Chapter 924 I dare not drag Cao Shujie into the water together (8300)
"What are you thinking about?" Cheng Xiaolin asked her husband.
Cao Shujie said to her: "Honey, Lao Lei mentioned Bitcoin to me. He said he heard someone else say they wanted to speculate on it, and he wanted me to buy some too."
"Aren't you buying it?" Cheng Xiaolin was a little confused.
Cao Shujie nodded: "Yes, I bought a lot, but Lao Lei doesn't know. I guess he might want to give me some benefits, but he didn't expect me to have any, right?"
"Give you a benefit? Why?" Cheng Xiaolin frowned.
Giving benefits for no reason, how can there be such a good thing in the world?
She became wary and asked, "What kind of favor does Lei always want you to do for him?"
"I didn't say anything about helping, but he extorted a cart of fruit wine from me and left." Cao Shujie complained.
He said: "Lao Lei wants to give me a batch of mobile phones. As for giving me benefits..."
Cao Shujie thought seriously for a while, with a strange expression on his face, and said, "Maybe I am chatting with him to relieve his boredom, right?"
"Let's chat?" Cheng Xiaolin blurted out.
When she saw her husband's face suddenly drooping, Cheng Xiaolin laughed, turned around and ran away.
It's a pity that Cheng Xiaolin didn't know that she guessed correctly.
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At this time, Lei Jun was still thinking about the trunk full of fruit wine and two boxes of deer blood wine that Cao Shujie gave him as he left Caojiazhuang on several cars with Beijing license plates. He was very satisfied.
He has tried other fruit wines on the market, but they are incomparable to Cao Shujie's.
Lei Jun estimated that most of the fruit wines on the market are blended or mixed with a large amount of water.
However, Cao Shujie's fruit wine is made from pure fruit pressing and fermentation, and its main focus is to be purely natural, healthy and pollution-free.
In addition, the fruits in Cao Shujie’s orchard have a very unique taste, so the fruit wine brewed from good raw materials will naturally be no different.
As for deer blood wine, it is even more precious.
Lei Jun only tasted it last night and didn't dare to drink more.
In addition to these fruit wine and deer blood wine, Cao Shujie also gave him a lot of deer antler slices that were above the level of semi-wax slices, which were really good things.
Due to problems with the supply of mobile phone screens and the continuous decline in mobile phone sales since the second half of last year, Lei Jun couldn't sleep well for a long time. However, he took two full-wax tablets last night and his sleep was particularly good at night.
I am very energetic today.
Unlike some time ago, I always felt like I didn’t get enough rest and felt exhausted.
This thing is truly worthy of the saying that one piece of deer antler is worth one tael of gold.
As for the saying that "this is a scam, it's a lie" circulating in the market, Lei Jun laughed it off. What do they know? I'm afraid they didn't buy the real thing!
But thinking about what he told Cao Shujie about Bitcoin, Lei Jun really didn’t expect that Cao Shujie had held Bitcoin a long time ago, and he didn’t know in what year he bought it?
A few years ago, would it have been more than ten dollars a piece? Or a few dollars a piece?
You can't buy it when you don't even have a dollar, right?
He was wondering how much money Cao Shujie paid for it?
"I'm afraid he has more than 8,000." Lei Jun squinted his eyes and thought about this matter. He always felt that Cao Shujie was too low-key.
If he hadn't accidentally brought up this issue during this chat, he wouldn't have been able to figure out why Cao Shujie still held Bitcoin, and it seemed that Cao Shujie was very optimistic about this thing?
What does a fruit tree grower think?
No matter how Lei Jun thinks about it, he feels that agriculture and decentralized blockchain are not compatible.
Regarding Bitcoin, Lei Jun indeed overheard other investment companies discussing it, and was prepared to buy in and speculate on it.
In addition, Lei Jun also knows that at the current price, the total market value of Bitcoin has reached 14.5 billion U.S. dollars, which has exceeded his entire worth in his heyday and has almost exceeded the current market valuation of Xiaomi Technology. It is indeed very impressive.
of a thing.
And since this year, a considerable number of professional investors are trying to accept it and treat it as a benign investment product.
This change in perspective also gives it a higher value to some extent.
The fundamentals of the market have also changed.
In fact, since the beginning of 2016, there has been great uncertainty in the economic growth of several major economies in the world.
Despite the loud shouting every day, the real situation is not that optimistic.
In this case, there will always be someone who will find a new way out.
As he thought about it, Lei Jun became a little lost in thought.
He suddenly remembered that Cao Shujie asked him if he was interested in new energy vehicles. At that moment, Lei Jun really wanted to stand up and yell at him.
