Chapter 164: Both Teacher and Friend
"Xu Qiang..." Liu Biao frowned and looked at Xu Qiang.

In fact, according to Liu Biao's idea, he wanted to implement the construction of the laboratory first, and then slowly, through conversations with Li Cunzhu, let Xu Qiang gradually become the person in charge of this laboratory.

But what Xu Qiang said just now was obviously a final word, especially in front of so many leaders. Even if Liu Biao persuades Li Cunzhu in the future, it will be impossible for him to directly appoint Xu Qiang as the head of the laboratory.

As for Xu Qiang's college entrance exam, Liu Biao didn't believe he could succeed from the beginning. After all, no matter how smart Xu Qiang was, it was impossible for him to skip three years of high school and directly pass the college entrance exam! Such a thing had never been heard of in the whole country!

"Director Liu, I think we should just leave it at that. The TV University entrance exam will be in another month, and I will work hard." Xu Qiang said straightforwardly.

"Haha, then I would like to congratulate Comrade Xu Qiang in advance on his success in the exam!" Li Cunzhu said with a smile upon hearing this.

"In that case, let's adjourn the meeting." Liu Biao said immediately.

The next moment, everyone left the meeting room.

"wait a moment!"

Seeing Xu Qiang was about to leave, Liu Biao stopped him directly.

"Director Liu, is there anything else?"

"I'm asking you, are you really smart or just pretending to be smart? You're full of big talk in front of other leaders. You give people the impression that you're irresponsible. Do you still want to be promoted in the future?" Liu Biao said with a frown.

"I didn't say anything big, did I?"

"You're not bragging? Do you mean you can really get into university!?" Liu Biao glared at Xu Qiang and said.

"I can't say it's 100%, but I'm sure..."

"You are so sure!" Liu Biao couldn't help but swear, "You should be down-to-earth. I think you are just blinded by victory. You think you can do anything after achieving a little success! You are still far from it..."

At this time, Liu Biao obviously felt very disappointed with his friend, so when he faced Xu Qiang alone, he couldn't help but scold him.

In fact, the past month or so of getting along with each other, including their earlier meeting at the Provincial Defense Science and Technology Office, has transformed their relationship into something of a teacher-student and friend relationship. Liu Biao values ​​Xu Qiang's skills and courage to experiment, so sometimes he would give him more or less pointers on some things. In the final analysis, he just loves talent.

"Yes, yes, Director Liu is right!" Xu Qiang nodded like a chick pecking at rice. After a moment, he said, "Director Liu, if I really get into university..."

"If you can get into university, let alone run a laboratory, I will dare to promote you to the position of chief engineer in the future! If you don't have the skills, just do your job honestly. Although our factory also has some idle people, it will definitely not be your turn!" Liu Biao said.

"Okay, I understand."

"It's okay as long as you understand! Learn more and do more while you are young. It will be good for your future. By the way, the TV University entrance examination is coming soon. If you need any information, tell me and I will ask Liu Siying to send it to you." At this time, Liu Biao's tone softened.

It can be seen that although the hope is slim, he still hopes that Xu Qiang can really be admitted to university.

"Liu Siying has lent me a lot of information before, and it's enough for me."

"This girl..." Liu Biao frowned when he heard this, and then said, "Okay, go and do your thing."

"I'm leaving."

After Xu Qiang finished speaking, he turned and left the meeting room.

Walking out of the office building, Xu Qiang felt very relaxed.

The factory's decision to invest 100,000 yuan to build a chemical laboratory has finally been implemented. Once this laboratory is established, Xu Qiang can develop more military and civilian products, thereby making more money and gaining higher honors in the factory.

But before that, Xu Qiang had to be admitted to the TV University, because only by becoming a college student could he obtain a cadre position in the factory and eventually firmly control the factory's chemical laboratory in his own hands...

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In the evening, Xu Qiang returned to the peat field after get off work.

During the day, Liu Jun led Da Hei Niu and three other newcomers, and the four stepped sedimentation tanks produced simultaneously. The output of humic acid fertilizer finally exceeded one thousand kilograms, which was fully doubled compared to before the affiliation.

This means that the newly increased output is enough to offset the monthly registration fees and tax expenses paid to Xiazhuang Village. Xu Qiang can still earn two to three hundred yuan a day from fertilizers alone.

However, the fertilizer business at this time is no longer the focus of Xu Qiang's industry. His daily income from selling soap and shampoo alone has exceeded 400 yuan. At this rate, his monthly profit will add up to an astonishing 15,000 to 20,000 yuan!

