Chapter 228 Buying New Year's Goods in Partnership
Chapter 228 Partnering to Buy New Year Goods
"Brother Li, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I plan to bring a batch of New Year's goods from the Northeast.
How about we work together, you contact the truck, I contact the source of goods, and then we split the money in half?" After drinking a cup of tea, Zhang Junping smiled and explained his purpose.
"Searching for New Year's goods from the Northeast? What kind of New Year's goods can you get? How many can you get?" Li Kaihe suddenly became interested when he heard this and asked three questions.
These days, who would despise having too many supplies?
There are more than 10,000 workers in the steel rolling mill. How many supplies can’t be eaten?
"If you agree to this, I'll contact you and see how much they can give you." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"I agree, why don't you agree? If you don't come to me today, I still want to find you to see if your material bureau can distribute some supplies to me." Li Kaihe said with a smile.
"Okay! I'll lend you your phone."
Zhang Junping called Director Zhang of 856 Farm directly in Li Kaihe's office.
After waiting for a transfer, the call was finally connected.
"Hey! Who is this?"
"Hello, Director Zhang! I am Zhang Junping from the BJXC District Materials Bureau.
Do you still remember me?"
"Section Chief Zhang! Remember, remember! We are a family, how can we forget you?" Chief Zhang said with a smile.
"Director Zhang, I'm calling you to ask for help from your brother!"
"It's okay to ask for help or not! Just tell me if you have anything to do! As long as I can do it, I will not do any errands!" Director Zhang said boldly.
"I would like to thank Director Zhang in advance!
This is the situation. Isn’t it the end of the year soon?
I was thinking, let’s see if there are any surplus agricultural and sideline products on the farm, and give me some.”
"What are you talking about! Just tell me what you want! If you have any, I will find a way to weigh it for you." Director Zhang said loudly.
“I’ll add some rice, flour, soybean oil, and other mountain products.
See how much you can give, so I can arrange the carriage here.
By the way, we seem to have ginseng fields on our farm, right?
If your ginseng is not sold this year, I will cover it all.
According to your market price plus 30%." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
Zhang Junping went to the farm manager Zhang to buy supplies and purchased ginseng at a price that was 30% higher than the market price. This was actually an exchange of interests.
It is also a kind of human relationship.
You help me and I help you, only this kind of relationship can last long.
"Okay, wait for me, I need to count how many goods there are.
Well, Section Chief Zhang, we have a bumper harvest of ginseng this year! Can you eat it?"
"Director Zhang, I can afford it if it's less than 10 million.
If it exceeds 10 million, I'm afraid I can only exchange it with supplies." Zhang Junping gave Director Zhang a reassurance.
Ginseng grown in the late 1970s cost about twenty or thirty yuan per kilogram.
Ten million is enough to buy 1,670 tons of ginseng.
Not to mention the ginseng from 856 Farm, even if you add up all the ginseng in the entire Beidahuang Agricultural Reclamation Corps, there may not be so many ginseng.
"Brother, why did you buy so many ginseng?" Zhang Junping hung up the phone and Li Kaihe asked with a smile.
"Several of my little brothers will go to Hong Kong to live in Hong Kong next spring.
I just happened to bring him a batch of ginseng and go over to explore the market." Zhang Junping explained with a smile.
In fact, Zhang Junping bought this batch of ginseng to pave the way for him to work in a painting shop later.
The city agreed to transfer him to the art shop in the hope that he could use the art in the art shop to exchange for more foreign exchange.
At first glance, this job is a thankless job.
If you sell, you will be scolded; if you don't sell, you will not be able to complete the tasks assigned by the leader.
However, after Zhang Junping thought about it carefully, he found that as long as he works hard and finds the right direction, there is still a lot to be done in the art shop.
At the very least, the future is much greater than in the Materials Bureau.
However, although this BJ painting shop is just an inconspicuous storefront, it is also a serious department-level unit.
This is not the most critical thing. The most critical thing is that the BJ Painting Shop is not under the jurisdiction of the BJ City Government.
It is a subordinate unit of Xinhua Bookstore, and in this era, Xinhua Bookstore is directly affiliated to the Xinhua Bookstore Head Office, and further to the Press and Publication Administration, a deputy ministerial level unit.
Further up, there is the State Council.
Look, isn’t it a very awesome unit?
