National Tide 1980.

Gu Si'er and Sun Wufu are both quite different from Zhang Shihui.

Gu Si'er, eight years older than Ning Weimin, is a factory worker.

He is trustworthy, abides by the rules, and is very smart at work. No matter how difficult the task is, he can always complete it quickly and well.

Sun Wufu, five years older than Ning Weimin, is a vagrant from the countryside.

But he has a gentle and honest personality. He doesn't talk much and is down-to-earth and hardworking. Wherever there is dirty or tiring work, he will be there.

What’s more, he was able to follow Ning Weimin’s instructions meticulously, which shows that he was really obedient.

To put it bluntly, both of them are typical doers, unlike Zhang Shihui who is just a talker.

But they don't have high demands on life and are easily satisfied with the status quo.

Especially when it comes to money, the two of them are simply the kind of people who are content with a small fortune.

Although they earn much less than Zhang Shihui, each of them can only make about 18,000 yuan a month, but they are not as good as most but better than most, and they are quite happy.

Especially Sun Wufu, since he was recruited by Ning Weimin, he started making money much earlier than Gu Sier.

Now I have a savings of nearly 200,000 yuan, and the interest alone is more than 20,000 yuan per year.

Although it cannot be compared with those "big bankrupts" and "giant bankrupts", such cash assets are already considered to be the best among the individual businesses in Beijing.

As usual, the two of them don't have any bad habits and are both very good at enjoying themselves.

Apart from fiddling with his fish and enjoying home life with his wife, children and a warm bed, Gu Si'er's greatest enjoyment is to eat, drink, play and have fun with three or five good friends.

Sun Wufu didn't go whoring or gambling. He just liked dealing with the dazzling array of second-hand goods every day and calculating how much foreign exchange he had earned from foreigners.

Then, with these gains, he took his fellow villagers from his hometown to the bathhouse, took a refreshing bath, soaked them thoroughly, prepared some hard dishes, heated up some wine, and talked about things in the capital and his hometown.

Especially after these two people met, they met every day in the Temple of Heaven, one in the Zhai Palace and the other in the Nan Shen Kitchen, and gradually became familiar with each other. In the end, they naturally became friends.

This is even better. The two of them began to learn from each other's interests and influence each other.

As soon as the garden closes every day, we just make some dishes and set up a small table to drink under the pines and cypresses, beneath the red walls and green tiles.

Gu Sier taught Sun Wufu how to judge the quality of tropical fish, what kind of goldfish to put with what kind of water plants, and showed off the dragon fish he got from the south for Ning Weimin, saying that it was a magical fish that could live for hundreds of years, which scared Sun Wufu.

Sun Wufu talked to him about the fun of collecting old stuff, showing off the little knowledge of antiques he had learned from Ning Weimin. He also let him know that gold can be found in rubbish, and that perhaps a humble broken jar could be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.

Just like this, they had a broad mind and were free from worries. They chatted about everything under the sun, played cards and chess, and their life became even more beautiful.

Gradually, Sun Wufu's house had several glass jars with goldfish with golden grass and a jar of colorful tropical fish, while Gu Si'er's home had its fish-raising equipment replaced with antiques from the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China.

And the most important thing is that even though both of them are small traders, they don’t have to worry about any business risks.

Who gave them Ning Weimin’s connections and financial resources to back them up?

They occupy such a precious piece of land in the Temple of Heaven that all they have to do is concentrate on their work.

You can earn a steady amount of money every day and eat a safe meal without having to worry.

  In terms of income, it is higher than that of state-owned enterprises, but it also provides the same comfort as state-owned enterprises. Where can you find such a suitable job?

Therefore, they are already very satisfied with their current income and life, and have almost no desire to change the current status quo of their lives.

Even after witnessing the wedding of Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko, they were surprised and curious, but that was all.

They were just happy for Ning Weimin and sincerely felt that such a grand ceremony would not disgrace Ning Weimin's status.

However, he has never felt any envy, jealousy, or hatred, or the desire to work hard and catch up with others. He is content with the status quo and lives his own life happily.

But to be honest, Ning Weimin doesn't really want to see them clinging to this comfort zone and living in the same monotonous way.

Because he knows how huge the changes in the future will be, and the business world is like sailing against the current, if you don't move forward, you will fall behind.

If these two people continue to do things so leisurely, they will be doomed.

To put it nicely, it means that contentment is the greatest happiness. To put it bluntly, it means that one is not enterprising and is willing to be a frog in a well.

He wanted to help them, not destroy them.

They raised two fools who are gradually becoming detached from social life and lack competitiveness and enterprising spirit.

So considering their respective conditions and limitations, he still called them over and made new plans and adjustments to their career directions.

To put it simply, it means giving them more load, more burden and more tasks.

