Life 1984

Chapter 50 No talk!
When Li Yunhai rushed to Shi Wentao's company, Ding Qiang, Sun Lei and others had already arrived.

Shi Wentao is directing workers to load trucks.

2 yuan, seven full trucks of goods.After loading, everything was covered with a large military green tarpaulin.

Li Yunhai bought a few bottles of soda and handed one to each of Ding Qiang and others.

There is strength in numbers. After loading the cars, the convoy set off for Xizhou.

There were many cars and there were empty seats. Ding Qiang asked his partner to sit in the back car and asked Li Yunhai to sit in his car.

Ding Qiang's car took the lead and led the convoy to set off in a mighty manner.

As a result, I was stopped by the traffic police before I left Huacheng.

The traffic police were conducting routine vehicle inspections and saw this motorcade and stopped them for inspection as usual.

Ding Qiang and the others were driving for the company and had all the necessary documents.

After the traffic police checked, he pointed at the goods on the car and asked, "What are you transporting?"

Ding Qiang replied: "The copy machines are all used copy machines."

The traffic policeman said curiously: "Open the tarpaulin and take a look!"

Li Yunhai was a little nervous.

How did Shi Wentao get this batch of used copy machines?Li Yunhai didn't know.

But he guessed that most of this foreign garbage comes through informal channels.

Lingnan Province was the area where smuggling activities were most prevalent in the early stages of reform.In 1980 alone, 2.5 smuggling cases were detected in coastal areas, and the value of smuggled goods reached 4100 million yuan.

If the traffic police insist that the goods are smuggled, they have the power to seize them.

Even if Li Yunhai can finally produce supporting documents to prove that this batch of goods came in through formal channels, it will still take a few days or even half a month to follow the procedures, and it will also involve Ding Qiang and others.

Ding Qiang got out of the car and, together with Sun Lei in the car behind, opened the tarp for the traffic police to inspect.

Two traffic policemen climbed into the car, checked the copy machines, and whispered to each other about what they were discussing.

In the hot weather, Li Yunhai felt a cold sweat on his hands!
At this time, a very excited voice came: "Oh, isn't this my benefactor? My benefactor, hello!"

Li Yunhai turned around and saw an old man about 60 years old, accompanied by a middle-aged woman, walking from the side of the road.

The old man strode over, held Li Yunhai's hand, shook it vigorously, and said gratefully: "Thank you! Thank you for saving my life!"

Li Yunhai was confused and said: "Old man, have you recognized the wrong person? I don't know you!"

The old man looked at Li Yunhai steadily: "I will never admit the wrong person! It was you who saved me!"

The woman next to me smiled and said, "Dad, is he the little hero you mentioned?"

The old man nodded vigorously: "That's him! I came from my hometown to visit you that day and was robbed with a knife at the train station. It was he who saved my life! The young man was very brave and beat the knife-wielding gangster away with his bare hands! "

The woman stretched out her hand, shook Li Yunhai's hand, and said, "Thank you for saving my dad. Little comrade, what's your name? Which unit do you belong to? We must thank you very much."

Li Yunhai was in a state of distress, where would he have time to reminisce with them?He said: "Sister, I was just doing a little work that day. I drew my sword to help when there was an injustice on the road. You don't need to take it to heart."

The woman looked at the scene and asked, "Is this truck yours? Are you in trouble?"

Li Yunhai smiled bitterly: "Yes, I am a businessman. I bought a batch of used copy machines in Huacheng and planned to sell them back to Xizhou. However, I encountered a traffic policeman checking the car."

The woman nodded and said: "Little comrade, you don't have to be afraid, I will help you unblock it."

Li Yunhai was very surprised, wondering where she came from?
The woman walked up to the traffic policeman who was standing not far away and started chatting with him.

Li Yunhai could hear clearly from the side.

It turned out that this woman's husband was actually very well-connected. As soon as she reported her name, the two traffic policemen immediately stood in awe.

The woman pointed at Li Yunhai and said that this is my cousin. It is not easy to run a small business. Please be patient.

The leading traffic policeman shouted and called down the two traffic policemen who were inspecting the car. Several of them waved their hands to indicate to Li Yunhai that they could pass.

Li Yunhai took a long breath and thanked the woman.

The woman left a phone number for Li Yunhai and said, "If you have something to do now, I won't delay you. Next time you come to Huacheng, you must come to us and we will treat you to a meal."

The old man beside him kept saying that he wanted to treat Li Yunhai to dinner to thank him for saving his life.

Li Yunhai said yes, see you next time.

Ding Qiang and the others covered the tarpaulin and got into the car.

"Li Yunhai, you can do it! We still have such strong connections in Huacheng!" Ding Qiang said with a smile while driving.

"Ashamed!" Li Yunhai said with a smile, "This is really a coincidence! The last time I came to Huacheng, I saved that old man. This time we met by chance, and he saved my life!"

Ding Qiang gave a thumbs up: "This means good people are rewarded!"

The road was unimpeded.

There are seven large trucks in the convoy. Ordinary car gangsters and road bullies would not dare to block such a convoy. They would only bully the passing trucks or rob long-distance buses.

