But now the question is.

If I open another shopping mall, I will need someone to help manage it.

Although a shopping mall can make money as long as it is opened, if it is not managed properly, it will damage the reputation of the mall and it will be difficult to grow and develop in the future.

After thinking about it, Li Jiandong felt that Yu Li was the most suitable person to be the person in charge of the second shopping mall.

Although Li Jiandong and Yu Li don't have much in common, they are from the same hospital after all.

Li Jiandong also has some understanding of this woman named Li. She is a very shrewd and calculating woman, and she is also quite principled.

What's more, she is the wife of his apprentice, so she can be trusted in all aspects.

So, that day Li Jiandong found Yan Jiecheng and told him about this.

"Jie Cheng, I'm planning to open another shopping mall, and I want your Yu Li to be the manager there. What do you think?"

Li Jiandong spoke directly to his apprentice and had nothing to worry about.

"That's great, Master. Just tell Yu Li what you want her to do. I will definitely support you 100%."

"Nonsense, she is your wife. Even if I am your master, can I just tell her casually? Go back and talk to her first. If she is willing, you can bring her to see me."

Li Jiandong hates people who have no sense of boundaries, so he is very sensible in doing things. Although Yu Li is the wife of his apprentice, it is not convenient for him to just go to her casually.

After Yan Jiecheng agreed, he turned around and told Yu Li about it.

Yu Li has now retired from being a kindergarten teacher, but of course she is not old enough to retire yet.

But her husband is now the director of a steel mill. He not only has a high income but also a high status. It would be meaningless for her to continue working as a kindergarten teacher.

Now hearing that Li Jiandong wanted him to be the manager of the shopping mall, this was exactly what Yu Li wanted, so she agreed without thinking twice.

Next, Yan Jiecheng took Yu Li to find Li Jiandong.

Li Jiandong asked her a few questions, which was considered an interview. Yu Li's answers satisfied him, so he took her to his own mall to learn how to run a business for a few days. Anyway, the second mall would take some time to transform.

I have to say that Yu Li does have some brains when it comes to business.

I learn very quickly from Li Jiandong.

Before, Li Jiandong was a little worried that she would make wrong judgments due to pettiness, just like in TV dramas, which would lead to poor management of her own business.

However, during the following period, Li Jiandong taught Yu Li how to run a shopping mall, and he discovered that the Yu Li in this world was not only smart, but also generous.

This is probably because the environment and distance he lives in are different.

In the TV series, Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng were always exploited by Yan Bugui, so they also learned Yan Bugui's pettiness.

Now you learn to calculate.

But Yu Li of this world.

Before she married into the family, Yan Bugui's family was already well-off and not as stingy as before.

At that time, Yan Jiecheng was already a formal worker of the transport team.

The monthly salary is not low.

Having never experienced Yan Bugui's exploitation, her personality is completely different from that in the TV series.

With this right-hand man.

Li Jiandong can rest assured about his second shopping mall.

This second mall is in the south of the city, just in time with Li Jiandong’s first mall. People in the south of the city who used to think that Jiandong Mall was too far away now finally have their own mall.
So on the first day of opening, crowds of people rushed there and went shopping in the mall.

"The Jiandong Shopping Mall is indeed worthy of its reputation. The things inside are really good, with a wide variety, and many of them are foreign goods."

"Yes, I've heard that Jiandong Shopping Mall has a lot of good stuff, but it was too far from here before. I had to take a few hours' drive to get there. Now we finally have one here. From now on, I will no longer go shopping in department stores. I will just come to Jiandong Shopping Mall."

"You may have discovered that the good stuff in Jiandong Mall is really good, and the ordinary stuff is cheaper than other malls. And you can buy anything here."

"The environment here is also very good, and the salespeople are all pretty boys and girls. If you have nothing to do, come here to have a look, it will be nice to feast your eyes and feel good."

A Jiandong shopping mall opened in the south of the city.

It immediately improved the sense of happiness of people in the southern part of the city.

In just a few days, the sales of Jiandong Shopping Mall in the south of the city were almost the same as those in the north of the city.

