"Comrade policeman, please help me find someone. "On May 19, 2019, an elderly man in his seventies came to a police station in Hubei, hoping to find an old friend he hadn't seen for 30 years.
The old man said that he had been in the United States since 30 years ago and that he was returning to China to get together with friends.
However, during the exchange, the old man said that if he could meet the old friend, he would like to sincerely apologize to him: "I'm sorry, I'm late ...... back."”
In the 80s of the last century, with the advancement of reform and opening up, many people chose to go to the sea to do business, and successfully made a lot of money, becoming the envy of everyone "10,000 yuan households".
Zhang Daohan was born in Chaoyang Lane, Beiliuyan, Hu** City, his family is wealthy, and his parents are very supportive of his idea of "doing business", and take out a sum of money as his "start-up capital".
Although he is only in his 20s, Zhang Daohan's business vision is very unique, and he is convinced that with the increase of people's income, color television will definitely become the mainstream.
Therefore, he decided to go into business in the sea, hoping to seize this business opportunity.
Zhang Daohan did not hesitate to decide on the purchase place - Guangzhou. Guangzhou is the southern gate of China and an important window for opening up in the early days of reform and opening up, with the country's first four-storey overpass and the country's first Sino-foreign joint venture five-star hotel.
It is not only convenient to purchase color TVs and other fresh gadgets in Guangzhou,And Guangzhou's open environment makes color TVs more reasonable。 With a wad of money in his pocket, Zhang Daohan resolutely got on the southbound train, ready to start his own business.
Although a color TV needed more than 1700 yuan in the mid-80s, it was also a lot of investment when the monthly income of residents was only about 50 yuan.
Zhang Daohan chose to take a risk, betting that he would not be wrong about the market. If he fails, he will face catastrophic consequences. But luckily, he won the bet. His color TV was very popular in his hometown in Hubei, and he used the money he earned to continue to go south to Guangzhou to buy goods.
As time went on, his career flourished. However, in 1987, when he was expectantly preparing to take home a hundred color TVs, he received a blow: his goods were faulty and were detained by the train station.
The loss of 170,000 yuan was a huge amount of money for him, and if he could not handle it locally, he would face a huge loss.
Zhang Daohan is running around, hoping to find a solution to the problem of his TV stuck at the train station. He approached the train station leader, but all he received was an empty response, telling him that he could only wait for news.
In desperation, Zhang Daohan remembered the friend he had made in the process of purchasing goods, Wang Mingguo, head of the financial section of the Guangzhou office of the Henan Provincial Foreign Trade Bureau. Although they were only nodding acquaintances, Zhang Daohan decided to give it a try.
He was not sure in his heart, but only by finding Wang Mingguo could he find a solution to the problem.
Zhang Daohan decided to give it a try, so he dialed Wang Mingguo's **. As soon as he finished explaining the question, Wang Mingguo became anxious: "Why do they treat you like this?" Wait a minute! ”
After saying that, he hung up**. Zhang Daohan was stunned, not knowing how things were going. After less than half an hour, Wang Mingguo came galloping on a bicycle and took Zhang Daohan to find the person in charge of the train station.
In Wang Mingguo's view, this is just a trivial matter, but for Zhang Daohan, it is like a life-saving grace. Since then, every time Zhang Daohan comes to Guangzhou, he will invite Wang Mingguo to have a meal, and the two have become friends who talk about everything.
Zhang Daohan exchanged 100 color TVs for huge profits, and business was booming. Wang Mingguo helped Zhang Daohan, but soon after he was transferred to the business section and fell into trouble. In the summer of 1987, the company sent Wang Mingguo to Zhengzhou to purchase 880,000 yuan of steel.
Unable to carry large amounts of cash, Wang Mingguo put his cash draft in his notebook and placed it in his handbag to ensure safety. On the train to Zhengzhou, Wang Mingguo remained vigilant, for fear of any accidents.
Fate always likes to play tricks on people, after Wang Mingguo arrived in Zhengzhou, he originally wanted to find a place to fill his stomach first, but because of an accident, the handbag was taken away by a thief. When he found that his bag was missing, he immediately called the police and quickly went to the bank to report the loss.
However, although there was not a penny of cash, it was delayed for a full three months, which seriously affected the company's procurement plan. In this case, the company can only dismiss Wang Mingguo.
Although it is only a punishment, it is undoubtedly a great humiliation for Wang Mingguo, who always feels that everyone is pointing fingers in the company and can't raise his head.
Wang Mingguo is a person with great self-esteem, and he is determined to start his own company. Inspired by the coal shortage in Guangzhou, he decided to ship coal from the north to Guangzhou for sale, hoping to make a lot of money.
However, the first problem he faced was the start-up capital. Although Wang Mingguo used to be a section chief, he gave all the money to his wife and daughter who immigrated to the United States, and his parents were too old to help him.
After careful consideration, Wang Mingguo decided to go to Hubei and ask his good brother Zhang Daohan for help. In June 1988, Wang Mingguo approached Zhang Daohan, hoping to get his help.
Between us, we don't have to pay attention to that. This shows Zhang Daohan's generosity and selflessness. Wang Mingguo contacted a coal boss in the north as agreed and gave him 15,000 yuan, but unexpectedly, after the coal boss received the money, the world evaporated, and the agreed coal was not delivered.
