Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 172 Source of goods, honorary president

Under bright incandescent lights, rows of colorful shelves display a variety of merchandise.

We have everything from seasonal vegetables, aquatic products, rice, snacks, drinks, wine to daily necessities.

Customers who entered the store looked at the products on the shelves with surprise under the guidance of the salesperson.

After briefly inspecting the entire supermarket, Li An and Hua Man came to the first floor.

Huaman recalled the surprised faces of the neighbors in the supermarket and said with a smile:

"It seems that the neighbors are very new to the business model of Baihui Supermarket."

Hearing this, Li An's face was very calm.

"Novelty has its time. Do you know what the neighbors value?"

Huaman turned to look at Li An and asked, "What is it?"

“Convenience and affordability, of course affordability is the most important thing.

Although there are many types of products, they can meet the different shopping needs of customers. But no matter what people value at any time, it is cost-effectiveness.

It is not easy for everyone to make money these days. If the prices of goods here are high, everyone would rather be more cumbersome and run a few more steps to buy things from other stores.

Especially in Walled City, whether a supermarket can attract more customers to the store depends on whether the price is close to the people. But whether I can make money depends on the source of goods. "

Huaman's face was very interested and she asked with interest:

"Source?"

"Correct."

Li An nodded and said slowly:

“The most important thing is the supply of seasonal vegetables and seafood. Because I directly contact vegetable federations and fishermen, the prices are low enough.

But for drinks, canned goods, and some imported goods, I got them from agents. Needless to say, the prices didn’t make much profit. "

"That's it"

Huaman nodded to express understanding.

It is unrealistic to think how much money you can make in the short term by doing retail.

In addition to the backlog of goods, the most important thing is the supply of goods.

With only one supermarket, there is no scale and it is impossible to obtain goods at sufficiently favorable prices.

While continuing to expand the retail scale, what Ang Lee needs to do is to obtain the operating rights for some products in Hong Kong.

Solve the supply problem of most commodities in supermarkets.

When you have sufficient funds, you can consider franchise rights for beverages and imported goods.

For example, Coca-Cola was very popular in the late [-]s.

In 1948, the Hong Kong Soda Drink Factory officially produced Coca-Cola and became the official bottler of Hong Kong. By 1965, the Swire Group successfully acquired the Hong Kong Soda Drink Factory and obtained the operating rights of Coca-Cola.

During this period, Ang Lee also had the opportunity to intervene.

The two walked out of the store. Huaman suddenly asked, as if thinking of something:

"A'an, your supermarket is open today, are you free?"

Li An turned to look at her and joked:

"You think being a boss means you have to stay in the store, of course you do. What? You want to go shopping and need someone to take things?"

There was a gentle breeze blowing. Huaman pushed her hair behind her ears and chuckled:

"That's not true. I'm not a shopaholic."

"What's that?"

Ang Lee asked.

"Today they were discussing the welfare association and specially asked me to call you over."

"Of course it's fine."

Li An nodded.

Orchid Electrical Development Shop.

When the two of them entered the store, they happened to meet Jiachen going out.

He paused, looked around outside the store, glanced at Huaman, and saw that Li An was hesitant to speak, as if he had some scruples.

Li An saw Jiachen's expression and nodded.

"Go ahead."

Jiachen then spoke: "Di Zhi asked someone to contact me."

"where is it?"

Jiachen shook his head: "He couldn't have told me the specific location directly. He just asked me to go to Old Man's Street, and someone would take me to see him then."

Li An thought about it and said:

"Just let him come out like I said last time. Let me remind you, you only have one chance. If you miss it, you will have nothing."

"I am clear."

Jiachen nodded heavily and left in a hurry.

As soon as Jiachen left, Huaman, who had been silent all this time, took Li An's arm and asked in a low voice:

"Yang Zhuluan is the Heavenly Stem, and the Earthly Branch is also a member of the killer organization?"

Li An nodded and said calmly:

"Although Yang Zhuluan is dead, the fact that Earthly Branches stayed in the walled city and asked Jiachen to pay attention to what's going on here is always a destabilizing factor.

There is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days. To be on the safe side, it is better to kill the Earthly Branches. By then, the killer organization will exist in name only and there will be nothing to fear. "

Although Li An said it lightly and didn't seem to take Earthly Branch to heart, Hua Man still looked worried.

