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Chapter 30: Making Money
Even Rang Weidong couldn't stop his parents' active and enthusiastic interest in making money.

After a busy day, I pushed the food cart back to the store and found that all 300 skewers of meat and vegetables I had prepared had been sold out, and a pot of steamed rice was sold out first.

Later, some young workers bought a bottle of beer at the door, squatted down and ate two or three skewers of dishes before they were satisfied and urged us to make more tomorrow.

Although the turnover was only thirty or forty yuan, the former construction workers and the cooks on the construction site were completely surprised.

On the way home, Weidong was more excited than he had ever seen his mother: "So many people like to eat it, they all say it's good! Make more tomorrow and buy more vegetables!"

Lao Rang is the main force in stringing lotus leaves: "City people are really willing to spend money. They can string 20 or 30 lotus leaves at 8 cents a pound. If they make so much money, they will be arrested, right?"

There are only a few slices of meat, and at 70 or 80 cents a pound, it can be made into many skewers.

He felt guilty.

I earn 30 yuan a month guarding the gate at the tax compound, but I can earn that much in just one or two days here!

You can even make this much money every day if you work a little more.

My mother is also actively exploring improvements: "Add some sugar to the cold dishes. They say it tastes better with a little sugar. I will make more tomorrow."

Lao Rang quickly nodded: "I'll cook another pot of rice. Some children are still hungry."

I would feel guilty if I didn't do that.

Wei Dong found that he couldn't persuade the customer, so he could only double the amount of side dishes the next day and move the cart a few dozen meters closer to the store.

As a result, sales were even better the next day, and many workers rushed over to eat this hot and spicy delicacy.

Then there are even more people sitting on the roadside drinking a bottle of beer. It is really refreshing to have a few bites of spicy food with a bottle of beer in such a hot winter, although no one can use this word to describe it yet.

Various comments like "cozy", "comfortable" and "easy" surrounded the dining car.

Weidong had no choice but to push the cart further away.

Because it was obvious that the few restaurants and eateries in front of the factory were looking at him unfriendly.

He hurried over to offer cigarettes and greet the boss, explaining that it was a job for the Hongguang Factory Labor Service Company, and that the factory was undergoing restructuring and they needed to find some work.

He almost believed what he said, that the three members of the family were all formal employees.

His face looked a little better.

It was only after he left that the shop owners began to wonder why this young driver looked a bit like the country boy who came to sell bacon last year.
It was true that Weidong's hairstyle had changed significantly since that photo shoot, and with the military uniform, police pants and suede shoes he bought in Shanghai, his appearance was completely transformed compared to before.

Not to mention driving a truck.

Who would believe that after selling bacon for a few months, he could drive a big truck?

In fact, these young workers who spend two or three cents to eat hot food on the roadside are basically not their consumers, so there is no conflict.

So after six or seven days of waiting, the diners gathered in front of the store as if they were being led by the nose.

Weidong even moved the trucks parked at the door to make some space.

Continue to wait a little nervously for what might happen.

He certainly didn't want his parents to bear the iron fist of dictatorship after he was gone.

Fortunately, after ten days or so, the neighborhood committee and Uncle Hat finally came to inspect, and they really couldn't find any problems. They didn't even ask for the catering hygiene license that Weidong had asked for.

The market has just been opened up, and this item is not available yet.

Either you bring the restaurant procedures or the grocery store license. Both of them are self-employed and can be handled by all parties.

It’s just a roadside stall now, but it still has the sign of a service company on it.

The mailbox factories are often directly under the jurisdiction of ministries and commissions, and are not under the jurisdiction of local governments at all.

There are quite a few of these boastful military-to-civilian factories in Jiangzhou, and there are two or three of them in this area. Others are too numerous and powerful to be offended, but they treat this store with only three temporary workers equally.

Weidong saw that there was no such thing as a fight or arrest here, so he followed the common practice of the tax compound and earnestly asked where the other party's office was. "Our sister factory in northern Jiangsu will be sending a batch of tape recorders soon. They're great for children learning English, so we're sending one to your company for trial. Please give us some feedback and see if we can develop and produce one."

He is now speaking such nonsense without hesitation.

Actually, I have heard a lot about it before, but I have never practiced it as a third-party.

Sure enough, I received curious and polite thanks. No need, we are just two streets behind. Come and sit down when you are free. We are here to serve you.

Weidong would definitely not take it as a rejection.

After calling the freight department to confirm arrival at the port, drive over to pick up the goods.

Five hundred units, and the shipping fee is... only over forty dollars.

Each one weighs about six pounds, totaling one and a half tons, but the shipping cost is cheaper because the water is too slow.

But if you pile it on a five-ton truck, it will be a full truck!
Weidong was actually a bit surprised to have no idea how many 500 units there were. He couldn't tell when they were loading the ship, but now he just thinks it's this much!
The truck bed was overflowing.

Seeing his confused look, the freight department sold him a tarpaulin with laughter. He was holding the cigarette he was given. Several porters carefully taught him that the height of the cargo could not be blocked by the guardrail, so it had to be tied up tightly with the tarpaulin.

Weidong almost wanted to take out his mobile phone to take pictures and record the scene. These veterans tied it up as tightly as a work of art.

Finally, I drove back to the store and Lao Rang and I spent a long time unloading the 500 units before piling them in the empty store. I actually took two units to the neighborhood committee and police station two blocks away, and also asked others for their opinions.

