Chapter 217: Wonderful Ideas
The family returned to the small side courtyard of the quadrangle and first put Fang Chang to sleep.
Yan Yan held up the candy man and asked, "Where should I put this for him?"
Although her brother often forgot things as soon as he turned around, if he remembered it tomorrow and she gave him the candy man to eat, he would definitely cry and make a fuss. She didn't like candy that much.
Lin Yan said, "Put it in the refrigerator in the big kitchen in front."
The refrigerator cost more than 3,000 yuan, so they must have only bought one and put it in the big kitchen in front. They came back from the side door and didn't pass through the first entrance. Now they have to go to the first entrance to open the refrigerator.
Yan Yan said, "The temperature outside shouldn't be too cold."
The yard was too big, and she was a little lazy to walk. Dad told her that the refrigerated temperature of the refrigerator was 0-5 degrees, and the weather forecast said that the temperature today was about the same.
Lin Yan thought about it. Although the ground dragon was turned on, it was only more than ten degrees, so it would not become cold.
"Okay, then you can put it in the cupboard. Go find Sister Min to take a shower and go to bed."
"Oh."
After Yanyan left, Lin Yan said, "The filming team you asked Han Mei to find has called again to ask for money."
Fang Mingche said, "Give it to them first. After all, you need to use receipts to settle the bill. Refund if there is more and pay if there is less! And even if there are receipts, the expenses must be reasonable. We have already taken ninety-nine steps, so the last one doesn't matter."
Before, he asked Han Mei to find someone to film the folk artists making intangible cultural heritage products. This requires running all over the country, and often trekking through mountains and rivers. Especially in places where you have to cross mountains and ridges, it is really not easy to carry photographic equipment. Now it is not like the later times, where you can take pictures with a mobile phone.
Han Mei is looking for senior students majoring in photography at a university, so the price will be much cheaper. The other party can also regard this as a graduation internship project. But these people don't have much money, so they must be given funds first and reimbursed later. They have been running around for several months, going to all over the world, and the money they have spent is indeed not a small amount.
Fang Mingche lay on the bed, his hands under his head. "Ayan, calculate how much we can earn in 1982, excluding the travel agency."
Lin Yan took out an electronic calculator. "You are not going to do anything big again, are you?"
"The debt is almost 300,000, what big move can I make? Besides, apart from buying a house, I don't have any big moves."
Lin Yan thought about it and agreed. It cost 144,000 to buy and repair the courtyard house, and 180,000 to buy the old western-style building.
Moreover, to this day, their family only has a second-hand small truck that is shared with the travel agency. They haven't even bought a car! Mingche is indeed not a person who spends money without counting.
At present, their family is in debt of 270,000, but to simply clean up the old western-style building and use the two extra buildings as a homestay, they will have to invest about 30,000. Home appliances are the biggest expense!
She lowered her head and calculated. After the two scrap yards added items to purchase along the street, the business jumped up again. It can make about 100,000 a year.
The vegetable stall, including the greenhouse vegetables expected for next winter, is about 30,000.
With this comparison, the upper limit of the vegetable stall is indeed not high as Mingche said. The total amount has never increased much, unlike the scrap yard, which has increased several times.
Well, the courtyard homestay can earn two to three thousand a month. If the old foreign-style buildings in Shanghai can also make this amount, it will add up to fifty or sixty thousand a year.
Then their travel agency can have about 180,000 at the beginning of this year. It may be too much!
Fang Mingche said: "Okay, I'll leave the debt repayment to you. Master!"
It's good to have this amount. There will be no pressure if it can be paid off within two years. There is really not much spare money for dividends during the expansion of the travel agency.
Lin Yan said: "Don't worry, I will definitely not forget it. The date of loan expiration is recorded in the small notebook. It is also written on the last page of the calendar, and it will be carried over to next year."
They all use their houses as collateral. If they don't repay the loan in time and the house is taken away, they will lose money.
