What kind of food would cause such a frenzy? Curious, Manager Wang went into a restaurant and ordered cabbage fish balls.
After taking a bite, Manager Wang realized how delicious the small fish balls were. No wonder the people who hadn't gotten a chance to grab one were sighing. Manager Wang asked the waiter about the fish balls, and the waiter casually mentioned that they were not only delicious but could also be stored at room temperature for over a month. Manager Wang was immediately excited.
Throughout the winter, the only food on the tables of people in Yuyuan County is cabbage, radish, or potatoes. It would be great if fish balls, a meat dish, could enrich people's food baskets!
Fish balls are delicious and inexpensive, and this is the kind of food that is missing from the tables of the people in Yuyuan County!
Manager Wang was an impatient man. He took the letter of introduction and ran to the Qingshan Food Factory that day, asking the factory to supply goods to dozens of supply and marketing cooperatives of all sizes in Yuyuan County.
The director of the Qingshan Food Factory had been incredibly busy this month. He smiled when he heard Manager Wang was from Yuyuan County. Yuyuan County is the birthplace of fish balls. "Manager Wang, please contact Zhao Guohui in Sanhe Town to find a way to get there," he said. "Hasn't our factory's orders already been booked until after the Lunar New Year? We're running low on supplies even in downtown Qingshan, so how can we find the time to deliver to the remote Yuyuan County?"
Manager Wang kept pestering the director of the food factory, but he refused to give in. Manager Wang had no choice but to return to Yuyuan County.
Early yesterday morning, Manager Wang rushed to Sanhe Town to find Zhao Guohui and asked Zhao Guohui to think of a way to overcome all difficulties and try to add fish balls to the food counter in Yuyuan County before the New Year.
Fortunately, Wen Yulun helped Zhao Yunxiang negotiate the fish ball business with the Qingshan City Food Factory, and Zhao Guohui had heard about it from Zhao Qingshan. Otherwise, Zhao Guohui would have been really confused by Manager Wang's request.
When Wen Yulun negotiated with the food factory, he had reserved Zhao Yunxiang's right to make her own fish balls and supply them to the various supply and marketing cooperatives in Yuyuan County. Zhou Yuanyuan had thought, "This is great! If Zhao Yunxiang is short on cash, she can make some fish balls to earn some extra money. If she's not, she can avoid the hard work."
But unexpectedly, the director of Qingshan City Food Factory was really good at shirking responsibility. The fish balls produced by the food factory were not enough to supply the market, so he directly handed over the Yuyuan County market to Zhao Yunxiang.
What should I do? There is only a month left until the Chinese New Year. Zhao Yunxiang only has two hands. Even if she works herself to death, it can't supply the entire Yuyuan County.
Also, making fish balls requires a lot of fish. Currently, the supply of fish in the market is very limited. Farmers catch only a few fish in the river and sell them at the market. Without fish, how can you make fish balls?
"Xiaohui, it's hard to find fish for supply!" Zhao Yunxiang felt that the supply was very difficult, and she dared to express her concerns to her brother.
"Sister, I have already discussed the fish issue with Yuyuan Reservoir." Zhao Guohui smiled and said.
Indeed, large-scale supply is different from small-scale operations. Zhao Guohui has been a bright mind since childhood. After Manager Wang called him yesterday, Zhao Guohui had already thought about these things. Zhao Yunxiang's fish ball business couldn't thrive relying solely on the few fresh fish at the market. Zhao Guohui thought of the Yuyuan County Reservoir. The Yuyuan County Reservoir covers hundreds of acres and is home to a wealth of fish. Every year before the Lunar New Year, thousands of kilograms of fish are caught from the reservoir and sold as employee benefits.
With the Lunar New Year just over a month away, it wouldn't be difficult to catch the reservoir's fish early. As soon as Zhao Guohui made his move, the reservoir manager immediately agreed. With so many fish, in previous years, the reservoir would have required a dedicated sales force for over ten days. Now that the supply and marketing cooperative had provided the necessary supplies, the reservoir manager, Old Li, was overjoyed.
Even Zhao Guohui's request to supply 100 kilograms a day was accepted by Old Li. The reservoir had a truck, so a driver could deliver the goods daily. It was better than a dozen men hawking the goods on the streets in the cold.
Zhou Jiasheng and Zhou Yuanyuan listened to what Zhao Guohui said, their eyes sparkling with admiration. Zhou Yuanyuan felt ashamed. She had cared less in her previous life and had never known that her uncle had such a rigorous business mind.
The reservoir had fish delivered to her every day, saving Zhao Yunxiang a lot of trouble. If she had to go out every day to buy fish, she wouldn't be able to run this business.
"Sister, let me tell you this! You cook these two fish today, and I'll send the finished products to Manager Wang and other leaders. If they like the food, we can discuss the supply quantity then." Zhao Guohui thought quickly and figured out the key issue right away.
Needless to say, the price of fish balls is definitely based on the food factory's purchase price. Zhao Guohui looked at the price and roughly calculated that Zhao Yunxiang, with her small business, was making quite a lot of money.
The problem now is to make the fish balls as quickly as possible. Only after Manager Wang and other leaders are satisfied with the food can we discuss the supply quantity.
After all, it was impossible for Zhao Yunxiang to ask many people to help her make fish balls. Nowadays, the policy clearly prohibits private enterprises from opening factories or doing business. Zhao Yunxiang made the fish balls herself and still used the name of a R&D staff member of the food factory.
"Okay, Xiaohui, if you're free, wait a minute. I'll get started right away and let you take the fish balls back this afternoon." Zhao Yunxiang understood what Zhao Guohui meant and, without hesitation, rolled up her sleeves and began butchering the fish. She already had the starch and other ingredients at home, saving Zhao Guohui the trouble of making another trip to town.
Zhao Yunxiang, along with Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhao Guohui, worked until after 3:00 PM to make the fish balls for the two large grass carps. After weighing them, hey! They weighed over 40 kilograms, almost 50.
Several people were so tired that they could hardly straighten their backs. Looking at the fruits of their labor, except for Zhou Jiasheng who had no idea what was happening, even Zhou Yuanyuan's mind was filled with images of unity.
Zhao Yunxiang didn't have time to cook lunch. She put a handful of vermicelli in the hot soup used to cook the fish balls. Each person had a bowl of vermicelli and five or six fish balls, and their stomachs were almost full.
Zhou Jiasheng was also busy making fire in the kitchen.
"Sister, there's a bus to the county at four o'clock. I'll be leaving first." Zhao Guohui saw that he had made too many fish balls, so he left half of them to Zhao Yunxiang for him to deal with when he came back tomorrow. For the other half, Zhao Guohui packed them tightly in several clean large plastic bags and then put them into a large woven bag he brought with him.
"Xiaohui, be careful on the road." Zhao Yunxiang reminded Zhao Guohui when she saw him in a hurry.
"Sister, I understand." Zhao Guohui pedaled his bicycle and rushed a long way away. The voice of Zhao Yunxiang answering was more than ten meters away.
Zhao Yunxiang looked at her brother's tall and majestic back, her eyes filled with smiles. Xiaohui had grown up, no longer the little boy who tugged at his sister's clothes. Zhao Yunxiang felt indescribable joy in her heart.
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