I just want to make money

Chapter 2 Private goods business takes off
Linjiayuan Village, Lupu Town, Cangnan, Cangzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces,
A small village by the East Sea.

previously unknown,

Now it has become the largest smuggled goods market nearby.

Why can the people of Wuzhou get rich?On the one hand, he has business acumen, on the other hand, he is courageous and dares to do it.

They drove fishing boats to the high seas, traded with foreign smugglers with silver dollars, and shipped back a large number of goods from Hong Kong Island, Bend Island, and Japan.

It is about 800 kilometers from Jiangcheng to Wuzhou, and the high-speed rail only takes 3 hours, but in this era, the green leather train takes a day and a night.

Get off the train and continue on your way.

I took a bus to the county, took a passing truck to the town, inquired all the way and finally came to the outside of the village.

The market is not in the village, but on an agricultural machinery dirt road outside the village. Flatbed trucks and tractors are parked on both sides of the dirt road, and various goods are placed on the trucks, just like a big market in the countryside.

Walking past the booth, Lin Yi carefully looked at the smuggled goods, thinking about what to do.

There are a lot of cloth sellers, including Dacron, polyester serge, and polyester knitting. They are mainly from Taiwan. They are of good quality and come in many colors, and they are cheap and don’t need a fabric ticket.

The biggest problem is that it is too big to transport.

Most of the TVs are Japanese brands, and now the mainstream is black and white TVs, and there are also color TVs. Lin Yi asked, the price can only be described as expensive.

Tape recorder, dual card, single card, single speaker, double speaker, four speaker, and sell various tapes by the way.

There are also many stalls selling watches, electronic watches, quartz watches, Japanese mechanical watches, and even Swiss watches.

In addition, there are cigarettes, bicycles, nylon umbrellas, nylon mosquito nets, electric fans, cameras, and video recorders.

Lin Yi stopped and walked, asking the price from time to time, while learning about the market, he was thinking about what to buy to sell back home.

Excluding the round-trip fare, his capital is only five hundred.

He had to choose a product that was low in price, high in profit, and compact and easy to carry. In the end, Lin Yi decided to take the electronic watch home.

"Boss, how do you sell this electronic watch?"

"12 pieces."

"12 is too expensive, cheaper."

"Mine is of good quality, and there are cheaper ones. This one costs eight yuan and one piece." The boss picked up an electronic watch that looked like a cartoon toy watch and said.

"I want this kind of good."

"How much."

"Twenty dollars."

"That's 11 yuan."

"10 yuan, it's cheaper to buy so much at once."

After bargaining, I finally sold 10 electronic watches of good quality for 50 yuan a piece.

When he left, he only had more than 50 yuan left on him.

Now speculation is very strict, Lin Yi didn't dare to go back with a pocket watch, he thought of a way, now it's autumn, there is a coat outside the autumn clothes, he borrowed needles and thread from the proprietress at the hotel, and tore open the inside of the clothes , Sew the watch piece by piece on it.

Wearing it on his body, he looked in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.

"Catch him~!"

There was a commotion in the car.

A middle-aged man carried some goods in his bag, which he probably bought in a private goods market. He was found out by the marshals. The middle-aged man wanted to run, but he was held down by the marshals just after he ran a few steps away, and finally took him away with his arms pressed down.

This scene happened right in front of Lin Yi, he tried to keep calm on his face, but his heart was beating violently.

The marshals continued to check, and when they found Lin Yi, Lin Yi opened the torn canvas bag, which contained only a few clothes and a bag of snacks. The marshals waved him to pull it up, and checked the next person's luggage.

Get in the car and check,
check on the road,
Get off and check.

It was a few kilometers away from the train station. While the train was still moving, someone opened the window and threw bags of things down. Lin Yi looked outside curiously, and found that there were many people waiting for him by the side of the train track. He took the package and left.

Good guy,
During the Anti-Japanese War, the railway guerrillas used all of them.

After a day and a night, Lin Yi returned to Jiangcheng, and after passing the train security checkpoint, he felt completely relaxed and let out a deep breath.

Finally got home safely.

The next thing is to make money.

At the beginning of 1980, the state promulgated "Several Regulations on the Registration Management of Urban Individual Industrial and Commercial Households".

People are excited,

The tender seedlings pressed under the stone slab broke through the confinement and quietly emerged.

Some people start small businesses, mostly agricultural products and craftsmen, while industrial products are still not released, and a strict planned economy is implemented.

Lin Yi rode his bicycle home, and he saw a woman selling eggs, a man selling vegetables, a middle-aged man selling fish, as well as men who shaved their heads, repaired shoes, and repaired bicycles.

The bicycle passed through the narrow alley flexibly, crossed a stone bridge, turned a corner and came to the gate of a small courtyard. Next to it was a small river. The river was clear and flowing slowly. The city had many lakes and rivers, so it was named Jiangcheng.

There were two young men squatting in front of Lin Yi's house.

One is wearing a blue factory uniform and the other is wearing a green military uniform. The main colors of clothing in this era are blue, green, black, white and gray. Occasionally, there will be one or two women in red on the street, which will attract people's attention.

Seeing Lin Yi coming back, the two quickly stood up.

"Brother Yi."

"Brother Yi, you are back."

These two are Lin Yi's best friends in this world. The one in military uniform is called Li Xiangqian, and the one in blue factory uniform is called Jiang Wu.

Lin Yi got out of the car,
Li Xiangqian caught the handlebar naturally.

Jiang Wu took off the things hanging on the car, and said happily: "Hey, this fish is big enough, and there are two bottles of Little Yellow Crane Tower."

