Upon hearing that George was interested, Manager Gao immediately said, "Of course! Come in and make the call. After you're done, tell me about the situation."

At this time, in the office of the Second Brigade of Fengyang Commune

Several village chiefs were discussing with the brigade secretary whether they could apply to the commune to borrow a tractor after the autumn harvest in a few days.

“Secretary, you see, we need to ensure the production of bamboo cups every day. If we don’t borrow a tractor for the autumn harvest, it will definitely be affected.”

"Yes, during the autumn harvest, everyone will definitely be in the fields rushing to harvest. If you can borrow a tractor, you can finish harvesting at least a day faster."

The brigade secretary certainly wanted to borrow a tractor, but the problem was that there were only two tractors in the entire Fengyang Commune, but there were thirteen brigades in total.

If you want to borrow a tractor during the autumn harvest, you can. However, the commune usually only lends them to the two brigades that delivered the most grain the previous year.

The second brigade had some bad luck last year, finishing third, so borrowing a tractor might not be an option.

"Is it that I don't want to lend it? The problem is, what reason do we need to give for lending it?"

Village Chief Xu suggested, "Let's just say it directly. We're worried that the autumn harvest will take too long, which will delay the production of bamboo cups and affect our cooperation with the food factory."

The brigade secretary shook his head vigorously: "You know perfectly well that the other brigades have always been envious of us. If you say that, they might just send people in the next day."

"That won't do!"

"That's right! Our own brigade still has plenty of manpower!"

"We definitely can't let other brigades send people over!"

The other village chiefs panicked when the brigade secretary spoke.

Actually, they weren't really afraid of delaying the production of bamboo cups, because the department store hadn't received any additional orders from the food factory this month, so they actually had some stock left.

They were thinking that since they had made some money from the bamboo cups this year, they would spend some money on gas to borrow a tractor so that everyone wouldn't have to work so hard during the autumn harvest.

But if you ask to borrow a tractor, and then have people from other brigades come over, they won't be happy about it.

The village chiefs looked at each other, unsure whether to continue trying to find a solution and borrow a tractor.

Just then, Huang Qinqin called.

When the brigade secretary heard the phone ring, he got up to answer it.

"Hello, this is the Second Brigade of Fengyang Commune. Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I am Huang Qinqin, Xu Weiguo's daughter-in-law. I would like to find the village chief of Xujia Village. Could you please call him and call him back in a bit?"

Huang Qinqin had only met the brigade secretary a few times and didn't quite recognize his voice.

Upon hearing that it was Huang Qinqin, the brigade secretary immediately said, "He'll be right next to me in no time. I'll let him answer the phone right away!"

"Old Xu! Quick! Come answer the phone! Comrade Huang Qinqin is looking for you!"

When Village Chief Xu heard Huang Qinqin call him, he was both nervous and expectant.

Since their cooperation with the food factory and oil press got on track, Huang Qinqin has not come to Xujia Village.

Now that she had suddenly called, Xu Jiacun knew that she must have something to say.

I just don't know if it's a good thing or...

With an indescribable nervousness, Village Chief Xu took the phone from the brigade secretary.

"Hello, Junhui's wife, you were looking for me?"

"Yes, Village Chief Xu, I would like to ask if you can carve portraits of people on the bamboo cups?"

After hearing Huang Qinqin's question, Village Chief Xu actually breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, but you need to be facing a person or have a blueprint to carve it from."

In Xujia Village, there are two old men whose carving skills are exceptional. Given a template, they can carve an exact replica.

If it weren't for the fear that Huang Qinqin would think he was bragging, Village Chief Xu would have said that there was nothing they couldn't carve.

Huang Qinqin breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and said happily, "That's good."

"Village Chief Xu, could you please tell these two gentlemen that I will be bringing a gentleman over tomorrow?"

"I'll trouble them to carve the bamboo cup right there in front of that gentleman."

"Tomorrow we must have the most skilled person do the carving. This is very important, extremely important."

The more Village Chief Xu listened, the more excited he became; his hands even started to tremble with excitement.

Seeing his expression, the other village chiefs couldn't hold back any longer and got up to go over to the phone to hear what they were saying.

"Don't worry, Junhui's wife, we will definitely find the most skilled sculptor to come!"

"Okay! No problem! Okay, see you tomorrow!"

After hanging up the phone, Village Chief Xu noticed that everyone had gathered around and asked curiously, "What are you all doing?"

The other village chiefs replied, "We just saw you were so excited, so we came over to hear what you were saying."

"Who knew you'd hang up the phone so soon after we got here? You seemed so agitated. Did Comrade Huang say anything to you?"

Upon hearing their question, Village Chief Xu's wide-open teeth snapped shut.

"Nothing's wrong. Since the tractor loan hasn't been settled yet, I'll head back now."

Village Chief Xu is shrewd. Last time, he let other villages in the Second Brigade get involved because they were afraid of not being able to deliver the goods in time.

Although the situation is still unclear, Huang Qinqin specifically emphasized that the person who sculpted the sculpture is very important.

Village Chief Xu guessed that the gentleman who would be coming with Huang Qinqin tomorrow was the most crucial person.

The brigade secretary had been standing by the side the whole time, and he had actually heard the conversation between Village Chief Xu and Huang Qinqin.

However, after listening to Huang Qinqin's words that whether things would succeed depended on tomorrow's situation, he remained silent.

......

After hanging up the phone, Huang Qinqin briefly told Manager Gao about her conversation with George.

Bang!

"Great! If we can get George to place another order, I will definitely give you credit for what I said above."

Manager Gao excitedly slapped the table several times. Huang Qinqin looked at the table, which was being slapped so hard, and felt sorry for Manager Gao's hand.

"Thank you, Manager Gao, but there's still one more question."

"I don't know what price to quote Mr. George, because carving a human figure is definitely much more difficult than carving bamboo."

"I originally wanted to quote 50 cents each, but these bamboo cups are traded directly with Xujia Village. Would it be inappropriate to quote that price?"

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This is indeed a big problem. Reporting too little is not cost-effective, but reporting too much is not good either.

The main issue is that the price of the goods is directly transferred to Xujia Village, so the amount cannot be too high.

Manager Gao was also undecided, so less than twenty minutes later, he called his superiors again.