Qian Shulan took out a pen and paper from her bag, wrote a note and handed it to Wang Shouli, "This money is a loan from me. I will return you 40,000 yuan with interest in one year."
She raised her eyebrows and looked at the others. "If you have money, you can lend it to me. I will give you the same interest."
Wang Shouren was a little dumbfounded, "Mom, what do you want so much money for?"
Although he had guessed that his mother's purpose of going to Shenzhen was not simple, Wang Shouren really did not expect that his mother would be so short of money.
Seeing that 8,000 yuan was not enough to satisfy her mother-in-law's appetite, Sun Daqin panicked. She quickly stood up from the stool, moved closer to her mother-in-law, and whispered, "Mom, have you gotten into trouble?"
Qian Shulan rolled her eyes at her, "You are so imaginative! I just want to go out and try my luck. What kind of trouble can I get into?"
After hearing what her mother-in-law said, Sun Daqin patted her chest with lingering fear and sat back in her seat.
Wang Shouren asked Sun Daqin, "How much money do we have left? Give it all to our mother. We are still young, so just keep a hundred dollars."
Sun Daqin was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed, "Okay!" and got up to go into the house to get the money.
Everyone else looked at Wang Shouyi. He didn't ask Li Chunhua, but got up and went to the house to get the money.
"Mom, I'll give you ten thousand yuan. If you lose money, forget it. If you make money, you can just pay me back. It doesn't matter whether there is interest or not. Zhuzi is still in school, so I'll leave some money for him to build a house and get married." Wang Shouyi quickly got the money back.
His salary was much higher than Wang Shouli's, and he did not pay for his daughters' marriages, so he saved the most money.
Qian Shulan disagreed, "That won't do. When my factory opens, I will definitely distribute the money I earn in the future fairly. Let's calculate how much money to borrow now. The interest rate is the same. No one will get more than anyone else."
Sun Daqin came in holding the cash box. She took out a key from her neck and opened the lock carefully.
The money inside was neatly stacked, but there were also some loose pieces.
Sun Daqin took out the stacks of money and counted them. "Mom, this is nine thousand yuan."
Seeing that she wanted to count the remaining money, Qian Shulan waved her hand and refused, "You should keep some money too. You have to have some expenses."
Sun Daqin nodded and put the remaining money into the box.
I took the IOU written by my mother-in-law and put it in the box and locked it up.
"This time, mother is going out to make a living. We just need to keep this matter to ourselves and don't publicize it. If she makes money, it's fine. She will return home in glory. If she loses money, I will lose face." Qian Shulan put the money in her bag and reminded them worriedly.
The sons all nodded in agreement.
Soon, people were found to take over Jiang Yuying and Wang Shouzhi's jobs.
Since we were all acquaintances, the price was not high, only about 400 yuan.
Jiang Yuying tidied up the things in the house, then gave the keys to Xiaodie and asked her to go home and help clean up when she had time.
At the beginning of September, Qian Shulan sent Xiao Min away and then took Xiao Wu and his wife to Shenzhen.
Qian Shulan had bought the house a long time ago and had also bought new things.
After the three of them cleaned the room, they were able to move in immediately.
After everything was ready, Qian Shulan began to consult about building a factory.
The first step in building a factory is to have a site, but the land now belongs to the country, even though Shenzhen is now an economic development zone.
Qian Shulan had no choice but to rent the land like everyone else. She chose the longest lease term, forty years.
Maybe it’s because it’s just started as a trial, so the rent here is not expensive.
After Qian Shulan signed the land lease contract, she began to contact employees and set up the chicken farm first.
The cost is relatively low, and many farmers will do this job. In addition, with her cheating device, the chickens raised will never get chicken plague.
So when the materials at the food factory were not yet fully prepared, the chicks at the chicken farm were already able to fly.
Because she was unfamiliar with the place in Shenzhen, Qian Shulan spent a long time finding everything she needed to build a house.
After gathering all the materials, she asked the leader of the construction team to supervise the construction of the house for her while she went around looking around.
Shenzhen is now open to the outside world, so it is very chaotic. There are many foreigners coming and going on the streets.
But the street market here is very lively.
Qian Shulan took a walk outside and when she returned home, she saw Wang Shouzhi pulling a cart towards her.
Seeing that he was panting with exhaustion, Qian Shulan hurried over to meet him.
When they arrived in the yard, Wang Shouzhi put down the reins and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
Jiang Yuying came out of the room and glared at him, "Why didn't you call me? Look how tired you are."
Wang Shouzhi shook his head. "I can do it myself. I don't need you."
Qian Shulan ignored the couple's clinging and patted the urea bag on the cart. "What the hell is this?"
Wang Shouzhi mysteriously opened the hemp rope at the mouth of the bag, only to see a lot of clothes inside.
He took out a red dress and gestured to Jiang Yuying, "Mom, look how beautiful this dress is."
Qian Shulan was slightly dazed, "Where did you get these clothes?"
