"Old Wu, you are the oldest and have the most seniority. You come first!" Old Wu is about forty years old. His full name is unknown to Wang Zhong. He came from a ticket-trading background and has some background. He has been able to live safely in Yanjing City until now.

If you don't study in a bitter kiln, you have certain abilities, and your net worth is quite rich.

Old Wu helped find the courtyard house that Wang Zhong bought, so Wang Zhong was happy to take care of him first.

"Do you have any objections?" Wang Zhong looked at everyone.

Everyone hurriedly waved their hands and said: "No objection, no objection!"

"Then I appreciate your kindness!" Old Wu's face was full of smiles. He didn't expect that he was just trying to earn some agency fees, but he didn't expect that he would get such an unexpected gain.

"I, Lao Wu, don't have much money, and that's all I can take out at the moment, Brother Feng! Give me forty for men, and thirty for ladies first!" Lao Wu took out five large stacks of bundles.

, placed it on the table, still smiling, but those small eyes were full of shrewdness.

Wang Zhong picked out two different watches from two cartons and piled them on the table.

The watches are all wrapped in a small long cardboard box. The carton is simple white, with only the watch's logo printed on the front.

Lao Wu watched Wang Zhong take out the money one by one and the amounts matched, so he pushed the money to Wang Zhong and asked Wang Zhong to check whether the money was genuine or not.

Then he opened the small boxes one by one and took out the electronic watches wrapped in transparent plastic bags. The color and appearance were indeed very new, but Old Wu still cautiously tried them one by one to make sure that the functions were normal, and then he smiled.

"The goods are all right, the goods are all right!" Old Wu even changed his title, from you to you.

"Then let's sign a contract!" Wang Zhong took out the contract that had been prepared and filled in the number and amount in duplicate.

"Replacement guaranteed within seven days and warranty within three months. Of course, external damage is not included. These are all written in the contract."

Old Wu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then looked at the contract carefully. Sure enough, he saw the corresponding clauses on it. The smile on his face became even wider immediately, and his heart dropped.

Several other people also had looks of surprise on their faces.

Wang Zhong and Lao Wu both signed their names and pressed their fingerprints.

Wang Zhong pushed one of the signed contracts in front of Old Wu, stood up, and stretched out his hand to Old Wu. Upon seeing this, Old Wu also smiled and extended his hand, shaking hands, Wang Zhong said: "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation! Happy cooperation!" Old Wu said with a smile on his face.

With Lao Wu as an example, the next step is simple.

After all six people signed the contract, Wang Zhong received 24,000 yuan and half of the electronic watch in his hand was left.

But Wang Zhong believed that half of this would be taken away by them soon.

This is Yanjing City, the capital of a country. No matter in any period, the living standards and consumption levels are much higher than other places.

As expected, within three days, someone came back to Wang Zhong to pick up the goods.

Wang Zhong did not continue to come forward, but handed the matter over to He Xiaoping, who would be responsible for it in the future.

In the remaining month of the summer vacation, Wang Zhonglong traveled to Shencheng four times in total. After going back and forth, the initial 30,000 yuan turned into 300,000 yuan, a tenfold increase.

The summer vacation is over, and many other brands of electronic watches are gradually emerging on the Yanjing market. He Xiaoping's shop opposite Beihai Park is still open, but it no longer only sells electronic watches.

He Xiaoping listened to Wang Zhong's suggestion and hired a store manager and two salesmen. He also bought the upper floor to use as a warehouse.

He Xiaoping only needs to check, count and replenish inventory regularly.

What He Xiaoping is really busy with now is setting up a restaurant.

As soon as Wang Zhong started school, He Xiaoping went almost all over Yanjing City to find a location. He Xiaoping looked at all the places that were a little livelier and more crowded. After comparing them, He Xiaoping couldn't make up his mind.

After choosing several places, I went to discuss with Wang Zhong. The two of them deliberated for a long time and finally settled on a place near Xidan where there were no big restaurants nearby. It was not far from Beihai Park and could be reached by bicycle every day.

After deciding on a place, He Xiaoping discussed with Wang Zhong to buy the building directly, so as not to cause any trouble after the decoration was completed.

Anyway, I don’t have enough money now, and if I put it in the bank, it will earn interest, so I just treat it as an investment.

She was decisive when she said it, but when it came time to pay, He Xiaoping couldn't help but feel distressed, but she still gritted her teeth and paid.

The building was bought, but it still needs to be renovated before it can be used to open a restaurant.

There are two floors upstairs and downstairs, a total of eight to nine hundred square meters of land. It would be a big job to build it.

"How about the restaurant be decorated like our home?"

Even the last time the couple went to Shenzhen, He Xiaoping felt that the decoration styles of the office buildings and large restaurants they saw were not as good as those decorated by Wang Zhong himself.

"A restaurant is different from a home. The style can be used, but you can't copy everything! You have to adapt to local conditions." Wang Zhong thought for a while and said: "In this way, it just so happens that my comrades are not looking for work or making money.

Really! I will personally design the decoration plan for our restaurant and let them do it!"

Although Wang Zhong's comrades have never done decoration, they are basically good at carpentry and masonry. They have done it a lot when they were in the army. With Wang Zhong's guidance from the side, there should be no problem.

"When they finish decorating our restaurant, they have accumulated experience and must have the skills. They will set up a decoration team. Now that the economy is getting better and better, there will definitely be more and more work to decorate new houses and renovate old houses.

