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Chapter 447: The Cunning Wang An

Soon, Wang An arrived at the county, looked at his watch, thought for a while, and then went straight to the brick factory.

When preparing the wood a few days ago, Wang Li found Wang An and wanted Wang An to help order 10 bricks.

However, when the ancient tomb was being excavated later, Wang Daliang changed his mind and said that he wanted to order 20 bricks, green bricks and red bricks.

I was too busy yesterday and didn't have time, so I have to help with this today.

In less than 20 minutes, Wang An arrived at the brick factory. At this time, the factory director, Comrade Hao Dayou, was walking around among the piles of bricks and tiles with a worried look on his face.

It can be seen that the bricks and tiles in the yard have really become a concern for Hao Dayou.

In fact, the more than 90 bricks and tiles that Wang An bought last time have solved the brick factory’s urgent needs, but as a factory, it needs money to operate all the time.

Especially the wages of brick factory workers are a considerable expense every month. Having no money is the most fundamental and practical problem.

However, the bricks and tiles cannot be sold yet!

The entire brick factory only spends money but does not make any money. Let alone the brick factory, even the gold mine cannot withstand it!

So, when Comrade Hao Dayou saw Wang An coming, his face was full of joy and his eyes were shining green.

Seeing Hao Dayou, Wang An greeted him with a smile:

"Everything is going well lately, brother."

Although Hao Dayou was smiling, it turned into a wry smile, and he complained:

"No, not at all. How come such good bricks can't be sold?"

Wang An looked at Hao Dayou with a smile, but did not answer Hao Dayou's question. Instead, he was thinking in his mind how to get Hao Dayou to "donate" some bricks and tiles on his own initiative.

The yard was mainly cleared with a bulldozer, and it was really too big, covering an area of ​​more than 30 acres!
The courtyard wall alone requires a lot of bricks. If you build a deer shed, sheep shed, chicken coop, pigpen, etc. in the future, the bricks needed will be even more numerous.

Although there are a lot of bricks at home, if I build these things, I may have to keep buying bricks when I am halfway through.

Wang An pondered for a while, then pinched his fingers like a charlatan and said to Hao Dayou:
"I calculated with my fingers that your brick factory is going to have a big business."

Hearing Wang An's hidden meaning, Hao Dayou put away his smile and asked with a puzzled look on his face:

"Big deal? What big deal, bro?"

In fact, the big business that Wang An was talking about was just the county government.

Because Wang An remembered that in his previous life, in May and June of this year, the county was going to build an office building and establish the No. 2 Middle School in the county.

This No. 2 Middle School is a middle school that combines junior high school and high school departments. It has teaching buildings, dormitory buildings, etc., which require a lot of bricks and tiles.

This matter has little to do with Wang An, because there is only one brick factory in the county, and no matter what he wants to build, he has to use bricks from this brick factory.

But the cunning Wang An wanted to use this information to cheat Hao Dayou out of some benefits.

Wang An smiled mysteriously, but changed the subject directly:
"My brother's house will also be built after the thaw. I came here to order another 20 bricks, 10 each for green bricks and red bricks."

However, Hao Dayou was still thinking about the "big deal" that Wang An mentioned, so he didn't really care about the 20 bricks.

Hao Dayou said very seriously:

"Brother, what's that big deal you mentioned? Why did I get confused?"

Wang An smiled mysteriously again, but stopped talking. Seeing this, Hao Dayou immediately reacted and hurriedly greeted Wang An:
"Come in, big brother. I prepared some good tea a few days ago. Let's go in and taste it."

To be honest, in the Northeast, wine is the mainstream and tea culture has never had much presence.

However, after Wang An went to the south in his previous life, he drank tea almost every day, so he still likes tea very much.

It was not until then that Wang An understood why the South was relatively wealthy while the North was much poorer.

As for the macro environment, one reason is the climate.

In contrast, the winter in the south is very short and the summer is very long. As a result, there is more time to create economic value.

On the other hand, it is due to the geographical location. The South is close to the sea and has many ports, so foreign trade is well developed. Trade can naturally drive economic development.

The last aspect is the difference in business concepts. There are quite a lot of business associations and chambers of commerce in the south, which means that people are very concerned about doing business.

People in the North don't care much about doing business. They are mainly interested in stability, such as working or being a worker.

The above refers to the general environment or the overall aspect.

However, in Wang An's view, this difference between the north and the south is mainly related to "people", or to be more precise, to wine and tea.

As we all know, northerners like to drink wine, while southerners like to drink tea.

In the north, especially during the idle winter season, three or five people often sit on the kang, prepare two dishes, and start drinking.

I'm not exaggerating at all. Once I start drinking, I can drink from morning to noon, from noon to night, and sometimes from night to the next morning. That's normal.

You can imagine that alcohol, especially white wine, is okay if you drink a little, but if you drink too much, no matter who you are, you will become confused.

You have to know that doing business requires thinking, and at least you have to keep a clear head.

So you say that the person is drunk and unconscious, and can't even recognize the person sitting opposite him. How can he do business?
If it were you, could you come up with any good projects or ideas?

But in the south, usually three or five people sit together, make a pot of tea, and chat while drinking tea.

After chatting for a long time, we naturally started to study how to make money. With everyone contributing their ideas and working together, a method to make money was born.

You have to know that the more you drink tea, the more alert you become. You may even be so alert that you can't fall asleep if you drink too much.

When you can’t sleep, do you still continue to think about how to make money?

Therefore, in Wang An's opinion, the reason why the economy of the North is worse than that of the South is because people drink too much.

As the saying goes: "Three cups of wine for a worldly life, a pot of tea for a great cause."

The original meaning of the first half of the sentence is actually that all the troubles in the world can be discussed over three cups of wine.

The second half of the sentence means that any ambition in the world can be wasted over a pot of tea.

Of course, Wang An didn’t understand it that way. Wang An understood it literally, and it was very simple.

That is, "Drinking alcohol can easily make people confused and delay things, while drinking tea can make people sober and achieve great things"!
I have to say that there is nothing wrong with what Wang An understood.

Wang An followed Hao Dayou into the house. Seeing Hao Dayou putting a pinch of tea leaves into the enamel pot with great care, he felt speechless.

(End of this chapter)