Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0649 Passive
"Changning, when are we going abroad?"
On the roof of the Jiuyao Factory, Jiang Ziqi and Gao Changning snuggled together.
"Zi Qi, wait a little longer. Once we find the money that Shen Qinglian hid, we can take a large sum of money and go abroad to enjoy life." Gao Changning's eyes flickered and he said, "Didn't Shen Qinglian tell you where he hid the money?"
Jiang Ziqi turned around and looked up at Gao Changning's face. "Don't you believe me? I've told you many times. I almost got the words out of Shen Qinglian that day, but he died halfway through."
Gao Changning smiled and said, "Silly boy, how could I not believe you? It's just that I won't give up. That's 1.2 million. If we find this money, we won't have to worry about the rest of our lives."
"We already have 250,000 yuan. This money is enough for us to spend for a lifetime. Changning, I'm scared. We should leave early."
"Not enough, 250,000 is not enough. The expenses abroad are much higher than ours at home." Gao Changning shook his head and said, "Ziqi, don't be afraid. Shen Qinglian only took a small share, so no one will pursue it. The new Nan Yi doesn't dare to pursue it, so we will be fine."
"But...but Leng Yan seems to have found out something."
"Okay, I told you, Nan Yi doesn't dare to investigate the whereabouts of the money. He can't protect himself. It's not easy to fill a hole of more than 17 million." Gao Changning said sinisterly, and then said: "Okay, let's go down. If we take too long, we will be discovered easily."
"Will you come to my place tonight?"
"I'll be there later."
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
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"Nan Yi, is there really no other way?"
After Yi Haohan asked, Yi Jinru asked again without giving up.
"Mom, if there is a way, I will definitely not ignore it. No one dares to run into the gun at this time."
As far as Nan Yi knows, the main destinations for domestic used clothes are Guangdong Province and Hubei, but the source is actually Hailuo, where a very mature industrial chain of foreign junk has been formed.
It not only has a mature maritime transport team, but also has countless wholesale stalls to serve traders from all over the country. There are also processing points in secret to repair, clean and iron clothes.
If it is wholesaled by bag, the price ranges from 100 to 300 yuan. Good and bad clothes are mixed in the bag, so you can only take a quick look and cannot open them to check. You have to choose the goods based on your eyesight and luck. If you want them, take them. If you don't want them, you can pick them one by one, but the price will be a little more expensive, usually 10 to 40 yuan per piece.
After loading the goods, you can conveniently send them back via post office parcels, or you can ship them by rail or long-distance bus, or you can carry them back yourself.
In the past two years, foreign junk has become a pillar industry of Hailu. The business is run quite authentically, according to rules, and people are not cheated. Even if it is a blind selection by package wholesale, the dealer will not lose money and will not get worthless fakes. The only difference is whether you make more or less money.
Because of this, the delivery chain has become quite stable, and everyone has benefited greatly from the source to the terminal.
Unfortunately, no one is aware of the "germs" problem. The cleaning in the processing stage is only to remove the dirt, sludge, sweat stains, vomit, blood, bird droppings, etc. that may exist on the old clothes.
By the way, I would also check my pockets to see if there were any death certificates, funeral bills, obituaries, etc. of AIDS patients. This was purely for the sake of the appearance of the clothes.
If a disinfection step was added to the processing stage at the very beginning, the foreign junk business would have a good chance of moving from underground to above ground, but it did not happen.
In addition, "smart people" like Yi Hongxuan directly purchased goods from outside and shipped them out without processing, which finally led to inspections by the health and epidemic prevention departments and also the focus of crackdowns by relevant national departments.
For Nan Yi, people like Yi Hongxuan deserved to be attacked. He had always known that foreign garbage had high profits.
Doesn't he know that he can make a lot of money by selling the old home appliances he picked up in Japan at a discount in China?
Doesn't he know that it can be sold at new price after being refurbished?
Couldn't he have figured out that this business could make over 100 million a year?
