Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 412 He will regret it

In a courtyard within the Second Ring Road of Beijing, Li Weidong was taking He Anan around.

Not long ago, the parents of the two families met and had a meal together, and then they decided to get married.

Since you want to get married, you need a place to stay.

In 1994, it was still an era of housing allocation by work units. If employees of state-owned enterprises or public institutions got married, they would write an application to the work unit and then wait for the work unit to allocate houses.

At that time, housing was not as tight as it was in the 1980s. Tongzilou had withdrawn from the stage of history. The newly built houses had separate living rooms and bedrooms, which changed the awkwardness of seeing the bed when you enter the door.

For young employees in the company, even if they cannot get a good house, they can still get a house to get married. Of course, it depends on the situation of the company. Some companies have difficult conditions, so even

Even the old and the poor can't separate it.

As for commercial housing, people who have just become wealthy will buy it to improve their housing conditions. Young people rarely buy commercial housing as a wedding room. Even if they really want to buy it, they can't afford it.

Of course, a rich man like Li Weidong didn't have to wait to be allocated a house, and Li Weidong didn't like ordinary commercial housing, so he simply bought a courtyard house while it was still very cheap.

At this time, courtyard houses in the capital were really not expensive. Smaller ones could be bought for five to six hundred thousand, while larger ones could be bought for only four to five million.

Of course, for people at that time, five to six million was already an astronomical figure.

The courtyard house that Li Weidong is looking at now is a large courtyard house with an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters.

This large courtyard house was built in the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the earliest owner was a banner official during the Qing Dynasty. Later, it changed hands several times. During the Republic of China, several celebrities lived there. It is considered a former residence of celebrities.

After liberation, this courtyard house first served as a school, hospital and kindergarten, and later became public housing, also known as a large courtyard house. At most, it housed more than a dozen households.

The current landlord, Lao Wu, is one of the former residents.

Lao Wu was originally a cook in a middle school. He would occasionally secretly sell small items such as ink and manuscript paper to make some money, but a confidante reported him.

It was still the late 1970s, and self-employment was still not allowed. It was a taboo for people with formal jobs to work part-time to earn extra money, so Lao Wu was labeled a speculator and imprisoned for a year and a half.

He said he was expelled from school.

Because of this incident, Lao Wu's wife also divorced Lao Wu. After coming out, Lao Wu simply carried out his "speculation" career to the end and became a self-employed businessman, setting up a stall in the capital to sell clothes. After a few years, he actually made a profit.

It was a lot of money, and by the mid-1980s, it amounted to ten thousand yuan per household.

Later, with the opening of the economy, there was a clothing market in Beijing, so Lao Wu bought a stall in the clothing market and continued to do the clothing business. A few years later, Lao Wu was already a small business owner with five clothing stalls.

So Lao Wu simply bought the courtyard house where he lived, living in a small part of it himself and using most of it as a warehouse. When he went home to sleep at night, he could look after the warehouse and save one person's wages.

At that time, Lao Wu didn't spend much money on buying a courtyard house. He gave each family 20,000 yuan and sent them away.

Nowadays, it is impossible to buy this courtyard house with this little money. When he learned that Li Weidong wanted to buy it, Lao Wu directly offered 4.5 million yuan.

Li Weidong thinks this courtyard house is very good. It has a good location, a large enough area, and is well maintained. It doesn't feel dilapidated.

After walking around the courtyard, He Anan couldn't help but said: "This is too big!"

"Big?" Li Weidong chuckled, and then said: "It's not like you've never lived in a big house. The nursing home where your grandfather lived was also a separate hospital!"

"It's not that big!" He An'an paused and then said, "It's scary for just the two of us to live in such a big house."

"If we have a baby, there will be three of us, and then if we raise two dogs, we will be a family of five." Li Weidong lowered his voice and continued, "Of course, the bigger the courtyard in the capital, the better. The bigger the courtyard, the better."

, the more scarce the resource is, the more money will be unable to buy it in the future.”

At this time, the landlord, Lao Wu, walked over from the side and asked with a smile on his face: "Boss Li, how are you doing?"

"This house is very good, but what about the price? Can it be cheaper?" Li Weidong asked.

"Boss Li, this courtyard house is more than 1,000 square meters, and I'll sell it to you for 4.5 million. It's really not expensive." The landlord, Lao Wu, said.

Li Weidong smiled slightly and said: "Old Wu, the price is 4 million!"