In this era, Xinhua Bookstores in all provinces across the country were directly affiliated with the Xinhua Bookstore Head Office, and Xinhua Bookstores in various cities were under the vertical jurisdiction of Xinhua Bookstores in each province.
It will take a few more years before Xinhua Bookstore will be handed over to local press and publication bureaus.
Therefore, it is not easy for my father-in-law to get him to be the manager of a BJ painting shop.
It's definitely not something that can be solved with just one sentence.
No, it's been almost a month and there's still no movement.
In fact, the easiest way is to set up a new unit under the Municipal Culture Bureau or the Municipal Publishing Bureau, such as a painting shop, antique shop, etc.
But who made my father-in-law covet the tens of thousands of calligraphy and paintings in other people’s painting shops?
According to the father-in-law’s idea, a son-in-law’s paintings can be sold for two million dollars. Why, among all the modern calligraphers and painters in China, have they not caught up with his son-in-law?
Even if it can't catch up, if it's half, or even one-tenth of the level, it's still two hundred thousand dollars.
With so much money, you can do so many things.
Otherwise, Zhang Junping really feels that the manager of the painting shop is a good person and suitable for showing off.
Wrong!
It should be suitable for future development trends, have a promising future, and have a promising future.
It will definitely wake up my father-in-law and stop having such sweet dreams.
"Does anyone under your command immigrate to Xiangjiang?"
"Why did you immigrate to Xiangjiang? Xiangjiang is ours!
They just settled in Xiangjiang, just like us moving our BJ registered permanent residence to Tianjin due to job transfer." Zhang Junping corrected seriously.
"Yes! Brother said the wrong thing!" Li Kaihe quickly pretended to hit himself in the mouth.
"Do you have any way to get a Xiangjiang household registration?" Li Kaihe then asked.
"Yes! Isn't this simple? Why, Brother Li, you want to go to Xiangjiang without being an upright department-level cadre?" Zhang Junping teased with a smile.
"Don't make trouble, can you really get a Xiangjiang household registration?" Li Kaihe asked again.
"Let's put it this way, how many Xiangjiang household registrations do you want?" Zhang Junping saw that Li Kaihe didn't seem to be joking, so he said seriously.
"It doesn't take a few, just take Yang Ying and her children to Xiangjiang!"
"What's wrong? Something happened?"
"Oh! It's hard to explain in words! I made you laugh, brother!"
"Brother Li, we are all men! Who is laughing at who else!" Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"Alas! Brother, actually Yang Ying and I have nothing to do with each other!" Li Kaihe defended.
"Yes! I admit that I have some thoughts about her. In your words, they are all men...
It's just that that old lady in my family heard the rumor from somewhere and came to my office to cause trouble.
I didn't eat any mutton, so I was very embarrassed.
As a result, this quarrel caused great harm to Yang Ying!
She doesn't even dare to go home now. If she goes back, her man will beat her to death." Li Kaihe sighed again.
"Are you anxious?"
"I'm worried, I'm afraid someone will die if I don't leave." Li Kaihe said with a grimace.
"Okay! I'll make arrangements later and ask Dashan to send someone to accompany Yang Ying to Pengcheng first.
Here, I will send someone to fly to Xiangjiang to help Yang Ying get her household registration first, and then go to Pengcheng to meet her.
Do you think this arrangement is okay?" Zhang Junping saw that it was a big deal and said simply.
"Okay! Thank you, brother!" Li Kaihe said excitedly, holding Zhang Junping's hand.
"Brother Li, why are we brothers so polite?
Then I won’t stay any longer! I’ll make arrangements to call you when I get back!” Zhang Junping finished speaking,
Get up and leave.
Zhang Junping rode to Caishikou again but could not find Scarface.
When asked, Scarface went to the Guang'anmenwai Subdistrict Office and hasn't come back yet.
Zhang Junping nodded with satisfaction: This boy's work suits him very well.
"Master Zhang, have some tea! I guess Fourth Master will be back soon!" A small boss under Scarface diligently made a cup of tea for Zhang Junping.
He knew that Scarface, like him, was a small leader under Mr. Lin back then.
It was because he caught Mr. Zhang's eye that he became the boss after Mr. Lin left.
"Well! Your name is..."
"Back to Mr. Zhang, just call me Hou San!"
"Monkey Three? That's a good name! Monkey spirit!" Zhang Junping nodded with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for the compliment!" Hou San was overjoyed and bowed to Zhang Junping repeatedly.