Fang Mingche said, "It won't be collected immediately. We still need to remind them two or three times in advance. The purpose of the bank is not to collect collateral. How much cash do we have on hand?" We
must keep some cash. It will be too late to raise money when something happens.
Lin Yan made a "three" gesture, meaning thirty thousand.
Three days later, Liu Qingfeng and Geng Shan came to the Overseas Chinese Apartment after work. The family stayed in the courtyard for one night and then came back.
Fang Mingche was holding Changchang and watching Lin Yan, Fang Min and Yanyan playing shuttlecock in the community. There were also many girls in the community who joined in. In the winter, it must be warmest to move.
"Teacher Fang, we thought wrong before. In the future, we will do things well."
Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay, let's continue to cooperate happily."
If you don't want to start a new business and be responsible for your own profits and losses, then do it well. He was impatient to do ideological work again.
After sending them away, the family went home according to the time. There was heating in the house, and they all took off their coats as soon as they entered the door. Lin Yan couldn't help but say: "It's still the most cost-effective to provide collective heating. Burning ground dragons is too expensive!"
Fang Mingche said: "At present, only a few places in the capital, such as East and West Chang'an Avenue and Overseas Chinese Apartments, are providing heating. Moreover, even if collective heating is promoted in the future, it can only be enjoyed by buildings. Those old bungalows can't get it. Moreover, the wool of the courtyard house is also paid by the sheep. The coal burned is included in the rent."
Including their courtyard house and the small side courtyard, they will not be subject to collective heating. Nowadays, the second elder and the eldest brother's family like to stay in the courtyard house when they have nothing to do, just because the courtyard house has ground dragons. The small side courtyard can only be heated by a stove. The stove is not like a ground dragon, which can provide heating in a large area. You can't just stay by the stove all day.
This cold made everyone who just came back from Guangzhou a little uncomfortable for a while.
As far as I remember, it should be the mid-1980s when BJ residential areas began to promote collective heating. It is indeed more cost-effective than air conditioning and burning ground dragons.
Changchang squatted down and Fang Min pulled down his thick pants. After taking them off, he breathed a sigh of relief. He muttered, "It's cold, it's not good!"
Knowing that this kid was dissatisfied with the fact that the capital was not as warm as Guangzhou and that he didn't wear enough clothes, which made it difficult for him to do outdoor activities. Fang Mingche said, "Before the snow melts, I'll take you to the Summer Palace to ski tomorrow. Snowy days have their advantages."
Seeing Fang Chang's puzzled look, he said, "You forgot again? Before New Year's Day, Dad took you and Minjie to a very big garden to ski, and Minjie held you. Forget it, you might remember it tomorrow." The
next day, the family slept until they woke up naturally, and were about to leave after breakfast. The phone rang!
Fang Mingche picked it up nearby, "What? OK, thank you!"
He hung up the phone and called the courtyard, "Dad, ask those veterans to take a taxi to my place immediately. There are other waste collectors downstairs who have a dispute with Huo Chen."
Just now, a neighbor passed by and saw it, and knew that it was his family's employee. He returned home and quickly called him to tip him off.
The day before yesterday, Huo Chen reported to Fang Mingche that another group of people came to the door of the Overseas Chinese Apartment to collect waste. But he said that this place has been collecting waste for a long time, and has always been fair and honest, and has never shorted the weight or shorted the money. The people in the community here also recognize him, so no one goes there.
The gate of this community is not owned by anyone, so Fang Mingche certainly can't control others who come to collect waste. But if you rely on your numbers to bully the few, that's definitely not okay.
He hung up the phone, put on his military coat and went out immediately. As soon as he walked out of the house, he heard Lin Yan shouting, "Xiao Min, keep an eye on them."
She also took a stick and chased out.
Standing at the elevator door, Fang Mingche glanced at Lin Yan, "Is this an electric baton?"
Lin Yan nodded, "Yes."
"When did you buy it? Where do you usually put it?"
"Last time someone climbed over the wall into the yard to steal tires and scared Changchang, I went to the Friendship Store and found this for sale, so I sold it. I usually put it in the bedside table."
