Volume 3 Summer Rain Chapter 0323 Xidan, Reincarnation
Not long after Wang Lu and the others left, Ye Qi came to the door.
"When you get to Yangcheng, call this number. I've already made arrangements for you. Just tell him your name is Ye Chengtuo. They won't kill you."
"Okay, thanks. I'll set off tomorrow while the weather is cold and bring the goods back as soon as possible." Ye Qi took a piece of paper handed over by Nan Yi and said happily.
"Chengtuo, if you really want to do business, you should get a self-employed business license and open . You see, everyone is going south to buy goods now. If you can get goods from the south for wholesale, your business will definitely be good."
"I would like to, but how can I find a way? Do you have one? Can you introduce it to me?"
"Yes, I'll talk to you about it after the New Year."
"Okay, I'll leave first. I'll go back and pack up, and take the earliest bus to Yangcheng tomorrow."
"Slow down."
After Ye Wei left, Nan Yi cleaned up the mess in the living room and opened all the windows for ventilation. He didn't watch TV, but took a shower and went to bed.
In bed, I stretched my body and picked up a book from the bedside table - George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four", and turned to Chapter 3 "The Proletariat are Not Human".
"Except Lai Biao and Men Saner, I haven't seen you bring anyone back for dinner. Why did you bring someone back today?" On Nan Yi's right, Liu Zhen also had a book in his hand. After reading two pages, he turned to ask Nan Yi.
"Didn't you say you were pregnant? No matter whether it's a son or a daughter, his base will definitely be in China in the future. I want to develop some connections for him." Nan Yi stared at the pages of the book and responded to Liu Zhen's words.
"You won't come here often, will you?"
"No, I made it in time today. I plan to clean up the house deep in the Hundred Flowers, and use it as a place to entertain guests in the future. By the way, have you bought the courtyard house in Yaer Hutong that you mentioned?"
"Why are you pretending? They are all yours. You don't even know whether I bought them or not." Liu Zhen spat.
"I didn't really ask."
"I bought it. It cost thirty-eight thousand dollars. I paid it in China."
"Oh, what are your plans? Keep it or rent it out?"
"Just leave it there and don't rent it out. Who knows if the person who rents it will ruin it? Tell me, what should I do if I really get pregnant this time?"
"What else can I do? I'll move my household registration back and we'll get a marriage certificate right away. After the child is born, we'll get divorced in a year or two."
"Divorce? Why do you want a divorce?" Liu Zhen shouted.
"Oh, you have to ask yourself."
"Why are you asking myself?"
"Why are you playing dumb with me? You keep putting it off from this year to next year. Aren't you just reluctant to leave the Cosmos Bank? If you want to stay with the Cosmos Bank forever, then our marriage is not suitable. We should get married first and divorce later. You have a child to take care of, and you can also give an explanation to your superiors if you remain single."
Nan Yi's identity is too complicated. Once Nan Yi and Liu Zhen get married, he will definitely be subject to political review. With a global husband, Liu Zhen's career path will not be smooth. They get married in order to have children and divorce in order to keep Liu Zhen's background simple.
"Didn't I say I would just stay for another year?" Liu Zhen said coquettishly.
"Okay, let's save this for the end of next year."
"Well, it's better not to get married at all."
"Okay, stop being so childish. I've already been accommodating to you enough. For you, it's even affecting my plans."
"Okay, okay, it's up to you."
Liu Zhen turned over and continued reading her book sideways.
Nan Yi ignored her and turned the page of the book in his hand to Chapter 4 - Hope lies in the proletariat.
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The next day, in the evening, Nan Yi came to Xidan Stadium with the free ticket.
At the end of 1958, West Chang'an Avenue was widened to welcome the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. All the old buildings in Xidan were demolished and the Xidan Stadium was built.
Xidan Stadium has an open-air lighted court with two-story spectator seats on all four sides and a three-cement ground. It is more formal than the basketball court of Dongdan Stadium, but not as good as the one on East Chang'an Street where the first Huasu Men's Basketball National Team Competition was held.
Basketball court facilities are complete.
The entrances are at the northeast and southwest corners, with a ticket office at the southwest corner. Tickets are required to watch games at the lighted basketball court, but there are plenty of free tickets.
At that time, there were basketball games almost every night at Xidan Stadium. There were games between provinces and cities, as well as competitions between companies in Beijing. Basketball games between sports schools in the east and west cities were often held at Xidan Stadium.
