60s: I have a store

Chapter 171 Procurement Matters
However, problems also arise.

Building a reservoir requires more than just labor, you also need materials, such as steel bars, cement, etc. At the very least, you need stones. Even if it’s a small reservoir, you’ll need some, right?
Then, money is definitely needed.

The money in the village is not much, only the more than 1,000 yuan from the last wild boar sale. When the wheat and other grains are harvested, there will be some income, but it is still not enough!

It may not be easy to raise money from the villagers.

The entire Zhoujia Village could still raise several thousand yuan, but the villagers could not possibly spend all their coffin money on it. Even if the villagers dared to do so, the old branch secretary and the team leader would not dare to do so.

Then, we can only rely on the income-generating projects that Zhou Yimin leads us to develop.

Someone raised this key question.

Almost everyone looked at Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin said, “I have visited that valley on the spot. From above, it looks like a gourd, with a wide middle and mud, and a narrow opening and stone.

So, we just need to dig in the middle, and the dam construction project will not be too big and will not cost too much money.”

To be honest, it's not a particularly large reservoir. Even if it's full, it's only one-fifth of the village at most. It's more than enough to use stone as the dam.

On the contrary, it would cost more money to build a power station nearby in the future.

However, there is no rush to build the hydropower station, the reservoir should be built first.

Since Zhou Yimin said so, there is no need for everyone to worry about it.

The next morning, Zhou Zhiwen waited for Zhou Yimin at the intersection with the letter of introduction.

"Yimin, let me pick you up." Seeing Zhou Yimin motioning him to get in the car, Zhou Zhiwen hurriedly said.

"Brother Zhiwen, can you ride a bicycle?" Zhou Yimin was surprised.

Zhou Zhiwen smiled and said, "I know a little bit. Your father taught me. At the beginning, I also used this car to learn, and I flipped it twice."

Zhou Yimin almost forgot that this guy was a classmate of his father.

"Okay, you drive then." Zhou Yimin didn't hesitate to give him the bicycle and sat in the back. Of course, it would be best if he didn't have to do any work!

After entering the city, the two went straight to the research institute, and Zhou Yimin took Zhou Zhiwen to meet Director Huang.

Director Huang immediately welcomed Zhou Zhiwen and quickly completed the entry procedures for him. From now on, Zhou Zhiwen was considered a member of the research institute.

Not only that, considering the special nature of the buyer's job, Director Huang also provided him with a bicycle.

Although it was a bit shabby, Zhou Zhiwen was very happy. This way, he could live in the village instead of staying in the city.

To be honest, he was not very reassured at home.

He has a dumb old mother, a wife, two daughters, and a son who is still in elementary school. If his son was not too young, he would have asked his sixteenth brother to give this opportunity to his son.

My daughter is old enough to work, but she's a buyer! It's not safe for a woman to do that.

"Yimin, thank you!" Zhou Zhiwen said sincerely.

This is countless times better than earning work points in the village. He is now the lowest-level purchasing clerk, and his monthly salary is more than 20 yuan.

It is almost impossible to earn so many work points.

Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "Brother Zhiwen, you can go live with Daqiu for a while."

Director Huang just said that the research institute has limited housing resources and cannot arrange it for the time being, but he will arrange it as soon as possible.

"No need, I'll just go home and live." Zhou Zhiwen didn't want to trouble Zhou Yimin for everything.

"Whether you stay there or not, let's go there first! I have something to tell you, Brother Zhiwen, about the subsequent purchases." Zhou Yimin said.

The output of Zhoujiazhuang is not enough to help the research institute for the time being. Besides, Zhou Yimin asked these people to be buyers to help him "ship goods".

It was a three-pronged approach. The research institute got the materials it wanted, Zhou Zhiwen easily completed the purchasing target, and he, Zhou Yimin, could "make money by shipping."

Zhou Zhiwen followed Zhou Yimin to the private courtyard and saw Zhou Dazhong and Zhou Daqiu.

"Dazhong, tell your uncle Zhiwen about the purchasing process." Zhou Yimin was too lazy to waste his breath.

Zhou Dazhong nodded and began to explain to Zhou Zhiwen how to purchase.

Unlike other buyers, they had no trouble relying on Zhou Yimin. Uncle Sixteen (brother) had channels and could get all kinds of materials. All they had to do was to "supply" the steel mills and research institutes within a relatively reasonable range.

After hearing this, Zhou Zhiwen was stunned.

This is really easy! A dog can do this kind of work, right?
After the explanation, Zhou Dazhong took Zhou Zhiwen to the basement.

Zhou Zhiwen's eyes widened when he saw the items in the basement.

There were all kinds of scarce supplies here, including grains such as rice, flour, corn; meats such as cured duck, dried fish, sausages, and several large baskets of eggs; brown sugar, white sugar, milk powder, canned food, etc.

Almost filled up half the basement.

"Can all these goods be used to complete the mission?" Zhou Zhiwen asked.

Zhou Dazhong nodded: "In principle, yes, but..."

Zhou Zhiwen understood before he finished speaking. He was more sensible than Zhou Dazhong and knew that "shipping" too much would easily cause trouble.

"Brown sugar, milk powder, canned food, etc. are not produced in Zhoujiazhuang, so I won't take them out," said Zhou Zhiwen.

He was thinking about what to take to the research institute in a few days.

Zhou Yimin's voice came from outside: "Brother Zhiwen, for eggs and meat, you can deliver twice a week and be a little bolder in supply."

Zhou Yimin hopes to do his part for the group of respected scientific researchers.

It's of no use to get those thirty or fifty kilograms every time.

"Isn't twice a week a bit too frequent?" Zhou Zhiwen asked.

He was considering things on Zhou Yimin's side and didn't want his sixteenth brother to take any risks.

"Don't be afraid, we have people in the research institute. Of course, this is the only way in the early stage. Once those income-generating projects in our village have output, we will increase the supply." Zhou Yimin has his own plans and considerations.

Since his sixteenth brother said so, Zhou Zhiwen didn't say anything else.

He saw that there was the most bacon here, so he prepared to deliver bacon and eggs first. 50 kilograms of bacon each time, plus half a basket of eggs, thinking that should be enough?
That’s 100 kilograms of bacon and a basket of eggs per week.

This at least allows the people in the research institute to have a taste of meat every week, which can be considered as adding some nutrition.

"Oh, there's one more thing! If my Uncle Zhang needs anything in the future, Brother Zhiwen, you can just give it to him from here." Zhou Yimin added.

Just now at the research institute, Zhou Yimin introduced Zhang Jianshe to Zhou Zhiwen, and the two sides got to know each other.

Zhou Zhiwen nodded: "Okay!"

Afterwards, Zhou Yimin received the latest "payment for goods" from Luo Dapeng and Li Youde, and the money in his hands finally broke through the 10,000 mark.

The store in my mind can finally be upgraded.

I have to say that in this era, the value of a millionaire is really high.

Even if Zhou Yimin had some luck, it still took him so long to become a millionaire.

Thanks to brother 08a for the 200 reward!

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(End of this chapter)