Chapter 271 Customization Success
The couple felt much more relaxed after they had a plan. The next morning, Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen had breakfast, prepared some small gifts, and rode their bicycles to the commune.
They arrived quite early and Secretary Cui had not yet come to work. The two of them wandered around the nearby supply and marketing cooperative before returning to the commune.
At this moment, Secretary Cui had just arrived. He had heard that Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen were coming to see him, and was sitting in the office waiting.
Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen walked into the office and put the small gift on the table first.
Tan Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Cui, this is the bacon made by my grandma. It tastes good. I brought it here for you to try. Also, this is dried vegetables, and these are dried fruits..."
Although these things are local specialties of Shang Ruoting's family, they are rare and good things in the eyes of outsiders, especially the bacon made by Old Mrs. Shang. Secretary Cui had eaten it once when he went to Zhao Fa's house last time, and he knew that it was made by Old Mrs. Shang. The taste was simply amazing.
If he could not save face, he would have wanted to run to Tan Chen's house and ask for some. Now, someone took the initiative to send it to him. How could Secretary Cui not be happy?
"Hahaha...you two are really good at it. You know Uncle Cui's preferences when giving gifts."
Secretary Cui liked the young couple more and more. He took the woolen cloth given to him last time and made a coat for him and his wife. They looked so stylish when they went out. Now that they came to his house and he had plenty of time, he would feel guilty if he didn't do something for them.
"Is there something you two need from me so early?"
Tan Chen never liked to beat around the bush, so when Secretary Cui asked, he directly stated his purpose.
"Uncle Cui, this is what's going on. I'm planning to order some fertilizer from the Fengxian Fertilizer Factory, but they're only willing to accept the order in the name of the commune..."
Of course, Tan Chen also ignored the fact that non-acids were used instead of free acids. After all, this was something his wife had figured out, and before he planned to promote it, he didn't want to make his wife too high-profile.
Especially things like fertilizers, they were all developed by people engaged in scientific research. Even if someone said that it was Shang Ruoting who came up with it, no one would recognize it.
Secretary Cui was puzzled. Although he didn't know the main ingredients of the fertilizer, Tan Chen and his team didn't want to use the fertilizer made by the fertilizer factory, and they even wanted to customize a fertilizer that removed a certain element...
"Tan Chen, Ruoting, Uncle Cui doesn't treat you as outsiders. Fertilizer is used to grow crops. This is not a joke. If you change the formula casually and affect the harvest, you will lose money."
Shang Ruoting knew that Secretary Cui's reminder was well-intentioned. She had the same idea as Tan Chen and did not want to disclose the fact that the fertilizer composition had been changed for the time being.
"Uncle Cui, this is just our idea. Even if this fertilizer is processed, it will be used by us. If it really affects the harvest, we will bear the consequences ourselves."
Secretary Cui saw her resolute attitude and sighed, "Well...it's a good thing for you young people to have your own ideas. Uncle Cui will help you with this."
He was secretly worried about Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen, fearing that they would lose money in the first year of contracting the land, and would not even be able to pay the public grain.
Seeing that Secretary Cui had spoken, Tan Chen quickly stepped forward and said, "Uncle Cui, can you give us a letter of introduction right now? Ruoting and I will go to the fertilizer factory today to get things done."
Secretary Cui looked at Tan Chen's anxious expression and shook his head helplessly: "Okay, I'll write you a letter of introduction right away."
Soon, Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen received a letter of introduction with the seal of Liuhe Commune.
Secretary Cui saw the two men about to leave and stopped them.
He opened the drawer of his desk and took out several colorful bills.
"Here, take this. You need a ticket to buy fertilizer."
Not to mention Shang Ruoting, an outsider, even Tan Chen didn't know that buying fertilizer required tickets.
Since he joined the army at the age of sixteen, he has not been involved in agricultural matters, let alone buying fertilizers.
Secretary Cui saw the two men standing there in a daze and stuffed the fertilizer ticket into Tan Chen's hand.
"Here, I don't know if I need a fertilizer ticket to order from the fertilizer factory. This is from our commune. You can bring it with you. If you need a ticket, you'll have it."
Tan Chen gratefully accepted the fertilizer ticket, sincerely thanked Secretary Cui, and then took Shang Ruoting on a bicycle to Fengxian Fertilizer Plant.
This time, Tan Chen directly said in the mail room that he wanted to see Director Xu.
The people in the mail room had seen Tan Chen yesterday and knew what he wanted to see Director Xu about, so they didn't waste any time and went to call for help immediately.
Soon, Director Xu came to the mail room.
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