Xie Dongyang smiled and walked up to Ruan Xi, looking at her and said, "It's you. I just glanced at you and I thought I was seeing things. How come you are so forgetful that you don't even remember a nobody like me?"
Ruan Xi smiled, "I haven't seen you for many years. I didn't recognize you at first sight. You have changed a lot. You are wearing a suit and leather shoes, with a leather bag and leather shoes. You have become a big boss now, right?"
Xie Dongyang still smiled, "I just want to make a living. When doing business, I have to save face. If you don't wear a suit, people won't recognize you. You haven't changed much, you are still the same as before, so I recognized you at the first sight."
Then he asked, "Do you have an appointment here too?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Yes, I made an appointment with a friend."
Xie Dongyang: "I have an appointment to discuss business here, how about we find some time to talk?"
After saying that, he reached into his suit, took out a business card and handed it to Ruan Xi, "This is my business card."
Ruan Xi took the business card, looked at it, put it away and said, "I live in the alley near Qianmen now. When we were setting up a stall, there was an old lady named Zhou who always asked me to make clothes for her. Do you remember? I bought her yard."
Xie Dongyang thought for a moment, "Oh, I remember now, her son is abroad!"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Yes, she later went abroad to retire, and sold the yard to me."
Xie Dongyang nodded after listening, "Okay, let's talk about it when we have time."
With that, the two of them walked into the restaurant together, waved their hands and went to find their appointments. Ruan Xi went to the hall to find Jiang Suyun, while Xie Dongyang went to the reserved box upstairs.
Jiang Suyun was sitting at a table against the glass wall. When she saw Ruan Xi, she waved at her. When Ruan Xi came over and sat down opposite her, she asked, "Who was that just now? He was dressed like that, so he must be a big boss, right?"
Ruan Xi put the bag aside. "He is a partner I met when I was setting up a stall. Later, the stall didn't make much money, so he ran away to the south to make a living. I haven't seen him for many years. I just bumped into him outside."
Jiang Suyun said: "Oh, you really know a lot of rich people."
Ruan Xi smiled, "What's the use? I'm not as decent as you."
Jiang Suyun rolled her eyes at her and said, "You are just slapping me in the face by saying this now. When you resigned, I said you would definitely regret it, but now it turns out that I was wrong."
Ruan Xi laughed, "I just made the right bet."
As they were talking, the waiter brought the menu and Ruan Xi and Jiang Suyun ordered two dishes each.
After ordering the dishes and handing the menu to the waiter, Jiang Suyun continued, "I can see that you are really courageous. Whenever a policy comes out, you always rush to the front, so you can succeed. You don't know that the two people in the company who were interested in you at the beginning looked down on you when you resigned, and now they regret it to death."
Ruan Xi smiled and said indifferently: "At that time, they thought highly of me, but I didn't think highly of them either."
Jiang Suyun looked at Ruan Xi and smiled, "Of course not. Compared to your husband, they are nothing."
Her husband is good-looking, has a good job, a good family background, and loves his wife very much. Most men can't compare to him.
Ruan Xi was not modest with Jiang Suyun and said jokingly, "Of course it is."
As they were talking, the dishes they ordered began to be served. Ruan Xi and Jiang Suyun picked up their chopsticks and started eating, still chatting about whatever they thought of while eating. But Jiang Suyun said, "Now the environment is getting more relaxed, business is getting better, and some people in the company are getting jealous and want to resign."
Ruan Xi continued while eating, "If I quit, I'll be taking risks. If I can't do it, it's all over. There's no guarantee. Being a civil servant is a stable job after all. You don't have to worry about unemployment for life, and you have security when you get old."
Jiang Suyun: "Willn't that mean you'll be like this for the rest of your life? How high of an official position can you get? The key is that it's not worth the money. It's hard to get promoted or get a raise. Besides, everyone is looking at money now. Whoever has money is respectable."
Ruan Xi couldn't help but sigh in her heart - the world has really changed.
Jiang Suyun added: "I don't have the courage or the brains, let alone the capital to start a business. I dare not quit my job. I will be content if I live honestly and steadily."
Ruan Xi chatted with her for a while about the civil servant's plan to resign and start a business, and then asked her: "Sister, I want to ask you something. If I want to buy a car, where can I buy it? Isn't your Industrial and Commercial Bureau in charge of this matter? The review and approval of various procedures must go through your bureau, otherwise the car will not be able to come."
Jiang Suyun nodded, "We are the ones who approved these procedures. They were all brought in from abroad. You want to buy a car, so I'll go back and ask around for you to see who's doing it and where you can buy it."
Ruan Xi: "Thank you for your help."
Jiang Suyun rolled her eyes at her: "You are so polite to me."
Although Ruan Xi was not in a hurry to buy a car and just mentioned it casually during the meal, Jiang Suyun called her the next day and told her that the man who was dealing in cars was called Xie Dongyang, the boss of Dongyang Trading Company.
Ruan Xi smiled in surprise after hearing this - this is really a coincidence, it doesn't take any effort at all.
So Ruan Xi started thinking about when to go to Xie Dongyang to buy a car.
But before she could find the time or energy to do it, Xie Dongyang found the time and ran over to find her.
Ruan Xiyuan was the benefactor who helped Xie Dongyang get started. If she hadn't helped him earn more than 10,000 yuan in 1979, he wouldn't be where he is today. Naturally, he always remembered this kindness in his heart.
If I can't meet you, I will miss you in my memory. If I meet you, I will naturally come to visit you.
Of course you can't go there empty-handed, you have to carry a lot of bags, just like an apprentice coming to visit his master.
