South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 207 Niu Dali Enters Shenzhen (2)

Hou Sanjin seemed to notice Niu Dali's embarrassment, then smiled and took the menu.

"Da Li, you might as well try the specialties here. They are completely different from the ones back home."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Niu Dali nodded with a smile.

"Give me a barbecued pork, eight-treasure winter melon soup, boiled chicken, braised pigeon, sweet and sour pork, clay pot rice, and a traditional soup!" Hou Sanjin ordered five dishes, a rice, and a soup in one breath in fluent Cantonese.

"Hey, Brother Sanjin, that's enough, that's enough. The two of us can't eat so much!" Niu Dali hurriedly stopped the other party when he saw this.

"It's okay, since you are here, I must treat you well!" Hou Sanjin waved his hand.

"Give me another bottle of Moutai. That's all for now. Serve it up quickly!" Hou Sanjin closed the menu and handed it to the waiter.

"Okay!" The waiter nodded with a smile, then walked out of the private room with the menu.

"Brother Sanjin, I'm sorry to have cost you so much money." Niu Dali felt a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, it's just a few dollars! I can totally afford it!" Hou Sanjin looked like a wealthy man.

After hearing this, Niu Dali hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Brother Sanjin, is this business really that profitable?"

"It's not absolute. It depends on how you run the business. Before, I just traded some watches and sold them in my hometown. Those were small businesses. Later, I started doing wholesale and retail. But I was cheated when I was buying goods once."

"Oh, I wanted to die at that time. I borrowed money from all my friends, but no one would lend me money. Later I met Brother Yuan, and it was he who invested in me that helped me make a comeback. So, doing business has risks, but it is also really profitable!"

"Nowadays, a worker can only earn a few dozen yuan a month, and he has to work very hard. But like me, I can earn several years' salary of yours in one month. Do you think I am making money?" Hou Sanjin said with a smile.

Niu Dali was stunned. How much money could he earn in one month, which was what they could earn in several years? Isn't this too much? In fact, what Niu Dali didn't know was that Hou Sanjin was just saying this. In fact, he could earn more. His factory was not small, so he could earn a lot in a month.

Last Chinese New Year, he gave Yuan Mu several thousand in share. Although he cannot compare with some of the bigger businesses now, he is still better than most.

Niu Dali touched his pocket, where there was money, but he estimated that this little money was barely enough to buy a meal. This was the gap, Niu Dali sighed inwardly.

Soon, the waiters brought up one exquisite dish after another. Niu Dali looked at the dishes on the plate and his saliva started to water. This was the first time he had seen such exquisite dishes.

"Come on, Dali! Have a drink. We two brothers haven't had a drink since the last Chinese New Year!" Hou Sanjin poured a glass of wine for Niu Dali with a smile.

"Oh, okay, thank you very much, Brother Sanjin." Niu Dali quickly held up the wine glass with his hands. Although he had little experience, he still understood basic etiquette.

In fact, Hou Sanjin's relationship with Niu Dali is not very good. If Niu Dali did not have this relationship with Yuan Mu, he would not be so enthusiastic towards Niu Dali. He was so enthusiastic only because Yuan Mu greeted him in advance.

Niu Dali himself knew what was going on. Although he had not seen much of the world, it did not mean that he was stupid. In comparison, Niu Dali was actually very smart, but he just had not found the right direction.

"Come on, Dali, let's have a drink first." Hou Sanjin raised the wine glass with a smile.

"Okay." Niu Dali quickly stood up and clinked glasses with Hou Sanjin, then both of them drank it all in one gulp.

To be precise, they don't use the two-liang cups to drink, but the small wine cups that cost a little more than one cent, so it's normal to drink it all in one gulp.

"Da Li, eat more vegetables!" Hou Sanjin said, and started turning the turntable on the table.

"Try this, barbecued pork. This is a specialty here. We don't have it in our hometown. It may not suit your taste, but since you are here, you still have to try it."

"Okay." Niu Dali smiled and picked up a piece of barbecued pork and put it in his mouth. It was a little sweet. To be honest, he didn't like the taste very much, but he still praised the dish for being delicious.

Apart from the barbecued pork, Niu Dali enjoyed the other dishes. He was a little hesitant at the beginning, but gradually he started to pick up his chopsticks and ate happily.

Hou Sanjin looked at Niu Dali's eating habits but he did not mean to laugh at him. Once upon a time, he was just like Niu Dali, but now these dishes were just average in his eyes.

Half an hour later, Niu Dali was leaning back in his chair, feeling full and enjoying a cigarette in his mouth.

"How is it, brother? Are you full?" Hou Sanjin looked at Niu Dali and said with a smile.

"Brother Sanjin, I'm full. I'm so full." Niu Dali laughed.

"Okay, then let's go. I'll take you to see my factory!" Hou Sanjin stood up and said with a smile.

"Okay, let's go!" Niu Dali stood up immediately after hearing this. He did not forget the purpose of his visit, which was to see the factory, or in Brother Yuan's words, to investigate the market.

The two of them took a truck and came to a small factory next to the Shenzhen River, more than 30 kilometers away. They could see the sign hanging on the factory from a distance: Jianxin Processing Factory.

This name actually has a meaning. Jian is Ma Jian's Jian, and Xin is Sanjin. So three golds make it Xin, right? That's how the name came about.

At first, Hou Sanjin wanted to add Yuan Mu's name, but Yuan Mu did not agree. He just wanted to be a behind-the-scenes person and there was no need for anything else.

The truck stopped in front of the processing plant, and then Hou Sanjin and Niu Dali got out of the car one after another. Niu Dali was very surprised when he saw the processing plant in front of him.

He was not surprised by the scale of the factory. He had seen bigger processing plants but they were all state-owned. But this processing plant belonged to Hou Sanjin!

"Da Li! My factory mainly processes some small commodities, such as screwdrivers, small hammers, watches, towels, earrings, hair accessories, brooches, hairpins, and some toys for children. There are quite a lot of varieties."

"This factory has two processing workshops, a raw material workshop, an office area, a cafeteria, and a loading area. Come, I'll take you to the processing workshop!" Hou Sanjin smiled and took Hou Sanjin into the workshop.

The noise in the workshop was still quite loud at this time. Looking around the workshop, there were probably dozens of people wearing uniform clothes and working with their heads down.

"Brother Sanjin, how much do you pay these people every month?" Niu Dali had no idea how many times he had been surprised. Everything he saw was completely overturning his cognition.