There are two free basketball courts on both sides of the lighted basketball court, with cement floors. There are two regular football fields on the north side, without stands, which are the venues for the grass-roots football team to play.
Xidan Stadium includes two loess football fields and seven or eight loess basketball courts, but it is already being renovated and is being converted into concrete courts.
One of them is a regular lighted basketball court with stands built with triangular irons around it. It can accommodate more than 2,000 people to watch basketball games. The Beijing men's and women's basketball teams often participate in national basketball competitions here.
The room under the iron frame is the office of the XC District Sports Committee.
All the sports venues in Xidan Gymnasium are open-air. In addition to being a place for ordinary people to exercise, it is also a venue for sports meets of primary and secondary schools in various XC zones, and some formal competitions can be held here.
Pulling his yellow coat closer, Nan Yi glanced at the match between the Erhua and Steel Rolling Mill teams below, then quickly looked away, picked up a can from the side, and took a sip of the strong tea with a lot of foam.
"Nansheng, the tower-building has already established a good reputation in the capital, so this time the Xicheng Sports Bureau found us and wanted to cooperate with us to renovate the Xidan Stadium." Li Jing said.
Nan Yi naturally wouldn't come here to watch an amateur basketball game for no reason. In New York, he was too lazy to even watch the NBA, let alone this kind of amateur game.
Of course, he came here for business.
"How to cooperate?"
"Tota is responsible for the renovation project and cost expenditure. After the renovation is completed, Tota can get half of the rent, but there is a time limit, only ten years."
"We can't talk anymore?"
"We can't talk about it anymore. This is already the most favorable condition. With this condition, the Sports Bureau has already made an exception. Nansheng, you know that the mainland is still relatively conservative right now. It's already very good for business behavior to be able to achieve this."
"I know. Tell me about your plan."
"According to my plan, I intend to do it all at once, demolish the football field and basketball court, there is no need to build a very nice house, and I will just put up a shed and transform this place into a clothing market.
Let’s talk to the Xicheng Industrial and Commercial Bureau to resolve the issue of business licenses for vendors. I believe that once the market is built, there will be no shortage of people renting stalls.”
"Your idea is simple and effective, but too crude. I would like to add a few points. First, the management rights must be in our hands. The leasing of stalls must be controlled by us. Don't make it complicated and keep it a simple business behavior.
Second, reserve 10% of the booths for the Sports Bureau. They can rent them to whomever they want. This is for them to do favors. When this place becomes popular, there will be no shortage of people begging to rent booths.
Third, reserve some more stalls and contact the Xicheng Civil Affairs Department. These stalls are specially rented to families with poor conditions in Xicheng. This is the care and support of the Sports Bureau for them.
Fourth, contact the Foreign Languages Institute and ask their Spanish-speaking students to work part-time here. Ask them to receive foreigners who come here. Don’t let the business fail due to language barriers, and don’t let the foreigners be overcharged.
Fifth, establish a security team. The team leader must be someone who can really do the job. It only takes one-third of the team members to be able to do the job. The rest should also be found by the Sports Bureau. It doesn’t matter if they can do the job or not, as long as they have decent facial features and don’t cause any trouble.
The security team can have more staff and reserve a dozen or so positions for people who are not paid for their work.
That's all I have to say. As for the rest, you can handle it as you see fit. I only have one request, that this clothing market be successful and establish a successful case, and profit is secondary consideration. "
"Okay, Nansheng."
"Okay, you continue watching the game. Lend me the basketball so I can play some." Nan Yi saw that Li Jing was carrying a basketball and wearing sportswear. He thought that he must play basketball often.
"Nansheng, I'll go with you."
"Okay, let's go."
The two came to a lighted court. The weather was too cold and it was late, so there were not many people playing on the court and half of the court was empty.
Nan Yi can play basketball, and he is quite good at it. In his previous life, he often went to baseball courts to hang out. He is particularly good at the slam dunk-style three-step layup, which looks like a slam dunk but is actually a layup.
I held the ball and rubbed it on the court for a few minutes, then rubbed my hands on the mud beside the court to increase the friction, and most of the feel from my previous life was restored.
Standing on the free throw line, he shot towards the basket. The first shot missed, the second shot missed again, and the third shot went in.
Nan Yi has developed a rather special way of shooting. The ball will not hit the backboard or circle. It either misses the target or goes into the basket. His shooting posture is very beautiful, and he has been praised many times by his fellow players on the basketball court.
In terms of basketball, this is the only thing he can be proud of. Everything else is not worth mentioning at all. God has not given him any basketball skills.
