Chapter 1152 Capitalism

Fang Jingfu saw Ye Yaodong's hesitant expression and knew that they had known each other for too short a time. Trust had to be accumulated from daily interactions, not just out of thin air. He was indeed asking this question in a superficial way.

It was just that it was rare to meet someone who was to his liking and not petty, so he spoke quickly.

"Otherwise, you should think about it. I'm really short of funds. I've only been doing this for more than a month. I didn't do much at the beginning, so I only made a little money, which is not enough to buy a batch of materials."

"They only give 30% as a deposit, and we have to advance the rest of the materials. If there are few orders, we can still afford it. Once the orders increase, it will be difficult for us to advance the money. A batch of goods was shipped out before, and the orders in the past two days are like snowflakes. We can't wait for the money to be credited to prepare the materials, and they also need time to produce the materials."

"So now we have to recruit people and buy more materials. My brother and I don't have much money. We have to borrow from my parents. We can't ask them for coffin money together. We have been very worried about this recently."

"Fortunately, you solved the house problem for me, otherwise I would be more worried. The place at home is too small and can't accommodate many people at all. So this is why I came out to find a house. Now I just need money to buy materials."

Ye Yaodong looked at his sincere words, listened carefully, and thought about it in his heart.

"Brother, I'm actually quite optimistic about your lighter business. I don't know how it will be in the future, but I think it will be fine in the next few years. But like you said, we've only known each other for a short time, and it's ok to be friends. At least you don't discriminate against me as a foreigner, and we have a good chat. Now you want to invite me to join, I really have to think about it carefully."

"Yes, I have to think about it carefully. I heard your workers bragging to you a few days ago, and I'm actually quite tempted. You should think about it carefully. If you really join, you can also keep someone to work as a supervisor, and pay him a salary."

"Your workshop is just you and yours Brother, let's go together. Is there anyone else?"

"No, the others only borrowed money but didn't form a partnership. I've also recruited people, but most of them were hesitant. In fact, none of them could invest much money. They had limited money in their hands, and could only spend a few hundred yuan at most. If we really want to form a partnership, how can this amount of money be enough? At that time, there is no need to have a bunch of partners for a few hundred yuan. It is better to borrow money directly and calculate the interest."

"That's right."

The more orders there are, the more money will be advanced in the early stage. The money earned can only be used for investment. If you want to make a profit, that will come later.

There is no need to have a bunch of shareholders pointing fingers for a few hundred yuan. If you want to find a partner, you can only find one with more money on hand.

The boatmen boasted yesterday, which made this kid remember it in his heart. It seems that he also thinks that he has plenty of money.

In fact, he was really tempted. If he missed this opportunity, he would never have it again. Anyway, he had about 200,000 yuan on hand. The money was just sitting there. Now he really had no place to spend it. A lot of ships in the shipyard had not been delivered yet.

Now it is not easy to buy and sell large areas of land, and even fewer people are selling houses, let alone shops. The houses facing the street are generally ordinary people's houses. There are no real shops. They are all private houses. Unless they are wholesale markets specially developed by the government, they can be considered real shops.

The times have not yet developed, but money has already begun to depreciate.

"Think about it first. I won't force you. Anyway, I'll finish it tomorrow and let the workers come to your house to work tomorrow. The awning you mentioned is also quite good. It blocks light and rain, and it's private. You can close the door when you go in and out, and even the neighbors won't know what's going on here."

"Yes, you've just started. It's also a bit of a fuss if you hire too many workers. If someone reports you for your capitalism..."

"Don't worry about that. At least it's a little bit of a relationship. It's a little more private so that it won't be spread out. You know, there are too many workshops in every household here, and they're all following the trend."

"Yeah."

As the two were talking, the awning above their heads began to make a more rapid sound of raindrops. They looked at the top of their heads and then at the door at the same time, and said in unison.

"Is it raining heavily?"

"It's not easy to go back now." Fang Jingfu frowned.

"Then let's wait until the rain is lighter."

"It's only evening, and it's getting dark outside like night. It gets dark so fast. I'd better go back directly. I'm afraid that the wind and rain will get stronger and it will be difficult to walk on the road at night."

"Okay, then I'll lend you my raincoat. Bring it back when you come."

"I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

Ye Yaodong handed him the raincoat he had just put on when he ran back, and then sent him out. The workers he brought with him had to follow him out in the rain.

