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"But if you don't tell him, he might not know your current situation and think you have a good life, eating well here and giving little to your family."

When Fang Sijin heard Zhao Shucheng say this, she immediately said, "Of course I'm not."

"Of course I know this. You are only slightly better than Xiaolou. Xiaolou is reluctant to spend money because she has to help her family pay off debts, but you are reluctant to spend money on yourself because your mother is holding the emperor hostage to control the princes, and because of family ties, she keeps asking you for money."

In fact, Zhao Shucheng has always felt that Jingyi store is a big stage of life. Every employee in the store has his or her own story, and they are all forced to do so.

Xie Tingfeng may seem like a seasoned man, but he has his own story. He comes from the countryside, married a wife, supported his son's graduate studies, and saved up for two houses, one of which is a wedding house for his son.

Xie Tingfeng and Boss Huo were once found a house for a contractor, and the two became friends. Later, the contractor Sun Zhengming was asking for the project payment, and the KTV caught fire. Sun Zhengming saved Xie Tingfeng and Boss Huo, but he himself died in the fire. In order to repay Sun Zhengming's life-saving grace, Xie Tingfeng took the initiative to take care of Sun Zhengming's wife and children, but because of this, he gradually put his heart on this small home and neglected his own family.

Wang Zijian seems to serve only high-end clients, but he basically gives all his money to the girls he pursues. However, the girls look down on Wang Zijian and only treat him as an ATM.

Although Zhu Shanshan is a native of Shanghai, her family is not well off and she lives in a very small house. Her family loves her very much, but they also instill in her the princess dream that only marriage can change her fate. She always wants to find a rich husband, and the other party must be a local resident of Shanghai and must be rich. She is also called the closet princess by her neighbors.

Fang Sijin thought about the fact that she had been blackmailed and exploited by Pan Guiyu, and knew that if she could not solve this problem, she would be eaten up by Pan Guiyu sooner or later. She did not tell her grandfather that she had not returned home many times since she went to school, and every time she talked to her grandfather, she only reported good news and not bad news.

Now that I think about it, my grandfather must have thought that I was living well outside and didn't want to cause trouble for him. But it was also because of this that he gave Pan Guiyu the opportunity to keep asking for money from him. Over a million in total was enough for the family to live well.

Zhao Shucheng continued, "After all, your grandfather is old and alone in the countryside. He is isolated and helpless. In addition, your mother's personality means that even if you send him money every month, his life will not get better. It is even possible that all the money will be taken away by your mother. No matter how filial you are, it will be useless."

"On the contrary, if you don't resist, she will only intensify her efforts, thinking that your grandfather is a rare commodity and will squeeze you even harder. Do you really think you can handle her growing appetite? It's one million now, and it will be two million or five million in the future. Do you think you can make so much money as just a store manager or an agent?"

Fang Sijin certainly knew that she couldn't satisfy Pan Guiyu's appetite. After all, although she could make money, she was not making a fortune every day.

In fact, Zhai Yunxiao had advised Fang Sijin before to sever ties with her family and stop them from sucking her blood. But she couldn't bear to leave her grandfather, so she couldn't let go.

But what Zhao Shucheng said now made her feel that it made sense. If she couldn't bear to leave her grandfather, she could just take him out and take care of him herself without being controlled by Pan Guiyu.

"Thank you, Manager Xu. After I finish this order, I will ask for leave and go pick up Grandpa."

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "You go by yourself?"

"Right? What's wrong?"

Zhao Shucheng sighed and said, "It's not that I look down on you, but if you go alone and want to snatch grandpa from your mother, you can't do it. After all, your grandpa is now equivalent to a hostage in her hands. Do you think she will let him go easily? If you can really do it, you won't be oppressed for so many years, but you won't dare to resist."

Fang Sijin felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, but she had to admit that what Zhao Shucheng said was the truth, and she seemed unable to fight against her family.

"Okay, let's talk about this matter after you finish dealing with Lin Maogen's old house. I'll find someone to go with you then. It would be best if you can use the excuse of giving the old man a physical examination and take him away directly from the hospital. If she comes to you in the future, you can negotiate the terms of support with her directly and give her three to five thousand a month, which will be considered to completely severing your relationship."

