Chapter 189 Just Want to Take Advantage
Lin Yan went to see the opening of the business on March 7. On the morning of March 8, she took a taxi to the Bund again. Fang Mingche and Yanyan had taken a lot of photos before, and she liked the buildings on the Bund very much.
Of course, this is based on the fact that the Chinese people have stood up now, so she can appreciate the beauty of this building. If it were still the semi-colonial and semi-feudal era, there would definitely be no leisure to appreciate colonial architecture.
Then she went to see Nanjing Road. People of her age must have seen the movie "The Eighth Company on Nanjing Road" ("Sentinels Under Neon Lights").
Nanjing Road is one of the most prosperous areas in Shanghai. There are four major department stores here, which are modern, luxurious, classical and elegant.
Lin Yan went in for a stroll, but unfortunately, buying things also requires receipts. She can't take out so much!
She doesn't know where the black market in Shanghai is. Even if she goes there temporarily, she may not sell it to her if she buys a lot. I'm afraid it's a sting operation!
At noon, Lin Yan randomly found a small shop on the Bund to eat snacks. The father and daughter came for the winter vacation and went to Jinjiang Hotel to eat the signature dishes. They strolled along the Bund and enjoyed a Shanghainese meal at Peace Hotel overlooking the Huangpu River. It would be better for her to keep it simple alone.
In the afternoon, she went to the Friendship Store again and bought 36 very distinctive scarves for export with foreign exchange coupons. It was Women's Day, so she should show her appreciation. She had thought about this before she came and brought foreign exchange coupons. Shanghai goods are now synonymous with high-end and very popular.
Back to the office in the old western-style building, each female employee got one. Each male employee also got one. Those with a partner can give it to their partner, and those without a partner can give it to their mother. The pattern and color are different according to age, so you can choose it yourself.
"Thank you, Teacher Fang--" The employees were all very happy. This is quite expensive, and I usually don't want to buy it myself.
Lin Yanyan said with a smile: "You're welcome! This is a welfare benefit, you should share it."
As for Brother Mingfeng, he was given two, one for my cousin's wife and her daughter. Lin Yan took it back directly.
After dinner, Xiao Gang and Lin Yan were sent to Hongqiao Airport together. As for Lingzi, she will stay for another half a month to bring out her successor.
After the car that took people to the airport drove away, they had a half-day off and gathered on the lawn of the old western-style building to chat. Several female employees said, "I envy Teacher Lin so much. It's really unheard of to spend two or three hundred yuan at a time."
"Not only that, in addition to the scarf, she also bought a lot of things for herself. When the taxi came back, I went to help carry them into the house. I'm afraid that she spent all 500 yuan on shopping in Shanghai this time."
"She also said that she would treat us to afternoon tea at the Peace Hotel on Women's Day next year."
Lingzi looked at the chattering female colleagues, "If we work hard in the future, there should be a day when we can buy whatever we want."
"A Ling, of course there is no problem with you. You will go to the United States to earn a high salary soon."
"Everyone has a chance."
Fang Mingche had dinner and watched the "News Broadcast" before preparing to drive to the Capital Airport to pick her up.
These two days, Fang Chang turned his head to look for his mother at the beginning and cried twice. Later, he stopped looking for him because he couldn't find him. Fang Mingche went out to avoid him, so his son was a little attached to him these two days.
Don't underestimate a little person who is only ten months old. They will have separation anxiety from the age of six months and worry about being abandoned. If their mother is missing, they will stick to him, the father.
Pick up someone to send Xiao Gang home first, because many buses are closed at this time.
"Cousin, brother-in-law, come in and sit down."
"No, you should go home and rest quickly."
Fang Mingche then said to Lin Yan: "You are finally back! This family really can't do without you."
"I've only been away for two days and two nights, you won't be able to handle Changchang, right?" Lin Yan said and laughed. You only say this before the child is two years old.
However, compared to Yanyan, Changchang is more attached to himself as a mother.
