In January 1981, after the hustle and bustle, Jiang Ran had been in Hong Kong for nearly a year, and there were still a few days before the Chinese Lunar New Year. February 2, 1981 was the last day of business for Ranfeng Audio, and on this day, at the request of Jiang Ran, the entire company closed at 5 p.m. Then all the employees came to Jiang Ran's parents' restaurant, where Jiang Ran will entertain his employees tonight, which is regarded as the company's New Year's dinner.

Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were already waiting in the restaurant, and after seeing Jiang Ran's company's car stop at the door, Jiang's mother greeted a few people who got out of the car: "Come in, everything is almost ready, when will the others arrive." ”

Several employees who came down with Jiang Ran were all from the company and the No. 1 store, and they all knew Jiang's mother, and when they saw Jiang's mother greeting them outside, they hurriedly said to Jiang's mother: "Mrs. Jiang, you go in and rest, we are waiting for them here, and the others should be on their way over." "They don't dare to let the boss's mother really entertain them.

Jiang Ran also said to Jiang's mother: "Mom, we don't need you to greet us, you go and rest." As he spoke, he instructed a few people, "Leave two people outside to prevent others from coming and not finding a place, and the rest go in to see if there is anything else to arrange." ”

After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he took the lead in the restaurant, and now the restaurant at Jiang Ran's house has been renovated with the support of Jiang Ran, and the chef and waiter have been hired, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother only need to take care of the accounts now, which is much easier than before.

Until six o'clock in the evening, all the employees of the other branches arrived, Jiang Ran stood up and said while ordering the food to be served: "Colleagues, first be quiet, and I will say a few words before starting." ”

Seeing that everyone gradually quieted down, Jiang Ran said: "We are celebrating the Spring Festival in advance today, first of all, I want to thank you for your contributions to the company's operation in the past working hours. In the past time, the company has gone through the efforts of everyone here, the company has developed from a grass-roots store to 15 stores in Hong Kong in ten months, and the sweat of each of you is reflected in these achievements, so I will take the opportunity of this dinner to toast everyone first, thank you for your sweat and efforts for the company, and also take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year in advance!"

After putting down the wine glass, Jiang Ran continued: "Of course, everyone's efforts cannot be expressed clearly by verbal gratitude, so I decided to give cash rewards to everyone according to their working hours and usual work performance." ”

After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he nodded to Sister Fang, about the year-end bonus, only Sister Fang knows, there is no year-end bonus in this era, so Jiang Ran also specially told Sister Fang to keep it secret, Jiang Ran wants to surprise everyone.

"What? I want to give out a bonus, Ah Jun, you hit me, did I get drunk and hallucinate when the boss toasted just now? "This is the person who thinks he is drunk.

"What? There's still a bonus, the boss is fine. "This is the person who thinks Jiang Ran is drunk.

"I can't believe it. "It's people in a mess.

"The boss actually wants to give out a bonus, heh! I don't know how much I can have?" This is a more rational person, and he has already begun to think about how much the bonus is.

"Long live the boss! We will definitely work harder next year. This is a man of faithfulness and praise.

Jiang Ran was very satisfied with the effect caused by this sudden announcement, and now the atmosphere in the restaurant was completely bursting, Sister Fang saw Jiang Ran's signal, and immediately took the prepared red envelope and walked to Jiang Ran's side.

"Mr. Jiang, you're all ready. ”

"Well, let's get started. Saying that, Jiang Ran took Sister Fang and began to distribute red envelopes and bonuses table by table.

Because Jiang Ran gave out the year-end bonus at the dinner party in the evening, the year-end party of Ranfeng Video was very successful, after all, Jiang Ran gave most of the employees a bonus of one month's salary.

The Spring Festival in Hong Kong in 1980 did not have the National Spring Festival Gala that Jiang Ran was familiar with, which made Jiang Ran a little melancholy, but Jiang Ran also experienced a New Year atmosphere and customs that were different from those in the mainland.

