Rebirth 1990: I have three golden fingers

Yongjia Middle School, Unit 1, Building 2, Staff Building, Room 302.

Chen Xia's family was discussing Fang Bai's academic banquet.

Fang Lei asked his wife: "How many gifts should we give?"

“Five dollars a head.

Your brother's family is not short of money, so giving red envelopes is just a formality. If the notice hadn't arrived, I wouldn't have wanted to go because of face. This incident made me mad. Now the principal doesn't even want to see me. The reward from last semester It’s gone.

Humph, after all, it's your younger siblings' fault for actually complaining to the principal that I confiscated Fang Bai from entering Yonga Middle School.

Do you think I did something wrong? The first time I took the college entrance examination, I was far away from the score line. It would be strange if I could get into college after repeating the test.

Who knew that your nephew would be so lucky and even get into the first prize? It’s outrageous to think about it. How could it be possible? "Chen Xia was full of resentment. She blamed her sister-in-law, and even more so her mother-in-law. She also hated herself for being a little blind.

Thinking about how many other people are rich and how unlucky I am, I get angry when I think about these things.

But she had to admit that Fang Bai was so capable and had so many crooked ideas that he actually managed to start a business.

However, her nephew had a problem with her, and she didn't even say hello to him last time she saw her.

"Hey, stop rambling, what's the use of talking about it now." Fang Lei now wants to ease the relationship between the two brothers. He is now blaming his wife for being so ruthless in the first place. They have had several quarrels on this matter.

Chen Xia smiled sarcastically and said: "Oh, now it's my fault. How can you be so good? You have always looked down on your brother, and you don't have any opinions. You just listen to your mother's arrangements for everything. Now the two families are in trouble. If you are so stubborn, you, my mother, have the biggest responsibility for always causing trouble and causing trouble."

Fang Lei always accepted the situation, but he didn't want to admit it, so he changed the subject: "Let's talk about serious things, isn't five yuan a head a bit small?"

"It's quite a lot. It's just a meal in the hotel. Anyway, your brother's family is not short of money."

"Then you make arrangements."

After thinking about it for a while, Fang Lei didn't have any idea. His wife made the decision on everything at home. At the same time, he felt that it didn't matter if his brother's family was not short of money.

The two families have basically nothing to do with each other. Now that they are rich, they treat them the same way they did back then.

"You go ahead, I won't go. Today is the class reunion." Fang Hai, who was admitted to Shanghai University of Technology last year, made an excuse not to go, mainly because he was not familiar with his cousin who was two months younger than him.

One lives in the countryside and the other lives in the county town. They haven't seen each other twice throughout the year, and they can't play together. They have a brotherly relationship.

The two families have a lot of conflicts due to the separation of their elders, and now they don't want to see them showing off.

When he came back from vacation, he heard his parents often nagging about his uncle's family, which made him incredibly rich.

It might be possible if he starts a business, and he plans to give it a try after school starts next semester.

"If you don't want to go, don't go." Chen Xia doted on her son and often talked about her son's admission to college in front of students. She had always been proud of him.

I have never seen my sister-in-law send electrical appliances to his home, and they don't like to see her.

When Fang Lei heard that his son didn't want to go, he hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything and went out with his wife.

When a passerby met Principal Luo, Chen Xia greeted him enthusiastically and proactively, and emphasized: "My nephew is not the top scorer in the college entrance examination. He is hosting a college entrance banquet and inviting us to attend. He is going to have a drink now."

"Oh, that's pretty good."

Chen Xia felt much more comfortable when she heard the principal say with a smile on her face.

The two left the school and took a bus, then took a boat across the river at Oubei Pier. After walking a hundred meters, they arrived at the Sheraton Hotel in the city center.

The history of Sheraton can be traced back to 1937. Sheraton Hotel was the first international hotel chain to start operating in China. Most of them are five-star hotels, and a few are four-star hotels.

Liu Fengqing originally wanted to hold the event in Oubei, but there were too few hotels in Oubei and the quality was low to accommodate dozens of tables. County leaders also wanted to attend, so he simply chose a star-rated hotel opposite the pier.

In fact, the food prices are just a little more expensive than ordinary hotels, not too outrageous.

Even if they set up dozens of tables, it doesn't cost them much, it's just a day's shopping mall profit.

In addition, the hotel took a fancy to the popularity of the top scorer in the college entrance examination, so it gave many discounts.

Therefore, Fang Bai's parents were also very proud, so they settled it generously.

When Chen Xia and his wife arrived at the Sheraton Hotel, they were slightly surprised by the hotel in front of them, which was more than ten stories high.

