Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

After appeasing Yu Deli, Cao Zhiqiang got off work on time and asked his current exclusive driver Zhang Qianjin to continue driving the cool Citroen CX20 and take him straight to Cao Lili's residence.

When these two stunning hatchback cars arrived at Cao Lili's school, they immediately aroused the envy of some children after school.

Although they are all a group of primary school students, and there is no fashion concept in China at this time, it does not prevent everyone from appreciating beautiful things.

I have to say that the Citroen CX20 is indeed one of the most beautiful cars in China at this time in terms of appearance alone.

Even the legendary car Crown that has appeared on the street now is not as stylish as this French-origin Citroën CX20 hatchback sedan.

Moreover, this car is purely imported, and the domestic quantity is not large at this time.

The number of Citroen CX20s really started to increase. It was only in mid-2083 that a large number of Citroen CX20s became taxis and became a beautiful sight. It also made the people of Beijing familiar with the Citroen brand for the first time. Of course, this is all a story later.

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However, although this Citroën CX20 car is very attractive, it can still only stop at the gate of the primary school and cannot go further in because the gatekeeper will not let it in.

This is also normal. In primary and secondary schools in this era, ordinary outside vehicles are not allowed to enter casually, and the management is also very strict.

However, the place where Cao Lili and the others live now is the teachers' home, which is inside the school at this time. If they want to enter, they must pass through the school gate.

The school also has a back door, but it is usually not open. It is a fire escape.

However, it seemed that the gatekeeper had a bad tone, so he refused to let in, but Zhang Qianjin lost his temper and insisted on entering.

"Okay, Lao Zhang, just wait here." Cao Zhiqiang said to Zhang Qian in time.

"I'll bring the people out, you stay well and don't conflict with the uncle, it's your duty too.

Don't get angry just because someone has a bad temper, it's not easy, you have to respect your elders, you know."

Upon hearing what Cao Zhiqiang said, Zhang Qianjin nodded angrily, agreeing, but the look in his eyes at the old man was still a little unkind.

Seeing Zhang Qianjin's appearance, Cao Zhiqiang said nothing, but felt a little guilty in his heart.

Cao Zhiqiang knows that Zhang Qianjin is like this because he was angry with Niu Shufen before and has not recovered yet.

However, it is understandable. After all, people like Zhang Qianjin, although they had some money in the past because of being self-employed, have always been looked down upon and made things difficult for them by all parties in society, and they belong to the kind of people with a very low social status.

The more this kind of person is, the more sensitive he is. It is very likely that if you glance at him, he will feel that you look down on him, and then fight with you.

Of course, this is also caused by various reasons, including family background, educational background, etc.

All in all, the self-employed people in the early 1980s were really rich if they were to be considered wealthy. The so-called households worth ten thousand yuan basically refer to this group.

But this group is a typical group of people with money but no status. Not only can an ordinary street sweeper look down on them, but also various relevant departments will find trouble for them from time to time.

In fact, whenever they expand their careers, show off a little, or reveal their wealth, they often suffer various blows immediately.

For example, Nian Guangjiu was almost arrested again for showing off his money. The reason was because he hired too many workers and violated the self-employed regulations.

If this "idiot" hadn't alerted a certain old man and asked him to suppress the situation reported below, the old man would have been arrested again at this time.

The problem was that Nian Guangjiu was well-known, and he alerted the old man. Only with the old man's personal name did he escape.

But self-employed individuals who started out in the same situation as Nian Guangjiu were not so lucky.

At this time, if self-employed people want to expand their business scope and make more money, there are only two ways.

Or, bribe local senior officials to protect you and turn a blind eye when doing business.

Either they don't hire people, but establish a model similar to mutual cooperation, such as the wholesaler-retailer relationship that Li Youfu and Zhang Qianjin had in the past, refusing to admit that the relationship between them is an employment relationship.

The first situation of finding an umbrella is mostly in local cities. The more remote it is, the easier it is, and the closer it is to the capital, the more difficult it is.

As for the second situation, there is also a huge risk. As long as the relevant departments find out that you have money, they can always find a reason if they want.

