Siheyuan, my new life

Zhao Shao took a sip of white wine and continued, "Just now I noticed that there are a total of 70 to 80 stalls selling things in our black market, but at least a dozen of them are our own business. We still have to find a way to expand the scale in the future. After all, even if our brothers can get some scarce materials through their own connections, this is not a long-term solution. My grandfather said that the supply of materials will be tight for some time to come. With the tight supply, I am afraid that we will have difficulties in getting materials through our own connections in the future. I was wondering if we should change our thinking. At the beginning, we started this black market with the purpose of selling the materials we got at a high price and making some pocket money. Thanks to Boss Ye's hard work, our black market is now quite large. Now I suggest that we all toast Boss Ye first."

As Mr. Zhao spoke, he raised his glass, and the others also raised their glasses.

Boss Ye stood up quickly, with a look of great fear and trepidation on his face. He stammered and said, "Mr. Zhao, you are too kind. If it weren't for your planning and stockpiling of various grains, tobacco, alcohol and other supplies this autumn, our East City black market wouldn't have become so popular. I'm just a little brother of you, and I really don't dare to accept a toast from you. I'll drink first as a token of my respect, and you can do as you please." After saying that, he tilted his head back and drank the full glass of white wine in one gulp.

Zhao Shao and the others would certainly not accompany this guy to show off. After all, they had important things to discuss tonight. So they all took a sip of the white wine, expressed their intention, and then put down their glasses.

What Boss Ye said just now was indeed correct. If it weren't for Young Master Zhao's insistence on hoarding the various supplies that everyone had obtained through their respective connections instead of selling them directly to make a profit, it would have been impossible for everyone to make such a fortune.

You have to know that these people were able to get some materials at state allocation prices through their respective connections. At the beginning, no one thought of making money with these materials. They often helped friends with whom they had a good relationship. Anyway, it was not too troublesome for them. As long as they asked their elders at home, they could get some state allocation materials. All they got were thanks from their friends and a meal.

Later, it was Zhao Shao who discovered the trick. These people actually sold the supplies they got from him and others to the Pigeon Market at a higher price. There were even some brave guys who sold them directly at high prices on the black market.

You should know that at that time, the rice supplied by the grain station was 1.8 cents per pound, and the flour was 1.9 cents per pound, but the supply had to be based on grain certificates, and fine grains only accounted for 30% of the supplied grain.

The rice, flour, tobacco, alcohol and other supplies that I got for these guys were all at state allocation prices, which were lower than the sales prices of grain stations and supply and marketing cooperatives.

So Zhao Shao gathered himself and others together and proposed that he would provide the funds. After everyone obtained various supplies through their respective connections, he would find someone to sell them on the black market. In this way, everyone could earn a considerable income.

Anyway, people like us are just idling around at work every day. With the face of our elders at home, no leader of any unit will argue with us. Although we all have a salary every month, there is not much money left after a trip to Donglaishun or Quanjude. We often have to go home and ask our parents for money, which is really embarrassing.

Therefore, after hearing Zhao Shao's proposal, everyone immediately agreed. So in the next few months, they all made a lot of money, and at least hundreds of dollars in extra income.

All he had to do was to ask his parents for help, or go to those comrades-in-arms and subordinates with whom his father had a good relationship. As long as he spoke a little sweetly, he could get a lot of supplies every month through the help of his uncles and aunts.

After tasting the sweetness, everyone became more motivated and would be busy looking for various supplies every day after clocking in for work.

Zhao Shao called everyone together again and told everyone about his idea of ​​setting up his own black market in Dongcheng.

If they were to set up a black market in other areas, these people would not dare to agree. However, in Dongcheng, their elders all hold important positions, and through the cooperation over this period of time, everyone has experienced the joy of making money, so they hit it off and the current black market in Dongcheng came into being.

As soon as autumn came this year, Zhao Shao proposed to stockpile a batch of supplies in advance and prepare to put them on the black market before the Spring Festival. You know, the biggest customers on the black market now are the old and young. Although they all have urban resident registration in Beijing, they also have a food quota every month. But these people are used to a luxurious life of fine clothes and delicious food. How can they bear to eat simple meals every day?

In particular, most of these guys have a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and paintings passed down from their ancestors, so they are not short of money. However, each person is only supplied with a few kilograms of fine grains each month, and these old people are not used to the throat-sucking corn flour, so they go to the pigeon market and the black market to buy rice, flour, grain, oil and other daily necessities at high prices.

After this period of cooperation, everyone recognized Zhao Shao's organizational ability. Besides, the brothers had no shortage of pocket money, so they followed Zhao Shao's instructions and stockpiled all the scarce materials they had obtained.

Today, Mr. Zhao led everyone to visit his own black market. This was the first time for them to come here.

Young Master Zhao wanted to let these brothers see with their own eyes the development of his black market, and secondly, to reassure them. After all, in the past six months, everyone has found ways to get a lot of supplies, but they have not yet divided the profits. Young Master Zhao has already informed Boss Ye in advance that the money earned in recent days will be distributed to everyone tonight.

The most important thing is for the future development of the black market. Zhao Shao has realized from the news he got from his father that the supply of materials in the capital will be relatively tight in the future. In this case, it will be unlikely for his people to get various materials as easily as before. He called everyone together today to brainstorm and discuss future operations.

After Boss Ye attentively added some wine to everyone's glasses, Young Master Zhao smiled and said, "Before discussing things, let's settle our accounts for this period of time. After all, it's been almost half a year since we split the bills. I think the little money we have is almost spent."