Chapter 65: Investment and Opportunity

Su Xinghui said, "That's not much of a problem. I'm not a leading cadre, and besides, if we want to buy shares, we can use Mom's name."

In this era, the state already had regulations strictly forbidding leading cadres themselves, as well as their children and spouses, from engaging in business. However, firstly, Su Xinghui did not count as a leading cadre, and secondly, Guo Suhua was not among those prohibited, so it was still possible to circumvent this regulation.

Yu Gaoshan said happily, "So, you agree?"

Su Xinghui did not answer, but instead asked, "How do you plan to use the 100,000 yuan in registered capital? Is it enough?"

Yu Gaoshan said, "I plan to buy another small truck, the kind that can carry a few tons, and then use the remaining money as working capital. This money should be enough, right?"

Buying a small truck at this time would only cost thirty or forty thousand yuan, which should be enough to meet the company's needs at the current stage. That would leave over sixty thousand yuan, which should also be enough for purchasing stock and maintaining the company's operations.

Su Xinghui asked Guo Suhua, "Mom, how much money can the family take out?"

Guo Suhua said, "At most, we could take out about ten thousand yuan."

In the early nineties, for an ordinary working-class family to be able to take out ten thousand yuan was already considered quite good. This was because both Su Wenjun and his wife had jobs, and Guo Suhua's factory had performed quite well in previous years, issuing many bonuses, which allowed them to save this money.

Yu Gaoshan said, "Ten thousand yuan is enough. We can deduct the other ten thousand from the dividends once the company makes money."

After thinking for a moment, Su Xinghui said, "Don't leave tomorrow. I'll go think of a way."

Yu Gaoshan nodded.

Su Xinghui said, "Brother Gaoshan, once I've bought shares, I won't participate in the day-to-day management. The actual operations will still have to be handled by you."

Yu Gaoshan said, "I know that, of course. Just give me some ideas when it comes to critical moments, and that will be enough."

Guo Suhua asked, "Gaoshan, this company won't lose money, will it?"

Yu Gaoshan laughed, "How could it lose money? My sales channels are already in place; I just need to ensure the supply channels. With Xinghui's brain, anything he thinks highly of is absolutely correct."

Guo Suhua asked Su Xinghui again, "Then do I need to withdraw that ten thousand yuan?"

Guo Suhua had put all the family's money into fixed-term deposits. At this time, the interest on fixed-term deposits was still quite high; ten thousand yuan earned over a thousand yuan in interest a year. If she withdrew it now, it would be an early withdrawal, and she would only get the current account interest rate, so she felt quite pained thinking about it.

Of course, if her son really needed it, she would go and withdraw the money no matter how pained she felt; she would certainly support her son's career.

Su Xinghui said, "Don't worry, I'll think of a way tomorrow first."

Yu Gaoshan said, "If there's really no other way, then we'll stick to what I said and deduct it when the dividends come."

Su Xinghui nodded and said, "Alright, we'll talk if there's really no other way. By the way, Brother Gaoshan, our township is preparing to launch some special planting projects in Yezhugou, such as growing wood ear mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms. You can also purchase these things when the time comes."

Yu Gaoshan nodded and said, "Hmm, the market for these things should also be quite good."

That evening, Su Xinghui called Xu Xiaoguang's home. He explained that he would go to his house tomorrow noon to see him about something, and Xu Xiaoguang said he would wait for him at home at noon and wanted Su Xinghui to have lunch at his place tomorrow.

If Su Xinghui wanted to borrow money, he naturally could only ask Xu Xiaoguang. His wealthiest friend was Xu Xiaoguang. Xu Xiaoguang had also said last time that if he needed to borrow money, he should just ask. Based on his understanding from decades of interacting with Xu Xiaoguang, he knew Xu Xiaoguang would absolutely not refuse.

Su Xinghui would be entering politics in the future, and he couldn't be without money in his hands. To earn money legally, this investment in Yu Gaoshan's company was a good opportunity. Since Yu Gaoshan had taken the initiative to bring it up, Su Xinghui could not refuse.

At eight o'clock on Sunday morning, Su Xinghui arrived at the gate of the county government compound. Zhang Cheng's father was the deputy county magistrate, so his family naturally lived here. He hadn't been there for two minutes when Chen Hongfu also arrived.

Chen Hongfu came empty-handed. In fact, he had hesitated for a long time about whether to bring something when visiting County Magistrate Zhang's home. To tell the truth, he was not good at giving gifts; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to Menghuling. And he had also heard that County Magistrate Zhang was a leader who did not like others giving him gifts.

In the end, Chen Hongfu decided not to bring anything. After all, this visit was to report on work to County Magistrate Zhang, so he would just treat it as a purely work-related report.

However, seeing Su Xinghui carrying a woven bag in his hand, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you carrying?"

Su Xinghui said, "This is a soft-shelled turtle. A relative sent our family two, so I'm bringing one to Zhang Cheng's family."

Chen Hongfu knew that Su Xinghui's relationship with Zhang Cheng was different, so there wouldn't be any issues with him bringing something. Thus, he nodded and said, "Alright, let's go in."

Both of them naturally knew where Zhang Kaishan's home was. They walked familiarly to a three-story building, went up to the second floor, and knocked on a door.

In this era, Shangjun County did not yet have those standing committee buildings or magistrate buildings that looked like detached villas. County leaders all lived in these three-story buildings, with one unit per family. It was just that the room area was much larger than ordinary unit dormitories. The reason they only built three stories was to avoid building them too high, which would make it difficult for the leaders to climb the stairs.

The door opened quickly, and it was Zhang Cheng who opened it. As soon as he saw the two of them, he said with a smile, "Chen Shuji is here! Please come in!"

Chen Hongfu and Su Xinghui entered the door together. Zhang Kaishan was sitting on the sofa drinking tea. The tea he drank was different from others; more than half the cup was filled with tea leaves. He was already used to drinking this kind of strong tea. Of course, he didn't drink any fancy tea; he usually drank the Green Ridge Mountain tea produced in the local Green Ridge Township, which he had been drinking for decades.

Seeing Chen Hongfu and Su Xinghui, he put down his teacup. His teacup was also unique; it was a large glass canning jar. Many people in the eighties liked to use this to drink tea because it had a large capacity. However, in the nineties, fewer people used this to drink tea, especially leading cadres, who had started using some higher-end teacups.

Zhang Kaishan said, "Comrade Hongfu is here, sit down. Xinghui, you sit too."

Su Xinghui handed the woven bag in his hand to Zhang Cheng and said, "My relative sent two soft-shelled turtles over, so I brought one for you."

Zhang Cheng opened the woven bag and took a look. He said happily, "It's not small at all, at least two or three jin. This is good stuff."

Zhang Cheng happily took the woven bag to the kitchen. After washing his hands and coming out, he made tea for Chen Hongfu and Su Xinghui, and then sat down on the side.

Zhang Kaishan asked Su Xinghui casually, "Xinghui, how are you doing under Chen Shuji? Do you feel adapted to Menghuling?"