Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0811 Ye Yicui, the roots are rotten
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "Forget about it today. I'll go there tomorrow morning."
Hearing Nan Yi's answer, Xian Zilin said excitedly: "Okay, I'll wait for you at school tomorrow."
"Well, go do your thing, I'll continue shopping."
After saying goodbye to Xian Zilin, Nan Yi thought that he couldn't go to the primary school empty-handed tomorrow, and he had to bring some gifts for the children, so he turned around and went to the International Shopping Mall. On the way, he remembered that he didn't know how many students there were in the primary school, and wanted to call Fan Hongdou, but then he remembered that the other party was in class, so he gave up.
On the way, Nan Yi passed by the National Bank, walked into the bank lobby, came to the automatic teller machine [early ATM], and withdrew some money with a bank card.
Bank cards have processing fees and annual fees, and the charges are basically the same as in later generations, and the style is also similar. There is no uniform price in different cities. At that time, more than ten yuan is already a lot of money, and not many people are willing to apply for a bank card. Therefore, even if there are many people at the counter, the ATMs are always empty, and it is rare to encounter a situation where you need to queue.
I took a walk around the first floor of the International Shopping Mall and saw a number of women queuing up next to the cosmetics counters. They didn't look like they were waiting to buy anything, and I didn't know why they were queuing.
Going upstairs and finding the stationery counter, Nan Yi chose Parker pens. He wanted large quantities, so he went for a group purchase and bought 100 pens at the price of 25 yuan each. After paying the bill, he went downstairs and got the answer to his previous question - there was a foreigner at the cosmetics counter, dressed a little fancy, holding lipstick in his hand and applying it to a lady.
It turned out that the counter was holding a promotion, and as long as customers bought cosmetics from the counter, foreigners would help customers put on makeup.
The female customers did not pay too much attention to the foreigner, but instead focused on the face of the female customer who was receiving makeup. Nan Yi glanced at the female customers in line and found that the second female customer in line looked a little familiar, a bit like a character in "The Outsider", but he couldn't remember the name. If she wasn't the heroine, he would have never noticed her.
After shopping, Nan Yi went to Dongyuan Road again. There are many hair salons on this road. There are always delicate hairdressers standing in front of the shops. Some of them look very pure, while others hold cigarettes in their hands and look very experienced.
Walking from the beginning to the end of the street, Nan Yi heard countless calls of "handsome boy" and "handsome guy". Taking advantage of his ears, Nan Yi did not spend any money on Dongyuan Road. When he walked out of the intersection and saw a Wenzhou hair salon, Nan Yi walked into the store and sat in a barber chair.
Today, Wenzhou hair salons have not yet expanded their business, and their service items are relatively simple, only providing washing, cutting and blow-drying services. However, it is a business card in the barber shop industry, and many people only recognize this brand when getting their hair cut. As for the kind of barber shop that can make people smile when seeing the words "Wenzhou Hair Salon", it has not yet been born.
[A little science: Wenzhou hair salons are not necessarily opened by Vancouver residents. In the beginning, Wenzhou hair salons were ordinary barber shops opened by Vancouver residents. Later, a Vancouver boss opened a "high-end version" of a Wenzhou hair salon. Because it was profitable, people with relatives and friends naturally followed suit.
After a period of time, more and more Wenzhou hair salons opened, becoming popular across the country, so the four words "Wenzhou hair salon" gradually became synonymous with a service or industry. People from outside Wenzhou who entered the industry also followed suit and used the Wenzhou hair salon brand. Therefore, Wenzhou hair salons cannot be equated with hair salons opened by people from Wenzhou. ]
A shampoo girl saw Nan Yi and walked up to him and asked, "Boss, do you want a haircut or dry cleaning?"
"How much is the dry cleaning, pretty girl?"
"Five dollars."
"Five dollars a second, or a minute?"
With the rapid economic development and prosperity of Shenzhen, there is also a mixed side. There are phone calls that cost dozens of yuan a minute, black hotels that cost hundreds of yuan, food sold by the gram or ounce, and services that are calculated by the second. If there are easy-to-bully people, unscrupulous businessmen may not dare to charge by the root.