Father Ye stood beside him and sent people out. After the people left, he said, "It's almost time to go back. I was thinking about making more money in the last few days, but it's still raining heavily. I don't know when it will clear up."

"It shouldn't have much impact. It was sunny yesterday. It should be over in a day or two."

"Well, go take a shower quickly. I sat and chatted with him for a long time when I came back. We all took a shower."

Ye Yaodong thought about it and told his father what Fang Jingfu had just said to him about looking for investment.

Father Ye's first reaction was to object. "No, no, we are not locals, and we are not here to watch. What if the money is wasted? If we stay here all the time, and their workshop is in our own home, it would be fine under our noses."

"We are leaving soon. We will not be here for half a year. Who knows how much money these lighters can make? He will just fool us. We don't know. We are not familiar with each other."

"No, no, it is easy to be cheated. We should just fish honestly and not do these side jobs."

Ye Yaodong retorted, "It is not a side job. This is a serious job. If we really want to form a partnership, we must sign a contract, divide the shares, and then hire someone to do the accounting. They must also hire someone to do the accounting for the transactions of orders like this. Otherwise, we will be confused and don't know how much the payment for the goods is, how much is paid and how much is left, and some materials and things must be accounted for."

In fact, he was tempted.

"That's not safe. Who knows if they will fool us casually? We are not here."

"Then of course we have to ask two people to watch here."

"Can it work? Can it be reliable?" Ye's father disapproved, "Just catch your fish, don't get involved, anyway, the money is enough to make, and I can't spend it all in this lifetime, don't bother."

"There is no such thing as endless money. I don't have tens of millions or hundreds of millions. If I have so much, I really can't spend it all."

Ye's father waved his hand, "Don't do it, he will leave in a few days. If you want to buy more, just buy more and take it back. Just make some money. It's better not to do it when we are not watching them."

Seeing that his father was so strongly opposed and disagreed, he could only put his mind aside for the time being.

It was indeed quite careless, and they didn't know each other for a long time.

"Forget it, I'll go take a shower first."

The heavy rain fell all night, but the wind was not strong. The next morning, the drizzle continued. They did not go out to sea, and all woke up naturally.

When they woke up, their yard was already full of assembly workers. They didn't know when they came. The sound of the rain outside the house had long covered the voices of the workers in the yard.

When he got up and went out, he saw Fang Jingfu walking around, inspecting and teaching people.

"So early?"

"How early? It's already 8:30. I brought people here at 7."

Ye Yaodong also followed him to inspect and watched them assemble. "They're pretty fast? Are you paying by piece?"

"Yes."

"Hey? Then can't they just give me the quantities I want after they finish them in the next two days? You don't have to move them from home. Just pack them up and stack them in the corner for me."

"I thought so too. Anyway, I'll give them to you once we have enough."

"It's raining today, and my ten workers are idle. If you are idle, why don't you ask one or two people to teach them how to assemble and do some odd jobs for you? In order to avoid delaying your delivery time because of my request for goods. "

"It shouldn't be possible today. Most of them are newcomers. There are already old employees to guide the newcomers. If there are more people, they can't bring them together. Too many novices will cause quality problems."

"Oh, I thought the technology was kept secret."

"It has been moved under your nose. After watching for a long time, you almost know how to assemble it. You can't keep it secret even if you want to. "

Ye Yaodong's heart moved. If he knows how to assemble, can't he do it himself?

He was thinking about it, Fang Jingfu said again: "What did you think about yesterday?"

"My father thinks that my industry spans too much, and the geographical span is also too large, so he asked me to fish honestly. I thought about it, either I should take the 2,000 goods back to sell them first, if they sell well, I will definitely come to you to load a ship of goods back, and then we can talk?"

"That's fine, but if the time span is too long, I may have raised money again or found a partner, you decide."

"Okay."

Fang Jingfu didn't stay here all day, after all, he had other things to do, even if it was raining outside, he kept coming and going.

Ye Yaodong had the idea of ​​stealing the skills in his heart, anyway, he was idle all day today, so he kept watching those people assembling lighters, and even tried it himself.

However, his eyes knew it, but his hands didn't. He learned from the skilled people all day before he barely knew the process, but when he had dinner and went back to assemble, he was not skilled again.

