Chapter 8: Long Lost Conversation

"Come, Xiaolong, this is your favorite boiled fish and garlic white meat, tomorrow you will go to Baijing, eat more." She once served a table full of dishes, which showed her worry and reluctance about her son's imminent departure.

Bai Yaolong looked at his two favorite dishes, and then at his mother, the kind face covered with silver threads before the crossing last night seemed to overlap on his mother, who was still beautiful and young, making him a little in a trance.

He once saw him distracted, urging: "What do you want, eat!" ”

Bai Yaolong also smiled and said, "I didn't think about anything, don't worry, Mom, I'm such a big person, I can take care of myself when I go over there." ”

His words obviously made his father, who had been disappointed many times next to him, not very trusting, and his father interjected: "You go over there, stop being naughty and fighting, listen to your second uncle, if I hear you do some bastard things like last time, it's not as simple as changing schools, I have to break your legs." ”

Bai Yaolong was still immersed in the joy of seeing his father again, so he was not annoyed when he heard his father reprimanding him, but felt very relieved, he knew that only when his parents left, he could experience that loneliness, and he would cherish every word his parents said to him now.

"Dad, I know it's wrong, don't worry, I won't do it again!"

The two elders were slightly surprised to see that he was so sincere in his misunderstanding, after all, according to the previous rhythm, Bai Yaolong should not have said a word to them at this time, and he would be locked in his room after eating and not knowing what to do.

His abnormal behavior made Bai Junhua unaccustomed to it, and he continued: "Don't be unconvinced, I tell you, sending you to Baijing is for your own good, this is also your last chance, go over there to be a good man, and reform yourself, do you hear!" ”

Bai Yaolong smiled bitterly, it seems that it is useless to say anything now, and the bad impression of the past has been deeply engraved into his father's bones.

He didn't reply, just nodded, but the mother next to him saw his changed appearance and happily said to his father: "You eat your meal, don't you see that your son has realized his mistake, and he will go to Baijing tomorrow, let him have a good meal, can't you?" Nagging all the time, like a woman. ”

Seeing that Bai Yaolong had a good attitude, Bai Junhua also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Your mother has already packed your luggage for you, you will check it yourself later, there is anything missing, it is so big, you should learn to handle your own affairs." ”

Bai Yaolong smiled and continued to nod, he knew that it was useless for him to say anything now, it was better to look at this old father who he had been worried about in his dream in his previous life.

After eating, Bai Yaolong took the initiative to clean up the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen, such a move once again made the old couple a little disbelieving, but Bai Yaolong ignored it, he knew that some impressions must be changed with actions.

"Mom, go rest, I'll wash the dishes." Bai Yaolong said to Zeng Hui.

Zeng Hui looked at this incredible scene and said, "Son, are you changing sex today?" Tell my mom what's going on."

Bai Yaolong smiled and said nothing, took the dishwasher in her hand, and skillfully washed the dishes one by one, and Zeng Hui looked at him from the side, but he was inexplicably moved.

Although she dotes on Bai Yaolong, she is actually very entangled in her heart, knowing that she is sometimes harming him, but she can't restrain her love for her son as a mother, so she often indulges Bai Yaolong. But what mother doesn't want her children to be the pride of the sky, Jackie Chan and Phoenix.

Of course, for Bai Yaolong's past performance, Zeng Hui no longer expected him to make a difference, as long as he can be sensible and obedient, and no longer act nonsense, this is his biggest thought.

And now the Bai Yaolong in front of him seems to be changing in this direction!

She saw Bai Yaolong's skillful appearance, and she didn't go up to help, but walked to Bai Junhua, who was sitting on the sofa watching the news broadcast, and whispered: "Lao Bai, do you think your son is a little different today." ”

When she said this, Bai Junhua frowned slightly, and did not answer immediately, his eyes were staring at the TV, but he was still very excited in his heart, and he could also see the change in his son, but this change made him feel unreal and distrustful.

"Hmph, you don't know that kid yet, he has nothing to do, he is either a traitor or a thief. I don't know what bad idea that group of fox friends gave him today, you don't believe it and we'll see! He clasped his hands on his chest, but did not look back at Zeng Hui and said.

Zeng Hui didn't refute Bai Junhua, after all, his son is so uneasy, today's abnormal appearance, if it is for no reason, it is really strange.

After a while, Bai Yaolong finished washing the last bowl and dried his hands and walked out, he looked at the house he lived in more than ten years ago, the old brown leather sofa, the 21-inch Changhong TV, and the hanging clock hanging on the wall, feeling that everything was so nostalgic.