And in the second situation, you often have to deal with various big brothers in society. They do business in a secretive manner, making you feel like a gangster, which is not easy at all.

As long as they can clear their name, they will definitely be willing to do so, but because of their long-standing stereotypes, no one has been willing to accept them.

Of course, if driven according to normal conditions, in another year, that is, after 1984, these people will be able to untie their shackles and feel proud, but at least for now, they are still in a state of darkness before dawn.

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If not for this, Cao Zhiqiang would not have recruited Li Youfu and Zhang Qianjin so easily, allowing them to willingly bring capital to join, and they would be very motivated and grateful.

For example, this Citroen CX20 hatchback sedan is Li Youfu's favorite car. He is usually reluctant to drive it, but this time in order to show his sincerity, he personally led a team to develop a career in other places, but he took the initiative to give this car to Cao Zhiqiang, and even gave it to Cao Zhiqiang.

One Zhang Qianjin is the driver.

Zhang Qianjin is also willing to work as a driver for Cao Zhiqiang because he feels that being a driver for Cao Zhiqiang is more honorable than being a self-employed person.

As for making money, Zhang Qianjin will certainly not miss it. After all, like Li Youfu, he is one of the first "veterans" to defect to Cao Zhiqiang, and he also brought money to join and is also the deputy director of the sales department.

According to the share ratio specified by Cao Zhiqiang before, deputy director Zhang Qianjin will get a share of every product sold by the sales department.

Although Zhang Jinjin’s share is very low, as long as the amount increases, the figures are still considerable.

To a certain extent, Zhang Qianjin has become a kind of rentier class by holding Cao Zhiqiang's lap.

In other words, Zhang Qianjin no longer needs to get up early and work late all day to set up a street stall. He only needs to serve Cao Zhiqiang well and secure his position as deputy director of the sales department of Hongguang Publishing House. According to the previous contract signed by Cao Zhiqiang himself, Zhang Qianjin can

To make money.

In terms of making money, Zhang Qianjin has nothing to worry about, so he needs a higher pursuit, which is friendship and respect.

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, Zhang Qianjin has now satisfied his physiological and safety needs, and what he needs next are social needs and esteem needs.

If Zhang Qianjin is still the self-employed person he used to be, then he will still have to hang out in that circle and it will be impossible to get a higher level of respect.

But it's different with Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang is now the president and general manager of a large publishing house. He has also just been appointed as the deputy director of the tertiary industry office of Hongguang Machinery Factory. He is responsible for managing all tertiary industries of the machinery factory, which is a very powerful position.

Although Zhang Qianjin was actually just a contract worker at this time and was not even considered a worker, outsiders didn't know that.

Outsiders will only see that he is Cao Zhiqiang's driver and belongs to a large unit like Hongguang Publishing House, and they will naturally think that Zhang Qianjin is also very awesome.

This is a typical example of a fox pretending to be a tiger.

You know, in this era, the leading driver is not just a driver, it also represents the confidant.

With this understanding, the improvement of status is not just a small improvement.

Think back to the beginning, why was Bangge so awesome?

Isn't it just because he drives for the leader of the department and is the leader's driver?

As a leading driver, who dares not to look down upon him?

Even a big brother in society like Wei Dajun has to bow his head when seeing a stick figure because he can't afford to offend him.

In the same way, Zhang Qianjin's current external status is that he is the driver of the publishing house president, which is naturally completely different from his past self-employed status.

Apart from anything else, at least when his parents saw him, he was no longer shameless. He could hold his head high when meeting neighbors and so on. Many young girls and young wives looked like they were smiling when they saw him.

He had never experienced that feeling of being respected in his life, not even when he was rich.

Because of this, he was very grateful to Cao Zhiqiang, because it was Cao Zhiqiang's appearance that changed his life and allowed him to become a human being.

Therefore, once he saw someone being unfavorable to Cao Zhiqiang, he subconsciously had the idea of ​​​​humiliating his minister to death.

