Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 91 Xie Zhaofang's Instigation
It turned out that the two of them had arrived yesterday evening and slept directly at Cao's house at night. They drank and chatted with Cao Yukun's father Cao Weiguo and did not go to bed until midnight. However, Comrade Cao was not willing to make phone calls as usual, for fear of interfering with his son's affairs, so he just left them waiting at home.

This morning, dad went to work, and the two of them even helped with farm work for the whole morning. It was only after lunch that they felt that there was only the old sister-in-law at home in the Cao family, and it was not appropriate for two grown men like them to stay there, so they came out and would rather smoke and chat on the roadside.

Taking them home, Cao Yukun was not shy about it. He took out the suitcase from under his bed, tore open the layers of plastic cloth, and began to count the money. When he counted 492 million, he wrapped the rest up with layers of old newspapers and plastic cloth and threw it directly on the bedside. The 492 million was left in the suitcase. Then he said, "You two should come with me now. I will arrange for you to live in the factory and do the driving job first!"

So we changed the driver.

Du Xuehong was still driving, Xue Chengliang sat in the passenger seat, and Cao Yukun was left alone in the back, guarding his big box - he first took it to the beverage factory, and arranged for someone to open a dormitory for the two of them so that they would not live together with other people. Then he accompanied them to the dormitory and settled the luggage that Xue Chengliang had brought. Then he drove again and headed for the nearby winery.

I made a phone call when I was leaving the factory. When the car arrived at the winery, which was almost separated by a wall, the security guard was already waiting at the door. When the car stopped, even my brother-in-law had already come to the steps of the winery office building to greet me, "A Kun! Wow... this is..."

Xue Chengliang's size was enough to suppress a group, not to mention in Jiangnan. Even if he went to the north where the average height was higher, he would have been able to do so in 92.

Sure enough, my brother-in-law was shocked when he saw it.

After a brief introduction while chatting and laughing, Cao Yukun and Song Yuhuai went upstairs together. Xue Chengliang, who was behind them, carried a suitcase weighing over 100 kilograms and followed them upstairs easily.

Soon I met my father-in-law Song Hongxing, and even Song Yuhua was there.

After a few words of small talk, the box was opened and Song Hongxing called the finance department to come over. After counting the money, he personally wrote a receipt for five million and handed it to Cao Yukun together with the IOU.

At this point, the beverage factory matter was settled financially.

The cutting that Cao Yukun wanted was completely completed.

In fact, both sides breathed a sigh of relief when the deal was done.

Song Hongxing pulled Cao Yukun to sit down and continue drinking tea. During the conversation, he really treated Cao Yukun as his son-in-law and took the initiative to ask, "Do you want me to be a peacemaker between you and Zhang Weimin from the Finance Bureau and invite you to sit down and have a drink? It is better to resolve a feud than to create one. When you work in the county in the future, it will not be a good thing to offend him. What do you think?"

But Cao Yukun thought about it and refused, "Forget it. If he fights, he fights. If we meet, I will definitely apologize to him. Come to think of it... I am not very willing."

So Song Hongxing couldn't help but burst into laughter, "You have this temper..."

He invited Cao Yukun to have dinner together in the evening, but Cao Yukun declined because he had a dinner party in the evening.

After sitting down and chatting for a while, Cao Yukun stood up to say goodbye. His brother-in-law wanted to see him off, as if he had something to say, but Cao Yukun held him back and insisted on not letting him see him off - it could be guessed that he actually wanted to go back to the beverage factory, and had said it more than once or twice. It seemed that the beverage factory was really his lifeblood.

However, the time was not right. At this moment, Cao Yukun did not think it was a good thing to let the former boss and director of the beverage factory return to the beverage factory to help him.

But when I went downstairs, I ran into Song Yuhua again.

She seemed to be waiting in the corridor, so we met by chance.

Seeing her, Cao Yukun walked over and stopped, looking at her with a smile, and chatted casually, "Didn't you say before that you had returned to the car factory to work? Are you planning to come back again?"

She smiled and said, "No, I'm planning to go back soon. I came here today to get some things. My eldest brother took over my previous work, and there are some things that he hasn't figured out, so I came back to hand over."

So Cao Yukun nodded, walked over, and said, "Let's go."

She stood there and watched Cao Yukun leave before going back upstairs.

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Tonight's dinner was hosted by Cao Yukun, who also invited Xu Hualei and Xie Zhaofang.

There were no more obstacles to export and everyone hit it off.

In fact, when they sat at the same table, Cao Yukun gradually felt Xie Zhaofang's courage and skill in doing business and even in dealing with people - Xu Hualei's business scale may be larger than his, his knowledge is broader than his, and even his personal wealth should be richer than his, but in fact, Cao Yukun watched coldly and felt that compared with Xie Zhaofang, he was not a heavyweight at all.

