Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

It seemed that my wife Yu Li was getting more and more excited as she spoke, and she was almost about to quarrel with me.

Tang Dashan could only blurt out all the promises that his master Wang Dong had made to him: "Wife, don't be anxious..."

"Listen to what I have to say..."

"I have already found a job after I resigned from the steel mill. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare tell you this."

"You should have heard the news about my master resigning from the steel mill today on the broadcast at the steel mill."

"He plans to leave the steel mill and open his own restaurant outside."

"The place has been found and the house is being built..."

"With renovations, we can open in two months at the latest."

"This restaurant is not like those small stalls we see on the roadside. It is very large. The entire restaurant is as high as a five-story building and can accommodate more than a hundred tables. It requires more than a dozen chefs to cook at the same time."

"Including the kitchen helpers, vegetable cutters, and food processors, there are at least fifty people in the entire kitchen."

"The master wants me to be his head chef and head cook, with a salary of 150 yuan per month and a 1% profit share."

"If the wages in the city go up in the future, our wages will also go up."

"I roughly calculated it today."

"A big restaurant with more than 100 tables can earn at least 300 yuan a day if it is full at noon and in the evening."

"A one percent dividend is three dollars."

"With the five-dollar salary, I can make eight dollars a day."

"If the restaurant makes 500 dollars a day, I can get 5 dollars in dividends."

"That's 10 yuan a day, which adds up to 300 yuan a month."

“The director of a steel mill doesn’t even have such a high salary.”

Seeing that his wife Yu Li was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time, Tang Dashan continued: "My master also said..."

"You are very good at dealing with people and talking. It is a waste of your talent to be a kitchen helper in a steel mill."

"If you want, you can resign from the steel mill and work as a lobby manager in his restaurant. You will be responsible for managing all the waiters in the lobby. You can earn 100 yuan a month with 0.5% bonus. If the restaurant business is good, you can earn 200 yuan a month."

If her husband said that he followed someone other than Wang Dong to open a restaurant and earned a high salary, Yu Li would definitely question it at the first moment, and might even feel that her husband was deceived.

But if the other person was Wang Dong, Yu Li would instantly believe it 70% to 80%.

After more than ten years of contact, he knew Wang Dong's strength very well, and he also knew some general information.

More than ten years ago, many cadres in the steel rolling mill were affected or even demoted due to policy reasons. Only Wang Dong was not affected and even rose steadily.

The fact that the steel mill had two consecutive factory directors did not affect Wang Dong's position in the mill, which shows how capable and visionful Wang Dong is.

Now that he dares to give up his job at the steel mill that pays more than 100 yuan a month to open a restaurant, it means that the chances of success of this matter are at least 80%.

In addition, he has a wife who has attended college and is also a cadre in a steel rolling mill.

Since his wife has no objection, it means that Chen Jun also supports Wang Dong opening a restaurant outside.

Then her man will definitely not suffer any loss if he follows Wang Dong to open a restaurant outside.

Moreover, the salary Wang Dong offered to his man was indeed very high.

With an income of 300 yuan a month, even the director of a steel mill does not earn that much. It is more than five times higher than Tang Dashan's salary at the steel mill.

If I also quit my job at the steel mill and work for the restaurant opened by Wang Dong, my salary would increase fivefold. The thought of it makes me jealous.

Thinking of this, Yu Li's hesitation disappeared all of a sudden. She looked at Tang Dashan and answered confidently: "Do it..."

"Our family is what it is today because of your master..."

"If I'm not mistaken, your master must have spent tens of thousands of dollars just to build this restaurant?"

"They have already paid tens of thousands of dollars, so what do we have to be afraid of?"

"I'll go work at the hotel with you then."

"A little over 200 yuan a month. If I could really make that much money, I, Yu Li, would wake up laughing in my dreams at night."

"As for the work at the steel mill..."

"We won't quit our jobs, we'll just sell it..."

"Now the city is full of educated youth returning to the city looking for work, and both of us are regular workers, so it will be no problem to sell both jobs for 1,000 yuan."

Seeing that his wife Yu Li finally gave in, Tang Dashan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When Tang Dashan heard his wife talking about money, he suddenly thought of another thing Wang Dong had mentioned to him.

His eyes lit up and he asked, "By the way...wife..."

"After all these years, how much money has our family saved?"

Yu Li's face immediately flashed with a trace of caution. She looked at Tang Dashan with a vigilant face and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Let me tell you, those savings are our family's most precious treasure. They cannot be touched easily."

Tang Dashan hurriedly explained: "The master quietly mentioned something to me a few days ago."

"Now many people in the city are selling their courtyard houses, especially those who were once sent down to the countryside. They are eager to sell their courtyard houses and go abroad, fearing that they will be sent down again if the policy changes."

"If our family is rich, it would be best to buy a courtyard house with clear ownership and no residents..."

"There will be only good things and no harm in the future."

"My master has already bought three sets himself and is still buying more."

"You know my master's vision. If it weren't for his reminder, my family would have starved during the three years when supplies were most scarce in the city, let alone earning money to marry you."

"I always feel that there is something else behind what the master says."

"If you buy a courtyard house now, you will definitely make a lot of money in the future."

Yu Li certainly believed Wang Dong's judgment. As soon as her man finished speaking, she believed him 70% to 80%. She quickly asked, "Have you found out how much a courtyard house in Sijiu City costs?"

"I asked around..." Tang Dashan replied quickly.

"The property rights are clear, there are no residents, and the price of a large courtyard house with three entrances is between 12,000 and 15,000 yuan."

"If we want to sell the courtyard house we live in now, it will cost about 13,000 to 14,000 yuan."

"A courtyard house with two entrances is much cheaper, with prices ranging from 8,000 to 10,000 yuan."

"The courtyard houses with one entrance are the cheapest and have the fewest rooms, but the main house and the side rooms together have seven or eight rooms, and they also come with a large yard. The price ranges from four to seven thousand."

"It mainly depends on the size of the courtyard and the quality of the house."

"The master told me that it doesn't matter if the house is a little run-down, since we don't need to move in right away anyway, so we should lower the price a bit, buy it first and then fix it up later."

"We have two sons. If we can really buy a courtyard house, even one with only one entrance, as long as the yard is a little bigger, they won't have to worry about housing when they get married in the future." (End of this chapter)