Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 546: Considerable Profits
Sheng Xiping and his party had a lot of fun in the capital and finished their work before setting off to go back.

On August 18, the family of six finally returned to Songjianghe, and Zhou Qinglan returned to school the next day.

Zhou Qinglan has negotiated with the school that she will not teach classes this year and will only be a subject teacher.

In this case, as long as there are no late classes, you can go home from get off work in the afternoon.

Sheng Xinhua is in junior high school. These three years are crucial. Zhou Qinglan wants to spend more time with her child.

Zhou Qinglan's work ability was outstanding. The school initially disagreed, but then Sheng Xiping went to the principal and agreed to donate a batch of teaching equipment to the school, and the principal nodded.

This year, August 21st is a Sunday, so school officially starts on August 22nd, and students return to school on the morning of the 21st.

Starting from this year, all forestry middle schools have been withdrawn and merged, and all students will go to No. 1 Middle School.

Therefore, there are many freshmen this year, with a total of fourteen classes and six to seven hundred people.

Sheng Xinhua got good grades and was assigned to a class. The head teacher knew Zhou Qinglan and took good care of Sheng Xinhua.

There is kraft paper in the Westinghouse desk, so you can just use kraft paper. "Sheng Xiping snorted.

On the first day back to school, students are divided into classes, assigned tables and chairs, cleaned, and then arranged to sit and distribute books. Students get to know each other and then elect a monitor.

Sheng Xiping remembered that when he was a child, he saw someone stringing straw beads together and using them as door curtains.

The wall calendars of this era are different from the ones in later generations that were crowded together for twelve months of the year. Now they have one page for each month. If you add the cover, it will be thirteen pieces of paper.

The Sheng family has several wall calendars, which are benefits provided by the company.

In the summer, this kind of door curtain is used. When the door curtain shakes when going back and forth into the house, flies cannot follow people and fly into the house.

The two girls have little experience. Where have they seen such a book cover? He immediately slapped his father with a rainbow fart, which coaxed Sheng Xiping into grinning happily.

Sheng Xiping didn't care about that. He took out a calendar from the cabinet, cut it to size, and wrapped the book cover for his two girls.

It seems that since the beginning of spring this year, I don’t know why there has been a trend of making door curtains.

Some people use paper clips to make this thing, and some people use wire to make it.

Then just wrap them one by one, one by one, until you have enough for a door. Then, apply a layer of white latex on the outside of the calendar paper, and then nail it to the door frame after it dries.

Wrap the wire evenly around two foreign nails at a fixed distance to form a paperclip-like shape. Then cut the wire from one side and pinch it firmly with pliers.

Go to school to hand in your holiday homework, clean up, hand out books, and then go home.

Sheng Xiping wrapped the books for the two girls, stapled them together, and wrote the children's names on the books and notebooks. Only then was he ready for the start of school.

Compared with Sheng Xinhua, it is much easier for those who are in primary school to go back to school.

"Wow, dad is so awesome. The book cover is so straight and has lace on it. It's much prettier than my brother's bag."

It was rare for Sheng Xiping to wrap a book cover for a child, so he had to show it well by folding it repeatedly on the lower right corner of the book to make it look better when wrapped.

Every year when winter comes, Sheng Xiping has people order a batch of wall calendars at the printing factory for the company employees.

Most of those beads are gray with some patterns on them, and they are seeds grown on grass.

After wrapping the book covers for the two girls, they then stapled the book.

Newspaper is thin, not wear-resistant, and breaks easily. Wall calendars are a very sought-after item in this day and age and cannot be easily obtained.

"Fan me from afar, what good can you do with that brat? Do you still want to use calendar paper?
Your mother kept those calendar papers to make door curtains. You caused trouble. It would be strange if she didn't beat you up when you got home.

Tian Zi Ge, Pinyin Tian Zi Ge, two notebooks are stacked together, with a black notebook folder on the outside.

Cut the calendar paper into long, thin triangles and wrap them around paper clips or special wire.

Junior high school is different from primary school. Primary school teachers are generally happy to choose girls as monitors. They are serious and responsible in doing things and don't need to worry.

"Dad, help us wrap the book covers and staple the books."

Therefore, most people use kraft paper to wrap book covers.

Since Sheng Xinhua's home is close, he just took people back and forth to get tools for cleaning and other things. In addition, many students in the class came from primary school and all knew Sheng Xinhua.

There are no plastic book covers these days, and children don’t know how to take good care of books, so parents usually use kraft paper, calendar paper, or newspapers to protect their schoolbags with a book cover.

Then take an awl and go through the hole on the top of the binder, pierce the book through, then thread the black shoelaces or woolen yarn and tie it firmly, and the book is nailed.

