In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Making money in this age without the Internet is not as easy as it was in the previous life.

Just "ding".

The money has arrived.

Commonly used by ordinary people are letter transfer or wire transfer. Li Duoyu also sent money to Li Xiaorong who was studying abroad.

Credit remittance is relatively cheaper. After you hand over the money to the savings bank, the other party will give you a remittance slip.

Just send the remittance slip in an envelope and ask the other party to pick it up with the remittance slip.

But in this day and age, remittances take a long time, and it often takes more than a week or two to get the money.

In addition, the procedures are troublesome and the handling fees are extremely expensive. Many people like to secretly stuff money into envelopes and send them directly.

As for wire transfer, after you deposit the money, the staff will send the remittance information by telegram. This summary method is faster, but the handling fee is also more expensive.

However, for a large order like Li Duoyu's, and because the Rongcheng aquatic product processing plant is state-owned, it would be even more troublesome to first transfer the money to his Minlong Food company account. Only a regulated agreement will do.

Next,
Li Duoyu and factory director Liu Zhengyuan signed a [Clove Fish Purchase Agreement].

Then,

The person in charge of finance at the aquatic product processing factory has to go to the savings bank to handle the remittance and hand the remittance receipt to Li Duoyu.

But even if he got the remittance receipt, Li Duoyu couldn't get the money immediately because the remittance took a long time.

Especially for such large sums of money, they must undergo strict scrutiny.

In short, in this age without the Internet, bank transfers and the like are really not as useful as cash.

After both parties sign the agreement.

Factory Director Liu Zhengyuan stretched out his hand and said: "It's a pleasure to cooperate. I will ask the finance department to remit the money immediately. It may take more than a week to arrive."

Li Duoyu smiled and said: "It seems that this time, I have to let the villagers give me a cushion first."

"That shouldn't be the case. Those of us who are exporting companies still know how much money you made from the batch of eels you exported."

Li Duoyu grinned: "Director Liu, I really have no money. The little money I earned was all invested."

Liu Zhengyuan gave him a disgusted look: "We are all one of our own, you don't need to cry poverty with me or do business with me. Don't worry, I won't miss you a penny of the money that should be given to you."

Li Duoyu grinned and said, "With your words, I feel relieved. This small business of mine cannot withstand strong winds and waves."

While Li Duoyu and Factory Director Liu were signing the supplementary agreement, more than two hundred baskets of cloves had been unloaded from the ship.

Li Duoyu looked at his watch.

It was around nine o'clock in the morning, and the tide had already receded by half. The pier on Dandan Island was not drafty, so it was impossible to go back and transport the remaining two hundred baskets of cloves at this time.

It would have to wait at least seven hours before the tugboat of the uncle and the third uncle could dock.

The uncle, third uncle, and Liu Yun and the rest of them decided to just wait here, which seemed like a waste of time.

They just learned that Director Liu would continue to purchase cloves, and they didn't want to waste time. After all, the season was about to go out, and this kind of money-making opportunity only came across once in several years.

"Duoyu, let's go to Ding Bay to catch two nets of cloves. When the tide comes in, we will bring you the remaining cloves. What do you think?"

"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll settle today's shipping costs with you later."

"We are all our own people. We all rely on you to make money now, so there is no need to calculate the freight."

Li Duoyu said seriously: "That won't work. One stroke after another. The more one belongs to one's own, the more one must calculate clearly."

Seeing Li Duoyu's resolute attitude.

The third uncle nodded and said: "Okay, let's go first. Around five o'clock in the afternoon, we will send the remaining cloves to Qingkou Wharf."

Liu Yun also waved his hand and said: "Brother Yu, let's go first."

On the shrimp fishing boat, Liu Yun sighed:

"Brother, your cousin is really powerful. I didn't expect that even Factory Director Liu would be so polite to him."

Li Shuguang sighed. If he knew that Li Duoyu had a good relationship with many leaders in Rongcheng, he would probably be frightened out of his wits.

But Li Shuguang always felt a little inconsistent and uncomfortable. Duoyu had changed too much in the past two years.

"Two years ago, Duoyu was just as bad as you were before."

"really?"

Liu Yun said excitedly: "So, Brother Yu and I are a bit similar. Maybe I will be as successful as him in the future."

Li Shuguang rolled his eyes at him: "Dream on you."

"Brother, I have decided that when I make more money, I will move to Dandan Island."

"It's better not to come and stay in Nanri Town."

"Why don't you let me come?"

"You talk too much, and it's annoying you to death. Besides, you were able to reduce your sentence by reporting Xiao Weidong, so you're not afraid that he will fight you tooth and nail when he comes out."

Liu Yun snorted: "I'm afraid of him. He still owes me a lot of money. If it weren't for him, how would I dare to steal Brother Yu's oysters?"

