Rebirth of Rural Literary Life

Chapter 179 Lost in the east, harvested mulberry

With Liang Aimin as a common acquaintance, He Ping and Qin Yongjun quickly became acquainted.

It was night when we got on the train, and He Ping and Qin Yongjun chatted until after ten o'clock and fell asleep.

When He Ping woke up again, the train had already passed Shanhaiguan Pass, and it was not yet [-] o'clock in the morning.With Qin Yongjun in the box, He Ping went to wash his face without worry, and brought Qin Yongjun some hot water back.

"He Ping got up quite early." Qin Yongjun didn't wake up until He Ping came back from washing.

"Get used to it, come, drink some hot water."

"Thank you." Qin Yongjun took a sip of hot water, "I'm getting old, and I'll be very tired every time I take the train."

"Normal, it's hard to ride a train."

He Ping originally planned to go to the dining car to eat, but seeing that Qin Yongjun was eating the eggs and rolls he had brought after getting up, he also took out the food he bought at the train station yesterday.

During the chat last night, Qin Yongjun asked about He Ping's published works, and He Ping didn't hide it, and said it openly, so Qin Yongjun knew He Ping's financial conditions.

"How about some food in the dining car?"

"Just one bite in the morning."

The two of them had breakfast together and had nothing else to do. The subordinates who were on a business trip with Qin Yongjun even came to invite Qin Yongjun to eat in the dining car.

Qin Yongjun declined the kindness of the two, and chatted with He Ping in the box.

After getting acquainted overnight and morning, He Ping roughly grasped Qin Yongjun's temperament.

"Uncle Qin, you said that you will go to Shanghai to introduce equipment to start the packaging business. Have you already planned what to do?"

After listening to He Ping's question, Qin Yongjun sighed: "There is no plan, it's just a blind cat hitting a mouse."

"What does that say?"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes if you say it. Don't look at our letterpress printing. We only print gift certificates, stamps, commercial credit certificates or stationery products, but in fact the cost of plate making is expensive, and the printing cost is also expensive. Our production is barely maintained. , Some really good businesses such as banknotes, stocks and other businesses, but it is impossible for the higher authorities to provide us with these units, so the efficiency of our Toppan Printing Factory has been worse than that of the past few years.

I went to Shanghai this time because I heard that a businessman from Frankfurt came to Shanghai for inspection and planned to build an automatic pulp molding production line.If the negotiation between Shanghai and Frankfurt is successful, then their packaging production line will be phased out. I am here this time just to try my luck and see if I can buy the phased-out production line. "

Pulp molding?

Although He Ping heard of this term for the first time, he can roughly guess the nature of this product from the name, which seems to be very suitable for the needs of chicken farms.

"Uncle Qin, can this thing you mentioned be made into egg packaging?"

"Egg packaging?" Qin Yongjun had never seen such a thing, so He Ping gave him a brief description.

"The thing you're talking about is just right. Pulp molding is perfect for making this kind of thing."

It turns out that there is no such production line in China until now, and He Ping always thought that this kind of thing existed a long time ago.In fact, the history of pulp molding production line has been developed in foreign countries for nearly half a century, but due to closed reasons in China, it has not yet developed in this respect.

He Ping had been inquiring about egg trays before, but people around him said they had never heard of them. He Ping thought they were only available in the Northeast region, but it turned out that they were not available in the whole country.

It's ironic when you think about it, a country that can even make atomic bombs can't even make such a simple little thing.

Knowing that the production line for producing egg trays has not been introduced in China, He Ping stopped thinking about egg packaging, and just use my straw.

"It's a pity, we don't have this production line yet, our chicken farms especially need this kind of packaging now."

He Ping sighed, but the conversation was not fruitless. Isn't Toppan Printing Factory's business just right for pen copybooks?

He changed the subject and said, "Uncle Qin, you said that your factory does letterpress printing, so can you do that kind of gravure pen copybook?"

He Ping described the style of the pen copybook to He Ping again, and Qin Yongjun said: "It's not difficult, it's not difficult at all."

The east corner is lost, and the mulberry elm is harvested.

So He Ping talked to Qin Yongjun about the slow sales of the pen copybooks in Dingtun Primary School, "If you entrust your factory to produce this kind of copybooks, can you help promote them?"

After He Ping introduced the situation, he stated his purpose.

Qin Yongjun pondered for a moment, then said: "Theoretically, there is no problem, but can your things sell well?"

He Ping patted his chest and said: "It's easy to sell, of course it's easy to sell. No matter how poor we Chinese are, we can't afford poor education, and there will be no shortage of parents who are willing to spend money on their children's education. We are mainly restricted by the relatively closed situation in various places. , a school-run enterprise went to a foreign school to sell products, and they didn’t even let them in. But what we sell locally is very good, you can ask Uncle Liang about this.”

"Of course I believe what you said, but what do you mean by commissioned production?" Qin Yongjun heard this term for the first time. Although he understood the meaning, he still didn't know how to operate it.

"It means that our school-run enterprise entrusts your factory to produce, and pays you a certain production fee. The product and brand are still ours, but the manufacturer can write your name."

He Ping’s set of things is left over from foreign companies in later generations. In layman’s terms, they sell brands and certifications. Foreign-funded companies that do this in later generations are like Guo Jiangzhiqing. The most famous companies are Nike, Adidas, and PepsiCo. .

"Your idea is very interesting, and it has increased your knowledge." Qin Yongjun praised, "It's a good way to do this, so what do you need to do to promote it?"

"This requires the help of you or your factory's advantages. You are well aware of the situation in our province at this stage, which is relatively closed. If no one helps, our products will be difficult to promote in one place no matter how good they are. This is Some of them will not let you help for nothing, we will give you a commission fee for promotion..." He Ping patiently explained to Qin Yongjun.

After a few minutes of explanation, Qin Yongjun finally understood the ins and outs of copybook production and sales, and his impression of He Ping was refreshed again. He thought he was a talented young writer, but he was also proficient in Tao Zhu.

Before the spring breeze of reform has blown to Liao Province, people like He Ping are definitely outliers in this era.

If it were a cadre of a state-owned factory with a fixed mindset, he might not even bother to talk to He Ping, but Qin Yongjun, a person like Qin Yongjun who can travel thousands of miles to seek an opportunity for the development of the factory, is so pragmatic, how could he look down on He Ping because of this.

On the contrary, the status of "Businessman He Ping" in front of him is much higher than that of "Writer He Ping".

(End of this chapter)