Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 165 Lao Guo's Experiences and Aspirations
Since we're already here, let's have a meal.

The person getting married today is the son of a leader from the local forestry bureau.

The forest farm here is quite large, and the nearby villages are relatively concentrated. There are as many as 30 tables of people attending the wedding today. Yan Hui followed Lao Guo to visit the host family, gave them a red envelope, and then sat down with Liu Zi and the others.

"Sixth Brother, you two eat here. I'll take Lao Guo to call Brother Jun and his dad first." Since there's nothing else, we need to settle Liu Zi and his brother in first.

"No rush to eat. It's inconvenient for us to carry our gear. I'll leave it in the car first." Liu Zi picked up his long bag. "It's not appropriate to bring this to someone's wedding."

"Okay, let's go back first, lock the car, and then come back for dinner." Yan Hui nodded.

The four of them left the banquet together. Once they reached a less crowded area near the entrance, Lao Guo quietly asked, "Did you bring guns with you?"

"Don't ask anymore." Yan Hui shook his head.

Large-scale logging in Yichun began in 1948. After the Liaoshen Campaign, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were already several thousand logging teams in Yichun, which began transporting timber to the capital and other major cities.

Many railways in Northeast China were built during the Japanese occupation, and in terms of railway infrastructure alone, it was ahead of the rest of the country in the early days.

Yan Hui encountered small processing plants in Tangwanghe. In fact, some of the processing plants around Yichun are very large, and some industrial parks can process a whole trainload of timber in a day.

For many years, Yichun has prioritized harvesting over cultivation, with the amount of trees felled reaching twice the amount planted, and the stock of red pine trees is declining sharply.

Following the 1998 Yangtze River floods, the state launched the Natural Forest Protection Project, which was officially implemented in 2000.

By April 2014, Yichun had completely banned the felling of natural forests. At that time, nearly 300,000 of the nearly 400,000 forestry workers in Yichun faced unemployment.

In short, from the perspective of those who experienced the era, 1997 was the most prosperous year for Yichun, with a clean and tidy urban area and a thriving scene.

Forest farms are well-funded and allow gun ownership for fire prevention, theft control, and the management of large wild animals. Given this historical context, anything could happen.

The best outcome is that Lao Guo is unharmed.

When Guo's father heard that his father was alright, he thanked Yan Hui profusely over the phone and said he would come over in person soon.

Hearing that Yan Hui and the other two were alright, Wang Hongjun was relieved and told everyone to enjoy the banquet.

"Good brother, no matter what, you really care about me." Although Lao Guo was fine, he knew that Yan Hui must have valued him highly to have come, and he would certainly remember this kindness.

After the banquet, Yan Hui told Liu Zi and the other two to go back first, while he would take the afternoon train back with Lao Guo. As for his motorcycle, he would just leave it with Wang Hongjun and retrieve it later.

After Liu Zi and his companion left, Yan Hui and Lao Guo walked together to the train station. They still had enough time.

With no outsiders around, the two began to talk about their experiences over the past few days.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Yan Hui finally sighed and said, "No matter what, brother, we're all from out of town here to do business, so we should still share the profits."

"It's not a matter of profit, it's mainly about forced buying and selling. Tell me, if the forest farm over there made you buy bad timber, would you buy it? If you did that even once, your reputation would be ruined." Old Guo shook his head. "This time I wasn't prepared enough. Next time I come to discuss this kind of thing, I'll have to bring some people with me."

"If you ask me, you should stick with the same forest farm you're currently supplying. Don't try to find another place just to lower the price. I could have given up on Wang Hongjun a long time ago and found a place with a lower price, but... that's impossible." Yan Hui shook his head.

He can replace or give up on General Manager Teng, but he absolutely cannot replace Wang Hongjun.

“But…” Old Guo sighed, pondered for a dozen seconds, and nodded, “Maybe you’re right.” Old Guo had encountered some “minor problems” this time, mainly because he wanted to change to a new supplier for the forest farm.

“I know you also want to make something of yourself, but... anyway, I think your dad will agree with me when he comes over this time.” Yan Hui had never interfered with Lao Guo’s business before, but this time he was genuinely worried.

"Don't worry, brother, I know. Actually, I was influenced by you too." Old Guo felt that he could do what Yan Hui could do.

"It's okay, we can always help each other."

This is why Yan Hui never considered introducing Lao Guo to Wang Hongjun.

Guo stays here every day, and everyone knows where he lives. If we rashly cancel the previous cooperation, the subsequent problems will not be just business issues at all.

Yan Hui actually knew quite a bit about these things.

In the past few months, every time Yan Hui went out with Wang Hongjun, he would see similar things.

Wang Hongjun deliberately showed it to Yan Hui, and everyone understood without saying a word. In short, at this moment, Yan Hui was Wang Hongjun's good brother, so good that he could immediately send a car and his trusted subordinates to accompany Yan Hui to find his friend.

Those who don't understand might genuinely believe that the two have a very close relationship.

These experiences allowed Yan Hui to remain completely calm when facing threats from Huang Tianhong at Jianye. As the saying goes, business competition is actually the simplest.

In the evening, the two returned to the inn. The innkeeper was relieved to see them return, washed two peaches, and brought them to their room.

Inside the room, the two chatted for a while longer. Yan Hui used Lao Guo's phone to make seven or eight calls, mainly to let customers know they could contact him by this number, and also to inquire about orders.

"So you're not going to have anything to do for the next few days? You managed to send out four train cars at the same time?" Old Guo was stunned.

Yan Hui's rapid development completely exceeded Lao Guo's understanding.

Why has it been able to develop so quickly?

Four months ago, Yan Hui almost risked his life for a single railcar of goods. Now, he can issue four railcars at the same time without incurring debt.
"Two of the trucks are loaded with logs, nothing special." Yan Hui waved his hand, secretly pleased.

"That's really impressive. And from what I'm hearing, after the payment for those four wagons arrived, there were new orders immediately. That's remarkable." Old Guo was truly impressed.

"I guess I was just lucky." Since Lao Guo praised him like that, Yan Hui had to be modest.

"I don't think I'm very suited to working with logs. When I have money in the future, I still plan to do timber processing, I mean rosewood processing." Old Guo's ambitions lie elsewhere.

“Alright, I’ll definitely invest when you open a mahogany processing factory in the future.” Yan Hui nodded.

Previously, the small trinkets like rosewood sachets that Lao Guo dealt in were all so good, let alone something as serious as this.

At that moment, Yan Hui could never have imagined that this one sentence would lead to an investment of 5000 million yuan in Lao Guo's mahogany processing plant about ten years later.

"Yes, that's exactly what I've been waiting for," Old Guo laughed heartily.

(I'm so sorry the update is a bit late, it should be back to normal tomorrow. I'm really a newbie, this book was previously placed in the "Urban" category, and it couldn't compete at all. Now I've contacted the editor, and I've returned to the "Reality" category, and surprisingly, I'm ranked number one on the monthly ticket list. I didn't receive any reward tickets from friends this month, every vote now is thanks to the support of all of you readers, thank you so much!)
(End of this chapter)