My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 81: Country People Just Want to Make a Living
Things that are taken care of by the local boss are more straightforward than giving out cigarettes or treating people to drinks.

Qin Jianjun also worked hard and asked Weidong to come to his house and he negotiated the price of the house down by more than 2,000 yuan in person!

Weidong smiled secretly and told him that the money saved would be divided equally between them. Qin Jianjun almost went into battle shirtless and brandished a machete against the other party.

Instead, it was the new owner who advised him that it was enough.

Anyway, it's a public matter, so we can't go too far.

This house was built as a commercial building in the city center during the Republic of China period when prominent figures from all over the country fled to the rear of the temporary capital.

There are three floors and a basement, and it also comes with a sloping-roof attic.

Each floor is about 100 square meters, 400 square meters not counting the attic. The selling price is 300 yuan per square meter regardless of whether it is a commercial storefront or a three-story building.

Qin Jianjun simply rounded off the area to an integer and came up with a figure of over 2,000 yuan.

It was considered the best craftsmanship and the best materials of that era, but it could not withstand the poor maintenance over the past few decades.

Therefore, the large collective property rights belong to the street committee, and the housing management office was just able to change its name this year, so they can't wait to sell it and buy new houses.

Because this kind of wooden floor structure must be completely demolished and renovated and rebuilt, not only is the procedure complicated, but also where would the money come from? No one wants to work in such an old, dilapidated and crowded building.

Finally, they promised to clear out the last bit of stock and deliver it this week.

The characteristic of no internet connection and no file creation is simplicity, especially since Jiangzhou is one of the first pilot cities for housing system reform in the country. The recent adjustment of the food street and the retail commercial street behind it has allowed the housing management office to complete several similar transfer tasks, which were completed simply and easily on the spot.

After signing the agreement, the 10,000 cash previously deposited in the city center will be handed over to the other party, and the remaining payment can be made after the vacant space is delivered.

Rang Weidong was able to take Qin Jianjun, the clothing store manager, and the housing management office section chief to the next door for a hot pot meal.

He introduced himself as a sales company affiliated with a provincial military-industrial enterprise, producing and selling cameras and tape recorders. He expected to sell televisions and other electrical appliances in the future, and his performance was pretty good.

The key is to find jobs for a group of children of rural workers. We use the spicy hot pot in the canteen of the third-line factory to open a specialty restaurant, which will provide a place for employees coming and going from the sales company to eat and stay.

These words immediately made everyone in the three units treat him as one of their own.

While eating and drinking, they complained about the shell companies in the guesthouse and looked down on the various individual traders who crowded into the retail commercial street behind it.

He also kindly warned that doing food business on Haochi Street isn't easy: "We Jiangzhou people really think that only delicious food can survive here. That's why the only three restaurants that can be considered time-honored on Haochi Street are Yaoshen, Chaoshou, and Tangyuan. Others, even those that serve Sichuan cuisine or official cuisine, don't last long. Now, all kinds of hot pot restaurants are trying to get in. What's the point of your Malatang?"

Isn’t this just like the hot search list, with only passers-by on every level?

Let Weidong laugh out loud: "The best way to win the world is to be fast. If you do business cheaply, you will have business."

The three of them immediately smiled and said yes, and the scene was naturally quite harmonious.

I asked Weidong to give each of us a pack of cigarettes and then handed them over. Then I asked about my business outside. I heard that Jiangzhou had released a van. Has it started selling?

"The truth is, now I have to drive a five-ton truck to go to the factory and the store. I can't get up to speed, and the fuel consumption is so high. It doesn't conform to the principle of saving money for the revolution."

Sure enough, the clothing store manager often went to meetings at the district and city levels. "I know, I know. The military automobile factory in the next district has a few cars being tested and inspected. They haven't been released yet, but I heard during the meeting that they're going to set the price at over 60,000! Over 60,000, who would buy it?!"

The amazement and shaking of the head are beyond words.

Weidong had no choice but to sigh in regret: "Fuck, that truck can't even carry a ton. The Dongfeng truck I have in the sales department only has a five-ton load of 50,000 yuan. How dare they sell this thing for over 60,000 yuan? Forget it."

Actually, what I think in my heart is that it’s okay. I can buy a car and a house every month.

Unexpectedly, the section chief of the Housing Authority exhaled smoke rings and scoffed, "What's 1.5 plus? They're all imitations of Japanese products, hammered and screwed, how good can the quality be? I heard that Jiangzhou Factory No. just imported a batch of Isuzu double-cab seats. They said they were buying them for assembly, but in fact they were paying an extra $ for each vehicle as a technical fee. The government directly imported vehicles and distributed them to Jiangzhou to learn how to assemble and produce them. Now all they're arriving are imported complete vehicles, each, and they're only tons. They gave our Housing Authority a quota, but we don't have the money to buy them."

Weidong's heart immediately beat fast again, just like a scumbag.

Isuzu double-row seat, perhaps people born in the 1990s don’t realize the value of this car.

For example, the tax bureau of a prefecture-level city still had a dozen buses, but for a long time, even bureau leaders like Lao Shi were unwilling to ride in the allocated Santana, preferring instead an Isuzu double-row seat.