It is no exaggeration to say that Li Jiandong is making a fortune every day now.

The daily income is more than 5 yuan.

This was in the early 80s when even households with an annual income of yuan were rare.

Fortunately, Li Jiandong has always been a low-key person. Now that he is rich, he will certainly be even more low-key.

However, one can be low-key in life, but one cannot be low-key in doing things. Take his museum for example. After several months of construction, the main body of the museum has already taken shape.

It covers several hectares, although the area is not very large.

This museum is also Li Jiandong's private property.

The empty shell of the museum and the land alone are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and in the future they may even cost hundreds of millions.

Ordinary people dare not even think about such a valuable museum.

Not only did Li Jiandong build it, he will also let others see it for free.

As for the maintenance costs of these cultural relics and the cleaning of the venues, Li Jiandong also plans to pay for it all himself.

If the local government is willing to support him and give him some funding, Li Jiandong would be willing to accept it.

After all, protecting cultural relics is not just his job.

But if you take money from ordinary people, then forget it.

"Master, the main part of the museum has been completed. Now the decoration is left. I want to invite some professional designers from outside. The display of cultural relics is different from the display cabinets of ordinary things. It would be a pity if the cultural relics were damaged due to improper preservation."

That day, Han Chunming came to Li Jiandong to discuss the decoration with him.

The decoration of a museum is different from that of other places. It has very high requirements and must be professional.

Of course there are some other problems, but in short, this money cannot be saved.

Li Jiandong also understands the importance of decoration.

"You're right. Let's do as you say. Just tell me how much money you need."

Li Jiandong is now very wealthy.

He has more than a few million on him.

This money cannot be spent at all, so it wouldn't hurt to spend a little on the museum.

After receiving Li Jiandong's reply, Han Chunming quickly went about doing this. After half a year of renovation, the Jiandong Cultural Relics Museum was finally officially opened.

Li Jiandong did not put all the cultural relics in the first batch. He had too many cultural relics in his hands, numbering tens of thousands.

He just took out part of it.

Prepare to display in batches.

Otherwise, the museum would not be able to accommodate them all, and with so many cultural relics, theft and destruction are inevitable.

There were no cameras in this era, and there was no such thing as surveillance.

Among the first batch of cultural relics was the painting by Bada Shanren. This painting was not priceless, but at least it was of relatively high quality.

Li Jiandong placed it in the middle exhibition hall together with some priceless items. After the museum opened, not many people came to visit, even though it was free.

However, this is also because people have just gotten enough food and clothing and do not have the energy to care about these things.

In a few decades, when everyone has no worries about food and clothing, we will definitely be more interested in looking back at these antiques.

This museum is located not far from Li Jiandong's home.

Since the museum opened, Li Jiandong handed over several of his other shopping malls to Yu Li.

I come to the museum every day to appreciate these antiques.

This morning.

Li Jiandong had nothing to do, so he drove to the museum again.
Before Li Jiandong got out of the car, he saw a familiar figure passing by.

"Hey, Lao Yi, this way."

Li Jiandong jumped out of the car and waved and greeted with a smile.

The person in front is Yi Zhonghai, whom I haven’t seen for a long time.

Ever since he sold the painting to Li Jiandong, Yi Zhonghai's remaining two fakes have never been sold.

He was worried that Li Jiandong would cause trouble for him after he found out that the calligraphy and painting were worthless, so he decided not to sell the remaining two fakes, went to the south of the city, bought a house, adopted a son, and started living his retired life.

I heard a free cultural relics museum opened in Nanluoguxiang these days.
Yi Zhonghai was very interested in this and planned to bring his children to take a look.

Who knew that I would run into Li Jiandong before I even entered the door.

Li Jiandong had never taken the initiative to greet him before, but this time he suddenly called him, which made Yi Zhonghai suspicious.

Li Jiandong must have discovered that the calligraphy and painting was worthless, and the reason why he stopped me was that he wanted to get the 500 yuan back from me.

If it was the previous Li Jiandong, Yi Zhonghai would have returned the money to him.