The reason why all products, good or bad, are sent to Manila for dismantling is simply because they don't want to cheat people by passing inferior products off as good ones, even if the cheat is not deep at all.
After all, most of the current electrical appliance companies have not become good students of the "cartel alliance" and have not yet mastered the course of planned obsolescence. The lifespan of electrical appliances is quite long, and as long as they don't mind being left behind, they can barely get rid of a generation.
"Cousin, you should hurry back to Tian'an and pay the fine, and this matter will be over."
"I have no money left. I invested all my fortune in this batch of goods." Yi Hongxuan said dejectedly, "That's 12 containers!"
"Damn, I really made some money. One container costs hundreds of thousands, twelve of them is over two million." Nan Yi muttered to himself, and then said to Yi Jinru, "Mom, how much cash is there in the store?"
"Not much, two or three thousand. I didn't deposit it yesterday, otherwise the store would have only left some change."
Nan Yi waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's not enough. I'll go to the bank to get it."
"I'll go get the passbook, Nan Yi, withdraw my money." Yi Jinru said, and hurried into the house.
"Mom, don't take it, take one of mine."
After calling Yi Jinru, Nan Yi went back to the old villa and withdrew 50,000 yuan in cash.
The receipt of 50,000 yuan made Nan Yi, who was already short of RMB, even worse off. His private money was either in the foreign exchange market or had been converted into Japanese yen. When he returned from this trip, his family only had 100,000 yuan.
A few days ago, he spent 5,000 or 6,000 yuan, and Liu Zhen took away 20,000 yuan. Nan Yi now only had a little more than 24,000 yuan. If he didn't have any more personal income, he would have to accept the loss and exchange foreign exchange certificates for Japanese yen before Nan Guang 010 dividends.
"Cousin, 50,000 yuan should be enough to pay the fine. We can talk about other things later." After returning to the Nan family's courtyard, Nan Yi handed the money to Yi Hongxuan immediately.
"Thank you. I'll go back to Tian'an now."
After taking the money, Yi Hongxuan said something to Nan Yi, then informed the others, and immediately ran out.
"I will transfer the money to you as soon as possible after I return to Bingcheng." Watching his son leave, Yi Haohan turned around and said to Nan Yi.
Nan Yi waved his hand and said, "Uncle, don't worry, don't worry. My cousin needs capital to make a comeback. Let him use the money first. We can talk about it when he has more money."
"No, this time I plan to bring Hongxuan back to Bingcheng, find him a job, let him go to work peacefully, and forbid him to do business anymore." Yi Haohan said resolutely.
"It's strange that Yi Hongxuan can go to work peacefully. He has seen what money looks like and has experienced the days of living a life of debauchery. How can he be satisfied with just working for a fixed salary?
How could someone who had earned two million be content with mediocrity... No, were the two million dollars from the purchase all Yi Hongxuan's own?
Damn, if the money wasn't all his, this 50,000 yuan would be just the beginning."
Nan Yi suddenly had a bad feeling. If things really turned out to be bad, Yi Hongxuan, who had nowhere to turn to for help, would still find Yi Jinru. According to Yi Jinru's personality, she would probably help even if it meant emptying her family's savings.
Now it is Nan Yi who has to be responsible for filling the hole that has been dug.
"Yi Hongxuan, you better fight for your dignity, my money didn't come from the wind."
Suppressing his bad guesses, Nan Yi said to everyone: "Uncle, second uncle, cousin, there are many fun places in the capital. It's a rare opportunity for you to come here, so I will accompany you to have a good look around."
"Okay, cousin, I want to climb the Great Wall." After hearing what Nan Yi said, Yi Qianxi immediately said excitedly.
"I'm not going, Haofan, you and Qianxi go."
Yi Haohan had no mood to play at this moment. If he didn't know that he couldn't help even if he followed, he would have accompanied Yi Hongxuan to Tiangang.
