novellhall Chapter 126 Finding New Business Opportunities
Chapter 126 Finding New Business Opportunities
With Lu Ming's words, Wenrou knew she hadn't chosen the wrong person.
These old machines were originally going to be discarded anyway, but if they can be reused, it could actually make a profit.
"Can all of these be fixed?" Wenrou asked Lu Ming.
While Lu Ming might not be able to guarantee anything else, no one knew these mechanical devices better than him.
He patted his chest and assured them, "Of course, no problem."
"These engines and diesel engines can be recycled. I remember there used to be a water pump here. We can modify the water pump and dig a little deeper so that we can pump water."
"Some parts can be disassembled and used in other electrical appliances, thus making good use of waste materials."
When it came to these things, Lu Ming was incredibly talkative, as if he couldn't wait to cash them all in immediately.
After hearing what he said, Wenrou had an idea in mind.
"If we specialize in recycling old appliances, repairing them with the parts, and then reselling them, could we make a profit?"
"That's right, leave the old appliance collection to me, I'm good at it." Lu Ming took the initiative to accept the task.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Wenrou, not expecting that a female lesbian would know so much.
He originally came to repay the favor he had done for Wen Rou last time, but after learning that she had bought the entire factory, he was even more impressed by her audacity.
Seeing Lu Ming say this, Wenrou took out a hundred yuan from her pocket and handed it to him directly.
"This is your capital. Just go ahead and collect old appliances. If you have any questions, feel free to come to me. I live in the military family compound."
Lu Ming was stunned when he saw the money that Wenrou handed him.
"You...you trust me that much? We've only met once."
This was the first time she had ever been trusted like this. In the factory's residential compound, everyone thought he was idle and didn't do his job properly, even his family thought so.
Therefore, he had a particularly bad reputation in the family compound, and even matchmakers were unwilling to introduce him to potential partners.
He never imagined that someone he had just met on the black market would trust him so much.
That's not all; she also wanted to cooperate with him and believed in his abilities. How could he not be grateful and moved?
Wenrou looked at him and nodded firmly. "I trust you, that's why I'm willing to cooperate with you."
After all, he was someone Peng Shao had valued highly in her previous life, so what reason did she have not to believe him?
In other words, without Lu Ming's help in his previous life, Peng Shao would not have been able to develop so quickly in the electronics industry.
Who is Peng Shao? He has such a keen eye for people, so she naturally trusts him.
If you calculate the time, it will be several years before they met.
Anyway, it won't stop him from becoming a business tycoon in the future, so of course she has to seize this opportunity and cooperate with Lu Ming. This money is too good to pass up.
Hearing Wenrou say this, Lu Ming's eyes welled up with tears. He wiped them away and took the money Wenrou gave him.
"Gentle Comrade, thank you. I will definitely not let you down. Give me three days, and I promise to bring back all the old appliances."
She smiled gently and said "okay," then took out twenty yuan from her pocket and handed it to Lu Ming.
"This money is enough..." Lu Ming was bewildered when Wenrou gave him more money.
"This is your wages. I said I would help you find a job, and I won't go back on my word. Of course, I have to pay you. I can't let you work for free."
After speaking gently, she stuffed the money into his hand. She knew that Lu Ming's family needed money right now, which was why he was so eager to earn it.
Lu Ming clutched the money Wenrou had given him tightly, secretly vowing that he would repay Wenrou's kindness when he made a lot of money in the future.
Lu Ming took the money, got on his bicycle, and rode back to the machinery factory's residential compound.
She used the money Wenrou gave her to buy some meat, eggs, and nutritional supplements.
Of course, he also bought school supplies for his younger siblings.
The Lu family was stunned to see that he had brought back so many things.
"Lu Ming, where did you get the money to buy these things? Did you go and do something shady?" Mr. Lu asked seriously as soon as he realized what was going on.
Lu's mother also looked at Lu Ming with a disappointed expression.
"This is money I earned from work. If you don't believe me, go ask Comrade Wen who came to our house today," Lu Ming hurriedly explained to his family.
Upon hearing Lu Ming's words, Lu's parents exchanged glances, surprised that their son Lu Ming had actually gone to work.
They were very pleased to hear this good news.
