In mid-to-late December, the temperature at night can drop to minus thirty degrees Celsius.
These drivers had been driving all night, and when they finally arrived at their destination, they were all frozen solid.
Sheng Xiping quickly arranged for everyone to have breakfast at a nearby restaurant so they could warm up.
After eating the hot porridge and steamed buns, I finally felt a little better.
After everyone finished eating, they rested for a while in the breakfast shop before going out to work.
After unloading and loading the four cartons onto the train, it took several hours of work. Finally, just before the train was about to depart, the loading and sealing of the car was completed.
"Brother, tell me the paper mill's account number later. Once I sell these cardboard boxes, I'll transfer the payment to the account."
With the departure time fast approaching, Sheng Xiyun didn't have time to explain things to Sheng Xiping in detail. He only said a few words before hurriedly getting on the bus.
When Sheng Xiping called Zhou Mingyuan last night, he made it clear to him.
These four truckloads of cardboard boxes were sold with Sheng Xiyun's help. Payment couldn't be made upfront; it was a consignment sale, and payment would be made after all the boxes were sold.
Sheng Xiyun is thorough and trustworthy. Sheng Xiping would trust him even if it were a lot of money, let alone just a few truckloads of cardboard boxes.
When it was time to depart, station staff waved flags, and the freight train slowly started moving and left the station.
Sheng Xiping stood on the platform, watched the delivery truck leave, then turned around, left the station, squeezed in with the other passengers, and took a car back home.
Not long after Sheng Xiyun returned to Yantai, he called to say that all the timber from this trip had been sold.
After settling the accounts and deducting all fees and expenses, the total profit from this trip, including both apples and timber, was over 80,000 yuan.
Sheng Xiyun had promised that he would split his earnings equally with Sheng Xiping's family, so Sheng Xiping had 40,000 yuan in the money.
Meanwhile, preparations for the retail store also began.
Through this timber sale, Sheng Xiyun contacted many clients. When they learned that Sheng Xiyun had connections with the Northeast Forestry Bureau and could obtain timber, many expressed their willingness to cooperate.
Therefore, Sheng Xiyun asked Sheng Xiping to send over the product quotation as soon as possible so that the customer could place an order.
In addition, the cardboard boxes have been almost sold out, and many orchard and cooperative leaders have placed orders with Sheng Xiyun, wanting to order large quantities of cardboard boxes.
However, the customer wanted the words "Yantai Apple" printed on the cardboard box, so Sheng Xiyun asked if they could meet that requirement.
This request wasn't difficult, so Sheng Xiping readily agreed to Sheng Xiyun's request.
A few days later, Sheng Xiyun transferred the payment for the cardboard boxes to the paper mill's account.
The leaders at the paper mill even called to thank Sheng Xiping for expanding their market.
A few days later, Sheng Xiyun's first batch of orders arrived.
In addition to timber such as pit props, purlins, planks, and wheel columns, Sheng Xiyun also needed a large quantity of fiberboard, composite boards, and a large number of cardboard boxes of various sizes.
Sheng Xiping resumed his busy days of preparing goods. Fortunately, the bureau fully cooperated, and with Zhou Mingyuan's help, the fiberboard factory and composite board factory did not make things difficult for Sheng Xiping and tried their best to fulfill the orders here first.
Needless to say, the paper mill manager patted his chest and guaranteed that the goods would be delivered on time.
The days fly by in a flurry of activity. Before you know it, the ice and snow have melted, spring is here, and another beautiful spring has arrived.
In early April, the winter harvesting and transportation at Qianchuan Forest Farm officially ended. Except for the loading workers who still went up the mountain to work every day, all other workers in the front-line production teams withdrew from the mountain.
Meanwhile, at the processing plant, the chipping team and others were still in the logging area on the mountain, carrying out the final search and cleanup work.
Timber that could not be transported out of the mountains due to heavy snow or other reasons during the winter was collected and sorted to ensure that no usable timber was missed.
That winter, Sheng Xiping shipped out an unknown amount of timber.
Hou Yashuang and his son, along with Sheng Xiyun and his family, all tasted the sweetness of timber trading and actively expanded their sales channels, resulting in more and more orders.
When the timber supply from Qianchuan Forest Farm couldn't keep up, Sheng Xiping sourced timber from other forest farms. Now, all the forest farms under the bureau are following Qianchuan's example and paying more attention to the utilization of abandoned timber.
Of course, while the timber processing plant is thriving, some people don't approve of it.
Behind the scenes, some people reported to the bureau and the province that the Qianchuan Forestry Farm timber processing plant was operating illegally and did not comply with the regulations for the transportation of Class II materials, etc.
Fortunately, with the protection of leaders from the bureau and the farm, and the praise from provincial leaders for the Qianchuan Forestry Farm processing plant, these reports did not cause any serious consequences.
However, a document came down from higher authorities that, starting this year, some small-diameter timber will also be included in the unified allocation catalog.
Each forestry bureau can only sell timber after it has completed the annual unified allocation plan.
Meanwhile, the province also decided to expand the scope of the spring timber ordering fair.
Invitations were sent to timber trading and processing enterprises across the country to attend the timber ordering fair in the provincial capital in mid-April.
"I really don't know what to say. Why is it so difficult for us to do something and make some money?"
It was already tough enough living in a large collective; people had to survive in the cracks and do whatever work they could get their hands on, just to earn a living.
We finally found a way to make money, which not only supported the hundred or so people in the collective, but also contributed a lot of profits to our farm last year.
"Why are there still people who are jealous and want to cause trouble?" As soon as the document came out, Zheng Xianyong was furious in his office.
Last year, the processing plant was thriving and made a lot of money. Not only did it not need subsidies from the forest farm, but it also handed over 80,000 yuan in profits to the farm.
The factory leaders had high hopes for the processing plant, hoping it would get better and better. But who would have thought that in just one season, someone would get jealous and start causing trouble?
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