"Brother, you don't have to worry too much. Didn't Nan Yi just say that it's nothing serious?"
"I'm fine, you guys go and have fun." Yi Haohan waved his hand.
"Then, uncle, you rest at home. I will take my second uncle and cousin with you." After giving the instructions, Nan Yi took Yi Haofan and Yi Qianxi out.
After the car drove for a while, Nan Yi went to the newsstand and bought a Beijing tourist map.
At present, if non-Beijing people want to travel, there are only two options: Beijing or other places. Beijing has a special meaning in the hearts of Chinese people. If newlyweds have wedding travel plans, unless there are unexpected events, they will choose to come to Beijing.
Almost all photo studios across the country have Tiananmen background props for taking photos. Many people have a photo with their backs against "Tiananmen". It can be said that taking a photo in front of the real Tiananmen Gate Tower is an obsession in many people's hearts.
Because of this, Beijing has relatively complete services around the theme of tourism, and tourist maps are a must-have in every newsstand and bookstore.
"Cousin, the interesting places are marked above. Tell me where you want to go and I will help you plan a travel route." After returning to the car, Nan Yi handed the map to Yi Qianxi.
"Yes." Yi Qianxi took the map and held it in front of Yi Haofan, "Dad, where do you want to go?"
"Look for yourself. You must want to go where I want to go." Yi Haofan put the map back and said with a smile, "Nan Yi, today is a working day. Would you mind playing with us outside?"
"It's okay. My top priority today is to keep you company. We'll play outside during the day and come to my place to eat and get to know each other at night. By the way, second uncle, how many days do you plan to stay? If the time is long enough, then we don't need to arrange our itinerary too tightly. We can spend more time in each place."
"I came here to accompany Qianxi to take the exam, and I asked for ten days' leave from the factory." Yi Haofan glanced at Yi Qianxi, smiled and said.
"We have plenty of time. We can visit all the interesting places. There is no need to plan a route. We can just go along the way and visit all the places. It's just a short walk to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. If we have time left, we can go to Shishahai. What do you think?"
"Cousin, you can arrange it." Yi Qianxi nodded obediently.
First we went to Tiananmen Square, then to the Forbidden City. We spent almost all of our daytime at these two places. By the time we arrived at Shichahai, it was already around five in the afternoon.
If you fail to appreciate the slowness of time and fall into the leisurely years of the capital, Shichahai will be just a few puddles, the water is not clear, the sky is not blue. There are quite a lot of people strolling here, kicking their feet and touching their hands, but it doesn't mean much.
Having grown up in the most scenic section of the Yalu River, Yi Qianxi lost interest after just a few glances at the water bubbles, and focused more on the passers-by coming and going.
Yi Haofan did the same, but his attention was focused on the fishermen.
"Nan Yi, what kind of fish are there in this water?"
"There are not many crucian carp, carp, and black carp."
"Cousin, where does the water here come from?"
"Now all the seas in the capital are connected by water from Yuquan Mountain. There are canals on the ground and underground rivers. In the earliest times, this place was also a river, connected to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and ships could sail directly here.
In the Jin Dynasty, there seemed to be a Bailian Wharf here, but the river soon silted up and turned into a pool of water.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the sea in the capital was connected after dredging. It is also connected to the moat of the Forbidden City. You can directly enter the Forbidden City through the waterway. I guess this may have been an escape route for the emperor in the past. "
"Oh, it's obviously a lake or river, why is it called the sea?" Yi Qianxi asked again.
Nan Yi shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about that. There is no official explanation. It may be related to the Mongolians calling large water bubbles "haizi" (lakes of water). It may also be related to the layout of the royal gardens. The Beihai area was built according to the legendary fairyland. If there are fairy mountains, there must be water from the East China Sea, so these water bubbles are called "hai" (seas).
"Is that so? There's nothing to see, Dad. Do you still want to watch?"
“No more.”
"Then let's go back, the meal should be almost ready."
