Chapter 79: Opening up sales channels
After hearing what Zhou Xian said, Xu Xiuyun did not refuse. She tasted the pickles Zhou Xian brought, and her eyes lit up. It must be said that the pickles tasted really good.
There are many people in the county who can make pickles, and even she can make them, but she really can't make them taste like this.
Thinking about how people in the factory kept asking about what was happening at Baihua Commune, Xu Xiuyun felt that it might not be impossible to make some connections.
And it will definitely work this time, just because of the smell. If those people from the union refuse again, I guess the workers in the factory will block their doors and curse them.
Seeing Xu Xiuyun agreed to help, Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Sister, thank you so much. Don't worry, for your sake, we will definitely give you a good price."
Xu Xiuyun didn't waste any time and took Zhou Xian to see the factory director. After confirming the director's attitude, she notified the union people to come over.
Didn’t the union say that she favored other factories?
Now she has brought here the people who are in charge of Baihua Commune. Let's see what they have to say this time.
After tasting the pickles, the union members looked at each other and no one spoke.
Finally, it was the director of the machinery factory who spoke up, "Comrade Zhou, we've ordered the pickles from your commune."
"Director Sun, thank you so much for your support to our commune. You see, Sister Xu and I are old friends. We are sincere friends. I will give you a good price."
These words gave Xu Xiuyun enough face.
What those people in the union think is not important to her.
Where there are people, there is competition, and where there is competition, relationships will definitely not be very good.
After getting the order from the machinery factory, Xu Xiuyun was sending Zhou Xian off when she reached the door and remembered that Zhou Xian asked her to help with two things.
"Sister, what's the other thing?"
"It's like this. The workers in our pickle factory are about to go to work. I would like to ask Sister Xu to help talk to Chairman Xu of the textile factory and ask if he can sell a batch of cloth to our commune. We want to make factory uniforms for the workers. After all, we make food, so cleanliness and hygiene are particularly important."
"What's the big deal?"
Xu Xiuyun really likes this girl Zhou Xian. Everything she says and does makes people feel comfortable.
In fact, she could have gone directly to the textile factory to tell the matter, but she still contacted her sister Xu Xiufang through herself, giving her enough face.
Since the other party gave her so much face and it was within her ability, she was naturally willing to help.
"Okay, I'll help you talk to him."
Xu Xiuyun smiled and said, "I'll promote it for you when the time comes. You might as well sign the order from the textile factory as well."
"Thank you very much, Sister Xu."
As he spoke, Zhou Xian stuffed all the remaining pickles to Xu Xiuyun, "Sister Xu, you can take these back. I won't bring any back."
"Sister Xu, I can't stay here too long, otherwise I'll miss the bus back home. I'm leaving first."
Zhou Xian waved at Xu Xiuyun and left quickly.
Secretary He didn't expect that, before they even had any sight of their pickles, Zhou Xian had already won orders from two factories in the county after just one trip to the county town.
"Secretary He, you won't blame me for acting on my own, right?" Seeing Secretary He speak, Zhou Xian was still wondering if he was angry.
"No, no, Xiao Zhou, well done."
He wasn't angry, he was just too surprised.
Comrade Zhou Xian is truly a talented person.
What's the point of being afraid of the pickles? Just quickly arrange for someone to make them, and now you have them, right?
Secretary He quickly made arrangements.
Unexpectedly, I received a call from the textile factory’s union the next day, also wanting to discuss an order.
Secretary He found out after asking that this was also related to Xiao Zhou.
Sign, sign them all.
Of course, cloth from the textile factory is also needed, so the initial investment is still necessary.
Zhou Xian also asked Director Ji to gather some women comrades with good hands to form a temporary sewing class to sew factory uniforms for the employees of the pickle factory.
Many female comrades signed up voluntarily, which in turn motivated a group of people to work. Even if it is temporary, the money is paid seriously, and everyone is happy to do it if they can make money.
