Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 519 Furniture Fair

August 1st is the wedding day of Wu Yucheng and Sheng Yunfei.

With the status of the Wu family and Wu Yucheng's net worth, this wedding must not be bad.

Relatives and friends of the Wu family gathered together, and even the orphans of several comrades whom Mr. Wu had adopted came to the capital with their wives and children.

All wedding procedures were carried out according to the rules in the capital, and the banquet was arranged at the hotel.

During the ceremony, Sheng Yunfei wore a red wedding dress, which was custom-made by a foreign designer hired by Wu Yucheng.

White wedding dresses were not popular in those days, and Chinese people couldn't accept them, so they were made in red.

The red wedding dress is dotted with diamonds, which is particularly dazzling under the light.

Wu Yucheng was wearing a black suit, white shirt and red tie. He stood upright and helped Sheng Yunfei to the stage with a smile on his face.

Amid the applause of the crowd, Tong Sheng Yunfei stood side by side on the ceremonial stage and accepted everyone's blessings.

Therefore, not many people actually went to the bridal chamber in the evening. Everyone just wanted to sit around in the bridal chamber and left.

The main reason is simple. At that time, large-scale home furnishing stores had not yet appeared, and the rental prices of department stores were relatively high, so trade fairs became the best sales channel.

The development of furniture must also follow the pace of the times and suit the needs of the people. It does not mean that the more advanced the concept, the better.

On August 10th, Huayang Furniture Factory will hold a large-scale furniture exhibition in Hufangqiao.

This one takes a lot more work than that wedding dress. When worn, it looks beautiful, dignified, elegant and generous.

The Northeast is rich in wood, and the raw materials of Huayang Furniture Factory come from Maozi, which is cheaper.

This is the first stop of the national exhibition. What is the feedback from the furniture market of Huayang Furniture Factory? Whether it can win the favor of consumers is the first test.

Wu Yucheng showed everyone his love for Sheng Yunfei with the most solemn wedding.

The wedding banquet was also of a very high standard, with all the guests and friends laughing and sending their most sincere blessings to the newlyweds.

Wu Yucheng didn't marry until he was in his early thirties, and the sons of his friends who grew up with him are all familiar with it.

Wu Yucheng arranged a car to take his mother's family back to Sheng Xikang's house.

Naturally, Sheng Xiping would not miss this opportunity. He had a lively chat with them and got to know many people.

Therefore, the furniture of Huayang Furniture Factory only makes some improvements based on the popular furniture today.

The products exhibited by Huayang Furniture Factory attracted countless customers at once with their novel styles, high quality and low prices.

Customers can go to the store to pick up the goods at the agreed time, or they can leave their address and contact number, and the furniture store will arrange delivery after the ordered goods arrive.

When the ceremony ended and the banquet began, Sheng Yunfei changed into another set of clothes, a bright red and gold embroidered dragon and phoenix gown.

This was a popular jingle in many places in the 1980s, from which we can see the fashion trends in furniture.

Taking this opportunity, brother Wu Bingzhong specially called Sheng Xiping over and introduced many friends to him.

Who can come to this wedding and not be a respectable person? These are all connections that will be useful in the future.

Since Capital Furniture Company opened a furniture fair in Hufangqiao, furniture fairs have become a new way to buy furniture.

On August 3rd, Wu Yucheng accompanied Sheng Yunfei back home, and the Sheng family also prepared a sumptuous banquet.

Everyone else had left, but Sheng Xiping stayed in the capital. For no other reason than that, Huayang Furniture's exhibition in the capital was about to begin.

Sheng Lianqiu and others had work and could not afford to be delayed for too long, so after Sheng Yunfei returned home, they took the car and left.

In the capital, the staff had already rented stores and warehouses, found a suitable venue for the sales meeting, and advertised in newspapers.

"Furniture modular sofa bed, black and white TV in the center, three brick houses with cement floors, rent a truck to pick up the bride."

Especially the second set, it took a lot of embroiderers time and effort to complete.

Visitors to the trade fair, if they like which furniture they like, they only need to ask the staff to make a reservation.

Of course, the initial trade fairs were very simple, no different from setting up street stalls.

This suit of clothes was custom-made by Wu Yucheng who went to Suzhou a long time ago and found a master.

So Sheng Xiping attached great importance to it and wanted to stay and take charge.

After the 1980s, as machines and assembly lines entered the furniture production process, production efficiency was greatly improved, and tickets were no longer required to purchase furniture.

Each product on display has its materials and price marked on it, making it easy to understand at a glance and does not require too much explanation from the staff.

Back to the day, Wu Yucheng arranged a few more tables in the restaurant, and the relatives of the Sheng and Wu families gathered together to have a lively meal.

