Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

Chapter 231 New Business Opportunities

Gu Jiu and Chen Fei did not return to the hotel until evening.

Lin Shu opened the door and was greeted by the smell of alcohol, which made her frown slightly: "Did you drink a lot of alcohol?"

Gu Jiu took Lin Shu into the room and closed the door. "I went to several factories today and ran into a former classmate. He opened a plastic factory here. We talked a lot when we met and drank a little too much, so we came back late. Have you had dinner?"

Lin Shu pushed him towards the bathroom door with disdain, "We already ate, you can talk later if you have anything to say. Now go wash up first, you smell like alcohol, don't let it suffocate me and Dabao."

Gu Jiu leaned on the door frame of the bathroom with all his strength, and said with seductive eyes: "Then help me find some clothes to change into."

Lin Shu had never seen him in such a tipsy state before. She cursed him as a witch in her heart and stuffed the clothes she had prepared earlier into his arms.

"Hurry in and wash up!"

Lying back on the bed, Dabao stared at her face for a few more seconds.

Lin Shu held her face and asked, "Is there a flower on my face?"

Dabao shook his head and pointed at her face, "Red!"

Ok!

Lin Shu's face turned even redder. "Really? Maybe it's a little hot today."

Dabao leaned on the pillow and did not expose her.

Being a mother in her last life was too hard, so now that she has a good man who loves her, let her enjoy herself.

Lin Shu got up and drank a glass of water. She felt her face was not so hot anymore. She returned to the bed and found that Dabao had closed his eyes.

She poked his little face and said, "Falling asleep so soon?"

Dabao opened his eyes helplessly and took out his phone: "Are you sure I'm awake? When you two are together, I'll be the light bulb?"

Lin Shu looked at the words he typed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and tapped his forehead: "How old are you now, and you've already learned to be smooth-talking!"

Dabao rubbed his forehead which was poked, feeling helpless.

He is not a real baby of a few months old. He can understand everything the couple says. If Gu Jiu makes some noise, he will be so embarrassed.

Lin Shu didn't chat with Dabao for long. He looked at the time on his wrist and it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

At this time, it’s time for Dabao to go to bed.

When Gu Jiu came out of the shower, he saw Lin Shu and Dabao sleeping together, and he was coaxing Dabao to sleep.

He walked to the bed, stretched his neck to look inside the bed, and asked in a low voice: "Are you asleep?"

Lin Shu clearly felt Dabao's breathing stagnate. She turned around and glared at Gu Jiu. She was almost asleep, so why was he talking for no reason?

Gu Jiu was glared at, smiled apologetically, and made a gesture to cover his mouth. He didn't say anything so as not to disturb Dabao's sleep.

I turned around and sat at my desk, preparing to organize the information I had brought back today.

Lin Shu glanced at Gu Jiu who was turning on the desk lamp, then turned off the bedside light. He hugged Dabao and fell asleep without realizing it.

When I woke up the next day, Dabao and Gu Jiu were both up.

Dabao is drinking milk and Gu Jiu is washing up in the bathroom.

"Are you going to the factory again today?" Lin Shu asked, leaning against the bathroom door frame.

Gu Jiu paused while washing his face. "Well, I'll go to another factory this morning to have a look. In the afternoon, I'll go to the relevant department to ask if it's convenient to approve the site, or if it's easier to rent someone else's place."

"By the way, where did you go yesterday?"

I had wanted to ask her last night, but she was putting Dabao to sleep and she fell asleep at the same time.

He wanted to ask but couldn't find the time.

"We just went shopping in the morning and stayed in the hotel in the afternoon."

Gu Jiu said apologetically: "I may not have time to accompany you today, you are free to do whatever you want today."

Lin Shu nodded: "Don't blame yourself. This time we came here mainly for your factory business, so naturally we are focusing on your business. We just took advantage of your busy days to have fun in Yangcheng."

"What is the scale of the factory here in Yangcheng?"

Gu Jiu washed off all the cleanser on his face and said, "Let's not talk about state-owned factories. Most of the places we visited this time were private factories. Some factories have hundreds of employees, while others have only dozens.

What’s worse is that even the factory is rented. Yesterday, Chen Fei and I discussed it and decided that it would be best to buy land and build our own factory.”

Lin Shu knew the land price in Yangcheng in the future, and he agreed very much: "It's good to buy land. You have to be at ease to set up a factory on your own land."

Gu Jiu hesitated for a moment and said, "Although buying land has many advantages, our only difficulty now is that the investment may be many times that of renting a factory building."

Lin Shu: "I am prepared for this. I have kept your company's dividends in a separate passbook. If you don't have enough money, you can withdraw it at any time."

