Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 377 Become bigger and stronger and create greater glory

In a blink of an eye, it was already mid-May, and Lin Chaoyang's family walked out of the police station in an orderly manner.

Lin Erchun held a small card in his hand and looked at it curiously. "There's nothing special about this thing!"

"The style is not important. What's important is that it will be convenient for you to go out in the future." Lin Chaoyang said to him.

Entering the 1980s, with the development of reform and opening up, the domestic economy became increasingly active, and the flow of people between regions became increasingly frequent.

Last year, the Ministry of Public Security put the issuance of a unified identity certificate on the agenda. On April 4 this year, the State Council promulgated the "Provisional Regulations on Resident Identity Cards of the People's Republic of China". The regulations stipulate that from now on, my country will implement the resident identity card system to manage residents' household registration in a document-based manner.

Yanjing is the capital, so the pilot work of issuing resident identity cards naturally has to start here first. Lin Chaoyang's family responded to the government's call and made two trips in the past two days, and finally got the identity cards for everyone in the family.

After the founding of New China, ordinary people had to get a letter of introduction when going out to do business.

In recent years, ordinary people need letters of introduction to contact other units for work, to stay in other places, to receive remittances, and sometimes even to buy train tickets, which is very inconvenient.

Moreover, there are many types of work permits and letters of introduction, with no unified format and can only be used within a specific scope. Not only can they not effectively prove "I am me", they can also be easily forged or replaced, allowing criminals to take advantage of loopholes.

Now that we have ID cards, all these problems have been easily solved, which is why Lin Chaoyang said that “it is more convenient to go out”.

Listening to his explanation, Lin Erchun nodded, "That makes sense!"

He stared at the ID card again. The first generation of ID cards were sealed with polyester film, single-page cards, and had a 15-digit code. Their family was one of the first to apply for ID cards in Yanjing, and the information on the ID card was still filled in manually.

Registration items include name, gender, ethnicity, date of birth, address and validity period. Lin Erchun looked at the red stamp of "Yanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau Xicheng Branch" and inexplicably felt a sense of awe for fate.

As early as last year, the old couple settled in Yanjing as relatives.

Lin Erchun has been a farmer all his life. Has he ever thought that he could become a citizen of the capital when he is old?
As he weighed this small card, he suddenly felt as if it was of great weight. He couldn't help but be thankful for his wisdom and bravery back then.

Green smoke is coming out of the Lin family’s ancestral grave, he deserves credit for lighting the cigarette!

After sighing for a while, Lin Erchun was in a hurry to leave. Lin Chaoyang called him: "It's noon now, go home and have a meal!"

Lin Erchun had already walked a few meters away and waved his hand without looking back, "I have to go house hunting this afternoon, so I'll just have to take care of it on the way."

Lin Chaoyang felt that Comrade Erchun was really in his second life. He was going to become a real estate tycoon! At the very least, he would be a real estate agency giant.

Back at Xiaoliubukou Hutong, Zhang Guiqin went to make lunch while Tao Yushu went to take care of the children. In order to apply for an ID card, she took a day off.

Lin Chaoyang strolled leisurely in the East Courtyard. Comrade Erchun had talked to him about the renovation of the East Courtyard a while ago.

Before, because Xiao Dongdong was too young and they were afraid that the noise of the large-scale construction at home would scare him, the East Courtyard was left there.

Now, under the management of Lin Erchun, the renovation of the East Courtyard has finally started. This renovation will cost at least 18,000 yuan, which is enough to buy a three-story courtyard.

The East Courtyard has now become a construction site. Lin Chaoyang took a look around and came out. Just after passing the small door, he saw Du Feng and Tao Yucheng walking into the yard.

"Hey! How come you two have time to come together?" Lin Chaoyang asked with a smile.

After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang invited the two into the house. Seeing their posture, he knew that they must be here to see him today, so he asked, "Are you here to see me?"

Tao Yucheng looked at Du Feng, and Du Feng spoke first: "Yes! Big brother wants to open a video hall."

"Ok?"

Lin Chaoyang looked surprised. His eldest brother-in-law had talked about this matter before when they were having dinner at Tao's house, but it was clearly denied by Tao's father.

