On the second day of the second month of the Dingwei year of the lunar calendar, on March 15, 1907, thousands of Chengdu people were talking enthusiastically about one thing:

The "Jetta Cars" that has been widely advertised in three consecutive periods on the front page of "Shu Daily" will hold a grand opening ceremony at 9:00 this morning. At that time, not only will it dance dragons and lions, but it will also create a unique lottery event with rich prizes and greedy prizes.

It is reported that anyone who collects all the advertisements in the last three issues of Shubao and answers three questions correctly will have the opportunity to try his luck in public: one first prize will be awarded to one expensive British "Lion" bicycle; two second prizes will be awarded to one Japanese "Lishi" manpower water lifter dedicated to drilling wells; ten third prizes will be awarded to one British "Sail" new horse lantern.

Just after 8 o'clock in the morning, citizens who came from all directions to the west had already filled the intersection of Shuncheng North Street and Yudaiqiao Street, and rushed to the three-story building with colorful silk flags hanging at the entrance of the bustling street. At first glance, there were five or six thousand people.

Dozens of patrol police officers from the Beizheng Branch of the General Patrol General Administration were all tired and sweating profusely. Faced with the festive gongs and drums, the number of people gathered more and more. The patrol officers who maintained order finally couldn't stand it and had to ask for instructions to go to the top. They urgently invited a team of 120 patrol troops from the north gate to help.

At about nine o'clock, with a dense drum sound, everyone looked at the temporary building at the entrance of the building, decorated with joy, and exclaimed loudly.

I saw more than ten celebrities including the famous General Office of the Provincial Government, General Office of the Patrol Police, Director of the Masato Branch of the Patrol Police, Mr. Chen Guangyuan, International Friends Roboting and Mr. Zhuang Mori, Japanese Friends Mr. Tsuka Genjiro and more appeared on stage one by one. For a moment, drums and music were heard and applause was heard. Tens of thousands of people who were deeply infected couldn't help but applaud.

In a blink of an eye, the entire intersection and surrounding buildings became a sea of ​​joy with applause.

The General Officer of the General Office of the General Office of the Qunye Road, who was wearing a third-rank official robe and a flower feather, was invited to give a speech. He was humble and then came forward generously, overlooking the spectacular scene below the audience. He was particularly excited. He was an official for more than 20 years and had never had the opportunity to speak in front of ten thousand people. And in such a relaxed and joyful occasion, why didn't he feel excited?

Lord Fang was originally prepared, but excitedly, he forgot all the carefully prepared teachings and congratulations, so he had to clear his throat, raise his hand to make a quiet gesture, and said that today's second day of February was a festive day. With the invitation of Mr. Roberting, a famous British scholar, and Deng Hanxuan (Shopkeeper Deng), the city's meticulous businessman, to happily attend the opening ceremony of the Jetta Car Market, praise the civilization and advancedness of the Jetta Car Market, and deeply admire the promise of Jetta Car Market to give priority to recruiting poor and unemployed people, calling it a new thing that benefits the country and the people. He talked about it and finally sent his best wishes.

Lord Fang ended his speech with a tide of applause and was pushed to the front by a small teapot. Deng Hanxuan, the owner of Liufangzhai Teahouse, who served as the shopkeeper of the newly opened Jetta Car Store, staggered to the front desk, and amid the sound of kindness, he calmed down his body tremblingly.

Manager Deng looked back in anger. He grimaced the little teapot that had just been secretly pushing him, quickly flashed behind Robbing, avoiding Deng Hanxuan's resentful gaze, pretending to be nothing, and talking to the enthusiastic British young man Zhuang Sen.

Manager Deng stood in front of the stage, facing the thousands of people who were smiling, he felt his legs were weak and his lips were dry. He recited two days of opening congratulations, but he couldn't remember a word. His bright forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans. He had lived for forty-eight years, but he had never dreamed of such a scene?

Haohao stood stupidly for a few seconds, and when the laughter in the audience became louder and louder, the shopkeeper Deng simply put his heart down, closed his eyes, raised his head, and shouted like a castrate crowing: "I've touched the lottery--"

The audience suddenly felt thunderous, and the guests on the stage couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh.

Roboting looked at the shopkeeper Deng who was quickly escaping back in shock, then looked at the little teapot behind him that was hilarious and inappropriate. Finally, he came over and shook his head and laughed silently. Instead, the Japanese wealthy businessman Tsuka Ginjiro, who was sitting next to him, had a smile on his face, and was not surprised. This Chinese master is obviously not a surprise.

The highly anticipated lottery has begun. As the host, the patrol officer Chen Guangyuan, who is tall and strong, was very glorious. He came to a large table covered with red cloth in front of the platform and directed the patrol officers and soldiers and police to maintain order. Two tall and strong patrol officers carried out a big red box amid his shouts, containing more than a thousand envelopes of clipping answers.

Under the attention of everyone, Chen Guangyuan took a long time to invite a few old men and children to watch the fun, and these unrelated people took out the lucky ones of today.

As Chen Guangyuan read out the winning names one by one, the crowds of people exclaimed and cheered. Ten lucky citizens who drew British horse lanterns were swaying on stage to receive the award under the envious gaze. They were all in a hurry but were surprised. They were all in all manners, like a big show, which caused shocking laughter and applause in this era of lack of entertainment.

There was another scene on the high platform. British gentleman Roberting accompanied several officials to watch the fun, pointing fingers from time to time, and having a pleasant conversation.

But Jiro Tsuka Genyo pulled the small teapot to his side and said with great emotion:

"Xiao Jun, I really didn't expect you to have such a big scene. I admire you more and more now. You are a wizard, not just a wizard in the business world. I firmly believe that in other fields, you will also stand out and grow rapidly. I hope we can deepen our cooperation in the future."

