1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 41 I’ll Lie Down After Earning One Million
The life of rich people is always simple and unpretentious.

If not, you are not rich enough.

Zhai Yuan felt that he was very rich.

He deposited the huge sum of 500,000 yuan into the bank, and arrogantly exchanged the extra tens of thousands of yuan for a set of the legendary three treasures of making a fortune.

Big Brother telephone, Dupont pen and Dupont lighter.

He also had a checkbook in his arms.

Just wait until the day when I need it, and then sign the order with confidence.

By the way: I have a promissory note from a rural credit cooperative worth 500,000 Hong Kong dollars!

What a simple and unpretentious happiness.

Unfortunately, there was never this opportunity.

In this era when the average wage per capita was only two to three thousand yuan, high-quality rice cost one yuan per pound, pork cost four yuan, and vermicelli and cabbage only cost twenty cents.

Zhai Yuan felt that even if he lay down from now on and ate pork stewed with vermicelli every day, he would be able to make it until the return of Japan in 1997.

Having said that, I'm kind of craving this.

He jumped up from the bed, and the steel bed let out a scream.

Zhai Yuan put on his newly bought sportswear and greeted Zhao Meizhen who was watching TV.

"Mom, I'm going to go out and buy some food. I'll cook for you myself today and show you what a god of food is!"

"You have time to do something serious. Go find Yaoyao. I don't know where she went crazy again."

Zhao Meizhen rolled her eyes and glanced at Zhai Yuan. She just thought that Zhai Yuan was doing whatever he wanted now that he had some money, and she didn't take it to heart at all.

She and Zhai Yao don’t know how much money Zhai Yuan has earned yet, but they estimate it to be only about 30,000 to 50,000 yuan.

Zhai Yuan did not tell the truth to the two of them, mainly because he felt that his sister was too talkative to keep secrets. If he told her today that he had earned 500,000 yuan, the neighbors in the housing estate would line up to borrow money from him tomorrow.

He put all the blame on Zhai Yao, completely forgetting the jealous looks on the neighbors' faces when he arrogantly carried his eldest brother's phone in and out of the housing estate.

As a result, there have been many people coming to my house to show their courtesy these past few days, but after a few words, the conversation turns to topics like children having difficulty going to school, their house leaking, and their parents being seriously ill and bedridden.

It's as if you have some kind of friendship with them, and when you become successful you should take care of their whole family and see them to the end of their lives.

"Don't worry, your daughter will naturally return her pocket money after she has spent all the several hundred yuan. There is no need to look for her."

Zhai Yuan walked out the door and went all the way down to the bottom of the building. He looked up at the winding stairs that made him dizzy and wondered if it was time to buy a house.

You need to look back and understand the current housing prices. If they are cheap, buy a few more, stock them up and wait for them to appreciate in value.

It's nice to have money!

But why do I always feel like I've forgotten something?

This question was answered when Zhai Yuan walked out of the housing estate.

As soon as he walked out of the alley of the housing estate, he bumped into a man head-on.

"Sorry, sorry."

The man hurriedly apologized, looked up and saw Zhai Yuan's face clearly. He was stunned at first, and then he was so excited that he almost cried.

"Mr. Zhai, I finally found you!"

Guan Weiming, the boss of the cassette factory, grabbed Zhai Yuan's arms with both hands, as if he was afraid that he would run away, his face full of emotion at seeing his family.

Zhai Yuan slapped his forehead and remembered!

At that time, I ordered 20,000 videotapes from someone at the entrance of Jinmaoping Cinema, but in the end I didn't even leave my address.

The other party did leave him a phone number, but he had been spending money for two days and hadn't thought about it at all.

"Boss Guan, please stop crying. Why are you kneeling down?"

Zhai Yuan supported Guan Weiming and helped him to the fish ball noodle stall run by a neighbor.

Even when sitting on the chair, Guan Weiming still just held Zhai Yuan's sleeve.

"Mr. Zhai, you scared the crap out of me. After I finished talking to you about the videotape that night, I went back and immediately started production. We've already made over 5,000 tapes. I was supposed to get the master tape from you a couple of days ago, but I went to Jinmaoping and couldn't find you. The theater manager didn't even know where you lived."

