Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 146 Enjoyable
Oh dear, this won't do! This is so embarrassing.
this.
this.
Damn
Yan Hui was stunned to see that the clothes had been washed, and were even cleaner than he had washed them himself.

Old Guo had just gone back inside to put down the clothes he had changed out of while showering and was about to come over to do the laundry when he saw Yan Hui's clothes already hung up outside. His eyes widened like saucers: "Old Yan, am I seeing things? I remember you had only washed a few pieces of clothing when we left, right?"

"Yes," Yan Hui said, sounding a little unsure of himself. Of course, it was in the basin.

"Well, well... this is..." Old Guo looked at it in disbelief, "Isn't it all washed?"

"The landlady said her daughter did the laundry, but I don't know her daughter. By the way, Lao Guo, does the hotel here offer laundry services?" Yan Hui asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Huh?" Old Guo looked puzzled. "I've lived here for four months, and I wash all my own clothes! You've only stayed a few times! I'm speechless! What's going on?!"

Old Guo was clearly indignant, but this incident happened right before his eyes.

"I was wondering how you've become so successful lately. Have you been living off a woman behind my back?" Old Guo suddenly realized something.

It was he who suggested this idea to Yan Hui.

"Me?" Yan Hui pointed to his head. "I had a gun pointed at my head, and you're saying I'm a kept man?"

"Huh? You have this too! Why didn't you tell me! Who is it?!" Old Guo was startled when he heard this.

"It's nothing, they were just trying to scare me! Do you think I'd be scared by something like that?" Yan Hui didn't continue the conversation and changed the subject, "By the way, what do you think I should do? Should I pay them for doing my laundry?"

"Pay me? If you're going to pay me, then help me do my laundry. I'll hire someone to do it too!" Old Guo was furious. He looked for a bar of soap. "Just seeing you makes me angry. Are you trying to put on a show in front of me?"

Old Guo went to do laundry, but Yan Hui was a little helpless. He searched around but couldn't find the boss's daughter, so he could only go back to his room to rest.

During dinner that evening, Yan Hui saw the owner's daughter in the cafeteria, but there were too many people and he didn't have a chance to ask her anything. The two looked at each other, and the owner's daughter lowered her head, which made Yan Hui a little puzzled.

A few days later, the money for the third train car of General Manager Teng arrived in his account. Yan Hui went to find Wang Hongjun and used his phone to contact General Manager Teng.

For no other reason than that using his phone is free.

General Manager Teng was very satisfied with the goods delivered by Yan Hui. On the one hand, the goods themselves were fine and the price was reasonable; on the other hand, the processing plant did not nitpick.

Yan Hui knew that Haotian had spoken up for him again, so he brought up the matter of the surface planer. This time, President Teng really took it seriously and said he would contact Haotian later to see what model was needed. Yan Hui knew that Haotian already had an idea about this and would probably recommend a domestically produced surface planer. A new machine would cost around 8000 yuan, and a used one around 5000 yuan, which wasn't a high price.

With a planer, machining accuracy can be easily improved by an order of magnitude.

Mr. Teng's factory processes about 400 cubic meters of logs per month, which is a small scale, and there isn't work every day. The small processing scale leads to high processing costs. If Mr. Teng didn't have many construction sites and a pressing need for timber, he wouldn't have set up his own processing plant. Because the processing plant wasn't profitable, Mr. Teng was unwilling to upgrade the equipment before.

Yan Hui estimated that General Manager Teng would purchase an average of 400 cubic meters of logs and more than 300 cubic meters of standard boards each month, with a purchase cost of about 50 yuan.

Currently, Yan Hui alone can supply him with 160 cubic meters of standard panels per month, which is nearly half of Mr. Teng's standard panel orders. If they had a surface planer, Mr. Teng could perform secondary processing on the standard panels when he needed precision parts. This quantity is currently sufficient because Yan Hui's profit margin is large enough; if necessary, he could lower the price to the point where others couldn't compete. Of course, there's no need for that yet.

This is already an excellent order, and Yan Hui estimates that there won't be any problems in the short term.

He doesn't have money yet. He can only do other things after he has accumulated enough funds in the early stages.

"Don't rush the timber issue. Tonight, Lao Wang and I will go to Qingshan Township. You'll come with me." Wang Hongjun was delighted to see Yan Hui.

"Is there business to discuss?" Yan Hui asked.

"No rush, what business are we talking about? We can do business tomorrow. They got a big river fish over there, I'll take you to try it! People from Fujian province have definitely never cooked this kind of fish before! Let me tell you, this wild fish, stewed in a big pot, is even more delicious than meat! The person on the other end of the phone told me that the fish roe alone weighs more than a pound!" Wang Hongjun was in a very good mood.

He hasn't placed Yan Hui under house arrest yet, but in reality, he's already given messages to people at the train station. If Yan Hui tries to escape by train, he definitely won't get away. He won't tell Yan Hui about this; he thinks Yan Hui won't know, so he won't lose face.

In short, now that Yan Hui has received payment for the third truckload, he might not even lose money if he takes another 100 cubic meters of timber.

Wang Hongjun was somewhat impressed with his own vision and courage, so he was happier than anyone else to receive the money today, but he couldn't tell Yan Hui directly.

"Huh? A big river fish?" Yan Hui had never eaten anything like this before.

"Okay, it's all stewed. Let's go. By the way, can you ride a motorcycle? I bought a used motorcycle a couple of days ago. It was really cheap. Take a look. If you can ride, you can ride one too." Wang Hongjun said, leading Yan Hui out of the hospital.

Once outside the courtyard, Yan Hui immediately spotted the motorcycle Wang Hongjun had mentioned. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed: "Brother Jun, has the owner of this motorcycle been arrested?"

"Huh? How did you know?" Wang Hongjun looked at Yan Hui with some doubt upon hearing this.

“Last month, I went to a forest farm to discuss some business. The owner of this motorcycle, along with two other men, tried to rob me, but I managed to escape. Then I called the police, and they got arrested. I guess the motorcycle was sold by a family member?” Yan Hui said somewhat uncertainly.

"Alright, it's you, kid! I knew I was right! You've got guts! Yeah! That idiot who got arrested, his wife had no use for the car, so she sold it cheap! Apparently, this guy has some connections; nobody in his area dares to buy his car, afraid of retaliation after he gets out. How could I be afraid of that? If you've got the guts, come over here and have a go! This car of mine only cost 2500!" Wang Hongjun patted Yan Hui on the shoulder. "Perfect timing, tell us all about your experience that day at dinner tonight!"

"No problem. So, shall we each ride one? Just the two of us?"

“Old Wang went there a long time ago. Now it’s just the two of us. We won’t call anyone else.” Wang Hongjun has a very strong sense of hierarchy. He can only respect one or two people in the forest farm.

“Okay, I’ll follow you then. Brother Jun, ride slowly,” Yan Hui said, looking at Wang Hongjun’s bicycle.

"Not fast!"

The two got on the motorcycle, and Yan Hui looked at it, feeling inexplicably happy.

(No extra chapter today, but there will be one tomorrow. Update will be at 12 noon tomorrow.)
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