Guangzhou.

Yan Xiao, Xu Xian, and Hei Zi got off the train at 3 a.m. yesterday.

Guangzhou has a pleasant temperature and climate; even at midnight, a single layer of clothing is sufficient.

Since it was getting late, the group simply dozed off for a few hours on the deck chairs at the train station.

Considering they might be staying there for a few days, they went to find a guesthouse just before dawn.

…

Unlike their home city of An, here bicycles are everywhere.

The streets were very clean, and various inspiring slogans were hung on the buildings on both sides.

Some small vendors can openly set up stalls on the street.

In fact, everyone's mental state and overall condition were very relaxed.

Vendors selling fresh flowers, citrus fruits, dried goods, and snacks are everywhere on the streets and alleys.

Their clothes were not as drab as those of the people in Bailing Commune.

The men and women on the street were wearing brightly colored clothes in a variety of styles.

The moment he saw them, he thought these colors would look great on his little girl.

Whenever Yan Xiao saw nice clothes at the town's supply and marketing cooperative, he would buy them immediately and take them back to the little girl.

But the brightest colors he bought were only beige and red.

Other styles are either dark blue, dark green, gray, or black.

Seeing this, Yan Xiao had a premonition that in the not-too-distant future, this scene would not only appear in Guangzhou.

Those small vendors dare to sell their goods directly outdoors, and everyone trades in the sunlight.

This should be the normal state of buying and selling transactions.

Instead of being in a dark alley, constantly worrying about guards coming to confiscate goods and arrest people.

…

Hei Zi and his contact here arranged to meet in the suburbs of Guangzhou.

This area is lined with factories, including textile, steel, and machinery factories.

There were also tea factories, paper mills, watch factories, cigarette factories, wool mills, and breweries, among others.

The man spent the whole day showing them around the factories in the area and explaining the trading model to them.

Although these are all goods that are stuck in the factory, they are indeed surplus orders that were normally shipped out.

Because local prices are cheap and the market is saturated.

With strict crackdowns on private transactions, factories are resorting to various methods to attract bolder individuals on the sidelines.

…

Prices here are indeed cheap.

After a whole day of shopping, Xu Xian regretted that he hadn't brought enough money.

Women's watches are 85 yuan each. You know, the watch that Brother Yan asked someone to buy for his sister-in-law last time was from Hong Kong, and it cost a full 320 yuan.

Although that watch may be expensive because of its exquisite design.

But the watches here are just as good; they're exactly the same as the ones that cost 221 yuan at the supply and marketing cooperative.

They'd be willing to pay an extra twenty yuan if they didn't want a ticket; they'd definitely buy it without hesitation.

Not to mention, men's and women's sweaters here only cost two yuan and fifty cents. If you take them back and sell them for more than ten yuan, it's practically like picking up money!

Xu Xian's eyes lit up at everything he saw, and he thought to himself, "I'm rich! I'm rich!"

Sure enough, it makes sense that those few who knew the route south returned and moved into brick houses.

Yan Xiao was also very excited.

However, he has a longer-term vision.

Seeing the free trade of small vendors here, and the fact that state-owned factories do not exclude outsiders and can conduct small-scale order transactions privately, I was struck by the sight.

Although such transactions are not made public.

However, since it's a cash-on-delivery transaction, you receive the money and I take the goods; the only problem is not knowing how to write an invoice.

This is something that cannot be done elsewhere at present.

Looking at these, he had a premonition that the policy would definitely change within five years.

He just needs to seize this opportunity before widespread trade freedom is achieved across the country.

They should be able to make a fortune.

As for what will happen five years from now, he dares not think about it yet.

All I know is that the overall environment is not far from developing.

…

They took 18,000 yuan with them when they went out this time.

Just the watch alone made Yan Xiao grit his teeth and decide to take one hundred yuan directly.

The person in charge at the watch factory was shocked.

This is the first time someone has spent so much money like this. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they didn't seem like wealthy people.

I thought I could only get five or ten yuan at most.

The result was a tenfold increase.

He quickly abandoned his lazy attitude, a look of joy flashing in his eyes, and warmly invited the person into the workroom for tea.

Yan Xiao just wanted to get things moving quickly so he could move on to the next factory.

He then said, "We won't drink the tea. We'll take a hundred, but the price of eighty-five is too expensive. What's the lowest you can offer?"

The person in charge realized that the amount this person was carrying was indeed large, so he voluntarily lowered the price by five yuan.

"Are you sure you can get a hundred dollars? I can give you a discount of five dollars, eighty! That's five hundred dollars saved for you, is that alright?"

Xu Xian's eyes widened like copper bells.

Good heavens, how could the price be reduced?

Five hundred yuan is enough to buy two sewing machines!

However, after glancing at Yan Xiao's expression, he understood the situation and remained silent.

Yan Xiao frowned slightly. "It's too expensive. We didn't bring enough money. Seventy-five is fine. If that's okay, we can pay now."

The contact person looked shocked. "How can that be?"

Yan Xiao raised an eyebrow. "No? Fine, then forget it."

After saying that, he pulled Xu Xian and turned to leave.

Xu Xian was momentarily stunned.

Oh no, why did they leave?!

He was even seeing huge amounts of 100-yuan bills waving at him!

Alright, it was smashed to pieces by Brother Yan in one go.

"Hey, wait! Wait!"

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