Well, it has been there for a year and a half. He doesn't usually clean the house, so he really didn't notice it.
"Okay, women can hold up half the sky. Make a quick decision and don't make a big deal."
The elevator came and the couple went in together. The neighbor who was originally inside laughed and said, "Why, are you two going to stretch your muscles downstairs? Isn't your 220-square-meter home enough?"
Fang Mingche said, "No, the one collecting waste at the door is my employee. He has been surrounded by a few people."
Huo Chen was indeed surrounded by a few waste collectors at the corner, and they threatened that he was not allowed to come here from tomorrow.
Huo Chen looked around and saw that there were six people, and they were holding bricks and sticks. If he caught them by surprise, he could knock down two or three. After all, they are retired soldiers!
But more people might be difficult to take down for the time being. He would probably suffer a loss, after all, two fists can't beat four hands.
Just now, a regular customer saw him and walked in quickly while making a phone call gesture. He knew that the other party meant to go in and call Teacher Fang, so he just delayed.
He told them that he was here first and had been here for more than a year. Otherwise, everyone should compete fairly and sell other people's waste to whoever they want. Then he said that he was also an employee, and it would be difficult to explain to the boss.
Seeing that both Teacher Fang and Teacher Lin had come out, he kicked them out fiercely. He didn't dare kick them in the stomach, fearing something serious would happen. He kicked them in the thigh, and the person who was kicked took several steps back. He also took several steps back fiercely.
The other five people were stunned, and then they all rushed towards him with bricks and sticks.
The opponent's aggressive fingers were about to poke him in the face, and spit was sprayed directly at him. Helpers came, what else could he endure?
Fang Mingche immediately ran over to help. Lin Yan also turned the electric baton to the lowest level and joined in.
Fang Mingche has always been good at fighting, and Lin Yan was the one who carried a carrying pole to grab water back then. Now the carrying pole has become an electric baton, and the lethality is increased. With the addition of Huo Chen, the six people were soon beaten without any chance to fight back. Fang
Chang, who was chased out by Fang Min, was completely dumbfounded. Yanyan, who was standing next to him, said, "If you don't listen in the future, mom and dad will fight like this."
Fang Chang shrank his chubby little body and hugged Fang Min's neck tightly. He couldn't help turning his head to look at his parents.
Fang Min was ready to call the security guards in the community if necessary. Now that she saw that Aunt Jiu was so fierce, she felt that it was completely unnecessary.
She had never seen them fight. Lin Yan went to grab water before she became a teacher, and Fang Mingche didn't fight in the village. They always looked gentle and polite, but I didn't expect college students to fight like this.
Yanyan had seen her father fight with others twice, so it wasn't too strange. Just now, Fang Min urged her to put on her clothes and come out, but she was not in a hurry.
However, she had never seen her mother fight. She was a little worried for a while!
The six people saw that they were really fierce and ran away.
It was a few minutes later when the retired soldiers came by taxi. Fang Mingche asked them to leave two people here to accompany Huo Chen, and come over after a while.
"Don't worry, Teacher Fang. With us here, if anyone dares to bully the minority with a large number of people, we will definitely beat them so hard that their own mother won't recognize them."
Fang Mingche said: "Just defend yourself properly, don't give others a handle. Also, don't cripple or disable them."
Huo Chen and others nodded, "Okay."
Then Fang Mingche drove his wife and children out for the trip as usual.
In the car, Yanyan asked, "Mom, can teachers fight with others?"
"Although others call your dad and me 'teachers', we are not role models yet after all. Forget it, I won't tell you these empty words, so as not to confuse you. Uncle Huo Chen is our own person, and we certainly can't just stand by and watch someone beat him. Who is our friend and who is our enemy, this must be distinguished. You just need to follow this in the future!"
Yanyan nodded to show that she had learned her lesson.
"Mom, we practice martial arts together, but how come you are so good?"
