Chapter 487 If you want to be rich, build roads first

The next day, Friday.

It was past eight o'clock when Wang Yafang trotted all the way to the Su family. When she saw Su Mingzhe, she apologized breathlessly:

"I'm sorry, Brother Su. I stayed up too late chatting with my family last night. My mom didn't wake me up this morning, so I slept until almost eight o'clock."

"It's okay. I understand. Please help me look after the house for a while. I'll go get a cart."

Su Mingzhe really understands Wang Yafang's situation.

After all, this was the first time Wang Yafang had left home and gone far away, and she would only come back once every six months, so her parents and family would definitely talk to her for a long time.

Su Mingzhe asked Wang Yafang to sit for a while while he went out to find a cart.

Wang Yafang looked at the Su family's house. From the outside, the Su family's house was not very attractive. It was no different from the surrounding neighbors. They were all dilapidated old houses built decades ago.

However, when you push open the door and go in, the household items inside are quite luxurious.

For example, the calendar posters hanging on the wall.

When the walls of ordinary people's houses start to fall off with dirt and debris, they usually cover them with newspapers.

However, the walls of the Su family were hung with calendar posters.

(Calendar posters are all printed in color, and cost about 1 cent each. Ordinary people would not be willing to buy any posters unless they were decorating their new home for a wedding.)
Another example is the layer of oil floating in the泔水桶.

Ordinary families only had a few grain and oil coupons every month. Stewing some cabbage in the middle of winter and adding a little oil to the bottom of the pot was considered a very good meal.

However, there was a layer of oil spots floating on the Su family's泔水桶 (ordinary families would not be so wasteful).

Just as Wang Yafang was taking a close look at the Su family, Su Mingzhe had already returned with a cart.

Su Mingzhe and the cart driver moved the furs onto the cart, and then he and Wang Yafang slowly followed the cart towards the unified sales and purchase store.

When he arrived at the store entrance, Su Mingzhe saw the tall man again.

The tall man was smoking with a friend next to him. When he saw Su Mingzhe looking at him, he raised the cigarette in his hand and shook it as a greeting.

"Binzi, do you know him?"

The man saw the tall man greet Su Mingzhe, but Su Mingzhe entered the store with the goods, and he couldn't help but become curious:

"Why didn't you accept his goods?"

"I asked Lao Ba about this before, and he said that his goods are all good quality, and the prices here are about the same as in the shops."

After Binzi said this, he laughed with his friends:

"Qiangzi, come to think of it, you should know this person. He is also from Guangzi Films. His name is Su Mingzhe."

"Su Mingzhe?"

The man named Qiangzi thought for a while and recalled some information:
"There is such a person in Guangzipian, but I heard that he has good grades and is a high school graduate. He has already gone out to work in the countryside. When did he come back?"

"Then should we find someone to find out more about his background?"

Binzi was actually quite envious of Su Mingzhe's furs. If he took them away and took them to other places for a little processing, it would be a huge profit.

"never mind."

Qiangzi shook his head: "Brother Shui said that we can't fight against the government openly."

When Binzi heard Qiangzi mention "Brother Shui", he didn't say much.

In the past few years, it is thanks to Brother Shui's arrangements that everyone has been able to prosper.

Binzi was not the kind of person who didn't know what was happening, so when he heard Brother Shui's order, he immediately stopped having those messy thoughts.

On the other side, Su Mingzhe took Wang Yafang to bring all the fur goods into the store.

There were quite a few furs this month, more than two hundred in total.

Taking into account seasonal reasons, the total sales were over 2,000 yuan.

Wang Yafang stared at Su Mingzhe counting a thick stack of banknotes with her eyes wide open.

She had only heard from other people that Su Mingzhe could earn thousands of yuan every month by selling furs, but when she actually saw Su Mingzhe making so much money, she was still very shocked.

When she came to her senses and looked at Su Mingzhe's eyes again, there was an inexplicable light flashing in them.

"Fangfang, let's go shopping."

Su Mingzhe naturally noticed Wang Yafang's look, but he didn't care about it.

He is confident that his ability to make money is unparalleled, and he is also confident that he can help his subordinates become prosperous too.

However, if any of his subordinates have inappropriate thoughts, Su Mingzhe will also teach them how to behave.

Soon, Su Mingzhe brought Wang Yafang to the machinery factory.

They had a previous relationship of purchasing two machines, so this time, after Su Mingzhe arrived at the machinery factory, he still looked for Director Bai.

Director Bai was also very enthusiastic when he saw Su Mingzhe.

Don’t think that Su Mingzhe’s last order was small, only over a thousand yuan.

But you have to know that in this era most factories and enterprises produce things under unified sales and purchase, and everything must be sold and purchased within the plan.

Director Bai, a department head in charge of sales, has considerable power, but he also has to bear a lot of responsibilities accordingly.

