Li Long didn't expect that Section Chief Hu would call, and Section Chief Hu himself didn't expect to find Li Long in the end.
This year’s Chinese New Year is in February, so Section Chief Hu is not that anxious about purchasing benefits for factory employees during the Chinese New Year. He just raised an idea at the factory’s shift meeting two days ago.
Then the factory director made a joke, saying that the batch of mutton produced last year was very good, and the elderly in the family liked it very much.
This may be a casual joke, or it may have no other meaning.
But Section Chief Hu still wrote these words down.
He did remember Li Long, that clever young man. After all, it’s not just a once-in-a-lifetime deal, the mutton is only once, and the rice dumplings, glutinous rice and red dates for the Dragon Boat Festival are also good.
But to be honest, with the size of a sugar factory, a logistics section chief does not really have too many connections. It is still easy to find a supplier that can provide year-end benefits, especially after it has been in business for a few years. Now everyone has broadened their horizons, and it is not too difficult to come up with something that is affordable or good-looking and fresh.
But Section Chief Hu can't really follow his own ideas. After all, the leader's ideas are very important.
On the same day, Xiao Song, who was transporting sugar dregs, delivered two beautiful big carp, saying that they were sent by the person who brought mutton for the New Year last year. This made Chief Hu couldn't help but think more about it.
The shift meeting here has just started, and I just mentioned about the year-end benefits. The leader over there made a casual remark, and then the young man brought carp. What is the connection between them?
Don't blame Section Chief Hu for overthinking. Some coincidences may seem like coincidences to ordinary people, but Section Chief Hu would rather think more about it. What if there is any connection between them?
If not, then just think that you are overthinking it. If yes, then if you don’t think about it, will you miss something?
After thinking about it, I have to do welfare anyway, so let this young man do it this year.
So the call was transferred through layers of transfers, from Shicheng Sugar Factory to Hongqi Commune of Ma County, oh, it should be regarded as the fourth team of Xinhu Brigade of Hongqi Township, Xu Chengjun's place.
After Xu Chengjun called for Li Long, he smiled and cursed:
"You kid, my phone has almost become your special phone. I don't answer as many calls as you do in a year."
Of course it's a joke.
Those who can make phone calls these days are basically not ordinary people. Xu Chengjun still has ideas about Li Long answering some calls from time to time. After all, Li Long had received many calls before, all of which brought benefits to the team.
"Xiao Li, right? I am Section Chief Hu of the sugar factory. Thank you for the two fishes. They are very good!"
"Hello, Section Chief Hu, I am Li Long. . Is the fish okay? I’ll send you a few more when I have time. There are quite a lot of fish here.”
"No, no, you're interested. I'm calling you this time to talk to you about something. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Can you give our factory some more welfare items for the New Year this year? Mutton is a must. Thirty sheep Well. What other things do you have there?”
“We have fish and rabbits here...” Li Long was a little excited and hurriedly introduced, then thought about it and said, “I have some in my circle. There are wild boars..."
"Hey, there are a lot of things. So, I definitely need sheep. It will take half a month. Don't worry, you can just send them to me before the end of January. Rabbits, are they wild? Get me a hundred of them. Make it more symmetrical, otherwise it will be difficult for me to tell people right. Well. As for the fish, you don’t have to insist on this size. After all, it’s a wild fish. It weighs 800 kilograms to a ton. My family has to give it ten kilograms, right? I won’t let you go for the time being. The meat is thick. ”
Big business!
"Okay, okay, I'm going to prepare now..."
"The price is a little lower than the market price. After all, the quantity I want is large, so you have to give me a wholesale price, right?" Section Chief Hu joked. Of course, he doesn't care about the money. It's definitely based on the market price. no problem. Whoever can get supplies these days will be the best. By the new year, ordinary people may not be able to buy meat even with money and meat tickets.
"Okay," Li Long thought quickly and said: "The current market price of mutton is one yuan and three, how about I pay one yuan for one? The market price of fish is one yuan and one for me. We usually sell rabbits for five "One piece, can you give your factory four yuan?"
