Rebirth 83: Hundreds of billions of net worth, starting from setting up a stall
Chapter 46: Encountering bottlenecks again, new development
In a blink of an eye, half a month passed.
The stalls on Xiushui Street are selling less and less every day.
Especially in recent days, it has dropped below [-].
Li Cunxi summarized the reasons.
The consumer group of Xiushui Street is relatively fixed, and they are all foreigners who live and work nearby.
Their clothes have too few styles to attract foreigners who have already purchased them to make multiple repurchases, and there is not enough new traffic coming in, so their sales can only get worse day by day.
If you want to break the situation, you can only add more clothing styles.
In this month and a half, he visited the clothing factories around the capital.
The styles of foreign trade clothes exported here are almost the same, and the threshold for getting the goods is not low. The same style requires a minimum batch of at least [-] pieces, which does not meet his requirements.
Therefore, if you want to buy new products, you can only go to places with developed light industry like Yangcheng to purchase goods.
"Brother Xie, there is news about Bai Maowen!"
Jin Wen ran over panting.
"Drink some water and speak slowly."
Li Cunxi placed a water tank on the ground.
In the past half month, Jin Wen and his five good brothers have asked him for countless fake news.
But he didn't dare to give up, because the day when Bai Laoer was shot in a gang fight was getting closer and closer.
To prevent the wife from suffering bereavement.
He must find Bai Laoer to avoid this disaster.
"Brother Xie, this is real news. The fourth child has a friend who met Bai Maowen two days ago. That grandson is in Yangcheng. I have found out the address."
Jin Wen took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
Li Cunxi took the paper, glanced at it, raised his head and said, "This is an address in a deep city."
If he hadn't spent time in Shencheng and Yangcheng, he would have been tricked by Jin Wen's group of unreliable friends.
Shencheng, the coastal special economic zone designated by the old man, is adjacent to the Xiangjiang River. Nowadays, it can be said that it has all kinds of bonuses.
"Damn, these unreliable things, thanks to your knowledge, Brother Xie, otherwise they would really be killed."
Jin Wen complained angrily.
"Actually, it doesn't matter. The two places are a few hours away, so it's not too far."
Li Cunxi was more concerned about what Bai Laoer was going to Shencheng for.
In his impression, in Shenzhen in the early 80s, various industries were just emerging, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was far away.
And because it is close to Xiangjiang, the smuggling industry is extremely developed.
Could it be that Bai Laoer went to smuggling?
That thing has a complete closed-loop industrial chain. Outsiders have no access, and [-]% of it will be deceived and lost.
Squeak.
Lao Jin rode his bicycle to the stall.
Jin Wen hurriedly went to help his father.
Lao Jin threw his son away and said, "I'm just lame on half of my leg. I don't need anyone to help me get out of the car."
Jin Wen smiled bitterly and said: "Hey, I am a filial son, but I still want to be scolded. How can this be reasonable?"
Lao Jin had no time to talk to his son and limped to Li Cunxi. He took out two square iron blocks from his pocket and placed them on the stall: "This is version No. 18. If it still doesn't work, I will continue to change it."
Li Cunxi took out paper and ink pad from his trouser pocket.
Spreading out the paper, in addition to the Apple brand pattern he drew, there are also letter seals printed on it that are the same as the pattern. If you look carefully, you can still see a lot of differences.
He picked up a larger square iron block, dipped it in ink pad, pressed it on the paper, and compared it with the pattern he drew.
Lao Jin looked nervous, like a student waiting for the teacher to announce his results.
Li Cunxi picked up the small square again, printed it on the paper, and nodded with satisfaction: "This time, nine images are ready, let's use this draft."
"Just use them together."
Lao Jin smiled honestly.
For these two molds, he was a fitter and was forced to become a master of carving. He took a small chisel and kept carving and changing the size of the letters. If he was not careful and made a mistake, he would have to start over. The process Very torture.
Jin Wen came over and asked: "Brother Xie, the mold is done, should we start the next plan to make a fortune?"
As the savings in hand increase.
The current sales of booth three, NT$400, are no longer able to satisfy his growing ambitions.