Tao Yucheng looked at his expression and said, "Don't look at me like that. It was Yumo who told him this."

Du Feng also explained: "Brother-in-law, it was indeed Yu Mo who mentioned it to me during our conversation."

Now Lin Chaoyang was even more confused.

Du Feng went on to explain: "Yumo also told me that my uncle didn't let my eldest brother look for me. But I thought this way, instead of letting others earn the money, why can't I let my family earn it?

Brother-in-law, you don't know, my video hall has been open for more than a month, and business is good. After deducting miscellaneous expenses, I made more than 8,000 yuan last month.

If I continue like this, I will be able to make back my investment in two months, and I will be able to earn at least 100,000 or 80,000 yuan this year.

As a result, just one month later, other video halls have appeared on the street, and there is now one in Dongcheng District.

I asked someone to search Yanjing again, and found that there were two more that were about to open.

Good man, it's like stirring up a hornet's nest, they really watched me make money..."

Du Feng couldn't help but complain when talking about his competitors with a keen sense of smell. He thought he could make some money in a year or two with the first-mover advantage, but he didn't expect that there were too many smart people in Yanjing City who didn't give him any chance to develop.

"... Yumo happened to tell me that day that my elder brother wanted to open a video studio, and I thought about it and came up with a good idea.

Don’t they want to open a video parlor? Then I’ll open one too. You open one, I’ll open two. Since we can’t make quick money, let’s compete on scale.”

Du Feng said this with a fierce tone, and then said:
"It's great that you have this idea, if you really want to open a few more video halls, I can't handle it all by myself.

My idea is to find a few more partners, and I will own some shares in each video hall. Then I will hand over the management rights to these partners so that they can get a larger share of the profits.

Brother-in-law, what do you think of my idea? "

Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised when he heard this. It seemed that Du Feng had indeed grown a lot in the past two years.

“That’s a good idea.”

Du Feng was happy to get his approval. "Brother-in-law, you also think this method will work, right? I know it will work."

Lin Chaoyang said: "The biggest advantage of video halls over movie theaters is the source of films. Audiences can watch films here that are not available in movie theaters. This also applies to your other competitors."

Du Feng understood immediately and understood what Lin Chaoyang meant.

As the scale expands, the movies in the video halls will definitely have to be changed every month. If he can really open twenty or thirty video halls in Yanjing, he will need two or three hundred videotapes every month.

This scale is not small. Going to Guangdong to import videotapes can also give you certain advantages in the selection of film sources. Others import ten videotapes or at most ten movies.

But if he imports 200 movies, or even a few more of each movie, he will still beat his competitors in terms of film supply, unless they ignore costs.

And this can also spread the cost of the videotapes. After all, your videotapes can only be played in one store for a month at most, but my videotapes can be played in dozens of my stores in rotation. Thinking of this, Du Feng was suddenly very happy, "Brother-in-law, you are far-sighted. I only thought about opening more stores and didn't think about this relationship."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said nothing.

After Du Feng was happy, he looked at Tao Yucheng who had been silent. "My eldest brother said he wanted to open a video hall near Yanda University. This is a good idea. College students are the main audience of movies, and they are willing to spend money to watch movies. The business may be better than that of Dongcheng and Xicheng."

Tao Yucheng asked: "Chaoyang, do you think it's possible?"

"Okay, college students are willing to spend money on spiritual entertainment."

Tao Yucheng became excited when he heard this. "I feel relieved when you say this. I will resign from the school tomorrow."

Lin Chaoyang then said: "You can't resign."

"Why?" Tao Yucheng looked at him in confusion.

Lin Chaoyang thought he still understood his brother-in-law. He might be smart and had the idea to go into business, but he definitely did not have the execution ability to do business.

Although Lin Chaoyang always talks about lying down and being a salted fish, compared with his elder brother-in-law, he is just a younger brother.

If someone like him wants to go into business, he can be good at giving advice from behind the scenes, but he can't be a boss.

But he certainly couldn't say this directly, as it would hurt his brother-in-law's self-esteem.