The reason why Xu Hualei is a big boss from Shanghai, while Xie Zhaofang is just a local boss living in a small county town, is probably because of the special times - the time for those who engage in industry to emerge has not yet come. In this era, those who engage in foreign trade and stock speculation seem to be richer and more powerful. But whether it is foreign trade or stock speculation, the nature of speculation is stronger. Taking advantage of loopholes is one aspect, and the opportunities of the times are another aspect. In short, it seems that they make money more easily, and the fact that wealth comes too easily makes them not like the "local bosses" in small places like Xie Zhaofang. Although they are in small places, they have actually developed a spirit and ability to maneuver.

Of course, Cao Yukun thought that he was just an average person. In fact, compared with this group of bosses, he, a white-collar worker for many years, didn't even feel that he was an average person. So as early as when he was in Shanghai, he began to carefully observe everyone he met in the business world.

He feels that everyone is someone he can learn from.

Xu Hualei is very slick and clever, but both his cleverness and slickness are a little too obvious.

Xie Zhaofang was very heroic and magnanimous, and he even showed a hint of chivalrous spirit to others. But there was no doubt that he was very effective and was able to impress others. At least Cao Yukun only played a little role in the intermediary, and with this little relationship as a guarantee, Xu Hualei was very willing to do business with him.

However...Xie Zhaofang is too much of a drinker!

Later on, Xu Hualei drank so much that he slipped under the table.

Even with Ma Zhong Chi Tu's physique and alcohol tolerance, he almost couldn't hold on. For the first time after traveling through time, Cao Yukun felt that "I will get drunk if I drink any more."

But at least I managed to make it through.

So much so that after watching Xu Hualei being carried away by his driver like a dead pig at the door, Xie Zhaofang looked back at Cao Yukun, his body a little swaying, and he couldn't help but sigh drunkenly, "You are a good boy, you can drink! If you can drink, you can expand your business! You are a good boy!"

He added, "Hurry up and get Xiaoyu! That girl is stupid, she will believe whatever you say! Her only shortcoming is that she is too pretty, and her reputation is not good, so no one dared to pursue her since she was a child..."

"Your Uncle Xie will tell you a trick. Women, don't be polite to them. The more polite you are, the worse it will be. If there are no conditions, create them. You have to hold hands, kiss them, and then take off your pants..."

Cao Yukun laughed out loud and quickly helped his driver to get him into the car.

If there were only two people saying this, it would be funny, since they were all drunk. But if a third person heard it, it would be considered that Xie Zhaofang had spoken out of turn and lost his composure - how could he teach another boy to quickly pull down his daughter's pants!
After seeing him off, Cao Yukun breathed a sigh of relief, stood by the roadside and smoked a cigarette, thought for a while, and said to Du Xuehong: "Forget it, I won't go back to sleep, take me to the guesthouse!"

So Du Xuehong drove the car to the guesthouse, and Cao Yukun sent them away after getting out of the car, "If you want to go back to the factory, go back and sleep. If you don't want to go back, we will open two rooms for you."

In the end, they decided to take advantage of this opportunity and rush back to Du Xuehong's house to get his bedding, which would be delivered to the factory so that they could sleep in the factory from now on.

After all, Cao Yukun had some wine with him at that time, so he was too lazy to say anything more. He waved his hand to send them away, and then he went into the guesthouse to check in. Coincidentally, the room he opened was the same room as yesterday.

As he walked through the corridor, he subconsciously took another look at Zhao Xiaolan's room.

After entering the room, he couldn't help thinking: It seems that this is really not going to work out. I should find a place to live in the county! I can buy or rent it, just to find a place to stay.

If I choose to lie down in the future, it would be easy. I can go back to repair the pond and build a house, and start my retirement at the age of 19. But now I have chosen to do industry, and I will inevitably have to discuss various things and attend drinking parties in the county. It's not good to drink until midnight and then have to rush back to the mountains, right?

Even if you are not afraid of the bumpy mountain roads or the difficulties in driving on mountain roads at night, it will at least disturb your parents' good sleep.

Thinking of this, he woke up the next morning and really started looking for a house.

There are not many immigrants in Fuping these days, and there are not many commercial houses. Every family has their own house, and young people are at least arranged to live in dormitories when they start working. Therefore, there are no real estate agencies at all. However, a small city has its advantages. You can just wander around the streets and chat with a few maids to find out who has a house to sell and who has a house to rent.

There was indeed a part that made Cao Yukun's heart move as soon as he heard it.

It happened that Du Xuehong drove Huang Jiaying back from the beverage factory, so Cao Yukun got in the car and went over to take a look.

From the outside, the garden looked great with its red walls and green tiles, and its corners and eaves. It felt like a place that required a ticket to enter. There were two or three gates in the garden, all locked, so it was obviously impossible to get in. However, Cao Yukun did not really contact the landlord directly, but instead called a friend in the small car team to inquire - the small car team was the most well-informed, and he knew the whole story in just one cigarette.

It is in the hands of a family surnamed Zhang. They are indeed trying to sell it, but it has been two years and still hasn't been sold because they are asking a whopping 180,000 yuan!

(End of this chapter)