If they hadn't known that their siblings' family was rich and that there were two big banners hanging outside the hotel: "Welcome Fang Bai, the top scorer in the national college entrance examination, to hold a college entrance banquet at the Sheraton Hotel" and "New dishes for the top scorer are on the market", both of them would have thought they were in the wrong place.

What they didn't know was that in order to advertise these advertisements, the hotel gave Fang Bai's family a 50% discount on the banquet, and also gave away two new dishes, "Fish Leaping over the Dragon Gate" and "Golden Ranking Title", named "Number One Dish". Intended to introduce it to other parents who hold higher education banquets.

"Fish leaping over the dragon's gate" naturally contains fish, and the "gold list title" is actually pork trotters and roasted soybeans.

At the entrance of the hall, there is a large poster on the ground, which reads "Fang Bai, the top scorer in the college entrance examination, is attending a college entrance banquet. All guests are invited to come to the banquet hall on the second floor."

Walking through the revolving glass door and stepping on the marble floor, I was quickly shocked by what I saw.

The spacious hall is like a solemn and elegant palace, exuding a noble and luxurious atmosphere everywhere, showing luxury and nobility.

In the center of the hall is a spacious and exquisite reception desk, made of smooth marble and inlaid with golden borders. Behind the reception desk, a neat row of staff wearing noble uniforms, smiling, ready to provide guests with attentive service.

"It's so high-end and classy. How much does it cost to host a banquet here?" Chen Xia was a little surprised. She thought the hotel where the banquet was held was just a small restaurant.

Fang Lei had some knowledge, but had never been to such an occasion. He also praised: "It depends on what dish you order. It's not cheap anyway."

Chen Xia suddenly felt that the gift of ten yuan given by two people was a bit too little, but after struggling for a while, she still did not add more. Anyway, she felt that her sister-in-law's family was rich, and she was still holding her breath for the past.

Not only them, but also many relatives and friends who have never seen the world, when they stepped into the Sheraton Hotel, they felt that it was very important to eat here.

"Dad, my cousin's family is so generous. It must cost a lot of money to hold a banquet here."

"Didn't you see the Xinghai Electrical Appliances Mall when we came over? It belongs to his family. Your cousin's family is not short of money."

"Dad, how much money does my cousin's family have?"

"I don't know, but he is very rich anyway. Children, don't ask about this. When you see your cousin later, talk to him properly."

A family of four passed by Chen Xia. They seemed to be relatives of Liu Fengqing's mother's family. They spoke very casually and did not pay attention to the occasion. They were not allowed to speak loudly.

Chen Xia pretended to have seen the world, did not look around, and spoke as little as possible. After all, the more she talked, the easier it was to make a fool of herself.

None of them had ever taken an elevator, and an elevator attendant helped them open the elevator and take them to the second floor in person.

At this time, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning, and Fang Bai and his parents stood at the entrance of the hall on the second floor to greet the guests.

"Congratulations, this is Abo. I haven't seen him for many years. I hugged him when he was a child. I never thought he would grow so big."

"Congratulations to Abo, who won the first place in the college entrance examination. He has a bright future!"

"Fang Bai, congratulations, the school is proud of you."

"Mr. Fang, I wish you a bright future and great ambitions. Please sign your child's name and get some luck in being the top pick, haha."

There were a lot of guests, sending blessings to Fang Bai and his family. Many parents also asked Fang Bai for signatures for their children, hoping that their children would learn better.

On one side of the door, there are two tables specifically for receiving gifts and registering.

People in Wencheng give a lot of gifts. If it were twenty years later, the normal gift for each person at the entrance banquet would be 500 yuan, and the wedding gift would be 1,000 yuan per person.

Nowadays, wedding gifts in other places may cost only five yuan or ten yuan, and even twenty yuan is considered too much, while the gifts for a college entrance banquet are less.

But in Wencheng, you can’t afford a college entrance banquet for less than ten yuan, and the starting price is twenty yuan.

Now that Fang Bai's family is rich, and the event is held in a hotel, the guests pay more, and the family's poor economic conditions are quite stressful.

The person in charge of collecting money is the accountant of Xinghai Shopping Mall, and the person in charge of registration is another person who is good at calligraphy.

Each red envelope has the name of the guest written on it. Liu Fengqing has told the accountant this morning that he will put as much as there is in the red envelope.

If you don’t give a red envelope but give other gifts, then estimate based on the value.

Later, when the guests are almost all here, she will distribute them, which will make everyone eat more happily.

