Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

Although Chen Hongjun had always wanted to keep a low profile and not make the matter bigger, many people still knew about his move.

This matter could not be concealed - if Chen Hongjun wanted to move into the large courtyard, he would have to hand over the house of the company. His family wanted to use the weekend to move, which was a bit difficult, but he could not ask for leave to move.

I simply called some colleagues over to help.

In northern Xinjiang, because the area is large and the population is small, although the living environment is tight these days, it is not as bad as in some places in Kouli, where seven or eight people live in a house of more than ten or twenty square meters.

However, at that time, information was blocked and people only compared themselves with those around them. Chen Hongjun's family of four lived in two rooms of more than 20 square meters, and there was also a storage room. The per capita area was not small.

But compared with living in a hospital, it is of course much worse.

So in Li Long's opinion, these conditions are a bit difficult.

But compared with those young people in the company who were waiting for the allocation of houses to get married, they were really happy. There were also some people in the factory who were married but did not get their own houses, so they could only live outside the company with their families, which was quite uncomfortable.

So as soon as Chen Hongjun bought the yard, the news leaked out. He did not hide it and reported it directly to his unit. He planned to move in this Sunday and then hand over the keys.

What surprised Chen Hongjun was that someone came over early in the morning on Sunday, just after dinner and before the house was completely cleaned up.

However, the person who came was not the colleague he invited to help with the move, but the new owner of the unit house, Xiao Su Wenqiang who worked in the same unit.

Su Wenqiang has been married for two years. As he has no house of his own, he lives together with his family. He also has younger brothers and sisters at home, so he has not dared to have children in the past two years.

Su Wenqiang and his wife Liu Ying came over carrying things on a handle. When Chen Hongjun heard the noise and opened the door, the two people had just put the things at the door.

Seeing Chen Hongjun coming out, Su Wenqiang blushed and said:

"Old Chen, I'm really... sorry, there's no way to live here anymore. My brothers and sisters all have objections. Since this house was given to us, we wanted to... move in early."

"It's okay, it's okay." The people had already arrived, and Chen Hongjun would not get any good out of saying anything unpleasant. He pointed to the room and said:

"The house is a bit messy, so I won't invite you in. To be honest, I can understand your feelings. After all, we were also very excited when we first got the house..."

"That's good, that's good..." Su Wenqiang was afraid that Chen Hongjun and the others would have a problem with his behavior. After all, they hadn't moved out yet, and he rushed to move his things here, which was like "forcing the emperor to abdicate."

But if his family wasn't in financial difficulty, he wouldn't want to do this.

A poor man has low aspirations and a thin horse has long hair. If I had the money to buy a new yard, I would definitely not do such a shameful thing.

Chen Hongjun's wife Zhou Xiujuan poured two bowls of tea for the two men and moved small stools for them to sit on. Su Wenqiang and Liu Ying both took the tea with red faces.

"Brother Chen, I'll help you move your things later, and then I can deal with these of mine."

"No, no." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "I have called a lot of people, and we can move almost everything in one trip. There are only two of you, so you can set up your new home here. We are from the same unit, so I won't be polite to you."

As they were talking, a group of people came striding towards them.

The voice has arrived before the person arrives:

"Xiao Su, are you... so impatient to move here? You have to wait until Stationmaster Chen has moved in before you come over." The person who spoke was quite tall. He was Qi Zhiguo, who used to work at the Ma County purchasing station. He was from Ma County and was 27 years old. After the purchasing station was closed, he came to Beiting and lived in a single dormitory - he was married and his home was in Ma County, so he could only go back on weekends.

There is no other way. Once the purchasing station moves, people like Chen Hongjun who live in Beiting will be fine, but those who live in Ma County will have to temporarily separate and wait for an opportunity to bring their wives and children over.

The man with him was a little shorter, about thirty years old, named Dong Zhihai, a native of Beiting.