"Well, you clean up, exchange the money in our hands for hundred-yuan extra currency notes, and then open a letter of introduction. Let's buy a ticket to go to Yangcheng to purchase goods. By the way, don't forget to go to the dealer and exchange for some national food stamps. I guess we can use it. on."
Li Cunxi warned softly.
In this era of planned economy, people do not have ID cards, and most social activities require a letter of introduction, including getting married, buying bus tickets, and staying in a guest house.
When he first came to the capital, it was a lot of trouble. The brigade couldn't open the letter, and then he went to the county to open the letter. The county couldn't open it, so he had to go to the city. In the end, there was a leader in the city who understood that it was not easy for a female educated youth to have a relationship with a rural man like him. , found connections in the province, issued a letter and proof of entry to Beijing, and then came to the capital.
A month ago, he bought a ticket to Yangcheng. He also took a lot of documents and went to the neighborhood committee several times. Fortunately, he and Lao Wang, the director of the neighborhood committee, were good friends and gave him some privileged access to get the letter out smoothly.
but.
For him, the biggest obstacle to going out is not the letter of introduction, but his wife Bai Xiaoyan.
During the last runaway incident, in order to prevent him from running away from home again, my wife hid almost all the information proving his identity. She also went to the neighborhood committee to greet Lao Wang and refused to allow anyone to give him any letters of introduction.
Therefore, if he wants to go out, he must obtain his wife's permission, which is a headache for him.
"Understood, I'll do it right away."
After Jin Wen finished speaking, he couldn't wait to ride away.
Hearing this, Lao Jin smiled and said, "Cun Xi, since you are going on a long trip, you should go home early. I can just keep an eye on you here."
"Okay, by the way, ask Auntie to sew a few more pockets into Jin Wen's clothes."
Li Cunxi reminded before leaving.
"what?"
Lao Jin didn't react for a while, but he quickly understood the meaning of Li Cunxi's words and nodded: "Don't worry, the sewing will be solid. I guarantee you won't lose a dime."
"gone."
Li Cunxi pedaled away.
After half an hour.
He returns home.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone in the courtyard had not returned from work, so it was very quiet.
Li Cunxi stopped the car, took out the ingredients he bought from the back seat of the car, and walked to the public kitchen in the courtyard.
The kitchen is small in size, with two stoves made of bricks and stones. The original color of the walls is no longer visible due to years of smoke and fire.
Except for two stoves.
There are also many pots and pans in the kitchen, as well as two large vats, one filled with pickles and the other filled with water, both of which are labeled with the names of each family.
But people in the yard basically use all the kitchen utensils together without distinguishing between firewood, rice, oil and salt.
But one thing is that after using these utensils, they must be cleaned so that the next person can continue to use them.
Theoretically, it is not difficult for Li Cunxi to make a fire.
But the seniors hadn’t touched this skill for decades, so when it came to practice, it was a bit unfamiliar, and it took a lot of effort before I managed to light a fire.
Added some firewood to the stove.
He washed his hands and started to chop the ribs. His daughter liked sweet and sour food, so she made sweet and sour pork ribs first.
Put the pork ribs in a pot under cold water, add onion, ginger and white wine, blanch the water, drain out the water, fry until both sides are golden brown, and put it on a plate.
Pour out the freshly beaten oil from the bowl, add rock sugar and boil until it becomes syrupy. Add the pork ribs and stir-fry until browned. Pour in water and add other seasonings. Wait until the water dries up to reduce the juice. This sweet and sour sweet and sour pork ribs dish is ready. .
While the ribs are cooking.
Li Cunxi is preparing to make his wife's favorite cold noodles when she goes to the countryside.
He took out the kneading basin, poured flour and an appropriate amount of salt, kneaded the dough with cold water, let it rise for a few minutes, poured in water, and kneaded the dough. During this process, the washed batter was the raw material for Liangpi. The washed dough is the strong gluten in Liangpi.
Been busy for an hour.
Sweet and sour pork ribs, braised eggplant, stir-fried diced chicken, stir-fried shredded potatoes, winter melon ball soup, four dishes and one soup are all on the table.
Liangpi also comes to the final step of making spicy oil.
Place the ground chili and sesame seeds in a bowl and add a little seasoning.