"Not bad, Xiao Li, I found you are really good." It's suitable for business. It's just a brain. It's a waste if you don't do business. Okay, it's settled. Come over and sign the agreement when you have time. Let me remind you, everything else is easy to say. The mutton must be the same as last year. How about it? ?”
“No problem!”
After hanging up the phone, Li Long let out a sigh of relief. He guessed that the main reason was that Section Chief Hu called him to get these welfare items for the New Year. Of course, making sure that he was in the village was another main reason.
After all, the village name I reported at the time was verifiable. Being able to find out means that he has a clean foundation, so that Section Chief Hu will have no scruples when doing this matter. After all, he is not a traveling businessman.
And he hopes that he can sign an agreement in the past. This also means that everything will be done in a formal way, which also reassures him.
After all, preparing such a large amount of supplies will cost a lot of money. If the other party doesn't accept it, it will be a bad thing.
This Section Chief Hu is quite good!
Li Long naturally didn't know that Chief Hu's expression of goodwill was actually taking precautions.
Since Section Chief Hu said this, it means that there is definitely no problem with this purchase, so the next step is to prepare things.
There is a high probability that there will be no problem with fish and rabbits, but mainly sheep - Li Long knew that he had to go to the mountains as soon as possible, and finalized the matter with Harimu and the others.
Thirty sheep is not a lot for Harimu and the others, but they still need to be prepared in advance. Li Long was thinking that since sugar factories need year-end benefits, do other factories also need them?
Since I am going to make some money by flipping the business, can I have a few more factories?
Li Long felt it necessary to go to Li Xiangqian to inquire. It would be fine for the factories in Shicheng to find and sell the products themselves, but there is a high probability that they may not be able to do so. After all, things are different from year to year.
For example, this afternoon, Section Chief Hu met another person in the office.
"Old Zhao, it's not that I don't give you face. I didn't refuse the sheep you usually send, and the price is OK. But this time is different. Year-end benefits, the factory director has spoken, you The mutton I got from the food company is not delicious!”
Old Zhao was originally an employee of Shicheng Food Company, but later he left the company because of some complicated matters and ran away on his own. Channels, commonly known as second-hand dealers.
In the past, things were naturally relatively low-key, quiet, and in a gray area. Nowadays, the state allows the establishment of a market economy. As long as there is no speculation, such things are still allowed.
He used to work in a food company and had these connections. He and Chief Hu were all old acquaintances. Every year, he could get beef and mutton from the sheep flocks owned by the food company and sell them to the logistics of various factories and mining units, making a profit. Price difference.
After all, food company supply is relatively planned, with priority given to meeting the needs of agencies, troops and the masses. And people like Lao Zhao are more flexible.
But Section Chief Hu is a sensible person and knows that the mutton obtained by Lao Zhao from the food company is strictly controlled. The food company has its own flock of sheep and has employees who specialize in grazing them. They regularly select some thin and non-lamb ewes from the flock, bring them to the foot of the mountain to raise them, and feed them with feed to fatten them up. This is usually called in the market Feed sheep. The current price of feed sheep is one yuan and one kilogram as mentioned by Li Long. Because of the commodity economy, the price will naturally increase.
Lao Zhao recently got a batch of feed sheep and planned to sell them to various companies before the new year to make a fortune.
I didn’t expect that Section Chief Hu would not give me face.
"Chief Hu, this mutton is pretty good!" Old Zhao was a little puzzled. In fact, it is really good. The feed fed at this time is still grain feed, so overall it is good.
But sheep are animals that eat live meat. Why do some people like sheep necks? Isn’t it just because there are so many activities? Sheep that often graze in the mountains, like Harimu's flock, are driven out to graze even in winter, and the food they eat is different. The taste of the mutton is better than that of the traditional mutton.
No way.
The difference between garden ginseng and wild ginseng. Oh, maybe not that big, it should be the difference between garden ginseng and understory ginseng.
Old Zhao was a little confused, but Section Chief Hu naturally couldn't let out what the factory director said, so he had to leave. I have to go to other factories quickly to avoid getting this batch of mutton in my hands.
