Chapter 309: Deng Yunheng’s graduation, the starting point of his career

After returning from Nanning, Deng Shirong has been in charge of the Suifeng Hotel.

When the renovation of the second and third floors of Suifeng Hotel began, Deng Shirong had already explained the concept of the supermarket to his son, daughter and daughter-in-law.

During this period, Deng Yuntai has been busy contacting major manufacturers about purchasing. Fortunately, these manufacturers basically have telephone numbers, so he can just call them directly to negotiate, without having to go to each manufacturer one by one. Otherwise, who knows how many pairs of shoes he would have worn out.

It took Deng Yuntai more than half a month to negotiate the purchase prices of various commodities. He only had to wait for the supermarket on the second floor to be renovated so that he could go directly to purchase goods.

After making these preparations, Deng Yuntai and his wife went to discuss with his father how many employees the supermarket should hire.

"Dad, how many employees do you think we should hire for this supermarket?" Deng Yuntai asked.

Deng Shirong had thought about this question a long time ago, but he did not give a direct answer. Instead, he asked, "How many employees do you think we need?"

Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping looked at each other and said, "I think we need a few people to collect money, put the goods on display, guard the goods to prevent theft, and maintain order. In total, I estimate we need 15 or 16 employees."

Deng Shirong shook his head and said, "Not enough!"

Zhang Xiuping asked, "Dad, what do you think is lacking in manpower?"

Deng Shirong said: "There are not enough in any aspect. There must be at least ten people in charge of collecting money, and there are also people in charge of sorting goods, maintaining order, cleaning, weighing, etc. The total number of people must be at least 40 to be barely enough."

Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping were both shocked when they heard this. These fifteen or sixteen employees seemed to them to be a lot. After all, how many employees did their restaurant have? They didn't expect their father to mention forty people at the first word. It was really incredible.

Deng Yuntai couldn't help but ask, "Dad, if we hire 40 employees, the monthly salary alone would probably be more than a thousand. Isn't this cost a bit too high?"

Deng Shirong said: "As long as the supermarket is well managed, it will make more money than a restaurant. The salary of more than 1,000 employees is naturally nothing. If it is not well managed, even if the employee salary is only 100, it will not make much money."

Supermarkets in later generations naturally don’t need so many employees, but the present era cannot be compared with later generations.

Apart from anything else, there is a huge difference in the checkout speed alone. In later generations, a cashier just uses a cash register gun to scan the barcodes of the items one by one, and the final checkout is also done by the customer presenting the WeChat or Alipay QR code, which is much faster.

But now, even computers have not yet become popular, and many businesses still use primitive abacus, which is much slower. In addition, cash is used now, and it takes a lot of time to collect and change money, so the speed is naturally incomparable to later generations.

Another aspect is the prevention of theft. No matter which era, there are always bad apples. It is unrealistic to expect every customer to have good qualities. Even with surveillance videos in later generations, it is impossible to prevent such things. Now we can only rely on people to keep an eye on things and try to reduce the occurrence of theft.

There are also weighing scales. In later generations, it would be enough for a medium-sized supermarket to have one or two weighing scales, but in this era there are no sealing equipment, so things that need to be weighed can only be taken to the checkout counter to be weighed and calculated immediately.

By this calculation, it is normal that the number of employees is greater than in later generations.

This is also one of the main reasons why Deng Shirong delayed opening the supermarket until today. After all, he has to hire so many employees. If he had opened the supermarket two years earlier, he would have gone to jail if he was not careful. This is no joke.

There is no need to worry now, because Mr. Deng made a crucial speech on employment issues at an important meeting last year. His advice is to put it aside and wait a few years to see.

After this speech, hired workers no longer have to walk on thin ice as before.

Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping both knew that their father considered things more comprehensively than they and their husbands. Since the supermarket needed so many people, there must be a reason for it. They didn't understand it now, but they would understand it after the supermarket opened, so they didn't worry about it.

"Dad, are we going to recruit these employees from within our clan, or directly from outside?"

"Just recruit from within the clan!"

Deng Shirong said: "This year our Naye Deng's community will be built. If the clan members want to move to the city, they must have something to do. Just living there without doing anything is not enough. I want to lead the clan members to become rich, but I don't want to lead a bunch of lazy people who just eat and wait to die."

Deng Yuntai nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll think about it and recruit a group of tribesmen who can work steadily and down-to-earth."

Deng Shirong hummed, and then revealed to his son and daughter-in-law: "After this supermarket is opened, the restaurant will be left to Ah Zhen to run. When she gets married next year, this restaurant will be her dowry!"