Gu Jiu turned around in surprise and asked, "All the dividends I gave you are deposited in the bank, so the decoration of the hotel at your home was done with your money?"

Lin Shu knew that he couldn't hide it from him, so he admitted truthfully: "I used to save the money I earned from digging and purchasing medicinal herbs. Later, I used most of it to build a house and open a store. Now the profits from the several stores at home can barely afford the renovation of the remaining floors of the hotel, so our income and expenditure are almost balanced now."

Gu Jiu had never thought that digging medicinal herbs and purchasing them from the countryside could make so much money. "If you don't have money at home, remember to tell me and I'll find a way."

Lin Shu smiled and nodded, then turned around and found that Dabao had finished drinking the milk, so she took the bottle and prepared to wash it.

Because Gu Jiu was in a hurry, he changed his clothes and left with his briefcase.

After Lin Shu washed up and changed his clothes, he took out two black luggage bags from the closet and wholesaled a lot of various jewelry and hair accessories from the system mall.

"We were only away from them at night, so we had no choice but to prepare everything before your dad left and they came over."

When Dabao saw Lin Shu sorting the goods, he lay down beside the bed and watched her work.

After sorting the goods in the bag, Lin Shu took out a pen and paper, ready to mark the wholesale price and retail price of each item of these wholesale goods.

The wholesale price of these goods in the system mall is very cheap, but they are rare goods in this era, so the price naturally cannot be sold at a low price.

Dabao took out his cell phone and asked, "How much do you plan to sell these goods for?"

Lin Shu showed him the price list she had written. "There are three price ranges for necklaces. The wholesale prices in the mall are one dollar, two dollars, and two and a half dollars. The actual wholesale prices I plan to sell are two dollars, four dollars, and five dollars. For other accessories, I will basically double the wholesale price, and if I sell them retail, I will add another dollar to the wholesale price."

Of course, if someone bargains, the deal can be made even if the retail price is 50 cents cheaper.

Dabao quickly typed on his phone: "The price is not bad. I hope our stall will have a good start today."

"You can do it, son. Come on!"

Since he was going to set up a stall, he certainly couldn't come back at any time. Before Lin Shu went out, he filled a 1,000 ml thermos with warm water, took Dabao's bottle and milk powder, and also brought a change of clothes.

Then I prepared some paper towels, snacks and fruits.

Just as these were ready, there was a knock on the door.

Lin Shu opened the door and welcomed Lin Gang, Xiaohui and others in.

"Sister-in-law, are you ready?" Xiaohui asked.

"Get ready. The three of you men each help me carry a bag." Lin Shu pointed to the bag on the bed and the two bags on the table.

The bag on the bed contains Dabao's belongings, and the two on the table contain the goods for this stall.

"Lin Shu, what's in this bag? Why is it so heavy?" Lin Gang tried to lift the bag on the table, but he didn't expect that he couldn't lift it up at the beginning.

With the help of Li Wan, Lin Shu tied the straps around his body, picked up Dabao and sat him on the waist stool. He looked back at the bag on the table and said, "Just carry it if I tell you to. You'll know in a moment. Now let's go have breakfast first."

The group went to the tea restaurant on the first floor to have breakfast, and then went to the street office to rent a table from the staff.

After coming out of the street office, Lin Shu saw black foam boards for sale in the store next door, so he asked the boss to cut a one-meter-long foam board.

"Little sister, what are you buying this foam board for?"

"It will be useful later."

A few people carried the table and found a place under a tree. There were many pedestrians passing by on this street, and the stall attracted a lot of attention before it was even set up.

Lin Shu asked Lin Gang to open the bag. On the top of the bag was a piece of red velvet. He spread the velvet on the table and placed the jewelry and hair accessories in the bag neatly on the velvet.

Lin Gang didn't expect that Lin Shu said yesterday that she would set up a stall today to sell these jewelry and hair accessories. Looking at such finely crafted jewelry, not only Lin Gang but also Xiaohui, Xiao Liu and Li Wan were excited.

"Don't get excited, put the goods in place quickly."

Lin Shu urged them and took out a pack of needles from the side pocket of the black bag. He took out several samples of ear studs, earrings, necklaces, etc. and pinned them on the black foam board.

The black foam board with silver jewelry hung on it will highlight how bright the silver color of the jewelry is.

Lin Gang hung the foam board on the tree trunk and a simple stall was set up.

Passersby were attracted by the earrings and stopped to ask, "Boss, how much are these earrings?"

Several people looked at the first customer of the stall, a young man dressed very old-fashionedly, who was followed by two young men of similar age.

His accent sounds like a northern accent.