By then they will be able to earn more money and increase their family’s income.”

"I listen to you!" He Xiaoping had no objection to Wang Zhong, especially things that were beneficial to others but not harmful to oneself. He Xiaoping even applauded with both hands.

Wang Zhong immediately notified his comrades, those who had phones made calls, those who didn't had phones wrote letters, and then spent a few days, and He Xiaoping and he personally measured every place upstairs and downstairs, inside and outside.

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I spent another week tinkering with the plans and drawings with my bare hands.

Comrade-in-arms also arrived in Yanjing one after another. Wang Zhong first took the people to his home to stay for two days, treated them well, and then took the few who had arrived to buy materials.

But after staying for two days, several comrades refused to stay at Wang Zhong's house and insisted on moving to a restaurant that had not yet been renovated. The comrades were used to being simple. If there was a bed, they could sleep on it with a quilt.

The floor shop didn't mind it either, and said that it not only solved the accommodation problem, but he could also take care of the restaurant and the materials he just bought for Wang Zhong, killing two birds with one stone.

Wang Zhong did not refuse because he knew his comrades too well.

Another week passed, almost everyone arrived, and the decoration officially began.

In the first week, Wang Zhong asked for leave to work with his comrades.

For the next month, Wang Zhong attended classes normally during the day, but whenever he was free, he would go to the restaurant.

However, when Wang Zhong had classes during the day, He Xiaoping could only keep an eye on him. Fortunately, the couple had communicated with each other countless times. Coupled with Wang Zhong's plan and design drawings, He Xiaoping basically had it in his mind.

A rough outline.

But this was the first time for the comrades to do decoration. Although they were rigorous enough, serious enough, and hard enough, many tasks were still not done satisfactorily, and the progress naturally slowed down.

After struggling for more than half a year, it was not until the summer of 1981 that the restaurant was fully renovated.

Wang Zhong asked He Xiaoping to ventilate the decorated restaurant for a month before opening it.

Coincidentally, He Xiaoping took advantage of this period to start looking for manpower.

But it's easy to choose a place to open a restaurant, and it's easy to find waiters and cashiers. Nowadays, there are people everywhere looking for jobs, but it's hard to find chefs with superb skills.

Especially in a capital city like Yanjing, competition in all walks of life is very high. There are also many state-owned hotels, and the truly top chefs are usually found there.

In the end, it was Xiao Suizi who knew He Xiaoping's predicament and tried asking Xiao's father and Xiao's mother. Unexpectedly, she actually got something.

Father Xiao actually knew a master chef with superb cooking skills. He used to work as a chef in the canteen of Father Xiao's old workplace. He also participated in the preparations for a state banquet. He was just laid off last year and was replaced by his son.

After He Xiaoping learned about the master's situation from Xiao Suizi, accompanied by Xiao Suizi, the couple went to the door in person carrying gifts. After many invitations and high prices, they finally invited the master to come out.

A master chef is a master chef, and his craftsmanship is unparalleled. With the help of Wang Zhong's marketing strategy, He Xiaoping's restaurant quickly established a foothold in Xidan and became famous.

And with the consent of the old master, the old master's sign was also put out. At present, private restaurants in Yanjing City have just emerged. He Xiaoping's "Hao Zai Lai" restaurant can be regarded as one of the first few to eat crabs, and the business suddenly boomed.

Fire.

Seeing the restaurant's revenue rising day by day, He Xiaoping was laughing so hard that she could hardly close her mouth from ear to ear.

Time passed quietly and unconsciously.

In the blink of an eye, the summer of 1983 came.

On this day, Xiao Suizi had just returned to the dormitory after class. When she saw her phone number written on the blackboard outside the dormitory aunt's door, she quickly ran to the dormitory aunt and returned the call.

As soon as the call was connected, Xiao Suizi said directly: "Hello, I am Xiao Suizi."

"tassel!"

A familiar voice came from the microphone: "I am Hao Shuwen!"

"Hao Shuwen?" Xiao Suizi's eyes immediately turned to her face, and a smile appeared on her face involuntarily, but then she asked doubtfully: "Isn't this your home phone number?"

"I'm not at home! I'm in Yangcheng now. I'll take the train to Yanjing tomorrow morning!" On the phone, Hao Shuwen's voice was filled with unconcealable joy.

"You want to come to Yanjing?" Xiao Suizi was so happy that she could hardly close her mouth from ear to ear: "You want to come to Yanjing? Are you really or not?"

"Really! The train is at eight o'clock tomorrow morning!"

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After hanging up the phone, Xiao Suizi hurried back to the dormitory to put away her things, then immediately ran out of the dormitory, got on her bicycle, and headed straight to the "Good Luck Comes" restaurant.

Halfway through the journey, Xiao Suizi was extremely happy, and her thoughts were all about telling He Xiaoping and Liu Feng the good news.

But when I asked at the counter, I was told that He Xiaoping left around three o'clock in the afternoon and never came back.

Xiao Suizi went to the shop opposite Beihai Park again, but couldn't find He Xiaoping. Then he hurried to He Xiaoping's house, but the door was closed and locked, and no one was home at all.

Pushing the bicycle and walking in the alley outside Wang Zhong's house, Xiao Suizi couldn't help but frowned and wondered: Could it be that he was looking for Wang Zhong?

Xia Suizi rode her bicycle again and went straight to Union Hospital.
To be continued...