In fact, next to the white peacock art world on the north bank of the moat in the North Second Ring Road, there is also a fishing tackle shop called Bihai, which is also well-known among Beijing anglers, it mainly deals in various big brands of fishing gear, a bit like the meaning of a specialty store. However, Hong Tao didn't plan to go anywhere to join in the fun, his peers were enemies, and he got to such a powerful rivalry in the early days of his business, and there were definitely not many times when he could catch up with good things.

At that time, Beijing was not like now, the streets were full of housing agencies, and if you wanted to find a suitable front room, you had to go around by yourself. This is hard to stop Hong Tao, he has been playing crazy in this area since elementary school, until he graduated from high school, he can be called a hutong string in the Houhai area, although it is said that each house number is not known to know the road, but there are no dozens of alleys that he does not know.

Being close to home is a benefit, and he doesn't even have to ride a bicycle, so Hong Tao began his journey to find a house. According to Hong Tao's plan, he first started from the Silver Ingot Bridge to the west, walked along the north shore of Houhai until the end, and then turned back to the Silver Ingot Bridge from the south bank, went door to door to see that the house was suitable for the door, and then knocked on the door to ask if people rented it.

In 2000, along the coast of Houhai, not to mention bars, it was not easy to find even a restaurant, most of them were houses of households and units, that is, there were some door houses next to the barbecue season at the head of the silver ingot bridge, but this is a traffic artery, the place is very crowded, suitable for that kind of ordinary business, not suitable for the location of a fishing tackle shop.

Because the person who bought the fishing gear had a problem, he came more often, and everyone got together and started chatting, you talk about your harvest in the past few days, and he said the fishing tricks he found. Therefore, this fishing tackle shop must be a little bigger, and it must be in a too noisy position, so that it is convenient for everyone to sit together and talk about the mountains.

Familiar with the road, Hong Tao only took half a day to turn Houhai a whole circle, and there are still harvests and difficulties. He took a fancy to 3 houses, 2 were residential houses, one was the unit's tertiary canteen, and the 2 residential houses saw the owner, and they agreed to rent it, and the unit commissary Hong Tao did not see anyone who could call the shots, and the salesperson of the commissary said that the manager would not be able to come until tomorrow.

Among these three face houses, Hong Tao is most satisfied with the commissary, which is located on the north shore of Houhai and is the third industry of a kindergarten of the Ministry of Health. Its area is not small, the commissary itself has 2 rooms, an area of more than 40 square meters, what makes Hong Tao more important is that it also has a small courtyard, with an area of more than 30 square meters. The most commendable thing is that it is located on the outer wall of the Ministry of Health, not only the water and electricity are figured out with the office, but also in the winter there is heating for heating, which is much better than burning earth heating or using air conditioning for heating, cheap and clean.

In addition to the advantages of the house itself, this commissary also has its own business license, which shows that the house is already for commercial use, unlike those two houses, if you want to apply for a business license, you have to go to the housing management office to pay a large sum of money, and change the nature of the house from residential to commercial, because legally speaking, those two houses are not private property, but state property, and the property owner is the housing authority.

Hong Tao also partnered with friends as a restaurant owner in later life, and he suffered a loss on the house issue at the beginning, signed the contract and paid half a year's rent, and when he went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to apply for a license, he learned that if he wanted to use the house for commercial purposes, he must obtain the consent of the housing management office, and whether the housing management office can agree depends on whether you pay a change fee of 500 yuan per square meter.

Although this façade made Hong Tao very satisfied, and even exceeded his expectations, Hong Tao did not expect to be able to take down this commissary, not that Hong Tao could not afford to pay the rent, nor that the commissary was too good to sell, and people were unwilling to exchange it, and the problem was still in the property rights of the unit.

Public houses naturally have the benefits of public houses, such as in terms of rent, people at that time were not as shrewd as in later generations, especially those iron rice bowls who did offices in large units, for the rent of this commissary, 1 yuan and 10,000 yuan a month are no different, because this money does not fall into the hands of individuals, all of them are the income of the unit, so everyone's enthusiasm for renting to outsiders is not high. Coupled with the principle that more things are better than less things mixed with iron rice bowls, they would rather lose money every day in this commissary than hand it over to outsiders to operate, in their opinion, there are not many good people who do private business, and there are many bad people.

So whether you can rent this commissary, the main thing is not how much money you can pay, but whether you can find acquaintances, preferably acquaintances in this unit, not a big leader, even if it is just an ordinary staff, it is OK to be a guarantor if you can take a bridge to the supervisor, so that you can properly show your respect to the leader in charge, as long as there is no problem of principle in this property, and the rent you pay is higher than the income of the commissary, it is basically won.

Of course, if you can find the 1st, 2nd, 3rd leaders of this organ unit, and even the leader of their superior competent unit, then congratulations, this commissary will immediately become your use, it doesn't matter whether you pay for the house or not, no one will ask you for water and electricity bills, if you want to be too small, immediately tear down the wall next to it, and then build a 50-meter house for you.

But Hong Tao doesn't have this ability, the only biggest leader he knows now is the director of the neighborhood committee, as for the relationships that Hong Tao mixed in the later life, he can't use it at all now, those section chiefs, division chiefs, bureau chiefs, and bosses, now they are all talking about whether they are old enough to go to work, even if they have already gone to work, they must be aiming at whose shoulders in the bottom of the unit are ready to step on it.

However, Hong Tao still had the mood of having no match the next morning, so he ran to the commissary first to bang his luck, there is no chance of everything, and he happened to be passing by here. When Hong Tao walked into the commissary, he didn't see their manager at first sight, but saw one of the two fishing friends who were fishing with him on the beach one day. The reason why Hong Tao remembers him so deeply is because this person is really unforgettable.

This fishing friend is about 40 years old, and he is not too fat to say fat, but he is really called a white, and the skin is called a good, 90% of the girls are ashamed to see his skin, red and white, white and red, and he can't even see a beard and a beard stubble on his chin, and with a pair of rimless glasses, the whole person reveals two words: rich.

"Oops...... Master...... What kind of wind is this, I've been looking for you for a few days, let me catch it today, come on, do it inside, Sister Zhang, give me a bottle of Arctic Ocean, I want ice......" The white fat man saw Hong Tao enter the door, stunned for a moment, and then just like Yang Bailao saw the Red Army, he grabbed Hong Tao's hand and pulled Hong Tao into the inner room as he spoke.

There are no shelves in the back room, but there are 2 desks, which looks like an office, and what attracts Hong Tao's eyes the most is the fishing rods standing in the corner and a large pile of fishing gear under the desk.

"You work here?" Hong Tao feels that he is real today, and if he wants to doze off, someone will send him a pillow, it seems that this white fat brother works here, or is a person from this agency, although he is not an acquaintance, but there is always someone who is willing to talk to you.

"Ah, yes, I don't usually come much, I said brother, since you gave some fish food that day, brother and I have been miserable, for more than half a month, I haven't caught a serious fish, I ran to the water's edge to find you, and I haven't seen you." The white fat man was a self-cooked, so he asked Hong Tao to sit on the front seat of the desk, lay on the desk, gave Hong Tao a Jinqiao cigarette, and complained while lighting the fire.

"During this time, my family is busy, and I have come less often, so you won't be the manager here, right?" Hong Tao plans to ask him about his approximate position first, if he has anything to do with this house, he will accompany him to grind his teeth for a while, if not, I'm sorry for you, I am still busy.