Chief Zhou smiled at Li Junsheng, then tapped his desk lightly, his expression thoughtful.
Chief Zhou considered that with this letter of introduction, Li Junsheng could legally take away and sell all the factory's scrap materials.
He could indeed make some money from it, safer than selling to the black market!
He held the letter and thought about how Li Junsheng had come to him first for business. Fundamentally, this was a good thing.
Chief Zhou roughly calculated that there were still many lathes and defective products in the factory that could be sold to Li Junsheng!
These were all real iron and copper. Chief Zhou had sold small batches of these things to the black market before and knew their prices well.
The profit margin was huge. This batch of goods he was selling to Li Junsheng would make him rich!
Chief Zhou inwardly lamented, feeling regretful that he hadn't thought of getting a proper identity to handle these things himself.
He didn't know how Li Junsheng had managed to get the township enterprise to issue him a letter of introduction!
Thinking about the huge profits Li Junsheng could make, Chief Zhou felt envious.
Should he also get a letter of introduction?
If he started preparing now, it would take at least ten to fifteen days to get a letter. Besides, just having a letter wasn't enough; he'd also need the ability to handle the scrap materials.
After some thought, Chief Zhou found it difficult to deal with the subsequent trouble. Better to just take the ready money!
While he was thinking and calculating, Li Junsheng smiled again and asked, "What do you think, Chief Zhou? Can we do this? Give me a definite answer."
Chief Zhou came to his senses, stared deeply at Li Junsheng, and smiled at him, "You've put on a red hat, of course we can do this!"
After all, not making money when there's money to be made would be foolish. Li Junsheng was right; who wouldn't want more money? Who would fight against money?
If Li Junsheng could keep him making money from the factory's scrap materials, Chief Zhou wouldn't mind having Li Junsheng as a partner!
"Chief Zhou's words put me at ease. I hope we cooperate well!"
Li Junsheng handed Chief Zhou a good cigarette. Chief Zhou, seeing money to be made, took the cigarette with a pleased expression.
After lighting it and taking two puffs, he slowly said to Li Junsheng, "Old Li, this batch of scrap is much more than last time, enough for you to make a big profit. But the price you're giving me..."
Chief Zhou was hinting to Li Junsheng that with so much scrap, he didn't want to sell it to him at the same price as last time!
Last time, it was because the contact person had run into trouble and the goods almost got stuck, so he had to sell them quickly at fifty cents per pound!
This time, if Li Junsheng didn't give him a bigger cut, Chief Zhou thought that even if the goods just sat there losing money and couldn't be handled, he wouldn't want to sell them cheaply to Li Junsheng.
Li Junsheng naturally understood what Chief Zhou meant. He knew that this time it was business-to-business, so it couldn't be fifty cents like last time! That was pure luck!
After some thought, Li Junsheng held up two fingers to Chief Zhou.
He believed this price would satisfy him!
Seeing the price Li Junsheng quoted, Chief Zhou's eyes gleamed with satisfaction and appreciation.
He grinned, stubbed out the cigarette between his fingers, and said to Li Junsheng, "Alright, let's settle on that. I'll draft the contract right away so you don't have to make another trip!"
In fact, Chief Zhou was afraid of losing this opportunity to make money.
This Li Junsheng was quite sensible, willing to give him a high price!
Selling the goods to Li Junsheng, he would make a good profit. Sitting in his office and doing what he should do within his power, he wouldn't have to worry about being caught. The money would come in more easily than when he sold the scrap himself!
Chief Zhou was very satisfied with cooperating with Li Junsheng. Without him, there was no better middleman at present.
He quickly drafted a business contract, selling the factory's scrap materials to Li Junsheng's nominally affiliated agricultural machinery factory supply department!
Party A was Chief Zhou, Party B was signed by Li Junsheng.
The contract was in duplicate. After Li Junsheng confirmed there were no problems, they both signed their names!
The contract was stamped with the official seal of the machinery factory, so there was no need to fear an investigation.
Looking at the contract, Chief Zhou felt it was the first time he had sold the factory's scrap materials in broad daylight!
Putting away the contract, Chief Zhou thought of something and added, "This batch of scrap is too much. I estimate you don't have the money to pay me right now."
"So try to handle this batch within a week. You can take the goods first from me, then pay me when you have the money after handling them!"
Chief Zhou was actually doing Li Junsheng a favor.
Li Junsheng was surprised but quickly calmed down. Chief Zhou was indeed an old hand at the factory, knowing when to be lenient and when to be ruthless about money. He really had good control of the balance!
Li Junsheng had been planning to use his entire savings as a deposit for Chief Zhou.
The rest of the money he would pay him after handling the scrap. But since Chief Zhou was willing to let him take the goods first, that was even better!
Thinking of this, Li Junsheng said gratefully to Chief Zhou, "Thank you very much, Chief Zhou. I won't betray your trust. This time it's tight, so I'll find a truck right away and try to move the goods as soon as possible."
"Alright."
Li Junsheng took the contract and left. Having closed this deal, he walked with a spring in his step, looking ten years younger!
As soon as Li Junsheng left, Chief Zhou rubbed his hands in anticipation, hoping Li Junsheng would quickly handle this large batch of scrap so he could make a big profit too.
As Li Junsheng walked from Chief Zhou's office to the factory gate, he unexpectedly ran into Chen Dazhu.
It was true that enemies were bound to meet!
Seeing Chen Dazhu for the first time, Li Junsheng instinctively hid the contract behind his waist, covering it with his work jacket.
He couldn't let Chen Dazhu know about his business of selling the factory's scrap and defective products yet. Otherwise, he would definitely try to scheme against him!
Chen Dazhu didn't notice Li Junsheng hiding the contract. Seeing Li Junsheng in the factory, he was surprised but immediately became wary!
This Li Junsheng had already given his job to his son, so why was he still coming to the factory?
Wasn't he planning something evil, trying to get the job back from the factory leadership and make his money for buying the job go to waste?
Thinking of this, Chen Dazhu decided to test Li Junsheng.
Fortunately, he had come today, otherwise if he hadn't run into Li Junsheng, he wouldn't have known what he was up to!
To think Li Junsheng was really stupid. If he hadn't sold the job to his son, now that the scrap metal recycling station wanted to collect the factory's scrap and make money from it, it would have fallen into his lap.
Thinking this, Chen Dazhu put on a friendly smile and walked up to Li Junsheng, asking, "Old Li, what are you doing here? Is there something you haven't finished at the factory?"