National Tide 1980

Gu Sier and Sun Wufu are quite different from Zhang Shihui.

Gu Sier, eight years older than Ning Weimin, is a factory worker.

He is trustworthy, abides by the rules, and is very smart when working. 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 blind drifter from the countryside.

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

In particular, he can follow Ning Weimin's instructions meticulously, which is really obedient.

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

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

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

Although they earn much less than Zhang Shihui, each of them can only earn 18,000 yuan per month, but they are not as good as the rich, but better than the poor, and they are quite happy.

Especially Sun Wufu, because he was recruited by Ning Weimin, he started to make money much earlier than Gu Sier.

Now he has a deposit 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 dealers" and "giant dealers", such cash assets are already the best among the self-employed in Beijing.

Like on weekdays, the two have no bad habits and are quite happy.

In addition to playing with his fish and enjoying the home life with his wife and children, Gu Sier's greatest enjoyment is to eat, drink, play and have fun with three or five good friends.

Sun Wufu does not go to prostitutes or gamble. He just likes to deal with those dazzling second-hand goods every day and calculate how much foreign exchange he has earned from foreigners.

Then use these gains to take the folks in his hometown to the bathhouse, wash and soak thoroughly, and then prepare some hard dishes, boil some wine, and talk about the things in Beijing 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 exchange their preferences and influence each other.

Every day after the park closed, they would make some dishes and set up a small table under the pines and cypresses, under the red walls and green tiles to drink.

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

And Sun Wufu talked to him about the fun of collecting second-hand goods, showing off the little knowledge of antiques he learned from Ning Weimin, and also let him know that gold can be found in rubbish, and maybe an inconspicuous broken jar can be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars.

Just like that, with nothing to worry about, talking about everything, playing cards, and playing chess, the two of them lived a more beautiful life.

Gradually, Sun Wufu's house had a few more glass tanks with goldfish with golden grass, a tank of fancy tropical fish, and Gu Si'er's fish farming equipment was replaced with antiques from the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China.

And the most important thing is that although both of them are small traders, they don't have to worry about any risks in their business.

Who let them have Ning Weimin's relationship and financial resources to back them up?

They occupy such a precious place in the Temple of Heaven, and they just need to concentrate on their work.

Every day they earn a steady income and eat a stable meal without worrying.

In terms of higher income than state-owned units, but without losing the comfort of state-owned units, where can they find such a suitable livelihood?

So they are very satisfied with their current income and life, and have almost no intention to change the current situation of their lives.

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

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

However, they never had any envy, jealousy, or the desire to work hard and catch up. They were content with the status quo and lived their lives happily.

But to be honest, Ning Weimin didn't want to see them covet this comfort zone and live in such a fixed way.

Because he knew how huge the changes in the future would be, and the business world was also sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.

If these two people really continue to work so comfortably, they will be useless.

To put it nicely, they are contented and happy, but to put it bluntly, they are not enterprising and are willing to be frogs at the bottom of a well.

He wanted to help them, not to destroy them.

Raised two fools who gradually withdrew from social life and lacked 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 direction.

Simply put, it was to increase their workload, burden and tasks.

He wanted to force them to stop thinking about getting by in their comfort zone, and force them to regain their ambition and sense of responsibility to find more beautiful scenery.

As for how to do it? What to do?

There is no need to worry about it, 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 open an aquarium company together.

In addition to setting up an equipment store, they also had to rent a place in the suburbs to dig a pit and open a fish factory to breed both goldfish and dragon fish.

As for the market prospects and business development, Gu Sier hardly needs to worry about anything.

Because Ning Weimin has a clear mind.

First of all, since dragon fish is still a fish species that is difficult to breed artificially, and the number in its place of origin is extremely small, it is becoming increasingly rare.

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

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

Therefore, the value of dragon fish has doubled in the international market, and the price is expected to rise in the long term.

Moreover, Chinese people have always had a "trend of heat" and "herd" mentality. In a few years, "dragon fish fever" will soon rise in the south and quickly spread to the north.

The model of popularity is probably the same as the "tropical fish fever" that rose in the 1970s.

However, the situation in China is very different from that in the 1970s. There are more and more rich people now, especially dragon fish is a "noble" pet that ordinary people can't ask about.

Then, this also determines that once the "dragon fish fever" becomes a trend in the domestic market, it will definitely be quite speculative and become a game for the rich.

At that time, let alone the golden dragon fish, even the silver dragon fish, which is more than 20 centimeters long, will be sold for thousands of yuan.

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

In the future, as long as he wants to sell them, it will not be a problem to get millions of precious fish species such as blue dragon and red dragon.

However, Ning Weimin is certainly not so stupid. As a person who traveled through time, he is the only one who knows the artificial breeding method of dragon fish.

Now he has taught Gu Sier, and this guy has hatched more than 60 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 profitable business.

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

What will it be like then?

He is the contemporary Dragon King!

The market situation of dragon fish in the national market depends on his face.

So now it is just the right time to expand the scale and start to prepare for mass production in advance. 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 dragon fish.

Like the blue dragon, he only has one pair.

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

Then he has no way to use his means. This is just doing his best and leaving it to fate, purely gambling on his character.