Some Chinese New Year customs in Hong Kong are different from those in the mainland, such as washing sloppiness on the 28th, that is, bathing with grapefruit leaves and yellow peel leaves, which makes Jiang Ran feel very novel. Another example is the various activities of worshipping and receiving gods, which makes Jiang Ran feel that the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is much better than that in the mainland, and there are more traditional activities.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, I had a warm and happy Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with my parents, and talked to my parents about the past year, Jiang Ran's mother was full of praise for Jiang Ran's progress in his career last year, which was praised and praised, making Jiang Ran a little embarrassed, keeping vigil until late at night, Jiang Ran lay on the bed, listening to the sound of firecrackers from time to time outside, Jiang Ran suddenly had a faint but indissoluble sadness.

"I don't know if I'm still alive in another world, and my parents don't know if I'm okay?"

The next day, Jiang Ran opened his eyes in the hiss of firecrackers, pushed open the door and breathed in the air with a faint smell of gunsmoke, watching the children play carefree, listening to people's congratulations over and over again, Jiang Ran completely let go of last night's worries, and he also learned to congratulate everyone he met.

In the first year of junior high school, Jiang Ran went to his brother-in-law's house for a special visit, after all, his business can develop safely everywhere without the relationship between his brother-in-law's family and the police force.

"Brother-in-law, thanks to your many acquaintances in the police force, my shops have registered at various police stations and continue to operate safely. Now that the store has begun to make a profit, I won't talk about anything else, brother-in-law, as long as you have money to use, just ask me, and if you need funds to dredge up relations in the police force, just look for me. ”

Jiang Ran's brother-in-law Li Lixing scolded with a smile: "You rabbit cub, am I helping you for your money?"

Jiang Ran said to Li Lixing with a serious face: "Brother-in-law, I am serious, I hope you can climb to a higher position, and if you want to climb up, you will definitely need funds, the higher your status, the less pressure I will be on the underworld to do business, and the bigger the business, the greater the influence, so that it can help you in disguise, which is complementary to each other." ”

Li Lixing was stunned and opened his wife and brother with a green face in front of him, and only after a while did he come back to his senses and said, "Okay! ”

Jiang Ran then asked Li Lixing: "Do you think I am taking advantage of the Chinese New Year to visit the sheriffs? After all, my shop is thanks to their care." ”

"It's fine to visit, but you don't have to bring too expensive gifts, your shops are just small shops. Li Lixing admires Jiang Ran's attitude very much, their Li family is a family of the police force, although they have good connections in the police force and Jiang Ran's affairs are just small things, but Jiang Ran knows that he is going to visit and thank him, Li Lixing also has face, at least others will think that the relatives of the Li family will handle things.

Later, according to his brother-in-law's opinion, Jiang Ran visited the police chiefs of various police stations in turn to deepen the relationship between Ranfeng Video and the police force. After Jiang Ran visited the relationship with the police force, he asked Ah Qing to come out for a drink, and after touching a glass with Ah Qing, he said, "Ah Qing, how is it, I haven't seen you for a while." ”

After Ah Qing took a sip of wine, he said with a smile: "What else can I do, I still mess with Brother Sen." ”

Jiang Ran looked at Ah Qing and asked seriously: "Brother, I'm not bad in the store now, why don't you quit." ”

Ah Qing didn't answer, just smiled and shook his head, Jiang Ran also knew that Ah Qing would not quit the club, because he had persuaded him more than once, but Ah Qing didn't agree. Jiang Ran looked helpless, and said to Ah Qing: "Since you don't want to come out, then mix well, strive to talk about things as soon as possible, just look for me when you want to use money, don't be in a hurry to refuse, you also know that there is no relationship in Hong Kong now, it is not big to do business, if you can talk about things, you can also help me say something on the road." ”

Ah Qing looked at Jiang Ran steadily, and said after a while: "Okay, since Ah Ran said this, I'm not welcome, if there is something on the road in the future, I will definitely help you settle it." ”

Jiang Ran took 100,000 yuan in cash to Ah Qing when he parted, and Ah Qing did not refuse, and it was not until Jiang Ran's company started to work after the year that Jiang Ran knew that Ah Qing took the money he gave, and after obtaining the consent of Rotten Sen, he recruited more than 100 younger brothers, and successively laid down three blocks in succession, and successfully erected a flag on Queen's Road.