Chapter 24 Gains and Losses
“If you don’t have long-term worries, you will have short-term worries! Especially as a businessman, you must be careful at all times and don’t be unlucky because of your own greed!”
In order to give Ning Ning Wei Min explained this truth clearly in order to make him pay attention to it.
Kang Shude even told a personal experience of his first arrival in the capital as a practical example.
A few decades ago, Old Man Kang, who came to the capital from his hometown because of famine, was only an eleven-year-old down-and-out boy who didn’t have enough to eat.
When he first arrived in the capital, he was alone and helpless.
Not to mention that I have no money, I don’t even have any relatives or fellow villagers around me.
Fortunately, when he came, the weather had warmed up.
The capital is also the most benevolent city, and the people are kind, kind and relatively wealthy.
With the help of some food from the kindhearted people in the city, he would not have become a starving man lying on the roadside.
It's just that life as a beggar is not as easy as most people think.
Because although the old society was chaotic, the underground rules were well organized and the hierarchy was strict.
Especially the largest city in the country like Beijing.
Throughout generations of imperial cities, beggar gang organizations have become more developed.
Almost every area in the city has a corresponding beggar organization.
In fact, since the late Qing Dynasty, the beggar gangs in the capital have been jointly controlled by two factions of beggars, the "Blue Pole" and the "Yellow Pole".
The "Huang Gangzi" is composed of poor and poor Eight Banners disciples. It is an organization of high-level beggars.
"Lan Zhanzi" is the leader of ordinary beggars, and there are people from all over the country who come to Beijing.
No matter which pole they belong to, they all have factions in the gang, and they are often distinguished by the surname of the group leader.
For example, Hanmen, Qimen, Guomen, etc.
People who join these organizations are professional beggars.
They don’t want pot cakes to eat or drink, they just want money.
Those who are called "pole shang" by the common people are also called "poor people".
So if outsiders want to live by begging in the capital, it is tantamount to infringing on their interests.
It’s easy to go into small alleys and ask for food and drink, but it’s impossible to go to the streets and ask for money.
Because the prosperous streets and shops everywhere are the sites where these organized beggars make a living.
Not only has it been divided up by them long ago, but they also have strict internal rules and methods of doing things.
Each of them abides by the rules of not making too much money, and never allows others to set foot in their own territory.
Once outsiders are found trying to beg, they will be driven away violently or punished.
To be honest, beggar gangs like these with low settlements are actually quite large evil forces.
Not only could outsiders not be offended, but even ordinary merchants doing business in Beijing had to be kind to him.
Otherwise, once they break the pot, they will make you restless and shut down.
The degree of tyranny is similar to that of the dung bullies and food bullies in old Beijing, as well as the gangsters who prey on Tianqiao artists.
However, perhaps Kang Shude was born with the potential to become a businessman.
Relying on his innate shrewd mind, he actually found another way under such circumstances, found a blind spot for begging, and successfully broke through the blockade of the beggar gang in the capital.
That is the door of a special business place where red lanterns are hung every day in Bada Hutong.
Specially ask for money from those rich people who are well-dressed and swaggering in and out of the place with their arms around women's waists.
There is no doubt that beggars would not be allowed in a place like this.
The club owner is afraid of losing business.
Kang Shude's method is more clever, he begs without knowing it.
Instead, try your best to clean yourself up, and then wait at the door with a box of matches.
As soon as he saw rich people and "professional women" taking out cigarettes when they went out, he would trot up to them.
Then stand on tiptoe and give the rich people a toast by taking the initiative.
I hope the rich man will give them a small amount of money when he is happy.
At the same time, because he earns a living in front of other people's homes, he is also very respectful to those "big teapots" and women who engage in special professions.
"Uncle" is long and "girl" is short. Not only did they scream nicely, but they also knew how to use the reward money to buy cigarettes for them.
It should be said that his young age, thin body, and good popularity gave him an advantage.
