"Xiao Zhao, I'm not asking you for money. I heard you and He Bo are good friends. I'd like you to go talk to He Bo and see if you can use seven thousand yuan to buy up those scraps of cloth and hair ties in the warehouse?" Director Wang asked with a smile.
Director Wang heard that He Bo was the first person in Taohua Town to start a hair tie business, and that his hair ties were already being sold to other places. Business was booming.
Liang Xiaohe was just jealous of He Bo and his friends making money, so she followed suit and started selling hair ties.
As a result, Liang Xiaohe was incompetent; not only did she fail to make any money, she also wasted several thousand yuan worth of fabric.
"What? That pile of junk costs seven thousand yuan? Director Wang, you're really putting me in a difficult position. Even if I agree to help you ask, He Bo isn't willing to do it!" Zhao Tianyu didn't want to take on this "hot potato."
Zhao Tianyu knew that Zhao Zhenzhu and the others used scraps of fabric recycled from clothing factories to make hair ties, and the cost of the fabric was so cheap that it was almost negligible.
Even if He Bo and Zhao Zhenzhu earn a lot of money, there's no reason for them to spend over seven thousand yuan to clean up Director Wang's mess.
"Little Zhao! Can you help me make the connection? I'll talk to He Bo myself, okay? If it's not seven thousand, a few hundred less is fine too," Director Wang said with an embarrassed smile.
Director Wang was truly at his wit's end.
Liang Xiaohe has made over 30,000 hair ties. There are also about 50,000 that have been cut into strips of fabric but not yet made.
If the supply and marketing cooperative sells more than 30,000 hair ties at the retail price of 30 cents each, as He Bo and his team do, they will not lose money.
The problem is that Peach Blossom Town is a small place. Hair ties costing three cents each can only sell about two hundred a month.
More than 30,000 hair ties, if placed in the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative for sale, might not be sold out even after two or three years.
Director Wang must make up for this deficit in the short term, otherwise his position will be in jeopardy, and he may even face disciplinary action.
“This…” Zhao Tianyu hesitated for a moment, just about to find an excuse to refuse.
"Xiao Zhao, it's settled then. Considering how well I've taken care of you over the years, and the long-standing friendship between your father and me, you can't just stand by and watch someone die!" Director Wang said earnestly, holding Zhao Tianyu's hand.
"Director Wang, I can ask around, but I can't guarantee it will work out." Zhao Tianyu had no choice but to agree.
Director Wang acted as if he wouldn't release Zhao Tianyu unless Zhao Tianyu agreed.
It was almost time to leave work, and Zhao Tianyu didn't have that much time to waste with Director Wang.
After returning home, Zhao Tianyu told Zhao Zhenzhu about the incident. He didn't forget to complain about Director Wang: "Sister, do you think our Director Wang has gone mad? He wants to sell that pile of junk to He Xiaobo for seven thousand yuan. He Xiaobo isn't stupid, how could he possibly pay that much, right?"
"Xiaoyu, is your Director Wang short of money?" Zhao Zhenzhu asked thoughtfully.
"That's right! This time, there are more than seven thousand holes that can't be filled. Director Wang is afraid of being held accountable by his superiors, so he came up with this outlandish idea," Zhao Tianyu sighed and said.
Zhao Tianyu actually felt a little sorry for Director Wang.
Although Director Wang has not achieved any major successes in the few years since he took office, the supply and marketing cooperative has been running smoothly under his management.
Now, because of Qian Youliang's dereliction of duty, Director Wang has not only lost his reputation of many years, but also faces the prospect of being dismissed from his post.
"Tianyu, let me think about it." Zhao Zhenzhu gestured for Zhao Tianyu to be quiet.
Last night, Zhao Zhenzhu was still worried about the fact that their hair accessory workshop did not have a business license.
The economy has not yet been officially reopened.
Even if Zhao Zhenzhu wanted to get a business license for the small workshop, she couldn't.
If no one reports them, Zhao Zhenzhu and He Bo could make a fortune in silence.
If someone reports Zhao Zhenzhu and her group for operating without a license, shutting them down and imposing fines would be a minor issue. Arresting Zhao Zhenzhu and He Bo and putting them in jail isn't out of the question.
Director Wang needs seven thousand yuan to get through this difficult time. Zhao Zhenzhu needs a business license.
Instead of taking this opportunity, let's give small workshops a legitimate path.
The reason Zhao Zhenzhu thought about the affiliation last night was because she was provoked by Zhou Ruonan.
Zhou Ruonan was powerful and influential, and she regarded Zhou Bingxing as a thorn in her side.
Zhao Zhenzhu had to be on guard.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhenzhu said, "Xiaoyu, tell Director Wang tomorrow that we can provide seven thousand yuan, but we can only provide three thousand yuan for the scraps of cloth and hair ties. The other four thousand is the affiliation fee for the small workshop."
"What affiliation fee?" Zhao Tianyu didn't understand.
“The small workshop that makes hair accessories will need Director Wang's help to get its business license. It will be affiliated with the Taohua Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative, operating on its own profits and losses, and will pay the cooperative a ten-year affiliation fee of four hundred yuan annually.” Zhao Zhenzhu explained as she thought, “If Director Wang agrees, call He Bo tomorrow and have him come back to sign the contract with Director Wang. Pay the money immediately after the business license is issued.”
Since Director Wang has already determined that the hair accessory workshop belongs to He Bo, Zhao Zhenzhu doesn't need to rush to explain to Director Wang that it's a business partnership between her and He Bo.
After all, Zhao Qingshan had previously served as the director of a supply and marketing cooperative and had a relationship with Director Wang.
If Director Wang finds out that the hair accessory business belongs to Zhao Zhenzhu, it might cause some complications.
It would be better to let He Bo come back and sign a contract with Director Wang.
"Sis, why is the affiliation fee so expensive? Four hundred a year, and you have to pay for ten years straight. I think two hundred a year is already a lot." Zhao Tianyu felt a pang of regret.
That's four thousand yuan!
Zhao Tianyu was reluctant to part with it.
“Then let’s make it two hundred a year, for twenty years. We can ask for the highest price and get Director Wang to lower it on the spot! If Director Wang doesn’t agree to twenty years, fifteen years is fine too,” Zhao Zhenzhu said with a smile.
Zhao Zhenzhu remembers that in her previous life, private enterprises began to appear in Peach Blossom Town in the early 1990s.
If a ten-year contract is signed, what if the new director of the supply and marketing cooperative refuses to allow them to continue affiliating after the contract expires, resulting in a gap of one or two years?
"Sister, why don't you try to lower the price? That pile of rags, if you offer two thousand, Director Wang might be willing to sell it." Zhao Tianyu still felt a pang of regret.
“Xiaoyu, Director Wang wants seven thousand yuan, and we want to affiliate with him; it’s a win-win situation. I think this money is well spent. Once we get the business license, we can expand production and earn more money,” Zhao Zhenzhu said with a smile.
The reason why Zhao Zhenzhu is now producing hair ornaments in several village production groups is to break it down into smaller parts so as not to attract attention.
With a business license, Zhao Zhenzhu could hire more workers in town and centralize production for easier management.
"Sis, why don't you call He Xiaobo and ask him to come back first, then you can discuss it and decide? You used to make hair ties using scraps of cloth, and the supply and marketing cooperative had a bunch of junk that only cost a few dozen yuan at most. Now you're going to spend seven thousand yuan, won't He Xiaobo be unhappy?" Zhao Tianyu was a little worried.
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