"Boss, stop joking. We are a regular store here. Five dollars is for a full head wash."
The shampoo girl laughed, took a towel and draped it around Nan Yi's neck, then wrapped the barber's apron around his front, then looked up at the mirror, "Boss, we have ordinary shampoo and good shampoo here, which one do you want to use?"
"What's a good shampoo?"
"Head & Shoulders, a two-in-one shampoo, has ads on TV, and they're shot by perfume stars."
"Oh, then use Head & Shoulders. One dollar more is enough, right?"
"It's just one piece. Boss, just wait."
As the shampoo girl spoke, she took a bottle of Head & Shoulders from the table beside her, opened the lid, squeezed some shampoo into her hand, and rubbed it on Nan Yi's head. She then took a foaming bottle filled with water and sprayed some water on Nan Yi's head. With one hand, she rubbed circles on Nan Yi's head to evenly spread the shampoo, and then she used both hands to grab and scratch.
"Boss, what business are you doing here?"
"I sell chicken feed."
"Chickens also have feed? We feed the chickens with rice bran and porridge in the morning, and some millet in the afternoon. Sometimes we don't need to feed them, they will find food by themselves." said the shampoo girl.
"You're talking about raising a few dozen chickens at home, laying eggs on weekdays, and killing one during festivals. Of course you can feed them this way. Some people specialize in chicken farming, raising thousands or even tens of thousands of chickens at a time. If they feed them the way you said, how much grain will they eat in a year? Besides, it takes a year to raise a chicken before you can sell it, so that's a huge loss."
"Oh, so breeding is different from raising your own family?"
"Completely different. Forget it, let's not talk about chicken. I can smell the smell of chicken shit anyway." Nan Yi looked in the mirror and asked, "Pretty girl, is this the store you own?"
"I'm not that great. I'm just getting paid."
"Isn't the salary low? Five dollars a head, 50-50 split, or even 40-60 split. Washing twenty a day is no problem. 40 a day, that's 1,200 a month, not much worse than what I make selling chicken feed."
"How can there be so many? It's good enough if I can wash seven or eight a day. The commission is not that high. I can only get three."
"That's not too little, more than 300 a month, already catching up with the cadre standard."
The shampoo girl said sadly, "Boss, this is Shencun, the expenses are very high. After buying two pieces of clothes, having a good meal outside, and paying the landlord's rent, there is no money left."
"Huh? Isn't it including food and lodging?"
The shampoo girl lowered her voice and said, "Our boss owns several stores. The place we live in is very poor. Five or six people are squeezed into one room. The men from the store live next door and often come to our room. Who dares to live there? My fellow villagers and I rent a house outside."
"Oh, Huangbeiling or Nigang?"
"No, I live a little far away. Do you know Wenchangwei? I live there."
When Nan Yi heard this, he asked calmly, "I know, why do you live so far away?"
"The house there is nice. The rent is about the same as Huangbeiling, but the house is new and has everything you want in the room, including a color TV, refrigerator, washing machine, and telephone. But you have to pay extra. I only installed a telephone so that I can contact easily. When I don't want to go downstairs during my break, I can call the restaurant downstairs and ask them to send food up. It's very convenient. It's an internal phone so I don't have to pay for it."
"Huh? No phone charges for making calls?"
"Boss, don't you know what a programmable phone is?" the shampoo girl asked in surprise.
"I've heard of it, but I don't quite understand it. Can you explain to me why I don't have to pay the phone bill?" Nan Yi pretended to say.
The shampoo girl shook her head slightly. "I don't understand either. It seems that the phone can be dialed on its own line without connecting to the post office. Anyway, the landlord doesn't charge us any money. To open the phone, we only need to pay a deposit for the phone and a monthly rent of five yuan. At the end of the month, we will receive a bill for the phone bill. The account is very clear."
"That's great. The rent is about the same as Huangbeiling, and there's a telephone. Can't I rent one to start a company?" Nan Yi said with his eyes lighting up.