This time, Chen Hongjun called all his colleagues who worked with him at the Ma County Purchasing Station. After the county purchasing station was abolished, these colleagues returned to the unit and dispersed to various departments. Some of them performed relatively well, while others were average or even unsatisfactory.

"Zhiguo, I don't want to either. You know my family situation..."

"No matter how difficult it is, it won't take a day or two..." Qi Zhiguo was about to say something, but when he saw Chen Hongjun winking at him, he changed his words, "Okay, after we move, you can move in. The stove here is still hot, so we don't need to heat it, which is good."

Two more female colleagues came over. The last one to come was older, Lu Dagang, who was in his forties and pushed a cart. He was considered the main force among these people.

It would be great if Li Long was here. With a jeep, moving would be more convenient, right?

This thought flashed through Chen Hongjun's mind, and then he shook his head. He was really not satisfied. Li Long had given him a thousand yuan, which was already quite kind. Why did he want to ask for so much more?
He knew that as long as he asked, Li Long would definitely drive over in a jeep to help move things, but Chen Hongjun also had his own persistence and principles, so he couldn't ask.

Chen Hongjun's house was packed up - in fact, there weren't many things. Although the broken house was worth a fortune, that was when there was a yard. There were only two and a half rooms in total, how many things could there be?

The most important items are bedding, television, sewing machine, and three beds. The double bed in the inner room is a steel pipe bed that can be disassembled and installed easily, while the two single beds in the outer room are foldable beds that can be folded and taken away.

With just one cart and two bicycles, all this stuff could be moved in two trips.

Su Wenqiang looked at the house. Although it was bare at the moment, at least for now, these two rooms here and there were his and his wife's new home.

How can I not be happy?
The embarrassment I had just felt in front of Chen Hongjun's family and colleagues disappeared at this moment. Being able to get a house didn't matter even if it was a little embarrassing.

He and his wife Liu Ying looked at each other, then smiled and began to decorate the house.

What they carried on a stretcher was also a steel pipe bed, which needed to be assembled and then covered with wood before it could be used as a bed.

"This yard is really nice." Qi Zhiguo sighed as he helped Chen Hongjun put things in his new home. "I didn't feel it when I lived in the county, but now that I've moved to the city, I realize that it's rare to have such a yard in the city!"

The yard was well maintained, and it actually took Mr. Huang ten days to move out.

There are quite a few facilities left in the yard, including grape racks, fruit trees, vegetable racks, etc., and there are dozens of kilograms of coal left in the kitchen.

The keys had been handed over a few days ago, and Zhou Xiujuan used her spare time after get off work to clean the house. Old Chen's family, along with a few colleagues, came over, and before lunch time, they had already moved into the house, the bed had been set up, and the furniture had been simply put back in place, and it looked like the place was in good shape.

"Old Chen, we're working hard today, so you have to bleed a little." Qi Zhiguo said with a smile, "You have to get a bowl of noodles at noon!"

"How can we just have noodles?" Lao Chen shook his head and said, "Let's have a big meal at noon, just like we did in Ma County last year. Let's get a private room, order some good dishes, and have a good meal today - beer is also provided, a box. I'm not asking you to drink well at noon, just a token of my appreciation."

"Hey, Lao Chen, you've really made a fortune!" Qi Zhiguo said in surprise, "If you have a way, you should take us old subordinates with you! To be honest, after coming back from Ma County and being assigned to the current Qingshui Yamen, our lives have suddenly become much worse than before. It's good enough to have meat once a month. I really miss the past."

"That's right. There is no bonus now, and the benefits are just so-so. I've been in the department for half a year, and I've never seen a dinner party. I really don't know how these colleagues in Beiting have been getting through the past year." Lu Dagang also said.

To be honest, they didn't think much of it when they were in Ma County. But after Chen Hongjun became the station manager last year, he would take out a portion of the surplus from the purchasing station every month to give everyone bonuses. Although it's only a few yuan or a dozen yuan, it can be very useful sometimes.