Deng Yuntai and his seven siblings all have a good relationship. As the eldest brother, he has received the greatest care from his father. Now that his father wants to leave the restaurant to Azhen as a dowry, he naturally has no objection and directly agrees: "Dad, your arrangement is very good. With this dowry, Azhen's status in her husband's family will be different."

Zhang Xiuping gets along really well with her sister-in-law Deng Yunzhen. She has taken care of her daughter Xiaodong'er and son Dongzi, but she has not taken care of them as much as Deng Yunzhen, the aunt. When she heard her father-in-law said he wanted to leave the restaurant to her sister-in-law as a dowry, she agreed with both hands: "That's true. With this restaurant, Ah Zhen will definitely have a high status in her husband's family. And she only needs to manage the restaurant and doesn't have to do other things in her husband's family. This is also good."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Don't tell her yet. I'll give her a surprise when she gets married."

When the eldest daughter gets married, this restaurant can be given as a dowry to her, but the courtyard house in the capital will be kept secret for the time being. In any case, he does not intend to tell any of his children until the courtyard house becomes really valuable. This is a trump card he is keeping for the whole family.

Zhang Xiuping said with a smile: "Okay, then we'll keep it a secret for now."

Deng Yuntai smiled and said, "Dad, you prepared such a good dowry for Ah Zhen, but what about Ah Zhu? She is 19 years old this year, and she will probably get married in a few years."

Deng Shirong said confidently: "Don't worry about that. I have already prepared Ah Zhu's dowry."

The building in Chaoyang Plaza in Nanning was built, and one floor was reserved for the youngest daughter.

As for his eldest daughter, Deng Shirong would not treat her unfairly either. When the Internet cafe era came ten years later, the third floor of Suifeng Hotel would be left to his eldest daughter to run an Internet cafe. In this way, the hotel and the Internet cafe together would not be worse than Nanning.

Deng Yuntai was just joking at first, but he didn't expect his father to have even prepared his younger sister's dowry. He asked in surprise, "Dad, what do you have prepared for Ah Zhu?"

Zhang Xiuping was also very curious. She knew her father-in-law quite well and treated his seven children basically equally. Since he had prepared the Suifeng Hotel as a dowry for Azhen, then the dowry for Azhu would definitely not be worse than this.

Her father-in-law actually said that he had prepared such a dowry. It was hard for Zhang Xiuping not to be curious.

"This is kept secret for now. You will know in two years."

…

Deng Changyuan and his three companions stayed in Guangzhou for three days before each of them returned to Bobai, carrying a bag of clothes.

After coming back, the four of them followed the example of the clothing store in Guangzhou and hung up the sample clothes on hangers. The clothing store was then officially opened.

Since many of the clothing styles selected by the four people were not available in Bobai County, they quickly attracted some customers. In addition, their sales prices were relatively inexpensive. After a few days of preparation, business became better and better.

In less than half a month, the first batch of clothes was sold out, and business was so good that the Ou sisters smiled so hard that their eyes almost narrowed into slits.

The first batch of clothing was just a test run. They only bought goods worth a few hundred yuan. After deducting the purchase cost and the travel expenses for the four people to Guangzhou, this batch of goods brought them a total profit of more than 500 yuan. With such a high income, how could the two sisters not be happy!

When some of the goods were still sold, the two sisters sent the two men to Guangzhou to purchase more goods.

Once the first batch of goods is sold out, the second batch can be delivered right away.

At the end of this month, the profit of the Ou sisters' clothing store reached more than 1,200. This was the first month when their sales methods were still relatively immature. With this month's training, the sisters now feel like they have been reborn.

It is foreseeable that the income will continue to increase.

On this day, the two sisters closed the shop early and told Sister Ping the good news.

Seeing that the sisters really made money, Zhang Xiuping was also very happy and said with a smile: "Then congratulations to both of you. Next, keep up the good work. Not only should you capture customers in the county, but you should also find ways to capture customers in towns and villages. Just as my father-in-law said, you can supply clothing stores or clothing stalls in towns and villages, and do wholesale while doing retail. Then your income will definitely increase."

Ou Guohua nodded and smiled: "Sister Ping, we have to take our time. Once we have secured customers in the county, we can consider developing customers in the towns."

Zhang Xiuping hummed and said, "That's just what I said. You guys have to decide for yourself."

"When we were still at my mother's house a few years ago, we never imagined this day would come!"

Ou Guofang looked at Zhang Xiuping with emotion and said, "Sister Ping, Ah Hua and I are blessed by you. If you hadn't married well and helped us, we wouldn't know where we would have ended up and lived a life of poverty and hardship."

Ou Guohua agreed after hearing this: "Yes, fortunately, Sister Ping helped us, otherwise I don't dare to imagine what kind of life I would be living now."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but sigh: "We three sisters are lucky. We chose to eat noodles at that noodle stall on that market day five years ago, and then met my father-in-law. If it weren't for that encounter, the fate of us three sisters might have been really different."