Fang Mingche directly made a nearly square circle in the alley here, so he didn't have to turn around. The alleys are not too wide, and it would be troublesome to turn around!
When he got home, Fang Chang had fallen asleep in his crib. Lin Yan has always insisted on letting the child sleep alone. Because the nurse told her that it is best to separate them if
conditions permit. The most feared thing is that when the child falls asleep, the adult will press down on him. He will not be able to breathe and will suffocate. This is also why Fang Min did not let Changchang sleep in the crib.
Yanyan is still waiting for her mother to come back. Lin Yan bent down to open the suitcase and took out the doll she bought for her.
Yanyan was very surprised, "Thank you, Mom."
Fang Mingche said, "Isn't it sold in the capital? Why did you bring it back from Shanghai?"
"I haven't seen it before. Shanghai products still have their own characteristics." Lin Yan is the one who goes to the mall most often in the family, and she has the most say in this matter.
Fang Mingche sent Yanyan, who was a little excited, out, "Go to bed early, you have to go to school tomorrow." The time when the child is asleep truly belongs to the couple.
Yanyan said tactlessly, "But I still want to talk to my mother." I haven't seen my mother for two days.
Lin Yan hugged her, "Okay, let's talk. But you must go to bed at ten o'clock."
It was a quarter to ten, but the child really had to go to bed.
Yanyan nodded while holding the doll that had not been unpacked.
Fang Mingche could only watch the mother and daughter sit down together and start talking some meaningless nonsense. Forget it, he went to wash up. It was
still Fang Mingche who got up in the middle of the night to serve Changchang the night milk. Lin Yan was tired.
She lay on the pillow and said, "It's only been three days and you are quite skilled. It seems that men also have great potential in taking care of children. Keep up the good work--"
Fang Chang was drinking milk with his eyes closed, but he opened his eyes when he heard the voice and looked over.
His stroller was right next to the big bed, with no space between them, right next to Lin Yan. He stared at Lin Yan while drinking milk. His tall little nose sniffed and smelled the smell. Halfway through drinking, he might have recognized her and threw his little body towards his mother.
Fang Mingche picked him up and got closer. If Lin Yan hadn't just been tired by him, he would have let her get up and serve him. Why did you make such a noise?
"Eat quickly so you can sleep well."
After eating, he patted her breasts vertically, and then put her down to let Changchang sleep next to her mother.
Lin Yan slept until she woke up naturally on the morning of the 9th, and her class was in the afternoon. She got up, had breakfast, and then drove to the Overseas Chinese Apartment. Because Changchang insisted on going with her, she took him and Fang Min with her.
Of course, Fang Min also bought a scarf. I should buy some souvenirs when I went to Shanghai, not to mention that it was Women's Day.
Oh, Liu Qingfeng, Geng Shan, Huo Chen and others also had some. The welfare benefits on both sides were comparable. Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan gave them early in the morning, and he took Liu Qingfeng's assistant with him.
When entering the door of the Overseas Chinese Apartment, Lin Yan stopped and handed Geng Chen's portion to him. It was packed, and Geng Chen thanked him and happily put it in his arms. It was made in Shanghai, and it would be nice to take it back and give it to a partner.
Before he retired from the army, he had to wait for a job assignment. It was not easy to arrange it for the time being. It would definitely be difficult to find a partner in this situation.
But after entering the scrap yard, although he gave up waiting in line for distribution. But since he became the deputy store manager and collected scraps from the Overseas Chinese Apartment every day, his income has exceeded 100, and sometimes it can reach 150. Moreover, when he registered for the business license, he directly got 5% of the shares of the scrap yard.
Teacher Fang said that even if he quit in the future, he could sell this 5% of the shares back to the scrap yard.
Under such circumstances, it is much easier to find a partner. Although self-employed people are still not as good as workers in state-owned factories and collectively owned enterprises in the marriage market, they can always make money.