"Xiaolong, someone wants to collect rabbits?" Xu Chengjun asked hurriedly after Li Long hung up the phone.
"Well, it's a factory in Shicheng. It's the Chinese New Year soon. They want to make something for welfare. I said, don't we have rabbits here..."
"If you get it, where will you collect it?" "
"Take it. "Li Long is actually ambiguous, but since the captain has spoken, let's take it. There are a hundred of them. He has to catch them all on his own. He can't catch many. After all, he still has to go to the mountains to deal with the sheep, and he has to let him go. Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang stared at the fish.
"How much does it cost?" Xu Chengjun heard Li Long speak just now.
"Captain, you also heard it. The price I quoted just now is the actual price, but I have to take the risk and put the money in it. I will charge three yuan for the big rabbit and two and a half yuan for the smaller one. Less than I won’t accept anything less than three kilograms.”
One rabbit earns more than one dollar! The first thing Xu Chengjun thought of was that Li Long was very evil - but when he thought about it, it was normal. People have a way, and it’s normal to make money. Besides, Li Long also said that he had to take risks. If the other party really regretted it in the end, would he smash the rabbit into his hand and eat it every day?
“What about the fish?” Xu Chengjun thought of fish again.
"If I accept it, it will be 60 cents per kilogram. If it is too small, I will not accept it." Li Long gave the quotation.
“Do you want to shout through the trumpet?” Xu Chengjun asked.
"Farewell, I'm afraid that hundreds of rabbits will be sent to me at once, and I won't be able to accept them." Li Long smiled, "As long as a small group of people know about it."
Coming out of Xu Chengjun's house, Li Long went to his eldest brother Li Jianguo first.
"Collect rabbits? You want me to collect rabbits?" Li Jianguo was a little confused.
"Yes. I promised the sugar factory, which wanted welfare during the Chinese New Year. Last year I bought them some sheep. They thought the sheep were good, so they asked for more this year, including rabbits, fish and sheep. I have to enter Go to the mountains to get sheep, this is the harvest You have to deal with the rabbit. The same goes for the fish. I’ll let Daqiang and Yongqiang take care of the fish, but it’s all up to you.”
Both Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang. You can rest assured, but you are still an outsider. The person who can reassure Li Long the most is his eldest brother, so if he leaves by himself, then the eldest brother has to take care of the final issue.
"Okay." Li Jianguo agreed happily, "You just set up the regulations and I will do the work."
"In less than half a month, it is almost ten days, a hundred rabbits. The captain knows, His relatives over there might send them over. I set up a trap near Dongdagou. The two powerful men, Yongqiang, also know the place and should be able to collect some rabbits every day. If you want to take it, you’ll pay three yuan for the big ones, two and a half yuan for the small ones, and no fish under three kilograms,” Li Long said. , there is no way to give it to others."
"Okay."
Li Long took out a thick stack and handed it to his elder brother:
"Brother, this is eight hundred yuan. Use it first. If it's not enough, you can put it down first."
A rabbit is three yuan, a hundred is three hundred. One kilogram of fish costs 60 cents, and one ton is 600, but in fact they can't harvest that much. Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang can get at least two to three hundred kilograms of fish and at least 20 to 30 rabbits in ten days.
So the money should be enough.
Li Jianguo did not refuse and accepted the money.
When Li Long was talking to his elder brother, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang also rushed over. When they were going to Xiaohaizi to get fish after returning from fetching rabbits with Li Long, Li Long answered the phone and went to the captain's house. The two of them didn't go to Xiaohaizi first, but waited at Ma Hao's place. As a result, he didn't wait for Li Long to come back and ended up running here.
"I'm going to the county this afternoon. In the next few days, you will set up rabbit traps every morning, then go to Xiaohaizi to get fish, and bring the fish here. The same goes for rabbits. Just write it down every day."
< br>"Brother Long, is this... coming back to life again?"
"Well, the sugar factory has "It's a job." Li Long smiled and said, "Go to Xiaohaizi and tell the Liang family. I will send fish to my brother later. The price has increased, six cents per kilogram."
