Chapter 595: Great Gains
On February 12, 1984, the Year of the Rat zodiac ticket sales event held by the Philatelic Corporation at the Workers' Stadium finally came to an end in a suspenseful manner.
Because the order continued to deteriorate that day, the person in charge of the Philatelic Corporation had to ask the public security department for help in the afternoon and dispatched hundreds of police officers to help maintain law and order.
But even so, the sales rate is much higher than expected.
The 46,000 stamps that were originally planned to be sold over two or three Sundays were exhausted by five o'clock that afternoon.
Even the remaining number is not enough to satisfy the needs of the remaining hundreds of customers who did not buy stamps.
So for these customers, the manager of the philatelic company could only give orders and let them go away disappointed.
He asked his subordinates to tell customers that if they still wanted to buy, they could only make a reservation by paying on the same day, and then wait for notification from the philatelic company's sales department to pick up the stamps.
In this way, the big manager barely kept the promise he made.
But in fact, it is self-awareness of suffering.
Who allowed him to exceed his plan and sell hundreds more editions.
For this reason, he had to specifically ask his superiors for instructions, and he needed to transfer some from the sales department in the local city.
Needless to say, the local newspapers in Beijing and the professional "Stamp Collection" magazine on that day reported on this majestic and crowded scene.
Fortunately, this time, in addition to once again calling on the postal department to carry out more scientific management and guidance, to solve the problem of difficulty in purchasing zodiac stamps.
These print media finally gave the postal department some face, with more positive affirmation and understanding in their reports.
For example, the Beijing Evening News claimed, "People who come to the Workers' Stadium to buy stamps for the Year of the Rat include not only intellectuals, but also workers, the People's Liberation Army, young pioneers wearing red scarves, young middle school students, college students wearing school badges, and some with gray hair. The number of philatelic enthusiasts in Beijing is really unexpected.”
The magazine Philately paid more attention to the epoch-making significance of this event, saying that it was “a truly popular event in the history of philately in my country.” The era has arrived! The stamp sales at the Workers’ Stadium on February 12, 1984 can be regarded as a sign of the arrival of a new era!”
The article also lists and compares the changes in relevant data in recent years.
According to published data, there were only more than 100,000 registered members of philatelic associations across the country in 1980.
Today, this number has grown to more than 4 million.
The number of unregistered stamp collectors nationwide has increased from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions.
After this day, even a certain senior official was alarmed by the sales data of Gongti.
There is a rumor that the tickets for the Year of the Rat were sold out in one day, with nearly 300,000 yuan sold. Together with other unsalable stamps, the single-day turnover of the Workers' Stadium has exceeded 330,000 yuan.
The gentleman couldn't help but exclaimed on the spot, "Has selling stamps become wholesale? In the past, stamp collectors would have been fine just buying a double sheet and a four-page sheet. Why do people nowadays just buy full-page stamps? Did you buy the version?”
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications made a decision on this matter a few days later.
It was announced that in order to alleviate the problem of queues for new stamps purchased by people in the capital, the Philatelic Corporation will open a new stamp booking business in Beijing.
Stamp exhibitions will be held regularly, and a stamp exchange market will be held every Sunday at the entrance of the People's Cultural Palace.
This is enough to prove that this so-called "gossip" is not groundless.
There is no doubt that Ning Weimin and his speculative partners must have gained a lot from this matter.
In these days, who can use cars to do stamp business like these evil-hearted bastards?
Of the 100,000 yuan they brought, they spent more than 80,000 yuan in one day, absorbing more than 8,000 editions.
This means that so far, the public chips belonging to their group have reached 24,000.
They still have 60,000 yuan in available funds.
If you count the fifteen thousand copies that Ning Weimin secretly sent Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao to "fight" from Shanghai and Huacheng.
The chips they actually control already account for nearly 15% of the total issuance of Year of the Rat zodiac tickets.
In this case, if we exclude the 50% that has settled in the hands of real collectors, the stamp dealers' subsequent chips to follow suit, and the part that was accidentally consumed.
It means that they already own more than 30% of the actual circulation.
This ratio of chips is enough to shake things up even in the stock market, let alone disturb the regional stamp market in Beijing.
There is no doubt that they have achieved absolute control.
Ning Weimin, in particular, knows very clearly that compared with stocks, stamp speculation has an obvious advantage.
That is, stamp speculation is more subjective and less normative.
It is easy to incite people to follow the trend. It can rise more than ten times or dozens of times, and no one will care if it rises to the sky.
And when doing reverse trading, there is no transaction fee at all.