"I've been asking around for your address for the past two days, but then I couldn't think of a better way to get there, so I decided to try my luck at Sau Mau Ping Secondary School. The security guards there were incredibly aggressive, saying no one would be allowed in without a pass and almost beat me up."

"Finally, I told them the person I was looking for was called Zhai Yuan. They'd all heard of you, and after questioning me, they finally told me where your home was."

After a long conversation, Guan Weiming picked up the tea bowl on the table and took two sips.

Seeing his dusty face, a missing button on his suit, and mud-covered black leather shoes, Zhai Yuan knew what Boss Guan said was true. He had been through a lot these past two days.

However, Zhai Yuan felt that this guy was also a talent. He hadn't even paid the deposit, but he dared to start assembly line production.

That is to say, I have been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures for the past two years. If it were in the past, if I didn't lower the price to the lowest today, you would have kept the 5,000 videotapes you produced and sold them slowly.

Zhai Yuan sighed and took the initiative: "Boss Guan, you should have called me."

Guan Weiming was stunned: "When did you call me?"

Zhai Yuan frowned unhappily: "That night at the theater entrance, I personally put the number in your pocket. Don't you remember?"

Guan Weiming tried hard to recall and searched his suit pockets again, looking confused.

"Forget it, forget it. Seeing how careless you are, I kind of regret placing the order with you."

Zhai Yuan waved his hand: "Then remember my phone number again. It's 8008208820. Remember it clearly. It's 8008208820."

Guan Weiming nodded repeatedly and saved the number into his elder brother's phone, his expression still a little confused.

Is it really my problem?
"Okay, as we said before, I'll pay you a deposit first, and then you come with me to sign a contract."

When Zhai Yuan said this, he suddenly remembered that he still owed Shen Wei 10% of the box office share.

I'll send it to him when I go to him to draft the contract.

He casually took out a checkbook from his pocket and knocked it on the table twice, looking like a wealthy man.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhai."

Guan Weiming grinned from ear to ear and said quickly, "Twenty thousand videotapes, based on the price we agreed on before, the total payment is 1.68 million. You only need to pay a 20% deposit, which is 330,000 yuan."

Zhai Yuan paused while flipping through the checkbook.

Holy shit! So many?

I gave Lawyer Shen 50,000 yuan and Boss Guan over 300,000 yuan, so I only have about 100,000 yuan left!

A sense of crisis suddenly came over me.

Zhai Yuan seemed to see houses disappearing from his sight, and in the end only a pot of pork stewed with vermicelli was left.

……

After coming out of the walled city, Guan Weiming, holding the contract, waved goodbye to Zhai Yuan with excitement on his face.

His factory is a workshop-style workshop and cannot compare with large factories. Twenty thousand boxes of videotapes are already the annual output value.

After Shen Wei received his share of 50,000 yuan, he was also all smiles and pulled Zhai Yuan to treat him to a big meal in the city.

"not in the mood."

Zhai Yuan spent four-fifths of his wealth in one day and was in a depressed mood.

Before leaving, he warned Shen Wei: "Hey, stop gambling. Gamblers will never have a good ending."

Shen Wei stood in the sun, smiling and waving, showing his white teeth.

On the way home, I bought pork, vermicelli, cabbage, and dried and fresh foods.

Zhai Yuan decided to finish the meal, continue to devote himself to his career, and quickly earn back the money.

Carrying the meat and vegetables he had just bought, he returned to the housing estate.

I walked towards the stairs with my head down, comforting myself in my heart.

"Five hundred thousand is not enough for me to spend. My goal this time is one million. Once I make one million, I will lay down my head."

A white arm suddenly stretched out from the side and snatched the vegetables that Zhai Yuan was holding.

Zhai Yuan's thoughts were interrupted, and without even looking up, he cursed, "Pick! You dare to rob in broad daylight? You're courting death!"

Take a closer look.

A girl in a pink dress stood beside him, looking at him with a somewhat surprised expression.

"I'm just robbing you, cousin Ayuan. Hand over everything you have that's valuable~"

After being stunned for a moment, Zhou Haimei sneered, revealing a shallow dimple on her cheek.

Zhai Yuan was stunned for a moment.

Lose it! One million is definitely not enough. I still have to feed my children, buy milk powder and diapers, hire a nanny and tutor, and buy a house in the school district. Money is needed everywhere!

(End of this chapter)