Life 1984

Chapter 73 Expansion of Operations
I don’t know what Lin Zhi said to Lin Zhenbang. In less than 5 minutes, she came down with a young man wearing glasses.

The people in the finance office may not know Lin Zhi, but they definitely know this young man. When they saw him, they all stood up and shouted respectfully: "Hello, Secretary Liang."

Secretary Liang was polite. After arriving at the finance room, he said to the person in charge of the finance room in a calm tone: "Director Gao, please take the time to discuss this batch of computers and copiers with the supplier Li." Comrade Yunhai, please settle the matter!"

Although he said it very politely, he still had an irresistible majesty!

Director Gao, who had pushed back on Li Yunhai just now, immediately bent down and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, Secretary Liang, we will settle the matter right now."

Secretary Liang stopped talking nonsense and said to Lin Zhi: "Xiao Zhi, I'm going up."

Lin Zhi smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Liang."

Secretary Liang waved his hand, smiled slightly, and left quickly.

The people in the finance office looked at Li Yunhai and said with a hint of complaint: "Comrade Li, you have a relationship with Leader Lin, why didn't you tell me earlier? If you told me, we would naturally settle the settlement for you. Look at what happened!" I have to ask Secretary Liang to make a trip in person!"

Li Yunhai didn't say anything and looked at Lin Zhi and smiled.

The total amount of 64 yuan cannot be settled in cash. Li Yunhai had considered this before coming, took out two current passbooks and filled in two settlement forms respectively.

With such a large amount of money coming in and out, Li Yunhai was afraid of causing unnecessary attention and trouble, so he requested separate financial settlement.

Naturally, the finances were all-important, and I immediately agreed to settle the 40 yuan for the computer and the 24 yuan for the copy machine separately.

After the settlement was completed, Li Yunhai could only wait.

In the next few days, these three payments totaling 78 will be remitted to his bank account.

In the past few days, while Li Yunhai was renovating the copier, he also received several ordinary repair jobs and earned several hundred yuan. He used the money to pay Ding Qiang and others' moving fees, and also hired Ding Qiang and others. Sun Lei and Lin Zhi went outside and returned to the restaurant.

After being busy with delivery for a whole day, Li Yunhai also made an agreement with the purchasing unit that if they need machine installation services, Li Yunhai can come to their door at any time.

Now that the business has grown, Li Yunhai can't handle it alone.

Expanding operations is imperative.

After his application for a business license was rejected last time, Li Yunhai took some time to understand the current self-employed and private economic policies to prevent similar losses again.

In this era, there are many seemingly bizarre regulations that he, a time traveler, cannot understand, but they are real. People in this era even take them for granted!
For example, only the unemployed can apply for a self-employed business license.

For example, the number of employees employed by a self-employed business cannot exceed seven.

All in all, this is a matter of principle and the only criterion for judging whether there is capitalist exploitation.

This has a theoretical basis. Economics experts borrowed classics and concluded from Marx's "Das Kapital": Those who employ less than 7 people and make money for their own consumption are considered self-employed; those who employ more than 8 people produce surplus. Value, even exploitation, is capitalist.

If there are less than seven people, it is considered as asking for helpers or apprentices, and it is not considered as capital exploitation.

Li Yunhai understood this rule thoroughly and decided to invite up to seven people to help, trying not to touch the red line of the rule.He didn't want to be invited in for tea like that idiot selling melon seeds.

With his current business scale, hiring a few people should be enough.

To expand the scale of operations, hire people, and find a larger storefront.

Li Yunhai's existing repair shop is too small and can be used as a living room, but it is used as both a house and a shop, so it is really stretched.

The next day, Li Yunhai first took stock of existing assets.

Of the 125 computers brought back last time, one was given to Shen Xiulan, 120 were sold, and 4 were left.

After several renovations of the copiers, there are not many left. At most, five to ten units can be refurbished, and the others can only be disassembled and used as spare parts.

Li Yunhai must wait for the money to arrive before he can purchase goods again.

