Debt repayment is a matter of course, but in today's world, many debtors have become "uncles". In order to recover the debt, the creditors sought help from the police or went to court.
But Zhang Daohan and Wang Mingguo are somewhat different: one is a creditor who has completely forgotten that he has borrowed 50,000 yuan from someone else, and the other is a debtor who has to pay off his debts across half the world. This is a story that happened 33 years ago, and everything has to start with a business done by Zhang Daohan.
In the 1980s, China implemented the policy of reform and opening up, and China's economy ushered in a period of rapid development, and everything was in ruins to be rebuilt. Zhang Daohan, 20, also wants to take advantage of the wave of reform and opening up to go to the sea to make money, and after investigation, he found that the supply of television sets in coastal areas is abundant, while the inland areas are just the opposite.
He thought that if he could go to the coastal areas and ship the television back inland to sell, it would be a good opportunity to make money. Zhang Daohan informed his family of the idea and received their support.
So with the first venture fund raised by his family, Zhang Daohan stepped on the train south to Guangzhou. Because it was the first attempt, coupled with limited funds, Zhang Daohan only transported a few television sets back to test the water this time.
But TV sales were unexpectedly good, and several TV sets were quickly sold out. Many customers who did not buy it also urged Zhang Daohan to hurry up and buy goods. Zhang Daohan, who tasted the sweetness, began to dry it with confidence and boldness.
Because of the purchase of goods, Zhang Daohan often needed to go to Guangzhou, during which time he met Wang Mingguo, the chief of the financial section of the Henan Provincial Foreign Trade Bureau in Guangzhou.
At this time, Zhang Daohan and Wang Mingguo should not have expected that each other would become each other's nobles in the future.
In 1987, Zhang Daohan went to Guangzhou to buy goods as always, but this time there was a little accident. As the business grew bigger and bigger, Zhang Daohan bought more and more television sets, and this time he bought 100 tv sets in one go.
Just as he was about to make a fortune by transporting the TV sets back, Zhang Daohan encountered malicious obstruction from competitors at the train station, resulting in his 100 TVs not being able to get on the train and being transported away.
No matter how hard Zhang Daohan pleaded or coerced and seduced, the other party did not eat softly or hard, that is, did not buy it, and made up his mind not to let Zhang Daohan transport the goods. At this time, Zhang Daohan was impatient, he could not let this batch of goods appear a little lost, otherwise he would suffer heavy losses. Just when Zhang Daohan's six gods were without a master, Wang Mingguo appeared.
Wang Mingguo just came to the railway station to do something, and he was preparing to leave after finishing his work, when he saw a familiar figure. Approaching to see that it was his friend Zhang Daohan, he saw that Zhang Daohan was very anxious, so he went to ask Zhang Daohan what happened.
After learning of Zhang Daohan's situation, Wang Mingguo used his little connections to help Zhang Daohan solve the problem and let the goods be transported smoothly.
Zhang Daohan is very grateful for Wang Mingguo's help this time, and since then, as long as he goes to Guangzhou, he will meet with Wang Mingguo for a small gathering, and the friendship between the two has become deeper and deeper.
Wang Mingguo did not take this matter too seriously, it was just a show of hands for him. But he was happy to help his friend out of trouble.
But Heaven did not take care of him because of his righteousness.
Not long after that incident, Wang Mingguo was transferred to the marketing department, mainly to do material procurement work. Once, he was tasked with taking an 880,000 yuan cash draft to Henan to buy steel.
Who knows that halfway through, Wang Mingguo was actually thief, and all 880,000 yuan of cash drafts were stolen. Fortunately, after Wang Mingguo found out that he had been stolen, he immediately reported to the police, and then quickly reported the loss of the cash draft to avoid the 880,000 yuan being taken away.
Although the unit did not suffer any major losses, Wang Mingguo was still punished and demoted.
After being demoted, Wang Mingguo also had no intention of continuing to work in the unit. Over the years, he has come into contact with many people who have made a fortune by going to the sea to do business, so he has long had the idea of resigning and going to the sea.
Not to mention that after his dismissal, his salary could not afford to pay for his wife and daughter living in the United States. In order to make his wife and daughter more comfortable in the United States, Wang Mingguo made up his mind to go to the sea to do business.
After making a decision, Wang Mingguo immediately resigned. But the first start-up capital of the business was difficult for Wang Mingguo, who could not come up with so much money at this time.
When Wang Mingguo was at a loss, a person's name appeared in his mind, that is, Zhang Daohan, who was also doing business.
Zhang Daohan has done a good job in business in recent years, and he is one of the few people around Wang Mingguo who can come up with a large amount of money. And because the relationship between the two is relatively close, Wang Mingguo is more willing to open his mouth to Zhang Daohan.
In June 1988, Wang Mingguo arrived in Shiyan, Hubei Province, to find Zhang Daohan and explain his intentions to him. After Zhang Daohan listened, he did not hesitate to take out 50,000 yuan in cash from the bank and handed it to Wang Mingguo, without even asking him to write an IOU or ask for a return date.