Nan Yi was eager to go back as soon as possible. It was not an easy job to take people to see the scenery that he was tired of seeing.
When they returned to the old house, Liu Zhen had already prepared the food. Nan Yi and she warmly entertained Yi Haofan and his daughter. At around nine o'clock, Nan Yi personally sent them back to the Nan family's courtyard.
When he returned to the old house, it was already past half past ten, and Liu Zhen was still sitting in the living room watching TV.
"Nan Yi, your cousin is very beautiful."
"It must be because of his good bloodline. People in the Yi family are all good-looking. My mom was also pretty when she was young." Nan Yi sat on the sofa and answered casually.
"Which mother?"
"What do you mean?" Nan Yi twisted his body and looked at Liu Zhen beside him.
"It's nothing. I just haven't heard you talk about your biological mother." Liu Zhen said with a flicker in his eyes.
"Don't mention her in the future. I don't have any family relationship with her. Wuwei doesn't lack grandma's love. If you have any contact with her, cut it off immediately. Don't complicate a simple matter."
"Grandpa... Lin Pingsheng is dying, and he wants to see you for the last time." Liu Zhen said quietly.
"You..." Nan Yi's anger surged, and he wanted to curse, but he suppressed his anger, sighed and said, "Alas, you really cause me trouble."
Since Liu Zhen said so, it would be a bit unreasonable for Nan Yi not to go. Liu Zhen didn't know that Lin Pingsheng was not Nan Yi's "real grandfather". If Nan Yi didn't go, how would Liu Zhen look at him?
"It's a loss, it's a loss. Lin Pingsheng has a son, and I also have a cheap uncle, Lin David. This grandson has paid off eight of his nine debts, and only one is left. How much of Lin Pingsheng's meager property will be passed on to me? It's hard to say whether it's enough for my round-trip fare."
"We are all family, we should go and see them." Liu Zhen lay in Nan Yi's arms and murmured, "Should I take a leave to go with you?"
"No, I want to learn from Su Dongpo."
"Why, you want to give up business and pursue literature? Instead of doing business, you want to write novels?"
"No, I want to learn from him and not treat women as human beings. One day when I'm happy, I will exchange you for a car... It hurts, let go." Before Nan Yi could finish his words, the soft flesh under his armpit had been twisted by Liu Zhen.
"I asked you to be Su Dongpo, do you want me to recognize a cousin?" Liu Zhen twisted Nan Yi's hand, changing it from minus 270 degrees to minus 210 degrees.
"You don't have to admit it, you just need to die early."
"hey-hey."
Liu Zhen twisted again, and Nan Yi's soft flesh turned another 90 degrees, reaching the center point of 180 degrees.
"Let go, don't force me to break the rules."
"It's broken, it's like you didn't hit me enough."
"I've given you face. If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'll take your surname." Nan Yi slapped Liu Zhen's hand away, stood up, picked her up and walked towards the bedroom.
"Liu Yi, Liu Yi..."
Liu Zhen was not afraid at all and was even challenging him.
Clang, bang!
Crunch crunch crunch!
"Liu Yi, when do you plan to leave?"
The next day, while having breakfast, Liu Zhen, looking radiant, asked Nan Yi.
"I have to go to the factory today. In the morning, I will climb the Great Wall with my cousin, have lunch with my cousin at noon, and spend the afternoon with my cousin..."
"Okay, Liu Yi, no need to say anything. I won't be angry even if you sleep with your cousin at night. I have confidence in you. You will definitely be like Liu Xiahui, who can remain calm even if a woman's arms are bent."
"Thank you for trusting me so much." Nan Yi said unhappily.
"You're welcome, Liu Yi. Today's soy milk is good. Where did you buy it, Liu Yi?"
"It's still the same store. The boss didn't sleep well last night, so he added a handful of extra beans." Nan Yi poked a hole in the bun and poured a little vinegar into it.