"Now you are talking about Brother Yu, making it seem like you are very familiar with him."

Liu Yun scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "I'm not very familiar with it now. As long as I move to Dandan Island, I will be."

"You really have to come over."

"Well, actually, it was my parents who asked me to come here. They said your island has a better atmosphere and asked me to come here and learn to behave."

Li Shuguang was stunned for a moment. After he said this, it seemed that it was true.

After Li Duoyu became the village director, no one in the village really gambled. Everyone seemed to be busy making money.

"If you really want to come over, you can stay at my house first, but if you plan to stay for a long time, you have to buy a place and build a house."

"I think it's okay. It just so happens that Lilac Fish made a lot of money this time, so I can buy a place and build a house."

Li Shuguang sighed. To be honest, he was a little jealous. This time, his cousin really made a lot of money.

His shrimp boat is the most suitable for fishing for cloves, even his father and third uncle's trawler can't catch him.

"However, I heard from Duoyu that our island seems to be building a new pier. Maybe you can build your house next to the new pier."

"Really, then I won't be in a hurry."

Liu Yun chuckled and said, "By the way, brother, if I want to come to your island, can you introduce me to someone first?"

Li Qingguang, who had been silent on the boat, suddenly said with envy: "You should go back to Nanri Town. There are many bachelors on our island, so don't come here to join in the fun."

Liu Yun frowned and looked at Li Qingguang, grinning and said: "Qingguang, if you are so nervous, you must have someone you like."

Li Qingguang blushed: "No."

"No, why are you nervous? Tell me which one it is, and I promise not to compete with you."

"People don't like your type."

"Still saying no?"

After the cloves were unloaded at the dock, workers at the processing plant moved the cloves to the warehouse. Their staff wanted to select the cloves again.

But what they didn't expect was.

The quality of every basket of cloves is extremely good. It can be said that every clove is clean and complete, fully meeting the export standards required by the factory.

It took more than an hour. After the inspection, a quality inspector reported to Liu Zhengyuan:

"Director Liu, this batch of clove fish is very good and fully meets the export standards. We don't need to continue picking." After hearing this, Liu Zhengyuan couldn't believe it. He checked it in person. He thought Li Duoyu showed it to him. , probably the best baskets.

But what he didn't expect was that the more than two hundred baskets unloaded were all of the same quality.

In all his years of purchasing seafood, this is the first time he has seen someone control quality to an export level.

Liu Zhengyuan suddenly fell into deep thought. Previously, he thought that Li Duoyu was just lucky and met the big boss by accident, which was why the journey was so smooth.

Now he has completely changed his mind. People who can be valued by big leaders are indeed not ordinary people.

"It's really awesome!"

Liu Zhengyuan had long been prepared to lose money on this foreign trade deal with cloves. Five yuan was not only his base price, but also the purchase price from the island country.

In other words, even if this order is completed, the processing factory will not make any money, and may have to pay a lot of money.

Because under normal circumstances, after Li Duoyu's batch of cloves arrived, he had to re-select them according to export standards.

According to past export experience, the selection loss is at least one-quarter, and it may be even higher.

He had already calculated it before. Even if he did not include the labor force, he would lose a dollar for every pound of cloves he bought. The more he bought, the greater the loss would be. It was a profit at a loss.

But the superiors also put a lot of pressure on him. If he can make foreign exchange orders, he must make them even if he loses money.

It sounds easy to say it, but if you really lose money, the organization won't cover it up, and in the end it's the factory's profits that will be lost.

To be honest, he has been having a lot of headaches recently with these foreign trade orders. No one would believe him if he told him, and he was losing money on almost every order.

Fortunately, he met a conscientious supplier like Li Duoyu, which allowed him to lose less.

Factory Director Liu looked around and asked the quality inspector, "Director Li, where are you?"

"It seems like you are visiting our factory."

Liu Zhengyuan didn't take a few steps before he found Li Duoyu and Chen Wenchao who were visiting the factory.

"Director Li, our quality inspector has been praising your clove fish, saying that it directly meets the export standards."

Li Duoyu replied: "That's right. Factory Director Liu gave us such a good price. If I try to fool him again, it would be a bit unjustifiable."

Liu Zhengyuan said with emotion: "If every businessman was as sensible as Director Li, then business would be easier."

Li Duoyu smiled and didn't say much. Everyone makes money in different ways.

He is not a very smart person, nor is he good at communication. If he wants to get along in this circle, the only thing he can do is be honest and reliable.

"Director Liu, compared to the one when it was first built, your processing plant seems to have expanded a lot, with several new assembly lines added."

Liu Zhengyuan said with emotion: "There are a few new lines of worry added."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment. Seeing Director Liu's expression, it looked like there was something to the story.

