Where did you rent the venue?
What kind of venue?
"Aren't you going to deal in timber? That requires a very large space."
"I just mentioned that I was going to Heihe for tourism and happened to look at some timber. You're already sure I want to deal in timber?"
“You always plan things out. You don’t just go on vacation whenever you want. You’re actually out contacting suppliers.”
Russia has incredibly abundant timber resources that are so tempting, and they're so cheap it's practically free.
Timber imported from Russia is cheaper than timber purchased domestically.
When the country began to prosper more than ten years later, it started to close off mountains for afforestation, and imported timber became the main source of consumption in the timber market.
Russian timber has become the mainstream of timber imports to the north.
If Qin Wenju wanted to get into the timber business, she would definitely have thought of this.
Qin Wenju's lack of response implied agreement.
"I rented a 50-mu (approximately 3.3 hectares) plot of wasteland on a hillside in Houyangtun to store timber."
Fifty acres, or 30,000 square meters, is quite a large site.
However, stacking timber on a hillside is somewhat difficult.
When will your timber arrive?
"The first batch of timber will arrive in half a month."
What kinds of timber are used?
What kind of timber do you want?
Liang Liang then wrote down thirty types of wood, all of which were produced in the Northern Hemisphere. Trees like mahogany, which grow in subtropical and tropical regions, were not on Liang Liang's list.
Qin Wenju was dumbfounded when she saw the list: "There are more than ten kinds of wood that will be coming in in batches, but some of them are not commonly used woods, so they are not easy to deal with."
“You can buy them individually. Add whatever profit margin you want. Just bring them to me, preferably dry timber.”
"It's hard to say. Even if there is dry timber, it would probably only last three to five years."
"Three or five years is fine too!"
Let alone three or five years, even a year-old piece of Liangliang is welcome. Wouldn't it take a year to dry it if you just piled it up at home?
Preventing drying for a year saves a year's worth of time.
"How's the singing competition going?"
"Everything is taken care of, which means everything is basically ready. The venue will be my dance hall, the contestants will stay at my hotel, I have already contacted the judges, and the rules have been finalized. We are just waiting for the competition to begin."
"Then I'm relieved. I'll make the call."
Liang Liang picked up the phone on Qin Wenju's desk and dialed a pager number.
A few minutes later, the call came back.
"Brother Han! There are definitely companies in Lianwan City that produce drying equipment! You can find them by checking their phone numbers at the Industry Bureau. Then, inquire about the types, specifications, and prices of their equipment, and send a fax to Manager Qin. That's all."
Liang Liang put down the phone.
What do you need the drying equipment for?
"If I want to make guitars, the wood has to be dry. Some types of wood have to be forcibly dried before they can be used."
"Are you really going to make guitars?" Qin Wenju hadn't taken Liang Liang's previous comments about making guitars seriously.
"Isn't that obvious? I've brought all the companies that make guitar parts to Yahe. How could I not make guitars and live up to Mr. Lü's investment?"
"By the way! Do you and Boss Lü have something going on?"
"What? Hey, what's wrong with you? I only ever had a relationship with you before. Don't use our relationship to search for other women, okay? If that's how you think, then I'd have tons of women outside, and I'd be exhausted to death by now!"
Qin Wenju chuckled.
"I'm coughing now, so I need to go to the timber market to see if they have any old, dried timber. If they do, I'll buy some today. I'm not going to waste my breath on you anymore, bye!"
"Aren't you going to get intimate with me?" Qin Wenju asked ambiguously.
"Don't seduce me, okay? Since we're going to be friends, let's be proper friends and not have any more of those weird ideas."
Qin Wenju smiled and saw Liang Liang out the door.
Qin Wenju's eyes dimmed when she saw Liang Liang's newly bought motorcycle.
His buying the motorcycle meant he didn't plan to lend her Volga anymore, which also meant he wouldn't have any other relationship with her.
Her year-long ambiguous relationship with Liang Liang is destined to become an unforgettable and beautiful memory in the river of her life.
Liang Liang rode his motorcycle to Yahe Timber Company.
Yahe Timber Company occupies a considerable area, probably forty acres, filled with all kinds of timber, some of which are piled up to the height of a three-story building.
This is terrifying! Aren't they afraid the pile will collapse and crush people?
Liang Liang described the types of timber he needed.
The timber company has been in the timber business for many years, and it must have some timber that has been compressed for many years. This timber has been compressed and dried for many years, so if Liang Liang needs timber, he can just buy it.
Believe it or not, there really are some: maple, ash, and northern waxwood that have been compressed for many years.
There are even dozens of cubic meters of rosewood that came in from the south during the planned economy era.
This is truly a delightful surprise.
Liang Liang then went to the timber company manager and bought all the timber that had been stockpiled for many years at the lowest price.
It took the timber company more than a dozen trucks a whole day to transport the timber to Liang Liang’s home, totaling nearly 300 cubic meters.
Liang Liang hadn't started tidying up the courtyard he rented yet, so the timber wouldn't be put in the courtyard. Instead, it was temporarily piled up in the open space behind Liang Liang's house and at the foot of the mountain to the east.
His house is on the last street in Liangshuiwan Village, and the north slope of Dongshan Mountain is just a dozen meters behind his house.
The northern slope of Dongshan used to be the Liangshuiwan Village production team, but after the implementation of the household responsibility system, this production team became largely ineffective.
Liang Liang rented this place on the mountaintop, and all the timber was piled up here.
After the timber was unloaded, Liang Liang hired villagers to put up barbed wire around the timber pile.
The original stone house of the production team had long since collapsed, so Liang Liang bought a mobile home.
Of course, you need to hire someone to watch over timber worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, otherwise you'll just be doing someone else's work for free.
The two neighbors closest to Liang Liang's house became the lucky ones who were hired: Zhang Sheng and Xu Mei's father, Xu Jingmin, was hired by Liang Liang to guard the timber.
Two hundred and forty yuan per person per month.
Liang Liang provided them with umbrellas, rain boots, and flashlights.
There are also two long knives for self-defense.
After careful calculation, Xu Yongjiu also came up with the renovation budget for the old courtyard of the brigade. According to Liang Liang's requirements, the renovation of this courtyard would cost 250,000 yuan.
Hardening the ground costs 50,000, building a small building costs 120,000, and the cost of repairing other houses, courtyard walls, and miscellaneous repairs costs 50,000. The remaining 30,000 is for the workers' wages.
The entire project is expected to be completed by the end of October.
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