Rebirth: My 80s

Chapter 738 Middlemen

Fuyuan Village.

An urban village not far from Wanghai International Hotel.

In the early morning, the morning sun shone on a small courtyard surrounded by blue bricks and black tiles.

This is an independent courtyard-style brick house, similar to the courtyard house in Beijing. It is a traditional style house on the island. However, in the past, only wealthy families could afford to build it.

The house is at least several decades old, but it is still solid and retains a sense of historical vicissitudes and heaviness, giving it a certain charm.

The three of them, Li Jiankun, rented a side house, which included a main room and two rooms on the left and right, which were neither big nor small and were sufficient. Due to the exhaustion of traveling and traveling yesterday, the rich brother who has always been in the habit of morning exercise did not get up early today.

The sound of the owner washing and rinsing could be heard outside the house.

The host's surname is Lu. The couple are both government workers in their early forties. The eldest daughter is already married. Now only the younger son, who failed the college entrance examination last year, lives with them in the ancestral house.

The parents were still young, and the boy had not yet started work, so he obviously did not have a formal job. Li Jiankun vaguely heard Mother Lu telling her son to take care of the house before going to work.

Not only him, but his mother is also good at business. If she has no intention of making this money, how can she prepare more breakfast?

"Where is it? We are so poor that the government doesn't have any money. Where do the people get their money?
“I heard from my dad that last year the island’s fiscal revenue was only over 200 million, which was not even enough to pay wages.

Abin chuckled: "I can't, but my mother can. She made more in the morning and left it in the kitchen. Just heat it up. As long as..." When he said this, he twirled two fingers and continued. , “How about one dollar per person?”

Li Jiankun then remembered that the house price negotiated yesterday did not involve meals.

There is no doubt that the residents of the island are happy to hear about the reversing, but even if the big impact is put aside, for the locals of Qiongdao, it is difficult to say whether this is right or wrong, a blessing or a curse.

While having breakfast, Li Jiankun said to Abin: "There is another opportunity to make money, do you want it?"

Abin was so happy that he couldn't help but smile.

You must know that 1984 was a very important window period, as the whole country was working hard to develop industry.

Li Jiankun smiled slightly and did not comment on this.

Seeing him looking like a money-crazy person, Li Jiankun asked with great interest: "What would you make for breakfast?"

Abin hesitated to speak when he said this. After sweeping the door, he couldn't help but said: "My parents said it, and now I can see that if you want to live a good life, you have to do business. Only by doing business can you make money." Big money.”

Li Jiankun asked what was available, and heard that there were porridge, eggs, and steamed buns cut with a knife, so he thought about it. Abing was very happy to get three yuan and said that the pickles would be given free of charge.

The implication was clearly that he was driving backwards.

When Li Jiankun got up and left the house, he found a young man named Abin sitting in the yard and looking forward to it. When he saw him, he immediately came up to him and asked with a playful smile: "Brother, do you want breakfast? I can make it or buy it, whatever."

"You're quite good at business." Li Jiankun scolded with a smile.

When Abin walked into the kitchen and was busy, Li Jiankun brought toiletries and cleaned his face outside the door, while chatting with him: "Your family has such an old house, and both parents are working, so your life should be very comfortable." ah."

A young man like him who failed the college entrance examination and has no formal job for a while is in the most embarrassing situation in his life. He urgently needs to prove his worth. Coinciding with the current restless money-making atmosphere on the island, he thinks he can't see it. to a way out. Making money and making big money is the ultimate goal, but now he wants to try any business to train himself.

"Hey, it's all forced, forced."

After all, the rent they pay is high, and it's worth putting in the personal effort to do so.

"But it's much better now. It is said that I have made a lot of money this year, and my parents' welfare benefits have also been improved a lot. Otherwise, you think my family can afford white flour buns and eggs in the morning."

"Didn't it happen that the communes were about to be transformed into townships? Some communes didn't even have the money to put up signs. And during the conscription period, there was no money to sell the propaganda paper used to write slogans, so we were so poor.