In fact, when he left, he was no longer willing to sell it. At least he would wait until next time to bring Goudan with him to sell it.

I suddenly felt a little panicked. Why on earth did I order 500 units right then and there?!

so much!
Can I sell it? Even if I do, won't others know there are tens of thousands of dollars here? Will it put my parents in danger?

Moreover, with such a large quantity, it might cause quite a stir, which is totally inconsistent with his business theory of making money quietly.

I think a lot.

As a result, people must have asked him how much the tape recorder cost, and he casually said 99.

At that time, the police immediately grabbed him and shouted at him not to leave. Before he knelt down and said that he was guilty, they said that they would first sell one to each family in our unit, and then they would drive a police car to pick up the goods and pay for them!

The neighborhood committee is right next to the police station. I heard someone shouting, "Wait together!" and so did I.

Damn it, Weidong, he has become accustomed to the abundant online shopping days of Pinduoduo and Taobao forty years later.

Having lived in the countryside before, he had no experience of the current shortage of supplies in big cities. Well, he experienced it when he first sold bacon.

Working couples can save money and spend a few dozen dollars to buy bacon, but they cannot buy household appliances that require tickets.

Just as this product was about to start free flow, he, a small profiteer, skipped all the middlemen and bought the bulk goods.

This kind of thing is sold at a price of at least one hundred and forty or fifty yuan in department stores, and it may not be available yet, so it must be supplied with a ticket.

As a result, it is now sold at a very low price.

Isn't it said that it's easier to sell if the price is 99 or 9.9 yuan? He didn't think about how much profit he would make. Even if shopping malls have this thing, it's impossible to make three or four times the profit. It's enough for him to safely get tens of thousands of yuan back in the form of goods.

As a result, the whole afternoon was filled with traffic from nearby units who had heard the news and were rushing to pick up the goods. The farthest person came from a government official who came from two or three districts away!
In particular, the police tricycles came seven or eight times, and there were also several police cars.

Weidong has already given up resistance. It’s up to you. Buy whatever you want. Just lie down and let them do whatever they want.

Anyway, I was too lazy to introduce the products. I had previously thought of asking a photo studio to take photos of the products and promote them everywhere, and prepare some sales lines and record them on tapes to play repeatedly.

There is no need for that now.

We opened a box and turned it up to the maximum volume to play an English tape over and over again. Everyone, including the uncle in the hat, said yes and said we would buy it to learn English. That's what it felt like.

This is not outrageous. We have sold more than a hundred units. My mother is worried that so many people are blocking the door. If I cook these dishes, will I be able to open the store today?
Those who bought the tape recorder smelled it. What a smell, so intoxicating!

The young workers also came over one after another. Seeing so many people in white uniforms, they thought some big case had happened and quickly gathered around to watch the fun.

When I found out that I could get a beautiful new tape recorder for only 199 instead of 99 or , I immediately rushed back to borrow money, pool money, and buy it together.

In short, you must buy it in any way!
Having a tape recorder like this will definitely make you the coolest among your companions!

Young workers are most eager to be interested in this fashionable entertainment consumer product.

It's like buying a new slot machine, or completing the Black Monkey game for the first time.

So the store entrance was very chaotic.

Those who bought the tape recorder wanted to try the delicious skewers of something, while those who came to eat rushed to buy the tape recorder.

Because according to everyone's experience, such good things often disappear in seconds.

I guess if Yanwu factory heard about this, they would be so angry that they would dance striptease. This price is completely disrupting the market order.

But it doesn’t matter now, it can’t be transmitted.

There are no channels for information dissemination.

So the thing that Weidong regretted the most was, why did I pull the goods back and unload them with my dad so hard? I could have just opened the back door of the truck and sold them like I was buying fruit.

It was all in vain.

Now he could only keep shouting, "Please sign here. We're giving the company the money for record keeping to confirm we didn't oversell it."

The main purpose is to maintain the corporate atmosphere, so that no one will suddenly become angry and try to snatch the individual business owners away.

He also deposited the payment for the goods in a nearby savings bank in front of many people, and pretended to crank the hand-cranked phone to "report" to the leader there.

I only realized after shouting until my voice was hoarse that I was arguing with the tape recorder for volume. It was my own fault.

I worked so hard and earned nearly 7,000 yuan...

This was the total amount he saved after spending two months and making more than ten trips to the provincial capital to sell bacon.

Now it’s done in two days!

We were supposed to go back to Shangzhou after picking up the goods, but now we have to stay for another day.

Because the next day, citizens from various units rushed in after hearing the news and emptied the remaining tape recorders.

It is a scene of people rushing to buy.

The shopping hat uncles who were introduced by the street police station had to maintain order by the way.

Rang Weidong also deliberately showed his sales department work ID to others, and took the newly bought national highway map to ask Uncle Hat about the optical military factories that were said to be very close to the north of Jiangzhou. He had the addresses but didn't know how to get there, so the factory sent him to contact the business.

The uncle in the hat showed him the way very familiarly, and joked that that was where the old lady with two guns fought guerrilla warfare in the past. Those of you who are used to hiding in the mountains and working in the third-line factories should not go in, as you may not be able to get out.

Weidong asked at the same time, he also had to go to Shangzhou, how long would it take?

Someone who had driven there before to handle a case immediately marked out the route for him on the map and lamented that it was hard work for you guys to work in sales.

There’s no point in letting Weidong work hard, he just drives a truck back to his hometown to show off!
(End of this chapter)