My 1991

I remember watching a sketch called "Cheer Up" in my previous life. It seemed to be performed by Huang Hong. There was a passage in the middle that impressed him deeply.

In other words, it is still fresh in the memory of their generation.

"The director of the factory paid special attention to me and said that the unit was going to merge due to staff reduction. At that time, I expressed my position. If I don't lay off, who will be laid off!"

It is said that when they saw this sketch, some people were so angry that they smashed their TV sets.

Times are changing rapidly. From a long-term perspective, a series of economic policies in the 1990s were correct, but it must be said that layoffs are a big deal these days.

Laid-off families generally don't have high requirements. They only have rice and oil at home, and they just need to eat a simple meal to survive starvation.

As for the idea of ​​being more luxurious: If you can actually give me some money, I won’t say anything.

When Lu An took Ye Run through the vegetable market, they found that the formerly empty space had been crowded with stalls in the past few months. The stalls selling were not rare goods, but mainly vegetables, daily necessities, snacks, clothes and shoes. , most of them have no organization and no one to manage them.

Individually, you can also see second-hand vendors selling electronic watches, calculators, game consoles, and tapes.

Ye Run was a tough-talking and kind-hearted person. After watching the whole journey, he couldn't help but ask him in a low voice: "Do you think they can support their family?"

Lu An told her that as long as she doesn't be too stupid with her words and her attitude is not too arrogant, it is basically not a problem to set up a stall to support her family these days. There are even some later generations of big bosses who have accumulated their first initial capital by setting up stalls, and then they will become bigger and bigger. powerful.

Thinking of this, I think of some of the news that later generations often see, such as starting from scratch, seizing the opportunity to become a big boss before graduating from elementary school, and so on.

He had to sigh: Rather than saying that they seized the opportunity, it is better to say that the opportunity seized them.

Lu An felt that a large number of these strong men had ordinary backgrounds just like the general public. They did not have any so-called super talents. They just had a tough will and a lot of luck, and they slowly worked through the hardships.

Because he subscribed to the 5-cent newspaper, Ye Run now passively fell in love with reading the newspaper. Every time he saw the news about layoffs in the newspaper, he was full of worry. She tugged at the hem of Lu An's clothes: "Do you think the school teachers will be laid off?" ?”

Lu An turned around and said, "You are worried that Aunt Hu will be laid off."

"Um."

Lu An comforted: "Don't worry about that. Teachers are in short supply in any era. The society is in urgent need of talents. This kind of thing will not happen."

Although Ye Run liked to quarrel with him, he was still very convinced of him on many things. Hearing this, he immediately felt relieved.

"I'm going to call my mom later."

"I don't think we should wait any longer. Let's do it now. We might have a drink later."

Ye Run followed his advice and turned around to go to a public phone room not far away.

Lu An didn't wait and called as well.

The first call was subconsciously called Meng Qingchi, but before a few words, someone next to him shouted, urging the doctor to hurry up and hurt him first.

"Xiao An, I've got time to wait. Sister, please call me."

Meng Qingchi felt a little guilty after missing his phone calls several times.

Of course, she also understood that if she really wanted to contact Lu An, she could always make time.

The reason why I didn't take the initiative to fight was because I was afraid that he would say something about missing me and then not know how to reply, so I would often turn a blind eye and let things pass.

After experiencing Lu An's tireless pursuit, she has learned her lesson. She now ignores and doesn't mention anything about him and Qing Shui. She is worried that interfering will create a rebellious mentality in Xiao An, which may lead to his death. In turn, they will push themselves harder.

I tried calling my elder sister’s tailor shop three times, but the line was busy. This is outrageous. Is business so good?

After waiting outside for about ten minutes, when Ye Run came out of the cubicle, Lu An handed a 100 note to the boss and said, "Pay together."

The boss was very knowledgeable and took the money after taking one look at Ye Run.