Going upstairs, Han Mei and others received their holiday benefits and were very happy. In fact, they heard from people in Shanghai on the phone yesterday that the boss's wife bought a lot of Shanghai scarves and should have one for everyone.
Lin Yan gave Han Mei an extra scarf, "I have to catch up with my homework, you can take this one back to our mother."
She originally took a year off from school, and now it is a bit difficult to continue to attend classes. This delayed another day of class.
"Okay, sister."
Then Lin Yan drove back.
People in the office couldn't help but talk about it.
"It's great that Teacher Lin can drive wherever she wants!"
Xie Ping, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but nod in agreement. Yes, it's great! She finally saved up enough money to buy a women's bicycle for herself. She and her sister saved up together.
When Fang Mingche came back from work in the afternoon, Fang Chang raised his hands in Sister Min's arms and asked for a hug. After two days and two nights of getting along, the father and son have indeed become closer.
Fang Mingche took him out for a walk. It was March 9th, spring has returned, and the temperature has exceeded ten degrees. But now the little son is full of milk fat, so it's okay to wear less and hold him. When he was just born, he really didn't dare to hold him.
He walked to the river, "Come on, Changchang, let's go to the river to see the willows."
Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong caught up, "Teacher Fang, wait a minute."
Seeing the two of them coming together, Fang Mingche raised his eyebrows. Since these two started the same business and started bidding, they have become enemies. They came together to find him only because of their common enemy - Qi Shun.
Although Fang Mingche said that he would take back the vegetable business that was lost due to Qi Shun's rumors, he actually didn't pay much attention to this guy. He knew that Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong would definitely keep an eye on him.
Fang Chang looked at the two and smiled. He recognized these two uncles, who came to his house to watch TV every day.
Hu Yong also raised his hand to help him straighten his hat.
Fang Mingche said, "Well, let's go for a walk by the river."
The two followed him out.
When they reached the river, Zhu Dahai said, "I wonder if Qi Shun saw that we all went to register as self-employed, so he also went. Moreover, we are now paying taxes based on the stalls, and he also paid."
It would be difficult to find fault with him for tax evasion.
"It seems that he is quite cautious." Fang Mingche said.
Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong looked at Fang Mingche, waiting for his next words. They must want to attract Qi Shun's buyers. It just so happens that Fang Mingche doesn't get along with him. Then everyone has a basis for cooperation.
Fang Mingche looked at them, "I will inject capital into you, and we will also make it a collective industry. In the early stage, we will fight a price war to squeeze him out. In the later stage, we will share the dividends according to the proportion."
They set up vegetable stalls to take on customers outside the vegetable market. The common people originally wanted them to be cheaper. If they can be cheaper, they can indeed squeeze out other competitors. If the other party's goods cannot be sold after a while, the capital chain will be broken.
In this area, the only self-employed people doing vegetable business are these two families and Qi Shun. To squeeze out Qi Shun, they have to introduce a more competitive Fang Mingche. Moreover, with Fang Mingche's financial resources, he will definitely be the dominant one in the future. Isn't this just keeping out the wolf at the front door and welcoming the tiger at the back door?
Fang Mingche found it funny. What? Do you think he and Qi Shun have a grudge, so he hopes that he will help them to seize the market for free? Business is business, and his money doesn't fall from the sky.
"Think about it carefully. I can only pay the capital and wait for the dividends. Changchang, let's go, let's go see the ducks."
Fang Chang called out twice and was very happy to be carried away by his father.
Fang Mingche's arm strength was trained by selling big bowls of tea last year. Before this, he was always treated preferentially at home and didn't do much work, so his strength was really not that good.
But now, at least holding Fang Chang for a while, his hands will not be so sore that he can't bear it.
Fang Chang was watching the ducks swimming by the river with great interest. He could even watch the floating garbage in the river with his eyes fixed on it.
When Yanyan came home from the Children's Palace, her mother sent her out to call her father and brother to come home for dinner.
"Where did they go?"
Fang Min said, "To the river."
