March 14 is the death anniversary of Zhang Shaoping's parents.

Before that, Michelle took a plane to return from the capital yesterday afternoon.

In addition, Wang Jing volunteered to help buy flower baskets, paper money, and three animals. What's even more rare is that Huo Zhenting and his wife also took time to accompany him.

Zhang Shaoping would come to his parents' cemetery every three months to pull weeds and talk about his thoughts. Many words that I dare not say in my heart can be poured out in front of the empty tombstone without any scruples.

Those who are willing to come to participate in the death are either on good terms with Zhang Shaoping, or have a close or ambiguous relationship with him, if they are neither, they are coming to his name, showing favor to him or asking for him.

No matter which one it is, what purpose he holds, Zhang Shaoping is very grateful.

This is the first death of Zhang's father and mother, and it is a good thing to be more lively and grand

The next day, Mi Xue hurriedly took the Hong Kong-Sui through train to Suicheng, and took the plane of the same day to the capital.

Civil aviation in the mainland has only just started, so there are few flights, and air tickets are even more scarce. In the past, the plane from Suicheng to the capital had to turn around to the west halfway. An trip, and then to the capital, it can be seen how lacking civil airliners are. So in order to be able to get on the plane, Michelle didn't dare to stay in Hong Kong at all, and hurriedly left again

"Mr. Chen, please be seated."

"Thank you!"

Zhang Shaoping and Chen Huimin said politely and sat down separately.

As soon as Chen Huimin sat down, he asked curiously: "Zhang Sheng, to be honest, I never thought that you would invite me out!" If I'm not mistaken, we've only met once, so we don't have much in common, right? ”

Zhang Shaoping said with a smile: "You are a big man on the road, and my industry is related to the bar industry, so I am afraid that it will not be stable if I don't worship you on the mountain." ”

Chen Huimin is not simple, he learned boxing under the Tan family Sanzhan since he was a child, and later practiced Western boxing. After that, he dropped out of school at the age of 17 and applied for the Hong Kong disciplined forces to become a police officer, but because he was still a few months away from turning 18, he went to the correctional department to work as a prison officer.

At that time, it was the darkest years in Hong Kong, and there was no distinction between thieves and soldiers, basically the police during the day and the darkness at night. Help. When Chen Huimin was a prison guard, he had a very good relationship with his comrades, and when the eldest brother of the gang was imprisoned, he had to ask him to take more care, so that he could suffer less in prison and enjoy various benefits, which won Chen Huimin a lot of respect.

Not long after he became a prison guard, Chan applied to become a police officer, and then transferred to Kowloon to serve as a criminal investigator.

Chen Huimin, who was extremely aggressive, was unwilling to be a policeman with a low income, so he applied to be an anti-drug team. At that time, it was stipulated that the anti-drug group should change a group of people in three months, but at least 15,000 yuan could be "earned" in these three months. At that time, Tsim Sha Tsui Haiphong Road had a lot of white. The police allowed "Taoist friends" to set up stalls here and collect "films" at home ("sending films" is bribery).

Originally, this kind of income was quite good, but unfortunately in 67, Chen Huimin was discovered by the police as a gang, so he retired. Since then, Chen Huimin has been a full-time gangster, relying on his good skills to make a 14K double-flower red stick, Kimberley Road in Tsim Sha Tsui is called "Chen Huimin Street". He has the final say in the nightclubs, shigo, and night clubs on the whole street, and whoever wants to open a night club in Tsim Sha Tsui also wants him to nod.

Chen Huimin "fights", and is known as "Li Xiaolong in his feet and Chen Huimin in his fists". In 1970 and 1971, Chan represented Hong Kong in the Southeast Asian Boxing Tournament and won the East Boxing Championship twice. At that time, Bruce Lee had just passed away, and the film industry was looking for real kung fu people to act. Therefore, Chen Huimin was taken by the director of Shaw Brothers and asked to make a movie.

At first, Chen Huimin was not interested in making movies, and when he filmed He Fan's "Blood Love", his salary was only 3,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was only about one-tenth of his monthly income. But later the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established, 14k was severely cracked down, the income from watching the scene was greatly reduced, and the salary for making movies increased more and more, so he simply became a full-time actor and made a lot of money.

Although Chen Huimin still has dealings with people in the rivers and lakes, he has long stopped being a "mountain", so he said with a smile: "Zhang Sheng said that he was joking, just with these brothers around you, my old Chen would not dare to ask you to worship the mountain!" What's more, I'm just an actor now, so I eat with my mouth. ”

Chen Huimin knew Li Xiaolong when he was a child, and he had a deep understanding of Jeet Kune Do, plus he himself was also a real kung fu, when he once cut people, he snatched the white blade with his bare hands, but when he saw Chen Feihu, he felt a little creepy every time. He is a person who can fight, but Chen Feihu and the others are definitely here to kill stars, there are many people killed, and he has a murderous aura, to be honest, he will win the fight, but if he is really right, he will definitely die.

Zhang Shaoping smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, you are a cheerful person, and I won't go around in circles with you." Let's put it bluntly, I want to open a video rental chain company with an international surname, and I have taken a fancy to Mr. Chen's connections on Hong Kong Road, so I want to cooperate with you in the leasing business in Hong Kong, and we will make money together. ”

Chen Huimin was puzzled: "What's the deal with video tape rental? Nowadays, there are so few people who have home video recorders that they can't make a lot of money at all. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I've already thought of a solution, so take a look at this proposal."

