cleaning fee is charged separately, 10 yuan a month. Over there, you live at 1 yuan per square meter per month, which has been declared to the higher authorities, and there are policies, can you see if there is any problem?"

I originally thought that he must be trying to blackmail me, but after looking at the fee standard, I immediately felt that this old Yuetou has good management skills. The fee is really not high. Compared with my previous community property fee, it is so cheap up!
Seeing that I didn't speak, Lao Yue hurriedly explained: "What about you, you just moved in and the store hasn't opened yet, so you don't have to pay for this month! From next month, you have to pay, preferably every six months. Hand in, it’s okay to hand in once a quarter if it’s really difficult! But it must be handed in, and you can’t delay! Because if you don’t hand in, you can’t hand in. If you have trouble, come to me, and I’ll help you find a way, but , Seeing that you don't seem to be in trouble!"

I smiled and said, "That's okay, I just don't know, can the service you mentioned be in place as you said!?"

Lao Yuetou patted his chest and said: "Don't worry about this, my Lao Yuetou has been here for almost 30 years, and no one has said anything wrong with me!"

I originally wanted to ask him about the wholesale market, but after thinking about it, I should first look at the market here, what is going on, and then consider the unification and integration of the market. This old Yuetou seems quite reasonable. I will talk to him slowly when I have a chance later.

After paying the money, I went back to the house, and it was completely new inside, with brand new household appliances, and the ground was spotless. Lu Ping and Lily sat in the yard, drinking tea and admiring the flowers.

I walked over with a smile, sat opposite them, drank tea and said, "Don't tell me, this place is really good after it's cleaned up! When I first came here, I didn't think this house looked like a villa. Now It seems that self-built houses can also be very high-end!"

Lu Ping pointed to the gate and said, "The gate of this yard will be changed in two days, and the fence of the yard will also need to be changed. It is too short, and people outside can see the inside clearly! There is no monitoring around here, so it is not safe. The security company The people in the team made a plan, take a look!"

I waved my hand and said: "I won't watch it, you can arrange it, don't be so messy like a prison, people outside will think we have some big shots here! The thieves didn't pay attention to us, you just messed up like this , They are really eyeing us!"

Lu Ping hummed and said, "I thought about it, I told them all about it, it's not that exaggerated, don't worry! It's loose on the outside and tight on the inside! How is your talk going? Didn't you blackmail you?"

I shook my head and said, "No, it's reasonable! The property fee is cheaper than my previous villa!"

Lu Ping asked with a groan, "Then you told them about market coordination?"

I shook my head again and said: "No, it seems that it is not the time yet!"

Lu Ping asked curiously, "Why?"

I shrugged my shoulders and said, "I've only been here for a few days, and I want to take over the family. How is that possible? Let's talk about it after finding the buyer! By the way, Lily, look inside the property. Is there a garden or a nursery? I I was thinking, there is a store, but where is our purchase channel? It can't be just in the yard, right? "

Lily shook her head and said, "No, all the properties are here!"

I frowned and said, "Where did they buy their goods before? They won't go to a wholesale market again, will they?"

Both shook their heads, expressing their ignorance.

Next, Lu Ping almost moved a construction company over. The outer walls of the entire courtyard were demolished, the gates were replaced, the bathrooms and bedrooms inside were also redecorated, and the exterior paint of the house was scraped again. They also hung a sign "Shabby Room" on the door.

Lili went back for a few days and brought back all the landscaping purchase orders for some of the projects we invested in. I looked at the list and found that the quantity is really quite large, but most of them are saplings, turf and the like. And here most of them are flower seeds.I studied it carefully and found that many companies I had worked with before were not among them, so I asked Lily curiously: "Why didn't I see the purchase order from China State Construction and Huaxin Group? Didn't I always cooperate before?"

Lily looked at Lu Ping, Lu Ping smiled and explained: "You haven't heard of people taking tea to cool down, besides, many of them think that you are either dead or going in, and there is no one who can't come out in ten or eight years. Yes! When you are here, people trust you, you can say anything, and agree to any conditions, but when you are gone, who will give me face?"

I said angrily, "What's the difference between being here and not being here? They're doing business with our company, not me personally, so it's the same as letting them make money? And they're not losing money!"

Lu Ping smiled and said: "That's what you think, people don't think so! Mr. Zhang of China Construction, after you left, I looked for you several times, but found that you were not there, and I couldn't contact you. After listening to some For your rumors, I was afraid that the investment would not be in place, so I found a new home early, and the next project will draw a clear line with our company early!"

I groaned and said, "I'm like the plague, the farther away from me the better! Just wait and see, when I have a project, everyone will come to beg me!"

Lu Ping said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true. If you want to show some face, you should avoid it!"

I laughed and said, "Just wait and see, it's all shameless for money!"

Two days later, an old man in the village passed away, and a funeral was going to be held in the village. Now the municipal government has management requirements, and everything should be kept simple. Private mourning halls cannot be set up, and paper cannot be burned. If they do this, they will not be able to do it in their generation. I am afraid that the old people below will blame them if they go down in the future. If there is only one person, I was fortunate enough to be invited over.

There is an ancestral hall in the village. It is said to be an ancestral hall, but there is only a shrine for Guan Erge, and there are no other spiritual seats. I guess it is because young people don't believe it at all, and feel that it is usually creepy and not allowed to be displayed.

