The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 540 The first year of the company!!!

Feng Jing knew that her father-in-law might be coming back soon, but she didn't expect him to be so majestic.

He was dressed in a suit and tie, followed by a luxury car and a driver.

Feng Jing felt a little dizzy and couldn't help but blurt out: "You are Dad? Dad, you are back?"

When Hao Shun heard Feng Jing call him "Dad", his eyebrows instantly flew up, and he couldn't help but said happily: "Good, good boy, thanks to you for taking care of Haibo these years..."

Feng Jing quickly said, "Dad, isn't this what I should do? Oh, look at me, please come in quickly..."

"Good good..."

Hao Shun walked slowly into his son's home with his hands behind his back and looked around carefully.

The yard here is not big, but it is well maintained and spotless.

From this we can see that the hostess is a person who is diligent in housework and knows how to live. Just for this reason, Hao Shun is quite satisfied with his daughter-in-law.

Feng Jing poured a cup of hot tea for Hao Shun, stood aside a little stiffly, and asked: "Dad, there is only jasmine tea at home, are you used to it?"

Hao Shun smiled and replied: "That's great. I've been away for many years and I've been missing this. By the way, where's Haibo?"

Feng Jing glanced at the electronic clock on the wall and said, "It's time to come back. Normally, I would be home by this time."

As he was talking, Hao Haibo came into the house and shouted, "Wife, whose car is that in front of our house? It's really impressive!"

Feng Jing walked up to Hao Haibo and said, "Haibo, look who's back?"

Hao Haibo followed her gaze to the sofa and saw Hao Shun sitting there. He couldn't believe his eyes and shouted in astonishment, "Dad?"

"You're finally back!" Hao Haibo cried, "You don't know how much I missed you over the years..."

"Haibo, don't cry, Dad misses you too..." Hao Shun comforted his son.

At night, inside the Hao family’s house.

Hao Shun handed Feng Jing a set of top-quality jade jewelry and said, "Xiao Jing, you have made the greatest contribution to our family, so this is for you."

Feng Jing saw the extraordinary value of this set of jewelry at a glance, and was shocked, wondering how much wealth this father-in-law had.

Then, Hao Shun said to Hao Haibo: "Haibo, the car outside is what I bought when I just came back. If you like it, it's yours!"

"Come here, Jifu, Jixiang, grandpa will give you red envelopes." The two teenage boys were very excited when they saw how thick the red envelopes were.

There’s no way. I’ve never seen so much money since I was a child. How long will it take to spend it?
Feng Jing and Hao Haibo looked at each other and said, "Dad, you..." Before they could finish their words, they were interrupted by Hao Shun. Hao Shun shook his head at them and said, "Don't worry, our family has plenty of money now, you can spend it without worry in the future!"

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Hao Shun and his son were reunited, and Liu Zhiye finally felt relieved.

Back then, it was because of him that Hao Shun and others had no choice but to leave their hometown.

Fortunately, they haven't been outside for more than ten years, and each of them is worth a lot of money, and Hao Shun has even become a billionaire.

These days, the status of a billionaire is extraordinary. The mainland attaches great importance to businessmen who return to invest. No matter where they go, they are respected guests.

Hao Shun also wanted to contribute to his hometown, so he went to ask Liu Zhiye for advice, and he believed in him from the bottom of his heart.

However, Liu Zhiye told him to be patient and wait, saying that there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

The new year is coming soon, and this year is 84, which is known as the "first year of the company."

The spring tide is surging, and everything is renewed.

This year, the global business world entered a year of reshuffle.

Some traditionally large Western companies have been broken up or are in trouble.

New industries such as IT and communications are just beginning to blossom, and new corporate heroes are about to emerge.

正如这年苹果公司的一则电视广告里的文字：“1984年1月24日，苹果电脑将推出麦金托什，你会明白为什么1984年不会是小说中的1984年。”

Stefan Zweig wrote in When the Stars Shine: “Before a truly world-historical moment occurs—a moment when the stars of humanity shine,

There will inevitably be long years that pass by in vain. At this critical moment, those things that usually happen slowly in sequence and in parallel are compressed into such a short moment that determines everything.

This moment makes an irreversible decision for generations to come, it determines the life or death of a person, the survival of a nation and even the fate of all mankind.”

This year is such a critical moment for Xiaguo Business.