So, at this point, it can be said that the paving has almost been done.
The only thing left is to see the opportunity and build momentum to increase the price.
And for such a good opportunity, Ning Weimin and the others did not have to wait any longer.
Starting from three days after the end of the work sports, before the Lantern Festival, the Year of the Rat zodiac tickets started to increase rapidly due to the shortage of supply.
In just about a week, the price of a single "rat" soared from 10 cents to 12 cents.
Compared with the national issue price, this has a profit margin of nearly 50%.
And the four-party couplet of "Rat" has become 50 cents, and the price of a full-page ticket is as high as 12 yuan.
This means that Ning Weimin and others have a collective surplus of 48,000.
Besides, it was impossible for Ning Weimin not to do anything, so Luo Guangliang gave Luo Guangliang a few thousand dollars to test the waters.
It was spread in the small market in front of the Hepingmen business department, and the full-page ticket for the mouse was easily sold to 13 yuan.
Working with ten of them, each of them earned 7,200 yuan a week.
Although Ning Weimin thought it was nothing, Manager Sha and the others were crazy about it.
To them, all of this seemed like a dream.
It’s so easy to make money!
This is better than the double salary at the end of the year. It is equal to two years of double salary. How can that not be beautiful?
But this is actually nothing.
Don’t forget, the zodiac tickets are a series of themes and are interconnected.
The rat votes are at the bottom.
As soon as the mouse moves, the pigs will follow suit, then the cocks will crow, the dogs will bark, and the monkeys will jump to the sky!
The rat's small increase is not impressive enough when compared with other zodiac signs.
Because any other zodiac ticket has risen higher than it!
The pig's single coin went from 1.5 yuan to 1.8 yuan, the dog ticket went from just over 6 yuan to 7 yuan, the chicken flew to 15.5 yuan, and the monkey broke through the 70 mark in one somersault.
Zodiac stamps are all full of momentum!
This is the real dream.
It’s true that a mouse achieves enlightenment, and a chicken or a dog ascends to heaven!
So Ning Weimin, unlike Mr. Sha and others, just watched the Year of the Rat stamps go up and had fun.
At most, I can take care of the pigs and dogs at the same time.
Ning Weimin is so otherworldly, he is not on the same level as them at all.
At this time, his favorite immoral thing is to "monkey steal peaches" - taking his loose monkey stamps and going to the market to exchange for other people's rare stamps.
So, if compared with Ning Weimin, who has an abacus in his heart, what are the people who are dumping treasury bonds these days?
Yang Wanwan?
That's just a poor man who earns a small amount of money by running errands.
It's a small profit, not worth mentioning.
But conversely, it must be said that as Ning Weimin's speculation business became more and more lively, the misunderstanding for Zhang Shihui gradually worsened and became more and more troublesome. It wasn't for the money, the key was the feeling of becoming more and more alienated from Ning Weimin, which made Zhang Shihui uncomfortable.
Think about it, the Spring Festival has passed, and the excitement of the tobacco and alcohol business has begun to cool down. Zhang Shihui now basically guards the "Tan Palace" and comes to work at the designated time every day.
But he couldn't see Ning Weimin all day long, and the person who mainly managed the restaurant for Ning Weimin was Du Yang, so he would inevitably have self-doubt about being left out.
So after the Spring Festival, this guy has a tendency to change his gender.
Tian Tian is like a blabbering woman, even more nagging than his pregnant wife.
No matter what you do at home, you have to say Ning Weimin.
"Hey, wife, you said this kid brought me over to help him. But if you let others take care of the restaurant, what will happen to me? I am just a decoration. Hum, tell me, should I Quit this job and continue running my business?"
Or, "Well, if you don't take care of me now, then I won't take him to make money."
"Daughter-in-law, do you know? My customers in Mianyang have actually made TVs. They will come to Beijing for business recently, and they can't do without my help. They said they can sell me ten sets for one thousand yuan at an internal discount. . It’s a good thing, right?”
“But you said we should not tell him? >
Liu Weijing was so afraid of him that he begged him.
"Oh, thank you, Manager Zhang. Can you just forget about Ning Weimin for one day? My brain hurts when I hear you talk about him. Can you think of it for the sake of our children?" If you have any objections to him, just talk to him directly. Why do you torture me behind my back?"
To put it bluntly, Liu Weijing's anger is really just that. It's a bit similar to the feeling of Guanyin trying to kill Tang Monk in "Journey to the West".
But it's interesting to say that, despite Zhang Shihui's nagging, it seems that he is already rushing to cut ties with Ning Weimin.
However, it is easy to appease this boy.
