Chapter 181
Gong Jian never expected that someone like Lei Tingjun would be willing to give up a business deal that he had already secured!
This surprised him greatly and was completely unexpected.
"Are you really serious?" Gong Jian asked suspiciously.
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Lei Tingjun asked calmly from across the table. "When you're out in the world, having more friends means having more options. While I, Lei Tingjun, am not afraid of trouble, I have no intention of making enemies with anyone."
He casually lit a cigarette, held it in his hand, and said, "If our two transport teams can start this cooperation, I believe it will benefit both of us."
Lei Tingjun spoke frankly and openly, without hiding anything.
His uprightness and honesty impressed Gong Jian, who was on the other side.
Gong Jian clapped his hands and laughed: "Good, I, Gong Jian, will make you my friend Lei Tingjun today!"
However, now that Lei Tingjun has asked him to choose between the brick and waste disposal businesses, Gong Jian hesitated.
Because their Red Sun Transportation Team has always been engaged in the transportation of building materials such as cement and bricks, which are accumulated in small quantities. However, cement and bricks are not actually worth much, and it is laborious, time-consuming, and fuel-intensive for the team to operate.
Therefore, Gong Jiancai has always wanted to compete with the ocean transport teams for the waste recycling business.
In this Hongxing Factory project, Wang Haiyang took over the waste recycling, and Gong Jian only got the brick transportation.
Gong Jian looked Lei Tingjun over again, still harboring some suspicion that Lei Tingjun was setting a trap for him.
It's obvious that he's also involved in waste recycling and knows that dumping dozens of tons of waste from a project can net him a profit of ten to twenty thousand yuan.
However, the brick transportation business can only earn a few thousand yuan at most after completing a project. Sometimes, if the purchase price of bricks is high, the profit may not even reach a few thousand yuan, and the profit is even lower.
"If I asked for waste recycling, would you really be willing to give it up?" Gong Jian asked.
Lei Tingjun flicked the ash from his cigarette at the ashtray and nodded slightly: "No problem, if you want scrap, I'll give it to you."
Gong Jian smiled with secret delight, then slammed his hand on the table: "Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony and will accept it!"
He stood up, picked up his glass, and laughed heartily: "I never expected that you, Lei Tingjun, are such a righteous and upright person. It's worth having as a friend! Let's drink until we drop to our hearts' content!"
Lei Tingjun also smiled.
He had long guessed that Gong Jian would choose waste materials.
Although Hongri started out in the building materials transportation business, they have always coveted the waste materials sector.
Waste recycling is just exploiting a loophole; it's not a business that can be developed in the long term.
When the time comes and the various construction projects realize what's happening, if they don't outsource the waste materials, they'll be out of work.
However, the procurement of red bricks is different. No matter which project builds a house in the future, red bricks will be needed, and the business with red brick factories is a long-term one.
Moreover, this project at Hongxing Factory is for employee dormitories, which doesn't require much steel reinforcement. Therefore, recycling this waste material won't generate much profit.
Rather than doing that, it would be better to do Gong Jian a favor and establish a good relationship. In the future, their Thunder Transport Team would be able to establish a firm foothold in Pingdong City and have no enemies.
A-Qiang and his men didn't quite understand Lei Tingjun's decision.
After Gong Jian's facial paralysis ended.
Ah Qiang said, "Brother Lei, scrap metal is so profitable, it's such a waste for us to just give it away to the Red Sun Transportation Team for nothing."
Their first pot of gold was earned through waste recycling.
Lei Tingjun succinctly explained to him the key points and trade-offs involved, as well as the advantages and disadvantages.
Although Ah Qiang only understood half of what he was saying, he still nodded and said, "Okay, since you say it makes sense, I'll trust your decision!"
Lei Tingjun smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
He is lucky to have such a brother. Although he cannot understand his decision, he is willing to trust and follow him unconditionally.
***
The next day, A-Qiang went to the hospital to see Xie Laosan again. Xie Laosan's leg was almost healed, and he kept saying he wanted to be discharged.
Upon learning that their boss, Lei, had taken on another job transporting bricks from the Red Star Factory, he was itching to get back to work.
"Alright!" Ah Qiang said, "You should focus on recovering from your injury. Once your leg is healed, you'll be well taken care of."
"Take good rest, I'm leaving." A-Qiang put down his things and couldn't wait to leave.
"Where are you going?" Xie Laosan finally had someone to talk to for a while, but A-Qiang has been leaving earlier and earlier these past few days.
Of course, Ah Qiang went to the night market square opposite the hospital to find the girl who was selling things on the street.
For three days in a row, A-Qiang went to see her on time.
I spent half an hour helping her set up her stall, then helped her carry her things and took her back to school.
"There are only two days left until the holiday. Will you go back to Pingquan during the holiday?" A-Qiang asked her.
"I need to go back. I want to go back and see my parents," Zhu Shuangyan said with a smile.
"Then I'll see if I have time. If I do, I'll take you back." A-Qiang thought for a moment and then said, "If that doesn't work, you can go back with my older brother and his family in the same car. My older brother is taking my sister-in-law back."
"You have an older brother here?" Zhu Shuangyan asked curiously.
“He’s my brother Lei. He’s not my biological brother, but he’s almost like one.”
When Ah Qiang mentioned Lei Tingjun, his expression was full of pride: "My brother Lei is amazing. He's the person I admire most in my life."
"I'll introduce you to him when there's a chance in the future, and then you'll know. He's incredibly capable, daring, fearless, intelligent, and courageous. A lot of what he says makes a lot of sense."
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