When the younger brothers saw the boss clinking glasses, they naturally clinked glasses even more attentively than the boss. The atmosphere in the hotel was harmonious and reached a climax for a while.
"Brother, from what you said it seems that fighting and killing every day is really meaningless. What do you think we can do to make money?" Yang Pao asked sincerely.
"Do business. There are thousands of ways to do business. As long as you find the one that suits you, you will definitely become rich."
Yang Pao touched his shiny head.
This guy shaves his head in the winter not to be different, but because he is born bald. He wants to grow hair but can't.
"We are completely in the dark and can't find the way to get rich."
Of course the mafia does mafia business, like running gambling games, organizing women to sell their private parts, etc...
Although they are at best street thugs and have no right to be called gangsters.
However, Wan Feng had no intention of letting them do these shameful things. It would be better to let them fight. Killing one of them would reduce the harm to society and be considered a good deed.
"I'm going to offer you a simple business, but the initial startup capital is at least 10,000 yuan. Can you come up with that much money?"
When Yang Pao heard the 10,000 yuan offer, he was stunned. Where was he going to get 10,000 yuan? He might not even be able to come up with 1,000 yuan, let alone 10,000 yuan.
"Go buy a VCR, get some martial arts tapes, and a color TV. Choose a popular spot on your property and open a screening room. Set the ticket price at one yuan per person and run a loop. I can guarantee you'll recoup your costs in two months and turn a profit in three."
The business of showing videos was absolutely a lucrative one from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. At that time, people's cultural life was quite scarce. When Hong Kong films flowed into the mainland, it set off a storm that lasted for many years.
"Brother, how much do a VCR and a color TV cost?"
"A Japanese VCR costs about 7,000, and a 17-inch color TV is around 2,000."
Yang Pao rubbed his nose hard. It’s so damn expensive!
"What about the loop field?"
"Your venue is showing movies all day long, without stopping or clearing. Anyone can come in and watch for one yuan, and they can watch all day long."
Yang Pao was puzzled: "Just one dollar for a day's viewing? How can I make money this way? That doesn't make sense!"
Wan Feng rolled his eyes at Yang Pao and asked, "Tell me how much does it cost to see a movie?"
"Two cents."
"Let's do the math. Suppose your screening starts at 7:00 AM. A tape is usually about two hours long. If you end it at 5:00 PM, how many screenings can you run at most?"
Yang Pao started counting with his fingers, and after a long while he finally said uncertainly, "Five!"
"Five games for one dollar, how much is one game?"
"Two...two cents!"
"Movies at the cinema cost 20 cents a show. You're also charging 20 cents a show. Do you think you can make money? I tell you, even if you charge 50 cents a ticket, you can still make 100 or 80 yuan a day."
Yang Pao's eyes began to roll around.
If you earn a hundred or eighty yuan a day, that's more than three thousand yuan a month. With this much, you can really recover your investment in two or three months.
It sounds like it has a lot of potential.
Wang Zhonghai also heard the trick: "Brother, we can't let Yang Tuzi take all the money. Can we do it too?"
"Heihe is so big, you can all do your own things without any delay."
"That sounds feasible, but the cost is too high. Besides, the Public Security Bureau won't allow us to do it."
How can you make money without investing? There is no future in just relying on making money out of nothing.
Besides, Wan Feng still wants to do such a thing.
"It's not a big problem on the Public Security Bureau's side; it's all about human effort."
"Since you think the investment cost is too high, let's talk about a deal that requires a smaller investment. I'll tell you something. Have you seen the Black Rice News on TV?"
Unexpectedly, these guys all shook their heads and said, "I never watch that stuff."
"How can you do business without reading the local news? Remember, if you want to expand your business, you must watch the news broadcast every day, from local to provincial to central. Not only must you watch it, but you must also understand it."
The words in the News Broadcast are all clichéd. If you don't know how to read it, you really won't understand what it's saying.
"The phrases that appear most frequently in Heihe news lately are 'South Shenzhen, North Heihe'. Of course, Heihe can't be compared to Shenzhen. Although both are special economic zones, Heihe's geographical location is far inferior to Shenzhen's."
Heihe was also transformed into a special economic zone in 1985, which is why the local Heihe TV station at that time often used the propaganda slogans "South Shenzhen, North Heihe, Flying Together".
However, Shenzhen, as a window for contact between China and Western society, was built with almost the entire country's efforts, while Heihe was facing the Soviet Union, which was not favored by the West, and its investment strength was simply incomparable to that of Shenzhen.
The so-called deep south and dark north is nothing more than a form of self-consolation.
"How can this be of any use to us?"
"If you don't want to do something, then of course it has nothing to do with you. But if you do want to do something, then it will be very useful. This is to tell you that border trade between Heihe and the Soviet Union is about to open up. Once the port is open, business opportunities will appear. Besides, as a special zone, there will naturally be some special preferential policies. Take playing videos, for example. If a special zone can't even play videos, then it's not really a special zone!"
Yang Pao and Wang Zhonghai looked at each other, it seemed that this was the case.
"With the port now open, there will undoubtedly be adventurers from China trying their luck here. I can't say for the inland areas, but I'm sure a large number of people from the three northeastern provinces will come here to trade. Just imagine where these people will stay and how they'll eat."
Wang Zhonghai was the first to react: "Brother, are you saying that we can open hotels and restaurants?"
Wan Feng nodded. "It's not all bullshit, there's still some stuff in my head. The investment in a hotel is relatively small, just renting some shop space, painting and decorating it. The investment in a restaurant isn't that big either. These are the two easiest paths."
"But where are all these hotels and restaurants?"
"Daheihe Island, if you want to do this, then take advantage of the fact that people haven't reacted yet and rent out all the shops on the street closest to Daheihe Island. The closer to the river, the better."
"No wonder you rented the abandoned factory by the river. It turns out you were planning to do this!" Wang Zhonghai looked as if he had suddenly realized something.
"Would I be interested in opening a hotel or restaurant? But if you want to do that, I can give you those dilapidated houses in front of the factory. It won't cost much if you clean them up yourself."
There are some houses with open roofs on both sides of the avenue in front of the abandoned factory. It would be great if they could be cleaned up and turned into a small hotel or restaurant.
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