My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 54: The Hardest Thing is to Work Hard

Dong Xueqing reminded me to make the call during the lunch break from 12 noon to 2:30 pm.

It was just right for Weidong to come to the post office with the grocery store owner after lunch to wire the payment.

Before leaving, they agreed that for every thousand units sold, the grocery store owner and Junwazi would come to the post office to remit the money.

In this way, the soldier's son had no money and could only report to the grocery store owner to get some daily money.

In order to maintain this source of income, the grocery store owner did not dare to stop repaying the money, and even asked Weidong to manage the two "salesmen".

There is no question of doing anything tricky, it's just a simple matter of shipping, receiving, selling and collecting payment.

They almost split the profit of a little over ten yuan per machine, and Weidong reminded him to pay taxes, which were very cheap.

A batch of 3,000 units is shipped every week, and any unsold items are piled up as inventory. However, the presence of a large backlog of goods can be seen from the speed of cash collection.

Grocery store owners are confident that there won’t be anything left, as they sell even more on weekends, and by May Day the stores will be so crowded that they’ll be able to sell whatever is left!
Weidong, who earns 18,000 yuan a week, must be very happy and wants to find someone to share his money with.

Normally, when talking to others, I have to pretend that I am helping someone else's factory sell things, and keep a low profile.

At this moment, I closed the soundproof door of the long-distance call room and listened to the aunt on the other end who started shouting the name when she heard who was calling. It felt like I was transported to that side in time. It should be the dormitory.

Unexpectedly, Feng Chu, who had been making so much noise, picked up the phone and burst into tears: "I...it's me, brother, is it Big Brother?"

Weidong, who had definitely never been in a long-distance relationship, was baffled: "What are you doing? Why are you crying? Is someone bullying you?"

The person on the other end screamed even louder, and then tried to cover his mouth to suppress the sound: "No, no, I've never, never answered the phone at home..."

He had never answered a phone in high school, and the fact that there were no phones in the county middle school made Weidong even more confused: "Why are you crying? Didn't your sister call you?"

It seemed that Dong Xueqing only smiled more after mentioning her sister, suppressing her sobs. "No... I'm just trying to save money. Did you sell your camera?"

Even if Weidong was a straight man, he would soften his tone at this moment: "Do you have any living expenses left? I'll send you some. Give me the address. We came to West Lake to buy the remaining 400 units. We sold them all in the blink of an eye."

Dong Xueqing was so excited that she jumped up and down on the phone: "Really?! Really? You're amazing, you're so great, ahhhh, this is the happiest thing!"

When a man gets this kind of emotional value, his whole body will float high like a hydrogen balloon, making Weidong feel like he is already wandering on the ceiling of the palm-sized telephone room.

Unable to contain himself any longer in this confined space, he boasted, "Then the second batch of 1,200 units arrived and sold out in three days. Another week later, the third batch of 2,000 units has also sold out. From now on, they'll be delivered in batches of 3,000 units."

The phoenix chick over there has already started to sing: "Ooo! Ooooooo! Hahahaha, so happy, so happy, Ooooooo..."

She didn't know why she chose this sound to celebrate, forcing Weidong to lean against the soundproof wall and enjoy the emperor's inner expansion.

The purest happiness in the world.

It was definitely an experience he had never had before.

But Dong Xueqing was also happy and didn't forget to save money: "How long did the call last? Long-distance calls are expensive. I'm fine. I use the tape recorder every day. Are you still practicing Russian? I'll check it when I get home. I'm also using the camera. My sister gave me some money, so I bought two rolls of film to practice with. I'm fine. How are you?"

Three words, just three simple words, actually brought a smile to Wei Dong's face from the bottom of his heart: "I'm fine. We will leave for the north later. I haven't been to the north yet. I'm going to complete the tallow business at the trading company, and then go back. I hope everything goes well."

The unprecedented feeling of being cared for and encouraged, and the ambition to explore the world, began to be released at this moment.

Dong Xueqing nodded firmly: "I really hope that after I graduate, I can work hard with you. I will try my best to help you!"

Weidong agreed and briefly explained the recent business processes. In short, he didn't want to hang up the phone and didn't know what else to say.

Feng Chu listened carefully and asked questions when he didn't understand, but he seemed to be keeping track of time: "It's almost ten minutes. It's very expensive. When you hang up, call your sister. She should be home at noon."

Well, let Weidong hang up with a lingering feeling, look through the address book, push the door and ask for a new long-distance number from the counter outside.

It was the aunt at the street corner who called the young woman, but Weidong felt as if he had been transported to another world through time and space.

The warm and flexible response just now is now tender and completely inclusive.

Dong Xueying whispered softly, "Well, very good. The sand and gravel business and the agricultural, industrial and commercial mutual aid are both going smoothly. I've also followed your instructions and tried to reduce profits as much as possible so that women and children can get some care. There are people from the city who are always watching and checking our account books. I've allocated all of this to Li Erfeng's agricultural, industrial and commercial mutual aid society account. She's the one who often asks about you."

The last sentence was a bit teasing, which made Weidong laugh again.

The feeling was completely different from the one she had just had on the phone with Feng Chu: "Don't worry about her. Don't talk to me about Ma Mai Ma Hua's love at this time. Make money! Making money is the most important thing at this time."

