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Chapter 153 It's Time to Use Connections

"By the way, let me introduce you to Director Yan. This is our factory's accountant, Hu Zhibin, a high school graduate."

Director Yan was surprised, "How can such a small factory like yours find high school students?"

"We have to thank Yan Hong for this."

Ji Sisi originally wanted to ask Li Yanhong to come and work part-time as an accountant for a few days, but she proactively recommended her boyfriend, saying that he was not very satisfied with the teaching job he was assigned.

Hu Zhibin didn't mind that they were a startup; on the contrary, he found it very challenging.

The young man agreed to come to work without even discussing the salary, and he was full of enthusiasm.

Ji Sisi then realized that this person didn't like a monotonous life but preferred challenging work.

I guess I'm one of her types.

"Now that the sample is ready, what are your next steps?"

Director Yan still bought a portion of beef jerky out of his own pocket, and he already had it in his pocket.

"We already have a plan, so Director Yan, just look forward to it."

Ji Sisi smiled mysteriously. It was time to put her carefully cultivated network of contacts to good use.

It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Agricultural Supplies Institute and Agricultural Machinery Bureau should be distributing employee benefits. I'll also ask Song Changgui if the Public Security Bureau needs any.

As for Zhang Zhizhi, let's just leave it at that; after all, she works at the supply and marketing cooperative.

But she's also a small informant; she can help ask around about meat processing plants and slaughterhouses.

If Ji Sisi can win over one of them, she'll be confident she can win over the others.

Seeing that Ji Sisi had a plan, Director Yan stopped worrying.
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The next day, Ji Sisi and Hu Zhibin went to the county town.

Zhang Zhizhi is getting married next week, and Ji Sisi prepared a wedding gift in advance and took the opportunity to deliver it to her today.

It was already 10:30 when they arrived in Lu County. Most of the meat had been sold out. Ji Sisi and Hu Zhibin happened to run into her getting off work.

"Sisi, why are you here?"

Zhang Zhizhi wiped her hands and hurriedly took off her apron. "Wait for me a moment, I'll be out after I change my clothes."

"This is my friend, Zhang Zhizhi."

Ji Sisi took advantage of this break to introduce herself to Hu Zhibin.

"If you had come earlier, I would have saved some ribs for you. Next time you're coming, just let me know in advance."

Zhang Zhizhi linked arms with Ji Sisi.

"I did come here to see Professor Chen and Sister Ping about something, and I also wanted to give you a wedding gift. Please accept it."

Ji Sisi took out a square red velvet box from her bag.

This is a jewelry set she bought in her previous life, including earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet, all made of the finest white pearls.

"Why are you sending me a gift? You can wait until you come next week."

Zhang Zhizhi felt embarrassed. She knew that Ji Sisi was always very generous, and this box didn't look cheap, so the contents inside were probably even more expensive.

Ji Sisi lowered her voice, "You can wear this on your wedding day. It's especially beautiful. You'll be the bride that day."

This is a set she chose after spending a long time selecting from the safe.

Zhang Zhizhi happened to be going to see Song Yiping to discuss wedding candies and cakes, so she accompanied Ji Sisi there as well.

As they approached, Ji Sisi asked, "Zhizhi, do you usually have direct contact with people from the meat processing plant?"

"Normally not, my master goes to get the meat or it's delivered directly from there, why is that?"

"To be honest, our commune recently built a factory, mainly selling beef jerky. I'm in charge, and the first batch of beef jerky has just been produced..."

Zhang Zhizhi was utterly shocked after hearing this. After a long moment of astonishment, she exclaimed, "Didn't you say you were just a liaison officer? How did you become the person in charge? Is the person in charge the factory manager? Sisi, you're really amazing! It's only been a short time since I last saw you, and you've become the factory manager after returning from Jianghai?!"

What followed was nothing but Zhang Zhizhi's surprised praise, all the way to Song Yiping's office door.

Before Ji Sisi could speak, Zhang Zhizhi spoke first.

"Sis, you don't know, Sisi is now a factory manager! Her factory sells beef jerky!"

Zhang Zhizhi opened Song Yiping's office quite naturally, and it was clear that she had been there many times.

Song Yiping was stunned by the news and couldn't recover for a long time.

"What did you say?"

Zhang Zhizhi excitedly repeated the story again, with Ji Sisi adding to it from the side.

Ji Sisi got straight to the point, "Sister Ping, actually I came here today to ask you for a favor. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up soon, and I wanted to ask if your factory has finalized the Mid-Autumn Festival benefits yet?"

Song Yiping immediately understood the meaning behind Ji Sisi's words.

"I don't know about that. I'll have to ask the procurement department. Or should I call someone over now to ask them for you?"

Ji Sisi nodded, "Then I'll trouble you."

Soon a man arrived at Song Yiping's office. He was not tall, about 1.7 meters.

"This is Manager Song, who is in charge of our bureau's procurement. He is usually in charge of these things."

Then Ji Sisi began to introduce the beef jerky, and even brought samples, offering them to everyone present to try.

Manager Song's eyes flashed with amazement after eating it, because everyone usually eats raw beef, and this was the first time he had ever eaten such spicy beef jerky.

"This is indeed very good, Comrade Ji. Your price isn't cheap, is it?"

This is costly. Manager Song has been in procurement for so many years and knows how to control costs. After all, the budget is limited every year, and if they don't control it, the director will reprimand them.

Manager Song was making plans in his mind.

"Buying this separately is indeed not cheap, but if the bureau needs more, we can offer a 10% discount."

At first, Ji Sisi thought there would definitely be a discount.

"Our factory price is two yuan and fifty cents," Ji Sisi proactively revealed the price.

Manager Song immediately frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the price.

Ji Sisi could understand. After all, holiday benefits nowadays usually include high-gluten flour and cooking oil, which are indeed inexpensive and available to every household.

"But Manager Song, our product has a long shelf life, and we have both original flavor and air-dried braised beef..."

Ji Sisi began to explain the advantages of air-dried yak meat.

Only the sounds of Manager Song and Ji Sisi negotiating could be heard in the office, their voices sometimes sighing and sometimes rising.

Manager Song knew that his fate was sealed the moment he stepped through that door.

The final price was set at two dollars.

Manager Song of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau was worried about exceeding costs, so he only dared to ask each employee for half a jin (250 grams), which adds up to twenty jin (20 kilograms).

Hu Zhibin followed Ji Sisi out of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau.

He asked, puzzled, "Sister Sisi, isn't our factory price originally one yuan and fifty cents?"

"That's right, but the price should always be a bit higher. Giving others room to bargain also lets them see our concessions. If we lower the price by so much, the other party will know what I'm thinking. So, the initial price reduction of two yuan was just to save face for Sister Ping."

“A normal pound of raw beef costs 1.2 yuan, so we're still losing money.”

But the important thing now is to build up our reputation, and the next stop is the agricultural supplies depot.