Picking up my phone, I dialed Mao Liang's number.

"Hey, Lin Nan, why did you call me suddenly?" Mao Liang was a little surprised.

"I just thought that after the Chinese New Year, I haven't contacted you again to ask you about your situation, how are you doing?" I laughed.

Hearing me say this, Mao Liang paused, and then said, "I, I'm fine, what about you, how are you?" Busy at work? Still in the magic capital, right? ”

"I'm not very busy at work, I'm in the magic capital, you said you were going to open a home appliance maintenance during the New Year, and then I saw that your circle of friends posted that it was opened, how is it now?" I said.

"I—I don't know what's going on." Mao Liang said embarrassedly.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong? I asked.

"Lin Nan, do you say that I take it for granted, my repair shop is open, but there is no business, I thought that if the advertisement was out, someone would definitely come." Mao Liang said unconfidently.

"Advertising?" I was surprised.

"That's right, I printed very few advertising leaflets, and the neighborhoods ran for a few kilometers one by one, and they were all put in people's homes or mailboxes, but except for an uncle who rode a three-wheeled car and held a 28-inch old color TV to repair, there was no business, I opened it for a month, just a business." Mao Liang said.

"Then you, don't you recycle household appliances? Is it to recycle household appliances, sell them again, repair the broken TV and sell it? I asked.

"I feel that my ideas are lagging behind, I now understand that the general home appliances are broken, are repaired and door-to-door by the manufacturer, and some people are trade-in, I am renting a façade now, in fact, no one comes at all, people only believe in the after-sales maintenance of the brand, even if the price is a little more expensive, people also trust them, and on my side, the delay is long, the thing is broken, I still have to match the parts, not immediately can be repaired, so it is estimated that it is so, can not be done." Mao Liang said.

Although Mao Liang failed to open a store, but Mao Liang was able to recognize the limitations of his vision, I am still very happy for him, I remember that Mao Liang told me that he would open a home appliance maintenance in Taicheng after leaving Kyoto, I was very worried, because at that time it was not only me, Chu Yin also felt that it was not optimistic, you must know that now is not the past, before the threat of household appliances, there is still money to be made by collecting old household appliances, but now, it is basically the old for the new, even if it is to collect old household appliances, because the price is too cheap, people are not willing, willing to change to the new, As for the broken home appliances, they are all after-sales maintenance of the brand, and they will send people to the door, even if the warranty period is over, they will arrange someone to repair and charge a certain maintenance fee, which makes the physical repair shop extremely struggling.

Taicheng is a small city, the population is not much, young people are working in big cities, those who can stay are the elderly, the old people are more economical, and they don't know how to repair, they are all children to operate, and young people will directly find brand after-sales maintenance, which is equivalent to cutting off Mao Liang's way to open physical home appliance maintenance.

So Mao Liang's business failure this time is reasonable, but he lost the rent and some other maintenance parts costs, but this is not a big loss, after all, the rent of shops in Taicheng is not very high, and it is still acceptable.

"Do you have any plans?" I asked.

Since Mao Liang failed in business, he must find a way, it is impossible not to work, right?

"Lin Nan, in fact, I've been struggling a lot these days, I'm thinking about whether to go back to Kyoto to continue to do distribution, to install air conditioning, or to deliver takeaway or something, after all, the income in big cities is definitely much higher than in our small places, even if the cost of living is high, as long as you save some expenses, you can still save money." Mao Liang continued.

"Are you going to go?" I asked.

"I'm thinking about it, I'm going to transfer this store now, I've rented it for a year, I knew it would be like this, how could I rent it for a year, so I have to transfer it now." Mao Liang said.

"Mao Liang, you transfer it now, if it is the current rent, I estimate that it will be difficult, you had better reduce the rent a little and rent it out, otherwise the longer it drags on, the more you will lose." I reminded.

Shops need to be rented out, not necessarily by people, so reduce the rent and rent out as soon as possible to stop the loss in time.

"I know in my heart that I'm subleasing now." Mao Liang said.

"By the way, didn't you think about coming to the Demon Capital to develop?" I changed my words.

"I don't know the magic capital well, and I don't know what to do when I get to the magic capital, and I don't have a high education, and I can only drive and deliver goods and repair household appliances." Mao Liang said embarrassedly.

Hearing Mao Liang say this, I smiled and said, "I'm not here, it's not good for you to come to the devil, I'll help you see if there is a suitable job for you when the time comes." ”

"Lin Nan, why am I embarrassed to trouble you, I've already thought about it, and then go back to Kyoto to work, I am at least familiar with it, I believe that my previous unit should still be mine, but I originally thought that I could take care of the children when I went back to Taicheng to open my own store, but I only found out now, in fact, this is very difficult, no way, the family needs money, and if you can't make money in your hometown, you will sit on the mountain, and I have to drift north again." Mao Liang responded.

"What do you say, what is trouble, you come to the magic capital, after you arrive, I will find you a place to live, I said that you are under a lot of mental pressure now, you should relax, when you arrive, we will have a drink together, in case there is a good job here for you, then why are you going to Kyoto? At least you are closer to me, and we can go back to our hometown together in the future, you see? I said immediately.

"This--" Mao Liang hesitated.

"How many years have we known each other, you and I are still hypocritical, are you coming or not?" I said.

"That, that's okay, the shop has been subleased out in the past two days, and I'll come to you with some luggage." Mao Liang said.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you, talk to me before you come, and I'll pick you up when you get the airport." I laughed.

"Good!" Mao Liang agreed.

As soon as I hung up the phone, I smiled.

I know that Mao Liang was not satisfied, he got married early, and he shouldn't have made much money in Beipiao, so his daughter-in-law left him and the child and ran away, according to Mao Liang's daughter-in-law's words, that is, she felt that she had no hope with Mao Liang, so she left.

Mao Liang said that he didn't blame his daughter-in-law, he knew that he had no ability and couldn't keep his daughter-in-law, but when Mao Liang said this, I was still quite uncomfortable.

In this world, there are really too many people in the same situation as Mao, how many college students can come out of our small place, basically they don't study until junior high and high school, if the family is not bad, it is two words, but basically most people's family conditions are still relatively poor, so they have to go out to work, hoping to improve their lives, but how many can really get ahead?

I had a very good relationship with Mao Liang when I was studying before, although we didn't see each other for a long time and lost our contact information, but this time I saw Mao Liang during the New Year, it can be said that we hit it off at first sight, so I think that if Mao Liang is willing to come to the magic capital, I really want to help him, at least he can have a hope for the future.