During this period, he also learned from Fang Jingfu that all these accessories were custom-made, and they could not be bought casually. His brother had researched the size of the accessories, and then they found a small workshop they knew to customize different accessories.

After hearing this, he gave up the idea of ​​stealing. The assembly looked simple, but he still didn't understand the technical aspects.

Only experts can steal. It's useless for an outsider like him who doesn't know anything to steal.

After thinking about it, he decided to sell the goods honestly first and see the situation later. If he still needs financing and partnership, he will discuss it again.

At least he has to know what the market is like there.

If he really wants to invest, he can get the goods cheaper at that time, and make money from sales and dividends together, and he doesn't have to worry about it. If he invests, there will naturally be someone to help him worry about everything, and improve the technology.

Today he also saw Brother Fang Jingfu and chatted with him casually, but he looked gentle and didn't seem to be very sociable, and his words were awkward.

After a few words, he lowered his head to study his stuff.

The two brothers are at opposite ends of the spectrum. No wonder one is good at research and the other is a chatterbox. The chatterbox is just right for selling goods.

It rained heavily for two days and then became light rain. It was cloudy for another two days before it cleared up and the sea became calm.

However, the boatmen at home have also been doing odd jobs in the workshop at home these days, helping to assemble a lot of lighters. They are very happy to receive two wages. They probably wish it would rain all the time so that they don’t have to go out to sea and continue to receive two wages.

But they didn’t stay there for a few days. After the rain, although the sun was shining brightly after the sun cleared up, it started to get a little cooler in the morning and evening, and it was not so hot.

The three months of summer heat was extinguished with this rain.

Ye Yaodong also went to the Fisheries Association during this period, explaining that he might not be in the city for a few months, and left the phone number of the village committee at home, asking them to call him if they had any questions.

During this period, he also counted the 2,000 goods he wanted with Fang Jinfu and moved them to his house in advance.

After everything was prepared, they continued to go out to sea to fish for sea urchins after the sunny day.

It hasn’t completely turned cold yet, it’s just a little cool in the morning and evening, but it doesn’t affect going into the water during the day at all, and it’s still hot during the day.

As the saying goes, one autumn rain brings one cold weather. It has only rained once now, and it will take a few more rains before the weather cools down.

Before the temperature drops, go out to sea as many times as possible.

During this period, people came in and out of their house morning and night, which aroused the curiosity of neighbors, especially the awning. Although they had told their neighbors when they built it that they wanted to borrow a friend to build a small family workshop, people were still curious about what it was for.

However, their confidentiality is still quite strong. You can only go through the front door or the back door. Otherwise, no one knows what they are doing inside, after all, the top of the yard is covered.

Although everyone is curious, those who come in and out speak the local dialect, so they don’t meddle in other people’s business. There are too many small workshops like this in their area.

But the sudden changes in their family were also noticed by those who were interested.

After another rain, Ye Yaodong thought that the weather was unstable now, and it would rain every two or three days. He felt that there was no need to stay any longer. It was already the middle of the month, and he planned to go back after the weather cleared up in the next few days, so as to avoid the rain and waste of wages.

The money he earned from his part-time job as a lighter was not enough to subsidize the workers' food and drink.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the sky cleared up, a large group of people came to the door, and they were from the Public Security Bureau.

When the door was knocked, there were still people in the house cursing. When Ye Yaodong went to open the door, everyone was quiet.

"Whose workshop is this?"

Ye Yaodong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled, "Comrade Public Security, what brings you here? What's the matter?"

"Outsiders? Is this your workshop?"

"This is my home that I rented to a friend as a workshop..."

"Someone reported that you were developing capitalism. Now it seems to be true. You actually hired so many hired workers. There are clear regulations here. Don't you know? The state clearly stipulates that only '1-2 helpers' and 'no more than 5 apprentices' are allowed. You are seriously exceeding the standard. Other people's workshops are run by a family, but you have 40 or 50 people. Take them all away first."

"Ah?"

Ye Yaodong was stunned. No more than 5 people?

No one came to his house to make trouble.

He looked at his hands that were already handcuffed behind his back and explained quickly, "No, public security comrade, you are wrong, I am a fisherman and 10 of them are my boatmen..."

"What fisherman? Who fishes at home? Is your table full of fish? Don't quibble? The facts are in front of us. We saw with our own eyes that all of you were working. Let's go to the police station and tell us."