"You are the only one in your family who has a job. Xiwen and Xiwu are grown up now. Apart from the troublesome issue of film sources, the rest of the video hall is basically daily management. I think my sister-in-law can take on the responsibility.

With my sister-in-law's ability, it will definitely not be a problem."

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Du Feng also felt that there was some truth in it, and said to Tao Yucheng: "Yes, brother. My sister-in-law is idle at home anyway, so this way you don't have to resign."

Tao Yuben objected instinctively: "Your sister-in-law is not good enough. She is a lesbian, how can she run a business?"

Du Feng said without hesitation: "Brother, in fact, my sister-in-law is more suitable for business than you."

As soon as he said this, Tao Yucheng's eyes became resentful and he looked hurt.

Knowing that he had said something wrong, Du Feng quickly tried to make amends, "I meant to divide it based on the division of labor in the family. If you go to work, the family's income will be guaranteed. Even if the video studio doesn't make money in the future, your sister-in-law can just go home and be a housewife, but if you lose your job, it's gone forever."

"Bah, bah, bah! What a crow's mouth!" Tao Yucheng said with a gloomy face.

"This is called considering failure before considering victory. This is the safest way."

Tao Yucheng looked at Lin Chaoyang unwillingly, "Chaoyang, what do you think? Your sister-in-law is a housewife, what does she know about running a business?"

Lin Chaoyang really wanted to find an argument that would not hurt his brother-in-law's self-esteem but would allow him to accept reality.

"Brother, you have to consider your sister-in-law. She has been taking care of the children at home for ten years. I have been taking care of the children at home for two or three months, and I feel like I am being tied up.

The video hall thing is not difficult at all. I think you can let your sister-in-law try it first, which will be safer.

Think of it this way: if you succeed in opening the video parlor, won’t you have less burden when you start a business in the future? "

Lin Chaoyang's words successfully aroused Tao Yucheng's guilt towards his wife, and what he said also made sense.

Tao Yucheng stammered and remained silent, feeling very depressed.

He had been thinking about starting his own business for such a long time, but he never expected that in the end he would be stolen away by his wife.

Observing his expression, Lin Chaoyang felt that it was almost done, so he asked again, "How do we solve the funding issue?"

My eldest brother-in-law has always lived paycheck to paycheck. Even if my sister-in-law Zhao Li has saved some money, it is definitely not enough to support opening a video hall.

Tao Yucheng put his worries aside for the time being and said to him, "I will pay 30% of the money for this video studio, Du Feng will pay 70%, and I...your sister-in-law and I will be in charge of the management, and we will take 40% of the profits."

Lin Chaoyang nodded.

"As for money, your sister-in-law and I have fifteen thousand, and I can borrow more than three thousand from my parents. I will pay them back when I make money."

"Dad didn't agree with this anyway, let Yushu get the money for you."

"How can that be possible?"

Northerners are used to doing business alone, either because they are afraid that some unreasonable relatives will get involved and disrupt the business, or because they feel it will cause trouble for others.

Southerners are completely different in this regard. The fundamental reason is that the influence of clan etiquette in the two places is incomparable.

The influence of clan etiquette varies in both places, but when it comes to starting a business, southerners are clearly more advantageous with clan ties as the bond, and the commercial waves of the following decades have proven this.

Lin Chaoyang understands this point, so he does not reject family members doing business together, but there is a prerequisite that they must be brothers and settle accounts clearly.

"I'm lending it to you. I'm not forbidding you to pay it back. Just don't sell me out in front of your dad." Lin Chaoyang said.

Du Feng said dimly, "Brother-in-law, how much money does my uncle have? The money he can afford to open the video parlor must have been borrowed by you or me."

Lin Chaoyang simply said: "Then say you borrowed it."

Du Feng: …

The two of them were doing business together, and Du Feng was lending money to Tao Yucheng, which would be ridiculous if anyone told others about it.

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "Why not just say that Big Brother's capital share is less and the management share is more?"

"That's a good idea."

After asking for advice, Tao Yucheng and Du Feng left happily.

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the backs of the two men. First it was his brother-in-law, then his father, and then his eldest brother-in-law. All of them were going to join the trend-setting world.

This great era is all about waves!

(End of this chapter)