On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Zhigang was the first to leave home and return to the mountain city.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Rong and Feng Huacheng also returned to Yanjing first. Feng Huacheng is now working in the district library. Unlike Wang Zhong and the others, who have winter and summer vacations, they still took time off specifically to stay in Jichun for so many days.
Zhou Bingyi, his wife and Li Suhua were the only ones left in the old Zhou family. Li Suhua came to see Wang Zhong, but Wang Zhong refused to move back.
After each unit went to work on the eighth day of the lunar month, Wang Zhong started running around. First, he distributed the household registrations. Qu Xiuzhen and Ma Shouchang helped to say hello. It went smoothly by the Songhua River, not far from the provincial (party committee) compound. More than two miles of land, I applied for a homestead.
The land is very large, covering four to five hundred square meters, which is enough to build a second or third-level courtyard.
After seeing the place, Wang Zhong started to think about it and began to plan how to design it.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Wang Zhong and Zheng Juan also led Li Suhua, Guangming and the children on the train to Yanjing, and Zhou Bingyi also followed.
School will start in a few days, and the whole family has to go and pack up first.
In early April, after many revisions, Wang Zhong's design drawing was finally completed.
The design drawing is not as simple as a drawing. It is first a hand-drawn rendering of the finished product, then a floor plan, and a basic structure design drawing...
Many materials are not available now, and the decoration may not be able to achieve the style of later generations, but the main body of the foundation and structure can be determined once and for all.
Wang Zhong first sent his budgeted materials list and renderings to Qu Xiuzhen. The little old lady had been idle all day since she retired and was worried about having nothing to do. After Wang Zhong's things were sent, the little old lady immediately took action.
Qu Xiuzhen has always been a resolute and fast-moving person, and she was once the president of the High Court and a high-ranking party official in many factories. Her old man was also the leader of the province. smoothly.
In less than a month, he not only helped Wang Zhong clear out the site, but also prepared all the materials such as steel, cement, sand and gravel.
Even the construction team has been recruited and reservations have been made.
Time flies, and months pass by in an instant.
In late June, when the end of the term was approaching, there were no classes in the school. Wang Zhong specifically asked for leave and rushed back early by himself to arrange for the master workers to work regularly. Under Wang Zhong's personal supervision, in three days, more than 20 people After working overtime, the entire foundation was finally excavated.
Wang Zhong used the form of piers and ground beams. After two days, the steel bars of the piers and ground beams had been tied up. Wang Zhong immediately rushed back to school to take the final exam, leaving all the rest to Qu. Xiu Zhen came to supervise.
As soon as the final exam was over, Wang Zhong rushed back to Jichun with his family without stopping.
The column formwork on the first floor has been installed and poured under Qu Xiuzhen's strict requirements. After Wang Zhong inspected it, he started pouring concrete directly.
Less than half a month into the summer vacation, Ma Shouchang also reached the age of retirement and retired from his job. The old couple had more free time, and they ran to the construction site of Wang Zhong's new house whenever the weather came up. They were all very motivated.
Wang Zhong simply asked the old couple to be supervisors. The two of them could not work, but they were good at managing people. There were more than 20 workers, both large and small, in total, and they were obeyed by him.
In two months, two groups of people worked in two shifts, working overtime and hurrying slowly. On the original open space, the main structure of a two-story courtyard with a backyard garden, a vegetable cellar, and a wine cellar was finally completed.
In fact, at first Wang Zhong wanted to design it more modernly, with a large elevated basement at the bottom, but after living in Yanjing for a long time, Zheng Juan fell in love with the courtyard house.
As a result, the first draft was completely overturned. Wang Zhong spent a lot of time redesigning it and put a lot of effort into moisture-proofing. The vegetable cellar was also requested by Zheng Juan.
However, after it was actually done, Wang Zhong himself was quite satisfied, but the time and cost exceeded his expectations.
If you want to decorate, it will take two months to wait until the walls are completely dry.
Decoration is a slow job, and Ji Chun is too cold. Construction in winter will seriously affect the effect. Therefore, it was not until the summer vacation of 1980 that the decoration of the new house was completely completed, and the corresponding supporting facilities and furniture were not fully furnished.
At the beginning of 1981, the twelfth lunar month, Yanjing.
Near the end of the semester, the original exam turned into an internship. Wang Zhong was only in the last semester before graduation. He had been interning outside as early as the second semester of his junior year. Now he spent much more time outside than at school.
Quanjude.
At He Damao's invitation, Wang Zhong came down from the construction site, changed into clean clothes, and went straight here.
The private room was also booked in advance by He Damao.
"Sir, do you want to serve food?" The waiter's attitude was much better than in previous years.