After the staff collects the deposit, they issue a receipt to the customer. The furniture store's address and phone number are printed on the receipt.

Before the 1980s, furniture production was mainly made by carpenters, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the output was low. Furniture supply could not meet the demand, so most cities relied on ticket supply.

August 10th happened to be a Sunday, and the exhibition venue was crowded. Countless people from the capital and surrounding areas came to join in the fun.

There were knowledgeable guests present, and they could tell at a glance that these two sets of clothes were of great value.

Generally speaking, the guests from the mother's family did not stay until the end of the banquet. Just after twelve o'clock, everyone in the Sheng family got up and left the banquet.

The design is not too far ahead of the times and truly meets the needs of today's people.

Sheng Xiping was reborn, so he naturally understood this truth.

Sheng Liancheng and others were also thinking about going back to treat guests, so on August 5th, the group took a car back to the Northeast.

There is no shipping fee for door-to-door delivery in the city, but a certain shipping fee will be charged for door-to-door delivery in other areas. This is a great convenience for customers.

Everyone who comes to the trade fair will receive a beautifully printed brochure.

The brochure contains color pictures, material and process descriptions, and pricing of all Huayang Furniture Factory products.

The brochure is packed in a beautiful paper hand pocket. The name, phone number and other information of Huayang Furniture Factory are printed on the outside of the paper pocket. These are very good means of publicity.

On the first day of the trade fair, thousands of people made reservations for all kinds of furniture, with a total order worth hundreds of thousands.

At the end of the day, even though the workers in the sales department of the furniture factory were so tired that they couldn't stand up straight, their faces were full of energy and they couldn't stop smiling.

"Let's go have dinner. I've reserved a table at the hotel and I'll treat everyone tonight."

Sheng Xiping waved his hand and led all the staff to the restaurant together.

The Capital Exhibition lasted for five days and received millions of orders.

Zheng Hua and others in the Northeast were overjoyed after receiving the call and immediately arranged delivery.

At the same time, we notified the workshop to work overtime and seize the time to complete the order.

Huayang Furniture Factory, through this exhibition, has opened up its reputation in the capital and has finally gained a foothold. Sheng Xiping was thinking about the next step again.

Sheng Xiping wants to approve a piece of land in the capital to build a comprehensive shopping mall that integrates catering, entertainment, and supermarkets.

At that time, a floor can be reserved for all types of home appliances and furniture. It just so happens that Tengyue Company itself is engaged in the import of home appliances, so it has an advantage.

Of course, the approval procedures for such a large-scale project are very troublesome and will not be completed in a short time. Sheng Xiping was not in a hurry. He handed over the investment plan, walked around all the departments that needed to be moved, and found people who needed to be found. The rest was to wait for news.

The furniture fair was very successful in the capital, which gave everyone confidence, so the sales department staff began to move to other cities.

In early September, the next trade fair will be held in Shanghai.

With the experience in the capital, everyone is full of confidence to open up a new battlefield.

Sheng Xiping was not at ease and followed everyone to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

While Sheng Xiping and others were busy at the trade fair, Wu Yucheng, Sheng Yunfei and others returned to Songjianghe and held a banquet at Songlin Hotel to entertain relatives and friends.

Chen Ruiqing and his wife came from the provincial capital to attend Sheng Yunfei's homecoming party, and picked up Chen Feng and Chen Yue's brother and sister along the way.

Chen Yue was admitted to a key high school in the provincial capital with excellent results, and Chen Feng was also admitted to Xi'an Jiaotong University.

After the Sheng family learned the news, they were all happy for Chen Feng. Zhang Shuzhen specially gave Chen Feng five hundred yuan to keep for his studies.

Sheng Xiping, who was still out of town, was also very happy after hearing the news.

These two children have completely reversed their fate in their previous lives. In this life, both children will have a brilliant and promising future.

On August 20th, school started, and the children who had been running wild all summer re-entered the campus and started the new semester.

Sheng Xinhua and Sheng Xinyu had too much fun in the first half of the holiday, and then went to the capital again, which delayed a lot of homework.

As the school year approaches, both children are doing homework at home.

Therefore, Sheng Xinhua's big business of making guns can only be put aside for now.

After school started, the fifth-grade homework was not too stressful, and Sheng Xinhua had enough brains to cope with it.

At this time, he thought of the gun that he had been thinking about again.

So Sheng Xinhua started the third experiment in his spare time.

This time, he used the iron pipe under the rear seat of the bicycle.

This iron pipe is relatively long, so he plans to make a longer gun, just like the little devil's gun in "Mine Warfare".

With the experience of the first two times, it was much easier to do it this time.

Sheng Xinhua made the body and stock of the gun out of poplar wood. In order to connect the iron pipe and the cartridge case together and ensure that the joints fit tightly, Sheng Xinhua even used the principle of thermal expansion and contraction.

