Chapter 512

The food factory now had ten large trucks.

Today's food factory was no longer the simple, crude small factory it was at the beginning, but a quite mature large state-run factory.

The only shortcoming was that it had been established for a short time. These collected handmade products needed the neighborhood office to operate together, so Shao Le was mainly responsible this time.

Lu Qiaoge and Shao Le accepted the goods on the spot. The prices were set in advance. Among them were some new styles, and Lu Qiaoge sat down with President Zhu and the commune cadres to discuss suitable prices.

In an afternoon, the handmade products in the warehouse, including more than 3,000 straw hats, were properly loaded into the truck beds.

Lu Qiaoge went with money, specifically bringing a lot of small change, including one-mao, two-mao, and a few fen coins, packed in canvas bags, and counted out the money according to the total amount this time.

After paying in full, there was still some left in the bag.

President Zhu looked at the pile of money, his eyes shining, and then saw the money left in the bag, thinking to himself: If more had been collected, I'm afraid Little Factory Director Lu's bag would have been empty.

On the way back, Little Cangcang reported to Lu Qiaoge: 【Little Master, I discovered a suspicious person. Just these two days, he has often been wandering around Luo Aijun's house, and just now he even looked inside the gate of our family compound before leaving.】

Lu Qiaoge was stunned for a moment.

If Zhen Meili sent someone to be detrimental to her, it wouldn't be this fast.

Now it's not like later generations where there are mobile phones to contact; the current means of contact are either writing letters or making phone calls, but this kind of phone call now hasn't been approved by the relevant departments, so it can't be made, and no one will transfer it.

Then there is sending telegrams, but this takes even longer, and needing to go through international lines is even more impossible.

Besides that, there are basically no other ways.

That's why Lu Qiaoge felt that the other side wouldn't be able to dig out the nail here so quickly.

Lu Qiaoge asked Little Cangcang: "Where has this person gone now?"

【He walked in the direction of Luo Aijun's school.】

Tao Tao said it in great detail: 【About fifty years old, medium height, walks relatively fast, seems to be a bit nearsighted, and always squints when looking at people. We will keep following him.】

Lu Qiaoge gave Tao Tao and Little Cangcang a round of praise. Tao Tao, who was performing such a task for the first time, happily flew off with Little Cangcang to track the man who had appeared inexplicably.

And Shao Le drove these things directly to the neighborhood office.

In advance, Lu Qiaoge had already reported to Director Hu.

There was no need to sell them outside for the time being; such handmade products could be sold in the department store of the military factory.

Director Hu looked at the handmade products in the truck; it had to be said, each one was exquisite. In his opinion, some could even be exported.

The person who answered the phone was the manager of the department store company. Knowing that the handmade products Lu Qiaoge had purchased were now brought back, he immediately said to Director Hu: "Bring them to the department store building now. I happen to be in the office, and I will go talk to Director Tao now."

Director Tao was in charge of procurement.

Shao Le drove Lu Qiaoge to the department store, and the handover was very smooth. Director Tao brought more than a dozen workers to move these handmade products down and placed them directly on a special counter on the first floor.

Lu Qiaoge also followed inside. There were three sections of counters in total, connected together, and the upper and lower three layers could display samples of these handmade products. The open space behind was also relatively spacious, and could hold baskets, winnowing pans, and other things.

These were all daily necessities.

On the wall, there was a banner with a slogan written on it about the unity of workers and peasants.

Manager Gong said to Lu Qiaoge with a smile: "This time we also asked for instructions from above; no coupons are needed, just spend money to buy them."

Lu Qiaoge also smiled: "Manager Gong is very straightforward in doing things. Then I will continue to purchase handmade products from the commune members of Manshan Commune. Now they are also vigorously developing sideline businesses. I heard from President Zhu that the breeding industry has also been set up. In the future, we can also hold a market, not trading with money, but using goods to exchange for goods."

Manager Gong: "Little Factory Director Lu, just tell President Zhu to let them collect them. I dare not say how much I can sell, but the initial stage can definitely be digested."

The purchasing power of the workers at the 516 Military Factory was still quite good.

Lu Qiaoge didn't think about selling these handmade products outside in the early stages; she would consider it after saturation.

Director Lu called Lu Qiaoge very soon.

Regarding Luo Ziwen's willingness, the higher-ups expressed basic agreement, but the specifics still needed to be negotiated after meeting, and the meeting place was chosen in Nancheng.

He also specifically asked Lu Qiaoge to tell Luo Ziwen to come ahead, not to have any psychological burden.

Director Lu wouldn't say any extra words, but he thought Luo Ziwen should be clear about it in his own heart.

As for the matter of purchasing equipment, talk about it later, but the higher-ups also said that Lu Qiaoge could do business with Luo Ziwen under feasible conditions.

Director Lu thought for a moment, no longer hesitated, and said directly to Lu Qiaoge: "Doesn't Luo Ziwen manage electronic products? There are also several electronics factories below; you can exchange crafts with him for electronic products, such as radios, televisions, etc."

Lu Qiaoge knew that Luo Ziwen had a black-and-white television production line under his management, but heard that it would soon be changed to a color production line.

Lu Qiaoge had no concerns.

Nothing she did was for her own personal gain; no matter from which angle, no one could find fault with her.

If one had to pick bones in an egg, it was that she was a female comrade and not very old.

But now, really no one dared to use the fact that she was a female comrade to make an issue.

Lu Qiaoge said straightforwardly: "Then let's use crafts to exchange for radios first. The Linglong brand handbag newly developed by our Xiang Yang Crafts Factory is very popular in Hong Kong, but our current sales trend is limited edition. We currently have more than 200 items in stock, but we make quality goods, and the price is high, but the sales are very good. It's not even necessary to put them on the counter; Zhen Xi came up with a pre-sale, and it is said that more than 3,000 orders have already been received... We can give Luo Ziwen a portion of the handbags, and the rest depends on his willingness."

Director Lu naturally knew about the new products developed by Xiang Yang Crafts Factory.

To tell the truth, he had only heard the description and hadn't seen the actual product.

But the price was truly high.

The price of one lady's handbag was equivalent to a bicycle.

But in fact, the price of our radios now is also not low, because the cost is too high.

Director Lu said in a gentle voice: "Qiao Ge, I have always been at ease with you doing things; just do it according to your ideas."

"Then I will use a portion of the handbags, plus other crafts, to exchange for radios with Luo Ziwen."

After a pause, Lu Qiaoge asked Director Lu: "Then how should these radios be handled after they are transported back?"

This is different from the foreign currency received; the foreign currency is kept directly by the higher-ups, and then money is allocated to these enterprises according to regulations.

In itself, state-owned enterprises are now supported by the state; that is, regardless of whether they make money or not, the higher-ups allocate money for the workers to get paid.

This is the benefit of a planned economy.