"Xiao Zhao, how about this, you arrange a car, and we'll go to the Songshu Coal Mine together."
It's almost noon, so let's invite the mine's leaders and your brother-in-law to have lunch together.
"Then we can all sit down, have a drink, and talk things over, and clear things up. What do you think?" Wang Jiachuan suggested.
The logistics director's surname is Zhao. He's in his thirties and quite shrewd.
Upon hearing Wang Jiachuan's words, everyone understood. The Party Secretary had a close relationship with those two people, and he was afraid that Songshu Coal Mine wouldn't take it seriously, so he was taking the initiative to support them.
"Okay, I think this arrangement is fine. I'll go arrange the car now."
Director Zhao went out and soon made the arrangements. The driver then drove the jeep, carrying Wang Jiachuan and the other three, straight to Songshu Town.
Upon arrival, Wang Jiachuan and his group found a restaurant to wait for them. Director Zhao went to the coal mine to find his brother-in-law, and through his brother-in-law, he found the Party Secretary and the Mine Manager.
Upon hearing that the person was the secretary of the Tanghe Forestry Bureau and wanted to invite them to dinner, the other party dropped what they were doing and came to the town together.
When everyone met at the restaurant, they exchanged pleasantries. After everyone was seated and the food and drinks were served, Wang Jiachuan finally brought up the purpose of his trip after three cups of wine.
"Oh dear, it's just a matter of two or three thousand tons of coal, and it even alarmed Secretary Wang to personally intervene. There's no need for anyone else to handle this; just have your Director Zhao say a word."
Let's not distinguish between planned and unplanned supply; let's just keep the price the same as what we supplied to the bureau in previous years. Is that alright with you?
When Secretary Li of the mine heard this, he laughed. In his eyes, this little bit of coal was nothing at all.
"See, Secretary Li is so straightforward. Alright, it's settled then. My nephew will arrange for a truck to come and haul the coal in a while."
Upon hearing this, Wang Jiachuan was naturally overjoyed, as the coal used by their bureau was all subject to planned quotas, resulting in a significantly lower price.
"Come on, let's all toast Secretary Li. Thank you for giving me this honor."
Wang Jiachuan quickly raised his glass, and everyone else followed suit, toasting Secretary Li together.
Sheng Xiyun had been struggling with this problem for days, but it was resolved with just a few words.
At this moment, Sheng Xiyun was also very happy. He quickly poured wine for everyone and toasted them all.
The group chatted and laughed, and the matter was settled. Songshu Coal Mine allocated a trailer of high-quality coal to Sheng Xiyun's unit at the planned price.
The matter was settled smoothly, and everyone was relieved and could eat and drink in peace.
Halfway through the meal, Sheng Xiping made an excuse to go out and pay the bill.
After having eaten and chatting for a while, Wang Jiachuan and his group took a car back to Tanghe Forestry Bureau.
Sheng Xiping accompanied Sheng Xiyun to Songshu Coal Mine to sign a contract with the mine.
With this contract in place, Sheng Xiyun could go back and make payments, arrange transportation, and so on, so that the coal could be transported.
"Brother, thanks to your help this time, the coal purchase went so smoothly."
"Look, you even paid for my lunch; you have to accept this money."
After finishing their business at the mine, the two returned to town. Sheng Xiyun took out some money and insisted on giving it to Sheng Xiping.
"Brother, you're being too polite. How much does a meal cost? Why do you have to give it to me?"
As long as the matter is resolved, we brothers will stay in touch.
These days, a meal doesn't cost much. Even including the alcohol, it's only about twenty yuan. Does Sheng Xiping care about that? Of course, he can't accept it.
After a brief standoff, Sheng Xiyun finally sighed and took the money back.
"Brother, I've been out here for quite a few days now. Now that I have the contract, I'm thinking of going back as soon as possible to get this settled first."
I won't go back to the forest farm with you. I'll go to the station later and ask if there's a train going to Tonghua, then I'll take it back.
"Brother, what's the rush? We've only been here for two days, and we haven't had enough time to get to know each other. It's not too late to go back a few more days." Sheng Xiping naturally tried to persuade him to stay.
"No, no, I'll take care of the official business first. I'll transport the coal next time and stay home for a few more days then."
Oh, and there's something else I need to discuss with you. Could you give me some advice and see if it works?
Sheng Xiyun suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said.
"I was thinking that it wasn't very cost-effective to come all the way here to pick up coal, whether it was an empty truck or a truck arranged from here."
Yantai produces apples, you know that, right? I was thinking, how about I load a truckload of apples over and bring them here? Do you think we could sell them?"
Sheng Xiyun is smart enough; otherwise, how could a disabled person like him have gotten the position of purchasing department director?
"I thought of this matter at the dinner table earlier, but I didn't mention it. I was thinking I should discuss it with you first."
"If you say yes, when it arrives, you can help me find a seller, and we'll split the profits, how about that?"
Sheng Xiyun is a man who follows the rules. Since he came to the Sheng family from the beginning, he has to discuss everything with Sheng Xiping from start to finish.
There was absolutely no reason to leave Sheng Xiping aside and discuss things with Wang Jiachuan and the others.
So when we were drinking earlier, Sheng Xiyun didn't mention anything, but he brought it up now.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping chuckled, "Yantai apples are indeed quite good, but if you bring a whole trailer of them, I'm not sure if I can sell them all for you."
"Okay, brother, don't worry, I'll ask around and find out for you later."
Sheng Xiping couldn't just agree to this without first finding a buyer and agreeing on a rough amount before he could ask Sheng Xiyun to ship the goods.
Otherwise, if we bring a whole truckload of apples here, they won't sell, and it's cold in Northeast China, they'll freeze to death! Even if they're cheaper to buy from Yantai, it's still a lot of money.
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