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Chapter 969: Family secrets
Since Suning has always been fond of collecting and restoring antiques, he has had a great influence on his son since he was a child.

Especially when Suning was concentrating on repairing porcelain fragments, Su Jie would stay by to watch and learn, and as his father, he would naturally teach Su Jie without reservation.

Therefore, under Suning's patient guidance over the years, Su Jie's ability in identifying and restoring antiques is very high.

As for arranging Su Jie to do something like going to the countryside as an educated youth, Suning rejected it very early on.

Because Suning believed that being an educated youth sent to the countryside was meaningless and would only waste time and youth, he helped his son contact the Palace Museum for a job early on.

When the first day of work came, Su Jie was seen dressed neatly and cleanly, holding a letter of introduction, and heading straight to his first workplace, the Palace Museum.

At this time, Su Jie was naturally in a pilgrimage mood. After completing a series of entry procedures, Su Jie became a member of the Palace Museum.

"Master Zong, this is Su Jie, a new employee in our unit. Please help take care of him in the future." Section Chief Song from the Personnel Department brought Su Jie to the front of a white-haired old man.

"Oh? Chief Song, whose young master is this?" The white-haired old man looked up at Su Jie indifferently, and then asked Chief Song in a slightly sarcastic tone.

"Really not! Su Jie is the son of Master Su from Suning." Because Suning was very familiar with these old scholars from the Palace Museum, Section Chief Song continued to explain without any concern.

"Oh? Suning's son? Then I will accept this apprentice." As expected, the old man, who was not interested at first, immediately looked at Su Jie again in surprise.

"Then Master Zong, you are busy."

After Section Chief Song of the Personnel Department left, the old scholar with black-framed glasses looked up at Su Jie and asked, "Su Jie, have you ever learned about antiques from your father?"

"Master, I used to help my father often, and I learned a few things from him." Su Jie felt somewhat helpless at this time. He didn't expect that he still couldn't escape the fate of relying on his father.

"Well, your father's best skill is restoring antiques, calligraphy and paintings. I wonder how much of his skills you have learned?" Then Master Zong looked at Su Jie again without comment and asked.

"I don't deserve to be called the real master! My father only asked me to repair some unimportant modern porcelains. He rarely let me touch the truly valuable ones."

"Alas! When a precious treasure is damaged, it loses its original value. People like your father and I just want peace of mind."

At this time, Su Jie naturally understood Master Zong's sadness very well. There were too many antiques that were damaged in recent years, and even Suning was doing his best to do something about it.

Because Su Ning is a celebrity in the antique collection circle of Beijing, and his superb restoration skills are so amazing, the master immediately changed his attitude towards Su Jie.

In the following work, Master Zong and his colleagues also witnessed Su Jie's knowledge and ability, and no longer regarded him as just a high school student.

After all, Su Jieyuan's family heirloom skills are something that many people can't even dream of.

Naturally, when he was with Su Jie, he no longer had that kind of arrogance and rudeness.

After Su Jie got off work, Suning looked at his son and casually asked, "Su Jie, how was your first day working at the Palace Museum?"

"Very good! I didn't expect you to have so many acquaintances in the Palace Museum. It makes me look like a loser who relies on his father." Although Su Jie was very satisfied with the job, he still complained about Suning.

"Humph! That's what you call taking advantage of others."

"hey-hey……"

Now that I have made arrangements for my eldest son, I have accomplished a big thing. After all, I never thought of sending him to the countryside as an educated youth.

……

At the end of 1977, the college entrance examination was officially resumed, and as expected, Su Jie was admitted to the History Department of Peking University.

In April 1979, Suning finally got what it had been waiting for: Beijing liberalized the registration of individual business licenses, and it was limited to the two fields of catering and small commodity trade.

Although the policy was relaxed at the beginning, few people actually applied for individual business, and even fewer had their applications approved.

Moreover, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau of Sijiu City will try its best to approve applications from families in financial difficulty, and people like Suning and Chu Bingbing are not included at all.

"Suning, you said you want to quit Lao Mo and open a restaurant?" Chu Bingbing really didn't want Suning to quit Lao Mo. After all, in her mind, a stable job with a guaranteed income was better.

"Yes! I have been thinking about this for a long time." Suning confirmed without any hesitation or concealment.

"Don't even mention that the policy has just been relaxed. You earn 160 yuan a month at Lao Mo. If you quit and open a store and it fails, where are you going to find a job?" Chu Bingbing didn't understand Suning's decision at all. She really felt that there was no need to go through with it.

"Bingbing, if my business fails, can I just stay at home and eat gigolo meals?" Suning would not change his mind anyway, and then he started to play tricks on Chu Bingbing with a playful smile.
"Humph! I really can't do anything to you. I guess you'll just have to wait for Su Jie and I to raise you."

Su Ning did not explain too much to Chu Bingbing. Instead, he found his old acquaintance, District Chief Lin, who has now officially joined the Sijiu City Committee.

After hearing the purpose of Suning's visit, Mayor Lin looked embarrassed.

"Mayor Lin, this is my application for an individual business license." Then Suning handed his application directly to Mayor Lin in front of him.

"Suning, although the city of Beijing has now opened up to individual businesses, most of them are concentrated in small repair shops and small handicrafts. There are really no catering services." Mayor Lin looked at Suning and explained in detail. After all, some things are not as simple as everyone imagined.

"Mayor Lin, this is just like the public-private partnership pilot program in 1955. If it's feasible, we'll continue to move forward. If it's not, we'll cancel it immediately. Anyway, the pace of this is controlled by the Industry and Commerce Bureau. I don't think the problem is too big."

"Alright then! What you said makes sense, and we're old acquaintances, so I won't beat around the bush. I'll accept this application and submit it to the meeting for discussion as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much, Mayor Lin."