"Brother, it depends on how you want to buy, whether you want to buy in bulk or buy individually as gifts for your wife. The prices of the two are different." Lin Shu replied with a smile.

"Oh, what are the prices of each?" Ma Yu became interested.

Now that the reform and opening up has just begun, there is no need to worry about sales as long as the goods from the south can be transported to the north smoothly. As long as the goods can be sold as much as possible, they can be sold.

He and his two brothers came to Guangdong Province mainly to find some rare goods that they could sell at a high price when they returned and make more money.

The accessories at Lin Shu's stall were something they had never seen before, so they would have no problem selling them back to the north.

"For example, the wholesale price of earrings is one yuan per pair, and if they are sold as retail, they are two yuan per pair. Necklaces are available in two, four, and five yuan. If they are sold as retail, the wholesale price will be doubled."

"Hiss~" The three grown men took a breath of cold air. It was really dark. The retail price doubled.

However, they are happy that the money has doubled.

This shows that these goods are indeed rare and can be sold at a good price.

Lin Shu asked, "There aren't many goods. Would you like to buy some to sell?"

Lin Gang advised, "Brother, don't hesitate. Guangdong Province is the vane of the whole country. Whatever is popular in Guangdong Province, bringing it back will definitely lead the local fashion trend. The goods will never be unsalable."

While a few people were bargaining, a few more guests gathered around.

Ma Yu was afraid that other customers would hear their bargaining and steal his business opportunities, so he pulled Lin Shu away from the stall.

"Brother, although the goods from Guangdong Province are easy to sell, our local area is not as open as Guangdong Province. If you are caught in our area, you will still be fined. So, it's not easy for everyone, can you lower the purchase price a little bit?"

"Brother, this is a rare product. I dare say there is no other similar product in the whole city of Guangzhou. You will make a profit if you buy it. Don't miss this opportunity!"

Lin Gang patted him on the shoulder and refused to give in on the price.

Lin Shu had already told him in advance that this kind of stuff is unique.

When doing exclusive business, it is naturally impossible to compete on price.

Ma Yu saw that the price was really not reduced, and there were already other customers asking about the wholesale price.

He didn't dare to delay any longer, and quickly asked Lin Gang to prepare twenty pieces of each type of jewelry for him. "Since there are so many, I will take them back to test the market's reaction. If the reaction is good, I will come to you to purchase more next time."

Lin Gang nodded readily. As for whether Ma Yu could find them next time, there was no need to tell him clearly.

Ma Yu picked out more than a dozen pieces of jewelry and several hair accessories, totaling four hundred yuan worth of goods.

But when it came to paying, Ma Yu felt a sharp pain in his heart.

This batch of goods was not within his budget. He spent 400 yuan to purchase this batch of goods, and would have to reduce the quantity of other goods.

But when he thought about the profits from these accessories, Ma Yu felt better.

Lin Shu took out a small bottle of alcohol from her bag, found a pair of very bright and shiny phoenix tail earrings, disinfected them, put them on Li Wan's ears, and put her hair up.

The slender neck makes the phoenix tail earrings shine more dazzlingly.

Lin Shu praised: "Sister-in-law, you are so beautiful like this. Treating your wife is like raising a flower. Lin Gang is now raising you to be more and more beautiful."

Li Wan shyly glanced at Lin Gang who was greeting customers. She chose a pair of earrings and said, "Little sister, why don't you wear them too, so that customers can truly feel how beautiful our jewelry is."

Lin Shu took off the earrings and put on fashionable earrings again.

"Little sister, I think this pair of earrings goes better with the dress you are wearing."

Lin Shu found a hairpin and put her hair up, which made her look neater than her previous loose hair without losing her feminine grace.

The model's effect was immediate, and many customers came just for the jewelry Lin Shu and her friends were wearing.

Specify the hairpins they should wear in their hair and the earrings they should wear in their ears.

"Little sister, since you have such a good source of goods, have you ever thought about opening a jewelry store like this after returning to the provincial capital?"

Within two hours, half of the goods they brought were sold out. Li Wan couldn't help but sigh that such high-quality goods were really easy to sell.

Lin Shu smiled helplessly and patted Dabao in his arms: "Sister-in-law, I'm not an iron lady, and I don't want to hold up half the sky. Now I have several stores and hotels to run under my name, and I have two children at home. How can I have time to run a jewelry store?"

"If sister-in-law wants to open this kind of store, I can provide you with goods."

Lin Shu had never thought about opening a jewelry store, but he could give this money-making opportunity to Li Wan.

In fact, to be honest, Li Wan has not enjoyed much happiness since marrying Lin Gang, but she has suffered a lot following him to the stall every day.

If you open a jewelry store and settle down, it can be a good way to make a living.