Reborn in the 70s / Reborn in 1978

"Let's talk about how to make money first." The second brother still didn't quite believe what Zhang Xingming said, because he must be too young.

"Collect scrap iron." Zhang Xingming looked at his second brother and said, "We need to find a bigger place to collect scrap iron. If the capital is sufficient, we can just collect scrap iron and not sell it. It is the most profitable way to sell it after the price rises in two years." , if the capital is small, you have to collect some selling points to make up a little bit, but this way, the earning will be less."

"Collect rags," the second brother was a little disappointed, "Who will do the rags? If you bury and sell them, how much will you earn when you're exhausted?"

Zhang Xingming said: "Second brother, don't look down on me. I'm telling you about this matter seriously. If it wasn't because my brother and I were younger, I wouldn't look for you. Besides, it's not collecting junk, it's collecting iron. Only accept scrap iron, two years, guaranteed to make a lot of money."

"Really?" The second brother still didn't quite believe it.

"Can you get the capital, right? I'll ask my mother to tell you that our two companies are in partnership." Zhang Xingming had no choice but to carry his mother out.

Hearing what Zhang Xingming said, the second brother believed it a little bit, no matter how much he loved the child, he would not help the child lie, so he said: "I can't get much money, I want to ask my father, the eldest sister and the second sister are both at work, If you can make some points, it is estimated that there are more than 100 yuan."

Zhang Xingming thought for a while and said, "Second brother, I will ask my mother to give you 200 yuan. You try to make up as much as you can. Anyway, the more money we have, the more we can earn, but you have to find a way to find a bigger one." There must be a wall in the place, otherwise everything will be lost.”

"Okay, I'll find a place." The second brother thought for a while and nodded.At this time, there are so many large and small collective units in the factory, it is not too difficult to find a free space as long as you know people.

In the evening Zhang Xingming quietly discussed with his mother, took out 200 yuan as the capital, and joined hands with his second brother to collect iron and sell it. After talking for a long time, his mother nodded hesitantly.

Three days later, the second brother came back to Zhang Xingming's house at night, and Zhang Xingming was lying on his mother's lap enjoying his mother's ear picking.

"Xiao Li is here, sit down." Mom looked up at the second brother, and then picked out Zhang Xingming's ears. This was the thing Zhang Xingming enjoyed the most when he was a child.

"Er Ming, I found the place. It's just behind the Jian'an Company. There's a big yard that's vacant now. My buddy's father is the head of it. He said five yuan a month for us to use." The second brother sat down. Show credit to Zhang Xingming.

"How big is the courtyard?" Zhang Xingming has no memory of that place, nor has he been there, so he doesn't know anything about it.

"Where is the milk?" My mother knew it, and asked my second brother.When my mother said this, Zhang Xingming remembered that he went to get milk once in his last life, walked past the path next to the hospital, walked up the tailings dam, and turned to the other side of the mountain next to the building where Zhang Xingming lived. When I went there, I remembered that there were many bungalows and yards in that place. Later, when I was in junior high school, I always went there to play. I still have a deep impression, but I have never been in contact with them in my previous life, and I don’t know those houses and yards. Which unit is used for what.

"How long can I rent it?" Zhang Xingming followed his mother's hand from one side to the other ear and asked.

"Rent? How long will it take? I didn't say." The second brother said, "Just let us use it for five yuan a month."

"This matter has to be said. We don't need one or two days, at least two or three years. We have to sign a contract. After the end, we can't pay too much rent. It's best to pay it on a monthly basis."

"Sign the contract?" The second brother was a little confused.How can people at this time have the concept of a contract?

Zhang Xingming thought about it, at this time, is there anyone doing business privately? If he signed a contract with the unit himself, it would probably be useless. It seems that it can only be counted on a day-to-day basis. It’s better to have a hut where you can put things and people.”

"Yes," the second brother nodded, "I went to see it. It's the courtyard where they used to pile up materials. There are two small rooms. It's okay to pack up and put things in. It's just that it's cold in winter."

