Reborn in 1981, the first to get rich start with dairy cows.

Li Chenfeng left the office with a smile, and Shen Dong looked at the four cans of yogurt on the table and also showed a gratified smile.

Two of the cans contain jujube yogurt with different sweetness levels, and two cans contain brown sugar yogurt.

Shen Dong tasted it and was very surprised to find that the flavor was so pure that it could be sold directly on the market.

But he was happy, because it meant the factory was on the right track.

"Tiger, come with me back to the team."

"What's up? I need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative."

Shen Dong thought about it and realized that Li Hu was indeed quite busy. He was the only one in charge of purchasing, and recently there were many more products, so the amount of things to purchase had also increased, keeping him extremely busy.

"Here's what we'll do: go and call the little monkey along. Let him run around with you for the next few days so he can learn a lot and help you in the future."

"Hey, this is great!" Li Hu was overjoyed. He was no longer alone; he was now a 'leader'.

Shen Dong rode his bike to the team and asked around, only to find out that Li Shangen and his team were building vegetable greenhouses behind the village.

Since he abandoned the data last month, Li Shangen has been leading his team to start research. Shen Dong has also been busy, so there has been no contact between the two sides.

"Grandpa, are you busy?!"

Two greenhouses were built behind the village, with walls made of adobe bricks and double-layered straw curtains. Shen Dong went inside and felt the temperature; it was about ten degrees Celsius, barely reaching the edge of a greenhouse.

However, vegetable greenhouses in Pengcheng are still in their infancy. The fact that the Hongqi Production Team has managed to develop this technology is already a significant advancement.

"Dongwa's here? I heard you've taken over the dairy factory? I've been busy with the greenhouses and haven't had a chance to visit you."

Li Shangen was inspecting the vegetables one by one when he stood up and greeted Shen Dong with a smile.

Shen Dong looked around and saw that quite a few varieties were planted. He smiled and said, "Yes, we just took over the contract. We've been busy developing new products these past few days, and we needed the team's help, so we came to take a look."

"Oh? You need the team's help? That's definitely no problem. Let's go to the team headquarters and talk about it."

The two briefly explained the situation on the way, and Li Shangen then called Liu Cuihua and Tao Aihui over as well.

"Dongwa, you tell us."

Shen Dong then explained his plans.

"Aunt Cuihua, the New Year is coming soon, and our factory is preparing to make New Year's gift boxes. Now we need to make the outer boxes. I was thinking we could ask the team to make them."

"Firstly, the gift boxes we make are priced per piece, and I collect them, so the older women can earn some extra money. Secondly, if our factory's gift boxes become popular, the demand will increase, and when people ask where they are made, they might even mention our production team."

"Besides, the Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and everyone can earn some money to prepare more New Year's goods, right?"

Liu Cuihua cheered and gave a thumbs up: "I knew it, Dongwa is the one."

Tao Aihui nodded repeatedly and asked, "So how many do we need now?"

Shen Dong thought for a moment and said, "Auntie, could you arrange for someone to make 10 gift boxes for me first? We need to make a few different kinds. Then I'll take the gift boxes to Director Yang. I plan to ask him to help us contact other factories to supply them with New Year's goods. We'll need to make at least a few hundred more."

"Think about it, they were going to give out New Year's gifts anyway. Now I've arranged them into gift boxes, all bright red and stylish. When I bring them home, they'll definitely be proud. They can't possibly refuse."

Liu Cuihua didn't know anything else, but she remembered a few hundred things and immediately made a decision: "Don't worry, the women in our team are worried about not having any work to do. I'll just shout, and a dozen people will come rushing over to do it."

"However, Dongwa, while we're in the team, we still need to agree on the wages beforehand."

Shen Dong didn't mince words, holding up two fingers: "Two cents each, I brought all the materials."

"Okay, Dongwa, wait a moment. I'll call someone right now. You tell everyone what you want it to look like."

A little while later, Liu Cuihua called over several women. Shen Dong then took out some paper and explained to them how to mount the red paper, how to remove the edges, what words to write, and where to write them...

Li Ying's mother, Wu Shuangdi, understood immediately and started making it. In no time, she had made a box-shaped object.

Not to be outdone, the others quickly made several boxes with different decorative patterns.

Shen Dong watched the whole thing and was amazed. He had to admit that the craftsmanship of rural people was truly impressive. The handmade boxes were full of rustic charm, but for people who had never seen much of the world, they suddenly felt what was called "high-end".

"Then put a clip here to divide the box into three layers. Put two apples at the bottom, yogurt in the middle, and brown sugar and pastries on top. Tell me, if the factory distributed gift boxes like this, wouldn't they be impressive?!"

Now, not only were the production team leaders who had heard his plan dumbfounded, but the people who had been called over to make the boxes were also stunned when they heard this.

Who wouldn't want to buy this gift box?

"Dongwa, hurry up and take the gift box to Director Yang. I'll go arrange to buy the materials. We won't delay either of us."

Li Shangen immediately prepared to set off, thinking that as long as they didn't waste any time, everyone could do more.

"No rush, Grandpa. I'll go find the director first to confirm the style and let him choose one. Then I'll arrange for the materials to come over. There's quite a bit of yellow cardboard and red paper."

"Also, do we still have any Guoguang apples in our team's cellar?"

"Yes!" Tao Aihui immediately replied, "There are quite a few, probably several dozen kilograms."

"Okay, you guys take a count first, clean up the dirty parts, and I'll buy the rest later."

After the two parties reached an agreement, Shen Dong immediately contacted Yang Yujun and finalized the matter of the New Year's gift boxes.

Yang Yujun met with several factory directors in his office and took out the boxes he had prepared beforehand. Before he could even promote them, the factory directors decided to buy them.

Since his son's incident, Li Zelin had not seen Shen Dong again. This time, when Shen Dong came over, he naturally wanted to get closer to him, so he readily agreed.

After learning that a gift box cost two yuan, the factory managers agreed in Yang Yujun's office to go directly to the factory to sign the contract.

There are more than ten factories in the commune, with a total of six or seven hundred people. Li Meiyu, who came along to get her stamp, was overjoyed.

After the factory managers left, Wang Yuan from the livestock station grabbed Shen Dong's hand and exclaimed, "Little Shen, I really want to know how your brain works. This gift box is absolutely amazing!"

"Brother Wang, you're too kind. Thank you for being the first to support us. We just made some new flavored yogurt. I'll bring some over later. Could you ask the people at the station to try it and give us their feedback?"

"You..." Wang Yuan nodded with a smile.

After saying goodbye to the director, Shen Dong still had to rush to the county's agricultural machinery station.

He didn't know many people in the county. Apart from the county supply and marketing cooperative, the only one he was familiar with was the agricultural machinery station, which also had a lot of people and could provide some orders.