Sheng Yunfang and Sheng Yunfei were so beautiful when they were young that they asked for some bracelets.

In junior high school, boys are usually chosen as monitors because they have authority and can control these naughty brats.

Just at this time, Sheng Xinyu also came home. When he saw that his sister's book covers were wrapped, he also shouted to have them wrapped.

Sheng Xinyue and Sheng Xinqi were the first to go home. As soon as they walked in and saw Sheng Xiping at home, they started assigning tasks to their father.

When wrapping, place the patterned side facing out and the white side facing in. Apply some white latex to stick it firmly, making it look like a date core.

About the size of a pea, with a slippery and shiny surface.

"Dad, did you use calendar paper to wrap the book covers for them? Then give me two pieces of calendar paper, too. I also want to wrap the book covers."

With the support of these people, Sheng Xinhua was elected squad leader.

This kind of door curtain is not the kind that is hung on the door to block the wind in winter, but is hung on the door in summer, similar to a bead curtain.

Finally, take them off the foreign nails and put them on one by one, forming a long string.

The calendar paper is very thick and has a smooth surface. It is best to turn it over and wrap it around the book.

Later, those kinds of grass beads became less noticeable, and now curtains made of calendar paper are popular.

In a few years, we will start to develop plastic bead strings.

During the spring, Zhou Qinglan and Aunt Li spent a lot of time lighting lamps and boiling oil to make the curtain for the door in the east room.

I originally thought that if I had nothing to do during the summer vacation, I would build two more doors at home, but it turned out that they all went out to play during the summer vacation.

All the calendar papers at home were reserved for door curtains, which meant that Sheng Xiping loved his daughter, so he borrowed two of them for use.

As for Sheng Xinyu, I have some kraft paper at home, so I’ll use that.

When Sheng Xinyu heard his father's words, he felt heartbroken and rolled his eyes secretly.

"Sure enough, what they say is right. Daughters are treasures, and sons are straw. Come on, I won't fight with them. I'll use kraft paper."

The young man mumbled and went to the Westinghouse desk to look for brown paper.

Now that Sheng Xinyu is old, he can cut paper, wrap book covers, and staple notebooks by himself without the help of his father. This set of tasks is quite understandable.

When it was almost eleven o'clock, Sheng Xinhua also came back, holding a thick stack of books.

People who are in junior high school don't really care about those things. They simply don't bother to organize the book covers and folders. They just write their names and then put them in their schoolbags.

When Zhou Qinglan came home from get off work at noon, she happened to see the book cover Sheng Xiping had wrapped for her daughter. "You are really good at it. There is so much kraft paper at home that you don't need, so you have to use my calendar paper.

I saved them to make door curtains. How many did you destroy? Looking back is no longer enough. "

As expected, Zhou Qinglan muttered unhappily when she saw the calendar paper wrapped in a book cover.

"Oh, isn't it just two calendar sheets?

When I order a wall calendar from the printing house this year, I will order a few more copies for you and save them for making door curtains for you, okay? Sheng Xiping shook his head helplessly.

"Why do you have to fix those things? It's tiring enough to go to work every day, and you have to do this at night.

I looked back to see if anyone sells plastic bead curtains. I could just buy a few sets and hang them on the door. It would take a lot of effort. "

"What do you know? Nowadays, handmade curtains like this are popular." Zhou Qinglan glanced at her husband, she is addicted to handicrafts, don't you know?

How could Sheng Xiping be stubborn with his wife? Just do it if you like, as long as she's happy.

Just at this time, Aunt Li was calling for dinner. The family came out of the inner room and went to the outer room to eat.

Another day, the children officially started school.

The No. 1 middle school and the No. 1 elementary school are both very close to the Sheng family. Children don't need to be picked up by adults to go to school. A group of children go to school carrying schoolbags.

Go to work when you need to go to work, go to school when you need to go to school, and life has returned to its usual routine.

About half a month later, the customer representative from Japan sent a very thick document.

Inside are the information Sheng Xiping asked others to collect, as well as photos of Japanese funeral supplies, especially coffins. Sample photos were taken of various types, colors, and patterns.

Different from us who like to use heavy colors, the coffins in Japan are usually pink, lavender or white.

Coffins are divided into cloth coffins and wooden coffins. Cloth coffins are generally fixed in shape with thin boards, and a layer of light-colored patterned cloth is pasted on the outside.

The cost is low and most of them are used by poor people. The selling price ranges from 50,000 Japanese coins to 100,000 Japanese coins.

