Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

Liang Ming also didn't believe that Zhao Pan would go back on his word.

"I'll go check on the guesthouse; you guys wait for me at the factory."

After saying that, Liang Ming prepared to drive to the county.

But at that moment, the roar of a truck engine could be heard outside the factory.

Immediately afterward, Liang Ming saw Zhao Pan walk in from outside the factory, repeatedly apologizing:

"Mr. Liang, I'm sorry, I ran into some trouble on the way and was delayed. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Upon seeing Zhao Pan arrive, Liang Ming smiled and said;

“Mr. Zhao, we didn’t wait long.”

"It's good that you're here. Shall we load the canned lychees onto the truck now?"

Zhao Pan nodded and agreed, "Okay!"

As they spoke, the two began to count the goods and have the workers load the canned lychees onto the truck.

Soon, all the canned lychees were loaded onto the truck.

"Boss Liang, this is the payment for the canned lychees. It's a total of [amount] yuan. Please check it."

As Zhao Pan stacked stacks of money on the coffee table, he spoke.

In this day and age, ordinary people prefer to settle accounts in cash when doing business.

So, these 20,000 yuan stacked on the coffee table also look quite nice.

Money counting machines were not produced in the Wenzhou area until the late 80s.

Nowadays, ordinary people still have to count money by hand when doing business.

Upon seeing so much money, Liang Ming immediately dipped his finger in the tea and quickly began counting it.

After Liang Ming finished counting, he raised an eyebrow slightly. There were seven or eight extra "Big Reunion" bills in this stack of money.

That is, a 100-yuan bill.

In those days, the purchasing power of a 100-yuan bill was equivalent to that of four or five thousand yuan in later years.

Liang Ming didn't believe that Zhao Pan would be unaware that there were seven or eight extra "Big Reunion" bills in this stack of money.

"Mr. Zhao, the money has been counted. There's an extra 800 yuan. Here you go."

Liang Ming immediately took the money out and stuffed it back into Zhao Pan's hand.

Zhao Pan was taken aback when he saw Liang Ming so directly return the extra "Big Reunion" gift.

When he noticed Liang Ming's sincere gaze, he knew that the other party had guessed his thoughts.

He quickly apologized, saying, "Mr. Liang, I was being petty and judging you by my own standards."

"Brother shouldn't have tested you. I was wrong. I apologize to you."

Seeing Zhao Pan's attitude, Liang Ming's gaze softened somewhat.

"Brother Zhao, did you meet anyone or hear anything today?"

Liang Ming asked.

"Mr. Liang, how did you know?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Pan's face also showed a look of surprise.

Upon seeing this, Liang Ming revealed an expression of "I knew it".

Although he and Zhao Pan only collaborated once, it was a harmonious partnership.

Yesterday, the two sides finalized a new order, so in theory, there shouldn't be any trust issues between them.

But Zhao Pan was not only late tonight, he also made a probing move when settling the payment.

Liang Ming quickly figured out who Zhao Pan had met.

"Brother Zhao, this isn't the first time we've worked together. Don't you trust my character?"

Liang Ming said.

Hearing Liang Ming's words, Zhao Pan felt a little embarrassed and said:

“Brother Liang, I met a Hong Kong businessman at the guesthouse today. We had dinner together and we did talk about your situation…”

Upon hearing Zhao Pan mention Hong Kong businessmen, Liang Ming immediately thought of Sun Xiao.

In fact, the Hong Kong businessman that Zhao Pan encountered was indeed Sun Xiao.

After learning that Zhao Pan was a businessman from the north, Sun Xiao was tempted to befriend him and took Zhao Pan to a restaurant at noon.

The two got along fairly well during the conversation.

However, Zhao Pan felt that Sun Xiao was a rather scheming person and was unwilling to get to know him well.

Seeing that Zhao Pan's attitude towards him was lukewarm, Sun Xiao didn't say much.

After hearing that Zhao Pan was going to cooperate with Liang Ming's cannery and order a batch of canned goods, Sun Xiao said some bad things about Liang Ming.

"This Liang's Canned Food Factory was once on the verge of bankruptcy. I don't know what method Liang Ming used to bring it back to life."

"Leaving aside the quality of Liang's canned food products, it's better to test Liang's character. If he's truly a good businessman, why did the canned food factory go bankrupt and lose money before?"

Upon hearing Sun Xiao's words, Zhao Pan had the idea of ​​testing Liang Ming's character.

Only now did Zhao Pan realize how foolish his actions had been.

"Brother Liang, I was wrong about what happened today, I..."

Thinking of this, Zhao Pan still wanted to apologize to Liang Ming.

Liang Ming waved his hand to interrupt, and laughed, "Brother Zhao, now you've verified my character."

"This isn't my fault. I have some issues with that Hong Kong businessman, and you were just being used."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Pan's face showed a strange expression, and he said:

"Brother Liang, do you know that Hong Kong businessman surnamed Sun?"

Liang Ming nodded and briefly explained his relationship with Song Mei, Song Mei's relationship with Sun Xiao, and his grudges with the Song family.

After listening, Zhao Pan's face showed a look of realization: "So he's your ex-girlfriend's man, no wonder..."

Immediately, Zhao Pan said angrily, "That guy surnamed Sun actually tried to sow discord between us brothers. He's really despicable."

"No, I have to go find him!"

Seeing this, Liang Ming quickly pulled Zhao Pan aside and said, "Brother Zhao, that guy surnamed Sun only knows how to use petty tricks. There's no need to lower yourself to his level."

“We focus on our business. The more you pay attention to this kind of scoundrel, the more energetic he becomes.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Pan agreed that it made sense. After sincerely apologizing to Liang Ming, he took the more than 20,000 cans of lychee preserves and headed back to the north.

After handing the money over to Wang Mei, the factory's accountant, Liang Ming went back to rest.

This order earned Liangji Canned Food Factory more than 20,000 yuan in one day.

With Wang Ren and Wang Mei's deliberate dissemination, the news quickly spread throughout Taoyuan Township, causing an uproar among countless business owners.

Even the county leaders, upon learning of this news, sent people to investigate, and only then did the town leaders find out about it.

They knew absolutely nothing when asked, and were severely reprimanded by the county leaders.

Taoyuan Township has produced a township enterprise that can sell over 10,000 units a day, but the town's leaders don't even know about it. Are they all just sitting around doing nothing?

The town leaders quickly said they would look into the situation as soon as possible and then report it to higher authorities. The personnel sent by the county then returned home.

"We must immediately send someone to Liangji Canned Food Factory to find out what's going on. Our town must give strong support to such a capable township enterprise."

"Our township enterprises in Taoyuan Township rarely get to be seen in the county, so we must seize this opportunity."

As soon as the county officials left, the town government immediately began assigning tasks.

……

Liang Ming was unaware that the outside world was buzzing about the Liangji Canned Food Factory selling a whole case of lychee cans in one go.

He had just finished resting at home for a few days and was preparing to plan the expansion of Liangji Canned Food Factory's production capacity when Wang Ren arrived in Liangjia Village with several uninvited guests.

"Mr. Liang, these are all town leaders. They've come specifically to talk to you about the Liang's Canned Food Factory."

Wang Ren pointed to the middle-aged men and said respectfully.

Clearly, none of these people are minor leaders.