Fuck...

Father Ye's face turned pale and he couldn't speak clearly, "Father-in-law..."

"Who are you talking about? Be honest."

The workshop was in chaos in an instant. The workers were all shouting. They just came here to work and it was none of their business. They shouted that they were wronged, and the smart ones had already run to the back door.

But there were also people guarding the back at the same time. Fortunately, there were not many public security officers in the junior high school. There were about 40 people here. Everyone rushed to the back door, but a few still rushed out and ran away.

Ye Yaodong didn't think he would be caught when he saw it when he opened the door at first. In the end, he didn't run away and was caught red-handed.

He cursed fiercely in his heart. What is an unprovoked disaster? This is what he is.

"I have a rental contract, comrade. I am really a fisherman. It's just because it rained these two days that I didn't go out to sea. I'll show you the house rental contract and you'll know."

"No one stipulates that you can't live in the house after renting it out to others as a workshop. It doesn't make sense to arrest me. And you didn't see me working, did you? I opened the door, which doesn't count as seeing it with your own eyes. It's unreasonable for you to arrest me. Our people's police must be reasonable when serving the people and can't arrest innocent people at will."

"And I'm not just a fisherman, I'm also the vice president of the Fisheries Association. I have a letter of appointment. I can show you the letter of appointment. You'll know after reading it. I'm the vice president of the Fisheries Association. How can I not be a fisherman? What's so deceiving about this?"

The police standing next to him looked at each other.

Ye Yaodong continued to persuade them that he must not be arrested because it would be so embarrassing.

"Don't you know about this fishery association that was just established in the past month? It has been published in the newspapers. I am the vice president recommended by Director Zeng of the Coast Guard. There is indeed a letter of appointment and a house rental contract with the dates on them. You Send it to me and I will show it to you in the house, and you will know that I am innocent."

The leader exchanged glances with the others, then looked at him, "Are you telling the truth?"

"It really can't be true anymore. If you don't believe me, come into the house with me and I'll get it for you. Seeing is believing and hearing is believing. You'll know after you see it."

"I'll go take a look with you. Everyone else should be honest, put your hands on your head and squat down."

Ye Yaodong breathed a sigh of relief after the handcuffs on his back were untied, as long as he could listen to him.

Father Ye breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him being released, "Dong...Dongzi..."

"Dad, wait a minute, I'll go into the house first to get them information."

Fortunately, just in case, he actually signed a house rental contract with Fang Jingfu. Facts can prove that the house has been rented out, and the whole small workshop has nothing to do with him.

Ye Yaodong took two contracts from his lockbox and showed them to the leading officer. They looked at them and kept looking at him.

"You know they have hired so many people in their workshops and don't give feedback. This is considered cover-up."

"That's unfair, sir. You could tell from my accent and my words that I'm from outside. How did I know that local policies were so strict? I also saw that many households were running workshops, but I didn't know that they were practicing capitalism. And you You know, I am a fisherman with no culture and no knowledge of the law. I really don’t know the twists and turns here.”

The chief threw the information in his hand to him, "I will go and verify it. I will send someone to watch here. You are not allowed to go anywhere and the things inside are not allowed to be moved."

"Okay, okay."

Ye Yaodong breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that they would not be verified, so he just caught them all. As long as they could be verified, that would be enough.

He just saw a few people running out. As long as one person can find Fang Jingfu, there is nothing to be afraid of. After all, this guy is the second generation, and his father is from the research institute, so he has a good relationship.

As soon as the officer left, he said: "Except for Ye Yaodong, cuff everyone else and take them back to the bureau first."

"Wait a minute, sir, there are 10 of my boatmen here, it's none of their business..."

"They also participated in the production. Take it away and you are not allowed to go anywhere."

Father Ye was anxious, "Dongzi..."

Ye Yaodong immediately begged for mercy, "Comrade, this is my father..."

"Don't be fooled. What's the difference? Just stay here. I'll send people to guard the front and back doors, and I'll take you away together."

Ye Yaodong had no choice but to comfort his father in their hometown dialect, "It's okay, I will find a way, and I will definitely not let you stay here overnight."

Father Ye was dejected and could only be taken away with the others.

All the neighbors nearby came to the door to watch and point. Fortunately, they were from other places and could not understand or recognize their local dialect, so they did not feel embarrassed at all.

