The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 225: A Little Hard to Take Out
There is pure friendship between men and women, of course. But if it is friendship, there will be a clear sense of distance.

If a man and a woman sleep in the same bed and hug each other, and tell others that their relationship is pure, no one will believe it.

Shen Li could provide Jiang Cheng with different emotional values. After a few months, although she did not break the bottom line, she became more shameless step by step. At least the two of them were no longer simply lying in bed and sleeping.

Jiang Cheng had already touched what he should have touched, and he felt that he had already shown the characteristics of a scumbag. Without taking the final step, Jiang Cheng was still selfish, and he was just giving himself the last chance for redemption.

To be honest, Jiang Cheng had never considered how to treat Shen Li after taking her down. He didn't do that, and was still only selfishly thinking about himself.

When it comes to my feelings for Zhou Lingying, some so-called bottom lines are nothing but self-admiration.

But one thing is very true, at least Jiang Cheng can stick to this bottom line for Zhou Lingying. If he fails to stick to it, many things will turn out differently.

Jiang Cheng is loyal to Zhou Lingying, but not to Shen Li.

In this era in Hong Kong, as long as you have money, women are really easy to get. Jiang Cheng can even set his sights on the Hong Kong female stars who will become famous in the future.

Now it seems like God is giving him a choice: to live his life over again, to be with someone who can depend on him for the rest of his life, or to live an absurd and extravagant life.

He used to complain about how droughts kill people and floods kill people. He also talked about how some rich people were unfaithful and played with some women. Now Jiang Cheng had a real chance, and he could slap those rich people in the face.

But now he was lying on the bed, and he didn't know whose hand was in Jiang Cheng's pants. How could he hit someone in the face?

The next morning, Jiang Cheng went to the factory after breakfast. There was an office over there, and there were a few civilian staff in the factory.

To be honest, for Shen Li, it would be a bit embarrassing to go and do things.

It is useless to have a delicate and immature appearance. If you have no culture, no temperament, and no connotation in your conversation, you will not be able to help others when you talk about things, but will be looked down upon by some people.

Shen Li has no problem communicating with the lower-level people, but Jiang Cheng has to go to a nearby fishery company to discuss purchasing issues today, so it would be better to bring an accountant instead of her.

Jiang Cheng's time in Hong Kong was limited, so he held a simple meeting in the factory to add new products and start making shrimp balls.

Moreover, fish balls are no longer made solely of grass carp. Shark resources are abundant and cheap in Hong Kong, and other food factories that make fish balls also purchase sharks.

The texture of shark meat is actually quite good, but the fibers are relatively coarse. However, it is precisely because of the coarse fibers that the fish balls made from it are actually chewy.

In addition to sharks, eels can also be used to make fish balls. However, eels are expensive, but they can be sold at high-end prices. Some large tea restaurants and hotels can also supply them after negotiation.

Another thing is that it is clearly stated on the packaging that the fish balls are made from eel. Some Hong Kong people with good family conditions are also willing to pay for good ingredients.

Anyway, the variety of products needs to be increased, the factory needs to recruit people, and a purchasing department needs to be established to specialize in the purchase of fish and shrimp.

In 1974, Hong Kong abolished the guarantor system, and anyone who came to Hong Kong could directly apply for an ID card. It was because Hong Kong's manufacturing industry was developing rapidly, recruiting workers everywhere, and the shortage of workers led to the fact that anyone who arrived in Hong Kong could directly apply for an ID card.

With such a policy, to put it more simply, it is telling people from the mainland to sneak over here as soon as possible. Once they come here, they will no longer be deported, and no one will check whether you have sneaked in from the mainland.

In addition to recruiting purchasing staff, we also need to recruit logistics management personnel. Previously, the scale was small, and Ali was basically responsible for some minor matters. But this time, we are planning to more than double the production scale, and the factory will also begin to formalize.

After the meeting in the morning, Jiang Cheng took the accountant to a nearby fishery company.

In fact, if Jiang Cheng wanted to buy cheap goods, he could go directly to some ports to talk to fishing boat owners about purchasing. However, although the goods sold by private fishing boat owners are cheaper, the supply is unstable.