Lin Yan laughed, "Because you are too young! However, if you fight with people of the same age, you should be very good. But we who practice martial arts cannot bully the weak, understand?"
"I know."
"But if someone wants to bully you, then 'I will not offend others if they don't offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them!'"
Yanyan continued to ask, "What if you are surrounded by a group of people like Uncle Huo Chen today?"
Fang Mingche said, "Avoid it if you can. But if you can't avoid it, just pick one person and beat him, the harder the better! For one person, it is better to break one finger than to attack ten fingers; for a group of people, just pick one and beat him."
"Okay."
Fang Mingche said, "Yanyan, it seems that you like practicing martial arts very much?"
Yanyan nodded, "Yeah. Dad, when are we going to shoot again?"
"Aren't you afraid of shoulder pain? Then let's take Uncle Wang to go again before he goes abroad. We'll put a cushion on your shoulder like last time."
Old Wang and his wife were about to go abroad. They were both sent to study in the United States. The trip lasted for half a year and they would leave after the Arbor Day in March.
Yang Mei was already happily taking the foreign exchange coupons given to them to the travel agency to exchange for US dollars.
She wanted to exchange more in case of emergency. Old Master Yang told her not to be so unsociable. Besides, it's not easy to earn US dollars in China, and you still spend them there. Try to spend as little as possible, or even better, not at all!
After that, Yang Mei never came again.
The travel agency has a quota for submitting foreign exchange every month. Fang Mingche and Lin Yan were naturally happy about it.
As for the shooting, Fang Mingche could agree to Yanyan so confidently, which was naturally inseparable from the booming profits of the travel agency.
After the travel agency, the Wang family made some investments. I guess they didn't want to put all their eggs in one basket. But even the most profitable martial arts club, run by Lao Wang, can't make as much money as the travel agency.
Fang's father, mother, and Fang Jian's three siblings also took a taxi to the entrance of the Summer Palace. Fang's father paid for it. Now, except for Fang Mingche and Lin Yan, he is the richest in the family.
Five people squeezed in and got here. It's not much more expensive than taking the bus. It's mainly for convenience.
Hearing that there is a chance to go shooting, Yanyan feels that ice skating is not so attractive. After all, ice skating is something that can be done with money. She resisted showing off to her cousins. Because she didn't know if her father could take them too.
While sitting in the chairs skating, Fang's father and mother participated in two rounds. Mainly to watch the grandchildren play.
During this time, Fang's father turned his head and looked at the bridge over there. On the bridge was Master He's wife holding a camera to solicit business. As soon as she came in and met them, she greeted Fang Mingche and Lin Yan with a smile.
When Master He got married, he invited Fang Mingche and Lin Yan to go with him. Speaking of which, they have known each other and dealt with each other for three years.
In the past two years, the travel agency has always asked Master He, a professional, to take pictures when there is something going on. Even the rolls of film taken in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong this time were still taken to Master He for development.
Today they brought their own cameras, but they will definitely ask Master He to develop the photos later.
Father Fang noticed it quickly. He saw someone made a rather rough Qing Dynasty costume for taking pictures. But it still attracted many tourists who came to play to stop and watch.
He suddenly had an idea. Why not make a few good and exquisite costumes in the homestay and rent them to tourists for taking pictures? Anyway, they are close to the Forbidden City!
Yan has no time. She has to take care of the children, study, and work as a cashier in the travel agency. I wonder if Aunt Yuan's daughter-in-law would do this? He went back to ask.
He talked about this idea with Fang Mingche.
Fang Mingche looked at him, "Dad, sure. You can not only make Qing Dynasty costumes, but also Ming Dynasty costumes. You can even make costumes from all dynasties. Well, I'll go to the library to borrow a copy of Shen Congwen's "Research on Ancient Chinese Costumes" for you. It's richly illustrated, and it's a masterpiece of the master level. Shen Congwen didn't dare to write novels ten years ago. He turned to studying ancient costumes, and he is still the king!"
