Chapter 716 Wang Jianmin Visits
Thinking of this, Fu Wan couldn't help but admire her third uncle's quick thinking. If he got a seafood collection ship, it would seem like he would have to spend more money and hire more people in the early stages, but in reality, he would be able to collect more seafood. At that time, not only restaurants in Longhai City, but also restaurants in several nearby provinces would probably come to him to purchase seafood.
With that in mind, Fu Wan started making plans. To be honest, after the New Year, she planned to increase the production line of the cannery so that in addition to canned fish, other seafood products could also be produced.
For example, fish cakes, dried seaweed, squid tentacles, etc., everyone's life will only get better and better in the future, and the market for snacks will also grow bigger and bigger.
If she were to participate in Fu San's fresh produce collection ship, wouldn't that mean she could also receive the freshest raw materials at the lowest cost?
This thought lingered in Fu Wan's mind. When Fu San saw that she didn't speak, he assumed that she disagreed.
Just as he was pondering whether to continue persuading or give up, Fu Wan spoke up, "Third Uncle, I can get involved in this. But you know I'm usually busy. After the New Year, I not only have to go to sea, but my cannery and aquaculture also need to start full-scale operations. If I get involved, I probably won't be able to devote much energy to it."
Another thing is that if I become a shareholder, I can get a discount on the catch from the boat if I want to buy it in the future.
Even disregarding cost price, a 20% or 10% discount off the market price would be acceptable.
Fu San hadn't expected that Fu Wan had already thought of buying fish, but considering that Fu Wan also had a cannery, he immediately agreed.
"That's no problem. As long as it's not an expensive fish, it doesn't matter if we take it back at cost price."
This prompted Fu Wan to joke again: "Third Uncle, that won't do. Buying fresh seafood boats also costs diesel and labor. If you give me the cost price, you'll lose money later!"
"Oh, I forgot about the diesel and labor costs. That's why I have to work with you. Sometimes my brain really isn't working properly!"
After telling Fu Wan this, Fu San felt completely relieved. He hadn't been sure if Fu Wan would agree, so he had been on tenterhooks ever since Fu Laoda refused. Now that there was finally a result, he felt relieved.
"Okay, after the ninth day of the month, I'll ask if there are any suitable second-hand boats. Then I'll have someone load the cold storage and other equipment onto it, and hire a few reliable boatmen. That should do the trick."
Fu Wan nodded in agreement, "Okay, you can see how much it costs later, and I'll wire it to you in the county town after the New Year."
"No rush. I just had this idea myself. I'll tell you after the New Year when I find out which company has a suitable boat."
The uncle and nephew chatted happily back and forth, and Fu Ming, watching from afar, couldn't help but come closer.
"Ah Wan, Third Uncle, what are you talking about?"
She didn't hide anything from her older brother, Fu Wan, and told him about Fu San's plan to set up a seafood collection boat. At the end, she even asked Fu Ming if he wanted to get involved.
After understanding the whole story, Fu Ming hesitated for two seconds and then shook his head.
"I won't participate. I just need to go out to sea to fish and help you with the cannery when I have time."
Seeing this, Fu Wan didn't force him to invest. Fu Ming's ambitions had never been great; he would be content with making a little money.
While the group chatted and laughed, Qin Anning and the children finished their prayers to Mazu. As usual, Fu Wan went to the manager and donated 888 yuan, asking him to offer incense to Mazu on her behalf.
Eight hundred and eighty-eight yuan—this was basically the largest donation among those who came to offer incense these past few days. The comrade in charge immediately beamed with joy and repeatedly agreed.
It was almost ten o'clock when everyone got home. Ye Xiaocui had laid out candy and some snacks at home, waiting for the village children to come over.
The weather from the first to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year was mixed, with both sunny and cloudy skies. On the ninth day, there was even thunder.
The rain continued to drizzle until the Lantern Festival. After the Lantern Festival, not only did the cannery workers return to work, but many fishermen also went to the dock every day to check if the wind was strong enough to go out to sea to fish.
On their first voyage of the new year, everyone wanted to bring good fortune.
The day after the Lantern Festival, Fu Wan got up and saw that the weather had cleared up, so she strolled to the backyard and fed Xiao Huang some water.
After the New Year, not only did the two-legged creatures get fatter, but this bird also gained quite a bit of weight.
This is all thanks to Fu Ming, who personally taught and guided Fu Ling and Qin Mingzhu how to catch sparrows. In such cold weather, the sparrows in Fu Family Village suffered greatly, with one sparrow ending up in Little Yellow's belly almost every day.
This doesn't even include what it catches by flying out on its own. So over the course of a year, Fu Wan watched as its body visibly swelled up, and she worried that it had become a free-range chicken and wouldn't be able to fly anymore.
"Is Factory Director Fu home?"
"exist!"
Hearing the commotion coming from the front yard, Fu Wan quickly went around to the front. Through the gate, she actually saw Wang Jianmin, who should have been at the cannery.
There was also a complete stranger standing next to him.
"Uncle Wang, Happy New Year! What brings you here today?"
"Happy New Year! Factory Director, I've come to you to discuss something!"
Wang Jianmin greeted her with a smile, and then introduced the people next to him to Fu Wan.
"This is my junior high school classmate, Director Zhou of the county's food processing plant. The peach shortbread and other similar products we used to eat were produced by their factory."
"Director Fu, hello!"
"Hey, Director Zhou! Uncle Wang, please come in and sit down, it's quite cold standing outside,"
Fu Wan responded and hurriedly invited them into the house, pouring them both a cup of hot tea.
Zhou Haoran looked around. Before, when Wang Jianmin told him that this Factory Director Fu could solve their factory's predicament, he thought it was a pipe dream. But now, seeing such a beautiful building and decoration, he couldn't help but believe it a little.
If he remembered correctly, Wang Jianmin had said that their factory director's main job was fishing, and being a factory director was just a side job. How could a fisherman really earn so much money and build such a beautiful house?
And if he wasn't mistaken, there was a car under the tarpaulin outside. Although he couldn't tell what kind of car it was, it looked much better than their factory manager's bicycle.
Yes, this guy is definitely rich.
Fu Wan didn't miss the scrutiny in Zhou Haoran's eyes, which was normal. After her house was completed, all the uncles, aunts, and other relatives in the village came to visit, and those in the village who wanted to build a house came to ask her for the blueprints.
Fu Wan didn't hide anything and simply put the relevant drawings at the village committee so that whoever wanted them could take them and draw one themselves, otherwise she would be annoyed to death all day long.
If the entire village is built with multi-story buildings, and they are all done to a similar standard, it will be convenient to open agritainment businesses and develop tourism in the future!
"Uncle Wang, what brings you here today...?"
"Oh, Director Fu, didn't you tell me a while ago that you wanted to expand the production line? This food processing plant wants to sell the production line, and in my haste, I brought the person over directly."
"Oh, I see," Fu Wan suddenly realized, then looked at Zhou Haoran.
"Comrade, are you selling the production line or the factory?"
Zhou Haoran was surprised by Fu Wan's directness and quickly replied, "We will only sell a portion of the production line; the entire factory will not be sold."
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