The owner of the café is surnamed Liu, knows Xu Haodong, has the intention to please, and gives a 5% discount at the checkout. Although Xu Haodong doesn't come to this kind of place often, there is a price list on the table, and he only charges one hundred and eight for three hundred and six, so of course he will not accept this kind of kindness. To put it mildly, both sides took a step back, and Boss Liu received 300 yuan, which was a great joy.

Xu Haodong was about to get up and leave, and when he saw Boss Liu's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he asked, "Boss Liu, are there any questions?" ”

Boss Liu looks like he is in his forties, he looks simple, but his eyes are shrewd. He asked embarrassedly: "Secretary Xu, I found that you don't drink coffee, is there something wrong with my coffee?" ”

Xu Haodong smiled and sighed, "Boss Liu, don't get me wrong, I hardly drink drinks and the like, especially coffee and tea, because that will disrupt my normal sleep." So, it's me who has the problem, not what's wrong with your coffee. ”

"I see." Boss Liu smiled and complimented: "Secretary Xu, you only drink boiled water when you come to the café, and you are really as honest as water, and your reputation is well deserved." ”

"Hey, don't talk about it." Xu Haodong waved his hand and asked with a smile: "Boss Liu, listening to your accent, you should be from Xijiang Province, but with our accent here, you have been with us for a long time, right?" ”

Boss Liu sat down, "Secretary Xu, I am indeed from Xijiang Province, I have been in Yunling for twenty-seven years, and I am now a standard Yunling person. But I am only the second generation of Xijiang migrant workers, my father came earlier, he came to Yunling 34 years ago to work, the first job was a boatman on a fishing boat, I came after graduating from junior high school. ”

"Oh, you're a patriarch." Xu Haodong asked, "Did you buy a house in Yunling?" Is your whole family settled? ”

"We have all settled down, including my parents-in-law and children, as well as my younger siblings and brother-in-law, we are all from Yunling. We both bought a house in Yunling, I have paid off the mortgage, and they still have some mortgages. ”

Xu Haodong smiled and said: "Okay, you are also a successful person, better than me, I still live in my parents' house." Boss Liu, you are also a boss now, very remarkable, and an inspirational role model. ”

Boss Liu said: "Don't hide it from Secretary Xu, my first job was as a brick movers on a construction site, I just turned 16 years old that year, and I worked on the construction site for seven years. Then the boss of the company saw that I was honest, so he asked me to be his full-time driver, and I helped the boss drive the car for another seven years. Later, the boss lost money in other businesses, and the construction company was also operating dismally, and there were only seven people left in the management of the whole company. About eight years ago, the owner got better and took out some money to open this café, and after three years, the owner said he wanted to thank me and gave me this café, and also gave me a car, and paid a down payment for my house. In this way, I became the owner of the café and have been running it ever since. ”

"Boss Liu, you are a loyal, good people have good rewards." Xu Haodong nodded and asked, "Boss Liu, how has the business been in recent years?" ”

"What ...... this" Boss Liu hesitated.

"Isn't that hard to say?" Xu Haodong smiled.

"Hmm...... Not good. Boss Liu said: "In recent years, the business has indeed become worse and worse, taking the turnover as an example, it is two-thirds worse than before, and the profit is at least half worse." ”

Xu Haodong asked, "What do you think is the reason?" ”

Boss Liu hesitated again, "Everyone is talking in private, since the anti-corruption began, our industry has not done well." ”

"Haha...... So how are you going to deal with it? ”

Boss Liu said: "Just now, we were discussing just now, what other business can we do." ”

"Oh? Just now? You guys? Who are you? ”

"Yes, they are in the box next to them, and they are all my friends, including people from Xijiang Province, people from this province, locals, and they are all engaged in the entertainment industry and cafes and teahouses."

Xu Haodong smiled and said, "Can I be honored to participate in your discussion?" ”

"Secretary Xu." Boss Liu was flattered and said excitedly: "I'll call them right away." ”

Not to mention, there were many bosses at once, including Boss Liu, a total of nine.

Xu Haodong shook hands with the bosses one by one, and Boss Liu also introduced them one by one.

After sitting down, Boss Liu explained to everyone that Secretary Xu only drinks boiled water and does not smoke, so everyone can do whatever they want.

Seeing that everyone was a little restrained, Xu Haodong smiled and said the names, origins and industries of the eight bosses except Boss Liu one by one.

The bosses admired it very much, and Boss Liu said, "Secretary Xu, I didn't expect your memory to be so powerful." ”

Xu Haodong said with a smile: "Actually, just like you, you are all leaders in your respective industries in Yunling City, and you must all have two brushes." I'm a person in the system, and I can't do without one or two brushes. ”

A few jokes narrowed the distance between Xu Haodong and the bosses.

Boss Liu said: "Don't hide it, Secretary Xu brought everyone here, the purpose is to let us speak freely, and say whatever we want." ”

Boss Chen said: "Secretary Xu, there is an 'economic development forum' in the city, and we often go there, but compared with those big bosses, we can't get on the stage, so we can only be observers." I have heard your lecture that you have divided the social classes, and I would like to ask you which class we belong to. ”

"Boss Chen, your question is very interesting." Xu Haodong said with a smile: "I generally divide the bosses into the capital class, and this capital class is also divided into several levels, large capital, medium capital, and small capital. Big capital can call the wind and rain, like transnational capital, state capital, and monopoly capital. Chinese capital is making waves, like the world's top 500 companies, the leading bosses of various industries, and some bureaucratic capital. Small capital is trapped in certain areas, like the billionaires and industry bosses in our city. So in a strict sense, you are between small capital and self-employed, and further is small capital, and taking a step back is equivalent to being self-employed. ”

Boss Zhang asked, "Secretary Xu, what do you think of wealth?" ”

"Yo, that's a big problem too." Xu Haodong said: "Regarding wealth, we must first understand one thing, that is, what is wealth, the previous understanding is one-sided, thinking that only money is wealth. But the times are different, and today's wealth also includes knowledge and soft power, such as automobiles, which are not wealth, they are just means of transportation, and they are consumer goods. Especially the house, your house may be worth millions of dollars, but that's what you use to live in, it's a necessity of life, and strictly speaking, it can't be completely counted as wealth. On the contrary, your personal ability, your ability to learn, your ability to rise back after failure, etc., etc., are your greatest wealth. ”

After a pause, Xu Haodong added: "Take me as an example, you have to measure it in terms of money, because I have a heavy family burden, I have almost no savings, and it can be said that I am not as good as an ordinary salaryman." But I still live a very confident and optimistic life, because I have the ability to learn, and I have the ability to stand in society even if I leave the system, which is my greatest wealth. ”

Boss Gao asked: "Secretary Xu, I am driving KTV, and now this industry is the most sluggish, do you think this industry can still be done?" ”