He is a venture capitalist himself, and he also understands the situation of new energy vehicles in China. He is very clear about the so-called new forces building cars that have just begun to emerge, and he naturally knows how many pitfalls there are.
They are all cheating on subsidies, but they are of no use!
If you can’t produce a product, everything is in vain!
"You want to lie to me? No way, I make mobile phones. Do you understand what makes mobile phones?"
"High-tech products, you actually want me to make cars?"
Lei Jun thought about this and laughed again. "Aren't you rich? OK, if one day I get crazy and have to drag you into the water, then I won't be able to make you regret it, haha!"
When the driver heard the boss's weird laughter, he didn't dare to look back. He was also curious about what funny thing the boss had thought of.
But the boss didn't tell him, so he didn't dare to ask, so he just drove his own car with peace of mind.
Several cars were traveling at a steady speed on the road, and unknowingly they got on the highway and headed towards the capital.
On this trip back, Lei Jun had a lot to do, but the most important thing was undoubtedly to review the company's suppliers.
He will go through all the suppliers again, and if necessary, he will check them personally to see if there are any second or fifth suppliers here.
Xiaomi Technology is so big that even before it is listed on the market, the market valuation has already reached about 15 billion U.S. dollars, and it is recognized by many capital parties.
But something fishy is now appearing in this huge group.
If it were normal times, Lei Jun would just turn a blind eye and not say anything.
However, Xiaomi Technology's brand positioning has suffered a huge impact since last year. Online channel dividends have faded, and mobile phone sales have continued to decline since the second half of last year. This year's market sales are even worse, and market share has been losing ground.
Under such circumstances, many problems are exposed.
Lei Jun now wants to cut through the mess quickly and solve these problems while other suppliers expose their problems.
According to analysts' judgment, Xiaomi Technology's market sales this year will suffer a serious decline, and its market share will further decline. This trend cannot be reversed.
Under such circumstances, cutting production is also convenient for speeding up the search for mobile phone screen suppliers in China while having conflicts with Samsung.
For a time, all kinds of messy questions rushed into Lei Jun's mind.
Unknowingly, Lei Jun fell asleep.
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After Cao Shujie sent Lei Jun away, his life did not change much.
No one in Caojiazhuang knew that the man who ranked high on the domestic rich list had just come to Caojiazhuang. After drinking with their village director, he walked away with a cart of fruit wine that had just been brewed this year.
But Lei Jun also left a box of Xiaomi phones.
Cao Shujie almost forgot about it. When he remembered it and opened the box, he found that inside was a box of Xiaomi Mi 5, a new phone released by Xiaomi Technology in February. The box also said "Exclusive Edition".
Cao Shujie didn't know the name of this phone. He checked online on his mobile phone and found that the price was 2,699 yuan. According to this price, the price of a box of 20 mobile phones was not cheap.
"Interesting!" he said with a smile.
"Dad." His son Cao Yirui came over holding the sofa. He stretched his head and looked at the box in Cao Shujie's hand. He saw that it was colorful and very beautiful.
He stretched out his hand to get it, but as soon as he let go of the sofa, his body began to lean. When he was about to fall, Cao Shujie quickly reached out to support him.
"Hey, my dear, please wait a little longer." Cao Shujie brought his son over and asked him which mobile phone he liked.
"Dad!" Cao Yirui pointed at one of the golden mobile phones and wanted to.
Without saying a word, Cao Shujie opened the box, took out the mobile phone inside, put it in a silicone case, and handed it to his son: "Go ahead and play with it, don't put it in your mouth."
After finishing speaking, Cao Shujie let go of his son, but just as he told him not to put it in his mouth, the little guy opened his mouth and put the corner of the phone into his mouth, and saliva flowed down the screen of the phone.
Cheng Xiaolin came over and saw this scene, and quickly snatched the phone from her son's hand. Seeing that the little guy was about to cry, she handed the little guy a silicone toy, and watched as her son put the silicone toy into his mouth and chewed it, grinding his teeth.
She wiped the saliva off her phone and looked at her husband: "Shujie, why are you giving him this?"
"It's okay, there are still a lot of them." Cao Shujie simply poured out all the mobile phones in the box.
When Cheng Xiaolin saw there were so many, she was confused and asked, "How much did Mr. Lei give you?"
"20." Cao Shujie counted.
He also asked his wife: "See which color you like and use it."
"The rest will be given to each of our parents, and two will be given to Mengmeng, her grandma and grandpa. Does your brother want it?" Cao Shujie asked his wife.
As a result, Cheng Xiaolin shook her head: "I gave them an iPhone last time, but I won't give it to them this time."
