Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

After borrowing money from Wang Jianjun, Yan Jiecheng and his wife went home happily.

Wang Jianjun also leaned back on the sofa and began to think.

China has now reformed.

I am about to start preparing to set up business in the country.

In recent years, he has been supplying goods to Pigeon City, and with Li Kuiyong and others selling things for him, he can earn about 10,000 yuan every month.

Because he has always controlled the shipment volume, there have been no problems in the pigeon market over the years.

But now that the policy has been changed, I’m afraid that the business in Pigeon Market will no longer be able to be done.

But the good thing is that I can now do business myself.

Wang Jianjun went over the idea in his mind and found that there seemed to be a lot of business that could be done.

He doesn't think highly of small businesses, and as for big businesses, some domestic conditions are not yet in place so they cannot be started.

Real estate had to wait until the 80s, when it was piloted in Guangdong Province, before being promoted nationwide.

At present, most of the restaurants are run by couples like Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng.

Wang Jianjun thought about it and decided to use his current advantages to start from the catering industry and the home appliance industry.

The space for catering raw materials itself has zero cost.

The domestic home appliance industry has just started and is basically in the exploratory stage and is developing relatively slowly.

It was not until the 80s that China's home appliance industry began to develop rapidly.

Wang Jianjun's advantage is that he already has mature home appliance production technology in Hong Kong.

Now the electronic components he needs can be imported from Hong Kong.

In the future, we can also transfer the industries in Hong Kong to China. After all, the labor cost in China will still be very cheap in the next few decades.

Wang Jianjun stroked his chin and thought for a long time. It seemed that it was time for him to resign.

Another person who has the same entrepreneurial idea as Wang Jianjun and Yan Jiecheng is Xu Damao.

Inspired by Wang Jianjun, Xu Damao also thought about starting his own business and becoming a boss.

Now he works as a projectionist in a cinema, and although the salary and side income are decent, it's only a little over 100 yuan a month.

This little life is actually quite comfortable.

But it depends on who you compare with.

Not to mention Wang Jianjun, even his lifelong enemy Sha Zhu earns more than him.

Sha Zhu has now been promoted to canteen director following Director Yang's promotion.

He is very popular in the steel mill now.

Whenever there are any weddings or funerals among the factory workers, he will definitely be involved.

Shazhu's extra income alone is several times his salary now.

I earn almost a thousand yuan a month.

Plus, He Daqing is still able to do the job now.

Now the He family’s living standard in the courtyard is far higher than that of everyone else and is second only to Wang Jianjun.

Xu Damao is naturally unwilling to be outdone by Sha Zhu.

So now he is trying every possible way to make a lot of money.

But what he is good at is showing movies.

He is not good at anything else except showing movies.

So Xu Damao is now frowning every day, thinking about ways to make money.

However, after Wang Jianjun decided to do business, he went to the steel mill to find Director Yang and apply for resignation the next day.

Director Yang was also a little surprised that Wang Jianjun was going to resign.

"Deputy Director Wang, why do you suddenly want to resign when you are doing such a good job?"

Director Yang was not particularly reluctant to let Wang Jianjun go. The main reason was that Director Wang had just retired last month, and now Wang Jianjun was also going to resign. With both leaders gone, who would be in charge of the warehouse?

"I saw many people quit their jobs to start their own businesses, so I thought I'd give it a try before I get too old."

Director Yang seemed to have thought of something and suddenly realized that Wang Jianjun thought that the warehouse management position had no future.

Of course, this lack of future is relative.

Many people in a steel rolling mill spend their entire lives as clerks and cannot even become a leader.

Director Yang did not feel any regret about Wang Jianjun's departure.

He didn't have a good impression of Wang Jianjun because of Yang Weimin's incident.

Moreover, when Wang Jianjun leaves, his position will be vacant for someone else, and Director Yang will also be able to win over a group of people.

"Okay, since you've made up your mind, I'll approve your application. But you'll have to wait about a month, and I'll have to find someone to take over your position."

"No problem. I'm not in a hurry. I'll leave after everything is handed over. By the way, Director Yang, can you transfer my job quota to someone else?"

"Of course you can. Just apply. But the person who takes your place can only start as a clerk at the lowest level."

"Okay, I understand this."

Wang Jianjun's workstation is for his father.

He wants to resign now but can keep this job.

But no one around him needs a job, so he might as well sell it for some money.

In this era, the value of a formal job is still very high.

After all, it is still a hereditary system and can be passed on to the next generation.

This policy was not changed until the 90s.

Many of the educated youth who returned to their hometowns were unemployed, and the salary for a formal job in a steel rolling mill was almost a thousand yuan.

It can be said that it is hard to find a seat.

Wang Jianjun's resignation did not cause much sensation. Although everyone was curious, they were not surprised.

Because every day one or two people in the factory quit their jobs, sold their jobs and started their own business.

Even leading cadres have resigned.

For most people, they are envious but that is just envy.

Who knows if quitting your job and starting a business is a good choice?

Whether you make money or lose money in business, it all depends on your ability.

Although making money is attractive, what if you lose it?

Although they receive a fixed salary from their current job, at least they are guaranteed a stable income.

All I can say is that character determines destiny.

Many people have ideas, but when opportunities arise, they hesitate and dare not take the initiative.

In the end, I could only envy those first people who got to eat the crabs.

Of course, not everyone who has the courage to quit their job and start a business can succeed.

It’s just that people only remember those who succeeded in the end, and who cares about those who failed.

Since you want to sell the workstation, you naturally have to find someone who knows the business to ask about the price.

The first person Wang Jianjun thought of was Yan Fugui, the know-it-all in Siheyuan.

So after get off work, he took the half-eaten pack of Golden Chicken Biscuits that someone had given him and found Yan Fugui who was watering the flowers at the gate.

"Second uncle, why don't you watch TV today?"

"This is not just saving some electricity, but what if the TV breaks if you keep watching it?"

This idea is very Yan Fugui's.

Wang Jianjun didn't respond, but handed over the half pack of Golden Chicken Biscuits in his hand and said:

"Uncle, I want to ask you something. Do you know how much a job in the steel mill costs now?"

Yan Fugui took the half pack of biscuits and said with a smile.

"What a coincidence! I just happened to know about this. Huairu asked me about this a few days ago."