Back To 2005

Zhou Anan parked his car in Jinshuiwan as usual, and took a taxi home for thirty yuan. This time the taxi driver bargained a little bit hard.

Nowadays, taxis in Lizhou don’t use meters at all. They start at ten yuan and go up to ten yuan, depending on whether you want to sit or not.

During the Chinese New Year, buses are overcrowded, and citizens with only one way of traveling can only wait and be slaughtered.

If someone like Zhou Anan goes to the suburbs and rural areas, it would be great if someone is willing to drive it. There is no need to negotiate the price.

It was not until Didi became popular in 2016 that the taxi industry in Lizhou ushered in the spring of customers.

"Dad, haven't the Spring Festival couplets been posted?"

After getting off the car in front of her home, looking at the Spring Festival couplets that had been pasted, Zhou Anan couldn't help but ask as she walked into the back room.

"The day lily will be cold by the time you come back. Your mother and I posted it together. We worked for most of the day. You come back just in time. Take the goose to your grandpa's house and pluck it clean. Your grandpa has already cooked it. Got hot water.”

Seeing his son who was away from home all day long, Zhou Youliang didn't have a good tone and gave instructions directly.

The heat of the three days before returning home has passed, and my son has become the same son who has nothing to do and gets annoyed when he is idle.

"OK."

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Zhou Anan didn't defend himself and simply carried out the execution.

Arriving at grandpa's house, Zhou Anan saw that grandpa had already handled a chicken.

The family has to celebrate the New Year, and the affairs of chickens, ducks and geese were all handled by grandpa until 2008.

"An An is here."

"Ah, my dad asked me to pluck my hair."

"Your dad told me, wait a minute, I'll pluck this chicken's feathers first."

"Let me help you."

Zhou Anan, who was sitting on a small stool plucking hair, just felt that it was a mistake to arrange a job for his cousin, otherwise he would have a helper now.

As for the uncle, it is said that he went to help Cheng Min's cousin's electric vehicle store.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the business of local electric vehicle stores in Lizhou is getting better and better. The two brothers Zhou Chengmin are too busy in their respective stores to go home.

After spending the day with her grandparents, Zhou Anan, who had some back pain, finally completed the task of plucking hair.

In the evening, it is natural to celebrate the New Year, which is an essential part of the year. Amidst the sound of firecrackers, Zhou Anan, who held three incense sticks to worship heaven and earth, thought about this year's harvest.

What I am most proud of is that I have changed my uncle's life trajectory and made up for a regret from his previous life.

Secondly, I bought most of the pedestrian street. From now on, I can count money in bed even if I rely on rent collection;

Third, it solves major life issues;

Fourth, my mother’s Taobao store business is booming, which indirectly changes my parents’ future experiences;

Some changes have brought about huge changes in the trajectory of his life.

If there is a god in the world, Zhou Anan really wants to thank the god who made him reborn and offer him a few more glasses of wine to express his gratitude.

After three toasts, the New Year celebrations were completed, and Zhou Anan helped his parents take the offerings home.

"Mom, I'm going for a walk."

"Oh, come back soon."

It's the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and most of the villagers have gone home. The most lively thing is naturally the row of small houses in the village. There are mahjong tables and tables for four in each store, and they are almost full.

Different from last year, Zhou Anan did not see his cousin, nor did he see his two cousins.

The three of them were busy making money for him in the store and had no time to participate in these 'activities'.

What remains unchanged is Zhou Xiaoke, who is wearing famous brands and has money and leisure. Sitting among the crowd, he looks very handsome and stands out among the crowd.

Especially when Zhou Xiaoke, who had extra money this year, drove a BMW back, he was praised by his peers both verbally and externally. The older villagers also praised him endlessly.

These days, those who can buy a BMW are really rich.

There are only three or four people in the village who meet this standard, and Zhou Xiaoke is definitely the one who has prospered the fastest among them.

Today is an era where making money is the standard.

Whoever earns more will have face in the village.

It's a pity that several terms of village leaders and chiefs did nothing and only cared about their own immediate interests, which caused this mentality to spread in the hearts of the villagers, and then derived a deformed form.

There is a lot of talk and little work.

Those who make money outside are sought after, those who open small factories in the village are envied, and they are also reported for disturbing the residents with noise.

There are more and more idle people, and there is no economic development in the village.

Seeing other villages building high-rise buildings and seeing other villages making a lot of money, our village is still stagnant.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Zhou Anan.

He is not destined to be reborn as the village chief. He needs to take care of his own family's affairs first.

"An'an, do you want to join us?"

Zhou Gang, a classmate from elementary school, was playing cards. When he saw Zhou Anan coming over, he shouted enthusiastically.

Unlike Zhou Anan, who is still in college, Zhou Gang, who graduated from a vocational school, has been working for more than two years and has some money of his own.

"No."

Zhou Anan shook his head, not interested in joining in.

Not to mention that the card game here is a small game that starts at five yuan, but Zhou Anan's mental age also makes Zhou Anan refuse to stay away from this kind of activity.

It's okay to play with family members, but if you play with outsiders, it's uncomfortable to lose and boring to win.

If you accidentally play too big, you will go bankrupt and lose your fortune.

In the next two years, Lizhou's hardware industry developed rapidly, with a large number of multi-millionaires and billionaires emerging, and it was common to see sports cars worth tens of millions.

At its peak, there were hundreds of luxury cars worth over 10 million in small Lizhou, and cars worth millions could easily be counted in the hundreds.

But 15 years later, local luxury cars in Lizhou have become somewhat rare.

The change in industry prospects is one factor, and another important factor is that the number of local millionaires continues to decrease. Many of them are in the casinos, and most of the luxury cars are parked in the underground garages of mortgage companies. Eat dust.

There was once a joke that was very popular in Lizhou.

A father and son went to a casino and won 95 million in three days and three nights.

On the fourth day, the father and son planned to earn another five million and collect 100 million to go home.

Five million was deposited, but it was gone;

If you deposit another ten million, it’s gone;

Twenty million.

As a result, we lose again and again.

After one day and one night, the father and son lost their original profits and got involved in companies worth hundreds of millions in Lizhou.

From 2015 to 2018 alone, dozens of companies with over 100 million yuan in Lizhou had their capital chains broken due to business owners’ gambling or were directly mortgaged and auctioned, contributing tens of billions of profits to the casino city.

Some people gamble not only to satisfy their inner selfish desires, but also because this is the fastest and easiest way to make money, and they always feel that they will be the winner.

In this regard, Zhou Anan, who is bound to become a billionaire, looks at the situation where the winning or losing is only a few hundred, and his heart is not disturbed.

After standing aside and watching for more than half an hour, Zhou Anan felt that it was not interesting, so she went home and passed the time online in the computer room on the first floor.

It's still fun to chat with girls online and make jokes with classmates.

New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve were spent eating, sleeping, and eating.

"An An, come to Mansion No. 1 to celebrate the New Year."

Zhou Anan, who was lying in bed and texting with her girl, was a little surprised when she received a call from Hu Shangyi.