Xie Dongyang smiled and walked to Ruan Xi, looked at her and said, "It's you. I just glanced at you and thought I was seeing things. How come you are so forgetful that you don't remember a nobody like me?"
Ruan Xi smiled, "It's been many years since I last saw you. I didn't recognize you at first sight. You've changed so much, wearing a suit, carrying a leather bag and leather shoes. You must be a big boss now, right?"
Xie Dongyang still smiled, "I just make a living. When I talk business, I have to save face. If you don't wear a suit, people won't recognize you. You haven't changed much, You are still the same as before, so I recognized you at a glance."
Then he asked, "Do you have an appointment here too?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Yes, I have an appointment with a friend."
Xie Dongyang: "I have an appointment here to discuss business, how about we find time to talk?"
After saying that, he reached into his suit, took out a business card and handed it to Ruan Xi, "This is my business card."
Ruan Xi took the business card, looked at it, put it away and said, "I live in the alley near Qianmen now. When we set up a stall, there was an old lady named Zhou who always asked me to make clothes. Do you remember? I bought her yard."
Xie Dongyang thought for a while, "Oh, I remember, her son is abroad!"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Yes, Later, she also went abroad to retire, and sold the yard to me. "
Xie Dongyang nodded after listening, "Okay, then we'll talk again when we have time." With that,
the two of them went into the restaurant together, waved their hands and went to find their respective appointments. Ruan Xi went to the hall to find Jiang Suyun, while Xie Dongyang went to the reserved private room upstairs.
Jiang Suyun sat at the table against the glass curtain wall, and waved to Ruan Xi when she saw her. When Ruan Xi came over and sat down opposite her, she asked, "Who was that just now? He's dressed like that, he must be a big boss, right?"
Ruan Xi put her bag aside, "He was a partner I met when I was setting up a stall before. Later, the stall didn't make much money, so he ran away to the south to make a living. I haven't seen him for many years, and I just bumped into him outside."
Jiang Suyun said, "Oh, you really know a lot of rich people . "
Ruan Xi laughed, "What's the use? I'm not as decent as you."
Jiang Suyun rolled her eyes at her, "You are just slapping me in the face by saying this now. When you resigned, I said you would definitely regret it. Now it turns out that I was wrong."
Ruan Xi laughed, "I just bet right."
As the two were talking, the waiter brought the menu over, and Ruan Xi and Jiang Suyun ordered two dishes each.
After ordering and giving the menu to the waiter, Jiang Suyun continued: "I can see that you are really brave. As long as a policy comes out, you always rush to the front, so you can succeed. You don't know that the two people in the unit who were interested in you at the beginning looked down on you when you resigned, and now they regret it so much."
Ruan Xi smiled and said nonchalantly: "They looked up to me at the time, and I looked down on them."
Jiang Suyun looked at Ruan Xi and laughed and said: "That's not the case. Compared with your husband, they are naturally not worth mentioning."
Her husband is good-looking, has a good job, a good family background, and loves his wife. Ordinary men can't compare to him.
Ruan Xi did not want to be modest with Jiang Suyun and said jokingly, "Of course it is."
As they were talking, the ordered dishes began to be served. Ruan Xi and Jiang Suyun picked up their chopsticks to eat, and while eating they continued to talk about whatever they thought of. However, Jiang Suyun said the same words. "Now the environment is becoming more and more relaxed, and business is getting better and better. Some people in the unit are beginning to feel jealous and want to resign."
Ruan Xi continued while eating, "Resigning is risky. If you fail, everything is over. There is no guarantee. Civil servants at least have a iron rice bowl. You don't have to worry about unemployment for a lifetime, and you also have guarantees when you get old."
Jiang Suyun: "Isn't that the rest of your life? How high can you get? The key is that it's not worth the money. It's hard to get promoted and the salary is hard to increase. And now everyone is looking at money. Whoever has money is respectable."
Ruan Xi couldn't help but sigh in his heart - the world has really changed.
Jiang Suyun added: "I don't have the courage or the brains, let alone the capital to start a business. I dare not quit my job. I will be content with being honest and down-to-earth."
Ruan Xi chatted with her for a while about the civil servant's intention to quit his job and start a business, and then asked her: "Sister, I want to ask you something. If I want to buy a car, where can I buy it? Isn't your Industrial and Commercial Bureau in charge of this matter? All the procedures for review and approval must go through your bureau, otherwise the car will not be delivered."
Jiang Suyun Yun nodded, "We are the ones who reviewed and approved these procedures. They were all traded in from abroad. You want to buy a car? Then I will go back and ask for you who is trading and where you can buy it."
Ruan Xi: "Thank you for your help."
Jiang Suyun rolled her eyes at her: "You are so polite to me."
Although Ruan Xi was not in a hurry to buy a car and just mentioned it casually during dinner, Jiang Suyun called her the next day and told her that the man who traded the car was called Xie Dongyang, the boss of Dongyang Trading Company.
Ruan Xi smiled unexpectedly after hearing this - this is really a coincidence, it doesn't take any effort at all.
So Ruan Xi thought about when to find Xie Dongyang to buy a car.
But before she could think of any time to come, Xie Dongyang came to find her.
Ruan Xi was the benefactor who helped Xie Dongyang get started. If she hadn't helped him earn more than 10,000 yuan in 1979, he wouldn't be where he is today. He would always remember this kindness in his heart.
If he didn't meet her, he would remember her in his memory. If he met her, he would come to visit her.
Of course, he couldn't come empty-handed. He would bring big and small bags of things, just like an apprentice coming to visit his master. It just so
happened that Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan were also free at home today. Since the number of stores increased and the new store managers were trained, they no longer went to visit the stores themselves. They were all thinking about how to run the market and understand the market environment. When they were not busy, they would rest at home.