"No, the landlord has already thought of this. The second and third floors are rented out to companies. The rent is much more expensive, and it cannot be paid monthly. It must be paid at least every six months."
"It's easy. I can just open it secretly. How dare the landlord break into my room and search it?"
"No, unless your company has no guests. Every tenant has a resident card. There is a security guard downstairs. If they see a stranger, they will ask you to show your resident card. If you don't have a resident card, you have to register. If you want to go upstairs, the tenant has to go downstairs to pick you up. It's very troublesome."
"That's not right. If you say so, what about the companies on the second and third floors?"
“They have separate staircases.”
"Oh, customers have to be checked when they come to the company, who would be willing to come? There's no loophole... Hey, that's not right, pretty girl, you are not kidding me, right? According to what you said, how big does your landlord's house want to be?"
"I'm not kidding you. The landlord is not just one person. The houses in Wenchangwei were built together by the whole village. There are two buildings and thousands of houses. I heard that the villagers pay the rent per person every year. I wish I were from Wenchangwei." The shampoo girl said sourly.
"Yes." Nan Yi empathized with her and said, "Pretty girl, you are not married, right? If you are not married, then go to Wenchangwei, and you will have a share."
"Wenchangwei is a famous reading village. People of my age are all college students. Who would want a shampoo girl like me?"
Nan Yi raised his eyebrows towards the mirror in front of him and said with a smile: "Hehe, that's because they are blind. Pretty girl, I think you are pretty good. Do you want to go with me to sell chicken feed? I can make a million in three years. In just five years, I will be the richest person in the country. Then you can be a rich lady, and I will hire ten people to take turns washing your hair."
"Hahaha, boss, stop joking. I'm not that lucky." The shampoo girl laughed so hard that she was shaking with laughter.
"Humph, look down on me."
"How dare I look down on you, boss? I mean I don't have the fate of a rich lady." The shampoo girl sighed, "Does your head still itch? If not, I'll take you to rinse it."
"It doesn't itch anymore."
After washing his hair and walking out of the Wenzhou hair salon, Nan Yi felt light all over.
Dry cleaning was Nan Yi's favorite for a while. He once met a shampooer with very good skills. He would often spend more than 200 yuan on travel expenses to travel across the city to shampoo a 15-yuan hair. That was when he had just become rich in his previous life and did not have much money.
Later, the shampoo lady quit her job, which made him depressed for a long time.
In order to have the freedom to wash his hair, Nan Yi suddenly came up with the idea of setting up a global chain of styling agencies, serving only high-end customers, charging as much as possible, and each store must reserve a separate hair washing room for itself.
The name of this styling agency is "TONY", and under it will be established a school for training shampoo girls, called "TONY GIRLS". The excellent students will be recruited by themselves, while the inferior ones will be supplied to the society.
After thinking it over roughly, Nan Yi felt that Tony was onto something. He once had a short haircut costing 8,800 yuan, but not only was there no discount, but an appointment had to be made.
8800, half of which goes to the stylist, leaving 4400. According to the decoration level and store location that can charge this price, auxiliary staff, rent, water, electricity, taxes and other miscellaneous expenses are shared. As long as a store makes a monthly turnover of over one million, it can guarantee a considerable profit.
Nowadays, a store only needs a monthly turnover of tens of thousands of yuan to ensure its survival. There is no need to worry about New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. It should also be very easy for Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen in mainland China to balance income and expenditure.
Those clothes worth one or two thousand yuan in the mall are not very popular, but at least the sales are very impressive. A hairstyle worth two hundred yuan, clothes worth two thousand yuan, shoes worth one thousand yuan, a motorcycle worth tens of thousands of yuan, and a girl worth three hundred yuan, this combination is perfect.
[In the early 1990s, if you wanted to get a marriage certificate, you had to first obtain relevant family planning certificates. In some places, you also had to voluntarily purchase "couple love insurance". The premiums were divided into two levels of 60 and 90 yuan. For a 30-year pearl wedding, you could get back 485 and 730 respectively; for a 40-year ruby wedding, 1005 and 1505; for a 50-year golden wedding, 2070 and 3105.