They were relieved as long as Lu Ming stopped being idle.
"You spendthrift! How much money did you spend buying all this stuff? Money is hard to earn, can't you be more frugal?" Even so, Mr. Lu still scolded him.
Lu Ming ignored him, got up, took his things, and went to the kitchen to cook.
After finishing his meal, he still needed to think carefully about how to collect those old appliances.
Wenrou was busy until dark before she went home.
Huo Yanchuan was worried about her and was about to go look for her when he saw her return.
He took the bicycle from Wenrou's hands and asked with concern, "Why are you so late today? Did something happen?"
"Yes, there is something, but it's a good thing." Wenrou looked happy at the thought of making another fortune.
She told Huo Yanchuan about her collaboration with Lu Ming that day, as well as the repair of the water pump and the rebuilding of the well.
"Lu Ming, someone from the machinery factory?" He hadn't been paying much attention to things at the factory these past few days. When did Wenrou get to know someone from the machinery factory?
Upon seeing this, Wenrou also recounted how she met Lu Ming on the black market.
"Is this person reliable? Should I have someone investigate his background?" Huo Yanchuan couldn't help but feel a little worried when he heard that Wenrou was cooperating with someone he had only met once.
Wenrou shook her head gently, "No need, I trust him."
Huo Yanchuan frowned upon hearing her words.
Wenrou knew his vigilance was justified, but she didn't know how to explain it to Huo Yanchuan, so she could only say, "Just trust me, there won't be any problems."
Huo Yanchuan knew that Wenrou wasn't an impulsive person, so he didn't ask any further questions.
He reheated the food he had saved for Wenrou and brought it to her.
After dinner, Wenrou noticed that the two children were not in the house, so she prepared to go to Aunt Zhao's house to bring them over.
Huo Yanchuan reached out and grabbed her arm, saying, "You haven't been sleeping well these past two days, so let them sleep with Aunt Zhao."
Although the two children usually sleep well after eating, they sometimes cry and fuss when they are hungry at night, and Wenrou has been woken up by them several times at night.
Seeing the tired look on her face, Huo Yanchuan couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Wenrou was indeed very tired, and when Huo Yanchuan said that, she nodded.
She quickly washed up and then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
When Huo Yanchuan finished tidying up and came into the room, he saw that Wenrou was already asleep.
He went over, reached out to cover her with the blanket, turned off the light, and then lay down next to her.
He had originally planned to take advantage of the child's absence today to nurture his relationship with his wife, but seeing how tired she was, he had no choice but to give up.
He reached out and hugged her, letting her lean against him.
Wenrou took this opportunity to wrap her arms around Huo Yanchuan's waist, found a comfortable position in his arms, and slept even more soundly.
Huo Yanchuan looked down at her. She was holding his waist, and he didn't dare to move, afraid that he would wake her up.
So he stayed in one position all night.
Without the children's presence, Wenrou slept very soundly that night.
After she got up and ate breakfast, she played with her two children for a while, and then Sister-in-law Wang arrived, bringing Wenrou some good news.
"Girl, thanks to you, the mushrooms in my field have finally sprouted. In a few days, the first batch will be ready to sell."
She couldn't wait to share the good news with Wenrou. After all, it was the first time she had successfully grown mushrooms, and she was hoping to sell them for money to improve her family's life.
Not only Sister Wang, but Shen Qingshuang and Aunt Feng have also successfully grown mushrooms after more than a week of hard work.
When these people saw the mushrooms grow, they were just as excited as Sister Wang.
Seeing that Sister-in-law Wang was so happy, Wenrou didn't want to spoil her mood.
"That's great, sister-in-law. Remember to mark your mushrooms so they don't get mixed up with other people's."
She casually reminded Sister Wang that, after all, the mushrooms she grew according to Professor Peng's method were definitely of better quality than those from other families.
That way, we can sell it for a higher price than other stores and make more money.
"Yes, I've got it." Sister Wang was so excited she couldn't stop smiling.
These first batch of mushrooms have grown very quickly once they sprouted. I estimate that in just a few days, the residential compound will be piled high with mushrooms.
Lu Ming gave Wenrou three days. Wenrou didn't expect it to be so soon, but on the third day, to her surprise, Lu Ming actually brought over a truckload of old appliances.
