"Stop meddling in my affairs. Don't you know how old Fourth Brother is?" Zhou Qinglan pinched Sheng Xiping angrily.

Sheng Xiping rubbed his aching waist, then pulled his wife into a tight embrace and kissed her twice.

"Alright, alright, I don't care anymore. Let's talk about something else."

As a result of the discussion, Zhou Qinglan was almost late for work the next day.

Fortunately, classes started later during the holiday than usual, and there was no morning self-study session, so Zhou Qinglan arrived at the classroom just in time.

When Sheng Xiping returned, he inevitably had to visit the factory.

Huayang Furniture Factory has been separated and relocated to a nearby factory area.

Furniture fairs in various places have been very successful, with orders pouring in and already booked until next year.

The factory now operates on three shifts, with workers resting while the machines keep running, but even so, they are still a bit overwhelmed.

In terms of sheet materials, there are also many orders from both domestic and international sources.

Other smaller projects, after a meeting of the factory's core personnel, were all contracted out to various forest farms, and the returns were quite good.

"President Sheng, our furniture factory has received a batch of overseas orders, and the customer feedback has been quite good."

I think we should consider expanding production, or building a branch factory, and setting aside a separate department specifically for exports to study foreign preferences and target the high-end market.

At the end of the meeting, Zheng Hua and others offered a small suggestion.

Sheng Xiping nodded. This was indeed a good idea. He had originally planned to export as well, but the domestic market was not yet stable, so he had not planned to take such a big step.

But now, I have to think about it.

"I have an idea: to open another branch factory, move the domestic furniture production to the branch factory, and focus on exports from here. What do you think?"

During the few days that the father-in-law and son-in-law spent with Zhou Mingyuan in Harbin, they came up with many ways to develop the economy of the forest area.

Sheng Xiping believes that the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau had done a very good job in developing multiple industries, under-forest economy, and comprehensive utilization of forestry.

Heilongjiang Province has abundant forestry resources, and this system can be completely adopted from there.

The mountains are full of treasures; with proper planning and diligent management, the future benefits are considerable.

In addition, attracting more capital investment to build factories and making use of timber resources is another approach.

Therefore, Sheng Xiping plans to find a suitable location in Heilongjiang Province and build another factory there.

That place is close to Russia, making it very convenient to import timber or purchase it locally.

Furthermore, it can also be seen as helping my father-in-law by solving the employment problem for some unemployed young people in the forest area.

As for the rest, Sheng Xiping couldn't think of that many for the time being; he'd just have to take it one step at a time.

With the abundant forestry resources of Heilongjiang Province, as long as one is determined to do it, one can still achieve results.

Zheng Hua and the others had no objections to this. The factory belonged to Sheng Xiping, and no one had the right to interfere with where he wanted to develop it.