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

"How much is left?" Village Chief Song asked in a deep voice.

"There's still 88 yuan left," Song San said in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Liang Ming raised an eyebrow slightly, as his family had given a bride price of 188 yuan.

In less than half a month, the Song family has already spent 100 yuan?

"Young Liang Ming, what do you think about this?" Village Chief Song looked at Liang Ming somewhat embarrassed.

"Return the remaining 88 yuan and the marriage certificate, and we'll call it even," Liang Ming said.

He just wanted to sever all ties with Song Mei's family as soon as possible.

Consider this 100 yuan as a waste.

"Song San, did you hear me? Hurry up and hand over the bride price!" Village Chief Song turned to Song San and said.

Song San nodded hurriedly, turned around and went back into the house, where he took out the remaining betrothal money and the marriage certificate.

After receiving the betrothal gifts and marriage certificate, Liang Ming didn't want to stay at the Song family any longer and turned to leave.

Watching Liang Ming's departing figure, Song Mei bit her lip and said, "Mom, he really wants to break off the engagement with me. He really doesn't love me!"

"They've already broken off the engagement, and he still has the nerve to come knocking on our door asking for the bride price back? What's the point of having a man like that?" Zhou Min said sarcastically.

“Daughter, you’re so beautiful, plenty of men would like you. This Liang Ming is just a country bumpkin!”

"Just you wait and see, he's definitely going to be a bachelor forever!"

"That's true, but Liang Ming came to break off the engagement, which made my sister lose face. I can't let him get away with this."

Seeing his "money" taken away, Song Qiang was furious and said through gritted teeth:

"Tomorrow, I'll get a few brothers and teach him a lesson!"

Liang Ming was unaware of his ex-mother-in-law Zhou Min's curses and his ex-brother-in-law's plans, and even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared.

Before leaving, he secretly slipped 10 yuan to Village Chief Song as a token of his gratitude. He couldn't leave without showing any appreciation since the village chief of another village had spoken up for him.

"What a good child, it's a pity he met a woman who favors her own family."

Watching Liang Ming leave with the remaining 78 yuan of betrothal money, Village Chief Song sighed.

……

In Liang Ming's courtyard.

Liang's mother, Li Lan, and her younger sister, Liang Jing, sat around a small table.

Looking at the delicious braised duck in front of her, Li Lan had no appetite to pick up her chopsticks.

Liang Jing, the younger sister, was eager to try, and tried to pick up her chopsticks several times, but Li Lan stopped her with her chopsticks.

“We’ll eat when your dad and brother get back,” Li Lan said.

Liang Jing pouted, her mouth watering as she looked at the braised duck, but she still held back.

Seeing her daughter's greedy expression, Li Lan sighed helplessly, "I wonder if your father and brother will be able to get the bride price back."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely get the money back." Liang Jing was very confident in her older brother, Liang Ming.

As they were talking, the courtyard gate opened, and Liang Min and his son walked back from outside.

Seeing her husband and son return, Li Lan's face lit up with joy. She quickly stood up and asked:

"Honey, you're back. Did you bring back the bride price?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Min's expression froze for a moment, and she said, "Well, I guess you could say we got it back..."

"Is that considered it?" Li Lan asked, looking puzzled.

The family sat around the small dining table in the courtyard, eating dinner.

After hearing about her son's trip to Song Mei's house to break off the engagement, Li Lan sighed and said, "Getting back 88 yuan of the bride price is not bad."

Although she said that, Li Lan was still very distressed about the 100 yuan dowry that had been spent.

"Son, now that you've broken off your engagement with Song Mei, what are you going to do next? Will you go on blind dates and get married, or..."

At this moment, the father, Liang Min, spoke up and asked.

Upon hearing this from his father, Liang Ming directly laid his cards on the table:

"Dad, Mom, I've made up my mind. A real man should establish his career before starting a family."