Director Ji, along with Officers Chen and Li, selected a group of people and registered their names.
Although it is a temporary organization, we will continue to look for them if there is any need in the future.
These are paid wages.
Then divide these women comrades into several groups.
Some are made into hats, some are made into sleeves, and some are made into aprons.
Masks are even more essential.
The most important thing is that these things have to be embroidered with the logo of their pickle factory.
This logo was naturally designed by the system based on Zhou Xianti's request.
There are also requirements for employees in the pickle factory. Before going to work, their nails must be checked to ensure they are not too long and free of dirt. They must wash their hands before going to work.
The hat must be worn properly to ensure that the hair does not fall into the pickles.
There are a lot of regulations, but no one backs down, after all, this is a rare job.
It sounds difficult, but it's actually not that difficult to do.
Everyone was very motivated, and they all knew that Zhou Xian had signed an order with the county factory.
They felt particularly happy when they thought that the workers in the city were waiting to eat the pickles they made.
As soon as Secretary He gave the order to start work, Zhou Xiaocao drove over on a tractor and carried boxes of vegetables into the factory.
They are all women who are used to doing farm work at home, so loading and unloading things is not a problem at all.
At present, the factory is full of female comrades, and everyone can overcome many difficulties by working together.
Zhou Xian's eldest sister-in-law, Hu Lanhua, successfully passed the exam, but her second sister-in-law, Wu Xiufang, failed and was dejected all day long at home.
The cousins Qiao Caiyun and Qiao Caiyue also went to work in the pickle factory.
As soon as the start was announced, everyone got busy.
Secretary He took the people of the commune on a tour and stayed away from the food.
After coming out, Zhou Xian asked, "By the way, Xiao Zhou, how are the dried mushrooms in your brigade's factory doing?"
"Everything went well."
"That's good, that's good." Secretary He nodded with a smile.
At present, Secretary He has no plans to expand the plastic greenhouse. He will be able to grow vegetables in his private plot soon. He can collect some from the members later and increase everyone's income.
Just at this time, some educated youth came to the commune.
Secretary He was still wondering about the other party's intention. The educated youth came to the commune most likely to file a complaint, and if it was not handled properly, they would unite and cause trouble.
However, Secretary He still called the other party into the office. As a leader, someone came to report a problem, and he must deal with it.
The visitor was a female educated youth named Zhuo Yu from the Cotton Brigade. She said she came on behalf of the educated youth in their brigade.
He spoke politely and came alone, so he didn't look like someone who was here to cause trouble.
"Comrade Zhuo, you came to see me, is there something going on?"
Zhuo Zhiqing nodded and said, "It's like this, Secretary He. I want to help sell the commune's pickles."
"What?" Secretary He suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Zhuo Yu repeated his words again.
Secretary He looked at Zhuo Yu with a complicated expression, "Zhuo Zhiqing, although this can of food is produced by our commune, we cannot sell it privately."
The state has regulations that all things cannot be bought and sold privately and must be sold and purchased by the state.
For example, the contracts they signed were all in the name of Baihua Commune and those factories, and were conducted on a public-to-public basis, with absolutely no private behavior.
The members of the brigade planted more vegetables in their private plots and were able to sell them at the market, but they had to go to designated markets and pay stall fees.
Zhuo Zhiqing is really bold. He even dares to come directly to him for speculation and profiteering matters.
Zhuo Yu knew that Secretary He had misunderstood what he meant, so he quickly explained, "Secretary He, you misunderstood. The truth is, I am from Western Province. What I meant was that I wanted to sell the pickles from Baihua Commune to the Western Province factory to expand the sales of the pickle factory."
Secretary He felt fortunate that he did not drink the water, otherwise he would have sprayed it out right now.
Fortunately, I was only surprised for a moment and soon got over it.
But I was still curious, so I asked, "Why do you have such an idea?"