He wanted to forcibly break their thoughts of continuing to muddle through in their comfort zone, and force them to regain their ambition and sense of responsibility and look for more beautiful scenery.

  As for how to do it? What to do?

Don’t worry, the direction is very clear.

On Gu Sier's side, Ning Weimin wanted to invest 200,000 yuan and let Gu Sier take 50,000 yuan, and they would start an aquarium company together.

In addition to setting up an equipment store, he also had to rent a piece of land in the suburbs, dig a hole and open a fish farm to breed both goldfish and arowana.

As for market prospects and business development, Gu Sier doesn't have to worry about anything.

Because Ning Weimin is very confident.

First of all, arowana is a fish species that is difficult to breed artificially, and its number in its place of origin is extremely small, making it increasingly rare.

Even since 1977, it has been listed as a first-class protected fish in the Washington Wildlife Conservation Treaty in the United States.

In recent years, dragon fish has been listed as a banned fish species in many countries.

Therefore, the value of arowana has doubled in the international market, and price increases are a long-term trend.

Moreover, Chinese people have always had a "trend-seeking" and "herd-following" mentality. Within a few years, "dragon fish fever" will soon arise in the south and quickly spread to the north.

The pattern that has become popular is probably the same as the "tropical fish fever" that emerged in the 1970s.

However, the situation in China is very different from that in the 1970s. There are more and more rich people now, and the arowana in particular is a "noble" pet that is not something that ordinary people can afford.

This means that once the "dragon fish fever" becomes a trend in the domestic market, it will definitely have a considerable speculative nature and become a game for the rich.

By then, not to mention the golden arowana, even a silver arowana that is over 20 centimeters long may be sold for several thousand yuan.

For example, Ning Weimin spent tens of thousands of yuan to ask Gu Si to get more than a dozen dragon fish in 1985, including four species: blue dragon, red dragon, golden dragon and silver dragon.

In the future, if you want to sell some precious fish species like blue dragon and red dragon, it will be no problem to get millions.

But Ning Weimin would certainly not be so stupid. As a time traveler, he is the only person today who knows the method of artificial breeding of dragon fish.

Now that he has taught it to Gu Si'er, this guy has hatched more than sixty little dragons for him.

There are red, gold, and silver ones, but there is no good news about blue ones yet.

For him, using these dragon fish for breeding is a very profitable business.

  So with such a trump card, he doesn't have to do much. He just needs to wait for the wind to come and take action when the wind blows the most. Not only can he make money from the northerners, but he can also export it to the south and even to other countries, all of which are huge profits. What will happen then?

He is the modern-day Dragon King!

The market conditions of dragon fish in the whole country probably depend on his mood.

Therefore, it is the right time to expand the scale and start planning for mass production. No matter how much money he invests, he is not worried about not being able to get it back.

However, despite this, it must be admitted that there is still a certain element of luck in the pairing of arowana.

Like the blue dragon, he only has a pair.

If this pair has no feelings for each other, or one of them dies accidentally.

Then he has means but nowhere to use them, which means he can only do his best and leave the rest to fate, which is purely a gamble on his character.

As for goldfish, although they are not worth much, their unit price is far lower than that of arowana. The difference is like heaven and earth.

But if you look at it in the long run, goldfish are better in terms of long-term profitability, large shipment volume, and actually bring greater profits than arowana.

Because this thing is a consumable. In the future, goldfish will be needed not only in lakes and ponds in major parks, but also in major units, major hotels, various inns, restaurants, restaurants, and shops.

Anyway, as long as there is an artificial pond or fountain landscape, there will be a need for goldfish.

To put it bluntly, this is just like the landscaping industry. As long as you have fixed big customers, it's a business that allows you to make money without doing anything.

It just so happens that Ning Weimin is good at building relationships, and his personal influence is already considerable, so how could he be lacking in this area of ​​business?

At least now, there are Yunyuan, Tangong Restaurant, Maxim's Restaurant, Temple of Heaven Park, the two cultural associations supported by Ning Weimin, the Pierre Cattin Hotel which is about to open, the Pierre Cattin company's directly-operated stores, and the manufacturers, publishing houses, and art schools that have many cooperative relationships with Ning Weimin.

These connections alone are enough to absorb the goldfish output of their fish factory.

If there are pools and fountains, at least hundreds of them are needed, and at most thousands.

If you don’t have a pond, you should put a big fish bowl in the house and raise dozens of fish to add some cultural atmosphere.

In other words, as long as Gu Sier is willing to work hard, even though a lot of workers will need to be hired and the operating costs will increase several times, there is actually no operating risk at all.

Because even if they don't sell dragon fish, they can just raise the most common goldfish and don't even need to set up a stall in the flower, bird, fish and insect market, and they don't have to worry about sales, and they can increase their income immediately.