But even so, Xu Qiang felt that the speed of making money was not fast enough. Considering that there would be more and more village-run enterprises engaged in the fertilizer industry in the future, Wang Yongsheng's business expansion was approaching a bottleneck. If Xu Qiang wanted to maintain his advantage in the competition, he had to upgrade the industrial equipment comprehensively, and purchasing these equipment would cost a lot of money. In addition, Xu Qiang also wanted to expand his dye business, which required some expensive equipment. Before, Xu Qiang had asked Erhu to go on a business trip to visit relevant manufacturers. A full set of dye refining equipment would cost 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and Xu Qiang only had more than 8,000 yuan in cash on hand. The remaining funding gap was still relatively large, and he could only rely on the sale of fertilizers and soaps to slowly raise the funds for the time being.

"Boss Xu!"

Just when Xu Qiang was about to tell the workers to go home, a familiar figure appeared in the distance and waved at him.

"Village Chief Yang, welcome!"

Seeing that the person coming was Yang Dong, the village chief of Xiazhuang Village, Xu Qiang immediately greeted him with a smile.

"I've always been worried about our business, so I came to take a look..." Yang Dong said after he came in front of Xu Qiang.

"Come if you want to, what else do you want to bring?" Seeing Yang Dong holding a bottle of loose wine, Xu Qiang immediately understood his purpose and said, "It's time for dinner, let's eat and talk."

The food at the peat field is surprisingly good. Even the family of the village chief Yang Dong cannot eat meat every day throughout the year. Most of the time, they are only slightly better than ordinary villagers. But in Xu Qiang's place, meat and eggs are standard daily meals.

"Oh, okay, okay!" This was what Yang Dong was waiting for, and then he walked into the house carrying the bottle of wine.

Afterwards, everyone in the peat field began to finish their work and went to the kitchen excitedly to help Big Black Bull in the kitchen.

The hot dishes haven't been cooked yet, but Xu Qiang and Yang Dong have already started drinking with a plate of peanuts.

"There's something I want to tell you. Our situation hasn't been good lately..." After stuffing a peanut into his mouth, Yang Dong frowned and said to Xu Qiang.

"whats the matter?"

"I heard that several villages around us have also set their sights on this ravine and are planning to do fertilizer business..." Yang Dong paused, then continued, "There are too many monks and too little porridge. If they all come, there will definitely be competition, and our business will be difficult..."

"They also extract humic acid?"

"Isn't your fertilizer extracted from alkaline noodles? The technicians at the agricultural technology station said that this thing is easy to make, but it is more labor-intensive." Yang Dong said.

"Haha, it seems that many people know about it." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

In fact, Xu Qiang had long anticipated that more and more people would begin to eye the business of extracting humic acid fertilizer. After all, the technical threshold for this thing is indeed low. Maybe in the beginning, it is necessary to explore some technical details, but as long as you understand some chemical technology, mass production can be achieved soon.

"That's for sure. This thing of yours is not difficult to make. It is said that the town supply and marketing cooperative has begun to openly purchase humic acid fertilizers at high prices. As long as it can pass their inspection, they will purchase it in large quantities." Yang Dong said.

"Uh." Hearing this, Xu Qiang immediately understood.

It is obvious that the news about producing humic acid fertilizer from peat was most likely released by Wang Zhong’s supply and marketing cooperative.

Although Xu Qiang has provided a lot of fertilizers to the town supply and marketing cooperative over the past month and maintained a very good personal relationship with Wang Zhong, this friendship is vulnerable in the face of interests, not to mention that he and Wang Zhong came together because of interests.

The town supply and marketing cooperative obviously did this in order to purchase more humic acid fertilizers. The output of Xu Qiang peat farm can no longer satisfy their appetite. Only by encouraging more local people to engage in this industry can they have more sources of goods and make more money.

In addition, if there are more village-run enterprises producing humic acid fertilizers, the town supply and marketing cooperative, as the main purchaser, can also suppress prices. In the end, all the surrounding fertilizer factories are actually working for the supply and marketing cooperatives and can only earn a little hard-earned money, or even lose money!

Either Wang Zhong is worthy of being the head of the local supply and marketing cooperative in the town of college students, or he really thinks quickly. If Yang Dong hadn't told him about these situations, Xu Qiang might have been kept in the dark for a while.

"We just got the business license and we ran into this kind of thing..." Yang Dong frowned and continued, "Boss Xu, you are a capable person, what do you think we should do in the future?"

"What can we do? If enemies come, we will fight them with soldiers. Besides, isn't this how business is done? If you do it, I can do it too. It's all legal and compliant. We can't just chase them away." Xu Qiang said after taking a sip of wine.

"That's all we can do..."

"Village Chief Yang, you don't have to worry. We entered this business early and occupied this place early. The peat we dug a few hundred meters around our house is the best in the area. Even if we use the same fertilizer, what we produce is definitely better than theirs!"

"Yes, you're right!" Yang Dong's expression immediately relaxed when he heard Xu Qiang say this.

"Also, our peat farm is highly mechanized, with pumps, tractors, and generators. This also costs a lot of money, and most people can't afford it." Xu Qiang smiled slightly, and then said, "And don't worry, with me here, the business here will be fine, but I need your help..."

"Help with what?" Yang Dong asked repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)