A red envelope comes with a small gift box. The gift box contains candies and tea, which are put into a small gift bag.

If the food is served after the banquet has started, some guests will leave after eating enough.

Chen Xia and her husband said hello to their sister-in-law and their family, put down their red envelopes, and found a table to sit down according to the area. Brothers, sisters, relatives, teachers, VIPs, etc.

The VIPs were business partners and county leaders, who were arranged in boxes.

For example, business partners and county leaders do not accept red envelopes. They only give face to people when they come.

Fang Lei works in the Family Planning Office of Shangtang Town, Yongjia County. He is a clerk of either big or small. If he had the background back then, he would have gone directly to the county.

When he walked past the box just now, he saw all the county leaders, including County Magistrate Gu, drinking tea and chatting in the box.

This surprised him so much that he actually invited county leaders to the banquet.

"Who did you see? What a fuss!" Chen Xia just saw her husband stunned for a while in front of a box door.

"Several county leaders, all of them are here unexpectedly." Fang Lei lowered his head and said in surprise.

"This..." Chen Xia was startled for a moment, a little envious, "Your brother is so proud."

"The investment in Xinghai Mall is huge, maybe the county leaders pay attention to it." Fang Lei felt that he missed something again. He thought that his brother's family was just rich, but he didn't notice that the relationship with the county was so good.

If he thought about it carefully, he could figure it out.

He used to think that he didn't go up because of his background and his inability to speak, but now he feels that his reaction to these things is a little slow.

Just like now, if he is a sociable person, if he goes up to say hello, he may be able to get acquainted with her, but he just doesn't dare, and he is not as good as his wife in terms of communication.

I used to think that my sister-in-law was very well-educated when it came to speaking, but now she treats people very well. It’s hard to say. Maybe it’s because of the environment.

The people he looked down upon were doing better than him now, and the more he compared them, the greater his sense of loss became.

Sometimes, he feels quite sad.

He turned around and didn't see his old man and his mother. It seemed that his sister-in-law didn't notify them and was afraid that the two elders would cause trouble. There have been a lot of quarrels in recent years.

Chen Xia suggested: "I think it will be better for your future development if you find an opportunity to say hello to the county leaders later."

"Forget it, I'm already in my forties or fifties, so I won't bother." Fang Lei waved his hand.

"I'm not making any progress at all. I have no opinion on anything. I'm so angry."

When Chen Xia heard what her husband said, she wanted to lose her temper, but she thought about how she had been making the decision for so many years.

While the two were talking, more and more people arrived.

It was almost 11:30 p.m., and almost all the guests had arrived. Before the banquet started, Liu Fengqing went to distribute gift boxes and red envelopes. She took the red envelopes and asked several relatives and friends to help with the gift boxes.

"I forgot to tell you that we don't accept red envelopes when hosting a banquet. Your participation in the banquet has already given our family face and made us shine. Therefore, we will return double the red envelopes to express our apology. Thank you all."

Liu Fengqing spoke impeccably and made everyone feel very comfortable.

However, what everyone didn’t expect was that the host would return the red envelope in double the amount!

I never expected this approach!

Some guests did not want to receive red envelopes, but Liu Fengqing advised: "We have accepted everyone's thoughts and blessings. Thank you for coming to the banquet.

If you don't accept it, how can other relatives and friends have the nerve to accept it? "

"Haha, you are really good at talking. She deserves to be the number one mother."

The guests who wanted to refuse had no choice but to accept their red envelopes with a smile.

Some of the new friends' families were not very well-off. They even borrowed money to collect gifts for this banquet. Unexpectedly, they did not pay out the last cent and instead received a large gift. Fang Bai's family was grateful, thinking that they were so generous, so no wonder they did so. Business can make a fortune.

Overall, all the guests were happy, and only a few regretted that they had given too little as a gift.

The banquet started soon, and Fang Bai never refused a toast, and even knocked over many tables of county leaders and business partners.

After drinking with Fang Bai, no one who knows his drinking capacity would advise him to drink.

Chen Shi said cheerfully: "You guys are looking for Fang Baibi to drink. Wouldn't it be a pleasure to find him? This guy can drink better than us old drunkards."

"We are a table full of people. Maybe we are drunk, but we still can't do it."

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, there was no feast that lasted forever, and Fang Bai's college entrance banquet ended.

The most satisfied ones are Fang Bai's parents. Relatives and friends warmly complimented them, which felt so humiliating.

On the way home, Chen Xia and her husband regretted that they had given too little as a gift. The four 5-yuan bills in the red envelope were a mockery of them.