When I went, many people had already arrived, and no one paid attention to my existence. I found a corner and sat down. I saw Lao Yuetou pushing a wheelchair and came out. , an old man with piercing eyes and gray hair, holding a dragon-headed crutch in his hand.

As soon as they arrived, the ancestral hall immediately became quiet, and many people stood up and greeted the old man.

After old man Yue pushed the old man to the center of the ancestral hall, the old man waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Lao Yuetou sat next to the old man, whispered a few words to the old man, the old man nodded, and then he said loudly: "I called everyone here today, just one thing, everyone may have heard that Huang Lao passed away in the hospital yesterday! According to the rules of our village, when the old man leaves, he must set up a mourning hall at home for seven days and seven nights before the funeral, but now there are rules in the municipal government, we are not allowed to do this, I want to hear everyone's opinions, that Yaozu of the Huang family, you first Tell me!"

A middle-aged man wearing mourning stood up and said: "My dad passed away very peacefully. I would like to thank everyone for your concern. This is a happy funeral for our family! Originally, the old man is gone, and we don't want to trouble you too much. But we don’t want him to go too shabby. We definitely want to set up a mourning hall. If we don’t set up a mourning hall here, we will build a mourning hall in front of our own house. I don’t care about the city management, the city management, the rules set by the elders , we should respect it, this is a tradition that has been going on for thousands of years, no one can stop it!"

This was said sonorously and forcefully, neither humble nor overbearing, and many people nodded their heads when they said it.

Lao Yue nodded slightly, then looked at a young man, and asked him: "Yaohui, you are against it, please tell me your reasons!"

The young man was dressed in a suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and his hair was meticulous. The leather shoes under his feet were particularly conspicuous. He stood up slowly and said, "Brother Huang, I am not disrespectful to Mr. Huang. He also watched me grow up. However, I cannot agree to the establishment of a mourning hall in the ancestral hall. It is not without precedent. When the old man of the Bai family passed away, a mourning hall was set up here, and it was ordered to be demolished in less than a day. Xu, the funeral was done halfway and hastily. Is this worthy of the old people? Afterwards, they fined us so much money. The Bai family doesn’t care about these things, and my grandfather paid for it! Now you If you want to set up a mourning hall here, what if you are reported again? It’s best not to finish the house, if the fine comes down, will you pay it?”

The middle-aged man frowned slightly and said, "If someone in your family dies, what will you do? Don't you set up a mourning hall? I remember that when your second uncle and grandpa passed away the year before last, didn't you set up a mourning hall in the ancestral hall? We are Why didn’t you object at the time when you contributed money and effort? Now that it’s our family’s turn to handle affairs, you start to object. The ancestral hall does not belong to your family! It belongs to everyone!”

Yaohui's face suddenly turned ugly and he said: "Can it be the same? It was the year before last, and the municipal government didn't control it so strictly! Now it's not me who disagrees, but the municipal government disagrees! If they don't care, I'm sure I have no objection, I also want to give Grandpa Huang a best ride! We both grew up in the same village, brother Huang, I am not targeting you, but if I don’t let you go now, there is nothing I can do about it!”

The middle-aged man shook his head and said very sadly; "Yaohui, your grandpa Huang was the best to you when he was alive. You can't just leave him in such a poor way, right? If there is any fine, I will pay it. bear it!"

Yaohui was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say?

I have been observing the expression of the old Yuetou. From his appearance, he seems to be very supportive of Yaohui. When the middle-aged man said this, he frowned slightly and said, "Yaozu, I can understand your feelings, but now the country has According to the regulations, as the chairman of the committee, I cannot let you know the law and break the law! My old brother Huang, with his spirit in the sky, will understand us!"

A young woman next to Yaozu stood up and said: "Old Yue, that's not what you said. Everyone in your old life knows that it is a lifetime honor to be sent away in the ancestral hall here. Now my father is gone. , you can’t even walk from here, how can you tell him to go with peace of mind? In the early years, you didn’t let them set up a spiritual seat, but now you don’t let them set up a mourning hall. Isn’t it too much? When you are a hundred years old, Don’t you set up a mourning hall here?”

The old Yuetou said with some displeasure: "Daughter-in-law Yaozu, you can't say that. It's not that I don't let it go, it's the country that doesn't let it go! These policies have been issued to you a long time ago, and you have signed and read them yourself! Is it because I don’t agree? It’s because the policy doesn’t allow it! After I die, I definitely won’t leave here, there’s nothing I can do about it!”

Then, all kinds of quarrels started below, and everyone said anything, but no one would give in, so everyone was deadlocked here.

At this time, the old man in the wheelchair paused for a moment with the crutches in his hands, and everyone immediately fell silent. The old man said loudly, "Shut up, everyone, the ancestral hall is full of noise, how decent it is!"

Everyone seemed to be afraid of him, and no one dared to look at him directly. The old man stared at everyone, but I didn't avoid his gaze. He glanced at me, frowned, and then looked at me again. The old Yuetou next to him said: "You are so old, and you still have no opinions in doing things. Why do you stop doing things if the country disagrees with the policy? This is a tradition left by us from generation to generation. If you can’t do it, you can’t do it? The dead are the greatest, don’t you know?”

Just as the old Yuetou was about to refute, the old man glared at him. The old Yuetou dared not speak anymore. The old man continued: "Rules are dead, but people are alive! Go ask, if they just want some money, they even want to punish you." Count the money, just pay the money! We are not short of the money, after all, this is a custom left by the ancestors, we can't just break it so easily, if we break the rules, we will be punished by our ancestors!"