Ye Yaodong stood in the house and could not go out. There was a policeman guarding the door outside. After all, there were a lot of goods and accessories in here. They would definitely not be able to move them out at the moment, and they would have to be guarded.

He looked at the front door, then ran to the back door and looked again. There was another person guarding the back. As soon as he walked to the back door, he stared at him, and he immediately closed the door again.

"You fucking idiot, who reported it? I ate too much shit, I was so full that I had nothing to do, I really wanted to die."

What should he do? I can't get out of the front door, and I can't get out of the back door. I'm being told that the sky is not responding, and that the earth and the earth are not working. I can only wait for someone to verify?

I don’t know if anyone was smart enough to go find Fang Jingfu. No one here knew about his family, but they didn’t know if some of the workers Fang Jingfu called had run away.

I don’t know if it was the neighbors who reported it or who it was.

Being trapped here, he couldn't do anything but pace back and forth and wait anxiously.

"Damn, I'm going home soon. Something like this happened. If I had known that I would go back when the weather cleared up a few days ago, I don't know if Fang Jingfu would be able to handle it."

After he cursed angrily, he sighed and could only sit down and wait.

Fortunately, because there were a lot of goods in the yard, they couldn't move them all out at the moment. They didn't have time to search, so they had to take the person away first and wait for verification. His money could still be hidden.

Otherwise, nothing could be saved just now.

They were arrested early in the morning, and he kept waiting. He didn't eat lunch, and waited until the afternoon before Fang Jingfu and others arrived.

As soon as he heard the sound of the door opening, he immediately rushed to the front door. When he saw it was Fang Jingfu, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Ancestor, you are finally here."

"I'm sorry, brother, for causing trouble for you. It's okay. My dad has already sent someone to negotiate. I'll come over first. It won't be long before everyone comes back."

"Really? Oh, that's fine. He's from Male Gobi. I don't know which bastard reported it. Our ancestors can't live in peace for eighteen generations, and they have no descendants."

"The person who made the report has also been found. Don't even think about it."

"Who? Who did this?"

"It's the family that occupied your house. Yesterday, they secretly dropped a report into the mailbox. The guard saw it and recognized it. I just went over to inquire about it and found out."

Ye Yaodong slammed the table, "Damn, this is for family reunion. I was wondering why they were so quiet in the past month. It turns out that they are secretly doing bad things and waiting for big moves here. It turns out that this family is not a good thing. Damn, in the end, it is me who implicated you?"

"It can't be said that one implicated the other. You also told me in advance that I didn't take precautions, and my case did not comply with the regulations. But it's okay, it will be fine soon, I'll wait here."

"You are so strict here? The workshop cannot have more than 5 workers? You didn't exceed it at home?"

"At the beginning, it was less than 5, and then there were more people. But who dared to report my family? Only the neighbors on both sides knew about it. We have been neighbors for decades. No one would do such a thing, and the workers I called They are basically my neighbors or relatives, so nothing will happen to them. "

"That's right, luckily someone ran away today, and I can still inform you."

"I received the letter in the morning, and then I immediately found someone, and called my dad, and I ran back and forth until now. I'm sorry, I caused your people to be arrested, and I'm worried and scared."

"We are under the same roof, and we are grasshoppers on the same rope. No one is sorry for anyone else. Who let my workers participate in it and make extra money there."

"It's good to do it this way. It's just a clear way out. If someone reports it later, it won't be a problem."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Sure enough, only local guys with backgrounds can make it big and strong. Otherwise, the authorities will want to kill you in a minute.

If you are asked to pay tribute, you have to be honest. It's different for those with backgrounds. You just need to be appropriate.

Thinking about it this way, it's good to lean on a big tree to enjoy the shade. If he can really get a share, he really doesn't have to worry about other things except paying money.

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but be moved again.

"My hometown is not so strict... uh, that's not right, I only hired temporary workers..."

And in the village, there are naturally village committee cadres to protect them, which is nothing compared to them.

Thinking this way, his workshop has been safe and sound, thanks to the protection of the village committee.

"What does your family workshop do?"

"Fish sauce, all the small fish brought back from fishing are fermented into fish sauce, so I also have a fish sauce workshop."

"Sure enough, your boatman is not bragging, you are really famous in your place."