"I knew I would have given you more gifts. I regret it so much." Chen Xia kept muttering about this.

"Didn't I tell you before that I asked you to pack more? You said five yuan per head is enough."

"Then why don't you put more in there yourself? A big man doesn't have any ideas about what he does."

"..." Fang Lei didn't want to say anything.

"When Fang Bai gets engaged and married, you should pay more for borrowing money!" Chen Xia said harshly. She missed the super big red envelope today.

She saw that her siblings' parents' families gave them a lot of red envelopes. Aunt Fang Bai gave her five hundred, but they returned five hundred.

"What if you don't retreat?"

"Hmph, I think my sister-in-law doesn't care about this little money at all. She is just showing off and looks like a nouveau riche. Just watch if you don't believe me."

Compared with these red envelopes, Fang Lei felt that his family had missed an opportunity to become rich and had lost too much.

If my wife hadn't been so greedy when the family was separated, she could have stood up and made concessions, and the two families hadn't quarreled, maybe we wouldn't be like this today.

Now that they are talking to each other, people ignore them and just say hello normally.

…

After the entrance banquet, Fang Bai devoted more energy to the trial production of the 6-inch PN600 wedge-type double gate valve.

One day later, August 20th.

After the mold was completed and Fang Bai inspected it, he asked the master worker to make minor repairs and then ended the preliminary work.

The next step is casting. I inspected three foundries and chose one of them. The valve body, valve cover and gate plate were each made into 20 pieces. The total weight was about 1.4 tons, which was about 10% lighter than similar products on the market.

The tax-included price of dewaxed precision casting is more than three times the market price of steel, about 5,000 yuan per ton. The market price of steel has the greatest impact.

Three more days passed, August 23rd.

Fang Bai got the casting and checked that there was no casting problem. He sent a car to take it back to Jiayu Processing Factory.

Fang Bai couldn't keep up with the follow-up work. He had to rush to school and let his father-in-law do the follow-up work slowly.

Currently, Jiayu Company does not have the conditions to proceed with the processes of welding, grinding, machining, grinding, assembly, and pressure testing. It needs to purchase relevant equipment and recruit relevant personnel before proceeding.

There is no rush for this gate valve product. We will wait for the new valve factory to be built and put into use before trial production, which will take another year.

Fang Bai shifted his energy to professional study and ground pump design. At the same time, he began to prepare for the subscription certificate.

He only remembered that it was early January 1992, but could not remember the specific time. He had to keep an eye on this information at all times.

In other words, it may be more than four months.

Time flies, especially when you are busy every day.

If Fang Bai is not careful, he might miss this opportunity.

Before that, he needed to do a lot of preparation work. The first step was to purchase a nearby house that had been laid out but had not yet been renovated. He required that it be renovated within two months.

On August 26, Fang Bai and Qin Shuyu set out for Shanghai.

It's still a while before school starts, but there's not much to do at home.

The decoration company in Shanghai had already called and said that Qin Shuyu's house had been decorated and asked him to check it.

Before departure, Fang Bai once again took away three million yuan from home.

His current wealth totals 19.8 million yuan, excluding the 2 million yuan he gave to his father-in-law and the five-month bank interest of about 2.53 million yuan.

Fang Bai borrowed a total of 42 million yuan, including 22 million yuan from the G branch of Nanjiang West Road, 10 million yuan from the Yongjia County Nong Bank head office, and 10 million yuan from the Yongjia County Zhongxing head office.

The first phase of the shopping mall has a budget of 25 million yuan. Xinghai Construction Company invested 850,000 yuan. The last trip to Shanghai cost 2 million yuan. 400 acres of land in Yongjia County requires an expenditure of 20 million yuan (fully paid).

There is another big expense: 2,000 acres of industrial land and 100 acres of commercial land in Shaxian County, Shencheng. The total cost including tax is about 30 million yuan, but only 1 million yuan was paid in advance.

In fact, Fang Bai has about 8 million yuan in funds at his disposal.

He took away three million yuan in cash, and the family still had several million yuan at their disposal.

In addition, the 25 million yuan invested in the shopping mall was only part of the investment.

Nowadays, the electrical appliance mall is very popular, and the monthly profit exceeds the bank interest. It is like picking up money, so Fang Bai is not worried for the time being.

After ten months of rebirth, without stock trading or leverage, starting from scratch, it was not easy to earn 20 million yuan, but it was considered a success.

Now, Fang Bai has really moved the map to Shanghai.

The new journey has officially begun.

Today's first update, two in one, the last day, take a break, my back is sore, and I'm suffering from the same old disease again