When the two arrived at the two-story single-family courtyard, a large table had been set up in the courtyard, filled with large bowls of vegetables and meat. A fire was also lit with wood, and a circle of people gathered around the fire to brag and chat. .

In addition to Zeng Ziqian and Chu Jian's seven brothers and sisters, Li Dong was also waiting here early.

Seeing the two of them, Chu Jian stood up and trotted over, "Brother, Sister Ye, you are finally here. If you don't come, we will have to reheat the food."

Lu An nodded: "Something happened on the way, so we were delayed for a while."

Li Dong's legs and feet were completely ready. He hugged Lu An and said to Ye Run, "Why are you looking at me like this? You get goosebumps when you look at me."

Ye Rundong looked and looked away: "How much fat have you gained? Do you weigh ten pounds?"

Li Dong laughed awkwardly when he mentioned this, "My family Qianqian took good care of me and gained 12 pounds."

Lu An was speechless: "This winter has just begun, you continue, try to gain 12 pounds."

Ye Run said with a flat mouth: "It's okay to gain another 20 pounds. Meat is already valuable now."

Li Dong originally wanted to use a curse word, but when he saw Zeng Ziqian coming over, he immediately muttered: "I can't compete with two of your mouths, and I don't have the same knowledge as you."

After exchanging a few words with everyone, Lu An took Ye Run and sat down, pouring wine and tea for the two of them dog-leggedly for the first time.

Lu An asked: "Why are you drinking soju and not beer?"

Chu Jian said: "Brother, it's cold now. People say that beer is not strong enough, soju is good enough. Drink it and you will feel warm to death. Brother, how about I go buy you a beer?"

Lu An shook his head: "No, I'll just make the wine, but you go help Ye Run, Zi Qian and your sister buy some drinks. They can't just drink such strong wine."

Unexpectedly, Li Dong said: "Hey, brother, you don't know this, they all like to drink Shao."

Before Li Dong could finish speaking, Zeng Ziqian had already stood up and said, "I'm going to buy some drinks. I'll drink with Ye Run."

Lu An didn't stop him. Li Dong was a fool, but his wife was a quick-witted man.

Ye Run didn't want to leave her alone, so he went with her. Seeing that his sister had an eye for prices, they went together. After a while, they came back with more than ten bottles of Coke, one for each of them.

I didn't drink much soju in the past, mainly because Lu An got easily drunk when he touched it. I don't know why, but he felt more drunk than liquor.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone became talkative.

Wearing a black leather jacket and shiny leather shoes, Chu Jian still couldn't help but worry, "Brother, when did you say I became a bigot? Look, I thought I had a lot of money, and I was no longer a gangster. Now my status is It's bright, but when I called Cuicui's village, her father yelled at her every time and refused to allow us to contact her. He also threatened that even if Cuicui became an old girl and married a lame and blind man, he would not seek marriage with me."

Lu An was not surprised at all by this kind of thing, and just asked: "What's Cuicui's attitude?"

Chu Jian went crazy: "She wanted to sneak over to me, but she ran away twice without success. Her three brothers caught her and took her back."

Lu An turned the wine glass in his hand and asked, "Do you hate them?"

Chu Jian drank a glass of soju and said, "I'm fine. I don't have the ability to hate them. I just don't feel right in my heart."

Lu An recognized his micro-expression and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. As long as you become a gangster, they will choose to forget the past and praise you in turn."

Chu Jian scratched his neck and asked: "How does that count as a corner?"

"Rich! I have a lot of money in my pocket!"

Lu An put down his wine glass, pointed to a family in the yard next door to the left and said: "With a house like this with a yard and a car going in and out, it can barely be considered a person. When the time comes, the car will drive to Cuicui Village and there will be no worries." ”

Chu Jian stood up and looked at the next door, not daring to imagine: "Brother, you are so bluffing! I will never be afraid of this in my lifetime."