"Jay Chen is also a member of the Killer Organization. How confident are you that he will betray the Killer Organization?"

She had met Jiachen several times before when she came to see Boxer, and she also knew his alias.

But he didn't know that the other party was also from the killer organization.

"His name is Jiachen. He stayed in the killer organization because he had something to take advantage of. If there is a chance to escape from this prison, he should be very willing."

After explaining, Li An looked at Hua Man with a smile on his face:

"What, are you worried about me?"

"I'm telling you the truth."

Hua Man chuckled and hit Li An on the chest, looking very feminine.

"Then if you say that, I'm sure."

Ang Lee smiled.

"gone."

The two came to the second floor to rent a room and pushed the door open.

Quan Lao, Duan Yingfeng, Bide, Taipo, Diao Lan, and two unknown middle-aged people were sitting around the table, talking and discussing something.

Seeing Li An and Hua Man entering the door, Quan Lao quickly stood up and greeted:

"Li An, sister, you are here, sit down first."

Everyone moved their butts and made room.

Li An pulled two stools and the two sat down next to each other.

Duan Yingfeng stood up and handed over two cups of tea and said to Li An:

"You came just in time, Boxer and I were just talking about you."

Li An glanced at the two middle-aged people he met and waved his hand.

"You can just come to the Welfare Association after your own discussion. I won't be able to stay in the Walled City for long."

Duan Yingfeng took over the words:

"We know, but the Welfare Council wants to restrain the associations in the Walled City and your help is indispensable.

Didn't you say that you can have a false position? So we discussed it and gave you the title of honorary president. "

"Honorary president?"

Li An was taken aback, and a look of astonishment flashed across his face.

Then he shook his head and laughed dumbly:

"I don't think the honorary president is that easy to be."

Hearing this, Boxer smiled and said:

"Don't worry, I know you don't have time, it's just a false position."

Li An didn't say any words of rejection. He nodded and agreed.

Although he is only the honorary president, when he thinks about it, he knows that he has to bear certain responsibilities.

However, having said that, the reason why the walled city is left alone is because it does not belong to the colonial area of Gui Lao.

The residents living here also escape from difficulties, and sometimes they help out as much as they can.

You can also accumulate some social prestige through the welfare association, which is nothing bad.

Those rich people who spend money and put effort into charity are not just to enhance their social prestige.

On the other side, Jiachen came to Old Man's Street as agreed with Dizhi.

As soon as he entered an alley, a hurried figure bumped into him.

Jiachen subconsciously grabbed the other person's wrist. Unexpectedly, the other person's reaction was exactly the same as his, and he also grabbed his wrist.

With his other hand, Jiachen flipped his wrist and grabbed the man's forearm first. “Jiachen.”

The man spoke.

He looked to be in his twenties, wearing a cardigan with an open chest and a sweat towel around his neck, looking like an ordinary coolie.

Jiachen let go of the other party's wrist.

"Bingwu, Mr. Dizhi asked me to come."

After the young man who called himself Bingwu finished speaking, he turned around and left without any hesitation.

Jiachen didn't say anything and followed in silence.

After wandering around for a long time, I finally reached a dilapidated high-rise building.

After walking along the apartment corridor, which was not much wider than shoulder width, I stopped at the door of a house.

Bingwu patted the iron fence at the door hard.

After a while, an ordinary-looking woman wearing a coarse cloth opened the corner of the door, glanced at Bingwu through the iron fence, and then opened the iron fence.

The two walked into the door, and Jiachen looked around calmly.

This seems to be no different from an ordinary residential room. The room is just a small single room with a simple single bed, and it looks relatively clean.

The woman took the bedside phone and dialed a number.

"Jiachen is here."

After the call was connected, the woman just said a few words and hung up the phone.

Then the room fell into silence, and all three of them remained silent.

Jiachen secretly calculated the time in his heart, and within about ten minutes, there was a knock on the door.

The woman walked over and opened the door, and a middle-aged man with gray hair and a gray gown walked in.

Jiachen stood up:

"Mr. Earthly Branches."

The middle-aged man hummed: "Tell me about it."

"Quan Lao and Duan Yingfeng, with the support of Ang Lee, set up a welfare association."

The middle-aged man sneered: "Welfare association? Are you planning to take over the territory of the hometown association?"

