Chapter 73 Capture
"Comrade Liu, why are you here today?"

I saw Liu, a clerk from Henry Watch and Optical Shop, running out of the main room like the wind.

Wang Deming was slightly stunned, his hands and feet kept supporting the bicycle, and he said, "Come on, please come in. It's windy today, let's talk inside."

"Xiao Ru, have you poured tea for Comrade Liu?"

"It fell, it fell." Clerk Liu answered quickly and followed Wang Deming into the main room of the west wing.

After sitting down, Qin Huairu poured tea for Wang Deming and left tactfully. Wang Deming gestured to the shop assistant Liu to invite him to drink tea and said politely, "Comrade Liu, please have some tea."

"You are today."

"Oh!" Clerk Liu frowned, revealing a hint of anxiety and expectation. He looked at Wang Deming with sharp eyes and said, "Comrade Wang, didn't you fall in love with our boss Zhou's Swiss watch in our store last time?"

"Last time I saw you, you seemed particularly fond of this watch, but I haven't seen you come to the store since then. As a result, someone else has taken a fancy to it recently, so I hurried to ask you?"

"Do you still want this watch?"

Wang Deming raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and asked slowly, "Comrade Liu, as far as I know, wasn't the thief caught by our police?"

Because there were many watches among the treasure of the thief last time, he has lost a lot of interest in Patek Philippe. In addition, he has been busy recently and didn't think about it for a while. Unexpectedly, clerk Liu came to his door today.

"Why is your store still selling Mr. Zhou's collection?"

"Oh!" Comrade Liu replied with gritted teeth: "Don't mention it, I've never seen such a stubborn person!"

"If the bald men back then were so stubborn, it wouldn't have taken us so many years to achieve victory in the war against Japan?"

"He refuses to tell us where his accomplice who hid the treasure is!"

"Our boss Zhou wants to live in the police station and rushes there every day, but there is no news at all?"

"Ugh"

"Alas," Wang Deming said hypocritically to comfort him, "Comrade Liu, life is full of disappointments. Your store is so big, so a little loss is no problem."

“I believe we will get through this difficult time soon.”

Shop assistant Liu looked at Wang Deming, who was as steady as a rock and drinking tea leisurely. He gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, saying from the bottom of his heart: "Comrade Wang, I won't hide it from you. Our Henry really can't spend this month!"

"Not only did our watches get stolen, but we were also rated as a fourth-class basically law-abiding household by the government and were fined a lot of money."

"It's not just the Swiss watch you're interested in, there are also other treasures of Boss Zhou, all of which will be put out this time."

"What?" Wang Deming looked at the shop assistant Liu in disbelief and observed him carefully. His Zhongshan suit was ironed very neatly; his hair was parted 3:7 and was clearly separated by oil; but the blisters at the corners of his mouth, the bloodshot eyes, and the abnormal redness of his cheeks all showed that he was experiencing a heart attack.

He had previously wondered if this was a promotional tactic used by Hendry?

Things have been really fun in later generations: from the Jiangnan Leather Factory 16 years ago, where the bastard boss Huang He ran away with his sister-in-law; to the prevalence of short videos, brothers, I have knocked down the prices for you!
There are endless tricks.
"Shopkeeper Liu, I remember that your Henry Watches and Glasses store has always been very profitable. In Beijing alone, there are three big stores in Wangfujing, Xidan, and Qianmen. There are also dozens of stores in Shanghai, Shenyang, Hong Kong and other places. How come you lost your working capital just by losing a few watches?"

Hearing this, Comrade Liu cursed again: "Wang Huichun who ran to Hong Kong is a fucking bastard!"

"If he hadn't taken all the money, would we have needed to do that?" "Ah? We've been liberated, and he's not in the capital anymore."

"The store makes money to buy big and small yellow croakers! Or use US dollars! And let Boss Zhou secretly take them to Hong Kong. Otherwise, how can we catch Boss Zhou and make him pay our wages?"

"Ah? Isn't this a gold outflow?"

Clerk Liu rolled his eyes, gave a look that said you are too young, and moved his butt towards Wang Deming, lowering his voice and saying, "I'm telling you in secret, it's not just us at Henry. Many families do this, like Tongrentang in Qianmen Dashilan, and the Le family does the same!"

“I heard that even new drugs were not introduced, so the union asked the government to negotiate with them.”

"But, hey, I heard that they suffered the most losses this time, and lost a lot of gold and dollars! In other words, there are too few U.S. dollars in our bank, and they can't exchange them much, and they have hidden them somewhere else."

"Oh" I bought a watch last year! There weren't many good things among the capitalists in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China?

Even the famous Tong Ren Tang Lejia is doing this kind of gold and dollar exchange that benefits themselves at the expense of the public!
Don't they know we are at war with the enemy?
No wonder there is a saying that has been widely spread in later generations: Capitalists have no borders.
Wang Deming felt more at ease!
"Comrade Wang, do you still want that watch? Can you give me a definite answer?" Clerk Liu was really anxious. Today was October 10th, and there were only a few days left until the end of the month.

Wang Deming glanced at the north room. He hadn't heard any movement in the north room since he came back. He guessed that Old Man Chang was not there. He came to his senses and turned to the shop assistant Liu and asked with a smile: "Comrade Liu, besides the watch I liked at the beginning, do you have any other good things?"

"There's no need to talk about the Qianlong enameled clock. I just want these little things like watches."

"Of course, this is also what my brother-in-law told me."

Liu, the clerk, sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. "There are two Swiss watches that Mr. Zhou treasures, one Vacheron Constantin and one Audemars Piguet. If you want both, the total price of these two watches is 750 dollars."

Wang Deming hesitated for a moment and agreed, "I will take all three watches on behalf of my brother-in-law!" Hearing the brands of the two watches, he was tempted. What good stuff! And can I exchange them for US dollars? These watches are more valuable than US dollars outside.

"You are just lucky. My brother-in-law sold the houses next door to make money and planned to secretly buy opium and store it privately. But..."

"I might as well help him buy a watch so that he can keep it in mind. Otherwise, he will always think badly of the money at home."

"Yes, Comrade Wang, you are right! Smoking opium is really harmful to people! I have seen many people whose families have been ruined by smoking opium. We should thank the government!"

"Yes, that's right. How about this, you go ahead and I'll go get the money from my sister, and then I'll go to your store. What do you think?"

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you then."

"You're welcome."

"See you later."

Shopkeeper Liu doesn’t care whether it is Wang Deming or his brother-in-law who buys it, as long as it is sold for money, that’s all that matters, and only money is real!
After bowing and saying goodbye, he quickly rode back to the store to report the news.
Wang Deming moved the cabinet away and picked out 1250 yuan from the remaining dollars. After thinking for a while, he took 350 yuan more. What if there were other good things in Henry's store?
We have finally caught up with the opportunity to take advantage of the capitalists, we must not let it go!
After saying something to Qin Huairu, he carried the carriage out again. Speed ​​is of the essence.

He really guessed it right, and there really was an extra Breguet: coin decoration on the watch frame, sun-ray pattern dial engraved with solid gold pieces, and hollow eccentric "moon-shaped" needle tip.
After some probing and finding out the bottom line, I finally got all 1450 dollars!
I made a lot of money today!

Humming a little tune, he carried his bicycle over the threshold of the courtyard, "Xiao Ru, pack up your things, let's go home!"

They each changed into coarse cloth clothes for returning home. Qin Huairu was holding a package in her hand, and the two of them happily walked out of the hospital.

"Wang Deming!"

(End of this chapter)