"Does Pigeon City put you in charge now?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"Yes, Fourth Master has recently been busy with matters assigned by Master Zhang. I have to keep an eye on Pigeon City."
"Is the pigeon market still stable recently?"
"Some time ago, there was a group of old guns who wanted to cross the border to make a living.
They were repulsed by Fourth Master and his men." Hou Sanban replied while bending down.
"You stand up straight or sit down! You don't need to talk to me like this!
As long as you do what I asked you to do, I will definitely not be in trouble with you." Zhang Junping couldn't stand Hou San's slave behavior and scolded him.
"Yes, yes! Master Zhang taught you the right lesson!" Hou San quickly stood up straight with a smile.
"Hou San, you respectfully address me as Master Zhang, and I should respond accordingly.
However, this does not mean that you are inferior to me!
At best, we are like-minded, have compatible temperaments and personalities, and we can work together to do something together.
At worst, it means I give you benefits and you do things for me.
It's such a simple relationship, there's no need to pretend to be a slave.
I don't look at this, I only look at whether you are careful in doing things, and whether I am using you smoothly or not.
The officer works hard and I use it smoothly, so the benefits are inevitable for you.
You should have heard that I gave Dashan and the others the identity of Xiangjiang.
From now on, they will be Hong Kong businessmen and Hong Kong compatriots in China.
Wait until next year to go out for a tour and come back.
To put it bluntly, I am a head taller than the average person walking on the street.
As long as you work hard, don't talk about Xiangjiang's identity, just that of a bald eagle, and I can just say a word.
I can get the identities of every country in the world for you.
The premise is that you work hard!" Zhang Junping beat Hou San.
"Master Zhang, you're right in teaching me! I was wrong.
I haven't studied for a few years and have been hanging out in society since I was a child.
I always think about reaching out and not hitting the smiling person.
Show some respect to others, and I won’t suffer anyway." Hou San said with shame.
"You are right to think so, respect others and you will not suffer any loss.
However, just because we respect others does not mean that we are inferior to others.
Take for example just now.
The way you respect me is to make me a cup of good tea and talk to me next to you.
Even flatter me a little more, which is commonly known as flattery.
It's okay if you flatter me as much as you want.
However, there is no need to be groveling and serve me like a master.
If you respect me and flatter me a few words, I feel happy. We can all be friends. If anything good happens to me, I can think of you.
However, if you serve me like a slave serving my master, I will only look down on you, or really treat you like a slave.
Think about it for yourself, if there is a benefit, should I give it to a slave or a friend?
You are very smart, think carefully about what I said!
If you understand it, you will benefit from it for the rest of your life." Zhang Junping smiled and patted Hou San on the shoulder.
Zhang Junping knew that Scarface could make Hou San keep an eye on him in the pigeon market, so he must have trained Hou San as a confidant.
That’s why I talked so much to Hou San.
"Master Zhang, you're here, why don't you arrange for someone to call me!" Scarface walked in quickly.
"I'm fine, I'll just wait for you here for a while, and chat with Hou San for a while.
How is it? What does the other side of the street say?"
“When the people on the street heard about our treatment, they were very happy and happily agreed to introduce us to the waiter.
He said he would arrange for someone to come to the restaurant for an interview tomorrow."
"Okay, just take care of this.
After you have settled down, go to BJ Hotel and find the lobby manager or restaurant manager.
Let him help train our waiters.
First, manners, including dressing up, makeup, etc., must be trained.
The second is service awareness. The service awareness of our current hotels is not good.
Each shelf is bigger than the customers, so is that okay?"
"Master Zhang, I can't enter BJ Hotel!"
"Nonsense, why can't you get in? Have you forgotten your current identity? You are a patriotic businessman from Xiangjiang and a compatriot from Xiangjiang.
Apart from Haizi and the Great Hall, where can't you enter?" Zhang Junping glared and cursed with a smile.
"Oh! I forgot! I still thought that I was the gunman on the street." Scarface scratched his head and laughed.
"I'll go to Dongjiaomin Lane later and buy a decent suit and dress myself up properly." Zhang Junping said, taking out two dozen dollars and throwing it to Scarface.
"Master Zhang, this is..."
"As a compatriot from Xiangjiang, you can't spend RMB, right?
Besides, the tailor shop in Dongjiaomin Lane does not charge RMB.