He heated the iron pipe red and inserted the bullet casing into it.

Other devices have been improved from the last two times, but he didn't find a suitable "trigger guard" material, so he didn't make a trigger guard.

After all, Sheng Xinhua was still young and didn’t know much about trigger guards at that time.

I just thought it was a decoration, not of much use, because the lack of a trigger guard would not affect the smooth firing.

Sheng Xiping was busy outside and never came back.

Zhou Qinglan is taking care of her second year of high school, and is obviously busier than her first year of high school. She doesn't go home until after nine o'clock almost every day, and she doesn't take any rest on most Saturdays and Sundays, so she doesn't notice what her son has been busy with recently.

As for Aunt Li, she has to cook and pick up and drop off the two girls every day. She is very busy and can't take care of other things.

Furthermore, Sheng Xinhua was very naughty. Every time he poked at these things, he did so behind Aunt Li's back to prevent her from seeing any flaws.

Therefore, no one in this family except Sheng Xinyu knows what Sheng Xinhua is busy with.

In this way, after nearly a month of busy work, a small musket more than two feet long was finally born in Sheng Xinhua's hands.

Looking at the beautiful little musket in his hand, Sheng Xinhua liked it so much that he hid it carefully for fear of being discovered.

On Sunday, the two boys finished their homework and ran out to test the gun.

With the experience of the first two times, Sheng Xinhua used less gunpowder for the first time and fired the first shot perfectly.

However, this shot gave him the feeling that it was lackluster, so he increased the amount of gunpowder afterwards.

The second time, it took two hits before the shot fired. Then I tried again. Sometimes it took three or four hits before the shot fired.

The main reason is that Sheng Xinhua used a match head as a ignition device. The match head has a high ignition point and cannot be fired every time.

In order to solve this problem, Sheng Xinhua added the medicine in the detonator to the matches.

The detonator was dug out from behind the large mirror in the east room of the Sheng family when Sheng Xinhua returned to the forest farm.

At that time, Sheng Xinhua didn't know what it was, so he asked Sheng Liancheng about it. Sheng Liancheng said that it was something Sheng Xiping used to wrap up explosives for hunting, and asked Sheng Xinhua not to move it.

That thing has a low ignition point and will explode if you don't get it right.

It's okay that Sheng Liancheng didn't say this, but when he said this, Sheng Xinhua took it seriously, so when his grandparents weren't paying attention, he took two of them and took them back to Songjianghe.

This time, Sheng Xinhua slowly peeled off a detonator, carefully collected the yellow powder inside, and mixed it with the match head when using it.

Now it can be guaranteed that every shot can be fired.

After repeated experiments, Sheng Xinhua finally mastered the dosage, and then he began to try to make bullets.

As a young child, I didn’t realize that gun powder and gun sand were actually sold in stores.

He could only find thin wire at home, cut it into small pieces bit by bit with pliers, then collect them and fill a small plastic bottle.

Heading south from No. 1 Middle School, after passing the real estate property, there is a large open land in front of you, where someone is planting some vegetables.

In autumn, the grass seeds in the ground are ripe, and the sparrows are also preparing for the winter and eating like crazy, so you can often see many sparrows foraging in the open space.

There were many sparrows and they were not afraid of people, so Sheng Xinhua targeted these sparrows.

Taking advantage of Sunday's rest, Sheng Xinhua led Sheng Xinyu and several friends from neighbors to the open space to prepare for sparrow hunting.

Sheng Xinhua loaded the gun, slowly approached the group of sparrows in the field, then raised the gun and pulled the trigger.

Sheng Xinhua tried this gun several times, but the problem of back spray was still not solved, so even though there was a butt, Sheng Xinhua did not dare to put the butt on his shoulder, and still held it up with one hand.

After the gunshot, Sheng Xinhua felt that his hands were much lighter.

When I looked down, I saw that the gun in my hand only had the wooden handle left. The barrel of the gun was nowhere to be found, and my arm ached.

It took a long time before Sheng Xinhua regained his composure, and quickly called his friends to join him in looking for the barrel of the gun.

While searching for the barrel of the gun, the children found the sparrows that had fallen on the ground. Everyone excitedly picked them up one by one. At last count, there were fifteen or sixteen.

This time, the children were so happy that they kept cheering. "Xinhua, you are so awesome."

Sheng Xinhua was also very proud in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He just shook his head and said, "No, it's still not perfect. The barrel of the gun collapsed."

As he spoke, Sheng Xinhua lowered his head to look for the barrel of the gun.

This time, he found the barrel of the gun in the grass, but the bullet casing was missing.

Sheng Xinhua didn't care. He had plenty of bullet casings at home, so he could just get another one when he went back.

(End of this chapter)