"Have you ordered the dishes?" Wang Zhong asked.
"Mr. He has already ordered." The waiter bowed slightly and had a very good attitude.
"Don't worry, wait until Lao He comes."
"Okay sir, if you need anything, just call me."
After a while, He Damao, who looked like a dog in a suit and wore gold-rimmed glasses, arrived belatedly. He was holding a pot of Maotai in his hand, carrying a black leather briefcase, a shiny Rolex on his wrist, and leather shoes on his feet. Polished until it was shiny.
"Old Zhou! Mr. Zhou!" After several years of getting along, the relationship between the two has improved by leaps and bounds. They shouted as a joke as soon as they entered the door.
Although He Damao is nearly fifty years old, he is still a troubled person. Since the establishment of the Export Zone in 1979, and three special economic zones in May last year, the spring breeze of reform has begun to blow in the land of China. He Damao has been silent. I couldn't hold back my heart for a long time.
He quit his job, took the savings he had saved for more than ten years, and borrowed a lot from his brother who had already been promoted to the official position. He scraped together three thousand yuan, and together with Wang Zhong who contributed seven thousand yuan, he scraped together ten thousand yuan. Under Wang Zhong's guidance, he rushed to Shencheng alone and started business.
Putting down Maotai, he opened his wallet, took out two stacks of Great Unity, and pushed it to Wang Zhong with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, this is this year's dividend."
Brand-new Unity, tied with rubber bands, there are ten stacks in one pile, each stack is worth one thousand yuan, and there are twenty piles in total, which is a total of twenty thousand yuan.
This is 1981.
"So much?" Seeing so much money at once, even Wang Zhong couldn't help but feel his heart fluttering. This was 20,000 yuan in 1981, a total of 2,000 pieces. In future generations, it would be millions more. went.
"You don't know how high our profits are!" He Damao said with a beaming eyebrow.
"As soon as our goods arrive in Yanjing, they are all sorted before they even leave the train station."
"Nowadays, every shop in Yanjing City that sells televisions and watches doesn't want to buy from us."
He Damao has strong connections, a deep background, a wide network of contacts, and friends who can talk to him in the railway department. This is his biggest advantage.
"Serve, serve!" he shouted to the waiter outside the door.
"In half a year's time, our original ten thousand yuan has now increased nearly a hundred times." He Damao turned around and said to Wang Zhong with a beaming face.
Wang Zhong was also polite to him, put the money away, and put it into his bag. In fact, it was put into the space.
Wang Zhong would not dare to put twenty thousand yuan in his bag casually.
The two exchanged a few words and listened to He Damao's passionate account of his glorious deeds over the past six months, from Yanjing to Guangdong Province, and from Shencheng to Yanjing.
After a while, the dishes were all served, and the two of them changed glasses. After drinking a few glasses, He Damao started talking non-stop.
After three rounds of drinking, He Damao's vision for the future was almost complete.
Wang Zhong suddenly said: "With your relationship, we still have an advantage. However, as the pace of reform and opening up gradually accelerates and more and more people participate, our advantage is not so prominent."
It was like a basin of cold water was poured directly on him. If it had been anyone else, he might not have been able to finish the meal.
But after He Damao heard this, he quickly calmed down and nodded in agreement: "Recently, many young people from the compound have indeed gone south."
"We are both brothers from the big courtyard. If you have the connections, others must also have them." Wang Zhong said: "Though all those shops now get their goods from us, once there are better or cheaper goods, they will definitely turn around. Find someone else to get it.”
"Or those who have some connections and are quick-thinking can just go to Shencheng to find the source of goods."
He Damao nodded in agreement, and considering the recent situation, he was slightly worried: "Then what should we do next?"
Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Don't worry. Although the competition is huge, we started early, have a reputation, and have connections. There shouldn't be much impact in the short term. At most, our profits will be reduced a lot."
"With the reform and opening up, more and more advanced foreign technologies will be introduced into our country in the future. By then, all walks of life will definitely see a hundred flowers blooming. And as people's lives get better and better, after solving the problem of food and clothing, , you must definitely pursue material enjoyment in life.”
"By then, all walks of life will surely usher in a hundred flowers blooming and flourishing."
"Then what shall we do in the future?" He Damao couldn't wait to ask. In his opinion, Wang Zhong couldn't help but write the novel well, his writing is concise, his vision is very unique, he has the ability to understand the situation clearly, and he is courageous and determined.
"If we are moving things from south to north like we are now, there are four words: Channel is king. If you have strong connections and many friends, if you want to be a channel, you have certain advantages. We also have certain strength now.