Yanyan nodded and went out to look for them. As soon as she walked out of the alley, she saw her father hurriedly coming back with her brother
in his arms. She was about to say something, but her father had already hurriedly passed her and casually said, "He went back--" At first Yanyan didn't react, but soon she smelled the smell of the cycle of grains on her brother. She raised her hand and fanned her nose, and he pooped again!
Fang Mingche went back and put the child on his stomach in the crib, "Ayan, he pooped."
The little brat was just laughing, then he straightened up and pooped. There was no warning at all!
Fang Min hurried to get a clean diaper and pants, and used a basin to boil hot water and a small towel to wipe the little butt. Lin Yan worked with her to quickly clean Fang Chang up again.
Fang Min took the basin and the dirty diapers and pants out to wash. Lin Yan scolded Fang Mingche, "The child is clean, but you carried him around to play. He pooped, so you brought him back to me."
Fang Mingche said embarrassedly, "I was just worried that I was slow and would make him suffer more."
Lin Yan rolled her eyes at him.
Yanyan knew that she was changing her brother's pants and diapers inside, so she didn't go in. Her mother didn't allow her to go in and see, saying that she and her brother were different in gender.
Then she saw Sister Min come out and start washing diapers and dirty pants in the laundry sink that was built later. After Sister Min turned off the faucet, she walked over and said, "Was it like this when I was a child?"
Yanyan pooped when she was a child, but Fang Min didn't see it. But, "Children, they all go through this."
Yanyan scratched her head, "Real dolls and foreign dolls, each has its own advantages."
Real dolls are much more fun and will give feedback, although sometimes they may just cry loudly. But foreign dolls don't need to be cleaned up like this.
Fang Min laughed, "Yanyan, you accidentally said the truth. You just played with Changchang as if he were a doll."
Yanyan often played with her brother after school. She was a warm-hearted sister. But it was not easy to get such a young child to be friendly from the bottom of her heart. The relationship between siblings also needed to be cultivated. She thought it would be better if he was as old as when Kangkang first came to the house.
Lin Yan came out and heard it, and said angrily and amusedly: "Can you grow by leaps and bounds and skip this stage? When you were a few months old, I cleaned up and you went to eat, and you still enjoyed it."
If you didn't eat at that time, you would starve. What couldn't you eat? Unlike now, if you don't want to eat at mealtime, you can still go to Boss Cui to order food. Or you can open your own snack box and eat.
Yanyan was a little embarrassed, "How long will it take for him to control himself?"
"About one and a half to two years old. However, he has no memory before the age of two."
Yanyan drew inferences from one example, "But mom had the hardest time before the age of two, right?"
"Yes."
When eating at night, Yanyan saw the meat of chicken thighs and put it into her mother's bowl.
"Mom, eat--"
Fang Mingche asked, "What's wrong with her?" Why is she so emotional all of a sudden.
Lin Yan laughed, "Seeing her brother bothering me, she thought of herself."
On the way back, Yanyan also held her mother's hand.
Before going to bed at night, Lin Yan asked about Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong's visit. Fang Mingche told her.
Lin Yan said, "That's a good idea. They just want to use us. But they got such a big business from us for free before, and they are used to taking advantage of us. If we don't use the five of them, can we settle the accounts with Qi Shun ourselves?"
"Okay, anyway, now the cooking business, our money can completely crush it." It's true that
they are now in private debt of more than 100,000 yuan. But the loan was approved, and the 30,000 yuan was returned to the travel agency. Now I still have 70,000 yuan on hand. This money is enough to pay the balance of the courtyard house. And if I pay the balance before New Year's Day, I don't have to pay a penny of interest.
With nine months left, it would be no problem for him to embezzle the 70,000 yuan. They also have a small side yard, a small truck, and the assets of a travel agency and a scrap yard. The travel agency and the scrap yard are still making money.