Just one meal can make the two of them reconcile as before.
Not even Ning Weimin knew that Zhang Shihui was so upset and had so much resentment towards him during this period.
Without being completely in the dark, I brushed off this kid’s hair.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, it was about a little after 11 noon.
Zhang Shihui is at work, inspecting the food preparation work and preparing to open the business to welcome customers.
Unexpectedly, the next call came from Ning Weimin, asking him to come to Beishen Kitchen as soon as possible.
On the phone, he was also asked to bring two fire extinguishers, a pot, two bags of charcoal, some pickles and seasonings from the restaurant's storehouse, saying he must be there in ten minutes.
Zhang Shihui thought it was just an errand.
In fact, I felt quite unhappy, and I wanted to ask a waiter to deliver it to me.
Then I thought again, there were too many things and it was too complicated. If Ning Weimin wanted to accompany some important person, it would not be appropriate if it delayed the matter.
In this way, I made a trip by myself and drove the pickup truck in directly from the north gate of the Temple of Heaven.
Unexpectedly, when I went to the place, I discovered that there were actually tables set up in the courtyard of Beishen Chef.
The people sitting under the sun, besides Ning Weimin, are Kang Shude, Zhang Dashao, Luo Guangliang, and Sun Wufu.
They are all very familiar people.
On the contrary, there is no one in a high position, not even the leader of the Temple of Heaven Park.
Zhang Shihui was curious, "Hey, why are everyone here gathering together? What kind of food is this?"
Ning Weimin was happy at that time, "What kind of food is this? Dinner? Of course it’s the Lantern Festival. Look, there’s no one around, just waiting for you..."
With this sentence, Zhang Shihui’s heart felt warm.
"But I...I'm still working? Isn't it appropriate?"
"What's inappropriate? There is Du Yang in the restaurant. Can't you just let him keep an eye on you? You have a day off today. I said it. After this meal, you go home and go to bed early.”
Well, Zhang Shihui was so beautiful when he heard this.
It was only then that he realized that his status was truly transcendent.
Yes, he is different from Du Yang.
No matter how powerful and powerful the master is, he is just a simple subordinate of Ning Weimin.
So there was no need to say anything else. The boy happily moved the things he brought in and got busy.
And he was very proactive, leaving all the TV matters to Ning Weimin.
Look, is it easy?
It is absolutely true that people live with one spirit.
As for why this meal had to be eaten at Beishen Kitchen, there is a special reason, and it can also be applied to this sentence.
This is a meal that Kang Shude and Zhang Dashao chatted about a few days ago.
Because of the cold weather, the two of them talked about pastimes in the capital during the winter, and their conversation turned to the barbecue in the capital.
The more we chatted, the more interested and wild he became, which almost made Ning Weimin stupid.
He took the initiative and said, just bring the barbecue utensils you two mentioned, and we can go to the Temple of Heaven to have a meal.
The house happened to have just been repaired there, and the yard was tidy. The most important thing was the forest of the Temple of Heaven, which was full of pine branches and pine towers.
I say hello to the park, let’s just take fire prevention measures, okay?
Can it be bad? Just like that, the two old men thought that it was almost the Lantern Festival anyway, so they might as well have a meal like this to celebrate the festival.
So Ning Weimin contributed money, and "Zhang Dashao" bought meat and cooked it, and prepared household items.
The pots and charcoal that Zhang Shihui brought that day were temporarily in short supply after Ningwei civilians used jeeps to transport everyone’s supplies.
What Zhang Shihui saw when he arrived was a big table in the courtyard.
There is a square iron stove on the table, which is heated with pine twig charcoal and a pure iron "Tu Zhizi" is placed on top of the stove.
There is a small table next to it, which is full of various meats. This is so that when he comes, we can grill and eat them together.
The most amazing thing is that the chopsticks used by everyone are not ordinary things.
I actually took apart a pot pat made of "arrow bamboo" and used the disassembled river reed pole as chopsticks.
Not to mention Zhang Shihui was dumbfounded by this scene.
Actually, for someone like Ning Weimin, who has had skewers, Japanese barbecue, Korean barbecue, and BBQ, and thinks he is well-informed, this is also his first experience.
Sun Wufu didn’t even know how to eat this or how to eat it.
As a result, they looked like they had never seen the world, which immediately amused the two old men.
Fortunately, "Zhang Dashao" greeted him, "Brother, you'd better come and tell them. Otherwise, these little ones won't even be able to use chopsticks."
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Kang Shude temporarily taught everyone a lesson, which really made all the juniors present gain insights.
(End of this chapter)