Lu An patted him, motioned for him to sit down, and looked around the crowd, "Do you believe me? If you believe me, follow me and work hard. This car and house are not a dream. If you hurry up, everyone here can buy it in three to five years." I can afford it.”

I wanted to give out some chicken soup for the soul and draw a big cake, but before the cake was finished, I saw Chu Jian and five other people excitedly picking up their wine glasses to toast him, and said a lot of courageous words. From now on, I swear to follow Brother Lu and work hard. He will never go west when he says he will go east.

Li Dong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and thought to himself, "Good guy, my brother has collected a bunch of horses. With this gang here, from now on he will beat anyone who calls for a beating?" No one dares to bully three-thirds of an acre of land in Jinling?

They were all drunkards, talking about brotherhood and drinking soju as water. After six rounds, Lu An drank more than four ounces.

When he was holding on to time and was about to leave, Zeng Ziqian and Chu Jian chased him out, "Boss, we found out that Jinling has a competitor."

Lu An stopped, frowned and asked, "Who? Also from Master Kong beef noodles? Is the manufacturer so careless?"

Zeng Ziqian said: "No, it is Uni-President Instant Noodles. It is said that the big boss is also from Wanwan."

Seeing that he was silent, Chu Jian hurriedly asked for instructions: "Brother, as long as you say something, I will take the brothers and copy them."

Lu An kicked him: "What? You still want to fight in the street? Get into trouble? Make your sister cry?"

Chu Jian patted his trouser legs, bent down and smiled flatteringly: "I have changed my ways, and I won't use the knife. It's just that they are blocking your way of making money. I can't swallow this breath."

Lu An waved his hand: "The market for instant noodles is very big. Neither we nor our opponents are just small fish and shrimps in this big market. As long as we work hard, we can keep our stomach full and there is no need to go to war."

I was a little reluctant when I first saw him, but I still sighed heavily and kept these words in my heart.

Seeing that Zeng Ziqian was hesitant to speak, Lu An asked, "Tell me, tell me if you have anything else."

Zeng Ziqian said: "Boss, I have recently taken a fancy to a daily necessities for ordinary people. I think it will be very popular."

Lu An was curious: "Tell me, what is it?"

Zeng Ziqian said: "Arowana cooking oil, I saw in the newspaper that it was looking for dealers. I thought this was an opportunity. If it is run well, its potential will be as good as Master Kong's beef noodles."

When he heard that it was the famous Arowana cooking oil, Lu An almost instantly agreed to the idea and said, "Okay, I have a discerning eye. I also saw this news a while ago, but I was too busy to tell you. You and I Chu Jian, let’s go ahead and do it, he has experienced this once, so I shouldn’t need to step in.”

Chu Jian beat his chest loudly: "Brother, don't worry, if you can't win the distribution rights of Arowana cooking oil, I will chop off the head and use it as a urinal for you."

Ouch, this person is good at everything, he can endure hardships, but he has too much bad habits. Lu An smiled and said: "You should keep your head, I believe you, otherwise Cuicui will ask me to cause trouble."

Then he asked Zeng Ziqian: "How much money is there in the account this month?"

Zeng Ziqian said: "Excluding all expenses and next month's budget, boss, you can withdraw 70,000 by the end of the month."

Lu An nodded: "Yes, you have done a good job. Don't rush to give me this money. You can use it to represent Arowana. The more money you have, the more confident you will be."

Zeng Ziqian had this idea and accepted it immediately.

When they came to the road outside, Ye Run whispered: "Lu An, you are so awesome. When you first meet a gangster, you turn him into a serious person and become your egg-laying hen."

Lu An didn't think so and said: "Although he was a mess when we first met him, his nature is not bad. Everything he did was just to survive and make ends meet.

It is said that water flows to lower places and people go to higher places. Now that I have shown him a bright road, he will naturally be willing to come out of the darkness and follow the light. "

Arriving at the school gate, Lu An said to her: "I have other things to attend to, so I won't send you back. It's not dark yet, so you should go back to the dormitory early."