"Oh, so that's it , Liu Yi, use less vinegar, Liu Yi."
Nan Yi spread out a newspaper and started reading, no longer paying attention to Liu Zhen who was looking for trouble and had a smug look on his face.
Seeing Nan Yi admit defeat, Liu Zhen hummed a tune happily: "Brother Nan, what you said is too biased. Who said that the Liu family is not as good as Nan..."
After breakfast, Nan Yi went out to the Great Wall Hotel.
It was still the same coffee shop where they used to sit. Yang Kaiyan sat opposite a man, and each of them had a breakfast next to them.
Nan Yi looked at his watch. There were only five minutes left before he and Yang Kaiyan had to reschedule. "This little bitch already had an appointment with me, but now she's having breakfast with someone else. Is she protesting or throwing a tantrum?"
After finding an empty table and ordering a cup of coffee, Nan Yi glanced at the man sitting opposite Yang Kaiyan.
Nan Yi knew this man. He was the "currency dealer" whom he had asked Cao Lin to help keep an eye on. Later he found out that the man's name was Wang Quan, a top figure among the currency dealers and also Yang Kaiyan's classmate in the Yuhong class.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Wang Quan is pursuing Yang Kaiyan, but it has been more than two years and he hasn't given up yet. He is so persistent. I wonder if this guy likes people or money, or if he wants to have both?
After looking for a few times, Nan Yi withdrew his gaze. Yang Kaiyan was just his partner, and her private life was not within Nan Yi's scope of concern. Nan Yi didn't care whether she and Wang Quan would get together.
When the waiter brought the coffee, Nan Yi asked for another newspaper and told the waiter to go over and inform Yang Kaiyan and the other person that someone was waiting to meet them after they finished eating.
After finishing the explanation, Nan Yi started to read the newspaper. The article on the front page was quite interesting, it was talking about "Stirring up a Bigger Army".
Working overtime can be understood as finding a part-time job outside, which means having a second job.
The newspaper said that overtime work has become a new fashion in coastal areas, and estimated that 27% of state employees are engaged in overtime work. At the end of the article, a report from the Lianhe Zaobao in Lijiaopo was quoted.
It is said that whether it is civil servants or employees of state-owned enterprises, everyone is keen to use public equipment to earn extra money... [deleted a paragraph]
Nan Yi felt that this era is developing really fast. A few years ago, there was still a crime of technology speculation, but now working part-time outside has become a trend.
This is an era of transition. Previous values have collapsed and new values need to be rebuilt.
After reading the headlines, Nan Yi read the second article, which was a reprint of a news item from the Yangcheng Daily: It said that there was a shoemaker named Lao He in Yangcheng. His total assets exceeded 200,000 yuan, but he still lived a very simple life and was reluctant to buy a refrigerator at home.
A state-owned shoe factory that had been losing money for years asked him for help. He took six workers with him and worked for a month. He helped the shoe factory design five or six new shoe samples, which helped the shoe factory get out of its predicament. However, Lao He refused to accept a penny of benefits, and even paid the wages of the six workers he brought with him.
Nan Yi found this article a bit ridiculous after reading it. It is not a good thing to set up such an example. It will make people naively believe that those who get rich first will not leave everyone else far behind, but will turn around to help those who are lagging behind and save the state-owned enterprises in trouble.
Nan Yi is willing to help those who have not received fair opportunities, especially in education. He is very happy to provide as many children in mountainous areas as possible with the opportunity to receive education.
But Nan Yi will not do anything universal. He will help those who are struggling to make ends meet, but he will not help those who can eat enough but just cannot afford meat. Improving their quality of life is the country's responsibility, and he does not need to interfere.
Unless these people can create profits for him, then on the basis of mutual benefit, Nan Yi is willing to pay a little more, such as salary that exceeds the value of their labor.
There is no reason for someone who eats eight dishes and one soup to help someone who eats four dishes and one soup.