If the procedures are not streamlined, it will cost about 300 yuan to get a marriage certificate (it varies from place to place, with slight fluctuations). There were no girls who cost 9 yuan in the 1990s. ］
After returning to the hotel room, Nan Yi sat in front of the computer and prepared to send an email to the mind control team, asking them to investigate whether there is a market in the mainland for men to get a haircut for 200 yuan and women to get their hair done for 500 yuan.
Just after typing, Nan Yi selected all again and pressed backspace to delete all the words. He thought about it carefully and felt that it was a bit inappropriate to put TONY under the Nan Group. After thinking about it, he decided to invest himself and let Ruan Mei be the major shareholder and image spokesperson.
I turned off the computer and took a nap on the bed. At around six o'clock, Chen Yuxiu called.
At the Never-ending Food Street, as soon as you get off the bus, you can see a dozen girls standing in front of every restaurant. They are not particularly glamorous, but they are very enthusiastic. Once someone passes by them, they will enthusiastically try to pull the person into their restaurant.
Fortunately, all the enthusiasm remained only verbal, and there was no action of pulling forward.
Seeing this scene, Nan Yi couldn't help but wonder, "Why would Yu Xiu invite him to dinner here?"
Nan Yi was not averse to the marketing methods here, but he knew that the wool comes from the sheep, and the cost of feeding these girls has to be paid from the diners' food and drinks. He directly and arbitrarily made a judgment that the food here was not very delicious.
Frowning, Nan Yi avoided the girls and walked into the Jinhuangdu Restaurant.
Chen Yuxiu had opened a private room, and Duan Bugao was also there.
As soon as Nan Yi entered the private room, he came to Duan Bugao, shook his hand and congratulated him, "Bugao, congratulations on your annual income exceeding three million."
"Thank you, thank you Mr. Nan." Duan Bugao stood up and responded excitedly.
Nan Yi was not bragging. Duan Bugao had joined Erdong Electronics for half a year. Once he made some achievements, his income increased by several levels. In July last year, his annual salary was adjusted again to 1.7 million. With the management dividend, his annual income could reach several hundred thousand.
Nan Yi patted Duan Bugao's arm and said earnestly: "Your salary has almost reached the top. The next step is the issue of shares. The initiative is in your hands. When you think it is appropriate, you can name a number and give a reason why you are given this number.
When the time comes, you can go to the village for a meeting, and we will sort things out one by one, and we will increase or decrease the numbers as needed, and let the data speak for itself. As I said before, what you will get will definitely be worth your efforts.”
"I believe it."
Duan Bugao had no reason not to believe it. Whether it was the voice in his work or the rewards he received, everything and every step exceeded his expectations. To be honest, even if his annual income was only 200,000 or 300,000 yuan now, he would still think it was very considerable. He just wouldn't have the idea of dying for his friend, and he wouldn't be as passionate about doing things as he is now.
Nan Yi sat down next to Chen Yuxiu and turned to ask, "Did you find out?"
"Not only did you inquire about it, but you also did it right away. Do you want to tell me more?"
"No, just tell me how much it costs per year."
"The contract is for two years and the price is three hundred thousand," said Chen Yuxiu.
"Huh? You can only make 70,000 or 80,000 yuan a year?"
"More than that, 120,000 or 30,000 a year is no problem. The boss's relatives are acquaintances, so they won't ask for too much."
"Okay, he's easy to talk to, and I know how to behave. I'll pay you in US dollars according to the official exchange rate. I'll give you the money tomorrow, and you'll still be in charge of the follow-up matters. I won't be involved."
"Okay." Chen Yuxiu responded and asked, "Now can you tell me why you took over that printing shop?"
"It's very simple. Once I take over the printing shop, the printing price will remain the same, but the service quality will be greatly improved to attract job seekers to come and print. They can see the resumes first-hand and chat with the resume owners to learn more about their background."
Nan Yi gestured to Duan Bugao and said, "As long as I can meet someone who is even half as talented as Bugao, the $56,000 will not be wasted."