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Wang Mingguo did not expect Zhang Daohan to trust himself so much, and he firmly remembered this friendship in his heart. Although Zhang Daohan did not mention the matter of repaying the money, Wang Mingguo was determined to earn money as soon as possible to pay off this debt.
After borrowing money, Wang Mingguo immediately embarked on his entrepreneurial path, but fate still did not take care of him.
Wang Mingguo first took the 50,000 yuan and others to open a lead mine in Henan, but when all the money was spent, the mine did not dig out lead. This means that the mine is not worth anything at all, and all the money invested by Wang Mingguo has been lost.
Later, Wang Mingguo tried other entrepreneurial opportunities, but they did not go well. In fact, Wang Mingguo could have gone to the United States to live with his wife and daughter, but due to the long-term separation of the two places, Wang Mingguo's relationship with his wife has been much worse than before, and after several thoughts, he still decided to continue to stay in China.
Just like this, Wang Mingguo was unable to repay Zhang Daohan's arrears until he retired. During this period, out of the guilt of not being able to repay the money for a long time and the busyness of doing business, the contact between Wang Mingguo and Zhang Daohan became less and less, and there was no contact directly because of the change of contact information and other reasons. But Wang Mingguo has not forgotten the 50,000 yuan in arrears, which he has always kept in mind.
After retirement, Wang Mingguo stayed in Zhengzhou, watching the gates of a factory opened by relatives. In 2017, the daughter with a successful career brought Wang Mingguo to the United States and wanted him to retire in the United States.
But Wang Mingguo did not stay in the United States for long, and he proposed to his daughter to return to China. One is because Wang Mingguo cannot adapt to life in the United States, and the other reason is that Wang Mingguo cannot bear to leave his elderly mother alone in China.
The daughter respected her father's decision, in order not to let her father work too hard in the country, before his father left, she gave her father tens of thousands of dollars as living expenses.
Wang Mingguo thus embarked on a flight back to China alone. Sitting on the plane, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, Wang Mingguo remembered the 50,000 yuan arrears.
Now that he has tens of thousands of dollars in living expenses that his daughter has given him, he wants to use it to pay off his debts. Wang Mingguo once thought about letting his daughter help pay off the debt, but he knew that it was not easy for his daughter to work hard in the United States, and 50,000 yuan was not a small amount for them.
Now, he had the ability to pay off his debts, and the idea of repaying his debts became stronger and stronger in Wang Mingguo's heart.
After returning to China, Wang Mingguo took a short break and got on the train to Shiyan, Hubei Province, preparing to look for Zhang Daohan. After arriving in Shiyan, Wang Mingguo first came to Zhang Daohan's former home, but they had already moved away.
Wang Mingguo called again to contact the two once common friends, but as time passed, they did not have Zhang Daohan's contact information.
After looking around and failing to contact Zhang Daohan, Wang Mingguo was very disappointed, he did not know whether he could fulfill this wish in his lifetime.
With the last glimmer of hope, Wang Mingguo walked into the local police station, hoping that the police could help him find it. Wang Mingguo, who had been busy looking for Zhang Daohan, did not even find out, it was more than 5 o'clock in the morning.
The police on duty that day were also very surprised to see that there was an old man coming to the police station so late, and what surprised him even more was that this was still a debtor who took the initiative to come to the police station to find the creditor. Usually, creditors come to the police station for help, hoping that the police can find evasive debtors, and this is the first time that debtors have taken the initiative to find creditors.
After talking, they also learned that the arrears spanned 30 years. Touched by Wang Mingguo's persistence, the police station quickly found Zhang Daohan's information in the public security system according to Wang Mingguo's description and contacted Zhang Daohan.
Zhang Daohan first received a call and heard the other end of the phone telling him to go to the police station, saying that someone had come to pay him back. Zhang Daohan also thought he had met a fraudster, but when he learned that the person who came to pay off the debt was named Wang Mingguo, some dusty memories were opened.
He remembered that he had indeed lent money to Wang Mingguo. But Zhang Daohan never expected that after more than 30 years, this money could actually return to his hands!
Hanging up the phone, Zhang Daohan hurried to the police station and saw Wang Mingguo, who had come from afar to pay off his debts. The two embraced each other excitedly, and Wang Mingguo's first words when he saw Zhang Daohan were: "I'm sorry brother, I'm too late to pay back this money!" ”。
The two people who calmed down began to talk for a long time, and Zhang Daohan knew that Wang Mingguo had been feeling guilty for not being able to repay the 50,000 yuan in time for all these years.
The 50,000 yuan was also a huge amount of money for Zhang Daohan, but for Wang Mingguo, who had helped him, he still chose to borrow it. For this reason, his television business at that time was affected by the lack of capital turnover, which led him to eventually switch to other businesses.
But he did not complain about Wang Mingguo, and even after all these years, he forgot his debt. Just as Wang Mingguo did not rest assured of the show of hands, Zhang Daohan also did not rest assured about this 50,000 yuan.
At this point, this debt spanning more than 30 years has come to a successful end.
Zhang Daohan and Wang Mingguo are two people worthy of praise, one is repaid by the fountain of grace, and the other is honest and trustworthy.
Such a quality is really valuable in today's society where "Lao Lai" is prevalent!
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