Fang Sijin hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but finally agreed.

Zhu Shanshan has been looking for houses these days, but has not found an old house that meets Lin Maogen's needs. She immediately found Zhao Shucheng with a worried look on her face and said:
"Aunt Xu, I've been running around for so many days, but I can't find the old house that the old man wants. It's really too difficult. Aunt, can't you help me?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "We have only just started. You have only been to so many places, and you are already a little exhausted? If the business of old houses is really that easy to do, they would not have become the top luxury houses in the Magic City. But if you can make this order, other real estate sales will not be difficult for you at all."

Zhu Shanshan said, "But now there are so many real estate agents in Shanghai looking for houses. What if someone else finds one first? Wouldn't it be a waste of our efforts?"

Seeing that Zhu Shanshan really had no clue, Zhao Shucheng could only say: "Okay, in this case, I will take you to find someone. If we can get him to help, then we can get twice the result with half the effort."

"Really?"

"Of course, if you weren't my employee, I wouldn't want to bother him. He's a living map of the Magic City. If you want to find a house in the Magic City, you can't go wrong asking him."

As Zhao Shucheng was about to take Zhu Shanshan out, he happened to meet Fang Sijin who had just returned. Zhu Shanshan told her the news, and Fang Sijin looked at Zhao Shucheng eagerly.

Zhao Shucheng could only say: "You can go too!"

Before leaving, Zhao Shucheng bought a lot of gifts, including liquor, tea, and Zhen Lao Da Fang fresh meat mooncakes. This mooncake is a local specialty of Shanghai, with the highest sales record of more than 300,000 sold in one day, and people often have to queue up to buy it.

"Shanshan, don't tie the bag so close. If the moisture can't escape, the pancake will become soft and taste bad."

"Aunt, is it necessary to be so exaggerated?"

“You must treat food with reverence so that you can appreciate its deliciousness.”

After arriving at Uncle Zhang's house, Zhao Shucheng said with a smile: "Uncle Zhang!"

Uncle Zhang looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "You are a kid who never comes to visit me for no reason. What do you want from me?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, from what you said, I can't just come to see you? You guys should also say hello to Uncle Zhang!"

Uncle Zhang looked at Zhu Shanshan and Fang Sijin brought by Zhao Shucheng, and was a little surprised. He asked, "Are you going to change people?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "That's really not the case!"

Fang Sijin opened the fresh meat mooncake, handed it to Uncle Zhang, and said, "Uncle Zhang, I just bought this, please try it!"

Zhu Shanshan looked at the old man in front of her. He was not good-looking, and the place he lived in was not very good. He was over 60 years old. Could he really help him find a suitable old villa?
"Aunt, is this Uncle Zhang a professor in the history department?"

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "No, just listen carefully. It will be of great benefit to you."

But listening to Uncle Zhang chatting, his conversation and temperament don’t seem like that of a scholar. Could he be a former postman?

Uncle Zhang took a bite of the fresh meat mooncake and then said, "Wenchang, how long have you not come to my place? Let's play a game?" "Of course, I obey your orders. Where is the chessboard?"

"It should be in the old place, go find it yourself!"

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Okay, you eat something first, I'll go find the chessboard."

Following Zhao Shucheng, he went straight into Uncle Zhang's house and rummaged through the drawers and cabinets. It took him a while to find the chessboard.

When Zhu Shanshan saw Zhao Shucheng's actions, she became curious about the relationship between Uncle Zhang and Zhao Shucheng, and even more curious about why the other party would allow others to do this in his home.

After Zhao Shucheng took out the chessboard, he said, "How long have you not played chess? I searched for it for a long time before I found it."

"I can't remember! I have no opponent. If you don't come, who can I play with? Playing with those lousy chess players on the street is not enough to make me angry."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and set up the chessboard, saying, "That can't be helped. You don't want to go out, and it's not easy for me to go back and forth. You tell me, you don't have to work anymore. If you really want to play chess, you can come to my place to find me."

"Come on, I won't go and cause trouble." Uncle Zhang said, shaking the purple clay teapot in his hand.

Zhao Shucheng said, "Don't be idle, be considerate and refill Uncle Zhang's water! Shanshan, use the microwave to heat up the mooncakes a little. The heat has made them a little soft."