It just so happened that Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan were also free at home today. Since the number of stores increased and new store managers were trained, they no longer went to visit the stores themselves. They were all thinking about how to run the market and understand the market environment. When they were not busy, they would rest at home.
Seeing a strange face coming to the house and buying so many valuable and expensive things, and seeming to be on good terms with Ruan Xi, even though they didn't know him, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan hurriedly joined in to greet him, making tea and cutting fruit.
Xie Dongyang is not the polite person. He doesn't treat himself as an outsider after saying a few polite words. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Ruan Xi, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan, he began to talk freely about whatever he wanted. He mainly talked to Ruan Xi about what each other had done over the years.
This is just the first time we met, so it's too early to talk about other personal matters. We mainly talked about our respective developments during the years we were apart.
Xie Dongyang said that he had been in the south for a few years and had accumulated some capital. Seeing that things were getting better at home, he stayed there and opened a trading company last year. They trade whatever they can find. Recently they are doing barter trade with the Soviet Union.
Ruan Changsheng asked curiously: "What is barter trade?"
Xie Dongyang looked at him and explained, "It's just exchanging things. We give them what their country needs, and they exchange things with us. I recently traded a batch of cars, and they sold them quite well, making a lot of money."
After listening to this, Ruan Changsheng nodded and said, "You city people are smart and have many ways to make money."
When it comes to the sedan, Ruan Xi asked him hurriedly: "Have you sold out that car?"
Xie Dongyang turned around and responded, "Not yet, do you want one?"
Ruan Xi immediately said, "Of course I have to. It's so inconvenient to go out and do things every day. I always take a taxi, and the taxi fare is very expensive. Taxi drivers are a popular job nowadays, and they make a lot of money."
Xie Dongyang smiled and said, "Okay, if you want it, I'll keep it for you and drive it directly to you when I have time."
After talking about barter trade and cars, Xie Dongyang asked Ruan Xi what she had done in Beijing over the years, which unit she worked in now, whether she had successfully made it to the rank of deputy section chief, or if she had the ability to get promoted to section chief at a young age.
Deputy section chief or section chief? Ruan Xi smiled slightly and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm a non-staff member, not even a junior clerk anymore."
Xie Dongyang was a little surprised, "You didn't quit your job?"
Qian Chuan answered for Ruan Xi, "I quit a long time ago."
Hearing this, Xie Dongyang immediately gave Ruan Xi a thumbs up, "Master Xi, you are really brave and courageous! I admire you!"
After finishing his flattering words, he asked Ruan Xi what kind of business he had been doing over the years.
Ruan Xi naturally didn't run around like him and deal in so many things. For so many years she had been honestly making and selling clothes, opening stores, companies, factories and office buildings, expanding the scale step by step and developing slowly.
After hearing this, Xie Dongyang slapped his thigh and said, "I really didn't expect you to quit the job assigned by the state. If you know that Rose Pavilion is your store, I would have come to find you a long time ago. Why would I wait until now to find you?"
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "It's really nice of you to still remember me."
Xie Dongyang said: "I remember everything. You said you would buy a house and bring all your family members over, and now you have done it. I like this courtyard house in the city, and now I have bought it and live in it."
As he said this, he looked into the yard and said, "If you don't buy it, I can recommend you another one that's similar to this yard."
Hearing this, Ruan Xi became interested and asked, "Do you know anyone who wants to sell a yard?"
Xie Dongyang retracted his gaze and said, "Not really, I know you. I remember you always talked about this yard, saying that you must buy it and live here when someone sells it. I remembered it and paid a little more attention to it. I remembered it when you mentioned it."
Ruan Xi asked again: "Why do you want to sell the yard and go abroad?"
Xie Dongyang shook his head and said, "That's not the case. I want to sell it to make money for business."
After waiting for a while, it was rare to have another house to buy. Ruan Xi hurriedly asked, "Where is the address of this house? If it hasn't been sold yet, give me the address of the house and help me contact someone. I'll go over to take a look this afternoon. My fifth uncle and fifth aunt don't have a house to live in yet, so it's a good opportunity to buy one. We can all settle down here in the future."
Xie Dongyang looked at her, smiled and said, "You really get excited when you mention Siheyuan."
Ruan Xi also smiled, and indeed could not hide her happiness. She explained, "I can't help it. I just like houses."
It was a very simple and small matter, so Xie Dongyang naturally responded: "Okay, I'll say hello, and you guys can go and see it this afternoon."
Ruan Xi naturally had to be polite and thank him, "Thank you for your help."
In addition to expressing gratitude verbally, Ruan Xi also invited Xie Dongyang out for lunch. But Xie Dongyang said that he had important things to do and really had no time to eat, so Ruan Xi did not force him to stay. Before leaving, he asked for Ruan Xi's phone number, said he would come over when he was free, and then went out and drove away.
Ruan Xi watched his blue car disappear into the alley and said, "What a busy man."
Qian Chuan added: "Who isn't busy these days?"
Everyone is trying their best to seize time and opportunities to make money.
Since Xie Dongyang did not stay, Ruan Xi, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan had lunch at home at noon. After dinner, when Ruan Dabao went to school, the three of them locked the gate and went out to check the yard according to the address Xie Dongyang gave.
I got outside the yard and knocked on the door. After a while someone came to open it.
As soon as the courtyard gate opened, Ruan Xi, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan made eye contact with the people inside. Before they could even say hello, the four of them were all stunned in an instant.
It was Qian Chuan who reacted first. She smiled and said, "Hey, isn't this Boss Sun? Long time no see."
Sun Wei's face darkened. "What are you doing here?"
Ruan Changsheng said, "What else can we do? You want to sell your house, so we come to look at it."
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