But now Li Jiandong has retired from the position of director of the steel rolling mill, and Yi Zhonghai is no longer afraid of him, so he certainly does not intend to return the money to him.

So, he said it bluntly on the spot.

"Li Jiandong, what do you want to talk to me about? Let me make it clear first. I sold you the painting last time as a sample. You also said it was an old item, and you proposed the price of 500 yuan. You can't go back on your word now."

Li Jiandong burst into laughter when he heard this.

It seems that Yi Zhonghai has not yet realized that he has been taken advantage of.

The fake item that he thought was not even worth 500 yuan can now be sold for at least tens of thousands of yuan.

I wonder what kind of expression he would have when he saw this item displayed in his own museum.

So Li Jiandong invited Yi Zhonghai with a smile.

"Old Yi, you are being overthinking. I can't thank you enough, so why would I ask you to return the goods?"

Yi Zhonghai was a little confused when he heard this.

Then Li Jiandong continued speaking.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look. You'll know why I want to thank you later. By the way, who is this child? Could he be your grandson?"

Li Jiandong looked at the child next to Yi Zhonghai.

About seven or eight years old.

Everyone knows that Yi Zhonghai is infertile. He doesn’t even have a son, so this definitely can’t be his grandson.

The reason why Li Jiandong said this was just to disgust him.

After all, Yi Zhonghai had disgusted him many times before.

This is just a matter of reciprocity.

I thought Yi Zhonghai's face would change drastically when he heard this, but he just smiled and said.

"Li Jiandong, you don't have to disgust me. This is my adopted child. He has no parents. I am his biological father. Don't tell me these nonsense. Just tell me what you want to do."

Yi Zhonghai's attitude is very arrogant.

He no longer needed to look at the expressions of Li Jiandong and other people in Yard 40.

He didn't even go to the dormitory of the steel rolling mill. It can be said that there was no place that Li Jiandong could control.

Yi Zhonghai is now considered a small wealthy man. In this era when even people with a net worth of 10,000 yuan are very rare, his savings have reached more than 12,000 yuan.

This number can be said to be quite astonishing.

Yi Zhonghai is now definitely a winner in life.

So, he finally stood up in front of Li Jiandong, and his words naturally had a sense of arrogance.

Li Jiandong hasn't seen Yi Zhonghai like this for a long time. The last time was about 30 years ago. At that time, Yi Zhonghai had not been completely defeated by him. He spoke much more arrogantly than he does now.

As for now, he is old after all, and even if he wants to be arrogant, he can't act like before.

Looking at the old Yi Zhonghai in front of him.

Li Jiandong was really worried that he wouldn't be able to bear it later. If he got so angry that he had a heart attack, then he would have done a great deed.

After all, people like Yi Zhonghai really make no contribution to society while they are alive.

"So it's your son. He's really cute. Yi Zhonghai, you're already so old, why are you still so impatient? Forget it, since you're so anxious to see the surprise I brought you, then come in with me."

Li Jiandong said with a smile.

Then he took Yi Zhonghai and walked into the museum.

After entering the door, the staff inside saw Li Jiandong and took the initiative to come forward and say hello.

"Mr. Li, good morning."

"Good morning, Mr. Li."

"Mr. Li, you are here."

"Welcome, Mr. Li."

Li Jiandong also nodded to each of the staff members.

Although he is the owner of the museum, the manager is his apprentice Han Chunming, so it is normal for the staff to call him Mr. Li.

Yi Zhonghai standing next to him didn't know who owned this museum.

He now lives in the south of the city and is not well-informed. He only heard that there is a new antique museum here, but he doesn't know who the owner behind it is.

At this moment, seeing so many staff members being so polite to Li Jiandong, Yi Zhonghai was a little confused, but he would never have thought that Li Jiandong was the boss behind the scenes.

The two walked forward and visited along the way.

Li Jiandong also kept introducing it to Yi Zhonghai.

Although he didn't have any good feelings towards Yi Zhonghai.

But after all, the two of them have a common hobby. (End of this chapter)