Li Xiangdong got a starting capital of 500 yuan and borrowed a tricycle. Just go to the farm and buy eggs.

The night before, he was led by Yifan's second uncle to the farm director's house to worship the mountain, and spent 140 yuan to buy two bottles of Wuliangye wine and two Chinese cigarettes (Wuliangye 35 yuan a bottle, Chinese cigarettes 18 yuan a piece). In which era this is already a heavy gift, the director promised to supply 200 catties of eggs per day.

When he arrived at the farm, Li Xiangdong took the approval of the farm manager, completed the formalities in the sales department, went to the finance department to pay 160 yuan, and got a ticket for 200 catties of eggs. Wait until the eggs are ready. Li Xiangdong rode a tricycle to Beijiang University.

When I arrived at the family area of Beijiang University, I was just in time for the teachers to get off work and go home in twos and threes. Li Xiangdong hurriedly shouted, "It's time to change the eggs." ”

When the teachers heard the shouting, they stepped forward and asked, "Young man, how do you change the eggs?" ”

"Eggs for national food stamps, one pound of eggs for 10 pounds of food stamps. ”

"In exchange for food stamps, there are a lot of food stamps saved at home, and they are useless, and they cannot be turned into money. It's not bad to change some eggs. The teachers were talking to each other.

"Are your eggs fresh?"

"Fresh, it's all in the morning, keep you good. Don't believe you, shake. ”

"Okay, young man, you wait, I'll go home and get the food stamps. As he spoke, the teachers went home one after another to get food stamps.

In 1987, due to the small production of eggs in China, it could not be supplied in sufficient quantities. In 1988, the Ministry of Agriculture proposed the construction of the "vegetable basket project" in order to alleviate the contradiction of the tight supply of non-staple food in China.

The first phase of the project has established central and local production bases for meat, eggs, milk, aquatic products and vegetables, as well as service systems for breeding improved varieties and feed processing, so as to ensure that residents have fresh vegetables to eat all year round. It was not until the mid-90s that the "vegetable basket project" focused on solving the problem of market supply shortage.

After a while, the teachers came to exchange the eggs with food stamps. In less than an hour, 200 catties of eggs were sold out.

When Li Xiangdong returned home, his brain was still confused for a while, and there was an unreal feeling, too fast, too easy, in a blink of an eye, 2,000 catties of food stamps were in hand, according to Li Yifan, a catty of food stamps can be sold for 6 cents, and 2,000 catties is 1,200 yuan. Net profit of 900 yuan.

The next day, Li Xiangdong took the remaining 200 yuan, bought another 200 catties of eggs, and exchanged 2,000 catties of national food stamps at the Beijiang Institute of Technology.

That night, Li Yifan's family was having dinner when they heard a knock on the door, and Li Yifan opened the door and saw that it was Li Xiangdong.

Li Shirong saw Li Xiangdong come in and hurriedly beckoned him to sit down and eat, but Li Xiangdong took Li Yifan's hand and walked out the door, saying as he walked, "Uncle, aunt, I won't eat, I have something to do at night, I'll find Yifan to talk about something." ”

Saying that, the two went downstairs and arrived at a secluded place, Li Xiangdong took out a food stamp and handed it to Li Yifan, "Yifan, this is 4,000 catties of food stamps in exchange." You hurry up and cash in, the market is very good, and I can get the money into eggs. This business came in too quickly. ”

"Okay, Brother Dong, I'll get rid of these food stamps as soon as possible. In addition, this business is against the policy after all, don't go around talking about it, be careful not to appear in one place frequently, it is better to change places with one shot. In addition, if they are caught by the industrial and commercial department and say that they have changed it once, they will be fined at most. ”

"Yifan, don't worry! I understand this. Then I'll go first, you hurry. ”

Li Xiangdong turned around and left, and tonight he asked a few acquaintances to Ermao's house, ready to talk about the egg business. Ermao's family is also in the woolen community, and Ermao's parents work night shifts tonight, and there is no one at home. The brothers made an appointment to meet at Ermao's house.