U.S. dollars are for you to use to buy clothes.
Hong Kong dollars are just for you to show off."
"Pretending?" Scarface was a little confused as to what pretentious meant.
"I'm just pretending! Pretending that I'm awesome." Zhang Junping explained with a smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, I just like to show off!" Scarface grinned.
"That's it.
Another thing is that something happened to a friend of mine.
It is not convenient to stay in the country any longer. You arrange for two people, one to accompany her, to send her to Pengcheng.
One took a plane and took my letter to Xiangjiang first to find Gavin Cashino, the key account manager of HSBC Bank...
After Gavin Cashino has obtained my friend's identity passport, we will meet them in Xiangjiang and go to Xiangjiang together." Zhang Junping carefully explained to Scarface.
"Master Zhang, please wait a moment. I'll call Qiangzi and Gangzi over and you can explain to them directly.
It saves me from sending the message in the middle, and then I send it to the wrong person." Scarface said very cautiously.
"Okay!" Zhang Junping was very satisfied with Scarface's attitude in doing things.
Scarface quickly called Qiangzi and Gangzi in.
Zhang Junping made detailed arrangements with the two people again.
And divided the work for them.
Qiangzi flew to Xiangjiang, and Gangzi escorted Yang Ying to Pengcheng.
Zhang Junping wrote a letter on the spot and gave it to Qiangzi, asking him to take it to Gavin Cashino.
Because I was worried that Qiangzi and Gangzi had just gone to Xiangjiang and were not familiar with the situation, so they would cause trouble.
Zhang Junping specifically requested in the letter that Gavin Cashino personally arrange for someone to pick him up in Pengcheng.
Moreover, I helped buy two houses with relatively good security in Xiangjiang.
Make an appointment with Scarface to meet at the courtyard in Dashilan tomorrow morning.
Zhang Junping returned to the Materials Bureau and called Li Kaihe, "Brother Li, I have made arrangements here.
Tomorrow you ask Yang Ying to take the children to my courtyard in Dashilan."
"Thank you, brother! If it weren't for you, I don't know what I would do.
Now Yang Ying's man comes to the factory every two days to make trouble, claiming that I have hidden his wife.
I owe you a favor for this matter."
"I understand. Anyone who encounters such a thing will have a headache." Zhang Junping said understandingly.
"Damn it, wait until Yang Ying is sent away and see how I deal with him!" Li Kaihe cursed bitterly.
Zhang Junping didn't speak, he couldn't answer the question.
Just after I hung up the phone on Li Kaihe, the phone started ringing again.
"Hello, hello, who's there?" Zhang Junping answered the phone.
"Chief Zhang, I am Zhang Jiangang!"
"Hello, Director Zhang!"
"The most I can squeeze out for you is fifty tons of rice, fifty tons of flour, and two thousand kilograms of soybean oil.
However, I have contacted several other farms for you.
Together, we have collected 200 tons of rice, 300 tons of flour, and 10 tons of soybean oil for you.
In addition, mountain goods can also have one or two hundred tons.
Have you seen enough?
If it’s not enough, I’ll contact other farms.”
Farm manager Zhang is still very loyal. He felt that he had few things, so he took the initiative to help him contact other farms.
"That's enough, that's enough! Thank you, Director Zhang! If you have time after the new year, *****.
I'll arrange the whole process here." Zhang Junping quickly thanked him.
"Um, Section Chief Zhang, what you said before about increasing the price of ginseng by 30% is true?"
"Director Zhang, they are all big men, spitting is a trap.
The price is increased by 30%, and I want as much as you have.
However, I only want first-class products, not skins." Zhang Junping said firmly.
"That's impossible, we Northeastern gentlemen can't do that kind of thing.
It is definitely the best red ginseng." Director Zhang quickly assured.
Red ginseng is actually ginseng. After fumigation and processing, the color of ginseng turns red, so it is called red ginseng.
"Okay, I'm still saying what I said, as long as it's first-class good ginseng, I can take as much as I can." Zhang Junping said proudly.
"Okay, I still trust Section Chief Zhang.
When will you come over to pick up the goods?" Director Zhang asked.
"Director Zhang, I'm afraid I have to trouble you to deliver the goods.
I'll contact the truck and you'll load the goods there.
Then arrange for someone to follow and take the money back." Zhang Junping said with a smile.