Arrive in Xizhou in the evening.

This batch of goods was taken directly to the warehouse rented by Li Yunhai.It's late at night, the night breeze is as cool as water, and I'm not afraid of the heat when unloading.

A truck has a driver and a partner.

A dozen strong men unloaded the goods together at a very fast speed.

Li Yunhai asked Ding Qiang to leave twenty Ricoh copiers, drag them to the store, and unload them in the store.

It was so busy that it was almost dawn.

Li Yunhai gave each vehicle a hard-earned fee of 100 yuan in addition to the shipping fee.

This time Ding Qiang and the others did not refuse and accepted the money.

Seeing that Li Yunhai didn't have a car, Ding Qiang asked, "It's too inconvenient for you not to have a car, right? It's okay if you have a lot of goods. Just ask us for help. What if you usually give one or two machines to customers?" ?”

Li Yunhai was also worried about this matter and said: "I am self-employed, where can I get a car? There is no way!"

Quotas and qualifications are required to purchase a car.In the early 80s in our country, you had to have the quota and qualifications to buy a car, otherwise you couldn't buy it, even if you had money!

Even buying a bicycle requires a ticket, let alone a car?

Li Yunhai didn't even dare to think about it.

Ding Qiang finished smoking a cigarette and said, "Why don't you get a second-hand tricycle first? I'll take care of this. I'll get one for you."

Li Yunhai had a pack of Sanwu cigarettes in his store. He took it out, stuffed it into Ding Qiang's hand, and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave this to Brother Ding."

Ding Qiang took the cigarette and didn't swallow it all. He gave a pack to each car and then dispersed.

Li Yunhai fetched a bucket of water and took a shower under the tree in the courtyard.

He had taken a nap on the way back in the car, but now he was completely sleepless, so he just took out the maintenance tools and started working on it.

It will soon be bright.

In the morning, Li Yun closed the store, went out to buy a bunch of accessories, and came back to continue modifying the copier.

With rich experience in modification, Li Yunhai was very familiar with it. He first plugged in the homemade transformer and energized each machine, then took off the machine cover, roughly determined the location of the machine failure, found a few copiers that could be modified, and then started to modify them one by one. Make a transformation.

In order to meet the deadline, and because there are a lot of copiers now, all kinds of spare parts are in surplus, so if the fault can be solved by replacing the spare parts, he will replace the spare parts. If it cannot be repaired anymore.

As a result, Li Yunhai transformed the copier much faster.

During his lunch break, Li Yunhai rested his head on his hands and slept on the wooden bed, thinking about his future development.

He is now only one person, and he is completely overwhelmed. He has to look after the store, run a stall, do installation and maintenance, and have to go to Huacheng from time to time.

It would be better if there were one or two more people to help.

In addition, Li Yunhai has to find more buyers for the copiers.

He purchased more than 200 copiers at one time, and could modify at least fifty or sixty good copiers. How could he sell so many machines?this is a big problem!

Li Yunhai's first thought was to cooperate with Wuyiwen and Kewen Company.

The sales of these two office equipment companies account for more than 80% of the province's market.

If we can cooperate with these two companies, then Li Yunhai will not have to worry about selling his copiers!

After resting for more than an hour at noon, Li Yunhai got up and continued to modify and repair the copier.

He spent two or three days in a row to assemble and rebuild seven copiers. The appearance and quality of these copiers were very good.

Ding Qiang did not break his promise and got Li Yunhai a second-hand tricycle.

The tricycle was a bit old, but that didn't bother Li Yunhai. He bought spare parts from outside and gave the tricycle a complete overhaul. He modified the flywheel, put on new tires, polished it, and repainted it.

After Li Yunhai's careful transformation, an old human-powered tricycle has become a decent one, with [-]% to [-]% of its appearance!

This human-powered tricycle has given Li Yunhai’s business even more power!
Li Yunhai will ride on this tricycle to create a colorful future in the streets and alleys of Xizhou.

That morning, Li Yunhai came to the street and called the leaders of Zhu Quanhuan and Ding Qiang's units, saying that the copiers were in stock and he would deliver them to their doors.

The other party said yes.

Li Yunhai turned around and came to the sales department of Wuyiwen Company. As soon as he entered the door, he said he wanted to see their manager.

These days, Li Yunhai has been setting up a stall outside Wuyiwen. The salespersons in Wuyiwen all know him, and they all laughed when they heard that he was looking for a manager.

A female salesperson chuckled and said, "You're a repairman, why do you want to do business with our manager? What we sell are brand-new machines, so you don't need to repair them."

The others roared with laughter.

Li Yunhai didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "I'm going to talk to your manager about a consignment business."

A middle-aged man walked down the stairs and happened to hear these words. He asked in a deep voice: "Are you looking for me?"

This person is none other than Zhao Jinping, the sales manager of Wuyiwen Company.

Li Yunhai smiled slightly and stated his intention.

Zhao Jinping waved his hand and refused without thinking: "Are you kidding me? A company as big as ours helps you sell second-hand copiers? Then can we still sell our new copiers? Let's go! This business is gone. Need to talk!”

(End of this chapter)