The department that is really rich and popular but has no responsibilities is usually the logistics department.

Director Bai has been working in sales at the machinery factory for many years and is very familiar with all the ins and outs.

When working with other large companies, he could only have a few hospitality meals to fill his stomach.

If you want to make money, you should have more individual customers and small clients like Su Mingzhe.

After all, only these small customers and individual visitors can give him the opportunity to take advantage of them.

Director Bai brought Su Mingzhe and Wang Yafang into the reception room and said with a smile:

"Comrade Su, what kind of machine do you want to buy this time?"

"We are not going to buy any machinery this time. We want to buy a bulldozer and take it back to build the road."

Su Mingzhe remembered the mantra of later generations: "If you want to be rich, build roads first."

Baiyashan Village is located deep in the Lesser Khingan Mountains, more than 60 miles away from the county seat by a winding mountain road.

Although Su Mingzhe has now built a 'mushroom cultivation experimental base' for Baiyashan, the remote geographical environment of the mountain village limits the future development scale of Baiyashan Village.

Therefore, in order to make Baiyashan Village several steps ahead of other towns and villages, Su Mingzhe decided to use his vision that transcends generations to try to eliminate and smooth out some of the shortcomings and weaknesses of Baiyashan Village.

"You want to buy a bulldozer to build a road?"

Director Bai was a little surprised when he heard this: "Then do you still want to buy a road roller?"

"There's no need for a road roller. We're in a mountainous area, so a bulldozer wouldn't be very useful."

Su Mingzhe explained a few words with a wry smile on his face.

When Director Bai heard this, he chuckled and didn't try to persuade him further.

In fact, saying "it's useless" is just an excuse.

If Su Mingzhe could find a way to explain the origin of the money, he would want to get a fleet of vehicles, not to mention bulldozers and road rollers, even large dump trucks.

Because he couldn't explain the origin of the money in his space, Su Mingzhe could only buy supplies bit by bit.

Director Bai also noticed Su Mingzhe's financial difficulties, so he didn't ask any further questions.

Soon, Director Bai took Su Mingzhe to see the bulldozer.

Su Mingzhe got into the car and operated it himself, then confirmed the order.

A second-hand bulldozer cost Su Mingzhe 18,000 yuan. Su Mingzhe only had more than 8,000 yuan to explain the source of the money, so this time, he could only take out 8,000 yuan as a deposit, and the rest of the payment would have to wait until after the Chinese New Year, when the machinery factory helped to transport the bulldozer to Mulan County, and then settle the bill.

The two parties signed the agreement, and Su Mingzhe took Wang Yafang away from the machinery factory.

"We're done, let's go."

"Are you done yet?"

Wang Yafang was a little surprised and felt that Su Mingzhe's shopping process was too simple.

"Don't you want to buy something else?"

"Why sell it? I've used up all my savings on a bulldozer, and now I can only pay a deposit. I'll have to eat dirt for the next two months."

Su Mingzhe would naturally not live off the land, but he would not show off his wealth to others, so he would not let Wang Yafang know how much money he had.

When Wang Yafang heard Su Mingzhe say that he had no money, she was helpless.

For the past six months, she has been staying in Baiyashan Village, working as a teacher. She receives some grain, oil, rice and flour every month, but other than that, she has no other income.

Faced with Su Mingzhe's "embarrassment", she could not help at all.

After the two left the machinery factory, Su Mingzhe went to Zheng's house to find Zheng Juan, so he separated from Wang Yafang.

However, before they parted, Su Mingzhe assigned Wang Yafang another task:
"Fangfang, I'm going to treat the team members to dinner tonight. Go to Chaoyang Hotel and reserve a table first. Remember to find a waitress named Wu Qian and ask her to help. She's Wang Quan's girlfriend. Just tell her to order the same table as last time. Here are the money, food coupons, and meat coupons. Tell her to refund if there's more and pay if there's less."

"Don't worry, Brother Su, I will complete the task."

After Wang Yafang got the task, she excitedly ran to Chaoyang Hotel to book a banquet.

Su Mingzhe walked towards Taiping Hutong.

Thanks to Su Mingzhe's help, the Zheng family no longer set up a stall to sell candied haws.

After all, you can’t make much money from selling candied haws, and you have to endure so much suffering.

More importantly, Zheng's mother and Zheng Juan were afraid that the hooligans who had harassed Zheng Juan before would continue to cause trouble.

The mother and daughter had no idea that those hooligans had already died of gas poisoning.

Su Mingzhe walked into Taiping Hutong and found that this place was different from other places in Jichun City where people were celebrating the Spring Festival in a festive atmosphere.

The residents here all walk with shifty looks and look around everywhere.

Su Mingzhe was wearing clean and neat clothes, and he stood out particularly on this road.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe is tall and strong, so even if others look at him for a few seconds, they dare not cause trouble for him.