This book was published by the Commercial Press Hong Kong Fengguang last September. The book has 700 images and 250,000 words. It is the result of 20 years of hard work by Mr. Shen.
Seeing that his youngest son agreed with his ideas so much and wanted to help borrow the master's book. Father Fang nodded happily.
"Or, let's borrow the book in the afternoon."
"Okay, you borrow it first. If you are interested, we can buy another set."
They had lunch at the Summer Palace. This time, they didn't meet the Yanei who wanted to grab the private room, so everyone ate happily. Then Fang Mingche drove everyone back to the courtyard, and then took Father Fang to the library to borrow books.
Because the library currently has limited parking spaces, Fang Mingche drove to Zhu Qiming's place to park.
Zhu Qiming was very enthusiastic, "Hello, Uncle Fang! Don't worry, brother-in-law, I will definitely stay by your side. I will never let anyone scratch your car."
Fang Mingche said, "Has anyone already done this?"
Zhu Qiming nodded, "Yes. But I'm mainly guarding bicycles here."
Most people who paint other people's cars are jealous of the rich. Bicycles can be bought with a few months' salary of formal workers nowadays, so they don't arouse such hatred.
However, there are many people who steal bicycles. He is mainly guarding against this kind of people.
Fang Mingche nodded, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you."
"Don't be polite to your brother-in-law. Do you want to add boiling water to Uncle Fang's teacup? I'll add some for you."
There was a small stove in front of Zhu Qiming, with a pot of boiling water on it. There was also a filled kettle next to it.
Seeing him stretch his hand in front of him, Fang's father thanked him and handed him the teacup.
Zhu Qiming turned around and filled it.
When the grandfather and the grandfather went to the library, Fang's father said, "I think my cousin Ayan is quite capable."
"Maybe he has become more flexible after guarding bicycles for more than a year. Anyway, I heard that Lin Yi really stimulated him."
People who are originally more powerful than him probably can't really stimulate him. But Zhu Qiming probably saved a thousand or eight hundred yuan in the past year. This matter really stimulated Lin Yi.
Maybe during the holidays, his uncle and aunt couldn't help showing off. After
entering the library, Fang Mingche settled his father in a place where citizens can freely enter and read newspapers. Then he took his library card and went in to borrow books.
After borrowing, Fang's father said, "This library is good. I will take a bus here from time to time when I have time."
"Yes, it's okay. By the way, I will send another thousand yuan back to the branch secretary. It's another semester. In addition to the tuition fees for poor students, let him arrange someone to buy some books to enrich the village reading room."
There was a dividend before the New Year, and he asked the branch secretary to put all the money into the student aid account. But the village-run factory also needs to expand and buy new machines. So the dividends will not be too much. He will send money back once a year.
Fang's father took the book back and started reading. That afternoon, he also went to the Yuan family and asked Aunt Yuan's daughter-in-law if she could do this.
The other party looked at the Qing Dynasty costumes in the book and said, "I've never made
one before." However, if you have money but don't make it,
you're a fool. Now she is getting more and more tasting the benefits of making money. She decided not to refuse outright and study it first. "Uncle Fang, I have an acquaintance who works in the People's Art Theater. They have Qing Dynasty costumes to see, and I'm going to take a look this weekend. But the fabric is hard to buy, I have to ask where they bought the fabric for their costumes."
She heard that someone in this alley was a descendant of the Eight Banners, so she went to ask. Anyway, in order to make money, you can think of any way.
Fang's father said, "Hey, this matter really troubles you. Mingche told me that this is custom-made, and you have to pay extra. I'll get you some deposit first. You have to run around and ask for favors anyway. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, you don't have to return it to me."
He gave five yuan directly, which was also what Fang Mingche had instructed.
Aunt Yuan said, "We are neighbors, why do we need all this?"
"Of course we do. Didn't you hear me?
You have to run around and ask for favors. Then, Xiao Ma, I'll leave the matter to you." "Okay! Don't worry, I will mobilize the people around me to help find a solution and I will definitely get it done for you."
(End of this chapter)
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