When they arrived at Ermao's house, several of them were drinking. As soon as Li Xiangdong entered the door, Shi shouted, "Brother Dong, why are you here, come and have a drink." The third fat man drank a glass of wine, and asked while smashing his mouth, "Boss, you called the brothers, what's the matter?" Are you going to cut people?"

Li Xiangdong walked to the dinner table, picked up an empty cup, poured a glass of loose beer, and dried it up in one gulp, and the refreshing beer instantly swept away the heat on his body.

87 years of loose beer is the people's favorite, 8 cents a warm bottle, at that time there was no counterfeiting and water adulteration, the beer taste is pure, hops are fragrant, malt is full, and it is cold.

Li Xiangdong put down the cup and said to a few of them, "It's not about fighting, it's past the era of being the king on the street, and whoever is rich now is the master." Don't you see the people on the streets now, who dares to mess with the big brother who is like a brick? So our brothers can't just fight and play every day like before. We also have to find a way to make money and become a money master. ”

Sanpang listened to Li Xiangdong's words, and his spirits perked up, "Boss, but we have no way, and the other brothers are all working families, and they don't have any money." Where to make money. Ermao and Shi were also busy echoing.

Li Xiangdong poured another glass of loose beer, shouted and asked the brothers to fill the wine, drank a glass, and said to the brothers, "I will find all the brothers today, that is, there is a business that makes money quickly, I want you all to participate, we have money to make money together." ”

So Li Xiangdong introduced the business of exchanging eggs for food stamps and the three fats. "This business is actually quite simple, you don't have to worry about the capital, I provide it all, and you brothers go to the surrounding villages to collect eggs, 6 cents per catty. After we took it back, we went to various family areas in the city to exchange food stamps. Together, we can divide the profits. ”

As soon as they put the three fats together, they all think it's a good business. They all said that they would work with Li Xiangdong, and they would wait for Li Xiangdong to collect eggs after the money was in place.

The flowers bloomed two and each had one end, Li Yifan took 4,000 catties of food stamps, and when he went home, he secretly pondered the channels for realization. Due to the implementation of the dual-track price system in the country in the 80s, the value of food stamps is reflected in two aspects, one is the price difference in the middle of the bargaining, and the other is the needs of migrant workers who go to the city to work and often travel on business. The main reason for finding demand is grain stores, especially private grain stores, distilleries, breweries, breeding farms, and other places that need a large amount of grain. You can also contact the mail seller, Lao Mo, who often goes to Beijing, and the tickets are not separated. I heard that Beijing's market is very mature and not as backward as northern Xinjiang. You can try.

Thinking of this, Li Yifan went downstairs to find a public phone, and with a beep, Lao Mo's voice came from the microphone, "Who?" "Uncle Mo, it's me Yifan." I'd like to ask you, have you found the stamp I want?" It took a lot of effort and a lot of favors to find it. It's just that I can't get it now, and it will take two days. "Then thank you Uncle Mo, don't worry, I'll invite you to drink another day." Also, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you. "Say!What's the matter?" "I just have a friend who has some national food stamps on hand, see if you are interested?" "How many national food stamps are there?" "He now has 4,000 catties in his hand, and if the channel is smooth, there will be follow-up." "Ao, what price?" Li Yifan pondered in his heart, the price in Beijing is about 6 cents, give Lao Mo some profits, the reasonable price is about 4 cents, but he thinks so in his heart and says, "He wants 5 cents to shoot." Lao Mo was also making a small calculation in his heart, "5 Mao is too expensive, busy in vain, you also know that no one wants this thing in our northern Xinjiang, and there is only a market in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou." I'll look at 3 cents!" "Uncle Mo, I generally know the price in Beijing, you see, let's not talk about it, let's take a step back from each other for 4 cents! After all, he is not a one-shot deal, this time it is smooth, and it will be a regular business in the future." "Okay then! "Alright then, then we'll make an appointment tomorrow. "Okay. Good bye. ”

The next day, Li Yifan and Lao Mo completed the transaction, handed over the 1,600 yuan to Li Xiangdong, and instructed a few more words. After Li Xiangdong got the money, he immediately gathered his egg-inverted troops and began to storm the city.