Lin Yi took out the key to open the door, and went straight into the courtyard. Li Xiangqian followed behind with his car, and Jiang Wu consciously went to the kitchen to pack fish for cooking.

The meal is ready in an hour.

One pot fish stew.

A bag of spiced peanuts,

Two bottles of Little Yellow Crane Tower.

The meal cost about four or five yuan.

It is already considered a luxury in this era. After all, a regular worker now only earns more than 30 yuan a month, and a cadre is only [-] or [-] yuan.

It was getting dark, the lights in the courtyard were turned on, the four-corner dining table was placed under the persimmon tree, and the three brothers began to eat and drink.

"Brother Yi, Xiao Wu called me to say that you have something to do with us, someone messed with you? I brought the guy."

Li Xiangqian said and lifted the corner of the green military uniform, revealing the handle of the Mitsubishi thorn.

Li Xiangqian came down from the Southwest battlefield at the beginning of the year. He has experienced real battles and killed people and seen blood. However, he is a rural soldier. After retiring from the army, he can only return to rural areas in the suburbs of Jiangcheng to work in agriculture.

"I brought it too." Jiang Wu also took out a knife.

Lin Yi sighed,
People in this era are really bloody.

Years of disasters and struggles have cultivated a more sturdy character.

But I was also touched in my heart, having such two brothers who are willing to work hard for themselves is worth cherishing for a lifetime.

"Put the guy away, no one will mess with me, and I won't stab anyone. I called you here to ask you, do you want to make money?"

Both Jiang Wu and Li Xiangqian were taken aback.

"It's natural to think about making money. They're all so poor now that they can't afford to smoke." Jiang Wu sighed.

"You can't afford to smoke? I can't even eat enough buns." Li Xiangqian said.

Jiang Wu, like Lin Yi, is an educated youth returning to his hometown. Now he is the only one left in Lin Yi’s family, and the whole family is not hungry. Jiang Wu’s family has six members. After returning to the city, his father asked someone to find a relationship, and finally let him enter I worked as a temporary worker in a zipper factory, working from dawn to dusk for a month, and my salary was only 19 yuan.

Speaking of which, he's pretty good.

It was even more difficult for Li Xiangqian. After retiring from the army, he returned to the village to earn work points by farming.

Pointing to that work point,

I really can't even eat enough.

As the eldest of the family, Li Xiangqian is more eager to make money and improve the family's life. He is also 23 years old, and when he reaches the age of finding a partner, he thinks his family is poor and burdened.

"Brother Yi, is there any way to make money?" Li Xiangqian asked.

"A few days ago, the newspaper said that the state encourages and supports the proper development of the individual economy, and that different economic forms compete on the same stage. Many people outside have started to be self-employed." Lin Yi said.

"Brother Yi, do you want to be self-employed?"

Lin Yi shook his head, "Most of the things that can be done by self-employed people have the foundation before. It is difficult for us to intervene without the capital and skills."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice, "I plan to resell the smuggled goods, and the money will come quickly."

Xiao Wu and Li Xiangqian widened their eyes at the same time.

"Brother Yi, do you want to speculate?"

Lin Yi took a sip of wine,

He put down his wine glass and looked in his pocket, took out two things and put them on the table.

"This is an electronic watch?!"

Jiang Wu recognized the electronic watch at a glance, screamed a little excitedly, reached out and took one and fiddled with it in his hand.

Digital watches are a rarity in this day and age.

Li Xiangqian also picked up a piece to look at.

"Brother Yi, where did you get the electronic watch? It's a good thing." Jiang Wu said.

"Didn't I go out a few days ago? I went to Yuzhou and bought a batch of electronic watches. I plan to come back and try to sell them."

"How much do you think this watch can sell for?" Lin Yi looked at the two and asked.

Li Xiangqian shook his head, "I don't understand these Yi brothers."

Jiang Wu thought for a while, "Shanghai's performance is 120 yuan, plum blossom is about the same, and industrial coupons are needed, so this must be sold at [-] or [-] yuan."

"No industrial coupons, do you think 50 is easy to sell?"

Jiang Wu was slightly startled, and immediately excitedly said: "No ticket for 50? It's definitely easy to sell. If I want money, I must buy one!"

This year, there are four big ones.

Those with better family conditions should prepare bicycles, radios, sewing machines and watches when they get married, commonly known as "three turns and one ring".

In the mid-to-late 80s, with the advancement of reform and opening up, people's living conditions improved, and electrical products gradually emerged. The four major items became refrigerators, color TVs, washing machines, and quartz watches.

Now that the planned economy is implemented, industrial vouchers are needed to buy industrial products, and cadres can still save a little. Ordinary workers and farmers have no chance to get industrial vouchers. Watches are definitely a rarity in this era.

No need for industrial coupons, and the price is half the price of watches sold in shopping malls, which will definitely impress many people.

"Brother Yi, did you ask us to come?"

"Selling goods, you take electronic watches and sell them for 10 yuan per piece, are you interested?" Lin Yi asked.

Jiang Wu swallowed the fish in his mouth forcefully.

He worked hard in the zipper factory for only 19 yuan a month, and he could earn a month's wages by selling two watches.

"I want Brother Yi?" Jiang Wu readily agreed.

"I would also like Brother Yi." Li Xiangqian replied more resolutely.

Poverty sometimes endows people with infinite power. Anyway, they are so poor, I don't care about fighting.

Wealth is in danger!
Lin Yi raised his glass with a smile, "Alright, let's make a toast to the success of our career!"

(End of this chapter)