Dongdan Vegetable Market, founded in 1902, has a long history and is one of the four major vegetable markets in Sijiu City.
In the early 1950s, the Dongdan Vegetable Market became a state-owned vegetable market through a public-private partnership, and the government took over the stalls to the state.
If it was just to buy vegetables, Li Jie didn't need to go so far. He made a special trip to the Dongdan Vegetable Market. There was a small market near Beiwanzi Alley that supplied the tables of the surrounding people.
Li Jie came to Dongdan Vegetable Market mainly to check the prices of non-staple food. The vegetable market near Beiwanzi Alley was too small and the variety was not as complete as here.
After seeing the Dongdan Vegetable Market today, Li Jie plans to go to the Chongwenmen Vegetable Market tomorrow. Compared to the Dongdan Vegetable Market, the Chongwenmen Vegetable Market is much newer and was just built last year.
The appearance of the two vegetable markets is similar. The main entrance faces south. The roof is arc-shaped, and the appearance is like a locomotive. The internal layout is also like a European and American train station, with large bays and high columns, and the indoor air circulation is good. The lighting and lighting are excellent, not inferior to the large markets of later generations.
Only the service attitude of the vendors is not as good as that of the vegetable markets of later generations. There is no way, because they are eating from the government, selling more and selling less, and there is no performance appraisal at all.
The main entrance of Dongdan Vegetable Market is bustling with people. There is an endless stream of people coming to buy vegetables. Before they walk in, they see a big sign hanging above the door from a distance, which reads "convenience, benefit and serve the people". Big letters.
Li Jie followed the crowd and walked into the vegetable market. The aisles between stalls were very wide. Even though the flow of people was very large, it was not crowded at all.
There are one row of pork stalls, one row of beef and mutton stalls, one row of poultry stalls, one row of aquatic products, and several rows of vegetable stalls. The layout is very neat. Even if it is your first time, you will not be confused. Moreover, this place not only sells vegetables, but also sells vegetables on both sides. There are various candies, cakes and fruit stalls.
Dongdan Vegetable Market sells a full range of products. If you include the non-staple food stores on both sides, it is roughly estimated that there are at least four to five hundred kinds of products for sale, which is no less than the fresh food supermarkets of later generations.
Li Jie walked around and found that the prices here were exactly the same as those at the vegetable market near Beiwanzi Hutong. There was no price difference, but they were a little cheaper than the purchase prices in the countryside.
Although the official crackdown on speculators is very strong, there will never be a shortage of speculators in the world. When he jumped in line in the past, 'Han Chunming' encountered people who were scalpers.
However, what these people do is very secretive. They basically do business with acquaintances and never do business with strangers.
Eggs at the vegetable market cost five cents each. If you buy them in the countryside, they cost less than three cents. There is a price difference of two cents per egg.
The profits are considerable, but transportation is a problem. Small quantities are easy to solve. You can sneak them into the city bit by bit like ants moving, but you can't make much money with small quantities.
A hundred eggs cost 2 yuan, a thousand eggs cost 20 yuan, and ten thousand eggs only cost 200 yuan.
Not to mention how to transport 10,000 eggs into the city, just purchasing them will exhaust you to death. You can’t buy eggs from chicken farms, and there aren’t that many eggs raised at home.
In fact, this plan was passed by Li Jie a long time ago. In the original drama, 'Han Chunming' made 500 yuan by reselling eggs, and Li Jie didn't know how he earned it.
He can only earn 500 yuan by reselling 50,000 eggs. He can buy so many eggs in one trip to the countryside. It can only be said that the screenwriter set him up too high.
With such a large-scale transaction, even if you buy it, you probably won't be able to get far before someone catches it.
Compared to reselling eggs, Li Jie prefers to save a bicycle. Bicycles are definitely a best-seller in this era. Which young person doesn't want to buy a 28-inch bumper and then take his sweetheart around the city.
Brand-new cars are too expensive and require bicycle tickets and industrial coupons. Second-hand cars are much cheaper, and they don’t require bicycle tickets or industrial coupons.
A second-hand bicycle costs more than 30 yuan for a no-name brand, and more than 40 yuan for a newer one. A young man who has just started working can afford it with half a year of frugality.
The cost of saving a second-hand bicycle is not high. You can buy some scrapped bicycles and use grafting techniques. If it really can't be repaired, go to a car repair shop to get some accessories. Then you can have a bicycle, and the cost will not exceed fifteen yuan at most. .
The profit is twenty yuan every time. You can make more money doing this than selling eggs.
In fact, this idea is not something no one has thought of. The car repair shops outside basically do this kind of thing part-time, but what they do is very secretive, and others are not qualified to do it.
First of all, the sales channel will block you. If you get one car, it is fine for your own use, but you will have no place to sell more.
Car repair shops are different. There is a lot of traffic there, and there are many sales opportunities. People can buy it with confidence. No matter how cheap a second-hand car is, it only costs thirty or forty. Many senior workers only earn this much a month, and people don’t dare to look for it. Three no one bought it.
Therefore, this business is not a long-term solution. It can only make quick money. It is not a big problem to make a few hundred with some effort, but it is difficult to make a fortune with this business.
Fortunately, Li Jie doesn't expect to make a fortune from this. The Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has not yet been held, and the special period has just passed. The wind is too tight and it is not suitable for high-profile business.
Hibernation is the best choice.
After 1980, when the market environment is a little more relaxed, there will be no rush to do these things.
According to Li Jie's plan, he would first earn his first pot of gold by reselling eggs. It didn't take much, just twenty or thirty would be enough. If you calculate, it would only be enough for a thousand eggs.
If you run more frequently, it is not difficult to earn thirty yuan a month.
Then, use the thirty yuan to save a car, earn one hundred and eighty yuan a month, and two hundred yuan in two months.
Earning two hundred in three months is Li Jie's small goal.
Be famous early!
With a start-up capital of two hundred yuan, Big Bowl of Tea can be started. Two months is enough to spread this trend, and the college entrance examination will be around the same time.
After taking the college entrance examination, Li Jie can leave. As long as he has earned a reputation, it doesn't matter whether he has money or not. He still looks down on this little money.
After four years of college, it was around 1980, and the choice was made at that time. You could either be assigned to work in an agency, or you could choose to start your own business and start as a self-employed person.
However, if you want to be self-employed, I'm afraid there will be great resistance within the Han family. People in this era look down on self-employed people. Government agencies and factories are the best choices for graduates.
Li Jie has not yet decided whether to join a government agency or go overseas to do business. Both options have their own advantages. Joining an agency can accumulate more contacts, and going overseas is conducive to the primitive accumulation of capital.
Anyway, there are still several years until college graduation, so there is no need to make a decision now.