Because this imported small truck is of quite reliable quality, its flat-top cabin is a spacious and comfortable five-seater similar to an SUV. The cooling effect and shock absorption comfort brought by the imported air-conditioning are more suitable for use as a business vehicle in small places with poor road conditions.

And it is absolutely tough and durable. The Town & Country truck of the tax bureau has run a full 400,000 kilometers and has never had any breakdown during this period. Even the gearbox has never been disassembled for repair. The quality is excellent.

It is a world of difference from the domestic cars that are being repaired as they are driven.

But he didn't say anything at the dinner table. When we were leaving, he whispered while passing a cigarette, "Our factory can buy it. If you help me get this quota, I'm sure there will be some reward."

The section chief of the Housing Management Office could only marvel: "Your sales performance is really good. Can you let my child work for you in the future?" This kind of operation is commonplace these days.

Let Weidong laugh and say it's no problem.

The next day, he took the cash, Goudan and a few others, and went to pick up the car with the driver from the Housing Management Office.

Even an uneducated guy like Goudan would be amazed when he saw it: "There are such nice cars?"

The all-white body has orange-red outlines, and the craftsmanship level can be distinguished from the paint surface.

When he got into the car and opened the door, he was surprised to find that it had a card seat machine head. This made Weidong's first thought of taking it apart and asking the Post and Telecommunications Equipment Factory to imitate it.

He didn't have any idea that imported goods were so expensive. He just took a quick look and bought this Isuzu double-cab car worth 123,000 yuan in the name of Dongsheng Trading.

He gave two packs of cigarettes to the driver who was leading the way, asked Goudan and the others to drive the truck back, and then he upgraded his equipment.

Now driving through the city center feels like driving a Mercedes-Benz or BMW!

It does have a sense of luxury that stands out from the crowd.

After all, Dongfeng trucks follow the rough Soviet style of operation, which is completely different from the delicate and comfortable design style of the notebook.

Now all kinds of controls are so comfortable that Weidong can't help but want to go on a long-distance run to try it out!

But we still have to persevere and open the new Malatang restaurant first.

Qin Jianjun was entrusted to help with the restaurant procedures, and preparations began immediately.

The advantages of the two cars were immediately highlighted. Weidong was asked to drive the double-row car to do errands outside, while Goudan and other experienced people who had driven for thousands of kilometers were responsible for transporting things and purchasing around the store.

After the clothing store vacated the house a few days later, more than a dozen young men and women came over immediately after dark, packing their bags full.

The old man let the couple sit in his son's new car, and he even thought it was made by a certain factory: "The factory treats you well, so do your best. This car is really exciting to sit in."

Let Weidong persuade his father first: "Just learn from Goudan and the others. I'll find a chance to get you all driver's licenses. From now on, you can keep the truck at home and drive it yourself. When the market is good, I'll buy you a car to enjoy."

Lao Rang was as shocked as if someone had dug up his ancestral grave. "How can that be possible? That's not possible. That's a car for leaders. Trucks are great, trucks are great. Isn't it hard to learn?"

Judging from his expression, he is already looking forward to how glorious it will be to drive back home during the Chinese New Year.

Asking Weidong not to explain how unimaginable the future would be, the main force teased: "I said you might not learn as fast as your mother, but you see, my mother is silent and only focused on watching how I drive!"

My mother, who once spent her entire life cooking on construction sites, actually had her own teenage dreams: "Hehe, before I met your dad, the first time I went to the county town, I saw a female driver driving a tractor, and I couldn't sleep when I got home."

Let Weidong quietly reach out and pat his mother: "It will happen, it will definitely happen."

My mother still laughed and didn't quite believe it.

It’s like the couple hasn’t realized they’ve become the boss.

The young people were very motivated. They stopped the car and let Weidong hand over the door key to someone, then rushed in like a battering ram. Everything left in the house was ours!

The guys immediately picked up buckets of mixed white mortar and quickly started painting the walls and ceiling.

Two people who knew a little about electrical work stepped on a wooden stepladder to install more lights in the store.

These days, we hired someone to weld a water pipe rack next to the factory, nailed wooden boards on it as tabletops and covered them with printed cloth, and then set up the stove and food racks, and it now looks like a restaurant.

Even a few girls can do the cleaning and tidying upstairs and downstairs.
After cleaning up the upstairs, I made the bed on the floor first, and then installed the bed frame.

The second floor used to be a warehouse that was open to the whole floor, but now it is used as a workshop for stacking vegetables. The third and fourth floors are separated by several offices and a finance room, which are now dormitories for men and women. Having a bathroom is a rare surprise, as most old houses like this require people to use the public toilet outside.

In short, the style of this rush and battle is that the Malatang shop must be opened tomorrow.

The door sign that was made in advance was moved down from the double-row cargo compartment, and a rope was lowered from upstairs to lift it up and install it.

"Baifeng Mountain Malatang".

It can be seen from the naming that Weidong was really casual. He used the place name of his hometown, which was similar to the idea of ​​Xishan Factory, and made it into a local delicacy in the countryside, just to make a living in the city.

　Wish you all a happy New Year's Eve
　　
　
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