Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

Letting go of his hand, the sturdy man turned around and left with his two men, leaving the room in the blink of an eye.

"Brother, these people are smugglers. Why are you provoking them? The leader just now showed his knife."

"I don't think they are good people. They will get into trouble sooner or later."

Li Youjie looked outside the empty door and said to Li Youcai with a hint of resentment. In Li Youjie's opinion, his elder brother's behavior just now was completely asking for trouble. He knew that the other party was a group of criminals, but he still went forward to get along with them. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

"Brother, you're not planning on smuggling, are you? That's illegal!"

"What are you thinking? How could I do such a thing?"

"But that's what you meant just now. I can see that you want to recruit this group of people." Li Youjie said.

"Is it so obvious?"

"It couldn't be more obvious! Luckily that guy refused, otherwise I would have told Dad and let him deal with you!"

Li Youcai was speechless.

I didn't expect that my younger brother would have such an idea.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything illegal."

"Although this group of people are smugglers, they also have resources that others don't have. If we can cooperate, I have a way to get them on the right track and make real money. We can also make a lot of money."

"It's a pity that these people are too defensive." Li Youcai smacked his lips and said with some regret.

"I still think it's better not to cooperate with them. These people are too fierce and they always show their knives, which can easily lead to accidents." Li Youjie expressed his opinion.

But the person has already left, so there is no point in saying anything now.

"Have you eaten?" Li Youcai asked softly.

"No, these people came at noon, and I drank a lot of tea to keep them waiting for you."

"That's perfect, let's go to the restaurant and have something to eat. I've been eating light meals with your sister-in-law these days, and my mouth has no taste."

The two brothers left the market and came to the restaurant together.

It was lunchtime and the restaurant was doing good business, with few empty tables in the hall.

After finding a private room, Li Youcai ordered several strongly flavored dishes.

"Brother, I've already made arrangements to buy a truck. I'll go to the provincial capital to pick it up in a couple of days. Once it's back, I'll register for a transportation company license."

"Well, find two skilled drivers and ask them to be careful on the way there and back." Li Youcai nodded and gave a reminder.

"Don't worry, I've already found a driver. He's a retired soldier who has driven a military vehicle before, so he should have no problem driving a truck."

"Retired? How did you find him?"

These days, soldiers who have retired from the army are all placed somewhere, either in factories or government agencies, and very few of them flow into society.

It’s not like in later generations, where people would receive resettlement compensation after changing jobs and then find their own way out.

Therefore, in this era, being a soldier is still a very honorable thing, and it is also a way out for many young people. However, the military examination is also very strict. After the political review, physical fitness and physical examination, more than half of the young people find it difficult to be selected.

"They set up a stall in the market to sell vegetables, and I got to know them over time."

"One is called Jiang Jianjun, the other is called Shi Lei. They served in the army together, were transferred to civilian jobs together, and were assigned to the soy sauce factory together."

"While at work, they saw their deputy factory director behaving like a hooligan and touching the buttocks of a female worker. Without a word, these two guys beat up the deputy factory director."

"It turned out that the female worker was the deputy factory director's mistress. Instead of speaking up for them, she spoke up for the deputy factory director and falsely accused them. As a result, they were fired."

Hearing this, Li Youcai shook his head and laughed, "What's going on?"

"I let them try it out. They had no problem driving and their character was also good, so I recruited them to be my drivers."

"Okay, that's great. I've noticed that you've learned a lot about the market over the past year or so, and it's becoming more and more like that."

"I'm pretty good at this, okay? I used to work hard in the dirt every day, and I didn't have the chance to show my abilities." Li Youjie was a little proud.

"You kid just can't help being praised. When someone says you're fat, you gasp."

The door of the private room was suddenly pushed open, and Gao Dapeng walked in with a smile: "I heard from the waiter that your brothers are here, and you, as the boss, didn't even bother to go upstairs to check. I wanted you to check the account book, but you're nowhere to be found."

"Brother Gao."

"I just went to the market to do some work. I'm hungry and came here to eat."

"With Brother Gao personally in charge of the restaurant, I have nothing to worry about."

Gao Dapeng took a set of bowls and chopsticks from the food preparation table, sat down at the dining table, and casually placed the account book in front of Li Youcai.

"You want me to devote myself to you." Gao Dapeng said with a smile: "Guess how much you earned last month?"

"How many?"

Li Youcai casually opened the account book and turned to the last page.

In the account book, income and expenditure are clearly distinguished, and a series of numbers represent the cash flow of Zhenwei Restaurant.

Li Youcai was surprised when he saw the last string of numbers: "Are there so many?"

After deducting expenses, the account book shows a balance of more than 7000 yuan, which is pure profit.

"During the Lunar New Year month, our restaurant's business is at least 40% more than usual. From the second day of the Lunar New Year until the Lantern Festival, it is almost always full every day." Gao Dapeng said happily.

"Opening a restaurant with Brother Gao was the best decision I ever made." Li Youcai said with a smile.

"Okay, please stop trying to fool me. If it weren't for you, I'd probably be carrying a heavy load somewhere."

The door opened again and the waiter began to serve the food.

The three of them didn't drink any alcohol, they just picked up their chopsticks and started eating.

On the other side, a burly man who called himself Big Bear led two of his men into the waiting hall of the bus station and stood in a corner of the hall.

"Brother, we don't want to rent the market anymore, so what should we do next?"

"What else can we do? Just sell the goods to the cargo head as before and let the peddlers go away on their own."

"But there's a difference of almost half of the money. We're really at a loss." The younger brother pursed his lips and said with some heartache.

"What should we do? That Li guy's words sound nice, but no one knows what he's really up to. We can't rent the market anymore, or we'll be like fish on the chopping board, and he can do whatever he wants with us."

"I can't take the risk."

"The bold will die of overeating, and the timid will die of starvation! Instead of going through the trouble of making chocolates, we might as well make a few watches. Then we can just find a ticket scalper to sell them. Why bother with so much effort?" Another younger brother said unhappily with a somewhat unfriendly look on his face.

"Bullshit! You know how strict customs checks are now. If you make a mistake, it won't just be one person who suffers!"