The Era of Hard Work

On Friday night, Hu Bin came to Chengguan Village and knocked on Shishi's iron gate. Amidst the barking of dogs from Langqing and Heibei, Shishi came to open the door, checked left and right, and beckoned Hu Bin to come in quickly.

Here we come, Wenwu. Shitou smiled all over his face, Why didn't you bring anyone here?

Hu Bin put down the motorcycle: It's not that I said, don't worry.

Shi Shi patted his forehead: Look at my memory. He didn't let Hu Bin go to the main room, but entered the east room next to him: Wen Wu, there is no hurry to return, but you have to pay attention! Don't say you have known each other for so long , I don’t take care of you at all, I’ll help you collect the IOU, you only need to scrape together 5,000 yuan and give me the remaining 1,000 yuan, and I’ll give you free money.”

Hu Bin answered: Shitou, you are my brother.

In the recent period, not only did he replace his Mustang motorcycle with Xiao Jialing, but he also owed Ma Ge about 6,000 yuan, which was not paid at all. People came to ask for the debt, but luckily Shitou helped negotiate the peace.

The stone threw out the bait again: Wenwu, as long as you bring a rich customer, I will still reduce the 5,000 yuan for you, and you can still get a commission.

Gambling to this point, no one can expect a bad gambler to have a conscience, Hu Bin said at this time: Stone, didn't I tell you that my cousin opened a shop in the University City, a big shop, rich!

Shi Shi had his own considerations: Wenwu, take a chance and introduce me to your old cousin, okay?

Hu Bin hesitated a little, but thought of his cousin's ruthless refusal to borrow money some time ago, and said, Okay, let's go to the university town together when we are free!

Stone did not say any more, took Hu Bin to the main room to play cards, gave a few instructions, left the house through the back door and left the yard, and soon came to another spacious alley. drive.

Sitting on the horse transported in the driver's seat, he asked, How is it?

That kid, he's a bad gambler. Shitou has seen too many people like this: Now he only has money and gambling in his head, let alone his cousin, let him sell his parents without hesitation.

Ma Yunlai warned: That boy's old cousin is very powerful behind him, don't take him to his lair, find a place where no one is there.

Shitou laughed: Brother Ma, how many times have we done this kind of thing? When did an accident happen? As long as the target is greedy, he won't try to run away! If he doesn't come, I won't call him. If he dares to come, I will definitely let him become the second Fat Sheep Hot Pot, and he will lose everything! Then he will become a bad gambler, who will be willing to talk to him? Get into a show? Who won't hide away?

Ma Yunlai is relatively cautious: This is not an ordinary person, and I have seen money before. The first few times I gave you more sweets to get the bait, and play bigger! After the matter is over, I will give you a sum of money, and you will travel to the south for a while.

I know, it's the same as last time. Shitou asked, Brother Yang...

Ma Yunlai waved his hands: You don't need to bother Brother Yang for this small matter, I will take care of it. Hailong Building will open, and we will give Brother Yang a big gift when the time comes.

Stone no longer has doubts: Okay! Brother Ma, what you said, water comes and goes.

Ma Yunlai nodded: Make a good plan.

Shitou replied, get out of the car and walk back. Planning is necessary, but there is no need to make it too troublesome. It is a job I am used to doing in the past two years. Besides, it is not uncommon for rich and powerful people to do it. Isn't it because of a gamble to change the owner?

Ma Yunlai started the fire, drove away from Chengguan Village, and returned to Hailong Building.

The 12-story building has been fully renovated, and the brand-new neon lights are shining in the night sky, which has become a brand-new landscape of the county.

Santana entered the parking lot under the building, Ma Yunlai parked the car, and went directly to the next floor through a special passage, and came to the basement which occupies a relatively small area.

Yang Fugui was here, and when he saw Ma Yunlai, he asked, How's it going in University City?

Don't worry, Brother Yang. Ma Yunlai said with a smile: The store over there will soon be on the right track, I thought of a good way, and I will surprise you when the time comes.

Yang Fugui reminded: Don't mess around.

Ma Yunlai still smiled: No way, it's the safe method we are used to.

Yang Fugui put all his thoughts on Hailong Building. After all, the building was built with a loan, so he had to find a way to get the money back as soon as possible. He thought that Ma Yun was talking about the operation of Feiyang Hot Pot and crowding out competitors, so he didn't feel at ease at all.

Yang Fugui changed the subject first: Lucky, what do you think we can do in the building to pay back the fastest? The bank's loan is a bit stressful.

His career is all here, and it is impossible to abandon him and run away to hide his debts, or he will be bullied by dogs in Pingyang.

Ma Yunlai has always been thinking: Brother Yang, I have inspected several buildings in Quannan, especially some star-rated hotels. Their operating cost pressure is greater than ours, but they make money in a good way.

The first floor of our place is rented out as a legitimate shop. The flow of people in Zhanqian Street is guaranteed, and the rent cannot be lowered. On the second floor, we will have a KTV nightclub, on the third floor we will have a bathhouse, and on the fourth and fifth floors will be a regular hotel. , with a large banquet hall, I have attended many weddings in the past two years, and now marriages are more and more ostentatious, and there are very few high-end venues.