Li Jiankun didn't quite understand this at first. In his concept as a Jiangsu and Zhejiang person, wouldn't it be enough to do business with just one person?
It was not until after breakfast that the four of them left the village together and passed by the entrance of the village that he understood the reason. He was surprised to find that it was already 1984 and there were still areas in our country with such poor business awareness.

The entrance of Fuyuan Village is close to a gravel road, which is a good place for doing business. There is a big banyan tree on one side. Although it is not as big as the one at the headquarters of Huaqiang Swire Group in Hong Kong City, it is still quite old.

Now, there are several stalls set up with baskets or bamboo baskets under the banyan trees, selling agricultural and sideline products such as fruits and eggs.

But there were no vendors next to the stalls. The sellers were hiding in other places and did not dare to collect money in person. They waited until the customers took the things and put the money under the basket and the people left before they dared to come out.

Not to mention Li Jiankun, even the wealthy brothers found it incredible.

But Abin was not surprised. Compared with these timid vendors, he and his family looked like new evolved humans.

There are quite a few such "evolvers".

Abin led the way and took them to their destination. They left the village and walked along the street. In the street shops and on the curbs, bursts of chatter came to their ears. The topics people talked about were almost all related to reversing.

"Are you here to buy a car?" Abin asked, with little stars twinkling in his eyes. He had just realized this problem, otherwise why would he want to find a car sales company?
He heard that if you introduce customers to a car sales company, you will be paid for tea, which is definitely more profitable than leading a road.

Li Jiankun didn't want to disappoint him, so he shook his head and said no. Although it is said that I "owe" a lot of cars now, do I still need to buy a car now that I have come to Qiongdao?

Looking at the streets, those who are talking about reversing have hope and longing on their faces. Everyone knows that reversing can make a lot of money. For him, it is saving money. After all, the amount is not a small amount. Can he save? Save a little, but don't rush it.

"How far is it?"

"Well, isn't there a family in front of us?" Abin pointed in a direction.

No wonder Li Jiankun asked if he needed a ride, but Abin said what would he waste the money on? He hadn't even walked ten minutes since he left the village.

The current number of car sales companies on Qiongdao really matches Lin Xinjia's description - there are so many.

Hongyunlai Automobile Sales Company. It has a very pleasant name, a shop along the street, and a plaque on the left side of the door. Unlike later car sales companies, there is no showroom or display cars.

Abin was waiting outside the door. When Li Jiankun and the others walked in, they were warmly received.

The staff looked at the three of them and thought they were customers who came to buy a car. They took the initiative to introduce that their company had a lot of cars, which were all parked in the warehouse. The price was right and they could withdraw the car. If you didn’t want to spend more money, just wait for a while. Son, book a car first.

He also said that there was no car source that they could not find.

"Isn't it true? We can get cars of all brands from all over the world? Is it possible that when a customer needs a car of any brand, you go to the relevant country to buy it?" Li Jiankun pretended to be suspicious and asked an idiot question.

Lin Xinjia said that there is a middleman between these car sales companies and car factories in Qiongdao, but he was appointed by Li Jiankun last time when he came here, mainly to inquire about the capital market information, and he had no contact with it.

Li Jiankun's current purpose is to meet the middlemen through the car sales company, because the foreign exchange for car purchases on the island will eventually flow out through their hands.

"That's not the case. You don't know this. We have channels." The staff member smiled mysteriously.

"Brother is the person in charge of this company?"

"Uh... not."

"Can you take a step to speak?"

It's not difficult to slap the workers in the mouth. They don't care if the boss has another competitor. They want to make money. Whose money is not money?

When Li Jiankun walked out of Hongyunlai Auto Sales Company, he had already obtained the information he wanted.

After giving Abin ten yuan and asking him to go home first, Li Jiankun and the others found a Nissan taxi on the road and took a taxi to the Overseas Chinese Building on Datong Road.

This seven-story building, completed in 1963, held the reputation of being the tallest building in Haikou for a long time.