This transaction also allowed Li Yunhai to see the huge domestic market for computers.

A unit may only be equipped with one or a few copiers, but it must be equipped with many computers.

An audio-visual education center requires dozens or even hundreds of computers.After taking stock, Li Yunhai rode a tricycle to Wuyi Road to look for a suitable storefront.

He rode from Wuyi West Road to the train station, and then from the train station to Wuyi Square. He only saw two storefronts for rent, and both of them rented out the entire floor.

One of the facades is close to Jiuru Lane and only two bus stops away from Wuyi Square.

Li Yunhai stopped the car and came to visit the store.

The front door is made of wood, with a row of four wooden doors wide open.

Li Yunhai strolled in.

He roughly measured it. The facade of the building was ten meters deep, with a bay of 30 meters and a total area of ​​300 square meters. There was a row of columns in the middle, with several tables scattered around inside, and some on the ground that had not been cleaned. Waste paper trash.

"Hey! What do you do!" A middle-aged man stood at the door and asked loudly.

Li Yunhai turned around, took out a cigarette, handed one to him, and asked with a smile: "Uncle, please excuse me. I saw a sign for rent on the door. Is it this store?"

The middle-aged man took the cigarette, took out a match and lit the fire. He took a slow puff and nodded: "Yes! This belongs to our unit!"

"What is your organization?"

"Provincial Agricultural Machinery Bureau. Because of the reform and opening up and the revitalization of the economy, our leaders decided to move the original office space on the first floor to the upper floor and vacate the first floor to rent it out for profit. What's wrong? Do you want to rent it?"

"Yes, uncle. I am self-employed and want to rent it as a storefront."

The middle-aged man looked Li Yunhai up and down, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoman, it's not that I look down on you! This is the May [-]st Road! Such a big storefront is not affordable for ordinary people. You self-employed people, go to Night Market Street, Triangle It’s more like renting a stall in the garden!”

Li Yunhai pointed at the facade and said, "Uncle, can you make the decision? How can I rent here?"

The middle-aged man stretched out two fingers of his right hand and said, "Two yuan! One square meter, every month!"

Li Yunhai was happy when he heard it. He thought it was so expensive!

"Uncle, is there 300 square meters here? The monthly rent is 600 yuan, which is [-] yuan a year, right?"

The middle-aged man exclaimed: "You are very discerning! This is indeed 300 square meters."

Li Yunhai said cheerfully: "Okay, then I'll rent it!"

The middle-aged man took a step back and looked at Li Yunhai again: "Comrade, let me tell you, 600 yuan a month is no joke, it is equivalent to a year's salary! What business do you do?"

Li Yunhai said that he made office equipment.

The middle-aged man nodded and said that this business can be rented to you, and then said: "I didn't realize that at such a young age, you actually know how to make office equipment."

Li Yunhai can afford this rent, and the large area is also beneficial. Even if he expands his business in the future, it will be more than enough to open a large office equipment store.

Li Yunhai asked, how to pay the rent?
The middle-aged man said that he had to pay the rent every quarter and had to deposit one month's rent.

It's normal to bet one and pay three.

However, Li Yunhai does not have so much cash in his hands now. He has to wait for the funds to arrive before he can carry out his grand plans.

"Uncle, how about this? I'll pay a deposit of 200 yuan first. I have to deal with some things. I'll come back to go through the leasing procedures in a few days. Do you think that's okay?"

The middle-aged man asked with doubts: "Comrade, are you sure you can rent such a big store? This is not a street stall! This is no joke! If you lose rent, water and electricity for one year, a household worth ten thousand yuan will be gone!" "

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Uncle, I have rented this place!"

The middle-aged man said no more and took him upstairs to find the finance.

Li Yunhai paid a deposit of 200 yuan, and the finance department issued a receipt and stated on the receipt that Li Yunhai would come over to sign the lease contract within one week. If he did not come over the deadline, the deposit would not be refunded and the oral lease agreement would be invalid. .

(End of this chapter)