Chapter 477 Two Puppies
The factory building is complete, the machinery and equipment will arrive after the New Year, and the job postings are ready to be posted at any time.
Right now, the most important things are raw materials and orders.
Orders are easy to arrange. The trading company exports a lot of wood products every year, so we can just ship directly from our own factory in the future.
Sheng Xiping also has ways to sell other products.
There's no shortage of raw materials either. When Sheng Xiping traded home appliances for wood before, he had connections with the forestry bureaus of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, so getting some wood wouldn't be a problem.
Just in time for the last batch of home appliances to be delivered before the New Year, Sheng Xiping decided to take Zheng Hua and others out in a sedan and three jeeps.
The Jeep was a used car that Sheng Xiping bought with the help of someone, a car that had been phased out by a certain department.
Although it was described as secondhand, it hadn't actually been driven for more than a few years. The owner wanted to buy a sedan but was afraid of being criticized, so he sold the old Jeep.
The group traveled from Songjianghe through Quanyang and Lushui to Erdaobaihe.
Then, I detoured from Erdaobaihe to Dunhua, from Dunhua to the provincial capital, and then to Harbin and other places. I visited the forestry bureaus along the way to maintain good relations.
For the past two years, Liu Yujiang and his brothers, along with Chen Jianguo and others, have been in charge of the specific matters of exchanging wood for home appliances and exporting various agricultural and sideline products. Sheng Xiping was too busy to come over.
Sheng Xiping personally led the group on this trip and received a warm welcome from various forestry bureaus and many counties and cities. They were basically treated to drinks wherever they went.
Of course, Sheng Xiping also took the opportunity to sign a large timber supply contract.
Currently, the situation in the forestry bureaus of Northeast China is still acceptable, and they will not face resource scarcity within five or six years.
However, if timber processing plants want to develop in the long term, in addition to the forestry bureaus in Northeast China, they must also develop a long-term and stable supply partner in advance.
Currently, relations between China and Russia are gradually easing. In two years, border trade will resume, and the company will be able to purchase timber from Russia.
In his previous life, Sheng Xiping missed a good opportunity. Later, he heard that when border trade between the two countries resumed, bartering was used. On this side, a bottle of strong liquor could be exchanged for a pair of leather shoes or a pair of binoculars, with profits of ten or even dozens of times.
The timber there is ridiculously cheap; you can even exchange a case of liquor for a cubic meter of wood.
A case of liquor only costs a few dollars, maybe ten or so. Even with shipping costs, the wood we get is still much cheaper than in China.
Countless people made their fortunes here back then, and there was even a remarkable person who traded canned goods and other food products for airplanes.
Tengyue Trading Company has expanded significantly and is making considerable profits.
Sheng Xiping probably doesn't have the energy to deal with small-scale border trade, but he can plan ahead and try large-scale barter.
Sheng Xiping led his men on a tour of various places, and by the time they returned to Songjiang River, it was already the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month.
The preparatory office staff have also been given a holiday. Those who live far away left a few days ago, while those who live nearby went back in the last couple of days.
Sheng Xiping didn't treat these people unfairly. He gave them generous salaries and bonuses, and also gave them some New Year's goods. They all went home happily for the New Year.
At the other end of the factory, they hired several elderly men from Songjiang River to work as night watchmen and guard the gate.
The factory hasn't started operations yet; no machinery or equipment has arrived. It's just an empty shell, so there's no fear of losing anything.
The main task is to keep an eye out for any unauthorized people coming in and to prevent any incidents from happening.
These days are chaotic, and nobody knows what might happen. What if a murder occurs before the factory even opens? That would be a real headache.
After settling things at the factory, Sheng Xiping had no more energy left.
So Zheng Hua, Yu Haibin, and others drove the jeep back to the forest farm first, while Sheng Xiping stayed behind to wait for Zhou Qinglan.
Senior high school students studied until the morning of the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and then they were allowed to have a holiday in the afternoon.
Sheng Xiping picked Zhou Qinglan up from school after get off work, and the two went home for lunch before packing their things and loading them into the car.
During this trip, leaders from many places gave him local specialties as gifts. When he was about to leave Harbin, Sheng Xi'an's father-in-law, mother-in-law, and other relatives also packed a lot of things for him.
The last four cars were crammed full of stuff in addition to passengers.
After returning home, Sheng Xiping shared some with everyone, sent a lot to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and kept some for his own family for the New Year.
Even so, the back seat and trunk of Sheng Xiping's car were packed full, with no space at all.
Aunt Li decided to stay in Songjianghe for the Spring Festival. The house was so big, with heating and a boiler, that it was necessary to have someone stay.
As soon as the car drove into the alley to the east, before it even stopped, the family's old dogs heard the commotion and all came out of their kennels, whimpering as they looked outside.
The dogs are very smart. After Sheng Xiping drove back a few times, they remembered him. So as soon as they hear the sound of a car, they know that their owner is coming back.
The dog barked, and the Sheng family heard it and rushed out to check. They saw Sheng Xiping and his wife carrying large and small bags of things down outside the garden.
"Fourth sister, fifth sister, come out quickly, eldest brother and sister-in-law are back, they brought a lot of things."
Sheng Xitai called out as he jogged out to help Sheng Xiping and the others unload their belongings from the car.
Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei, who were inside the house, also heard the commotion and hurriedly came out, carrying large and small bags of things home.
"Did you bring the whole store back? Why did you bring back so much stuff?"
"After the New Year, you'll all leave one by one. How long will your mother and I be left to eat?" Sheng Liancheng said as he moved things.
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