After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 194 The lower classes harm each other

The boy from the Zhou family is promising and went to work at a TV station.

The kid from the Dongfang family is even more amazing. I heard that he made a lot of money selling books and even made it to the newspaper.

As for Qiao Suiqing, the TV host...

There is serious discrimination between men and women in society.

If a man achieves something, it’s because he has the ability.

If a woman is successful, it must be because she is with a man!
However, the alley became lively this weekend.

The neighbors then realized that Dongfang Lang did not start the book-selling business on his own, but that Zhou Haoran and Qiao Suiqing used their connections with the TV station to find him a way.

The three young men also have a conscience.

After making money from selling books, I wanted to give back to my neighbors in the alley by distributing a large color TV to every household!

Is there such a good thing?

Everyone signed up enthusiastically.

This weekend, the alleys were incredibly lively. The men were reluctant to come out, but the women were all beaming, running back and forth, saying a ton of nice things. It was more fun than Chinese New Year.

Qiao Suiqing and Dongfang Lang both ran to Zhou Haoran's house and stared at each other.

I don't know how this will end.

"We have to make a fuss." Zhou Haoran knows how to spend money, but he wants it to be worthwhile. "We have to make sure our parents have both face and substance in the alleys, and that they are respected. We spend money to buy spiritual enjoyment, and to show filial piety to our parents in various ways."

After dinner, it was still light.

Aunt Zhang and Aunt Li both came to visit.

Zhou Haoran found the fat lady from the neighborhood committee and asked her to call all the neighbors over to talk about the issue of giving out large color TVs.

After a while, the neighbors gathered in the alley.

All of them are female comrades.

The men were too embarrassed to participate too much, and at most they would just smoke, chat and watch the situation from a distance.

The living room of the Shikumen house was very small, and with more than 30 women coming here, it was a bit crowded.

Zhou Haoran was surrounded by everyone and said slowly, "Aunts, it was Sister Suiqing and I who came up with Dongfang's idea to sell books. Now that the books are profitable, I thought of buying a TV for all our neighbors so that they can all watch Sister Suiqing's shows on TV."

"Haoran, how much money did you make from selling books?"

Aunt Li asked with a laugh.

Aunt Liu also asked, "With so many families giving away TVs, they must have made a profit of nearly 100,000 yuan, right?"

Zhou Haoran quickly stopped himself from thinking about it and said awkwardly, "Aunt, I really didn't make much!"

“You didn’t make much?”

The fat aunt noticed that his expression was not right, so she quickly stepped forward to take control of the situation.

She is from the neighborhood committee and loves to take care of things.

Zhou Haoran said, "After deducting the costs of publishing, shipping, and labor, there are only tens of thousands of yuan left. Dongfang and Sister Suiqing contacted you earlier, saying they would deliver TVs door to door, but they made a mistake."

"Made a mistake?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the neighbors felt like they were poured a bucket of cold water on their heads.

Everyone was disappointed.

Yes, who would be so kind as to deliver TVs door to door?
The fat aunt didn't want to start an argument, so she quickly asked, "Haoran, please tell me what's going on. Everyone is waiting for your big color TV!"

Zhou Haoran said bitterly, "We made over 9 yuan from selling books. That's enough to buy every household a large color TV. But they didn't include the costs of publishing, shipping, and labor, which came to over 4 yuan. So, we only have a little over 4 yuan left."

"More than 4..." The fat lady's expression was a little stiff, and her smile was not very enthusiastic. "It's a mistake... Forget it, forget it, it's a mistake, then forget it."

"What the hell is this?"

Aunt Liu grumbled in dissatisfaction, feeling like she was being made fun of.

The fat aunt had a strong sense of justice and chimed in, "Young people, who doesn't make mistakes? Okay, since it's just a misunderstanding, let's just break it up. Haoran, you should be more serious in the future. You've made us all so upset today. Okay, let's just break up, let's all go!"

"Ugh!"

Sighs filled with disappointment.

The big color TV is a bust.

This young man is just unreliable in his work!
"Auntie, wait a minute!"

Zhou Haoran quickly called everyone over.

The fat aunt looked back at him, not wanting to blame him too much, "Haoran, it's okay, we're all neighbors, let's just forget about it, don't do this again in the future!"

Zhou Haoran said: "Aunt, I still have more than 4 yuan!"

"Ok?"

The fat aunt raised her eyebrows.

The other aunts also turned around. Some walked out of the living room and went to the courtyard, then crowded back in.

Aunt Liu got excited and shouted, "Haoran, are you going to give me this big color TV or not? Give me a definite answer!"

Zhou Haoran said in a resounding voice: "Send!"

"it is good!"

