Li Hang’s house in the city.

Wang Yuan said to Zheng Lian: "I don't have ginseng, but I have pine nuts. Uncle Zheng, do you want pine nuts?"

The unshaven Zheng Lian was instantly disappointed and asked casually: "How many pine nuts do you have?"

"More than 30,000 kilograms."

"Huh?" Zheng Lian was startled for a moment: "Why do you have so many pine nuts?"

"I collected them from the folks. I think pine nuts are delicious and rare. It's almost the Chinese New Year, so as long as the price is not too expensive, people will definitely be willing to buy them."

"Do you really have more than 30,000 kilograms of pine nuts?"

Zheng Lian felt that what Wang Yuan said made some sense. He came from the capital and knew some of the conditions there. He also ate pine nuts after coming to the Northeast, and he vaguely felt that there might be a market for pine nuts.

"Of course, don't worry, I won't lie to you."

"Well, let me first send a telegram to my friend in the capital to find out the market situation first."

"also."

Wang Yuan told Zheng Lian his address and asked him to find him if he really wanted to buy pine nuts. He also asked him to make a decision quickly. If it was too late, he would sell the pine nuts to others.

After leaving Li Hang's house, Wang Yuan went directly downstairs to Li Shen's house.

Li Shen happened to be at home. He had a short haircut and was very energetic. He invited Wang Yuan to sit down and poured him tea. He felt that Wang Yuan's occasional words were of great help to him.

"How's the store going?"

"I found a house with an area of ​​150 square meters, at a crossroads west of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions..."

Li Shen sat on the right side of Wang Yuan. After introducing the store in a lively manner, he took out a cigarette and handed one to Wang Yuan. Then he lit one and smoked it himself.

Blowing out two smoke rings, Li Shen said slowly: "I have carefully calculated, renting a shop, decorating, recruiting workers, and leaving some reserve funds, and I need to prepare a total of about 1,600 yuan!

Brother Wang Yuan, you said before that you wanted to invest in shares, how much money can you offer?"

Li Shen felt that Wang Yuan didn't have much money. He knew that last time Wang Yuan sold a ginseng stick for nearly 5,000 yuan, but Wang Yuan said he would share the money with a group of other people who came to the mountain, and Li Shen believed him.

Moreover, Li Shen knew that in rural areas, every household was very poor, and the money earned was usually given to the elders in the family, so he felt that Wang Yuan might not even be able to get 100 yuan.

Through such long-term contact, Wang Yuan also had a general understanding of Li Shen's character, and he understood that it was impossible for Li Shen to give up the controlling stake.

Besides, he won't be in the city often, and Li Shen will take care of the restaurant when he opens it, so it's okay to let Li Shen control it.

Wang Yuan bent his right index finger and tapped the table gently:

"A total of 1,600 yuan should be prepared? How about this? I pay 800 yuan but only need 49% of the shares. How about that? Usually the restaurant requires you to take care of it, and the reward is the extra 2% of the shares. How about that?"

"What you said is a method, but I am taking too much advantage."

"What's cheap or not, that's settled."

"Okay, okay, it's almost noon. Come on, I'll treat you to dinner."

Li Shen was very excited. He didn't want to give up the controlling stake and wanted to partner with Wang Yuan to run the restaurant. Now that Wang Yuan has voluntarily given up the controlling stake, this is undoubtedly the best thing.

The two of them went downstairs and rode their bicycles, and soon arrived at the nearest state-owned hotel in the west. The four doors were swaying in the cold wind. This was a very "high-end" state-owned hotel.

After entering the door, what you see is a lobby, with greasy tables on the ground, photos and some quotations of great people hanging on the walls, and two waiters cleaning.

There is a dining window inside, and you can faintly see people walking around inside, and bursts of laughter and chatter can be heard.

The two waiters raised their heads and glanced at Wang Yuan and Li Shen, ignored them, and then went about cleaning themselves.

Li Shen took Wang Yuan and sat down near the window. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch and said, "We are a little early. We don't have food now. Let's wait a while."

"Yeah, okay."

Wang Yuan is incompetent.

Yes, there will be no food in state-owned hotels until meal time. As for the guests arriving early... I'm sorry, guests are nothing. State-owned hotels will never tolerate guests.

Whether you like it or not, you will fall down if you don’t.

After waiting for a while, a few guests came to the state-owned restaurant sparsely, and when it was time to order, they could order.

I ordered three random dishes and some rice, which cost 6 yuan and 46 cents, as well as one and a half kilograms of food stamps.

"This is too expensive."

"It's not bad, the price of state-owned hotels has always been this, and the price has hardly increased in the past few years."

Li Shen didn't have breakfast. He was really hungry now and gulped down his food.

Wang Yuan tasted the food. Perhaps because he was used to lighter food, he felt that the food here was a bit salty.

"If we want to open a restaurant, the food prices must be lower than here. As long as the attendance rate is higher, even if the food prices are lower, we can still make a lot of money."

"Yeah, I've written it down."

The occupancy rate of the state-owned hotel was too low. Wang Yuan was a little curious. Can the money earned here be enough to cover all expenses?

However, Wang Yuan knows that even if this state-owned hotel loses money, it will not go bankrupt easily, because the employees are all formal workers. How can formal workers lose their jobs without very special reasons?

Moreover - in the eyes of some big bosses, state-owned restaurants carry part of the important task of "serving the people". They feel that if some ordinary people don't want to eat at home, they can come to state-owned restaurants to eat. This is great, so they cannot close down.

That’s it.

After having a meal, Wang Yuan and Li Shen left.

Li Shen went home, and Wang Yuan rode his bicycle back to Wangjiatun.

The next day Wang Yuan sent Li Shen 800 yuan, and the two signed a cooperation agreement. Although there was no company law in this era, an agreement was better than none.

This morning.

When my mother wanted to go back to her grandma's house to visit relatives, Wang Yuan could only carry her there. There was a bamboo basket hanging on the right side of the back seat, and the little girl squatted in the basket.

The little girl still wanted to hold the cat, but her mother slapped her twice on the buttocks, and the little girl instantly gave in with tears in her eyes.

Ring ring ring~

Wang Yuan took his mother and sister to the countryside first. After all, he couldn't go to his grandma's house empty-handed. His mother bought a bag of brown sugar, two bottles of canned food, some chicken cakes and a large bag of matches.

The little girl squatted in the bamboo basket, stuck her head out and looked out, staring straight at the small shop making fried cakes on the street, her face full of longing, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

Wang Yuan couldn't see the little girl's appearance, so he asked his mother, who was returning from shopping, to hold the handle of the car. Then he walked to a small shop selling fried cakes and bought 2 cents worth of fried cakes.

Seeing Wang Yuan coming back, the little girl happily stretched out her hand: "Fried cake!"

"Be obedient after eating fried cakes."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm obedient." The little girl took a few fried cakes wrapped in straw paper and ate them happily.

She ate very slowly, seeming to think carefully about every bite she took. She ate several small fried cakes for more than an hour. She only swallowed when Wang Yuan rode his mother and little girl to her grandma's house.

Take the last bite of fried cake.

She also wanted to lick the oil stains on the straw paper, but Wang Yuan stopped her.

"Okay, okay, that's almost it."


Chapter completed!