"Thank you Mr. Zhongyuan for your praise. I am just a little clever. If I had not received my generous support from my husband, I would have transferred thirty-eight cars from Wuhan, our car dealer would not have been in the size of fifty-six cars since the opening. And I also generously donated two high-quality human water lifters to today's opening ceremony. This deep friendship will be remembered in my heart."

After the little teapot calmed down, there was no slight smug look on his face, but instead he looked even more humble.

Jiro Tsuka Genha shook his head:

"No! Compared to the reputation you have gained for our Japanese products today, what's the point of just two human water lifters? I should thank you!

"Xiao Jun, I still can't figure it out. How did you come up with three unique advertisements in the newspaper? How did you come up with propaganda words that easily arouse people's curiosity? And how did you think of absorbing poor people into the car market to find employment, and thus openly invite a bunch of high-ranking government officials to support you?"

The little teapot smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Zunyuan is so caring, I dare not not tell the truth... I believe that Mr. Xiao Yiming is actually just an insignificant little person. If I had not been fortunate to receive the care of Mr. Roboting and you, I would still be a gangster struggling at the bottom of the city. So, I had to rack my brains, seize every fleeting opportunity, raise Mr. Roboting and you as a big banner, and convince you to come forward and invite government officials.

"All I can do is just to propose a suggestion to recruit poor people to employment. I hope this suggestion will be successfully invited to support these officials who pursue political achievements. In this way, no matter how high-sounding we are, in the future, I will not dare to bully our Jetta car. In general, no matter how high-sounding it is, in essence, I am full of selfishness, that's it."

Zunyuan was shocked by the frankness of the little teapot. He looked at the little teapot for a long time and couldn't speak. Finally, he sighed and patted the little teapot's arm friendly, turning his attention to the boiling stage, but he tossed and savored the little teapot's words in his heart.

As noon approached, the opening ceremony that caused a sensation across the city ended with the loud drums and firecrackers. Robbeting, Zhuomyong and Jiro Tsukatsuki happily attended the reception banquet held by Lord Fang.

Deng Hanxuan, the shopkeeper and third shareholder of Jetta Car Store, used the excuse of being too busy with the car store, and thanked the foreigners for their warm invitations, and stayed busy with his little teapot brothers and a group of new car store staff.

The already famous Jetta Cars not only operates rickshaws, but also a second-level wholesaler in Chengdu, which is a British kerosene. Since today, the supply of kerosene in Chengdu and surrounding counties has been here. Roboting's business in industrial equipment, luxury goods sales, local commodity acquisition and export are getting bigger and bigger, and there is no energy and manpower to take into account other industrial products markets. He has long wanted to find a local agent.

The small teapot with a keen sense of the market seized this fleeting opportunity and used a "Report on Market Dealer Classification Methods and Product Promotion" that made Roberting's eyes and excitement, and used the automotive industry as collateral to successfully obtain the profitable second-level kerosene wholesale rights. All the small teapot needs to do is to contribute people and develop third-level dealers according to the plan.

It cannot be said that the little teapot makes a fortune by making a fuss. In the past half month, the little teapot has made great and unremitting efforts to achieve this gratifying situation today.

In the past half a month, he and Ma Gan secretly sold a bronze horse and two top-quality pottery figurines of the Han Dynasty to Luo Boting, making a total profit of 13,500 silver dollars. Then he spent 380 yuan to buy the rented yard in the north of the city. Through Sister Yi and Boss Xiong of "Bai Cuilou", he handled the bribes, gave gifts, and paid more than 60 yuan of public naturalization tax donations. He quickly completed the household registration of himself and Ma Gan and more than 30 women and children.

Xiao Teapot realized that he was too young and was worried that someone would doubt the source of the huge amount of funds, so he had to make adjustments. He ran to Liufangzhai Teahouse for three consecutive nights to do ideological work for Tongqian's boss. Finally, he used a huge profitable kerosene transaction to drag Manager Deng into the water. Zhanggui Deng's wife's wife also obtained the third-level distribution rights of British kerosene in Mei County, and since then it became the shield of the small teapot.

The small teapot also had a big deal. In the name of Robber Pavilion, he bought this wide shop at the intersection with an extremely superior area. This was originally a three-story building in the inn, covering an area of ​​two acres and eight cents. Now it has become a comprehensive commercial entity of the small teapot. Not only does the inn open the door as usual to welcome guests, but also sell daily industrial products such as British horse lanterns. The large yard and horse house at the back have also become a parking lot and a warehouse.

At the same time, the small teapot continued to contact each other and successfully obtained the help of Japanese businessman Tsuka Genjiro, who urgently transferred two batches of rickshaws from Wuhan, and the price was only 130 yuan per car, and the Jetta car, which owned a total of 56 cars, rose to the starting point and became the largest car in Chengdu.

Immediately afterwards, the little teapot used Wu San to attract more than 30 simple and loyal poor men from Chengnan Ge Laohui in one breath, which gave the Jetta Car Store the ability to protect itself.

During this period, Xiaochao never mentioned the physical fatigue and psychological anxiety, and no one could relieve the burden of him. At least not yet. His three brothers are still too young. Without Xiaochao's enlightenment and precipitation for two lifetimes, they are not enough to take on the great responsibility.

The sound of firecrackers stopped and the crowd began to slowly dissipate. Accompanied by Manager Deng and his brothers, the little teapot looked at the golden signs of red silk at the height of the gate, looked at the new rickshaw with red cloth strips, and looked at the thirty or so car dealers with joy and hope in their eyes and could finally take a breath with relief.
Chapter completed!