"No, 4 million is too cheap!" The landlord, Old Wu, shook his head.

"Four million, you have made a lot of money! Besides, it will be hard to find someone who can afford this money all at once. If you keep this 4 million in your hands for a year, it will only be worth the interest."

No matter how much the loss is, if you sell earlier, even if you buy treasury bonds with the 4 million, you can earn back 500,000 in interest." Li Weidong said with a smile.

After 1994, the interest rate was still very high. Lao Wu hesitated for a moment, probably thinking that this was a psychological price he could accept, so he nodded: "Okay, I'll sell it to you for 4 million. If it weren't for me,

If I rush to the United States, it will definitely not be sold so cheaply!"

"You want to go to the United States? Looking at your age, you are not going to study, but to do business? Lao Wu, your business is quite big, and it has gone to the United States." Li Weidong asked a little gossip.

But Lao Wu shook his head: "I don't speak English. When I get to the United States, I can't sell anything even if I set up a street stall."

"If you don't know English, how dare you go to the United States?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"Let's study now when we get there!" Old Wu paused and then said, "But I'm not completely unprepared. I signed up for an English training class, not far from here, just over at Zhushikou."

Li Weidong said: "There is a well-known New East English Training School in your capital."

"New East English Training School? Why haven't I heard of it?" Old Wu was stunned.

He Anan next to him also said: "I haven't heard of it either!"

"New East is New Oriental!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

He Anan understood instantly, but Lao Wu, who did not understand English, said with a confused face: "The school I signed up for is New Oriental. It turns out that this school has another name, New East, which is more foreign-style than New Oriental!"

Li Weidong said: "When you go to class later, ask your teacher Yu if you still have this name, he will definitely say yes."

"You still know Teacher Yu from the school!" Old Wu said.

Speaking of Teacher Yu, Li Weidong asked: "By the way, Lao Wu, if you want to go to the United States, it will not be easy to apply for a visa. Your teacher Yu scored more than 660 points on the TOEFL test, and the United States did not even issue him a visa! You said this

If you don’t know English, how can you pass the visa officer?”

"Money can make you go round!" Lao Wu lowered his voice and continued, "There are agents who specialize in helping people apply for visas. They have relationships with the U.S. Embassy and can handle visa officers. However, the agency charges are not low.

He gave me 300,000 yuan!"

"Three hundred thousand? So expensive! I thought a US visa only costs 100,000 yuan!" Li Weidong said with some surprise.

"One hundred thousand yuan is not enough!" Old Wu shook his head: "It is very difficult to get a US visa now. It's a good thing that I used to be a cook, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to get it for three hundred thousand yuan!"

Li Weidong then asked: "So you went to the United States, you are unfamiliar with the place and you don't understand English, what are you going to do?"

"In the worst case, I'll just go back to being a cook!" Lao Wu said with confidence.

"I said, Lao Wu, you have made a mistake. In China, you are a boss with tens of millions of assets. You can buy whatever you want, and others treat you like a boss. But if you go to the United States, you can be a cook.

You have to treat others as your boss!" Li Weidong said.

But Lao Wu said, "That's the United States. The United States is so good and so developed. Being a chef in the United States is better than being a boss in China!"

"Old Wu, the moon in the United States may not be rounder than ours in China. I believe that in less than twenty years, our cities will be as developed as American cities, or even more developed!" Li Weidong said.

But Lao Wu chuckled and said, "If there is such a day, then I will come back. Maybe by then, I will have made a lot of money in the United States!"

Li Weidong smiled the same way: "That's good, but by then, I won't return this courtyard to you!"

"Just this courtyard house, when I make money in the United States, I can sell ten units!" Lao Wu said with confidence.

The two chatted for a while, and then Lao Wu went to prepare the transaction contract for the courtyard house.

Looking at Lao Wu's leaving figure, Li Weidong showed a playful smile on his face and said at the same time: "He will regret it."

"Are you talking about Lao Wu?" He Anan asked next to him.

"Yes, when he comes back from abroad twenty years later, he will find that the little money he earns cannot even buy one-tenth of this courtyard house!" Li Weidong said.

"That's not the case, people compete for US dollars in the United States!" He An'an said.

"Then how long do you think it will take to earn $100 million in the United States?" Li Weidong asked with a smile.