When he was in Ma County, Chen Hongjun would always take a day off every half month or a month to invite everyone to have a meal at noon or in the evening as an extra meal. This extra meal was paid for by the "small treasury" of the purchasing station, and the meal was served in the state-owned canteen, and at least three or four hard dishes had to be ordered.

This is undoubtedly a huge reward for people who are short of meat in these days.

However, all of this was gone after the acquisition station was closed. Now that Chen Hongjun said this, Qi Zhiguo and Lu Dagang immediately thought of the old days.

The colleagues in Beiting have been living like this for a long time, and it's nothing, they are used to it. But those of them who have enjoyed a better life naturally feel uncomfortable.

There is indeed a huge gap.

"We'll talk about it during dinner." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "Come on, let's go and reserve a seat first. Today is Sunday, and there won't be any rooms if we're late."

Zhou Xiujuan and Chen Hongjun's mother and children did not go. They wanted to stay and continue to clean up the house, and then have a meal at home - not to save money or anything else, but they had finally moved to a new home, and now the family was so excited that they were not hungry at all and did not want to do anything else.

After the new yard was bought, Chen Hongjun's mother had her own house, the children had their own place to do their homework, the utility room and the kitchen were separate, and most importantly, they had their own toilet so they didn't have to squeeze with others.

Although the distance to the workplace is farther than before, the couple both have bicycles and are not worried about this at all - besides, this yard is closer to the children's college, which is also a benefit.

"Let's go together. Aunt, sister-in-law, and Zhixin have done a lot of work today. How can they stay at home?" Qi Zhiguo disagreed.

"It's okay. There are vegetables in the yard and coal in the kitchen. They can just make something for themselves. There are still some odd jobs to do at home. I have to take care of them while I have time today. I won't have time tomorrow because I have to go to work or school."

Chen Hongjun took a group of colleagues to a nearby state-owned canteen and he had already picked a place.

It was not time for lunch yet, and there were not many diners in the cafeteria at that moment. Chen Hongjun asked for a private room, and did not let others order food. He first ordered a case of beer, and then a few main dishes such as spicy chicken, braised carp, stewed pork elbow, braised spareribs, fresh vegetables, and rice.

When seeing Chen Hongjun announcing the names of the dishes to the waiter, Qi Zhiguo and others drooled.

"Stationmaster, you've lost half a month's salary, right?" Lu Dagang sighed, "Is it okay to eat like this?"

He said it in a more tactful way, but actually he was just pointing out that, does Zhou Xiujuan have any objection to inviting everyone to dinner like this, family members?
"No problem. Didn't Zhiguo just ask me if I've gotten rich recently? I haven't, but I've made a little money." Chen Hongjun said with a smile, "So it's no problem to treat everyone to such a meal."

"Stationmaster, tell us!" Qi Zhiguo couldn't help it. "If you have any good ideas, please guide us. We don't need meat, but soup is fine."

"Okay, then I'll tell you something." Before the food came, Chen Hongjun pointed to the west and said:

"I don't know if you still remember a guy named Li Long in Ma County?"

"Remember? How could you not remember? The young man first came here to sell deer antlers, right?" someone said.

"Yes, yes, yes. We sell deer antlers, leather, and mother-of-pearl. I think we also sold velvet antlers and other things..."

Everyone has an impression of Li Long. After all, Li Long went to the purchasing station quite a few times. At the beginning, he took few things, but later he took more and more. At one point, some people thought that Li Long was a wholesaler or a middleman.

"Well, here's the way." Chen Hongjun said, "Li Long sent me some money a few days ago. As you know, when we were at the purchasing station, many merchants wanted to get to know us and take some things from us, so I also know some people who do business here."

"I know him too." Qi Zhiguo smiled. Anyway, there was no purchasing station now, so it was okay to say this.

"That's right, who doesn't know a few business people?"

"Our purchasing station is closed, so Li Long opened a private purchasing station at our original site in Ma County. He bought a lot of Fritillaria and leather this year, and the two people I introduced happened to buy these. Li Long made a lot of money and came to give me some introduction fees."