The hot oil is poured on the chili noodles by the spoonful, and the fragrance is overflowing with the sizzling sound.
The stalls on Xiushui Street are selling less and less every day.
Especially in recent days, it has dropped below [-].
Li Cunxi summarized the reasons.
The consumer group of Xiushui Street is relatively fixed, and they are all foreigners who live and work nearby.
Their clothes have too few styles to attract foreigners who have already purchased them to make multiple repurchases, and there is not enough new traffic coming in, so their sales can only get worse day by day.
If you want to break the situation, you can only add more clothing styles.
In this month and a half, he visited the clothing factories around the capital.
The styles of foreign trade clothes exported here are almost the same, and the threshold for getting the goods is not low. The same style requires a minimum batch of at least [-] pieces, which does not meet his requirements.
Therefore, if you want to buy new products, you can only go to places with developed light industry like Yangcheng to purchase goods.
"Brother Xie, there is news about Bai Maowen!"
Jin Wen ran over panting.
"Drink some water and speak slowly."
Li Cunxi placed a water tank on the ground.
In the past half month, Jin Wen and his five good brothers have asked him for countless fake news.
But he didn't dare to give up, because the day when Bai Laoer was shot in a gang fight was getting closer and closer.
To prevent the wife from suffering bereavement.
He must find Bai Laoer to avoid this disaster.
"Brother Xie, this is real news. The fourth child has a friend who met Bai Maowen two days ago. That grandson is in Yangcheng. I have found out the address."
Jin Wen took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
Li Cunxi took the paper, glanced at it, raised his head and said, "This is an address in a deep city."
If he hadn't spent time in Shencheng and Yangcheng, he would have been tricked by Jin Wen's group of unreliable friends.
Shencheng, the coastal special economic zone designated by the old man, is adjacent to the Xiangjiang River. Nowadays, it can be said that it has all kinds of bonuses.
"Damn, these unreliable things, thanks to your knowledge, Brother Xie, otherwise they would really be killed."
Jin Wen complained angrily.
"Actually, it doesn't matter. The two places are a few hours away, so it's not too far."
Li Cunxi was more concerned about what Bai Laoer was going to Shencheng for.
In his impression, in Shenzhen in the early 80s, various industries were just emerging, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was far away.
And because it is close to Xiangjiang, the smuggling industry is extremely developed.
Could it be that Bai Laoer went to smuggling?
That thing has a complete closed-loop industrial chain. Outsiders have no access, and [-]% of it will be deceived and lost.
Squeak.
Lao Jin rode his bicycle to the stall.
Jin Wen hurriedly went to help his father.
Lao Jin threw his son away and said, "I'm just lame on half of my leg. I don't need anyone to help me get out of the car."
Jin Wen smiled bitterly and said: "Hey, I am a filial son, but I still want to be scolded. How can this be reasonable?"
Lao Jin had no time to talk to his son and limped to Li Cunxi. He took out two square iron blocks from his pocket and placed them on the stall: "This is version No. 18. If it still doesn't work, I will continue to change it."
Li Cunxi took out paper and ink pad from his trouser pocket.
Spreading out the paper, in addition to the Apple brand pattern he drew, there are also letter seals printed on it that are the same as the pattern. If you look carefully, you can still see a lot of differences.
He picked up a larger square iron block, dipped it in ink pad, pressed it on the paper, and compared it with the pattern he drew.
Lao Jin looked nervous, like a student waiting for the teacher to announce his results.
Li Cunxi picked up the small square again, printed it on the paper, and nodded with satisfaction: "This time, nine images are ready, let's use this draft."
"Just use them together."
Lao Jin smiled honestly.
For these two molds, he was a fitter and was forced to become a master of carving. He took a small chisel and kept carving and changing the size of the letters. If he was not careful and made a mistake, he would have to start over. The process Very torture.
Jin Wen came over and asked: "Brother Xie, the mold is done, should we start the next plan to make a fortune?"
As the savings in hand increase.
The current sales of booth three, NT$400, are no longer able to satisfy his growing ambitions.
"Well, you clean up, exchange the money in our hands for hundred-yuan extra currency notes, and then open a letter of introduction. Let's buy a ticket to go to Yangcheng to purchase goods. By the way, don't forget to go to the dealer and exchange for some national food stamps. I guess we can use it. on."
