Make A Billion In The 80s - Chatper 160

The various parent meetings were coming to an end, and sure enough, the gold pens on the seventh day were not sold out. In the end, there were about a dozen Hero 100 and two 50 Golden Eagles left, and I bet about two hundred yuan in my hands.

Qiu Mingquan looked at the backlog of inventory in his schoolbag with a little worry, forgetting for a moment the money he had earned these days.

Feng Rui said lightly: “Repurchase all the remaining funds.”

As soon as he finished speaking, President Feng couldn’t help but feel a little sad – since when did he get used to calling a few hundred yuan as “funds”!

“What, it’s still in stock!” Qiu Mingquan was taken aback, “Isn’t the stock already in your hand?”

“Are you the president, or am I the president?”…

Next, Feng Rui instructed Qiu Mingquan to go into the city. This time, the goal was no longer just boutique shopping malls, revitalization shopping malls and Guanhai shopping malls and other famous shopping malls, but he went all over the counters of hero pens.

Sure enough, in the past few days, the hero gold pen in a shopping mall has been out of stock!

As soon as Feng Rui saw this sign, he made a decisive move and asked Qiu Mingquan to rush to several other shopping malls, poured out the one thousand yuan in his hand, and exchanged all of it for gold pens.

Three days later, major shopping malls ushered in the era of out-of-stock hero gold pens.

In fact, not only in Dongshen City, but also at the counters across the country. Facing the advertisements of domestic high-quality gold pens spread across the country, and it is winter vacation, many parents are considering buying a good fountain pen for their children as a backup for school.

This time, even the Hero Gold Pen Factory was greatly surprised, and the output failed to keep up.

At that time, there was no such thing as “hunger marketing”, but every day I heard the attractive advertisements on the radio and TV, but I couldn’t buy it, which formed an unexpected and hard-to-find situation.

Qiu Mingquan didn’t know all this, but Feng Rui could keenly guess it.

Just in the past few days when the stock was completely out of stock, he asked Qiu Mingquan to take some gold pens and walk around the stationery counters of major shopping malls every day. Once he heard that someone had a clear desire to buy but came back disappointed, Qiu Mingquan ran away In the past, a variety of varieties were drawn out for people to choose from.

Claret pen body, full silver pen body, silver cap and black body… When you buy it, you have a purposeful configuration, and you can choose it when you sell it.

… The salespersons at the stationery counter in the boutique commercial building are convinced.

Although it was known that the child bought so many pens every day to sell them, where they were sold was always a mystery.

It’s a good thing now, people are reselling them under the noses of their state-owned stores!

Occasionally, a customer wondered whether it was true or not, and the child pointed to this side with an innocent face: “I entered here.”

Yes, there is a special counter inspection on site! This is it!

To complain, the hero gold pen at the counter is still completely out of stock, and there is an endless stream of customers who come to buy it. They have urged the manufacturer several times to say that the production capacity is insufficient, and the leaders of the commercial building have nothing to do.

After three or two days, they already knew how much the child added to the price of a pen. It has to be said that at this time when it was hard to find, Feng Rui’s price was stuck at a node that was well versed in customer psychology, so that You feel pain in the flesh, but you are not angry enough to walk away.

What this kid earns in a few days is probably enough to earn a few months’ wages for salespeople in state-owned enterprises!

Especially Zhao Decheng, the narrow-minded head of the counter, was extremely upset, and he couldn’t please his eyes any way he saw this brat.

On this day, Qiu Mingquan was negotiating with a customer: “It’s really not good, uncle, I will earn two yuan for this…”

“Two yuan is not enough! You sell dozens of pens a day, and you dare to speculate at such a young age!”

A hand suddenly reached out from behind, grabbed Qiu Mingquan’s little hand fiercely, and snatched the gold pen from his hand.

Qiu Mingquan raised his head in astonishment, and looked at Zhao Decheng who was dressed in a Chinese tunic suit: “Uncle…why are you robbing me?”

Zhao Decheng choked.

This brat is really cunning and bad, he doesn’t make excuses, but gives him the hat of stealing things!

He arbitrarily snatched the schoolbag from Qiu Mingquan’s hand, and dumped the gold pencil case full on the ground: “Steal? I’m going to smash you!”

“Gululu”, a pile of pencil cases fell to the ground.

…

On the stairs on the second floor, two middle-aged men were walking side by side.

General Manager Qu of the boutique shopping mall smiled and looked at his old classmate Wei Qingyuan beside him: “Congratulations, I didn’t expect you to be transferred from Yanjing to Dongshen City. The college students of our class have been working in Yanjing for more than ten years. , it’s just you.”