At the end of this year, the 12th National Congress discussed and passed the "Decision on Economic System Reform", which clarified the necessity and urgency of accelerating the reform of the entire economic system with a focus on cities, and emphasized major issues such as enhancing the vitality of enterprises, developing... commodity economy, and separating Z enterprises.

Since then, enterprises have gradually gained management rights as market economic entities.

For example, allocation of various production factors, personnel appointments and dismissals, internal management, bonus distribution, profit arrangements, etc.

It seems insignificant and commonplace in later generations, but at the beginning of reform and opening up, it was like a golden key to open the door to the market.

As early as two years ago, enterprises in Liujiazhuang had begun to study the feasibility of enterprise reform.

84 is also known as the first year of modern companies. In this year, many people threw their "iron rice bowls" aside and started their own businesses.

Later statistics showed that the number of individual industrial and commercial households reached 590 million that year, an increase of 126% over the previous year; the number of employees reached 746 million, an increase of 133.4% over the previous year.

The economy began to flourish, leading to an increase in consumption levels.

Before this year, the indicator had been maintained at around 10% for a long time, but it increased to 19.4% this year and 31.1% a year later.

As a result, a number of future star companies emerged across the country.

This group of "leaders" included the later famous entrepreneurs Liu Chuanzi, Wang Shi, Zhang Ruimin, Li Dongsheng, Li Jingwei, Liu Ronghao, Nancun Hui, Zheng Yuanzhong, Ma Shengli...

It goes without saying that this year has been a turbulent and exciting one.

Under Liu Zhiye's advocacy, major groups in Liujiazhuang implemented shareholding reforms and successively established investment group companies such as "Liujiazhuang Capital", "Liu's Capital" and "Jingxi Investment".

As soon as these investment groups were established, they became among the top financial groups in the country.

After the establishment of the group, they turned their attention to newly established domestic enterprises and launched investment support actions.

The focus of investment is on high-tech fields, such as investment in ZhongG Village, Lenovo, Tongfang, Tsinghua Unigroup, Haier, and Hisense.

This year, Liuchuan Zi, who was already 40 years old, found that he had accomplished nothing. He was only "promoted" from an engineer to a deputy director-level cadre in the Personnel Department. What was even more worrying was that the development of the entire unit had a bleak future.

Seeing that the funding was running low, the director of the Institute of Computing Technology, Lao Zeng, could no longer hold back and went to his superiors, but the leader said, "The money is already in the pockets of the customers. If you have the ability, go and get it."

In Zhongguancun these days, companies that were spun off from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, such as Jinghai, Kehai, and Sitong, are all booming.

So, the Institute of Computing Technology turned around and wrote a report to establish a company.

Lao Zeng found Liu Chuanzi, who had been feeling frustrated but still holding back, and told him the truth: "Why don't we ambush a surprise force? If it doesn't work, I'll bring you back. If this route works, we won't be left without food in the future."

So, Liu Chuanzi persuaded technical expert Zhang Zuxiang to join the team.

Several people lobbied separately and formed a team of 11 people.

These people were later called entrepreneurial veterans, but at that time, they were just a group of engineers who were dissatisfied with the status quo and had no way out.

The new company was officially established without a ribbon-cutting, no speeches, and not even an inauguration ceremony.

The so-called "office" is a small bungalow of 20 square meters, divided into an inner and outer room. It was originally the communication room of the Institute of Computing Technology.

No one would have thought that this company would become a giant in the domestic computer field and a world-renowned computer manufacturer in the future.

In the early days of the company, although he had a computer research institute, Liuchuan Zi could not find a viable project. He rode his bicycle around Yanjing City every day like a headless fly.

In order to support the company's dozen people, he first set up a stall next to the gate of the Institute of Computing Technology to sell electronic watches and roller skates, and later he wholesaled sports shorts and refrigerators.

Once, he heard that a woman in a certain province had a large number of color TV sets and could make 1000 yuan per set by reselling them.
He hurriedly sent someone to transfer the money, but who knew it was a scam.

Of the 20 yuan that the Institute of Computing Technology allocated to him for start-up funding, 14 yuan was defrauded in one fell swoop. This is a huge sum of money!!!
These days, the monthly salary of a senior professor at the Institute of Computing Technology is less than 200 yuan, and Liuchuan Zi's salary is only 105 yuan.

Liuchuan Zi felt like the sky was falling. He felt sorry for his leader and his partners who had followed him into the business world.

Just when his life was at its darkest, a financial company claiming to be "Jingxi Investment" came to him...

