Chapter 341 Cleaning up the factory, shrimp business
Lin Heng drove a tricycle and his brother quickly arrived in front of a dilapidated small house.
This place is located in a relatively peripheral area of Taibai City. There is a very messy vegetable market next to it. Many farmers will set up stalls here to sell some small things.
Lin Heng knocked on the door and shouted again, but no one responded after a long time.
After a while, an aunt from a nearby residence walked out of the door and looked at the two of them and asked curiously: "Who are you looking for?"
Lin Heng asked with a smile: "Excuse me, are there three young men living here?"
"They are three young men. They drive a tractor. They must have gone out to work." The aunt nodded and said .
"Understood, then I'll come back in two days." Lin Heng thanked him, turned around and left.
On the way back, Lin Yue said curiously: "I heard that Zhaohu Liu Sheng and the others are doing pretty well."
"Yes, so be it. I mainly We’re also looking for Liu Sheng. If we can’t find him yet, let’s buy tools to clean the factory,” Lin Heng said.
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded. On the way back, the two of them bought various cleaning tools. It was only half past ten when they arrived at the waste factory.
Finding workers is very simple. There are many people living nearby, many of whom are unemployed. Once called, they will definitely come back.
In this era, there are very few opportunities to work and make money. Many people in the city have no jobs. The same reason why educated youth go to the countryside is because there are no job opportunities in the city.
After all, domestic heavy industry has just developed in this era, other industries are still extremely unsound, and the private economy has just started. It is not easy to find a job.
Lin Heng took the document and went to a crowded place on the street nearby and shouted: "I need fifteen cleaners here to help with two days of work. They pay 50 cents a day. They are required to be under the age of fifty to be agile. Yes, is anyone coming? ”
As soon as Lin Heng said this, an aunt immediately stood up and asked: "Is it true or not?"
"Of course it is true. The money was settled in cash that day. Today it can only be counted as half a day and thirty cents." , I will start working at 1 p.m. If you need it, you can come to me and sign up. I will wait here for half an hour. If it is full, you will not be asked."
Lin Heng smiled and nodded. He was dressed like this and sitting. Sidecars are the best endorsement.
Now that wages in the city have increased, formal employees earn more than one yuan a day, and between thirty and forty a month.
The wages of those laborers who do hard work are at least more than one yuan a day, and the harm to their health is even higher.
He was just looking for a cleaner, and he was paid 50 cents a day, so it was not very low.
“I’ll do it, count me in.”
“I work quickly!”
Some people came to sign up on the spot, while others hurried back to call for help. .
Lin Heng finally selected five men and ten women. He also gave them an extra ten cents for bringing their own tools. After registering the book, he sent a note to everyone and said: "Please come at one o'clock in the afternoon." Everyone gathered in front of the old textile factory on time. The front of my factory had the spray paint of Hengxiu Feed Factory.”
The name Hengxiu Feed Factory has been planned for a long time, and the goal is to build a Hengxiu Group in the future.
“I understand, I promise to arrive on time.”
“Don’t worry, you can go now.”
A group of people are very lively, even in the city There are not many opportunities to make money, and no one is willing to let it go.
Many people who came late were extremely regretful. After hearing Lin Heng’s words, they asked again: “Boss, are you going to open a feed factory? Are you going to recruit workers?”
"Yes, we are all good at work and can do anything."
"If you want to recruit people, please let us know."
Lin Heng looked at them and smiled: "For the time being, we can't do anything." We are still recruiting people for renovation, but we will definitely hire them.”
After chatting with the people here for a few words, he turned and returned to the factory.
At the factory dormitory building, his elder brother repaired the water pipe. When he saw Lin Heng coming back, he smiled and said, "It's good now. There is water for cleaning."
"Don't worry about cleaning. Let's first see which doors, windows and glass are broken, and then buy some materials for renovation later." Lin Heng looked at his elder brother and said.
It’s almost noon, and it’s almost time to eat.
"That's okay." The two took rulers to measure the windows that lacked glass in the factory building.
The main task this time is to clean the factory building, repair the glass, clean the rusty windows and repaint them, etc.
The purpose is to restore this abandoned factory to its original appearance, instead of being overgrown and messy like it is now.
After the initial cleaning, the next step is to renovate, re-cementing the courtyard walls, re-painting the floor, repairing the exterior walls of the house, interior decoration, etc.
