China Entertainment 1981: Starting from Journey to the West

"Third brother, are you at home?"

Gu Bei arrived in the backyard and saw the lights on in Ma Saner's house, so he knocked on the door.

"Where are you? Who is it?"

Ma Saner in the room responded with some noise.

"I, Gu Bei, if you're not asleep, we two brothers can have a chat."

Before going to Shaoxing on a business trip, Gu Bei wanted to find Ma San'er, but Ma San'er was nowhere to be found in those two days, and he didn't know where he went.

"Xiao Bei, wait a moment!"

As he spoke, footsteps came from the room, and then the door opened.

"It's already this hour and you haven't slept yet. You won't go to work tomorrow?"

All the neighbors in the courtyard felt that Ma San'er was out of place, had no serious job, and was just fooling around all day long. Only the Gu family had always had a good relationship with him.

In the early years of my memory, when Ma San'er's mother just passed away, he was the only one and a half-year-old child left in the family. His two brothers were married and no one wanted to care about him. Li Sufen looked pitiful and often called him to come to the house for dinner. .

Ma Saner is also a person who repays kindness. During the torrent of the times, during the two years when Gu Xiaowu and his wife were decentralized, he was always the one who protected the younger brother and sister Gu Bei. He also helped with any strenuous work at home. .

It is precisely because Gu Bei thinks Ma San'er has good character and now wants to give him a hand.

If you keep relying on throwing away junk things, you won't be able to achieve anything in the long run.

"I heard from my aunt that you were on a business trip, and you were able to go on a long trip with your boss just after you started working. No wonder everyone in the compound said that you are a promising person."

Ma San'er's words not only praised Gu Bei, but also showed self-deprecation.

Gu Bei is a promising person, and he is naturally the negative example of the neighbors in the compound.

Ma San'er has long been used to this.

"Stop waiting at the door and come in. I haven't eaten yet, and we two brothers... haha! Auntie, don't you care if you drink wine?"

Ma San'er can mess with other people in the compound, but the Gu family always remembers the kindness of the past in their hearts, especially Li Sufen, who is definitely respected and feared.

"After eating, we just chatted."

With that said, Gu Bei followed Ma San'er into the house.

It's still as chaotic as ever. Ma San'er hangs out on the street all day long, often without leaving home for two or three days, and there is no woman to help clean up the house. It would be strange for a grown man like him not to turn the house into a pig's nest.

"Xiao Bei, sit down, haha, it's a bit messy."

He pulled up a chair and asked Gu Bei to sit down. On the table were a pack of pork heads, a pack of peanuts, and a bottle of chrysanthemum white with the bottom of the bottle left.

"Have a drink!?"

Gu Bei quickly declined, he was here to discuss business.

Turning around, he saw that there were a few things on the kang that he didn't know where to buy. With just one glance, Gu Bei could tell that they were all tatters.

"Third brother, how has the business been here in the past two days?"

ugh...

Ma San'er's face was filled with unhappiness. He downed more than half a cup in one gulp and picked up two pieces of pig head meat to drink with.

"Don't mention it, that day..."

Ma Saner was a little hesitant, but because it was Gu Bei, he told the truth.

"Do you still remember that day? That's when you met me on the street. Didn't I tell you that my former classmate introduced a deal that day and was messed up by someone else?"

Can you not remember it?
This is how Gu Bei got his first pot of gold.

Speaking of which, Gu Bei really had to thank Ma San'er for providing the capital and introducing the connections by accident.

"Since that day, brother, I have been memorizing words. Not to mention I have been unlucky. I collected several rags, none of which were real. I asked people to negotiate several deals, but none of them were successful... …”

Ma San'er rambled on about the recent troubles.

Gu Bei didn't take it seriously. Someone like Ma San'er, who didn't know anything but dared to be in the antique business, could make a lot of money smoothly, unless his ancestral tomb was next to the Ming Tombs.

There are so many stupid foreigners in the world that make him confused!

"Third brother, you never thought of finding a serious reason."

Ma San'er chattered for a while, but was interrupted by Gu Bei. Still unfinished, he opened his mouth with a bitter look on his face.

"Who would want to hang out on the streets if they could have a real job?"

As he said that, he picked up the wine glass again.

"Xiao Bei, you live with the courtyard, how can you not tell that there are more than 20 households in our courtyard, apart from yours, is there any one who likes me?"

Gu Bei wanted to speak, but was stopped by Ma San'er.

"I also know why, isn't it because I don't have a job? I used to be young and had no adults at home, so I was hungry and had a full meal. I was afraid I would have starved to death long ago. Then I went to the countryside and returned to the city. They say they will arrange jobs, but look at it, in our alley alone, there are 50 to [-] educated youths who have returned, so how can we arrange such jobs!"

The more he talked, the more depressed Ma Saner felt.

"You say I'm not a serious person. Why am I not a serious person? Did I steal or rob? I rely on my own ability to make a living. Why do they see me one by one? My nose is not a nose, and my face is not a face. Xiaobei, Either I'm bragging to you as a brother, or even when I was working as a cigarette stall, in a month, I might not make less than your uncle."