Wang Mingguo was in a predicament, but Zhang Daohan did not blame him, but comforted him, telling him not to be discouraged and try his best to solve the problem. Wang Mingguo was deeply moved and decided to find a way to solve this matter and repay Zhang Daohan's help.
Although his heart was full of anger, Wang Mingguo still tried to comfort himself: "It's okay, there are still 35,000 yuan, it's a big deal to start all over again." A month later, a friend of Wang Mingguo took the initiative to find him, saying that he had found a lead ore vein in Lingbao, Henan, but the funds were a little tight, and asked Wang Mingguo if he was interested in cooperating.
Mining is a lucrative business, Wang Mingguo was tempted at that time, and immediately took the rest of the money to Lingbao with his friends and invested all the money into it.
However, after more than a year of hard work, they still haven't found any ore. During this time, the 50,000 yuan was spent completely, and Wang Mingguo even had the idea of committing suicide.
To add insult to injury, when his wife learned in the United States that he had lost money in business and owed 50,000 yuan in foreign debts, she directly scolded Wang Mingguo, which led to a big rift in the relationship between the husband and wife.
Wang Mingguo felt that he had no face to go to the United States again, so he decided to go back to his hometown in Zhengzhou and live with his mother, younger brother, sister and others.
During his stay in Zhengzhou, Wang Mingguo has been burdened with a debt of 50,000 yuan and has always hoped to pay it off as soon as possible. However, he worked hard for 29 years at a relative's factory to watch the gates, but he was unable to save enough money to pay off his debts.
He knew that he couldn't face Zhang Daohan if he couldn't repay his debts, and in the past thirty years, he had never contacted Zhang Daohan, and his heart was full of guilt and pain: "In his eyes, I must be a **." ”
Under the pressure of life, Wang Mingguo gradually became numb, and it was difficult to let go of the past. Until 2017, 68-year-old Wang Mingguo was taken to live in San Francisco by his daughter, who and son-in-law have a high income in Silicon Valley, and if Wang Mingguo is willing, his daughter is fully capable of helping him pay off his debts.
The pride in Wang Mingguo's heart made it difficult for him to express his troubles. His time in the United States was not pleasant, and although he was proficient in foreign languages, he felt that he had not made any friends with those foreigners who had big noses and different ways of speaking.
At home, Wang Mingguo faced the sarcasm of his wife, and although his daughter and son-in-law were very enthusiastic about him, this enthusiasm was similar to that of treating guests, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Considering that his mother needs to be taken care of, Wang Mingguo made the decision to return to China in 2019. The daughter knew that her father had no life after returning to China, so she specially gave him tens of thousands of dollars for him to use for his retirement.
On April 13, Wang Mingguo arrived in Beijing by plane and returned to Zhengzhou by car shortly thereafter.
After resting at home for a few days, Wang Mingguo decided to find Zhang Daohan and return the money to him. He ordered a train ticket to ** on the 17th, and although Zhang Daohan's ** could not be reached, he still contacted many former friends for help, but he did not find Zhang Daohan's *** and home address.
In the end, Wang Mingguo asked ** for help and expressed his urgency: "I am 70 years old, I don't know how long I can live, and paying back the money is the heart disease of my life." ”
* I was deeply moved by Wang Mingguo's story and decided to go all out to help him. After unremitting efforts, ** successfully contacted Zhang Daohan, who was purchasing goods from other places, at 10 a.m. on the 18th.
Zhang Daohan received the ** from the police, and his heart was full of doubts and nervousness. He is a law-abiding citizen, how can he attract the attention of the police? He suspects that the police on the other end may be the police, because who will ask the police to help contact the creditor?
However, when the police said Wang Mingguo's name, Zhang Daohan's doubts were resolved. After confirming that the other party was not **, he immediately drove to **. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, in the Chaoyang Road Police Station of the Maojian District Public Security Bureau of ** City, Wang Mingguo recognized Zhang Daohan at a glance, and rushed forward to hold his hand and said: "I'm sorry brother, I'm late!" ”
The two old men hugged each other tightly, and it was a belated reunion.
Zhang Daohan didn't care about the 50,000 yuan, he never took this matter to heart. However, Wang Mingguo remembered this incident for 31 years, and even flew back from the United States to pay back the money, which made him feel very guilty.
Zhang Daohan held Wang Mingguo's hand and said, "You are so old, don't worry about it anymore!" When the two old friends were communicating, Wang Mingguo was a little embarrassed to say that he had not saved much money over the years, so he could only take out 100,000 yuan from his pension to return it to Zhang Daohan.
Although the 50,000 yuan in the 80s is far less than the 100,000 yuan in 2019, this is all Wang Mingguo can come up with.
Zhang Daohan faced his friend's proposal, and did not say generously: "You don't have to pay it back." He knew that if he really wanted to do this, it would be an insult to Wang Mingguo's mind.
Back then, he took out 50,000 yuan, which did have a certain impact on his business, and even made him give up the color TV business. During that time, he also changed his mobile phone number, but he never complained about Wang Mingguo.
It was his decision to lend money to his friends, so what was there to regret or resent? Zhang Daohan also said that if he knew that Wang Mingguo wanted to borrow money to do business, then he would definitely directly pull him into the gang.
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh and sigh a lot.
Fortunately, the friendship of 31 years ago has continued to ...... at this moment