It is said that there are more than two million overseas Chinese in Qiongdao. From the name of the building, it is not difficult to see its purpose. It was first used as a hotel to receive returned overseas Chinese. Now, due to the opening of places like Wanghai Hotel, it has It has been outclassed for a long time, and most of the rooms have been rented out as office space.

After Li Jiankun and the others entered the building, they easily noticed the "middlemen" without asking any questions.

Even the lobby on the first floor was very lively, with groups of cool-shirted people surrounding one or two fashionably dressed people chatting animatedly.

"My boss seems to be from Hong Kong." Zhang Fu said.

He is not talking about any one, but all middlemen.

Li Jiankun patted his thigh. He should have thought that due to the influence of many factors, it would be almost impossible for Qiongdao to independently import cars from foreign automobile factories. To give the simplest reason: even language communication is a problem.

And there is a wealth feast going on on the island. How can those nearby overseas car sales companies with resources not be tempted?
To say that the place with the best access to the water, on a first-come-first-served basis, should be Frog Island, but after all, there are restrictions. Who in the entire Southeast Asia has more advantages than Hong Kong City?

"Is this going to be easy?" Zhang Gui asked uncertainly.

The corners of Li Jiankun's mouth curled up, and his eyes shone brightly. If it was easy to do, just find a middleman and ask.

After some searching, the three of them found an office on the second floor of the building with the door open. Inside, behind a mahogany desk, sat a man in his thirties with a slicked back hair.

In the name of reversing the situation, Li Jiankun entered the office and started talking to the other party.

These middlemen are the last link in the island's reversal process. In fact, you don't need to ask anyone else about this issue. No one knows the entire process better than them.

Now that he was sitting down, Li Jiankun was not in a hurry to explain his purpose, and went around asking around.

The general process is as follows: the administrative district issues the approval document first. No matter who gets the approval document, the approval document will eventually flow to the car sales company, because they are the only ones with the qualifications to import cars. With the approval document in hand, it is not difficult to get a loan in the current environment. What is difficult is that After obtaining the soft sister currency, how to convert it into foreign exchange? With the final approval document and foreign exchange ready, the car sales company will find these port city middlemen and import the cars to the island through them.

"Let me ask you a question, if I pay you in foreign exchange, instead of using cash, should I give it to you by check from Hong Kong City Bank?" Li Jiankun said.

"Do you have a foreign exchange check from Gangcheng Bank?" Da Bei looked him up and down. When he saw Li Jiankun nodding, he asked, "Which bank is it from?"

"Huaqiang Swire Bank."

"Really? This is the first time I've met someone who can take out a Hong Kong City foreign exchange check. That's no problem. We are members of the Hong Kong City Company, so it's convenient to carry the check, but... we definitely need to check it beforehand. Check it out, and then sign the contract after checking it and confirming it is correct.”

As expected, these port city middlemen are just like him, and they don't like to carry large amounts of cash around.

Checks are easy to forge, and the other party requires verification, which is a normal requirement.

Li Jiankun was in a good mood. In this way, the problem of foreign exchange payment could be solved very well.

As for the receipt of soft sister coins, in fact, he also thought of an idea: Since there is a bank in Pengcheng Special Economic Zone, why should he collect cash here?
There is no need to make yourself so tired and the risks so high.

Those who are able to exchange large amounts of money and back up the money, who don’t have a government office behind them? The path is wilder than his.

The plan was perfected in his mind bit by bit.

But there are still difficulties. If you do it this way, at least initially it will involve a credibility issue.

At present, there are only a few people on the island who know about a new foreign-funded bank opened in the Special Administrative Region. Those who are not from Hong Kong City and know about Huaqiang Swire Bank are also very few.

Li Jiankun thought that although it was not easy to make a big show of reversing money on the island, the credibility behind the scenes was also credibility. He still had to make a few orders first to build up the situation, and maybe the situation would open up.

It's a business that I haven't done before, just try it out as you go.

(End of this chapter)