Seeing that his mother had gone to his room to help him check his luggage for tomorrow, he came over and sat opposite his father, hoping that he could spend more time with this old father who had broken his heart in his previous life tonight, so that he could at least feel a little at ease with himself.

"Dad, how are you doing?" Bai Yaolong asked, sitting in front of him.

Bai Junhua obviously didn't expect his son to care about him, and he was a little surprised: "You ask what you are doing here, my body is very good." ”

Bai Yaolong nodded, he wanted his father to check blood pressure and blood sugar or something, but he knew that it was useless for him to say it now, his father was now on the rise of his career, and almost all of his energy was in business, if he didn't have to leave tomorrow, it was estimated that he wouldn't be able to see him tonight.

I have to say that my father is a very assertive and enterprising person, after retiring from the army in the early years, he resolutely gave up a stable job, and chose to go to the coast to start a "flowing water" business, and then, after having a little savings, he wholesaled some leather shoes from there and returned them to Yuqing to sell, so he successfully earned the first pot of gold.

After getting a glimpse of the business, he began to do the flower and plant business that was not favored at that time, and at the same time expanded the catering business of his old bank, which made their family's wealth begin to rise rapidly, and by this time of his third year of junior high school, Bai Yaolong vaguely remembered that his family already had a clothing and hat shoe shop, a hotel, two hot pot restaurants and a green plant shop that received several government greening projects.

And this is not over, now his family is still in the rising period, his parents seem to be interested in entering the bathroom industry, and are talking about agency cooperation with a domestic first-line kitchen and bathroom appliance manufacturer.

But God seems to be fair, Bai Junhua is making great progress in business, but his son is falling into the abyss, many times he also doubts what is the point of making so much money, it seems that as the Internet joke in later generations said, it is useless for you to make more money than your son bastard, and you don't need to make so much money when your son is angry.

Bai Yaolong is also emotional, he actually clearly knows how many catties and taels he has, if it weren't for the hard work of his hard-working parents who have the courage to work hard, how could he enjoy his success in the future to become the general manager of Yaolong Group and take charge of such a big family business. So, it's not so much that he succeeds, it's that his parents succeed.

Bai Yaolong knew that his father was not interested in talking about anything now, so it was better to talk about business as he liked, so he continued: "Dad, I want to ask if we are going to open a kitchen and bathroom appliance store soon?" ”

Bai Junhua didn't expect him to ask this, and instinctively replied: What are you children asking for, but instantly remembered his performance today, and felt that he shouldn't hit him anymore, after all, sooner or later this business will still be handed over to his son, and it is not good to study, but it is better to guide him to do business early than nothing.

Therefore, Bai Junhua did not discourage him anymore, and nodded: "Yes, I was talking about business with the representative of Yuqing Branch of Liumu Kitchen and Bathroom Group just before yesterday. ”

Bai Yaolong saw that his father didn't treat him as a little kid like just now, so he breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "How much does the other party want to join and how much goods do you need to press?" ”

Bai Junhua looked back at his son with some surprise this time, he didn't know why his son knew business terms like "franchise fee" and "pressing goods", he was actually the first time to do the business of brand agency, and some of the doors were still being explored, not to mention that he was a dog who did not learn and did not know how to do it.

"How do you know that joining requires a franchise fee and a pressure on goods?" Bai Junhua said with questions.

Bai Yaolong didn't pay attention to his father's expression, thinking that this was common sense, but his father still thought that he was a child who didn't understand, so he smiled and said: "I went to school on TV, aren't all TV series acting like this?" ”

Bai Junhua was a little skeptical, but he continued: "The franchise guidance fee is 22,000, and you need to press 110,000 goods in the early stage, and the store must be at least 90 square meters, so that the other party is willing to let us become the head office dealer here in Shangjiao District." ”

110,000 yuan, in 2001, the house price in Shangjiao District, Yuqing, was only 900 yuan per square meter, that is to say, the franchise fee plus the cost of pressing the goods, you can almost buy a set of more than 100 square meters of three bedrooms and two living rooms, Bai Yaolong knows the power of real estate in the future, he knows very well that instead of investing the money in a business with unknown risks, it is better to buy a house and wait for appreciation.

But if he told his father to take all his belongings to buy a house, would his father be willing? Obviously not, although my father more or less felt that the infrastructure industry was taking off, but with the vision of people at that time, no one would believe that these reinforced concrete would rise more than ten or twenty times in the future.

