Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

During Stephen's business expansion, he needed a lot of goods; without them, it would be impossible to fill the shelves. However, many manufacturers, for various reasons or because their products were substandard, were unwilling to cooperate with Stephen's business.

This was in the early 1990s. Some enterprises were not yet privately owned, and their products were substandard or outdated, and their production equipment was also inadequate.

Zhang San wants to keep the supermarket open for a long time and doesn't want to close it prematurely due to product quality issues; however, the manufacturers are unable to meet the supermarket's needs.

In some places, some even use methods to force supermarkets to stock products from local businesses. In that case, we can only close them down; we won't tolerate such behavior.

Currently, the supermarket is only located in first-tier cities, provincial capitals, or areas south of the Yangtze River.

Later, Zhang San found out about this. Since that was the case, there was no other way. Now was the most popular time for contracting companies to acquire companies or form joint ventures.

As early as the early 90s, the privatization of enterprises after the reunification of Germany and the privatization of enterprises after the separation of the northern big brother were touted as great things by some people in mainland China. Privatization also took off in mainland China. Moreover, some companies even lent money to individuals for privatization. The most obvious example of this was the first company to do this, a certain high-tech enterprise.

The matter is very complicated. Stephen Business wants to spend money to buy these companies and then upgrade and transform them, but it is not easy. There are too many interests involved. As an outsider, he cannot get in.

Zhang San also owns a paper mill in the Jiangsu, Shanghai and Zhejiang region. The packaging paper produced by the paper mill has risen to 6,000 yuan per ton in recent years, which is quite shocking.

Some even exclaimed in shock, "This is paper eating people!"

But it doesn't matter. These companies can pay in cash if they want paper. Ever since he experienced being refused payment once in the Pearl River Delta region, Zhang San has been strict: he won't take the goods if they don't accept cash, and it's no use asking anyone for help.

The purchase price of waste paper is as high as two yuan. This is because Zhang San has a large amount of waste paper and he has an advantage. He is willing to buy it at two yuan per kilogram. Other paper mills have no choice but to accept this price; otherwise, they would have no paper to use.

Then some companies approached Zhang San's paper mill and negotiated with them.

"Your prices are disrupting the market," the man said, slamming his fist on the table and accusing New Era Paper Mill.

"Director Lu, this is the market. We also want cheap paper, but it's already over six thousand yuan a ton. Waste paper is a treasure now. If we buy it cheaply, won't others buy it at a higher price?"

"You have imported paper to use..."

"That's none of your business."

"Aren't you afraid of being investigated by the price bureau?" Factory Director Lu asked, somewhat exasperated.

"Suit yourself, Director Lu, you're not welcome here."

Factory Director Lu was kicked out. After he came out, he saw countless trucks transporting large amounts of waste paper, which made him very envious.

Moreover, he knew that the other party was right. The price was now over six thousand yuan per ton. Even if the other party bought it cheaply, others would buy it at a higher price. Otherwise, who wouldn't make money when they could see it coming?

Factory Director Lu regretted it a little, really regretted it. He had just built a good relationship with them so that he could have bought waste paper from them cheaply. Was waste paper at four thousand yuan a ton expensive?

Not expensive! Really not expensive! After processing, there's still a profit of over a thousand yuan, which is quite high.

It turns out that since Zhang San started building factories in Dongguan and the Yangtze River Delta region, the waste paper from North America has stopped being supplied to other companies and has been completely consumed by them.

Moreover, these people also learned that the North American waste paper trade was completely monopolized. What is a monopoly? It is a monopoly. This situation made other companies very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do; they were too late.

Under these circumstances, many companies are now recycling waste paper and processing it, so the price of two yuan per kilogram is really not expensive.

The days of enjoying cheap paper are gone forever. Moreover, we are currently experiencing inflation, so it's normal for prices to skyrocket.

Just a few days after Director Lu returned, he received a message that New Era was willing to supply waste paper to other companies at a price of 3.8 yuan per kilogram to other paper mills. However, this had nothing to do with Director Lu's Nancheng Paper Mill.

This made Director Lu somewhat indignant. How could they do this? He was just angry, and now they wouldn't cooperate with him? This was too much. No way, he would fall behind.

"Oh, isn't this Factory Director Lu? What brings such a big shot like you to our little factory? Hehe..."

As soon as he said this, Director Lu felt very wronged. He had come to criticize them with a sense of righteousness, but he ended up being the clown.

"Hey, Director Lin, Director Lin, I was just drunk and talking nonsense. Could you please sell us some raw materials? Director Lin, I'll treat you to lunch as an apology." Director Lu was a little embarrassed, knowing he had offended someone.

"Hehe... Alright, since Director Lu is treating me to dinner, then I won't stand on ceremony."

As for why he wanted to sell this waste paper to them, the main reason was that the amount of waste paper in North America had increased again. Therefore, Zhang San was willing to sell this waste paper to other companies.

Moreover, the paper industry is highly cyclical, and he can now earn money twice. His company accounts for more than 70% of the total output in the entire region, so he is not afraid. If it doesn't work out, he can just ship the paper to a more distant place for sale.

This cash cow has led to the upgrade of New Era Paper Group, which now has two subsidiaries for better management. The current cash flow is enormous; since the paper price increase, after deducting labor and utilities, it's essentially pure profit.

Compared to other companies, New Era Paper's factories use environmental protection facilities to purify wastewater and recycle it, making it one of the earliest environmental protection companies.

At that time, the factory directors and managers of the two branch factories asked him why other companies did not use these environmental protection equipment, but they did, which increased their costs significantly.

Zhang San smiled and said, "We are a foreign-invested enterprise. We make money here, so naturally we want to leave a good impression, be conscientious entrepreneurs, and make our hometown a better place."

As for what he was thinking, the people in the two branch factories had some guesses. With such a large investment, he didn't want to give others an excuse.

They've already gained control of the papermaking raw materials, which has made many people envious. If they leave any leverage for others to exploit, the future fines will be very difficult to bear.

In order to promote its own company or solidify its reputation as an environmental protection company, the group even invited people from the TV station to make a documentary at the factory.