Wei Qingyuan shook his head and smiled wryly: “I like doing research, you don’t know that. If Principal Gong hadn’t come to Dongshen City to take up a job this time, and insisted on bringing me along, I would rather work in the Audit Office.”

Qu Yifei was deeply moved: “It’s up to you. In today’s situation, the country is short of people, especially those who understand the market economy. Almost all of our senior brothers and sisters in the past few years have been activated urgently.”

Wei Qingyuan smiled: “You are not the same, you have been promoted to the position of general manager at this age.”

Qu Yifei shook his head and lowered his voice: “I’m also crossing the river by feeling the stones. By the way, you have a high level of contact. Do you think the joint-stock reform is really feasible?”

Wei Qingyuan pushed his glasses and looked solemn: “You should know better than me, right? Just last year, Yuyuan Shopping Mall became one of the first batch of enterprises in Dongshen City to change to a joint-stock system. It united dozens of state-owned and collective stores. , formed a large, unified joint stock company, and expanded the scale of operations with concentrated advantages. You should know that they issued shares and the response was very good, so why can’t you?”

Qu Yifei’s eyes flickered: “Yes! I also think that this direction is very worth trying – you don’t know, these days, I have thought about many ways to mobilize enthusiasm. In the final analysis, the attempt of the joint-stock system puts the vital interests of the employees Linking with the unit is the most powerful move!”

Wei Qingyuan quietly pointed to the north: “You are in the company, give it a go, the policy will definitely surprise you with its boldness!”

Qu Yifei’s heart jumped, and he became a little excited. This classmate is highly valued by his mentor, Principal Gong. This time, Principal Gong was appointed as the vice president of Dongshen City Branch of the People’s Bank of China. He insisted on bringing his favorite student Wei Qingyuan from the Human Education Department to The meaning of Dongshen City is self-evident.

He nodded solemnly: “I understand, I will quickly suggest to the higher-ups, let go and try!”

Wei Qingyuan smiled and said: “By the way, I want to come to you to buy two gold pens as gifts, and take me to the stationery counter?”

Qu Yifei slapped his thigh: “You didn’t say it long ago! The Hero Gold Pen has been out of stock for a long time, even if I am a smart woman, I can’t cook without rice now! Don’t worry, it will arrive in a while, and I will keep it for you.”

Wei Qingyuan smiled and said: “I didn’t know you were performing your duties here, otherwise, you wouldn’t have bought one at a higher price a few days ago.”

Qu Yifei was taken aback by this, and thought it was funny: “This can be sold, so you’re so active?”

Wei Qingyuan laughed: “And the person who did this was a child. To tell you the truth, after I bought the pen that day, I was very emotional.”

“What are you feeling?”

Wei Qingyuan’s eyes were firm: “The market economy is imperative. The sense of smell and wisdom of the masses have already gone ahead. Even a small child can take this step ignorantly. Why do we hesitate?”

Qu Yifei was extremely surprised: “What you said sounds like an anecdote. Is it really a child who sold a gold pen to you? Why don’t I believe it!”

Wei Qingyuan stepped onto the third floor, looked forward unconsciously, saw a small face, and immediately froze.

After a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: “Don’t believe me? Then I will prove it to you today.”

…

“You are not allowed to do business here! Believe it or not, I will call the police to arrest you! Raising prices unscrupulously, buying and selling, you will go to jail!” Zhao Decheng sneered.

This is still an era when the market economy has not been liberalized, and sales are everywhere in later generations. At this time, there is also a not-so-proper name “speculation”. In most people’s minds, this is disgraceful and needs to be concealed. of.

Qiu Mingquan: “Mr. Feng, what should we do?”

Feng Rui said angrily: “You didn’t steal or rob, why are you afraid of him!”

Qiu Mingquan was not afraid, but he rarely quarreled with others in his previous life, and he was not very eloquent. He calmed down: “Uncle, I didn’t do anything illegal. I bought it with my own money, and the people who bought my gold pen also liked it.” Willingly. You can’t.”

He was young and lacked momentum, so when he spoke in such a friendly manner, Zhao Decheng became more and more unreasonable.

He turned his head and shouted downstairs: “Security Section, come quickly! There is a speculative peddler on the third floor, come and deal with it!”

Not long after, two people from the security department of the commercial building came, one old and one young, and the older one was the chief of the security department.

Zhao Decheng told the story arrogantly, until the head of the security department was taken aback.