"Then the others." If you want to send it, do you want to accept it?”
“Accept it,” Li Long said, “I accept it.”
What he knows better than others is that materials are now more valuable than money. He also has more connections and channels than others.
The villagers guard these things and cannot sell them for money, or they only conduct small-scale trade in Ma County. Zhao Laoshi actually went to Shicheng, but he was beaten and robbed because he was not prepared.
There are few people who can accumulate enough capital and expand a large enough circle of contacts like Li Long in a short period of time.
There are such people, but they simply left the team early and settled in Shicheng or Wucheng instead of staying here.
After all, in the dualistic social environment at that time, city people were superior to others.
This is also the reason why many people can't understand Li Long - with his current net worth, he can obviously live a very good life in the city.
After arranging this matter, after having lunch at the elder brother’s place, Li Long rode his bicycle to the county.
On the back seat of the bicycle were two rabbits and two packs of fish. Part of it was for Gu Xiaoxia and the others to eat, and part of it was given to Li Xiangqian.
So Li Long rode his bicycle to the big yard first, put down his things, and then went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Li Xiangqian was playing poker with two colleagues in the office. There is not much work in the supply and marketing cooperative in winter. There is nothing much to do in normal times, and now there is no need to clear the snow. Instead, I read newspapers or play poker. To be honest, there is no one to take care of such a unit.
"Xiao Li is here? You sit down first and wait for me to finish this." Li looked forward and pointed to the wooden row chair after seeing Li Long and said, "What are you talking about?"
"Our place There are wild rabbits and a few fish caught on the side. There is a small sea to the south of the village, and there is usually nothing to break the ice with. Get some fish in the hole."
"Not bad," Li Xiangqian said smoothly, "It seems that you are living a good life."
"Haha, just so-so."
< br>Li Long sat down and started to read the cards and stopped talking.
After finishing the fight, Li Xiangqian fought to the upper reaches, mixed the cards happily, and said:
"Okay, we won't fight today. I have something to do here, so you can go about your business."< br>
After the two people smiled and left with their cards, Li Xiangqian asked:
< br>"Xiao Li, how have you been free recently?"
"It's not really idle. After I sent them away last time, I just went home to catch rabbits and get some fish." The last time Li Long took Qi Jingyue and the others After seeing him off, he went home directly without coming to Li Xiangqian's place. He felt something was wrong.
"Well, last time when those three young men went back, they gave you a good compliment. They did a good job." Li Xiangqian didn't pay attention and said with a smile:
"Okay, give me a face." They called me to say thank you very much. They said that the three young people have changed a bit since they returned, and they are no longer arrogant. I guess it is because you have knocked away their arrogance.”
"Hehe, it's not that exaggerated. I just led them to hunt a few wild animals." Li Long said modestly, "They also wanted to beat the big guys, but they didn't."
"Don't be modest, It's a good thing to be more powerful, so that people in the state can know that there are capable people in our small place." Li Xiangqian said:
"What happened to your visit to the county?"
"Well, the Shicheng Sugar Factory wants some sheep. I plan to go to the mountains and ask those friends. Do we want them here? If not, I will get you one for the New Year. This is better than the mutton from the food company. "More."
"Just get one. The welfare of the company is handled by logistics, I won't interfere. This year, the food company has already approved a car of sheep. I know where your sheep are." OK, just "No, I'm waiting for your mutton."
"Okay, I'll bring you one when you get back from the mountains." Li Long said with a smile, "The mutton in the mountains is better."
"Okay." Li Xiangqian said, "Go and do your business. If I have any news, I will call your team leader."
Coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Li The dragon returned to the big courtyard. The main reason is that it is a bit late to go to Shicheng now. He plans to go there early tomorrow morning. There is a short-distance shuttle bus at the bus station and it is more convenient to take that one.
Before Gu Xiaoxia got off work, Li Long set up a fire, melted the frozen rabbit, and started processing it.
He planned to make a spicy rabbit for Gu Xiaoxia to try. (End of this chapter)