Li Cunxi warned softly.
In this era of planned economy, people do not have ID cards, and most social activities require a letter of introduction, including getting married, buying bus tickets, and staying in a guest house.
When he first came to the capital, it was a lot of trouble. The brigade couldn't open the letter, and then he went to the county to open the letter. The county couldn't open it, so he had to go to the city. In the end, there was a leader in the city who understood that it was not easy for a female educated youth to have a relationship with a rural man like him. , found connections in the province, issued a letter and proof of entry to Beijing, and then came to the capital.
A month ago, he bought a ticket to Yangcheng. He also took a lot of documents and went to the neighborhood committee several times. Fortunately, he and Lao Wang, the director of the neighborhood committee, were good friends and gave him some privileged access to get the letter out smoothly.
but.
For him, the biggest obstacle to going out is not the letter of introduction, but his wife Bai Xiaoyan.
During the last runaway incident, in order to prevent him from running away from home again, my wife hid almost all the information proving his identity. She also went to the neighborhood committee to greet Lao Wang and refused to allow anyone to give him any letters of introduction.
Therefore, if he wants to go out, he must obtain his wife's permission, which is a headache for him.
"Understood, I'll do it right away."
After Jin Wen finished speaking, he couldn't wait to ride away.
Hearing this, Lao Jin smiled and said, "Cun Xi, since you are going on a long trip, you should go home early. I can just keep an eye on you here."
"Okay, by the way, ask Auntie to sew a few more pockets into Jin Wen's clothes."
Li Cunxi reminded before leaving.
"what?"
Lao Jin didn't react for a while, but he quickly understood the meaning of Li Cunxi's words and nodded: "Don't worry, the sewing will be solid. I guarantee you won't lose a dime."
"gone."
Li Cunxi pedaled away.
After half an hour.
He returns home.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone in the courtyard had not returned from work, so it was very quiet.
Li Cunxi stopped the car, took out the ingredients he bought from the back seat of the car, and walked to the public kitchen in the courtyard.
The kitchen is small in size, with two stoves made of bricks and stones. The original color of the walls is no longer visible due to years of smoke and fire.
Except for two stoves.
There are also many pots and pans in the kitchen, as well as two large vats, one filled with pickles and the other filled with water, both of which are labeled with the names of each family.
But people in the yard basically use all the kitchen utensils together without distinguishing between firewood, rice, oil and salt.
But one thing is that after using these utensils, they must be cleaned so that the next person can continue to use them.
Theoretically, it is not difficult for Li Cunxi to make a fire.
But the seniors hadn’t touched this skill for decades, so when it came to practice, it was a bit unfamiliar, and it took a lot of effort before I managed to light a fire.
Added some firewood to the stove.
He washed his hands and started to chop the ribs. His daughter liked sweet and sour food, so she made sweet and sour pork ribs first.
Put the pork ribs in a pot under cold water, add onion, ginger and white wine, blanch the water, drain out the water, fry until both sides are golden brown, and put it on a plate.
Pour out the freshly beaten oil from the bowl, add rock sugar and boil until it becomes syrupy. Add the pork ribs and stir-fry until browned. Pour in water and add other seasonings. Wait until the water dries up to reduce the juice. This sweet and sour sweet and sour pork ribs dish is ready. .
While the ribs are cooking.
Li Cunxi is preparing to make his wife's favorite cold noodles when she goes to the countryside.
He took out the kneading basin, poured flour and an appropriate amount of salt, kneaded the dough with cold water, let it rise for a few minutes, poured in water, and kneaded the dough. During this process, the washed batter was the raw material for Liangpi. The washed dough is the strong gluten in Liangpi.
Been busy for an hour.
Sweet and sour pork ribs, braised eggplant, stir-fried diced chicken, stir-fried shredded potatoes, winter melon ball soup, four dishes and one soup are all on the table.
Liangpi also comes to the final step of making spicy oil.
Place the ground chili and sesame seeds in a bowl and add a little seasoning.
The hot oil is poured on the chili noodles by the spoonful, and the fragrance is overflowing with the sizzling sound.
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