Things happened step by step, and he was not in a hurry because it would still be a long time before the feed factory started construction.
After measuring the data, the two drove to the glass factory to get the materials, and then went to eat.
The two of them had a bowl of oil-splashed noodles for lunch. The trouser-wide noodles were sprinkled with chili and garlic and splashed with oil. It was not very delicious.
After eating, Lin Heng went to the hardware store to buy a lot of sandpaper and some other odds and ends.
When they returned to the factory, fifteen workers were already waiting here neatly with tools.
Lin Heng looked at his watch and it was only half past twelve, and said quickly: "Everyone is so active, come in with me."
Opening the door, he drove in and parked the car. Okay, he brought everyone to the dormitory building and said: "Today we are mainly cleaning this dormitory building, cleaning it inside and out, and polishing the rusty places with sandpaper."
After that, he said again He assigned specific tasks and then motioned for everyone to get started. With so many people acting very quickly, all the garbage in the 150-square-meter, two-story dormitory building was initially cleared in more than an hour.
It took another hour to scrub the walls and floors inside and out.
The blue-grey exterior walls have become clean and tidy, the gray interior walls have become snow-white, the cement floors have become shiny, and the rusty doors and windows have all been polished and repainted.
"Next, let's start cleaning the outside, pull out all the weeds and debris, gather all the scrap iron and other things together and I will sell them."
Lin Heng ordered, So he and his eldest brother took people to work. He took the lead in letting people sort out the scraps, and he drove them all to the garbage station and sold them.
By the time the cleaning of the four-acre outdoor area was completed, it was already four o'clock, and the entire factory now looked like it was, not as dilapidated as before.
"Brother, you continue to lead them to clean the remaining factory buildings, and I will bring back the ordered glass." Lin Heng looked at his elder brother and said.
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded and agreed, and he would continue working with the workers.
Lin Heng drove to the glass factory, where the glass had been cut and loaded into the car. He gave the money and followed over to install the glass.
Then I went to the power management station to re-register, and the electricity here was reconnected. The afternoon passed quickly, and there were still one and a half factory buildings and three warehouses that had not been cleaned because they were quite messy. It was estimated that it would take another day tomorrow.
After the workers left, Lin Heng and his eldest brother went out to have dinner together.
Lin Heng had already decorated the dormitory in the afternoon and bought basic tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans. The original wooden bed here was repaired and can still be used, and the quilts were bought fresh.
The dormitory building is clean and they have a place to rest here.
Go to bed early and have breakfast the next morning. His eldest brother continues to lead the workers to clean up the remaining factory buildings, while he drives the car to find the buyer of the fresh shrimps.
This time he did not go to the wholesale merchants, but visited many state-owned restaurants and some small private restaurants to ask whether they could buy fresh shrimps and the channels through which they could buy fresh shrimps.
Because green shrimp is a relatively expensive ingredient, ordinary people in this era cannot afford it. Small restaurants do not purchase large quantities, while state-owned hotels have cold storage and often purchase larger quantities.
The purchase requirements of state-owned hotels are relatively high. As long as they have high-quality goods, Lin Heng used cigarettes to open the way and soon met Li Yong, the person in charge of the material procurement of the largest state-owned hotel in Taibai City, Taibai Hotel.
Took out a bag of fresh shrimps that he caught from home and showed it to the other party. He smiled and said, "Brother Li, please look. This is the Hengxiu brand fresh shrimps produced by our Hengxiu fresh shrimp breeding base. They are all farmed in mountain spring water, and the feed they feed is silkworm chrysalis powder, etc..."
This shrimp was brought by Lin Heng from home. It is packed in a plastic bag and filled with a lot of oxygen. It is very alive. good.
He originally didn’t want to bother himself with selling products one by one, because he knew that there were many wholesalers with low potential. He just needed to find someone to cooperate with or invest in. There was no need to do everything personally.
But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that he was not qualified to invest in others now. In addition, he did not have a lot of green shrimps, so it would not take much time to find a seller.
And there is another advantage to getting to know the purchasing managers of these big hotels. If he wants to buy wild animal meat in the future, they will be one of the good buyers.
He has focused on branding from the beginning. When explaining the advantages of raising fresh shrimps at home, he also took out the newspaper he had just submitted. This kind of government endorsement is very popular in this era.