Zhang Xingming nodded: "That's no problem, just make some charcoal (coke) for a stove in winter, and you won't be afraid of being smoked."

The matter was settled like this, the second brother went to rent the yard the next day, and he couldn't sign the contract, so Zhang Xingming asked the second brother to ask the leader to approve a note, stating clearly that the yard was for them to use, as for the money I will definitely not write about it. I guess the little leader kept the money for himself. At this time, the wages of workers in the first-class attached factories (large and small collectives) of Jian'an Mine are much lower than that of Zhang Xingming's father and the rest of the migrant workers. At thirty, five yuan is really a lot.

As a result, Zhang Xingming's first new business was set up, which was the purchase of scrap iron.Zhang Xingming's family paid 200 yuan, and the second elder brother scraped together more than 170 yuan, rounded up the house in the yard, nailed a bed with wood, and considered it as a business.At this time, there was no mention of a business license, and it would not be possible to do so, as long as you were careful and no one would sue you. In 79, there were quite a few people who started small businesses secretly, and the country turned a blind eye at this time.

Chapter 31

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There is no need for the second brother to collect the scrap iron in person. At this time, the sites of the material recycling company in the city have been spread all over the city. Many southerners go to the streets to collect the scrap and then take it to the material recycling company to sell to earn a little difference. , Zhang Xingming put his mind on these people.

The second brother himself is doing well in society, fights fiercely, and surrounds a group of people, which is now in use.

Let these people find the junk collectors and tell them that they must sell the scrap iron to them, the price is one cent more than the material recycling company. As for other glass bottles and waste paper, they can sell them to whomever they want, then Things are paid for by quantity, and the price rises slowly, so there is no profit.

Zhang Xingming’s home is in a heavy industrial area, and it’s impossible to get some ancient paintings from waste paper to find a unique copy, so we simply don’t do that stuff, anyway, collecting scrap iron is just a matter of time difference, after two weeks Once the price of annual scrap iron comes up, it will not be done.

The Beixi Material Recycling Corporation was quite famous back then. The TV series "Trash King" filmed by the head office boss at that time was a hit, and Liu Bei and several other actors were popular, but the conclusion of this old story was not very good. Well, the Material Recycling Company has also been punished by its successor, that's another story.

Zhang Xingming remembered that there was a big warehouse of a material recycling company a little further up from his own building, which was built like a fortress, with an arc-shaped roof. People chased and ran all over the street.

From that warehouse, the road starts to go uphill, and up to it is a place called Damiao, and under the ridge of the road, there is a family on the riverside that specializes in collecting junk, and there is a huge yard full of all kinds of waste materials. Like Shan, he also made a fortune from this.

Zhang Xingming talked to the second brother, and the second brother took a few people to take a look. Sure enough, this family has already been established. The surname is Hou, who is a local farmer. There is really no way out, so he put away the tatters, and found the right one. The doorway, at this time, has become a bit big, and the yard of his house is full of waste products, and he has three big dogs.

Zhang Xingming asked his second brother to discuss with his family, and asked his family to sell all the scrap iron collected to his second brother. The price was also a penny more than that of the material company here, so he had to make some money.

At that time, private individuals did not have cars to transport, and the things collected by the old Hou's family were directly transferred to the material company. This way, they could earn a penny more, and they happily agreed.

Zhang Xingming simply asked him to pull the scrap iron directly to the yard he rented, so as to save the trouble of tossing and turning. The old man also agreed, and the two parties wrote a paper and pressed their fingerprints, and the cooperation began.

Guarding so many factories and mines, the scrap iron was collected very quickly, and within a few days there were piles in the yard.

When the capital was basically used up, and there were more than ten tons of scrap iron, Zhang Xingming asked his second brother to go to the city to sell the scrap iron directly to the general material recycling company.

Zhang Xingming's house is more than 30 kilometers away from Beixi City on a mountain road, but there is no long-distance bus at this time, so he can only take the train. It takes more than three hours to go back and forth, and the fare is [-] cents.

The second brother went to the city according to what Zhang Xingming said, and found the Material Recycling Corporation in Nandi to ask. You earn five cents a catty, and you have to transport it by yourself.

