A young man in his mid-twenties, with dark skin and medium build, wearing an old military uniform that had been washed white but was unusually clean, was riding a human-powered tricycle that was half filled with scraps and was slowly passing by on the street.
"Xiao Yang, business is good today. I received so many things so early." An old woman was carrying a large basket of vegetables and looked at Yang Li kindly.
"Why did Grandma Liu buy so much food today?" The young man stopped the car and said with a smile, "When will you two finish the food?"
"My son called yesterday and said he would be back today." The old woman laughed, her face full of happiness.
"That's it." The young man jumped out of the car and walked to the old woman: "Such a big basket, please put it in my car. I have to go there anyway, so I can help you carry it there."
"That's great!" the old woman said politely, but still handed the basket to the young man. Although the young man's car was filled with junk, he cleaned it every day and it was not dirty.
Moreover, the vegetable basket was really heavy and it was really difficult for her to lift it.
The young man took some clean cardboard and placed it underneath, then placed the vegetable basket on the cardboard.
Without getting on the third wheel, the young man just pushed the cart, chatting with Grandma Liu while moving forward. People took the initiative to say hello to him from time to time along the way.
The young man's name is Yang Li. Two months ago, he was a college student sent to the military academy by the Longyan Special Forces, the most mysterious and powerful special force in the Republic. He has an extremely bright future.
But one night, he saw three young men bullying a girl, so he taught the three young men a lesson and saved the girl.
At that time, Yang Li didn't care. Anyway, he didn't do anything serious to the three young men, he just gave them a little lesson.
Unexpectedly, the three young men all had deep backgrounds. As a result, just after dawn the next day, Yang Li was arrested. The other party actually accused him of robbery and murder. Not only did he have to be expelled from the school, but he was also held criminally responsible.
Fortunately, the Longyan Special Forces learned of his situation in time and sent people to investigate.
In the end, because the girl who was bullied could not be found, and there was no third person to prove that Yang Li injured the three young people that night to save people, and the three young people could not prove that Yang Li robbed and killed them, the lives of Yang Li and the three young people were
The accusations were all denied.
However, the three young men did have injuries from being beaten by Yang Li. In the end, Yang Li was expelled from the military academy and military membership on the grounds that as a soldier, he bullied others, beat others at will, and behaved badly.
This incident caused a great blow to Yang Li. For this reason, he left Yanjing and returned to Zhonghai. However, because he had no skills and was forced by life, he had to become a junk collector who was looked down upon by others.
Although Yang Li has only been here for less than two months, because he often helps people, every time he sees someone carrying heavy things, regardless of whether he knows him or not, he will take the initiative to give the person a ride as long as he is on his way.
Especially the elderly.
Therefore, his reputation spreads widely in the neighborhood, and many people know him. Moreover, his purchase price is relatively reasonable. Many people will deliberately keep and sell to him whatever they don't want, which makes other collectors nearby.
Those who are useless can hardly survive anymore.
"Good people are rewarded."
Yang Li walked downstairs holding a stainless steel window with a smile on his face.
The window belonged to Grandma Liu's house. Just now he helped Grandma Liu carry the vegetable basket up. Grandma Liu insisted on giving him the stainless steel window that had been removed. Yang Li didn't want it, so Grandma Liu finally charged him 30 yuan.
But in fact, this window is worth a hundred dollars.
After putting the stainless steel windows in place, Yang Li was about to get in the car. In front of him, a man about fifty years old, wearing a black suit, his hair neatly combed, but his eyes were small and looked very gloomy, came over.
Yang Li frowned, but still got in the car.
But before the car moved, the man with small eyes quickly stepped forward and blocked the car.
"Why, you want to trouble me again?" Yang Li glanced at his little eyes, glanced around, and sneered: "You are here alone. Do you think too highly of yourself?"
The name of Little Eyes is Wang Dali, an old gangster nearby who controls all the scrap collectors around him. He once wanted to control Yang Li, but failed in the end, so he and Yang Li are very familiar with each other.
"I'm not here to trouble you today, I just want to have a good discussion with you about the purchase price." Wang Dali looked at Yang Li and said in a low tone: "Your purchase price is too high, and it is not in our interests."
"What we collect are scraps, things that people don't use. They take up space at home. No matter how much we pay for them, they still have to sell them. And we collect scraps, a lowly profession that is looked down upon by others. For
What is it, isn’t it just to make money?”
"In this case, we can earn three yuan, why only two yuan?"
"Think about it, you can now receive an average of more than 300 yuan a day. If you lower the purchase price by 20%, you can earn an extra 60 yuan a day. In one month, it will be nearly 2,000 yuan. In one month, it will be 20 yuan.
Wanduo…….”
"You can calculate clearly, but I'm not greedy. I'm very satisfied with the profits I've made now, so thank you for your kindness." Yang Li smiled coldly at Wang Dali, turned the faucet of the car, and drove away from Wang Dali.