Ou Guofang and Ou Guohua nodded repeatedly after hearing this. It was that accidental encounter at the powder stall that completely changed the fate of the three sisters.

Moreover, fortunately, the three sisters have a deep affection for each other. After Sister Ping married to Naye Village, they also tried their best to marry there, hoping that the three sisters could be together forever.

If they had not made such a choice, and were far apart and had not been in touch for a long time, even the best of the relationship would have slowly faded.

It’s hard to say whether Sister Ping will still be willing to pull them like she does now after she becomes successful!

…

In a blink of an eye, it is the fifth month of the lunar calendar again.

In the countryside of Bobai, every household has a taro field, which is also called "treasure garden" by farmers.

Because everyone would plant cucumbers, pumpkins, stone gourds, beans, soybeans, black beans, amaranth, leeks, leeks, celery, thistles, kale, southern beans, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, agaric, dog beans, onions, garlic, etc. in the taro fields.

In short, almost all the grains and vegetables that farmers eat can be produced in taro fields.

In Bobai, the planting area and output of taro are second only to sweet potatoes among many grains.

Every year in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, farmers across the county begin cutting taro seedlings to make one of Bobai County’s most famous pickles.

There are two ways to pickle taro sprouts in Bobai, one is to peel them and the other is not to peel them.

Peeled taro sprouts are more common. They are cooked with fermented black beans and chili peppers. It is also a very delicious pickled vegetable, as shown below:

I just found this picture randomly, just take a look at it and get a feel for it.

In addition to cooking with chili peppers and fermented black beans, it can also be used to cook small fish caught from the river. If cooked well, the taste will be great.

The unpeeled taro sprouts are usually made into sweet and sour or sweet and sour and spicy flavors in Bobai, as shown below:

No matter which kind of taro sprouts it is, as long as they are cooked well, they are very refreshing. They are perfect to serve with porridge and are one of the two best pickled vegetables that can be compared with sauerkraut.

Deng Shirong used to be able to make these things, but since he was reborn, he no longer plows the fields or plants the land.

However, although Deng Shirong no longer farms, his family produces much more grains and pickles every year than when he was farming before, because relatives, friends and clansmen rush to give him all kinds of grains and pickles.

By the time everyone had pickled the taro shoots, the lychees and watermelons had begun to ripen.

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Nowadays, most families of the Deng clan in Naye have planted litchi, but only the Naye Village has started to harvest. Because the people in other villages planted later, it is not time to harvest yet this year. Their main source of income in the mountains is growing watermelons.

At present, lychees and watermelons are still purchased by the supply and marketing cooperatives. Although they have suffered a certain impact with the rise of the individual business economy, they were still an unshakable giant in the 1980s. Their sales channels are unmatched even by department stores, let alone others.

Therefore, although the output of watermelon cultivation in Bangjie is large, it is still very easy for the supply and marketing cooperative to digest it.

As lychees and watermelons went on sale, the sweet potatoes grown in the paddy fields also had a good harvest, and the entire Naye Deng family was filled with joy.

Compared with the Ye Deng family, the farmers in other places had brows so frowned that they could pinch a fly to death.

Because the early rice they planted this year suffered from serious diseases and insect pests. At this time of year in previous years, the rice in the fields looked golden, which made them feel at ease. But this year, when they looked at the bare fields, their mood became extremely heavy.

Food has been the foundation of farmers since ancient times.

It is now 1985. Except for the Naye Deng family, which has undergone tremendous changes compared to the previous life due to the leadership of the clan leader Deng Shirong, the other farmers who are a little further away from Bangjie Village are still no different from the previous life and their lives are relatively difficult.

Under such circumstances, the early rice yield was severely reduced or even completely lost, which was really adding insult to injury.

But what can they do when faced with natural disasters such as pests and diseases?

There are more than 3,000 members of the Ye Deng clan, and they have intermarriages with all the towns and villages in the county. At first, everyone thought that this serious natural disaster was just a local phenomenon, so they didn't discuss it too much. After all, such things have happened before.

But as more and more Naye Deng wives communicated with their natal family members, they found that things were not that simple.

"I don't know what happened this year, but all the rice in my mother's house was eaten up by insects!"

"Ah? Is it the same at your mother's place? My mother's place has also encountered this situation. All the early rice in the village has been sick and there are many insects. When I went back to my mother's place this time, everyone in the village was sighing and groaning. They were all very worried."

"Oh my God, my mother's family encountered the same situation. I thought it was a special case, but after hearing what you said, it seems to be a bit serious!"