In January this year, 33-year-old Wang Shi passed by Baoxian International Trade Building and saw many policemen. Upon asking, he found out that it was a leader who was inspecting.

His heart skipped a beat, knowing that the opportunity had come.

Wang Shi made his first fortune by working as a feed middleman and reselling corn.

The decision was made simply because he saw three metal tanks storing corn at the Shekou dock.

He learned that at that time, the main feed factories in Bao County mostly imported corn from countries M and T, and some was transshipped from the mainland via the Hong Kong River and then brought to Bao County, so the cost was very high.

Therefore, Wang Shi reached a cooperation with CP Group. He contacted the newly opened Chiwan Port in Bao County and arranged for a 10,000-ton cargo ship to dock. He then rented a 10,000-ton ship through the Guangdong Maritime Administration and resold the corn from the north to the feed factory in Bao County by sea.

The first business earned 3.9 yuan. Although the profit was not large, it had special significance for Wang Shi. He saw the various possibilities of engaging in commercial trade in Bao County - as long as you dare to think, you can eventually achieve it through hard work.

After making a small profit, the Hong Kong media suddenly reported that "carcinogens were found in chicken feed in the mainland."

The fire in the city gate affected everyone in the pond. Wang Shi’s stockpiled corn was unsalable. The station warehouse was filled with corn, and the platform was also piled with corn. Cars loaded with corn were still arriving, and there was no place to unload them, so they were temporarily dumped on the side of the railway...

He quickly organized people to sell the properties throughout the Pearl River Delta, and after selling them at a low price, he lost 110 million yuan.

At this time, Wang Shi not only did not stop, but in the face of the crisis he unexpectedly bought another 1.5 tons of corn from the north, on the condition that payment would be made 100 days after the goods arrived.

Just two days before the cargo ship arrived at Baoxian Port, the Hong Kong media published a news item: "There are no carcinogens in mainland chicken feed, and previous reports are wrong."

This news was like timely rain. In addition to making up for his previous losses, Wang Shi also made more than 300 million yuan.

In May this year, Wang Shi established the "Modern Science and Education Equipment Exhibition and Sales Center", which later became Vanke.

Starting with the import trade of household electrical appliances, they did whatever made money, even clothing, watches, beverages, printing, and gold jewelry.

At the same time, Vanke began to represent various well-known brands of multimedia equipment in Japan, such as Sony.

During the cooperation, Wang Shi was deeply impressed by Japan's "comprehensive trading company model", which laid the groundwork for Vanke's rapid diversified expansion in the later period.

Wang Shi was still not satisfied with the growth of Vanke, so he set his sights on the real estate sector.

However, the funds required for real estate development are huge.

These days, unlike later times, you can first acquire land and then take out a loan to engage in real estate development.

Just when Wang Shi saw the opportunity, he could only watch helplessly.

A financial company called "Liujiazhuang Investment" from Yanjing came uninvited...

This year, 35-year-old Zhang Ruimin was assigned to be the director of an electrical appliance factory that was on the verge of bankruptcy.

This "Island City Daily Electrical Appliances Factory" is an old mess. It was a handicraft production cooperative in its early years and later transitioned into a collective cooperative factory.

Over the years, it has produced electric motors, electric hoists, civilian hair dryers, small table fans, etc.
Later, it began to produce a washing machine called "Bai He". However, due to its rough appearance and poor quality, it could not be sold well. The factory's assets and debts were offset, resulting in a deficit of 147 million yuan.

Before Zhang Ruimin took office, three factory directors had been replaced within a year.

He is the deputy manager of a home appliance company. If he doesn't go, no one else will.

When Zhang Ruimin first took office, he was welcomed with 53 transfer requests. He came to work at 8 o'clock and left at 9 o'clock. At 10 o'clock, almost no one was there...

There was only a muddy road leading to the factory, and when it rained we had to tie up our shoes with ropes, otherwise they would be dragged away by the mud.

It’s a mess…

A financial company called "Liu's Investment" took the initiative to find him and offered to help him with financial reforms and introduce advanced foreign technology and equipment...

This situation is happening in many places.

Many companies that have just started up and are still struggling are able to soar to success after receiving help.

These investment groups have since become the most favored capital forces in the eyes of domestic start-ups, and have also become the financial giants behind many well-known companies.

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Once upon a time, on New Year’s Eve, the whole family, young and old, gathered in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala, which was a New Year tradition for countless people.