Soon, Su Mingzhe arrived at Zheng's house and pushed the door open.

"Auntie, Juanzi, Guangming, I'm back."

"Mingzhe is back."

Zheng's mother and Zheng Juan were naturally very happy to see Su Mingzhe coming.

Zheng Juan really misses Su Mingzhe.

What Zheng's mother was thinking about was the living expenses that Su Mingzhe had promised to give her.

Su Mingzhe handed the medicine bag in his hand to Zheng's mother, and at the same time stuffed the envelope containing living expenses into Zheng's mother's hand.

Zheng's mother quickly put the envelope away and said with a smile that she would go to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables and have a good gathering at noon.

Zheng Juan was busy pouring tea for Su Mingzhe and did not see Zheng's mother hiding the envelope.

"Guangming, how do your eyes feel now?"

With Zheng Juan's help, Su Mingzhe took off his coat, shoes and socks, sat on the head of the kang, and pulled his brother-in-law to his side and began to treat him.

Zheng Guangming waited until Su Mingzhe finished giving him acupuncture before he excitedly said:
"Brother, I can see things vaguely now."

"Really? That means the toxins are almost removed."

Su Mingzhe asked Zheng Guangming a few more questions, and then came to a conclusion that the second course of treatment could be declared over and the third course could begin.

"Auntie, Guangming has regained his sight now. Take him to a place with a wide field of vision every day and let him look out for a while. It doesn't have to be too long, just one or two hours will be enough. In two or three months, when spring comes and flowers bloom, I will equip him with a pair of farsighted glasses. After he has adjusted his vision, he will be able to see things clearly."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Zheng Guangming’s vision problem is a matter of special concern to the entire Zheng family.

Su Mingzhe cured his brother-in-law's eyes, and Zheng's mother and Zheng Juan were relieved.

After lunch, Zheng's mother took her son out for a walk, and found a place with a wide view to look into the distance to adapt their eyesight.

Su Mingzhe pulled Zheng Juan to play poker on the kang.

Zheng Juan’s card skills were really average. She lost more than she won the whole afternoon.

But she was particularly stubborn and refused to beg for mercy even after losing.

It was not until around four o'clock in the afternoon that Su Mingzhe remembered that he still had to treat Gao Yaxuan and other drivers to a meal, so he reluctantly ended the card game.

Zheng Juan blushed as she straightened the man's clothes and took her hair off his shoulders:

"It's cold at night, don't go home too late."

"Don't worry, we are all old acquaintances, we will disperse after we have a good drink."

Su Mingzhe listened to the woman's concern for him and couldn't help but reply:
"You should also go to bed early tonight. I will come early tomorrow and take you out to play."

"Ah."

Zheng Juan blushed; she understood what the man meant.

Su Mingzhe left the Zheng family and rushed towards Chaoyang Hotel.

As it is close to the Chinese New Year, the restaurant business is good.

When Su Mingzhe arrived, Wang Yafang and Wu Qian came to greet him:
"Brother Su, the restaurant has been very busy recently, and all the big tables are booked. Should we eat together at the small tables?"

Su Mingzhe was slightly stunned and looked at Wang Yafang, about to ask what was going on.

He sent her here to reserve a table in the morning.

No matter how good the business of this restaurant is, it's impossible for all the big tables to be booked out in the morning, right?

At this time, the manager at the counter saw Su Mingzhe coming in and Wu Qian took the initiative to greet him. He immediately remembered that Su Mingzhe was the big customer last time.

"Comrade Su, I'm really sorry. Someone called to have dinner today. There are really no big tables in the lobby. If you don't want to use the small table on the first floor, how about going to the private room on the second floor?"

When Wu Qian heard the manager say this, she quickly explained:
“Although the second floor is not as warm as the first floor, the environment is very good and quiet.”

Su Mingzhe naturally didn't care about whether it was warm or not, but remembering that he was treating the guests, he still had to think about the guests:
"Manager, can you arrange a coal stove?"

"no problem."

When the manager heard that Su Mingzhe wanted a coal stove, he quickly arranged it for him.

Of course, this coal stove is not free to use. Including the coal briquettes, the usage fee is 50 cents, which is more expensive than a plate of scrambled eggs.

Su Mingzhe naturally looked down upon such a small amount of money. He waved his hand and asked the manager to quickly instruct the kitchen to prepare the dishes.

Soon, Wu Qian led Su Mingzhe and Wang Yafang to the private room on the second floor.

The temperature here is definitely higher than on the street, but it is much cooler than on the first floor.

Su Mingzhe sat down without hesitation.

Wang Yafang helped Wu Qian make tea and pour water, and arrange the tables, chairs and benches.

After a while, the manager came in carrying a coal stove. With the help of Wang Yafang, Wu Qian put everything in place and left with the manager.

(End of this chapter)