Dali passed by.
Yang Li is not a fool. He comes to collect scraps to make money.
But he makes money openly and cleanly, and he never makes money that is unconscionable.
But Wang Dali and others are different. As long as they can make money, they don't care whether they are unconscionable or not.
First of all, Wang Dali and others unified the purchase price. For example, ordinary scrap copper was handed over to the scrap collection station. Depending on the quality, it could be sold for about 20 yuan per catty.
But Wang Dali and his colleagues only set a unified purchase price of five to seven yuan, because the purchase station is dozens of miles away, and ordinary people don’t have much goods. If they sell it at the purchase station, the various expenses will add up, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
, and could only reluctantly sell it to Wang Dali and others at a low price.
In fact, this is nothing to Yang Li. Although Wang Dali and others agreed to purchase at a low price, they did not force it. If you want to sell, you can sell it. If you don't want to, forget it.
What really made Yang Li angry was that Wang Dali and others actually forced the old people who made a living by picking up rags to sell them the scraps they picked up at low prices.
Every city has vulnerable groups, and those who make a living by picking up rags are undoubtedly the weakest group in every city. Most of them are helpless old people or disabled people.
They dig through the trash every day, ignoring the overwhelming stench, picking up some scraps and selling them, just to have a bite to eat, but even so, they may not be full.
But in this case, they still have to be squeezed by Wang Dali and the others. You can imagine the hardship of their lives. Yang Li really can't bear it. He had received goods from those old people at full price before, so this can be considered a help.
them.
You know, in a big city like Zhonghai, the scrap collection station is usually outside the city. Even if it is already a suburb, it is still far away from the place where the scrap is collected.
Most of those who make a living by picking up scraps are in their 70s or 80s, and some are still disabled and have limited mobility. It is impossible to sell the scraps they pick up to collection stations. They can only resell them to scrap collectors.
Unfortunately, they were soon threatened by Wang Dali. Those old people no longer dared to sell waste products to Yang Li, so they could only reluctantly sell them to Wang Dali and others at low prices. Because of the reduction in income, many people could only eat one meal a day.
Two meals.
After Yang Li learned about this, he was very angry. He wanted to give Wang Dali a lesson, but he gave up in the end.
Because he heard that a person who resisted Wang Dali's control once beat him up, but was arrested by the police station the next day. He was later charged with intentional injury and sentenced to three years in prison and paid compensation.
Got a lot of money.
Yang Li has been very cautious in doing things since he was expelled. He didn't want to be arrested and jailed for several years just for beating Wang Dali to vent his anger, but he didn't let Wang Dali go.
The reason why Wang Dali can control all the people who collect scraps, apart from his ruthlessness, is that the unified price is also beneficial to other people who collect scraps, and their unified purchase price is generally only one-third of the waste collection station.
This means that as soon as they change hands, they can make twice as much money.
Before, Yang Li also purchased at the price they set, because Yang Li had just returned to Zhonghai at that time and did not really want to conflict with Wang Dali and the others. But after knowing that Wang Dali forced those old people to sell scrap products to them at low prices, Yang Li
Li was furious and directly increased the purchase price by 20%.
In this way, Yang Li can make a half profit by changing hands. Although he earns less than before, because of his high purchase price and his good nature, everyone is willing to sell to him. Not only does he earn less every day.
Instead of decreasing, it is increasing every day.
On the contrary, Wang Dali and his colleagues received less and less waste every day.
This move can be said to be a blow to the bottom of the pot.
Wang Dali suddenly panicked and ran to Yang Li to negotiate. Unfortunately, Yang Li was extremely angry this time and could not agree to them easily.
What Wang Dali just said may seem tempting, but Yang Li knows better why the scraps he receives are increasing every day. In addition to his good interpersonal relationships here, the most important thing is that he is higher than Wang Dali and the others.
That's 20% of the purchase price.
Once he lowers the price, his advantage will be lost. Others will no longer keep unwanted waste waiting for him to collect it. Although the cost is reduced, the waste that can be received will also be reduced. Not only will his income not increase,
On the contrary, it will decrease.
Once the reputation is ruined, it will be impossible to restore it again.
Yang Li would not be fooled by Wang Dali.
"Yang Li, don't go too far as a human being. This waste collection business is not something you can handle alone. Be careful that your stomach will explode." Wang Dali was furious, squinting his eyes and staring at Yang Li coldly like a poisonous snake.
Growling low, full of threats.
Yang Li suddenly turned his head, laughed disapprovingly, and said: "What you said is exactly what I want to tell you. Be careful if you eat something you shouldn't eat and your stomach will explode, haha..."
Yang Li shouted and drove away on a tricycle without being affected at all. Wang Dali looked at his retreating back, clenching his fists with anger, and his gloomy face was distorted, looking like he was about to eat someone.
generally.
"I hope you can continue to be arrogant..."
After a long while, Wang Dali uttered a word of resentment, turned around and left.