Li Yong really liked this idea. After hearing what Lin Heng said, he started to ask about the price. Lin Heng had already found out that the price of the fresh shrimps they purchased here was two yuan. He was five cents cheaper. .
"If the quality is really the same as what you said, I can purchase a batch and have a look. Can I take back the green shrimp here and use it as a dish to check the quality?" Li Yong asked.
Lin Heng said: "How about I send you a batch of samples the day after tomorrow?"
"Okay." Li Yong nodded in agreement.
After negotiating with him, Lin Heng went to several other state-owned hotels and made the same inquiries. After hearing his description, they were all willing to give it a try and waited for him to get samples before discussing in detail.
At the end of the day, Lin Heng visited all the more than ten large state-owned hotels in Taibai City.
Going back in the afternoon, his eldest brother and his people also cleaned up the factory area and took out all the garbage and dumped it into the garbage dump.
Everyone is waiting for him to come back and pay his wages.
"Don't worry, everyone, I won't break my promise if I promise to settle the payment on the same day." Lin Heng said with a smile, moved a table out, and paid everyone's wages one by one.
After the workers left happily, Lin Yue asked: "Have you settled the matter today?"
"No, it still takes some effort, but it's not a big problem. " Lin Heng said with a smile.
"That's good." Lin Yue nodded and asked, "Didn't you continue to look for Liu Sheng?"
"I went, but he still hasn't come back. For the time being, Forget it, let's talk about it later." Lin Heng shook his head. He originally wanted to ask Liu Sheng to transport the goods for him, because he was a more reliable person.
In the end, he wasn't here, so we had to forget it for the time being.
"Is that so, shall we go back tomorrow morning?" Lin Yue asked again.
"Let's talk some more tomorrow and then go back." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.
After the chat, he and his elder brother went to look at the factory and warehouse. After cleaning, the place was very different, and it looked like a factory.
They did not go out to eat dinner, but cooked it themselves in the kitchen of the dormitory building.
Early the next morning, Lin Heng took his eldest brother to continue discussing the shrimp business, and by the way, he also asked about his purchase intention of hazel chicken and muntjac meat.
These state-owned restaurants are also very interested in these, especially hazel pheasant, which costs ten yuan for a piece weighing more than one kilogram, and thirty yuan for a piece weighing more than two kilograms.
The prices are very high, but in fact it is normal. No matter what era, there are many differences between the upper class and the lower class. These big hotels cater to people who are either rich or expensive, and they are all people who are not short of money.
And the more precious it is, the more expensive it is, the more they like it.
After running for a day, at five o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Heng and his eldest brother bought some fruits, snacks and daily necessities and went home.
It was already dark when they returned to Hongfeng Village. As soon as Lin Heng knocked on the courtyard door, Xiaoxia hugged her leg.
“Dad, did you go hunting again?”
“No, you went to the city to discuss business.”
“It’s been a long time. Mom and I miss you. ”
“I miss you too, baby.”
Lin Heng picked her up and got close to her for a while. The little cotton-padded jacket acted so coquettishly that it made people's hearts melt. After holding her for a while, he put her down and pushed the car into the house.
"It seems that everything is going well for you?" Xiulan said as she helped carry things into the house.
Lin Heng smiled and nodded: "Yes, it went very well."
Putting the things down, he washed the grapes he bought, held Xiaoxia in his arms while eating and chatting, and put himself Everything I did in the past three days was told.
"You really don't stop for a moment, so won't you have to go down again tomorrow?" Xiulan looked at him and said with some distress.
"Yes, I will go to Hongfeng Mountain to go to the underground cage in a while. I will get some samples and discuss the specific details tomorrow." Lin Heng nodded.
After saying that, he looked at Xiulan and said, "The dormitory building over the factory has been tidied up and is completely ready for people to live in. Do you want to go down there and live down there soon? If you have any problems, you can go to the hospital as soon as possible. "
Xiulan shook her head without thinking: "I don't want to live down there, I just like it here. "It's very comfortable."
She added: "And I don't think there's anything wrong with me, but I might not be used to living down here. I should wait until I'm about to give birth. It's too early now."
Although the city is bustling, she still likes the slow pace of life in the village.
"That's okay." Lin Heng didn't force it. He actually liked living up there. He went to the city just for Xiulan's safety. But if she didn't want to, there was no need to force it. Instead, it made her feel bad.
Xiulan ate a grape and said: "By the way, I have something very interesting that I forgot to tell you."
(End of this chapter)