1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 131: Lend you a kindness, return you wealth (2)

Looking at the finger that Old Qiao stretched out, Song Laonian blinked his eyes: "Twenty...ten!?"

Old Joe snorted, "Twenty? Are you kidding? Twenty dollars is worth an article in the newspaper?"

Song Laonian took a breath and said, "That's... two hundred?"

Old Joe curled his lips and said, "Can you use some imagination? Two hundred... Do you think rich people are like us? We have never seen a hundred-dollar bill before!"

At this point, Old Joe's tone was full of jealousy: "It's not two hundred, nor two thousand...it's twenty thousand! A full twenty thousand!!"

Hiss~! !
Song Laonian shuddered all over, his tone full of disbelief: "Twenty, twenty thousand...spending twenty thousand just to buy an IOU? Do these rich people feel itchy because they have too much money, or have they never eaten fried fish balls in their lives?"

Old Joe rolled his eyes and said, "Mo Mo Bai Zha no longer sells fried fish balls. They're selling fried chicken fillets instead!"

Song Laonian said tremblingly: "It doesn't cost that much... 20,000 yuan? What kind of chicken chop is this? It's made of gold, right?"

Old Joe sneered: "You know nothing!"

"The wanted information has been posted in the newspaper for several days, and the people who posted it every day are different;"

"This is a big deal. According to a friend of mine, someone really sold the IOU, and the other party really paid 20,000 yuan... They checked it on the spot in the store, and there was no sign of fraud at all!"

"According to my buddy, Momo Baizha is going to open a new store now. If you want to join in Dezhou and Jinan, in addition to having good qualifications, you also have to bring in a few shareholders before they will let you do it!"

As if he was thirsty, Old Joe took out an iron kettle from the wooden box and drank water from it.

Song Laonian was confused: "But I still don't understand, why is this IOU so valuable?"

Old Joe glared at him and said, "Don't be impatient. You haven't finished talking yet."

"Where were we talking about just now? Oh, now I remember... We were talking about shareholders, right?"

"The number of shareholders is strictly limited. It is said that franchisees must bring in more than two people, and they will not let you open a store until they have a chance to do so... Just think about it, you have worked so hard for a long time, but in the end you have to bring in a few people to share the money with you. Who would be happy with that?"

"But it is said that Momo Baizha has also issued a policy that is hard to understand. If you open a new store in Dezhou and Jinan, you can become a shareholder of the new store for free if you have an IOU issued before... Although it is said that the shares will not exceed 5%, you will be the boss after all, right?"

"In addition, if you don't want to be a shareholder, you can also transfer the IOU to others, and then the other party can use the IOU to replace a shareholder position;"

"Of course, all of this must be checked and verified in person by the parties involved. If the IOU is found to be fake, or the person holding the IOU is coerced, the police will be called immediately... It is said that starting three days ago, there have been police patrols at the door of every Mo Mo Bai bombing point to prevent accidents."

At this point, Old Qiao sighed, "It's said that rich people think differently from us. In our eyes, 20,000 yuan is a huge sum of money that we dare not even think about, or even that we may not be able to earn in our lifetime, right? But in their eyes, that little bit of shares is much more valuable than 20,000 yuan... It is said that in Jinan, IOUs are being hyped up even more. Someone has already offered 30,000 yuan today!"

Thirty thousand! ?

Song Laonian's legs and feet felt a little weak, and he felt that he was becoming less and less able to understand this world.

Old Qiao took a look at the useless old man and snorted, "Don't think it's expensive. It is said that there are not many IOUs on the market now, only about one or two hundred. Such a small amount of IOUs is not enough for the franchisees in Jinan and Dezhou to share... I guess if we wait a few more days, the price will be even higher."

At this point, Old Qiao smiled with a gloating look, "I guess those people who used IOUs to exchange for fried fish balls are going to cry their eyes out... If they had known that this thing was so valuable, they would never have exchanged it. How much is a bowl of fish balls?"

Song Laonian, who was still in shock, touched his ribs and was a little confused: "But... why did Mo Mo Baizha do this?"

"Even if everyone felt sorry for the workers who returned to the city and helped them, there's no need to do this, right?"

Old Joe scratched his head: "How should I know? Anyway, Mo Mo Baizha has always been very strange!"

As he said this, as if by magic, Lao Qiao licked his face and touched Song Laonian with his shoulder: "Laonian, tell me what you think, do you want to exchange the IOU for money, and then we can have a good meal together in a restaurant, or do you want to use the IOU to invest and become a small boss?"

This statement is a bit joking. After all, "boss" has become a derogatory term in the north today. Even if you don't become a rat crossing the street, you are still someone that everyone hates.

Unexpectedly, Song Laonian thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't know... How about I go and take a look first."

have a look?

Looking at Song Laonian staring in a daze towards the direction of the train station, Lao Qiao scratched his head.

What to see?
………………

The Dezhou Railway Station, which has returned to its former appearance, has much less passenger flow than two months ago.

But the Momo Baizha N01 chain store on one side of the square was still crowded.

Now, Mo Mo Bai Zha is seemingly becoming the second business card of Texas, so no matter whether you have eaten it before or not, people who come here must try it.

Besides, even though prices have risen so sharply, the chicken steak sold by Mo Mo Bai Fried Chicken is still only 1.5 yuan per portion. In terms of cost-effectiveness, it is much better than other foods. If you pass by without buying any, you are a real fool.

Besides, among all the current Mo Mo Bai Zha chain stores, only the three stores 01~03 serve chicken steaks freely. If you go to other stores, you may not be able to eat the famous fried chicken steak.

Song Laonian looked at the long queues lined up in two rows at the door at a loss, not knowing whether he should turn around and leave, or wait his turn to ask questions about the things that confused him.

