Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 253 Playing
A few days later, Yan Hui went to the construction site to collect his payment for the goods, a total of 5.6 yuan. After receiving the money, he left two packs of cigarettes for the accountant.

With 700 boards and a profit of 12 yuan per board, the total profit is 8400 yuan.

Four times a month, the profit is more than 3 yuan. Half of the profit was promised to General Manager Han, and Yan Hui kept the other half.

President Han had agreed not to accept Yan Hui's paltry sum, and Yan Hui wasn't in a hurry to give it to President Han either, saying he'd save it up first.

Just like in Jianye, starting a business is always the hardest part, but once you get a foothold, things become much easier.

More than a month passed quickly, and it was the end of October. Yan Hui had completed five transactions, and his funds had rapidly grown from over 50,000 to nearly 100,000.

Everything went smoothly with Factory Manager Xiang, which made him very happy. After sobering up, Mr. Li still felt he had gone too far in offending Yan Hui last time, especially since Factory Manager Xiang was a major client. Mr. Li was worried about losing this client, so after communicating with Factory Manager Xiang, he indeed lowered the price of the poplar wood by 3%.

The profit margin for log supply is already less than 10%, so a 3% reduction is still a significant amount. However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing, as it actually increases the demand from the factory manager.

For Factory Manager Xiang, reducing the cost of goods by 3 percentage points is not only effective for Yan Hui, but also for all the poplar wood products he produces. The overall profit of the factory has increased by at least 15%!

Besides the plywood accident, Yan Hui also took on some small-scale material needs from construction sites during this period, buying goods from Geng Zhongxing four or five times.

For some reason, the news that Yan Hui was supplying goods to this large construction site gradually spread within the industry, to the point that even Geng Zhongxing knew about it.

That day, Yan Hui had just returned to Geng Zhongxing's place to settle the payment when he was called aside: "Mr. Yan, last time you asked me about plywood, I really didn't expect you to have such a large market share!"

"This kind of thing definitely can't be talked about everywhere, but Mr. Geng, your information network is really impressive!" Yan Hui said with a smile.

“I’ve been here for so many years, I should know about these things. I’ve also heard that President Yan and President Jiang have a good relationship, but I’m not very familiar with this President Jiang. I only know that he’s a senior executive at Jian’an Group.” Geng Zhongxing said with a face full of curiosity.

"It's alright." Yan Hui didn't intend to explain further.

"I understand, I understand! By the way, Mr. Yan, do you sell your plywood? To be honest, the price we discussed last time was only around 75. Do you have a lower price?" Geng Zhongxing asked politely.

"How much does Mr. Geng need? If it's a large quantity, I should have a better source of goods," Yan Hui said bluntly.

“I don’t have that much demand, but I do regular wholesale, and I need to produce several hundred pieces every day.”

“The prices are actually about the same. The price I’m offering you is around 74. I can only say that the quality of my goods is guaranteed.” Yan Hui thought for a moment. “And you need at least 500 pieces.”

“Okay, this price and quantity are no problem.” Geng Zhongxing quickly finalized the deal. He had already inquired and knew that Yan Hui’s goods were of good quality!

Supplying Jian'an Group was essentially just a publicity stunt. Through the incident with General Manager Geng, Yan Hui gradually realized that his real way out was not to make money by supplying boards to Jian'an Group, but to use that reputation to do legitimate timber business.

Of course, this is easier said than done; at the very least, restoring Jianye's former glory will be quite difficult.

During this time, Yan Hui also met Liu Jianlei twice. He worked at many construction sites, and every time he met Liu Jianlei, they would invite him to have a meal together, with Liu Jianlei always paying. Liu Jianlei was the first friend he met in Jinan.

No matter what Yan Hui looked like, Liu Jianlei didn't change much. The second time Yan Hui saw him, he even prepared salted duck eggs for her.

Besides Liu Jianlei, Yan Hui met with Wang Zongbo and Zhou Ping two or three times.

Ever since they had dinner together at President Han's place, the three of them have become friends. Wang Zongbo worked his way up from the bottom; he's very hardworking and has endless topics to discuss with Yan Hui. Zhou Ping is a college graduate, but he has a good personality and no bad habits.

Zhou Ping's elders and brother-in-law were very familiar with each other. Yan Hui had even invited them to the warehouse to play with Lingling together.

It was Saturday, and Yan Hui had nothing to do. Hearing that Zhou Ping was going back to Linzi that day and then back to Quancheng that evening, he immediately went with him.

He had never been to Linzi before. This trip included a free shuttle bus that wouldn't delay his return that evening, so of course he wanted to go and see it. Wang Zongbo, upon hearing about this, also made some arrangements and went to Linzi with the two of them.

Of all the places in Shandong Province, Yan Hui only knew about Jinan and knew nothing about Linzi.

Zhou Ping has a driver's license and drives a Xiali car owned by the factory.

Mr. Zhou's business is mainly located in Quancheng and Linzi. It is said that there are quite a few ceramic factories in Linzi, mainly concentrated in Boshan.

"Yan Hui, I recently heard from my boss that the goods you supply are of good quality! My boss said you're quite capable," Wang Zongbo said to Yan Hui on the way.

"Your boss knows about my goods?" Yan Hui asked, somewhat puzzled.

“We’re in the aluminum business, we’re raw materials ourselves, so our circles aren’t that different,” Wang Zongbo explained.

"That's true. Anyway, the quality should be fine, I'm quite strict about it."

"At this price, can you make a profit?" Wang Zongbo asked curiously. He wasn't the only one curious; many others on the construction site were as well.

These boards should theoretically cost at least 70 yuan, so how can they be sold for 80 yuan and still make a profit? You have to understand that there are many fees involved in the supply process to construction sites, and these are all unspoken rules.

"It doesn't matter if we earn a little less, we can't let President Han down." Yan Hui always said this.

When General Manager Han mentioned Yan Hui's supply at the last meeting, many people already knew about Yan Hui. At the time, no one really noticed, but over the past month or so, people have gradually begun to recognize Yan Hui's talent.

“Yan Hui has always been very reliable in his work,” Zhou Ping said, glancing back as he drove. “My uncle also speaks highly of him.”

"That's right, otherwise how could he have caught the eye of President Han?" The longer Wang Zongbo knew Yan Hui, the more he felt that Yan Hui was extraordinary.

Yan Hui hadn't told him everything about his time at Jianye. If Wang Zongbo knew all about it, he would probably admire him even more.

"What's wrong with you two? You just went out and you're all praising me?" Yan Hui laughed. "By the way, Lao Zhou, if you're tired of driving, I can drive for a while."

"You still have a driver's license?" Zhou Ping asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, I have." Yan Hui nodded. "I've even driven for President Han!"

"Wow, that's amazing! I really underestimated you!" Zhou Ping was also surprised. They'd arrive in Linzi soon, and his uncle would have to arrange lunch properly.

(End of this chapter)