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

Liang Jing's college entrance celebration banquet had a total of 30 tables. Not only were the Liang family courtyard filled with tables, but there were also a dozen or twenty tables set up outside the courtyard.

The chef for the banquet was a master chef who had been hosting banquets in Liangjia Village for decades, and the chickens and ducks were raised by the villagers.

The vegetables were picked from the village's vegetable fields, and the tables and chairs were borrowed from the villagers.

Liang Ming originally planned to buy or rent these things.

However, when Liang Ming mentioned giving money, all the villagers were unhappy.

"Liang Ming, we know you're rich now and have more money than you can spend, but you can't live like this even if you have money!"

"That's right. Xiaojing is a girl from our own village. She got into the provincial university of political science and law. This is a great thing. Even our ancestors would be happy to hear it. Now that she wants to hold a celebration banquet, it's only natural for us uncles and elders in the village to contribute some chicken and duck."

You're telling us now that you're giving us money? Aren't you looking down on us?

What? Now that you've made money, you're not going to acknowledge us, the uncles from the village, anymore?

Seeing that the villagers were about to get angry, Liang Ming quickly apologized and took back the money he had given them.

The villagers finally gave up.

In their Liangjia Village, it was a rare stroke of luck that a scholar had emerged; it was an auspicious sign that their ancestral graves were emitting auspicious smoke.

If Liang Ming were to be overly polite to them, then he truly wouldn't consider them as his own people.

This really chilled their hearts.

When Liang Ming decided not to spend money on chickens, ducks, vegetables, or rent tables and chairs, the villagers were actually very happy. On the day of the graduation banquet, each family even sent a representative to help.

Some are washing vegetables, others are serving dishes.

After the banquet began, Liang Min and his wife, along with their daughter, served tea to relatives, friends, and villagers at each table.

As the banquet was drawing to a close, the villagers and each of the guests gave Liang Jing a red envelope, with each household giving her a red envelope containing approximately 10 yuan.

That evening, Liang Jing opened the red envelope and finally calculated the amount, finding it to be nearly 1000 yuan.

She quickly told Liang Min and his wife, as well as Liang Ming, about the result.

"1000 yuan? That's way too much!"

"Mother Li Lan said with some surprise."

In the past, for such graduation banquets, it was considered quite generous for relatives and friends to put 1 yuan or 5 cents in the red envelopes.

Unexpectedly, at my daughter's college entrance celebration, relatives and friends gave her red envelopes containing more than ten times the usual amount.

"This red envelope is for Xiaojing, but this one is for Xiaoming!"

Liang Min took a puff of his pipe and said.

Liang Ming understood what Liang Ming meant. Most of the villagers who came to the college entrance celebration banquet today made a living from Liang Ming's businesses.

In the past, these villagers could not earn more than 30 or 40 yuan a month!

But since they started doing business with Liang Ming, some people have been able to earn three-figure sums a day, and some have even earned hundreds or thousands a month.

That's why they were so generous when giving Liang Jing a red envelope.

"Dad, Mom, should I return this red envelope?"

When Liang Jing heard that these red envelopes were given out of respect for her older brother Liang Ming, she hesitated.

Upon hearing this, Liang Ming laughed and said, "No need, everyone has sealed it for you, so it's yours. Why would you return it?"

"This is, in a way, their kind gesture!"

"Besides, although they're doing this for my sake, they're also wishing you well. Just take it!"

"If you feel embarrassed, you can come back and visit them when their children have happy events after you start working!"

In a society that values ​​interpersonal relationships, it often comes down to social etiquette and social skills.

Today's red envelope giveaway is ostensibly to give Liang Ming face, but for the villagers, it's also a way to forge a good relationship with Liang Jing.

Liang Jing was admitted to the provincial university of political science and law, so after graduation, she will be employed within the system.

In case any trouble comes to the villagers in the future, they can rely on the goodwill they have with Liang Jing. They don't ask to be arrogant or domineering, but they just hope to be protected to some extent.

In his previous life, Liang Ming had seen a TV series about a young man from a poor family who was admitted to a university of political science and law. However, because he couldn't afford the tuition, he knelt down and kowtowed to each household in the village, begging the villagers to lend him money to study.

The villagers in the village where the young man lived were very simple and honest. Seeing that the village had finally produced a college student, they were naturally willing to support him. Almost every household sold their pots and pans to raise money for the young man to go to college.

After graduating, the young people did indeed enter the system and spent more than a decade rising through the ranks to high positions.

The young man did not forget his fellow villagers. After he rose to a high position, he also thought about arranging for his fellow villagers to enter the system. Even the village dogs were given government jobs.

Right now, Liang Jing has this idea in mind. However, because of her brother, Liang Jing's family is well-off and doesn't lack money, so naturally she won't do anything too outrageous like that young man in her previous life.

Regardless of the circumstances, Liang Jing's graduation banquet received so many congratulatory red envelopes from the villagers, making it absolutely impossible for Liangjia Village to be bullied by outsiders again.

Hearing her brother Liang Ming's words, Liang Jing nodded slightly and said, "Brother, I understand!"

After the graduation banquet, Liang Ming's life returned to its previous state, with him running around to several factories every day.

On this day, the first batch of tiles was also produced thanks to the hard work of the tile factory workers.

"Mr. Liang, do you think the quality of these tiles produced by our factory meets your requirements?"

Wu Yong led Liang Ming to the tile factory warehouse to inspect the quality of the tiles, and said.

After inspecting the tiles, Liang Ming nodded and said, "Not bad, this is the effect I wanted!"

"Mr. Liang, we can manufacture our new tiles, but where can we find a market for them?"

Wu Yong looked at Liang Ming with some worry and asked.

Upon hearing this, Liang Ming chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I've already thought it through. You should first transport the first batch of tiles to Stone Township, to my Golden Winery."

"I've done a preliminary calculation. Our Golden Winery's exterior wall renovation will require at least one more tile. In the next few days, you need to produce the tiles for me and then deliver them!"

"I will settle the price with you according to the market price!"

"Mr. Liang, your sales idea isn't just to supply tiles produced by the tile factory to your own factory for renovations, is it?"

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, Wu Yong's face showed a look of astonishment, and he asked in return.

If that's all there is to it, Wu Yong doesn't think Liang Ming's idea is very clever.

Although Liang Ming owns several factories, it's still a drop in the ocean compared to the needs of the tile factory.

Even if Liang Ming ordered tiles from several factories, it wouldn't be enough to sustain the tile factories for more than a few months.

“If that were all, I naturally wouldn’t have said that this is the sales channel,” Liang Ming said with a light laugh.