Just as he was hesitating at the door, the kitchen partition suddenly opened, and a figure came over while wiping his hands.

"Brother, it's you. Why are you standing at the door? Come here, I'll help you get a number and then find a stool for you to sit on." The person who came was Lao Ding.

He had a deep memory of the bag of coins that Song Laonian donated and the pleading look in his eyes. In addition, the old wooden box behind him was very recognizable, so he recognized it at once.

Seeing the manager of store No. 1 greet him so enthusiastically, Song Laonian became more reserved and quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, I'm not here to eat today, I just... passed by here and came to take a look."

Come and take a look?

Old Ding looked at Song Laonian, who looked a little unnatural, and suddenly understood something. He laughed and put his arm around Song Laonian's shoulders and said, "Brother, you came here because you saw the information in the newspaper, right? Did you bring the IOU?"

Song Laonian was a little confused by Lao Ding, and his brain was a little confused. He took out a piece of plastic paper from the crotch of his trousers and handed it over... Wrapped inside was the neatly folded white strip.

Looking at the well-preserved IOU, Lao Ding sighed, then smiled and said, "Brother, have you made up your mind? Do you want to be a shareholder of the new store, or sell it to pay off the debt? No matter which one it is, I will take care of it. I will definitely let the company find a good buyer for you!"

Song Laonian hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I didn't come here today for this matter."

Isn't it about this?
Lao Ding looked at him with some confusion, and then asked cautiously: "So, brother, what difficulties did you encounter today?"

Looking at Song Laonian's rough face that was somewhat flushed with embarrassment, Lao Ding felt that he might have guessed right, and immediately patted his chest without hesitation: "If you encounter any inconvenience, just tell me, brother. I won't lie. If I can help in any way, I will do it without hesitation!"

As a veteran and the manager of No. 1 Store, Lao Ding is certainly not the kind of person who is frivolous and talks nonsense.

But that stupid activity more than two months ago had a great impact on him. He was also greatly impacted by the group of citizens who had no connection with him but still donated money to support him without hesitation... Especially people like Song Laonian who was obviously living in a very difficult situation but still donated all the coins he had.

People are sometimes very strange. They change in an instant. If it were three months ago, he would never have taken on so much responsibility. But now, facing Song Laonian, the "stranger" who left a deep impression on him, he is really willing to help him with all his strength regardless of gains and losses.

Song Laonian heard this, but shook his head again: "Brother, you misunderstood. I didn't come here to ask you for help... After all, I am a person with hands and feet, how can I have the nerve to ask you?"

Lao Ding scratched his nose awkwardly, then asked, "So why are you here today, brother...?"

Song Laonian glanced at the dense crowd next to him and took a deep breath: "Brother, I just wanted to come over and ask... why do you take care of us so much?"

Take care of you?

Old Ding was stunned, looked at the white strip that Song Laonian was staring at, and immediately understood.

He immediately laughed: "Brother, you are talking about the IOU... Hey, there is no such thing as taking care of it. Brother, you think too much. This is just the company's normal business behavior."

Song Laonian shook his head: "Although I can't read a single word, I have lived for fifty-two years. I know whether this is normal or not."

Hearing this, Old Ding smiled awkwardly again, turned his head to look at the crowd behind him, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Song Laonian seriously: "Brother, I won't hide it from you. This is indeed the normal behavior of the company, but we do want to take care of you... But we are all comrades who have fought side by side. Giving you a little care is not a big deal, right?"

Song Laonian thought about it and shook his head: "I... don't understand. Besides, a 20,000 yuan IOU, isn't this too much?"

Seeing this, Lao Ding was speechless, thinking that he had never expected this old man to be such a stubborn person.

But on second thought, it’s not surprising.

If they were not so stubborn, they would not have donated all their money in such a desperate situation.
If he hadn't been so stubborn, he wouldn't have kept the IOU so well and never used it to redeem the fish balls.

With a light sigh, Old Ding looked at Song Laonian with more appreciation, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, I must tell you that this IOU is worth a thousand gold... The price of 20,000 yuan is not too considerate... On the contrary, it is too insufficient... If it weren't for the limited capacity of the company now, this IOU should be worth 100,000, or even 200,000!"

Song Laonian was stunned and looked at Lao Ding stupidly, totally unaware of what the other party meant.

Lao Ding looked at him seriously and said, "Brother, Mo Mo Bai Zha is a project under a central enterprise... I admit that central enterprises also have a lot of problems, and not every central enterprise is worthy of its own status... But at least, our company seems to be doing okay at the moment."

At this point, Lao Ding smiled and said, "Although the company often does some inexplicable and even stupid things, there is a sentence from our quality control manager that I like very much."

Song Laonian asked blankly, "What?"

Old Ding took a deep breath, and a strange and joyful light appeared in his eyes: "There are too many smart people in this world. We always need some fools to do things that are stupid in the eyes of smart people."

"So... since I borrowed your kindness in the first place, no matter what, in order to show that there is still a little bit of fairness in this world, I must return you wealth and honor!"

Lend you a kindness and give you wealth in return?
To show that there is still a little bit of fairness in this world?

Old Ding's words were quite exciting. Not only Song Laonian, but also many people in the queue behind him heard it.

Suddenly, the noisy train station square seemed to fall into an inexplicable silence.

Everyone looked at Lao Ding with complicated eyes.
There is ridicule,
There is indifference,
There is excitement,
Some people disagree...

After glancing at the crowd with different expressions, Song Laonian suddenly felt very hot, and a faint blush appeared on his dark old face.

"Manager Ding..."

Song Laonian's eyes were filled with expectation: "Can I use this IOU... to exchange for a job with you?"

(End of this chapter)