Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 192 Flour for Artwork
After two months of suffering, Director Hong finally took control of the processing plant.

These more than 100 people finally knew how powerful this squatting factory director was.

I won’t quarrel with you, I won’t make trouble with you, I’m just a guy within seven inches of you.

Just a trick, deduct money.

Do you think this thing is fatal?

Who doesn’t want to support their family?
If you keep going like this, you won't have any room to reason.

Just a little bit of pulling, a little bit of rules.

It took two months to see results.

Lu Changhua registered Changhe brand flour and soybean oil at the Trademark Office in Bac Ninh.

In terms of packaging, he also made necessary improvements.

The flour now comes in cotton bags.

Red or blue text is printed on it.

The advantage of this kind of bag is that it is breathable and the flour will not become damp.

But there are too many shortcomings.

It is neither moisture-proof, waterproof, nor mouse-proof.

But people like it.

Why?

Because this cotton bag can be washed and reused.

It can also be used to make clothes at critical moments.

The reason is that the people in the past were too poor.

This can be regarded as cotton cloth that does not require a ticket. Of course the people like it.

But now this situation has changed.

It has been 11 years since the reform and opening up.

The lives of Chinese people have undergone earth-shaking changes.

In the past, there was a shortage of various materials, and the country had to use various vouchers to control the distribution of materials.

The current situation is that the country has gradually canceled the use of some tickets and liberalized some markets.

Except for large and medium-sized industrial products, they are gradually liberalized.

The first thing to be released is food.

The people's surplus grain can be traded in the market openly.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are also gradually liberalized.

The country is thriving.

Our country has also normalized relations with Soviet Russia.

Soviet Russia has always been the opposing camp of Western countries.

In order to deal with powerful enemies, they had to vigorously develop heavy industry and military industry.

The light industry and food processing industry related to people's livelihood are very weak.

A large amount of supplies are urgently needed.

China is its best source.

To this end, since the 80s, several ports have been opened along the border to conduct barter trade with China.

Lu Changhua originally sold a large number of cans and down jackets to Soviet Russia through Heihe Import and Export Company.

He also exchanged fertilizers and resold them to the Farm Bureau, making considerable profits.

The reason why he wanted to change the packaging of flour was to adapt to the needs of the Soviet Russian market.

In Soviet Russia, there is heavy rain in summer and heavy wind and snow in winter. If the packaging of flour cannot be waterproofed against moisture and rain, no one will want it.

There are so many grain and oil processing factories in Black Province, and there is so much flour and soybean oil, why are people so reluctant to buy it?

It's just because of the packaging issue.

Even if they want goods, they are always on tenterhooks, fearing that a heavy rain will ruin the flour.

Lu Changhua's packaging was directly changed to laminated woven bags.

Cover the outside of the woven bag with a layer of plastic.

Printed in Chinese and Russian.

Changhe brand flour.

"Third uncle, look at our flour, how does it look like?"

Zhou Shude's eyes lit up when he saw the flour brought by Lu Changhua.

"Okay, this one is well packaged."

"How many do you have?"

"Now there are [-] tons, and [-] tons can be provided every month."

"That's it, okay, I'll try it."

Heihe Border Trade Center.

Zhou Shude's booth was surrounded by representatives from various Soviet companies.

"How much flour like this is there? I want it all."

"No, you can't have both, I want at least half!"

"No, no, no!"

Several big Soviet-Russian bears glared at each other, as if they had met half way, or else they would never think about it.

Each frontier province in the Far East has its own interests. Although they are all from Soviet Russia, the people in their own cities are starving, and no one can bear it.

"Don't worry, I have [-] tons now, and the three of you each have [-] tons, and you can provide [-] tons of this kind of flour every month in the future."

Old God Zhou Shude said calmly.

"Young Master Hara, Young Master Hara."

The big furry bear pouted his beard with a smile on his face.

"It's not enough, far from enough. We need a lot more."

When Zhou Shude came back and told Lu Changhua the actual situation, Lu Changhua was also very embarrassed.

Our own grain and oil processing plant only has such a large output, and it cannot produce more.

However, he thought of a way.

This time he has experience.

"Third uncle, I'll think of a solution regarding the flour. But let's agree first, what will you give me in exchange for it?"

"This is..."

Hey, the boy has learned a lot.

"What do you want?"

"Do you have anything?" Zhou Shude took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer.

All of them are materials exchanged from Soviet Russia.

There are steel, cement, fertilizers, ores, timber, cars and motorcycles.

"Can you see what I need?"

Zhou Shude looked at him happily and thought, how about it?Boy, let me open your eyes.

Lu Changhua took a look and found that nothing on it was what he wanted.

Why?

It's too troublesome to take it back and have to deal with it again.