Maybe when Nan Yi gets older, he will donate all his small treasury, but he will not touch a single cent of Nan's. Every penny spent by Nan's must be for the purpose of profit.
The same is true for charity. It is not done out of kindness, but out of a desire to demonstrate the company's sense of social responsibility, and most fundamentally out of profit considerations.
The money of the Nan family belongs to the Nan Yi family, and also to everyone whose interests are tied to the Nan family. As the leader of the Nan family, Nan Yi can only use his personal funds to do "sincere charity" if he wants to be kind-hearted.
If we want to use the Nan family's money, all the people in the Nan family must vote to decide, and it cannot be a case of the minority obeying the majority. It must be passed by unanimous votes and everyone must agree.
A single move affects the entire body. Every time the Nan family reduces its funds, it is possible that the Nan family's development will be slowed down, and the profits it obtains will also decrease. Naturally, the money that can be distributed to the Nan family will also decrease. This involves the interests of all the Nan family members, not the interests of a single family.
When betting that the Nan family would have better development, Nan Yi was qualified to make decisions on behalf of all the Nan family members, but when he knew that he would lose money, he lost this representative qualification; Nan Yi could represent everyone to "gain together", but could not represent everyone to "lose together".
Nan Yi has always been aware that he does not regard Nan's company as his own, so he distinguishes Nan's money from his own money. Therefore, the living expenses of Liu Zhen, Scarlett, Catherine, and Sophie Marceau are paid by Nan's company, while the living expenses of the others are paid from Nan Yi's own private treasury.
Fundamentally, Nanyi has actually been implementing the spirit of common prosperity. Everyone works hard together, fights together, and then sits in a row and shares the fruits according to the amount of their contribution.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Is the relationship over?" Nan Yi put away the newspaper and collected his thoughts.
"He and I are not in love." Yang Kaiyan said lightly.
"Wang Quan, I know his name is Wang Quan."
"I had forgotten that you had someone investigate me." Yang Kaiyan sat opposite Nan Yi and said with a dissatisfied expression on her face: "We agreed to have dinner yesterday, and you disrupted my schedule."
"I can't help it. I'm not Sun Wukong, who jumped out from a crack in a rock. I'm not Doraemon, who traveled back from the future and has no worries here. I have parents, relatives and friends. I need to entertain people who come over."
"Okay, no need to explain. I don't mean to blame you." Yang Kaiyan raised her hand and said, "Let's hurry up and talk about work."
"You talk, I listen."
"Yaqing Company has a lot of unnecessary expenses. I have looked at the account books. This year alone, there are a total of 2.47 million in ineffective expenses. There are already 52 people who receive salaries but do not go to work, and the monthly salary expenditure is more than 20,000.
In addition, the company has a large amount of non-essential expenses every month. From the day I took over your job until the day before yesterday, the total amount has been..."
"Stop, don't tell me the numbers. I just read Yaqing's financial report at the end of last month. I know the situation you are talking about very well."
Nan Yi took a sip of coffee, put down the coffee cup and continued, "Let's talk about the empty salary first. The annual expenditure is less than 300,000, but the troubles saved for Yaqing far exceed the value of 300,000. I think this is a good deal. What you need to do is not to eliminate the empty salary, but to exclude those who are not qualified to eat empty salaries.
As for reimbursement, I remember I once explained that you should allow yourself to be intermittently blind, so that you can see when you should, and not see when you shouldn’t.
As I said, draw a line, and you should not be able to see those below the line, and those above the line should be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, and the same standard cannot be applied to everyone.
Finally, regarding ineffective expenditures, I think the figure of 2.47 million is not accurate. Some of what you consider ineffective are not really ineffective. They can only be said to be relatively inefficient and have relatively low returns. You have to distinguish between inefficiency and ineffectiveness.”
"What happens after the distinction?"
"Accumulate materials and deliver them to the right people at the right time, so as to limit the scope of the attack to individuals and not to expand it."
"Are we being too passive by doing this?"
