Luan Feng, wearing a blue scarf, came out with a smile and took the gift from Xia Qiulong.
"Happy New Year, big brother!"
"Happy New Year, sister-in-law!"
Wan Feng rolled his eyes and said, "We haven't even gotten married yet, so where does the sister-in-law come from?"
He glanced at Luan Feng who was smiling like an idiot. Could this woman be a little more promising?
Jiang Min and Wan Feng's mother also came out to greet them.
"Aunt! We are here to wish you a happy new year!" Xia Qiulong was actually only eight or nine years younger than Wan Feng's mother, but he called her "Aunt" very naturally without any awkwardness.
Liu He and Lu Wu also wished Wan Feng's mother a happy new year.
"It's all good, come in and sit down." Zhu Min warmly invited these people to sit down inside.
Wan Feng's father was not at home. He probably went to the shop to watch the fun.
Xia Qiulong and the other four entered the living room and sat down.
Wan Feng threw over a box of osmanthus cigarettes.
"Brother, didn't you get a...car from the Russians?" Yu Hongchui said this when he suddenly found Luan Feng in the living room, and he had turned the woman into a car.
If Wan Feng brought back a Russian woman, they would not be in any trouble, but Wan Feng would probably be punished that night.
Wan Feng shook his head. "The country is quite strict about cars. I'm afraid it's impossible to sell them without a permit, unless we smuggle them. We don't do smuggling, so I don't plan to sell them. If you want a truck, I can get it, but getting one to drive myself doesn't seem to be a problem."
"Shit! We're still waiting for you to get a few back. We need one each. Trucks won't cut it."
"If you want to buy some, you can ask Zhang Shiqian to get a few from the south. There are many smuggled Japanese cars in the south." Wan Feng gave them a suggestion.
In 1987, there were still many cars on the market, most of them imported. These included the Mitsubishi Glatt, Crown S120, Nissan Duke, Mercedes-Benz 230, and Ford Sierra. There were also a significant number of Eastern European cars, such as the Volga, Lada 2107, and the Polish-made Fiat 125P.
The Santana produced in Shanghai was still purely imported at that time.
At that time, a large number of smuggled Japanese trucks entered Dongguang Province.
Due to the country's lack of foreign exchange, it has stopped purchasing advanced cars from Western Europe and Japan in bulk for the past few years starting this year, and instead focused on importing cars from Eastern Europe through barter trade.
Compared with Western cars, Eastern European cars were very cheap. Cars like the Volga and Lada were around 30,000 yuan, while the Crown cost more than 110,000 yuan at that time.
"Isn't Zhang Shiqian with you? He doesn't have time to mess around with that stuff right now."
Zhang Shiqian didn't even go home for the New Year, and Wan Feng was very worried that he would be caught cheating in bed by Li Xiang.
"Actually, if you're not in a hurry, you can wait a few years before buying one. There will only be more and more of these things, not fewer. In two years, the streets will be full of cars."
In the 1990s, not to mention imported cars, even joint venture Peugeot, Santana, and Jetta appeared, and lower-end Alto and Xiali also appeared, so there was more room for choice.
"Then we'll talk about it in two years. Anyway, by then we'll have a car, so why worry that we can't afford it?"
As soon as we finished discussing the car issue, the food started to be served.
Wan Shuichang knew it was time to go home for dinner, so he came back staggering.
Sixteen dishes were served on a large round table with a turntable.
Wan Feng invited everyone to sit down, Wan Shui sat in the seat of honor, followed by Xia Qiulong, Yu Hongchui, Tang Xielin and others.
The old rules are that others drink white wine while Wan Feng drinks beer. If you are willing to drink with him, you can have a drink. If you don’t want to drink with him, he doesn’t care. You drink yours and I drink mine.
After two drinks, Xia Qiulong got down to business.
"Our noodle factory's products are in short supply right now. Some customers in central China are complaining that it's too far to ship their goods, and they hope we can open a branch factory there. We brothers thought about it and decided to open a branch factory in Bac Ha Province, supplying our products to the capital and other provinces like Bac Ha, Nam Ha, Dong Ha, and San Ha. What do you think?"
Wan Feng had no objection to this idea. The annual output of nearly 70 million bags of the Nandawan factory could only sustain the three northeastern provinces and parts of Neimen Province. If it wanted to cover central and southern China, it would be impossible without opening branches there.
Even if the production here can be achieved, the transportation costs will increase greatly.
The business of instant noodles relies on small profits but quick turnover, so any increase in cost is fatal.
"I have no objection, but I can't help you. I have to stay in Longjiang for the next two years and can't come back at all. I can only provide money, but don't expect any labor. If you want to invest in a factory, I can pay for my share of the money from the dividends."
"Where do you think we should choose the site for the factory? We have chosen two places, one is Tianjing City and the other is Shijiazhuang City."
Wan Feng thought about it carefully.
These two places have their own strengths. Tianjing is closer to Bohai City, with Bohai Sea between them. It is easy to send people here to solve any problems. And its biggest advantage is that it is close to the capital, a big city with a population of tens of millions, which is a huge market.
The advantage of Shijiazhuang is that it has a large radiation area. The three provinces of Xishan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Xi are all under its coverage, and even Nanhe Province is within its radiation area.
The disadvantage is that as an inland city, transportation is not very convenient.
"Let's put it in Tianjing. It's close to the capital and the Bohai Sea, and it's on the coast. This is its biggest advantage. If this branch is successful, we can go south and open a second branch in the Magic City area." Wan Feng made the final decision.
In the previous life, Master Kong started out in Tianjing, so of course Wanfeng would build a branch factory there.
After the location is determined, the next step is to determine who will go to Tianjing to select the factory site and build the factory building, as well as negotiate the joint venture issues.
No matter who goes, Wan Feng is definitely not allowed to go. After thinking about it, Wan Feng suggested that this task be given to Yan Ling.
If I don't go, it will be useless for Xia Qiulong and the other four people to go.
Yan Ling's advertising company has been open for a year. During this period, he has dealt with many people from all walks of life and has become very versatile. It should be no problem for him to handle such a thing. When the time comes, he can just ask one of Xia Qiulong and the other five to accompany him.
Then there’s the question of scale.
After discussion and voting, it was finally decided to start with four lines and reserve space for eight lines.
The production line is naturally produced by the Nanwan factory and then transported to Tianjing for assembly.
The serious business was discussed, and all that was left was to drink.
The drinking lasted until two in the afternoon.
When Xia Qiulong and the others left Wan Feng's house, they were all staggering. Fortunately, they were not the drivers, otherwise it would be a question whether these guys could return to the county town.
An unexpected thing happened. While I was cooking, a woman came to stay at night and claimed that she would live here before she left.
Wan Feng has no objection. You can live here if you want. There is plenty of space in his house anyway.
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