Reborn on My Wedding Night: This Time, I Won't Fail My Soldier Husband
But that was several years later.
The eighties were an era of rapid development. Gold was everywhere in China, and those who were bold had already made a fortune.
In her past life, Lu Yuhuai had started too late; there were already several well-established appliance repair shops in Beijing.
"You want to invest in your brother?"
Lu Yuzhou immediately understood the implication in Dong Shuyao’s words.
Dong Shuyao nodded, then shook her head: "It’s not exactly investing in my brother. You can think of it as a partnership—I provide the capital, he provides the labor. It’s a joint business venture."
Although she provided the money, she was going to follow Lu Yuzhou to the island to join the military.
From preparation to opening and daily operations, the eldest brother and sister-in-law would have to handle everything. Dong Shuyao would just be a silent partner, so splitting the shop fifty-fifty meant the couple wasn't taking advantage of her.
The premise of giving money directly was that Dong Shuyao had to ensure that these five hundred yuan could be used to generate profit for her brother and sister-in-law.
Money would eventually run out, but investing in a stable, profitable industry could generate a continuous stream of cash.
In 1925, foreigners had already invented color televisions, and China’s first color TV was born in Tianjin in 1970.
However, color TVs were not yet widely popularized, and there were fewer than fifty in all of China.
Dong Shuyao had seen one in the dormitory of a national treasure-level professor in Beijing.
But she believed that in the near future, color televisions would settle into the homes of thousands of ordinary people.
She could let her brother learn new techniques and repair ordinary appliances for now. Once color TVs became popular, the scarcity of skilled technicians would become apparent.
By then, their shop would be a well-regarded, established business, and her brother’s skills would be specialized. Would they have to worry about the shop not growing?
They could even find ways to source some color TVs to sell in the shop.
While selling color TVs, they could offer after-sales service, providing free repairs for any quality issues within six months or a year.
With that, would they ever have to worry about a lack of business?
In her past life, she had struggled in places like Hong Kong and learned many skills to protect herself.