Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0635 Yifa Gome
There are six slides from low to high. Nan Yi and Ruan Mei mixed into the group of children and slid down again and again.
After playing on the slide enough, the two went to the sand to play on the standing swing, the carousel with a J-6-shaped cockpit that floated up and down, and a long train. Ruan Mei also took several photos next to the J-6 trainer aircraft.
In the 1980s, a large number of aircraft were retired, and there was an airplane parked in almost every children's park in every city . In some places, a concrete pier would be built to display the aircraft, while others would be placed directly on the ground.
"You are lying. There are no electric cars here at all." After taking the pictures, Ruan Mei, who was still unsatisfied, said to Nan Yi.
"If you don't have it, then don't play with it again when you see it next time. Come on, daddy will treat you to some flying fish crispy skin."
"Carry me." Ruan Mei threw herself on Nan Yi's back and rested her head on his shoulder. "I want to eat traffic lights. Two pieces. I only eat the green one. The yellow and red ones are yours."
"If you want crispy skin, why not eat flying fish crispy skin? The whole ice cream stick has crispy skin."
"No, I just eat traffic lights."
"As you wish."
After leaving the Children's Park and walking a little to the right, there is a convenience store. Nan Yi bought two traffic lights, gave one to Ruan Mei first, and kept one for himself.
Ruan Mei took it, tore off the outer wrapping paper, and licked the green part on the top of the ice cream with her tongue.
"It's sweet, do you want to lick it?"
"No, you eat first."
Nan Yi changed the ice cream in his hand from hanging to lifting. As soon as his fingers loosened, the ice cream fell into the palm of his hand. He squeezed it, and a cool feeling that penetrated his heart drove away the heat in his body.
“Hehehe!”
Ruan Mei gave a wicked smile and continued to lick the ice cream happily.
"The fruits are ripe, very ripe!" Nan Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The next day was the weekend, and Nan Yi was not in a hurry to send Ruan Mei back to school. They waited until nightfall and went to the West Lake Night Market until nearly eight o'clock. They were already hungry, so they found a restaurant to eat.
The nightlife culture has become popular in Guangzhou. Restaurants are open until very late. Even if a restaurant is closed, you can You will never have to worry about not being able to find a place to eat 24 hours a day.
After filling their stomachs, Nan Yi took Ruan Mei to Sheyu and stayed at the Sheyu Hotel.
Nothing unspeakable happened in the hotel. Nan Yi didn't want Ruan Mei's good memories in the future to be in the hotel. Such memories were too popular and too vulgar.
Over the past few years, the setting for “that night” among the female college students has almost always been a hotel or hostel, with the only difference being the room rates.
A night in silence.
The next day, Nan Yi came back from exercise outside and found the hotel almost like an inn.
The doors of each room were wide open, and there were either two or three, or four or five people sitting inside, speaking with accents from all over the country. Seventy percent of them were talking about color TVs, and the remaining thirty percent were talking about refrigerators, washing machines, and VCRs.
It seems that the Xiyu Hotel has become an electrical appliance trade negotiation center.
"Sister, sister, are you up yet?"
Nan Yi walked to Ruan Mei's door and knocked on it.
"No, I still want to sleep, don't bother me."
Leaning against the door, Nan Yi could clearly hear Ruan Mei's sleepy words from inside.
"Then go back to sleep."
Nan Yi shook his head, went back to his room to wash up, then went downstairs to talk to the hotel front desk.
The intersection of Yifa Street.
Nan Yi and Chen Guowen bump into each other.
After a few pleasantries, the two got down to business.
"Nan Yi, the clothing wholesale business here in Yifa is not doing well. People from the north now go to Shisanhang and Gaodi Street. Those who still come here are old customers. There are very few new customers." Chen Guowen said, paused, looked at Nan Yi's face and continued: "People from the northernmost part all go to Qinghe International to get goods. They rarely come here anymore."
"The people coming here now are mainly wholesale electrical appliances, right?"
"Almost the same. The electrical appliance business is doing really well. The transfer fee for a stall in Yifa Shopping Center is over a million, and a good location costs several million."
“Sell or rent?”
"Of course I sell it. Renting it is not that expensive."
"Yeah." Nan Yi nodded and said, "Did you bring the map?"
"Yes."
Chen Guowen took out a map of Guangzhou from his bag and spread it out in front of Nan Yi.
Nan Yi took the pen from his pocket and drew two circles on the map. "Tell Uncle Ruiwu and ask him to find out the planning of these two plots of land. If this place doesn't work, we will open up a new base."
The decline of Yifa Street is irreversible. The reason why it can rise is that it is remote enough, the location is remote, and the policies are also biased. Things that other places dare not or cannot do are done here. Once the policies are relaxed, other places can also do it, and this place will naturally become depressed.
This is the case with clothing, and it will be the same with electrical appliances in the future. They prospered because of smuggling, but will collapse and become a thing of the past due to the crackdown on smuggling.
Chen Guowen looked at the two circles drawn by Nan Yi and said, "These two places are good places. The train station, bus station, and long-distance bus station are not far away, but can we get such good land?"
"Everything depends on human effort. If we pay more money and take less shares, we can still negotiate with the city government." Nan Yi said calmly: "In 1958, Yangcheng had the idea of building a subway; in 1965, Yangcheng carried out the first subway planning and geological survey, which was called Project No. 9 at that time;
From 1970 to 1980, Guangzhou began to prepare for the construction of the subway, but due to funding and technical reasons, the subway project was never launched.
No matter how the Guangzhou Metro is planned, it is impossible to bypass the two circles I drew. In the future, there will be connections in the sky, on the ground, underground and in the water.
