Return to the 80s, from touching loaches to becoming the world's richest man

The bus station in the county town is very small, and there are only three buses to the city a day. The land and sea certificate is only valid for one day. If you want to get back at night, you can only take the earliest bus.

It was already past 8 o'clock when Lu Hai arrived at the station. Fortunately, the earliest bus was at o'clock, so he was still in time.

However, the cars nowadays are all broken and the roads are not good. There were no highways at that time, basically only dirt roads.

There are potholes everywhere, so the bumpy ride can only be described as miserable.

Even Lu Hai, who doesn't get carsick, felt a little dizzy after being shaken.

Moreover, because there are many people going to the city, if they all have a letter of introduction that is only valid for one day, they can only take this one trip, so the car is also crowded.

There was no such thing as overloading at that time.

However, this is the only way to go to the city right now. After all, it's impossible to walk hundreds of kilometers, right?

Although Lu Hai felt uncomfortable, he could only endure it silently.

After coming out of the station, Lu Hai looked around, and his memories of his previous life began to overlap with the environment here.

In his previous life, he came here about a year later, so the changes were not that big.

However, he had not been involved in the supply and marketing of aquatic products in his previous life. At that time, he could not stay at home, so he simply came to the city to see if he could find a job to support himself.

There was no concept of business at that time, so how would people know about these things?

However, he did know the bus stop.

Nowadays, although there are fewer buses and bus stops, they still exist.

Moreover, national places like this should be marked there, so Lu Hai planned to go to the bus stop first to see if there was a direct bus. If not, it would not be too late to ask someone for directions.

Fortunately, there was a bus going to the Aquatic Products Supply and Marketing Cooperative, so Lu Hai saved the trouble of asking for directions.

It is worth mentioning that taking the bus is still quite expensive for ordinary people in this era. Unless necessary, many people still want to walk when going out, unless the distance is not very far.

After all, in this day and age, the fare is not calculated based on the total journey, but by station.

On average, the fee for each station is about 2 cents depending on the distance. So, there are more than a dozen stations from Luhai to the Aquatic Products Supply and Marketing Cooperative, which costs about to cents in total.

Although this money is nothing to Lu Hai, it is a day's work points for many ordinary people.

This is the amount of money the commune members earned in a day working in the fields.

Therefore, many people in later generations say that prices in this era are cheap. A few cents may seem very cheap, but in fact, the income of many people is not high.

Even in an international city like Hong Kong, in this era, earning a few hundred yuan a month is considered a high-income earner.

After sitting for almost another hour, around 1:00 p.m., Lu Hai finally arrived.

As soon as I got off the bus, I smelled a fishy odor in the air. After all, it was a seafood supply and marketing cooperative, so there were basically fish and shrimps, so the fishy smell was naturally strong.

The ground was also covered with water stains, and trucks were coming and going in front of the supply and marketing cooperative to transport goods.

It is called a supply and marketing cooperative, but in fact it is more like a large market, and not many people buy things.

Apparently, this is a place that specializes in collecting aquatic products and then transporting them to other provinces.

However, this kind of thing definitely requires finding someone who is in charge. However, Lu Hai looked around and couldn't see where the office was, so he could only find someone to ask.

Then, Lu Hai found a man who was transporting goods and gave him a cigarette.

"Hello, I would like to ask, where is the manager of this aquatic product supply and marketing cooperative?"

The person who was pulled by Lu Hai was obviously not the first time to see a countryman like Lu Hai who wore Liberation shoes and had clothes full of patches. Moreover, in this era, there was no such thing as looking down on rural people, and people would feel obliged to take favors from others.

So his attitude was still friendly and he pointed Lu Hai in a direction with his hand.

Lu Hai looked in the direction of the finger and saw a small bungalow outside the market, and suddenly he understood.

No wonder I couldn’t find it. It turned out to be outside. I originally thought it was someone else’s house.

After thanking the man, Lu Hai quickly walked towards the office.

The office door was ajar at this time, but Lu Hai still knocked on it.

"Enter."

Hearing the people inside talking, Lu Hai pushed open the office door with a smile on his face.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a middle-aged man who was about 40 years old. When the man saw Lu Hai, he found that he did not know him, so he asked directly, "Who are you?"

Lu Hai saw a sign on the man's desk that said Manager Wang, and he immediately said respectfully, "Hello, Manager Wang, this is what happened. Our village has been doing pest control recently and has caught a lot of loaches and eels. Then I heard in the village that the supply and marketing cooperative is collecting these things recently, so I came here to ask."

Nowadays, if you want to cooperate with the supply and marketing cooperative to sell things, you can only do it in the name of the village.

If it is said by an individual, it is speculation.

Especially for such a large transaction, if Lu Hai tells the truth, he can be said to have been handed over to the police.

Manager Wang frowned when he heard this, "Your village sent you here?"

After all, in my impression, matters involving a village are basically handled by people who have a say in the village.

At the very least, he would be the leader of a production team, and these people would be at least in their early thirties.

Where can we find youngsters like Lu Hai?

Lu Hai chuckled, then took out his letter of introduction from his pocket, "Manager Wang, isn't the village busy with spring planting? Therefore, the village chief and the team leader have to supervise the production tasks, so only a young man like me with good legs can come here. Moreover, the fare for this trip is almost one dollar per person, so one less person can save some money."

