Chapter 131 2006
“…That’s it. I’ll still trouble you with the bidding after the New Year.”
After transferring the money to Wang Rong, Zhou Anan and Zhou Xiaoke made an appointment to meet at Cross-Strait Coffee.
In addition to the 1.5 million yuan of funds withdrawn during the New Year's Day period, the four electric vehicle stores in Lucheng, Haizhou, Lizhou, Wucheng and other places have been operating for more than half a month and have earned another 450,000 yuan.
In just over half a month, the electric car store in Lizhou city sold more than 90 vehicles, with profits exceeding 140,000 yuan, reaching 148,000 yuan, which is more than the Lucheng store.
Together with the profits from the previous few months, the total is 376,000, of which 5% of the profit, 18,800, will not be missing from Zhou Chengmin's cousin.
Of the remaining 430,000, 40%, or more than 170,000, belongs to Zhou Xiaoke's shares.
Similarly, as a hands-off boss, Zhou Anan will not reduce his shares. The investment agreement signed by Zhou Xiaoke previously may be worth hundreds of millions, or even over 200 million in more than ten years.
In this regard, Zhou Anan will not let her elementary school classmates suffer any loss.
"No problem, it's a piece of cake."
Looking at the amount on the account, Zhou Xiaoke, who was once the second-in-command on Lizhou Road, was a little stunned.
Adding the 600,000 yuan earned on New Year’s Day, the profit was nearly 800,000 yuan in less than half a year. When did it become so easy to make money?
Back then, he fought hard, but the boss only paid him 50,000 or 60,000 yuan a year. Including his own gray income, he only made a little over 150,000 yuan.
But after his younger brothers divided the money among themselves, he was left with only 40,000 to 50,000 yuan at most.
Fighting is really a career with no future.
Cultured people are different.
Looking at the calm elementary school classmate opposite him with emotion, Zhou Xiaoke felt that he was so lucky.
"I'll transfer the money to you at the counter later. If you can't use it for anything, you can buy a few houses in the city."
Zhou Anan made a small suggestion on how to use Zhou Xiaoke's money.
If you keep money in the bank, it will never keep up with the rising prices, especially the soaring housing prices.
Nowadays, the housing price in the center of Lizhou is still hovering around 1,600 yuan per square meter, but compared to 1,500 yuan per square meter in mid-2005, there have been signs of an increase. After 2008, the price has been changing every day, so much so that you will question your life.
"Okay, I also happen to be buying a house in the city to live in."
Zhou Xiaoke took the advice of his elementary school classmates very seriously.
Anyway, his money was useless, so he might as well buy a house to live in so that he could have some face when he returned to the village during the New Year.
The goal of a person's life is to return home in glory.
"Then I'll be leaving first. We'll meet again after the New Year."
Although they are from the same village, Zhou Anan and Zhou Xiaoke have different circles, especially for him who has to keep a low profile in front of his parents.
As for the bidding, it was set up by Zhou Anan in order to change the life trajectory of her uncle.
A few years ago, my eldest aunt and her husband opened a small shop in the village primary school, and the couple lived a pretty comfortable life.
However, as the policy changed, the small shop in the primary school was closed and my uncle went to work in the factory.
Zhou Anan's idea was to invest in a small shop in a middle school and let his eldest aunt and her husband run it. They could live an easy life with a good income, so he wouldn't have to work so hard in the factory.
With the relationship of Zhou Chengmin's cousin, Zhou Xiaoke, who is the boss on the surface, would not be suspected when he went to visit his uncle, and there would be almost no obstacles.
As for the store bidding, the bidding power of various middle schools in Lizhou City has not been taken back by the Municipal Education Bureau. They act independently. Some bid once a school year, and some bid once a year. There is no shortage of targets.
If you spend money, there is no small shop that you cannot take over, of course, except for those that have connections.
However, there were a total of twelve middle school stores bidding in the first month of the year, and it was impossible that all of them were connected.
At lunch on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhou Anan's family gathered together again to celebrate the New Year.
On the 29th night of the twelfth lunar month, we had dinner at my uncle’s house to celebrate the New Year.