After inquiring about it, the second brother's heart sank. Except for the shipping fee, it didn't make much money.When he came back, Zhang Xingming gritted his teeth. He didn't expect the price of the material recycling company to be so low at this time. The capital is small, and the money will not be paid out in a short period of time, so he is a little worried.

It was already November at this time, and it was snowing lightly, and the two of them stayed in the hut in the rented yard. After there were things in the yard, the second brother had already lived here, and he was quite happy. You know, his family is a family of seven. People lay a kang.

There was a coke oven in the room, and it was burning red and red, and he was sweating in his padded jacket. Zhang Xingming took an iron piece and poked the stove to think of a way, just thinking that the iron piece was burned red, and the temperature spread to his hands, scalding him. Damn, throw the iron piece away.

The red-hot iron piece fell to the ground, splashing sparks, Zhang Xingming's eyes lit up, he patted his head, and said to his second brother: "Second brother, did you ask, where did the scrap iron from the material recycling company go?" ? They won't keep it for themselves, right? He has to sell it and make money, what do you think?"

The second brother nodded and said, "That's true, but he won't tell us where he sells it."

"It doesn't need to be said," Zhang Xingming laughed, kicking the still hot iron sheet on the ground, and said, "There are only two places for scrap iron in our Liaodong Province, one for cup steel and one for Anyang Steel, which are returned to the furnace for resmelting." , there is no escape."

The second brother's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right, it's useless to take this thing elsewhere."

Zhang Xingming figured it out, sat down and said: "Second brother, not only the cup steel is taken away, but the price is definitely not low. Think about it, scrap iron is being collected everywhere here, not to mention the ones that are nearby, and those that are far away, Xiamatang Fort Tongyuan, they have to ship it over there too, right? They collect four cents and transport it to Beixi by car. How much is the shipping fee?

Material recycling companies support so many people, and they have to make money to transport them, right?Therefore, we have to find a way to sell scrap iron to Cup Steel instead of recycling companies. "

So the next morning, the second brother went to the city again, and returned home when it was dark at night.

When the second brother entered the door, his face was full of joy. He opened the door curtain and gave Zhang Xingming a smug look before entering the room. He took off his shoes and got on the hot kang. Zhang Xingming asked, "Did something good happen?"

The second elder brother took out his pocket, took out a wrinkled cigarette and bit it on his mouth, struck a match, lit it, took a puff, and exhaled the dust before saying: "It's done, now I've made money.

Today, I went to Yigang with a few buddies. I have a buddy who works there. When I found them, the leader said that we have ten tons of scrap iron, and the leader immediately said to sell them for [-] cents a catty. The car comes to pull.He also said that we will sell them again in the future. "

"Did you ask the material company if the iron was also sold to them?" Zhang Xingming asked

The second brother nodded and said: "The material company's scrap iron is all for Cup Steel. The first steel is collected, the second steel, and even rolling are also collected. Basically, it is about [-] cents, and the high wrought iron is [-] cents. But the materials company made their own cars and pulled them over. My brother’s uncle said that we did it privately, and they sent the cars, so it’s not too high.”

Zhang Xingming nodded, as long as he can collect it, he doesn't need to transport it himself, and earns twenty-six cents a catty, which is quite a lot, so the money can be transferred out quickly.

The next day, a truck from Yigang arrived, with a stevedore (it was really good at that time, and the stevedore had to catch the train back to the city by himself after loading the truck. Of course, the unit would definitely reimburse the ticket).

The big guy loaded more than a dozen tons of scrap iron into the car, and then bought a pack of cigarettes and put them on the weighbridge of Jian'an Company (for weighing cars or bulk goods, buried in the ground, and the car can be directly driven up to weigh them). As soon as it was handed over, the weight came out, thirteen tons and 530 four catties.

Back in the hut, the old man of the second brother counted out 60 yuan from his black leather bag, handed it to the second brother, patted the second brother on the shoulder and said, "Young man has an idea. Do it well, it’s much better than going to work.”