"You're welcome! With your superb cooking skills, I'm sure this will become an instant hit."

This time, Suning once again became the first to try something new, but it no longer felt as helpless as it did in 1955. After all, this is another good start.

The matter was handed over to Mayor Lin, and naturally he got the first personal business license quickly.

Suning has already made its choice, a three-courtyard courtyard house that it had secretly purchased a long time ago, and after a simple renovation it became a restaurant.

"Suning, are you really going to open a restaurant?" Xu Huizhen looked at Suning in front of her with admiration, feeling that Suning always did things so decisively.

"That's right! We have obtained the individual business license and are preparing to open for business during the National Day holiday." Suning looked at Xu Huizhen in front of him with a smile on his face and confirmed it.

"Great! You're the first one to try this."

"Xu Huizhen, just wait and see. There will be more and more self-employed people in the future."

"That's right! Seeing you take action, I'm a little itchy now."

"It's very simple! You and Cai Quanwu can just apply directly to the Industry and Commerce Bureau." "But why did we hear that you also contacted Mayor Lin?"

"That's different! After all, I'm the first one to try it, so naturally it will be more difficult."

"Okay! We'll go to the District Industrial and Commercial Bureau to apply tomorrow."

Of course, there was nothing wrong with what Suning said. After seeing that Suning’s individual business license was approved, many people rushed to apply for individual business licenses.

Gradually, other industries began to develop in the old city. In 1980, Suning contracted the workers, peasants and soldiers canteen and tavern.

They also obtained approval from the city, demolished the original site and the small courtyard behind it, and built a building with three underground floors and three above-ground floors. At the same time, they opened the country's first supermarket, "Tianwaitian".

Suning's superb cooking skills were naturally welcomed by diners. He then registered a catering company and began to open his own "gourmet restaurants" in important cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

At the same time, Suning’s “Tianwaitian Supermarket” has also opened stores across the country following the “Laotao Restaurant”. In any case, no matter what restrictions are relaxed, Suning will take action immediately.

By 1985, Suning had established a large group integrating catering, real estate and international trade.

……

Of course, Chen Xueru also entered the business world early, and she has obviously done very well in recent years.

"Suning, I guess you also know Vladimir and Yelena, right?" Chen Xueru went straight to Suning and asked directly.

"Of course I know him! It's just that we don't interact much in normal times."

"They are now my partners in the Soviet Union and want to buy a batch of light industrial products from you."

"Chen Xueru, since you've come to me this time, do you want me to ship the goods first and pay later?"

"That's right! I just don't know if I have the face to do so."

"Chen Xueru, you should know how complicated international trade is. We can't easily break the trading model we've worked so hard to establish."

"Huh! Does that mean you're not willing to give me this face?"

"I'm sorry! This isn't a matter of face at all. This is a matter of the bottom line of doing business. If Vladimir and the others really want to do business, then they should just follow the established rules."

Suning's current international trade is based on the model of advance deposit and balance payment upon delivery of goods, and its partners are all Soviet experts that it met at the research institute that year, so it was easy to complete the distribution of goods within the Soviet Union.

Now Vladimir and Yelena suddenly discovered the business opportunity here, so they found Chen Xueru and planned to get Suning’s goods for free.

Although this kind of thing is very simple at Suning, it feels like Vladimir and Yelena are not good partners, and the hidden risks are too great.

"Chen Xueru, let me remind you that Vladimir and Yelena are not good partners because they have no credibility with you at all."

"Humph! Vladimir and I have been doing business for many years. If they can't trust me, who else can they trust? Do they have to trust a scumbag like you?"

"Chen Xueru, I'm sure you haven't forgotten the story of how Vladimir and a Chinese businessman sold dozens of carloads of apples in 1960, and the Chinese businessman lost everything in the process."

"That was all many years ago. It's already 1985, the year of reform and opening up."

"It's said that it's hard to persuade a damned ghost with kind words. Just do whatever you want."

"Suning, can I take 22 cars of cargo from you?"

"You still want to do business with Vladimir and the others?"

"Tell me! Are you going to give it to me or not?"

"Shipping from Mohe warehouse, 20% deposit, balance payable upon delivery."

"Humph! That's more like it. I find you're becoming more and more nagging."

Then Chen Xueru left Suning's office triumphantly. After all, she knew that Suning's rule had always been to pay a 35% deposit, and agreeing to a 20% deposit was already a great favor.

Although he and Chen Xueru had almost no contact over the years, he knew Chen Xueru's specific situation through Hou Kui.

I heard that Hou Kui's biological father has been developing very well since he went to the United States. Recently, he has contacted Chen Xueru in China. It seems that they are likely to remarry.

"Suning, I just heard that Chen Xueru came to see you?" As expected, women's jealousy does not discriminate against age or past. Chu Bingbing came to Su Ning and asked as soon as she got the news.

"Yes! She wants to buy goods from us, so she comes here to ask for some preferential terms." Suning said indifferently with his head down to confirm.

"that's all?"

"Bingbing, are you jealous?"

"Humph! Although Chen Xueru is not young anymore, there's no guarantee that you'll rekindle your old feelings with her."

"Forget it! If you wanted to rekindle the old flame, it would have already happened."

"Suning, I heard from Hou Kui that his father is also going back to China to develop his career?"

"It seems so! But it has little to do with us, so I don't care much."

"Well, it would be great if Chen Xueru could really remarry Hou Kui's father. Her marriage would then have a good ending."

"Chu Bingbing, I think you've been a street official for too long. Now that you've resigned, you're still thinking about gossip."

"Humph! It's all because of you that I had to quit my job on the street to go into the sea with you."

"Isn't it good now?"

"But I still prefer the gossip of the neighborhood office."

"..."

(End of this chapter)