After a few beeps, the call Chen Hai dialed was finally connected.
About ten minutes had passed since the pager rang.
Is the person calling him still on the other end of the phone? He is not completely sure.
"Hey, is this Brother Li? I'm Chen Hai..." Chen Hai asked tentatively into the microphone.
"Brother, I've been quite busy during this period, so I didn't contact you until today. Don't be surprised!"
On the other end of the phone, Li Dajiang's hearty laughter immediately reached Chen Hai's ears.
"I understand. How are things going at the factory?"
After heaving a sigh of relief, Chen Hai asked with a smile.
Although he was very anxious about the snuff bottle, it was inconvenient. As soon as the phone call came through, he directly mentioned the matter to Li Dajiang straight to the point.
The more anxious you are to sell something, the less likely it is to sell at a high price. Naturally, he understands this truth.
"Brother, if I call you, even if you don't ask me, I will definitely tell you about the factory."
"Let me tell you some good news. Just a few days ago, the first batch of shoes manufactured by our Huangxin Shoes Industry has successfully rolled off the production line!"
"In terms of quality, Adidas is very satisfied with the shoes we produce..."
Li Dajiang was in a good mood. He called Chen Hai, perhaps because he wanted Chen Hai to share his happiness.
After all, Chen Hai also has shares in Huangxin Shoes. In theory, he is also one of the owners of that factory.
Li Dajiang talked endlessly about things in the factory, and he talked for a long time.
Chen Hai listened patiently, but the owner of the small shop where the public phone was located kept staring at Chen Hai.
Judging from his posture, it seemed that Chen Hai was worried that after the phone call was over, Chen Hai would not be able to get the money, so he would just run away.
A public phone costs one dollar a minute. Most people make phone calls, and they basically rush to say a few words, trying to shorten what they want to say to less than one minute.
But now, Chen Hai has been on the phone for nearly twenty minutes.
If he is neatly dressed, carrying a briefcase, and looks like a rich man, then forget it.
But in the eyes of the store owner, Chen Hai had a pair of rubber shoes stained with a lot of dirt, a vest that had turned white after washing, and his age.
No matter what the store owner thinks, he doesn't think that Chen Hai is the kind of person who can easily take out dozens of dollars from his pocket.
His public phone was placed in this shop. In the past, the people he met who made overlord phone calls were mostly young people like Chen Hai.
If he didn't keep an eye on it, if Chen Hai in front of him ran away after making a phone call, wouldn't he lose all his money?
"Brother, didn't you tell me last time that a friend of yours was interested in snuff bottles..."
Being stared at by the store owner was a bit awkward, so Chen Hai had to take the initiative to speak, interrupting Li Dajiang and asking this question.
"Brother, don't worry, I will always remember this about you."
"However, my friend is over in Taiwan, and recently, I have been here in eastern Guangdong, busy with factory matters."
"After a while, when things in the factory are a little quieter, I will go back to Taiwan and find my friend to help you ask..."
After a haha, Li Dajiang explained.
Chen Hai was a little disappointed with this result.
Of course, he was disappointed, but he had no reason to blame Li Dajiang.
After all, people helped him out of good intentions.
It is not Li Dajiang's obligation at all to find buyers for the bottles and cans in his hands.
After what he wanted to know had a definite result, Chen Hai did not continue chatting with Li Dajiang.
After hanging up the phone, the twenty-odd yuan phone bill displayed on the meter made him feel a twinge of pain.
"I have to find a way to make money as soon as possible, otherwise, the little money I have left in the county will not be able to last for a few days!"
After paying the phone bill, Chen Hai walked out of the shop. He touched the few bills left in his pocket and said to himself.
If he wants to find a way to make money in the county town, he must find his cousin Sun Jinzhong.
After all, that guy is a local coward who wanders around the county town all day long and has a lot of bad friends.
His news channels are definitely not comparable to those of Chen Hai.
We walked around a few places that Sun Jinzhong often visited.
Finally, Chen Hai found a buddy who had a good relationship with Sun Jinzhong, and from his mouth, he learned the whereabouts of his cousin.
Zhengdong Street, inside a teahouse near Yuanjiang.
"Daba, start running, you are fooling, touch twenty-one, one yuan per person, give money, give money..."
As soon as he entered the teahouse, Chen Hai heard his cousin Hu Pai's laughter from a distance away.
They were playing a card game called Beard Run.
Except for Sun Jinzhong, his poker friends are all retired men and women in their fifties.
In teahouses, they play this kind of cards to kill time, and the stakes are definitely not big.
After watching Sun Jinzhong's Hu cards, his two card buddies took out the money and saw that what they were playing should be what the locals commonly call "little ermao".
"Aunt Chen, Uncle Liu, I have something to do. I won't play today and will continue tomorrow!" Seeing Chen Hai, Sun Jinzhong stood up quickly and said hello to his two poker friends.
"Xiao Sun, if you just run away after winning money, you are not an honest person."
"That's right, we offered three to one, but we all lost, and you are the only one who wins. If you dare not to play, don't think about us playing cards with you next time!"
"How could I not be honest? I only won more than three yuan. Yesterday I lost more than twenty yuan. Why didn't you tell me?"
Hehehe laughed a few times. Under the complaints of several poker players, Sun Jinzhong dropped a few words and went straight towards Chen Hai.
"Old cousin, you came just in time. If you don't come to the county seat, I will be ready to go to Wuyang Town to find you!"
Pulling Chen Hai, he found a seat in a corner of the teahouse and sat down. With a smile on his face, Sun Jinzhong approached Chen Hai and said.
"Is there a way to make money? Don't you know my pager number? Why don't you contact me directly?"
Giving Sun Jinzhong a roll of his eyes, Chen Hai responded.
"How can I remember more than a dozen digits? I have long forgotten your pager number!"
Scratching the back of his head, Sun Jinzhong grinned and added, "These elders and aunties in the teahouse are the most well-informed. If there is any trouble in the county, they will receive the news immediately."
"I hang out in a place like this every day, and it's definitely not without gain."
"You don't want to be interested in an ordinary small business, you can't make much money, and I didn't even bother to inquire about it carefully."
"But yesterday, I learned about a huge and lucrative business from an uncle!"
At this point, Sun Jinzhong stopped deliberately. He looked at Chen Hai with a smile, and deliberately let it slip.