For anyone who grew up in the 1980s, electronic watches and bell-bottom pants are two topics that cannot be avoided. Even if people of that era lived in the most remote rural areas, they would have seen or even seen people wearing electronic watches and bell-bottom pants.
Of course, this does not include the elderly. They have definitely never worn bell-bottom pants, but they may have worn a digital watch.
However, by the time electronic watches appeared on the wrists of rural people, their price had already dropped from a high of 100 to 80 yuan to 10 or 8 yuan or even 5 yuan each.
Wan Feng couldn't estimate how big this market was or how many electronic watches were sold, but he knew it was an extremely huge market.
Hongya County has a population of nearly 800,000 people, from urban to rural areas. If 1% of them wear electronic watches, this would be a market worth hundreds of thousands.
Zhang San rolled his eyes several times: "What do you need so many watches for?"
"Sell it. You asked how fresh it is. Just one good-looking one is enough."
"I can't even sell one in a month, how can you sell so many?"
"That's you selling it, but it's not the same thing if I sell it."
It would be a miracle if you could sell it while sleeping at home like this.
"If I open up the market, I will take charge of all your future goods. You can just give me all the goods you bring in. Then you can really just lie at home and count your money."
"You can sell it? Why don't I believe it?"
"I have enough people to help me distribute the goods. Maybe I can expand the market by the end of the year. Do you want to join me?"
"If you can't spread it out, then wouldn't my running around in vain?"
"Oh! Everything you do involves risk. You wouldn't be so afraid to take even this little risk, would you? If you win, the world will be yours. If you lose, you won't lose much either. At most, you'll just waste some time and not make any money. And for someone like you, it seems like time is not a valuable thing."
That's indeed the case. For Zhang San, the least valuable thing is time.
Zhang San lowered his head to smoke, and only realized it when the cigarette butt burned his hand.
"Okay, let's make a bet! Even if you can't expand the market, I can still make 70 or 80 yuan from the first batch of 50 watches. But let me be frank, I won't sell them on credit unless you pay me in cash."
"This request isn't excessive, but I'll be frank. If I expand the market and you sell the goods to someone else and let me know, I won't be polite to you."
"That's fine, but I can't guarantee that other people in Hongya won't go get the goods. After all, Bohai is only about 400 miles away from Hongya."
This is also a problem.
"Once I expand the market and have sales, you'll be qualified to make an offer to Bohai's wholesalers. The offer is that Hongya's goods will only be given to you, and you will be Hongya's general agent. Isn't that easy?"
Zhang San's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea, but the prerequisite is that you have a shipment volume."
"That's all for the electronic watch. Let's study something else."
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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Wan Feng got on a tractor outside the county hospital to go home. All the goods that Zhang San could get were priced reasonably for him.
Zhang San's words were not in vain. Since Wan Feng kept buying small things, he finally saw the money.
"Hey, hey! I only made five dollars from these things of yours." Zhang San looked as if he was in agony.
"Five dollars is too little? Why don't you go ask the Hongya County Magistrate how much he earns? It's only five dollars. You've already caught up with the County Magistrate's income, and you're still complaining?"
In his bag, there was an extra tape recorder, a transformer, and two tapes, one by Liu Xzheng and the other by Deng Xjun.
These things cost him seventy-five yuan in total.
The cost price of the movement is forty-seven, the cassette is eight, and the transformer is five. After deducting travel expenses and food expenses, Zhang San only made five dollars from these things.
Wan Feng also bought a piece of plywood.
He and Zhang San agreed on the delivery time and location for the next batch of electronic watches.
The first batch of goods is fifty.
What made Wan Feng laugh and cry was that Zhang San also set a secret code, making it look like a meeting between spies.
There was no harm in doing so, however. Although the State Council had issued the "Regulations on the Registration and Administration of Individual Industrial and Commercial Businesses in Cities and Towns" at the beginning of the year, the "Implementation Rules" and "Business License Samples" had yet to be released. Nationwide, everyone was waiting. After all, leftist ideology still had a strong influence at the time, and the individual economy was considered a forbidden zone. Managers dared not interfere, and operators were also apprehensive, fearing retribution later.
As the saying goes, a safe bet is a long one. There is nothing wrong in being a little cautious.
Zhang Hai and the accountant were also sitting on the tractor, their faces flushed.
"Isn't this also corruption?" Wan Feng joked.
"Just having a meal doesn't count, right?" Zhang Hai tried to smooth things over.
"Haha, if you dare to use public funds for food and drink today, you will dare to put it in your own pocket tomorrow. Everything develops step by step. I have already seen the footprints of your corruption."
Wan Feng's seemingly joking words startled Zhang Hai.
He thought for a moment.
"No, nephew, what you said makes sense. If you dare to spend a few dollars on food and drinks today, you might actually dare to put ten or eight dollars in your pocket tomorrow. Then your greed will become more and more daring, and finally..."
Wan Feng doesn't know what will happen in the end, you can figure it out yourself.
After returning to Wa, Wan Feng handed the order he received in the morning to Luan Feng.
"Forty-eight pieces in total, twenty-four single pieces and twenty-four garnished pieces. Here are the measurements and the price."
After handing everything over to Luan Feng, Wan Feng was about to leave.
"Hey, where are you going again?" Luan Feng grabbed the back of his clothes.
"I have something to do, what are you going to do?"
"You haven't sung today?" Luan Feng asked shyly, which made Wan Feng very uncomfortable.
"Go away. I don't have time today."
Luan Feng pouted and acted as if her eyes were filled with tears.
Wan Feng wouldn't be fooled. He would burst into laughter as soon as he turned around.
As soon as Wan Feng went out, he ran to the brick factory and took Zhang Hai out.
"Go to the brigade? Why go to the brigade at half past three? The brigade cadres are probably gone."
"Let's go and see what's missing. Maybe he's still here. I'll go find something to carry with me."
Zhang Hai had no choice but to carry Wan Feng to the brigade on his bicycle.
Fortunately, the brigade cadres did not leave.
"You promised me to get me a gramophone. Now it depends on your ability and face. You can also ask for a few records and a few broken radio boxes. You can also ask for a few more radio boxes."
Zhang Hai went away mumbling to himself.
Wan Feng turned around and went into the brigade's carpenter shop. He wanted to make something and asked for or bought some glue to stick the wood together.
The two carpenters in the carpentry shop are surnamed Wang and are father and son.
In his previous life, when Wan Feng lived in Shutun, he didn't have any deep interactions with them, but there were no conflicts either. He was just a team member.
Now Wan Feng knew them, and they also had some impression of Wan Feng. After all, Xu Bin's house was just separated from the carpenter's shop by a wall, and Wan Feng often hung around in front of them when he rented books.
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