Zhuo Yu naturally did not hide the fact that Zhou Xian had previously mobilized the educated youth to help purchase machines. Just ask around and you will find out.
Coupled with the fact that Zhou Xian had won an order from a factory in the county, the educated youth became interested.
They went to the countryside just to build the countryside.
But since going to the countryside, I can only deal with the land.
They all admitted that they were not very good at farming. Instead of struggling with crops that you are not good at, it is better to think of other ways.
These two things gave them great inspiration.
The educated youth came from all over the world and they could definitely help to open up the market for pickles.
Secretary He listened and thought it made sense.
Secretary He was not surprised by the educated youth's idea after always listening to Zhou Xian's description of the big picture. He even had to praise Zhou Xian for setting a good example. If it weren't for her, the educated youth would not have had such an idea.
"Then what do you want? A quota to return to the city?" Secretary He felt that since he came to him on his own initiative, he must have some demands.
The biggest possibility is the chance to return to the city.
Unexpectedly, Zhuo Yu shook his head.
"There are so many educated youth in our brigade, and the number of places to return to the city is limited. It would be inappropriate to give it to anyone, and it might even cause internal strife. Secretary He, we just want a job."
Secretary He thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he simply called Zhou Xian over and asked if it was possible to arrange for this group of educated youth to work in the pickle factory.
After hearing what Secretary He said, Zhou Xian's eyes lit up when he looked at Zhuo Yu.
The system did not prompt that Zhuo Yu was a person of this era and was just an educated youth, not a protagonist or supporting role.
She was not surprised that Zhuo Yu could come up with this idea. There are smart people in every era.
He also carefully asked Zhuo Yu about her thoughts. She came here on behalf of the educated youth of the entire cotton brigade. In other words, the educated youth of the cotton brigade had already known about this matter and elected Zhuo Yu as their representative.
"Zhuo Zhiqing, your idea is very good, very good. But the pickle factory is already full of recruitment quotas. Even more people going in will be useless."
A look of disappointment immediately appeared on Zhuo Yu's face.
Zhou Xian changed the subject and said, "However, the commune can set up a Baihua Commune Supply and Marketing Department in the name of you educated youth. As long as you are an educated youth from Baihua Commune, you can join. As long as you can get an order, you will get a commission. Zhiqing Zhuo, do you have the confidence to lead this group of educated youth comrades?"
Zhuo Yu was stunned. "All the educated youths in Baihua Commune?"
"That's right." Zhou Xian nodded.
"In fact, in addition to pickles, we also have dried mushrooms from our Taohua Brigade. If possible, you can also take some to try to sell them."
Zhuo Yu could hardly keep up with Zhou Xian's train of thought and could only look at Secretary He.
Secretary He actually didn't quite understand what was said.
"What I mean is this. Since this matter was proposed by the educated youth, we will set up this supply and marketing department in the name of the educated youth. Any educated youth who want to join can join, but they can only be given three chances. If after three times, the educated youth cannot get an order, they will automatically withdraw from the supply and marketing department and return to the production team to farm."
Zhuo Yu didn't expect that Comrade Zhou Xian's mind worked so quickly, but she could also understand that since he had been given three chances and still hadn't succeeded, there was no point in keeping such a person in this supply and marketing department.
"Okay, I'll go back and talk to the educated youth in the brigade. But I can only talk to the educated youth in my own brigade. I'm not very familiar with the educated youth in other brigades."
"That's okay. We'll discuss the specific procedures in detail. Zhuo Zhiqing, please go back and wait for the news."
After seeing off Zhuo Zhiqing, Zhou Xian immediately went back and wrote a report to Secretary He.
The content was roughly about how to set up the educated youth supply and marketing department, so that they could sell the products of their Baihua Commune all over the country. This was a good thing, a very good thing, for their commune.
This will greatly open up the sales of their pickles. If you think about it carefully, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages. Secretary He is naturally happy to see it happen.
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