Seeing Lu Changhua frowning, Zhou Shude asked in confusion: "What's the matter? There's nothing you like?"

"Tsk tsk~"

Lu Changhua chewed his teeth.

"Third uncle, although these are good things, I'm not a bad guy, so what do you want to do with these things?!"

"Then what do you want?"

"I want money."

“Isn’t it money when things are sold?”

"That's what I said, but it takes too long to turn around this week and the risk is too great. I don't want it."

"We are doing border trade, barter trade, where is the money?!"

"I want artwork from Soviet Russia. Can you ask them if they are willing?"

"What do you need that thing for? It's not for food or drink, and it's worthless."

"It's okay. As long as it's calligraphy, painting, sculpture, or ancient furniture from their country, it's fine. I'm curious about that stuff."

The corners of Zhou Shude's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, is there something wrong with this nephew and uncle? Is there something wrong with his brain? !

The reason why Lu Changhua said this was based on his vision in his previous life.

The international art market after 2000 has repeatedly reached new highs.

Over the past few decades or hundreds of years, domestic artworks have been plundered by countries around the world, including the Russians.

Now, Lu Changhua has the opportunity to get some back, so why not? !
Besides, he doesn’t care about this little flour!

Why do people in Soviet Russia’s eyes light up when they see grain?It's because their country's grain harvest is poor and importing grain requires a lot of foreign exchange. Do they have foreign exchange?
No.

Therefore, food prices have been skyrocketing in recent years.

Flour as the basic ration is what they urgently need.

Zhou Shude passed on Lu Changhua's request.

Unexpectedly, the Soviet Russians responded very positively.

"No problem, what standards do we trade according to?"

"One box of art can be traded for one ton of flour. The size of the box is calculated as one cube."

"Haha, no problem, we have too much of this thing."

"My nephew, my third uncle has lost money and made a profit this time. Just pay some management fees and we will clear the customs for you."

He has given up his role as a middleman and transformed into a service provider.

"Row."

On April [-], when the farms affiliated to the Beining Farm Bureau started spring sowing, Lu Changhua's grain truck was already on the way to Heihe.

Lu Changhua not only transported his own grain to Heihe, but also purchased a large amount of flour from grain and oil processing plants on other farms and directly replaced it with his packaging.

Bac Ninh Farm Bureau has [-] farms under its jurisdiction and [-] grain and oil processing plants.

In addition to Changshui Farm, Lu Changhua purchased [-] tons of flour from those [-] companies.

This time he spent a lot of cash.

Fifteen million yuan.

The Soviets were stunned.

Thirty-three thousand tons of flour was enough to last them several months.

As for the artwork Lu Changhua requested, it’s easy to say.

If nothing else, there are a large number of museums and art galleries in the Far East.

There are so many rags here, why keep them?

They kept their word and sent over three thousand boxes first.

I made more than a dozen crossings at Heihe Port.

How could Lu Changhua know this? He asked Shen Yang to help and found several experts and professors in Harbin who specialized in Russian art to inspect these works of art.

When they saw the mountains of wooden boxes piled up in the warehouse at the port, they were a little confused.

Lu Changhua assigned them dozens of laborers to open and seal the boxes.

When these opened wooden boxes were lined up in front of their eyes, their eyes almost dropped.

The items in the box include not only cultural relics from the Tsarist period, but also works by modern and contemporary Soviet artists.

Not only that, there are also some Chinese cultural relics.

There are even many cultural relics from Goryeo and Japan.

Looking at the boxes one by one, they were already numb.

There are not only these works of art, but also some gold and silver ornaments and jewelry.

It was also packed and shipped as a work of art.

As soon as Lu Changhua's flour entered the Far Eastern cities of Soviet Russia, it received approval from the military and political leaders.

This type of trade is supported.

Their museum suffered.

The packing team composed of military personnel carried out packaging and integration in strict accordance with Lu Changhua's requirements, and also asked museum personnel to hang tags on each box.

Write down what item it is, what year it is, etc.

Of course, these scholars will definitely object, but how can they twist the barrel of a gun?

Besides, I’m also hungry!

Knowing that it was Chinese businessmen who were exchanging with them, they judged that they might be more interested in Chinese cultural relics, so they also sent a large number of Chinese cultural relics that had been lost in Soviet Russia.

Lu Changhua doesn’t understand this either, so let’s leave it to someone who understands.

These experts were stunned by the art treasures in front of them. With Lu Changhua's consent, they invited other experts and quickly formed a 20-member expert team to count, register and catalog these cultural relics.

Three thousand boxes have just been inspected, and another three thousand boxes have passed through the border.

These experts almost fainted from happiness.

They also encouraged Lu Changhua to donate all these.

Lu Changhua chuckled, "I have my own arrangements, just do your job well."

(End of this chapter)