"Director Li, if you want to visit, let me introduce it to you."

"The production line in front of us is dedicated to making rat fish, mainly spicy flavor. This product sells very well in the mainland."

"This one is for canned sardines, mainly exported to Southeast Asia, as well as dace with black bean sauce and clam meat."

But what makes Li Duoyu even more curious is that the current processing plant is quite standardized. Employees not only wear hats and masks, but also gloves.

For this era, this is quite rare. Generally, only island countries have such strict requirements.

"Director Liu, have you gone out to study recently? Why are everyone wearing masks and hats?"

When Li Duoyu asked, Liu Zhengyuan didn't bother to show off as a leader. He directly regarded Li Duoyu as a friend and started to complain.

"Oh, I'm not afraid to tell you that it's not okay if it's not standardized."

"Previously, our factory made a foreign trade order for export to the island country. I don't know what happened. One of the employees' fingernails fell into the can. After the supplier from the island country found out, he returned the entire batch of goods. return."

"It's just a fingernail. Is it so exaggerated?" Li Duoyu looked surprised.

In fact, he thinks it is normal for a whole batch to be returned. For the island country in the 1980s, let alone a fingernail in a can, even if there is even a hair, the entire batch may be returned to you.
Director Liu sighed with emotion: "Isn't it? I thought it was easy to do business with them, but it turned out that it is really difficult. If there is anything unqualified, I will call you back directly. This is why I have to check Lilac again." Because of the fish.”

"It's understandable." Li Duoyu smiled. If his fingernail fell into the can, it might be just a small thing in China.

In this day and age, you may not even be compensated, and you can only consider yourself unlucky.

But in the island country, if fingernails appear in cans, it would be a big deal for a food company.

If things go wrong, the company may fall into a public relations crisis, and in the worst case, it may even go bankrupt.

When he was working as an illegal worker, because a hair accidentally fell into a rice ball, the store manager pulled him out and apologized constantly. In the end, he simply shaved his head.

At this time, Liu Zhengyuan greeted a young man in work clothes from the factory.

"Xiao Qi, come here."

A young man came to Liu Zhengyuan and said, "Director, is there anything wrong with me?"

Liu Zhengyuan said: "You have been shouting all day long that you want to see the village director of Xiasha Village. He is in front of you now."

The young man looked at Li Duoyu in front of him in surprise, and extended his hands enthusiastically: "Teacher Li, I have admired your name for a long time, and I finally meet you in person."

"Hello." Li Duoyu was frightened by the enthusiasm of the man in front of him. Why did he call him teacher?

Could it be that he is from Ludao? I know he taught at the Fisheries Science and Technology School.

Liu Zhengyuan said: "Director Li, let me introduce to you, Liu Xiaoqi, a talent our factory has just recruited who has returned from studying abroad. He is mainly responsible for foreign trade work. He seems to have always admired you."

Worship me?
???

Li Duoyu is very puzzled. In this era, the talents who have returned from studying abroad are completely at the top of the pyramid.

Even graduates from Tsinghua University and Peking University are not enough in front of them. Such people actually worship themselves.

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that Liu Xiaoqi in front of him took out a black folding wallet.

He took out a photo from inside, and this photo was very familiar to Li Duoyu. It was a photo of him and President Kojima Kawao posing with the tuna that weighed more than 600 kilograms.

"Teacher Li, I cut this photo out of a magazine. I heard your story when I was in Nagasaki. It's really amazing. You can catch such a big tuna."

Li Duoyu's brain was a little buzzing. This Liu Xiaoqi was indeed very pretty and handsome. He should be the type that girls would like.

Even when talking to him, many female workers secretly looked this way.

But for such a handsome turtle, he actually has a photo of himself in his wallet.

I don’t know why, but it always feels a bit awkward, although in this day and age, everyone does put some photos of their favorite celebrities in their wallets.

But he is not a star.

Why are you posting his photo? Besides, I don’t know him well at all.

Liu Xiaoqi continued: "Teacher Li, actually we met when we were in Nagasaki."

Li Duoyu couldn't remember this person at all.

"When you went to Nagasaki for inspection, I was a student at Nagasaki Fisheries School. At that time, you discussed oyster farming with my teacher."

Li Duoyu was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully several times, and finally remembered that when he went to Nagasaki Fisheries School, there was indeed a good-looking male classmate who kept smiling at him and waving to him.

At that time, Li Duoyu thought he was like that and didn't want to talk to him at all. He didn't expect that he turned out to be an international student in China.

"It is you."

Liu Xiaoqi said excitedly: "Teacher Li, you finally remembered me."

Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, I was too busy at that time, so I didn't say hello to you."

"It's okay, I understand." (End of Chapter)