Wenrou was stunned when she saw these old appliances. There were radios, televisions, sewing machines, and other such items, with radios being the most numerous.
"There's another washing machine; I'll bring it over tomorrow," Lu Ming said to Wenrou.
Wenrou's eyes widened upon hearing this. "A washing machine?"
Lu Ming is really a treasure; he even managed to get his hands on a washing machine.
In her previous life, after she made money, she felt sorry for the Zhou family's hard work washing clothes, so she gritted her teeth and bought a washing machine for Zhou Dayong's parents as well.
The Zhou family treasured her so much that they never let her touch her.
Ever since they got a washing machine, they always pick out her clothes and have her hand-wash them every time they do laundry, saying it saves water.
She didn't argue with them at the time, and even in the dead of winter, she insisted on hand-washing her clothes.
Although the Gobi Desert is short of water, if the water problem can be solved, then using a washing machine to wash clothes will not be such a luxury. It seems that the most important thing now is to re-drill the pumping well.
However, she had already told Huo Yanchuan all of this last night, and he said that they could leave it to them.
"These appliances look pretty new, there are hardly any old ones. Where did you get them from?" Wenrou asked curiously, looking at the radios and flashlights, which were clearly brand new.
Lu Ming knew he couldn't hide this from Wenrou, so he explained, "I know a few people who specialize in transporting electrical appliances from Guangdong Province. These broken ones were collected from them."
"You want to repair these and then sell them?" Wenrou immediately understood what Lu Ming meant.
Since these appliances were broken anyway, and they were going to sell them to scrap dealers anyway, he bought them at the scrap dealer price.
A new radio now costs thirty yuan, but he bought these for two yuan each. Once he repairs them all, even if he sells them for twenty yuan, he can still make a lot of money.
After hearing what he said, Wenrou's eyes widened as she looked at Lu Ming with admiration.
This guy is indeed Peng Shao's capable subordinate; he's quick-witted.
"When will these broken appliances be repaired?" she asked gently.
Lu Ming thought for a moment and said, "Give me a week, and I promise to fix them all."
Wenrou, of course, trusted his abilities. "Do you need me to find you an assistant?"
Lu Ming shook his head. "No need. Helpers will only hold me back."
Seeing that he said that, Wenrou had no choice but to leave everything to him.
"Okay, once all these are repaired, we'll split the profits from the sales," Wenrou said readily, knowing that Lu Ming was short of money.
Lu Ming was surprised that Wenrou had given him so much, so he quickly shook his head, "No way, you provided all these scrap parts, the site, and the money for collecting old appliances. It would be too unfair for you to split it 50/50. I'll just take 20%."
Lu Ming also knew that he was able to get this job entirely because of Gentle's help.
I also owe her a favor from before, so I resolutely refused.
Wenrou took on all the risks; he only collected old appliances, repaired them, and sold them. What he did was not worth as much as Wenrou gave him.
Lu Ming was not a greedy person; he believed in Wenrou's character and was willing to cooperate with her.
Seeing Lu Ming's resolute attitude, Wenrou had no choice but to agree for the time being.
This guy is capable, but he's too stubborn.
Now that the factory dormitories have been repaired, Lu Ming sometimes gets too lazy to go back, so he just brings his own bedding and lives in the dormitory.
After Wenrou entrusted him with repairing all the appliances, she would come over every day to bring him a meal.
She also provided him with all the daily necessities she could.
After a week of waiting, Wenrou finally managed to fix all the appliances, working overtime as much as possible.
However, when selling these, you can only take them out little by little.
Although the regulations are not as strict as before, he can't be too conspicuous.
Don't rush, sell slowly, you'll eventually sell them all.
Just as Wenrou expected, the first batch of mushrooms has sprouted, and now the courtyard of the family compound is completely filled with them.
Although Shen Qingshuang and her team finally managed to grow mushrooms as they wished, the quality of the mushrooms they produced was vastly different from the ones Wenrou had sold before, in terms of color, taste, and size.
She remembered that Wenrou had previously collaborated with the manager of a state-run restaurant, so she confidently went directly to his door, wanting him to cooperate with them, but was turned away.