"Once I make money, build a villa, and buy a motorcycle, what kind of outstanding girl can't I find?"

When Liang Min and her husband saw that their son actually wanted to build a small villa and buy a motorcycle, they were stunned by his ambition.

Immediately, Liang Min spoke first: "Son, it's good that you have ambition, but it's too difficult to build a small villa by relying on odd jobs outside."

"How about your mother and I take out some money and rent a shop in town for you to start a rice and flour business?"

Li Lan agreed, saying, "Yes, opening a rice and flour shop means you'll be a small business owner."

“Dad, Mom, opening a rice and flour shop in the city isn’t cheap, and the grain and oil business doesn’t make much money. I don’t plan to do it.”

Liang Ming shook his head and said.

After the mid-1980s, grain production increased significantly, and grain prices fell again and again, basically solving the problem of food and clothing for the people.

Most people's dietary concepts have shifted from "eating enough" to "eating well".

Moreover, in those days, supply and marketing cooperatives were still at their peak, and ordinary people were still used to buying grain and oil from them.

The profit margin for selling rice and flour is not very high.

If you add in shop rent and operating costs, the profit will be even lower.

“Son, although rice and flour shops don’t make a lot of money, but…” Li Lan wanted to say a few more words of advice.

Seeing that her son was confident, Liang Min interrupted Li Lan and asked, "Son, if you don't open a rice and flour shop, what kind of business do you plan to do?"

"Dad, Mom, do you think my braised duck is delicious?"

Liang Ming asked with a smile.

Hearing their son's words, Liang Min and his wife were both taken aback, then nodded in unison:

"It's delicious. The color is reddish-brown, the braising sauce is thick and rich, and the duck meat is fragrant, tender, and sweet. I want to eat it again and again."

After receiving his parents' approval, Liang Ming said with a smile, "Mom and Dad, do you think that just because of the taste of this braised duck, I could set up a stall in town and sell braised duck, and become a millionaire within a month?"

Selling braised duck at a street stall?

Become a millionaire within a month?

Upon hearing their son's words, Liang Min and his wife were stunned, as if they were both frightened by their son's idea.

In this day and age, the average person's monthly salary is only twenty or thirty yuan, and even after a year of hard work, they can't earn more than three hundred yuan.

Liang Ming actually wanted to become a millionaire in a month?

Moreover, he was selling braised duck at a street stall?

This statement is no less apt than someone 20 years from now dreaming of earning a million a month by selling socks.

“Son, when we do business, we have to be down-to-earth and take it one step at a time,” Li Lan said with a forced smile.

"However, setting up a stall to sell braised duck is a good idea. If you want to do it, then go for it."

Father Liang Min forced a smile and said:

"Whether or not we make money, this is a valuable experience."

Hearing his parents' words, Liang Ming knew that they didn't believe he could become a millionaire in a month by selling braised duck.

But is this goal difficult?

No, it's not difficult.

Braised duck may seem like a low-class street stall business, but if done well, it can make a lot of money.

For example, in the 1990s, a businessman from Hubei opened a privately owned braised duck stall next to a market.

By selling braised duck, duck by-products, and braised vegetables, they gradually opened up the local cooked food market.

After that, they started opening more and more branches and hiring more employees.

After 20 years of development, this braised duck stall has become a braised food company with a market value of over one billion yuan, nearly a thousand stores, and tens of thousands of employees.

And the name of this company is "Zhou Hei Ya"!

Liang Ming is now more than a decade ahead of that Hubei businessman, has the backing of his past life's memories, and there is a huge untapped market for braised food.

As long as he seizes the opportunity and rides the wave of the times, becoming rich overnight is not just a dream!

Liang Ming thought to himself, "To get rich, you need a meticulous plan and a capable assistant!"

"It seems that Mr. Wang from Wanda will not venture into business and enter the real estate industry for another four years. Perhaps I can recruit this formidable general ahead of time?"