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As Qin Yuwen left, Masha walked towards William's office with a serious face.

After all, the gift was received, so she had to tell the deputy envoy William about it.

"Mr. Deputy Envoy, it's like this. I just asked Mr. Qin for a gift. But he said this gift, I couldn't handle it. But in the end, he told me after I asked him again."

"But I really can't handle this problem, so I came to report to you."

William was also stunned when he heard it, and immediately looked at Masha and said seriously: "What did Qin say that made you feel helpless?"

"Our country is at war with its eastern neighbor, but he told me that our country has overlooked two major factors: one is the neighbor's war potential, and the other is the neighbor's geographical advantage."

"Oh, you said it was the neighbor to the east, how could it be possible..."

But he stopped talking halfway through his words. After all, he was just an ambassador and there was no way he could understand all this. This needed to be reported to the ambassador, who could make the final judgment.

If the ambassador cannot judge, it will be uploaded to the country, and the country will then judge whether the information is correct.

……

Zhang Tianhao walked on the street, looking at the busy crowd around him, all of whom were in a hurry.

But when he saw a group of Japanese soldiers patrolling not far from him, his mood no longer looked good. After all, seeing Japanese soldiers here meant that the concession had obviously become a complete Japanese world.

Now the Japanese soldiers have entered the concession openly, and the armies of all the original countries have disappeared. Even for other foreigners, their lives are not so good.

After all, there are certain limits on the purchase of all materials in the concession, and not everyone can buy them in large quantities.

What's more, supplies are tight now. How could the Japanese possibly supply Shanghai, especially since this is their occupied area?

"Hey, that doesn't belong to someone else?"

Looking at the foreigner in front of him carrying a bag, Zhang Tianhao couldn't remember who the other person was for a moment, and a hint of confusion flashed across his face.

After all, the other party's identity was not low, but after a long time, he had somewhat forgotten it.

"No, he's not the one from the British Concession, right?"

He used to be dressed in a suit and looked very prosperous, but now he is as poor as an ordinary person.

"Ugh!"

Zhang Tianhao let out a long sigh, then shook his head and continued walking forward. He also needed to find a place to carefully examine the problems with the store.

After all, if he really wanted to open a store, he would have to help the Germans translate documents, so he couldn't be too far away from the German Embassy, ​​or he could just stay at home.

But staying at home is definitely not an option. After all, people will need to come over in the future. Having a store can at least allow for some staffing.

Especially Qin Yuxiang, who is going to come back after the New Year. He has no good way to stop her now, and can only arrange work for her in advance.

Business in the concession is not very good now. After all, many people are unemployed and it is quite difficult to find a job.

After walking around for a few times, Zhang Tianhao finally found a small store with only two rooms, but this time it said "For Rent".

Zhang Tianhao walked straight in and looked at a middle-aged man sitting in the room.

"Boss, do you want to rent your store?"

"Sir, you want to rent a store, please come in, please come in!"

Zhang Tianhao walked in and looked at the two storefronts carefully. The area was not very large, only about 60 to 70 square meters.

But this is enough. After all, he just opened a small bookstore, and it would not be good if it were too big.

"Boss, how much is the rent per month?"

"Sir, I have a good store here, and I can earn at least 200 yuan a month. What do you think?"

"It's too expensive. Look at the businesses out there now. It goes without saying which one is doing well. You know, many businesses have closed down because they can't make it. Such a good place is closed down. I don't know how they are going to survive in the future!"

"Besides, I don't know how to do business. If my family hadn't really had no other options, I wouldn't have run out to find a store to do business. I'm worried about losing money." "That's impossible. With your good looks, how could you possibly lose money?"

When the boss heard this, he smiled happily and said respectfully.

"How about a hundred and fifty dollars?"

"By the way, boss, are you selling this store? If you do, I'll buy it. Whether I make a profit or a loss is a business matter!"

"Do not sell!"

"Forget it, I was originally planning to find a nice store, but since they don't sell anything, I won't play anymore, so I'd better find another job!"

Zhang Tianhao didn't care about it, but prepared to leave and look for another store.

  One step, two steps, three steps!

When Zhang Tianhao took the third step, the boss said hastily, "Sir, if you really want to buy it, how about giving me a fair price?"

"Sure, thirty thousand!"

"Thirty thousand is too little. I might as well keep it. At least fifty thousand!"

"How about this, I'll give you thirty-five thousand, what do you think?"

"Fifty thousand, not a word less. If it weren't for the whole family, young and old, waiting to eat, I wouldn't sell this store," the boss shook his head firmly, his breathing a little rough.

Apparently he was still quite reluctant to sell the shop.

The ancients said: One shop can support three generations, which is absolutely true.

In the end, Zhang Tianhao was no match for the middle-aged man and bought the store for 50,000 yuan.

"Brother, take the deed and go with me to the government to handle the formalities, and I will give you the money. What do you think?"

"No problem! Just do you have money?"

"Of course I brought it."

Zhang Tianhao patted the briefcase in his hand and laughed.

"Okay, I'll go get the title deed now!"

The middle-aged man looked at Zhang Tianhao, and after confirming that the other party might really want to buy it, he also went back upstairs to get the title deed. After all, in this era, title deeds are still important.

Zhang Tianhao also looked around downstairs and thought about how to decorate the building next.

After all, this is a bookstore, and the floor, walls, and even the roof need to be renovated.

As for the two rooms on the second floor, he also had to consider using them as warehouses or something like that, and one of them would be used as temporary housing as a place to stay.

"Brother, where are your family members?"

"My family lives in another place. Since this is a storefront, they don't come here often. Now that it's sold, I don't know how I'm going to live in the future."

"Let's just live our lives slowly. Why think so much? I was forced to start a business, otherwise my family would have run out of food."

"Are you from a big family?"

"Well, it's similar to yours, except that it used to be a small courtyard. Now it's sold and I'm going to find a storefront. Even if the business is bad, with a storefront, at least I can have a place to make a living."

"I see, trade the big house for a small one, and then earn some hard-earned money!"

When the boss heard this, he smiled bitterly and went directly to the municipal government with Zhang Tianhao to transfer the property and change the title deed.

About an hour later, Zhang Tianhao took the new title deed, and the middle-aged man carried Zhang Tianhao's briefcase, and they left the housing management office separately.

Now, we finally have our first piece of Qin Yuwen's property. (End of this chapter)