Walking with his former deskmate in the most famous classic location in Songjiang City, Zhao Guoyang didn't feel anything strange in his heart, just silently watching the endless crowd around him.

The Old City God Temple is the core of the Songjiang Old Town Area. It is bounded by the Ringcheng Round Road. The northern half of the Ringcheng Round Road is Renmin Road and the southern half of the Ringcheng Round Road is Zhonghua Road.

This area was originally a moat. At the beginning of the last century, it was filled with rivers and built roads and paved with asphalt, and took the trolley tram No. 11.

It was not until recent years that there was a call to switch to cars.

The city walls here were also demolished, leaving behind a number of ancient place names in the Great East Gate, the Great South Gate, the Old West Gate, and the New North Gate.

Many elderly people in Songjiang know that the Old City God Temple was once the location of Songjiang County Government.

This point can be vaguely distinguished from the nearby place names such as Guanyi Street, County Zuo Street, Sanpailou, Sipailou, and Old Xiaochang Road.

Zhao Guoyang and Qi Meiyun walked on the west side of the Old City God Temple Square and saw a row of eye-catching wing rooms.

When I got closer, I saw it, it was the chess and card room.

Unlike the era before Zhao Guoyang was reborn, in the early 1990s, there must be no one playing mahjong in the chess and card room.

When Zhao Guoyang and the others came here, there were people playing chess, Go and Bridge.

Among them, the chess tables occupy the vast majority.

What surprised Zhao Guoyang was that there were more people watching chess on the side than playing chess.

Although the rule is to watch chess without saying anything, sometimes people make jokes.

Zhao Guoyang stood beside for a while and then heard dialects from various places such as Yongcheng dialect, Kuaiji dialect, Gusu dialect, Jiangbei dialect, Ludong dialect and other places.

After watching for a while, Zhao Guoyang saw that Qi Meiyun was not interested, so he smiled and said, "Meiyun, I am really hungry. Let's continue walking forward and find someone to buy food."

"Okay, then go to the Temple Square. The fried steamed buns and chicken and duck blood soup there are all delicious. The soup in the steamed buns and chicken and duck mixed chicken and duck in the blood soup are so irritating."

Zhao Guoyang had an impression of the fried steamed buns. After hearing Qi Meiyun's words, he said "Hmm": "Yes, then let's go here..."

On the way to the square in front of the temple, Zhao Guoyang discovered that the renovation was underway near the Old City God Temple.

The Yuebin Building, the snack shops and Fenglou near Guanyi Street, are all being renovated.

Seeing that Zhao Guoyang was not looking around, Qi Meiyun explained the historical allusions of these shops to him one by one.

"Ah, the building in front of me is the Huabao Building, which is rumored to be selling handicrafts!"

Seeing the towering and tall four-story building in front of the house, Qi Meiyun introduced to Zhao Guoyang with interest.

"Huabaolou?" Zhao Guoyang was stunned when he heard this familiar name.

The name of the "Huabao" building is taken from the sentence "Tianhua Tianbao" written by Wang Bo, a famous writer in the early Tang Dynasty. It refers to various handicrafts, silks, jewelry, antiques, and cultural relics in the building, many of which are treasures among all things.

Before his rebirth, although Zhao Guoyang had never been to this Huabao Building, many of his friends he usually contacted were big customers in this building.

Everyone has a good reputation for it, and it is basically the top store among the same type in China.

However, there is only one reason why Zhao Guoyang was stunned at this time, that is, his "fashion beauty" jewelry brand.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Guoyang started to ask: "Meiyun, when will this Huabao Building be opened?"

After hearing this, Qi Meiyun was curious: "What's wrong with Guoyang, do you want to buy handicrafts?"

As if he had remembered something, Qi Meiyun suddenly realized: "Uh, I understand. Guoyang, do you want to buy antiques, right? Tsk tsk, rich people are different!"

Listening to the squad leader’s teasing, Zhao Guoyang curled his lips helplessly.

He raised his finger to the front and said to the truth: "Meiyun, you've made a mistake. I asked about this 'Huabaolou' just to see the jewelry inside it..."

After Zhao Guoyang finished speaking, Qi Meiyun would inevitably be wrong.

Her face changed slightly: "Uh, Guoyang, are you going to prepare a 'love gift' for your girlfriend, right?"

"You may be disappointed in this. This 'Huabao Building' seems to be very exquisitely decorated. It will take at least a year or two to finish the decoration."

"If you wait for someone to ship the freight and then open the business, it will probably be the next year."

Zhao Guoyang naturally didn't find out what happened in Qi Meiyun's words.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Hi, squad leader, look at how busy I am every day, do you have time to fall in love?"

Before Qi Meiyun could answer, Zhao Guoyang continued, "I am thinking about the sales of my own factory products!"

