Journey 1995:Non-Stop

Chapter 371 2008 years

Qinglan was happiest after finishing the renovation work. Since Yan Hui had chosen her apartment in Quancheng, the developer handled the renovations, so she basically didn't participate much.

Mainly because she's too busy; her work keeps her very busy, so she doesn't have time to think about that much.

This time, things were different. She designed the room decor for both herself and her sister. Although her sister rarely comes home, and she probably won't be coming home much in the future, having a home makes all the difference.

After finishing up, Yan Hui took Qinglan and the driver back first. His father would finish up the remaining work here and would also come to Jinan two days before the Chinese New Year, so everyone could celebrate the New Year together in Jinan.

After the New Year, my father will come back to oversee the renovation until the winter of 2008. My mother and grandmother will then move back to their hometown, and they will only come to Jinan for two or three months at most each year thereafter.

2008 was an Olympic year, and it seemed that everyone was putting in their best effort, working hard while looking forward to this grand event.

Yan Hui, however, had his own plans.

In the first half of the year, he mainly focused on getting the steel trade on track. When the hot month of June arrived, he planned to go abroad with his parents and grandmother to travel around and take the opportunity to investigate the overseas polyurethane market.

Because his boss was in Brazil, Yan Hui had a general understanding of the Brazilian polyurethane market and knew that Brazil currently did not have the production capacity for polyurethane adhesives. At present, from a global perspective, most countries do not have this production capacity; however, these countries generally do not have much regard for environmental protection, and various adhesives with excessive formaldehyde levels are used indiscriminately, and even silicone sealants are not used.

If you're going to build a factory in a country like that, then building a silicone sealant production line is enough; there's no need for all this trouble.

Compared to those smaller countries, Brazil still has some potential, and Yan Hui plans to visit and investigate it this year.

Besides Brazil, Yan Hui also wanted to visit production bases in Germany, Switzerland, and Japan to see just how big the gap was. He didn't have a way to do this yet and would have to rely on Chen Jian's network of classmates.

Currently, the main problem limiting the production of polyurethane adhesives is the insufficient market size. Although Yan Hui's sales staff are quite good, it remains difficult to expand the market. In just two years, Heng Hui Company and Dr. Luo's company have basically filled the market gaps outside of Henkel and Sika. The incremental market has decreased, and what remains is the existing market.

Fortunately, the domestic passenger car market is still growing, so everyone has room for growth and there's no need for malicious competition. Yan Hui is currently most looking forward to breakthroughs in new products from the technology department. As soon as a polyurethane adhesive with special properties is successfully developed and the patent is granted, he will immediately expand production capacity and start a new round of business competition.

Prior to this, Yan Hui planned to appear "harmless" and not put too much pressure on his competitors.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Hui returned to the company and began his busy work.

Chen Jian has divided the polyurethane production process into several different operational stages. Since the research team has about 20 people, he no longer needs to monitor the production process every day, and everyone can perform their respective duties.

With Chen Jian absent, research and development has definitely stalled. In the few days Yan Hui has been away, the factory has stored approximately 15 tubes of polyurethane through a three-shift system, enough to allow most employees to take a holiday during the Spring Festival.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yan Hui gave all the workers and R&D personnel a holiday, and the sales staff also basically rested. Apart from some security guards on duty, only Yan Hui remained in the company.

It happened to be snowing that day. Yan Hui watched the security guards sweeping the snow, then called Lingling over and fed her two pieces of pork ribs.

"Old buddy, you've been with me for six or seven years now," Yan Hui said to himself, stroking Lingling's fur.

Having built his business to such a level, Yan Hui was practically free to manage his daily expenses and lifestyle, but he had almost no one to talk to. He used to be able to chat with his sister, but now that she worked at her own company, he had to maintain a proper distance. These past few days, Yan Hui had been enjoying a rare period of leisure; he was receiving fewer phone calls, and sitting in his temporary office, he even had time to read novels online.

In the first half of this year, Yan Hui had been reading "Tomb of the Gods". It has now reached the God King realm. Yan Hui read for more than a day and caught up with the latest update. Suddenly, he felt like he had lost something. After searching for a long time, he found another book, "Stellar Transformation".

Aside from going home for New Year's Eve dinner and celebrating the New Year with his family, Yan Hui spent the rest of his time at the company, reading novels in his office.

He feels uneasy if he's not at ease working at the company now, as there are few employees.

Yan Hui watched until the second day of the Lunar New Year, and finished reading all the updates of Stellar Transformations.

Reading is still the most interesting thing!
During the Spring Festival, Yan Hui spent his days visiting leaders to offer New Year's greetings and his evenings reading novels in his office.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Yan Hui went to General Manager Han's house, brought a case of aged Moutai, and chatted with General Manager Han about the recent progress of his work.

"A while ago, when I was talking to city leaders about environmental protection construction, they also mentioned your chemical plant. To be honest, I never expected your plant to be so successful now," said General Manager Han with some emotion.

At this moment, Yan Hui's monthly profit was already higher than his. President Han's total assets were certainly over 100 million, but his profit was still less than Yan Hui's. He had mentored many people in his life, but this was the first time he had encountered someone like Yan Hui.

"It's all thanks to your guidance." Yan Hui always treated President Han with such politeness.

“The most admirable thing about you is that you’re not arrogant at all. I told you back then that your previous failures weren’t necessarily a bad thing. If it weren’t for that incident, your factory wouldn’t be so successful.” General Manager Han repeated this statement, which he had also mentioned last year.

"Don't worry, I won't get carried away." Yan Hui understood what President Han meant.

"Yes, I know about your supply of steel to Jian'an Group. When we shareholders had our meeting, they all said that the people I lead know how to be grateful, and that this batch of goods saved Jian'an Group at least several hundred thousand yuan."

"What I need now is revenue, as long as it doesn't cause you any trouble." Yan Hui didn't even contact President Han about this matter.

"Looking at it now, these are all minor matters." President Han nodded. "What are your plans for the future?"

"This year I want to get the steel trade going as soon as possible; the rest will have to wait for a better opportunity."

"In my opinion, this year is definitely a good time for steel trading. As far as I know, in order to improve physical fitness and promote the Olympics for all, Jinan will build several large sports venues this year to host the Asian Games and National Games. The amount of steel used will be tens of thousands of tons. You are now running the business in advance for these government projects, right?" General Manager Han asked.

"Yes, you know me well." Yan Hui nodded.

“These are all key projects, and the funds are earmarked for specific purposes, so there won’t be any funding issues. Calculate the profits and give it a try. If you don’t have enough funds, just let me know,” President Han suggested.

“I will definitely let you know if I have any needs.”

(End of this chapter)