The money of referral fee is still relatively new in this era. However, when the focus is on economic construction, new things such as referral fee and idea company have emerged. As long as creativity and imagination can be transformed, they are all money.

For someone like Chen Hongjun who has done a lot in the acquisition field, his network of contacts can also be converted into money.

It’s just that most people don’t consider this aspect and can’t think about it.

You said that Qi Zhiguo and others have been working at the purchasing station for quite some time, so don’t they know anyone?

Of course they knew each other. But after they left the acquisition station, they stopped contacting those people. In their opinion, they had nothing to do with the acquisition, so they didn't need to care about them.

But it is difficult for them to think at this time: if they introduce these people to the right people, then do they also play a role as middlemen?

The first two plates of cold dishes were served, and beer was also brought in. Chen Hongjun gave everyone a bottle and said:

"Come, drink and talk."

The beer was opened, and each person had a glass. After filling it up, Chen Hongjun said with a smile:
"Come on, it's been half a year since I had the chance to get everyone together for a meal. It's my fault as the former station manager. Let's have a drink now, and we should keep in touch and get together more often in the future."

These people are not all from the original purchasing station. Some of them were assigned better positions after returning to their original units, while others immediately became close to other leaders after returning and are doing better now.

Those who stay here now all have a good relationship with Lao Chen. No matter how well they do in the unit, they at least keep in touch, say hello when they meet, and visit each other during the New Year holidays.

"This second cup is just to set an example for everyone." After drinking the first cup, while inviting everyone to eat, Chen Hongjun poured himself a glass of beer and said:
"Just now Zhiguo asked me to show you the way. Actually, the way is right in front of us. Think about the people you know. Are there any of them who are still collecting things?

Li Long is a good guy. The things he opened at the purchasing station must be more than just leather and Fritillaria and other medicinal materials. If you find a connection, if you can buy his things at a high price, then the money for the introduction will come, right? "

In fact, everyone had guessed this before, but after Chen Hongjun said this, these people actually thought about it.

After all, this is real money at stake.

"Old Chen, can you please tell me the truth and introduce a useful businessman to us? How much money can he give us?" Seeing that the others were silent, Lu Dagang took the lead and said, "If it's only thirty or fifty yuan, it's not worth the trouble."

"If the person you introduced is really good at selling things and the price is good, then at least it should start at a hundred. Thirty or fifty? Who are you looking down on?" Chen Hongjun smiled, "I'm not afraid to tell you that the introduction fee I received this time is worth half of my house!"

In Beiting, a courtyard like the one Chen Hongjun just bought would cost at least fifteen or sixteen thousand yuan. When he said this, these people immediately became interested.

“Of course, it’s also because the people I introduce to others buy mother-of-pearl and leather, two major commodities with large shipment volumes and high profit margins.

But you should also think about it. Li Long can collect a lot of things. He still collects almost all the things that our original purchasing station collected. Most of them have not been sold yet. As long as they can be sold, he will definitely give a commission. "

Chen Hongjun did not tell Li Long about this matter, but he believed in Li Long's character. If he really wanted to introduce a suitable business partner, Li Long would not be stingy.

Well, next time I come here, I will tell Li Long about this.

There are twenty-four bottles of beer in a box. The ladies present drank one or two bottles each. Those whose family members were not in Beiting, like Qi Zhiguo, drank at least six bottles, and there was not much reaction.

As they drank, they thought about their relationships. Some of them even thought, what if they had opened a purchasing station? Or what if they bought things from Li Long and sold them to people they knew?
Is it possible to earn two bucks?
Once a person's mind becomes active, he can think of many things.

Everyone ate up everything in a hurry. There was not a single drop of the dishes ordered by Chen Hongjun left. The wine was finished and then everyone left.

When Chen Hongjun went out and walked back, Qi Zhiguo turned back and walked side by side with him, saying:

"Stationmaster, I actually thought of a person who can receive the goods. I think it's possible!" (End of this chapter)