This is the truth. If nothing else, there are really not many families in the compound that can match this standard of food.Of course, he is the only one in Ma San'er's family, and he is drunk now. Unlike others, he has a big family to support, and he can't do it without being careful with money.

"Third brother, if you have something serious to do, would you do it?"

Gu Bei didn't come here to listen to Ma San'er's complaints today, so he quickly stopped what he was talking about.

Serious business?
Seeing Gu Bei mention this again, Ma Saner smacked his lips a few times and suddenly smiled.

If in the past, someone had told him that they could introduce him to a job, even if it was setting up a factory on the street, pasting matchboxes with a bunch of old women, he would have been happy to do it, even sweeping the streets.

Having a job means having a stable salary income, and when the time comes, you will be able to talk to someone on a blind date.

Nowadays, there are so many educated youths who have returned to the city, and there are a lot of unemployed people. You can’t just touch one of them wherever you go!

But after two years of wandering, and now asking Ma Saner to find a place and work steadily, he really felt...

"Xiao Bei, my aunt asked you to come, right?"

When Gu Bei heard this, he knew that Ma San'er had misunderstood.

"Not my parents, you also know how difficult it is to get a job nowadays."

At present, the individual economy and free trade are still in their infancy. The so-called formal jobs are all in state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises. They are a carrot and a pit. The jobs are inherited by the father and the son. There is no extra one. If you want to enter those Large factories, unless they have a particularly hard road.

Gu Xiaowu was the security section chief at the food factory, and Li Sufen was just an artist at Jingying Film. Their families had no connections, so how could they find a formal job for Ma Saner.

"I know, I know, unlike you, a college student who becomes a cadre after graduation."

CCTV's little art artist, is this considered a cadre?

Ok!

Gu Bei knew that his job was indeed worthy of the envy of all his peers in the compound.

"Is it possible that you are thinking about your third brother and finding me a real job?"

Ma San'er smiled as he spoke, and then waved his hand before Gu Bei could speak.

"Xiao Bei, I accept my kindness, but I am free to take care of my brother. Even if you find a place, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay, so... forget it! However, my brother has remembered this intention, and I will wait for you. When I become rich, I will definitely never forget your family."

Gu Bei really didn't doubt that Ma San'er could make a fortune, so he just kept tossing his energy. When the strong wind started blowing, he might be able to catch up with it.

What's more, if Ma San'er was really an honest guy, Gu Bei wouldn't look for him anymore.

Gu Bei has been thinking about this matter for several days, and he kept thinking about it when he was in Shaoxing.

We can't have fun just yet, but we can't just sit and stare, especially now that we have money, and we can't just let the money sit in the bank. We have to find a way to make money from money.

But there are only a few people in the family, Gu Xiaowu, Li Sufen, and Gu Bei all have jobs, and Gu Nan is still in school, so the little girl is not useful.

The most important thing for Gu Bei was to find an agent and let the agent charge in the front while he commanded remotely from behind.

The one I have been thinking about is Ma Saner.

In other people's eyes, Ma San'er is a loser, but in Gu Bei's view, Ma San'er is courageous and flexible. The most important thing is that he is not afraid of hard work and dares to do things.

Gu Bei came to find Ma San'er, which can be considered as a person giving full play to his talents.

I just don’t know if Ma San’er is willing to ride on his wind and go to heaven?
"Third brother, don't refuse in a hurry. Listen to me. The reason I said is not what you think. I don't have the ability to arrange you into the factory. You like to be free. I want to tell you. It really suits your temper."

Hearing what Gu Bei said, Ma Saner was confused.

"Xiao Bei, why don't you just tell me what you want to do?"

Gu Bei smiled and said, "Just do your old job."

"Practice a cigarette stall?"

Ma San'er was dumbfounded when he heard this.

For this serious reason, it is clear that the bastard was raised in a pot, and the more he was raised, the more he became irritated.

It was impossible before. As a grown man, he had to make money and find ways to support himself.

But only those who have done it know how hard it is.

When he was practicing as a cigarette stall, he would wake up at midnight every day and work hard to find ways to purchase goods, but he could only make hard money. Only old smokers who really couldn't exchange cigarette tickets would come to them.

You have to be on guard all the time, being chased like a dog by the joint defense and the People's Insurance Company every day.

It's better now, but there are more and more people doing this. There are a lot of them in Shichahai and Dashilar alone.

Although his current business is not stable, if he does not open it for half a year, he will only be open for half a year, and his money will be easy, so there is no need to go back.

"What are you thinking, I came here late at night just to persuade you to go back to practice smoking?"

"That is……"

"I have a business and I want to go south. I have collected enough capital, but I just don't know if the third brother... is willing to make a trip."

Gu Bei stopped beating around the bush and pointed out the matter directly.

"South?"

Ma San'er said, his mind suddenly became alive.