Aunt Liu applauded.

The fat lady looked suspicious. "Haoran, don't be so stubborn. There are 29 houses in our alley now. A large color TV costs two to three thousand. You don't have enough money, do you?"

Zhou Haoran nodded, "It's not quite enough, so I thought, if I want to give you a large color TV, I'll only give you half of it."

"half?"

The fat aunt thought to herself that something was wrong.

Something is going to happen!

Zhou Haoran said, "We have over 4 yuan in our hands now, which should be enough to buy 15 large color TVs. So this time we're giving away TVs, only 15 families can get them."

"How does this work?"

After all, the fat aunt was from the neighborhood committee and was usually responsible for the management of the alley. She immediately realized that doing so would easily cause a big mess.

Even though she is a loud speaker, she is involved in spreading all kinds of rumors.

But her level is still pretty good.

Compared to the alleys in other parts of the harbor, which are like a vegetable market with petty quarrels and fights every day, the alleys in my hometown are good enough.

The other aunts had no idea and just spoke without thinking.

"15 large color TVs are pretty good!"

"Something is better than nothing!"

"Ha ha!"

"That won't work. How can we divide it up, no matter who gets it or who doesn't?"

"Sister-in-law, don't you have a color TV at home? If you have one, then there's no need to divide it!"

"How can that be possible? The TV at my house is ten years old and only 18 inches."

"My color TV is only 16 inches."

“Mine is only 14 inches!”

This is a seaport, after all, and compared to other provinces, black-and-white televisions are long gone here. The color TVs most households have are from the 1980s, and they're quite small and lack vibrant colors.

Most of them need to be replaced.

Zhou Haoran shouted, "Aunts, please be quiet and listen to me!"

The fat aunt also started to get busy.

It became quiet.

Zhou Haoran said, "Sister Suiqing, Dongfang, and I are willing to use the money from this book sale to buy a TV for everyone. We mainly want to thank the uncles and aunts for their care and help during our growth."

"Good boy!"

"Have a conscience!"

"Be quiet! Be quiet! Don't make any noise!"

The fat aunt quickly stopped making noise.

It's too easy for so many women to get noisy when they get together.

Zhou Haoran, a member of the younger generation who doesn't usually speak in dialect, said seriously, "So I thought, there are only a limited number of TVs now, so we'll give the TV to whoever cares about us the most."

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene became unusually quiet without the fat aunt having to control it.

Yes!

What they said makes sense!
They were going to give away TVs out of their own pockets, so they would definitely give them to people they were close to. They all began to think about it.

Think carefully about the years we've been together, how much help and care I've given to others, and how our relationships with them are.

At this moment, Zhou Haoran's obvious thoughts were revealed, and he said, "Aunt Liu, you said before that Dongfang was with a wealthy woman. What's going on?"

"what?"

Aunt Liu was stunned.

Zhou Haoran said unhappily, "That's our bookselling partner, someone from the publishing house. How could you say that? How could a grown man like Dongfang feel uncomfortable hearing such words? Auntie, I won't be sharing the TV with your family this time."

Aunt Liu got anxious. "Why? I'm not the only one who said that. I also heard it from Sister Li!"

Zhou Haoran opened his eyes wide, "Aunt Li, you said that too?"

“No… didn’t say…”

Aunt Li was suddenly panicked.

Aunt Liu said quickly, "I just heard it from you. You said you saw Dongfang get out of a female boss's car at the entrance of the alley, and they were talking and laughing."

Zhou Haoran said unhappily, "Everyone, please judge for yourself. Isn't this too irresponsible? Aunt Li, Dongfang is very sad this time. He definitely won't agree to give your family a large color TV."

Aunt Li became angry immediately.

This anger was not directed at Zhou Haoran, but at Aunt Liu who was not far away. He shouted angrily: "Widow Liu, what are you talking about?"

"That's what it is!"

In an instant, there was a quarrel.

The thing the fat aunt was most worried about finally happened, so she quickly took control of the situation, stood up and said, "Alright, stop arguing! It's someone else's color TV, give it to whoever you want! Let's go, it's all gone! Haoran, make a list later and see who these big color TVs will be given to, so that everyone won't be worried about it."

……

night.

Zhou Haoran returned to the familiar small table and picked up a pen and paper.

Based on the door-to-door materials provided by Dongfang Lang and the communication with my parents, I hastily put together this list.

Aunt Liu, who spoke ill of the East, was excluded;

Aunt Zhang, who spoke ill of Sister Sui Qing, is excluded;
Aunt Yu, who spoke ill of Sister Sui Qing, was excluded;
Uncle Dou, who had quarreled with my father, was excluded;

Aunt Xie, who said bad things about Sister Sui Qing, is excluded.