After they all left, Uncle Zhang looked at Zhao Shucheng curiously and said, "What's going on with you, kid? Are you really going to change your wife? Which one is your new girlfriend? It can't be both, right?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "No, Chengcheng is pregnant, so I didn't bring her. As for them, they are my assistants."

"You didn't change it? That's fine, that's fine."

Zhao Shucheng said, "No, just speak up if you have any ideas. There's no need to hide our relationship."

"I just think your wife and you can't get along. You two are not the same kind of people."

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "You are right, that's why I let her have a baby to see if I can tie her down. But it doesn't matter if we can't live together, I've never lacked luck with women anyway."

"That's true. You and your father are actually quite similar in this respect. You both have good relationships with women."

Uncle Zhang suddenly thought of something and looked at Zhao Shucheng awkwardly. When he found that he didn't care, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Shucheng said, "I've figured it out now. There is no man who is not lustful. It just depends on one's self-control. A man with a conscience and self-control is naturally a good man. A man without a conscience or self-control will naturally become a scumbag like Lao Xu."

After Fang Sijin and Zhu Shanshan came back, Zhao Shucheng said, "Let me introduce you. This is Fang Sijin, the new store manager of our store. We now have a dual store manager system. This is Zhu Shanshan, an employee of our store. I brought them here today specifically to learn from you."

"Look, I told you that you never come to visit me for no reason. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "It's nothing. There's just an old house. The client has quite high requirements. He wants a terrace, a dome, a gable, a small red building, and a big black iron gate. Do you know where I can find it?"

Uncle Zhang looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Yes, there is, but I can't remember exactly where."

After hearing this, Zhu Shanshan looked at Uncle Zhang and said, "Uncle Zhang, please think about it carefully!"

"She's not talking about the Yin Mansion, is she?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Old Jianghu people are old Jianghu people! But the outer wall of Yin Mansion doesn't seem to be red?"

"This was probably in the 1990s. At that time, the government was trying to improve the city's appearance, so they painted all the exterior walls gray. You were young at the time and didn't know that once the gray faded, it would become red bricks."

Zhu Shanshan and Fang Sijin looked at each other and immediately understood why they had not been able to find the Little Red Building no matter how hard they looked before.

"Do you know what the most valuable thing about Yin Mansion is?"

Seeing the curious looks in Zhu Shanshan and Fang Sijin's eyes, he said, "Gable, how many villas with gables have you seen?"

Fang Sijin said: "Uncle Zhang, do you know the owner of Yin Mansion? I'll go talk to him!"

Uncle Zhang laughed and said, "You are so arrogant, little girl. Do you think you can talk about Yin Mansion? Tell him about your experience in Yin Mansion."

"The owner of Yin Mansion is Yin Ziyun. He was a famous real estate developer in Shanghai before the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was also from an aristocratic family. Later, the house was taken over by the Guo family. The Guo family is an important figure in both the political and business circles, and is also a well-known red capitalist. Until now, this house is also the ancestral property of the Guo family. You ran to the door of the family and asked, hey, are you selling your house? You want a feed seller to sell other people's ancestral property, are you kidding me?"

Fang Sijin smiled awkwardly after hearing this, and she knew that she seemed to have no way to persuade the Guo family to sell the house to Lin Maogen.

Zhu Shanshan said worriedly, "What should we do then?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "Uncle Zhang has pointed out the way for you now. Just follow this direction and you will find a suitable house."

Zhao Shucheng and Uncle Zhang did not continue to talk about the old house, but instead began to concentrate on playing chess. If Xu Wenchang was only on par with Uncle Zhang before, then Zhao Shucheng, who has hundreds of years of chess experience, is now a direct dimensional strike.

Uncle Zhang didn't expect that after not seeing Zhao Shucheng for a while, his chess skills had improved so much that he felt helpless.

"Boy, your chess skills have improved. But I'm not a pushover either, let's play another game!"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, don't worry. I came here today just to have a big fight with you. But what do you think about this?"

Uncle Zhang looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "Alright, bring the map over here and I'll circle a few places for you to find. I don't know if they're still there." (End of this chapter)