Chapter 50 Second-hand Machinery
In the end, the names of Xu Qiang and others were written on the registration book.

Xu Qiang had never thought that he would have another chance to take the college entrance examination.

However, Xu Qiang still attaches great importance to this opportunity, because he needs this social identity, especially in the current era, Xu Qiang needs to improve his own value and thus get to know more relationships and connections.

After they registered, Sun Yulin asked them to report to Director Jia at the Workers' Cultural Palace the day after tomorrow, who would then arrange their study schedules, and then he adjourned the meeting and left.

After leaving the factory, Xu Qiang came to the peat field again. He and Liu Jun drove a horse-drawn carriage, pulling dozens of bags of fertilizer, to the town supply and marketing cooperative.

"Xu Qiang, I bought what you wanted for you."

As soon as I arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Wang Zhong came to greet me with a smile.

"So fast, that's great!" Xu Qiang's eyes lit up when he heard that and he immediately expressed his gratitude.

"These are all small matters. I happened to be at the Material Bureau yesterday afternoon to do some work, so I brought the stuff back for you." Wang Zhong glanced at the fertilizer on the carriage and asked, "Sure. We just delivered two truckloads of goods yesterday, and there's new goods today. It seems that your production has been good recently."

"There is a huge demand for fertilizers right now, and we have been working overtime to ensure your supply." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "I have recently improved the production process, and the output has doubled compared to before, reaching more than 30 tons per month..."

"Thirty tons is still not enough..." Wang Zhong frowned slightly and continued, "Recently, there are too many people buying fertilizers. Some of them are old acquaintances, and they ask for tens of tons. Now that all places are implementing the joint production contract, fertilizers are more popular than in previous years..."

"Director Wang, if you want us to increase production, that's fine, but I need your help..."

"What's the deal?"

"It's the generator in your warehouse. I thought since you can't sell it now, why not rent it to us directly..."

"I knew you were thinking about that generator!" Wang Zhong rolled his eyes at Xu Qiang and said, "The thing is worth more than 5,000 yuan. We can't rent it. If the leaders come for a surprise inspection, I can't bear the responsibility!"

"Okay." Seeing that renting a generator was impossible, Xu Qiang had no choice but to give up.

"Actually, you don't have to buy our generator..."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Xu Qiang was stunned when he heard the hidden meaning in Wang Zhong's words.

"I heard that there is an old diesel generator in Qinghe Village of our town. Their brigade has been using it for more than ten years. The machine broke down some time ago, and the brigade happened to be splitting up, so they planned to sell it as scrap metal. If you can repair it, wouldn't you have the generator?" Wang Zhong said.

"Great!" Xu Qiang's eyes lit up immediately after hearing that, and he immediately said, "Thank you, Director Wang."

"Why thank me? We are such good friends now. But if you buy the generator, you have to send me more fertilizer."

"no problem!"

Afterwards, Xu Qiang and Wang Zhong began to hand over the fertilizer today. According to the agreement between the two, Xu Qiang left some money to Wang Zhong, put the rest of the money in his pocket, and took the raw materials that Wang Zhong bought for him, and left the supply and marketing cooperative. As the output of the peat field doubled, Xu Qiang's income also rose. So far, the surplus in his hands has reached 763 yuan, which is the net profit after excluding the workers' wages and bonuses, chemical raw materials and various expenses.

After careful calculation, the current daily net profit of the peat field is close to RMB 100, which is a very substantial profit. According to the current progress, it will be a full 3,000 yuan a month, and you can become a millionaire in three and a half months!

With more money in hand, you naturally have more ideas.

Now that he has money, Xu Qiang still plans to buy more chemical equipment so that he can make more money.

However, current domestic chemical equipment is very expensive, costing hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars. It seems that if Xu Qiang wants to mechanize the peat field, it will take at least several months or even a year.

But Xu Qiang did not want to wait that long. After all, doing business these days was not stable. The longer the time, the greater the risk. So he wanted to accumulate enough capital in a short period of time, so that on the one hand he could increase the output of fertilizers, and on the other hand he could move freely in the business world. Even if he could not do business here in the future, he would have enough capital to make a comeback in a short period of time.

After returning to the peat field, Xu Qiang asked Da Hei Niu and Liu Jun to unload the goods, and then pulled Erhu aside.

"Uncle, do you want me to go to Qinghe Village and sell that generator?" Erhu asked with some surprise after learning that Xu Qiang wanted to buy a generator from another village.

"That's right. Don't you have relatives in Qinghe Village? I remember you mentioned it last time." Xu Qiang paused, then continued, "If you can sell the machine at a low price, it will be considered a great achievement. I can give you an extra bonus this month!"

Although people from other villages wanted to sell generators, if Xu Qiang really wanted to buy one, they might not sell it to him. The reason was very simple. During the production team period, the surrounding villages often fought over water issues. They had grudges against each other and had been competing with each other all the time. So even if Xu Qiang offered a high price, it would probably be difficult to buy it.

Erhu has relatives in Qinghe Village. If the purchase is made through his connections, things will become much easier. In the end, it is just a matter of price.

"Okay! I'll take care of it!" Hearing that there was a bonus, Erhu immediately became excited and responded promptly.

"First go and see the current condition of this machine, and then ask your relatives to try to lower the price. If that doesn't work, we can also delay it for a few days. In short, don't be taken advantage of." Xu Qiang advised.

"I got it, uncle. Don't worry, we are not the ones who will suffer losses." Erhu said with a smile.

Compared with the other two people in the peat field, Erhu is quite smart and has the best business sense, so when it comes to doing this kind of thing, the first person Xu Qiang thinks of is him.

"That's good." Xu Qiang nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "You go to work first, and tell me as soon as you have any news."

"Okay!" Erhu said, and turned around to help unload the goods.

At this time, Xu Qiang opened the door of the laboratory on the peat field and asked Liu Jun and others to put in the raw materials brought from the supply and marketing cooperative today.

Next, Xu Qiang will start to try to produce the first batch of daily chemical products, shampoo, in this room...

(End of this chapter)