The reason why Zhang Qianjin had a conflict with Niu Shufen and was scolded by Niu Shufen was actually because he was too talkative, and the reason why he was too talkative was subconsciously to protect Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang later learned that if Cao Zhiqiang had not immediately clashed with Niu Shufen, and that Director Li was soon serving as a peacemaker, and that Niu Shufen had broken her shoes after drinking, Zhang Qianjin actually wanted to secretly take revenge on Niu Shufen.

According to Zhang Qianjin, he planned to secretly follow Niu Shufen in the middle of the night, and then when no one was around, stab her in the back with a white knife and a red knife.

This made Cao Zhiqiang scared for a while, thinking that this guy was also a cruel person and had problems with his outlook on life.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang later learned that Zhang Qianjin’s thoughts were really normal in this era, and it was not a problem with his three views.

On the contrary, it is actually Cao Zhiqiang who has problems with his three views. His ideas have actually stayed at the beginning of the 21st century and have never really penetrated into the market of this era.

What is the market sentiment of this era?

It really has a strong grassy smell.

Especially here in the capital, many people really dare to risk everything and take risks for a promise or a sense of loyalty!

Zhang Qianjin is like this, Li Youfu is like this, including Jin Xiuying and even Silly Zhu. They are all essentially influenced by this reckless culture.

This kind of bloody grassy atmosphere really disappeared only after the reform and opening up deepened and everyone began to worship money. Only then did this grassy culture gradually disappear.

Therefore, some things may be ridiculous in the eyes of Cao Zhiqiang, but in the eyes of people like Zhang Qianjin, they are very serious matters.

Take Niu Shufen for example. It didn't matter when she sprayed Zhang Qianjin in public. Zhang Qianjin could bear it, but Zhang Qianjin believed that if Niu Shufen didn't give Cao Zhiqiang face, that would be the master's humiliation and his minister's death, so he would share the trouble with the master. A white knife goes in, a red knife goes in.

Come on, at worst, something will happen in the end, and he will go out and turn himself in.

This is completely different from Zhang Qianjin's previous performance of stretching his hips in the security department of the machine factory.

If Cao Zhiqiang hadn't known that it was all true, he would never have imagined that the two would converge on the same person.

It was not until later that Cao Zhiqiang asked Chen Jiabang that he got the real answer, knowing why Zhang Qianjin had such two temperaments: recklessness and timidity.

It turns out that to put it bluntly, this is just a kind of spiritual sustenance, or in other words, a special culture where scholars die for their confidants.

Just like Chen Jiabang, he is also this kind of person, but his loyalty is to Factory Manager Li.

For Director Li, he would risk his life.

I think back then, when the storm started in the 1960s, many intellectuals in the country suffered a major disaster, which resulted in a lot of traditional culture being severely affected.

If a certain culture in society temporarily disappears, a new culture and trend must rise to fill the gap.

The recklessness was the barbaric growth of that era.

The little bastards and the big boys are all specific manifestations of this trend.

Specifically, this group of people care little about life, death and money, but they value loyalty very seriously.

What is loyalty? Their understanding is very different.

Basically, whoever respects me, treats me as a brother, or has great kindness to me, then I will die for my confidant. For this loyalty, I can throw my life and blood, and I will do it regardless of life or death.

I think back then, most of the little bastards fought all kinds of wars not for themselves or to make money, but to stand up for their so-called brothers.

There are also the main enemies of the little bastard back then, that is, the group of big boys. The reason why they opposed the little bastard was to put it bluntly out of loyalty and to stand out.

Although these people have grown up now and have become more honest due to the pressure of life, the recklessness in their hearts is still there, but it has been suppressed.

Normally, they can be cowardly or humble, but once someone ignites the recklessness in their hearts, they can change into a different person in an instant.

At that time, they no longer cared about themselves, but about the so-called loyalty.

Obviously, Cao Zhiqiang's actions and his deep-rooted attitude of treating others as equals have won the approval of people like Zhang Qianjin and Li Youfu.

Fortunately for Li Youfu, he actually didn't have much contact with Cao Zhiqiang. He was more impressed by Cao Zhiqiang's skills and big pie.