This has never happened before, and what Team Leader Zhao said seems quite reasonable. A few years ago, it was broadcast on the radio, and people were shot for serious crimes of speculation?

In this era, the thinking of most people is indeed still in the rigid stage.

“You kid, how could you do this?” The younger security officer looked at Qiu Mingquan and said bluntly, “Hurry up, or you will be turned over to the Public Security Bureau!”

The chief of the security department waved his hand, but he was very kind: “Little friend, who taught you to do this?”

“It must be instigated by the adults in the family!” Zhao Decheng threatened viciously, “If I say it, the adults in the family must be arrested together!”

“Are you sure? Why don’t I demonstrate it to you?” President Feng was eager to try again.

“You won’t hit someone again, will you?” Qiu Mingquan asked suspiciously.

“That must not be the case.” Feng Rui said indifferently, “At this time, we pay attention to a person who convinces people with virtue.”

Sitting in the children’s desks and chairs, a large group of parents looking forward to their children’s success, some were full of energy, while others were ashen-faced and forced to smile.

On the seat by the window, the corner of the middle-aged man’s mouth twitched slightly. Hearing that his youngest daughter’s name was listed among the top three in the grade, his smile almost overflowed.

His own child was so worry-free, not only did he have good grades, but he also wrote beautiful handwriting. For a moment, his heart was filled with tenderness, and when he looked at the back of the shadowy boy outside the school gate, his heart thumped.

Buy, buy, buy, after school later, let’s bring back a surprise for my daughter! …

It was winter in January, and the temperature was extremely cold. Qiu Mingquan stood in the winter sun at the school gate and licked his chapped lips.

The old man in the reception room brought a glass of boiled water and waved to him: “Come on baby, drink some hot water, don’t freeze.”

Qiu Mingquan ran over gratefully, took the old man’s big enamel cup, and drank half a jar of warm boiling water with a “gudu gudu”: “Thank you, grandpa!”

“Your pen, can you sell it?” The old man chatted with him intermittently, “Golden pen, is the tip really made of gold?”

Qiu Mingquan smiled shyly: “The point on the nib is made of K gold. It’s really 14K gold. The workmanship is amazing.”

The old man laughed haha: “You are amazing. A pen is worth my family’s food money for several days. Why do you dare to sell this, little baby?”

Qiu Mingquan raised his sleeve and wiped his mouth, then smiled: “I’ll try too.”

At this moment, some parents began to come out of some classrooms. Qiu Mingquan quickly put down the enamel jar, and quickly ran to the school gate. He stood upright and looked anxiously at the crowd that filed out.

“Put away your puppy-like eyes.” Feng Rui said angrily, “You give me the look of ‘buy it if you love it, and leave if you don’t buy it’, be strong! Do you understand being strong?”

“Oh.” Qiu Mingquan straightened his back, and at a glance he saw the middle-aged woman who said he was speculative coming over.

She bent down and picked up a hero 100 gold pen, and asked unwillingly: “Little brother, I didn’t say that it’s too black-hearted—your pen costs six yuan at most, so I’ll take one. ”

Qiu Mingquan firmly clung to the death limit set by Feng Rui: “Auntie, it really can’t be done. I’ll pay eight yuan back, and I still have round-trip ticket money.”

A lesbian with a milder appearance next to him was calculating the fare and meals for the round trip in the city center, and looked at Qiu Mingquan’s little face flushed by the cold wind, and his heart softened: “Okay, I’ll buy one for eight yuan. All right.”

She shook her head, took out her wallet and counted out ten yuan: “I bought it for my son, which color is better?”

Qiu Mingquan was overwhelmed with surprise, and while looking for change, he followed President Feng’s instructions and said, “Auntie, why don’t you take this golden pen cap. With a golden crown, in the past, it was worthy of the number one prize!”

“Oh, you kid can really talk.” The lesbian picked up the classic gold pen with a golden cap with a smile, drew a few lines on the homework book provided by Qiu Mingquan, and put it in the exquisite pen case with satisfaction.

At this moment of the transaction, Qiu Mingquan was already surrounded by many parents.

The advertisement for the hero gold pen has just started to be launched intensively in the past two days, and many people are quite envious of this expensive 14K iridium gold pen.

Seeing that the lesbian placed the first order, some people became envious. What’s more, at this point in time when you just finished the parent meeting and learned about your child’s good grades?

“I want a full silver pen body, I think it’s very atmospheric.” Someone picked up another pen and rubbed it for a while, and was finally seduced by the good design and exquisite nib, and paid for it I bought one.