"Speaking of this, you should also know about Meiyun. The last time Sun Ning came to Songjiang City, wasn't it because of the electroplating of jewelry from our Rongguang Machinery Factory?"

When Qi Meiyun heard this, she immediately understood.

She nodded repeatedly and said, "Ah, yes, yes, yes, I forgot that monkey is hanging with you."

"As a result, Guoyang, are you planning to put the jewelry in this 'Huabao Building' to sell?"

Listening to Qi Meiyun’s question, Zhao Guoyang nodded and said, “Well, I do have this idea.”

"Songjiang Chenghuang Temple is the leading commercial street in China, right? If the products can be added to this area, it will definitely be of great help to improve the brand of our factory."

"Well……"

Hearing this, Qi Meiyun said hesitantly: "Guoyang, I heard that the threshold of 'Huabaolou' is very high. For ordinary brands, they seem to be unwilling to cooperate with each other!"

Zhao Guoyang naturally knew the awesomeness of "Huabaolou".

After hearing Qi Meiyun's "advice", he smiled and turned his head and said, "I naturally understand this, but Meiyun, do you think I am like the kind of person who talks loudly?"

"Although the products in our factory still have the ability to enter the high-end market, hasn't their 'Huabao Building' been opened yet?"

"Taking the two years of renovation of this 'Huabao Building', we just gave our factory the opportunity to improve product quality..."

Zhao Guoyang narrowed his eyes and touched his chin and said, "If everything goes well, it may be possible. By the time they open, the jewelry in our factory may have become famous."

Listening to Zhao Guoyang's confident words, Qi Meiyun was shocked.

As she has lived in Songjiang City for several years, she has already understood many situations in this big city.

The origin of "Huabaolou" and the strong capital are indeed beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

If it were anybody who said such "arrogant" words in front of her, Qi Meiyun would definitely be disdainful.

But for some reason, when Zhao Guoyang said this, she had no such thoughts in her mind at all.

Maybe this is the unique thing about Zhao Guoyang.

The two of them wandered around the Chenghuang Temple for a while, ate the fried steamed buns and chicken and duck blood soup, and then they set out on the way back with unfulfilled desire.

On the way back, the communication between the two became more and more profound.

Obviously, the last class reunion, coupled with this appointment, brought the relationship between the two deskmates back to their student days.

As he walked, Qi Meiyun sighed and said, "Guoyang, I really envy you. You can break out your own world through hard work."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but smile and said, "Meiyun, do you want to come out and make a fuss by yourself? I fully support this!"

"Now the country's policies are committed to supporting the development of private enterprises. With your ability, you will definitely be able to make a career."

Qi Meiyun didn't expect that Zhao Guoyang had a high opinion of him, and a hint of secret joy appeared on his face.

However, thinking of her own affairs, she quickly put away her smile and said, "Guoyang, you are wrong. I am still very satisfied with my current work, and I do it smoothly, and I have no ambitions..."

Qi Meiyun's remarks made Zhao Guoyang a little puzzled.

Looking at his inquiring eyes tilted his head, Qi Meiyun sighed and said, "That's right, Guoyang, our Songjiang Textile Group Co., Ltd., although the performance has been good before, with the emergence of a large number of foreign and private enterprises after the country's reform and opening up, the market competition has become increasingly fierce, and now the situation is a bit bad."

"Our company's sales fell by 30% throughout the year, and in the first quarter of this year, this figure continued to decline."

With a bit of sad look on his face, Qi Meiyun continued to speak: "Guoyang, you know. My current position is the deputy section chief of the second department of the sales department of the Marketing Management Department. Due to the decline in performance, our department has not received a bonus for three months..."

"Because there is no bonus, everyone's enthusiasm for work has also declined a lot. Now, more people are just sitting in vain. After going to work, everyone just reads newspapers, knits sweaters, and just waits to get off work."

"I see these things and worry about them. However, I can't come up with any effective methods at all, and it has become a vicious cycle."

Listening to Qi Meiyun's complaints, Zhao Guoyang gently patted her shoulder to show comfort.

Feeling the care of the old classmate, Qi Meiyun's face finally looked a little better.

After a moment of silence, she sighed softly and said, "For this matter, our section chief and I have also made several suggestions, but they have all been denied by him."

"In his words, if you still have a salary, you have to worry about it. The only thing we can do now is to wait and see if it doesn't work. If it doesn't work, the factory will definitely be acquired, and then see if it will be retained..."

Zhao Guoyang was a little reluctant to agree with the view of Qi Meiyun and the section chief.

Indeed, in state-owned enterprises, there are many people who hold on to his idea of ​​this.

If this is the production and the technical department thinks so, there is nothing to say.

But as a leader in a sales department, if you also hold this idea, it would be a bit negative.

The reason is very simple. When the company is in poor condition for a long time, the sales department is the only department that can turn the situation around.

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Chapter completed!