The only thing you have to do is to work hard and ensure supply.

What's more, Ning Weimin put Gu Si'er in full charge of these industries. He is the boss who has the final say and there is no constraint on him at all.

Moreover, Gu Si'er can get 40% of the shares in exchange for an investment of 50,000 yuan, which is equivalent to Ning Weimin paying twice his investment to buy him.

  How could he not be tempted by such favorable conditions?

So after the two of them talked about this matter, Gu Si'er went home and didn't think about it for long. Two days later, he willingly jumped out of his comfortable "wellhead".

There was nothing else, except that he himself liked playing with fish. He never dreamed that one day he would have his own fish farm and deal with tens of thousands of cute little fish every day.

What’s more important is that the promise Ning Weimin made to him was too tempting.

He was actually made the legal representative and general manager of this company. Gu Sier calculated that if everything went well, his income would at least double every month.

In other words, as long as he embarks on this path, he will no longer be a "fishmonger" or a "fish master", but the general manager of an "aquarium company" who will not be embarrassed to show his business card.

Well, even his wife said that he is now a completely different person than before, and that he has made great progress.

He claimed that he had never dreamed that a man like him, who "fishes and catches shrimps, neglects crops, and is young and indulges in pleasure", could become so famous with such a shabby skill.

It is even possible to earn a fortune.

It can be said that all the hard work has paid off.

Then just savor the feeling. As a man, what else can he say at this moment?

Just because his wife is so proud of him, he can't be a coward and can't be greedy for a comfortable life without striving for progress.

That's a waste of time.

Do it! You must do it!

Similar to the method used to lure Gu Si'er to make progress, Ning Weimin also easily made Sun Wufu put on the collar himself and take the initiative to become a donkey pulling the mill.

You know, although Sun Wufu has no wife or children, as a rural man, he still has deep feelings for his relatives and fellow villagers in his hometown.

Especially because he was doing well in Beijing, even his relatives in his hometown treated him differently.

Now the whole village worships them as gods and thinks of them for all the good things.

Sun Wufu's brother always wrote to him saying that the whole family was proud of Sun Wufu.

He was also told that there were people coming to the house every day to ask Sun Wufu to take him to the capital to make money, and that the number of people proposing marriage proposals to Sun Wufu was almost breaking down the door, so he should give his brother a heads up in advance to avoid being caught off guard when he returns home for the New Year.

Sun Wufu felt even more proud. He felt that he had a responsibility and obligation to help these poor villagers as much as possible.

It's just a pity that he himself has realized that there are obviously fewer second-hand goods to collect in the capital nowadays, and the quality of the collected items is not as good as before. It is obvious that there is not much business in this industry anymore.

If he brought more people out from his hometown, he really wasn't sure he could support so many people.

Just when he was feeling a little embarrassed, Ning Weimin pointed out the way for him, and naturally he became enlightened.

Ning Weimin also wanted to formally partner with him to open a used goods recycling company, with his own investment of 300,000 yuan and his payment of 100,000 yuan.

Then the business was divided into three parts.

One is to continue collecting second-hand cultural relics.

However, in view of the current shortage of second-hand goods in Beijing, Ning Weimin suggested that he shift his target to Taiyuan, Shanxi and Xi'an, Shaanxi, to conduct cross-provincial and municipal acquisitions, where there must be a lot of good stuff.

Secondly, Ning Weimin also planned to inform all relevant units and contract all the waste recycling work to Sun Wufu's people.

Just arrange the time after each month and pick up the goods on time.

Especially places like Tangong Restaurant, Maxim's, Menimus and Pierre Cardon Hotel as well as all the major directly-operated stores, you don't even have to pay in cash, you can just take the goods and settle on a monthly basis. There are plenty of packaging boxes, wine bottles and beverage bottles, and the profits can't be greater.

Third, the acquisition business in Beijing will expand its product categories, and it does not necessarily have to be the same things as in the past.

Various other miscellaneous items can also be collected, as long as they are old things, clothes, furniture, daily necessities, newspapers, posters, and beautiful women's picture books, anything is fine. Just put them in different categories and rent a larger warehouse.

If for no other reason, Ning Weimin foresaw that he would have many big moves in the film and television industry in the future, and these collected things would become a ready-made prop warehouse.

So when Sun Wufu thought about it, it seemed that this was something that could be done. Not only would the basic income be guaranteed, but the territory would be expanded and there would be more things to do, which would require manpower.

It is for the sake of my fellow villagers and my relatives that I can continue my current happy life in the village.

He also willingly accepted this "enthronement" and continued to serve as Ning Weimin's vanguard, becoming a "rag-and-bone king" leading dozens of people.

Although it was a bit passive, he was still grateful. (End of this chapter)