The sun is very strong, the north wind is very cold, happiness comes too suddenly.

Qiu Mingquan suddenly became a little dizzy, and only remembered Feng Rui’s “never lower the price” limit in his mind. After a while, seven of the eight hero 100 gold pens were bought!

Suddenly, almost at the same time, two people grabbed the last pen and said, “I want this one!”

As soon as Qiu Mingquan raised his head, the two who were fighting were the middle-aged man with glasses, and the woman who said he was black-hearted. The woman had been waiting to see if Qiu Mingquan could lower the price, but she didn’t expect that it would be sold out in a blink of an eye, and she immediately became anxious.

“I want it!” The middle-aged woman forcefully pulled the gold pen case into her hand, ready to pay.

The man’s expression was also anxious: “Oh, little brother, sell it to me!”

Qiu Mingquan looked at the two, slowly picked up the pen case, and handed it to the middle-aged man: “Uncle, here you are.”

The middle-aged woman was displeased, and raised her eyebrows: “Why, I said it first!”

Qiu Mingquan said indifferently: “No, this uncle is the first one to ask the price today.”

Wei Qingyuan let out a long sigh of relief, and quickly took out his wallet, suddenly feeling a little dazed.

He took out all the money and looked embarrassed: “Look, little brother, I didn’t want to bargain, I really came to hold a parent-teacher meeting, and I didn’t bring much money with me.”

Sure enough, there was only one five yuan in the whole wallet, a few ten-dollar bills, and a few steel coins.

At this moment, the middle-aged woman immediately regained her spirits: “I have, I have, and I have money.”

She flauntingly took out a ten-yuan bill, and stuffed it into Qiu Qingquan’s hand: “Here you are!”

Qiu Mingquan ignored her, reached out to take all the money in the man’s hand, and handed over the last hero iridium 100: “Uncle, here it is.”

The middle-aged woman yelled sharply: “You are crazy! He only has more than six yuan!”

Qiu Mingquan looked at the middle-aged woman, and said slowly, “Yes, but I’m willing to buy it for a thousand dollars.”

He turned his head and looked at Wei Qingyuan sincerely: “Uncle, thank you.”

“no need thank me?”

Qiu Mingquan said sincerely: “The market economy is a good thing. Right, uncle?”

Wei Qingyuan held the pencil case blankly, full of shock.

He didn’t expect that the child would be willing to sell him at a low price, but what he didn’t expect was what the child just said!

“Market economy is a good thing.”

This is a simple sentence, how many people around you dare to say it, or how many people understand the real truth?

He graduated from Dongshen City University of Finance and Economics. After graduation, he worked in the Central Audit Office. He has worked for more than ten years. Now he has just been transferred to Dongshen City to perform his duties. At the same time with doubts.

How could this teenage child say such words casually!

Wei Qingyuan tentatively proposed: “How about, at this time tomorrow, you come here, and I will bring you money to replenish it.”

“No, I won’t come tomorrow.” Qiu Mingquan smiled obediently, his little face flushed.

After all, he is still a child, Wei Qingyuan thought in confusion. I probably heard that sentence on the radio, so I remember it?

At this moment, a burly man bent down, wearing a huge gold ring on his finger, and nodded the last two remaining pen cases: “Is this the expensive one? – 50 Golden Eagles ?”

“Yes, yes, the big leader is visiting and giving the Soviet Union a national gift!” Qiu Mingquan couldn’t care about Wei Qingyuan anymore, his eyes fell on the thick gold chain around the man’s neck, and his heart beat faster.

The man nodded proudly: “Wrap both of them up for me.”

…

Lying on the only bed at home, Qiu Mingquan remained motionless. The grandparents around me were tired after going out all day, and they were already snoring.

The weather was very cold, and the quilts the three of them were covering together were not thick enough to keep them warm.

But his brain was burning hot!

“Mr. Feng…” Qiu Mingquan’s mind was filled with handfuls of change in the schoolbag under the bed.

The ten gold pens were sold out, which was a full profit of thirty-nine taels compared to the purchase price in the morning!

He had already put the passbook back, but in Qiu Mingquan’s old schoolbag, there was already more than one hundred and twenty yuan in it!

With a principal of more than 80 yuan, in one day, it is close to 40 yuan in profit!

All the gold pens were sold out, and the last two most expensive 50 gold carving hero gift pens brought him a profit of 20 yuan at once.

In his previous life when he died, this number was of course shabby.

However, this was 1988 in the previous life!