When Manager Wang heard this, he no longer had any doubts. After all, people of that era were relatively simple, and it was true that they didn't have much money. He took a look at the letter of introduction and didn't find any problems.

Lu Hai was also very confident and assured. After all, he asked his father Lu Guofu to tell the people in the commune the content of the letter of introduction.

The reason was indeed correct. Lu Hai had received news that the aquatic supply and marketing cooperative was buying loaches, eels and various fish, so the people in the village asked him to help inquire. As for the price, Lu Hai did not say.

Moreover, Manager Wang probably would not have thought that Lu Hai came from later generations.

People in later generations can be said to be quite courageous when doing business.

In the early 1990s, because the country encouraged entrepreneurship, many policies were not perfect enough and information was not conveyed in a timely manner.

Therefore, many courageous people first obtain land from the government, then mortgage the land to the bank for a loan, and then use the loan money to continue to acquire land, and then mortgage it again, and repeat the cycle...

And there are many people like this who get something for nothing.

Later on, people involved in real estate became even bolder.

The building is not yet completed but they are already selling it in advance.

The money from these pre-sales that should have been used to build the building is now used for investment, or to continue acquiring land and launching sales...

Lu Hai became a billionaire by relying on real estate.

Naturally, he is very courageous.

Moreover, as the saying goes, the bold will die of overeating, while the timid will die of starvation.

So, this little trick comes naturally to me.

Anyway, transportation and communication are inconvenient in this era, and people will not contact the commune to inquire about such a small matter.

After all, there are so many people coming to buy seafood every day, is it possible to ask them all?

So, Manager Wang looked at Lu Hai's documents and found no problem, so he didn't say anything more. Instead, he looked at Lu Hai.

"Since you have the final say, it's fine. Not many people here eat loaches and yellow eels, but people in other provinces like to eat them, so our supply and marketing cooperative will buy them, which is also a response to the instructions from above."

"However, if the quantity is less, we won't accept it. After all, this is sold all over the country. If it's just a few dozen or a few hundred kilograms, it's completely meaningless."

Hearing this, Lu Hai immediately assured, "Manager Wang, don't worry, I understand the reason. I promise you that the quantity will definitely not be less than one thousand kilograms."

Hearing this, Manager Wang frowned, "Only one thousand kilograms? The number is still a little small, but we still hope that the production can keep up, and we will buy as much as we can."

When Lu Hai heard this, he was delighted and thought, "Just take as many as you can."

It seems that the original plan to collect these things only in my own village needs to be changed...

"Don't worry, this one thousand pounds will only be more, not less."

After all, the village was overrun with loaches and eels, and the same was true in other villages. If Lu Hai hadn't been afraid of being blamed for delaying production tasks, he would have harvested them indefinitely.

Manager Wang nodded, "Okay, then this is the price, there are two options."

Hearing this, Lu Hai asked, "Which two options are they?"

"The first option is that you send the seafood here and we will buy it at 50 cents per pound. The second option is that you send it to the county town and our people will take it there. Because there are transportation costs, we will charge you 40 cents per pound."

Lu Hai was overjoyed when he heard this. Wasn’t this exactly what he wanted?

I’m just worrying about how to send it to someone.

Originally, Lu Hai was thinking of paying to find a driver in the county town.

Now, I can save myself the effort.

Moreover, the transportation cost of one cent per pound is not particularly expensive.

If you find logistics yourself, you might have to pay 1 cents per pound.

Originally, Lu Hai thought that he could make a dime per pound at most, after all, this was 100% pure profit.

All the energy I put in is just weighing and settling accounts.

You only need to take a mule cart to the county town in the morning, and you can do other things to make money during the rest of the day.

However, now I make 20 cents per pound, and if I produce 1,000 pounds a day, I can earn 200 yuan a day. Add to that the basic 200 pounds of snails, and the minimum income for the day is 260 yuan!

If sales increase, it's definitely not worth two hundred and sixty.

Moreover, Lu Hai originally thought that the price charged by the aquatic supply and marketing cooperative would not be particularly high. After all, the quantity was so large. At the beginning, Lu Hai estimated that the price should be around 30 cents, but he did not expect that the price was actually lower.

It seems that these fish are not considered meat here and no one eats them, but in other provinces they should be a very good dish, at least comparable to pork.

This was a complete surprise for Lu Hai.

Thinking of this, Lu Hai looked at Manager Wang excitedly and said, "Let's choose the second Manager Wang."

Manager Wang was not surprised. After all, the fellow villagers who came here to sell seafood all chose the second method.

You can make money and save a lot of effort.

Then, Manager Wang gave Lu Hai a letter of introduction. "Take this letter and go to the state-owned guesthouse in your county. They will deliver the goods after weighing them every morning, and the money will be paid to you there."

"Also, you must check these fish carefully. Don't let the small or dead ones get in. If you are caught, I won't accept fish from your village anymore."

After all, we still need to remind ourselves when necessary.

If you pass inferior products off as good ones, you will bring shame to the whole province.

Lu Hai took the letter of introduction, thanked Manager Wang and said,

"Manager Wang, rest assured. We are all honest people. We will definitely not let the country suffer losses. Otherwise, everyone in our village will be shot."

Manager Wang nodded, not that it was really that serious.

Why does this sound so weird...

Lu Hai said a few more polite words and then left. Of course, he did not forget to leave a pack of cigarettes for Manager Wang before leaving.

Manager Wang looked at the cigarette on the table and smiled, "This young comrade knows how to behave..."