Those who succeed may not be the most powerful, and the failure of the losers may not necessarily be a problem of ability, but may also be a lack of luck. The Nan family already has abundant trial and error capital. In order to attract more talents, all kinds of methods must be tried, even those that are not very feasible.
What's more, there are a lot of gold covered in dust among those who come to Shencun to develop at this time. What Nan Yi has to do is to clear away the dust covering them and see how dazzling their light can be.
Known as a great talent, Duan Bugao smiled with just the right amount of restraint.
Chen Yuxiu suddenly realized, "So that's what you're thinking. You don't have to pay for it. I'll pay first, and you can just report it to the village later."
"Haha, just pay half of it."
Chen Yuxiu's attitude can also partially represent the attitude of Nanchen Village, which can tolerate outsiders and not blindly promote people with the surname Chen. Only such a Nanchen Village can go further.
"No, no, no, I'll pay for it, and it's up to you how to distribute the people."
Upon hearing what Chen Yuxiu said, Nan Yi laughed and scolded, "Fuck you, you know I'm thin-skinned, so you hit my weak spot."
"Haha, you are so shy, laugh..."
Nan Yi glared at Chen Yuxiu fiercely, as if to say, "If you continue talking, I will make you pay."
"Okay, I won't say anything more. Half is half." Chen Yuxiu sneered twice and stood up. "I'll go out and order some food."
"Can't we order food while sitting down?"
"Pee by the way."
"spit."
After having dinner in laughter, Nan Yi set out on the journey back to Wenchangwei the next day.
The mechanized farming road in the village has been turned into a cement road, and the road has also been widened. Although it is a two-lane road with a fence in the middle, you can overtake at any section of the road, and there are bicycle lanes reserved on both sides.
At half past seven, there were not many cars on the road, but two minibuses passing by were full of people. These should be the shuttle buses opened by the village for the convenience of tenants. Nan Yi was glad that not all his words were ignored.
As the car was about to arrive at the pier, Nan Yi saw that a new concrete bridge had been built not far from the original stone bridge. Along the concrete bridge, a wide road led directly to the original tidal flat.
It was drizzling today. On the pier, an old fisherman wearing a straw raincoat was sitting quietly, not caring at all about the raindrops moving along his hips in a pincer-like attack.
After getting off the car, Nan Yi came to the side of Angju with an umbrella, "Is today a good day? "
"Not good." Xian Weiqi responded with a silly smile, "No one died, and there has been no work for several days."
“That’s the good days.”
"No, I have to pay back the loan, which is over 20,000 yuan."
"Hiss!" Nan Yi took a breath of cold air. "Deng Yumei is really ruthless. She took out a loan to buy a house, and she pays more than 20,000 yuan a month. She is at least paying for ten houses. Together with the ones she bought in full before, she has at least 20 houses."
"Weiqi, you are now a wealthy man. Even if I break your legs, you won't have to worry about food."
Xian Weiqi looked at Nan Yi like he was an idiot and said, "Am I a fool?"
Nan Yi laughed at himself: "Haha, you are not, I am, is your hook still straight?"
"Japanese fish hook, curved."
"oh."
Nan Yi responded and stopped talking. He just stood quietly beside Xian Weiqi, looking at the float on the water.
A breeze blew by, and big ripples invaded the small ripples caused by raindrops. The big ones swallowed up the small ones, and hit the embankment and disappeared. Suddenly, the float shook twice, and then sank to the bottom of the water. Xian Weiqi lightly lifted the fishing rod, and a crucian carp weighing about two taels was picked up.
The fish fell into his hand. Xian Weiqi removed the fishhook from the fish's lip, walked downstream for a while with the fish, threw the fish into the water, returned to the original position, hung a new bait on the fishhook, and threw the fishhook back into the nest.
"Any candy? White Rabbit."
"No."
"You always brought it to me before."
"Once you marry a wife, you are an adult. You have been making a fortune for several years."
"Remember to bring it for me next time."
"good."
"Come back often."
"good."
Nan Yi took out a blues harmonica from his pocket, put it to his lips, and played "Auld Lang Syne" leisurely.