Wang Shouzhi has been running around outside these days. Seeing that his mother didn't know, he looked a little proud and said, "I came in from the wholesale market. Over on Dongmen Street, there are rows and rows of wholesale clothes. Many people from other places come here to buy wholesale."
Qian Shulan touched the material and an idea came to her mind.
Wang Shouzhi asked mysteriously, "Mother, Yuying, guess how much this dress costs?"
Qian Shulan put aside her thoughts and stared at him with Jiang Yuying.
Wang Shouzhi stretched out five fingers and gestured.
"So cheap? Only fifty cents." Jiang Yuying covered her mouth, almost screaming in shock.
It's really incredible. You can tell at first glance that this dress was made by a machine. Not only is the style beautiful, but most importantly, the fabric is also good.
"Can they still make a profit if they sell it so cheaply?" Jiang Yuying rubbed the clothes in her hands a few times. She didn't see any fading or pilling, and she became a little restless.
"It's definitely profitable." Wang Shouzhi thought for a while, "Do you think this clothing can be sold in our store?"
Jiang Yuying replied without thinking, "It will definitely sell."
Only then did Qian Shulan realize that while she was busy, the two men had already bought a storefront.
Wang Shouzhi patted the bag and said excitedly, "Let's try to get the clothes to the store first. If they sell well, I'll go buy more tomorrow. The minimum order is 100 pieces. I spent more than 200 yuan this time. If it's less, they won't buy it at all. We can't have too much inventory."
He picked up several styles and sizes, so he really couldn't afford to waste money.
When Jiang Yuying heard that so much money was spent, she hurried to the store with him to help.
Seeing how motivated these two people were, Qian Shulan suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
She has space. If she ships the clothes to other places to sell, she can make a lot of money just from the price difference. Isn't this equivalent to being a dealer? Qian Shulan rolled her eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
Her current food factory is still under construction, and there are people specifically responsible for the chicken farm. The chickens have not started laying eggs yet, so she still has a lot of free time.
Qian Shulan made up her mind and did it right away. But unlike Wang Shouzhi, she did not buy clothes at the wholesale market, but directly from the factory. She needed a large quantity, so it was cheaper to buy from the factory.
Qian Shulan left some clothes for Wang Shouzhi and his wife to sell. The rest were all put in her space, and she took the bus to travel around.
Because she would not stay in one place for a long time, and at night she only lived in the space, so without a letter of introduction, she walked all the way north and still sold most of the goods in her hands.
Because the country has a new pilot program, the crackdown on speculation and profiteering in other places is not as rampant as before.
The scalpers who used to resell the bills showed up again. Even Wei Qinggang, who Qian Shulan knew well, was ready to come out again. Qian Shulan still asked Wei Qinggang to help her deal in antiques. Of course, this is all a story for later.
Whenever Qian Shulan arrived at a place, she would start to think about how to find scalpers, then find a temporary warehouse, put the clothes in her hands into the warehouse, and then sell them directly to scalpers, earning the difference and leaving room for the scalpers to sell.
Although the profit she makes on each piece of clothing is not that much, she sells in large quantities.
After this trip, she earned 50,000 yuan. You know, this was the only amount she had saved before.
Because of this success, she went out several more times. She stopped before others noticed anything unusual about her.
The food factory has also been built, and Qian Shulan specially gave the factory a special name - Wang Xiangrun Food Factory.
After the factory was built, Qian Shulan ordered machines and materials through Li Shirong.
What’s different from before is that she specially asked Jiang Shuhui to help draw the designs for the packaging of the braised eggs and dried eggs.
She had it specially made by someone and it looks very nice.
When Li Shirong saw what she handed over, he signed the contract with her without saying a word.
After the first batch of orders were completed, Qian Shulan began to promote the product in Shenzhen, first in various small shops, and later in department stores.
Qian Shulan had not previously been able to penetrate the market in Guangzhou. When she signed the contract, she intentionally avoided this place just for today.
So people in Guangzhou remembered the Wang Xiangrun brand the first time they did so.
After Qian Shulan promoted the product, she sent a telegram to Zhou Xuemei, asking her not to sell the braised eggs and dried eggs abroad as they were already being eaten by her.
Qian Shulan didn't know how Zhou Xuemei would react, but this was the inevitable outcome.
That factory will soon be eliminated by the market.
As for the chicken farm, she left Qian Weihan three years of medicine before she left. Three years later, Liuguan County also began reform and opening up, and the chicken farm would be disbanded. By then, she would openly raise chickens again, not because of the water, and I believe no one would dare to take advantage of her.
But I don’t know if those people will feel that they have been deceived by her.
Qian Shulan has no idea now, as she is now focused on developing her own food factory.
After braised eggs and dried eggs had opened up the market, Qian Shulan decided to develop new varieties.
As far as she knew about packaged foods in her previous life, there were still many that had not appeared on the market, such as spicy strips, candies, nuts, and the like.
But she only knew how to make braised eggs and had no idea about these things, so she started recruiting workers.