“…”

When the wives of the Naye Deng family mentioned this matter in their casual conversation, they discovered that the villages on their respective sides of the family had all suffered from serious diseases and insect pests, resulting in an overall reduction in rice production, and in serious cases, even no harvest at all.

If it was only one or two villages that were like this, it wouldn't be a big deal, but after communication they found that this situation occurred in all the villages, so they could be sure that this year's early rice pests and diseases had spread throughout the county.

Such a big thing naturally spread quickly throughout the entire Naye Deng family.

"Oh my god, luckily we listened to the tribe leader's advice and planted sweet potatoes instead of rice this year, otherwise it would have been all in vain!"

"Yes, our Naye Deng clan has a clan leader like Jiugong. It's really the blessing of our ancestors!"

"We were able to avoid this natural disaster that hit the entire county. It seems that our Naye Deng family is really starting to have good luck!"

“In the final analysis, it’s because we have a good clan leader. Based on what our ancestors passed down, the clan leader knew that there was a high probability of extremely low temperatures that year, so he gave everyone a warning in advance, so that no cows froze to death in Bangjie.

Now, thanks to the advice of our clan leader, we have successfully avoided this natural disaster.

It can be said that the life we ​​have now is all thanks to the clan leader.”

"Yes, people with other surnames are now envious of us for having a clan leader like Jiugong!"

“…”

When the members of the Deng clan discussed this matter, they inevitably mentioned the clan leader Deng Shirong, which made his already extremely high prestige soar even higher.

When lychees and watermelons were being harvested, Deng Shirong also went to the water chestnut area and began to receive jackfruits from Ding Qiang.

The fruiting period of the jackfruit is relatively long, starting to ripen in May and lasting for several months.

Anyway, Deng Shirong would leave for Beijing only after the longan was harvested in July every year, so he planned to purchase jackfruits until July as well.

From May to July of the lunar calendar, in nearly three months, Deng Shirong purchased a total of 836 tons of jackfruit, 1,209 tons of ground pineapple, and 274 tons of Shixia longan.

The purchase price of jackfruit is 0.16 yuan per catty, and the cost of 836 tons is 267,520 yuan.

The purchase price of ground pineapples is 0.1 yuan per catty, and the cost of 1,209 tons is 241,800 yuan.

The purchase price of longan is 0.3 yuan per catty, and the cost of 274 tons is 164,400 yuan.

The total expenditure was 673,720 yuan.

This wave of attacks reduced Deng Shirong's cash to just over 1.08 million.

…

Capital city.

Deng Yunheng, who had already graduated from university, came to a central department to report with excitement.

This department is composed of eight units including national planning, economy, labor, materials, and statistics. It has a famous name in later generations - the National Development and Reform Commission.

After talking with his father and consulting his mentor and alumni with more backgrounds such as Li Haibo (President of the Peking University Student Union from 1981 to 1984), he finally chose this department. This is the starting point of his career. How far he can go in the future depends on his ability and luck.

…

On the train from Nanning to Beijing, Deng Shirong was thinking about his second son's work.

Among Deng Shirong's seven children, the eldest son has a chain supermarket business route arranged by him. With the eldest son's relatively mature and stable character, as long as he does not act rashly and runs the business honestly and step by step, although he may not be very successful in the future, it should be no problem for him to have a net worth of over 10 billion.

In the future, his eldest daughter will have a Suifeng Hotel and an Internet cafe. He will continue to provide assistance to his eldest daughter according to the situation, and she will definitely live a wealthy life in the future.

Arrangements have also been made for the younger daughter, Deng Shirong, so her future life will not be bad either.

The third son was a politician in his previous life. He only graduated from a technical secondary school, but without any background, he was able to enjoy the treatment of a deputy director after retirement. His political wisdom was definitely beyond doubt.

In this life, the third son's academic performance is much better than in his previous life due to the influence of his family and the second son. He will enter the official career with a higher academic qualification. Normally, it is impossible for him to do worse than in his previous life.

In other words, the third son is guaranteed to be a virtuous woman, and if he can seize the opportunity, his future will be limitless.

The same goes for the fourth son and the youngest son. Deng Shirong has arranged paths for them, and they all have very good development in the future.

It can be said that Deng Shirong does not have to worry about these children.

Deng Shirong has no choice but to worry about his second son who chooses to go into politics.

After all, the second son in the previous life was a real professional gambler.

Fortunately, the only thing that comforted Deng Shirong was that although his second son had embarked on the path of no return of gambling, there was still a difference between a professional gambler like him and a bad gambler like Deng Changqi (the gambling neighbor who cut off his fingers).

I won’t go into detail here, but in short, there is an essential difference between the two.

(End of this chapter)