Chapter 2050

But now it was different; the popularity of the New District was slowly gathering, and the prices and rents for storefronts there were also slowly rising. Those two storefronts combined could collect over ten thousand in rent annually. In this way, their family's several storefronts could collect over thirty thousand in rent a year just by themselves, and the trend was always upward.

Plus, their whole family had salaries, and they couldn't even spend their monthly wages; every year, he and Lu Xiaoya could save a few thousand yuan, so he truly didn't need the dividends from Yu Gaoshan's side.

Yu Gaoshan said, "Alright, I'll just keep that money in the company as working capital, and you tell me whenever you need it."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Good."

Yu Gaoshan said, "I'm planning to spend money to fix the roads in the village this year. What do you think?"

Su Xinghui said, "That's great, this is a good thing. When you have money, you should give back to your hometown. Brother Gaoshan, your awareness is very high!"

Yu Gaoshan said somewhat bashfully, "This isn't really about awareness; it's just that the village roads are all mud roads, which is very inconvenient whenever it rains. I'm just laying down some cement, it won't cost much."

Su Xinghui said, "Alright, let's take this money from the company's account, and count me in as well."

Yu Gaoshan said, "There's no need for that, just taking it from my share is fine."

Su Xinghui said, "How can that be? I often came here to play since I was little, so it's like I grew up here too. I should also contribute some money, so don't push it away."

Only then did Yu Gaoshan nod and say, "Alright, then let's take it from the company's account."

Most of the village roads in this area were still mud roads; covered in dust on sunny days and mud on rainy days. It was indeed necessary to harden the road surfaces. There weren't many cars in the village, so the cement road surface didn't need to be too thick, and therefore the cost wasn't high. Paving them all over would only cost a few hundred thousand, which was no pressure for the current Huimin Company, and even less pressure for Su Xinghui.

Wouldn't paving these roads also allow his aunt and uncle to walk more safely? Walking on mud roads is fine on sunny days, but if they slipped on a rainy day, that would be no small matter. His aunt and uncle were getting on in years now, both nearing seventy.

Yu Gaoshan asked again, "Xinghui, what do you think I should do now? My agricultural trade industry has almost reached saturation, and it's not easy to expand the scale further. There's so much money in the company; it would be a waste if it's not invested."

Su Xinghui began to ponder. What Yu Gaoshan mentioned was an industry bottleneck problem. In this line of work, it's impossible to expand the scale indefinitely; many factors constrained his development. The agricultural trade industry, after all, had low product value; even if the annual sales volume reached tens of thousands of tons, the sales revenue would only be tens of millions or a hundred million, which wouldn't be much more than it was now.

Of course, real estate was a good industry, and its future prospects were limitless. Hongtu Real Estate Company had the potential to develop into a giant in the future. It could be said that as long as the money Huimin Company invested just sat there waiting, it could turn Yu Gaoshan and Su Xinghui into multimillionaires.

However, Yu Gaoshan was a person who couldn't stay idle; he always needed something to do. The current Huimin Company had already formed a fixed supply and sales chain, so he didn't need to worry much about company management. Moreover, the company didn't have much invested in fixed assets; most of the tens of millions in assets were working capital, and leaving so much money there was indeed a waste.

After pondering for a long time, Su Xinghui said, "How about this, Brother Gaoshan, you can invest in the deep processing of agricultural products. The prospects for this industry are still quite good, and it will definitely be a very profitable industry in the future."

"Deep processing of agricultural products?" Yu Gaoshan pondered.

"Yes," Su Xinghui nodded and said, "This is an emerging industry. There aren't many people doing this in the country yet, but right here in our Chongjin County, there is an Indonesian Chinese businessman who invested in this line. He built a factory in our Chongjin County, and I think his factory has good prospects. You have so much capital now; if you invest in this line, it will definitely be very good."

Yu Gaoshan said, "But if I'm to run a factory, I don't have any technical expertise."

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Aren't you friends with Professor Rao Songnian now? You can go to him. Their school is an agricultural university, and they have the technology for deep processing of agricultural products. It's just that most of these technologies are currently not being utilized. Leaving these technologies there is a waste; you can go to them to buy them or cooperate with them, both are fine."

Yu Gaoshan nodded and said, "Now that you mention it, that is indeed the case. They have the technology, and my relationship with Professor Rao is also quite good. I still go to visit several of their professors' homes every year for the New Year. Then, when I go to visit them this time, I'll bring this matter up with them."

Su Xinghui said, "Then you can come with me to Jiangcheng tomorrow to pay your respects, and by the way, I can talk to Professor Rao and the others about the cooperation with you."

Yu Gaoshan nodded excitedly and said, "That's great. The path you point out definitely won't be wrong."

The path Su Xinghui pointed out certainly wouldn't be wrong. A few years ago, Yu Gaoshan was just a fishmonger who would be happy to earn a few tens of thousands of yuan a year. But it was because of Su Xinghui's few pointers that he had developed to this point in a few years. He already had a somewhat blind faith in Su Xinghui.

Su Xinghui said, "Anyway, this matter shouldn't be wrong. Even if it's wrong, it doesn't matter. Don't you still have shares in Hongtu Real Estate? That stock value will become a huge fortune you can't imagine in the future."

Yu Gaoshan said, "Now that you say that, I'm not afraid. Anyway, at most I'll just lose a few tens of millions. Don't I still have Huimin Company? Don't I still have shares in Hongtu Real Estate? No matter what, I won't go bankrupt. I'll go and give it a try."

Su Xinghui said, "Good, I support you in trying."

Yu Gaoshan said, "Then where should I build this factory? How about building it in your Chongjin County?"

After pondering for a long time, Su Xinghui said, "You'd better build it in Shangjun County. The conditions in Shangjun County are more mature in all aspects. Like this, you build it in Pengjiawan. Pengjiawan now has an expressway and the Changjiangdaqiao; building a factory there is very appropriate."

Yu Gaoshan nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll listen to you."

Su Xinghui had Yu Gaoshan build the factory in Pengjiawan, besides these reasons, he also didn't want his cousin's factory to be built in the place under his own jurisdiction. Other people were only considered his friends, but if his own relative built a factory, there would be people talking no matter what, and he didn't want to give others that opportunity.