Li Jing's basketball skills were very good, and the two played bullfighting for a while. As a result, Nan Yi was completely defeated. His attack method was single and his breakthrough route was very fixed. He was seen through by Li Jing after playing two balls, and his defense was very uncomfortable for him.
But Li Jing himself has all kinds of offensive methods, including accurate shooting, strong breakthrough, good jumping ability, and steady dribbling. He can shake Nan Yi off by just moving left and right.
When Li Jing broke through him again, Nan Yi was a little angry and said, "Li Jing, you are not good enough. You have no vision. I gave you the opportunity to flatter me, but you didn't take it?"
"Nansheng, the workplace is the workplace and the court is the court. I believe you won't let me bring flattery to the court." Li Jing said with a smile.
"Heh, stop trying to push me around. Just play by yourself. I'm leaving." Nan Yi hit the ball towards Li Jing, went under the basketball hoop to get his clothes and left.
It's so embarrassing. If I stay here any longer, I'll lose face.
Nan Yi wrapped his clothes around him and walked out of the court dejectedly, still spitting, "Whoever plays basketball again in the future will be a grandson."
Walking out of the Xidan Stadium, Nan Yi looked left and right, undecided which way to go.
On the left, you can go directly back to the old house, and on the right, you can go back to the old house by making a detour. After standing for a while, Nan Yi decided to go to the right because he saw two people coming over from the right, one of whom was an acquaintance, Chen Yicai.
Chen Yicai soon saw Nan Yi and took the initiative to come up and say hello, "Nan Yi, why are you here?"
"Come and watch the game. Is this your honey?" Nan Yi asked, nudging the beautiful woman next to .
"Don't talk nonsense, they are already married." Chen Yicai explained quickly, and then said to the woman next to him: "Xiao Li, this is my elementary school classmate Nan Yi; this is An Xiaoli, a family friend of mine."
"Hello, Comrade An."
"Hello, Comrade Nan."
Nan Yi and An Xiaoli nodded to each other and exchanged greetings.
"I won't bother you. I'm leaving now. Yicai, invite all our classmates to get together someday. We haven't seen each other for many years."
"Okay, it's time to get together. I'll let you know if there's any letter."
"Okay, Comrade An, goodbye." Nan Yi said politely to An Xiaoli again.
"Goodbye."
After passing each other, Nan Yi recalled the look Chen Yicai had given An Xiaoli just now. Nan Yi would never believe that he didn't have any feelings towards An Xiaoli.
Chen Yicai has melons to eat here, and Nan Yi is waiting to eat the melons of his mother and daughter in a few years. He wants to see whether Chen Yicai is interested in the older one or the younger one, or just take all at once.
"Tiger cub, go get the car, we're going to Ghost Street to get something to eat."
At that time, there was no Guijie, only Guijie, and Guijie was not an official place name.
It originated two years ago. At that time, the catering industry was basically non-existent except for state-owned canteens and restaurants. They were generally closed at night and people had a poor nightlife.
Because it is close to the embassy area and there is a demand for evening meals, some people started setting up stalls on the small street inside Dongzhimen. Gradually, people learned that they could have a midnight snack here, and they took the opportunity to add some fun to the nightlife. Some people even rode their bikes here from far away, and over time, the stalls were established on a large scale.
In the past two years, the policy on individual economy was still unclear, and these stalls were not legal and were run secretly. In addition, it was pitch black at night with the lights flickering, so people jokingly called it the "ghost market", which means a black market that is not worthy of being put on the table.
Over time, the place was called Ghost Street.
As for Guijie, that elegant name was not thought out until Guijie was officially planned.
Tiger Cub parked the car on the side of Dongzhimen Inner Street. The three of them turned left and walked into Ghost Street, where they saw red lanterns scattered east and west.
I don't know if it was planned by someone or a rule was formed unintentionally, but the vendors here use red lanterns for lighting. If there is a night watchman knocking on a bamboo clapper and shouting "It's dry, be careful with fire", then you can shoot a ghost movie directly without any backdrop.
Nan Yi found a stall and went over to the vendor and said, "Cut three pieces of lazy dragon. Do you have any rare ones?"
"Do you have noodles or tea?"
"Have a bowl, school beauty, do you want to eat?"
Today is Tiger Cub's turn on duty. Apart from the three meals, he cannot eat anything else as he has to be on guard.
"No, you can eat it yourself."
"Grandson, you lazy grandson, sit still and don't run. I will come and take care of you soon."