Although he knew that things often don't go smoothly, Nan Yi still felt resentful when his plans were interrupted. Understanding does not necessarily mean acceptance, and accepting it calmly does not mean that he has no resentment.
With so many projects being launched at once in Nanchen Village, Nan Yi had some thoughts in his mind. He had been holding back his resentment for several years, but now most of it had been released by Xian Weiqi.
Things will remain the same as they should be, but Nan Yi will be more objective and not have too many subjective emotions.
After the song was over, Nan Yi sighed. He heard a few coughs behind him, and the dull sound of a wooden stick poking the ground. Turning his head, Nan Yi respectfully called out, "Elder."
"Hmm, hmm." Xian Guangbing swallowed twice and staggered to one step away from Nan Yi. "I'm glad you're back. I'm glad you're back."
"Elder, no matter how far the wild geese fly, they will eventually return south." Nan Yi stepped forward, supported Xian Guangbing, and said.
"Nan Yi, it feels strange now. You used to call me great grandfather." Xian Guangbing sighed.
"Grandpa, I was wrong."
"Hmm, Hmm..."
Xian Guangbing was about to speak but couldn't help coughing. Nan Yi quickly rubbed his back to help him breathe more smoothly. He didn't pull his hand away until Xian Guangbing waved his hand.
"Nan Yi, you are right. It is our Xian family that has let you down. It has changed. Wenchangwei has changed in the past few years. If it weren't for the foundation you laid in the past, it would have collapsed long ago." Xian Guangbing said with a regret.
"Grandpa, don't say that. Although I haven't walked into the village this time, I have seen the changes. The roads are well built and the houses are beautiful."
"Ten years of fertilizer were applied to the ground in one year, so of course the seedlings will grow strong. But what should we do next year, and the year after that?" Xian Guangbing stomped on the ground a few times with his walking stick. "The leaves may look green, but the roots are rotten and cannot absorb nutrients. How long can the leaves stay green?"
"Grandpa, the roots won't rot, the hope of Wenchangwei is always there." Nan Yi pointed in the direction of the primary school and said, "There are Xian's fire in there. In the past, a scholar could protect the whole family, and now it can be the same. As long as they don't become disunited, Wenchangwei will not fall.
Besides, there is the land under our feet and the house over there. Great grandfather, it was very wise for the ancestors of the Xian family to settle here. Even if the whole family of the Xian family is full of unworthy descendants, they will not be poor. "
Xian Guangbing waved his hand and said, "I know about houses and land. In the past, wealthy families would buy houses and land if they had extra money. But that is useless. It can only take care of one generation, not two. A hundred years ago, a very wealthy family emerged in the next village. Fifty percent of the houses and shops in Shencun Market belong to them. They also have a huge business in Guangzhou, and they have to carry baskets of money to make money.
But what was the use? He had an unfilial son who started smoking opium and playing mahjong. In three years, just three years, he was reduced to begging on the streets.
The villagers have learned how to make money, but have forgotten the old rules of managing the household. They have thrown away the rules you set, and are now gambling, measuring the money with a ruler. Hmm, hmm, how much of their property can withstand such a toss?"
As Xian Guangbing spoke, he stomped the ground with his cane in excitement.
"Uncle Yaodong and Uncle Yaohua, don't they care?"
Nan Yi said it lightly. The gambling habit is not easy to cure. From time to time, there are typical cases of broken families and deaths to serve as a warning. Those who are itching to gamble will still go out to gamble. There are many people who are reluctant to eat and wear clothes and spend a lot of money at the gambling table.
When he first established the rule against gambling, he actually hadn't thought about what to do when the outbreak really came. Being too lenient wouldn't work, and being too harsh wouldn't work either, which was really troublesome.
"Why should I care? Yaodong is busy with his own family affairs, while Yaohua doesn't care about anything and goes to guard the gate of his wife's factory."
"Grandpa, the ice is not formed in a day. Some things need to be changed slowly. I came back today because Zilin invited me to visit the school. Do you want to go with me?"
"Let's go and see, these clever and naughty little kids are the least troublesome."
Nan Yi supported Xian Guangbing and walked towards the primary school.