Ye Run knew that the student union was holding a celebration party today, so he didn't say anything more. He just said: "You have drunk a lot, so be careful."

Lu An watched her enter the school gate before turning around and crossing the street.

When he arrived at the student union, everyone was drunk. The basketball team of the college caught him and punished him with three drinks for being late.

There was nothing to say, this was the rule. Luan drank three beers in one go.

These bastards were very good at playing, and they even started fighting with each other. The beers were so white that they even mixed them together. By the third round of drinking with them, Lu An had a hunch that he might get drunk today.

Tang Min clinked a drink with him and asked, "They said you were at the bar. Did you drink a lot before you came here?"

Lu An said with a smile: "We have to catch up later."

Zou Qiang was surprised: "So popular?"

Lu An knew that the two had misunderstood, "I will have to go to my classmate's birthday when it comes."

Lu Keer came over at this time: "I think she's a female classmate, right?"

Lu An said: "She is a female classmate, but she is Liu Jiaquan's girlfriend."

Liu Jiaquan had already reported that he had left here. The three of them believed it. Lu Keer pulled him aside and whispered, "I want to discuss something with you."

Luan asked: "What's going on?"

Lu Kerer said: "Do you want to be a singer?"

Lu An was surprised: "Do you have resources?"

Lu Keer thought he was attracted, and immediately said, "My aunt is in the music industry and has her own company in Beijing. If you want to develop in this area, I can take you there."

Luan shook his head and turned to leave.

Lu Keer quickly walked away and stretched out her hand to stop him and comforted him: "Lu An, with your external conditions and your musical talent, you will make a big difference in the music world. Maybe you will be the Leslie Cheung of the Mainland."

Lu An felt strange: "Why do you want me to enter the music scene so much?"

Lu Keer said: "I don't want to see your talent go to waste."

Lu An didn't believe it: "What else?"

Seeing that he was not easy to fool, Lu Kerer said bluntly: "I am interested in being an agent. I want to be your agent. When the time comes, I will take care of all your external affairs, and you will only be responsible for music creation. "

Lu An still shook his head: "I understand, senior sister, you want to use me as a cash cow. The agent is not your end, right?"

After saying that, he stopped talking to the ambitious senior sister, left the hotel, and rushed to Lao Zhao Hotel.

Zou Qiang came over and asked with concern: "You were always smiling just now, why are you frowning now?"

Lu Keer took a deep breath: "I was rejected by him again. This is the third time."

Hearing this, Zou Qiang didn't know what to say, so sorry.

Lao Zhao Hotel.

It was exactly 7:20 when Lu An arrived, a full 20 minutes later than agreed.

He had been here several times, and it was at this hotel that Chen Mai first sent a note to him saying he didn't bring any money. The hunchback boss is a good man who likes to meddle in other people's business.

The hunchbacked boss was deeply impressed by him and took the initiative to say hello: "You're here."

"Hey, good evening, boss."

Don’t stretch out your hand to hit anyone with a smiling face. Lu An’s mouth is always sweet wherever he goes.

In fact, it's not just his mouth that's sweet, his confidante from his previous life said that he's also sweet, especially where there's ice cream. It's so sweet that it's so sweet.

The hunchbacked boss pointed to the stairs on the second floor, "Your partner is in private room 201."

Lu An was a little confused. Who? Are you talking about Huang Ting or Chen Mai?

Couldn't it be Chen Mai?

But he didn't bother to ask and went directly to the second floor.

Lao Zhao Hotel is relatively large in scale. There are 9 private rooms on both sides of the aisle on the second floor. It is considered a strong hotel these days. I heard that it was built by the boss himself.

Private room 201 was located near the road, so he directly ruled it out. Then he searched one by one and found that only 3 of the 9 private rooms were occupied.