"One hundred million U.S. dollars? That's 800 million yuan?" He An'an asked with big eyes and a look of disbelief on his face: "You mean this courtyard house can rise to 800 million yuan in twenty years? Don't kid me!"

"I'm not kidding you." Li Weidong continued; "When the time comes, give me 800 million yuan, and I won't even sell it!"

…

At the end of the 1990s, there was a wave of immigration in China. At that time, many Chinese people generally felt that the moon abroad was rounder than at home, and those who had the conditions chose to immigrate.

However, the overall development of those who went abroad during that period was not very good, and only a few of them could really make a difference abroad. On the contrary, many people returned to China to start their own businesses after staying abroad for a few years, and then took advantage of the fast lane of China's economic development.

Eventually he will become a well-known entrepreneur.

For those who went abroad in the 1990s, even if they had a certain foundation in foreign languages, their foreign language proficiency was not very good. After all, the environment for learning foreign languages ​​in China was not good at that time, so after going abroad, even skilled people could not be found.

For professional jobs, you have to engage in low-end service jobs.

Many people have very enviable and decent jobs in China and can gain respect from society. After going abroad, they can only wash dishes in restaurants and do the most unskilled jobs.

Some people are lucky enough to find a white-collar job that suits them and pays well, but after a few years of hard work, they find that they have hit a career ceiling.

Your position will not continue to improve, and your salary will not continue to increase. However, your Indian colleagues who came later than you and are not as capable as you can rise to the top, move into management positions, and become your boss.

For Chinese immigrants who immigrate to the United States and pursue the so-called "American Dream", if you are not originally rich, then your upper limit is the so-called middle-class family.

Just because you have yellow skin, dark eyes, and Chinese blood flowing through your body, you will never be able to get a high-level management position.

Twenty or thirty years later, when these Chinese pursuing the "American Dream" return to China, they will find that China's material life is no worse than that of the United States, and China's infrastructure, social security, and convenience of life are even better than those of the United States.

At the same time, they will also find that houses in big cities in China are more expensive than in the United States!

There is a joke on the Internet that in order to fulfill his dream of going abroad, a Beijing man sold his courtyard house, left his hometown and went abroad to pan for gold. After thirty years of hard work and frugality, he finally saved one million euros and planned to return to China to retire and enjoy life. As a result,

I found out that the agent asked for 100 million for the courtyard house I sold back then.

Although this is a joke, it is a true portrayal of people who went abroad at that time.

Because the next thirty years will be the thirty years of China's fastest development. No country in history has ever achieved such development achievements in just thirty years.

It was an era full of opportunities. For those who caught the rush, they were not making money, but picking up money!

I don’t know if there will be a second time in human history for the same opportunity. However, those who went abroad missed the biggest dividend period of China’s reform and opening up.

…

Li Weidong spent 4 million to buy this courtyard house with an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters. After acquiring the courtyard house, Li Weidong was not busy decorating it. Instead, he hired a construction team to dig out a basement.

Digging a basement in a courtyard house is considered a routine operation, but not digging would be abnormal. Every inch of land in the capital is precious, and an extra layer underground means a lot of money, which can at least increase the value of the courtyard house by 30%.

In fact, many large courtyard houses originally had basements. Large houses were once inhabited by dignitaries. In the homes of dignitaries, it was natural to dig a basement to store ice and vegetables.

The courtyard house Li Weidong bought was originally a residence for officials of the Qing Dynasty. It naturally had a basement, but the basement was not large and could not meet Li Weidong's needs.

So Li Weidong hired a construction team to expand the basement first and then start decoration.

Decoration was not very popular at the time. If you could lay tiles on the floor and install an aluminum alloy window, it would be considered a luxurious decoration. It was not until the late 1990s that various wooden decorations gradually became popular.

Decorative items, such as book shelves, wooden wall coverings, etc.

For such a large courtyard, digging a cellar and decorating it would probably cost another one million.

Five million was spent, but Li Weidong didn't feel distressed.

Last month, the sales of massage seats reached a new high, and Li Weidong easily made tens of millions.

Starting a new plot, I actually wrote a lot today, but when I looked back, I found that some of the policy content at that time was different from the laws and regulations implemented now. After all, things happened almost thirty years ago, and the relevant

The laws and regulations have been revised several times, and I searched online for a long time but couldn't find out what the situation was like at that time, so I posted 4,000 words first, passed the customs and went home during the day to ask my parents what the reality was like at that time, and then continued

Write down.