The next day, Wang Gang got up early to exercise and saw Cai Xiaoguang as soon as he left the house.
Cai Xiaoguang seemed to have been standing outside the door for a long time. When he saw Wang Gang coming out, he subconsciously hid.
"Brother Xiaoguang, why are you here?" Wang Gang found Cai Xiaoguang and asked in confusion.
Cai Xiaoguang came out awkwardly and said hello to Wang Gang.
Wang Gang thought Cai Xiaoguang was here to see Zhou Rong, so he said, "My sister is not here, she will arrive the day after tomorrow."
Cai Xiaoguang became even more embarrassed, rubbed his hands and said, "I'm not here to see Zhou Rong, I'm here to see you."
Wang Gang was stunned for a moment and suddenly remembered something.
"Bingkun, I heard that you were admitted to Peking University, congratulations!" Cai Xiaoguang said politely.
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Brother Xiaoguang, how did you do in the exam?"
Cai Xiaoguang forced a smile and said, "It's not bad. I'm not as good as you. I was admitted to the Capital Broadcasting Institute."
"Congratulations!" Wang Gang smiled.
"Alas!" Cai Xiaoguang suddenly sighed and said, "I passed the exam, but I might not be able to pass it."
When Wang Gang heard this, he thought that it was indeed the case.
In the original work, Cao Xiaoguang was admitted to college, but the tractor factory where he worked would not let him go. Later, he turned to Zhou Bingyi, hoping that his father-in-law, Hao Gaoguan, would help.
Although Senior Official Hao did help Cai Xiaoguang in the end, it also caused Senior Official Hao to have a prejudice against Zhou Bingyi.
"Your factory director is so brave that he openly defies the decision-making from above. Doesn't he want to do it?" Wang Gang said after listening to Cai Xiaoguang's account.
"There are too many things going on in the unit that are both overt and treacherous. The factory director either explicitly refuses to let me go or blocks my file." Cai Xiaoguang sighed.
Cai Xiaoguang's father passed away six months ago, and Wang Gang went to attend the funeral. Cai Xiaoguang's life at the tractor factory became increasingly difficult.
"Bingkun, can you help me tell your elder brother that his father-in-law has resumed his job? A word can help me." Cai Xiaoguang begged.
Wang Gang was in a dilemma. He just scolded Zhou Bingyi away yesterday, how could he say this now?
But it’s not okay if he doesn’t help Cai Xiaoguang. Cai Xiaoguang has helped him a lot in the past few years. The house he lives in now was obtained through the relationship with Cai Xiaoguang’s father.
"Okay, you can leave this matter to me." Wang Gang agreed directly.
Cai Xiaoguang was very happy and took Wang Gang's hand and thanked him repeatedly.
After Wang Gang saw Cai Xiaoguang off, he stopped exercising and rode directly to Guang Zi Pian.
He didn't go back to Zhou's house, but to Tu Zhiqiang's house.
Tu Zhiqiang and Shui Ziliu were released last year and immediately found Wang Gang to express their gratitude.
The three have always kept in touch.
When he arrived at Tu Zhiqiang's house, Wang Gang parked his bicycle and knocked on the door.
The door is opened by water flowing by itself.
"Bingkun, you're here! Come into the house quickly." Shui Ziliu invited Wang Gang into the house like the owner of the house.
Tu Zhiqiang's house was left to him by his father. After Tu Zhiqiang was released from prison, if he hadn't had this house, he would have lived on the street.
"Is Brother Qiangzi here?" Wang Gang asked Shui Ziliu.
"He went to the toilet and will be back soon." The water flowed and he poured a glass of water for Wang Gang.
"How are you doing recently? Have you found a job?" Wang Gang asked.
Shui Ziliu said sadly: "Not yet. Qiangzi and I have criminal records, so it's difficult to find a job. If you hadn't loaned us money, we would have had problems eating."
Wang Gang said: "Are you still scalping votes on the black market?"
Shui Ziliu sighed: "Although vote scalping is much safer now, it is becoming more and more difficult to do. Qiangzi and I are doing some casual jobs while scalping votes."
Wang Gang pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to do business?"
Shui Ziliu asked in surprise: "Is it bad to speculate when doing business?"
Wang Gang smiled and said: "You should have noticed it! The control over speculation is getting looser and looser now, and sooner or later it will be loosened up.
In your situation, it is difficult to find a serious job, so you can only run your own business."
Shui Ziliu sighed: "I know this too, but doing business requires capital. How can Qiangzi and I have capital?"
"I can lend you the capital." Wang Gang said after taking a sip of water.
Shui Ziliu was overjoyed and said: "Bingkun, thank you. If it weren't for you, Qiangzi would have died long ago. I didn't expect you to still think of us now."
Wang Gang didn't mince words and said: "I can give you the capital and you don't have to pay it back, but I want to hold 50% of the shares."
"It should be, it should be." Shui Ziliu said: "Don't say 50%, 80% should be."
Wang Gang shook his head and said: "You have to bear the risk and you should own 50% of the shares. I only contribute money and will not participate in the operation."
Shui Ziliu knew in his heart that although Wang Gang said this, he was actually taking care of them.
"Bingkun, what kind of business do you think we should do?"
Wang Gang said: "I have thought about it, you can sell melon seeds."
Shui Ziliu has a lot of business acumen. Wang Gang feels that even if he can't replicate the myth of Fool's Melon Seeds, it shouldn't be difficult for him to make his first pot of gold.