Jiachen shook his head: "No, it is similar in nature to the welfare association outside, but they also want to restrain the associations in the walled city so that the walled city will no longer be chaotic."

"Doing something good?"

The middle-aged man laughed out loud and said in a disdainful tone:

"It seems like the two of them are going to act like their father and play heroes to the end."

He frowned slightly, was silent for a while, and said:

"You just said that Li An was also involved."

Jiachen nodded: "The Welfare Association is short of manpower, and Li An's help is indispensable if we want to restrain the societies in the walled city.

In order to help Quan Lao and Duan Yingfeng, all the people Li An brought to the Walled City were handed over to Quan Lao and the others as the security team of the Welfare Association in the Walled City. "

The middle-aged man’s eyes lit up:

"You mean, Ang Lee's gunmen are not here, and he is alone now."

"Mr. Earthly Branches." Jiachen suddenly spoke.

"what's up?"

When Jiachen interrupted his words, the middle-aged man's face darkened, and he was obviously unhappy.

"I don't understand, why do you want me to stare at Duan Yingfeng, Quan Lao and the others?"

Jiachen's tone was cold.

"What do you know?"

The middle-aged man scolded.

"The organization has been deployed in the walled city for so many years, how could it be given up so easily. Although Tiangan is dead, the organization has not disbanded as long as I am in it.

Duan Tongtian and Chao Mengshan were killed by our organization. Duan Yingfeng and the others will interfere with our plans sooner or later if they stay in the walled city.

And Li An, for killing Mr. Tianqian, this revenge must be avenged. "

After saying this, he looked at Jiachen indifferently.

"You should know the rules. In the future, don't ask if you shouldn't ask about this kind of thing. Just do whatever the organization asks you to do.

You should remember that when the organization let Diao Lan go, what did you promise yourself? "

"Xin has not left, but I will stay and serve the organization for the rest of my life."

The middle-aged man snorted coldly: "As long as you know better, if you don't keep your promise, you should know the consequences!"

"I see."

Jiachen nodded, expressionless.

The killer is also involuntarily.

Both he and Diao Lan were trained by the organization since childhood.

The organization has spent a lot of time and money, so it is naturally impossible for its killers to leave easily.

Not to mention killers like him and Diao Lan.

For Jiachen, who wanted to leave the organization so that Diao Lan would no longer be threatened by the organization, this was an opportunity.

That night.

Ballroom, third floor.

The strong wind brought by the fists and kicks gradually stopped.

Li An's upper body was naked, with sweat dripping from his muscular upper body.

"I see that you just practiced boxing. The walking and turning of Baguazhang, the six major openings of Bajiquan, and the palm skills of Piguaquan have become more and more proficient. There is a faint momentum of becoming a school of its own."

"It's still early to form a faction of its own."

Li An exhaled slightly and smiled.

His eyes naturally fell on Huaman who was walking over.

A slim and elegant long skirt outlines the woman's graceful figure. Her tender eyes and shallow dimples on her cheeks make the smile on the woman's face much sweeter.

Walking up to Li An, she handed over a towel and said with serious eyes:

"It's because your demands are too high. As far as Bajiquan and Piguaquan are concerned, even if you compare with those national martial arts masters, you still have to give in."

She is not exaggerating. She has practiced boxing since she was a child, and Huaman naturally has a good sense.

What's more, she herself practices Bajiquan, and she is very clear about Li An's current level of Bajiquan, plus her attainments in Piguaquan are not bad at all.

The Baji is close to the body, and the Pigua Fist is for long strikes and long strikes. The two are integrated and penetrated. In terms of physical skills, they are naturally not weaker than those famous masters who are experts in multiple fields.

It's just that Ang Lee seems to be very greedy. He has many boxing skills, and he has taken the path of one thousand punches and becoming his own school.

But after thinking about it, considering Li An's age, I can understand Li An's thoughts.

Li An took the towel, wiped the sweat from his body, and asked:

"What to eat?"

"Ok?"

Huaman didn't react for a moment.

Li An took the short shirt on the side and put it on, and said with a smile:

"I just happened to go out to do some errands. When the things are done, I will bring them back for you."

Huaman naturally knew what Li An meant. She looked up at Li An:

"I will go with you."

Li An just shook his head slowly.

Although Huaman is very skilled, she may not be able to handle it compared to those killers.

"What to eat?"

Li An asked again.