Going underground is the trend for future big cities. Whether the location is good or not depends on whether it is feasible to go underground.
Uncle Guowen, the business model has to change. In the past, you hid in the gutter, but in the future, you have to stand on the stage and show off your talents. The stage is very important."
“We’ll build a stage later?”
"Building the stage, finding a troupe, selling the stage, and renting the stage are all tasks that we at Nanchen will have to do in the future. If we want to succeed in our country, we must meet the needs of the local area, the country, and the times.
The idea of taking advantage of loopholes can only remain at the tactical level, not the strategic level.
Uncle Guowen, I know you are jealous of the electrical appliances, but it took Nanchen Village several years to get rid of the fishy smell on its body. Now it is contaminated again, so why did it go ashore in the first place? "
The reason why Nan Yi said this is entirely because Chen Guowen proposed at the beginning of this year that Nanchen Village should join the "Yifa Electric Circle" and get a share of the pie by plunging into the quagmire.
Chen Guowen smiled awkwardly and said, "I just said that at the beginning."
"Let's go over there and see how prosperous this market is."
It's bustling, really bustling. It's not even nine o'clock and there are already crowds of people. It's busy, really busy. I don't even have time to count the money. I put the money in my hand and rummage around to see if there is a newspaper inside, and then take a ruler to measure the height.
Although the fourth set of RMB with a denomination of 50 yuan, as published in 1980, has started to circulate this year, the mainstream note on the market is still the denomination of 10 yuan. Yifa does business with a minimum order of 100,000 yuan, so neither the buyer nor the seller will care too much if there are a few more or fewer notes.
"Recently, the 33-inch Panasonic is selling very well. It costs more than 5,000 or 6,000 yuan here, but it's selling for 11,000 or 12,000 yuan outside."
Nan Yi: "How much is the incense?"
"Three to four thousand Hong Kong dollars."
"Oh, how much water can you pump out now with one trip?"
"We can transport ten or eight pumps in one trip. Each pump costs three hundred Hong Kong dollars, which is the market price. If we bring some cheap goods to the clubs in Hong Kong, the money will be uncountable. We can earn tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in one trip."
"There's Guang Z, right?"
"Guang Zhai's price is 3,000, which is also the market price. However, not many people are willing to do business with them. They are easily... " Chen Guowen made a throat-cutting gesture, "Guang Zhai eats on the edge of a knife, and his actions are very ruthless."
"Yeah." Nan Yi nodded and asked, "Do you know who is going by water? Yesterday I saw someone unloading cargo at Tianzi Wharf. There were two people, not very old, about twenty years old."
"That must be the Huang brothers. They are new here. They made a living by picking up scraps at first. Two years ago, the two brothers went to the northern grasslands to sell home appliances. Now they have a solid foundation. I heard that they mainly do business in Beijing and sell the goods here in Beijing."
Nan Yi's eyes lit up and he asked, "What are the brothers' names?"
"The eldest brother is Huang Guoliang and the younger brother is Huang Guomei."
"Oh, what will be the consequences of taking the water route?" Nan Yi secretly thought that it was indeed the two brothers.
"You have to pay back double the money you earned by taking the water route. If you don't, you will be drowned in the river." Chen Guowen said with a gloomy face: "The Huang brothers broke the rules, they will definitely suffer."
"Can you sell your face into their circle?"
"Well enough."
"Oh." Nan Yi nodded and said, "Where can I find a better set of speakers? I want to buy one."
"Of course if you want to buy audio equipment, you have to go to Jinrong Electrical Appliance Store to find Zhang Jinrong. I am very familiar with him and I will definitely be able to buy good and affordable products here." Chen Guowen said, patting his chest.
Merchants who do well in the wholesale market generally won't deal with customers who buy in small quantities. If you want to buy a set of machines, unless you are brought by an acquaintance, the seller will either refuse to sell or quote an exorbitant price.
Even when talking about wholesale, people have to test the waters to see if there is any overlap with the market of their major customers.
Chen Guowen took Nan Yi for a walk and soon arrived at Jinrong Electrical Appliance Store.
At this time, the business in the store was booming. A young man who was dressed neatly and without any gold or silver jewelry was poking at the pile of money with a ruler in his right hand and a cigarette in his left hand.
"7.4 plus 11.2 plus 6.5, Boss Lin, that's not right, it's half a centimeter off."
"Boss Zhang, take a good look. Most of these two stacks are new banknotes."
"Yes, yes, look at me."
The man called Boss Zhang separated the new and old bills from the three piles of money and measured them again with a ruler.
"The man holding the ruler is Zhang Jinrong. He started doing electrical appliances only last year. He used to sell clothes from us. He is very good at business and has a net worth of five or six million." Chen Guowen introduced him to Nan Yi.
Chen Guowen and Nan Yi stood aside, waiting for Zhang Jinrong to send the guests away before they walked forward.
"Boss Zhang, business is good."
"Oh, Manager Lin, it's you. What brings you here?" Zhang Jinrong, who had just put the money into the safe, saw that it was Chen Guowen who came, and quickly stood up and greeted him enthusiastically.
"Since we're here, of course there's business for you. My friend, Nan Yi, wants to buy a set of audio equipment from you." Chen Guowen pointed at Nan Yi and said.
"Since you are your friend, Manager Chen, just take one. Why are you talking about money? Do you look down on me, Zhang Jinrong?"
"Hey, Boss Zhang, you are doing business here, so you have to collect money. You just need to pick the good ones."
"Sure, sure."
