Sun Jigang's words stunned Qiao Baozhu and Sun Jihong.
"Second brother, how do you know Baozhu is my partner? Have you seen her before?"
Sun Jihong raised her little pink fist and gently hit Sun Jigang on the shoulder.
"Alright, Sun Lao Er, you're really amazing. Which great immortal did you learn this from? You can even tell fortunes now."
Sun Jihong really thought that Sun Jigang had learned fortune-telling from an expert. She stretched out her hands to Sun Jigang with shining eyes and said flatteringly, "Second brother, please tell me if I can make a lot of money in this life."
Sun Jigang pointed at his sister who looked obsessed with money and raised his chin towards Qiao Baozhu.
"I think you look quite smart, why did you choose this idiot from our family to be your partner?"
Qiao Baozhu glanced at Sun Jihong, who lowered her hands and looked disappointed, and smiled faintly and said seriously: "Integrity is important in doing business. Sister Jihong is frank and sincere. I believe she will never cheat me."
When Sun Jihong heard this, she straightened her back, raised her head and looked proud.
Sun Jigang felt embarrassed to look at that proud and arrogant look.
Sun Jigang has seen countless people and can see that his sister likes her friend Qiao Baozhu very much, and Qiao Baozhu is not a cunning person.
Thinking that this was the first time that Sun Jihong took the initiative to do something, as a man who dotes on his sister, Sun Jigang would of course support her with both hands.
"Sister Baozhu, I am a few years older than you, so I have the audacity to call you sister."
Sun Jigang's face turned red and he touched his nose embarrassedly.
Qiao Baozhu looked calm and said openly, "Then I will follow Sister Jihong and call you second brother. I hope Director Sun won't blame me for trying to establish a relationship with you."
Sun Jigang was a little embarrassed at first, because his younger sister was his father's daughter, a dozen years younger than him. Qiao Baozhu looked even younger, and seemed to be only two years older than his daughter.
He is a man in his forties, and it always feels shameless for him to call a little girl "sister".
Qiao Baozhu openly called him "Second Brother", which made Sun Jigang feel much better.
However, Sun Jigang forgot one thing. When Qiao Baozhu came in, she followed Sun Jihong and called him "Second Brother".
Qiao Baozhu is generous and capable, which makes Sun Jigang look stingy in contrast.
"Sister, please sit here. I have something I want to ask you in detail."
Sun Jigang knew what kind of person his sister was. She wanted to do business on impulse. Even if the specific details were mentioned, they were Qiao Baozhu's ideas.
He still needed to find out from Qiao Baozhu what was worrying him.
Qiao Baozhu thought to herself, I have been here for almost an hour and I finally got to the point.
Things progressed quickly afterwards. Sun Jigang asked Qiao Baozhu many questions about the details of the small workshop.
Qiao Baozhu explained her ideas to Sun Jigang one by one, including that she was currently planning to purchase four sewing machines and how to make clothes.
"Ah, you still want to buy a sewing machine? Four sewing machines are really expensive, Baozhu, do you have that much money?"
Sun Jihong was just as her second brother thought. She had an empty mind and decided to do business based on her passion.
Don't ask anything else and don't think about anything else.
"I still have the money for the sewing machine. The other issue is the fabric. I need to ask my second brother to introduce a reliable textile factory. If the fabric can be purchased from the factory and the material cost is transferred to the labor wages, the profit will come out."
Sun Jigang nodded and said, "Leave the sewing machine to me. I can give it to you today. You don't have to worry about the textile factory. Our supply and marketing cooperative has a large volume of goods. When the goods arrive, it will be easy for us to distribute them to you."
Qiao Baozhu did not accept Sun Jigang's kindness.
"Brother, Jihong and I came to you not to take advantage of you. We want to expand our business little by little. It is not a long-term solution to always ask you for help."
Although Qiao Baozhu had never worked in the supply and marketing cooperative, she could guess what the "even" that Sun Jigang mentioned meant.
Ever since she worked as a warehouse manager in the farm canteen, Qiao Baozhu understood why some people would rather be salespersons in the supply and marketing cooperative than become cadres in the commune.
Whether it is a canteen or a supply and marketing cooperative, each batch of goods must be counted before entering the warehouse. Generally speaking, the number of goods received will definitely be more than the ordered quantity.
For example, a truckload of cabbage arrived at the canteen, and the delivery note stated that there were 1,000 tons of cabbage, but in fact there were 1,100 tons of cabbage.
The extra hundred tons of cabbage are often divided among the canteen manager, accountant, and warehouse manager.
The same goes for the supply and marketing cooperatives. Why is Sun Jihong so wealthy?
On the books, there were 100 Dacron shirts, but in reality, there were 103 or even 105. If three or five were reported as defective or lost, the 57 or 8 Dacron shirts would belong to the salesperson.
The products are then sold outside and all the money earned goes into the salesperson’s pocket.
The supply and marketing cooperatives, the most dazzling national brand in the planned economy era, were hit hardest by the market economy after the reform and opening up, and closed one after another like dominoes.
In addition to policy changes and changes in the economic environment, chaos in internal management systems is also a major reason.
The supply and marketing cooperative is now on a rapid development, and Qiao Baozhu doesn't believe that Sun Jigang can't see it.
Otherwise, he would not agree to let his own sister do business.
"Sister Baozhu, where do you live and where do you work? You look very gentle and refined, are you a teacher?"
Sun Jigang looked at Qiao Baozhu deeply, trying to see something from her eyes.
"My mother's family is in the south city. I went to the Qingyanshan Farm in the countryside. My husband works in the military corps there."
What Qiao Baozhu said was quite vague, but it reminded Sun Jigang of a piece of news.
"You are an educated youth from Qingyanshan Farm, and your family still lives in Nancheng. Hey, there was a big news a while ago. A family in Nancheng caught a spy. The old man and the old woman lived in Nancheng, and their daughter went to the countryside in Qingyanshan and married the battalion commander."
Without waiting for Qiao Baozhu to speak, Sun Jihong raised her face with a proud look on her face and said, "Second brother, the heroic family mentioned in the newspaper is Baozhu's family."
Sun Jigang looked at his sister in shock and shouted in disbelief: "No way? How could it be such a coincidence?"
Seeing that her second brother didn't believe her, Sun Jihong stood up suddenly, walked to the newspaper rack in the corner, flipped through it, and found the interview with Qiao Baozhu.
He handed the newspaper to Sun Jigang like he was presenting a treasure: "Second brother, take a good look at the photos in the newspaper."
Sun Jigang took the newspaper and looked back and forth between the newspaper and Qiao Baozhu's face several times.
"Oh, Sister Baozhu, it's really you. I was wondering why your face looked so familiar. Oh my, it turns out I've seen you in the newspaper."
Sun Jigang was still somewhat wary and suspicious of Qiao Baozhu, but after discovering that Qiao Baozhu was the female hero who caught spies as advertised in the newspapers, all his doubts disappeared.
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect that the hero in the newspaper would actually be my little sister's friend."
"Sister Baozhu, don't worry. My second brother will do his best to take good care of our business. I will contact the business manager of the wool spinning mill right away and ask him to send the latest and best fabrics over."
Sun Jigang changed his previous lazy excuse and picked up the phone on his desk to contact the manufacturer.
The speed at which his expression changed left Qiao Baozhu dumbfounded.
It’s true that a gold or silver monument is not as good as a good reputation.
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