69novels Chapter 606 Do you want to work with me?
Chapter 606 Do you want to work with me?
As the output of meat products in the small world is increasing, Lin Geng can now earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month just by selling these meats. Even Qian San, who is an agent, can make a lot of money every month. Liu Guangtian and Li Guangfu, who follow Lin Geng, can also make several hundred yuan every month.
A few hundred yuan in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the average salary was only 30 or 40 yuan, and the highest was only 50 or 60 yuan. Unless you became a relatively high-ranking leader, or a level 7 or 8 worker like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, you could get a salary of less than 100 yuan. A few hundred yuan was considered a super high income in that era.
So Liu Guangtian and Li Guangfu have now each bought their own house, married and had children, and are living a pretty good life.
Fortunately, these two guys are not stupid. They know very well that the reason why they can live such a comfortable life now is all because of Lin Geng, so they listen to Lin Geng's words and keep a low profile even when making money. They just make money quietly and don't show off. Few people know that these two guys are now millionaires.
However, Lin Geng was not very satisfied with such income. He still felt that if he did not take advantage of the reform and opening up to expand his business, it would be a shame for his rebirth. It would be like going to a treasure mountain but coming back empty-handed.
Even though he has more money than he can spend now, even though his current savings and the antiques, calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver he has collected are enough for him to spend for several lifetimes and enough for his children to have no worries about food and clothing in the future and live a comfortable life, he is still unwilling to just lie down and take it.
As the saying goes, if you are poor, you can take care of yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. If you have money, you can use it for investment, hire more workers, pay them more wages, and improve their lives. You can also do some charity. There are always too many poor people in this world who need help.
When it was 1981, Lin Geng finally couldn't hold back any longer and called Sha Zhu and Xu Damao together privately and asked them, "Zhuzi, Damao, I called you here today to tell you that I'm going to sell my workstation and quit my job to start my own business. I wanted to ask you if you would like to join me in this endeavor."
When Sha Zhu and Xu Damao heard this, their eyes lit up, because at that time a lot of private businesses had begun to emerge in society. As more and more educated youth who had gone to the countryside returned to the cities, it became increasingly difficult to find jobs in the cities. After returning to the cities, a large number of educated youth could not find jobs and could only wander around the streets.
The result is that in addition to the increasingly worsening security situation on the streets, many smart people have begun to think of ways to make money.
So some people started to open snack shops based on their own skills. Some people made braised meat and roast chicken at home, or fried some melon seeds and peanuts, and fried some popcorn, and then pushed a cart to sell in front of the cinema or on the streets.
Some people have tailoring skills and set up stalls on the street to repair or make clothes for others. Some bolder people even started to go to the south to buy some small commodities and bring them back to sell on the street.
Of course, there were also people who used their connections to resell approval documents or things like steel, trying every way to make money. Moreover, many of these businessmen became rich quickly because they started early. Many seemingly insignificant small businesses actually made much more money than working in an office at the end of a month. Therefore, the private economy had begun to sprout rapidly and flourish at this time.
As a cook, Sha Zhu might not be very interested in these things and his reaction might be a little slow, but Xu Damao is a smart guy. He has started paying attention to these things a long time ago and found that doing business can make money much faster than working in a factory and getting a fixed salary every month.
So when Xu Damao heard what Lin Geng said, his eyes widened immediately, and he became excited, and asked Lin Geng: "Great! I have long wanted to start my own business. I am in the factory every day, with endless work to do, endless leaders to accompany, endless drinking, and working hard for a month, but only get that little money!
Now I have a family, a wife and children to support, and a salary of a few dozen dollars is not enough to spend!
I haven't wanted to work in the factory for a long time, but I can't find a good job at the moment. So, brother, tell me about this today!
Just tell me what you want to do, I'll do it with you! It doesn't matter if you don't want to work in the steel mill, it's better to do business to make money faster!"
Sha Zhu frowned, thought for a while and asked Lin Geng: "You are doing well in the factory. You are also a deputy section chief. You make at least a hundred yuan a month. How many people are jealous of you? Do you know?
And now the salary of our factory's workstations has increased to 1500 to 2000, many people are trying their best to get into our factory! But you actually want to sell your workstation and start your own business!
What's so good about doing business? Making money is fine, but what if you lose money? What will your wife and children eat and drink?
At least the factory can guarantee a stable income, and we have a stable job, so how can we just throw it away?"
Sha Zhu is a bit conservative, but he is very satisfied with his current situation, especially his current identity as canteen director. Since he became the canteen director, he has been holding his head high and looking very proud whenever he enters and leaves the courtyard.
Moreover, since this guy became the canteen director, his chef grade has also been raised to level five chef. Although the canteen director is only a working substitute, he is still a small leader in the factory. In addition to the basic salary, he can get 70 or 80 yuan a month plus the position allowance. In this era, this salary is actually not low.
So this guy is very satisfied with his current life. When he heard Lin Gengyi say that he wanted to quit his job and start a business, he expressed his incomprehension.
Lin Geng laughed and said to Sha Zhu, "Brother Zhu, your consideration makes sense, but have you ever thought about it? Your current salary is indeed not low, but don't forget that you still have three children to support at home! The children will go to school and they will have to pay tuition.
Do you plan to send your children to college in the future? It will cost a lot of money! Do you want your son and daughter to learn cooking from you and become chefs like you?
Also, you only have these two houses now, right? After Yu Shui gets married, your family will only have these two houses. When your two sons get married, will you buy them houses?
As you can see, the house prices have been rising in the past two years. In the past, our houses cost only 600 to 700 yuan per room, but now they have risen to 1,500 yuan per room and there is still no demand for them. You can’t even buy one!
I think the price of houses will continue to rise, and they will get higher and higher. With the 70 or 80 yuan you earn a month, do you think you can afford to buy a house for your two sons in the future?"