In addition, fishing companies will also sign contracts with fishing boat owners to purchase their seafood. This is similar to the truck drivers in later generations who would register their trucks with some transportation units in order to run business. Fishing companies actually seem to have their own fishing boats, warehouses, cold storage, etc. In fact, except for the cold storage, which is more expensive, they may not have many boats of their own, but are all registered with other private fishing boat owners.

But no matter what, if you want a stable supply of goods, it is safest to find a fishing company.

Hong Kong is a capital market. Jiang Cheng brought people to discuss procurement business and was warmly received. If you want a cheap price, it depends on the volume you need.

Jiang Cheng's current factory is still a small one, and the brand "Jiang Donglai" is not well-known. There are not many preferential policies, and Jiang Cheng did not compare prices from three different suppliers. He just signed a purchase contract when he felt it was suitable.

In the contract, the price is not the most important thing, but the quality of the goods. Jiang Cheng would rather make less money than lose money, but he must ensure the quality of the raw materials.

After signing the contract and paying the deposit, Jiang Cheng returned to the factory.

You need to pay a deposit when buying something because once the contract is signed, the fishery company will deliver the goods to the factory on time. They also need to arrange people to sort and select, and even deliver.

If there is no deposit, you just say you don’t want it, how can they do business? Even according to the contract, if the fish balls and shrimp balls produced by Jiangcheng cannot be sold, they will still deliver the raw materials to you. Unless you directly do not want the deposit and breach the contract, the fishery company will stop delivering.

Anyway, the contract has been signed, and both parties cannot violate the agreement midway. If you are so worried, you can just arrange to buy the car here at a high price, and you don’t have to pay any deposit.

Jiang Cheng brought people here to discuss purchasing, and naturally they also gave preferential conditions, which were cheaper than the wholesale price. They also wanted stability.

Only with stable orders can fishing companies dare to expand and purchase new fishing boats.

This is actually the same as the planned production in China. If there is an order, it is within the planned task. Without an order, even if Jiang Cheng buys 100 tons of products every month at the fishery company's seafood market, they will not easily increase the number of fishing boats to catch more seafood.

However, since they have regular orders, they dare to use the money to expand even before their products are sold.

After a busy day, Jiang Cheng had lunch at the factory. He ate whatever the workers ate, but the chef he hired probably knew that Jiang Cheng, the boss, would have lunch at the factory, so he specially cooked a pot of fish offal.

After lunch, Jiang Cheng talked for a long time with the factory's human resources manager, discussing issues such as recruitment and remuneration.

In fact, Jiang Cheng had some plans for the future development direction, but he didn't need to tell the people in the factory about it.

Currently, the product is single, and although sales and profits are increasing every month, the factory should still be mainly responsible for production. When there are more products, Jiang Cheng will set up a company, and then it will not be too late to recruit some highly educated and qualified talents and discuss the development direction with them.

In the afternoon, Jiang Cheng returned home and took Shen Li to the agency to look for a house. This time, Jiang Cheng planned to rent a house that was independent, even if it was a building with two or three floors.

This time Jiang Cheng hopes to rent the house for a longer period of time so that he can also buy home appliances such as refrigerators and TV dramas.

In Hong Kong, it is very easy for landlords to rent out houses. If they entrust an agent to contact tenants, they will sign a contract. The agent can rent out the house directly on behalf of the landlord.

As long as Jiang Cheng has no objection to the rent, the agent will take them to see the house, and if they like it, they can rent it directly. Only if there is an objection, the agent will communicate with the landlord.

Moreover, many industries in Hong Kong pay attention to professional ethics, and it is rare to see a situation where you eat the food of the previous supplier and then the food of the next supplier.

So it only took Jiang Cheng more than an hour to rent a house that suited his taste. The two-story building was not very large, with each floor only about 450 feet.

The two floors together are only nine hundred feet, which is actually less than ninety square meters, but such a house is considered a "luxury house" in later generations.

(End of this chapter)