It's the beginning of 1978, and even though the reopening hasn't happened, there are still many small vendors on the streets and there are few people in charge.
As urban employment becomes more and more difficult, many people have no choice but to find their own way out and become hawkers. Shui Ziliu has also considered doing so, but he and Tu Zhiqiang really have no capital.
Wang Gang lent Shui Ziliu 1,000 yuan, which was enough to serve as start-up capital.
Not only did he and Tu Zhiqiang take the money and run away, a thousand yuan was a lot of money to others, but to Wang Gang, it was a drop in the bucket and it didn't matter if he lost it all.
"You guys can help me a little more in the next two days." Wang Gang said the second purpose of his visit today.
"Bingkun, if you have anything to say, just say it." Shui Ziliu said immediately.
"You can help me find the director of the tractor factory. It's best if you can catch him. I'll pay you, no matter how much you want." Wang Gang said.
Before water flowed by itself, it was used to mix things up. Snakes have their own ways, and rats have their own ways. I know a lot of people from all walks of life.
"No problem, I'll find someone right away. You wait for my news." Shui Ziliu agreed.
Wang Gang left Tu Zhiqiang's house with satisfaction, went to the bank to withdraw a thousand yuan, and then gave it to Shui Ziliu.
After getting the money, Shui Ziliu became more active in doing things.
Wang Gang also taught some business tips to Shui Ziliu and Tu Zhiqiang. He had worked in the courtyard world once and had experience and lessons, which could help Shui Ziliu avoid many detours.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shui Ziliu didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that Wang Gang had never done business and was just talking on paper.
But soon he and Tu Zhiqiang took out paper and pen and took notes seriously like primary school students.
After leaving Tu Zhiqiang's house, it was already twelve o'clock in the afternoon. Wang Gang did not go home, but went to the Golden Land Magazine to talk to Shao Jingwen about the past.
Returning after an absence of two years, Wang Gang found that the Golden Land Magazine had basically remained unchanged, except that there were more people hanging around waiting to die.
Many magazine employees sit there bragging and chatting, not interested in working at all.
Shao Jingwen brought Wang Gang to his office.
"Why did you come to my place when you had time?" The relationship between Shao Jingwen and Wang Gang has long been indifferent.
"I'm going to the capital tomorrow for business and I'll be back before the Chinese New Year. I'll be there for the next four years, so I came over to say hello." Wang Gang said with a smile.
"Leaving so quickly, isn't there still two months before school starts?" Shao Jingwen asked doubtfully.
"I'm going to find a house in the capital first. This time I'm going to bring the whole family there. We can't live in a school with so many people," Wang Gang explained.
"I see. Since you have money, you might as well just buy a set."
Apart from Zheng Juan, Shao Jingwen is the only person who knows how much money Wang Gang has earned in the past two years.
In fact, Wang Gang was able to publish Condor Shooting smoothly, and Shao Jingwen helped a lot.
Don’t forget the well digger when drinking water. Wang Gang has given Shao Jingwen a lot of good things in the past two years, including top-quality tobacco, wine, and tea.
"Is your boy's Bright Sword soon to be published?" Shao Jingwen asked.
"We made an agreement with the publishing house not long ago. Liangjian will be published in a few days. It will be distributed in Jiangliao first to test the response. If it is good, it will be promoted nationwide." Wang Gang nodded.
Wang Gang had been discussing cooperation with Jiangliao Publishing House a year ago, but had always been stuck on copyright issues.
Jiangliao Publishing House wanted to buy out Liangjian, but Wang Gang never agreed. He only agreed to share the sales and did not want to sell out.
Moreover, the price offered by Jiangliao Publishing House was too low, not enough to pay Wang Gang Shendiao for one month.
Later, Wang Gang really didn't want to delay it, so he published Liangjian at his own expense, printing 30,000 copies to try to distribute it.
"How is the magazine office lately? I see a lot of people are very idle." Wang Gang asked.
Shao Jingwen sighed and said, "Don't mention it. Since you left, the magazine's sales have been declining day by day, and the atmosphere in the club has become more and more wrong. There are too many people who are eating a vegetarian diet."
Wang Gang was silent. In fact, this was not only the magazine's problem, but also happened to many units in Jichun, and he couldn't change it.
After chatting with Shao Jingwen for a while, Wang Gang left a good cigarette and then said goodbye. After returning home, Wang Gang found that Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei had arrived.
Seeing Zhou Bingyi, Wang Gang didn't sneer or ignore him. He just ignored him, which made Zhou Bingyi so angry that neither brother paid attention to the other.
When eating at noon, Wang just said his first words to Zhou Bingyi:
"Our dad will arrive tomorrow. I have to go to the capital and can't catch the train. Will you go?"
"Of course I want to go." Zhou Bingyi said.
Wang Gang raised his lips when he heard this and asked, "Can you borrow your father-in-law's car to pick up dad?"
When Zhou Bingyi heard this, his face suddenly froze.
Hao Dongmei was also a little embarrassed.
Wang Gang sneered in his heart and said, "My dad is not as lucky as you. He has never made a car in his life."
Zhou Bingyi noticed the sarcasm in Wang Gang's tone, but it was hard to get angry in front of Li Suhua.
Hao Dongmei stood up and smoothed things over: "Bingkun, my father is busy with work these days and needs a car, so he may not be able to send one."
