In the green leather cars of this era, the seats faced each other. In the era before mobile phones, passengers had no entertainment activities to relieve the boredom during the journey. Playing cards and chatting with neighbors were the most common ways to relieve boredom.
Opposite Gao Fan and the other three, sitting by the window and in the middle, was an old farmer couple. They were probably taking a train for the first time, or even traveling far away for the first time. They looked a little timid and did not dare to talk to strangers.
People talk.
Sitting in the aisle seat is the young man who chatted with Gao Fan and the others. He is about 24 or 25 years old. He has a dark face and is wearing a half-worn Chinese tunic suit. His eyes are quite lively, which shows his social skills at first glance.
Extremely awesome looking.
Hearing someone taking the initiative to talk to him, Fang Rui was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to respond. Gao Fan was a time traveler and was mentally old enough, so he would naturally not panic when encountering such a thing. He smiled and said
: "Brother has good eyesight. We are all students and we went to Ruizhang to participate in the chemistry competition."
"The Chemistry Competition, it's amazing, it's amazing. Those who can go to the provincial capital to participate in the competition must be the top students in the school. It's amazing." The compliments flowed out of the young man's mouth as if they were free of charge.
"Is the eldest brother in business?" Gao Fan asked the young man instead of being a customer.
The young man smiled and said: "My eyesight is also good. I am just a businessman. I sell some small things made at home, just to eat. Our Shuinan area is not as lush as yours. We have more mountains and water.
There is little land, and I can’t make enough food just by farming. No, now that the national policy allows it, I’ll run out and start a small business.”
"Business is good. You Shuinan people are smart and all of you are good at business." Gao Fan said with a smile.
At this time, it was the beginning of reform, the commodity economy was not yet mature, and the reputation of Shuinan people for doing business had not yet been established. In a few years, the business of Shuinan people would spread all over the country, and then go to the world, and eventually even the United States.
Whether the leader can win the general election depends on Shuinan's certain Uzbekistan index.
Naturally, the Shuinan businessman didn't know about these things in later generations. When he heard Gao Fan praise him, he quickly said humbly: "It's all brain work, it's all forced by life."
Gao Fan nodded and then asked: "What's your last name, boss? I don't know what kind of business you are in."
"Oh, I'm not a boss, I'm just a country boy. My name is Chen Xingquan, I'm from Renqiao, Shuinan. As for the business I do, this is it..."
Having said this, he picked up the travel bag that had been placed at his feet, unzipped it, took out a bunch of colorful things, and placed them on the small coffee table between the two rows of seats.
"ah!"
As soon as the things were put out, Huang Chunyan, who was pretending to be immersed in reading, first exclaimed in a low voice, then realized that something was wrong and quickly reached out to cover her mouth.
Fang Rui didn't exhale like Huang Chunyan, but his eyes immediately straightened.
Gao Fan felt the surprise of his two companions, turned to look at them, and then looked back at the pile of things on the table, his heart full of disdain:
That's it……
It turned out that what the young boss named Chen Xingquan brought out was just a bunch of plastic products, including plastic meal tickets, plastic popsicle tickets, plastic vouchers, plastic bookmarks, plastic class schedules, plastic salary bags and so on.
These things are all made of soft polyvinyl chloride, and the colors are very bright. At first glance, they have some visual impact.
In future generations, this kind of plastic products will be looked down upon by people. If a product is evaluated as "plastic-like", it basically means that it looks too rustic and inferior, and it will definitely not be sold at a high price.
But in this era, plastic is far from being popular, and plastic products always give people a high-end and classy feeling.
For example, most of the meal tickets used in various units are made of paper. They will be damaged if they are stained with water, and cannot be cleaned if they are stained with oil. Generally, a meal ticket will be stained with oil after being used for a period of time.
It feels disgusting even on my hands.
But it's different when it comes to plastic meal stamps. If they get dirty, you can throw them directly into the water and rinse them. After washing, they will be as clean as new. Even this kind of plastic meal stamps are not used by many units in Cangtang County because they don't have the funds.
Go update. In this day and age, any unit that changes paper meal stamps to plastic meal stamps is considered a big news in the county. Some people will even go to the unit specifically to ask to see what plastic meal stamps look like.
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Canghai Fertilizer Factory is a large enterprise in Cangtang County, and it was also the first to switch to plastic meal stamps. Because the replacement of plastic meal stamps is the responsibility of the Administrative Section, and Gao Fan's mother Ran Yuying is a staff member of the Administrative Section, so
Gao Fan knew a lot about this matter.
From his mother, he knew that the people who came to sell plastic meal tickets were all from Shuinan Province, and especially from the Renqiao area of Shuinan Province. The small vendors in Renqiao were like the young man named Chen Xingquan in front of him.
Just like the boss, he carries a big travel bag and goes door to door to sell to units. After receiving the order, he notifies the factory in his hometown for printing. The loan is paid on time and the service attitude is excellent.
At that time, the Renqiao vendor who went to Canghai Fertilizer Factory to sell plastic meal tickets, in order to please the staff of the administrative department, gave each of them some small gifts, which were actually some plastic products. Ran Yuying took back a few
The plastic-wrapped book cover even sparked a fight between brother and sister Gao Min and Gao Fan.
People of later generations really cannot understand the scarcity of materials in this era.
If it were Gao Fan before, he would probably be as fussy as Huang Chunyan and Fang Rui when he saw the pile of things Chen Xingquan put out. But now Gao Fan only feels cold when looking at these things.
"How about it, is there anything you like? It's fate to meet you. If you like any one, I can sell it to you at the ex-factory price." Chen Xingquan said, "By the way, if you want more, I can give you a few extra."
I’ll give it to you for free.”
The secret to doing business is not to miss any opportunity. In Chen Xingquan's mind, he felt that these students in front of him might be influential people in the school if they could go to the provincial capital to participate in competitions. Some of the things he sold were also targeted at students.
For groups, such as course schedules, bookmarks, book covers, etc.
If these students think his stuff is good and can go back to school to organize the whole class to buy it together, it will be a big deal. Even if they don't organize their classmates, but just buy a few items by themselves, after returning home
It can also serve as a demonstration, which is equivalent to advertising for him, and he is happy to see the results.
Of course, if these students are not interested at all, it doesn't matter to him. Anyway, taking the train is idle and it won't delay anything.
"What is this for..."
The first person to ask questions was Huang Chunyan. She reached out and picked out one of the products displayed by Chen Xingquan and asked Chen Xingquan.