The most outrageous thing was that Aunt Peng once said, "Why would a little boy go to the TV station to celebrate his birthday? He'll poke his eyes out!" Zhou Haoran heard it, but actually it was nothing, so he recorded it and excluded it from his record.

Make a list and have a “basis” for all exclusions.

Four lists were handwritten.

The next day, he gave one copy to the fat aunt, one copy to the Qiao family, one copy to Aunt Dongfang, and kept one copy for his mother.

Now it's interesting.

It's such a noisy scene!
The quarrel between Qiao's mother and daughter stopped and turned into a larger-scale quarrel.

An extremely unfair list caused chaos in the alley.

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.

Those who are not on the list will naturally be jealous of those who are on the list, and will start to collude and report, saying that she is also telling lies, and so-and-so is also spreading rumors and causing trouble...

If not, then nothing!
Why do you have it and I don’t?
Everyone was in chaos.

The conflict was transferred successfully!

Zhou Haoran asked Dongfang Lang to hold on!
Let’s make trouble for a few days first!

Oh shit!

These days, whoever has money is the boss!

He called Qiao Suiqing and quickly left this dangerous place.

When we went to the station, Aunt Qiao always accompanied us.

This has never happened before.

Zhou Haoran seemed to be hesitant to speak every time he saw her.

"Sister Suiqing, do you have any change? Go buy two popsicles and we can eat them in the car."

"it is good."

"I want chocolate!"

Zhou Haoran sent Qiao Suiqing away and then looked at Aunt Qiao.

"Aunt, what's wrong?"

"Haoran, do you have much contact with your sister Sui Qing at work?"

"Our offices are not far from each other, so we always run into each other. We even go to get off work and eat in the cafeteria together sometimes."

Zhou Haoran is talking nonsense.

Aunt Qiao seemed to be at a loss for words. After hesitating for a long time, she asked cautiously, "Is there anyone around your sister Sui Qing... um, who?"

"who?"

Zhou Haoran pretended not to understand and showed a puzzled expression.

Aunt Qiao asked, "Does she have a boyfriend?"

"no!"

Zhou Haoran responded decisively.

Aunt Qiao was very confused, "How do you know?"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "I asked her, and she said no. I also asked her colleagues, and they said the same thing. I've never seen her get close to any man."

"Where are the leaders of the unit?"

Aunt Qiao's expression was very conflicted.

"Leader?" Zhou Haoran looked puzzled. "What's wrong with the leader? The producer and editor-in-chief of their program are both women..."

"Oh, it's okay. I'll just ask you."

Aunt Qiao was too embarrassed to speak too directly.

Zhou Haoran and Qiao Suiqing got in the car.

I felt that her family affairs had eased, so it was not appropriate to ask further questions.

"By the way, when you get to work tomorrow, you have time to go to the bank."

"Well, withdraw money to buy a TV."

"No." Zhou Haoran didn't mean that. "There's no rush to buy a TV. Let them argue for a few days, and then change the list a few times. Let them make a fuss. Let the lower classes hurt each other, and then they'll come to us for help. Only then can we stand high and be respected."

Qiao Suiqing was kindhearted and couldn't bear it, "Haoran, this is not good."

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "I'll take care of this. You don't have to get involved. Go to the bank and do what I tell you to do."

"What?"

"Open a stock account and use all our money to buy stocks."

"Buy stocks?"

Qiao Suiqing opened his eyes wide and turned to look at him.

Zhou Haoran said, "It's a bull market now. If you don't participate, you'll be wasting this opportunity. You're responsible for managing the money, so go and handle this business."

Qiao Suiqing had also heard about this from his colleagues at work a long time ago.

The seaport is a financial center.

Participating in stock trading is a common behavior.

However, Qiao Suiqing was a cautious person. She had only saved a little over 10,000 yuan and was afraid to take any risks. She said anxiously, "Haoran, we don't understand stocks!"

Zhou Haoran said nonchalantly, "You don't need to understand. This is a bull market, isn't it? If you avoid junk stocks, you can basically make money. Just go to the bank and tell the teller to buy Haier, Vanke, and Changhong."

"OK?"

Qiao Suiqing was very worried.

Zhou Haoran smiled, "Just do as I say! The real estate market is booming right now, and real estate stocks will drive up home appliance stocks as well. We're not looking to pick a monster stock and make dozens of times the profit, just a steady profit of some change will be fine."

"Well, make money from the color TV."

When Qiao Suiqing thought about it this way, he felt much more relieved.

Zhou Haoran said, "We don't have to pay for the color TV. I'll reimburse you!"

(End of this chapter)