As for goldfish, although they are not worth much, the unit price is far lower than that of dragon fish, one is the sky, the other is the earth.

But if we look at it in the long run, goldfish is better in terms of long-term supply and large shipment volume, and the profit is actually greater than that of dragon fish.

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

Anyway, as long as there are artificial pools and fountain landscapes, goldfish will be needed.

To put it bluntly, this thing is just like the greening industry. As long as there are fixed big customers, it is a business that counts money while lying down.

It just so happens that building relationships is Ning Weimin's specialty, and his personal influence is not small. How can he lack this kind of business?

At least now, Yunyuan, Tan Palace Restaurant, Maxim Restaurant, Temple of Heaven Park, and the two cultural associations supported by Ning Weimin, the Pierre Catton Hotel that is about to open, and the direct stores of Pierre Catton Company, as well as those manufacturers, publishing houses, and art schools that have many cooperative relationships with Ning Weimin.

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

Those with pools and fountains need at least hundreds of fish, and thousands of fish at most.

Those without pools need to have a large fish basin in the house to raise dozens of fish to add some cultural atmosphere.

In other words, as long as Gu Sier is willing to work, even though he needs to hire a lot of workers and the operating costs have increased several times, there is actually no operating risk.

Because even if they don't sell dragon fish, they don't have to worry about sales by raising the most common goldfish, and they don't even have to set up stalls in the flower, bird, fish and insect market. They can directly increase their income immediately.

The only thing they have to bear is to work hard and ensure supply.

What's more, Ning Weimin let Gu Sier take full responsibility for these industries. As the boss who has the final say, there is no constraint on him at all.

Moreover, Gu Sier can get 40% of the shares by investing 50,000 yuan, which is equivalent to Ning Weimin paying twice his investment to buy him.

How can he not be tempted by such generous conditions?

So after the two of them finished talking about this, Gu Sier didn't think about it for long when he got home. Two days later, he willingly jumped out of his comfortable "wellhead".

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

More importantly, the cake that Ning Weimin painted for him was too tempting.

They actually let him be the legal representative and general manager of this company. Gu Sier calculated that if everything goes well, his income can at least double every month.

In other words, as long as he takes this path, he will no longer be a "fishmonger" or a "fish master", but a dignified general manager of an "aquarium company" who will never be embarrassed to show his business card.

Well, even his wife said that he is no longer the same as before, and has upgraded his guns and cannons.

He claimed that he never dreamed that he, a man who "fishes and shrimps, delays crops, is young and loses his ambition", would be able to show off his face with this unpresentable skill.

It is even possible that he will earn a fortune.

It can be said that he has finally made a fortune after all the hardships.

Then taste this taste carefully. As a man, what else can he say at this time?

Just because his wife is proud of him, he can't be a coward, and he 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 way he lured Gu Si'er to make progress, Ning Weimin also easily let Sun Wufu put on the collar and take the initiative to be a donkey pulling the mill.

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

Especially because he is well-off in Beijing, his relatives in his hometown are treated differently.

Now the whole village respects their family as gods, and thinks of them for all good things.

Sun Wufu's brother wrote to him and always said that the whole family is proud of Sun Wufu.

He also told him that there are people coming to the house every day to ask Sun Wufu to bring him to Beijing to make money, and there are people who are almost breaking the door for Sun Wufu to marry, so he said hello to his brother in advance, so as not to catch him off guard when he returns home for the New Year.

Sun Wufu felt even more proud, and he had the responsibility and obligation to help these poor fellow villagers as much as possible.

It's just a pity that he himself also noticed that there are obviously fewer old goods to be collected in Beijing now, and the quality of the things collected is not as good as before. Obviously, this business is not big.

If he brings people out from his hometown again, he really doesn't have the confidence to support so many people.

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

Ning Weimin also meant to formally partner with him to open a second-hand goods recycling company, and he invested 300,000 yuan and let him pay 100,000 yuan.

Then the business was divided into three parts.

First, continue to collect second-hand goods such as 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 carry out cross-provincial and municipal cross-regional acquisitions, and there must be a lot of good things.

Second, Ning Weimin also planned to say hello to all relevant units and give all the waste recycling work to Sun Wufu's people.

After each month, just arrange the time and go to the door on time to pick up the goods.

Especially places like Tan Palace Restaurant, Maxim's, Menimus, Pierre Cardon Hotel and major direct stores, you don't even need to pay cash, just take the goods first and settle monthly. There are plenty of packaging boxes, wine bottles and beverage bottles, which is very lucrative.

Third, the acquisition business in Beijing has expanded its categories, not necessarily the things in the past.

Other miscellaneous items can also be collected, as long as they are old things, clothes, furniture, daily necessities, newspapers, posters, and beautiful pictures, anything is fine, just put them in different categories, and rent a larger warehouse.

For nothing else, Ning Weimin expected that he would have a lot of big moves in the film and television industry in the future, and these collected things would be ready-made prop warehouses.

So when Sun Wufu thought about it, it seemed that this thing was really doable. Not only was the basic income guaranteed, but the territory was expanded, and there were more things to do, so manpower was needed.

Then for the sake of his fathers and fellow villagers, for his relatives to continue their current happy life in the village.

He also willingly accepted this "conferring" 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.