I can't persuade my father to buy a house, but I can guide in this direction, although doing this bathroom business will definitely not lose money in the next real estate wave, but it is to earn some "strings" of hard money, and with more and more businesses opening stores, such marginal effects will actually become less and less.

He and his father actually didn't read much, if he was to guide his father to make cars and chips, it would be impossible, even if he knew that these were great wealth, but people are self-aware, and they don't have the ability to do these things.

Therefore, it is still necessary to grasp the wave of real estate, and then lay out traditional industries, although he knows that these industries are highly competitive, but there is no way, this is the upper limit of no culture, so the theory of the uselessness of reading began to Thaksin, but later the deeper he contacted some high-end people and circles, he found that if he did not read, it was really not good.

He sorted out his thoughts and said, "Dad, have you ever thought about why you want to do the business of kitchen and bathroom appliances?" ”

Why do you want to do a kitchen and bathroom appliances business? Bai Junhua didn't expect Bai Yaolong to ask him rhetorically, and subconsciously said according to the old routine for a while: "Why, it's not to make more money, to leave you an extra way back for this uncompetitive kid!" ”

Father obviously misunderstood what he meant, Bai Yaolong had to smile bitterly: "Dad, how can you not be so damaged, I mean why you choose to do the kitchen and bathroom appliances business instead of other businesses." ”

Bai Junhua also felt that he was too excited, his son was usually reluctant to communicate with him, but today he was uncharacteristically chatting with himself about business, as a father, he should still guide him well, in case he is not good at studying but is as interested in business as himself, this is at least better than him mixing in society in the future.

"There are two reasons why I chose to do this, one is because more and more people are entering the city now, and the country is also vigorously developing natural gas household projects, so there must be more and more demand for gas stoves and water heaters; Second, I inspected the market in Yuqing and found that we mainly sell some small brands of kitchen and bathroom appliances, and now there are more and more rich people, and there must be people who are willing to use high-end brands, so I do this business. ”

Bai Yaolong nodded after listening, noncommittal The year 2000 was an era of gold everywhere, as long as you are bold, in fact, no matter what business you do, you can almost find money, because this is the dividend brought by the rise of the national fortune, but how much money is earned, whether it is according to the current market trend or the memory of his future generations, his father will definitely be able to make money when he opens this store, but since he has returned to this era, it is of course better to earn more.

"Dad, I always have two reasons for you, nothing more than more and more people are entering the city, and more and more people are finding big money in the city, your logic is actually summed up, it is one: people can find more money when they go to the city, do you think I'm right?" Bai Yaolong organized the idea of setting up a trap for his father, and then said.

When Bai Junhua heard this, he had a strange feeling, as if he was not talking to his naughty son, but more like chatting with a business friend, but he nodded without refuting it: "Yes, that's it." ”

Bai Yaolong was not polite, and continued: "Then since so many people believe that they can find money in the city and flock to the city, then after they arrive in the city, they must solve the housing problem, maybe the first thing they think about is renting a house, but once they have money, do they have to buy a house." ”

"Yes, you're right."

Bai Yaolong was very happy to see his father approving him, this should be regarded as the first time he received his father's approval in junior high school, so he plucked up the courage to continue: "Then think about it, so many people are pouring into the city, where can there be so many houses to live in, if the supply of houses exceeds demand, do you think the government and businessmen will find ways to repair more houses to sell?" After all, take our old house as an example, it is worth 100,000 yuan, what business can be bigger than this business, one order earns 100,000 yuan, and so many people go to the city, will they still rush to buy it? ”

After he finished speaking, Bai Junhua fell into a short contemplation, although his main business is still a catering business, but the family's green plant business is constantly reaching new highs, and more and more of these customers are unit purchases, not some individual customers like the original, so does this indicate that there are more and more houses to be repaired or more and more projects that need to be greened?

Bai Junhua seemed to smell a hint of wealth from his son's words, but he quickly realized that something was wrong and asked, "Who told you this?" ”

"I thought of it myself."

"Fart, how could you think of this with your shitty head, is it from the house of a classmate you attended today's party." Bai Junhua obviously didn't believe that such a sensitive market trend could pop out of the brain of his useless son, and immediately retorted.

Bai Yaolong couldn't cry or laugh, but thinking about it, not to mention the bad impression he left on his father, even if he was a good student in the city, it is estimated that he would not believe that he came up with it.