After investigation, it was found that there are several wineries in the area, producing wines of good quality.

Chen Ruiqing lived in Russia when he was young and maintained contact with the country after returning. It was because of this that he was sent to a labor camp a few years ago.

Xu Guoxing meant that this collaboration with Sheng Xiping involved employees of the Finance Bureau investing in the company.

Immediately, Sheng Xiping, Wu Yucheng, and others discussed the specific details of the cooperation with Xu Guoxing and others, including how much each party would contribute and what percentage of shares they would hold.

Sheng Xiping thought the suggestion was acceptable. In fact, he didn't care how much money the other party invested; he just wanted to find a local backer.

The machine I ordered from overseas has already been shipped and should arrive soon.

After the workers were recruited, they underwent pre-job training. Then, Sheng Xiping contacted various forestry bureaus to send timber to this area.

As a result, truckloads of logs were continuously shipped over from forestry bureaus within the province and neighboring provinces.

The factory is located near the train station, and a section of railway branch line was specially connected to the factory, so timber from other places can be transported directly into the factory and unloaded.

Logs were continuously transported into the factory, and soon countless stacks of logs were piled up inside.

These woods will be processed according to different tree species, and finally made into various types of boards, furniture and so on.

In early April, the machines were delivered one after another. After all the machines were installed and debugged, the factory began trial operation.

On April 25th, the sixth day of the third lunar month, Huayang Wood Products Processing Factory officially opened for business.

On the opening day, Chen Ruiqing specially brought people over, including leaders from Tonghua and Hunjiang areas, as well as the county's Party Secretary and others, to offer their congratulations and participate in the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony.

In addition, many forestry bureaus in the province, as well as clients who have business dealings with Tengyue Trading Company, and even many foreign merchants, also attended the opening ceremony.

On the day of its opening alone, the processing plant signed supply contracts with domestic and foreign customers for more than 10,000 cubic meters of plywood, decorative panels, multi-layer composite boards, and solid wood particleboard.

At the same time, we also signed an order for 20,000 boxes of disposable chopsticks with a Japanese customer.

Excluding domestic orders, the sale of sanitary chopsticks alone can generate $350,000 in foreign exchange.

With other overseas orders added, the company earned nearly a million US dollars in foreign exchange on its first day of business.

Secretary Guan and others who attended the opening ceremony were overjoyed. This time, their county had other commodities that could generate significant foreign exchange earnings, in addition to ginseng.

"Oh dear, what a pity. It would have been great if your factory had opened earlier. I would have registered your factory to participate in the Spring Trade Fair."

"With just these products from your factory, you might be able to secure quite a few orders." Chen Ruiqing was filled with regret, saying he had missed a great opportunity.

"Brother, there's no rush. If we can't catch up this year, there's always next year."

The factory has just started operating, and the product range isn't extensive enough yet. We can go to the Spring Trade Fair later after we've developed some new products.

In the short term, Sheng Xiping has no plans to attend the Canton Fair.

Currently, the company's products are not high-end enough and are too easy to imitate. Although going to the Canton Fair can bring in large orders, it is also easy to attract attention.

Right now, the factory is still too small, so steady development is the priority; we can take care of the rest later.

Sheng Xiping appointed Zheng Hua as the factory director of the integrated processing plant, in charge of all aspects of the plant's operations. Yu Haitao and Wang Jianye were appointed as deputy factory directors to assist Zheng Hua in managing the plant.

Yu Haibin and his comrades were responsible for the factory's fire safety, security, and other safety work.

Then, several young people who were educated, familiar with the production process of the processing plant, and conscientious and responsible were selected from the workers and promoted to workshop director, section chief, etc., to be specifically responsible for the production work of the relevant workshops and sections.

Private enterprises are naturally different from state-owned enterprises; their management is much stricter.

The factory has strict rules and regulations, and everything is done in accordance with them. Anyone who violates the rules will be punished accordingly.

At first, the workers might not be used to it, but because of the high wages, they had no choice but to endure it, and over time, they gradually got used to it.

While the processing plant is developing steadily, preparations for construction to begin in Heihe also started at the end of April.

In early April, Sheng Xiping arranged for Wang Dongcheng, Sun Jinggang, Zhang Zhiqiang, and Pan Desheng to go to Heihe.

Together with Xu Guoxing's relatives and several family representatives from the Finance Bureau, they formed the Longjiang International Hotel Project Department, specifically responsible for the construction of the hotel and warehouse.

Sheng Xiping instructed Sun Jinggang and his team to prioritize building the warehouse.

In two months, the goods they ordered from various places will be shipped to Heihe one after another. If the warehouse is not built, it will cause too much delay.

Following Sheng Xiping's instructions, Sun Jinggang and others completed the warehouse, covering an area of ​​20,000 to 30,000 square meters, by late June without delaying the hotel's construction.

After the warehouse was built, Sheng Xiping asked Chen Weiguo and Wang Jianshe to select suitable people from their relatives to be responsible for transporting and storing various supplies to Heihe.

Sheng Xiping has received a message from Xu Guoxing that after several rounds of consultations, Heihe and Blagoveshchensk have decided to open border trade this winter.

Therefore, Sheng Xiping asked these people to go to Heihe in advance to prepare, and also asked them to find teachers to learn Russian.

You don't need to be an expert; just be able to have a simple conversation and know the prices of things being bought and sold.

Time flies by in the midst of busyness, and in the blink of an eye, nearly half of July has passed.

The students Zhou Qinglan taught are all on vacation after taking the college entrance examination. Now they just need to wait for their scores and admission results.

Zhou Qinglan will likely be teaching freshmen again in the fall, so she won't be teaching this holiday, which is quite relaxing for her.

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