Zhang Shaoping said as he took out a stack of papers from the briefcase next to him and handed it to Chen Huimin.

In order to open up the videotape rental market, Zhang Shaoping racked his brains and designed a more mature plan with Yuan Tianfan, Hu Mufang and others.

In the 21st century, with the explosion of information, various telecom operators have come up with various means, the most commonly used of which is to use contract machines to bundle hardware and services, charge phone bills, and send mobile phones or fixed telephones. In this time and space, Zhang Shaoping is ready to adopt a membership system, pay a deposit first, sign a monthly guaranteed lease contract, and then deliver video recorders for free.

The benefits of this kind of commercial approach, which only emerged after more than 20 years, are very obvious.

First of all, we can take advantage of the people's greed for small and cheap psychology to quickly open up the video tape rental market and squeeze out the market capacity of video recorders. People who buy a video tape will inevitably use it, but buying a video tape is about 130 yuan, and renting a video tape is only 8 or 9 yuan, of course, it is cost-effective. Since you want to rent a video tape to watch anyway, why not sign a contract and get a video recorder for free?

This principle is simple and easy to understand, just like Zhang Shaoping's buy-one-get-one-free approach when he was engaged in foreign trade, all in order to grasp the people's greed for small and cheap psychology.

Secondly, as cheap video parlors have spread all over the streets, more and more video rental shops have sprung up. You must know that the threshold of the video rental industry is very low, tens of thousands of dollars are invested, and then dozens of video tapes are bought, and you can open it in any place, or even on the street. Zhang Shaoping's combination of hard and soft contracts can completely bind customers and make it impossible for competitors to poach them.

At this time, the bulk of video tape rental has gradually shifted to the general public, or it won't be long before film and television institutions such as Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and New Arts City will find this cake, and then they will rely on the advantages of blockbuster movies or asset movies to suppress all video tape rental shops. Therefore, to do business, we must talk about timing, not sooner, not later.

Thirdly, this method of pre-paying margin can maximize and speed the return of funds. The funds withdrawn, in turn, can continue to be invested, like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger, and eventually becoming a behemoth.

This business model has so many benefits that no one has thought of it? That's not quite the case.

For example, the financial and banking industry, large multinational institutions and corporations, they are all among the best. For example, if you open an account with Citibank in Hong Kong and deposit money, you can take a plane to the United States and withdraw money immediately at various Citibank branches.

However, this model has a huge investment, and it is not something that ordinary merchants can play, and to put it mildly, the membership card in the Central store cannot be used in the Causeway Bay store. If it cannot be used universally, and it is inconvenient to swipe the card, the applicable surname of the package contract and the user's sticky surname will be greatly reduced.

To put it bluntly, the exchange of information is not fast enough, and the future generations can play this set casually because there is an artifact - the Internet.

Zhang Shaoping dared to play like this, of course, he had some support. First, he can save time by purchasing computers and designing and developing programs. Second, his Hantang clothing chain store has also opened a lot and accumulated a certain amount of experience. Thirdly, he has a logistics company, which can save a lot of freight. Fourth, he invested in a credit card machine connected to the computer to store data, and a data center to summarize and settle.

Chen Huimin quickly finished reading the plan, and Zhang Shaoping asked, "What, do you think it's feasible?" ”

This guy can be civil and martial, and he is a rare figure on the road who is both civil and military, Zhang Shaoping does not dare to underestimate him.

"The plan is very detailed, and there is a head."

Chen Huimin raised his head, and then asked very suspiciously: "Zhang Sheng, if you show me the plan book so generously, aren't you afraid that I will get rid of you and do it alone?" ”

Zhang Shaoping said indifferently: "It's not that I underestimate the three mountains on your road, you can't play with this thing." ”

"Then I don't understand, since people on the road can't play this, what's the use of you looking for me? Except for knowing a few friends and filming, I don't seem to be able to help you, right? Chen Huimin pulled the tie on his body and asked with a smile.

"In this industry, the most fearful thing is that someone will not open their eyes and come to make trouble!" The implication is to rely on Chen Huimin's influence on the Tao.

Chen Huimin nodded and said, "I understand!" Zhang Sheng, do you want me to say hello to my friends on the road? ”

Zhang Shaoping shook his head and said, "Why should I call you for such a simple matter?" Let me tell you straight, you are from Hongfa Mountain (14k), you have a good relationship with the Yamaguchi-gumi of Yumoto, and you are also very popular in Southeast Asia, and I need you to help me open up markets in these places. Of course, I will never treat the people who work for me badly, you can take a job in my video rental company, and I will give you an annual salary of 2 million Hong Kong dollars. This annual salary is not fixed, as long as the market is doing well, I promise you that it will increase by 1 million year by year. Of course, if you don't do well, then you can only get 2 million. ”

Chen Huimin was shocked by the price offered by Zhang Shaoping, 2 million Hong Kong dollars is a lot, Cheng Long's salary is only in the early 1 million yuan if he does not include dividends, Xu Guanjie has this price, but unfortunately it is only inflated, and there are few movies that can spend this price on him.

However, for Zhang Shaoping, Chen Huimin is worth this money, and just by virtue of his relationship with the Yamaguchi Group, Zhang Shaoping is willing to spend more money to pull him into the chariot.