The current customs are very conducive to doing this! Wedding banquets, birthday banquets, school entrance banquets, children's weekly banquets, moving banquets, and promotion banquets, who are not relatives, friends, and colleagues? A large group of people set up a banquet? The scene is too small to lose face, the red envelopes are too small to be ashamed, and in the end it will be cheaper for those of us who run restaurants...

Ma Yunlai's method is a combination of formality and gray, which is actually in line with the operating ideas of some big hotels in this era: Going up, we have a relationship with us to hold accommodation meetings and the like.

Yang Fugui reminded: Our relationship is not for this.

Ma Yunlai received the call at the right time: Yes! Guaranteeing the operation of the lower three floors is the most important thing! As long as KTV and bathing Kangbao are established, there is no need to worry about being unpopular!

Let's do the regular ones, remember! The irregular ones are personal behaviors. Yang Fugui said something that even he himself didn't believe.

Ma Yun took a look at the renovated basement: What about here? Brother Yang, you can't just bring people here.

Yang Fugui said: Only regular customers and frequent customers! Only those who have exchanged tens of thousands of dollars in other venues can bring them over.

Ma Yunlai replied, Understood.

Yang Fugui was not worried, because as soon as he moved over there, he would receive the news immediately.

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This Saturday, there were a little less people in the store. The material exchange meeting in Qingzhao County attracted many students to go shopping. For many people in this era, the song and dance troupe is very interesting.

After all, the number of college students who have experienced the baptism of teachers in this era is relatively small.

In the middle of the morning, Li Wenyue came over and asked Lu Dong, Aren't you going to the Material Exchange Conference?

What are you going to do? There's nothing to see. Lu Dong responded casually.

Li Wenyue added: Last year you insisted on dragging me into the song and dance troupe. The two of us ate steamed buns for a week just because of the five yuan ticket per person.

Is there? Lu Dong flatly denied, You must have misremembered!

Song Na happened to come in from outside the store and greeted Li Wenyue. Seeing that Lu Dong didn't intend to go, Li Wenyue went out to meet some classmates and pedaled to the county seat.

There are a lot of customers in the store, because Burger King will open within a month, and a few new people have been recruited recently, and there are enough people on weekends.

Lu Dong didn't stay in the store too long, and went out to Burger King, Song Na followed.

How was the meeting yesterday? Song Na asked.

It's not bad, but one thing happened. Lu Dong briefly explained Yang Fugui's rescue of the mute little girl: No matter what, it's a good thing for the little girl.

Song Na said: I heard you said this person before, is this trying to clean up?

Lu Dong said softly: There may be factors in this aspect.

Song Na glanced at the Fat Sheep Hot Pot next to Burger King, Business hasn't been very good since its opening, and we are also making hot pots. We are competitors. Will they have other ideas?

Lu Dong thought for a while, and said: I have been in touch with Yang Fugui and his son, and they seem to want to work hard to become white. This kind of thing is hard to say. It doesn't hurt to be more careful. Some people's way of thinking is difficult to change in a short period of time. .”

He simply explained: Heidan, like the two of us, I scare you every day, and you give me ten yuan, which is easy and stable. One day, it suddenly changed, and I went to the store to work hard. It takes me a while to get used to working for ten yuan a day.

It's okay, I'll pay you. Song Na joked with him: You are such a hard worker, ten yuan a day is not much.

The two came to the entrance of Burger King and found that a shop in the north of Feiyang Hot Pot was undergoing renovation, and a signboard was erected - 8 o'clock online!

Looking at the signboard with the characteristics of the times, Lu Dong can roughly guess that 80% of the Internet cafes are open.

It seems that the university city is going to open the first Internet cafe.

Entering the store, Song Na suddenly asked, By the way, your brother went to Sister Fang's place today, what's going on?

Lu Dong said, No news is good news.

In several counties in southern Quannan, Qingzhao has the best conditions, and the conditions get worse the further north you go.

Beihe's economic conditions are a notch worse than Qingzhao's, and even worse than the northernmost part of Qingzhao across the Yellow River.

Many people say that the poorer you are, the more particular you are. This may not be true, but it makes sense in certain circumstances.

Some marriage customs are handed down from the ancestors, while others emerged in the 1980s and 1990s in a local area or even in a certain village.

In a village not far from the north bank of the Yellow River, Lu Chun was wearing neat clothes and sitting on a big chair next to the table of the Eight Immortals in the main room. His waist was straight, but he felt uncomfortable all over.

Fang Yan came over to pour water for him, and said in a low voice, It will be fine later.

Without saying a word, Lu Chun nodded silently.

This kind of discomfort does not come from Fang Yan's family and family environment. Lu Chun's job is to deal with all kinds of people, and he has a wide range of communication, so it is not difficult to deal with it.

The gifts brought by the first visit were piled up in front of the Eight Immortals table in the center of the main room, and he sat on the lower chair. Fang Yan's neighbors came in and out to see the new son-in-law and the door-to-door ceremony.

Whoever it is, will feel uncomfortable when a large group of strangers come to visit, and they have to keep calling for people following Fang Yan's introduction.

Fortunately, the door-to-door gift belt is heavy enough.

If you bring a few things with you and come over to look at them on the street, no host can stand it.

Lu Chun could only sigh secretly, the one who came up with the trick of watching the ceremony is definitely a talent.

Whose family received fewer gifts, and there was no place to put their faces.