She also muttered: "For such a long time, I haven't seen him bring me anything, and he doesn't take me as a sister seriously. There are no rules at all."
"Aha!" Cao Shujie couldn't help laughing again.
After collecting the other mobile phones and putting them in a box for temporary storage, Cao Shujie came out of the house with two black and white mobile phones and went outside, where his parents were busy setting up a stall.
As soon as Cao Shujie passed by, he heard someone shouting: "Auntie, help me get two pieces of bread and two pieces of eight-treasure porridge. How much do they cost?"
"A piece of bread costs 10 yuan, and a bowl of eight-treasure porridge costs 3 yuan, a total of 16 yuan." Wang Yuelan said skillfully.
The bread is a whole pack of sliced bread, with some raisins and some cream inside. The cake shop delivers it to them for 10 yuan for three packs. Wang Yuelan can earn 5 yuan by selling three packs.
As for the eight-treasure porridge, I make it myself and use disposable plastic bowls to sell it for 3 yuan a bowl, most of which is labor cost.
As for the pure milk sold, they are all in boxes.
What Wang Yuelan sells is Deluxe. When she asked for the goods, she bought a truckload of goods. If she wanted a large quantity, she was given 32 yuan per box, 12 boxes per box, which is equivalent to 2.7 yuan per box. She paid the normal market price.
It is sold at the equivalent of 5 yuan per box.
No matter what, the price his parents sell is almost the same as the normal supermarket market price, which makes customers feel that the couple is very honest.
Compared to other scenic spots, the same style of bread starts at at least 10 yuan, and eight-treasure porridge and milk also start at 10 yuan. What the couple sells is very cheap.
Cao Shujie watched for a while before he understood. No wonder his parents had talked about doing this small business the day before yesterday. Although it was inconspicuous, the weight of this thing was quite terrifying.
Can you not make money?
Cao Jianguo was working when he suddenly saw his son coming over and stood beside him like a piece of wood.
"Shujie, what are you doing here? Get out of the way quickly and don't delay my business." Cao Jianguo looked disgusted.
Cao Shujie was speechless. He quickly took two steps back and asked his father to open a box containing bread. He took out a stack of bagged bread and handed it to the customer who just bought it.
After collecting the money and greeting this person, he went on to greet the next one.
Cao Shujie saw that there were still more than a dozen people surrounding his parents' small stall, and stopped looking. He put away the two mobile phones first, and then went over to help deliver the things, which made it faster.
After waiting for this group of people to leave, Cao Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Yuelan also sat down and drank some water: "I'm exhausted, but fortunately there are fewer people today than yesterday."
"What do you know? I'm working today. I'll be busy tomorrow when I have Saturday off." Cao Jianguo said.
He is tired and happy.
It’s really tiring, but it’s also really profitable.
Only then did Wang Yuelan remember to ask her son what he was doing here, and then she heard Cao Shujie say: "Mom, Lao Lei brought a box of mobile phones when he came. I'll bring two for you and my dad. You can take the time to replace the cards."
"Hey, it's a new phone. You can use it. Your dad and I can use the old one." Wang Yuelan said directly without thinking.
"Mom, Lao Lei gave me 20 copies. It's enough, so hurry up and take it." Cao Shujie thought to himself, if I don't make it clear to you, you won't accept it today.
As expected, when he said this, Cao Jianguo took it easily: "There are so many, then you didn't tell me earlier."
Wang Yuelan rolled her eyes at her wife: "Who is he?"
However, she also took it and told her son: "Shujie, since there are so many mobile phones, don't forget to give two to Linlin's parents."
"Hey, Mom, don't worry, I will definitely not forget it." Cao Shujie agreed.
Mentioning this matter, Wang Yuelan suddenly said: "Speaking of which, you two haven't visited Linlin's parents for a long time, right? Make a trip when you have time. Don't just call and think it's over. That's just for coping.
, it would be more practical for you to go back and talk with them."
"Okay, I'll tell your daughter-in-law right now." Cao Shujie turned around and went home.
After Cao Jianguo waited for his son to leave, he couldn't wait to tear open the mobile phone packaging box and take out the mobile phone inside. He looked at the black Xiaomi Mi 5 and felt that it looked better than his old mobile phone.
But he found that his wife had not dismantled the mobile phone, and he was puzzled and asked her: "Why don't you dismantle it and take a look."
"You are in such a hurry. When you are done, you can go home and take it apart to see if it can grow wings and run away?" Wang Yuelan said.
Cao Jianguo was speechless after saying one sentence, and he angrily put the disassembled mobile phone into his trouser pocket.