Seeing a strange face come to the house and buy so many expensive things, it seems that Ruan Xi has a good relationship with him. Even if they don't know each other, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan also hurried to greet him, making tea and cutting fruits.
Xie Dongyang is not a polite person. He doesn't treat himself as an outsider after a few polite words. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Ruan Xi, Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan, they began to talk freely about everything. They mainly talked about what each other had done in the past few years.
This was just a meeting, so other personal matters could not be discussed. They mainly talked about their respective developments during the years of separation.
Xie Dongyang said that he had been in the south for a few years and had saved some capital. Seeing that things were getting easier at home, he stayed in the local area last year and opened a trading company. He traded whatever he could find, and recently he was doing barter trade with the Soviet Union.
Ruan Changsheng asked curiously, "What is barter trade?"
Xie Dongyang looked at him and explained, "It's exchanging things for things. We give them what their country needs, and they exchange things with us. I recently traded a batch of cars, and they sold them quite well, making a fortune."
Ruan Changsheng nodded and said, "You city people are smart and have many ways to make money." Speaking
of cars, Ruan Xi hurriedly asked him, "Have you sold that car?"
Xie Dongyang turned around and replied, "Not yet, do you want one?"
Ruan Xi He immediately said, "Of course you have to. It's so inconvenient to go out every day to do something. You have to take a taxi, and the taxi fare is very expensive. Taxi drivers are a popular job now, and you can make a lot of money."
Xie Dongyang smiled, "Okay, if you want it, I'll keep it for you and drive it to you directly when I have time."
After talking about barter trade and the car, Xie Dongyang asked Ruan Xi what she had done in Beijing in recent years, what unit she worked in now, whether she had successfully made it to the deputy section chief, or if she had more ability and could directly become a section chief at a young age.
Deputy section chief or section chief? Ruan Xi smiled and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm a non-staff member, not even a junior clerk anymore."
Xie Dongyang was a little surprised, "You didn't quit your job, did you?"
Qian Chuan answered for Ruan Xi, "I quit a long time ago."
Hearing this, Xie Dongyang immediately gave Ruan Xi a thumbs up, "Master Xi, you dare to break in, you are so brave! I admire you!"
After saying the flattering words, he asked Ruan Xi what business she had done in recent years.
Ruan Xi was naturally not like him running around to trade so many things. For so many years, she had been honestly making and selling clothes, opening stores, companies, factories and office buildings, expanding the scale step by step, and developing slowly.
Xie Dongyang slapped his thigh after hearing this and said, "I really didn't expect you to quit the job assigned by the state. You know, Rose Pavilion is your store. I would have come to find you a long time ago. Why would I wait until now to find you?"
Ruan Xi smiled, "It's very kind of you to still remember me."
Xie Dongyang said, "I remember everything. You said you wanted to buy a house and bring all your family members over, and now you have done it. I like this courtyard house in the city, and now I have bought a house to live in. "
He looked into the yard and said, "If you haven't bought it, I can introduce you to another one that is similar to this yard."
Hearing this, Ruan Xi became interested and said, "Do you know someone who wants to sell a yard?"
Xie Dongyang retracted his gaze and said, "Not really acquaintance. I remember you always talked about this yard, saying that if someone sold it, you must buy it to live in. I kept it in mind and paid a little more attention to it when I had nothing to do. I remembered it when people mentioned it."
Ruan Xi asked again, "Why? " Want to sell the yard and go abroad?"
Xie Dongyang shook his head and said, "Not really, I want to sell it to make money for business."
After waiting for a while, it was rare to buy another yard. Ruan Xi hurriedly asked, "Where is the address of this yard? If it hasn't been sold yet, give me the address of the yard and help me contact someone. I will go to see it this afternoon. My fifth uncle and fifth aunt don't have a house to live in yet, so it's just right to buy one, so that they can all settle down here in the future."
Xie Dongyang looked at her. Looking at her, he smiled and said, "You really get excited when you mention Siheyuan."
Ruan Xi also smiled, and was indeed very happy. She explained, "I can't help it, I just like houses."
It was a very simple and small thing, and Xie Dongyang naturally responded, "Okay, I'll say hello, you can go and see it this afternoon."
Ruan Xi naturally had to be polite and thank him, "Then I'll trouble you."
In addition to expressing her gratitude, Ruan Xi also wanted to invite Xie Dongyang out for lunch. But Xie Dongyang said that he had something important to do and really didn't have time to go for lunch, so Ruan Xi didn't force him to stay. Before leaving, he asked for Ruan Xi's phone number, said he would come back when he was free, and then went out and drove away.
Ruan Xi watched his blue car disappear into the alley and said, "He is such a busy man."
Qian Chuan replied, "Who isn't busy these days?"
Everyone is racking their brains to make money and seize the opportunity.
Since Xie Dongyang didn't stay, Ruan Xi, Ruan Changsheng, and Qian Chuan had lunch at home at noon. After lunch, when Ruan Dabao went to school, the three of them locked the gate and went out to see the yard according to the address Xie Dongyang gave them.
When they got to the yard, they knocked on the door, and someone came to open it after a while.
When the gate opened, Ruan Xi, Ruan Changsheng, and Qian Chuan made eye contact with the person inside. Before they even said hello, the four of them were all stunned.
Qian Chuan was the first to react. He smiled and said, "Hey, isn't this Boss Sun? Long time no see."
Sun Wei's face darkened. "What are you doing here?"
Ruan Changsheng said, "What else can we do? You want to sell a house, so we come to look at it."
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