Relying on his poor appearance and this self-taught elementary public relations skills, he gained a certain degree of acquiescence and found a position to make a living here. Later, as he became more and more attentive to management and mastered the tricks of pleasing people, his life entered a virtuous cycle.
The cleaner he cleans up his appearance, the more reward he will get.
The better cigarettes he buys for those "girls" and "big teapots", the more help he gets.
Until he was almost able to earn an ocean from this business every day, he stopped buying cigarettes as a reward.
But consciously transform it into more affordable returns, and regularly distribute part of the profits to those "girls" and "big teapots".
In this way, he and these people will truly become people on the same line.
Then, with these girls as "caregivers" and the "big teapot" as help, it will be easier for him to get more money.
For example, which guest has a good face, which guest has a bad temper, and which guest has big hands.
With the "big teapot" reminder and guidance, he can choose the target in a targeted manner.
If he encounters guests who have no intention of rewarding him, the "girl" accompanying him will also lend a helping hand.
As long as they express their anger, act coquettishly, and say something nice, it will usually work immediately.
Men have such bad behavior and love to show off in front of women.
Even if he is a master who can't afford to lose a penny in his private life, he is often afraid of this kind of ostentatious swaying.
As long as the girls show some skills, most of the customers will become cash cows and drop money voluntarily.
So when the weather turned colder, Kang Shude was doing pretty well.
Not only did he buy a new cotton-padded coat to keep out the cold, he also found a simple townhouse to stay in.
You can also enjoy braised pork noodles every meal.
But unfortunately, success is also smart, failure is also smart.
If at this point, he can satisfy such a well-off life and just keep working as he is.
Maybe there are still a few good years left.
Unfortunately, he is too big-hearted.
They overestimate their capabilities and actually try to develop this business model into an industrialized one.
He actively recruited orphans and taught them how to beg for money.
Then the little beggars under his command were dispersed to "operate" in front of different clubs in the eight alleys.
It was indeed smooth sailing at the beginning, and Kang Shude’s income suddenly doubled several times.
However, this kind of good business where you can make a lot of money comfortably cannot last long.
Because the huge profits cannot be underestimated, and the size of the movement is different.
When there are more people, it loses its concealment, and it is no longer something he can cover up.
Not to mention other things, let’s just say that he takes these little beggars to collect money every day.
Then people go to restaurants in large numbers to eat in groups, which is a new thing that people cannot ignore.
So soon, the local beggar gang leader found him.
On a snowy night, several members of the Beggar Gang broke into Kang Shude's residence.
Not only did he give him a "guaiqing" meal, but he also broke off the little finger of his right hand.
They also looted all his money, took off his cotton-padded clothes, and took away all the little beggars.
He even completely ignored his plea to share some of the money to save his livelihood.
Order him not to appear in his territory again, otherwise he will be killed.
In this way, under the attack of dimensionality reduction, Kang Shude had no power to resist.
Everything he encountered was like Luotuo Xiangzi in Lao She's novel, who desperately saved money to buy a car.
As a result, just one night when he was close to realizing his dream, he lost everything because of Detective Sun's blackmail.
I was left in a state of complete loss, and I didn’t know where to go.
At the end, the old man couldn't help but express such emotion to Ning Weimin.
“Wei people, violence is just the helpless behavior of stupid people. Those people only know how to use force to solve problems quickly, but ignore the long-term interests. In the end, there is no doubt that they will not be able to operate properly like me. ”
"But more importantly, their stupidity brought me unbearable disaster. At that time, I didn't know how to hide one's strength and bide my time, and I didn't know how to take advantage of the situation. I was overconfident and obsessed with profit. The most useful thing I learned from this is to be cautious at all times, try not to take unnecessary risks, and learn to stop when the business is good. He will always be coveted and cause trouble.”
(Note: Big teapot is a man who works as a handyman in a special business place, so he is called because he often carries a kettle to make tea. In addition to being responsible for serving. In addition to "girls", they usually also play the role of security guards. This profession is called Turtle Gong in the south)
(End of this chapter)