There are still many idle laborers in society today. The admission rate of the college entrance examination is a few points, and there are more than 90% of the students who failed. There are also the educated youth who have returned to the city and the retired soldiers who have not been properly resettled. There is no shortage of manpower.
He spent money and completely snatched the business of these three companies. A tractor costs 3,000 yuan, and he bought three or four tractors to transport vegetables. If the price is lowered and the initial investment is larger, the capital chain of the three companies can be completely broken.
However, the profit of the vegetable business is no longer worth Fang Mingche's attention. Just like the big bowl tea stall today, he certainly doesn't care about the profit of about 600 yuan a month.
Just by the way, he sells intangible cultural heritage products in Dashilar while setting up this tea stall. This store can bring in about 3,000 yuan a month. This is not as good as the stores in Tokyo, London and Paris. After all, he basically runs a unique business abroad.
The four stores selling intangible cultural heritage products have a total profit of about 20,000 yuan a month. More than 600 a day!
As for travel agencies, the capital's is also about 20,000 a month. The data for the first month in Shanghai has not yet come out. But it should be around 10,000 for the time being.
The vegetable business in this area has a profit of at most a few thousand a month, and it has to be shared with others. (It can only be done in this area. There are people setting up vegetable stalls in other parts of the city, and he can't go to offend the public.)
Now the reason why he is still preparing to participate is that Ah Yan feels a little guilty about this matter. After all, it was she who thought of the vegetable business and then started it; the other reason is that Qi Shun tricked them last year. If he just let it go, there will be more people who want to snatch food from his bowl in the future. So, in order to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, Qi Shun must also be dealt with. It
doesn't make sense that Qin Mu's cousin has gone to the Gobi Desert to eat the wind and sand, but Qi Shun is fine.
Moreover, Zhu Dahai, Hu Yong and the other five are all experienced, and they don't need to worry about anything when they are handed over to do specific things. Just wait for the dividends!
Definitely wait for the dividends. If he invests, and still can't monopolize the business among the individual vegetable stalls in this area, it would be too much of a failure!
Therefore, he tends to continue to cooperate with Zhu Dahai, Hu Yong and others. After all, everyone is a neighbor, and it is better to resolve the enemy than to create one.
And except for Zhu Dahai who stabbed him in the back, Hu Yong and others did not. It was that time when Zhu Dahai saw the profit and wanted to go it alone, which was actually understandable. But Qi Shun really spread rumors! If he was competing fairly, then there was nothing wrong with him admitting defeat and withdrawing.
Lin Yan listened to his analysis and thought about it carefully.
"You're right. There's really no need to start over. It's laborious to hunt for gods, but the rewards aren't that great. So just wait now?"
Fang Mingche put his hands under his head. "Since they came to me, it must be because Qi Shun has put a lot of pressure on them. Just wait. I'm too lazy to spend any time on this matter. They're the ones who's anxious now, not me!"
Lin Yan smiled sarcastically. "Qi Shun doesn't seem to take us seriously. He thought it was over after we backed out last year."
"Then let him have a taste of this coming back! Otherwise, he really thinks we scholars are all soft persimmons."
Lin Yan said, "They've had a price war before, and they suppressed it before. Why are they making trouble again?"
Fang Mingche smiled. "The last time it was the street office that came forward and asked them to put aside their past grudges, work together, and continue to work hard to enrich the people's food basket. But in fact, the contradiction was not really resolved. I told Zhu Dahai and Hu Yong before that I wanted to deal with Qi Shun and get back last year's situation. It's even less likely that they will be willing to compromise or give in."
However, she didn't expect that he was not easy to use. He would not take the lead just for the sake of a quarrel, and he would not want to take a big share in this business.
However, he also gave them a premise for compromise. He could accept only paying money and taking shares, not participating in the management, and not taking the lead. Otherwise, they would not choose to cooperate with him. They have worked hard in the dish jar business for so long, especially last year and the winter before last, they persisted at a loss, and they definitely don't want to accept the status of Liu Qingfeng and others.
(End of this chapter)
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