Zhou Xiang went into the house and said to Zhou Yu, "Second sister, I have something to go out for. If I'm not home by twelve o'clock, don't wait for me to eat."
Zhou Yu was very worried. "Where are you going? Who are you going with?"
Zhou Xiang was very touched by his second sister's concern. "I'm going to Nantou Restaurant and might have lunch there. Don't worry about who I go with. I know what I'm going with."
"Okay! You need to go home early."
Zhou Xiang nodded and walked to Zhennantou Hotel.
When they arrived at the hotel entrance, Wu Haotian was waiting. Seeing Zhou, he thought of her and led her to a private room in the backyard.
Nowadays, hotels do not have the concept of private rooms. The entire front is a hall with several round tables.
There were side rooms on both sides of the backyard, which were used as single rooms.
There were five people sitting in the single room. It seemed that all the six people from the Gang of Six had arrived.
Zhou Xiang sat down without hesitation, "Comrade Ma Zhao, you've recovered quite quickly!"
Ma Zhao looked at the nonchalant smile on her face and wanted to slap her to death.
Seeing his expression, Zhou Xiang laughed, "I just like seeing you like this. You hate me but you can't do anything to me. It feels great!"
Ma Zhao took a deep breath and called out to Zhu Hang, "Boss!"
"Haha, what's the point of calling you boss? He needs something from me now!"
Except for Zhu Hang, whose expression remained unchanged, the expressions of the others all darkened.
Zhu Hang used his eyes to calm them down and looked at Zhou Xiang, "Don't be so arrogant, even a rabbit bites when it's angry!"
"Are you rabbits? You should say that a desperate dog will jump over the wall!"
"You..." Wang Qiao slammed the table, stood up and pointed at her.
Zhou Xiang put his index finger on his lips and said, "Shh, calm down!"
Wang Qiao was forced to sit down by Wu Haotian.
"Wang Qiao, 25 years old, from Dawangzhuang, is the second child in the family. He usually wakes up earlier than the chickens, sleeps later than the dogs, and works harder than the cows. His parents favor the eldest and fourth child, and the third child is his younger sister.
At eighteen, you fell in love with a girl and asked your parents to propose marriage, but they gave her to the eldest son. At twenty, you fell in love with another girl, but your parents gave her to the fourth son. In a rage, you smashed the house to pieces and ran away from Dawangzhuang.
The six people opened their eyes wide.
"Are you a devil?" Chen Ou murmured.
"Why don't you say I'm a god?"
"The gods wouldn't be as cruel as you, and wouldn't be willing to kill people if they were angry to death."
Tsk! Zhou Xiang sneered and rolled his eyes at him, "What good are you guys?"
Wu Haotian frowned, "You know all six of us?"
Zhou Xiang nodded. Yang Ji had told him in his previous life that Yang Cheng had played with them for a long time, until the six of them left in the mid-1990s.
"Zhou Xiang, what conditions do you want before you tell me what you know."
"It's past ten o'clock, let's order!"
Zhu Hang signaled Wu Haotian to go out and order food.
"I want small fish pancakes, yellow chicken nuggets, braised beef, sweet and sour spare ribs, river clams with bacon and vermicelli noodles, deep-fried river shrimp, three-fresh soup with whitebait, stir-fried bean cakes, shredded silver pork, stir-fried pork kidneys, and a meat and vegetable combo. Okay, that's all I want. It has to be made by Chef Yu. I won't eat anything else."
Wu Haotian gritted his teeth and said, "Is this all you ordered? Can you finish it?"
"You're so stupid! Don't you still have us?"
"Would you like a bottle of wine?"
"I don't drink, give me a bottle of soda, thank you!"
Seeing Zhu Hang nod, Wu Haotian walked out with heavy steps.
Zhou Xiang smiled secretly. These people were used to being lazy and often stole things, but they were actually not bad people. Maybe the night at his house was the biggest and most outrageous one they had done.
A few thousand dollars is very attractive to people like them.
Zhou Xiang looked at Zhu Hang and asked, "Are you planning to just continue like this? Just eat and wait for death with them?"
"We don't want to either, but what can we do? The company isn't hiring us, and farming isn't tiring, and our families aren't willing to share our land with us!"
"How much is the salary at work? How much can I produce after working hard all year? I still have to rely on the weather for my livelihood."
Wu Haotian came in after ordering the food, sat down and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"
"Of course there are. There are plenty of ways to make money. It all depends on how hard you work. Otherwise, even if a pie falls from the sky, it will be picked up by others."
"What method?"
"How much are those dishes you ordered just now?"
"About seventy or eighty."
"How much does it cost to buy these ingredients?"
"Well, thirty at most. Do you mean opening a restaurant?"
Zhou Xiang shook his head. "A restaurant requires a lot of capital, good relationships, and a lot of triangular debts. It's not suitable for you."
Zhong Xiong slammed the table and said, "Don't beat around the bush. Just say it directly."
"barbecue."
“What is barbecue?”
Zhou Xiang glanced at him and said nothing.
"you……."
Zhu Hang waved his hand, "Don't interrupt me, just listen quietly! Zhou, is this barbecue cheap and suitable for us?"
"Yeah! Barbecue is grilling meat or vegetables over charcoal and coating them with sauce. This type of food is best enjoyed in the evening, so we shop in the morning, prepare the ingredients in the afternoon, and open the stall at dusk.
You're not worried about customers getting drunk and causing trouble, and no one writes IOUs or takes credit. You just need custom-made barbecue grills, grill nets, skewers, folding tables, and benches. And you sell some liquor, beer, and cigarettes. You make money much faster than a restaurant, and in the summer you can sell until midnight."
After hearing this, several people were eager to start.
"So how much capital do you estimate it will cost?"
"It would cost about three hundred yuan to customize two barbecue grills, twenty or thirty grill nets, and a few hundred or even a thousand skewers. Tables and benches would cost a hundred yuan, and the first purchase would cost a hundred yuan, so about five or six hundred yuan! If the business gets going, I'll make my investment back in a week or two. Now that the weather is getting hotter, it's perfect for that. And you have to go to the county town. This small town is too sparsely populated, so a place near the cinema would be the best."
The few people who were eager to try immediately lost their temper. Where would the money come from? Is there anyone who doesn't rent a house or yard in the county town?
Wu Haotian's eyes rolled. "Zhou Xiang, why don't you lend us some money? No, how about you pay and we do the work, and then you get a share of the profits?"
He is indeed a military advisor!
"It's not impossible to lend you money, but what can you use as collateral? I don't want to get involved in this business with you."
The deflated people immediately sat up straight.
"What do you want as collateral?"
Zhou Xiang looked at the few people for a long time, shook his head and sighed, "You all have nothing. Forget it, write an IOU and promise to owe me a favor. I must pay it back when I need it."
"Okay, okay, we'll write the IOU right away and give you a written receipt, promising to repay you in the future."
"Then write it! All six of you have to sign your names."
Wu Haotian happily went out to borrow paper and pen, and Ma Zhao and others were also very excited.
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