Zhang Qianjin is different. He has followed Cao Zhiqiang for a relatively long time, and he has experienced the changes in his identity that come with being Cao Zhiqiang's driver.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that Cao Zhiqiang had never looked down on him and had never shouted at him.

He can see and feel this kind of deep-seated respect, but he doesn't usually express it, and he doesn't have the opportunity to express his gratitude.

Therefore, Zhang Qianjin actually wanted to find an opportunity to prove his worth, or to repay Cao Zhiqiang for his kindness.

The Niu Shufen incident was originally an opportunity for Zhang Qianjin.

When he was fucked by Niu Shufen, he became very angry and wanted to fight her with a white knife and a red knife.

Unfortunately, Cao Zhiqiang's subsequent series of actions were too fast, causing Zhang Qianjin to lose this opportunity to repay his kindness.

The most ridiculous thing is that he later told Cao Zhiqiang everything about it, and he said it proudly, thinking that Cao Zhiqiang would value him more.

As everyone knows, when he told this matter, Cao Zhiqiang not only didn't think highly of him, but was actually shocked.

He is a fucking lunatic, no less generous than Kim Soo-young.

After all, Jin Xiuying was put into a cage by herself, and she was fooled by things like dreams.

But this Zhang Qianjin is different, he is a time bomb.

Cao Zhiqiang wanted to replace him again, but he was afraid that if he replaced him, he would get into trouble again after he was far away from him.

So after much thought, Cao Zhiqiang decided to keep him by his side, for no other reason than to keep an eye on him and stop him from causing trouble for me.

At the same time, it was precisely because of Zhang Qianjin's situation that he wavered slightly at the idea of ​​recruiting self-employed people.

He felt that if most of the self-employed people were so reckless at this time, they would have to be careful when recruiting them in the future.

Don't get the benefits before you get a taste of it.

"I stress it again!" Cao Zhiqiang, who was afraid of something happening, warned Zhang Qianjin again, "My sister lives there and goes to school there. Don't cause trouble for me. Just stay in the car and don't cause trouble for that uncle. He

If I take the initiative to cause trouble for you, please bear with me. This is an order, do you hear it?"

"I got it." Zhang Qianjin chuckled, "Don't worry, general manager, no, president, I will definitely obey your orders, I promise to give you face, and I promise not to beat him here!"

"What's going on here, I won't allow it in the future!" Cao Zhiqiang glared.

Zhang Jinjin frowned: "If he falls by himself in the future, he can't blame me, can he?"

"Don't be poor like me!" Cao Zhiqiang looked at the janitor, and then whispered to Zhang Qian, "I don't know you yet, do you want to go back and secretly beat me? I'm warning you, put away this idea as soon as possible, how old is it?

It’s something, what about it?”

"Hmph, who made him look down upon others?" Zhang Qianjin curled his lips.

"Okay." Cao Zhiqiang said, "I'm not targeting you deliberately, I'm doing this to everyone, so don't give yourself any advantage. Also, follow me from now on, and keep your temper!"

In the future, our status will be different and our work will be different. Don’t just take out a knife and carry a stick.

You have to learn to use your brain, do you understand how to use your brain?"

Zhang Qianjin thought for a while: "Just like dealing with that stinky bitch Niu Shufen?"

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Absolutely. In short, we just need to use our brains more when encountering problems. We are now educated people. Educated people act like hooligans. Bah. Educated people must be particular about what they do. They can't just kill and kill all the time. That's too cheap.

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"I understand!" Zhang Qianjin nodded, "Don't worry, I promise not to conflict with the gatekeeper, and I promise to stay safe, okay?"

Cao Zhiqiang pointed at Zhang Qianjin again: "Remember what you said!"

Seeing Zhang Qianjin nodding again, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, got out of the car, and took the initiative to give the gatekeeper an entry and exit voucher, plus five yuan.

With that voucher and five yuan, the gatekeeper let Cao Zhiqiang in.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Qianjin curled his lips slightly and squinted his eyes at the gatekeeper: "Old man, hold on to the chicken feathers as your arrows and wait for me!"