Countless popular jokes were born and became popular during the Spring Festival Gala, such as "I didn't expect that you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would also betray me" and "Palace Jade Wine, 180 yuan per cup". Each sentence is so popular that people can immediately follow up with the next sentence after the previous one.

Although everyone has different preferences, if you had to choose the most classic and best-quality Spring Festival Gala, most people would probably vote for this year's Spring Festival Gala.

This year’s Spring Festival Gala is CCTV’s second Spring Festival Gala. Although it does not have the significance of the “first”, with years of preparation and trial and error, coupled with CCTV’s hard work and innovation, it finally became a classic among classics.

This year's Spring Festival Gala created "9 firsts" in the history of the Spring Festival Gala: the first time that hosts and singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan appeared;
The first time stand-up comedy appeared;
The first skit appeared;
"Unforgettable Tonight" appeared for the first time;
The first time a song by Teresa Teng appeared;
Commercial advertisements appeared in the Spring Festival Gala for the first time...

This year, Chen Peisi and Zhu Fashionable are appearing on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time.

At this time, they were just actors at the August 1st Film Studio, but the two young men were like-minded and always wanted to "bring something new to the audience."

So they got together and choreographed a comedy skit called "Eating Noodles" based on their own experiences while filming.

At the beginning, the two did not take the show too seriously. They just performed it to warm up the audience when they followed the crew to attend the audience meetings. However, they did not expect that their performance would become so popular that the audience laughed so hard that they fell off their chairs.

The program became so popular that even the Spring Festival Gala director Huang Yihe knew about it.

When he saw the show, he was impressed by its high quality and wanted to put it on the Spring Festival Gala, but the only problem might be that it was "too funny."

Yes, being “too funny” is also a fault.

"With such a big stage, will it work if the show itself has no educational significance?"

"Can CCTV programs be so 'unserious'?"

People were talking about it, but no one dared to make the decision to let them perform on stage. Huang Yihe was also helpless and could only let Chen Peisi and Zhu Fashionable prepare first and see how the situation would be when the time came.

The straightforward Chen Peisi couldn't stand this and wanted to quit several times, "No one cares about us, why should we stay?" It was Zhu Shangshi who persuaded Chen Peisi.

Until the New Year's Eve, when the party was about to begin, no one dared to let Chen Peisi and Zhu Shishang go on stage. The two of them put on their makeup backstage, but could only sit there awkwardly.

Not only Chen Peisi and Zhu Shiwai are suffering, but also Huang Yihe. He likes the show "Eating Noodles" very much and it would be a pity if he could not be on it.

Seeing the time passing by, Huang Yihe couldn't wait any longer. He gritted his teeth and asked the two to perform on stage, "I will take responsibility if anything happens!"

In this way, the sketch "Eating Noodles" finally met the audience. This was also the first time that the performance form of "sketch" was on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

After that, the combination of Chen Peisi and Zhu Shiwai became a regular guest of the Spring Festival Gala. Before Lao Zhao, the two were the brightest stars of the Spring Festival Gala.

Newcomers like Chen Peisi and Zhu Shishang made their mark on this year's Spring Festival Gala, and naturally there were also veteran performers who won applause from the audience.

For example, the crosstalk master Ma Li performed a famous stand-up crosstalk "Cosmic Brand Cigarettes" in this year's Spring Festival Gala.

This is also the first time that stand-up comedy has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

This program was actually called "A Salesman", but because "Cosmic Brand Cigarettes" was so popular, it was later miscalled and became "Cosmic Brand Cigarettes".

This crosstalk lasts 10 minutes and is performed entirely by Ma Li alone, but it does not feel dull at all.

The jokes came one after another, full of humor and satire. The audience couldn't stop laughing and burst into applause.

Even on the stage, Ma Li could finish a whole cigarette while performing. Maybe he is the only person who can smoke during the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala?
The laughter and joy at the Spring Festival Gala made people laugh, but Gan Ning felt a little unhappy in her heart.

This year, there were still two people missing from Old Liu's New Year's Eve.

Absent last year were the military father and son pair of Liu Zhiye and Liu Wu, while this year were the father and daughter pair of Liu Zhiye and Liu Shuxian.

Because Liu Zhiye and his wife agreed to the marriage of Liu Shuxian and Zhong Xingguo, Liu Shuxian went back with Zhong Xingguo when he was on New Year's Day to visit his relatives.

(End of this chapter)