Wolong said yes gently again, and it felt like just by listening to her tone I could imagine the image of her lying lazily on the bed in my mind.

Weidong got down to business quickly: "Tell Erfeng to find a few more guys from the countryside, bring some bacon to Jiangzhou, and stay there to help with the work. The camera business will be profitable, and there will be frequent wire transfers of funds. Don't let anyone trick you into doing it safely. Do you know how to wire transfers?" The young woman said she knew: "Old You and his gang often use this trick. Telegraphic remittances are the fastest, but there is still a settlement time. Within the same bank, it can take two days, but across banks, it may take three to five days or even half a month. They use this time difference to trick buyers into remitting money first, and then take the remittance slip to the seller as payment. They then ship the goods back for delivery."

Weidong suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Lao You always liked to challenge himself to make millions of dollars in business with tens of thousands of dollars, but he always failed a lot and did a lot of useless work, and only boasted about the occasional success.

It turns out the root is here.

"As soon as they are released, try to persuade them to come to Jiangzhou. His ability to run a big business is still too limited in Shangzhou. You can fully assist me with these businesses in Jiangzhou, and we can each keep our own part. I will be responsible for running the business outside. Only when you get out will you know how big the world outside is."

Dong Xueying didn't say that she wanted to run together, but said yes calmly and steadily, and described the current situation in soft words, sorting out each point clearly.

Weidong felt relieved indeed, as his father felt he could no longer bear the stress in Jiangzhou.

The fear of tens of thousands of dollars flying around is not as comfortable as accompanying my wife to sell spicy hot pot.

We had a very harmonious conversation for almost ten minutes.

When she accidentally heard the baby crying, Dong Xueying smiled and said, "Xiaodie missed you."

Rang Weidong greeted him in a clipped voice: "...I saw some foreign milk powder in Zhejiang Province and bought a few cans to take back to see if my child likes it. That's how I ended up taking two hundred cameras north."

Dong Xueying reminded him again: "Can you call Xiaoqing and remind her about her studies? She works very hard, but you should tell her to pay attention to her life and eat well. She listens to you very much. The phone number is..."

It was so strange that a super titanium alloy straight man like Weidong could subconsciously say "oh oh oh" at this moment and just say "note it down" instead of "already having done it".

Why am I still sweating after hanging up the phone?

But these two phone calls allowed Weidong to at least drive from Zhejiang Province to southern Henan Province. This was an experience he had never had before, and he felt comfortable just thinking about it.

Of course, even though there were only five guys following them, they still lived a comfortable life during the long-distance driving.

Maybe it was because it took us half a month to get here, and we stayed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang where the food is lighter, so the spicy hot pot base was almost turned into clear soup.

So when he saw chili peppers, he would buy some immediately. Even if there was no oil or spicy flavor, Weidong would just find a bunch of ginger, garlic, onions and stir-fry the chili peppers to make a sauce, and then ask someone to make a long iron grill rack, and then he would start a wonderful life of barbecue along the way.

No matter what kind of food we encountered along the way, we could always replace it with barbecue.

Goudan is a huge fan of this delicious food. He can eat whatever he finds in the market in the morning and at noon, and he must grill it in the evening.

Moreover, most of the road was open plains, and the truck's speed was also increased. It arrived at the agreed destination in southern Henan in less than a week.

I suddenly realized that this place was even more boastful than You Qili. Last year, we agreed to purchase cattle and sheep fat and cottonseed oil in winter, and then buy them and transport them back to the southwest in spring.

It is not the case that it is empty, and it is also attributed to the fact that they have not been able to contact it since October, so they dare not invest in acquisitions casually.

After all this time, it turns out that this is just a middleman.

Weidong didn't waste any time talking, and didn't accept any drinking or socializing to maintain relationships. He just drove away.

Another five or six hundred kilometers further north, we arrived at the foot of the mountains on the plains of northern Hebei. Here, close to the prairie, there was indeed a large backlog of beef and mutton tallow.

But the problem is, You Qili, this ambitious guy, actually reached a verbal agreement with this side for a purchase scale of thousands of tons!

Even though the purchase price of this industrial beef and mutton fat is less than 100 yuan per ton.

But including the shipping cost, it will cost tens or even hundreds of millions!
Even if the chemical plants that signed the cooperation agreement on the other side were cut off from the supply and were on the verge of stopping production due to lack of raw materials, several chemical plants in the Shuchuan Basin could purchase them at a price of about 120 yuan per ton and use them to produce soap and glycerin.

This job is not easy.

Considering that You Qili is a big liar who dares to brag about flattening the Himalayas to bring warm air to the inland of western Xinjiang, and compared with the seemingly simple and honest oil merchants in northern Hebei, Weidong is more inclined to believe that the agreement for several thousand tons is true.

But he didn't dare to believe all the Northerners' arrogant and miserable words.

He had just made nearly 100,000 yuan in titanium ingots and nearly 20,000 yuan in camera profits in Zhejiang Province, but he still couldn't afford such a big deal.

Moreover, according to Rang Weidong's mentality, it is difficult for him to do a job of all-in. He must at least have the confidence to withstand failure and cannot take risks like gambling his life.

I am even less willing to play karate like Lao You by using the bank draft cycle method.

But these northern barbarian oil merchants stopped us and wouldn't let us leave.

What?

(End of this chapter)