But we definitely can’t do it on our own. This cake is too big for one or two people to eat. We have to find someone to cooperate, and someone with enough weight.
But in this case, there is another disadvantage. If you wait until the future, it is not impossible to be turned into the guest. "
He Damao nodded. Although his family has some energy, it is not ranked at all in Yanjing City: "What else?"
Wang Zhong took a sip of water: "We can also become our own manufacturers. Do you know what our country lacks most now?"
He Damao shook his head, puzzled.
Wang Zhongdao: "It's the labor force! There are tens of millions of people, so many educated and knowledgeable people can't find jobs. What about those who are uneducated and uneducated?"
"That's right!" He Damao slapped his thigh and shouted excitedly: "The most important thing our country lacks is working people."
Wang Zhong smiled and continued: "Technology is still our weak area. It is too difficult to do it, but those that do not have such high technical requirements are definitely worth buying. You know, we are most indispensable. It's the labor force.
In the early stage, we can only introduce advanced technology from abroad, do OEM work for large foreign manufacturers, and slowly accumulate capital and strength. When our strength increases in the future, we can also cooperate with universities and slowly cultivate our own Talents, embark on the road of independent research and development! "
"However, if we really want to move from OEM to independent research and development, it will be an extremely long process, and the cost will be extremely high. It is too far to consider now."
"Is there any one with a lower level of difficulty and easier to get started with?" He Damao asked expectantly.
"Yes!" Wang Zhong replied casually while eating roast duck.
He Damao didn't even bother to eat the food, so he quickly asked: "What?"
Wang Zhong glanced at him sideways and said with a smile: "Instant noodles and drinks!"
He Damao's eyes lit up, but then he became a little confused: "There is no shortage of these in the market now, right?"
"Instant noodles are not difficult. The key is taste. This is very easy. It can be matched with eight major cuisines and various flavors!" Wang Zhong said calmly while eating.
"Instant noodles are okay!" Instant noodles are indeed not difficult, and the seasoning is even better. Even Wang Zhong can prepare the seasoning himself.
Wang Zhong borrowed the words: "Coke sodas can't compete with the big foreign manufacturers, but can we make other things! For example, herbal tea, juice-type drinks, as long as we spend a little effort, are we worried that we can't make them?"
"Then we spend more money and put more ads on TV and tape recorders. As long as we increase our popularity, are we afraid that no one will buy it?"
"This is good!" It's easy to get started and the cost is not high. In the early stage, you can set up a small workshop and hire a few people to do it.
Wang Zhong changed his words: "But if you want to become bigger and stronger, promote it nationwide, and compete with those foreign products, promotion and channels are indispensable."
He Damao nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "So not only must the channels we have cannot be left behind, but we must continue to expand, preferably to radiate across the country?"
Wang Chong said with a smile: "Yes! But it is a bit exaggerated to spread the country all at once. For the south, we should first open up the channels of Shanghai and Jinling. In the north, we can also consider the capitals of several nearby provinces. If we want to expand To become stronger, we cannot limit our sights to Yanjing.”
"It makes sense. No matter what you do, you must take a long-term view!" He Damao said with deep approval.
The two of them were eating and drinking while talking about the future. This matter was just casual chatting, and they could talk about whatever they wanted. For the detailed chapters, they would have to go back and discuss it carefully on a day without drinking to clarify the pros and cons.
Sure enough, the next day was Sunday. Early in the morning, He Damao couldn't wait to come to Dashiqiao Hutong. He discussed with Wang Zhong for a long time and temporarily decided on the next path and direction.
After the discussion, He Damao ran away in a hurry without even bothering to eat lunch.
"Brother He, what's going on?" Zheng Juan still didn't understand when she saw He Damao impatiently refusing to stay for dinner and leaving in a hurry.
Wang Zhong walked behind Zheng Juan with a smile, wrapped his hands around his waist, and gently placed them on Zheng Juan's bulging belly.
"It's all about money."
Zheng Juan quickly looked around and saw that the children and Li Suhua were not there. Then she rolled her eyes at Wang Zhong and said, "It's cooking!"
"Why are you in a hurry! Let's go to you first!" Wang Zhong was about to kiss her when an extremely inappropriate voice came from the door along with the sound of footsteps.
"dad!"
Zheng Juan quickly turned around and broke away from Wang Zhong's arms. Wang Zhong coughed dryly and immediately put his hands behind his back, appreciating Zheng Juan's craftsmanship seriously.
"Not bad, not bad! It's full of color, fragrance and taste! It's almost surpassing my master."
He turned around and saw Zhou Ming who had just walked in.
"What's wrong?" Wang Zhong asked with a smile.
"Grandma told you to..."