As for the wooden coffin, it is slightly thicker, and the surface will be engraved with patterns such as cherry blossoms and auspicious clouds, which makes it look more advanced. This kind of coffin will cost at least 200,000 Japanese coins to start.

If the carvings are very exquisite and the inside is covered with silk, the price will be doubled. Except for the rich, ordinary people cannot afford it.

You know, the Japanese currency at this time has not yet depreciated. It is a very strong currency and very valuable.

In other words, even the lowest-end coffin costs thousands of dollars.

And how much does this thing cost? Sheng Xiping roughly calculated that it was probably only thirty or fifty yuan.

This profit is quite high.

"Zheng Hua, arrange for someone to go on a business trip to Caocheng and find Secretary Zhao in Caocheng. Ask them to arrange for someone to make a batch of coffins based on these pictures.

In addition, I arranged for Japanese customer representatives to have dinner. I have business to discuss with them. "

I didn't expect the profit from this coffin to be so huge. Even if you give up part of the profit to the middleman, you can still make a lot of money.

No one in the country is involved in this area yet. Since Sheng Xiping promised to help Caocheng, he couldn't break his promise, so he should be a guide.

When Zheng Hua heard this, he immediately asked someone to make arrangements.

Sheng Xiping took out his phone book and called Secretary Zhao in Caocheng to tell him that he would arrange for someone to order samples.

Secretary Zhao was very happy when he heard this and quickly agreed.

"Don't worry, Mr. Sheng, I will arrange for people to prepare immediately to ensure customer satisfaction."

Opportunities to make money are all presented to us. If we fail to seize them, it is simply due to the incompetence of these cadres.

"Okay, thank you, Secretary Zhao. I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate."

There is only so much Sheng Xiping can do. As for the subsequent development, it depends on how well Cao Cheng does.

Sheng Xiping had just hung up the phone and was going to meet with the customer representative later, but at this moment, deputy factory director Wang Mingyou hurried in.

"Mr. Sheng, we got a call from Fusong Branch, saying that the No. 4 pressure cylinder of the hot press in the press workshop is leaking pressure, and asked if we should stop to check the equipment first."

"Inspection, production must be stopped for inspection, otherwise a major safety accident may occur." Sheng Xiping said without hesitation after hearing this.

If the pressure cylinder leaks pressure, it is likely that the pressure cylinder has cracks. If this is not handled properly, once a major mechanical accident occurs, the losses will be immeasurable.

"Okay, then I'll notify them right away." Wang Mingyou hurried out and called the branch factory.

After receiving the reply from the branch factory, they immediately stopped work to repair the equipment. After inspection, it was found that a 600 mm long crack appeared in the pressure cylinder.

The person in charge of the branch factory immediately reported the matter to the main factory. Upon hearing this, Sheng Xiping hurriedly contacted Shencheng and asked experts for heavy-process welding flaw detection to come over.

"Quickly, arrange for someone to go to Shencheng to pick him up."

It's not easy to hire such an expert. Sheng Xiping used a lot of personal connections to get the other party to agree to come and take a look. It must be received with the highest standards.

So Sheng Xiping arranged for someone to drive over in his car and pick him up.

In the evening, Sheng Xiping went to meet with the customer representative of Japan and had a meal with him.

By the way, we talked about the funeral industry in Japan, and got a general understanding of the companies that deal in funeral supplies in Japan.

The customer representatives from Japan stayed in Songjianghe for a few days and then left, just as the experts invited from Shencheng also arrived.

After the experts and factory technicians worked together and worked continuously for more than ten days and nights, the mechanical repair task was finally completed.

At the same time, several cracks in the two headers on the left side of the No. 1 boiler were also welded and repaired.

Thanks to the high sense of responsibility of the branch's mechanical operators and engineering and technical personnel, the factory avoided a major mechanical accident and the subsequent heavy economic losses.

Therefore, the factory leaders held a meeting and decided to give cash rewards to relevant staff, with each person receiving a reward of 200 yuan.

After this incident, the entire factory became more vigilant, and the main factory stopped work for two days to conduct a comprehensive equipment overhaul.

Since the main factory had been operating at full capacity before and the machinery and equipment were severely worn, many problems were discovered this time.

Sheng Xiping took a look and thought, stop production for repairs.

At present, a few days of work suspension is a trivial matter. If there is an accident, it will not be solved in three or two days.

The machinery and equipment were finally inspected here, and everything was confirmed to be OK, so work was restarted.

Over in Caocheng, the staff also sent back news that the samples had been prepared.

Sheng Xiping had already contacted the Japanese customer in advance, and the other party agreed to help recommend several major Japanese funeral supplies companies.

So, people were arranged here to go to Japan to discuss cooperation with gifts and samples.

(End of this chapter)