On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, my uncle’s family celebrated the New Year with a meal.
It was just a minor matter on weekdays, but in the past two days, Zhou Anan felt a little nauseous when he saw meat.
Transportation is inconvenient nowadays, so on New Year’s Eve, it’s better to stay at home, lie down comfortably, and send text messages to your girlfriends.
As the relationship grew stronger, the number of text messages increased at a speed visible to the naked eye. The phone's storage had to be deleted once a day, otherwise it would be full.
The Spring Festival Gala starts on time at 8 o'clock in the evening.
This year's Spring Festival Gala was still opened by several familiar hosts from the older generation.
The sisters in Hong Kong are still at their peak of beauty. Pong Ge, who sang "Butterfly Crazy", finally changed his song. Lin Ge, who has been pursuing a certain girl group H, is still so handsome.
As for the other young handsome guys, none of them can be seen. There is no such thing as traffic stars nowadays.
All in all, a bit boring.
"Crackle, crackle..."
At 11:58 p.m., Zhou Anan and her father lit the fuse at the same time, and the sound of firecrackers ushered in the new year.
The voice of the Spring Festival Gala host announcing the time came from the TV in the living room on the second floor. The first day of the Lunar New Year 2006 has arrived.
Mom had already given each of them the red envelopes she had prepared, and Zhou Anan also handed the red envelopes she had prepared to her parents, leaving one for herself.
My mother packs them for one thousand yuan each. In the past, she would just give them as a token of appreciation and then take them back, saying that they were saved for tuition. Now, Zhou Anan finally keeps them herself.
Zhou Anan herself also packed five hundred yuan each, as packing too much might cause misunderstanding from her parents.
Unlike the ban on fireworks and firecrackers many years later, the New Year atmosphere is still very strong at this time. Looking around, all you see are brilliant fireworks and all you hear are New Year's blessings.
"Dad, I'm going out for a walk."
After receiving the New Year's red envelope and replying to dozens of New Year's greetings text messages, Zhou Anan also helped her father send out some New Year's greetings text messages to a group.
Not feeling sleepy and playing computer games was boring, Zhou Anan decided to go out for a walk.
He has been staying at home these days and has hardly gone out except for jogging in the morning.
At the age of eighteen, he is indeed full of youthful energy. If he were over thirty, he would definitely be lying in bed at this point.
"Well, come back early. We have to go to worship our ancestors at eight in the morning."
Zhou Youliang and his wife did not impose too many restrictions on their son who was in college, except that he was allowed to go home early and go to bed.
"I understand."
While replying to New Year greetings text messages and having heart-warming conversations with beautiful girls, Zhou Anan walked to the village square.
In Zhoujia Village, the most lively thing during the New Year is not watching the gala at home, but the row of one-story buildings next to the square, which are shops built in the village for rent.
Nowadays, except for a few shops that are operating normally, the rest have been contracted out by villagers to be used as chess and card rooms.
The village chief and the village committee would have fun together with the villagers on this day, playing cards together, and often winning or losing tens of thousands of dollars.
As Zhou Anan saw, the six chess and card rooms were all full of people. Her cousin Zhou Chengmin, Zhou Chengjie, her uncle Zhou Youfa, and her cousin Zhou Shun were all among them, each in his own circle.
"Xiao Ke, now that you've become rich, you should take care of us brothers."
"That's right, Boss Zhou has made so much money this year, he's going to bleed today."
"Xiao Ke, please bring me next year."
“You’re welcome.”
…
Apart from the village chief's table, the noisiest was the card table where several wealthy villagers were sitting. Zhou Anan looked in the direction of the noise and saw Zhou Xiao, dressed in a suit, dealing with people politely.
After restraining his fierceness and doing business for half a year, Zhou Xiaoke already has the air of a small boss.
Now that he has returned home in glory, he is naturally sought after by many of his peers.
After all, Zhou Xiaoke is only twenty years old. Although he has been in society for many years and is more mature than his peers, it is inevitable that he is vain.
(End of this chapter)
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